City of Southfield

Regular Meeting Agenda of the City Council

May 18, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

Council Chambers

Donald F. Fracassi Municipal Campus

26000 Evergreen Road

Southfield, Michigan 48076

        Telephone: 248-796-5150      Website: www.cityofsouthfield.com

ROLL CALL

 

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

PRESENTATIONS 

Presentation of Joint Resolution – Wear Orange, “National Gun Violence Awareness Day”

Presentation of Joint Resolution – Opposing County School Enrichment Millage

 

APPOINTMENTS

 

COMMUNICATIONS

 

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

• Each speaker will have 3 minutes to address the council. 
• Each speaker is responsible for his or her comments and the City of Southfield does not, by permitting such remarks, support, endorse or accept the content, thereof, as being true or accurate. 
• No speaker may make personal or impertinent attacks upon any officer, employee, or City Councilmember or other Elected Official, that is unrelated to the manner in which they perform their 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. If a person addressing the Council refuses 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 sign up for public communications, the City will provide a more formal response to you in the near future should it be needed. The Council may respond to comments at the end of communications if they are able to do so. 

 

 

MINUTES

 

A.     Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes for April 21, 2026

B.     Regular Meeting Minutes for April 27, 2026

C.    Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes for May 4, 2026

 

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

 

A.    Authorization to Purchase Fleet Vehicles

 

B.    Authorization to Purchase De-Icing Salt       

 

C.   Grainger Purchase Contract

 

D.   8 Mile/Greenfield Lighting Project: Memorandum of Understanding

 

E.    Request Public Hearing Date – CDBG Program

        2026-2027 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan and

        2026-2031 Five Year Consolidated Plan

 

F.    Approval of DTE Billing Agreement to Relocate Streetlights for the 9 Mile Pathway Project (Job No. 2602SFLD)

 

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS

 

A.    PZR26-0002, the request to rezone a vacant 1.01-acre parcel on the east side of Keefer Street, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel# 24-32-228-004) from I-L Industrial to RT Attached Single Family

 

Introduce Ordinance No. 1838

 

B.     PSP26-0004, the Site Plan Review request of Carl Garrett, for a 2 unit attached residential development on a vacant lot on Keefer Street, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel 24-32-228-004)

 

C.     PZR26-0003, the request to rezone a parcel with an existing industrial building located at 18940 W 8 Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel# 24-35-451-013) from I-L Industrial to I-1 Industrial

 

Introduce Ordinance No. 1839

 

D.   PZRODD25-0003, the request to amend the existing ODD Agreement for the Northland Subarea Redevelopment Plan Overlay Development District to update the project phasing/timeline

 

Introduce Ordinance No. 1840

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS (continued)

 

 A.     PZRRUDD26-0001, the request to rezone the 7.52 vacant parcel along the east side of Inkster Road between W 10 Mile Rd and Jorand St, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel 24-19-351-004) to RUDD Residential Unit Development District

 

Introduce Ordinance No. 1841

 

B.      Zoning Text Amendment PTZA26-0002 – Unattended Collection Bins

 

Introduce Ordinance No. 1842

 

ORDINANCES

A.      Enact Ordinance No. 1837, Proposed Ordinance Amendment – Smoking Lounges - Section 7.715

 

COUNCIL

 

MAYOR

A.     Travel Expense Report: Kenson Siver, Michigan Historic Preservation Network, May 7-9, 2026

 

ADMINISTRATION

 

ATTORNEY

 

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

 A.     Liquor License Request – Request to Transfer Ownership of the Class C and SDM Liquor License with Sunday Sales (PM) Permit – MAUI 1 Enterprises, LLC DBA: TGI Friday’s

 

SCHEDULE

 

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