City of Southfield 
Regular Meeting Agenda of the City Council 
November 18, 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

PRESENTATIONS  

• Good Samaritan Award
• Presenting Helmets to Fire Ops 101 Participants
• Total Living Commission (TLC) Presentation

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. 
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MINUTES

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

A.    Authorization to Participate in Oakland County Brownfield Consortium for FY2024 Community-Wide $1,500,000  United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Coalition Assessment Grant under Title 11, Subtitle A, of the Small Business Liablity Relief and Brownfields Revitalizaiton Act of 2002

B.    Brownfield Redevelopment Plan & Tax Increment Financing Plan and Development & Reimbursement Agreement for 29410 Northwestern Highway Redevelopment Project - Set Public Hearing Date – December 9, 2024

C.    Authorization to Purchase a Vactor for Water & Sewer Division

D.    Approval of Agreement for Coral Gables Street Rehabilitation (Job No. 2601MDOT) (MDOT Job No. 204305); Contract No. 24-5322

E.    Authorization to Seek 2024 Oakland County Access to Transit Program Grant

AGENDA ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND / OR ACTION

A.    Authorize to accept of MDOT Michigan Shared Streets and Spaces Grant Program (SSSG) $200,000 grant for funding of bus stop improvements (key walks, concrete pads, benches and trash cans)

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS 

A.    PZRODD24-0002, the rezoning request to amend the existing ODD Agreement for the Northland Subarea Redevelopment Plan Overlay Development District to update the Master Development Plan, project timeline and Condominium Master Deed

Introduce Ordinance No. 1799

B.    PTZA24-0005 (ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT – PUBLIC HEARING) is a 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 4 – Section 5.31 to modify the minimum requirements for parking lot drive aisle widths

Introduce Ordinance No. 1800

C.    PTZA24-0006 (ZONING ORDINANCE TEXT AMENDMENT – PUBLIC HEARING) is a 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 14 – Section 5.134 and Article 18 – Section 5.169 to modify the site development standards for drive-in, drive-thru and 24-hour restaurants in the RS and B-3 zoning districts

Introduce Ordinance No. 1801

ORDINANCES

A.    Enact Ordinance No. 1798, PCZR24-0003, rezone 1.3 acres of land at 22575 & 22599 Telegraph Road, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel# 24-33-101-020 & -036) from I-1 Industrial to B-3 General Business (Next Generations Development, LLC - gas station/convenience store)

COUNCIL

A.    Travel Expense Report: Charles Hicks, Michigan Municipal League Convention, Mackinac Island, MI, September 11-13, 2024

MAYOR

ADMINISTRATION

A.    Second Amendment to the Northland Supplemental Development Agreement with Contour Development

ATTORNEY

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

SCHEDULE

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