City Council

CITY COUNCIL MEETING December 30, 2013 7:00 P.M. After the study session, 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, Stange, Johnson, Kuhns, Hoppe, Bixby present, Council Member Anderson and Navarrette absent – 6 present, 2 absent. Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Bixby to approve the consent agenda. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. • Dispense with and approve December 10, 2013 minutes • December 11 - 30, 2013 claims • Resolution No. 2013-259 authorizing 2013 Tree City USA application • Resolution No. 2013-260 approving Special Designated Permit application of Rise’s Drive In, 700 East 10th, January 25, 2014, reception; Shawsky’s LLC, 1710 West 16th, February 1, 2014, fundraiser; Archbishop Bergan Booster Club, 431 North Union, March 7, 2014, March 14, 2014, March 21, 2014, March 28, 2014, April 4, 2014 and April 11, 2014, beer garden • Tort claim of Colby Swanson at 1622 East 19th • Downtown Revitalization Façade grant extension for Lou’s Sporting Goods • Resolution No. 2013-261 approving agreement with Metropolitan Community College for training for Fire Department • Robin and Tom Lallman request to have scrapbooking business as home occupation at 5770 West Highway 30 as part of permitted conditional use • Resolution No. 2013-262 approving Creative Properties, LLC for replat Lot 7, Block 3, Central Park Addition (2044 East 28th) • Resolution No. 2013-263 approving Mitchell J. Burt and Woodcliff Lakes, Inc for replat Lot S- 1089 and part Timber Lane, all Woodcliff Subdivision, Saunders County Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to reconsider Resolution No. 2013-251 approving agreement with Fremont Nighthawks Incorporated for use of city baseball and softball fields. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Johnson to amend Resolution No. 2013-251 revising the fees in the agreement to include an additional $750 for the Lady Hawks to use city fields. Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Hoppe to receive and file information from Neil Schilke relating to Fremont Nighthawks Incorporated and Schilke-Novak Kids Sports Trust. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. No vote on motion to amend taken, moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Hoppe to table the item. Roll call vote: 5 ayes, 1 nay (Stange). Motion carried. Request to waive rental fees at Christensen Field Main Arena from Eastern Nebraska Office on Aging died for lack of motion. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Eairleywine to approve the $10,000 Keno grant application as resubmitted by the Friends of the Fremont Area Parks for installing LED Television in Christensen Field Main Arena and Indoor Arena. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Johnson to continue to February 25, 2014 the following items: Ordinance amending Fremont Municipal Code Chapter Nine relating to adopted International Codes for the Building Department; Ordinance amending International Building Code, International Residential Code and Department of Justice’s ADA Standards for Accessible Design; Ordinance amending International Property Maintenance Code; Ordinance amending Plumbing Code; Ordinance amending Electrical Code; and, Ordinance amending Mechanical Code. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Stange to approve Resolution No. 2013-264 authorizing Resolution of Intent to annex areas north of 23rd Street, along Luther, Johnson and Morningside Road. Roll call vote: 4 ayes, 2 nays (Hoppe and Eairleywine). Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Hoppe, seconded by Council Member Stange to approve Resolution No. 2013-265 approving temporary easement and right-of-way agreement with Nebraska Department of Roads for Highway 77 Expansion (5th to 10th Street Broad Street widening). Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to approve Resolution No. 2013-266 approving the Airport capital improvement plan. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Kuhns, seconded by Council Member Johnson to approve Resolution No. 2013-267 approving professional services agreement with Airport Development Group Inc. for airport layout plan and terminal design project. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Stange to approve Resolution No. 2013-268 approving professional services agreement with Encode360 for online component of Unified Development Code. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. The Mayor announced the next regular Council meeting would be January 14, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. with a public comment period starting at 6:30 p.m. Moved by Council Member Stange, seconded by Council Member Hoppe to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: 6 ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 7:44 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