City Council Minutes

CITY OF GRANDVILLE

REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING

MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2008

The Grandville City Council Regular Meeting of October 13, 2008 was called to order by Mayor James Buck at 7:00 pm.

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

Also attending: Tammy Aue, Treasurer/Finance Directory; Matthew Butts, Assistant City Manager; Matt Zimmerman, City Attorney; Kenneth Krombeen, City Manager; Mary Meines, City Clerk; and Dennis Santo, Police Chief.

Rev. Doug Wood, Grace Bible Church, gave the invocation; and was followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.

Motion made by Council Member Gelderloos, supported by Council Member Gates, to approve the October 13, 2008 agenda as provided. The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Pettijohn, supported by Council Member Ponstein, to waive the reading of the minutes of the Regular Meeting of September 22, 2008 and to approve as presented. The motion was APPROVED.

Motion made by Council Member Gates, supported by Council Member Pettijohn, that Fiscal Year 2008-2009 bills totaling $478,779.64 as presented by the City Manager, be allowed and authorize the Treasurer to pay the same. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

PUBLIC COMMENT

Sandy LeBlanc and Heath Jurgens from the Grandville Chamber of Commerce drew the names of the winners of the 75^th Anniversary trivia contest.

Mike Cobb, 3362 40^th St., commented to Council re:

· the Tailgaters Sports Bar liquor license denial

· thanks for supporting for the H & L Advantage tax abatement

· in favor of rezoning Wilson Ave./Rivertown Parkway property

· skatepark

PUBLIC HEARING

Mayor Buck opened the public hearing at 7:16 pm to receive comments on the IFT Certificate request from H & L Advantage, 3500 Busch Dr. City Manager Krombeen indicated the applicant is in the office furniture industry and will be purchasing $1,265,000 in new equipment. Brad Alkema from H & L Advantage was present to respond to questions. Public hearing was closed at 7:21 pm.

ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

Motion made by Council Member Gates, supported by Council Member Meringa, to approve Resolution No. 2860 granting an IFT Certificate to H & L Advantage, 3500 Busch Dr. for 12 years. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Pettijohn, supported by Council Member Ponstein, to remove from the table consideration of the request to rezone 4555 and 4565 Wilson Ave. from OS-1, Office/Service District, to C-1, Commercial Neighborhood Business District. The motion was APPROVED.

Assistant City Manager indicated a letter was received from Stan Jager from The Architechtural Group on behalf of the applicant for the rezoning request of 4555 and 4565 Wilson Ave. The owner has agreed to insist that all window signs be removed and prohibit any future installation of these signs; and is proposing that business names or logo be stenciled on the glass panels no more than 12 inches high. Also, the owner is requesting that the three existing signs remain and to construct a monument sign (8ft. wide and 16.5 feet high) in the Rivertown Parkway yard area. All current signs on the north building facing Rivertown Parkway shall be removed and tenant signs installed near building entrances on the beam/colonnade structures.

Stan Jager from The Architechtural Group, and Jack Rogers from Field and Stream Realty were in attendance to respond to City Council questions. The property is currently 60% occupied with long-term tenants. If the rezoning is approved the remainder of the property will be occupied by retail tenants. The applicant is requesting authorization to exceed the current 40% retail users

City Attorney Matt Zimmerman explained the request is for rezoning not a PUD. Council may not be able to accomplish what they want through just rezoning. The applicant may submit a letter as a request to add conditions to the rezoning but will need to be specific on what is being allowed.

Motion made by Council Member Ponstein, supported by Council Member Gelderloos, to authorize the rezoning of 4555 and 4565 Wilson Ave. from OS-1 to C-1 including the conditions offered in the applicant’s letter dated October 13, 2008 and the enforcement of the current sign ordinance, and direct City Attorney to work with applicant to draft an ordinance to be presented to City Council for consideration. The motion was APPROVED by a 5-1 vote (Yes: Gates, Gelderloos, Pettijohn, Ponstein, and Buck. No: Meringa. Absent: Maas).

CONSENT AGENDA

Items presented under the Consent Agenda included:

1. Reports: Police (1^st & 2^nd Quarter), Fire/EMS (September), CWP (September), Treasurer (September)

2. Minutes: Historical Commission (September 15)

3. Miscellaneous Purchase Orders and Requests:

a. CWP: Lab Spectrophotometer

Hach - $2,498.50

Motion made by Council Member Pettijohn, supported by Council Member Gates, to approve the Consent Agenda as presented in the best interest of the City. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

Motion made by Council Gates, supported by Council Member Meringa, to authorize the Clean Water Plant purchase of a pump drive from Grandtech in the amount of $9,725.16 in the best interest of the City. The motion was unanimously APPROVED by roll call vote.

Motion made by Council Member Gates, supported by Council Member Gelderloos, to excuse Council Member Maas. The motion was APPROVED.

COUNCIL COMMENTS

· Atmosphere of small towns like Grandville makes them great and unique

· DDA downtown streetscape sub-committee

· CWP 2^nd place winner of 2008 National Clean Water Act Recognition Award

· GVMC Quarterly Luncheon

· Jail per diem meeting on October 14

ADJOURNMENT

Motion made by Council Member Gates, supported by Council Member Gelderloos, to adjourn at 8:44 pm. The motion was APPROVED.

Mary L. Meines

City Clerk

Approved by City Council: October 27, 2008