Good evening.
Welcome to the City of War and Planning Commission meeting.
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Roll call Madam Secretary Commissioner,
I Present.
Commissioner Zey present. Commissioner
Hall Present.
Commissioner Hawk. Commissioner Childry Present.
Commissioner Maury Present. Commissioner Berke
Present. Commissioner
Smith
Present.
Need a motion to excuse Commissioner Hawk.
Mr. Chairman, I'd like to make a motion
to excuse Commissioner Hawk
As the, uh, motion by Commissioner Zay.
I second a motion Supported by Commissioner Hollow.
All in favor? Aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Okay. Any need a motion
for the number four approval of the agenda?
Go ahead. Motion to approve the agenda. Bki
Support Commissioner Chaudry.
There is a motion by Commissioner Bki support Mr.
C Chaudry. All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Number five, approval of the minutes of December 16th, 2024.
So moved. Mr. Chairman
Support Maury
The motion by Commissioner Ddue, supported
by Commissioner Morey.
All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Item number public hearing items. Item number six.
Item number six.
Site plan for new parking lot
and open storage for repair vehicles located on the south
side of nine Mile Road,
approximately 300 3435 feet west of Hover Road.
1 1 5, 1 0 and 1 1 5. 1 4 9 mile road section 34.
David Daud, coyote Auto Repair
and Collision PSP 2 4 0 0 21.
This is postponed from October 21st, 2024.
And November 18th, 2024.
And December 16th, 2024. Thank you.
Thank you. Is the petitioner here this evening?
Good evening, sir. You wanna come up
and tell us a little bit about your project?
Yes. You have to come up to the mic in the middle.
Okay. So is The green light on?
Yes. Check. Okay. There you go.
Thank you. How's everybody doing?
My name is David and um, I just, I'd like to start with, um,
my lawyer couldn't show up because she was kind of sick
and my architect couldn't make it 'cause she was in Ohio.
But, um, about this project we started, I mean,
before I bought the building, I wanted to, um, you know, um,
I wanted to build this business
because I know the last owner, he didn't take care of it,
but we wanna build it, expand it, make a collision.
And, uh, the only thing was stopping me was a parking lot.
So they gave me one year to finish it.
What we're doing now is, uh,
we do have like the little storage area
and there's a side garage.
We are parking cars on that storage
and pulling it from the garage to the
outside to the exit point.
It's been working great for them.
I mean, um, I came last time to the meeting
and looks like that was like the only option they wanted me
to do 'cause they couldn't back out cars on the street.
So, um, I mean, hopefully that
whatever we had on the site plan, hopefully
that can work out because that's the only parking I have.
Okay. Thank you sir. Correspondence,
Correspondence, taxes,
current engineering preliminary review of this site,
yelled at the following comments
from the engineering division.
Number one site plan shall show the location
of all existing slash proposed underground utilities,
including their size, material, type,
and discharge point in the vicinity of the project.
Number two, all parking slash outdoor parking spaces shall
be hard surfaces, HMA or concrete.
Number three, the out parameter
of all paved paved spaces shall be six,
six inch concrete curb and gutter.
Number four, show how you intend to drain the parcel
drainage into adjacent parcel is not permitted.
Number five, outdoor storage shall require a variance six
show and dimension all parking space,
including the maneuver lane fire.
The Warren Fire Department approves this site plan.
If you have any questions,
please contact me at 5 8 6 7 5 6 2 8 0 0
extension code 3 3 0 0 Comcast.
In response to your utility request for the above project,
please refer to the test map for the location of Comcast
CTV slash fiber facilities.
Aerial cables are highlighted in orange for fiber
and yellow for Cokes.
Cable underground is highlighted in blue for fiber
and green for Cokes cable.
If we can be of further assistance, please feel free
to contact us by email at
CCC utility request@tsigma.com.
And that is it. Thank you.
Thanks ma'am. Secretary Planning
Department's recommendation?
Yes,
Uh, thank you Mr.
Chairman. Uh, the the recommendation is
as follows.
It is recommended that the site plan for new parking lot
and open storage for repair vehicles be denied, uh,
for the following reasons.
Number one, uh, the property in question is too small
to allow for the amount of vehicles proposed for storage
and parking on the site.
The minimum lot area required in an M1
district is 10,000 square feet,
and that's per section 17.04 of the zoning ordinance.
But the existing lot area is only
6,000 square feet.
Number two, although the auto repair use was approved
to operate at, to operate at this facility by means of a
1993 zoning boards of appeals variance,
the size of the parking lot was not considered at the time.
Based on the minutes
of the April 14th, 1993 zoning, board of appeals meeting,
a parking area was indicated on the hand drawn
site plan, but located in the right right of way,
but located in the right of way.
