City Council

APPROVED 12/20/2021 REGULAR MEETING MINUTES DECEMBER 6, 2021 THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M., ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2021, BY MAYOR RIX. ROLL CALL Present: Allen, Greene, LaFore, Misteravich, Reindel, Rix, Warn Absent: None Others: City Manager Moore, City Clerk Stagl Visitors: City Planner Jeschke, DPS Director Goetzinger APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion by Warn, seconded by Allen, to approve the minutes of the November 15, 2021, regular meeting, as presented. All yeas Motion passes AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION City Manager Moore informed Council that as a result of Public Act 57 of 2018, the City of Richmond TIFA is required to hold two “public information” meetings each year. In accordance with the Act, the City of Richmond notified the Macomb Community College President and Board of Trustees, President Sawyer, and the Macomb County Clerk, Fred Miller of the meeting being held tonight. The City Manager brief Council on the goals and direction of the Authority, including projects to be undertaken in the coming year. As part of the requirement of the Act, the following items are available on the City’s website: TIFA Plan, TIFA Minutes, TIFA Agendas and the TIFA District map. ADOPTION OF AGENDA Motion by Warn, seconded by Greene, to adopt the agenda as presented. All yeas Motion passes CCM: 12/06/2021 Page 1 of 5  APPROVED 12/20/2021 CONSENT AGENDA a) Receive and File August 10, 2021 Cable Commission Meeting Minutes b) Receive and File October 27, 2021, TIFA Meeting Minutes c) Receive and File November 11, 2021, Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting Minutes d) Receive and File November 11, 2021, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes e) Approval of Schedule of Bills dated December 2, 2021, in the amount of $ 25,132.49 Motion by LaFore, seconded by Misteravich, to adopt the Consent Agenda as presented. All yeas Motion passes PUBLIC HEARING None. ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION 1. Consideration of Revision to Resolution No. 2021-21/Commercial Rehabilitation Exemption Certification/67567 Main Street/Dick Huvaere Land, Inc. The State Tax Commission is requesting that additional language be included in the Resolution that was originally adopted by Council at the October 18th, 2021, meeting. The revised resolution has been provided to Council. Motion by Greene, seconded by Allen, to approve the revised Resolution No. 2021-21, a resolution that approves a commercial rehabilitation exemption certificate application from Dick Huvaere Land, Inc. under P.A. 210 of 2005 as amended, for property located at 67567 Main Street (APN: 50-07-06-01-451-058), to include language that is required from the State Tax Commission. All yeas Motion passes 2. Consideration of Request to Keep Chickens/36340 Franklin Street/Robbi Hill City Administration has received a request from Robbi Hill to keep up to twelve egg-laying chickens (hens) on property located at 36340 Franklin Street. The application was given a correction notice. Notices were mailed to the surrounding properties informing them of the request and allowing for their comments. The responses from surrounding properties is as follows: Tammy Hardman, 67762 Gleason, in favor of the chickens, but would like the chickens to be kept in an enclosure on the petitioners property (the chickens currently run throughout the neighborhood) Kasey Fifield, 67782 Gleason, has no problem with the chickens. CCM: 12/06/2021 Page 2 of 5  APPROVED 12/20/2021 Christine Dean, 67794 Gleason, has no problem with the chickens. John Burtch (Attorney/Guardian for Mr. Bethuy, property owner on Gierk Street), opposed to the chickens. Motion by Reindel, seconded by Allen, to approve the petition from Robbi Hill to keep up to 12 female chicken hens at 36340 Franklin Street subject to the following conditions: 1. Within 30 days the applicant will properly install fencing to retain the chickens in an enclosure. The fencing shall be as directed by the City Administration. 2. Chickens are not allowed outside the fenced enclosure. 3. No roosters are allowed. 