Upcoming council Meeting Agenda
MAY 21, 2012 - 6:30 p.m.

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1. ROLL CALL.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. –May 7, 2012, May 8, 2012, and May 15, 2012
3. FINALIZATION AND APPROVAL OF CONSENT AGENDAS. CITIZENS WISHING TO SPEAK TO OR REMOVE ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDAS MUST DO SO AT THIS TIME.
4. ELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEMPORE.
5. SWEAR IN MAYOR PRO TEMPORE.
6. CEREMONIAL MATTERS.
7. Swear in Richard Cravens and Thomas Babik to the Airport Board; and Kirk Elmquist to the Art Museum Board.

8. CITY MANAGER REPORTAND RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS RAISED AT THE MAY 7, 2012, MAY 8, 2012, AND MAY 15, 2012 MEETINGS.

9. COUNCIL BILLS FOR PUBLIC HEARING. CITIZENS MAY SPEAK. NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE VOTED ON.

10. COUNCIL BILL 2012-144. (Compton)

    A general ordinance amending the Springfield Land Development Code, Section 1-1600, Zoning Maps, by rezoning approximately 2.7 acres, generally located at 220-230 West Sunshine Street, and 1832, 1840, and 1844 South Campbell Avenue, from a GR, General Retail District, to a HC, Highway Commercial District; and establishing new Conditional Overlay District No. 51.  (Both Planning and Zoning Commission and staff recommend approval.) (By: Wilson Properties, Inc.; 220-230 West Sunshine Street, and 1832, 1840, and 1844 S. Campbell Avenue; Z-09-2012 with Conditional Overlay District No. 51.)

11. COUNCIL BILL 2012-145. (Rushefsky)

    A general ordinance amending the Springfield Land Development Code, Article I, Zoning Ordinance, Section 4-3100, General Retail District, regarding outdoor activities in various zoning districts.  (Both Planning and Zoning Commission and staff recommend approval.)

12. COUNCIL BILL 2012-146. (Bailes)

    A special ordinance authorizing the issuance of a "Use Permit" to increase the floor area ratio from 0.40 to a maximum of 0.56 within a GR, General Retail District at 4155 South Nature Center Way on certain conditions. (Planning and Zoning Commission and staff recommend approval.)

13. COUNCIL BILL 2012-147. (Bieker)

    A general ordinance amending the Springfield Land Development Code, Article I, Zoning Ordinance, Division V, Section 5-1200, Temporary Uses, and adding a new definition for a mobile vendor to Section 2-1100, Definitions.  (Both Planning and Zoning Commission and staff recommend approval.)

14. COUNCIL BILL 2012-148. (Stephens)

    A special ordinance adopting a budget for the City of Springfield, Missouri, for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2012, through June 30, 2013, and providing that certain amounts shown in the budget document are appropriated for the various departments specified in the budget and declaring an emergency.

15. COUNCIL BILL 2012-149. (Stephens)

    A special ordinance setting a preliminary levy tax on real and personal property for current expenses and debt retirement of the City of Springfield, Missouri, its boards and agencies, for the Fiscal Year 2012-2013, and declaring an emergency.

16. FIRST READING BILLS. CITIZENS MAY SPEAK. NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE VOTED ON.

17. COUNCIL BILL 2012-150. (Seifried)

    A special ordinance denying the Revised Preliminary Plat of Westport Woods Subdivision, subdivision variance and easements. (Planning and Zoning Commission and Staff recommend City Council deny the preliminary plat, subdivision variance and not accept the easements.)

18. COUNCIL BILL 2012-150. SUBSTITUTE NO. 1. (Seifried)

    A special ordinance approving the Revised Preliminary Plat of Westport Woods Subdivision and subdivision variance and authorizing the Director of Planning and Development to accept the easements to the City of Springfield as shown on the Revised Preliminary Plat of Westport Woods Subdivision, generally located on the east side of the 200 block of North Hilton Avenue, upon the applicant filing and recording a final plat that substantially conforms to the preliminary plat; and authorizing the City Clerk to sign the final plat upon compliance with the terms of this ordinance. (Planning and Zoning Commission and Staff recommend City Council deny the preliminary plat, subdivision variance and not accept the easements.)

19. RESOLUTIONS.  

20. EMERGENCY BILLS.  CITIZENS MAY SPEAK. MAY BE VOTED ON.   

21. COUNCIL BILL 2012-151. (Council)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an agreement with Greene County, Missouri to purchase real property located at 827, 833, 841, 842, 843, 844 and 845 N. Boonville Ave., Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, 65802, subject to a lease with the County for the 841 and 843 N. Boonville Ave. properties, said purchase to be financed through the Level Property Tax; amending the budget for the Level Property Tax Fund of the City of Springfield for Fiscal Year 2011-2012 in the amount of $975,000; authorizing certain other documents and actions in connection therewith; and declaring an emergency.
22. PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS.
23. GRANTS.

