Informational Meeting

MINUTES Informational Meeting Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 4:00 PM Carnegie Town Hall, 235 West 10th St., Sioux Falls, SD 57104 1. Call To Order Council Members Present: Janet Brekke, Christine M. Erickson, Alex Jensen, Rick Kiley, Greg Neitzert, Marshall Selberg, Curt Soehl Council Members Absent: Pat Starr 2. Committee/Commission Reports A. Metro Management Council: Wednesday, December 16, 2020 (Council Members Erickson and Kiley) Council Member Kiley provided the following updates: approving resolutions regarding union and non-union pay increases; appointing Amy Chase as the new Deputy Director for Metro Communications; approving a resolution for bank signatures; adopting personnel manual revisions; eliminating retiree participation in group insurance; approving lease agreement increases; and an update on the use of the Public Safety Building. B. Siouxland Heritage Museum Board: Thursday, January 7, 2021 (Council Member Starr) This item will be updated at a future Informational Meeting. C. Tuthill House Resource Group: Thursday, January 7, 2021 (Council Member Brekke) Council Member Janet Brekke thanked the Parks and Recreation Department for their assistance and guidance with this resource group. She then provided the following updates: Tthe larger group has been broken down into three smaller committees - the Fund Raising Committee, the Legal/Gifting Agreement Committee and the Design Committee. All three groups have met and are continuing to progress in their respective areas. The Fund Raising Committee has been working on a webpage and already has a link to a donation site; the Legal/Gifting Agreement group is putting together draft documents for review; the Design Committee has discussed exterior/interior housing options to include restoration that would enhance historical accuracy, enhance landscaping ideas, cost plan estimates, and accommodations for commercial use.  Brekke stated the next meeting is on January 21, 2021, She will continue to update the City Council on progress with a full briefing to occur in late February/early March as requested by the City Council. 3. Councilor Remarks Council Member Alex Jensen stated that the sub-committee for the Municipal Band Task Force Committee had a successful meeting today with the Washington Pavilion. 4. Presentations A. Vacant Home Registration Fees For Historic Districts and Non-Historic Districts by Matt Tobias, Planning and Development Services Manager; and Diane deKoeyer, Neighborhood And Preservation Planner Presentation: Approximately 30 minutes followed by discussion Matt Tobias, Development Services Manager, reviewed proposed changes to the vacant building registration process. The following topics were discussed regarding the puspose; dangerous structure definitions, vacant building registration and vacant building fees. Tobias reviewd the statistics from cities in our region for vacant building/homes. The presenation included a flowchart showing the historic properties - review to demolish and funding opportunities. Discussion followed regarding: how would the extra revenue be spent; the number of vacant properties being held by local businesses; the number of total vacant properties in Sioux Falls; the definition and description of what classifies as a 'vacant building'; what other entities have reviewed this information; properties that pay/do not pay; continuing to work with people on the process and the proposed changes; a need to an exemption section; property maintenance issues; and the timeline before a property is considered vacant. 5. Public Comment Katrina Lehr-McKinney, Board President of the All Saints Neighborhood Association, spoke about the properties in the 1000 block of South Dakota Avenue. George Hamilton spoke about how property maintenance issues are handled differently depending what section of the city is being reviewed. He spoke about areas in the downtown core, the McKennan park area and the areas in the historic districts. 6. Executive Session A. Discussing the qualifications, competence, performance, character or fitness of any public officer or employee or prospective public officer or employee. The term "employee" does not include any independent contractor pursuant to SDCL 1-25- 2(1)  A motion was made by Council Vice-Chair Soehl and seconded by Council Member Jensen to enter Executive Session at 4:50 p.m. Roll call vote to enter Executive Session. 7 Yes: Brekke, Erickson, Jensen, Kiley, Neitzert, Selberg, Soehl; 0 No: (None). Motion Passed. A motion was made by Council Member Erickson and seconded by Council Vice- Chair Soehl to exit Executive Session at 5:10 p.m. Roll call vote to exit Executive Session. 7 Yes: Brekke, Erickson, Jensen, Kiley, Neitzert, Selberg, Soehl; 0 No: (None). Motion Passed. 7. Adjournment A motion was made by Council Member Erickson and seconded by Council Vice- Chair Soehl to adjourn the meeting at 5:10 p.m. Roll call vote to adjourn. 7 Yes: Brekke, Erickson, Jensen, Kiley, Neitzert, Selberg, Soehl; 0 No: (None). Motion Passed. Tamara Jorgensen, MMC, Assistant City Clerk