City Council Minutes

Regular session, August 26, 2002, in the Council Chambers at 7:00 p.m.

The meeting was called to order by Mayor James Buck.

The City Clerk called the roll. Present were Council Members Robert DeWitt, Ken Gates, Steve Maas, Carole Pettijohn, Stan Ponstein, Joe Sierawski, and Mayor James Buck.

Absent: None

Also present:

Tom Guinther, Treasurer/Finance Director; Dan Johnson, Assistant City Manager; Ken Krombeen, City Manager; Mary Meines, City Clerk; Randy Kraker, City Attorney (arrived at 7:10 p.m.); Dennis Santo, Deputy Police Chief (arrived at 7:20 p.m.); Vern Snyder, Police Chief

The invocation was given by Council Member Pettijohn, and was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Moved by Council Member DeWitt and seconded by Council Member Gates, CARRIED, to approve the August 26, 2002 agenda as presented.

Moved by Council Member Pettijohn and seconded by Council Member Maas, CARRIED, to waive the reading of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of August 12, 2002, and approve as presented.

Moved by Council Member Sierawski and seconded by Council Member Maas, CARRIED unanimously by roll call vote, that bills totaling $315,672.96 as presented by the City Manager, be allowed and the Treasurer authorized to pay the same.

Moved by Council Member Gates and seconded by Council Member Maas, CARRIED (Ponstein opposed), to remove from the table proposed Ordinance No. 204-AV.

Moved by Council Member Maas and seconded by Council Member Gates, CARRIED by roll call vote (Yes: DeWitt, Gates, Maas, Pettijohn, Sierawski and Buck. No: Ponstein), to adopt Ordinance No. 204-AV, an Ordinance to Amend Ordinance No. 204, the Zoning Ordinance of 1994, by Adding Section 8-1(F)1; Adding Section 8-2(D)5; Revising Section 4-1(A); Revising Section 3-12; and Revising Section 2-2.

Assistant City Manager Johnson reviewed the proposed Ordinance No. 204-AW creating a special land use category allowing for casual restaurants in the C-1 and C-5 zone districts. He indicated the Planning Commission spent a lot of time discussing the language for casual restaurants before making the proposed recommendation to the City Council. Because of traffic issues and the location of C-1 districts in the City, Council Member DeWitt is concerned with creating an ordinance allowing casual restaurants. He is concerned the Planning Commission is accommodating developers.

Moved by Council Member Gates and seconded by Council Member DeWitt, CARRIED (Maas opposed), to table the proposed Ordinance No. 204-AW until the September 9, 2002 City Council meeting.

Assistant City Manager Johnson presented the request from Oriental Forest Palace for a quota Class C liquor license. He indicated the quota license was given to the City as a result of the 2000 Census and that this may be the last quota license the City will receive. Attorney Jim Redford, Plunkett & Cooney, was in attendance representing the applicants. Council Member Ponstein is concerned that if the last quota license is issued for the mall area a smaller establishment desiring to locate in the downtown area would not be able to acquire a liquor license.

Moved by Council Member Sierawski and seconded by Council Member Pettijohn, CARRIED by roll call vote (Yes: Gates, Pettijohn, Sierawski and Buck. No: DeWitt, Maas, and Ponstein.) to approve Resolution No. 2558, a resolution to issue a Class C Liquor License to Oriental Forest Palace, 3540 Rivertown Point Ct.

1. Reports: Treasurer’s (July)
2. Minutes: Planning Commission (August 7)

DDA (August 8)

3. Proclamation: POW-MIA Recognition Day (September 20, 2002)

4. Miscellaneous Purchase Orders and Requests

• Administration: Annual Report Printing

Moved by Council Member Sierawski and seconded by Council Member Gates, CARRIED unanimously by roll call vote, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented, with the purchase in the best interest of the City.

Comments were made relative to the Wilson/40^th Street Project, Canal/Rivertown Parkway intersection, the August 13 Veto Override, West MI Strategic Alliance, and Planning Commission.

ADJOURNMENT

Moved by Council Member Maas and seconded by Council Member DeWitt, CARRIED, to adjourn at 8:40 p.m.

Mary Meines
City Clerk

Approved by City Council: September 9, 2002

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