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HomeMy Public PortalAbout10-06-2003PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND, INDIANA, MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2003 The Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana met in regular session at 7:30 p.m., Monday, October 6, 2003, in the Council Chambers in said City. President Bing Welch presided with the following Councilmembers present: Howard "Jack" Elstro, Etta J. Lundy, Karl Sharp, Bruce Wissel, Larry Parker, Stephen H. Rabe, Phil Dickman and Sarah "Sally" Hutton. The following business was conducted: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRAYER COUNCILMEMBER RABE ROLL CALL Nine present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Councilmember Lundy moved to approve the minutes of the regular meeting September 15 and the special meeting September 24, 2003, second by Councilmember Sharp and the motion was carried on a voice vote. PRESENTATIONS, MEMORIALS, REMONSTRANCES, PETITIONS AND INTRODUCTIONS MOTIONS OR RESOLUTIONS. (MUST BE IN WRITING) COMMUNICATION FROM THE MAYOR Mayor Shelley Miller announced that the City's 2003 contract with AFSCME has been resolved and ratified by the bargaining unit of the Sanitary District. She said the City also has come to an agreement with the bargaining team with the FOP for the Police Department and anticipate that it will go forward and receive ratification and approval of the Board of Works in the near future. The Mayor said she is pleased to announce that the City has received written confirmation that the City received a $300,000 grant for housing, a rehabilitation that has been worked on for the past few months. She also said that the City had received word from the Indiana Department Finance Authority that it has been awarded the Model of Success Award at the Communities of Crossroads Conference sponsored by the Indiana Land Use Consortium. She added that the award is being given in recognition of the City's efforts and remediation and redevelopment of the Starr Gennett valley and the Gorge project work that has been done. She also announced that at 10 a.m. Tuesday there will be a public hearing in Council Chambers for the Wernle Planning Grant. She also encouraged those listening to look at the City's new website at www.ci.richmond.in.us She said October 16 is Communities in Motion Day which is an annual statewide initiative to promote public transportation and Roseview Transit will be holding its annual cookout from 11 to 1 p.m. on that day in the parking garage. She invited everyone to participate in the event. Councilmember Sharp mentioned an Economic Development meeting that he attended today during which it was announced that Richland Limited issued a press release which stated that the Economic Development had approved the purchase of Dana Corporation's Richmond Liner facility. He said the purchase and the lease arrangements would make it possible for Dana and Richland to conclude an agreement that would allow Richland to continue some of the operations at the liner foundry. He added some personal comments about the purchase, saying it would be a welcome addition to Richmond and would be saving some jobs. REPORT FROM BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS AND SAFETY Minutes of the Board of Works meetings of September 4, 11, 17 and 18, 2003 were in the Council packets. REPORTS FROM DEPARTMENT HEADS REPORTS FROM STANDING COMMITTEES REPORTS FROM SPECIAL COMMITTEES REPORTS FROM ORGANIZATIONS MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS Councilmember Elstro commented that the Rosie Rollers are a problem in several areas where people leave them longer than the 24 hours permitted. The Mayor responded that it is a concern in several neighborhoods and said if the City receives some of the addresses for some of those problem areas it will be looked into. Common Council Minutes Cont'd October 6, 2003 Page 2 Councilmember Dickman reminded Councilmembers that there will be a Committee of the Whole meeting in Council Chambers at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 8 to discuss Resolution No. 9 — 2003 which is addressing tax abatements in residentially distressed areas and Ordinance No. 67 — 2003 which deals with some zoning variances that may be allowed in order to help with creating distressed properties. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING Councilmember Elstro moved to suspend the rules and read Ordinances No. 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 and Ordinances No. 81 and 82 — 2003 in their entirety, second by Councilmember Parker and the motion was carried on a voice vote. ORDINANCE NO. 75 — 2003 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 75 — 2003 — AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2003 BUDGET Explaining the ordinance was Tony Foster of the Community Development Department saying that it deals with a budget revision for Roseview Transit. He said that earlier this year Roseview had three retirements which they were not expecting last year during budget season so when these individuals retired they used up some of their vacation time and as a result Roseview had to hire some temporary help and use some overtime. He said the request is for $12,000 to be deleted from the Contractual Labor, Contractual Printing and Fleet Gasoline & Oil accounts and be added to the Overtime and Temporary Wages accounts. Councilmember Wissel moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 75 — 2003 to second reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Sharp and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 75 —2003 on second reading. President Welch declared the ordinance on public hearing. There being no further comments either for or against, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Lundy and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 75 —2003 to third and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 75 —2003 on third reading. Ordinance No. 75 — 2003 was adopted on a unanimous roll call vote. ORDINANCE NO. 76 - 2003 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 76 — 2003 — AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL, ACCEPTANCE, AND APPROPRIATION OF A GRANT FROM THE FINISH LINE FOUNDATION Foster introduced Erin Hitz, the Community Recreation Coordinator for the Parks and Recreation Department, explaining that she is in charge of the "Just Us Kids Outdoors" (JUKO) summer program. She explained that this ordinance deals with a request of the Finish Line Foundation for a $3,000 grant to be used for JUKO 2004 programs. President Welch asked her to explain