City of Independence November 3, 2008 6:00 PM Council Chambers REGULAR AGENDA

INVOCATION			Nancy Beaty, St. Mark's Catholic Church. Given by Jim Schultz.
THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
APPROVAL OF MINUTES			Approval of Minutes for Regular Meetings June 16, 2008 and July 7, 2008 Approved
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
	PRESENTATION		Employee of the Month, Donita Bramell [08-768] Presented
	PRESENTATION		Historic Trails City Committee Recognition Presented

CONSENT AGENDA
	Reports and Recommendations of the City Manager
	1.		Approval is recommended to issue a purchase order to Humane Animal Care Services, Inc. (dba Shelter Planners of America), in the amount of $22,700.00. Approved
	2.		Approval is recommended to issue Change Order 2, adding $12,000 to Purchase Order 122328 to Lutz, Daily & Brain, Inc., for fire protection system testing for six combustion turbines for the Power & Light Department. This change order will bring the total amount of the purchase order to $70,400.00. Approved
	3.		Approval is recommended to enter into price agreements (251-08) with Shawnee Mission Ford, KC Freightliner, Diamond International, Odessa Dodge, Olathe Ford and Roberts Auto Plaza for various departments for the period November 4, 2008, through October 31, 2009. Expenditures will not exceed budgeted amounts. Approved
	4.		Approval is recommended to enter into a price agreement (192-08) with Grace Advertising & Consulting, Inc., for the Power & Light Department for the period November 4, 2008, through October 31, 2009, with two, one-year renewal options.  Expenditures will not exceed budgeted amounts. Approved
	5.		Approval is recommended to enter into a price agreement (195-08) for street cut repairs with Daniel P. Callahan Construction, for the period of December 1, 2008, through November 30, 2009. Expenditures will not exceed budgeted amount. Approved
	6.		Approval is recommended to issue a purchase order to Fletcher-Reinhardt Company in the amount of $75,093.00 for three 15kV switchgear units for the Power & Light Department. Approved
	Resolutions:
			08-768 - A resolution recognizing Donita Bramell, Fiscal Tech in the Water Department, as the Employee of the Month for November, 2008. Res. #5481
			08-769 - A resolution to disband the Historic Trails City Committee as recommended by the Committee. Res. #5482
			08-770 - A resolution increasing the number of members of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee to twelve, appointing Bridget McCandless, Henri Goettel, James Reynolds, Michael G. Butler, Barbara J. Potts, Joseph C. Evans, Jr., R. D. Holder, Robert Garrison, G. L. (Tom) Thomas and William (Bill) Rogers to terms expiring May 1, 2009 and designating Howard Braby to chair the committee. Res. #5488
			08-771 - A resolution reappointing Jim Legge to the Tree Commission Res. #5483
			08-772 - A resolution reappointing Eric Ashbaugh and appointing of Nina Anders to the Independence Park Commission for three-year terms ending 9/1/2011. Res. #5484
			08-773 - A resolution reappointing Erin Boatright and Gloria Smith to the Street Improvement Oversight Committee. Res. #5485
			08-774 - A resolution appointing Mark Kliethermes and Ron Clemons to the Truman Memorial Scholarship Fund Candidate Selection Committee to three-year terms. Res. #5486
			08-775 - A resolution reappointing Mayor Don Reimal and Councilmember Marcie Gragg, and appointing Councilmember Myron Paris, to two-year terms on the Council Audit & Finance Committee. Res. #5487
ORDINANCES
			08-199 - 2R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to accept $25,574.58 from the Missouri Department of Public Safety 2008 POST Commission Training Fund for law enforcement training. Ord. #17171
			08-200 - 2R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute Change Order Number 1(Final) to the contract with Linaweaver Construction for the Jones and Truman Intersection project for an increase of $12,300.89. Ord. #17172
			08-201 - 2R. An ordinance approving the adoption of the Fairmount-Carlisle 353 Redevelopment Plan – Amendment 1, and Blight designation, thereby creating a Missouri 353 Redevelopment Area as designated by the Plan. Ord. #17173
			08-202 - 2R. An ordinance authorizing the development of the Franchise Assistance Program as an incentive for attracting new franchise businesses to western Independence and Noland Road. Ord. #17174
			08-203 - 2R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a price agreement (105-08) with Turf Management, Inc., for modular concrete products for the Parks & Recreation Department for the period of October 21, 2008, through September 30, 2009, with two, one-year renewal options. Expenditures will not exceed budgeted amounts. Ord. #17175
			08-204 - 2R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to sign a contract with P1 Group, Inc.,  for the Rock Creek Treatment Plant Chilled Water Upgrades, a capital improvement project of the Water Pollution Control Department, in an amount not to exceed $375,000. Ord. #17176
			08-205 - 2R. 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 Salisbury Road Improvements, Project No. 70110702. Ord. #17177
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			08-206 - 1R. An ordinance adopting the attached schedules of electric rates to be effective January 2009, July 2009, July 2010, July 2011 and July 2012. 1st R.
			08-207 - 1R. An ordinance directing the City Manager to execute agreements utilizing funds from the BP Amoco Revolving Loan Fund. This will direct $12,735 to create a Revolving Loan Fund at the Truman Heartland Community Foundation and loan $54,500 to the Northwest Communities Development Corporation for the Norledge Place project. 1st R.
			08-208 - 1R. An ordinance repealing Ordinance # 17154 to allow the correction of an error regarding an application to establish a Special Character District Overlay and approve a Master Sign Plan for the Independence Center. Case#08-100-12 1st R.
			08-209 - 1R. An ordinance approving a Final Development Plan of Recovery Management Corporation (Cargo Largo), Case No. 08-825-02, a Planned Unit Development located northwest of East 35th Street and Noland Road. 1st R.
