001[Music] we'll call this meeting where please rise for the Pledge of Allegiance and the invocation following I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with libery and justice for all dear God please bless our elected officials grant them the wisdom to know and the courage to do what is right for all citizens amen amen now you can sit down you'll get your cat roll call please Allan here lafor here mravic here Ricks here Schultz here Warren here yelenich here good to see everybody here tonight approval of minutes from the March 30 me motion be in order I'll make the motion support motion I made and support is there any discussion on the minutes be not all in favor of
002the motion signified by saying I I against motion does pass move on to audience comments on any non-agenda items if anybody's here for anything that's not on the agenda we ask that you come up state your name and address to the clerk for the record is there anybody here for not being on the agenda looks like we're good here okay we'll move on when it does come to our items for consideration we will ask if there's anybody that wants to speak at that time Al also adoption agenda Mr city manager any changes no changes city council any changes be not motion to accept the agenda as presented would be an order make the motion support motion by made and support any discussion do you not all in favor say I I I against motion does
003pass we move on to the consent agenda is there a motion make a motion to approve the consent agenda is presented support what been made and supported no discussion on the consent agenda according to our rules all in favor of the motion signifi by saying I I against motion does pass we move on we have nine items tonight for consideration the first one being consideration of special request chickens at 69 856 Ferguson Street Mr city manager Council scheduled to consider a petition from Caleb and Aaron Dowling to keep up to six eglan chickens hens on property located at 69 856 Ferguson Street uh the properties to the north south east and west are developed with single family residences the subject property is approximately 0.25 acres in size and the property is rectangular and shape with
00484.5 ft of Frontage and is 130 ft deep uh notices were on Friday March 7th notices were mailed to the seven surrounded properties informing them of the request to allow chickens at the time of the background brief we received uh two letters one in favor and one against um and then the closest uh adjacent house to the coupe directly north is approximately 55 53 ft to the detached garage and 80 ft to the house thank you is there anybody here uh for the chickens would you please come up state your name and address to the clerk and fill us in Caleb Dowling 69 856 Ferguson um so yeah would like to uh well we we didn't know what the the ruling uh was on pets and and Richmond so we did end up getting uh
005some chickens and then what we thought was as long as there's no roosters but so we looked into it and then found that uh we needed to apply for permission so that's what we want to do we talk to our neighbor uh adjacent to us right beside us and she was surprisingly uh for it she was very favorable so you going to give her free eggs at the price of eggs well we may do that yeah okay thank you very much uh is there a motion council's wishes I'll make a motion to approve the petition from Caleb and Aaron ding to keep up to six egg lay and chickens on properly located at 69 856 Ferguson Street subject to the following conditions they shall be all hens no roosters and after one year uh the
006city council will uh take another look at the uh uh the keeping of the hens if there's any complaints there I I support thank you any discussion on this I have a concern that we we got one neighbor that does not really care to have chickens byy them um and so I I I will not be able to support your motion anybody else any yeah Mr Mayor I had the same concern as Jim but as I looked at it more often in some of the past ones that we've approved this property is within the range the acreage that we approved before and then I looked at the distance to that house and their letter as well and it's 169 ft to the house and I know in their their letter they were concerned about noise
007and smell but I would think they would have to be almost right up to the fence to hear little tweets of the Birds which really isn't that unpleasant of a noise in my opinion like birds in general so I was kind of torn on that and seeing that we've approved some that were at much less distance I'm I'm uh leaning toward supporting this motion anybody else Mr C manager we've uh just recent history since 2022 we've had six different uh requests that we've approved have we had any that have complained about smell no no noise no we haven't had any complaints have we other than when they let them loose on just a couple times when Street when they've gotten out and it's been kind of roaming the the the neighborhood but usually that's a
008matter of getting them putting them back in their pen no nothing on uh noise or or cleanliness no um I have to uh ask the applicants do you not have a privacy fence all the way around the whole back side of your home yeah privacy fence okay it's a privacy fence yeah I went over and looked at it any other comments we go to the audience any comments from the audience back to the table all in favor of the motion signify by saying I I against against one nay motion does pass can I have your chickens or you already have them evidently okay we move on to item number two consideration of approving the request to conduct the National Day of Prayer Mr city manager Council scheduled to consider a request from the Richmond area
009pastors to recognize Thursday May 1st 2025 is the National Day of Prayer in previous years the city has recognized the Day of Prayer by allowing the Richmond area pastors to public publicly pray in front of City Hall uh this year Mr wise From Grace Community Church is coordinating the event and they are requesting the same uh as long as it's a nice day we'll be out in front of City Hall uh if it does rain we always move into the lobby uh and then following the event we have a uh Pizza luncheon here in the council chambers that uh once again this year the good old days Festival has agreed to sponsor very good thank you is there a motion I'll make a motion to authorize the mayor to sign the proclamation recognizing Thursday May
