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2026-10-06 - Community Development Committee

Summary

Built from YouTube auto-generated captions of the City's combined Tuesday morning committee stream; the posted agenda supplied the item list. Names and figures are as captioned and may be misspelled. Voice votes carried no recorded counts.

  • Fireworks: Approved a fireworks and special-effects permit for a concert at Van Andel Arena on October 8.
  • Rezonings: Set October 27 hearings on rezoning 834 Livingston Avenue NE from open space to low-density residential (staff said it fits the surrounding pattern and would allow a 12-unit multifamily project) and 1951 and 1911 Fuller Avenue NE to facilitate multifamily development; the Planning Commission recommended approval. See Livingston and Fuller Avenue Rezonings.
  • Sullivan Field: Approved a three-year user agreement with Fans of Valley Field for stewardship, concessions and museum operations.
  • Contracts: Approved a storm sewer relocation contract ($138,115; not to exceed $250,000) and a substation replacement contract ($1,748,800; not to exceed $2,141,755), both low bids under the engineer's estimates.

Related: Livingston and Fuller Avenue Rezonings

Agenda

  1. Resolution approving a fireworks discharge permit for ER Laser Productions for special effects at Van Andel Arena in connection with the Bring Me The Horizon Tour 2026 on October 8, 2026
  2. Resolution setting October 27, 2026 as the date to consider an ordinance rezoning a portion of 834 Livingston Avenue NE from SD-OS (Special District-Open Space) to TN-LDR (Traditional Neighborhood-Low Density Residential)
  3. Resolution setting October 27, 2026 as the date to consider an ordinance rezoning 1951 Fuller Avenue NE from MCN-C and MCN-LDR to MCN-MDR (Mid-20th Century Neighborhood-Mixed Density Residential)
  4. Resolution setting October 27, 2026 as the date to consider an ordinance rezoning a portion of 1911 Fuller Avenue NE from MCN-LDR to MCN-MDR
  5. Resolution authorizing a user agreement with Fans of Valley Field for use and collaborative stewardship of Sullivan Field
  6. Resolution awarding a contract to Kentwood Excavating, Inc. for storm sewer relocation in Portman Lane SE, $138,115, total not to exceed $250,000
  7. Resolution awarding a contract to Bazen Electric Co. for Water Resource Recovery Facility North Primary Substation Replacement, $1,748,800, total not to exceed $2,141,755

Sources

Note: The City's YouTube stream "Tuesday Morning Committee Meetings" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSWBY5NBhMw) appears (from its title) to cover the morning committees of this day together.

Video

The full YouTube auto-generated caption transcript of this stream is on 2026-10-06 - Committee on Appointments.

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