REGULAR MEETING OF THE MIDLAND CITY COUNCIL

City Hall, 333 W. Ellsworth Street, Midland, Michigan

June 25, 2001 7:00 p.m.

AGENDA

CALL TO ORDER - R. Drummond Black, Mayor

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

ROLL CALL - R. Drummond Black

John S. Coppage

Mary C. Currie

Hollis H. McKeag

Marty A. Wazbinski (excused)

CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS:

All resolutions marked with an asterisk are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate consideration of these items unless a Council member or citizen so requests during the discussion stage of the “Motion to adopt the Consent Agenda as indicated”. If there is even a single request the item will be removed from the consent agenda without further motion and considered in its listed sequence in regular fashion.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES:

* 1. Approve minutes of June 11 regular City Council meeting. KOVACEVICH

PUBLIC HEARINGS:

2. Request from Dow Corning Corporation for an industrial facilities exemption certificate within the Dow Corning Corporation Industrial Development District relating to new machinery and equipment and land and building improvements. The facility is intended to expand capacity for the production of silicone copolymers. (Also see material sent in May 21 agenda packet.) PAUL

3. 2001 Mac Street Improvement Special Assessment District:

a. Public Hearing of Necessity (Also see material sent in June 11 agenda packet.) MCMANUS

b. Accept Special Assessment Roll and set public hearing on the roll (7/9). PAUL

4. 2001 Perrine Sanitary Sewer Improvement Special Assessment District:

a. Public Hearing of Necessity (Also see material sent in June 11 agenda packet.) MCMANUS

b. Accept Special Assessment Roll and set public hearing on the roll (7/9). PAUL

5. 2001 Shreeve Street Improvement Special Assessment District:

a. Public Hearing of Necessity (Also see material sent in June 11 agenda packet.) MCMANUS

b. Accept Special Assessment Roll and set public hearing on the roll (7/9). PAUL

PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF ANY, BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. (Please sign up before meeting with City Clerk)

ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS:

6. Second reading and adoption of amendments to Chapter 29, Stormwater Runoff Regulation and Control, of the City of Midland Code of Ordinances. MAKI

7. First reading of an amendment to Chapter 22, Article II, of the Code of Ordinances, to add a new “Division 1. In General,” and a new “Division 2, “Downtown Streetscape,” Section 22-33, “Downtown Development Authority District Public Sidewalk Use Policy.” LYNCH

RESOLUTIONS:

8. Receiving and filing staff report on Sycamore Trees. MCGUIRE

9. Approving the Preliminary Plat of Hearthstone Estates No. 3, a residential subdivision of 16 lots on 5.19 acres on the north side of Eastlawn Drive west of Waldo Avenue. LYNCH

10. Accepting extended pricing from June 2000 for: MCGUIRE

* a. Construction Materials

* b. Sidewalk Construction

* 11. Approving the “Short-Term Overflow Storage Basin” Agreement and Grant of Easement between the City of Midland and The Dow Chemical Company for the construction and operation of an overflow storage basin on property owned by The Dow Chemical Company and authorizing execution of these agreements. BUSH

12. Considering purchases and contracts:

a. Purchase of Insurance Coverage for 2001-02 Fiscal Year. FISHER

b. Purchase Agreement for the sale of a C.H.O.I.C.E. house at 205 Bradley Court. LYNCH

c. Purchase Agreement for the sale of a C.H.O.I.C.E. house at 217 Bradley Court. LYNCH

d. Purchase Agreement for the sale of a house at 3520 W. Wackerly Street. LYNCH

* e. Labor Agreement – Police Command Officers. ISRAEL

* f. 2001 Patrick Force Main Sewer; Contract No. 26. MCMANUS

* g. Wyman and Emerson Sanitary Pump Station Back-Up Generators. BUSH

* h. Final payment to Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone for contracted legal services relating to the Bay City Road Interchange Project. BRANSON

* i. Payment to Plante & Moran, LLP, for accounting services relating to the City’s defense in The Dow Chemical appeal to the Michigan Tax Tribunal. BRANSON

* j. Payment to Plante & Moran, LLP, for accounting services relating to the City’s defense in the Dow Corning Corporation’s appeal to the Michigan Tax Tribunal. BRANSON

* k. Agreement with Midland Economic Development Council for economic development services. FISHER

13. Setting public hearings:

* a. Zoning Petition No. 477 – rezone property at 3103 W. Wackerly Street (the south side of W. Wackerly Street east of Sturgeon Avenue) from Residential A-1 to Office-Service 2 (7/23). LYNCH

* b. Zoning Petition No. 478 – rezone property between Bay City Road and Fisher Road west of the US-10 Expressway from Agricultural and Business B-2 to Business C and Industrial A (7/23). LYNCH

NEW BUSINESS:

14. City Council discussion of House Bill No. 4960. COPPAGE

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