DES MOINES CITY COUNCIL MEETING

 

 

November 9, 2009 4:30 P.M.

 

 

SPECIAL PRESENTATION

 

     Friends of Des Moines Parks

 

PROCLAMATIONS

 

     Hunger and Homeless Awareness Week

 

     National Geographic Information System Day

 

 

INVOCATION:        Pastor Carol Archer

                                    College Avenue Christian Church

                                    4440 College Avenue

 

1.          ROLL CALL:

 

2.          APPROVING AGENDA, AS PRESENTED AND/OR, AS AMENDED:

 

 

3.          APPROVING CONSENT AGENDA – items 3 through 41:

 

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*Note:

These are routine items and will be enacted by one roll call vote without separate discussion unless someone, Council or public, requests an item be removed to be considered separately.

 

 

LICENSES AND PERMITS

 

4.          Approving Alcoholic Beverage License Applications for the following:

 

NEW APPLICATIONS

 

(A)        EL SIETE MARES MEXICAN              2811 SE 14TH ST                 B Beer

(B)         HY VEE WINE SHOP                                 730 3RD ST                             C Beer

(C)         J & J PIZZA PUB                                            1246 E 14TH ST                    C Liquor

(D)        OPEN SESAME                                               313 E LOCUST ST              C Liquor

 

RENEWAL APPLICATIONS

 

(E)         BIANCHIS HILLTOP                                 2820  HUBBELL             C Liquor

(F)         GIT N GO STORE #6                                   5736  FRANKLIN               C Beer

(G)        HIGH LIFE LOUNGE                                 200 SW 2ND ST                   C Liquor

(H)        HY VEE GAS #4                                             4701 FLEUR DR                  C Beer

(I)           JEANNIES BOTTLE                                     3839  MERLE HAY           C Liquor

(J)          MIYABI 9                                                            512 E GRAND AVE          C Beer/Wine

(K)        PALMERS PUB                                               1030 E 9TH ST                      C Liquor

(L)         PARK AVENUE PUB                                 1101  PARK AVE               C Liquor

(M)       ROYAL MILE                                                  210  4TH ST                            C Liquor

(N)        RUSTYS                                                               2565  WEDGEWOOD      C Liquor

(O)        ZIMMS                                                                  3124  INGERSOLL            C Liquor

 

5.          City Clerk to issue Coin Operated Machine Licenses.

 

 

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS

 

6.          Ordering construction of the following:

 

(A)      Court Avenue & Water Street Gatewell and River Outlet:  Receiving of bids, (11-24-09), and Setting date of hearing, (12-7-09).  (Construction Estimate - $537,790).

 

(Council Communication No.  09-787)

 

(B)      Army Post Road Widening – SW 9th Street to SE 5th Street:  Receiving of bids, (11-17-09), and Setting date of hearing, (12-7-09).  (Construction Estimate - $2,072,906.75).

 

(Council Communication No.  09-785)

 

7.          Approving Professional Services Agreement with Shuck-Britson, Inc. for Principal Park Facility Assessment, not to exceed $32,000.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-778)

 

8.          Approving Change Order No. 3 with Truesdell Corporation of Wisconsin, Inc. for Fleur Drive Bridge over Raccoon River Rehabilitation, not to exceed $103,764.51.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-777)

 

9.          Approving Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) Change Order No. 22 to Ingersoll Run Phase 2 Storm Sewer Outlet, not to exceed $41,480.07.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-775)

 

10.      Approving completion and acceptance of the Private Construction Contract for paving improvements, E. 4th Street from E. Grand Avenue to Des Moines Street between Eco-Tech Construction, LLC and Nelson Development 15, LLC.

 

11.      Accepting completed construction and approving final payment for the following:

 

(A)      Baker Electric Inc., - E. 29th Street and Hubbell Avenue Traffic Signal Upgrade.

 

(B)      OMG Midwest, Inc. d/b/a Des Moines Asphalt & Paving – Fleur Drive/Blue Street Resurfacing – Beardsley Street to SW 9th Street.

 

(C)      C.A.C., Inc. – American Discovery Trail Wetlands Mitigation.

 

 

SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS

 

12.      Levying assessments for costs of Nuisance Abatement – NAC Emergency Orders for the following:

 

(A)      Schedule No. 2009-18 (Public Works).

 

(B)      Schedule No. 2009-19 (Community Development).

 

 

LAND/PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS

 

13.      Authorizing and approving release of easement from storm sewer right-of-way and accepting replacement easement for storm sewer right-of-way for property at 2810 35th Street.

 

14.      Authorizing and approving conditional assignment of lease for building encroachment on a portion of City-owned property at 1249 McKinley Avenue.

 

15.      Approving release of easement for crossing of street maintenance equipment on property at 301 SW 14th Street.

 

16.      Approving 80 Tax Abatement Applications for the additional value added by improvements completed during 2009.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-779)

 

17.      Approving Tax Abatement Application for 3614 Park Side Drive for the additional value added by improvements completed during 2007.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-767)

 

 

18.      Authorization to proceed with acquisition of necessary right-of-way and easements for the E. 33rd Street and Easton Boulevard Intersection Improvements Project.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-783)

 

 

SETTING DATE OF HEARINGS

 

19.      On conveyance of City-owned property adjoining 1404 Emma Avenue to Nicholas P. Tursi, $100, (11-23-09).

 

20.      On corrected conveyance of segment of east/west alley running west of Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway between Washington and Mondamin Avenue to Frederick Robert Hews, (11-23-09).

