Bloomfield Township Design Review Board Meeting on May 6, 2026

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   Review Board for Wednesday, May the 6th, 2026. We'll take attendance. So noted. Everybody's here and open it up for public comment. If you're here to comment about any item on our agenda, now is your time. You come up to the podium to my right, your left. Okay, we'll close public comment and move for approval of the minutes for April 15th. So moved. Support. All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? It passes three to nothing. Thank you. New item. A, special events. Item number one, Dearborn Federal Credit Union, 2165 South Telegraph Road. Tom? Good afternoon, Board. The first event being considered today is for the Dearborn Federal Credit Union to have a grand opening special event on both Wednesday, May 13th and Saturday, May 16th. Its property is located in the Township's B3 General Business District. And for the grand opening, they're expecting about 70 attendees. For the site plan shown on the screen, they're proposing to put up two tents. The first tent will be put up on Wednesday, and it will be for Mojo in the Morning and J Towers to do like a radio broadcast to the people that are in attendance. And then later on Saturday, there will be a second tent for the Michigan Humane Society to have a pet adoption event. Both drive-through lanes will be closed, but emergency vehicle action will be maintained beer and wine will be served won't be for sale it'll it's a private event so it'll be distributed inside the building and there will be no temporary outdoor signage this proposed our special event was routed to the building division police departments and fire department with no objections well the fire department did note that fire lanes hydrants and building access must remain clear and occupancy loads be followed as well as permits be obtained for the tents I did speak with Kristen the general manager of the branch this morning she wasn't able to attend but I'd be happy to answer any questions and it doesn't impede any traffic because it's in the back right now it's all kind of contained right okay I don't have any questions no issues okay entertain a motion move we approve the approve as submitted support all in

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   like a radio broadcast to the people that are in attendance. And then later on Saturday, there will be a second tent for the Michigan Humane Society to have a pet adoption event. Both drive-through lanes will be closed, but emergency vehicle action will be maintained beer and wine will be served won't be for sale it'll it's a private event so it'll be distributed inside the building and there will be no temporary outdoor signage this proposed our special event was routed to the building division police departments and fire department with no objections well the fire department did note that fire lanes hydrants and building access must remain clear and occupancy loads be followed as well as permits be obtained for the tents I did speak with Kristen the general manager of the branch this morning she wasn't able to attend but I'd be happy to answer any questions and it doesn't impede any traffic because it's in the back right now it's all kind of contained right okay I don't have any questions no issues okay entertain a motion move we approve the approve as submitted support all in favor say aye aye any opposed it passes three to nothing thank you good luck with your event don't forget to invite us item number two Forest Lake Country Club 1401 Club Drive tabs next special event being considered for the Forest Lake Country Club it's going to be held on July 31st and August 1st between on Friday the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and then on Saturday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Country Club is requesting approval for this two-day suburban inter-club event, which rotates annually among the six participating clubs and marks the end of the swim season. The event includes preliminary races on Friday and championship races and associated activities on Saturday. They are expecting approximately 800 to 1,200 attendees per day with volunteers and security to assist with event operations and safety. They have arranged for off-site parking at the Bloomfield Hills School, and they will have shuttle service going from the high school to the club. The applicant is requesting restricted through traffic along the Forest Lake Country Club property lines during the event.

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   entertain a motion move we approve the approve as submitted support all in favor say aye aye any opposed it passes three to nothing thank you good luck with your event don't forget to invite us item number two Forest Lake Country Club 1401 Club Drive tabs next special event being considered for the Forest Lake Country Club it's going to be held on July 31st and August 1st between on Friday the hours of 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and then on Saturday, 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. The Country Club is requesting approval for this two-day suburban inter-club event, which rotates annually among the six participating clubs and marks the end of the swim season. The event includes preliminary races on Friday and championship races and associated activities on Saturday. They are expecting approximately 800 to 1,200 attendees per day with volunteers and security to assist with event operations and safety. They have arranged for off-site parking at the Bloomfield Hills School, and they will have shuttle service going from the high school to the club. The applicant is requesting restricted through traffic along the Forest Lake Country Club property lines during the event. This was noted this morning that the Road Commission for Oakland County had some concerns with this, and when routed to the police departments, they noted that an officer should be requested to maintain vehicle access along the road, and they did not recommend full closure. And with that, I'd be happy to answer any questions the board may have. I see our police departments here. Do they want to make a comment on this at all? Sure, we had a discussion. Heather, come on up to the podium. Would you introduce yourself? Thank you. Sure. Thank you. Thank you. I need to say my name. Officer Glovach from the Township Police Department. G-L-O-W-A-C-Z. It's common spelling, right? Call me Heather. But our concern is if we shut down the whole road, that's going to be an issue. And we believe that if we have officers there, we can make the closure when it needs to be and then have the road open the rest of the time. So intermittently. Correct. Anytime that the buses are dropping off the kids just for safety. We do