The zoning board of appeals has no
jurisdiction in the right of way.
Number three, the outdoor storage
of stacked vehicles
and the lack of maneuvering space on the site plan posts,
uh, poses a safety concern.
When planning staff conducted a field check,
there were at least eight vehicles parked on the property,
including the driveway approach in the right of way.
Number four, the unimproved public alley,
if maintained
and used as the condition of the zoning board of appeals
may improve access to the site.
However, it will not resolve the outstanding,
uh, concern, which is the lack of space
for the requested stacked vehicle, storage, parking,
and maneuvering lanes.
Number five, the last re In the last
recommendation, the planning staff recommended the property
owner meet with the adjacent property owner to the east,
where a vacant lot exists for the purpose, the purposes
of obtaining additional land in order to have the area
required for storage and park parking of vehicles.
However, uh, at the, uh,
October 21st, 2024 planning commission meeting,
the owner indicated, uh,
that the owner has already tried reaching out, uh,
to the owner to the east, and that it was not an option.
Uh, the petitioner then indicated he would reach out
to the owner to the west.
No results were shared with the planning staff.
Unless additional land is acquired, perhaps the property
to the west, a use such as
an auto repair facility, which includes outdoor storage
is not conducive to the site.
If, however, the Planning Commission decides to approve the
site plan for new parking lot
and open storage for repair vehicles.
The following standard conditions to the planning commission
and more specifically shall apply.
Number one, five copies of a revised site.
Plans must be, uh, submitted indicating the following.
Uh, a the bearings
and distances, uh, of the, uh, property lines shall be
provided on the site plan.
Uh, one B, all existing
and proposed utilities shall be
provided on the site plan one C.
The site plan shall be reoriented
with nine mile road on the north.
Uh, the property in question is located on the south side
of nine mile road.
One DA note shall be
provided stating all outdoor retail sales of, uh,
items shall be prohibited on the site.
One E the site shall comply with a DA standards
for the size of one van accessible space
one f update the zoning information on the site plan.
The property is zoned M1 light industrial District
one GA note shall be
provided stating all lighting on the site shall be shielded
and not encroach upon abutting properties.
Uh, the light poles shall be no higher than 20 feet.
All glare shall be eliminated from light fixtures.
Upward directed lighting shall not be permitted.
One h uh, per section four D 0.45
front yard landscape berm is required.
That complies with section four D 0.15.
For automotive repair facilities
per section four D 0.46, the planning commission
may modify the specific requirements for landscape screens
or natural buffers upon a finding that one
or more of the following conditions exist.
And that would be number one, topographic features
or other unique features of the site.
Create conditions such that strict application
of the requirements would result in a less effective screen
than an alternative design.
Number two, uh, parking, uh, vehicle circulation
or land use are such that strict application
of the requirements would not enhance, uh, the site
or result in a desired screening effect.
Um, number three, the public benefit
intended by the landscape screen for
or buffering requirements could be better achieved
with an alternative design.
One, I, the property has very limited space,
therefore, the planning staff recommends planting, uh,
two globe type arbor, uh, in the
lawn area between the sidewalk
and the street curb along nine mile road.
The planting staff has, uh, our,
excuse me, the playing staff also recommends, uh,
flowers such as hydrangeas marigolds in the plant box, uh,
adjacent to the front nine mile elevation in between
the two existing shrubs.
One G uh, no green belt or wall would be required.
However, with the storage of vehicles proposed
to be parked up to the south property line, uh,
abutting the public alley screening, uh, in the form
of plastic, uh, slats, uh, shall be
provided on the existing fence.
Uh, kay. Uh, the petitioner shall indicate
how they handle trash.
A note shall be provided on the site plan if they choose
to retain trash inside the building.
And if they choose to provide a trash enclosure, then
in l uh, a trash enclosure must be
provided, uh, on the site
with the following note stating a trash enclosure.
Measuring a minimum 10 foot by 10 foot shall be constructed
of 10 foot high brick embossed poured concrete walls, uh,
with 45 degree angle cap, uh, have screen gates
and be placed upon a minimum 10 foot by 18 foot concrete pad
that provides an eight foot wide apron
masonry block shall not be used as a construction
material condition.
Number two, the two parcels identified as 13 dash 34 dash
2 26 dash oh 13
and oh 14
along nine mile road must be, uh,
combined into one parent parcel.
An application must be submitted
to the planning department requesting the approval of the,
uh, combination condition.
Number three, the following variances may need
to be obtained from the zoning board of appeals prior
to the release of the site plan to the building division.
