HomeMy WebLinkAboutPLANNING MINUTES 2018-07-17 MINUTES OF THE 1,126th PUBLIC HEARINGS AND REGULAR MEETING
HELD BY THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF LIVONIA
On Tuesday, July 17, 2018, the City Planning Commission of the City of Livonia
held its 1,126th Public Hearings and Regular Meeting in the Livonia City Hall, 33000
Civic Center Drive, Livonia, Michigan.
Mr. Ian Wilshaw, Chairman, called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Members present: Sam Caramagno Glen Long Betsy McCue
Kevin Priddy Carol Smiley Peter Ventura
Ian Wilshaw
Members absent: None
Mr. Mark Taormina, Planning Director, and Ms. Margie Watson, Program
Supervisor, were also present.
Chairman Wilshaw informed the audience that if a petition on tonight's agenda
involves a rezoning request, this Commission makes a recommendation to the City
Council who, in turn, will hold its own public hearing and make the final
determination as to whether a petition is approved or denied. The Planning
Commission holds the only public hearing on a request for preliminary plat and/or
vacating petition. The Commission's recommendation is forwarded to the City
Council for the final determination as to whether a plat is accepted or rejected. If a
petition requesting a waiver of use or site plan approval is denied tonight, the
petitioner has ten days in which to appeal the decision, in writing, to the City
Council. Resolutions adopted by the City Planning Commission become effective
seven (7) days after the date of adoption. The Planning Commission and the
professional staff have reviewed each of these petitions upon their filing. The staff
has furnished the Commission with both approving and denying resolutions, which
the Commission may, or may not, use depending on the outcome of the
proceedings tonight.
ITEM #1 PETITION 2018-06-06-03 C-1 REGULATIONS
LIQUOR LICENSES
Mr. Caramagno, Secretary, announced the first item on the agenda, Petition 2018-
06-06-03 submitted by the City Planning Commission, pursuant
to Section 23.01(b) of Ordinance #543, the Zoning Ordinance of
the City of Livonia, as amended, to determine whether or not to
amend Section 10.03 of Article X, Waiver Uses, C-1 District
Regulations, of the Livonia Zoning Ordinance No. 543, as
amended, so as to allow for establishments having liquor licenses
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such as Class C, Tavern, Micro brewers and Brewpubs, to
operate in conjunction with restaurants and other dining facilities.
Mr. Taormina: This proposed language amendment would allow for on-premise
consumption of alcohol within C-1 zoning districts. Currently,
restaurants and other establishments licensed to serve alcohol
are restricted primarily to C-2 zoning districts. The change would
expand opportunities for smaller restaurants that are located in
C-1 zones to obtain and operate several of the various categories
of licenses that are available through the Michigan Liquor Control
Commission to allow for on-premise consumption of alcohol.
Some of these include Class C, Tavern licenses as well as small
distiller and brew pub licenses. The amendment was prompted
by the owner of the New-Five Shopping Center which is located
at Five Mile and Newburgh Roads. This was on behalf of a
prospective tenant who is considering opening a sushi-style
restaurant that would include either a Class C or a Tavern license.
The use is currently not allowed at the New-Five Shopping Center
as this site is zoned C-1, Local Business. Similar to the SDD and
SDM licenses, which allow for the sale of beer, wine, spirits and
other alcohol products for consumption off-premises, the on-
premise licenses would be treated as a waiver use subject to
Planning Commission and City Council approval. There are
several special conditions that would apply to these licenses,
including minimum separation distances from other similar
licensed establishments, churches and school buildings, and also
limiting alcohol sales to no more than 35 percent of the total gross
receipts of all sales. With that, Mr. Chairman, I'll be happy to
answer questions. There is no correspondence related to this
item at this point.
Mr. Wilshaw: Thank you, Mr. Taormina. As this is our own petition, there is no
petitioner to come forward on this item. Is there anybody in the
audience that wishes to speak for or against this item?
