AGENDA
FERNDALE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MONDAY, JULY 26, 2004, 7:30 P.M. AT CITY HALL
1. Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. PRESENTATION Youth Delegate on NLC
Conference held December, 2003
4. PRESENTATION July, 2004 Beautification Awards
5. PRESENTATION Friends of the Ferndale Library to
present donation to the Ferndale Library
6. PRESENTATION Ferndale Chamber of Commerce Monthly
Update
7. PRESENTATION Troy/Allen Developments:
A. Morningside Group
B. Larson Realty Group
C. Benchmark Development, LLC
8. Call to Audience (Strict half-hour; excess of
half-hour immediately prior to Call to Council)
9. Consent Agenda
All items listed under Consent Agenda are considered
routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There
will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member or
citizen so requests, in which event the items will be removed from the
Consent Agenda and considered at the end of the Regular Agenda.
A. Authorization of payment to Oakway Hazardous
Materials Team for annual fee, as submitted by Fire Chief.
B. Approval of Emergency Response Vehicle
Interlocal Agreement, to designate the Fire Chief as authorized
representative, as set forth in Section 3.4, and authorization for
the Mayor and City Clerk to sign Agreement, as submitted by Fire
Chief.
C. Approval of the Special Event Application from
Ferndale Laboratories, Inc., for a Company Picnic on Saturday,
September 11, 2004, at Garbutt Park, as submitted by City Clerk.
D. Approval to issue a Pawnbroker’s License to be
located at 771 E. Eight Mile Road, to be held by Steven Ruzumna and
Edward Ruzumna, d.b.a. Cash Your Check Plus, Inc., and approval of
the two bonds, as submitted by City Clerk.
E. Adoption of Resolution approving Ferndale
Chamber of Commerce request for obtaining a charitable gaming
license, as submitted by City Manager.
E. Approval of License Agreement with Jim Koeppen
to pave the public alley behind 483 and 493 West Cambourne and 582
and 594 West Breckenridge, and authorization for the Mayor and City
Clerk to sign Agreement, as submitted by DPW Director.
F. Approval to purchase Ford Tauruses for the
Police Department from Gorno Ford through the State Purchase
Program, as submitted by DPW Director.
G. Approval of Contract with HAVEN, Inc., for
Community Development Block Grant Program Year 2004, and
authorization for the Mayor and City Clerk to sign Contract, as
submitted by CDS Director.
H. Approval of Contract with Community Services
of Oakland for Community Development Block Grant Program 2004, and
authorization for the Mayor and City Clerk to sign Contract, as
submitted by CDS Director.
10. Regular Agenda
A. Consideration of street and parking lot
closures and traffic detours for the 2004 Ferndale Car Show
B. Consideration of Rezoning request of property
at NW quadrant of Livernois and West Eight Mile Road, from C-5,
RO-2, and R1-B to C-3
C. Consideration to permit parking on eastbound
West Marshall between Central and the Ferndale Middle School
driveway
D. Consideration of signage waiver for the
Ferndale Art Fair
E. Consideration of request from Ferndale for
Instant Runoff Voting to place Charter Amendment on November, 2004
Election Ballot
F. Consideration of DRAFT ballot language for
Headlee Amendment Override
G. Consideration of METRO Act Unilateral
Right-of-Way Telecommunications Application and Permit with AT & T
H. Consideration of Amendment to Contract for
Solid Waste and Recycling Service
I. Consideration of Tentative Agreement with
Police Command
J. Appointments to Library Board
K. Appointment of Council Member to Employees
Pension Board and the Board of Zoning Appeals Board
L. Adoption of Resolution supporting a
Constitutional Amendment to the Michigan Constitution of 1963,
providing for the imposition of the death penalty in cases involving
conviction for first-degree murder of a law enforcement officer
M. Discussion on SEMCOG 2030 Regional
Transportation Plan
11. Call to Council
12. Adjournment