Board of Trustee Minutes

CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF BLOOMFIELD
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
MINUTES – MONDAY, JULY 23, 2007

PRESENT: Barnett, Buckley, Devine, Payne, Roncelli, Savoie, Stefanes

Also present, Attorney William Hampton

ABSENT: None

Supervisor Payne welcomed the public and led the Pledge of Allegiance.

ITEM #1 Approved Board Minutes of July 9, 2007

ITEM #2 Consider Approval of Fireworks Permit for Les Gold, 3701 Durham Ct.

Mr. Gold has held this display annually for many years and the Township has not received complaints. He has met all current Township requirements for a fireworks permit. This year, the display is scheduled for August 4, 2007 at dusk.

MOTION by Barnett and SUPPORT by Buckley to APPROVE the Fireworks Permit for Les Gold, 3701 Durham Ct.

AYES: Barnett, Buckley, Devine, Payne, Roncelli, Savoie, Stefanes

NAYS: None

RESOLUTION DECLARED ADOPTED.

I, JANET M. RONCELLI, TOWNSHIP CLERK of the Charter Township of Bloomfield, County of Oakland, Michigan, do hereby certify the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by the Board at their regular meeting held on July 23, 2007.

_____________________

JANET M. RONCELLI

TOWNSHIP CLERK

ITEM #3 Consider Approval of Fireworks Permit for Tom Celani, 2600 Turtle Lake Dr.

Mr. Celani has met all current Township requirements for a fireworks permit. The display is scheduled for August 4, 2007 at dusk.

MOTION by Savoie and SUPPORT by Barnett to APPROVE the Fireworks Permit for Tom Celani, 2600 Turtle Lake Dr.

AYES: Barnett, Buckley, Devine, Payne, Roncelli, Savoie, Stefanes

NAYS: None

RESOLUTION DECLARED ADOPTED.

I, JANET M. RONCELLI, TOWNSHIP CLERK of the Charter Township of Bloomfield, County of Oakland, Michigan, do hereby certify the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by the Board at their regular meeting held on July 23, 2007.

_____________________

JANET M. RONCELLI

TOWNSHIP CLERK

ITEM #4 1485 Club Dr. Lot Split (Tabled from June 25, 2007 Board Meeting)

This request was originally brought before the Board on June 11, 2007. At that time, the proposed parcels did not conform to the Township’s Lot Split Ordinance requirements. The Township has received no changes or modifications.

Supervisor Payne, Attorney Hampton and Patti McCullough, Director of Planning and Building, met with the applicant, Richard Merlini, the week of July 16, 2007, and he indicated that he was going to withdraw his petition. Merlini was advised that the withdrawal must be in writing. The Township has received no written request.

MOTION by Savoie and SUPPORT by Barnett to DENY the 1485 Club Drive Lot Split Request.

AYES: Barnett, Buckley, Devine, Payne, Roncelli, Savoie, Stefanes

NAYS: None

RESOLUTION DECLARED ADOPTED.

I, JANET M. RONCELLI, TOWNSHIP CLERK of the Charter Township of Bloomfield, County of Oakland, Michigan, do hereby certify the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by the Board at their regular meeting held on July 23, 2007.

_____________________

JANET M. RONCELLI

TOWNSHIP CLERK

ITEM #5 Consider Approval of Final Site Plan for L A Fitness/C. Rose, 2050 Telegraph Rd.

The site is located on the southwest side of Telegraph Road, north of Square Lake Road, and is the former location of Frank’s Nursery. Carl Rose, property owner, is seeking approval to redevelop the site into a 45, 000 square foot health club.

The site is zoned B-3, General Business. Per the Township Zoning Ordinance, the proposed health club is considered to be a permitted use for an area zoned B-3.

Rose is also requesting that the north portion of the lot be split and added to 1976 Telegraph Road for future expansion opportunities for Carl’s Golfland.

Mr. Rose stated that if all approvals can be obtained, he hopes to have the health club open for business by March 2008.

MOTION by Savoie and SUPPORT by Devine to APPROVE the Final Site Plan for L A Fitness/C. Rose, 2050 Telegraph Road, Subject to Approval of the Lot Split Request, Easements and Parking Issues.

MOTION by Buckley and SUPPORT by Stefanes to APPROVE the Lot Split Public Hearing for August 13, 2007.

