Smyrna Georgia
INVOCATION Dr. Roy Schaefer, Community of Christ Church

THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Approval of Minutes for Regular Meetings of October 12 , 2009 and October 19, 2009, Adjourned Meeting of October 26, 2009 and Regular Meetings of November 2, 2009 and November 16, 2009.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

PRESENTATION

Employee of the Month Don Lamb for December 2009
            [Bill No. 09-767]





PUBLIC HEARING

City Rezoning, Anderson School; Case No. 09-100-12
(continued from November 16th meeting) [Bill No. 09-191] - New Evidence Only




CONSENT AGENDA
Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager
1.

Approval is requested on the application of 1200, Inc for a Retailer of Intoxicating Liquor by Drink (Bar) License for the 1200 Club located at 1200 E. US 24 Highway.


Approved


2.

Approval is recommended to issue Change Order 2, to PO 126590 to Ingersoll Rand, adding $23,000.00 for additional expenses related to the routine maintenance of the Blue Valley and Missouri City air compressors for the Power & Light Department. This change order will bring the total amount of the purchase order to $50,000.00.



3.

Approval is requested on the application of MMG Missouri, Inc. to transfer a Retailer of Intoxicating Liquor by Drink License and a Sunday Sales License to Chili’s Grill & Bar located at 18900 E. 39th Street.


Approved


4.

Approval is recommended to issue a purchase order to Gades Sales Co., Inc., in the amount of $72,505.00, for the purchase of energy efficient school zone signals for the Power & Light Department.



5.

Approval is recommended to issue a purchase order to Energy Solutions Professionals, in the amount of $28,688.00, for energy audits of City buildings.



6.

Approval is recommended to enter into price agreements (251-09) with Olathe Ford, Dick Smith Ford, Roberts Auto Plaza, Shawnee Mission Ford, Odessa Dodge and Diamond International for various departments for the period of December 8, 2009, through October 31, 2010. Expenditures will not exceed budgeted amounts.


Approved


7.

Approval is recommended to issue a purchase order to Traffic Control Corporation, Inc., in the amount of $38,925.00 for the purchase of LED traffic signal modules for the Power & Light Department.



8.

Approval is recommended to enter into a price agreement (329) with Energy Solutions Professionals, Inc., for energy audits for commercial and industrial Power & Light customers for the period of December 8, 2009, through September 30, 2010. This is a one-year agreement with two, one-year renewal options. Expenditures will not exceed budgeted amounts.


Approved


9.

Approval is recommended to issue a purchase order to Gades Sales Co., Inc., in the amount of $31,931.00 for the purchase of pushbutton traffic signals for pedestrian crosswalks for the Power and Light Department.


Approved


10.

Approval is recommended to enter into a price agreement (309-09) with Independence Hydraulics for the Public Works Department, for the period December 8, 2009, through November 30, 2010, with two, one-year renewal options.  Expenditures will not exceed budgeted amounts.


Approved



Resolutions:

09-767 - A resolution recognizing Don Lamb, Utility Field Service Worker in the Water Department, as the Employee of the Month for December, 2009.



09-768 - A resolution appointing Rick Schrock, DVM, and reappointing Caryl Goodyear-Bruch, lay member, to the Independence Advisory Board of Health.



09-769 - A resolution affirming Councilmember Jim Page's appointment of John W. Eppert to the Independence Park Commission.



09-770 - A resolution affirming Councilmember Jim Page's reappointment of John Hedden to the Public Safety Sales Tax Oversight Committee for the City of Independence, Missouri.




ORDINANCES

09-181 - 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 Bellevista Storm Drainage Improvements, Project No. 70130602.



09-182 - 2R. An ordinance authorizing a supplemental agreement with the Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission for the Little Blue Parkway project between R.D. Mize Road and Necessary Road.



09-183 - 2R. An ordinance authorizing an agreement with Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) transfer possession of a Smith Detections - ResponderR System Partnership Package and associated items for use by Independence's regional identified Hazardous Material Team.



09-184 - 2R. An ordinance authorizing and directing the City Manager to execute a license agreement with Allied Services, LLC, to place a retaining wall within a sanitary sewer easement at 1220 S. Brookside, in Independence, Missouri



09-185 - 2R. An ordinance authorizing a certain contract with the Independence, Missouri, School District permitting the City of Independence to construct and maintain a Fiber Optic Wide Area Network to service all School District locations for a sum payment not to exceed $3,417,086.00.