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   along the Forest Lake Country Club property lines during the event. This was noted this morning that the Road Commission for Oakland County had some concerns with this, and when routed to the police departments, they noted that an officer should be requested to maintain vehicle access along the road, and they did not recommend full closure. And with that, I'd be happy to answer any questions the board may have. I see our police departments here. Do they want to make a comment on this at all? Sure, we had a discussion. Heather, come on up to the podium. Would you introduce yourself? Thank you. Sure. Thank you. Thank you. I need to say my name. Officer Glovach from the Township Police Department. G-L-O-W-A-C-Z. It's common spelling, right? Call me Heather. But our concern is if we shut down the whole road, that's going to be an issue. And we believe that if we have officers there, we can make the closure when it needs to be and then have the road open the rest of the time. So intermittently. Correct. Anytime that the buses are dropping off the kids just for safety. We do require at least one officer. We're suggesting two just because the road does have an incline, right? So if we have to have one on each side just for visibility and safety. So that's our only suggestion. Everything else is okay. And that would be a full-time officer there? Yeah. For the whole event? They said they're going to be there until 10 p.m.? Yeah, so it looks like a 12-hour and a 14-hour day. It could probably be split up between multiple officers, but police presence the whole time. Especially because there's a large number of attendees. I know you have security staff and all that, but we are also concerned for everyone's safety with that amount of children. And would we assign somebody from our shift at that time? No, it would be an overtime detail. Okay. And would we be compensated for that? Yeah. Every time we have outside events, they're compensated for it. The event hires them. Okay. Yes. and even I mean closing the road is not even within our purview anyway no that's from the Road Commission so that's up to them and it's not something again we don't recommend that either so thank you you're welcome okay I know there's members of Forest Lake are you would you like to make a comment Jackie or if you

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   are dropping off the kids just for safety. We do require at least one officer. We're suggesting two just because the road does have an incline, right? So if we have to have one on each side just for visibility and safety. So that's our only suggestion. Everything else is okay. And that would be a full-time officer there? Yeah. For the whole event? They said they're going to be there until 10 p.m.? Yeah, so it looks like a 12-hour and a 14-hour day. It could probably be split up between multiple officers, but police presence the whole time. Especially because there's a large number of attendees. I know you have security staff and all that, but we are also concerned for everyone's safety with that amount of children. And would we assign somebody from our shift at that time? No, it would be an overtime detail. Okay. And would we be compensated for that? Yeah. Every time we have outside events, they're compensated for it. The event hires them. Okay. Yes. and even I mean closing the road is not even within our purview anyway no that's from the Road Commission so that's up to them and it's not something again we don't recommend that either so thank you you're welcome okay I know there's members of Forest Lake are you would you like to make a comment Jackie or if you do you or Leo come up to the microphone yeah introduce yourselves hi I'm Jackie Polly I'm the general manager at Forest Lake Country Club and I'm Sarah because I am one of the co-chairs of the event and a member of Forest Lake Leo Savoy I'm assisting Forest Lake in this and I think exactly what Heather said I'd say officer so-and-so but I can't pronounce it okay that's exactly what we had suggested that it was only going to be temporary on the road closure and when we met with officer solely he said to reach out to the Road Commission I did reach out and they said once we get this approved to send it the permit request in but it was only on a temporary basis to allow the residents to come and go but primarily for to control the bus traffic for all the kids that are coming in and the parents spectators coming in and that was a big concern and it will only be during the hours of operation for the meet

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   members of Forest Lake are you would you like to make a comment Jackie or if you do you or Leo come up to the microphone yeah introduce yourselves hi I'm Jackie Polly I'm the general manager at Forest Lake Country Club and I'm Sarah because I am one of the co-chairs of the event and a member of Forest Lake Leo Savoy I'm assisting Forest Lake in this and I think exactly what Heather said I'd say officer so-and-so but I can't pronounce it okay that's exactly what we had suggested that it was only going to be temporary on the road closure and when we met with officer solely he said to reach out to the Road Commission I did reach out and they said once we get this approved to send it the permit request in but it was only on a temporary basis to allow the residents to come and go but primarily for to control the bus traffic for all the kids that are coming in and the parents spectators coming in and that was a big concern and it will only be during the hours of operation for the meet itself. How many clubs participate in the event? Six. Six? Yes. And who's the favorite going into the... Forest Lake. Yes, right. Forest Lake. Wow, you had to ask that one, huh? It's got at least be a Bloomfield one, maybe Birmingham Athletic Club. They're not part of it. They're not part of this one? They have their own. I think the only one is is Forest Lake and Bloomfield, isn't it? It's Forest Lake, B-O-H, Birmingham. That's in the Harris. Birmingham is in the town show. Yeah, yeah. And who else? Pine Lake, Orchard Lake, and Meadowbrook. Wow, quite a group. But Forest Lake is... All right, we're pulling for you. We're pulling for you. Any other questions? No. I assume that the alcohol would still be served through your normal activity, your normal bars or whatever? Yes. And nobody would be able to take it outside? Off-premise, no. Or like walk around? Outside by the traffic? No. Okay. They'll be in the back of the house, lakeside. I move we approve the application as presented. All support? All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? It passes 3-0. Good luck. Great luck. Thank you very much. Lots of fun. Yep. Lots of fun. Okay, general business.

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   itself. How many clubs participate in the event? Six. Six? Yes. And who's the favorite going into the... Forest Lake. Yes, right. Forest Lake. Wow, you had to ask that one, huh? It's got at least be a Bloomfield one, maybe Birmingham Athletic Club. They're not part of it. They're not part of this one? They have their own. I think the only one is is Forest Lake and Bloomfield, isn't it? It's Forest Lake, B-O-H, Birmingham. That's in the Harris. Birmingham is in the town show. Yeah, yeah. And who else? Pine Lake, Orchard Lake, and Meadowbrook. Wow, quite a group. But Forest Lake is... All right, we're pulling for you. We're pulling for you. Any other questions? No. I assume that the alcohol would still be served through your normal activity, your normal bars or whatever? Yes. And nobody would be able to take it outside? Off-premise, no. Or like walk around? Outside by the traffic? No. Okay. They'll be in the back of the house, lakeside. I move we approve the application as presented. All support? All in favor, say aye. Aye. Any opposed? It passes 3-0. Good luck. Great luck. Thank you very much. Lots of fun. Yep. Lots of fun. Okay, general business. We are next meeting is Wednesday, May the 20th. And if anything else, we'll move to adjourn. Salute. Support. All in favor, say aye. Aye. Bye. We are adjourned. Thank you.