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Home My WebLink AboutMinutesO../'HKO./'H ON THE WATER PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL ClTY OF OSHKOSH¢ WISCONSIN REGULAR MEETING held Tuesday, September 26, 2000 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City Hall. Mayor Dell'Antonia presided. PRESENT: Council Members Mark L. Harris, Stephen Hintz, Paul J. Esslinger, M. Kevin McGee and Jon Dell'Antonia EXCUSED: Council Members R. Matt O'Malley and Melanie Bloechl ALSO PRESENT: Richard Wollangk, City Manager, Penny Wolf, Deputy City Clerk, Warren Kraft, City Attorney and David Patek, Director of Public Works Council Member Harris read the Invocation. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Chelsea Moore and Sheena Northway from South Park Middle School; and, Lindsay Crowe and Angella Derr from Oshkosh West High School. A proclamation was presented by Mayor Dell'Antonia declaring the month of October, 2000 as "Employee Assistance and Drug Free Workplace Awareness Month" in the City of Oshkosh. PUBLIC HEARINGS The Mayor ordered the following Public Hearings: Approve Official Mapping/Hwy 110lUSH 41 Interchange There were no appearances and the Public Hearing was CLOSED. Approve Zone Changes: A) W. 20th Avenue, East of 1485 W. 20th Avenue B) 1965 Oshkosh Avenue/1040-1080 N. Koeller Street There were no appearances and the Public Hearing was CLOSED. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL -- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 Approve Final Resolution Vacating Portion of Michigan Street Jay Puestohl, `1840 Simpson Street, stated he would file a petition with the City Clerk's Office showing the majority of his neighbors were opposed to the street going through. Kim Bluhm, `18'14 Michigan Street, expressed her concerns as to why the street should not go through. Sandy Meller, '1847 Simpson Street, felt that the street was not necessary and explained it was a safe place for the children to play. Ken Bender, 806 Oak Street, felt the area should be developed into a play area for the children. Richard Salzieder, '18'18 Michigan Street, questioned the process involved with street improvements. There were no other appearances and the Public Hearing was CLOSED. CONSENT AGENDA The minutes of the September '13, 2000 meeting were presented as written. The Report of the City Manager was read. The bills were presented in the amount of $'1,358,538.0'1. The Report of the City Clerk was read. Resolution 00-390 Accept Proposal/Approve Developer Agreement/Portion of Division Street Redevelopment Area Resolution 00-39'1 Approve Map Amendment/TID #'14 Hazel Street/Mercy Medical Center Redevelopment Project Resolution 00-392 Approve Preliminary Plat~Patriarch's Subdivision Resolution 00-393 Grant Conditional Use Permit/Approve Final Planned Development/Patriarch's Subdivision 2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL -- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 Resolution 00-394 Grant Conditional Use Permit/Approve Final Planned Development/Grant Privilege in Street/Marion Road Dennis Schwab, 2129 Jackson Street, stated that he was there to answer questions of the Council. Resolution 00-395 Approve Variance~1517 Indigo Drive Resolution 00-396 Award Bid/Public Works Contract 00-20/High Avenue Parking Lot (Northeast Asphalt, Inc., Greenville, $111,361.90) Council Member McGee questioned how this project would be funded. Mr. Wollangk responded. Resolution 00-397 Approve Agreement/Wisconsin Department of Transportation-STH 44/Wisconsin Street and Irving Avenue Robert Kujawa, 504 W. Nevada Avenue, stated that he would prefer concrete for the street improvements. Ken Bender, 806 Oak Street, expressed his disappointment with the resolution. He felt that the radius of the street should be changed. Resolution 00-398 Approve Agreement for Sidewalks/Koeller Street with Department of Transportation and Strand Associates, Inc. Resolution 00-399 Approve Agreement/Water Tower Lease/Nextel WlP Lease Corporation Resolution 00-400 Approve Establishment/Oshkosh Public Museum Endowment Trust Fund Resolution 00-401 Award Bid/Lakeshore Golf Course Project (Northern Clearing, Inc., Ashland, $1,040,075.00) Robert Mugerauer, 727 Florida Avenue, congratulated the committee for a job well done and asked various questions regarding the plans. Mr. Wollangk responded. PROCEEDINGS OF THE Resolution 00-402 Resolution 00-403 Resolution 00-404 MOTION: CARRIED: COMMON COUNCIL -- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 Waive Bids/Repair Sludge Storage Building (JeROB, Inc., Oshkosh, $1,000.00) Disallowance of Claim/Zachary Combes Approve Miscellaneous City Licenses ADOPT CONSENT AGENDA McGee; second, Hintz) Ayes (5) Harris, Hintz, Esslinger, McGee, Dell'Antonia PUBLIC AGENDA DISCUSSION Resolution 00-414 Approval of and Authorization to Allocate Up to $100,000 of Public Service Funds and $10,000 in Administrative Funds as Part of the City of Oshkosh 2001 Community Development Block Grant Program/Approve Agreement with Oshkosh Community Foundation and Oshkosh Area United Way Dorothy Schwartz, 1255 W. 18th Avenue, urged the Council to support the resolution. Sue Panek, 36 Broad Street, explained the process that the United Way had used to distribute the funds this year. Eileen Connolly-Keesler, Executive Director of the Oshkosh Community Foundation, stated she was there to answer questions of the Council. Robert Kujawa, 