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2026-11-10 - City Commission

Summary

Built from the posted agenda; no outcomes are recorded here.

  • Ordinances to be adopted: two salary ordinance amendments (reclassification and new positions), a zoning text amendment on allowable uses in the Grand River Overlay District, and a major amendment to the Village at Knapp's Crossing Planned Redevelopment District on E. Beltline Ave NE.
  • Hearings set for December 1: a Brownfield Plan amendment for a Ball Ave NE project, and renaming Cesar E. Chavez Avenue from Clyde Park to Weston back to Grandville Avenue.
  • Fiscal items: budget substitutions of $529,050 (Grand River trails) and $525,410 (lead service line replacement contracts), and the bid list.
  • Community development items: a fireworks permit for the Griffins New Year's Eve celebration at Van Andel Arena, a special assessment nuisance roll (process item), a MDOT congestion mitigation grant agreement for the Traffic Management Operations Center (local cost not to exceed $138,000), a Cross Creek Condominiums easement exchange, and rejection of bids for Lincoln Park improvements.
  • Other: a social district permit recommendation for a restaurant on Fulton St E, and an appointment to the Michigan Municipal Services Authority board.
  • Communications received: letters for and against the Acrisure Amphitheater (25 opposed, 16 in support) and about the Section 9.66 noise ordinance adopted October 27 (15 opposed, 2 in support); two board resignations.

Issues

Same-day committee: 2026-11-10 - Committee of the Whole.

Agenda

  1. Call to order, moment of silence, pledge, roll call
  2. Public comment on agenda items
  3. Approval of minutes of 2026-10-27 (7:00 PM)
  4. Petitions and communications: resignations from the Monroe North TIFA and from the Economic Development Corporation and Brownfield Redevelopment Authority; inspections at Lake Forest Apartment Homes; 15 letters opposing the Section 9.66 ordinance adopted October 27; 25 letters disapproving of the Acrisure Amphitheater; 16 supporting it; the Leonard and Alpine intersection; 2 letters supporting the Section 9.66 ordinance
  5. Reports of city officers: Comptroller's Warrant Report for October 13-26, 2026 ($37,675,505.69) and Monthly Travel Report; Treasurer's Report
  6. Consent agenda and standing committee reports
    • Committee on Appointments: an appointment to the Michigan Municipal Services Authority board and executive committee
    • Fiscal Committee: budget substitution of $529,050 (Eastern Railroad to Ann, Grand River Trails East); budget substitution of $525,410 (Lead Service Lines Contract 2025-1 and 2025-2); bid list
    • Community Development Committee: fireworks discharge permit (Griffins New Year's Eve, Dec 31, 2026); confirming a special assessment nuisance roll; MDOT CMAQ grant agreement for the Traffic Management Operations Center (local cost not to exceed $138,000); Cross Creek Condominiums sewer and watermain easement release and utility easement ($1.00); rejecting bids for Lincoln Park improvements; set December 1 hearing on a Brownfield Plan amendment for a Ball Ave NE project; set December 1 hearing on renaming Cesar E. Chavez Avenue (Clyde Park to Weston) as Grandville Avenue
    • Committee of the Whole: social district permit recommendation for a restaurant on Fulton St E
  7. Items removed from consent
  8. Ordinances to be adopted
    • Salary ordinance amendments for new and reclassified positions (amending Ordinances 2025-31 and 2025-32)
    • Zoning text amendment modifying allowable uses in the Grand River Overlay District
    • Major amendment to the Village at Knapp's Crossing PRD on E. Beltline Ave NE
  9. City Commission resolutions, public hearings (none listed), public comments, comments by commissioners, adjournment

Sources

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