 

 

LEGAL DEPARTMENT - CLAIM SETTLEMENTS & BILLINGS

 

21.      Approving payment of $1,964.70 to Peddicord, Wharton, Spencer, Hook, Barron & Wegman, L.L.P. for representation of Police Officer Mersed Dautovic.

 

22.      Approving payment of $41,498.67 to Trust Account of Lawyer, Daugherty, Palmer and Flansburg, attorneys for Bruce Buldhaupt for final and binding judgment against the City of Des Moines.

 

23.      Approving increasing the amount of authorization for employment of Hall & Associates to provide services related to the Combined Sewer Overflow and NPDES Permit for the Wastewater Reclamation Facility by an additional $25,000 and payment of $11,361.13.

 

24.      Approving payment for workers’ compensations claims to the following:

 

(A)      Justin Maschke, $22,972.22.

 

(B)      Brian McKenzie, $23,821.36.

 

(C)      Michelle Mills and her attorney, Tom Werner, $168,054.37.

 

(D)      Kevin Strawn, $9,741.26.

 

25.      Assignment and Assumption of Claims Agreement with Elder Corporation for damage to Cownie Soccer Fields.

 

 

APPROVING

 

26.      2008 Supportive Housing Program (SHP) Renewal Grant Agreements with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

 

(Council Communication No.  09-766)

 

27.      Publication of the notice to the public of Finding of No Significant Impact on the Environment for funds from the Iowa Department of Economic Development from the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act of 2009.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-772)

 

28.      Execution of Addendum to Agreement with Polk County Housing Trust Fund to include an additional $8,335 for the Owner-Occupied Lead Remediation Program.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-793)

 

29.      Template format of Lien and Mortgage documents to be used within the City of Des Moines Jumpstart Housing Assistance Program.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-794)

 

30.      Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Iowa State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), Hatch Development Group and Robert W. McCammon for the MLK Brickstone project regarding removal of structure at 1039 19th Street.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-799)

 

31.      Amendment to the Schedule of Administrative Penalties to provide the civil penalty amounts for violation of the Automated Traffic Enforcement Ordinance.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-800)

 

32.      Applications by Hubbell Terminal Corporation to the Iowa Department of Economic Development for the following:

 

(Council Communication No.  09-798)

 

(A)      Brownfield Redevelopment Program.

 

(B)      Brownfield Redevelopment Tax Credits.

 

 

33.      Gannett Satellite Information Network (GANSAT), Inc. application to the Iowa Department of Economic Development for enterprise zone benefits regarding a project in the Gateway Enterprise Zone.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-797)

 

34.      Grant Agreement with Iowa Homeland Security Emergency Management (HLSEM) to administer funds for 20 county area referred to as Law Enforcement Intelligence Network (LEIN) Region 5 from April 1, 2009 through May 31, 2011.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-774)

 

35.      Contract with RCC Consultants Incorporated (Mike Hunter, President, Tallahassee, Florida) to serve as the Public Safety Radio Interoperability consultant in completion of Phase 2 of Metro Interoperability Communications System, $85,348.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-786)

 

36.      Thirty (30)-day suspension of Cigarette Permit for Kum & Go #552, 4944 Douglas Avenue, for violation of Iowa’s cigarette laws (sales to minor).

 

37.      Initiating proposal to name a portion of US Highway 69 extending north from E. County Line Road to where it converges with SE 14th Street as “Southridge Boulevard”.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-773)

 

38.      Use of various City facilities as poll sites for the City Run-Off Election to be held on December 1, 2009.

 

39.      Bids from the following:

 

(A)      Ahura Scientific, Inc. (Daryoosh Vakshoori, President) for one handheld chemical detector to match existing equipment and technology for use by the Bomb Squad and the Fire Department Hazardous Materials Team, $39,000.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-790)

 

(B)      ICOR Technology (Hany Guirguis, President) for one bomb disposal robot for use by the Bomb Squad, $67,384.35.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-788)

 

(C)      Smiths Detection (Stephen Phipson, President) for portable gas and vapor identifier equipment per State of Iowa Contract for use by the Bomb Squad and the Fire Department Hazardous Materials Team, $64,606.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-789)

 

40.      Civil Service Promotional List for Senior Housing Case Manager.

 

41.      Authorizing Finance Director to draw checks on registers for the weeks of November 9 and November 16, 2009; to draw checks for bills of the Des Moines Municipal Housing Agency for the weeks of November 9 and November 16, 2009; and to draw checks for bi-weekly payroll due November 20, 2009.

 

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ORDINANCES - FIRST CONSIDERATION

 

42.      Amending Chapter 74 of the Municipal Code regarding rentals in the Western Gateway Park.

 

 

COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS

 

43.      From Una Ray, 1315 E. 16th Street, to speak regarding Handy Man service for the community.

 

44.      From Terry Wells, 1157 14th Place, to speak regarding matters of the Central Iowa Services Shelter (CISS) and the homeless in the Des Moines area.

