City of Independence May 4, 2009 6:00 PM Council Chambers REGULAR AGENDA

INVOCATION			Pastor Greg Savage, Community of Christ Church
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES			Approval of Minutes for Regular Meeting of 4/6/09, Adjourned Meeting of 4/13/09 and Regular Meeting of 4/20/09. Approved
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
	PRESENTATION		Presentation of the 2009 W.Z. Hickman Historic Preservation Awards. Presented
	PRESENTATION		Employee of the Month Bryan Barker [Bill No. 09-725] Read & presented
	PROCLAMATION		A proclamation for Emergency Services Week, May 17-23, 2009. Read & presented
	PROCLAMATION		A proclamation for May as Historic Preservation Month. Read & presented
	PROCLAMATION		A Proclamation declaring the week of May 17th-23rd as “National Public Works Week” in the City of Independence. Read & presented

CONSENT AGENDA
	Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager
	1.		Approval is recommended to enter into a price agreement (303-09) with Abitibi Bowater for recycling at City facilities for the period of June 1, 2009, through May 31, 2010, with two, one-year renewal options. Expenditures will not exceed budgeted amounts. Approved
	2.		Approval is requested to extend the Depository Banking Services Agreement with UMB Bank through October 31, 2014. Approved
	3.		Approval of settlement of a Damage Claim submitted by contractor, Electrical Corporation of America, and approving the amount of $39,091.34 to pay the invoice #38303, dated September 16, 2008, for emergency work for the City Power & Light Department. Approved
	4.		Approval is recommended to enter into a price agreement (121-09) with Holliday Sand and Gravel Company, for fine aggregate masonry sand and de-icer sand for various City departments for the period June 1, 2009, through May 31, 2010. Expenditures will not exceed budgeted amounts. Approved
	5.		Approval is requested of the slate submitted by the Mayor of the City of Independence, Missouri for successor Directors of the Fairmount Carlisle Redevelopment Corporation to fill vacancies created by the expiration of terms of office. Approved
	6.		Approval is recommended to enter into price agreements with four companies:  Graybar Electric, H.D. Supply, Kriz-Davis and Voss Lighting for eleven groups of utility hardware items for the Power & Light Department for the period July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010.  These agreements carry two, one-year renewal options.  Expenditures will not exceed budgeted amounts. Approved
	Resolutions:
			08-791 - A resolution approving the amended Preliminary Plat of Freedom Landing, a 15-lot mixed use subdivision located north of R. D. Mize Road between Necessary Road and the future Little Blue Parkway, Case No. 08-310-03. Deferred from the January 20, 2009 meeting.  Deferred to 5/4/09 to be considered with second reading of three related ordinances. Res. #5533
			09-725 - A resolution recognizing Bryan Barker, Fire Equipment Operator at Station 4 in the Fire Department, as the employee of the month for May, 2009. Res. #5530
			09-726 - A resolution appointing Lee Williams as an alternate member of the Board of Adjustment of the City of Independence, Missouri. Res. #5532
			09-727 - A resolution authorizing a Pets in the Park Adoption Special for kittens/cats and puppies/dogs to run from May 9, 2009, through and including May 18, 2009, by foregoing $10.00 of the adoption fee for kittens/cats and $20.00 of the adoption fee for puppies/dogs and foregoing the $10.00 microchip fee during this time. Ord. #5531
ORDINANCES
			09-001 - 2R. An ordinance approving a Zoning Map Amendment by changing the zoning classification from R-1b (Single-Family Residential) and R-1b-SU (Single-Family Residential with a Special Use Permit for an airport) to C-P-1 (Planned Neighborhood Commercial) for the property located east of Little Blue Parkway and on the northeast corner of R. D. Mize Road and Necessary Road. Case No. 08-100-16.  Second reading of ordinance deferred to 5/4/09. Ord. #17305
			09-045 - 2R. An ordinance approving a Zoning Map Amendment by changing the zoning classification from R-1b (Single-Family Residential) and R-1b-SU (Single-Family Residential with a Special Use Permit) to CR-P-1 (Limited Planned Neighborhood Commercial) for the property located east of Little Blue Parkway and on the northwest corner of R. D. Mize Road and Necessary Road. Case No. 09-100-03 Second reading of ordinance deferred to 5/4/09. Ord. #17306
			09-046 - 2R. An ordinance approv ing a Zoning Map Amendment by changing the zoning classification from R-1b (Single-Family Residential) and R-1b -SU (Single-Family Residential with a Special Use Permit) to R-3-PUD (Moderate-Density Residential Planned Unit Development) and C-P-2 (Planned General Commercial) for the property located at east of Little Blue Parkway on the northwest corner of R. D. Mize Road and Necessary Road. Case No. 09-100-02.  Second reading of ordinance deferred to 5/4/09. Failed
			09-061 - 2R. An Ordinance Establishing Policy on Using Drinking Water Additives. Remanded to staff
			09-062 - 2R. An Ordinance establishing lodging establishments health permits and establishing an annual fee and inspections. Ord. #17307
			09-063 - 2R. Approval is recommended to enter into a price agreement with Lan-Tel, Inc., to provide labor, supervision and equipment for the conversion of overhead residential electric services to underground for the Power & Light Department (IPL) for a one-year period, with City Option for renewal for two additional one-year terms. Cost for these services is estimated at $1.8 million per year, payable through federal funding and the IPL operating budget. Ord. #17308
			09-064 -2R. An ordinance finding, determining and declaring the necessity of acquiring general utility easements and temporary construction and grading easements for the construction, operation and maintenance of a public storm sewer designated as the 39th & Main Storm Drainage Improvements, Project No. 70130707. Ord. #17309
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			09-065 - 1R. An ordinance finding the Maywood Neighborhood Improvement District to be completed, assessing the costs of such project against the properties liable therefore, and providing for the collection of such special assessments. 1st R.