0101st 2025 as the National Day of Prayer and to invite members of the public to pray beginning at 12:20 p.m. support Postman made and support any discussion on this item been going on for many many years here thank uh Pastor Weiss for putting that all together again this for us any other comments any audience comments on this item back to the table all in favor of the motions signified by saying I I against motion does pass item number three is consideration of special event Project Graduation 2025 senior banners Mr city manager Council schedule to consider approving a request from Jamie Mo and Susan starns uh for to have the senior class or from the senior class parent committee to utilize the uh existing Banner arms on the light poles uh to help support the class
011of 2025 students uh for several years uh since kind co uh We've allowed them to uh the the parents of the senior class to put up banners uh recognizing the the seniors uh last year uh with the introduction of the veterans banners that we do near the Veterans Park there uh on Main Street between Monroe and water um or yeah Monroe and water uh we have moved the senior banners and we begin the senior banners essentially at Division and Maine and head uh with the senior all night party being conducted at the uh Roosevelt Civic Auditorium it's um worked out well last year and so uh both are here tonight to answer any questions very good one or both of you name and addresses please to the clerk um Susan starns address 70010 Crystal Drive
012Richmond Jamie Moore oh my God sorry it's so loud 34 666 school section Road Richmond 48062 go ahead and let us know what you're doing yep basically what he said is just the banners um the seniors and the parents that want to participate because it's not all of them but if we could have permission to have them hung on the light post um I guess it would be then the Southside I think right of Main Street division down you know and we're uh B basically the month of May through I think I said June 10th or something I can't remember yeah May 1st through June 13th June 13th so um yep that's our request is there a motion I'll make a motion to approve the request to utilize the poles and banner arms from Division
013Road to the railroad tracks to place banners uh recognizing the students of the class of 2025 from May 1st through June 13th and authorize the DPW to install the banners with the following conditions the Project Graduation committee will furnish the banners with all necessary zip ties and there are no guarantees exact placement of students or particular polls or locations support must have been made and supported discussion I think it's great pound look good and recognizing our graduates absolutely a great idea the the only thing I can add to this is is number two it says there are no guarantees of exact placement of students on the polls you might want to put student banners sure yeah cuz somebody might an idea especially with those running and there's a typo there too Jen the motion is
014the 30th Dennis corrected it when he made the motion so he did say the 13th yep um and then I've also worked with uh Jamie who's going to be the person who gets all the banners some we take them down so that she will coordinate each Banner each parent she's with the parents she get very good I really can't mess up so I'm really hoping to do great with it you you guys have anything to add to this um just to confirm so we need to um supplied zip tie as you said too yes okay no problem just so you know that so and a certain kind I'm sure there's a certain kind yeah I think uh the gentleman that's working with you on the B oh we got yeah we're getting through Jay's silk
015screens this year CU Brett is not doing them anymore that was another thing I had no problem we have a contact with J okay he said I think he did it your first year during Co okay we'll work that out okay thank you thank you thank you thanks is there any public comments on this item do you not back to the table all in favor of the motion signify by saying I I I against motion does pass item number four is consideration of second reading adoption of text amendment to section 9.04 parking standards of the Richmond zoning ordinance Mr city manager council is scheduled to consider the second reading adoption of ordinance 156-743 residential parking standards of the Richmond zoning ordinance to revise standards regarding the location and duration that recreational vehicles may be parked
016within the front yard area and Street rights of way uh as mentioned during the introduction first reading uh this we we didn't have it clearly Define in the ordinance uh kind of the loading and unloading of a trailer uh that we allow 48 hours prior to a trip and for 48 hours after uh as well as uh a boat being allowed to be stored in the in your driveway 254 hours before a trip or use and 24 hours after no more than 48 hours in a given week um it also clearly defines that uh if your driveway is not long enough to have uh your trailer in in your driveway without blocking the sidewalk that you can't have that time uh just because blocking the sidewalk forces people to walk out into the street we
017haven't had any uh thing come from the public no that's since and again uh since the first meeting of the introduction first reading we have had no no response very good is there a motion before discussion I'll make a motion to give the second reading and adopt ordinance 56-34 which amends section 9.04 residential parking standards of the Richmond zoning ordinance to revise standards regarding the location and duration the recreational vehicles may be parked within the front yard area and street right away support most by made and support any discussion on this item put a bit of discussion uh at our workshops over the last year and uh was brought up to the public two weeks ago at our last meeting for first reading so doesn't sound like anybody is too concerned about this any audience
