ELY CITY COUNCIL

REGULAR MEETING

Monday July 13, 2009

7:00 p.m.

ELY CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS –1570 ROWLEY ST

 

 

Meeting called to order – ROLL CALL

 

A.  CONSENT AGENDA:

1.   Agenda.

2.      Minutes of the June 8, 2009 regular meeting.

3.      Minutes of the July 7, 2009 special meeting.

4.      Treasurer’s Report for the period ended June 30, 2009.

5.      Bills Payable – July 2009.

6.      Purchase Orders – July, 2009, Removal of  Maple Tree at Community Center

7.      Resolution No. 09-0608-42, Assessing Delinquent Utility Charges to Property Taxes.

 

B.  CORRESPONDENCE

1.      Plan and Zoning Commission – Minutes of Previous Meeting.

2.      Parks & Recreation Commission – Minutes of Previous Meeting.

3.      Sheriff’s Office Monthly Activity Report.

4.      Public Works Director’s Report.

5.      Other

 

C:  CITIZENS REQUESTS

 

D.  BUSINESS

1.      Presentation re: Tri-County Fiber Ring Project, ImOn Communications, LLC

2.      Development of Ely City Park

a.       Resolution No. 09-0713-43, Approving Change Orders 1 through 8 to Construction Contract with Ricklefs Excavating for the 2009 Park Grading & Excavation Project.

b.      Payment Request No. 2, Ricklefs Excavating.

c.       Status of Park Development, Option to Rip Rap Pond, other.

3.      Ordinance to Establish Regulations for Ely City Parks

a.       Schedule Public Hearing.

4.      Northgate 4th Addition to City of Ely, Schulte Development, LLC.

a.       Review Proposed Preliminary Plat.

b.      Resolution No. 09-0713-44, Approving Request for Preliminary Plat for Northgate 4th Addition in the City of Ely, Linn County, Iowa.

5.      2009 Dows Street Resurfacing Project

a.       Resolution No. 0-0713-45, Approving and Authorizing a Form of Loan Agreement and Authorizing and Providing for the Issuance of $240,000 General Obligation Capital Loan Notes, Series 2009, and Levying a Tax to Pay the Notes.

b.      Resolution No  09-0713-46, Appointing Bankers Trust Company, N.A. of Des Moines, Iowa, to Serve as Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent, Approving the Paying Agent and Registrar and Transfer Agent Agreement and Authorizing the Execution of the Agreement.

c.       Resolution No. 09-0713-47, Approving Change Order #1 to Construction Contract with L.L. Pelling Co., Additional Work to Resurface Dows Street from Main to State Street.

6.      Stream Bank Stabilization at Ely WWTP Project

a.       Report of Competitive Quotes Received.

b.      Resolution No. 09-0713-48, Accepting Quote to Perform the 2009 Hoosier Stream Bank Stabilization at Ely WWTP Project.

7.      Water System Improvements Project

a.       Report on Status, Design and Construction Options – Scott Pottorf, City Engineer. 

8.      Commercial Building Renovation Program.

a.       Approval of Revised Commercial Building Renovation Program.

b.      Project Proposal – Tom Rohner/Odie’s Bar n’ Grill.

9.      North Entrance Welcome Sign, Ely Living Roadways Committee

a.       Resolution No. 09-0713-49, Approving Professional Services Agreement for Landscape Architecture, Hoffman Design Consultants.

10. Minimum Paved Width for “Municipal Service Streets”

a.       Public Hearing re: Ordinance 214 Revising the Subdivision Ordinance by Increasing Minimum Paved Width for New Municipal Service Streets to 28 feet. – 7:00 p.m.

b.      First Reading Ordinance No. 214.

11. Report re: Tax Abatement and Tax Increment Finance

E.   DISCUSSION ITEMS

F.  ADJOURN