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Minutes 07-8-02.docPROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN REGULAR MEETING JULY 8, 2002 Approved July 22, 2002 VOL. 53 NO. 7 A regular meeting of the Janesville City Council held at the Municipal Building on July 8, 2002. The meeting was called to order by Council President DeGarmo at 7:00 p.m. Councilmember Damron led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance. Present: Council President DeGarmo, Councilmembers Steeber, Murphy, Damron, Williams, Brien and O'Leary (arrived at 7:06 p.m.) CONSENT AGENDA Minutes of the regular meeting of June 10, 2002. Minutes of the closed meeting of June 10, 2002. Licenses; and Recommendations of the Alcohol License Advisory Committee Action on a motion to approve final Certified Survey Map #02025-C, Bob Knopes & Gary Garlock, 1 lot and 1 outlot on Wright Road. Waiver of special assessment procedure for storm sewer, sidewalk and street light charges for Eleventh Addition to Fox Ridge Estates, Garmar, Inc. Waiver of special assessment procedure for storm sewer, sidewalk and street light charges for Meadows East Fifth Addition, Marklein Builders. Action on a financial gain request from the Faith Community Church to utilize Lower Courthouse Park and Amphitheater for a "Faith Fest' on July 20, 2002. Council President DeGarmo stated that the Consent Agenda would be approved if there were no objections. There were none. Action on a proposed resolution in commendation of Gerald G. Thompson's thirty-one years of service to the City of Janesville. Councilmember Williams moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by Councilmember Brien and it passed unanimously. (File Res. No. 2002-266) OLD BUSINESS 1. Requests and comments from the public on matters which can be affected by Council action. There were none. Councilmember O'Leary arrived. 2. Public hearing and action on a proposed resolution for the 2002 New Sidewalk Program. Seven individuals spoke in favor of the resolution and 39 spoke in opposition. Item Side Street From To 1. West Frederick Street Barham Avenue 132.05' N. of Barham Drive No one spoke. 2. North Barham Avenue Frederick Street 66.02' W. of Frederick St. No one spoke. 3. West s. Sumac Drive Lombard Avenue Mt. Vernon Avenue Andrew Emmel, 64 S. Sumac Drive, and Richard Gerhard, 2317 Mt. Vernon Avenue, spoke in favor of sidewalks. Florence Matzke, 78 S. Sumac Drive, Toni Halverson, 74 S. Sumac Drive, Beth and Don Bloedel, 80 S. Sumac Drive, and Gordon Monat, 66 S. Sumac Drive spoke against sidewalks. 4. North Skyview Drive Tudor Drive 124.05' E. of Lyndhurst Dr. Charles Behm, 4270 Skyview Drive spoke in favor of sidewalks. Terry Stayer, 4233 Skyview Drive, Scott Merrifield, 4255 Skyview Drive, Kathryn Dale, 607 Lyndhurst Drive and Gage Paulson, 4119 Skyview Drive spoke against sidewalks. 5. West Tudor Drive Skyview Drive 130.10' N. of Skyview Dr. No one spoke. 6. South Brunswick Lane Margate Drive 406.00' E. of Margate Dr. No one spoke. 7. East & West Clover Lane Lilac Lane Holiday Drive Theresa and Roger Behm, 1611 Clover Lane, and Mike and Angela Myhre, 2415 Clover Lane, spoke in favor of sidewalks. Mary Colcord, 1012 Morningside Drive, spoke in opposition of sidewalks on behalf of her mother who lives at 2716-2718 Black Bridge Road. Others speaking in opposition of sidewalks were: Linda Milam, 1721 Clover Lane, Peggy Ramer, 1411 Clover Lane, Craig Kuehn, 1418 Clover Lane, Mike Leith, 2223 Clover Lane, Carrie Christianson, 1916 Clover Lane, Barb Barber, 1805 Clover Lane, Roger Krause, 1825 Clover Lane, Margaret Morwood, 2718 Holiday Drive, Cathy Conroy, 2518 Clover, Jeff Riepe, 2109 Clover Lane, Joy Curry, 1521 Clover Lane, Don Churchhill, 2304 Clover Lane, Al Punzel, 2803 Lucerne, and Todd Goll, 2509 Clover Lane. 8. East & West St. George Place Lilac Lane Pontiac Drive Bill Jeffery, 1426 St. George Lane, Susan Bloom, 1518 St. George Lane, Gail Johnson, 1418 St. George Lane, Dan Mann, 1610 St. George Lane, Cora Ortiz, 1529 St. George Lane, Lloyd Brueggeman, 1521 St. George Lane, Dennis Rhode, 1718 N. Claremont Drive, and Merlin Christianson, 1609 St. George Lane, spoke in opposition to sidewalks. 