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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPUBLIC HEARING - 2019-07-17 - ESTABLISH SAD - HERITAGE SQUARE CITY OF LIVONIA PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES OF MEETING Held on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 A Public Hearing of the Council of the City of Livonia was held at the City Hall Auditorium on Wednesday, July 17, 2019. MEMBERS PRESENT: Laura Toy, President Jim Jolly, Vice-President Scott Bahr Brandon Kritzman Brian Meakin Cathy White MEMBERS ABSENT: Kathleen McIntyre OTHERS PRESENT: Mark Taormina, Director of Economic Development Todd Zilincik, City Engineer Paul Bernier, City Attorney Gretchen Guisbert, Recording Secretary The Public Hearing was called to order at 7:00 p.m. with President Laura Toy presiding. President Toy informed all in attendance that the honorable Kathleen McIntyre will not be with us tonight. She is on another assignment for a position she is just training for a new job. So, Cathy White is joining us. So, we have six of us here and you can count. Our first public hearing is a proposed special assessment for street lighting project for Heritage Square Site Condominiums, located on the east of Newburgh Road, and south of Six Mile Road, in the Northwest ¼ of Section 17. This is to establishment the Assessment Roll. The Public Hearing is now open. There were approximately 60 people in the audience. Toy: I’m going to introduce you to Mr. Zilincik our City Engineer. Mr. Zilincik. Zilincik: Thank you madam President and City Councilmembers. I just wanted to give you a quick background on the street assessment that’s taking place for Heritage Square. Audience: I can’t hear you. Toy: Can everybody hear? Audience: No. Toy: Hold on. (Checking all the microphones). Mine’s not on either. Hold on a minute we are going to turn on the microphones. That might help. We’re going to try. Zilincik: Shall I start over again, madam President? Toy: Are you alright Mark? No? Can we call someone? Toy: Let’s proceed. Just one second Mr. Kritzman. Hold on. Do we have a number to call for microphones? Bernier: Not that I know of. Toy: Ok. Bernier: I’ll send a text to the night supervisor. Toy: Ok. (Attorney Bernier left the meeting to get the Police Reserve officer who had a set of master keys. After the Police Reserve officer unlocked the P.A. system, the system was turned on.) Zilincik: Yes, Madam President. Again, just trying to give you background information regarding Heritage Square Condominiums. There are 50 lots. We have previously had a hearing of necessity on May 1, 2019. Here, going over the costs for each individual lot. The price would be $56.32 for a year of electricity, per lot, for the nine proposed streetlights that will be 72 watts, LED lights that are out there on Colonial Post, as provided by DTE. If there are any further questions, I will be happy to answer those. But for right now, again, that’s just the hearing of the roll as required by our SME process. Toy: Correct. Thank you. Council, any comments? Anyone from the audience wishing to speak to this item on Number 1? Can you hear me alright in the back? Ok, perfect, thanks. That speech class in junior high did help. Ok, anybody else, no? Yes? Jolly: Madam President. Toy: Council Vice-President Jolly. Jolly: Thank you. I will make a motion to approve the special assessment. Toy: Thank you. I have an approval. Do I have support on that? Kritzman: Support. Toy: I have support from Councilman Kritzman. Madam clerk, do you have that? Guisbert: Yes, I do. Toy: You’re good? Ok. Thank you. We have approval with support then. Ok, thank you very much. As there were no further questions or comments, the Public Hearing was declared closed at 7:04 p.m. SUSAN M. NASH, CITY CLERK