City Council - May 14, 2007

AGENDA

FERNDALE CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, MAY 14, 2007, 7:30 P.M. AT CITY HALL

1. Pledge of Allegiance

2. Roll Call

3. PROCLAMATION Poppy Week - May 14-19, 2007

4. PRESENTATION Ferndale Public Schools

5. PRESENTATION Hazel Park Public Schools

6. PUBLIC HEARING Wordsworth Street Improvement Project

7. PUBLIC HEARING Liquor License Request - Anita’s Kitchen 22651 Woodward Avenue

   1. Consideration to approve On Premises Public Act 501 of 2006 Liquor License.

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.

   1. Approval of the Minutes of the Special Meetings held April 25 at 5:45 p.m., April 25 at 6:00 p.m., April 30, 2007 and the Regular Meeting held April 23, 2007, as submitted by Deputy City Clerk.

   2. Adoption of Travel Resolution authorizing Mayor Porter’s attendance at the NLC First Tier Suburbs Steering Committee Meeting to be held June 6-8, 2007 in Bartlett, Tennessee, as submitted by Deputy City Clerk.

   3. Approval of authorization for a temporary Liquor License for the Triangle Foundation during the Motor City Pridefest, as submitted by Triangle Foundation

   4. Approval to reappoint the DPW Director as SOCRRA Representative and the City Manager as Alternate, to represent the City of Ferndale on the SOCRRA Board of Trustees for fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, as submitted by City Manager.

   5. Approval of change order with Liquiforce Sewer Services USA, Inc., to repair the mainline sewer on Adams Court, as submitted by DPW Director.

   6. Approval of the First Amendment to 2004 Pavement Repairs Contract with ABC Paving Company, to waive the contract bid process pursuant to the City’s Procurement Policy and to authorize the Mayor and Deputy City Clerk to sign said Contract.

   7. Permission for Recreation and Senior Services to conduct 21^st Annual Ferndale Foot Frolic on Sunday, May 20, 2007, on the streets of Ferndale and authorization for the Department of Public Works to close streets and the Police Department to provide assistance, as submitted by Recreation Director.

   8. Approval to refer proposed changes to Zoning Ordinance No. 1004 to the Ordinance Committee for review and recommendation, as submitted by CDS Director.

   9. Approval to schedule a Public Hearing for Tuesday, May 29, 2007 regarding a Principal Shopping District (PSD) Special Assessment in the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and to direct the City Clerk’s Office to publish the necessary Public Hearing Notices, as submitted by DDA Manager.
      (Public copies of the Consent Agenda may be viewed at the Library)

   10. Approval of the bills, payrolls, as certified by City Manager, to be paid subject to review by the Council Finance Committee.

10. Regular Agenda

    1. Consideration to extend offer of employment for the position of City Clerk

    2. Appointment to the Arts and Cultural Commission

    3. Consideration of Future Land Use Plan Consultant

    4. Consideration of Resolutions regarding DWRF Revenue Bonds

    5. Consideration of Temporary Noise Ordinance Exemption to Michigan Department of Transportation in 2007-2008

    6. Consideration of delinquent accounts of water, grass/weeds, and alarm fees to be collected as a special assessment with the Summer 2007 Tax Roll

    7. Consideration of Bicycle Friendly Community

11. Call to Council

12. Adjournment