09-187 - 2R. An ordinance authorizing a contract for license of the public area of the Independence Square and vicinity in connection with the Santa-Cali-Gon Fair with the Independence Chamber of Commerce, from September 2 through September 6, 2010.



09-189 - 2R. An ordinance authorizing a contract with BBC Electrical Services, Inc. in an amount not-to-exceed $1,789,935.30 for the construction and installation of a fiber optic network; authorizing administrative change orders for an amount not to exceed $178,993.00 and/or for time extensions; and making the necessary appropriations through existing and future issuance of bond obligations to complete the project.




********* FIRST READINGS **********

09-190 -1R. An ordinance finding, determining and declaring the necessity of acquiring general utility easements for the construction, operation and maintenance of a transmission line designated as the Substation “A” to Substation “M” transmission line Project No. 70210817.


1st R.


09-191 - 1R. An ordinance approving a Zoning Map Amendment by changing the zoning classification from R-6 (Single-Family Residential) and C-2 (General Commercial) to R-18 (Residential 18) and R-30 (Residential 30) for the property located at 9701 E. 35th Street. Case No. 09-100-12.



09-192 - 1R. An ordinance to establish an ENERGY STAR® New Homes Program and setting forth incentive amounts and program rules.


1st R.


09-193 - 1R. An ordinance establishing the Commercial/Industrial Rebate Program under which incentive rebates are provided to qualifying Power & Light customers who install specified qualifying energy conservation measures on or after January 1, 2010.



09-194 - An ordinance authorizing a contract with Precision Construction for the Walnut and Crane Drainage Project for an amount not to exceed $157,247.50, authorizing administrative approval of change orders not to exceed $15,700.00 or for time adjustments, and increasing project appropriations.


1st R.


09-195 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing a contract with Terra Technologies for natural stream bank improvements on tributaries to Rock Creek at 35th & Grand and at Edwards Circle, a Supplemental Environmental Project, for an amount not to exceed $121,552.00; and authorizing the City Manager to approve minor change orders (not to exceed $12,155.20) and time extensions.


1st R.


09-196 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing execution of Amendment No. 4 to the Wastewater Agreement with BP Products North America, Inc. (formerly Amoco Oil Company) to extend the wastewater agreement and to revise Schedule A.


1st R.


09-197 - 1R. An ordinance finding, determining and declaring the necessity of acquiring rights-of-way, general utility easements and temporary construction and grading easements for the construction, operation and maintenance of a public street designated as the Little Blue Parkway Phase 9, Bundschu Road to 24 Highway, (Project No. 70510509).



09-198 - 1R.An ordinance authorizing final disposition of approximately 982 cubic feet of records that have met the retention established by Missouri Secretary of State's local records retention schedules.



09-199 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing a contract with Terra Technologies for natural stream bank improvements on the tributary to Rock Creek at 31st Street, between Norton and Norwood, for an amount not to exceed $109,797.00; and authorizing the City Manager to approve minor change orders (not to exceed $10,979.70) and time extensions.


1st R.


09-559 - An emergency ordinance issuing a Final Order related to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, not adopting or implementing new Federal standards or Section 374. (Changed to first reading only by motion of Council at the meeting.  Second reading at Adjourned Meeting on December 14.)



INFORMATION ONLY:
1.

The Council is expected to convene in an Executive Session at 5:15 pm, Monday, December 7, 2009, prior to the Council Meeting, in Conference Room A, on matters of Litigation and Labor Negotiations.



2.

Staff is providing notification of intent to issue a purchase order to Graybar, in the amount of $880,539.67, for materials required to complete the planned installation of a Fiber Optic Wide Area Network for the City’s Power & Light Department and the Independence School District, per the U.S. Communities Cooperative Contract.


Reported


3.

Municipal Court Monthly Case Report for November, 2009.




CITIZEN REQUESTS
1.

Erin Burroughs requests to speak to Council regarding bus transit.



2.

Bill Wagoner request to speak to Council regarding whether or not wonderful things can still happen in Independence.



3.

Sandra Perkins request to speak to Council regarding Police Department insufficiency.




COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS

ADJOURNMENT

"Is It Good For The Children?"