HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRDA MINUTES 2002-12-12 MINUTES OF THE 141"REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLYMOUTH
ROAD DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
The 140 Regular Meeting of the Plymouth Road Development Authority of the City of
Livonia, Michigan was called to order at 3:05 PM, Thursday, December 12, 2002 in the
4th floor conference room of City Hall.
Members Present: Mayor Jack Kirksey
Mr. Jerry Wordhouse, Chairman
Mr. Scott Grace, Vice Chairman
Mr. Bill Pike
Mr. Lowell Peterson
Mr. Stan Anderson
Mrs. Toni Mette
Mr. John Walsh
Mr. Rod Crider
Members Absent: Mr. Dennis Kujawa(excused)
Mr. Duane Wolfgang(excused)
Mr. Marvin Walkon(excused)
Others Present: Mr. John Nagy, Director
Mr. Rich O'Brien, Beckett &Raeder
Mr. Ralph Williams, Citizen
(10, Dr. Robert Auth, Rosedale Gardens Homeowners Association
Mr. Christopher Martin, Citizen
Mr. Richard Gallagher&Mr. Maurice Mickam
Mrs. Robby Williams, Secretary
1. Roll was called.
2. Adoption of 140th Regular Meeting Minutes: On a motion duly made, seconded
and unanimously adopted, it was
#2002-26 RESOLVED,that the Minutes of the 140th Regular Meeting held on
November 21, 2002, by the Plymouth Road Development Authority are
hereby approved.
Mr. Wordhouse, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted.
At this time the Board recognized Mrs. Karen Kapchonick of the Parks& Recreation
Department for the role she played along with Mrs. Carol Swales of the Mayor's office as
co-chairpersons for the 2002 Holiday Parade. This is a big undertaking pilling all of the
participants together and the organization of the parade. Gift certificates were given to
the co-chairpersons as a thank you for a job well done and much appreciated.
3. Comments from Chairman: Mr. Wordhouse read a thank you note from Mrs.
Swales for her gift certificate as she was not present at the meeting. A Christmas
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card from Mette Printery was received and acknowledged along with a card from
Michael Polsinelli.
4. Finance Report —Mr. Slater was not present but will give the financial reports
for the months of November and December to the Board at the January 2003
meeting.
5. Mr. Richard Gallagher of the Gallagher Group introduced his client Mr. Maurice
Mickam and gave a presentation of his client's proposal to construct a car wash
facility at 33850 Plymouth Road, located on the north side of Plymouth Road
between Farmington and Stark Roads located on the east side of the new CAT
Rental facility. Mr. Gallagher presented the proposed site plan, building elevation
plan and landscape plan and concluded by asking for support from the Plymouth
Road Development Authority for this project. He explained that this proposal
makes the best possible use of the existing building as it was initially designed and
used for car wash purposes. His proposal however, will remove part of the old
structure and replace it with a new addition and modernize the entire structure.
New landscaping will be provided which was reviewed by Mr. Nagy and our
consultant, Beckett &Raeder. The plan was developed in conformance with the
design objective of the P.R.D.A. streetscape theme. No street trees or new street
light poles will be affected by this proposal.
On a motion by Mr. Peterson, seconded by Mr. Walsh and unanimously approved, it was
#2002-27 RESOLVED,that the Plymouth Road Development Authority does hereby
support the construction of a car wash facility at 33850 Plymouth Road as
submitted by the Gallagher Group with the condition that it complies with the
plans as presented and that it meets all requirements that may be imposed by
the City Planning Commission and/or City Council.
Mr. Wordhouse, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted.
6. Construction Report—Beckett &Raeder: Rich O'Brien reported that there
were not many updates to report from last month due to the inclement weather and
snow. The fences and landscaping have all been put in except the ornamental
trees. Phase VI is in the design process. In early to mid-January he will be ready
for bids. First we will present the plans and specifications to the Construction
Committee for their review. The maintenance is proceeding along well. There
were discussions regarding signage west of Middlebelt. Halophane sent a request
for pricing. They didn't include the street signs as part of their quote. Mr.
O'Brien thought the cost would be around$5,600. There are eleven street signs
to be installed in Phase V. Mr. Wordhouse requested an analysis of the costs for
Phase VI if Peter Basile Sons, Inc. is going to be allowed to quote directly on this
contract. We want to be assured that there is fairness in this process that their
figures are justifiable.