24. AMENDED BILLS.  

25. SECOND READING AND FINAL PASSAGE. CITIZENS HAVE SPOKEN. MAY BE VOTED ON. EXCEPT ITEM NO. 33. CITIZENS MAY SPEAK. VOTE WILL OCCUR AT SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 22, 2012.

26. COUNCIL BILL 2012-112.  (O’Neal)

    A special ordinance authorizing and directing the issuance, sale and delivery by the City of Springfield, Missouri of Special Obligation Bonds (Sewer System Improvements Project), Series 2012 in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $32,000,000 for the purpose of providing funds to pay costs related to certain sewer system improvements in the City; authorizing and approving certain documents in connection with the issuance of the Bonds; authorizing certain other documents and actions in connection therewith; and declaring an emergency.

27. COUNCIL BILL 2012-129. (Stephens)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to amend Contract No. 2011-0946, with Black and Veatch Corporation, to provide services for Stage 3 of the development of the City’s Sanitary Sewer Overflow Control Program, and to amend the budget of the Department of Environmental Services for the City of Springfield, Missouri, for Fiscal Year 2011-2012, in the amount of $6,460,000.

28. COUNCIL BILL 2012-130. (O’Neal)

    A special ordinance approving a budget adjustment to amend the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 budget for the Department of Environmental Services of the City of Springfield, Missouri, in the amount of $2,120,000, by appropriating reserves of the Clean Water Fund for the development and implementation of a pilot-scale Private Inflow and Infiltration (I/I) Abatement Program.

29. AMENDED COUNCIL BILL 2012-131. (Rush)

    A general ordinance to approve limited revisions to the City Utilities “Service Rules and Regulations.”

30. COUNCIL BILL 2012-132.  (Bailes)

    A special ordinance approving a budget adjustment to amend the Fiscal Year 2011-2012 budget of the Department of Public Works, in the amount of $4,000,000, by appropriating 1/8-Cent Transportation Sales Tax fund balance reserves to provide partial funding for high-priority transportation projects and programs in partnership with the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) and Greene County.

31. COUNCIL BILL 2012-133. (Burlison, Bieker, Seifried, and Stephens)

    A general ordinance submitting proposed amendments to Section 13.1, Time of elections, of the Springfield City Charter to the qualified voters of the City at the next special election held by the City of Springfield on August 7, 2012, to remove the February primary election for City Council races, and declaring an emergency. (Recommended by the Plans and Policies Committee.)

32. AMENDED COUNCIL BILL 2012-134. (Council)

    A general ordinance submitting a proposed amendment to Section 14.1 of the Springfield City Charter to the qualified voters of the City at the next special election held by the City of Springfield on August 7, 2012, in order to update and amend the Initiative Process, and declaring an emergency. (Recommended by the Plans and Policies Committee.)

33. COUNCIL BILL 2012-135. SUBSTITUTE NO. 1. (Council) CITIZENS MAY SPEAK. VOTE WILL OCCUR AT SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON MAY 22, 2012.

    A general ordinance submitting proposed amendments to Sections 14.1, 14.3, 14.6, 14.8 and 14.9 of the Springfield City Charter to the qualified voters of the City at the next special election held by the City of Springfield on August 7, 2012, in order to update and amend the Initiative Process, and declaring an emergency.

34. UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

35. PETITIONS, REMONSTRANCES, AND COMMUNICATIONS.

36. NEW BUSINESS.
37. The City Manager recommends the following appointment to the Police Civilian Review Board: Ryan McNiel with term to expire May 1, 2015.
38. The Mayor recommends the following appointment to the Springfield Convention and Visitors Bureau: John Acosta with term to expire January 1, 2013.
39. MISCELLANEOUS.
40. CONSENT AGENDA – FIRST READING BILLS.  SEE ITEM # 3.

41. COUNCIL BILL 2012-152. (Rush)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (Exhibit A) with the Missouri Housing Development Commission concerning the preparation of environmental reviews, inspections, and income verifications on housing developments the two entities participate in jointly and the use of federal funding from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

42. COUNCIL BILL 2012-153. (Compton)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into a Cost Share Agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) and Greene County for the purpose of coordinating participation by the City in the cost of the Kansas Expressway and James River Freeway Interchange Improvements, MHTC Project No. 8P3012.

43. COUNCIL BILL 2012-154. (Seifried)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to terminate the Center City Streetscape Lighting Project Memorandum of Understanding with the City of Springfield Board of Public Utilities (CU).

