March 21, 2022 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 March 7, 2022, City Council meeting.

4.B. Resolution No. R22-28 approving Commercial Operator Agreement with Best Air, LLC at Columbus Municipal Airport.  (Columbus Board of Airport Commissioners recommends approval.) 

4.C. Resolution No. R22-29 approving agreement with American Legion Hartman Post 84 for use of Pawnee Park baseball facilities.

4.D. Resolution No. R22-30 approving agreement with Columbus Mariners Baseball League for use of Berne Square baseball facilities.

4.E. Resolution No. R22-31 approving agreement with Wilderness Park Operations Committee for use of Wilderness Park soccer facilities.

4.F. Resolution No. R22-32 approving permanent fiber optic easement agreement with Brent A. and Carmen Melliger.

4.G. Resolution No. R22-33 authorizing payment of various improvement projects.

4.H. Finance Department reports.

4.I. Payroll and bills on file.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Included in Consent Agenda

6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS

6.A. Proclamation declaring March 2022 as Problem Gambling Awareness Month.

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS

7.A. Public hearing - Application of Granville Custom Homes, Inc. and Paul and Bonita Ramaekers to rezone property located south of 68 Street and 56 Avenue Place from "RR" (Rural Residential District) to "R-1" (Single-Family Residential District) and amend the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan.  (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.A.1. Ordinance No. 22-04 approving rezoning.

7.B. Public hearing - Application of Convergence, LLC for final plat and development agreement of Wishbones Addition (northeast of intersection of Highway 81 and 63 Avenue).  (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.B.1. Public hearing - Determine whether Wishbones Addition should be included within corporate city limits.  (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.B.2. Resolution No. R22-34 approving final plat, development agreement, and bringing said addition into corporate city limits.

7.C. Public hearing - Application of Convergence, LLC to rezone property located northeast of the intersection of Highway 81 and 63 Avenue from "RR" (Rural Residential District) to "B-2" (General Commercial District) and amend the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan.  (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.C.1. Ordinance No. 22-05 approving rezoning.

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

13. NEW BUSINESS

13.A. Appointment of Harley Eickmeier as firefighter/EMT/hazmat technician.

13.B. Appointment of Broderick Hoeft as firefighter/EMT/hazmat technician.

13.C. Appointment of Patrick Siemek as firefighter/EMT/hazmat technician.

13.D. Application of Ferguson Properties, Inc. for preliminary plat of Centennial Park 8th Addition (west of 3 Avenue and 2 Street).  (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

13.E. Application of Ferguson Properties, Inc. for preliminary plat of Park Place 10th Addition (west of 48 Avenue and 43 Street).  (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

13.F. Application of Granville Custom Homes, LLC for preliminary plat of West Elks 2nd Subdivision (south of 68 Street and 56 Avenue Place) and request for waiver of subdivision regulations for length of cul-de-sac.  (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

13.G. Application of Friedhof Room at Schwesers for Special Designated License in an outdoor area on 27 Avenue from 13 Street to the alley between 12 Street and 13 Street from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m., April 30, 2022, with an alternate date of September 24, 2022, for a street festival.

13.H. Review of county industrial tracts.

13.I. Plans, specifications, estimate of cost in the amount of $150,000, and authorization to advertise for bids for Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation 2022. (Plans and specifications on file in engineering department.)

13.J. Plans, specifications, estimate of cost in the amount of $278,000 for base bid and combined additional amount of $260,000 for four additional facilities, and authorization to advertise for bids for Fiber Optic South Ring and Community Building Relocation Project. (Plans and specifications on file in engineering department.)

13.K. Plans, specifications, estimate of cost in the amount of $80,000, and authorization to advertise for bids for Armor Coat Surfacing Improvements 2022. (Plans and specifications on file in engineering department.)

13.L. Plans, specifications, estimate of cost in the amount of $179,700, and authorization to advertise for bids for Quail Run Golf Course Lake Rehabilitation 2022. (Plans and specifications on file in engineering department.)

13.M. Quote from Midstates Data Transport, LLC dba Stealth Broadband in the amount of $114,047.22 for fiber optic ducts for South Fiber Optic Project.

13.N. Authorization to advertise city land for sale located east of 35 Avenue north of 25 Street.

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

14. RESOLUTIONS

14.A. Resolution No. R22-35 approving agreement with Sand Creek Construction Company in the amount of $19,800 for design phase services for Pawnee Plunge family slide.

15. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING

15.A. Ordinance No. 22-06 amending pay plan by adding Chief Building Inspector to Grade C3, Project Engineer to Grade C4, and Volunteer Fire Captains for Fire and EMS to Other Positions and removing Assistant Fire Chief and Fire Training & Safety Officer from Other Positions.

15.B. Ordinance No. 22-07 amending Section 90.040 (E) of Chapter 90 of Title IX of Columbus City Code to allow residential properties to have no more than three dogs or four cats or a total of six pets over four months of age.

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