Jul 06, 2020

THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD ELECTRONICALLY AS AUTHORIZED BY EXECUTIVE ORDER 2020-129 SIGNED BY GOVERNOR WHITMER ON JUNE 18, 2020, IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE SPREAD OF COVID-19, PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH, AND PROVIDE ESSENTIAL PROTECTIONS TO VULNERABLE MICHIGANDERS BY LIMITING IN-PERSON CONTACT AND THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE INTERACTING AT PUBLIC GATHERINGS.  MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE BY ELECTRONIC MEANS, AS DESCRIBED BELOW. 

The City will be utilizing the video/audio conferencing platform Zoom.  Members of the public body will be able to hear and speak to each other for the entire meeting.  Except for any closed session portions of the meeting, members of the public will be able to hear (and possibly see) members of the public body during the entire meeting, but will only be able to speak during a public comment period. 

In order to connect to the meeting through Zoom, a member of the public needs to do the following:
Install Zoom App on mobile device or phone.  Download Zoom Client and install on a PC or MAC
Click the link provided to join the meeting
Password: 340898
Members of the public participating in the public comment via Zoom will wait in a virtual queue until called during the public comment period.

When public comment is permitted, members of the public will be called one at a time, as would happen during an in-person meeting.  A meeting coordinator will determine the order of public speakers. If you want to speak, you must use the "Raise Hand" feature in order for our moderator to know they need to be unmuted. Alternatively, you may use the *9 feature if participating by phone.  When you are unmuted, you will have three (3) minutes to share your comments to the public body.  At the conclusion of your comments or your three (3) minutes, you will be re-muted and then removed from the queue. 

Participants may also choose to submit comments that can be read into the record.   Comments can be submitted via an electronic form on www.cityofnovi.org.  Comments shall be done prior to 7 p.m. on the day of the meeting. Forms can be found at: 
City Council – www.cityofnovi.org/cccomment

Procedures by which persons may contact members of the public body prior to a meeting. 

The City of Novi government e-mail addresses of the members of all public bodies utilizing this means of meeting are available on the City’s website at:

https://cityofnovi.org/Government/Mayor-And-Council.aspx

Procedures for participation by persons with disabilities.

The City will be following its normal procedures for accommodation of persons with disabilities. Those individuals 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.
 

CALL TO ORDER

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL
Mayor Gatt, Mayor Pro Tem Staudt, Council Members Breen, Casey, Crawford, Fischer, Mutch

APPROVAL OF AGENDA

PUBLIC HEARINGS

PRESENTATIONS

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 – 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 of approval of Change Order No. 1 to Pro-Line Asphalt Paving Corporation for the 2020 Neighborhood Road Program – Asphalt Streets in the amount of $158,437.50.
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2.  Consideration of approval of Change Order No. 1 to Mattioli Cement Company for the 2020 Neighborhood Road Program – Concrete Streets in the amount of $514,412.50.
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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. June 15, 2020 - Regular meeting
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B.  Enter executive session immediately following the regular meeting of July 6, 2020 for the purpose of discussing City Clerk and City Assessor performance evaluations and City manager contract.
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C.  Enter Approval to purchase Courts and Law Enforcement Management Information System (CLEMIS) and Fire Records Management System (FRMS) fees and services from Oakland County for the 2020-21 fiscal year in the amount of $58,650.
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D.  Approval of the final payment to V.I.L. Construction, Inc., for the Ingersol Creek Streambank Stabilization (Ten Mile Road to Willowbrook Drive) and Buckingham Court Storm Sewer Replacement project in the amount of $16,030.15, plus interest earned on retainage.
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E.  Approval of a one-year extension of the Preliminary Site Plan, Phasing Plan, Woodlands Permit, and Storm Water Management Plan approvals for The Bond development, JSP 18-10, until July 22, 2021.  The site plan proposes two, four-story multiple-family residential  buildings and a 5,578 square foot single-story commercial building on approximately 7.74 acres located on the southwest side of Bond Street, south of Grand River Avenue and west of Novi Road.
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F.  Approve amendment to the resolution authorizing outdoor gathering to include outdoor theater activities at existing movie theaters.
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G.  Approval of claims and warrants – Warrant No. 1063.
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ADJOURNMENT

SCHEDULED MEETINGS – All Regular Council meetings are held in the Council Chambers unless otherwise noted. For a complete listing of scheduled meetings, please visit the Event Calendar at cityofnovi.org.

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.