Mark Canvasser, 28580 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills, Michigan. I'm the
owner of the shopping center at Five Mile and Newburgh. I had
the opportunity to meet and speak with several of you at a
meeting about a month ago. We've had a couple tenants in the
past that have been interested in coming to the shopping center
to do smaller restaurant-type uses, a sushi restaurant. They want
the ability to serve liquor, either beer or wine or liquor, and the
zoning for our shopping center doesn't allow that. Our shopping
center is 75,000 square feet. In our meeting that we had, they had
the zoning map and it showed that there were very similar
shopping centers throughout Livonia of that size and that caliber
that allowed C-1 type uses. Even at Six Mile and Newburgh in the
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small center on the northeast corner is a C-1 zoning. So there
was discussion with several other people to change the zoning or
amend the zoning, and that's really what I'm here to support. I
appreciate your consideration in making this change to the
zoning. Retail has changed as we all know. It's prime day right
now, so if you haven't been on Amazon Prime, you might be one
of the few in America that wasn't. And in other communities, these
are similar uses. I know Livonia has attracted younger millennials
and a sushi restaurant or smaller venues are appealing to people
that can walk. You know that we have suffered a long time in that
shopping center with the vacant Farmer Jack. We've completely
turned that center around. We've got some great tenants, but
we've had trouble filling some of those other spaces. So we've
got to be aggressive and I'm hoping you'll be aggressive with us
to allow this amendment to the Zoning Ordinance. Thank you very
much. I can handle any questions you may have.
Mr. Wilshaw: Thank you, Mr. Canvasser. Do we have any questions for Mr.
Canvasser?
Eric Ladwig, UPS Store, 37637 Five Mile, Livonia, Michigan 48154. I'm one of the
tenants in Mark's plaza. And I think Mark alluded to the fact that
we've had a lot of vacancies in that plaza for many years, and
we're starting to come back. I think a sushi restaurant would
attract the younger-type customers that I'm looking for. So I
definitely want to support this, and I don't think it would be an
issue. He's got great lighting. He's been a good tenant. He's been
a good corporate citizen of this City and I'd really like to see this
pass because this will just kind of be in fairness with some other
plazas that are similar size to change the category. So as a
tenant, I'm not speaking for the whole plaza, but for a lot of them.
We'd love to see the zoning changed.
Mr. Wilshaw: Excellent. Are there any questions?
Ms. Smiley: Have you spoken to any of the other tenants about it?
Mr. Ladwig: I've talk to like three or four of them. They're very supportive.
Ms. Smiley: What's your store?
Mr. Ladwig: The UPS store.
Ms. Smiley: You're not serving liquor there, are you?
Mr. Ladwig: No. They would be very upset with me if I did.
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Ms. Smiley: I'm just teasing.
Mr. Ladwig: The whole thing is traffic and it's hard because when Farmer
Jacks left and the Rite Aid, I was basically the anchor of the plaza.
And that was kind of tough for a lot of years. If we have a chance
to get a new tenant that's going to come in, I think that would be
great. I think a lot of the younger people, especially the millennials
that are moving into the area, would love to have something like
that.
Ms. Smiley: Very good Thank you.
Mr. Wilshaw: Any other questions or anybody else in the audience wishing to
speak for or against this item? Seeing no one coming forward, I
will close the public hearing and ask for a motion.
On a motion by McCue, seconded by Smiley, and unanimously adopted, it was
#07-49-2018 RESOLVED, that pursuant to a Public Hearing having been held
by the City Planning Commission on July 17, 2018, on Petition
2018-06-06-03 submitted by the City Planning Commission,
pursuant to Section 23.01(b) of Ordinance #543, the Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Livonia, as amended, to determine
whether or not to amend Section 10.03 of Article X, Waiver Uses,
C-1 District Regulations, of the Livonia Zoning Ordinance No.
543, as amended, so as to allow for establishments having liquor
licenses such as Class C, Tavern, Micro brewers and Brewpubs,
to operate in conjunction with restaurants and other dining
facilities, the Planning Commission does hereby recommend to
the City Council that Petition 2018-06-06-03 be approved for the
following reasons:
1. The proposed language amendment will allow for on-
premise consumption of alcohol in the C-1 zoning district
under the waiver use process;
2. The proposed language amendment will allow for
establishments having liquor licenses such as Class C,
Tavern, Micro brewers and Brewpubs, to operate in
conjunction with restaurants and other dining facilities; and
3. The proposed language amendment will help meet a
growing demand, broaden and encourage economic
activities, and allow commercial enterprises to remain
competitive in a way that is compatible and in harmony with
the community's existing land uses, and is therefore in the
best interests of the City and its residents.
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FURTHER RESOLVED, that notice of the above hearing was
given in accordance with the provisions of Section 23.05 of
Zoning Ordinance #543, as amended.
Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted. It will go on to City Council with an approving resolution.