504 W. Nevada Avenue, urged the Council to support the resolution. Mike Bonartz, Advocap Director, explained the mission of Advocap. ACTION TAKEN ON ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS Ordinance 00-405 Approve Zone Changes: A) Moser Street, South of 3550 Moser Street; B) Fond du Lac Road, South of Myrna Jane Drive MOTION: ADOPT (McGee; second, Esslinger) CARRIED: Ayes (5) Harris, Hintz, Esslinger, McGee, Dell'Antonia Ordinance 00-406 Approve Traffic Regulations FIRST READING; LAID OVER UNDER THE RULES 4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL -- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 Ordinance 00-407 Amend Purchasing Ordinance FIRST READING; LAID OVER UNDER THE RULES Ordinance 00-408 Approve Official Mapping/Hwy 110/USH 4'1 Interchange FIRST READING; LAID OVER UNDER THE RULES Ordinance 00-409 Approve Zone Changes: A) W. 20th Avenue, East of 1485 W. 20th Avenue; B) 1965 Oshkosh Avenue/1040-1080 N. Koeller Street FIRST READING; LAID OVER UNDER THE RULES Resolution 00-410 Approve Amendments to Industrial Development Revenue Bonds/ Series 1997 (Shallbetter Project) MOTION: ADOPT (McGee; second, Esslinger) CARRIED: Ayes (5) Harris, Hintz, Esslinger, McGee, Dell'Antonia Resolution 00-411 Authorize Jurisdictional Offers/Jackson Street Reconstruction MOTION: ADOPT (McGee; second, Esslinger) CARRIED: Ayes (4) Harris, Hintz, Esslinger, Dell'Antonia; Noes (1) McGee Resolution 00-412 Approve Agreement/Wisconsin Department of Transportation/USH 45 Jackson Street MOTION: ADOPT (McGee; second, Esslinger) CARRIED: Ayes (4) Harris, Hintz, Esslinger, Dell'Antonia; Noes (1) McGee Resolution 00-413 Approve Final Resolution Vacating Portion of Michigan Street MOTION: ADOPT (McGee; second, Esslinger) LOST: Noes (5) Harris, Hintz, Esslinger, McGee, Dell'Antonia Council Member McGee felt that Michigan Street should be extended enough to allow everyone access to their property. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL -- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 Resolution 00-414 Approval of and Authorization to Allocate Up to $100,000 of Public Service Funds and $10,000 in Administrative Funds as Part of the City of Oshkosh 2001 Community Development Block Grant Program/Approve Agreement with Oshkosh Community Foundation and Oshkosh Area United Way MOTION: ADOPT (Harris; second, Hintz) MOTION: LOST: AMEND TO PROVIDE FOR FINAL COUNCIL ALTERATION AND APPROVAL OF COMMUNITY SERVICE PROGRAM ALLOCATIONS (Esslinger; no second) LACK OF SECOND MOTION: DIVIDE RESOLUTION 00-414 INTO PART A AND PART B: RESOLUTION 00-414A - AUTHORIZE UP TO 100,000 ALLOCATION AND 5,000 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO OSHKOSH AREA UNITED WAY; AND, RESOLUTION 00-414B - AUTHORIZE 5,000 ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OSHKOSH AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (Harris; second, Hintz) The Council took a five minute recess at 7:30 p.m. MOTION: CARRIED: AMEND MOTION TO DIVIDE: RESOLUTION 00-414A - AUTHORIZE UP TO 100,000 ALLOCATION AND TO CONTRACT WITH THE OSHKOSH AREA UNITED WAY FOR ADMINISTRATION OF $10,000; AND, RESOLUTION 00-414B- AUTHORIZE OSHKOSH AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO PARTICIPATE IN ADMINISTRATION (Harris; second, Hintz) Ayes (4) Harris, Hintz, McGee, Dell'Antonia; Noes (1) Esslinger ADOPT: CARRIED: RESOLUTION 00-414A - AUTHORIZE UP TO 100,000 ALLOCATION AND TO CONTRACT WITH THE OSHKOSH AREA UNITED WAY FOR ADMINISTRATION OF $10,000 (McGee; second, Esslinger) Ayes (4) Harris, Hintz, McGee, Dell'Antonia; Noes (1) Esslinger 6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL -- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 ADOPT: CARRIED: RESOLUTION 00-414B- AUTHORIZE OSHKOSH AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION TO PARTICIPATE IN ADMINISTRATION (McGee; second, Esslinger) Ayes (4) Hintz, Esslinger, McGee, Dell'Antonia; Abstain (1) Harris Council Member Harris felt the resolution should be adopted and explained why he would abstain from voting on this issue. Mayor Dell'Antonia stated that if Council continues to allocate funds, he would support the resolution. Council Member McGee explained that he was uncomfortable redefining the contract. Council Member Esslinger questioned how the $10,000 was arrived at. Council Member Hintz asked for an explanation regarding the monitoring process. Mr. Kinney, Director of Community Development, responded. CITIZEN STATEMENTS Ken Bender, 806 Oak Street, expressed his concerns regarding citizens who do not reside in the city using the refuse site on Witzel Avenue. Robert Kujawa, 504 W. Nevada Avenue, also expressed concerns regarding the refuse site. He expressed interest in future plans for the refuse site that the Council would be considering and stated that he would like to be able to get that information. COUNCIL MEMBER STATEMENTS Council Member McGee discussed a $5.00 pass be issued to city residents in regards to the refuse site on Witzel Avenue. Mayor Dell'Antonia expressed his concern regarding the refuse site. He asked Mr. Patek to look into how other communities handle their sites. PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL -- SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 There was no other business before the Council MOTION: ADJOURN (McGee; second, Hintz) CARRIED: VOICE VOTE The meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m. PENNY S. WOLF DEPUTY CITY CLERK