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MINUTES OF THE 829 REGULAR MEETING
LIVONIA TRAFFIC COMMISSION
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The 829 Regular meeting of the Livonia Traffic Commission was held in the 5 Floor Gallery of City Hall
on Thursday, December 11, 2025; it was called to order by Chairperson Jim Policelli at 7:40 p.m.
PRESENT: Jim Policelli, Gordon St. John, Tom Wrenbeck, Carl Roberts, City of Livonia Engineer Todd
Zilincik and Sgt. Paul Walters of the LPD Traffic Bureau
ABSENT: Yara Racine and John Katers
VISITORS: Tom Haefner
Agenda Item 1: November Minutes
The minutes from the November 13, 2025 Meeting were presented. A motion for approval as presented,
was made by Commissioner St. John, and with support from Chairman Policelli. it was approved
unanimously that:
25-424 RESOLVED, the minutes from the November 13, 2025 meeting were
approved as written.
Agenda Item 2: Request for Pedestrian Crossing Improvements at Lyndon and Beatrice
A Resident, Tom Haefner, described a vehicle/pedestrian incident that happened at the intersection of
Lyndon and Beatrice Streets (Section 23). His wife, while walking their dog in the early morning, was
crossing Lyndon toward SB Beatrice when an over-sized pickup truck, driving NB on Beatrice, turned left
into WB Lyndon and did not yield to them at this crossing, and therefore ran into both his wife and dog. His
dog did not survive and his wife also had injuries from this. The driver of the vehicle stopped however no
information was exchanged due to the commotion of the results of the incident. After discussion of the
incident and review of the intersection where this occurred, Commission Wrenbeck made a motion with
support from Commissioner St. John to look at any possible improvements, such as improved crosswalk
markings, relocation of yield signs, etc. to this intersection. Thereafter, it was voted upon unanimously
that:
25-425 RESOLVED, need to evaluate the signage and other crosswalk issues at the
intersection of Lyndon and Beatrice Streets to determine if any improvements can be
made to the pedestrian/vehicle crossings at this intersection.
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. Due to current winter weather with ice and snow on the road, this should be completed in the
spring time.
Commissioner Wrenbeck shared an update about his first draft of traffic calming polices. More
work needs to be done before he will share it with the rest of this Commission at a later meeting. It
needs some simplification and adjustments to make sure funds are available to make any traffic
calming improvements before residents can follow process to even start requesting traffic calming
projects.
Motion to Adjourn – Motion to adjourn from Commissioner Wrenbeck and supported by Commissioner
St. John at 8:55 p.m.
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NEXT MEETING: Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. in the 5 Floor Gallery
Respectfully Submitted by: Tom Wrenbeck, Recording Secretary