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MINUTES OF THE 828 REGULAR MEETING
LIVONIA TRAFFIC COMMISSION
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The 828 Regular meeting of the Livonia Traffic Commission was held in the 5 Floor Gallery of City Hall
on Thursday, November 13, 2025; it was called to order by Chairperson Jim Policelli at 7:30 p.m.
PRESENT: Jim Policelli, Yara Racine, Gordon St. John, Tom Wrenbeck, John Katers, Carl Roberts and
Sgt. Paul Walters of the LPD Traffic Bureau
ABSENT: City of Livonia Engineer Todd Zilincik
VISITORS: Jesus Vazquez
Agenda Item 1: August Minutes
The minutes from the September 11, 2025 Meeting were presented. A motion for approval as presented,
was made by Commissioner Katers, and with support from Commissioner St. John. it was approved
unanimously that
25-422 RESOLVED, the minutes from the September 11, 2025 meeting were
approved as written.
Agenda Item 2: Request of Autistic Child Sign on Hugh Street
Resident, Jesus Vazquez (address 20318 Hugh St.), stated that his family has a four year old autistic child
and he would like to have signs on each side of his street near his home to alert drivers to this fact due to
his child being non-verbal and possibly running unaccompanied into the street After discussion, a motion
was made by Commissioner Wrenbeck with support from Commissioner St John to meet this request.
Thereafter, it was voted up on unanimously that
25-423 RESOLVED, to install two “Handicap” signs (W11-9) with each having
supplemental signs stating “AUTISTIC CHILD” below the W11-9 sign, along with
reflective tape on sign post, with one sign on the East side at 20316 Hugh St. and the
other sign on the West side at 20325 Hugh St.
No further agenda items
Updates and Comments:
The Hoover School pavement marking project still is missing the installation of traffic bollards at
both ends of the islands on Levan Road as shown as “Delineator Posts” on the approved project
plan.
Future plans are to study other schools that would benefit from the use of safety updates to the
school crossings as demonstrated at Hoover School.
Open Forum:
Commissioner Wrenbeck shared information about traffic calming polices from other Michigan
Cities via email in October. After some discussion, he volunteered to create a first draft of a City of
Livonia Traffic Calming Policy with assistance of Chairman Policelli. This draft can be used to start
discussion and editing of what needs to be in a Traffic Calming Policy for the City of Livonia
Motion to Adjourn – Motion to adjourn from Commissioner Katers and supported by Commissioner St.
John at 9:00 p.m.
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NEXT MEETING: Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. in the 5 Floor Gallery
Respectfully Submitted by: Tom Wrenbeck, Recording Secretary