City Council

APPROVED 02/02/2015 QUARTERLY ROUNDTABLE MINUTES JANUARY 12, 2015 THE SPECIAL QUARTERLY ROUNDTABLE OF THE RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO ORDER AT RICHMOND CITY HALL AT 5:07 P.M., ON MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2015, BY MAYOR RIX. ROLL CALL Present: Greene, LaFore, Misteravich, Rix, Schultz, Yaroch Absent: Goodar Others: City Manager Moore, City Clerk Stagl Visitors: Denise Robson, Alana Stump AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION None received. ADOPTION OF AGENDA Motion by Yaroch, seconded by LaFore, to adopt the Agenda as presented. All yeas Motion passes ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION 1. Discussion on Items of General Concern Budget Committee Update City Manager Moore briefed Council on the progress that has been made by the Budget Committee. The Committee has met several times, however they have not yet formalized any recommendation. The City Manager and City Treasurer have had meetings to review the proposal from the Recreation Board. The Manager and Recreation Director have also met with the DPS Director to begin to explore ways to restructure the City’s seasonal staff to handle the summer maintenance work more efficiently. Quarterly Roundtable: 01/12/2015 Page 1 of 3  APPROVED 02/02/2015 RAGHS Sign Request City Manager Moore briefed Council on a sign proposal from the Historical Society. They would like to add a sign to the Carriage House and to the bottom of existing park signs. Council discussed the various signs and agreed that the sign on M19 would not meet State Highway requirements. Council did not have a problem with a replacement decorative banner being placed on that light pole directing people to the Historic Village. Council had no objections to the sign proposed for the Carriage House. Council would like the other proposed sign that would be on the bottom of the Beebe and Division sign be reformatted to match the City signs. They would prefer to wait until a plan is in place for the properties across the street before deciding on a larger sign for the Historic Village. Lenox Township Site Plan City Manager Moore informed Council that 5 Star Investment & Realty was proposing a residential site plan in Lenox Township just south of Chaskey Street at the end of Samuel Court. The site plan show the main entrance coming off of Forest and another access point from Samuel Court in the City. Council discussed the impact of the development on the local streets in Pinehurst. Council asked Administration to approach both the Township and the Builder to discuss the possibility of entering into a 425 Agreement, to see if the township supports the idea. Council was in consensus with the plan. Recessed at 6:25 p.m. Reconvened at 6:35 p.m. Current City Hall Discussed with Council on how we want to handle the sale of the building. Do we want to get a request for proposal and use of the property or just list the property and take the highest bid? Rix brought up the possibility of a property trade for other pieces of property in the City that we may want to own. It was the consensus of Council to move forward with speaking to local realtors to get an idea of what this property is worth, with the idea of getting the property listed prior to City Hall moving. Quarterly Roundtable: 01/12/2015 Page 2 of 3  APPROVED 02/02/2015 Council Goals and Objectives City Manager Moore informed Council that the 2014-15 Goals and Objectives were being presented for Council’s review and to make any changes. Rix – Discussed item #2 – traffic congestion. Suggested that we may want to consider re-establishing the streetscape committee to re-look at the bump-outs for Main Street, now that MDOT was looking more favorably at bump-outs. Rix – Commented on the graffiti that was on the bathrooms along the Macomb Orchard Trail. Rix – Commented on code enforcement and that we needed to be more proactive. Has seen a lot of blight throughout the City – felt the Police Department needed to be more involved. COUNCIL COMMENTS None received. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Schultz, seconded by Misteravich, to adjourn the Special Quarterly Roundtable at 7:00 pm. All yeas Motion passes Respectfully submitted: Karen Stagl City Clerk Quarterly Roundtable: 01/12/2015 Page 3 of 3