Good evening.
Welcome to the City of War
and Planning Commission meeting February 10th, 2025.
Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance,
Our Pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic which stands, one Nation under God,
indivisible, with liberty and justice.
Roll call. Commissioner Aner. Yes. Commissioner dse.
Present. Commissioner Hollow Present. Commissioner Hawk.
Yes. Commissioner Childry. Present.
Commissioner Morris Present. Commissioner Beki.
Commissioner Smith.
Present. We need a motion to excuse Commissioner Beki.
She's not gonna be able to make it there this evening.
I make a motion to excuse Commissioner
Support.
That was a motion by Commissioner Hollow, supported
by Commissioner Childry.
All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Motion to approve the agenda,
but we wanna make a change on the, uh,
make an amendment to the agenda.
Uh, item number six C. Uh, seven C.
We want to eliminate that from the agenda tonight
and it'll, it'll come back at a different, a different day.
Chairman, are you saying the one that do
with the parking lot edition?
Yes. Yes. Okay.
You're, we're taking that off the
Agenda. Remove it. Removing,
removing it off the agenda. Okay.
So I need a, a motion to
Approve.
Mr. Chairman, I make a motion that we approve the agenda
with the removal of seven C.
Do I have a second? I second that motion.
That is a motion by Commissioner Zay, supported
by Commissioner Hollow to remove, uh,
seven C off the agenda for this evening.
All in favor? A.
Aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Approve of the minutes of January 13th, 2025.
I make a mo. Uh, commissioner Hollow makes a,
a motion to accept the minutes.
Support Maury, There's a motion
by Commissioner Hollow Wadi Support Commissioner Moy.
All in favor? Aye.
Aye. Any opposed public hearing items? Number six.
We have none this evening. Number seven,
correspondence. Seven a
Seven. A second
minor amendment to site Plan
for an extraction slash processing marijuana trailer
facility and new pavement located on the northeast corner
of Fer and Hoover Road.
2 1 7 0 4 Hover Road, section 35 3 RDS, Inc.
Frank Roy, the minor amendment is to add a trailer
to process marijuana and add new pavement to new payment.
PMA 2 2 0 1 2 approved on January 9th, 2023.
Conditions never completed.
Expired on January 9th, 2025. Thank you.
I need a motion to recognize the expired site plan.
Mr. Chairman, I'll make a motion to, uh, approve the,
uh, getting rid of seven A.
You made a motion to Support Commissioner
Childry to get rid of it.
You're getting technical over there.
I'm not trying to. That was a motion
by Commissioner dse, supported by Commissioner c Childry.
Do recognize it as an expired site plan. Roll call.
Commissioner dse. Yes. To get rid of it.
Commissioner Cha? Yes. Commissioner Anza? Yes.
Commissioner Hall? Yes. Commissioner Hawk? Yes.
Comm Bot? Yes. Commissioner Smith?
Yes. The recognize expired site plan Item number seven B.
Item number seven B site plan for new parking lot
and open storage for repair vehicles located on the south
side of nine Mile Road.
Approximately 435 feet west of Hoover 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.
Petitioner denied letter denied
by the Planning Commission on January 13th, 2024.
Need a motion to approve the denied letter denial letter.
Motion to approve the denied.
Um, Mr. Chairman, do we need a motion to approve
or a motion to receive and file?
Well, we can receive and file, but
Because it's already been denied.
Okay. So it's just a letter.
Okay. Motion to receive and file the denial letter
And I'll support it.
Oh,
Did, did you, uh, Ms. Childry did
Yes. Easy out there.
There was a motion by Commissioner Dusey, supported by,
uh, commissioner Childry to receive
and file the denial letter for item seven B roll.
Call.
Commissioner Dee. Yes. Commissioner Childry? Yes.
Commissioner Anza? Yes. Commissioner Ari? Yes.
Commissioner Hawk?
Yes. Commissioner Murray Votes?
Yes. Commissioner Smith?
Yes. The receiving file.
Item number eight, a old business,
A minor amendment to site plan for redevelopment
of current buildings to new tropical smoothie drive
through restaurant located on the west side of Hoover Road,
approximately 320 feet north of 10 Mile Road.
Section 22 2 5 1 4 1 Hoover Road ion
Finlay, uh, prodigy properties.
LLC minor amendment is for the addition of a six feet wall
high wall along the south.
