06-14-93PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
REGULAR MEETING
June 14, 1993 APPROVED 6-28-93
Vol. 44
No. 6
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Janesville, held
in the Municipal Building, June 14, 1993.
The meeting was called to order by Council President O'Leary.
Present: Council President O'Leary, Councilmembers Stehura,
Heitzman, Noll, Schneider, Brien and Thomas.
Councilmember Heitzman led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
CONSENT AGENDA
Minutes of the regular meeting held June 1, 1993.
Minutes of the closed session held June 1, 1993.
Licenses; and recommendations of the Alcohol License
Committee.
Financial statement for May, 1993.
Advisory
Council President O'Leary stated that if there were no objections,
the consent agenda would be approved. There were no objections.
(Ail applications of licenses are on file in office of
the city clerk and are incorporated by reference herein
and may be examined upon request at all reasonable times.)
OLD BUSINESS
1. Requests and comments from the public on matters that can be
affected by Council action.
Terry Seltz, 1131 Ruger Avenue expressed his concern about the
number of vandalism incidents occurring in the City. He requested
that the City Council and Chief of Police give this matter more
attention by implementing new methods to solve this problem.
2. Public hearing and action on the Fourth Ward Traffic Safety
Program. On June 1, 1993, the City Council reconsidered File
Ordinances No. 93-840, 93-847, 93-848 and 93-849. These ordinances
created new traffic regulations in the Fourth Ward to help solve
the negative impacts of through traffic.
The following individuals spoke in favor of the ordinances. Tina
Wurtz, 403 South Cherry; Ed Bluhm, 306 West Holmes; Ilah Hartung,
121 South Academy and Richard Hartung, 121 South Academy.
The following individuals spoke in favor of the ordinances with
modifications. Sherry Trappe, 333 Cherry Street; Dennis Bier, 418
Park Avenue; Pam Severson, 332 South Cherry Street and Jim
Whitcomb, 220 South Academy.
The following individuals spoke in opposition of the ordinances.
Jerry Morris, representing his brother-in-law, Dave Quade, Martha
Gammons, 206 Lincoln Street; Steve Zarda, 320 Park Avenue; Gary
Lenox, 302 South Locust and Robert Patterson, 404 Rockport Road.
The following individuals spoke in opposition to these ordinances,
but believed there was a traffic problem that needed to be
addressed in a different manner. Diana Parker, 202 McKinley and
Larry Reeves, 317 Linn Street, and Dave Quade, 308 Williams St. In
addition, Mr. Quade submitted a petition opposing the traffic
program in the Fourth Ward.
Jim Lankford, 620 South Academy, stated that he supported the
Council on this issue, regardless of how they vote.
Councilmember Schneider moved to deny Ordinances 93-840, 93-847,
93-848 and 93-849, seconded by Councilmember Thomas and passed by
the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers Stehura, Noll, Schneider
and Thomas. Nay: Council President O'Leary, Councilmembers
Heitzman and Brien.
Councilmember Heitzman, stated for the record, that consecutive
stop signs do not effectively control traffic. In addition, she
stated that the Council is not giving the Traffic Safety Program a
chance, and we have not collected sufficient data on what works
and what doesn't work in the Fourth Ward.
3. Public hearing and action on the 1993 New Sidewalk Program. On
June 1, 1993, the City Council reconsidered action on Resolution
93-1615, which covered the 1993 New Sidewalk Program.
George Buehl, 1905 North Wright Rd., and Gary Regan, 1821 North
Wright Rd., requested that the Council either delete the sidewalks
on North Wright Rd., or install sidewalks for the entire block.
Council President O'Leary moved to approve Resolution 93-1615,
seconded by Councilmember Thomas.
Councilmember Brien moved to amend the motion by deleting sidewalks
from the west side of North Wright Rd., from Randolph Rd. to 459
L.F. north of LaMancha Dr., seconded by Councilmember Schneider and
passed by the following vote: Aye: Council President O'Leary,
Councilmembers Stehura, Heitzman, Noll, Schneider and Brien. Nay:
Councilmember Thomas.
