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1987-01-19 Council MeetingPROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN REGULAR MEETING 19 January, 1987 Vol. 37 No. 43 Approved 16 February 1987 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Janesville, held in the Municipal Building 19 January, 1987 at 7:30 p.m. Council President Pierson called the meeting to order, and then lead the Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Council President Pierson, Councilmembers Collins, Pulliam, Miles, Stehura and McLean. Absent: Councilmember Stockwell. Minutes of the regular meeting of 22 December, 1986 were presented. Councilmember Miles made a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of 22 December, 1986 as distributed. Motion seconded by Councilmember Pulliam and adopted unanimously. Minutes of the regular meeting of 5 January, 1987 were presented. Councilmember Miles made a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of 5 January, 1987 as distributed. Motion seconded by Councilmember Pulliam and adopted unanimously. Minutes of the special meetings of January 7 and 8, 1987 were presented. Councilmember Stehura made a motion to approve the minutes of the special meetings of January 7 and 8, 1987 as distributed. Motion seconded by Councilmember Miles and adopted unanimously. T.TCRTQCRC Councilmember Miles made a motion that the licenses, as listed on the license agenda and on file in the office of the City Clerk, be approved and issued as presented, excluding the original taxi -cab driver application. Motion seconded by CounciliAember McLean and adopted unanimously. (All applications of licenses are on file in the office of the City Clerk and are incorporated by reference herein and may be examined upon request at all reasonable times.) SPECIAL RECOGNITION The special recognition and commendation for Bob Woodford was held over until a later date by Council President Pierson. Referrals to the Plan Commission: Council President Pierson referred the possible lease of the former Parker Pen World Headquarters' parking lot to the Plan Commission for a recommendation and report. OLD BUSINESS 1. A proposed resolution on the proposed Business Improvement District was reviewed by Acting City Manager Franke. The public hearing was opened and the following persons appeared in favor of the B.I.D.: Harry O'Leary -15 N. Main St., Gary Riley of 100 W. Milwaukee St., Sima Wexler -119 W. Milwaukee St., Jim Hartwig -209 Jefferson, Donald Grosenick of 34 S. Main St., Marvin Roth - 1533 Tyler, Mel Blowers, representing Olde Town Mall, Ken Corey - 21 W. Milwaukee, Bruce Munson - 602 E. Milwaukee,Millie Burhans, Manager of the Hayes Block, and Warren Kukla, 909 N. Marion - Vice President of Greater Janesville Corporation. Those appearing to state their opposition to the B.I.D. were: Bill Wood of 119 S. Wisconsin, Jim Cullen - 205 N. Main, Larry Siker - 37 Skyview Dr., Richard DeWar - 60 S. Main St., Bob Rutherford of 109 W. Milwaukee, and Robert Elliott, representing Lester Adams. After the public hearing and a discussion, Councilmember Pulliam made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 87-969 as presented. Motion seconded by Councilmember McLean. Councilmember Miles made a motion to amend the motion by changing the word "five (5)" (members) to "nine (9)" (members) in paragraph 9 of said resolution. Motion seconded by Councilmember McLean and adopted unanimously. A vote was then taken on the original motion, with amendment, and was adopted unanimously. (File Resolution No. 87-969) 2. A proposed ordinance amending Title 14 of the Code of General Ordinances so as to eliminate the permit and fee for banners, creating new limitations for the display and use of banners, and renumbering various sections of Chapter 14.24 was given its second reading by title only and public hearing. No one appeared for the public hearing. Councilmember Miles made a motion to adopt said ordinance as presented. Motion seconded by Councilmember McLean. After a brief discussion, Councilmember Stehura made a motion to amend the motion by adding Section V to the ordinance. Motion seconded by Councilmember Collins and adopted unanimously. A vote was then taken on the original motion, with amendment, and adopted by the following vote: Aye: Council President Pierson, Councilmembers Collins, Pulliam, Stehura and McLean. Nay: Councilmember Miles. (File Ordinance No. 87-500) 3. A proposed ordinance, recommended for approval by the Plan Commission, changing the zoning classification of land located southeast of the intersection of Joliet and LaFayette Streets was reviewed by Acting City Manager Franke and then given its second reading by title only and public hearing. The following appeared for the public hearing: George Mark of Midway Realty, 25 S. Pine St., Terry Donaldson, and Jane Karlen of the South - side Business Association spoke in favor the change in zoning. Earl Kjaldgaard of 714 Desoto Dr., Dale Patton - 1453 Marquette St., Terry Lemke - 1431 LaSalle, Phil Garecht of 1467 LaSalle, and Kathy Morrical of 1449 LaSalle spoke in opposition to change in zoning. Councilmember Miles made a motion to adopt Ordinance No. 86-496 as presented. Motion seconded by Councilmember McLean. After further discussion, Councilmember Pulliam made a motion to amend the ordinance to read "conditioned upon a recorded deed restriction precluding the six uses reported in the Plan Commission report, plus junk yard and salvage yards." Motion seconded by Council - member Miles and passed by the following vote: Aye: Council President Pierson, Council - members Pulliam, Miles, Stehura and McLean. Pass: Councilmember Collins. The vote on the original motion, as amended, failed by the following vote: Aye: Council - members Pulliam, Miles and McLean. Nay: Council President Pierson and Councilmember Stehura. Pass: Councilmember Collins. (File Ordinance No. 86-496) 4. A proposed ordinance establishing new fees for the Building, Plumbing and Electrical Codes was reviewed by Acting City Manager Franke and given its second reading by title only and public hearing. No one appeared for the public hearing. Councilmember McLean made a motion to adopt said ordinance as revised. Motion seconded by Councilmember Miles and adopted unanimously. (File Ordinance No. 86-497) 5. Acting City Manager Franke gave a brief review of the Industrial Revenue Bonds for Rath Manufacturing Company before the public hearing. Council President Pierson opened the public hearing. No one appeared. No further action was taken. -2- 6. Requests and comments from the public on matters which can be affected by Council action. No one appeared for this item. NEW BUSINESS 1. A proposed resolution, recommended by the Plan Commission, on a proposed lease of City owned land at the southwest corner of the intersection of Rockport Road and South Jackson Street to Ed Springer was reviewed by Acting City Manager Franke. Councilmember Miles made a motion to adopt said resolution as presented. Motion seconded by Council - member Pulliam and adopted unanimously. (File Resolution No. 87-971) 2. A proposed resolution for the donation and sale of property located at 337 North High Street was reviewed by Acting City Manager Franke. Councilmember Miles made a motion to adopt said resolution as presented. Motion seconded by Councilmember Pulliam and adopted unanimously. (File Resolution No. 87-970) 3. A proposed ordinance creating an exception for racing pigeons to the current distance limitation for the keeping of certain animals was introduced by Council President Pierson and given its first reading by title only and referred to the Plan Commission for a report and recommendation. A public hearing was set for 2 February, 1987 at 7:30 p.m. (File Ordinance No. 87-501) 4. Acting City Manager Franke presented the request by SMILE (Special Methods in Learning Equine Skills,Inc.) to use Traxler Park for a fund raising event on 15 March, 1987. Councilmember Miles made a motion to grant the request. Motion seconded by Councilmember Pulliam and adopted unanimously. 5. Matters not on the Agenda. Acting City Manager Franke announced that under the new change in law, the City Council does not have any control in the rate increase charged by Cable TV. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 12:25 a.m. These minutes are not official until approved by the City Council. Angelo Lamendola Deputy City Clerk -3-