Poverty line. PMA 2 4 0 0 0 4 Minor amendment
was approved by the planning commission on
September 9th, 2024.
Petitioner is requesting to wave the 20 feet height limit
for light fixtures for two
existing light poles along the front
of the property hover road.
Thank you.
I need to measure, uh, recognize this
as a minor amendment for discussion.
I make a motion to recognize this as a minor amendment
to original site plan
Support.
Support as a motion by Commissioner Howard Do
and support by Commissioner Dee.
Um, the reason I did it this way is
I think the petitioners here
and we want to allow him to say what he's gonna say.
Okay. Alright. Good evening, sir.
Can you check your mic and see if it's on the green button?
Hello? Yep, that's, there You go. Thank you.
Um, basically we, uh, as the project went on,
I added the two light poles out front
'cause it just seemed very dark, um, at night.
And then, uh, the electricians matched the height
of McDonald's and the auto body shop next to us.
We kind of missed the 20 foot, um, limit on our site plan.
So that's why I'm here tonight.
Okay. Um, Mr. Mr.
Wirth, did you wanna make any comment on this?
Well, the, yeah.
Uh, there is a note on the site plan that talks about, uh,
lighting light poles like that are to be, uh,
no higher than 20 feet, uh, in this case.
Um, maybe the pole itself minus, uh, the top
of the pole where the lights are at
and minus the base that's about three feet tall.
Might the pole itself might be 20 feet,
but, uh, not in this case.
It's more like 25.
But, um, seemed, as you said, as the petitioner said, uh,
it does match the surrounding light poles.
It doesn't look out of place.
So, um, we're willing to recommend that, uh,
the, uh, what they have there, what he put up is acceptable
and should be approved.
Thank you Mr. War. You're welcome.
Anybody else have any discussion on this?
Uh, Commissioner Juza? I,
I can't help it.
Um, are these lights,
were these lights already there?
No. No. So you put in new lights and so on.
And this is right along Hoover. Yep. Yeah.
So none of this is shining be, uh, behind
to the residential?
No, the, these are towards the front of the building.
Alright. That's what I thought. Alright.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
Anyone else? Okay.
I need a motion to approve, to wave the
and allow the, uh, lights at a different height.
I had, we had a, huh?
Well you, you did a motion to recognize as a minor amendment
'cause it was a minor amendment.
So now we need a motion to approve, to waive the lights.
Alright. Okay. You
Still want, I'll make a motion to approve the minor
amendments, uh, with, uh, light fixtures on this property.
Have second Support. Commissioner Chari.
Okay. That was a motion to approve
and waive the height of the light fixtures at the
tropical, uh,
Smoothie. Smoothie
place. And that was
by Commissioner dse and Commissioner Childry. Roll call
Commissioner.
Commissioner dse. Yes. Commissioner Childry. Yes.
Commissioner Hollow.
Yes. It's not a detriment to the area.
Commissioner Ansar? Yes. Commissioner Hawk. Yes.
Comm Commissioner Smith?
Yes. To approve. Thank you, sir. Have a good evening.
Yeah. Item have number eight B
Site plan for new self storage facility located on the
southwest corner of Van D**e and Ham Avenue.
3 1 9 2 5 Van D**e Avenue, section four.
Joseph Gino Gino Architects, uh,
PSP 2 3 0 0 1 9.
Approved on June 26. 20 20 23.
Petitioner is withdrawing the site plan
for new self storage facility,
a new development sheets gas station and convenience store.
Receive site plan approval
for this site on September 23rd, 2024. Thank you. Thank
You. Need motion to
withdraw the site plan.
Motion to withdraw site plan.
I just second that motion Has a motion
by Commissioner Chare, supported
by Commissioner Hollow. Roll call.
Commissioner Chare. Yes. Commissioner Hollow. Yes.
Commissioner Ze? Yes. Commissioner Anza? Yes.
Commissioner Hawk? Yes. Commissioner?
Yes. Commissioner Smith?
Yes. To withdraw the site plan.
I am, I'm the number nine bond release item AM number nine.
A
Item number nine, A site plan
for new self storage facility located on the southwest
corner of Van D**e and Ham Avenues.
3 1 9 2 5 Van D**e Avenue, section four.
Joseph Gino, Gino Architects, LLC um,
PSP 2 3 0 0 1 9.
Approved on June 26. 2023.
Surety bond posted in the amount of $66,000 project.
Withdrawn. Release the bond.