9. North & South Randolph Road Pontiac Drive Ontario Drive Roger Behm, 1611 Clover Lane, spoke in favor of sidewalks. Ted Nagel, 2813 Randolph Road and David Bickel, 1732 Tamarack Lane, spoke in opposition to sidewalks. 10. South Black Bridge Road 127.18' W. of St. George Pontiac Drive No one spoke. 11. North & South Black Bridge Road Pontiac Drive Ontario Drive No one spoke. 12. North No one spoke. 13. South No one spoke. Lilac Lane Lilac Lane 127.32' W. of St. George 130.13' E. of St. George PI 130' W. of Clover Lane Clover Lane 14. North & South Lilac Lane Clover Lane Ontario Drive Thelma Wilcox, 2809 Lilac Lane, Gail Johnson, 2605 Lilac Lane, Celia Marx, 2820 Lilac Lane, and Karen Craig, 2826 Lilac Lane, spoke in opposition to sidewalks. Hawthorne Avenue 110.77' N. of Hawthorne 159.29' N. of Savanna Dr. 15. West No one spoke. 16. West No one spoke. Prairie Avenue Savanna Drive Randolph Road The public hearing closed at 8:25 p.m. Councilmember Williams moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by Councilmember Murphy. The following amendments were subsequently made: Councilmember Williams moved to delete Item #8 from the Sidewalk Program. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Brien and it passed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers DeGarmo, Steeber, Damron, Williams and Brien. Nay: Councilmembers Murphy and O'Leary. Council President DeGarmo moved to delete Item #3. The motion was seconded by Council- member Steeber and it passed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers DeGarmo, Steeber, Damron and Brien. Nay: Councilmembers Murphy, Williams and O'Leary. Council President DeGarmo moved to delete Item #7 except for the sidewalk proposed on Clover Lane from Lucerne Drive to Holiday Drive. The motion died for lack of a second. Council President DeGarmo moved to delete Item #9 except for the sidewalk proposed on Randolph Road from N. Pontiac Drive to Cottonwood Drive. The motion died for lack of a second. Council President DeGarmo moved to delete Item #12. The motion died for lack of a second. Council President DeGarmo moved to delete Item #13. Councilmember Steeber seconded the motion and it passed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers DeGarmo, Steeber, Damron, Williams and Brien. Nay: Councilmembers Murphy and O'Leary. Council President DeGarmo moved to delete Item #14, the south side only. Councilmember Steeber seconded the motion and it passed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers DeGarmo, Steeber, Damron, Williams and Brien. Nay: Councilmembers Murphy and O'Leary. Councilmember Brien moved to delete Item #7. Councilmember Steeber seconded the motion and it passed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers DeGarmo, Damron, Williams and Brien. Nay: Councilmembers Murphy and O'Leary. Pass: CouncilmemberSteeber. Councilmember Brien moved to delete the sidewalk on Randolph Road from Cottonwood Drive to Ontario Drive listed under Item 9. The motion was seconded by Council President DeGarmo and it passed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers DeGarmo, Steeber, Damron, Williams and Brien. Nay: Councilmembers: Murphy and O'Leary. Councilmember Steeber moved to delete the remaining blocks from Item #9. The motion was seconded by Council President DeGarmo and it passed by the following vote:: Aye: Councilmembers DeGarmo, Steeber, Damron, Williams and Brien. Nay: Councilmembers: Murphy and O'Leary. Councilmember Damron moved to delete Item #4. The motion died for lack of a second. Councilmember Damron moved to delete Item #5. The motion died for lack of a second. Councilmember Damron moved to delete Item #6. The motion died for lack of a second. Councilmember Damron moved to delete Item #11. The motion was seconded by Councilmember Steeber and it passed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers DeGarmo, Steeber, Damron and Brien. Nay: Councilmembers Murphy, Williams and O'Leary. Councilmember Damron moved to delete Item #12. The motion was seconded by Council President DeGarmo and it failed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers DeGarmo, Damron and Brien. Nay: Councilmembers Steeber, Murphy, Williams and O'Leary. Council removed Item #4 from the main motion and voted on the main motion. It passed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers DeGarmo, Steeber, Murphy, Williams, and Brien. Nay: Councilmembers Damron and O'Leary. Councilmember Williams moved to adopt Item #4. The motion was seconded by Council- member Murphy and it passed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers DeGarmo, Murphy, Williams and Brien. Nay: Councilmembers Damron and O'Leary. Pass: Councilmember Steeber. (File Res. No. 2002-260). 