And that would be a,
and construct a parking lot, uh, to the front of nine mile
road property line.
The front property line
and eight foot front setback is required.
Um, three B
to allow four storage vehicles stacked each
measuring eight feet by 18 feet
and containing 144 square feet
and three c uh, to allow for a 10 foot wide
maneuvering lane between the parking
spaces and the building.
Number four, per the field visit of the site,
the planning staff observed vehicles
parked in the driveway approach, excuse me.
Uh, there, there does not appear
to be adequate maneuvering space on the property
for the quantity of vehicles stored
and parked on the site.
And number five, a performance bond in the amount
of $300 proposed according to the estimated cost of $10,000
by the petitioner.
There is a note, uh, the planning staff believes that, uh,
the proposed bond amount is too low given the fact that
landscaping and screening slats are also, uh,
part of the improvements.
Planning staff recommends a bond in the amount of $1,000.
So with that, uh, Mr.
Chair, the recommendation is submitted. Thank
You. Thank you. Mr. Worth. Before
we get into the public hearing,
I'd like to recognize the ex officio, uh,
Councilwoman McGee if she's here.
Good evening. I don't know if Councilman Newman is here.
Newman is here. I don't see him. Okay.
So this is a public hearing, so if anyone like
to speak on this item, please come forth.
State your name for the record and your address,
and you'll have three minutes to speak.
Seeing them will turn it over to the commission.
Mr. Chairman, Go ahead. Commissioner Duhe,
Uh, I'd like to make a motion that we, uh,
deny this, um, parking lot
and open storage for repair vehicles, uh,
based on the reasons re uh, stated in the recommendation
and the fact that there's just not enough room.
Thank you, sir. I
second, I second that motion.
That was a motion by Mr.
Commissioner dse, supported by Commissioner Hollow.
Uh, any discussion?
And that's the motion to deny any discussion.
I have motion, Mr.
Chairman, if I can, uh, petitioner, have you
talked to the people on the, on the west side?
Come up to the mic, sir? Yes.
I'm sorry, what, what was your question?
Have you talked with the people to the west
of your facility?
Um, I did,
but honestly, like, um, whatever savings I had,
I dumped 'em on this building
and I'm just trying to make it worth,
this is my only option.
You know what I give you a lot of credit for,
for going into the business and doing this no
Matter what. Yeah, it's just, it's just for the,
you
know, future of my kids.
So that's why I'm trying
To, and, and, and I, believe me,
I understand more than most,
but, um, first of all, there's not enough room.
And second of all, um, I really have a problem.
Once you put, uh, parked cars on the, uh,
was on the east side, I don't think there's room
for a fire truck to get through
between the cars and the building.
And that's the basis of, of why I, um, you know,
I give you credit for trying,
but this is, this is too much stuff and not enough room.
That's the basis of my motion.
Yeah. So, um, what it is, is like they don't take, um,
any, anybody that walks in, they only do it
through appointments, but those are like the storage area.
There's only two parking spots on the front,
and then the, the four on the back,
they're only, uh, storage.
But the two on the front, they're only, uh,
they only go by appointments.
They don't do walk-ins.
Well, I, I understand that,
but if one of the ones in the back storage, uh,
starts burning, um, you're gonna have a major problem
with cars and buildings and everything else.
I can't see how the fire department can get back back
there. So,
But the two fronts are always gonna be empty.
They're only gonna be for customers.
But, um, the four backs are only storage.
Fair enough. Um, my, my suggestion to you is
see if you can find someplace
that's a little bit bigger for you to do this.
I, if you have a lot of repeat customers
and so on, I, I commend you for it.
But this is 10, 10 pounds of stuff in a five pound found.
Five pound can. So, uh,
that's not gonna change my opinion on it, but thank you.
Thanks. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, commissioner Ze.
Anyone else?
You're welcome. So I noticed
that this is a older picture
that was taken in the summertime when you
submitted it, right?
So right now, is that the same situation
with the parking right now?
I mean, right now, like, um, they're, like I said,
they're just doing, uh, by appointments,
but the front of the, like the parking,
it's always like empty,
but they only got four storage cars on the bags.
But mainly the, the front, it's like
by the front of the garage area.
It's always like empty.
But I mean, that's, that's the only thing I could say.
Okay. I haven't passed by there, but just saying.
Okay. Thank you.
Thank you. If I may go ahead.
Um, how long have you been in business
with Coyote Auto Repairs?
So, uh, they're my buddies.
And, uh, we, like, uh,
before I bought the building, um, it was all,
it needed a lot of work and I took a lot of permits.
Contractors, they came out and fixed everything,
but this was like honestly the last
step that I gotta finish.
