Upcoming council Meeting Agenda
FEBRUARY 27, 2012 - 6:30 p.m.

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1. SWEAR IN JEFF SEIFRIED TO THE CITY COUNCIL - ZONE 1.
2. ROLL CALL. 
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. – February 13, 2012 and February 21, 2012
4. FINALIZATION AND APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDAS.  CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK TO OR REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDAS MUST DO SO AT THIS TIME. 
5. CEREMONIAL MATTERS.
6. Swear in Shelby Lawhon and Jim Hansen to the Planning and Zoning Commission; and Brian Perdue to the Citizens Sales Tax Oversight Committee.
7. CITY MANAGER REPORT AND RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS RAISED AT THE FEBRUARY 13, 2012 AND FEBRUARY 21, 2012 MEETINGS.
8. COUNCIL BILLS FOR PUBLIC HEARING.  
9. FIRST READING BILLS.     CITIZENS MAY SPEAK.  NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE VOTED ON.  

10. COUNCIL BILL 2012-052.     (Compton)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, on behalf of the City of Springfield, to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with BNSF Railroad and City Utilities of Springfield for the purpose of conducting an environmental investigation in the vicinity of a Former Manufactured Gas Plant (FMGP) operations and appointing the City of Springfield as the Lead Agency to carry out this task; and amending the budget of the Planning Department of the City of Springfield for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 in the amount of $120,000.  (Staff recommends approval.)
11. RESOLUTIONS.     
12. EMERGENCY BILLS.     
13. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.    
14. GRANTS.  
15. AMENDED BILLS.   
16. SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE.    CITIZENS HAVE SPOKEN.  MAY BE VOTED ON. 

17. COUNCIL BILL 2012-028.     (O’Neal, Rushefsky, Compton, Bailes, Rush, Stephens)     HELD OVER FROM FEBRUARY 13, 2012

    A general ordinance amending Chapter 106, Traffic and Vehicles, Article IV, Traffic Control Signs, Signals and Devices, by repealing in its entirety Section 106-161, Automated traffic control systems; and repealing, replacing, and enacting seven new sections dealing with the same subject.

18. COUNCIL BILL 2012-029.     (Bieker)     HELD OVER FROM FEBRUARY 13, 2012

    A special ordinance submitting to the qualified voters of the City at an election to be held on the 7th day of August, 2012, by the City of Springfield, Missouri, a question as to whether or not to reinstate the City’s Automated Red-Light Enforcement program.                              

19. COUNCIL BILL 2012-036.     (Rushefsky)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a Cost Apportionment Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC), Greene County, and Larino Properties, LLC, to coordinate participation by the City and the County in the cost of the Commission’s public improvement for Business Route 65 (Mill Street) and the east Outer Road of Route 65, Eastgate Avenue, designated as Job No. 8P0850B.  This Council Bill will amend the 2011-2016 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) as previously adopted by City Council by adding this capital improvement project as authorized by the proposed Cost Apportionment Agreement.
20. UNFINISHED BUSINESS.
21. PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES, AND COMMUNICATIONS. 
22. Mr. Robert Bedell wishes to address City Council. 
23. NEW BUSINESS.

24. The Mayor recommends the following appointments to the Tree City USA Advisory Committee: 

    Thomas Lundberg with term to expire December 1, 2014; and Steve Shanholtzer with term to expire December 1, 2015. 
25. The Mayor recommends the following reappointment to the University of Missouri Extension Council:  Jennifer Wilson with term to expire February 28, 2015. 
26. The Mayor recommends the following reappointment to the Public Housing Authority:  Patricia Killingsworth with term to expire April 11, 2016. 
27. The Mayor recommends the following reappointment to the Land Clearance for Redevelopment:  Keith Chaffin with term to expire March 1, 2016. 
28. Refer to the Community Involvement Committee proposed ordinance changes recommended by the Mayor’s Commission on Human Rights and Community Relations.
29. As per RSMo. 109.230 (4), City records that are on file in the City Clerk’s office and have met the retention schedule will be destroyed in compliance with the guidelines established by the Secretary of State’s office. 
30. MISCELLANEOUS.
31. CONSENT AGENDA – FIRST READING BILLS.      SEE ITEM # 3.

32. COUNCIL BILL 2012-053.     (Compton)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to accept a grant from the State Historic Preservation Office of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources for the purpose of funding “Archeology Days at the McKenzie-Townsend Site”, to be sponsored by Missouri State University in conjunction with Springfield Public Schools; and amending the budget for the Planning and Development Department of the City of Springfield, Missouri, for Fiscal Year 2011-2012, in the amount of $11,285.