the following two ordinances since they also deal with requests for grants for the JUKO program. Hitz said Ordinance No. 77 — 2003 is a request of the Lowe's Corporation for $3,000 and Ordinance No. 78 — 2003 is a request for $5,000 from the Indiana Youth Institute which has grant funding available through its Indiana Youth Investment Board. Councilmember Wissel moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 76 — 2003 to second reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Sharp and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 76 —2003 on second reading. President Welch declared the ordinance on public hearing. There being no further comments either for or against, Councilmember Parker moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Common Council Minutes Cont'd October 6, 2003 Page 3 Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 76 — 2003 to third and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 76 — 2003 on third reading. Ordinance No. 76 — 2003 was adopted on a unanimous roll call vote. ORDINANCE NO. 77 — 2003 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 77 — 2003 — AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL, ACCEPTANCE, AND APPROPRIATION OF A GRANT FROM LOWE'S CORPORATION President Welch said this is the second portion of what Hitz was talking about. Councilmember Wissel moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 77 — 2003 to second reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Sharp and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 77 — 2003 on second reading. President Welch declared the ordinance on public hearing. There being no further comments either for or against, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Parker and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 77-2003 to third and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 77 — 2003 on third reading. Ordinance No. 77 — 2003 was adopted on a unanimous roll call vote 7] N IJ 1►k11►[® o► e)WENDAZIX; The Clerk read Ordinance No. 78 — 2003 — AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL, ACCEPTANCE, AND APPROPRIATION OF A GRANT FROM THE INDIANA YOUTH INSTITUTE Foster pointed out that the amount is incorrect in the ordinance and should be $5,000 instead of $3,000. He asked that Council amend the ordinance to reflect that change. Councilmember Wissel so moved, second by Councilmember Parker and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Councilmember Parker moved to suspend the rules and advance Amended Ordinance No. 78 — 2003 to second reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Rabe and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Amended Ordinance No. 78 — 2003 on second reading. President Welch declared the ordinance on public hearing. There being no further comments either for or against, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Rabe and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Councilmember Wissel moved to suspend the rules and advance Amended Ordinance No. 78 — 2003 to third and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Sharp and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Amended Ordinance No. 78 — 2003 on third reading. ORDINANCE NO.79 — 2003 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 79 — 2003 — AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL, ACCEPTANCE, AND APPROPRIATION OF A GRANT FROM THE INDIANA DEVELOPMENT FINANCE AUTHORITY Foster explained that the City is requesting a $250,000 grant from the Indiana Development Finance Authority, adding that a year ago the City applied for one of these grants and was awarded the full amount. Common Council Minutes Cont'd October 6, 2003 Page 4 He said the City was able to address only one of the two contaminated source areas which needed to be cleaned up. He added that because of that, the IDEA encouraged the City to reapply in order to cleanup Source Area 2, and that is what this ordinance deals with. He said there is no local match and the application will be submitted again as requested. Councilmember Wissel moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 79 — 2003 to second reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Parker and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 79 — 2003 on second reading. President Welch declared the ordinance on public hearing. Foster added that as part of this grant application the City is required to have another separate public hearing and that will be held at noon October 15 in the Council Chambers and public input is invited. William Frazier of 624 South West A Street gave some background on the Starr Gennett area. There being no further comments either for or against, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Hutton and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 79-2003 to third and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 79 — 2003 on third reading. Ordinance No. 79 — 2003 was adopted on a unanimous roll call vote. ORDINANCE NO. 80 — 2003 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 80 — 2003 — AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL, ACCEPTANCE, AND APPROPRIATION OF A GRANT FROM THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL SERVICE Martha Young, Project Director of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program of Wayne County, requested a grant application for the budget year of 2004, saying that this is the second year of a 3-year grant. She said a local match of $13,000 is required and $3,000 is given by the Parks and Recreation Department. She added that the $10,000 is raised by her through donations and fundraising. She said the actual grant is $38,230. Councilmember Wissel moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 80 — 2003 to second reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Rabe and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 80 — 2003 on second reading. President Welch declared the ordinance on public hearing. There being no further comments either for or against, Councilmember Lundy moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Councilmember Elstro moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 80 — 2003 to third and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Parker and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 80 — 2003 on third reading. Ordinance No. 80 — 2003 was adopted on a unanimous roll call vote. ORDINANCE NO. 81— 2003 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 81 — 2003 — A SPECIAL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF RICHMOND TO RECEIVE A DONATION "WHEREAS, the City of Richmond, Indiana, has