City Council October 26 Regular Meeting Agenda

City of Southfield 

Regular Meeting Agenda of the City Council 

October 26, 2026 at 6:00 p.m.

Council Chambers

Donald F. Fracassi Municipal Campus

26000 Evergreen Road

Southfield, Michigan 48076

Telephone: 248-796-5150 Website: www.cityofsouthfield.com

ROLL CALL

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

PRESENTATIONS

Presentation of Joint Resolution - Family Court Awareness Month

Presentation of Proclamation - Extra Mile Day

Recognition of Employee of the Month

Presentation of 2025 Michigan Green Communities Challenge Recertification

APPOINTMENTS

Reappointment to the City Centre Advisory Board - Mateusz Nowakowski

Reappointment to the City Centre Advisory Board - Hassan Jawad

Reappointment to the City Centre Advisory Board - Kevin Finn

Appointment to the Commission on Senior Adults - Betty Robinson

COMMUNICATIONS

The Southfield City Council has established the following Rules of Procedure for all speakers: 

• Each speaker will have 3 minutes to address the council. 

• Each speaker is responsible for his or her comments and the City of Southfield does not, by permitting such remarks, support, endorse or accept the content, thereof, as being true or accurate. 

• No speaker may make personal or impertinent attacks upon any officer, employee, or City Councilmember or other Elected Official, that is unrelated to the manner in which they perform their duties. 

• No person shall use abusive or threatening language toward any individual when addressing the City Council. 

Any person who violates this section shall be directed by the presiding officer to be orderly. If a person addressing the Council refuses when so directed, such person may be deemed by the presiding officer to have committed a "breach of the peace" by disrupting and impeding the orderly conduct of the public meeting of the City Council and may be ordered by the presiding officer to leave the meeting. If the person refuses to leave as directed, the presiding officer may direct any law enforcement officer who is present to escort the violator from the meeting. The Council may not provide responses to public comments during the meeting. If you have provided your contact information when you sign up for public communications, the City will provide a more formal response to you in the near future should it be needed. The Council may respond to comments at the end of communications if they are able to do so. 

MINUTES

A. Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting Minutes of October 5, 2026

CONSENT AGENDA (these items are considered routine / non-controversial or have previously been discussed) * Item was not discussed at the Committee-of-the-Whole Meeting but may be considered a routine item.

A. Authorization to Purchase Ammunition for the Police Department*

B. Water Meter Reading Collector Preventative Maintenance Agreement*

C. Authorization to Purchase Water Main Break Truck*

D. Receipt of Bids for High Speed Rollup Door*

E. Authorize submission of a FY 2027 Oakland County Access to Transit Grant application for funding bus stop improvements*

ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION AND/OR ACTION

A. Change Order Approval for Traffic Calming on the Southampton Pavement and Water Main Improvements Project (Job No. 2623SFLD)

PUBLIC HEARINGS AND SITE PLANS

A. Economic Development Initiative - Public Hearing on Establishment of Commercial Rehabilitation District under Public Act 210 of 2005 as Amended, at W 12 Mile Road Commercial Rehabilitation District No. 1

B. Application from The Suites Southfield LLC for a Commercial Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate under PA 210 of 2005, as amended

C. PCZR26-0005, the request to conditionally rezone the parcel at 19900 W 9 Mile Road, Southfield, Michigan (Parcel 24-26-351-019) from all OS Office Service to a combination of B-3 General Business and RMM Multiple Family (Medium Rise) Introduce Ordinance No. 1849

D. PTZA 26-0003, Zoning Text Amendment, Accessory Dwelling Unit Regulations Introduce Ordinance No. 1850

E. PZTA 26-0004, Zoning Text Amendment, Career and Technical Education Regulations Introduce Ordinance No. 1851

F. PZTA 26-0005, Zoning Text Amendment, Public Parks and Facilities in SF Residential Districts Introduce Ordinance No. 1852

ORDINANCES

A. Enact Ordinance No. 1847, Ordinance Amendment, Chapter 17, Garbage and Rubbish

B. Enact Ordinance No. 1848, Prohibited Sale of Kratom to Persons Under 21

COUNCIL

A. Travel Expense Report: Yolanda C. Haynes, Detroit Regional Chamber Luncheon, March 5, 2026

B. Travel Expense Report: Yolanda C. Haynes, MML Elected Officials Academy, Bay City, MI May 15-16, 2026

MAYOR

ADMINISTRATION

ATTORNEY

CLERK, TREASURER, PLANNER, ASSESSOR, ENGINEER

SCHEDULE

Individuals with special needs for this meeting should contact the City Clerk's Office at 248-796-5150 (voice) or 711 (TDD). If auxiliary aids or services are needed, reasonable advance notice is required.