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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCCM 07-15-96City of Carmel C~L CITY COL~CIL MEETING AGENDA MONgAY, JULY 15, 1996 -- 7 P.M. CODIgCIL CHAMBERa / CITY HALL / ONE CIVIC SQU2LRE Meeting Called to Order 1. Invocation 2. Pledge of Allegiance Recognition of Outstanding Citizens/City Employees a. A Proclamation recognizing Wastewater Treatment Plant Employees for Excellent Performance during April and May, 1996 b. Swearing In of Carmel Police Officers: Jonathan D. Floyd, Keith T. Freer, Robert E. Locke, Troy D. Smith and David R. Vanderbeck 4. Approval of Minutes a. July 3, 1996 5. Recognition of Citizens Who Wish to Address the Council Claims a. $460,793.76 b. $302,263.39 c. $106,418.16 d. $31,636.82 Payroll Claims Police Officer Semi-annual Allowance Retirement Benefits Clothing Committee Special Reports a. Council Appointment to the Construction Wage Committee Old Business a. ~tmendment to Ordinance D-1221-96/Additional Appropriation from the General Fund for $950,000/Mayor Brainard 9. Public Hearings 10. New Business a. Resolution CC-07-15-96-01/Approval of the Transfer and Assignment of a Nonexclusive Franchise from American communications Corporation d/b/a Indiana Digital Access to Time Warner Communications of Indiana L.P. ONE C1VIC SQUARE CARMEL. INDIANA 46032 317/571-2400 ONE CIVIC SQUARE CARMEL. INDIANA 46032 317/571-2400 b. -Resolution CC-07-15-96-02/Adoption of the 2020 Vision Comprehensive Plan 11. Other 12. Announcements 13. Adjournment ~L CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES MONDAY, JULY 15, 1996 -- 7 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS / CITY HALL / ONE CIVIC SQUAllB Members present: Mayor Brainard; Councilors Kirby, Miller, Battreall, Rundle, Snyder, Carter and Walker. Clerk-Treasurer Cordray, Chief Deputy Clerk Wolf and former Chief Deputy Clerk Vandegriff also attended. The mayor called the meeting to order at 7:12 p.m. Councilor Miller gave the invocation. Mayor Brainard led the Pledge of Allegiance. Recognition of Outstanding Citizens/City Employees: Mayor Brainard presented Harvey Kirby with a proclamation commending South Wastewater Treatment Plant employees. The mayor also administered the oath of office to police officers Jonathan D. Floyd, Keith T. Freer, Robert E. Locke, Troy D. Smith and David R. Vanderbeck. Approval of Minutes: Councilor Battreall moved to approve the minutes of the July 1, 1996, city council meeting. Councilor Rundle seconded. All members voted AYE. The minutes were approved. There were no citizens who wished to address the council. Claims: Councilor Snyder moved to approve the claims, items 6a through 6d, as listed on the agenda. Councilor Walker seconded. Councilor Carter expressed concern the classifications of the claims on the agenda may be misleading. Clerk-Treasurer Cordray explained the classifications were used to describe the majority of items in a particular claim. All members voted AYE. The claims were approved. Committee Special Reports: Mayor Brainard explained the Indiana Code requires the city to establish a Common Construction Wage Committee for each project and that the council needed to appoint a member who is a Carmel taxpayer. He also explained the purpose of the committee. Council members reviewed a list of possible nominees provided to them by the Association of Builders and Contractors. Councilor Snyder nominated Elbert Bradshaw. Councilor Kirby seconded the motion. Councilor Miller nominated Rick Roesch. Councilor Battreall seconded the motion. Councilor Battreall nominated Bob Kraft. Councilor Carter seconded the motion. The mayor then called for a vote. Clerk-Treasurer Cordray asked to do a roll call vote because there was confusion as to which councilors voted for which nominee. Councilor Miller motioned to withdraw his nomination of Roesch because Roesch had already received another appointment. Councilor Kirby seconded the motion. Councilors Walker, Carter and Battreall voted for Kraft, and Councilors Kirby, Snyder, Miller and Rundle voted for Bradshaw. Bradshaw received the council appointment. Old Business: Mayor Brainard explained the purpose of Ordinance D-1221-96. He asked citizen Greg Cooper if he would like to speak. Cooper said he wanted to talk only if there was opposition to the project. Several councilors expressed confusion about the ordinance title. Councilor Kirby stated that even though the ordinance's title was Amendment to Ordinance D-1221-96, it was still the second reading of Ordinance D-1221-96. Mayor Brainard concurred, explaining the amendment was approved at the last meeting. The mayor then read the ordinance. The mayor also stated that City Engineer Kate Boyle had studied the project and said it could be done for less than the $950,000 requested, but he believed it would be better to overfund it than to have to repeat the funding process to get more money. He also explained that just because the money is budgeted for the project doesn't mean the city will spend all of it. Councilor Kirby called for the question, but then rescinded it so Councilor Rundle could speak. Councilor Rundle stated it was not city policy or practice to include lighting in construction of this nature, and he wanted to make sure citizens knew the council wasn't setting a precedent. Councilor Snyder stated she thought the city did have a policy that included installing standard lights with a project of this nature. Councilor Snyder asked City Engineer Boyle to tell the council the extent of the project. City Engineer Boyle explained she was unclear as to whether the city would want to expand the special lighting to other streets near the Main