City of Southfield 
Regular Meeting Agenda of the City Council 
March 17, 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

PRESENTATIONS  

• Oakland County Foreclosure Prevention Presentation
• Presentation from Oakland County Commissioner’s Linnie Taylor and Yolanda Smith Charles
• Presentation of Joint Resolution for Women’s History Month
• Presentation of Joint Resolution for World Water Day

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

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

1. Information of Microsoft Volume Licensing Agreement Renewal
2. Proposed Amendment to Resolution 2022.222 - Revised Procedure for the Sale of Vacant Parcels
3. Approval of Cost Participation Agreement for Greenfield Road Resurfacing from 12 Mile Road to 13 Mile Road (Job No. 2608RCOC) (RCOC Board Project 57571)
4. Transformational Brownfield Plan Middlepoint Investment Group, 26011 and 26111 Evergreen Road and 20100 Civic Center Drive; Set Public Hearing Date March 24, 2025
5. CoStar Database Contract Renewal
6. Authorization to Purchase Two Vehicles for P&R / Park Services  
7. Extension of Irrigation System Maintenance Contract with Michigan Automatic Sprinkler
8. Reimbursement Agreement with the Road Commission for Oakland County for 2025 Street Sweeping Services (2025 Summer Maintenance Agreement)
9. Authorization to Purchase Light Towers for Water & Sewer
10. Purchase of Autonomous Floor Scrubber
11. Facilities Maintenance Budget Amendment
12. Purchase of Carpet Cleaner

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED AND/OR ACTION

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS

ORDINANCES

1. Enact Ordinance No. 1807, Introduction of MSHDA Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Hope Apartments
2. Enact Ordinance No. 1808, PTZA24-0004, Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment to amend Title V, Zoning and Planning, Chapter 45, Zoning, of the Code of the City of Southfield by amending Article 5 – Section 5.62-B; to delete provisions related to keeping of animals and add reference to the Chapter 113 Animals – Section 9.76; related to the keeping of animals other than pets (that Chapter to be amended separately).

COUNCIL

1. Travel Expense Report: Coretta Houge, MML Committee Meeting, Lansing, MI, January 20-21, 2025

MAYOR

ADMINISTRATION

ATTORNEY

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

SCHEDULE

Individuals with special need for this meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office at 248-796-5150 (voice) or 711 (TDD). If auxiliary aids or services are needed, reasonable advance notice is required.