the option of accepting or rejecting donations for a specific purpose; and "WHEREAS, the acceptance of a donation for a specific purpose constitutes the appropriation of such property for the intended purpose. "NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana, that the following shall be accepted and gratefully acknowledged by the citizens of Richmond: Common Council Minutes Cont'd October 6, 2003 Page 5 "The donation of funds and/or other resources from the Indiana Youth Institute which will be used by the Parks and Recreation Department to provide registration fees and airfare to send employees to the 2003 Healthy Communities, Healthy Youth Conference in San Jose, California" Hitz explained that she and Denise Retz applied via e-mail to attend this conference and were pleasantly surprised that they were accepted. She said they would be attending October 22 —25. Councilmember Wissel moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 81 — 2003 to second reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Sharp and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 81 —2003 on second reading. President Welch declared the ordinance on public hearing. There being no further comments either for or against, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Parker and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Councilmember Wissel moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 81— 2003 to third and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Rabe and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 81 — 2003 on third reading. Ordinance No. 81 — 2003 was adopted on a unanimous roll call vote. ORDINANCE NO. 82 — 2003 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 82 — 2003 — A SPECIAL ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF RICHMOND TO RECEIVE A DONATION "WHEREAS, the City of Richmond, Indiana, has the option of accepting or rejecting donations for a specific purpose; and "WHEREAS, the acceptance of a donation for a specific purpose constitutes the appropriation of such property for the intended purpose. "NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Richmond, Indiana that the following shall be accepted and gratefully acknowledged by the citizens of Richmond: "The donation of Two Hundred (200) books from Scholastic Corporation which will be used by the Parks and Recreation Department in connection with its "Just Us Kids Outdoors" (JUKO) program." Hitz said she had not decided as yet whether to give the books to the children or create a library for them. She said many of the kids spend their time in front of the TV and don't read but she would like to give them that option to read books in a library or to receive a book. Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 82 — 2003 to second reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 82 —2003 on second reading. President Welch declared the ordinance on public hearing. There being no further comments either for or against, Councilmember Parker moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Dickman and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Councilmember Parker moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 82-2003 to third and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Dickman and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 82 — 2003 on third reading. Ordinance No. 82 — 2003 was adopted on a unanimous roll call vote. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING AND ENGROSSMENT ORDINANCE NO. 71— 2003 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 71 — 2003 — A SPECIAL ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING MAP FOR A CERTAIN PARCEL FROM R-3 TO R-3 SPECIAL USE DISTRICT Common Council Minutes Cont'd October 6, 2003 Page 6 Councilmember Wissel explained that the Richmond Advisory Planning Commission conducted a public hearing on this ordinance September 25 and voted 8 — 0 to recommend approval. He said the petition requests a rezoning to the Special Use District in an R-3 Multi -family District for an administrative office with a four square foot sign and no off-street parking. He said the property is located at 134 South 4' Street and the request was made by Terry Harkleroad. President Welch declared the ordinance on public hearing. Speaking in support of the ordinance was Attorney George Sowers representing Harkleroad. He said the stated intent of the special use ordinance which is for the purpose of preventing the physical deterioration of certain structures in neighborhoods as well as helping to maintain a neighborhood in its present state. There being no comments either for or against, Councilmember Dickman moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Rabe and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Councilmember Parker moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 71— 2003 to third and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Dickman and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 71 —2003 on third reading. Ordinance No. 71 — 2003 was adopted on a unanimous roll call vote. ORDINANCE NO. 72 — 2003 The Clerk read Ordinance No. 72 — 2003 — AN AMENDED SPECIAL ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT LOCATED AT 2021 THROUGH 2307 CHESTER BOULEVARD In explaining this ordinance, Councilmember Wissel said it is for a revision in the present PUD approved by Council for Reid Hospital, adding that the reason it has come back is because there has been a major change to the plan and it is a requirement for it to come back before Council. He said those changes involve a boundary change and the hospital decided it would start work right away on the medical building instead of the hospital. He said that at the public hearing conducted by the Richmond Advisory Planning Commission on the ordinance it was voted 8-0 to recommend approval to Council. President Welch declared the ordinance on public hearing. There being no comments either for or against, Councilmember Elstro moved for engrossment, second by Councilmember Rabe and the motion was carried on a voice vote. Councilmember Lundy moved to suspend the rules and advance Ordinance No. 72— 2003 to third and final reading and read by title only, second by Councilmember Elstro and the motion was carried on a voice vote. The Clerk read Ordinance No. 72 — 2003 on third reading. Ordinance No. 72 — 2003 was adopted on a unanimous roll call vote. UNFINISHED BUSINESS CALL FOR ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, on a motion duly made, seconded and passed, the meeting was adjourned at 9:35 P.M. ATTEST: Norma Schroeder, Clerk Bing Welch, President