Agenda: Battle Creek City Commission

	Meeting Date:	Tue September 01, 2009 07:00 PM
	Location:	Commission Chambers City Hall
	Chair:	Mark Behnke - Mayor
	Title:	Michelle Redman - Secretary

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE




PROCLAMATIONS/AWARDS 1. Proclaiming September 8, 2009, as ''Accessvision Day''. Click for detail --> 2. Proclaiming Sunday, September 20, 2009, as ''Sonny Holley Day. Click for detail --> 3. Proclaiming the month of September 2009, as ''National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month''. Click for detail --> 4. Proclaiming September 28, 2009, as ''Family Day - A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children''. Click for detail -->




CHAIR NOTES ADDED OR DELETED RESOLUTIONS




PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING CONSENT AGENDA (LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL/PLEASE STAND SIX INCHES FROM MICROPHONE TO BE HEARD CLEARLY)




COMMISSION COMMENT REGARDING MEETING BUSINESS




CONSENT AGENDA Minutes: 1. August 18, 2009 Battle Creek City Commission Meeting Click for detail --> Petitions, Communications, Reports: 2. City Manager's September 1, 2009, Agenda Report Click for detail --> Resolutions: 205. A Resolution appointing a member to the Income Tax Board of Appeals. Click for detail --> 206. A Resolution appointing a member to the Zoning Board of Apeals. Click for detail --> 207. A Resolution appointing a member to the Local Officers' Compensation Commission. Click for detail --> 208. A resolution appointing members to the Battle Creek Transit Local Coordinating Committee. Click for detail --> 209. A resolution appointing members to the Battle Creek Transit Local Advisory Council Click for detail --> 210. A Resolution appointing a member to the Police/Fire Retirement System Board. Click for detail --> 211. A resolution appointing Russell Claggett as Officer Delegate (Paul Engels to serve as the alternate Officer Delegate if needed) and Marilyn Banaszak as Employee Delegate (Jenee' Dickerson to serve as the alternate Employee Delegate if needed) to the annual meeting of the Michigan Municipal Employees' Retirement System (MERS) to be held on September 15 - September 17, 2009, at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel in Grand Rapids, MI. Click for detail --> 212. A Resolution approving a request from Leiters' Dolphin, Inc. to transfer stock for a 2009 Class C licensed business located at 681 Capital Avenue S.W. Click for detail --> 213. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute State Highway Maintenance Contract No. 2009-0249 with the Michigan Department of Transportation for the period of October 1, 2009 through September 30, 2014. Click for detail --> 214. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute Project Authorization No. 2007-0169/Z11 with the Michigan Department of Transportation ( MDOT ) for $83,910 in Federal stimulus funds Click for detail --> 215. A resolution authorizing the sale of vacant, tax-reverted property. Click for detail --> 216. A resolution granting a METRO Act Permit by the City of Battle Creek to Systex Products Corporation for installation of fiber optic cable in the City's right-of-way. Click for detail --> 217. A resolution granting a METRO Act Permit by the City of Battle Creek to Great Lakes Comnet, Inc, for installation of fiber optic cable in the City's right-of-way. Click for detail --> 218. A Resolution setting a Public Hearing for September 15, 2009 for the purpose of receiving public comments on the City’s Housing and Community Development Needs. Click for detail --> 219. A Resolution setting a Public Hearing for 7:00 PM, September 15, 2009, on a proposed Industrial Facilities Tax Exemption Certificate at the request of Plymouth Packaging, Inc., for tangible personal property located at 4075 West Columbia Avenue in Industrial Development District No. 5. Click for detail --> 220. This resolution corrects the legal description found in Resolution 109, approved April 7, 2009, regarding the vacation of a segment of Bond Avenue. Click for detail --> 221. A Resolution setting a Public Hearing for 7:00 p.m., September 15, 2009, on the proposed establishment of an Obsolete Property Rehabilitation District. Click for detail -->




PETITIONS COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS




PUBLIC HEARING 1. Public Hearing for the purpose of hearing public comments on the 2008-2009 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER). Click for detail -->




RESOLUTIONS 222. A resolution accepting the lowest responsive, responsible bid for Columbia Avenue Water and Sewer Improvements from Hoffman Brothers in an estimated amount of $1,386,539.51, with unit prices prevailing. Click for detail --> 223. A resolution accepting the lowest responsive, responsible bid for Kalamazoo River Flood Control Project Repairs from Hunter Prell in an estimated amount of $244,498.00, with unit prices prevailing. Click for detail --> 224. A Resolution to accept Stone Gate Site Condominiums Right-of-Way Dedication. Click for detail --> 225. A Resolution appointing Commissioner Susan Baldwin as the City of Battle Creek's official representative at the Annual Business Meeting of the Michigan Municipal League. Click for detail --> 226. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a grant award with the Federal Transit Administration ( FTA ) on behalf of Battle Creek Transit for $944,000 in capital funds under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act ( ARRA ) of 2009 Click for detail --> 227. A Resolution authorizing changes to the collective bargaining agreement with POLC/Sergeants. Click for detail --> 228. A resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign the collective bargaining agreement between the City of Battle Creek and the Police Officers Labor Council/Lieutenants, for the period of July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2011. Click for detail --> 229. A Resolution granting Special Use Permit #S-03-09 to Crosspoint Church, 485 Main Street, Battle Creek, MI, to allow a community center for youth and families located at the former Post Elementary School, 340 Cliff Street, Parcel # 1490-00-014-0 and # 1500-00-052-0. Click for detail -->

GENERAL PUBLIC COMMENT

(LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL/PLEASE STAND SIX INCHES FROM MICROPHONE TO BE HEARD CLEARLY)


COMMISSION COMMENTS




ADJOURNMENT Citizens who wish to address a specific issue on the floor may do so at any time after being recognized by the Mayor or presiding Commission. At the time for public comments, after being properly recognized, citizens may address the commission on any subject. Citizens will be subject to the following limitations: Citizen comments on any Resolution before the Commission may be made either before or after the Commissioners have had an opportunity to discuss the Resolution, at the discretion of the Chair; Citizens wishing to speak to a particular Resolution should raise their hands and wait to be recognized before speaking; Citizens will confine their remarks to matters currently pending on the floor, and be brief and concise in making their remarks; If a citizen becomes repetitive or, in the opinion of the Chair, takes an inordinate amount of time in making comments, that citizen will be ruled out of order and the Commission will continue with its business; Citizens should address all remarks to the Commission as a whole, and not to individual Commissioners. These Rules will apply to comments by citizens during the Public Comment section of the Agenda. The City of Battle Creek will provide necessary, reasonable, auxiliary aids and services, such as signers for the hearing impaired, and audiotapes of printed materials being considered in the meeting, upon seven days' notice to the City of Battle Creek. Individuals with disabilities requiring auxiliary aids or services, should contact the City of Battle Creek by writing or calling the following: Deidre A. Laser Office of the City Clerk Post Office Box 1717 Battle Creek, Michigan 49016 269/966-3348 (Voice) 269/966-3348 (TDD)