			08-210 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Genesis Environmental Solutions, Inc., in the amount of $74,582.90 to perform Tank Integrity Inspections on eleven above-ground fuel oil storage tanks for the Power & Light Department. 1st R.
			08-211 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager and the Power & Light Director to: (1) Accept a grant from the Missouri State Emergency Management Agency’s Hazardous Mitigation Grant Program for $1,823,250.00 to convert approximately 1,870 overhead electric services from overhead to underground; (2) provide $607,750.00 matching funds from the Power & Light budget, and; (3) make necessary appropriations. 1st R.
			08-212 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing and directing the City Manager to execute an Agreement with Northwest Communities Development Corporation to provide services utilizing Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds as specified in Ordinance No. 17009 for Program Year 34 (FY 2008-2009) for reimbursement to them of monies available through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for services to low/moderate income persons, and authorizing the City Manager to sign certain limited change orders. 1st R.
			08-213 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing a transfer of funds to the Northwest Community Development Corporation (NWCDC) from the funds available in the Rock Creek Community Center Fund held at the Truman Heartland Community Foundation and appropriating $27,042 in the General Fund Non-Departmental Account. 1st R.
			08-214 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing the execution of a certain Service Agreement with RCC Consultants, Inc., to research and negotiate a settlement with the purchasing entity of the Power & Light Department microwave communications license. 1st R.
			08-215 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to sign and execute a contract with JCI Industries, Inc., for Circulating Water Pump and Motor repairs at the Power & Light Blue Valley Power Plant for an amount not to exceed $44,618.00, and to approve administrative change orders for an amount not to exceed $4,461 and time extensions as deemed appropriate. 1st R.
			08-216 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to sign and execute a contract with JCI Industries, Inc., for Circulating Water Pump and Motor repairs at the Missouri City Power Plant for an amount not to exceed $35,274.00 and to approve administrative change orders for an amount not to exceed $3,527.00 and time extensions as deemed appropriate. 1st R.
			08-217 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to enter into a license agreement with Missouri Logos to allow posting of Trailblazer signs, a component of the Missouri Department of Transportation’s Logos signing program, in the City rights-of-way according to the specifications of the license agreement. 1st R.
			08-218 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing the vacation of a portion of Pleasant Grove School Road located in the Southwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of Section 29, Township 49 North, Range 31 West, in Independence, Jackson County, Missouri. 1st R.
			08-219 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute 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 3 through September 7, 2009. 1st R.
			08-220 - 1R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to execute a contract with Lee Mathews Equipment, Inc., in the amount of $85,558.00 to furnish and install a new River Pump to supply water from the Missouri River to the fly ash removal system at the Power & Light Missouri City facility. 1st R.
			08-221 -1R. An ordinance authorizing the City Manager to sign a contract with Legacy Inmate Communications to provide Inmate Security Phone System and Services for the City of Independence, Police Department, effective November 1, 2008, through November 1, 2009, with four, one-year renewal options, with the City to receive 60% of the revenues as Legacy Inmate Communications supplies, upgrades and maintains the system and equipment.  1st R.
			08-222 - 1R. An emergencyordinance authorizing and directing the City Manager of the City of Independence, Missouri to execute a funding agreement with Truman Heritage Habitat for Humanity under the terms of the HOME Investments Partnership Act, making available $100,000.00 for in-fill housing development in Independence.  Made an emergency ordinance and given two readings at the meeting. Ord. #17178
			08-561 - An Emergency Ordinance entering into an agreement with the Missouri Development Finance Board to finance and issue obligations in an estimated amount of $10,570,000 for the partial cost of constructing a Multipurpose Events Center. Ord. #17179
			08-563 - An emergency ordinance amending the work agreement with the Communication Workers of America, Local 6360, by amending sections in Articles 2, 13, 14, 20, 21, and Appendix B, of the Agreement to reflect the addition of Telecommunicator as a covered position. Ord. #17180
			08-564 - An emergency ordinance authorizing the City Manager to approve Change Order No. 2 to an existing contract with KC Foundation Solutions Company, adding $10,000.00 for additional materials required to complete the repair of the Power & Light Service Center building foundation, bringing the total contract amount to $106,980.00. Ord. #17181
			08-565 - An emergency ordinance approving the Final Plat of The Design Center, a commercial subdivision located east of I-470/M-291 Highway, west of Little Blue Parkway and south of U.S. 40 Highway, Case No. 08-320-14. Ord. #17182
			08-566 - An emergency ordinance approving the Final Plat of East Alton, a subdivision located west of S. R.D. Mize Road and south of E. 23rd Street S. Case No. 08-320-23. Ord. #17183
INFORMATION ONLY:
	1.		Three emergency change orders have been issued to Purchase Order 119033, totaling $15,110, to TranSystems Corporation, for additional engineering services for the Truman Road Streetscape Project. The initial purchase order was for $74,983. The new purchase order total is $90,093. Reported
	2.		Purchase Order 127257, as a Cooperative Purchase, was issued to the Bobcat Company, in the amount of $36,275.00 for the purchase of a new excavator for the Water Department. Reported
	3.		Purchase Order 127254 was issued to Cooperating School Districts (subcontracting to Tremco, Inc.) for roofing replacement/repairs to Old Fire Station 1, in the amount of $189,990.00, for the Public Works Department, Facility Maintenance Division. Reported
CITIZEN REQUESTS
	1.		Richard Boyden requests to speak to Council regarding a lawsuit to be announced against the City of Independence. Spoke
	2.		Sandra Perkins request to speak to Council regarding the Codes Compliance Department practices. Not Present
	3.		Erin Burroughs request to speak to Council regarding public transit. Spoke
COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
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