AYES: Barnett, Buckley, Devine, Payne, Roncelli, Savoie, Stefanes

NAYS: None

RESOLUTION DECLARED ADOPTED.

I, JANET M. RONCELLI, TOWNSHIP CLERK of the Charter Township of Bloomfield, County of Oakland, Michigan, do hereby certify the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by the Board at their regular meeting held on July 23, 2007.

_____________________

JANET M. RONCELLI

TOWNSHIP CLERK

ITEM #6 Temporary Depository Agreement Between Charter Twp. of Bloomfield & Bloomfield Twp. Library

Board members were given a tour of the library’s new site. In their archive section, the library would like to display some Township history items. The display would be for a term of two months (August and September). If the Board and the library would like to extend the display, a new agreement would need to be signed.

MOTION by Barnett and SUPPORT by Buckley to ACCEPT the Temporary Depository Agreement Resolution.

RESOLUTION

TEMPORARY DEPOSITORY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CHARTER TWP. OF BLOOMFIELD AND THE BLOOMFIELD TWP. LIBRARY

WHEREAS, public records are the property of the People of the State of Michigan. As a result, Michigan governmental agencies such as Bloomfield Township are responsible for ensuring that the public records they create and receive while conducting public business are retained and destroyed in accordance with Michigan law and;

WHEREAS, local government agencies such as the Township cannot relinquish legal custody of their public records, however, under certain conditions, a local governmental agency may deposit (transfer physical custody of) its physical records with an alternative institution such as a library that is willing to store and provide access to the records and;

WHEREAS, while a local governmental agency such as the Township cannot transfer legal custody of public records to another institution, there may be circumstances upon which it is desirable to transfer physical custody. In such instances, the local governmental agency should execute a depository agreement with the alternative institution that specifies the terms of the depository agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Charter Township of Bloomfield that the Township enter into a temporary depository agreement for the period July 30, 2007 through September 30, 2007 with the Bloomfield Township Library to transfer physical custody of the documents set forth in the attached Attachment A.

Be it further resolved that the Supervisor of the Township be authorized to sign a temporary public records depository agreement with the Bloomfield Township Library in accordance with the resolution.

AYES: Barnett, Buckley, Devine, Payne, Roncelli, Savoie, Stefanes

NAYS: None

RESOLUTION DECLARED ADOPTED.

I, JANET M. RONCELLI, TOWNSHIP CLERK of the Charter Township of Bloomfield, County of Oakland, Michigan, do hereby certify the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by the Board at their regular meeting held on July 23, 2007.

_____________________

JANET M. RONCELLI

TOWNSHIP CLERK

ITEM #7 William Hampton, Township Attorney, Professionalism Award

The Board officially recognized Attorney Hampton and congratulated him on a job well done.

ITEM #8 Approve Payroll and Vouchers

ITEM #9 Public Comment

David Patton, 2953 Heron Place, spoke to the Board regarding Agenda Item #4.

The Board recognized the following members of the audience:

Brendan Buckley, 9 years old, Trustee Buckley’s son.

Marcia Gershenson, Oakland County Commissioner.

Robert Jones, Bloomfield Township resident.

Geof Gaudard, Deputy Chief of Police, reviewed areas of interest on the 2006 Annual Report.

Trustee Stefanes stated that there is a Bloomfield Township identity problem. The Township is consistently referred to as Bloomfield Hills and avenues to correcting the dilemma need to be examined.

The cable renewal with Birmingham was discussed by the Board in regards to the hard work by Community Relations Director, Leslie Helwig, who obtained the contract.

Included in Board Packet: Bloomfield Twp. Police Dept. Monthly Report – June 2007

Bloomfield Twp. Police Dept. – 2006 Annual Report

Contract Renewal with Birmingham Area Cable Board

TABLED ITEMS: Cost Recovery Resolution

(Tabled Indefinitely)

1485 Club Dr. Lot Split

(Tabled until 7/23/07)

Meeting adjourned at 8:38 p.m.

Per the Michigan Township Association Record Retention General Schedule #10, MCL 399.5, the audio recordings of Board minutes will be destroyed upon approval of the written minutes of the meeting to which the tapes refer.

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Janet M. Roncelli, Bloomfield Township Clerk

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