City of Southfield

Regular Meeting Agenda of the City Council

August 26, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Conference Room and 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers

26000 Evergreen Road

Southfield, Michigan 48076

 

ROLL CALL

STUDY SESSION

(Presentation and discussion of each study item will be limited to ten minutes)

1.  Permission to Join National Appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s Third Order   Which Could Significantly Impact Southfield’s Franchise and Public, Education and Government (PEG) Fees and the Institutional Network (I-NET)

2. Authorize Agreement with RCOC for Traffic Signal Modernization at the Mt. Vernon Street and Southfield Road Intersection

3. Authorization to Purchase Vehicle for the Fire Department

4. Authorization to Solicit Bids to replace 5 Life Support Units (Ambulances) for the Southfield Fire Department (SFD)

5. Authorization to Amended Oakland County Brownfield Consortium for FY 2016 community- wide $600,000 United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Coalition Assessment Grant under Title 11, Subtitle A, of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002

6. Proposed Ordinance to Opt-out of the Michigan Regulation & Taxation of Marihuana Act (MRTMA)

7. Medical Marihuana Facilities Licensing Act (MMFLA)

CLOSED SESSION

MOVE TO COUNCIL CHAMBERS

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PRESENTATIONS

Southfield Commission on Senior Adults Update

APPOINTMENTS

MINUTES

1. Special Meeting Minutes of August 5, 2019

CONSENT AGENDA

1. Permission to Join National Appeal of the Federal Communications Commission’s Third Order Which Could Significantly Impact Southfield’s Franchise and Public, Education and Government (PEG) Fees and the Institutional Network (I-NET)

2. Authorize Agreement with RCOC for Traffic Signal Modernization at the Mt. Vernon Street and Southfield Road Intersection

3. Authorization to Purchase Vehicle for the Fire Department

4. Authorization to Solicit Bids to replace 5 Life Support Units (Ambulances) for the Southfield Fire Department (SFD)

5. Proposed Ordinance to Opt-out of the Michigan Regulation & Taxation of Marihuana Act (MRTMA)

6. Authorization to Amended Oakland County Brownfield Consortium for FY 2016 community-wide $600,000 United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Coalition Assessment Grant under Title 11, Subtitle A, of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002

7. Purchase of Point Blank Vision Alpha Elite Threat Level IIIA Concealable Vests with Vision Thorshield Carrier, Models AXIIIA and AXIIIAF for the Police Department

8. Approval of Cost Participation Agreement for the Reconstruction of Case Avenue (Job No. 1839SFLD) (2019 Local Road Improvement Matching Fund Pilot Program Project No. 2019-21

PUBLIC HEARINGS

1. PZTA19-0001, 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 General Requirements and add a new Section 5.50 entitled Sexually Oriented Businesses, and other amendments as needed

Introduce Ordinance No. 1707, Zoning Text Amendment PTZA19-0001

2. PZTA19-0002, 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 2 Definitions and Article 4 General Requirements, Article 9 Office-Service District, Article 10 ERO/ERO-M Education Research-Office District/Education Research-Office-Limited District, Article 18 General Business District, Article 19 I-L Light Industrial District, and Article 20 I-L Industrial District, and other amendments as needed

Introduce Ordinance No. 1708, Zoning Text Amendment PTZA19-0002

3. Economic Development Initiative – Application from RPT Realty, Inc. for Personal Property Tax Exemption Under Public Act 328 of 1998, as Amended, at Oakland Commons

4. Economic Development Initiative – Public Hearing on Establishment of Commercial Rehabilitation District for a P.A. 210 of 2005, as amended for Foster Financial at 21700 Northwestern Hwy, Southfield, MI 48075

5. Economic Development Initiative – Application from Foster Financial for a Commercial Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate under PA 210 of 2005, as amended

SITE PLANS

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.

COUNCIL

MAYOR

ADMINISTRATION

ATTORNEY

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

SCHEDULE

ORDINANCES

 

1. Enact Ordinance No. 1706, Rezoning Request for Lahser Road Mikvah, PZR19-0005

 

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