City of Southfield 
Regular Meeting Agenda of the City Council 
June 24, 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

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  

• Detroit MI Pierians Artistic Award to the Friends of Southfield Public Arts

MINUTES

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

A.    Appointment of Representative and Alternate to the Southeastern Oakland County Water Authority (SOCWA)

B.    SEMCOG Membership

C.    Oakland County Michigan Works! Southfield Flexible Workforce Assistance Expansion Under American Rescue Plan Act

D.    Authorization to Accept the Technical, Managerial and Financial (TMF) Grant

E.    Authorization to Purchase Replacement LIFEPAK CR2 Automated External Defibrillators from Stryker

F.    Receipt of Bids for Ceiling Removal, Apparatus Bay at Fire Station 1

G.    Adoption of Neighborhood Traffic Calming Program

H.    Cost Increase for Twyckingham Valley Road Improvements (Job No. 2386SFLD)

I.    Healthcare and Benefits Consultant and Broker of Record Contract Renewal

J.    Purchase of P25 7/800 MHz Bi-Directional Amplifier System at Southfield A&T High School for new County Motorola Radio System

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS 

A.    PSLU24-0010, the Special Use Request by Farrah Properties, L.L.C., to construct an addition to an existing gas station/convenience store and add a carry-out restaurant at 28745 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel 24-18-276-007)

B.    PSP24-0006, the Site Plan Review request by Farrah Properties, L.L.C., to construct an addition to an existing gas station/convenience store and add a carry-out restaurant at 28745 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel 24-18-276-007)

C.    PSLU24-0011, the Special Use Request by Grand 8 LLC, to reconfigure an existing multi-tenant shopping center to add a Biggby Coffee with a drive-thru at 27200 W. 8 Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel 24-31-356-025)

D.    PSP24-0007, the Site Plan Review request by Grand 8 LLC, to reconfigure an existing multi-tenant shopping center to add a Biggby Coffee with a drive-thru at 27200 W. 8 Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel 24-31-356-025)

E.    PSP24-0003, the Site Plan Review request by Contour Companies, to construct Phase 2 of the McKinley Place RUDD Development at 18830 George Washington Dr, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel 24-26-226-004)

F.    PZR24-0003, the request to rezone 8.6 acres of land at 28600 Lahser Road, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel# 24-15-101-007) from RM, Multiple Family (Low Rise) to R-2, Single Family

Introduce Ordinance No. 1788

ORDINANCES

AGENDA ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND / OR ACTION

COUNCIL

A.    Travel Expense Report: Yolanda Haynes, MML Spring Advance Summit, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, May 17-18, 2024

B.    Travel Expense Report: Charles Hicks, Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce Conference, Mackinac Island, Michigan, May 28-31, 2024

MAYOR

ADMINISTRATION

ATTORNEY

A.    Introduce Ordinance No. 1789, MSHDA Payment In Lieu Of Taxes (PILOT) Wellspring

B.    Introduce Ordinance No. 1790, Amendment of Ordinance Establishing a PILOT (Payment In Lieu of Taxes) for John Grace Arms

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

SCHEDULE

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