018comments on this item back to the table all in favor of the motion signify by saying I I against motion does pass item number five consideration to purchase tidler play equipment Mr city manager Council schedule to consider approving the replacement of the tidler play equipment that is currently in BB Street Park the recommended quote is from playground boss in the amount of $695 uh this item did go to the uh Recreation board at their uh mark meeting um and their recommendation is for approval of the uh playground boss quote and the amount uh shown uh this is a little bit higher than uh or $2,000 higher than what uh we received as far as a proposal during budget process but again uh when when we received that that was uh this time last year uh
019if not before so uh over time unfortunately right now we are seeing costs go up um but uh this is still the low bid from uh the companies that we receive quotes from uh and we we place like a little swing set and slide that are near the bathrooms in the BB park that's our kind of toddler area thank you Margo would you like to add to this um I followed up on the lead time for the things and the swing set they have in stock but the slide will take about 10 weeks so once everything's approved we'll just get it ordered and slide's still working so yes everything is still working over there it's just dated just kind of dated yeah I think Schultz I think you slid on that slide you're young know
020uh Mr Mayor my the slides I used to go down were very tall yeah yeah amazing I made it yeah wax paper oh yeah yeah that lot is there a motion I make a motion to approve the purchase of the toddler play equipment for BB Street Memorial Park in the amount of $695 from playground boss support been made and supported any discussion on this item there's quite a bit of discussion at The Parks and Rec meeting the other night on this just Mr Mayor just out of curiosity do we know how long the existing ones have been there I apologize I do not know but they have to be original yeah the the it's just that what is it about a five step ladders yeah is all we have right now silver metal that gets
021hot when they go and I'm not kidding I think it was there were two ladders when I was a kid and the park was over in Bailey Park we didn't even own BB at the time and I believe that is one of the from there from there okay yeah so it's you know at least 30 years old yeah it looks old do your math yeah it's been a while so any other discussion any audience participation on this item back to the table all in favor of the motion signified by saying I I against motion does pass we move on to item number six consideration of board appointments Recreation board Mr city manager the terms for Susan Keel Melissa matac and Dr David Varga expire as of March 31st 2025 we did send letters to uh
022all three uh Rec board members uh to date we have received applications from Susan Keel and Dr Varga uh who would both be interested in being reappointed to the board so below there are two individual motions or a combined motion if you want to make them together thank you is there a motion I'll make a motion to reappoint Susan Keel and Dr David Varga to the recreation board for a two-year term with the expiration date of March 31st 20127 support Mo been made and supported any discussion on the motion both good members it's been a pleasure working with them for the last year again very invol yes yeah you any audience participation on this item me not back to the table all in favor of the motion signify by saying I I I against motion
023does pass we thank them for signing back up again consideration appointing Council a on to the recreation board Mr s maner Council schedule to consider appoint the appointment of an ex official member on the recreation board in accordance with the recreation board bylaws mayor Ricks is currently serving as the effect ex official member and that term expires as of March 31st thank you if Council would like to drop our normal rules and have a discussion before a motion is made if there's a consensus okay would somebody else like to do this you look good doing them there yeah yeah I think since we started it but no I have no problem I just it's if somebody else wanted to do this I'd be more than happy to relinquish my uh tues uh was it the
024second Tuesday of the month uh meeting okay I think you got a good pulse on everything that's going on okay do we have a motion I'll make a motion to appoint mayor timri as city council ex official member on the recreation board with an expiration date of March 31st 2026 support most my made and support any discussion on this item I do enjoy it and the meetings have gotten much better I believe too and and well it it like a fine wine okay they get better and better and better yeah you just started your full-time gig what a year ago so I'm giving you some credit here thank you so uh but yeah it's uh been going really well I believe and especially since uh we do have a full-time director now um I believe
025more is getting done sooner and uh it's uh it's nice to go to their meetings and see pretty much everything uh there ready to go uh like we see here at this at the council table so um I appreciate that and uh enjoy the time there any other comments any other comments from the audience do not back to the table all in favor of the motion signify by saying I I against motion does pass we move on to item number eight it's consideration of special request Festival offence BB Street Park Mr C manager Council scheduled to consider a request from the Richmond girl Days festival to install a 6 foot tall black vinyl coded fence near the concrete area of the beer tent in the festival field at BB Street Park uh the festival has
026been improving the grounds on the festival field portion of the be of BB Park to make the job of the volunteers setting up for the festival easier each each year uh as we all know Finding volunteers is more more difficult so uh the festival would like to try and uh make that job a little easier uh getting permanent fencing over there that they need for festival weekend thank you uh is there a motion before discussion I'll make a motion to approve the request from the Richmond Good Old Days festival to install a 6ot tall black vinyl coated fence near the concrete slab tent area of the festival field in BB Street Park support what's been made and supported any discussion I'll tell you uh good old days has decided to do this uh at Good
