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A rendering of the proposed LA Fitness, which could be constructed at the site of the former Farmer Jack on Seven Mile west of Middlebelt.(Photo: Courtesy of the City of Livonia)

After some changes and more discussion at a committee meeting, the proposed redevelopment of the former Farmer Jack is expected to go for a vote next Monday.

The Livonia City Council met in a committee of the whole meeting Monday night to discuss additional work it wanted to see for the proposed redevelopment, which would be anchored by an LA Fitness and contain other shops at the now-vacant site.

Several issueswere raised about the redevelopment when the council discussed the project last month, including the style of the proposed building and the number of proposed parking spots.

Gary Collins, the director of development for LA Fitness, said he believes the materials proposed for the new building, which would replace the vacant Farmer Jack, meet the council's approval.

"It's very important to us that we earn your support," he said. "We feel as though what's been proposed here as far as the building material aspect is very fitting with the Seven Mile existing improvements.

"What you see before you is our newest prototype."

Collins said he hoped to have a good relationship with the city, especially as the company is looking at adding an additional LA Fitness in Livonia. Another one currently operates in Wonderland Village on Plymouth Road west of Middlebelt.

The development would include the new LA Fitnessas well as another small shopping center and a potential restaurant in the future.

Several council members expressed concern over the building's design, especially when compared to other LA Fitness facilities in the area.

Councilman Scott Bahr said he drove by the one on Ann Arbor Road in Plymouth recently and thought the proposed concept for Seven Mile was a good building, but was notup to the same standards as that one.

"We've got a bias here in Livonia toward brick, and if you go to Livonia Marketplace, it's not solid brick, but it's got, I think, a higher-caliber feel to it," Bahr said. "This does seem like a downgrade from (the Plymouth LA Fitness)."

Councilman Brandon Kritzman said he had questions about the materials being used, especially because he said he's had issues with the way the building looked.

"My issue with this has always been the LA Fitness building, which I personally believe to be a very industrial sort of look," Kritzman said. "Even the brick that is shown there is not brick: it's stamped into the concrete panel itself and typically just painted over the top."

In addition to discussions surrounding the building, talks of land banking parking spots was also discussed. The original plan called for 523 parking spots for the entire shopping center. Under what was proposed Monday night, the developer, Bloomfield-based Lormax Stern, would land bank about 60 parking spots.

"From the study session, there are several changes on that plan with parking," said Karl Zarbo, director of operations for Lormax Stern. "We moved 60 parking spaces into the land bank. That's essentially at the northeast corner of that building."

The council will take up an approving resolution on the waiver petition at its regular meeting Monday night.

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