So I wanted to make it as, uh, concrete
or, you know, just so I can park cars there.
So in, uh, snow time, I don't have to,
they don't have to like get stuck.
So that's why we started the site plan.
So we can either do, um, concrete,
that way they can have storage and two, one for emergency
and one for, um, parking, customer parking.
So you're, you're currently
taking customers by appointment.
By appointment. So that, that's what I was wondering.
How long have you been kind of like running?
I mean, I don't work there.
Two, my buddies run it,
but, um, they, they ran it since, um,
last year around whenever they gave me a CFO.
Honestly, I think it was around September
or August. September.
But they were open before that?
No, it was closed
until they got the certificate to open up.
Because I know when I looked at the, um, the COC, uh,
the letter of res, no, not the letter COC, the certificate
of compliance was issued on August 12th, 2024.
Yep. And that was, I, I believe
after you signed another letter mentioning the fact
that you're gonna install a new parking lot.
Yeah. So after, um, yeah, after we, um,
after they opened up, they gave me approval to open,
that's when I started on the parking lot.
'cause they gave me, uh, till June, 2025 to complete it.
Okay. So if we, if like the way for example this,
I'm just saying for, uh, this gets, we,
this doesn't get approved today.
It does get denied your approval to open a new parking lot.
You're not able to open a new parking lot.
So that means your certificate
of compliance is also gonna be withdrawal
because you cannot have a open storage
back there and you're not able.
So does that, what type of impact is
that gonna have on your business?
I mean, um, honestly, I would,
I was thinking of, uh, doing a parking spot inside the shop,
having probably one or two since they're only appointments.
And the rest will keep it as a open storage,
like storage for the vehicles.
Okay. I'll have like couple storage, like couple cars.
That way they can come in and out.
Okay. Thank you. That was the next step to do. So
Yeah, that's all I have.
Thank you. You're welcome.
Any other discussion? No, good evening, sir.
When I first went by and looked at the job,
and my concern was the, the vehicles in the back next
to the building, you have to squeeze between them
to even get, get past there to get into the back to see
the other spaces that you had in the back.
So because there's just not enough room
for all the additional cars
and storage like that, that was the reason why
I think we were denying it because,
and I know that you tried to talk to the,
the property owner on the east
to see if you could get some space over there
and they probably didn't want to agree with you.
And I don't know if you talked to the one on the west
or not, but it's just, right now,
there's just not enough room to do what you need
to do over there properly.
Okay. I mean, you're doing things now,
but to properly do what needs to be done,
there's just not enough room to do that.
Okay.
Yeah. I'll, I'll just have, uh, my lawyer see
what, see what to do next.
I mean, I, she's doing all my paperwork,
but she just couldn't make it 'cause she was sick.
But, um, I'll see What's the next step to do?
Because whatever you decide to do,
we're probably gonna have to have a revised site plan
because the site plan is showing this right now
is not gonna be acceptable.
Okay. Okay.
Sounds good. Any other discussion? Roll call
Commissioner. I'm sorry.
Yes. Vote means means to deny.
Okay. Yes. Means deny. Yes. Deny. Commissioner Doe?
Uh, yes. To deny Commissioner Hollow. Yes. To deny.
Commissioner Childry? Yes. To deny. Commissioner Uri? Yes.
Commissioner Bernanki? Yes. To deny Commissioner Smith.
Yes. To deny. Sorry sir.
Hopefully you can get it things worked out and,
and be able to move forward in the future.
Thank you. Have a good evening.
Item number seven. Oh, correspondence. Seeing none.
Item number eight, old business
Item number eight, minor amendment to site plan
for Warren H hm.
Alliance Church. Um, located on the west side of Lloyd,
approximately 751.1 feet north of Common Road.
Section 12 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 1.
Glory. Ron, her
and Warren among Alliance Church
PMA 2 4 0 0 0 8.
The minor amendment is for the addition of a 30 feet
by 50 feet shut. Thank you.
Good evenings. Petitioner here this evening.
Can you come up to the mic and speak?
Tell us a little bit what you're trying to do.
Good evening. Commission.
Um, so basically we are trying to add a storage shed,
uh, next to our church facility, our church.
Uh, and essentially it'll be used to store, um,
the essentials, like lawn equipment, uh, church equipment,
like tables, chairs, things of that sort.
Okay. Thank you sir. Uh, correspondence,
Correspondence, taxes, current engineering
preliminary view of this site.
E uh, indicates no difficulty in development.
Comcast, we have no conflict with the proposal,
however, we do have facilities in the area.
Thank you.
Playing department's. Recommendation,
Uh, thank you Mr. Chair.