4. This approval shall be subject to review at any time. All yeas Motion passes 3. Consideration of the Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance No. 156- 30/Amendments to Section 4.02 of the Zoning Ordinance – Table of Permitted uses by District Motion by Allen, seconded by Reindel, to introduce and give first reading of Ordinance 156-30 which amends Section 4.02 (Table of Permitted Uses by District) to update where and how certain uses are allowed within the City. All yeas Motion passes 4. Consideration of Proposal to Update the Water and Sewer Master Plans Motion by LaFore, seconded by Misteravich, to authorize the expense of $12,000 for updates to the City’s water and sewer master plans by Tetra Tech with expenses charged to the appropriate line items in the water fund and sewer fund. All yeas Motion passes 5. Consideration of Proposal for Design Engineering Services/Howard Street Drainage Improvements The Administration is requesting authorization for Tetra Tech to seek formal approval from the Macomb County Public Works Office to construct a new storm sewer outlet, design the outlet and obtain necessary permit for construction. Reconstruction of Howard Street is not anticipated until 2028 as funds are not currently available for replacement of the water main. Design and construction of the storm sewer outlet now will guarantee the outlet is available and the storm sewer can be property designed in the future reconstruction project. CCM: 12/06/2021 Page 3 of 5  APPROVED 12/20/2021 Motion by Greene, seconded by Allen, to authorize the expense of $8,000 for design engineering services on the Howard Street Storm Sewer Outlet project by Tetra Tech with expenses charged to the appropriate line item in the Major Street Fund. All yeas Motion passes 6. Consideration of Waiving Charter Purchasing Ordinance Requirements and Authorizing the Expense to Clean Well #14 Council is being requested to approve the cost to treat Well #14 for Iron Bacteria. Well #14 was thoroughly clean in 2017 by Northern Pump & Well. They again treated the well for iron bacteria in 2020, which did not work as well as intended. Their estimate for the well cleaning is $16,268.00. The City also received a cost estimate from Peerless Midwest. The Peerless Midwest approach appears to be more technical and they appear to be more knowledgeable on the subject. Their estimate for the well cleaning is $28,863.00. The cleaning method proposed by Peerless Midwest is different from previous treatments and administration would like to see if this method is more successful. Annual treatments once the bacteria is under control may prove cost effective and will be considered. Iron bacteria, left untreated, will result in permanent loss in capacity. Motion by Reindel, seconded by Warn, to waive purchasing ordinance requirements due to Section 64-53(d) and to authorize Peerless Midwest to chemically clean Well #14 for the amount not to exceed $28,863.00 with the expenses charged to the appropriate line item within the Water Fund. Discussion on motion: Rix questioned if the iron bacteria was harmful. DPS Director Goetzinger informed Council that the iron bacteria does not present any health hazard. The biggest issue was the possible loss in capacity. Vote on motion: A roll call vote was taken: All yeas (Greene, LaFore, Misteravich, Reindel, Rix, Warn, Allen) Motion passes 7. Consideration of Establishing a Quarterly Roundtable Meeting Date Motion by Reindel, seconded by Warn, to schedule the special quarterly roundtable meeting of the City Council for January 17, 2022, at City Hall beginning at 5:30 pm. All yeas Motion passes CCM: 12/06/2021 Page 4 of 5  APPROVED 12/20/2021 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS FROM THE CITY MANAGER Thanked Sue Kiel for decorating the Christmas Trees at City Hall and for donating a new Christmas tree for the City Council chambers. Thanked all of the volunteers that made the Santa Parade and Tree Lighting event successful. Thanked Margo VanHove for all of the work she did for the Tree Lighting event. COUNCIL COMMENTS Greene – Commented on how well attended the Santa Parade/Tree Lighting Event was. Rix – Thanked the Warn Family for their donating of the City’s Christmas tree. - Wished Larry Cottington well on his retirement from the City. - The Library Mitten Tree collection is still going on until December 13th. - The Library will be holding their annual Christmas Cookie sale on December 10th from 3-7 pm. - The Richmond Community Theatre will be having a play December 17th – 19th. It’s the musical – “Good Old Day” - Upcoming Calendar events: 12/7 – Recreation Board Meeting – CANCELLED 12/9 – Planning Commission at 7:00 pm 12/10 – Cookie Sale at the Library 12/13 – Library Board Meeting at 7:00 pm 12/20 – Council meeting at 7:00 pm CLOSED SESSION None. OTHER BUSINESS None. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Misteravich, seconded by Greene, to adjourn the Regular Council Meeting at 7:38 pm. All yeas Motion passes Respectfully submitted: Karen Stagl City Clerk CCM: 12/06/2021 Page 5 of 5