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COUNCIL
Osama Shihadeh
At Large
Dick O'Brien
Mayor
Scott Natvig
At Large
Robert Bynum
4
th
Ward
Phil Fitzgerald
1
st
Ward
Dyann Roby
5th Ward
2009 MEETING SCHEDULE
Mark LeRette
2
nd
Ward
Jerry Lange
3
rd
Ward
(All meetings start at 7:00 PM
unless voted upon by Council.)
Fran Donelson
Administrative Secretary
Harvey Allbee, Jr.
City Attorney
Regular Meetings
In-depth Meetings
Gregg Mandsager
City Administrator
January 7 & 21
July 1 & 15
January 14
July 8
February 4 & 18
August 5 & 19
February 11
(None in August)
March 4 & 18
September 2 & 16
March 11
September 9
April 1 & 15
October 7 & 21
April 8
October 14
May 6 & 20
November 4 & 18
May 13
November 11
June 3 & 17
December 2 & 16
June 10
December 9
AGENDA
THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2010
COUNCIL CHAMBERS - CITY HALL
1 .
CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
4.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
5.
COMMUNICATIONS – CITIZENS
6.
MINUTES - APPROVAL
A. City Council Meeting – December 17, 2009
7. CONSENT AGENDA
The following items are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted
by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council
Member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent
Agenda and considered in its normal sequence on the Agenda.
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9 – A-E
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13 – A-H
* Bills*
* Approval of attached Bills for Approval totaling $1,126,934.93 is subject to the
approval of any related agenda item(s).
8.
PUBLIC HEARING
9.
PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. Request for renewal of a Class C Beer and Sunday Sales Permit for Fareway Store
#998, 2100 Cedar Plaza Drive – Fareway Stores Inc.
B. Request for renewal of a Class E Liquor License with Sunday Sales Permit for Hy-
Vee Drugstore, 510 E. 6
th
Street – Hy-Vee Inc.
C. Request for renewal of a Class C Beer and Sunday Sales Permit for Hy-Vee Gas,
2600 2
nd
Avenue – Hy-Vee Inc.
D. Request for renewal of a Class C Liquor License with Sunday Sales for Las Lomas,
1519 Park Avenue – Juan Inc.
E. Request for renewal of a Class E Liquor License with Sunday Sales for Wholesale
Foods Outlet #312, 807 Grandview Avenue – Nash Finch Co.
10.
FROM THE MAYOR
A. Request to Approve the Appointment of Mark LeRette to the Muscatine County Solid
Waste Management Agency
Is there a motion to approve the appointment as submitted?
11.
FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
12.
FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR
A. Resolution Authorizing the Mayor to Sign a Subordination Agreement for 507 E. 6
th
Street
Presented for City Council’s consideration is a resolution authorizing the Mayor to
sign a subordination agreement for 507 E. 6
th
Street. Under the 2003 Housing Fund
Rehabilitation Program, the city provided a $24,999 five-year forgivable loan to
complete a variety of rehabilitative services to the property at this location. The
homeowner wishes to refinance the property at this time, and the bank is requesting
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the city provide a formal subordination agreement. Under the initial contract with the
Iowa Department of Economic Development, the city may consider all housing fund
mortgages to be secondary to any other property mortgage. The city has provided
similar documents for subordination requests in the past. This is the first such request
for this property owner.
Is there a motion to adopt the resolution as submitted?
B. Resolution Authorizing the Assessment of Unpaid Abatement Costs to Private
Properties
Presented for City Council’s consideration is a resolution authorizing the assessment
of unpaid abatement costs to private properties. Periodically city staff provides to
City Council a request for the assessment of nuisance abatement costs against private
property owners. At this time staff is forwarding the assessment list for unpaid
abatement costs totaling $9,346.43.
Is there a motion to adopt the resolution as submitted?
C. Request to Approve Partial Tax Exemptions
Presented for City Council’s consideration is a request to approve two partial tax
exemptions. The city has received a request from Tom and Ann Meeker for partial tax
exemptions for property located at 226 E. 2
nd
Street. The city has three Urban
Revitalization Districts, and if a property in one of the designated areas has made
eligible improvements, it qualifies for a partial real estate tax exemption over a 10-
year period. City Council must accept and acknowledge the applications for property
tax exemptions and forward them to the County Assessor by February 1
st
of each
year.
Is there a motion to approve the request as submitted?
D. Request to Approve the Rehabilitation Design Services Agreement for the Clay Street
Bridge
Presented for City Council’s consideration is a request to approve the Rehabilitation
Design Services Agreement for the Clay Street Bridge. On September 25, 2009,
Shoemaker-Haaland reviewed the Clay Street Bridge that crosses Mad Creek. During
the Clay Street Reconstruction Project, it was found the concrete deck had significant
deterioration over nearly 60% of the road surface. Further review indicated the
likelihood of full-depth deterioration of the deck. As a result of these findings, the
bridge has been posted for an eight-ton load limit. It is staff’s recommendation the
city enter into an agreement with Shoemaker-Haaland for the rehabilitation design of
the bridge with a summer 2010 construction project expected. The proposed fee is
$38,300.
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Is there a motion to approve the request as submitted?
13.
COMMUNICATIONS - RECEIVE AND FILE
A. Muscatine County Board of Supervisors – December 7, 14 & 21, 2009
B. Senior Resources – November 17, 2009
C. MP&W Board – November 24, 2009
D. MP&W – Communications Utility – November 2009
E. MP&W – Electric Utility – November 2009
F. MP&W – Water Utility – November 2009
G. NFPA Fire Survey – October 2009
H. City of Muscatine Financial Reports – November 2009
14.
APPROVAL OF BILLS
It is recommended bills totaling $1,126,934.93 be approved and that the City Council
authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to issue warrants for the same. It should be noted that
this listing is subject to the approval of any related agenda item(s).
15.
COMMUNICATIONS - COUNCIL MEMBERS
16.
OTHER BUSINESS
17. ADJOURNMENT
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