The recommendation, uh, is as follows.
It is recommended that the site plan for minor amendment
for a 1600 1500 square foot, uh,
shed, uh, to this approved site plan for a,
for a church be approved with the standard conditions
of the planning commission and more specifically, uh,
number one, uh, five copies of, uh,
revised site plans must be submitted
indicating the following.
Uh, one A add the lot coverage for the church building
and the proposed shed on the site plan.
One B. Uh, the elevation plan indicates
that the shed will be open on one side,
provide a note on the site plan indicating the
open side of the building.
Uh, one C provide the height of the, uh,
shed on in the site plan.
Site data chart 1D indicate, uh, the setbacks,
uh, on the site plan and within the site data chart.
The setbacks per section 5.11
of the zoning ordinance are as follows.
Uh, the front is 30 feet, the sides, both sides are 20 feet.
The rear is 45 feet.
One EA note, uh, must be
provided stating open storage
of materials shall not be permitted on the site.
Uh, one f all references to handicap parking spaces
shall be replaced with accessible parking spaces.
One GA minimum number of accessible
parking spaces per a DA is five with
one being van accessible.
Uh, the site plan shows five spaces,
however, the site data chart indicates four.
Uh, update the site data chart.
Ensure all accessible parking spaces on the property are
in compliance with a DA one H.
Uh, dimensions shall be
provided for the parking lot spaces, maneuvering lanes,
and the width of the drop off access driveway
provide a dimension between the parking lot and the south
and west property lines.
Uh, one I indicate, uh, all existing
and proposed lighting on the site.
Plan one J indicate the existing trees on the site plan.
A one K, uh, section four D 0.46
of the zoning ordinance, modifications to non-residential,
uh, requirements for landscape screens or natural buffers.
Subsection three states
the public benefit intended by the landscape screen
or buffered buffer requirements, uh,
could be better achieved within alternative design planning.
Staff has provided an alternative design as follows.
Number one, provide the eight foot wide
green belt along the south property line,
beginning at the existing fence up to the west edge
of the parking lot, a distance
of approximately 380 feet.
There are some trees in Arbor
provides existing in this area.
Uh, indicate the existing plantings and indicate,
and, excuse me, include the additional trees
and shrubs to be planted within this area
per the zoning ordinance
indicate the green belt on the site.
Plan number two, along the remaining south and west
and north property lines.
The planting staff, uh, would, uh, like
to see clusters of plantings.
Uh, that can include trees, shrubs,
and flowers that would provide screening
between the existing use
and the adjacent residential buildings or dwellings.
Uh, at present, uh, there is
not any screening except for a small section
along the south property line.
Some examples are as follows, Eastern White Pine
American Sycamore AEs, Eastern Hemlock Service, Berry,
Eastern Redbud, sweet Bay, Magnolia,
and Arrowwood Viburnum.
This is not an exhaustive list, indicate the locations
of the new planting, clusters and species on the site.
Plan. Uh, one l The existing location
of the trash dumpster in the southeast corner area
of the site is not approved.
A new location for a new trash enclosure
for the trash dumpster shall be located between
behind the church and perhaps next to the shed.
Um, one MA trash enclosure, uh, must be
provided on the site with the following note stating a
trash enclosure.
Measuring a minimum 10 foot by 10 foot shall be constructed
of six foot high brick embossed port concrete walls
with 45 degree angle cap, have screen gates
and be placed upon a minimum 10 foot by
18 foot concrete pad
that provides an eight foot wide apron masonry block shall
not be used as a construction material condition.
Number two, the following variances may need
to be obtained from the zoning board of appeals prior
to the release of the site plan to the building division.
And that is, uh, a, the use is not located
on a major through Fare two B.
If the petitioner does not wish to provide the screening
per the recommendation abutting, the residential uses
to the southwest
and north of dental variance will be required
from the zoning board of appeals
and condition number three, a performance bond.
The amount of $1,350 be posted according
to the estimated cost of $45,000 by the petitioner.
There is a note from, uh, the planning staff
and the staff believes
that the proposed bond amount is too low, given the fact
that the landscape screening, uh,
is also part of the improvements.
A new estimate is
provided closer to $50,000, uh,
resulting in a bond in the amount of $1,500.
So with that, uh, Mr.
Chair, the recommendation is submitted. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Mur. Mr. Worth?
Uh, I need a motion to recognize it as a minor amendment.
I make a motion to approve with discussion.
No, this is to recognize it as a minor amendment.
Okay. Recognize. Okay. The minor amendment. I apologize.
Support Commissioner Chare.
There's a motion by Commissioner Hollow
wadi support by Commissioner Mr.