I will just make one brief comment that I was at the meeting that
Mr. Canvasser alluded to, and one of the options that was
considered was rezoning just one of the units of that center to C-
2 to accommodate this type of use. And if we were to start to get
into that, it would get into a situation where we're almost spot
zoning slices of a shopping center. This seems to be better option
to this situation than that type of solution.
ITEM #2 PETITION 2018-06-08-06 LA PLAZA
Mr. Caramagno, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Petition 2018-
06-08-06 submitted by Steve Anton requesting approval of all
plans required by Section 18.58 of the City of Livonia Zoning
Ordinance #543, as amended, in connection with a proposal to
remodel the exterior of the commercial strip center (LA Plaza) at
36083-36175 Plymouth Road, located on the south side of
Plymouth Road between Yale Avenue and Levan Road in the
Northeast 1/4 of Section 32.
Mr. Taormina: This is a request to remodel the exterior of LA Plaza, which is a
commercial strip center that is located on the south side of
Plymouth Road between Yale Avenue and Levan Road. This
property is about 4.8 acres. It includes 480 feet of frontage on
Plymouth Road. Located on the site is a multi-tenant retail
shopping center that is about 36,000 square feet in size. It has an
L-shaped configuration with some of the storefronts facing north
towards Plymouth Road and other storefronts facing west.
Currently, the exterior of the building contains a combination of
face brick and vinyl siding. The brick is on the main part of the
façade where it extends from the sidewalk to the top of the
parapet. There is horizontal vinyl siding on the tower elements
which highlights the ends as well as the center portion of the
shopping center. The changes would mostly involve covering
portions of the brick and vinyl with new materials. On the upper
part of the building, the brick would be covered with fiber cement
panels which are made by HardiePlank and the HardiePlank
would also be used to replace the vinyl siding that is located on
portions of the peaked tower elements. Between the storefront
windows, the plans show cultured stone that would be used to
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cover the existing brick, and then from the sill line down to the
sidewalk the existing brick would remain. At the end of the day,
according to this plan, three primary materials would be utilized —
the brick on the lower part of the building, the cultured stone in
the middle part and then the HardiePlank on the upper part of the
building. There are no other site changes. There were some
additional accents provided on the design including some wall
scones. I think the Commission had asked for some details on
that, although I don't know if we have anything related to that.
With that, Mr. Chair, I'll be happy to read out the correspondence.
Mr. Wilshaw: Certainly, please.
Mr. Taormina: There are five items of correspondence. The first item is from the
Engineering Division, dated June 19, 2018, which reads as
follows: "In accordance with your request, the Engineering
Division has reviewed the above referenced petition. We have no
objections to the proposed project at this time. The existing parcel
is assigned a range of addresses from #36083 to #36175
Plymouth Road, with the address of #36217 Plymouth Road
being assigned to the overall parcel. The submitted legal
description appears to be correct and should be used in
conjunction with this petition. The existing building is currently
serviced by public water main, sanitary sewer and storm sewer.
Should renovations to the building require alterations to the
existing services, drawings will need to be submitted to this
department to determine if permits will be required. Also, should
the owner need to complete work within the Plymouth Road right-
of-way, permits from the Michigan Department of Transportation
(MOOT) will be required."The letter is signed by David Lear, P.E.,
Assistant City Engineer. The second letter is from the Livonia Fire
& Rescue Division, dated June 29, 2018, which reads as follows:
"This office has reviewed the site plan submitted in connection
with a request to remodel the exterior of the commercial strip
center on property located at the above referenced address. We
have no objections to this proposal." The letter is signed by Keith
Bo, Fire Marshal. The third letter is from the Division of Police,
dated June 30, 2018, which reads as follows: "I have reviewed
the plans in connection with the petition. I have no objections to
the proposal." The letter is signed by Brian Leigh, Sergeant,
Traffic Bureau. The fourth letter is from the Inspection
Department, dated July 11, 2018, which reads as follows:
"Pursuant to your request, the above referenced petition has
been reviewed. (1) The parking lot located behind the building
needs to be repaired/replaced and restriped. (2) The existing
dumpster enclosure and gates needs to be repaired. (3) There
are additional dumpsters behind the building that do not have
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enclosures. Planning and/or Council may wish to address this.
This Department has no further objections to this petition." The
letter is signed by Jerome Hanna, Director of Inspection. That is
the extent of the correspondence. The fifth letter is from the
Finance Department, dated June 20, 2018, which reads as
follows: "I have reviewed the addresses connected with the
above noted petition. As there are no outstanding amounts
receivable, general or water and sewer, I have no objections to
the proposal." The letter is signed by Coline Coleman, Chief
Accountant. That is the extent of the correspondence.
