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01-10-91 CITY OF JANESVILLE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1991 MINUTES This special meeting of the Common Council of the city of Janesville was called to order and convened in open session at 7:00 o'clock P.M. in the Common Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 18 North Jackson Street, Janesville, WI by Council President Collins. Roll call was taken. PRESENT: Council President Collins and Councilmembers Pierson, Stockwell, McLean, Pulliam, Schneider, and Stehura. ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Steven E. Sheiffer, Public Services Director Robert Boldt, City Engineer Ron Beatty, Associate Planner II Richard Haviza, and city Attorney Wald Klimczyk. No members from the media or the public were present. OLD BUSINESS 1. Review of plans for construction of city Services Center. Indepth review and presentation by City Manager and Public Services Director of history, factors, studies, locations, criteria, and previously distributed materials pertaining to location of new Public Services Center, site, site selection process, proposed structure(s), costs, budget, and current and projected facilities and needs. Extensive discussion then ensued with questions and answers by councilmembers and staff. 2. At 8:17 o'clock P.M., Motion by Councilmember Stockwell, seconded by Councilmember Schneider, to convene into closed session pursuant to wisconsin Statute Section 19.85(1) (e) for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the potential purchase and/or sale of public property pertaining to the proposed Public Services Center. Motion carried unanimously. Meeting convened into closed session in the Common Council Chambers of the Municipal Building, 18 North Jackson Street, Janesville, WI Indepth presentation by City Manager Steven E. Sheiffer of various public and privately owned potential sites throughout the city and surrounding area and such potential sites' associated costs, projections, locations, topography, pros and cons and related site specific selection data, facts, criteria, information, and data. Extensive discussion then ensued concerning numerous public and privately owned potential property sites with property specific and general location and needs questions and answers by councilmembers and staff. Motion by Councilmember McLean to direct the City Administration to enter into an option to purchase the properties located (1) at Kennedy/Barberry together with the Rock County National Bank owned property, and (2) at State Street including the new drive, for a new Public Services Center. Motion failed for lack of a second. Motion by Councilmember Pulliam, seconded by Councilmember McLean to direct the City Administration to enter into an option to purchase the properties located (1) at Kennedy/Barberry together without the Rock County National Bank owned property, for a new Public Services Center. Motion carried 4 - 3 with Councilmembers Collins, Schneider, McLean and Pulliam voting in favor and, Councilmembers Stockwell, Stehura and Pierson voting against. Motion by Councilmember Stockwell, seconded by Councilmember Pulliam, to direct the City Administration to enter into an option to purchase the property constituting approximately twenty (20) acres owned by Terry Donaldson located North of and adjacent to Highway 14 for a Public Services Center. Motion carried 5 - 2 with Councilmembers Collins, Stockwell, Schneider, Pierson and Pulliam voting in favor, and Councilmembers Stehura and McLean voting against. Motion by Councilmember Stockwell, seconded by Councilmember Stehura, to direct the City Administration to include for consideration for a new Public Services Center the area owned by the City near Palmer Drive in Palmer Park North near the new well site. Motion carried 5- 2 with Councilmembers Collins, Stockwell, Schneider, Pierson and Pulliam voting in favor, and Councilmembers Schneider and McLean voting against. Motion by Councilmember Stockwell, seconded by Councilmember McLean, to direct the City Administration to contact the owners and include for consideration for a new Public Services Center the property owned by the city in the Kennedy Road Industrial Development Park currently first optioned from the City by Newco, but solely upon the condition that Newco voluntarily agree to terminate and relinquish its first option rights to this parcel of land. Motion failed 3 - 4 with Councilmembers McLean, Stockwell and Pulliam voting in favor, and Councilmembers Collins, Pierson, Stehura and Schneider voting against. At this point, 10:05 o'clock P.M., of the meeting, Councilmember McLean left. Motion by Councilmember Stockwell, seconded by Councilmember Pierson, to direct the City Administration to include for consideration for a new Public Services Center the City owned property near the old City landfill site part of which is currently used by Boy's Baseball under a lease. Motion failed 1 - 6 with Councilmember Stockwell voting in favor, and Councilmembers Collins, Schneider, Stehura, Pierson, and Pulliam voting against. Motion by Councilmember Pulliam, seconded by Councilmember Stockwell, to direct the City Administration to contact the property owners and to include for consideration for a new Public Services Center the properties, sufficient in area to accommodate the projected needs of the proposed Public Services Center, North of the City Transit Center. Motion carried 4 - 2 with Councilmembers Stockwell, Stehura, Pierson and Pulliam voting in favor, and Councilmembers Collins and Schneider voting against. Motion by Councilmember Pierson, seconded by Councilmember Stockwell; to direct the City Administration to include for consideration for a new Public Services Center the Janesville Sand and Gravel sites. Motion carried 6 - 0 with Councilmembers Stockwell, Stehura, Pierson, Collins, Schneider and Pulliam voting in favor. Motion by Councilmember Schneider, seconded by Councilmember Collins, to direct the City Administration to enter into an option to purchase the property constituting approximately seventeen (17) acres located near Conde & Freedom Lane at a purchase price of not to exceed $9,500.00 per acre for seventeen (17) acres. Motion failed 2 - 4 with Councilmembers Collins and Schneider voting in favor, and Councilmembers Stockwell, Stehura, Pierson and Pulliam voting against. There was no further business or discussion. Motion to adjourn by Councilmember Stockwell, seconded by Councilmembers Collins. Motion carried 6 - 0. Meeting adjourned at 10:27 o'clock P.M. Respectfully submitted this llth day of January, Waldemar Klimczyk City Attorney 1991.