REGULAR MEETING OF THE MIDLAND CITY COUNCIL
City Hall, 333 W. Ellsworth Street, Midland, Michigan
December 15, 2008 7:00
p.m.
AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER – Bruce A. Johnson, Mayor
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG
ROLL CALL - Thomas W. Adams
Maureen
Donker
Bruce
A. Johnson
Hollis
H. McKeag
Joseph
M. Rokosz
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.
Information on each agenda item is available by clicking on
the number of the item.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
* 1. Approve
minutes of December 8 regular City Council meeting. DUSO
PUBLIC COMMENTS, IF ANY, BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. (Please sign
up with City Clerk before meeting). This
is an opportunity for people to address the
RESOLUTIONS:
2. Receiving and filing the Comprehensive
Annual Financial Report and the Single Audit Report for the year ended June 30,
2008. KEENAN
3. Approving request to conduct the Tri-City Kids’ Triathlon on July
25, 2009. DUSO
4. Entranceway Initiative Task Force Grant
Award: BAKER
a. Accepting a grant
from the Midland Area Community Foundation Entranceway Initiative Task Force
project fund in the amount of $36,000 for the purpose of funding the
development of a zoning overlay district for the area located between E. Indian
Street and W. Buttles Street.
b. Approving a contract with LSL Planning, Inc. for preparation of the overlay district zoning amendment.
* 5. Receiving
and filing the audit of the City and County of Midland Joint Building Authority
for the year ended June 30, 2008. KEENAN
* 6. Accepting Deeds from D & J Holding Company, LLC and the Janet
C. Carlsen Trust to the City of Midland for the right-of-way for T. Moore Drive,
Ted Doan Drive and Alan Ott Drive.
MCMANUS
* 7. Accepting
a Quitclaim Deed from The Dow Chemical Company for the right-of-way for
Discovery Way and approving an Easement Agreement between the City and
Dow. MCMANUS
8. Approving
the annexation of property and forwarding the matter to Midland Township for
adoption of a similar resolution: BAKER
* a. 4594(A) E. Wheeler Street
* b. 4594(B) E. Wheeler Street
* c. 4574 E. Wheeler Street
* 9. Approving
request to transfer ownership of a Class C licensed business, located at 6603
Eastman (Bennigan’s), from the Sweet Onion, Inc. to Quick Casual
Corporation. DUSO
* 10. Accepting the
resignation of Jim Stamas from the Downtown Development Authority. BAKER
11. Considering
purchases and contracts:
* a. Playground Equipment. IRELAND
* b. MDOT Contract No. 08-5448 – US-10BR (Eastman
Avenue) Widening. MAKI
* c. Payment to the Midland
Area Chamber of Commerce for a community retail study completed by Buxton, Inc. BAKER
* d. Medicare Part D Subsidy Application
Services. WHITTINGTON
* e. Ferric Chloride –
Water & Wastewater. BUSH
* f. Road Gravel Haul –
Landfill. BUSH
12. Setting a public hearing:
* a. Zoning Petition No.
556 – Ieuter Insurance – to rezone property at 404, 408 and 414 Townsend Street
from Office Service to Downtown zoning district (1/12/09). BAKER
* b. Amendment
to the 2008-09 General Fund budget to recognize revenue awarded from the
Federal Emergency Management Agency’s, U.S. Fire Administration, 2008
Assistance to Fire Fighters Grant Program and to provide an appropriation for
expenses to purchase fire fighting equipment, conduct training and make fire
station improvements (1/12/09). GARCIA
NEW BUSINESS:
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Citizen Comment Line: 837-3400
City of Midland website address: www.midland-mi.org
City of Midland email address: cityhall@midland-mi.org
Government Information Center: located near the reference desk at the Grace A. Dow Memorial
Library