 

*Note: If the City Council completes all items above before 5:00 PM, they will skip the Hearing Items, and continue the agenda starting with the next item following the Hearings. At 5:00 PM, they will return to this point in the agenda to consider the Hearing Items and then continue with all the remaining items on the agenda.

 

 

HEARINGS (OPEN AT 5:00 P.M.) (ITEMS 45 THRU 54)

 

45.      On Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to operate limousine services for Michael G. Marks to do business as Marks Limousine Service.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-780)

 

 

46.      On vacation and conveyance of the north/south alley adjoining 101 SW 5th Street to Rumely Lofts Limited Partnership, $13,959. (continued from 10-26-09)

 

(Council Communication No.  09-782)

 

(A)      First consideration of ordinance above.

 

(B)      Final consideration of ordinance above (requested by Sherman Associates), requires six votes.

 

47.      On request from Josh Spencer to rezone 1800 Euclid Avenue from “C-1” (Neighborhood Retail Commercial), “C-2” (General Retail and Highway Oriented Commercial) and “U-1” (Floodplain) to “M-2” (Heavy Industrial) to allow a tree contracting business and wood yard for display and sales of firewood. (Plan and Zoning Commission recommends DENIAL)

 

(A)      Amend 2020 Community Character Plan future land designation from Commercial: Auto-Oriented Small-Scale Strip Development to General Industrial. (Plan and Zoning Commission recommends DENIAL)

 

 

48.      On request from Erazm Rokitnicki to rezone 2134 E. Grand Avenue from “R1-60” (One-Family Low-Density Residential) to Ltd. “NPC” (Neighborhood Pedestrian Commercial) to allow conversion of legal non-conforming book bindery office to an event/assembly hall.

 

(A)      Amend the 2020 Community Character Plan future land use designation from Low-Density Residential to Commercial: Pedestrian-Oriented Neighborhood Node.

 

(B)      Letter and petitions in support.

 

(C)      Petition in opposition.

 

(D)      First consideration of ordinance above.

 

49.      On Zoning text amendments to Section 134-278 and 134-1296 to address dwellings made non-conforming by annexation and automatic imposition of “A-1” Agricultural district regulations.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-776)

 

(A)      First consideration of ordinance above.

 

(B)      Final consideration of ordinance above (waiver requested by Community Development Director), requires six votes.

 

 

 

50.      On proposed First (2010) Year Action Plan of the 2010-2014 U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Consolidated Plan.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-771)

 

(A)      Approving comprehensive strategy environmental review record, Publication of Notice on Finding of No Significant Impact on the Environment and of intent to request release of funds.

 

(B)      Communication from Neighborhood Revitalization Board.

 

51.      On intent to acquire agricultural property and authorize acquisition of the necessary property interests  at the northeast corner of Army Post Road and E. Indianola Avenue from Lemar Koethe for the East Army Post Trunk Sanitary Sewer Project.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-781)

 

52.      On 2009 Sewer Repair Contract 2:  Resolution approving plans, specifications, form of contract documents, engineer’s estimate and designating lowest responsible bidder as Reilly Construction Co., Inc., (Chris R. Reilly, President), $329,808.70.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-792)

 

(A)      Approval of contract and bond, and permission to sublet.

 

53.      On Livingston Avenue Storm Sewer Televising:  Resolution approving plans, specifications, form of contract documents, engineer’s estimate and designating lowest responsible bidder as Priority Excavating LLC, (Toby Torstenson, President), $251,000.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-796)

 

(A)      Approval of contract and bond, and permission to sublet.

 

54.      On Police Academy HVAC Upgrade:  Resolution approving plans, specifications, form of contract documents, engineer’s estimate and designating lowest responsible bidder as Brockway Mechanical & Roofing Company, Inc., (Mark J. Brockway, President & CEO), $92,470.

(Council Communication No.  09-791)

 

(A)      Approval of contract and bond, and permission to sublet.

 

**END HEARINGS AT ____________P.M.**

 

 

APPROVING

 

55.      Establishing fair market value and authorizing voluntary acquisition of property at 4315 SE 14th Street from Phyllis and Harold Rogers for the SE 14th Street and Army Post Road Revitalization Project, $210,000.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-784)

 

56.      Consideration of appeal by Crow’s Auto Service, Inc. on Finance Director’s decision to award impound towing and storage contract bid to G & S Service, Inc. and award of bid to the following:

 

(A)      ALTERNATE 1 – Accepting Finance Director’s decision on appeal of bid award recommendation for impound towing and storage contract to G & S Service, Inc. and approving award of contract to G & S Service, Inc.

 

(Council Communication No.  09-795)

 

(B)      ALTERNATE 2 - Overruling Finance Director’s decision on appeal of bid award recommendation for impound towing and storage contract and approving award of contract to Crow’s Auto Service, Inc.

 

 

MOTION TO ADJOURN AT ______________________ P.M.

 

 

 

 

 

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