Mr. Wilshaw: Do we have any questions of our Planning staff?
Ms. Smiley: Just a question about the dumpsters that are not enclosed in the
back. What is the story on those?
Mr. Taormina: They're not enclosed. We typically require enclosure of
dumpsters where they are visible to the public. Unfortunately, I
did not have an opportunity to get out there and take a look at
these particular trash containers to see just how visible they are,
but in many cases, even if they're behind the shopping complex
and they're not enclosed, we do require those to be properly
contained with masonry enclosures on three sides and properly
gated in the front. The Inspection Department is asking that
Council and the Planning Commission consider that as part of
any resolution.
Ms. Smiley: There is a wall behind there.
Mr. Taormina: There is a wall that separates this from the residential to the
south. This aerial isn't quite detailed enough to show precisely
where those dumpsters are located, but the resolution we have
prepared does indicate compliance to the satisfaction of the
Inspection Department. So if they feel that they should be
enclosed, then that's something that they can require.
Ms. Smiley: Thank you.
Mr. Wilshaw: Any other questions for our Planning staff? Seeing none, the
petitioner is here. We will need your name and address for the
record please.
Vincent George, Lakepointe Companies, 4564 Coachmaker Drive, Bloomfield
Hills, Michigan 48302. We are the general contractors on record
for this renovation. Mr. Anton was not able to attend.
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Mr. Wilshaw: Thank you, Mr. George. Is there anything you'd like to add to the
presentation?
Mr. George: No. We are coming before you to get approved for the
HardiePlank and for the other elements of the façade.
Mr. Wilshaw: Is there any questions from the Commissioners?
Mr. Caramagno: Sir, I saw some materials were brought up. Do you have materials
that you can show us?
Mr. George: Absolutely. This is our sample of the cultured stone color. This is
product made by Dutch Quality Stone. This is what we're going
to be wrapping the columns with. The roof has already been
done. We got a permit to do that. It was a maintenance issue.
There were some leaks. So the City allowed us to do that. And a
sample of the new vinyl siding, but some of it will be covered with
the Hardie board.
Mr. Wilshaw: Any other questions?
Ms. Smiley: Is that the HardieBoard colors?
Mr. George: Yes, that is.
Mr. Wilshaw: It's a red color and a beige color.
Mr. George: That's correct.
Mr. Wilshaw: Any other questions for our petitioner?
Mr. Priddy: Good evening. On the drawing it looks like you're doing the
columns. Are you taking brick off and replacing it?
Mr. George: No. Right over it. It's a relatively thin veneer so we're going to go
over them.
Mr. Priddy: And the base is all remaining brick.
Mr. George: It's remaining brick, yes.
Mr. Priddy: What about the windows? Are you trimming the windows out?
Mr. George: No. Just a nice clean look.
Mr. Priddy: You mentioned previously something about lights?
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Mr. George: Yes. We did email a spec on the lighting. They are wall scones.
They're constructed of aluminum so they won't rust and stain the
cultured stone. I believe you should have them.
Mr. Priddy: Did you get anything on that?
Mr. Taormina: I did not see anything.
Mr. Wilshaw: If it was received, it didn't make it into our packets, but hopefully
the City has it somewhere and we can get it into the packet for
the Council. Any other questions for our petitioner?
Mr. Ventura: Good evening. At the study session, it was noted and comments
made about the fact that the parking striping was pretty well worn
out. It appeared as though there was some spots, not in the main
parking lot, I'm talking about behind that could stand some
resealing. And so I'd ask you have you had an opportunity to
mention that to the owner and something that can be added to
this project.
Mr. George: The owners are a company called Cantor Real Estate
Opportunity Fund. They are out of Florida. The property manager
is the one that takes care of these types of things. I will mention
it to him along with the dumpster issue. The parking lot was
redone, I believe, two years ago in the front and it's in relatively
nice shape.
Mr. Ventura: The underlying asphalt . . . .
Mr. George: Just the back, yeah. I'll absolutely mention it to the property
manager and see if we can.
Ms. Smiley: There is an awning on one of the buildings.
Mr. George: The jewelry store, yes.
Ms. Smiley: Are you going to restore the awning and it will be what color?