Thank you. Thank you. I need a motion to release the bond.
I make a, I make a motion to release the bond. Oh.
Commissioner ti
Support I supported. Oh,
Go ahead.
Yes, I'm, I'm supported. Okay.
There was a motion by Commissioner Hollow Wadi Support
Commissioner Hulk, um,
to release the bond roll call
Commissioner Hollow Wadi.
Yes. Commissioner Hawke.
Yes. Commissioner Ansar. Yes. Commissioner Doe? Yes.
Commissioner Chadri. Yes. Commissioner Smith.
Yes. To release the bond of $66,000. Item number nine B
Site plan for new industrial building located on the
southwest corner of Mount
and, uh, Heathdale dry Hedo Avenue.
Section 17 2 7 6 6 3 Mount Road.
Anthony Lente, PSP 1 9 0 0 7 0.
Approved on June 1st, 2020.
Surety bond posted in the amount of $120,000.
Project complete. Release the bond.
Thank you. I need a motion to release the bond.
Motion to release the bond. Commissioner Chori
Support Commissioner Dre
Has the motion by Commissioner c Chari,
supported by Commissioner Ddue. Roll call
Commissioner Chori.
Yes. Commissioner dse? Yes. Commissioner Ansar? Yes.
Commissioner Hollow. Yes. Commissioner Hawk. Yes.
Schori votes? Yes. Commissioner Smith?
Yes. To release the bond of $120,000. Item numbers nine C
Nine C minor amendment to site plan
for new industrial building located on the southwest corner
of Mount Hido Avenue.
Section 17 2 7 6 6 3 Mount Road.
JAL Properties investment.
Minor amendment is for a parking lot addition
to industrial building PMA 2 1 0 0 0 8 approved
on August 9th, 2021.
Cash bond posted in the amount of $600.
Project complete. Release the bond.
I need a motion to release the bind.
Motion to release bind. Commissioner chare.
Support that. Commissioner, an sorry.
That is a motion by Commissioner c.
Chore supported by Commissioner ANSI. Roll call
Commissioner Chowdry.
Yes. Commissioner Ansar? Yes. Commissioner Ddue? Yes.
Commissioner Hall? Yes. Commissioner Hawk? Yes.
Commissioner Mor Votes. Yes. Commissioner Smith? Yes.
The release, the cash bond of $600. I am number nine D.
Item number nine D site plan for redevelopment
of current buildings to a new TR tropical smoothie drive
through restaurant located on the west side of Hoover Road,
approximately 320 feet north of 10 Mile Road.
Section 22.
Uh, 2 5 1 4 1 Hover road, IN Findlay
and prodigy properties L-L-C-P-S-P 2 3 0 0 4 2
approved on January 22nd, 2024.
Cash bond posted in the amount of $4,500.
If agenda item eight, eight is approved,
this item shall be complete.
Released the bond. Thank you.
Thank you. I'm number, uh, eight A was approved.
So therefore I need a motion to release the bond.
Motion to release the bond. Mr. Chairman,
Support Commissioner Chaudry
Is a motion by Commissioner Tuesday.
Supported by Commissioner c Childry. Roll call
Commissioner Ddue.
Yes. Commissioner Chore? Yes. Commissioner Ansar? Yes.
Commissioner Hollow? Yes. Commissioner Hawk? Yes.
Yes. Commissioner Smith?
Yes. To release the bond of $4,500. Item 10. New business.
Seeing none. Item item, citizen 11,
citizen participation.
Is there anyone in the audience that'd like
to speak on anything?
Come up, state your name and address for the record,
and you have three minutes to speak.
Seeing none, we'll go to item number 12,
sorry, 12 A planning directors report and discussion.
Uh, thank you Mr. Chair. Just, uh,
I'll just say it this way.
A lot, a lot of work
and involved, uh, putting together, uh, that agenda.
Uh, even though we didn't have a planning commission
meeting, uh, two weeks ago, uh, just
Fixing up things in the, in the office, uh,
doing these bonds, uh, so and so forth.
Um, we had meetings, uh, just to highlight, uh, some
of the things we did do is, um,
the open space conservation plan.
Our, uh, staff met
and, um, looked at the, at the plan.
It was as it's a draft copy presented, uh, to us.
Um, a lot of, a lot of corrections, a lot of work
to be done, and, uh, more meetings with, uh, that, uh,
with those people who are doing the open space
conservation, uh, plan.
