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City of Southfield 
Regular Meeting 
Agenda of the City Council 
January 25, 2021 at 6:00 pm via WebEx
26000 Evergreen Road
Southfield, Michigan 48076
Telephone: 248-796-5150 
For Public Comment Please Call and push *3 to be recognized
Public Comment +1-415-655-0001
US Toll Access Code 179 266 7697

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PRESENTATIONS  

Presentation by District 17 Oakland County Commissioner Yolanda S. Charles

APPOINTMENTS

MINUTES

A.    Committee-of-the-Whole Minutes of January 11, 2021

CONSENT AGENDA 

A.    Budget for Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness

PUBLIC HEARING  

A.    Economic Development Initiative – Public Hearing on Establishment of Commercial Rehabilitation District under Public Act 210 of 2005, as amended, at Northwestern Hwy Service Drive #5

B.    Economic Development Initiative – Application from DDK Acquisitions LLC for a Commercial Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate under PA 210 of 2005, as amended

C.    PSLU20-0011, Special Use Request of Southfield Industrial Park, on behalf of the owner, Telegraph Mobile Home Park, for the construction of a 125,876gsf storage facility with first-floor retail, as well as stand-alone retail center, and fast food restaurants with drive-thru, property located at 21315 Telegraph Road, Sidwell Parcel 2432-400-031, and vacant land, Sidwell Parcel 2432-400-030, on the west side of Telegraph Road, between W Eight Mile Road and Hazelhurst, Section 32, City of Southfield, Oakland County, State of Michigan.

D.    PZR20-0005, Rezoning Request of Arie Leibovitz, 29355 Northwestern Hwy LLC, to rezoning 5.094 acres of land from R-2 Single Family Residential and P Vehicular Parking to B-3 General Business and P Vehicular Parking, Sidwell Parcel 2407-351-117, Supervisor's Plat No 2 Part Of Lots 16 & 17, Also Of 'Supervisor's Plat No 25 Of Buckland Estates', Part Of Lots 18 & 19 All Desc As Beg At Pt Dist S 38-58-44 W 176.12 Ft From Ne Cor Of Sd Lot 16, Th S 38-58-44 W 396.65 Ft, Th S 00-01-37 W 136.07 Ft, Th S 89-58-26 W 239.35 Ft, Th N 00-01-37 E 635 Ft, Th N 89-58-26 E 192.51 Ft, Th N 39-01-34 E 214.78 Ft, Th S 50-56-00 E 206.70 Ft, Th S 46-28-15 W 57.61 Ft, Th S 39-11-00 W 118.32 Ft, Th S 50-40-49 E 151.12 Ft To Beg Split/Combined On 01/10/2020 From 76-24-07-351-10, on the south side of Northwestern Highway between Inkster and W Twelve Mile Road, Section 07, City of Southfield, Oakland County, State of Michigan.

Introduce Ordinance No. 1732

SITE PLANS  

AGENDA ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND OR ACTION

A.    Proposed Lease of Simmons House, 26022 Berg Road

B.    Yearly Adoption of Poverty Exemption Guidelines under MCL 211.7U

C.    Formation of a Diversity and Inclusion Staff Position 

D.    Request for Approval of Contractual Services Agreement

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. Call in number for Communication is Public Comment +1-415-655-0001 US Toll Access Code 179 266 7697

COUNCIL

MAYOR

ADMINISTRATION

ATTORNEY

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

SCHEDULE

ORDINANCES

A.    Enact Ordinance No. 1731, amend Title XII, Cable Communications, adding a new Chapter 160A, Small Cell Wireless Facilities to the Southfield City Code.

CLOSED SESSION

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 MCL 15.269(c)

B.    Appointment of Lisa Hawkins to the Position of Director of Multimedia Operations – Closed Session

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