Mr. George: It's not in our scope of work to redo the awning. We will remove
the awning and do the Hardie board or siding, whatever is going
to go in that section, and then replace it. We don't have anything
in our scope of work to replace or redo the awning.
Ms. Smiley: Do you happen to know what color it is?
Mr. George: Yeah, I think it's maroon.
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Mr. Wilshaw: My recollection is that it's also a maroon color.
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Mr. George: It is.
Mr. Wilshaw: Is there anybody in the audience that wishes to speak for or
against the granting of this petition? Seeing no one coming
forward, a motion would be in order.
On a motion by Smiley, seconded by Ventura, and unanimously adopted, it was
#07-50-2018 RESOLVED, that the City Planning Commission does hereby
recommend to the City Council that Petition 2018-06-08-06
submitted by Steve Anton requesting approval of all plans
required by Section 18.58 of the City of Livonia Zoning Ordinance
#543, as amended, in connection with a proposal to remodel the
exterior of the commercial strip center(LA Plaza) at 36083-36175
Plymouth Road, located on the south side of Plymouth Road
between Yale Avenue and Levan Road in the Northeast 1/4 of
Section 32, be approved subject to the following conditions:
1. That the Exterior Elevations Plan identified as Sheet A.1,
dated June 14, 2018, prepared by Chester Stempien
Associates, is hereby approved and shall be adhered to;
2. That the issues as outlined in the correspondence dated
July 11, 2018, from the Director of Inspection, including
repairs to the parking lot and screening the trash
receptacle(s) shall be resolved to the satisfaction and within
a time frame agreeable to the Inspection Department;
3. That only conforming signage is approved with this petition,
and any additional signage shall be separately submitted for
review and approval by the Zoning Board of Appeals;
4. That no LED light band or exposed neon shall be permitted
on this site including, but not limited to, the building or
around the windows;
5. That unless approved by the proper local authority, any type
of exterior advertising, such as promotional flags, streamers
or sponsor vehicles designed to attract the attention of
passing motorists, shall be prohibited;
6. That the specific plans referenced in this approving
resolution shall be submitted to the Inspection Department
at the time the building permits are applied for; and
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7. Pursuant to Section 19.10 of Ordinance #543, the Zoning
Ordinance of the City of Livonia, this approval is valid for a
period of ONE YEAR ONLY from the date of approval by
City Council, and unless a building permit is obtained, this
approval shall be null and void at the expiration of said
period.
Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted. It will go on to City Council with an approving resolution.
ITEM #3 PETITION 2018-06-08-07 BRASHEAR TOWER
Mr. Caramagno, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Petition 2018-
06-08-07 submitted by Brashear Tower Limited Development
Housing Association, L.L.C. requesting approval of all plans
required by Section 18.47 of the Zoning Ordinance in connection
with a proposal to remodel the exterior of the nine-story
independent senior housing facility, known as William W.
Brashear Tower, at 17841 N. Laurel Park Drive, located on the
west side of N. Laurel Park Drive between Six Mile Road and
University Drive in the Southeast 1/4 of Section 7.
Mr. Caramagno: Mark, is Item 3 going to be heard tonight?
Mr. Taormina: Mr. Chair, we did receive an email from the petitioner on July 11
indicating that they requested that this item be tabled to a date
uncertain. We'll notify the Planning Commission when this item
comes back for consideration.
Mr. Wilshaw: I think that's fine. We'll just go with that. We'll note to anyone
watching in our TV audience that Item 3 will be tabled to a future
date. Is there a motion for that tabling?
On a motion by Long, seconded by McCue, and unanimously adopted, it was
#07-51-2018 RESOLVED, that the City Planning Commission does hereby
recommend that Petition 2018-06-08-07 submitted by Brashear
Tower Limited Development Housing Association, L.L.C.
requesting approval of all plans required by Section 18.47 of the
Zoning Ordinance in connection with a proposal to remodel the
exterior of the nine-story independent senior housing facility,
known as William W. Brashear Tower, at 17841 N. Laurel Park
Drive, located on the west side of N. Laurel Park Drive between
Six Mile Road and University Drive in the Southeast '% of Section
7, be tabled as requested by the Petitioner in an email dated July
11, 2018.
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Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted.
ITEM #4 APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1,125TH Public Hearings and
Regular Meeting
Mr. Caramagno, Secretary, announced the next item on the agenda, Approval of
the Minutes of the 1,125th Public Hearings and Regular Meeting
held on June 26, 2018.
