City Council Minutes

The Regular Meeting of the Grandville City Council was called to order by Mayor James Buck on June 12, 2006 at 7:04 p.m.

The City Clerk called the roll. Present were Council Members Ken Gates, Randal Gelderloos, Steve Maas, Carole Pettijohn, Joe Sierawski, and Mayor James Buck. Absent: Council Member Stan Ponstein.

Also attending: Ron Carr, DPW Director; Tom Guinther, Treasurer/Finance Director; Dan Johnson, Assistant City Manager; Randy Kraker, City Attorney; Ken Krombeen, City Manager; Mary Meines, City Clerk; Dennis Santo, Deputy Police Chief; Vern Snyder, Police Chief; and Todd Wibright, WWTP Superintendent.

Council Member Pettijohn gave the invocation; and was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Gates, to approve the June 12, 2006 agenda as presented. The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Sierawski, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, to waive the reading of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of May 22, 2006 and to approve as presented. The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Sierawski, supported by Council Member Gates, that Fiscal Year 2005-2006 bills totaling $522,392.34 presented by the City Manager, be allowed and authorize the Treasurer to pay the same. The motion was APPROVED unanimously by roll call vote.

PUBLIC COMMENT

Dave Agema and Cornie Vander Kam, republican candidates for the House of Representatives 74^th District, addressed City Council.

Marlene Basinger, 4356 Red Stone Ct., asked for help from Council regarding the progress of the construction of the home next door to her property. The home has been under construction for three years. Assistant City Manager indicated staff has exhausted all means of enforcement of construction rules. The Building Inspector was able to void the permit because there wasn’t any work done for 180 days. A letter was sent to the property owner indicating if the sidewalk, drive approach and gutter pan are not installed by the middle of July, the cement contractor for the City will install and the work will be assessed against the property. City Council directed staff to research construction rules of neighboring communities.

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

The Assistant City Manager indicated IPA is working with Hathaway Partners to construct the last office building in the Parkway Place PUD. The applicant is requesting an amendment to allow two waivers from the existing PUD: (1) to construct 110 parking spaces instead of the required 117, and (2) to reduce east setback from 30 feet to18.8 feet. The Planning Commission has considered it and recommended approval of the waivers by the City Council. Site plan approval will be made by the Planning Commission. Denny Cherette and Jean Constantine from IPA were in attendance.

Motion made by Council Member Gates, supported by Council Member Maas, to introduce Zoning Ordinance No. 204-BV, amending Ordinance No. 204-AS, modifying the Parkway Place PUD. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Gates, to table Zoning Ordinance No. 204-BV. The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Pettijohn, supported by Council Member Gates to approve Resolution No. 2733, transferring ownership of the Class C liquor license in escrow at 3075 28^th Street SW from CP Steak House, LLC to James M. Badaluco, Wanda M. Shurlow, and Stanley J. Wisinski, III (Step 2). The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Gates, supported by Council Member Pettijohn to approve Resolution No. 2734, transferring ownership of the Class C liquor license in escrow at 3075 28^th Street from James M. Badaluco, Wanda M. Shurlow, and Stanley J. Wisinski, III including a new Dance-Entertainment permit to The Winner’s Circle Sports Bar, Inc. (Step 3). The motion was APPROVED by a 5-1 roll call vote (Yes: Gates, Maas, Pettijohn, Sierawski, and Buck. No: Gelderloos).

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, to approve Resolution No. 2735, accepting Redkey Drive and Redkey Court into the City of Grandville local street system. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

City Manager Krombeen gave an overview of the improvement project that has been planned for 44^th Street at Ivanrest which includes the extension of the 44^th Street eastbound lane from X-Rite Drive to Spartan Ind. Dr. and intersection improvements. The project will be designed to accommodate whatever redevelopment occurs on the X-Rite property. The deadline for using private dollars is extended by the contributors to December 2007. Because of the construction project on Wilson Ave. in Wyoming, this project will happen in the 2007 construction season. Since grant funds are involved, MDOT will review the project and award the bid. City Attorney Kraker explained the documents that were before City Council for approval.

Additional right-of-way from X-Rite is necessary to make the improvements. Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Sierawski, to approve Resolution No. 2736 to obtain right-of-way for the Ivanrest and Rivertown Parkway/44^th Street Intersection Project. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Preliminary steps are being taken to establish Special Assessment District #142. Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Gates, to approve Resolution No. 2737, First (Preliminary) Resolution, 44^th Street Improvement Project, Special Assessment District No. 142. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Gates, supported by Council Member Maas, to approve Resolution No. 2738, Second Resolution, 44^th Street Improvement Project, Special Assessment District No. 142, setting the date for the Hearing of Necessity for July 10, 2006. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

The City Attorney explained adoption of the following standard resolution will allow the City to be reimbursed from bond proceeds for expenditures that occurred prior to the issuance of the bonds. Motion made by Council Member Gates, supported by Council Member Maas, to approve Resolution No. 2739, declaring official intent to reimburse project expenditures with bond proceeds. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

The City may use either special assessment bonds or capital improvement bonds to finance a portion of the project. The following resolutions give the City these options.

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, to approve Resolution No. 2740, authorizing the publication of Notice of Intent to Issue Special Assessment Bonds. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Pettijohn, supported by Council Member Maas, to approve Resolution No. 2741, authorizing the publication of Notice of Intent to Issue Capital Improvement Bonds. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

CONSENT AGENDA

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, to approve items on the Consent Agenda as presented in the best interest of the City. Consent Agenda included:

1. Reports: Police (1^st quarter), Fire/EMS (May), Treasurer’s (May)

2. Minutes: Library Board (May 25)

3. Set Public Hearing: IFT Certificate – Auto Cast – June 26, 2006 @ 7:15 p.m.

4. Set Public Hearing: ID District – Bil-Mac – June 26, 2006 @ 7:20 p.m.

IFT Certificate – Bil-Mac – June 26, 2006 @ 7:25 p.m.

5. Permit: 4^th of July Fireworks

Miscellaneous Purchase Orders and Requests:

a. Police: Computer Equipment

CDWG - $13,116.63

The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS OR PETITIONS

Kevin Cook from Rebuild Michigan Energy Services presented the energy evaluation report. Rebuild Michigan is funded by the Department of Energy and is managed by the State of Michigan Energy Office. In April, 2006 Mr. Cook performed an energy use audit on eight City buildings. The next step is a technical energy study and a portion of that could be paid for by grants. The City Manager indicated staff will consider what can be implemented easily and what may require more.

CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

Motion made by Council Member Gates, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, authorizing a computer table for the library from Library Design in the amount of $5,296.00 in the best interest of the City. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Gates, to excuse the absence of Council Member Ponstein. The motion was APPROVED.

COMMENTS

Comments were made regarding:

· Farmers Market

· Spring Cleanup costs

· Click It or Ticket

· Grand Rapids not joining the Kent County Dispatch Authority

· Growing Community Conference

· GVMC Quarterly Luncheon on July 10

ADJOURNMENT

Motion made by Council Member Maas, supported by Council Member Gates, to adjourn at 8:51 p.m. The motion was APPROVED.

Mary L. Meines