Council voted on the main motion and that passed unanimously.
(File Resolution No. 93-1615)
4. A proposed ordinance exempting solid waste from certain non-
profit events from payment of landfill fees was given its second
reading and public hearing.
Wayne Flury, president of the 4-H Fair, and Dennis Nehring, County
Agricultural Agent, spoke in favor of this ordinance.
Councilmember Schneider moved to adopt said ordinance, seconded by
Councilmember Stehura.
Councilmember Schneider moved to amend the motion by inserting the
following words at the end of paragraph "H","...and only apply to
events with over 10,000 participants.", seconded by Council
President O'Leary and passed by the following vote: Aye: Council
President O'Leary, Councilmembers Stehura, Schneider, Brien and
Thomas. Nay: Councilmembers Heitzman and Noll.
Council voted on the main motion and it passed by the following
vote: Aye: Council President O'Leary, Councilmembers Stehura,
Schneider and Thomas. Nay: Councilmembers Heitzman, Noll and
Brien.
Council President O'Leary and Councilmember Schneider requested
that the 4-H Fair exemption for landfill fees be placed on the next
Council agenda. (File Ordinance No. 93-864)
5. A proposed ordinance rezoning property located at 921 South
Jackson from B3 to M2 was given its second reading and public
hearing.
Charles Sanford, 1200 North Parker Dr., spoke in favor of this
ordinance.
Councilmember Brien moved to postpone action until a vote is taken
on Ordinance 93-870, which was scheduled for action on July 12,
1993, seconded by Councilmember Thomas and failed by the following
vote: Aye: Councilmembers Stehura, Heitzman and Brien. Nay:
Council President O'Leary, Councilmembers Noll, Schneider and
Thomas.
Councilmember Schneider moved to adopt said ordinance, seconded by
Council President O'Leary and passed by the following vote: Aye:
Council President O'Leary, Councilmembers Stehura, Noll, Schneider
and Thomas. Nay: Councilmembers Heitzman and Brien. (File
Ordinance No. 93-862)
6. A proposed resolution awarding $5,755,000, General Obligation
Promissory Notes, Series 1993-A to Clayton Brown and Associates.
Councilmember Heitzman moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by
Councilmember Noll and passed unanimously. (File Resolution No.
93-1623)
7. A proposed resolution authorizing the sale of Commons South
Park.
Councilmember Schneider moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by
Councilmember Thomas and passed unanimously. (File Resolution No.
93-1618)
8. A proposed resolution authorizing the issuance of $1,500,000
General Obligation Promissory Notes, Series 1993-B to Bank One.
Councilmember Schneider moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by
Councilmember Heitzman and passed unanimously. (File Resolution
No. 93-1627)
NEW BUSINESS
1. A proposed ordinance rezoning property located at 1300 Norwood
Road from M1 to B3 was introduced, referred to the Plan Commission
and scheduled for public hearing on July 12, 1993. (File Ordinance
No. 93-865)
2. A proposed ordinance installing four-way stop signs at Liberty
Lane and Randolph Road was introduced and scheduled for public
hearing on June 28, 1993. (File Ordinance No. 93-866)
3. A proposed ordinance reducing the speed limit on US Highway 14
from 1-90 to Deerfield Drive was introduced and scheduled for
public hearing on June 28, 1993. (File Ordinance No. 93-867)
4. A proposed ordinance amending the zoning ordinance to allow
mini-warehouses as a conditional use within the B3 district was
introduced, referred to the Plan Commission and scheduled for
public hearing on July 12, 1993. (File Ordinance No. 93-870)
5. Matters not on the agenda. There were none.
There being no further business, the City Council adjourned at
11:18 p.m.
These minutes are not official until approved by the City Council.
Jean Ann Wulf
City Clerk
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