So that was done.
Um, I attended, uh, a Green Macomb meeting
right over at the, uh, community center.
And, uh, they talk about tree plantings and vegetation and,
and, uh, all the, all the things that have to do
with those types of things in this town.
Uh, the, um, uh, excuse me, parks
and Rec Director, uh, has, uh,
obtained a grant plant a whole lot of trees, so to speak,
uh, in town.
That's gonna happen this coming year.
So we're, we're excited about that.
Um, and then I'll get, I'll get to, uh,
a meeting I attended last, last Thursday.
And, uh, that meeting was with the, uh, district,
um, I'm sorry, historic district committee
or commission, uh, group of, uh, last, uh,
that was last Thursday.
And, uh, it was really their, their first
good meeting with six members.
They are supposed to have seven, but they had six.
And, uh, it was, uh, to discuss, uh, all the,
all the hard work that had gone into, um, the, uh,
ordinance, the having to do with that, uh, that commission
and, um, how to move things on with, with,
uh, historic preservation in this town.
Now, there hasn't been a lot of attention given, uh, to,
uh, historic preservation.
We've always had the village
and all of us, I believe know where that's at,
at the intersection of, uh, mound in, uh, Chicago.
But, uh, you really can't tell there's
a historic village there.
And so, you know, that's an example of what, uh,
what I'm talking about, about calling attention to things.
And that's a real simple thing.
But in order to do that, you need funding.
And, and that's where, uh,
there was also a plan done.
That was the first thing after, uh,
after our master plan called for it.
Then there was a Village Historic district
or, uh, village plan, uh, completed that, uh,
had, uh, uh, I think it was five items
of implementation to, uh, begin the process of banking it,
uh, a great plan and,
and, uh, having respect for the, uh, everything historic,
uh, in this town.
So with those two, uh,
products, uh, put together, then, uh, I attended that.
As a matter of fact, our city attorney here tonight, Laura,
uh, has, uh, attended also.
And, uh, she was there for a particular reason.
That's to, that, that ordinance, uh, would help us, uh,
get, uh, certified local government status, uh, with,
uh, the state of Michigan.
And when you do that, then it certainly helps with, uh,
uh, funding grants, loans.
And, uh, people need that if they're gonna make improvements
to their homes that are inside a historic district.
So, you know, if, if you're, your shingling is, uh,
going bad and it's the,
and you wanna, you gotta preserve the shingling if it's a
special kind, uh, you're gonna have
to have special people replace it.
And, uh, they know where to get the products, the materials
to do so, except that it costs two to three to four times
as much as a normal shingle job, so to speak.
That's the way I can put it.
So, so imagine any part of the house itself
or the garage, if the garage is just as old as the house,
uh, to make repairs like that and to make changes
and, uh, uh, that, that type of thing.
And that's what that funding is about.
The funding is also for improvements, uh, to the whole
district for that matter.
And, um, uh, in that meeting,
we were talking about different things.
One, one particular part was, uh, uh, some new fencing
for the union cemetery out there, uh, that the,
the fencing's not doing too well, so to speak.
It probably needs replacement throughout the whole thing.
And, uh, so they had some, they began, the commission began
to have ideas about how to, what to do.
And, uh, so, so that, uh, followed right along.
They had other things that, that started
to pop into their minds about what to do.
They, um, they're, they're gonna make their budget
for this year and pass that on to the city
and hopefully, uh, they'll, they'll start, uh, looking at
small things to, uh, to fix.
And then we'll, we'll, we'll look at, uh, bigger things.
Um, my part on the, on their agenda,
uh, had to do was with, uh, expanding, uh,
the district as it is right now.
And with expanding, I decided that we're, uh, I looked at,
at the plan, that's what you're supposed to look at,
and decided I'd, I'd choose, uh,
or chose, uh, four different parcels.
They're called resources.
And, uh, not too far from here, over off of Ham
and Mound.
There's a, there's a home with a plaque on it.
It's a beautiful home.
It's not in the district, but it should be.
And, uh, so that was, that was one
of 'em right in front of it.
It's a commercial building.
It doesn't stand out much,
but it's contiguous both of those on the other side of, uh,
the red run drain off of Mound.
And then on the other side of Mound, directly across St.
Ann's church and St.
Ann's School, both of them, uh, uh, highlighted,
uh, in the plan to be joined with, uh, the existing village.
