On the Agenda: Griffin Claw Brewing Company

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

Appointments

Gail Whitty and Daniel Beyer will interview for two positions on the city's canvassing board, where they would serve four-year terms to end December 2015.

In addition, J.C. Cataldo will interview for a spot on the corridor improvement authority, to serve a four-year term to end December 2015.

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.

• A resolution which would enter the city into a three-year agreement with HES STALLINGS-Julien Sales & Services, LLC, at $28 and $45 respectively, to handle snow/ice removel from residential areas in violation of the city's snow/ice removal ordinance.
• A resolution which would allow the city to offer electronic payment services.
• A resolution entering into a pro shop lease agreement for the city of Birmingham's with SkateWorks, LLC until May 2012.
• A resolution setting a public hearing date for Jan. 9, 2012 to consider a special land use permit amendment for the . 
• A resolution setting a public hearing date for Jan. 9, 2012 to consider approval of the final site plan and special land use permit for Birmingham's newest bistro applicants, Market.
• A resolution approving the installation of pedestrian signal improvemens at the Woodward Avenue and Oak Street intersection, as well as the North Old Woodward Avenue and Oak Street intersection. 
• A resolution that would enter the city into an agreement with Constellation Energy, who would provide the city's natural gas at a rate of $4.82 Mcf for July 2012-June 2013. 

Unfinished Business

The city will consider authorizing the city to sign an agreement with DTE Energy for municipal street lighting at 835 Haynes Street. All costs for the project will be charged to the adjacenet owner, the Fred Lavery Co.

The commission will also formally call a special meeting on a date to be determined for the purpose of holding a workshop session to review the city's general fund balance policy.

New Business

Commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider approving the final site plans and special land use permit for the Griffin Claw Brewing Company, a brewery and restaurant looking to move into the empty space at 563 and 575 S. Eton Street. The .

There will also be a public hearing to consider the revised final site plan and design, as well as special land use permit amendment, for Bistro Joe's, a bistro looking to make a space for itself at .

Commissioners will also consider whether to eliminate the "Leisure Pass" and replace it with a "Golf Pass" for the 2012 golf season. Finally, commissioners will also consider a resolution approving appropriations and amendments to the 2011-12 budget, eliminating the deficits in the 2002 Parks and Recreation Debt Service Fund and Golf Course Funds.