7. Committee Reports
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Inspection—Toni Mette—nothing this month but will have a report next month.
Public Relations—Stan Anderson—Nothing to report.
Construction Committee—Bill Pike— Nothing to report at this time.
Banner Committee- Mr.Nagy—There will be a meeting after the first of the year to
review plans to replace the color banners previously used.
Vacant Building—Scott Grace—No report.
Development Assistance—No report
8. Director's Report -John Nagy—At the last meeting we discussed directing the
traffic flow out of Ashley/Roush Industrial Park and the truck traffic doing damage
to the road, curb and driveways. The Ashley people have been contacted and they
were aware of the problems. They have their own engineering firm looking into
the problem and trying to come up with new plans and also working with MDOT.
They hope to have a plan in place to begin this spring. We also discussed at the
previous board meeting about developing a truck route south of the CSX Railroad
track through the Wayne County property to access Inkster Road. The Mayor
indicated he had discussions with the County to that effect.
Mayor Kirksey agreed that the matter is still under review by our Engineering staff and the
Cow County Engineering staff.
Mr. Nagy added that, as was discussed at the last PRDA meeting regarding Mr.
Christopher Martin's concern relative to the Plymouth and Hubbard area, a
meeting with the City Engineer was cancelled and will have to be held at a future
date since the City Engineer, Mr. Bob Schron, was in the hospital and other
departmental personnel were not available at this time.
There was discussion about the annual PRDA holiday get together at the last
meeting and it was decided instead of having a get together to make money
available to a needy family in Livonia, preferably within the Plymouth Road
corridor. Don Ruff of the Goodfellows for the Plymouth Road corridor will help
select a family this Christmas season and will give us more details as that develops.
9. Polling of Board Members—
Stan Anderson received a call from Dr. Marston. She called and asked if the
PRDA could do something about a tree that blocks her sign.
Mr.Nagy received a similar call. The PRDA is going to prune it up for her so
there will be more visibility for the sign.
Coe Mr. Anderson asked if anything had been done about the right turn indicator at the
east/west bound Middlebelt intersection.
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Mr. Nagy wrote a letter to MDOT regarding that issue on August 13, 2002, but
they have not responded. Mayor Kirksey advised the Board that he has requested a
meeting with Wayne County for the traffic signalization. We will then be able to sit down
with the proper authorities. Mr. Nagy also advised the Board that 80 trees have been
replaced between Inkster and Middlebelt Road and that they are trying to work with Irish
Landscaping regarding their warrantee. The matter has been turned over to Mike Fisher
of the City's Law Department and he has had one meeting based upon the findings of our
expert, Mr. William Pickhardt, and the Irish Landscaping Company. Irish is willing to sit
down now and come back with a proposal to settle this matter before going to court.
Mayor Kirksey attended a town halt meeting which featured an expert from
Michigan State Extension Services. One thing that did come out at that meeting was that
at a certain age or size of the ash tree determines when the ash borer will attack it. The
borers will pass them by and then when the trees reaches a certain age that is what attracts
the borers.
Lowell Peterson—looking for calls from the Board for nominees for the officer
positions that need to be filled. These names will be given to the Nominating Committee.
Scott Grace—would like to see the City of Livonia do some radio advertising
similar to what the City of Taylor does to promote certain areas of their City. I also felt
that the parade was too long as in his view the crowd seemed to be thinning after the first
half hour to forty-five minutes.
(beMayor Kirksey explained that much of the crowd leaving has to do with those
groups that are there for one particular club or organization. When that group passes by
their supporters may leave shortly thereafter for that reason.
Karen Kopchonick acknowledged that there were five more participants in the
parade this year than last year. She also presented the PRDA members with a trifold of
the new Livonia Recreation Center showing what the facility has to offer and the rates.
She reported that it is expected to open to the public around the middle of April, 2002 and
that the Parks and Recreation Department will move over to that facility in February. The
pools will be open in May. Mayor Kirksey advised that it is basically on schedule and on
budget. He suggested that possibly a PRDA meeting could be hosted at the new facility in
May or June. The facility manager can come over and talk to a group if anyone is
interested.
10. Adjournment: On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted,the
141'Regular Meeting held by the Plymouth Road Development Authority was
adjourned at 3:55 pm.
The next meeting of the Plymouth Road Development Authority will be held on
Thursday, January 16, 2003.
Robby , Secretary
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