027Old Days uh expense of course um as John mentioned volunteers are hard to come by especially young volunteers we have a lot of older volunteers have been pounding over 140 poles every single year uh to cover this area and it just has gotten to be too much um more difficult uh to do it we put 6-ft fence around most of that that means they're much taller poles and we have to double the fence over it's it's a lot of work it's a two-day job uh for about 15 people that are out there doing just that and it's just good old days has figured that it's time that we uh expend funds here being that the Pavilion uh is not attainable yet uh maybe in another couple of years but uh we had some money and
028this will certainly make it much much easier we're trying to get the festival to the point where we go in and you know flip the switch and that's what you know we're getting there the demolition derby is done now and now we're trying to get this uh taken care of with the exception of the Pavilion or whatever it is that we end up putting there uh hopefully in the next few years uh and then there'll be some more fencing to go tight around the building um but this will uh take where all the uh portons and the uh trash containers and and dumpster um the uh trucks uh the uh beverage trucks that are parked back in there they have to be secured and um this will definitely do it it's a 6ft vinyl fence
029that will match the rest of the uh Park grounds so a little more expensive but it'll look nice any comments any audience participation on this item back to the table all in favor of the motion signify by saying I I against motion does pass our final item item number nine consideration of special request Nisa Columbus tootsy roll sale Mr city manager council is scheduled to consider the request received from the Richmond Knights of Columbus to conduct their annual tussy roll sale on Friday April 11th and Saturday April 12th uh the Knights of Columbus are requesting permission to conduct the sale at the intersection of Maine and Division and County Line and 31 uh the knights will wear bright vests uh during that same period uh as well as I believe uh we've requested that they
030not be in the intersection of Maine and division uh when school gets out okay is there a motion I'll make a motion to approve the request from the Richmond n Nights of Columbus to conduct their Tootsie Roll sale at the intersections of main division County Line Road and 31 Mile Road uh count Cityside on Friday April 11th Saturday April 12th 2025 from dawn to dusk that the Nights of Columbus agreed not to be in main IND division intersection on Friday April 11th from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and further the Knights of Columbus agreed to sign a liability waiver support motion made and support any discussion on this item this is the annual FY roll sale the audience comments on this item back to the table all in favor of the motion signified by saying
031I hi against motion does pass we move on to miscellaneous Matters from the city managers sir uh I have none tonight wow really yeah there's a few Flyers over there for for you during the calendar but oh yes yes yes parks and wreck is right there yeah uh Council comments Dennis nothing Michael nothing Nick all set John all set Emily nothing thank you Mr Schultz we're good we're back to me well we'll take a look at the calendar here so we have the momto Mom sale at the odd on Maine Street there Saturday April 5th 9 a.m. to 12:30 emission is three bucks and any questions on that call our Parks and Rec at 72730 64 uh the library is having its book sale uh not until April 24th uh through the 26th uh there'll
032be more information coming from that but if you'd like to know what's going on right now it's 727 2665 um we still have a pickle ball going on I think it's at least three days a week right now or is it 4 um it's Monday and Wednesdays from 9: until noon Thursday evenings from 5: until 8: and then Fridays is just like 9 till noon for a dollar drop in yeah yeah so four days yep very popular uh I stopped by there it looked like they were having a lot of fun um if you have questions on how to uh join the pickle ball uh you can call 4950 uh or uh over the uh Park uh office at 727 366 3064 3064 okay um and uh also they are looking for certified instructors for
033pickleball so if there's anybody out there again contact our Parks and Recreation dep Department um one of the new things uh that came up at the park uh and recck meeting was a calendar I don't think it's on the back side of this no um they're coming out with a calendar uh just kind of like the library that we get each month and telling us what's going on uh they're coming out with that now and so it's there's so much going on I mean there there's here's here's one week of stuff as we well know it's one week of stuff right there that's going on in the odd it's packed so now we're going to get a calendar for each uh day of the month on what is uh happening in the odd so um
034it's uh it's amazing how well the yd has taken off and uh Park and W's doing a great job there um our regular calendar here today being St Patty's Day the 17th the EDC has been cancelled for the 19th first day of spring is uh you know coming this Thursday the 20th Friends of the library puzzle sale is from 10 to2 on Saturday the 22nd and uh next week is the Community Schools is closed for spring break so watch out for the kids we do have a tiffa meeting on the 26 right here at City Hall at 7 o'clock the historic te uh is happening uh a week from this Saturday the 29th and that is put on by the historical society and that takes us into our next regular meeting will be April 7th
035right here at 7:00 is there anything else that we had to add to the uh calendar being not we have a closed session this evening we need to have a motion to go into Clos session I'll make a motion to convene into closed session in accordance with Section 8 C of the Michigan open meetings act Public Act 267 of 1976 as amended for strategy and negotiation sessions connected with the negotiation of a collective bargaining agreement as requested by Administration support motion by made and support any discussion roll call please lafor yes mravic yes rck yes Schultz yes Warren yes yelenich yes Allen yes motion does pass we'll take a 5 minute break and go into close session [Music]