June 21, 2021 at 7:00 PM - City Council Regular Meeting

1. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND ROLL CALL

2. PRAYER

3. NATIONAL ANTHEM AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. 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 city council member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from consent status and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.

4.A. Minutes of June 7, 2021, City Council meeting.

4.B. Minutes of June 8, 2021, Civil Service Commission meeting certifying police sergeant candidates Jaymee Levander, Jeff Anderson, and Santiago Velasquez.

4.C. Reappointment of Fernando Lopez-Chavez, Jr. to Planning Commission for three-year term.

4.D. Title III-B (supportive services), Title III-C (nutrition), and Title III-E (family caregiver support) grant funding from Northeast Nebraska Area Agency on Aging for services at the community center.

4.E. Resolution No. R21-80 approving relocation assistance payment package for Todd F. Muhle in the amount of $6,132 and Martha G. Kyle in the amount of $6,132 in conjunction with property acquisition of Tract 20 (1172 12 Avenue) for the 12 Avenue viaduct project.

4.F. Resolution No. R21-81 authorizing payment of various improvement projects.

4.G. Finance Department reports.

4.H. Payroll and bills on file.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Included in Consent Agenda

6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - None

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS

7.A. Public hearing - Application of Growth Properties, LLC for special use permit to allow a single-family detached residential home in a "B-2" (General Commercial District) zone at 3023 13 Street.  (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.A.1. Ordinance No. 21-20 approving special use permit.

7.B. Public hearing - Application of Meadow Ridge Properties, LLC to rezone property in the vicinity of 42 Street and 54 Avenue from "RR" (Rural Residential District) to "R-1" (Single-Family Residential District).  (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.B.1. Ordinance No. 21-21 approving rezoning.

7.C. Public hearing - Application of Providing Property Solutions, LLC to rezone property located at 3770 18 Avenue from "R-1" (Single-Family Residential District) to "R-3" (Multiple-Family Residential District) and amend the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan.  (Planning Commission recommends approval with the condition that only townhouses, duplexes, or single-family residences be allowed.)

7.C.1. Ordinance No. 21-22 approving rezoning.

7.D. Public hearing - Application of Providing Property Solutions, LLC for special use permit to allow lodging in an "R-3" (Multiple-Family Residential District) zone located at 3770 18 Avenue.  (Due to a tie vote, there is no recommendation from the Planning Commission.)

7.D.1. Ordinance No. 21-23 approving special use permit.

8. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - None

9. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICES - Included in Consent Agenda

10. REPORTS OF COUNCIL COMMITTEES - None

11. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES - None

12. REPORTS ON LEGISLATION - None

13. NEW BUSINESS

13.A. Appointment of Tom Lange to Planning Commission for three-year term.

13.B. Appointment of Tom Pillen to Planning Commission for three-year term.

13.C. Appointment of Jaymee Levander as police sergeant.

13.D. Appointment of Ryan Auten as police officer.

13.E. Appointment of Benjamin Wotipka as police officer.

13.F. Appointment of Trina Osuna as firefighter/EMT/hazmat technician.

13.G. Quote from General Traffic Controls, Inc. in the amount of $23,275 for installation of five battery backup power supply units for traffic lights.

13.H. Quote from BKD CPAs & Advisors in the amount of $57,000 for financial and compliance audit services for fiscal year 2021.

13.I. Application of Mark Lambert for preliminary plat of Lambert's Acres Second Addition (East Calle Colombo and South Calle Colombo).  (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

13.J. Public hearing - Application of Mark Lambert for final plat and development agreement of Lambert's Acres Second Addition (East Calle Colombo and South Calle Colombo).  (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

13.J.1. Resolution No. R21-82 approving final plat and development agreement.

13.K. Comments from mayor and city council members.

14. RESOLUTIONS

14.A. Resolution No. R21-83 approving contract with Municipal Pipe Tool Co., LLC in the amount of $131,732.55 for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation 2021. 

14.B. Resolution No. R21-84 approving agreement with State of Nebraska Department of Economic Development for Site and Building Development Fund Business Recruitment and Expansion Project Contract No. 21-01-103 for Viridis Chemical NE Asset Co 1, LLC in an amount not to exceed $200,000.

14.C. Resolution No. R21-85 approving agreement with Viridis Chemical NE Asset Co 1, LLC for funding from Nebraska Department of Economic Development's Site and Building Development Fund in an amount not to exceed $200,000 for renovation of an existing ethanol plant located at 33 Avenue E 8 Street.

14.D. Resolution No. R21-86 approving amendment to intergovernmental agreement with Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality to extend term through June 30, 2022, for operation and maintenance of groundwater extraction and treatment system at the 10th Street superfund site.

14.E. Resolution No. R21-87 approving Amendment No. 3 to agreement with JEO Consulting Group, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $47,170 for post-construction accreditation services and coordination as part of the levee improvements project.

14.F. Resolution No. R21-88 approving agreement with Wilson & Company, Inc. in the amount of $264,925.34 for professional engineering services for grade separation study.

14.G. Resolution No. R21-89 approving Amendment No. E to Standard Agreement and General Conditions between Owner and Construction Manager, Boyd Jones Construction Company, in the amount of $466,237 for concrete foundations and aggregate piers as part of the community building project.

14.H. Resolution No. R21-90 approving Memorandum of Understanding with Bird Rides, Inc. to provide non-exclusive services for stand-up electric scooter sharing systems.

15. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING

15.A. Ordinance No. 21-24 approving purchase agreement with Samson Green Solutions LLC in the amount of $40,000 for purchase of city owned property located at 1365 24 Avenue (old Gene Steffy building and lot).

16. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING - None

17. ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING - None

18. CONSIDERATION OF PAYROLL AND BILLS ON FILE - Included in consent agenda

19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None

20. ADJOURNMENT