City Council

CITY COUNCIL MEETING August 13, 2013 7:00 P.M. After the public comment period, study session and Pledge of Allegiance, the Mayor called the meeting to order and stated a copy of the open meeting law is posted continually for public inspection located near the entrance door by the agendas. Roll call showed Council Members Eairleywine, Navarrette, Stange, Johnson, Kuhns, Hoppe, Anderson and Bixby present – 8 present, 0 absent. Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to approve the consent agenda. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried.  Dispense with and approve July 30, 2013 and August 6, 2013 minutes  July 31 – August 13, 2013 claims  Resolution No. 2013-146 granting permission to consume alcohol on City property for Maggie Schellen, Christensen Field, September 28, 2013, wedding reception  Resolution No. 2013-147 approving Special Designated Permit applications for Fire Barn, 1710 West 16th, September 28, 2013, reception; Doe’s Place, 925 North Broad, September 14, 2013, fundraiser; Whis’s End Zone, 945 South Broad, August 30, 2013, other; Whis’s End Zone, 845 South Broad, September 29, 2013, other; Rise’s Drive-In Liquor, 1710 West 16th, August 29, 2013, reception  Fremont Firefighters Local 1015 request for roadway solicitation on August 31st and September 1, 2013  Cement worker license application of Larry Cook  Report of the Treasury  Resolution No. 2013-148 approving Community Development Block Grant of $165,000 for Comprehensive Revitalization  Keep Fremont Beautiful request to use Ilgenfritz parking lot on August 28, 2013 for recycling collection event  Resolution No. 2013-149 approving agreement with Tutor.com, Inc. to provide online tutoring service  Resolution No. 2013-150 approving Class C Liquor License renewals from November 1, 2013 to November 1, 2014 Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Stange to amend, as presented, Ordinance amending Fremont Municipal Code 9-604 relating to the 2006 International Building Code and 2006 International Residential Code. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. The City Clerk gave the second reading, by title only, as amended, of an Ordinance amending Fremont Municipal Code 9-604 relating to the 2006 International Building Code; adopting the 2006 International Residential Code and the 2010 Edition of the Department of Justice’s ADA Standards for Accessible Design. The third reading will be at the next regular Council meeting. The City Clerk gave the second reading, by title only, of an ordinance amending Fremont Municipal Code Chapters Five, Eight and Ten relative to Utility Type Vehicles, Sidewalks & Curbs, Driveways, Trees & Shrubs, Asphalt and Concrete Work. Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Hoppe to direct staff to incorporate language to allow dead and diseased right of way trees to be removed by the City and healthy right of way trees to be removed, if so desired, by the owner. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Hoppe, seconded by Council Member Johnson to direct staff to incorporate language to allow a gradual curving (meandering) sidewalk, when a right of way tree is present, onto the property owner’s yard. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. The third reading will be at the next regular Council meeting. The Mayor announced the next study session will be August 20, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. and the next regular meeting will be August 27, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Anderson to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:04 p.m. I, Kimberly Volk, the undersigned City Clerk, hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the proceedings had and done by the Mayor and Council; that all of the subjects included in the foregoing proceedings were contained in the agenda for the meeting, kept continually current and available for public inspection at the office of the Clerk; that such agenda items were sufficiently descriptive to give the public reasonable notice of the matters to be considered at the meeting; that such subjects were contained in said agenda at least twenty-four hours prior to said meeting; that at least one copy of all reproducible material discussed at the meeting was available at the meeting for examination and copying by the members of the public; that the said minutes were in written form and available for public inspection within ten working days and prior to the next convened meeting of said body; that all news media requesting notification concerning meeting and the subjects to be discussed at said meeting and that a current copy of the Nebraska Open Meetings Act was available and accessible to members of the public, posted during such meeting in the room in which such meeting was held. Kimberly Volk, MMC, City Clerk