Street and Rangeline Road intersection as projects occurred. Councilor Kirby stated he hoped to get the special lights throughout the entire area. City Engineer Boyle said the area's homeowner associations may get involved. All councilors voted AYE. The motion passed 7-0. Councilor Kirby left the meeting. There were no items for public hearing. New Business: Mayor Brainard introduced Resolution CC-07-15-96-01 and then asked a member of Lewis & Kappes law firm to speak to it. The resolution would transfer the license from the franchise IDA to the parent company Time Warner Communications of Indiana. Mayor Brainard stated most of the system already had been transferred to Time Warner from Jones Intercable. Councilor Battreall moved to waive the reading of the resolution. Councilor Snyder seconded. Councilor Battreall explained approving the resolution was mainly a formality since the council has no regulatory power over the company. Mayor Brainard also stated the only way the council legally could not pass the resolution would be if it found Time Warner wasn't financially sound. The mayor told the council the motion to waive the resolution's reading also included a motion to vote on it. All members voted AYE. The resolution passed 6-0. Councilor Kirby not present. Mayor Brainard introduced Resolution CC-07-15-96-02 and explained the 2020 Vision Comprehensive Plan document had been in preparation for more than a year. David Wenzel of HNTB gave a summary of the plan and a history of its development. The mayor then summarized the council's options for handling the document. The council could approve the plan with a majority vote since it was a resolution. By law this vote would not be subject to the mayor's veto. If the council approved the plan without any changes from the plan cormmission, it im/nediately would become the official plan for the community. If the council rejected or wished to make any changes to the plan, the council would be required to return the comprehensive plan to the plan commission along with a written statement explaining the council's rejections or amendments. The plan commission would have to reconsider the plan within 60 days of receiving it from the council and file a written report with the council. If the plan were to be amended by the council, the plan commission's report could accept the amendment at which time the plan would go into effect. If the council amended the plan, but the plan commission disagreed with the amendment, the council could still pass the amended plan over the commission's objection. In this case the council would have to pass a second resolution confirming the plan with its amendment after considering the cormnission's report. The mayor then opened the floor for public comment. Members of the public who addressed the council included: Mark Rattermann, 11257 St. Andrews Lane, wanted S-1 zoning classification limited to 1.3 houses per acre in western Clay Township Rhonna Crook, 2280 W. 136th St., opposed to S-1 zoning classification for western Clay Township being at 1.8 houses per acre Ron Houck, 315 W. 107th St., opposed to S-1 zoning classification for western Clay Township at 1.8 houses per acre Tom Thompson, Carmel Clay Plan Commission president, 2040 E. 109th St., asked for council to approve the comprehensive plan as written or return it to the plan commission with specific recommendations Houck presented the Clerk-Treasurer with 360 ballots from western Clay Township residents wanting density maximums at 1.3 houses per acre. Councilor Snyder read a letter written by plan commission member Richard Sharp in favor of an S-1 density of 1.8 houses per acre. Judy Hagan, chairman of the special studies committee of the plan commission, stated the plan commission's goal to reduce the number of zoning categories may not have taken western Clay Township into consideration. She also expressed concern over the plan commission's recommendation to remove provisions for preserving significant environmental features from the plan. Councilor Battreall asked if any thought had been given to splitting up density classifications on the west side. Hagan said no. Councilor Battreall made a motion to return the document back to plan commission with two recommendations: one to study the density issue with the possibility of working different zoning densities throughout the township and one to study putting all references for requiring the dedication of environmentally sensitive areas back into the plan. Councilor Carter seconded. Councilor Carter stated it was time to realize the difference in western and eastern Clay Township. He also stated a density classification of 1.8 houses per acre is not good across the board; the township needs to maintain its diversity. Councilor Rundle asked if returning the comprehensive plan to the plan commission with these specific requests would nullify the council's ability to change the plan. Mayor Brainard said sending the plan back to the commission to be studied, which was the council's motion, would not. Sending it back to be amended would. Councilor Rundle asked Councilor Battreall to clarify his motion. Councilor Battreall explained his motion included spreading densities from 1.0 to 1.8 throughout the township. Mayor Brainard emphasized the motion was requesting a study, not an amendment. Councilor Walker called for the question. The council voted 5-1, with Councilor Snyder opposed. Council Kirby not present. The mayor reminded the council the plan commission had to review the plan within 60 days. Councilor Walker moved to adjourn the meeting. Councilor Battreall seconded. The meeting was adjourned. Attest: Respectfully submitted, Appr ed, ~