CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
CITY OF NOVI
Regular City Council Meeting
 Monday, December 17, 2018 | 7 P.M.
Council Chambers | Novi Civic Center |45175 Ten Mile Road
(248) 347-0460
 

CALL TO ORDER                                                                                              
                                                                                                                      
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
 
ROLL CALL: Mayor Gatt, Mayor Pro Tem Staudt, Council Members Breen, Casey, Mutch, Verma
 
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
 
PUBLIC HEARING
 
PRESENTATIONS

1. Recognition of Employee of the Year – Sri Komaragiri
 
2. Feed the Need Program – Tia Marie Sanders, Coordinator
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3. Novi Public Library Annual Report and Strategic Plan Update - Julie Farkas, Library Director and Christina Salvatore, Communications Coordinator
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REPORTS:
 
1.   MANAGER/STAFF
 
2.   ATTORNEY
 
AUDIENCE COMMENT – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit. This is not a question-answer session. However, it is an opportunity to voice your thoughts with City Council. Speakers wishing to display visual materials through the City’s audiovisual system must provide the materials to the City Clerk’s Office no later than 12:00 P.M. the day of the meeting. The materials cannot be changed before the meeting.
 
CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS AND APPROVALS (See items A-L) 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. 
 
MATTERS FOR COUNCIL ACTION

1. Consideration to approve Second Amendment to the previously-approved Conditional Agreement of Purchase and Sale on North Grand River City Property, located north of Grand River Avenue, east of Town Center Drive.
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2. Approval and Adoption of the Corridor Improvement Authority Development Plan and Tax Increment Financing Plan by Resolution to support improvements along Grand River Avenue between Haggerty and Wixom Roads.
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3. Appointments to Boards and Commissions.
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AUDIENCE COMMENT – In order to hear all citizen comments at a reasonable hour, the City Council requests that speakers respect the three-minute time limit. This is not a question-answer session. However, it is an opportunity to voice your thoughts with City Council. Speakers wishing to display visual materials through the City’s audiovisual system must provide the materials to the City Clerk’s Office no later than 12:00 P.M. the day of the meeting. The materials cannot be changed before the meeting.

COMMITTEE REPORTS

MAYOR AND COUNCIL ISSUES
 
CONSENT AGENDA REMOVALS FOR COUNCIL ACTION:  Consent Agenda items which have been removed for discussion and/or action.
 
COMMUNICATIONS: 
 
CONSENT AGENDA:  Background information for Consent Agenda items is available for review at the City Clerk’s Office. 
 

A. Approve Minutes of:
    1. December 3, 2018 – Regular meeting
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B. Enter Executive Session immediately following the regular meeting of December 17, 2018 in the Council Annex for the purpose of discussing labor negotiations and privileged correspondence from legal counsel.
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C. Approval of the proposed City of Novi Emergency Operations Support Plan, supporting the Oakland County Emergency Operations Plan.
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D. Acceptance of Wetland and Woodland Conservation Easements from 46860 West Road, LLC for conservation areas offered as a part of the 46860 West Road development, located on the north side of West Road, west of Hudson Drive in Section 4 of the City.
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E. Approval to award civil engineering services to OHM Advisors for a stream restoration study associated with the Middle Rouge at 9 Mile Road project in the amount of $54,900.
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F. Approval to award civil engineering services to AECOM for design engineering services associated with Cabot Drive from 12 Mile to 13 Mile and Lewis Drive from Cabot Drive to Haggerty Road Rehabilitation project in the amount of $50,000.
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G. Approval to award engineering design services to OHM Advisors for Phase II of the Footing Drain Disconnection Feasibility Study in the amount of $24,000.
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H. Approval to award Agreements for Geotechnical Engineering Services for Public Projects to Intertek/Professional Service Industries, Inc., and Testing Engineers and Consultants, Inc., for a period of five years, with an effective date of December 17, 2018.
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I. Acceptance of residential streets in accordance with the requirements for public streets set forth in the Vistas of Novi PUD Agreement and adoption of Act 51 New Street Resolution accepting Holmes Road, Hemingway Drive, Brownstone Drive, Cummings Lane, and Twain Place as public, adding 1.05 miles of roadway to the City's street system.
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J. Approval of a license agreement with the Road Commission for Oakland County (RCOC) for the installation and maintenance of Solar Powered Stop Sign Flasher Signals at the intersections of Taft Road and 9 Mile Road, and Taft Road and 11 Mile Road.
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K. Approval of recommendations from the Commission Interview Committee for appointments to Youth Council and Youth Boards & Commissions Representatives.
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L. Approval of Claims and Accounts – Warrant No. 1026
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ADJOURNMENT
 
SCHEDULED MEETINGS - All Regular Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted.  The following schedule consists of meetings that are routinely held in the Council Chambers.  For a complete listing of scheduled meetings, please visit the Event Calendar at cityofnovi.org.
 
December
19 – Library Board – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
20 – Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services Commission – 7 p.m.
24 – City Offices Closed
25 – City Offices Closed
31 – City Offices Closed
 
January
  1 – City Offices Closed
  7 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
12 – City Council Early Input Budget Session – Police Training Center – 8:30 a.m.
21 – City Offices Closed
28 – City Council – Council Chambers – 7 p.m.
 
NOTICE:  People with disabilities needing accommodations for effective participation in this meeting should contact the City Clerk (248) 347-0456 at least two working days in advance of the meeting.  An attempt will be made to make reasonable accommodations.
 
We kindly request that you turn off all cell phones while in the Council Chambers.  Thank you.