City of Southfield 
Regular (Hybrid) Meeting Agenda of the City Council 
April 1, 2024 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

• Reappointment to the Police and Fire Retirement System – Duane Garth
• Reappointment to the Police and Fire Retirement System – Audrey Harvey
• Appointment to the Wildlife Advisory Commission – Lanissa Freeman
• Reappointment to the Zoning Board of Appeals – Jody DeFoe
• Reappointment to the Zoning Board of Appeals – Moshe Freedman
• Appointment to the Zoning Board of Appeals – James Jenkins

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.

PRESENTATIONS  

• Business and Economic Development 2023 Yearly Overview

MINUTES

A.    Regular Meeting Minutes of February 5, 2024
B.    Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes of February 12, 2024

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

A.    Scheduling of Public Hearing for Single Lot Special Assessment Roll

B.    Receipt of Bids for Replacement Wash Rack Bay Door

C.    Authorization to Purchase Replacement Vehicle for Police Chief

D.    Request Public Hearing Date – CDBG Program
2024-2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Annual Action Plan and
2021-2026 Five Year Consolidated Plan

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS 

ORDINANCES

A.    Enact Ordinance No. 1784, PCZR24-0001, to conditionally rezone 0.86 acres of land at 29201 Telegraph Road, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel# 24-08-451-013) from ERO-M, Education-Research-Office (Limited) to B-3, General Business

B.    Enact Ordinance No. 1785, PZR23-0004, the request to rezone 1.25 acres of land at 23055 Telegraph Road, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel# 24-29-476-024) from I-1, Industrial to B-3, General Business

AGENDA ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND / OR ACTION

A.    Approval of Cost Increase for 2023 Local HMA Road Rehabilitation Project (Job No. 2382SFLD)

B.    Presentation and discussion regarding the proposal to operate a vehicle dealership to finance/sell the custom camper vans they build on-site at 24175 Telegraph Road (PSLU24-0001)

C.    Presentation and discussion regarding the proposal to build and operate an Adult-Use Marijuana Retailer at 28610 Northwestern Highway (PSLU24-0003 and PSP24-0004)

D.    Presentation and Discussion Regarding a Proposed Daycare Home (Maximum 12 Children) (PSLU24-0004)

E.    Presentation and discussion regarding the proposal to operate a furniture wholesale and warehouse use at 23840 W 8 Mile Rd (PSLU24-0005)

COUNCIL

A.    Approval of Travel Expense Report: Coretta Houge, MML CapCon24, Lansing, MI, March 12-13, 2024

MAYOR

ADMINISTRATION

ATTORNEY

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

SCHEDULE

CLOSED SESSION

A.    Pursuant to the Open Meetings Act (OMA), Public Act 267 Section 7, MCL 15.268(c), a discussion for strategy and negotiation sessions connected with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement in a closed session as requested by one of the negotiating parties

B.    Discussion of Proposed Middlepointe Development Real Property Sale and/or Lease

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