Childry to recognize it as a minor amendment.
All in favor? A.
Aye. Any opposed? Now I need a motion
to, on the item,
I make a motion.
Do what For approval. Okay.
State, I'll support the motion to approve
As a motion by Commissioner Hollow.
By Commissioner Doe. Any discussion on this item?
I can, I have a petitioner. Step forward please.
Good evening. Thank you for coming.
Looks like, you know, everything's fine except, uh,
do you have any trouble meeting all the recommendations I
that the, our planning department laid out?
There were quite a few, you know, that they,
they recommended that you would like, especially with the,
uh, dumpster, you know, make, putting the enclosure into
Yeah, I don't think that's an issue.
We'll have to address it, uh, with our board
and we'll take care of the, the ordinance
to meet the ordinance requirements.
Okay. Thank you. Anyone else?
To the petitioner? Good evening, sir.
I went by and looked at the site.
Um, I like the idea
that the planning commission's recommending
to put the dumpster over by the shed.
Uh, I like the design of the shed.
Um, there's a lot of screening
that they're requesting along the southwest, north,
and east side of the property.
Um, so you can either go with what their
suggestion is or you can go to ZBA for a variance
to maybe modify the screening.
Um, the only question is,
it says one side of the shed is open.
So if you're gonna be storing equipment stuff in there,
you gonna, is there gonna be some sort of door in there?
You can secure it to keep people from going in there
and, and taking things?
I believe by open we mean the side that is open.
But there, there will be a door. Yes.
So there'll be a door on the front side that's open.
I believe so, yeah. Yes,
Sir. Can you come to the mic? I
can't hear you over there.
There, there will be a rolling door.
12 by 12 and a, a man door to the side of it too.
So it'd be a man door and a rolling door on that? Yes.
Okay. Okay.
Because I was just concerned
because I, number one, I didn't know exactly
what you were storing in or what you did state
that you were storing like
lawn equipment and stuff like that.
But it didn't say there was gonna be any type of door on it.
And so that was one of the concerns that we had.
'cause you don't want put stuff in there
and people walk back in and take it out.
Yes. We understand. Yes. Sorry.
Okay. Um,
are there any other questions?
Discussion? No. Okay.
That was a motion by Commissioner Hollow Wadi supported
by Commissioner dse. Roll call.
Commissioner Hollow Wadi. Yes. Commissioner dse? Yes.
Commissioner Anza. Yes. Commissioner Re? Yes.
Commissioner Murray Votes? Yes. Commissioner Meki? Yes.
Commissioner Smith?
Yes. To approve. Thank you, sir. You have a good evening.
Good luck with your project and hope
it all goes well. Thank you,
Chairman. Thank you. Thank you.
I, number nine, bond releases. Seeing none. I'm new.
Number 10. New business.
Seeing none I Number 11, citizen Participation.
If anyone would like to come and speak on this item
or any items come up, state your name
and your address for the record
and you'll have three minutes to speak.
Seeing none, we'll go to item 12, planning Commission,
business 12 a Planning director's report.
Uh, thank you Mr. Chair.
This is, uh, time from, uh, December
and here through, uh, the first part of January.
And, uh, so on the 16th, I attended a,
a mayor's staff meeting to start things out, so to speak
that, that particular week.
Um, but, uh, really, uh, I'll just head into
what some things that I might consider kind of important.
I did attend, uh, a, uh, meeting training,
if you will, uh, through, uh, human resources.
It's, uh, what everyone in the city of, in City Hall
and City of Warren is gonna be required to attend.
And it's harassment training.
So at, uh, spent two hours, uh, learning about
that on the 17th.
And, uh, attended, uh,
from there I attended the city council meeting.
And in that meeting, that's where there was the approval
of the village, uh, historic district zone zoning,
ordinance, amendments.
And also, uh, excuse me,
what was, uh, approved was a,
I believe a council member on the r on the, on an RFP,
uh, climate Action Plan.
And that's coming up.
But what, what I wanted to say also with this,
and I did mention this to the chair, uh, today,
that we need a member of the planning commission to,
to serve on that, uh, RFP committee, to talk about,
to join with, uh, this other group,
with the group I should say.
And, uh, determine how the RFP should be worded
and that type of thing.
This, uh, uh, climate action plan is, uh, uh,
a pretty important issue.
It is, uh, to the mayor.
And, uh, but anyway, this'll be
for this week, Thursday.
Uh, and that'll be on the 16th.
That's all the information that'll be on,
uh, Thursday the 16th.
And in which, uh, this RFP.
And it'll take place during the day. Do you have what time?
Nine. 9:00 AM nine o'clock.