			09-066 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute the Funding Approval and Grant Agreement for the Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) project between the City of Independence and the Missouri Department of Economic Development for a $1,988,724 reimbursement grant to fund foreclosure mitigation and neighborhood stabilization activities; and making the necessary appropriation of $1,988,724. 1st R.
			09-067 -1R. An ordinance authorizing and directing the City Manager to execute a supplemental agreement for the STP-Urban Program with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission on the 39th Street Improvements project between Noland Road and Crysler. 1st R.
			09-068 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to sign a contract with the firm of Layne Christensen Company to rehabilitate and overhaul Well No.’s 11, 22, & 47 in the City’s Well Field at the Courtney Bend Water Plant for the full sum of $105,608.00, authorizing the City Manager to approve time extension change orders and future minor change orders in a total amount not to exceed $10,561.00. 1st R.
			09-069 - 1R. An Ordinance authorizing Amendment No 1 to Ordinance 17009 approving the 2008-2009 Annual Action Plan for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME programs, and authorizing the City Manager to submit a revised Action Plan for allocation of Program Year 34 funds to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 1st R.
			09-526 - An emergency ordinance approving the Final Plat of Jackson Lithia Place – Replat, Lots 215A, 216A & 218A, a replat of Jackson Lithia Place, Lots 214 - 218 located south of E. Norledge Avenue, north of E. Scarritt Avenue, west of N. Hardy Avenue and east of N. Huttig Avenue . Case No. 09-320-03. Ord. #17310
			09-527 - An emergency ordinance authorizing the execution of a certain Form of Service Agreement For Firm Point-to-Point Transmission Service with the Southwest Power Pool, Inc Ord. #17311
			09-528 - An emergency ordinance finding, determining, and declaring the necessity of acquiring a general utility easement and temporary construction and grading easements for the construction, operation and maintenance of a public street improvement designated as the US 24 Highway Sidewalk Improvements, South Side from Lake Drive to Sterling Avenue, Project No. 70510803. Ord. #17312
INFORMATION ONLY:
	1.		The Council is expected to adjourn to an Adjourned Meeting at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, May 11, 2009 in the Council Chambers. Adjourned to May 11
	2.		Emergency Purchase Order 128164 was issued to Philadelphia Gear Corp. in the amount of $29,504.00 for technical field service and parts to repair combustion turbine load gear bearings at Substation H for the Power & Light Department. Reported
CITIZEN REQUESTS
	1.		Elisa Breitenbach requests to speak to council concerning gang activity in her neighborhood. Spoke
	2.		Erin Burroughs requests to speak to Council regarding public transit. Spoke
	3.		Scott Roberson requests to speak to Council regarding the limitation of additives to water. Spoke
	4.		Dr. Ken Weinand requests to speak to Council concerning the limit of additives to water. Did not speak
	5.		David Suchman requests to speak to Council regarding the drinking water ordinance. Did not speak
	6.		Jason White request to speak to Council regarding the clean water - fluoride issue. Did not speak
	7.		Michael McCunniff requests to speak to Council regarding drinking water additives. Did not speak
	8.		Elizabeth Evans request to speak to Council regarding the water additives policy. Did not speak
	9.		Brent Schondelmeyer request to speak to Council concerning water additives. Did not speak
	10.		Dr. Roy Schaefer request to speak to Council regarding water additives. Did not speak
	11.		Dr. Bridget McCandless request to speak regarding water additives. Did not speak
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
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