CITY COUNCIL MINUTES

December 3, 2007

 

The Cadillac City Council met in a regular meeting on Monday, December 3, 2007 , at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex, 200 N. Lake Street , Cadillac , Michigan .

 

COUNCIL PRESENT:   Baas, Dean, Dyer, Stevens, Mayor Blanchard   

      

COUNCIL ABSENT:   None

 

Staff Present:     Stalker, McCurdy, Adams, DeWitt, Nelson

 

Mayor Blanchard called the regularly scheduled Cadillac City Council meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

  

2007.191 Consent agenda approved

Motion was made by Dyer and supported by Dean to approve the consent agenda consisting of the minutes of the regular city council meeting held November 17, 2007. Following the motion and support, Council member Baas requested amending the agenda to add an item regarding the inclusion of the Diggins Hill Tennis Courts Project in the capital improvement program. Council member Stevens encouraged the agenda amendment. Roll was called on the original motion to approve the minutes. The motion was unanimously approved.

 

2007.192 Agenda amended, Diggins Hill Tennis Courts Project added

Motion was made by Dyer and supported by Baas to amend the December 3, 2007 city council agenda and add, under Good of the Order, an item to consider the inclusion of the Diggins Hill Tennis Courts Project in the Five Year Capital Improvement Program for July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2013.

Motion unanimously approved.

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS

 

At 7:04 p.m., Mayor Blanchard opened a public hearing to consider the adoption of Ordinance No. 2007-12 which would amend the Cadillac City Code by adding a new section to Title XI, Chapter 4, to permit the city to grant a license agreement to Mercy Hospital to encroach upon property owned by the City of Cadillac for the purpose of placing signs for the new rehabilitation center. Dean DeKryger of DK Design Group and Corey Christensen of Mercy Hospital reviewed the sign request. Jerry Adams, Planning and Zoning Administrator, said the Zoning Board of Appeals had granted a variance for the signs following a public hearing on October 23, 2007 . Adams said all property owners within 300 feet were notified of the ZBA hearing and no objections were received. The public hearing closed at 7:09 p.m. In the interest of full disclosure, City Manager Stalker reminded council that although he and City Attorney McCurdy do not vote on the license agreement, he is a Mercy Hospital Board member and McCurdy will soon become a board member.

 

2007.193 Ordinance No. 2007-12 adopted, hospital encroachment agreement approved

Motion was made by Dyer and supported by Stevens to adopt Ordinance No. 2007-12 approving an agreement with Mercy Hospital to allow signs to encroach upon city owned property.

Motion unanimously approved.

 

At 7:10 p.m., Mayor Blanchard opened a public hearing to consider the adoption of Industrial Facilities Tax Exemption Resolution No. 4 which would approve the request from Lanoga Corporation for an Industrial Facilities Tax Exemption Certificate in the amount of $142,660 for machinery and equipment. There was no public comment. The public hearing closed at 7:12 p.m.

 

2007.194 Lanoga IFT approved, Resolution No. 1825

Motion was made by Dean and supported by Baas to adopt IFT Resolution No. 4, file no. 1825, approving an IFT certificate in the amount of $142,660 for Lanoga Corporation for a period of 12 years.

Motion unanimously approved.

 

CITY MANAGER’S REPORT

 

2007.195 Public hearing set for Balsam alley project, Resolutions No. 1826 and 1827

Motion was made by Dyer and supported by Dean to adopt Special Assessment Resolutions No. 2 and 3, files no. 1826 and 1827, approving the city manager’s report for the Balsam Street Alley Improvement Project and setting a public hearing for December 17, 2007 to consider said project for adoption.

Motion unanimously approved.

 

INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS

 

2007.196 Public hearing set for Ordinance No. 2007-14, video right-of-way

Motion was made by Dyer and supported by Stevens to introduce Ordinance No. 2007-14 which would amend the Cadillac City Code to delete current Title VII , Chapters 78 and 79, and replace them with a new Chapter 78 to promote and protect the public health, safety and welfare and exercise reasonable control over the public right-of-way by regulating the use and occupation of such right-of-way by video service providers who have a standardized, uniform video franchise but who lack a Metro Act Permit and set a public hearing for December 17, 2007 to consider said ordinance for adoption.

Motion unanimously approved.

 

REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

 

The 2007 annual reports for the Cadillac Downtown Development Authority, the Cadillac Brownfield Redevelopment Authority, and the Cadillac Local Development Finance Authority were presented for information only.

 

MINUTES OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS

 

The minutes of the Wexford County Board of Commissioners from the meetings held October 17 and November 7, 2007 and the Wexford County Airport Authority from the meeting held November 13, 2007 were presented for information only.

 

APPOINTMENTS

 

2007.197 McMahon reappointed to Elected Officials Compensation Commission

Motion was made by Dyer and supported by Dean to approve the reappointment of David McMahon to the Elected Officials Compensation Commission for a five-year term to expire January 17, 2013.

Motion unanimously approved.

  

GOOD OF THE ORDER

 

Council member Baas said he felt a responsibility to the group of individuals involved to recognize the Diggins Hill Tennis Courts Project as an official city project and to add it to the Five Year Capital Improvement Program, adopted by council on November 19, 2007 , earmarking grants and contributions as the source of funding.

 

2007.198 Diggins Hill Tennis Courts added to capital improvement budget

Motion was made by Baas and supported by Stevens to add the Diggins Hill Tennis Courts Project to the Five Year Capital Improvement Program for July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2013.

Motion unanimously approved.

 

A work session was scheduled for December 17, 2007 at 5:15 p.m. to further discuss goals for fiscal year 2008/2009.

 

City Manager Stalker disbursed a study regarding the water quality of Lake Cadillac.

 

ADJOURNMENT

As there was no further business to come before the City Council, the meeting was adjourned at 7:30 p.m.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Ronald J. Blanchard, Mayor       Janice E. Nelson, City Clerk