33. COUNCIL BILL 2012-054.     (Stephens)
     

    A general ordinance amending Chapter 2, Section 2‑92 of the Springfield City Code, known as the “Salary Ordinance”, relating to salary rates and pay grades for various job titles within the City services as contained in the Professional, Administrative and Technical (PAT) and Fire Protection Schedule (FPS) salary schedules, by making provisions for the new job title of Fire and Life Safety Educator at the PAT-9 level, and for the new job title of Fire Inspector at the FPS-3 level in the Fire Department.
34. CONSENT AGENDA – ONE READING BILLS.      SEE ITEM # 3.

35. COUNCIL BILL 2012-055.     (Stephens)

    A resolution approving the plans, specifications, and the bid of Hunter Chase & Associates, Inc., for the Boonville Avenue North Phase 2 Streetscape Project.

36. COUNCIL BILL 2012-056.     (Rush)

    A resolution approving the plans, specifications, and the bid of Liming Concrete, for Sidewalk Project 11A.

37. COUNCIL BILL 2012-057.     (Compton)

    A resolution acknowledging the donation of an accessible play structure from the Rotary Club of Springfield Southeast, to be received by the Springfield-Greene County Park Board, or its designee, for placement at Jordan Valley Park.

38. COUNCIL BILL 2012-058.     (Stephens)
     

    A special ordinance to levy and assess a special tax against the lots, blocks and parcels of ground hereinafter described, to pay for the cost of the construction of sanitary sewers in the City of Springfield, Missouri, in Sanitary Sewer District No. 236 of Section No. 6, in the general vicinity of Kearney Street and Pierce Avenue, providing for inclusion of said district in the City Sewer Financial Assistance Program, and authorizing the City Clerk to issue special tax bills and deliver the same to the Director of Finance to be registered in her office in accordance with the ordinance.

39. COUNCIL BILL 2012-059.     (Rushefsky)
     

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to accept an Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG), through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to purchase mobile and portable radios to work with the 800 MHz trunked radio system when it is upgraded to a digital P-25 compliant system; amending the budget provided for the Fire Department of the City of Springfield, Missouri, for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 in the amount of $999,579; and declaring an emergency.
40. CONSENT AGENDA – SECOND READING BILLS.   CITIZENS HAVE SPOKEN.  MAY BE VOTED ON.

41. COUNCIL BILL 2012-035.     (Compton)

    A general ordinance amending the Springfield Land Development Code, Section 1-1600, Zoning Maps, by rezoning approximately 1.15 acres, generally located at 301 North Main Avenue, from an HM, Heavy Manufacturing District, to a CC, Center City District; and establishing new Conditional Overlay District No. 48 (Both Planning and Zoning Commission and staff recommend approval).  (By:  The Kitchen, Inc.; 301 N. Main Avenue; Z-02-2012, Conditional Overlay District #48.)

42. COUNCIL BILL 2012-041.     (Compton)
     

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, on behalf of the City of Springfield, to enter into an interlocal governmental agreement with the Missouri Spatial Data Information Service (MSDIS), acting as the State of Missouri’s geospatial data clearinghouse and housed under the Geographic Resources Center at the University of Missouri, for the purpose of providing easier access for members of the public and City staff to certain geospatial data and Greene County Lidar Project data.

43. COUNCIL BILL 2012-042.     (Rushefsky)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a Road Relinquishment Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) to accept quit-claim deeds for parcel strips of rights-of-way on Valley Water Mill Road, relinquished from the MHTC to the City of Springfield as a part of the construction of improvements to Route H from north of Valley Water Mill Road to south of Interstate 44, designated as Job No. J8S0724.  

44. COUNCIL BILL 2012-043.     (Bailes)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a Road Relinquishment Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) to accept a quit-claim deed for a parcel of excess right-of-way on Evans Road, relinquished from the MHTC to the City of Springfield as a part of the construction of improvements to the East/West Arterial and U.S. Route 65 project, designated as Project No. STP-9900(891).  

45. COUNCIL BILL 2012-044.     (Compton)

    A special ordinance approving a budget adjustment to amend the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 budget of the Department of Public Works of the City of Springfield, Missouri, in the amount of $1,600,000 by appropriating ¼-Cent Capital Improvement Sales Tax fund balance reserves for additional funding for the Center City Development program.

46. COUNCIL BILL 2012-045.     (Compton)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to accept an increase of $35,000 for the Preliminary Funding Agreement between the City of Springfield, Missouri, and Springfield Plaza, LLC; and amending the budget of the City Planning and Development Department for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 in the amount of $35,000.
    • END OF CONSENT AGENDAS•

47. ADJOURN