3. Action on a proposed resolution awarding $8,370,000 General Obligation Promissory Notes, Series 2002, of the City of Janesville, establishing interest rates thereon and levying taxes therefore. Councilmember Murphy moved to adopt said resolution seconded by Councilmember O'Leary and it passed unanimously. (File Res. No. 2002-253). Due to the lateness of the hour, Council President DeGarmo had all second readings read and opened the remaining public hearings simultaneously. No one spoke. Councilmember O'Leary moved to adopt the remaining items of Old Business and New Business without discussion. Councilmember Steeber seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. Those items were: 4. Second reading and public hearing on a proposed ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance text and Streets, Sidewalks and Public Property text to modify the standards for the maximum driveway opening for a single-family and two-family residence. (File Ord. No. 2002- 134). 5. Second reading and public hearing on a proposed ordinance annexing property located east and adjoining the Prairie Wood Estates Subdivision. (File Ord. No. 2002-135). 6. Second reading and public hearing on a proposed ordinance zoning property located east and adjoining the Prairie Wood Estates Subdivision to R1 upon annexation. (File Ord. No. 2002-136) 7. Second reading and public hearing on a proposed ordinance amending the building permit fee schedule for razing/demolishing structures. (File Ord. No. 2002-140) NEW BUSINESS 1. Recommendation of the Plan Commission: A. Action on a proposed resolution approving the final plat of Meadows East Fifth Addition. (File Res. No. 2002-263) B. Action on a proposed resolution approving the final plat of Prairie Wood Estates Sixth Addition. (File Res. No. 2002-271) 2. Action on a proposed resolution authorizing the expenditure of construction funds for bike path extensions and a revised Project Agreement with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for STH 11. (File Res. No. 2002-272) 3. A proposed ordinance rezoning property located at 404 Hyatt Street from R2 to O1 was introduced, referred to Plan Commission and scheduled for public hearing on August 12, 2002. (File Ord. No. 2002-143) 4. A proposed Project Plan for Tax Increment Finance District No. 25, including a 50-acre parcel of industrial land along the east side of Kennedy Road, north of USH 14, was introduced and referred to Plan Commission for public hearing. (File Res. No. 2002-270) 5. Matters Not on the Agenda. Council President DeGarmo allowed Richard Gerhard, 2317 Mt. Vernon, to address the Council. Mr. Gerhard suggested that raising the sales tax and increasing vehicle registration fees would help offset rising property taxes. Councilmember Murphy asked for a co-sponsor for an ordinance that would require sidewalks installed before an occupancy permit is issued or within one year from the sale of an existing home. Council- member Damron requested information on alternate ways to pay for sidewalks and the different sidewalk policies used by peer cities. Councilmember Murphy commented that the state shared revenue problem has been shifted to another fiscal year but has not been solved. Councilmember Brien questioned why the property owners' names were removed the Assessor database on the web. City Manager Sheiffer stated the names were removed because of citizen complaints concerning their privacy. Councilmember ©'Leary asked if a map of the City could be placed on the website to assist citizens using the Assessor's database. City Manager Sheiffer stated that it would be feasible when the City implements GIS. There being no further business to discuss, Council adjourned at 10:12 p.m. These minutes are not official until approved by City Council Jean Ann Wulf City Clerk-Treasurer