City Council

SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 21, 2016 7:00 p.m. After the Pledge of Allegiance and 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 Bixby, Legband, Landholm, Johnson, Kuhns, Eairleywine, Schaller and Anderson present. 8 Council Members present. Consider a Resolution approving a form of Conditional Annexation Agreement, and authorizing the Mayor to execute the same, at such time as the City Council of the City of Fremont adopts and approves an ordinance to annex real properties located in the Roadway Subdivision, said Subdivision being located in the West half of the East half of Section 25, Township 17 North, Range 8 East of the 6th P.M., Dodge County, Nebraska, and more generally located at 1400 S Downing St. Moved by Council Member Kuhns seconded by Council Member Johnson to approve Resolution. Roll Call Vote. Council Members Bixby, Legband, Landholm, Johnson, Kuhns, Eairleywine, Schaller and Anderson voting Aye. 8 Ayes. Motion carried. Consider a Resolution approving a form of Conditional Annexation Agreement, and authorizing the Mayor to execute the same, at such time as the City Council of the City of Fremont adopts and approves an ordinance to annex SID 4, said SID being located in the Roadway Subdivision located in the West half of the East half of Section 25, Township 17 North, Range 8 East of the 6th P.M., Dodge County, Nebraska, and more generally located at 1400 S Downing St. Moved by Council Member Eairleywine seconded by Council Member Legband to approve Resolution. Roll Call Vote. Council Members Bixby, Legband, Landholm, Johnson, Kuhns, Eairleywine, Schaller and Anderson voting Aye. 8 Ayes. Motion carried. Public Hearing and Ordinance for consideration of a petition of the owners of approximately 57.3 acres described as the Roadway Subdivision, said Subdivision being located in the West half of the East half of Section 25, Township 17 North, Range 8 East of the 6th P.M., Dodge County, Nebraska, and more generally located at 1400 S Downing St., for annexation into the City of Fremont’s corporate limits. Mayor Getzschmen opened the public hearing. The public hearing was closed. Moved by Council Member Johnson seconded by Council Member Legband to introduce the Ordinance. Roll Call Vote. Council Members Bixby, Legband, Landholm, Johnson, Kuhns, Eairleywine, Schaller and Anderson voting Aye. 8 Ayes. Motion carried. The City Clerk gave first reading of Ordinance for consideration of a petition of the owners of approximately 57.3 acres described as the Roadway Subdivision, said Subdivision being located in the West half of the East half of Section 25, Township 17 North, Range 8 East of the 6th P.M., Dodge County, Nebraska, and more generally located at 1400 S Downing St., for annexation into the City of Fremont’s corporate limits by title. Consider a Resolution approving a form of Conditional Annexation Agreement, and authorizing the Mayor to execute the same, at such time as the City Council of the City of Fremont adopts and approves an ordinance to annex approximately 417.1 acres located in Section 25, Section 26, and Section 36 of Township 17 North, Range 8 East of the 6th P.M., Dodge County, Nebraska, and more generally located at 2200 S Downing St. Moved by Council Member Kuhns seconded by Council Member Legband to amend resolution to correct parcel number #270065338. Roll Call Vote. Council Members Bixby, Legband, Landholm, Johnson, Kuhns, Eairleywine, Schaller and Anderson voting Aye. 8 Ayes. Motion carried. Moved by Council Member Kuhns seconded by Council Member Johnson to approve Resolution. Roll Call Vote. Council Members Bixby, Legband, Landholm, Johnson, Kuhns, Eairleywine, Schaller and Anderson voting Aye. 8 Ayes. Motion carried. Public Hearing and Ordinance for consideration of a petition of TJ Design Strategies, Ltd., on behalf of Costco Wholesale Corporation, agent for the owner, and Hills Farm, Inc., the owner of approximately 417.1 acres located in Section 25, Section 26, and Section 36 of Township 17 North, Range 8 East of the 6th P.M., Dodge County, Nebraska, and more generally located at 2200 S Downing St., for annexation into the City of Fremont’s corporate limits. Mayor Getzschmen opened the public hearing. Many residents and nonresidents spoke in opposition to and in support of the item. Moved by Council Member Schaller seconded by Council Member Eairleywine to accept resolutions/memorandum of support from the Fremont Area Chamber of Commerce, Fremont Area Young Professionals, Greater Wahoo Development Foundation, Nebraska Farm Bureau Federation, Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Nebraska Department of Economic Development, and Avian Influenza Industry Fact Sheet from the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. Roll Call Vote. Council Members Bixby, Legband, Landholm, Johnson, Kuhns, Eairleywine, Schaller and Anderson voting Aye. 8 Ayes. Motion carried. The public hearing was closed after 140 minutes of testimony. Moved by Council Member Kuhns seconded by Council Member Legband to introduce the Ordinance. Roll Call Vote. Council Members Bixby, Legband, Landholm, Johnson, Kuhns, Eairleywine, Schaller and Anderson voting Aye. 8 Ayes. Motion carried. The City Clerk gave first reading of Ordinance for consideration of a petition of TJ Design Strategies, Ltd., on behalf of Costco Wholesale Corporation, agent for the owner, and Hills Farm, Inc., the owner of approximately 417.1 acres located in Section 25, Section 26, and Section 36 of Township 17 North, Range 8 East of the 6th P.M., Dodge County, Nebraska, and more generally located at 2200 S Downing St., for annexation into the City of Fremont’s corporate limits by title. Public Hearing and Ordinance for consideration of a request of TJ Design Strategies, Ltd., on behalf of Costco Wholesale Corporation, agent for the owner, and Hills Farm, Inc., the owner of approximately 83.3 acres located at 2200 S Downing St., for approval of a Zoning Change from AG Agricultural to GI General Industrial. Mayor Getzschmen opened the public hearing. The public hearing was closed. Moved by Council Member Kuhns seconded by Council Member Legband to introduce the Ordinance. Roll Call Vote. Council Members Bixby, Legband, Landholm, Johnson, Kuhns, Eairleywine, Schaller and Anderson voting Aye. 8 Ayes. Motion carried. The City Clerk gave first reading of Ordinance for consideration of a request of TJ Design Strategies, Ltd., on behalf of Costco Wholesale Corporation, agent for the owner, and Hills Farm, Inc., the owner of approximately 83.3 acres located at 2200 S Downing St., for approval of a Zoning Change from AG Agricultural to GI General Industrial by title. Moved by Council Member Eairleywine seconded by Council Member Johnson to adjourn the meeting. Roll call vote: 8 ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:31 p.m. I, Tyler Ficken, 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. Tyler Ficken, City Clerk