So,
and I know somebody can make that,
but you guys have to determine if, hopefully one of you, uh,
will, will, uh, get involved in this.
Um, And so, uh, lemme see here
on the 18th, uh, went through the,
our active mobility plan.
I call it the bike plan,
but that's, uh, what we're calling it, uh, uh, here, uh,
for the City Active Mobility Plan.
And there was a meeting at, uh, city Hall from, uh, 10
to 12, and then from 6:00 PM
and 8:00 PM at, uh, Burnett, uh, library.
Two meetings that day to, uh, open, uh,
have an open forum, uh, for the general public to attend.
And so I attended both of those.
And on the 18th had a meeting, an internal discussion
with, uh, those people concern most
internally about, uh, body by Bruce.
And, uh, Bruce is looking to, uh, get site plan approval.
And, uh, he's, uh, so the reason for that is he's had
so many concerns, uh, that, uh, didn't quite go right, so
to speak, uh, with what the, uh,
requirements are of the city.
So that, that was an important meeting when it, when it came
to that, um,
had a meeting with, uh, with,
uh, with the people who are gonna build a new library.
I believe it's on sed, uh, east of, uh,
east of Shaner.
And so that went well, needless to say, they're talking
to us about planning issues.
Um, then I was, uh, off for about two weeks in between
and started up on the sixth.
And we attended, uh, a meeting with, um,
the wastewater treatment plant, uh, staff.
And we're discussing a new, uh, incinerator building.
This is pretty major
and a storage building that will set next to it.
And, uh, so there was quite a bit of discussion.
They need site plan approval, so that'll come
before, uh, this board when, when they're ready.
But it's, uh, obviously a, a city, uh, type, uh,
site plan, that type thing.
On the seventh, um, I attended a meeting
with the, uh, city engineer
and three members of the Macomb County Road Commission.
And we had, uh, a discussion about
widening Shana Road to begin
with in front of Meyers, which is north of 10 Mile.
There's just four lanes down through there, and it's tight.
Uh, they've had accidents and so on and so forth.
But what really brought it on is that, uh, the city council,
uh, approved, uh, a multi-family
rezoning 2020, uh, dwellings right across the street,
and that's to the east of Myers.
During the discussion, uh,
city council members were concerned about safety
and about the fact that you only have four lanes there.
There's no middle turn lane
to accommodate people who wanna make turns.
So we discussed that and,
and it seems that, that, that the Road commission,
it is the road, uh, it's the county's road roadway to begin
with their responsibility.
Um, they, they admitted that, uh,
there certainly were problems there.
And I, um, I spoke up enough to,
I didn't demand, but I, I asked nicely, please, uh,
build it for a whole mile.
And that's from the expressway. Okay.
I 6 96 down to 10 Mile, because there is a lot of traffic
and it services so many things that are down that way.
Um, and I gave them a number of, uh, different planning, uh,
uh, thoughts on it, why we think it's important to do that.
So, uh, but they agreed, um,
and they're gonna put it on the list for construction.
That was really good news.
Now don't ask me when,
maybe at the longest time period, three years from now.
But, uh, they, they indicated it, uh,
they'll put it on the list
and then they'll, they'll evaluate, uh, far more.
But it, it's not, they said in their words, it's not
as difficult as it looks
or seems to, uh, widen that road to five lanes.
Uh, so I was part of that.
And, uh, okay there on the eighth, uh, there was, uh,
another, uh, active mobility Zoom meeting.
That's what we have every two weeks to stay in touch with,
uh, the consultants who are working on this.
And, um, and finally, uh,
today I had the mayor's, uh, staff meeting that, uh,
we always have, uh, prior to a city council meeting.
So, um, with that said,
I'll leave it over to, uh, Michelle
to make an announcement here.
Thank you. Um,
just a brief announcement about the ACT Mobility plan.
Um, so the City of Warren is, is excited
to present the preliminary plans for the ACT Mobility plan,
which aims to improve accessibility
and can activity for everyone who walks, bikes and rolls.
The plan focuses on enhancing daily transportation
and recreation through better non-motorized
and micro mobility options while the in-person
open house has concluded, um,
that took place on December 11th at the Burnett Library.
Um, the city is still gathering public input
through the project website.
We encourage community members to visit the website,
to view the open house presentation,
review the preliminary plan
and share feedback via the online survey.
So you can visit the website, walk bike, do info slash warn,
and you can provide the feedback.
And as you walked in, some of the boards are outside
that were AP at Open House, so you can take a look there
and even scan the QR code and give feedback that way too.
So that's it. Thank you.
Thank you Ms. Michelle. Thank you Mr. Wirth.
