OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS
MIDLAND CITY COUNCIL
A regular meeting
of the City Council was held on Monday, January 9, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. Mayor Johnson presided with all Councilmen present.
Authorized
execution of an Intergovernmental Agreement with the Midland County Road
Commission regarding the Letts Road Extension, a Common Representation
Agreement with the Midland County Road Commission and Miller, Canfield, Paddock
& Stone, and authorized payment to Miller, Canfield, Paddock
& Stone for related legal services in an amount not to exceed $50,000.
Authorized
execution of contract with LSL Planning, Inc. for an updated City of Midland
Master Plan in the amount of $200,000.
Authorized
issuance of purchase order to Utility Services of Belleville, Michigan for Trenchless
Sewer Reconstruction in Emerson Park, in the amount of $336,600.
Approved the
County of Midland/City of Midland Emergency Operations Plan.
Authorized
execution of agreement with Geographic Technologies Group, Inc. (GTG) of
Goldsboro, North Carolina for professional services related to GIS
implementation, in the amount of $287,799 and authorized the issuance of a
purchase order to Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. in the amount
of $55,000.
Accepted Easement
Agreement for a public water main and sewers on Joshua Lane.
Accepted two
Easement Agreements for the installation of a storm sewer on the east side of
Stark Road north of the proposed intersection of Airport Road.
Accepted
non-exclusive Easement Agreement from the City to TSC-Midland, LLC to
construct, maintain, and repair a private sanitary sewer within the City
rights-of-way.
Adopted the use of
the Michigan Department of Transportation Performance Resolution regarding the
permit process for obtaining access of State right-of-way in the City of
Midland.
Made the following
Traffic Control Orders permanent:
P-05-18 Parking shall be prohibited on the east side
of Lamplighter Lane and the north side of Candlestick Lane for 100 feet in each
direction.
P-05-19 Parking shall be prohibited on the west side
of Ashman Street from Larkin Street to 80 feet north of Larkin Street.
P-05-20 Parking shall be prohibited on the north
side of Soccer Drive from Jefferson Avenue to Diamond Drive.
R-05-04 The speed limit on Bay City Road shall be 45
m.p.h. from the east City limits to the railroad tracks, located approximately
0.51 miles west of Rockwell Drive.
R-05-05 The speed limit on Soccer Drive shall be 25
m.p.h.
S-05-08 Oakridge Drive shall stop fro Partridge
Lane.
Reappointed James
St. Louis to the Midland County Central Dispatch Authority Administrative
Policy Board for a four-year term beginning February 1, 2006.
Approved request
from the Michigan Community Blood Centers to place directional signs in the
public rights-of-way to announce mobile blood drives.
Approved request
from the MDBA and the DDA to conduct a Winter Festival on Friday, February 10,
from 5:00 – 10:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 11, from Noon – 6:00 p.m.
Increased seven
purchase orders for Vehicle Maintenance Supplies.
Approved Amendment
No. 3 to the DLZ Michigan Inc. Agreement for professional traffic engineering
services related to Eastman Avenue, in the amount of $40,000.
Set a public
hearing for February 13, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. on the requested vacation of East Ellsworth
Street from State Street to Haley Street; Haley Street from East Ellsworth
Street to Buttles Street; and Mill Street from East Ellsworth Street to Buttles
Street.
Set a public
hearing for January 23, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. on a proposed amendment to the
2005-06 General Fund budget to Recognize and Appropriate Grant Revenues.
Set a public
hearing for January 23, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. on a proposed amendment to the
2005-06 Major Street Maintenance Fund, Local Street Maintenance Fund, and Water
Fund.
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APPROVED:
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Selina Tisdale John
E. Duso
City Clerk