On a motion by Ventura, seconded by Long, and unanimously adopted, it was
#07-52-2018 RESOLVED, that the Minutes of 1,125th Public Hearings and
Regular Meeting held by the Planning Commission on June 26,
2018, are hereby approved.
A roll call vote on the foregoing resolution resulted in the following:
AYES: Ventura, Long, McCue, Priddy, Smiley,
Caramagno, Wilshaw
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Mr. Wilshaw, Chairman, declared the motion is carried and the foregoing resolution
adopted.
Mr. Wilshaw: Is there any other business to come before the Planning
Commission tonight? We have a gentleman in the audience
coming forward.
Thomas Lee, Boy Scout Troop 271, 16809 Ryan Road, Livonia, Michigan 48154.
We're with the scouts with St. Michael the Archangel parish in
Livonia. Josh, on his trek to being an Eagle, which is a couple years
away, he has to do a communications merit badge. And so that's
what he's here tonight for to do that, so he has to write notes about
what was discussed and if it was approved or disapproved and then
he has to turn that in to his leader. So, tell them about it, Josh.
Mr. Wilshaw: Excellent, Josh. Please start with your name and address for our
record. What would you like to tell us about?
Joshua Lee, Boy Scout Troop 271, 16809 Ryan Road, Livonia, Michigan 48154.
So I'm doing my merit badge for communications and it's a Eagle
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requirement and I eventually have to do it so I can get Eagle. So
I'm getting closer and closer so I can get eventually to Eagle.
Mr. Wilshaw: Excellent. And what did you obtain from this meeting or what did
you learn as you listened to the meeting?
Josh Lee: A lot of stuff.
Mr. Wilshaw: A lot of formality, right? A lot of formal processes we go through
here. We're glad to have you here. We're glad that you came to
watch our meeting and we certainly want to wish you well in your
process of getting your Eagle Scout. That's a very important thing
and a very high honor to earn. Congratulations and we wish you
well on that.
Josh Lee: Thank you.
Thomas Lee: I want to put a plug in for his brother. He's three years older and he
chose to redo the Livonia Archery Range. It was overgrown and a
lot of the targets were busted up. So we've been working for the
last month, and tomorrow we finish it. You have a big giant field
there. It's a big field. It was 70 yards of mulch to mulch that field,
and we got it donated from the yard next door where they mulch
the trees up. And so we're finishing tomorrow. We have to put a
target line in and just do a safety line and we're finished.
Mr. Wilshaw: That's awesome. That's really good. A lot of people don't realize
that in and among all the different resources we have in the City,
we do have an archery range down on Glendale that's a nice
resource for people who want to practice archery.
Thomas Lee: Yep. So we built ten new targets for them, which the requirement
was, and then to mulch the field and redo all the safety lines, make
sure everything was in a safe manner. So in the morning we'll finish
it up.
Mr. Wilshaw: That's excellent. I certainly appreciate the efforts of both your son,
Josh, his bigger brother.
Thomas Lee: His name is Jacob.
Mr. Wilshaw: Jacob's work and yourself for encouraging them to do this great
public service.
Thomas Lee: As well as people love sports, I love scouting. We will do sports,
but it's something that they're going to live with forever and it's
going to stick with them. And Mr. Priddy and I, our kids were in
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scouts together at St. Michael's for a long time, all the way from
first grade on. We've known each other for a long time.
Mr. Wilshaw: That's wonderful. Thank you so much for coming.
Ms. Smiley: Can I ask what grade are you in Josh?
Josh Lee: I'm going into seventh.
Ms. Smiley: Very good.
Thomas Lee: His brother is going into 10th grade. To be an Eagle Scout, if you
don't do it early on, women get in your life and then you forget about
being an Eagle Scout.
Ms. Smiley: Wait, wait, wait.
Thomas Lee: That's the truth though. Cars and all other stuff. So if you don't get
it by 15, 16, you only have the opportunity to do until you're 18. If
you don't do it by 15, 16, your odds decrease every year of you
being an Eagle Scout.
Ms. Smiley: You'll have to come up with a badge for dealing with women.
Mr. Wilshaw: That's a merit badge there.
Thomas Lee: I should say young ladies. When young ladies intervene, that's the
last thing on their mind.
Ms. Smiley: Thank you, Josh.
On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously adopted, the 1,126th Public
Hearings and Regular Meeting held on July 17, 2018, was adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
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