City of Southfield
Regular Meeting Agenda of the City Council
April 28, 2025 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

Appointment of Fire Chief 
Appointment of Deputy Fire Chief 

PUBLIC HEARING AND SITE PLAN

A.    PCZR25-0001, the request to conditionally rezone the western 97 feet of the vacant parcel on the eastern side of the Southfield Road, between Stratford Dr and Silver Maple St, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel# 24-25-151-020) from OS – Office Service to B-3 General Business

Introduce Ordinance No: 1810

B.    PSLU24-0014, the Special Use Request by Ali Merhi, IMI Ventures, to construct and operate a new oil change business at 24412 Southfield Road, Southfield, Michigan (Parcels 24-25-151-020)

PRESENTATIONS  

Southfield Housing Commission Presentation

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. 
The Council may not provide responses to public comments during the meeting.  If you have provided your contact information when you signed up for public communications, the City will provide a more formal response to you in the near future.

MINUTES

A.    Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes of February 3, 2025
B.    Regular Meeting Minutes of February 10, 2025
C.    Regular Meeting Minutes of February 24, 2025
D.    Regular Meeting Minutes of March 17, 2025
E.    Regular Meeting Minutes of March 24, 2025

CONSENT AGENDA (these items are considered routine / non-controversial or have previously been discussed)

A.    Brownfield Redevelopment & Loan from Local Brownfield Brownfield Revolving Funds for Former Plaza Hotel - 16400 JL Hudson Drive, Southfield, MI  Set Public Hearing Date May 12, 2025

B.    West Nile Virus Prevention Funding Assistance

C.    Pest Control Services Bids

D.    Window Washing Bids

E.    Authorization to Seek FY2026 SEMCOG Planning Assistance Program Grant to update and combine the City’s 2012 Non-Motorized Pathway and Public Transit Plan and 2019 Bus Stop Improvement Survey & Plan

F.    Receipt of Bids on Printing the Southfield Living Newsletter

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AND/OR ACTION

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS 

A.    Single Lot Special Assessment Roll Hearing and Confirmation

B.    Application from RYCACO Development Inc for a Commercial Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate under PA 210 of 2005, as amended

C.    PCZR25-0002, the request of GHG Detroit LLC to conditionally rezone the parcel at 27600 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel 24-17-426-012) from RMU Multiple Family High Rise to RS Regional Shopping

Introduce Ordinance No. 1811

D.    PZR25-0001, the request to rezone the parcel at 21375 Telegraph Road, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel 24-32-400-028) from ODD (PZRODD22-0005) back to I-1 Industrial

Introduce Ordinance No. 1812

ORDINANCES

COUNCIL

A.    Travel Expense Report: Charles Hicks, 2025 CapCon, Lansing, MI, March 18-19, 2025
B.    Travel Expense Report: Yolanda Haynes, 2025 CapCon, Lansing, MI, March 18-19, 2025

MAYOR

ADMINISTRATION

A.    Oakland County for Funding - $10,000 for Business Development Community

B.    Front Lawn Promenade

ATTORNEY

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

SCHEDULE

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