Agenda: Battle Creek City Commission

	Meeting Date:	Tue October 06, 2009 07:00 PM
	Location:	Commission Chambers City Hall
	Chair:	Tony Walker - Vice Mayor
	Title:	Mary Smith - Executive Secretary

INVOCATION 1. Very Rev. Lawrence Bacik, St. Elias Eastern Orthodox Church. Click for detail -->

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE




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. September 15, 2009 Battle Creek City Commission Meeting Click for detail --> Petitions, Communications, Reports: 2. City Manager's October 6, 2009, Agenda Report Click for detail --> 3. Ambulance Report for the Month of August 2009 Click for detail --> Resolutions: 241. A resolution appointing a new member to the Urbandale Neighborhood Planning Council (NPC5) Click for detail --> 242. A Resolution appointing an individual to fill a vacancy on the Community Development Advisory Council Click for detail --> 243. A resolution rescinding an appointment to the City of Battle Creek Local Advisory Council. Click for detail --> 244. A resolution rescinding three appointments to the City of Battle Creek Local Coordinating Committee. Click for detail --> 245. A resolution designating the City Manager as the City of Battle Creek representative on the Local Revenue Sharing Board as identified in the Amendment to the Tribal Gaming Compact between the State of Michigan and the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians. Click for detail --> 246. A Resolution approving an Industrial Facilities Exemption Certificate on behalf of Plymouth Packaging, Inc. for tangible personal property located at 4075 West Columbia Avenue in Industrial District #5, and having an estimated cost of $785,090. Click for detail --> 247. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to sign a contract with United States General Services Administration for water and sewer service. Click for detail --> 248. A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a lease agreement between the City of Battle Creek and Metro PCS Michigan, Inc. to permit the installation and maintenance of certain equipment and facilities at 1000 Hill-Brady Road. Click for detail --> 249. A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute a License to Use City Property with SEMCO Energy for the purpose of undertaking soil borings and installing and maintaining environmental installations. Click for detail --> 250. A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an easement with Consumers Energy made necessary by the provision of electrical utilities to the new Airport Administration, Operations & Maintenance Facility. Click for detail --> 251. A Resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an Agreement between the City of Battle Creek and the Leila Arboretum Society for the provision of public beautification services and urban forestry consultation to the City and its citizens. Click for detail --> 252. A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute an Agreement for Relinquishment of Platted Easement. Click for detail --> 253. A Resolution setting a Public Hearing on Tuesday, October 20, 2009, for the purpose of reviewing and receiving public comment on a Brownfield Plan Site No. 8 Cavalcade Project, 55 East Hamblin Avenue. Click for detail -->




PETITIONS COMMUNICATIONS REPORTS




PUBLIC HEARING 1. A Public Hearing to receive public comment on behalf of BC Equities Limited Partnership, on the application for an Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Act Tax Exemption, in Obsolete Property Rehabilitation District No. 3. Click for detail -->




RESOLUTIONS 254. A resolution accepting the lowest responsive, responsible bid for a used Sewer Vacuum Truck from Jack Doheny Companies in a not-to-exceed amount of $250,000.00. Click for detail --> 255. A resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a contract with Mead & Hunt, Inc., for as-needed architectural and engineering services at the WK Kellogg Airport. Click for detail --> 256. A resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute four Letters of Agreement (LOA) with the Battle Creek Federal Contract Tower (BTL FCT). Click for detail --> 257. A resolution approving an application for an Obsolete Property Rehabilitation Exemption Certificate on behalf of BC Equities Limited Partnership located at 67 West Michigan Avenue, Battle Creek, Michigan in Obsolete Property Rehabilitation District #3, and having an estimated cost of $4,000,000.00 for real property improvements. Click for detail --> 258. Resolution Granting Permission to Extend the Duration of the Battle Creek Tower Renaissance Subzone Click for detail --> 259. A resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into a Purchase Agreement with Revolution Advertising, LLC for the sale of a portion of property located at 75 Houston Street, Battle Creek, Michigan. Click for detail --> 260. A Resolution setting a Closed Session immediately following the regular City Commission Meeting on Tuesday, October 6, 2009, in Room 302A, City Hall, Battle Creek, Michigan, on a real estate matter. 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)