44. COUNCIL BILL 2012-155. (Stephens)

    A general ordinance amending Chapter 96, Storm Water, Article 1, Control of Quantities, of the Springfield City Code by deleting Division 5, Land Disturbance Activity, in its entirety and enacting a new Chapter 96, Article 3, Land Disturbance Activity.

45. COUNCIL BILL 2012-156. (Burlison)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with Missouri State University (MSU) for the purpose of developing an erosion and sediment control training and certification program that provides a thorough and demonstrable knowledge of Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPP).

46. COUNCIL BILL 2012-157. (Bailes)

    A special ordinance authorizing the Director of Planning and Development to accept the dedication of the public streets and easements to the City of Springfield as shown on the Preliminary Plat of the Shoppes at James River, generally located at 2124 East Republic Road, upon the applicant filing and recording a final plat that substantially conforms to the preliminary plat; and authorizing the City Clerk to sign the final plat upon compliance with the terms of this ordinance.  (Planning and Zoning Commission and Staff recommend that City Council accept the public streets and easements.)

47. COUNCIL BILL 2012-158. (Bailes)

    A special ordinance declaring the necessity of condemning the property located at 1911 East Wayland, as herein described, for the purpose of permitting the improvement and/or expansion of the Brentwood Branch of the Springfield-Greene County Library District.

48. CONSENT AGENDA – ONE READING BILLS. SEE ITEM # 3.

49. COUNCIL BILL 2012-159. (Rush)

    A resolution granting a liquor license to Joshua Widner, doing business as Scotch & Soda, located at 310 South Avenue, Springfield, Missouri.

50. COUNCIL BILL 2012-160. (Bailes)

    A resolution approving the plans, specifications and bid of Hunter Chase and Associates, Inc. for the Evans Road and Southwood Road Intersection Improvements Project, Plan No. 2011PW0056WT.

51. CONSENT AGENDA – SECOND READING BILLS. CITIZENS HAVE SPOKEN. MAY BE VOTED ON.

52. COUNCIL BILL 2012-136. (Rush)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Springfield Board of Public Utilities for the purpose of sharing in the cost of improving pedestrian access to the public bus system.

53. COUNCIL BILL 2012-137. (Seifried)

    A special ordinance to approve the execution of the Southwest Missouri Joint Municipal Water Utility Commission Joint Contract for the purpose of joining the Southwest Missouri Joint Municipal Water Utility Commission pursuant to the provisions of the Joint Municipal Utility Commission Act and appointing a Director and Alternate Director thereof.

54. COUNCIL BILL 2012-138. (Seifried)

    A special ordinance to approve the Board of Public Utilities, on behalf of the City of Springfield, to approve an agreement with Bank of America to provide depository services to City Utilities.

55. COUNCIL BILL 2012-139. (Rushefsky)

    A special ordinance approving the sale of real property located at 325 South Hampton Avenue to Nick Love in the amount of $10,500 and authorizing the issuance of a deed for same.

56. COUNCIL BILL 2012-140. (Compton)

    A special ordinance approving the sale of real property located at 3061 West Grand Street to Habitat for Humanity in the amount of $500 and authorizing the issuance of a deed for same.

57. COUNCIL BILL 2012-141. (Seifried)

    A special ordinance approving the sale of real property located at 1116 North Forest Avenue to Wanda Craig in the amount of $1,000, authorizing the issuance of a Contract for Deed for same, and once all installments are made, authorizing the issuance of a Special Warranty Deed for same.

58. COUNCIL BILL 2012-142. (Bieker)

    A special ordinance authorizing the City Manager, or his designee, to enter into three Supplemental Agreements for Highway/Rail Crossing Improvements with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission (MHTC) and BNSF Railway Corporation (BNSF) for the purpose of funding, installation, and maintenance of warning devices and other improvements at highway/rail crossings on Division Street, Grand Street, and Chestnut Expressway.

59. Confirm the following appointment to the Police Officers and Fire Fighters Retirement System Board of Trustees: Brian Allen with term to expire April 30, 2015.

60. Confirm the following appointment to the Citizens Sales Tax Oversight Committee: Gus Krafve with term to expire May 1, 2013.

61. Confirm the following appointment to the Industrial Development Authority: Jeffrey S. Schmitt with term to expire October 31, 2015.

62. Confirm the following reappointment to the Industrial Development Authority: Charles W. Ladd with term to expire October 31, 2017.

63. Confirm the following appointment to the Building Trades Examination and Certification Board: John Nicholson with term to expire October 1, 2014.
    
    • END OF CONSENT AGENDAS•

64. ADJOURN