Are there any questions for either one? Mr. Giza? Just
A quick, just a quick question.
Was Brian Santo there from the Road Commission?
Uh, no. He wasn't. Okay.
No, there was the, uh, the engineer.
Okay, fair enough. I I wanna know if Brian was there.
No, Uh, that's one and two.
What was this harassment business?
I I wasn't harassing anyone. No,
No, no. The
first thing you mentioned is, is it
to get better at harassing
Or what? It's about it.
Well, it's about
just harassment in general.
Uh, people might harass each other.
Alright. Uh, and uh, so we have to deal with that
and how to, very simple,
but it's, no one wants to be a part of it. It's harass.
It's little, little more involved than just,
Yeah. Alright.
Fair enough. It was a,
it was a very good program.
And, um, you know, I always take notes
and I, there were handouts
and uh, we still have, uh,
uh, how many?
I think, uh, I was told about 300 more people still have
to attend seminars.
Uh, she wants a hundred percent.
The mayor does, uh, attendance on this. Yep.
Fair enough. Thank you, sir.
You're welcome. Thank you Mr. Chairman.
Anyone else have any questions? Thank you Mr. Wirth.
Um, we go to item 12 B, planning,
commission discussion and concerns.
We have any discussion or concerns?
Ms. You'll have to talk about the RFP person
from the planning commission.
Who will attend,
Uh, who the, who would wanna be on the committee
for the, who will be on that committee?
Climate. Climate. Climate Action Action plan. Yes.
Is anyone here can volunteer to be on the committee?
What is the Committee? The climate action plan.
The first meeting is on the 17th.
What time, what time is the First meeting?
Nine in the morning. And the meeting that,
the first meeting on the 16th is virtual.
So it's at 9:00 AM
It's Virtual. It'll
be virtual. Yeah. We can forward the invitation
to whoever is on that.
You know, tomorrow
I have a meeting.
I cannot So you don't,
wouldn't have to be there in person.
Right? It's just, you would just,
it's just an online meeting. You,
We volunteer. You would send
us instructions by to
Sign? Yeah, send us the link,
You know. Yeah, we would just
forward the, the link.
Yep. That's what we would do. Because
It's virtual.
So do we have some volunteers?
Well, zoom meeting Zoom.
Yeah, we would just forward you the link. It
Is the first meeting That's online. This
Is the first meeting.
I don't know if the others will be,
but this is the initial meeting to look over the document.
That would be, you know, for the RFP, the very,
this is the very first one.
So looking at the items that would go into the RFP document
before it goes out to bid,
You don't know how many more
meetings there would be after that?
I would anticipate a few at least.
I mean, 'cause they'll go, if there's additional items
that need to be added, maybe there could be another meeting.
How awesome. And then, um, there'll be people who bid on it.
Then there'll be meetings, you know, depending on
how many end up bidding.
I don't, I can't say for sure. I'm assuming at least a few.
But I mean, it goes out to bid out for several weeks.
So that would be determined.
I would have to find out exactly when the next one would be.
I, I don't know at this time.
Okay. Well
unless one of my other, um, board members, I,
I would volunteer to be on this committee.
Alright, well thank you sir. Thank you.
You can keep us informed of how it's going.
Yes. I'll take good notes. And if, uh, Ms.
Michelle, you could send and she
Can send me, I'll forward you the email tomorrow for the,
it's for the RFP, for the Climate Action plan
And how to get, how to sign on and Yep.
You'll just click on the link
Virtual for the meeting. Yep.
Do you mind sending it to everyone?
Pardon? If that's okay. It's o well we are only looking
for one planning commissioner
to serve on this RFP committee.
Okay. So others, even if they want,
they just can't join the meeting,
You can go anytime you Want.
Well, I mean, it's meant for one commissioner to attend.
I mean, were you just wanting to listen
as in, is that
what you were thinking? It's not the public meeting,
No. Okay.
All right then. So, Mr.
Hollow Commissioner Hollow will be our sponsor.
Okay. Alright. Very good.
Hope I'm not You're responsible for the clean air. Why not?
I know who I know a councilman, you know, Nunan is.
If he's not, I think he's, you know, involved in this.
All right. The only other thing I'd like
to say is I wish everybody had a happy New Year
and happy holiday.
And hopefully this year's going to turn out
maybe a little better than last year. Okay.
Was bad. With that said, calendar pending matters.
None, seeing none at this time.
Uh, item number 14, adjournment. Need a motion to adjourn?
So move. Mr. Chairman
Has a motion by Commissioner Zay. Supported by
Support By Beki
Commissioner Beki.
All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Have a good evening everyone. Thank you. Thank
You sir.