City of Southfield 
Regular (Hybrid) Meeting Agenda of the City Council 
March 4, 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

Appointment of Deputy City Clerk

Mayor Appointments

Reappointment to the Planning Commission – Anthony Martin
Reappointment to the Planning Commission – Cynthia Bernoudy 
Reappointment to the Planning Commission – Jeremy Griffis
Reappointment to the Planning Commission – Robert Willis
Appointment to the City Centre Advisory Board – Charlena Ponders 

Council Appointments 

Reappointment to the Board of Review – Larry Snider
Reappointment to the Board of Review – Willie Davis
Reappointment to the Commission on Senior Adults – Brenda Chambers-Threat
Reappointment to the Commission on Senior Adults – Vineta Mitchell
Reappointment to the Public Arts Commission – Andrienne Ziegler
Reappointment to the Total Living Commission – Sheila Gaddie
Reappointment to the Total Living Commission – Harmen Guenther
Reappointment to the Total Living Commission – Shaniya Jarrett
Reappointment to the Total Living Commission – Patricia McMillon
Reappointment to the Total Living Commission – Deborah Walton-Medley
Reappointment to the Total Living Commission – Lewis Williams
Reappointment to the Veterans Commission – Barbara Seldon
Reappointment to the Wildlife Commission – Sarah Vermiglio
Reappointment to the Wildlife Commission – David Schaffer
Appointment to the Board of Review – Alexander Credit
Appointment to the Commission on Senior Adults – Olivia Duvall
Appointment to the Commission on Senior Adults – Georgette Flowers
Appointment to the Commission on Senior Adults – Lois Jones
Appointment to the Total Living Commission – Cedrick Coburn (youth representative)

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  

Presentation of Oakland County Treasurer’s Office Foreclosure Prevention

MINUTES

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

A.    Authorization to Purchase Vehicles for the Police Department

B.    Acceptance of Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) Grant for Road Repairs on North Park Drive and Rutland Avenue

C.    Authorization to Purchase Evergreen UV Disinfection Lights and ActivTek Induct 500 Air Treatment Systems for new Ambulances

D.    Authorization to Upfit Vehicles for the Fire Prevention

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS 

ORDINANCES

AGENDA ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND / OR ACTION

A.    23675 Greenfield – Cornerstone Plaza – Proposed Façade Renovations related to division/leasing of former Kroger

B.    Presentation and discussion regarding the proposal to construct a new Panda Express restaurant with drive-thru at 29201 Telegraph Road (PCZR24-0001, PSLU23-0022 and PSP23-0022)

C.    Presentation and discussion regarding the proposal to add alcohol sales and a carry-out restaurant to the Shell Gas Station at 24839 Greenfield Road (PSLU23-0020 and PSP23-0020)

D.    Presentation and discussion regarding the proposal to renovate and reuse a vacant, former church at 23800 Lahser for the Philippine American Cultural Center of Michigan (PSLU23-0021 and PSP23-0021) 

E.    Presentation and discussion regarding the proposal to renovate and reuse a vacant tenant space in a commercial center at 25080 Southfield Road for a new restaurant/bar use (PSLU24-0002)

F.    Presentation and discussion regarding the proposal to construct a new car wash at 23055 Telegraph Road (PZR23-0004, PSLU23-0019 and PSP23-0019)
 
COUNCIL

A.    Appointment of Delegate and Alternate to the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments (SEMCOG)

B.    Approval of Travel Expense Report: Yolanda Haynes, MML Newly Elected Official Seminar, Sterling Heights, MI, January 25, 2024

MAYOR

ADMINISTRATION

ATTORNEY

A.    Management Solution Holdings, LLC., Aaron Morris and Shannon Steel, v City of Southfield  (United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan)

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.