City Council

SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING July 15, 2014 5:00 P.M. 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 Stange, Bixby, Navarrette, Hoppe, Kuhns, Eairleywine, Anderson and Johnson present – 8 present, 0 absent. Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to open the Public Hearing on blight and substandard designation for 23rd and Bell Street Redevelopment project. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. David Mitchell, representing the former Clarion hotel and Fountain Hills property located in the redevelopment area, stated the owners asked him to simply express thanks for moving ahead with this particular study as this is an important step in the redevelopment of the area and believes it will be good for the City of Fremont in the long run. There being no further testimony, moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Anderson to close the public hearing on blight and substandard designation for 23rd and Bell Street Redevelopment project. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Kuhns, seconded by Council Member Johnson to approve Resolution No. 2014-124 declaring area blighted and substandard for 23rd and Bell Street Redevelopment project. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Eairleywine, seconded by Council Member Stange to open the Public Hearing on blight and substandard designation for Morningside Business Park project. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Mayor Getzschman stated the item was originally continued to verify that the area could be designated as blighted and substandard when half of the area is located in Dodge County and that it was verified as eligible. There being no testimony, moved by Council Anderson, seconded by Council Member Stange to close the Public Hearing on blight and substandard designation for Morningside Business Park project. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, second by Council Member Navarrette to approve Resolution No. 2014-125 declaring area blighted and substandard for Morningside Business Park project. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Anderson, seconded by Council Member Kuhns to approve the consent agenda. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. • Dispense with reading of and approve June 24 and July 8, 2014 minutes • June 25 – July 8, 2014 claims  • Report of the Treasury • Resolution No. 2014-126 approving stop signs to be placed at Jones Drive and Wyoming Avenue • Resolution No. 2014-127 approving Dan Varilek request for extra width drive approach at 520 West South Street • Resolution No. 2014-128 approving consumption of alcohol on city property for Bob Diers, Christensen Field, October 9, 2014, dinner • Resolution No. 2014-129 approving Special Designated Permit applications for Burtonian Enterprises, 1682 East 23rd Avenue North, July 18-20, 2014 and August 8- 10, 2014, beer garden; DeSauce Developments, 925 North Broad, July 26, 2014, reception • Resolution No. 2014-131 approving Don Halladay request for firework display on September 6, 2014 at Christensen Field for wedding reception • Resolution No. 2014-132 approving agreement with Department of Motor Vehicles to use Memorial Parking lot for motorcycle driver testing • Resolution No. 2014-133 approving agreement with IMA Inc for brokers services for health, life disability and Section 125 coverage • Resolution No. 2014-134 approving agreement with Northern Natural Gas for crossing of gas mains by storm sewer pipes for the West Military Avenue widening project • Tort claim of National Subrogation Services as agent for Homesite and Clayton Ingersoll, 3015 Laverna Street • Tort claim of Carson and Alice Day, NW ¼ 28-17-9 • Resolution No. 2014-135 approving agreement to participate in Centralized Police Testing Program with Morrow and Associates Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Navarrette to approve Resolution No. 2014-133 renewing agreement with CB Richard Ellis/MEGA for marketing of the Fremont Technology Park/Data Center. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Hoppe, seconded by Council Member Anderson to reconsider Ordinance No. 5310 amending Fremont Municipal Code, Chapter 3, Departments; Chapter 5 Snow routes, Handicap permits, Parking Meters; Chapter 10, Alcoholic Beverages. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Hoppe to amend Ordinance No. 5310 by changing Sunday liquor sales from 12:00 noon to 9:00 a.m. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. The Deputy City Clerk gave the first reading, by title only, as reconsidered and amended, of Ordinance 5310 amending various chapters of the Fremont Municipal Code. The second reading will be at the next regular Council meeting. Moved by Council Member Johnson, seconded by Council Member Hoppe to approve Resolution No. 2014-136 purchasing easements from Victory Lake Marine in the amount of $65,000 for 2013 West Military Improvements, Ridge Road to Pierce Street project. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Kuhns, seconded by Council Member Bixby to approve Change Order No. 1 for Sawyer Construction in the amount of $8040 for 2013 Street Patching, Yager Road project. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Navarrette, seconded by Council Member Anderson to introduce an Ordinance annexing part of NW ¼ 7-17-9 (Ritz Lake – Phase I). Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. The Deputy City Clerk gave the first reading, by title only, of an Ordinance annexing part of NW ¼ 7- 17-9 (Ritz Lake – Phase I) The second reading will be at the next regular Council meeting. The Mayor announced the next meeting would be July 29, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. Moved by Council Member Bixby, seconded by Council Member Stange to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 5:15 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