ROLL CALL: Mayor Landry, Mayor Pro Tem Capello, Council Members Gatt, Margolis, Mutch, Nagy, Paul

1. Building Safety Week May 6 – 12

2. National Police Week & Peace Officers’ Memorial Day – May 15

1. Proposed Annual Budget FY 2007-2008

1. SPECIAL/COMMITTEE

2. CITY MANAGER

3. DEPARTMENTAL

4. ATTORNEY

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit for individual comments and the five-minute time limit for an individual speaking on behalf of a group.

CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS AND APPROVALS (See items A-J) All items listed under Consent Agenda are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered at the end of the normal Agenda.

1. Consideration of Ordinance No. 07-124.17, an amendment to the Novi Code of Ordinances Chapter 11, to modify the requirements for the processing and submittal of record drawings.  First Reading 

3. Consideration of the request of Triangle Development for Main Street Novi, SP06-38, for modifications to conditions of the Preliminary Site Plan approval. The subject property is located in Section 23, south of Grand River Avenue and east of Novi Road, in the TC-1, Town Center District. The subject property is approximately 20 acres and the applicant is proposing modifications to the previously approved site plan to accommodate leaving Paul Bunyan, aka Sixth Gate, as a public street.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit for individual comments and the five-minute time limit for an individual speaking on behalf of a group.

4. Appointments of Youth to Boards and Commissions

5. Reconsideration of a request from Interphase Land Development LLC, applicant for Casa Loma, for a variance from Section 11-68(a)(1) and 11-68(a)(5) of the Design and Construction Standards requiring water main extensions longer than 800 feet (990 ft. main proposed) to include a secondary connection point to allow for a future looped connection, and requiring secondary water main stubs to be extended to the property lines for future extension.

6. Consideration of Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment 18.215, the request of the Northern Equities Group to amend Appendix A of the City of Novi Code of Ordinances, Ordinance 97-18, as amended, known as the City of Novi Zoning Ordinance, at Article 23A, Planned Office Service Technology, to permit educational facilities in limited instances. Second Reading

CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS FOR COUNCIL ACTION: Consent Agenda items which have been removed for discussion and/or action.

1. Request a Special City Council joint meeting in May for briefing with the Economic Development Corporation regarding Brownfield Development – Mayor Landry

2. Paul Bosco Beck Road sewer – Mayor Pro Tem Capello

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit for individual comments and the five-minute time limit for an individual speaking on behalf of a group.

CONSENT AGENDA: Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office.

A. Approve Minutes of:

1. April 16, 2007 – Regular meeting

2. April 19, 2007 – Budget meeting

B. Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of May 1, 2007 in the Council Annex for the purpose of discussing pending litigation and privileged correspondence from legal counsel.

C. Approval of the final balancing change order and final payment to Six-S, Inc. for the Eleven Mile Road Culvert Replacement project, located immediately west of Meadowbrook Road, in the amount of $41,807.58.

D. Approval to apply for the 2007 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) Program for the total participation amount of $47,235.20.

E. Resolution for Changing MERS Benefits for the General Union (Police Clerks) Division 10 (benefit improvement from B-2 to B-4 through employee contribution), pursuant to the contract.

F. Resolution for changing MERS Benefits for the Dispatchers Division 20 (benefit improvement from B-2 to B-4 through employee contribution), pursuant to the contract.

G. Resolution for amending the Retiree Health Savings (RHS) Plan which provides that contributions elected through December 31, 2006, including terminal leave contributions can continue until December 31, 2007; and that elective contributions will not be allowed after December 31, 2007 (pursuant to IRS agreement).

H. Approval of local Cost Participation Agreement between the Road Commission for Oakland County, City of Novi, and the Oakland County Board of Commissioners for traffic signal installation at the intersection of Twelve Mile Road and Cabot Drive. 

I. Approval of contract extension to Anderson, Eckstein and Westrick to provide additional streambank stabilization design and construction engineering services for the Middle Branch of the Rouge River in the vicinity of Meadowbrook Lake in the amount of $16,134.50.

J. Approval of Claims and Accounts – Warrant No. 744

SCHEDULED MEETINGS – All Regular Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.

8 – Zoning Board of Appeals – Council Chambers – 7:30 p.m.

9 – Youth Council – Council Chambers – 3:00 p.m.

9 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

10 – Parks, Recreation & Forestry – Council Chambers – 7:30 p.m.

14 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

16 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

23 – Youth Council – Council Chambers – 3:00 p.m.

23 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

28 – City Offices Closed

4 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

5 – Zoning Board of Appeals – Council Chambers – 7:30 p.m.

6 – Youth Council – Council Chambers – 3:00 p.m.

11 – City Council Interviews – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

13 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

14 – Parks, Recreation & Forestry – Council Chambers – 7:30 p.m.

18 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

20 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

27 – Planning Commission – Council Chambers – 7:00 p.m.

We kindly request that you turn off all cellular phones and pagers while in the Council Chambers. Thank you.