The Birmingham City Commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Birmingham City Hall.

Announcements:

Commissioners will recognize the Baldwin Library’s second annual Books & Bites fundraiser on Oct. 18. They will also introduce new Fire Marshal, Lyal Bigger. There will be a presentation to Tim Currier, Distinguished Municipal Attorney, by Lori Grigg Bluhm, Vice President of the Michigan Association of Municipal Attorneys.

Appointments:

Commissioners will appoint two members to the Board of Zoning Appeals.

Consent Agenda:

All items listed on the consent agenda are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion and approved by a roll call vote. There will be no separate discussion of the items unless a commissioner or citizen so requests.

• Approving a request from the Birmingham Bloomfield Chai Center to display a Menorah in Shain Park from Dec. 6 – 16 and hold a lighting ceremony on Dec. 12.
• Approve a request by Ascension of Christ Lutheran Church requesting permission to place a Nativity scene in Shain Park from Nov. 24 - Dec. 29.
• Award a bid to LaDuke Roofing & Sheet Metal for the purchase and installation of the thermoplastic polyolefin single-ply membrane roofing system for the main office/conference room and the roof that covers the water meter department building.
• Approve the amendments to the Articles of Incorporation for the Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority.
• Approve an agreement between the City of Birmingham and the Village of Beverly Hills for use of the police pistol range by Beverly Hills Department of Public Safety for $500 per year, further authorizing the mayor and city clerk to sign the contrac
• A resolution setting Oct. 29 as the public hearing date for the 2013 Community Development Block Grant Program.
• Approve the proposal from Traffic & Safety Control Systems, Inc. to furnish and install two ticket spitters and two barrier gates for a total cost of $34,908.00 

Unfinished Business:

There will be a continued Public Hearing to consider amendment to the Zoning Ordinance, Chapter 126, to add setbacks where underground rear utilities are present on private property.

New Business:

Public Hearing of Confirmation for the parking lot repairs proposed on the parking lot located between 33600 and 33692 Woodward Ave: Commissioners will need to approve a resolution confirming Special Assessment Roll No. 850, to defray the cost of maintenance consisting of pothole patching and concrete curb repairs in the 33600-33692 Woodward Avenue Parking Area for a 10-year period at four and a quarter percent (4.25%) annual interest rate on all unpaid installments.

Initial Screening of Bistro Applicants: Commissioners will need to approve a resolution directing six bistro applications to the Planning Board for full site plan and design review and Special Land Use Permit review.