City Council - July 26, 2004

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