Well, there's quite a process that you have to go through
and, uh, I'm not gonna go into that.
That's another hour if you want, but I don't think so.
Anyway, uh, you'll find out about that later.
'cause once we get the process going,
that will work its way back to this planning commission, uh,
for a recommendation, uh, to city Council
to approve the expansion, uh, of that district.
That'll be the first expansion, uh, in addition to it
in about 40 years.
And, uh, so, so I'm, I'm excited about that.
And, um, this is just the beginning of adding
to everything that's, that's historic
and historic preservation.
Um, there are many resources,
and those are homes
and other, other things, so to speak, uh, out there
that the Historic Commission has identified.
And they've gone throughout the city
and they put up plaques, uh, to highlight, uh, what, what
that particular home and resource, uh, is about.
And those can also be,
uh, turned into, uh,
a district unto themselves.
Just a house could be a district.
So think about that.
I think there are about 50 plaques out there,
and, uh, those are resources that they identified.
There are more to come.
And this is not to be ignored anymore.
We have history in this town,
and there's quite a history to tell.
So that's what, uh,
and that was, that was what the meeting was about.
Uh, it, uh, we, we lasted a couple hours and,
and, uh, that was pretty exciting.
So I wanted to let you know about that.
And, uh, we're gonna help them out.
Our, uh, uh, the planning department
and staff, we're gonna help 'em out.
And, um, uh, we'll,
we'll see about staffing there sometime in the future.
But right now, it, it, uh, we, we'll,
we're at the beginning stages of, uh, bringing them up, uh,
into, uh, proper procedure.
All right, so with that,
I'm gonna have Michelle come up here
and she's gonna talk about a few other things.
Thank you, Mr. Dory. You are welcome.
Okay, now I'll just give a brief update on some
of the projects that we're currently
underway in the planning department.
Um, so first, the active mobility plan.
Um, so as most of you know, the preliminary plan, along
with the survey, it's posted on the project website.
Um, but after speaking with the consultant,
unfortunately the survey responses have been a
little lower than expected.
So we're gonna keep the survey
open until the end of the month.
So that's until February 28th, 2025.
So if you haven't visited the website yet,
please review the information online, um,
the preliminary plan and take the survey.
And so, once again, the website is Walk Bike
info slash warn.
Um, so the zoning ordinance update,
that's another project that we're working on.
Um, planning staff has reviewed the zoning ordinance
and submitted the first round of edits to the consultant,
which is Beckett and Rader.
And we're waiting for the revised document to be returned.
And then we're gonna continue reviewing.
And so we've just followed up with them today actually.
So hoping to hear back soon and we'll continue that.
Um, project, um, the Green Space
and Conservation Plan, um, planning step ahead,
an internal meeting to discuss the draft of the plan.
And we have a list of items that are being finalized prior
to sending them to the consultant.
And I anticipate we'll be meeting
with them probably in the next month
or so to go over the changes
and have a meeting on, uh, that draft document.
And finally, the Climate Action Plan on January 16th,
uh, there was a meeting to discuss the Climate
Action Plan, RFP.
And the document was submitted online through Mitten,
which is like a bid bid process, um, application or website.
And once the bidding process has been closed,
the purchasing agent will set up a meeting
with the RFP committee to review the submissions,
and that's gonna close pretty soon, February 19th.
So that is the update.
If you have any questions, please let me know.
Thank you, Ms. Michelle. Does
anyone have any questions for Ms.
Michelle or Ron?
Item number 12 B And
before we get into that, I'd like
to recognize our two ex officios, Councilman Newan
and Councilwoman McGee.
Sorry, I didn't do it earlier,
but I didn't, you, you're kind of, whoops.
You're kind of separated and that's all you got together,
so, all right.
Um, are there any other, and I would like to welcome Ms.
Attorney Sullivan, who are sitting in with us tonight.
Thank you. And, uh,
if the commission has any other other discussion
or concerns, we can bring 'em up now.
Thank you.
Don't all speak at once. All right.
Seeing none. Item 13, calendar pending matters.
Seeing, we don't have any at this time.
I number 14, adjourn. I need a motion to adjourn. Mr.
Chairman, I'd like to make a motion to adjourn.
There's a motion by Commissioner Tuesday, supported
by Commissioner ti Awadi.
All in favor? Aye. Aye. Any opposed?
Have a good evening everyone. Thank you.