City of Southfield 
Regular (Hybrid) Meeting Agenda of the City Council 
September 18, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. 
Council Chambers
Donald F. Fracassi Municipal Campus
26000 Evergreen Road
Southfield, Michigan 48076
Telephone: 248-796-5150

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

APPOINTMENTS

COMMUNICATIONS

The Southfield City Council has established the following Rules of Procedure for all speakers:  

• No speaker may make personal or impertinent attacks upon any officer, employee, or City Council member or other Elected Official, that is unrelated to the manner in which the officer, employee, or City Council member or other Elected Official, performs his or her duties.
• No person shall use abusive or threatening language toward any individual when addressing the City Council.

Any person who violates this section shall be directed by the presiding officer to be orderly and silent.  If a person addressing the Council refuses to become silent when so directed, such person may be deemed by the presiding officer to have committed a “breach of the peace” by disrupting and impeding the orderly conduct of the public meeting of the City Council and may be ordered by the presiding officer to leave the meeting.  If the person refuses to leave as directed, the presiding officer may direct any law enforcement officer who is present to escort the violator from the meeting. 

PRESENTATIONS  

Presentation of Joint Resolution – International Day of Peace
Presentation of Joint Resolution – Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Presentation of Retirement Announcement for Connie Mays

MINUTES

CONSENT AGENDA

A.    Maintenance Contract for Equature Recording System

B.    LegalServer Subscription for Case Management and MIDC Compliance

C.    Schedule a Regular Meeting (conducted as a Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting) for Thursday, October 5, 2023 

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS

A.    PSLU23-0010(PUBLIC HEARING) is a Special Use Request of Tower Petroleum, to allow for a carry-out restaurant inside of an existing gas station/convenience store, located at 20020 W. 8 Mile Road, City of Southfield, Oakland County, State of Michigan (Sidwell Parcel 24-34-479-023)

B.    PSP23-0012(SITE PLAN REVIEW) is a Site Plan Review for Tower Petroleum, to allow for a carry-out restaurant inside of an existing gas station/convenience store, located at 20020 W. 8 Mile Road, City of Southfield, Oakland County, State of Michigan (Sidwell Parcel 24-34-479-023)

C.    PZTA23-0003(PUBLIC HEARING) is a Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to amend Title V, Zoning and Planning, Chapter 45, Zoning, of the Code of the City of Southfield by amending Article 4, Section 5.22-5; Article 20, Section 5.185; Article 22, Sections 5.193, 5.194 and 5.195; to add heavy equipment sales and rental as a special use in the I-1 Industrial district, clarify that public art is permitted in required front yards and increase permitted maximum lot coverage on single family residential lots

Introduce Ordinance No. 1776

ORDINANCES

AGENDA ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND / OR ACTION

A.    Receipt of Proposals for the Dispatch Kitchen Renovation Project

B.    Dispatch Room Windows Replacement

C.    Early Voting Agreement with Oakland County 

D.    Authorization to Participate in a Joint Application Seeking a 2023 Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods and Neighborhood Access and Equity Program Planning Grant for 11 Mile Road

E.    Presentation and Discussion from K Group Developers Inc. for Establishment of Neighborhood Enterprise Zone PA 147 of 1992 as amended, Lahser Road/Duns Scotus Street Development Neighborhood Enterprise Zone (NEZ) District No. 1

COUNCIL

MAYOR

ADMINISTRATION

ATTORNEY

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

SCHEDULE

ADDITIONAL ITEMS DEEMED NECESSARY FOR DISCUSSION

Individuals with special need for this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office at 248-796-5150 (voice) or 711 (TDD). If auxiliary aids or services are needed, reasonable advance notice is required.