Birmingham public meetings in 2023
4 substantive meetings from 2023, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Parks and Recreation Board
The board voted to approve the minutes from the August 1, 2023 meeting. No other actions were taken; the Oakland County grant and trail‑improvement plans were noted as requiring no action. The board will revisit pickleball sound mitigation and gate access at the next meeting.
- Approved minutes of Aug 1, 2023 meeting (7‑0)
Board of Zoning Appeals
The Board of Zoning Appeals approved variance requests for a second-floor addition at 1340 Puritan, a garage reconstruction at 1450 Bird, and a home addition at 2649 Yorkshire. A request for a pool deck and patio at 680 Fairfax was postponed. One specific height variance for the 1450 Bird garage was denied.
- Approved minutes of August 8, 2023 (6-0)
- Postponed variance request for pool deck at 680 Fairfax to October 10, 2023 (6-0)
- Approved 1.20-foot setback variance for second floor addition at 1340 Puritan, conditioned on removing the main bedroom cantilever (6-0)
- Approved 1.00% lot coverage variance for garage reconstruction at 1450 Bird (6-0)
- Denied 1.00-foot building height variance for garage at 1450 Bird (6-0)
- Approved 2.75-foot distance variance for home addition at 2649 Yorkshire (6-0)
City Commission
The meeting was a workshop session for discussion purposes only. No formal actions were taken. Commission and staff discussed stormwater infrastructure, the impact of the August 24 rain event, and potential mitigation strategies like bioswales and rain gardens.
City Commission
The City Commission approved a concept plan for trail improvements and directed staff to seek proposals for construction drawings for the Booth Park section. The Commission also passed a resolution to phase out two-stroke gas powered leaf blowers and approved several municipal contracts and payments.
- Approved Trail Improvement Concept Plan and RFP for Booth Park construction drawings (7-0)
- Adopted resolution to phase out two-stroke gas powered leaf blowers (7-0)
- Approved $200 annual air lease agreement for balconies at 707 S. Worth (6-0)
- Approved warrant lists totaling $1,269,029.63 and $405,946.67 (7-0)
- Approved pavement marking contract extensions for Hart Pavement Striping Corp ($252,270 annually) and PK Contracting, Inc. ($12,697 annually) (7-0)
- Approved 5 Year METRO Act Permit Extension for AT&T Michigan (7-0)
- Approved adding an alternate position to the Ad Hoc Aging in Place Committee (7-0)
- Voted to study increasing biodiversity in public spaces (7-0)