Common Council Meeting

AGENDA FOR THE COMMON COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD IN THE COMMON COUNCIL CHAMBERS, ROOM 100, OF THE GREENFIELD CITY HALL ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2012 AT 7:00 P.M.

1.            Meeting called to order and roll call

2.            Opening Prayer

3.    Presentation of the Colors by the Greenfield Police Department Honor Guard before the pledge of Allegiance

4.           Pledge of Allegiance

5.            Approval of the October 2, 2012 Common Council minutes

6.           Mayor’s Report

a.  Proclamation proclaiming October, 2012 as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month and October 19, 2012 as National Mammography Day in the City

b.  Proclamation of Congratulations to John Dodson in recognition of his 94^th Birthday

c.  Presentation of a donation in the amount of $14,000 from MECA Vest-a-K9 Foundation (Dr. Marla Lichtenberger), Animal Fairy Charities (Deb Lopez) and Skylark Vending (Stan and Mike Kass) for the purchase of a Police Canine for the Greenfield Police Department

d.  Recognition of Schlossmann’s Subaru City (Michael Schlossmann, Bruce Larsen and Steven Claflin) for the donation of a 2012 Subaru STI to the Greenfield Police Department for community relations and patrol functions

e.  Recognition of Sergeant Scott Zienkiewicz and Canine Badger for their seven years of distinguished service to the City of Greenfield upon the retirement of Canine Badger.

7.            Aldermanic Reports

8.           Announcements

9.           Citizen Commentary

COMMON COUNCIL TO TAKE ACTION ON THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEE REPORTS:

10.            Legislative Committee Meeting held September 17, 2012  (Pietrowski)

Item #6  Confirm the 30 mph speed limit and 3 ton weight limit on South 124th Street

11.            Board of Public Works Meeting held September 25, 2012  (Lubotsky)

(action taken on Items 8 & 11 at 10/2/12 Council meeting)

Item #9  Approve the amended street parking regulations on West Cold Spring Road, South 68th Street and West Bottsford Avenue adjacent to and near Maple Grove School

Item #10  Approve the City of Greenfield to participate in the Menomonee River Group Stormwater Permit with Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources 

12.            Plan Commission Meeting held October 9, 2012 (Kastner)

Item #5  Approve a Certified Survey Map to replace CSM #6574 (fm. 1998) for Open Flame Restaurant, 5081 South 108th Street, Hales Corners; even though the predominate acreage of the restaurant is in Hales Corners, there is a 20’ x 205’ portion of this land which straddles the corporate limit line and is in Greenfield that is affected by the proposed new CSM; and subject to Plan Commission and staff comments, Tax Key Nos. 612-8973 & 612-9997-007

Item #8  Approve a Special Use Permit for a combination of proposed uses at 5225 West Forest Home Avenue subject to Plan Commission and staff comments  including  the following elements: a residence is able to be established in the 1860s structure along with a catering office, and a commercial food preparation use; this recommendation also includes allowing the retention of the existing gravel parking area, and with the understanding that there would be no storage anywhere on the property of a food trailer(s) until improved screening and/or enclosure plans are presented to the Plan Commission and approved by the Common Council; the only time the food trailer is on-site is only for loading/unloading purpose, Tax Key #530-8998-001

Item #9  Approve a Special Use Review as a new restaurant operation (Dr. Dawg), and approve a Site/Building/Landscaping Review for the purpose of doing building color changes, parking lot improvements, and conceptually a future outdoor patio on the south side of the building at 7700 West Layton Avenue; subject to Plan Commission and staff comments, Tax Key #605-9944-006

13.            Finance & Human Resources Committee Meeting held October 10, 2012  (Saryan)

Item #4   Approve the Section 105 Plan renewal agreement between the City and Diversified Benefit Services, Inc. for the period 1/1/13 through 12/31/15

Item #6   Approve purchasing replacement ambulance in 2012 with $140,000 coming from Capital Equipment reserves while pending approval of 2013 Capital Equipment Plan where it appears as a 2013 purchase

Item #9   Approve schedules of disbursements in the amounts of $1,491,020.45; $8,087.01; $91,288.30; $104,518.75; $108,378.89 and ($155.41)

Item #10 Approve mileage reimbursements in the amount of $447.78

14.    Determination regarding the public hearing held pertaining to the approval of a Special Use Permit, requested by DC Capital Investments LLC, for a combination of proposed uses which include establishing a residence, outside storage of two food wagons, and a commercial food preparation/sales use inside the building located at 5225 West Forest Home Avenue, Tax Key #530-8998-001  (public hearing held 9/18/12)  [Note:  Part of the recommendation from the October 9, 2012 Plan Commission meeting was to eliminate any ‘outside storage of two food wagons’; see that full item description listed separately in Item #11(8) of this agenda.]

15.            City Clerk’s Report:

a.  Determine date of first Council meeting in January, 2013 due to city hall being closed on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 and an alternate date for the second Council meeting in February, 2013 if a primary election is held February 19, 2013

b.  Claim received from Priscilla Lopez & William Diaz, as presented by their insurance company, Met Life Auto & Home, for an accident involving a Greenfield police vehicle on July 14, 2012

c.  Resolution appointing additional election officials for 2012-2013

16.            Appointments to various committees and commissions:

a.  Mayor appointments, confirmed by Council:

(1)  One member to the Board of Review for a term to expire 5/1/17  (Allen Shutta)

(2)  One alternate member to the Community Development Authority for a term to expire 2/19/13  (Robert Selin)

(3)  One member to the Board of Health for a term to expire 6/1/14  (Paula Lucey)

(4)  One member of Business Improvement Board #1 for a term to expire 2/17/14; at-large position  (Patricia Nelson)

(5)  One member of Business Improvement Board #2 for a term to expire 2/17/15; at-large position  (Julio Maldonado)

b.  Mayor appointments:

One alternate member to the Zoning Board of Appeals for a term to expire 5/1/15 (Donald Kopp)

17.            Application for an operator license received from Kelley E. Shaw, 3172 South 84^th Street

18.            Application for a Temporary “Class B” Retailer’s License received from Whitnall Falcon Booster Club to sell fermented malt beverages and wine at a WFBC Social on Saturday, October 20, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight at the Greenfield Community Center, 7215 West Cold Spring Road           

19.            Approve recommendation from the South 27^th Street Business Improvement District Board #1 & #2 (a.k.a. South 27^th Street Business Association/Historic Highway 41) to approve the proposed 2013 Operating Plan

20.            Discussion and decision to authorize the Mayor to sign a Memorandum of Understanding with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation which includes the right to purchase real estate located near the intersection of STH 36 and I-43/894  (Sokol & Erickson)

21.            Discussion and decision to approve a private property inflow and infiltration (PPI/I) funding agreement with the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD)  (Sokol)

22.            City Attorney’s Report:

Resolution disallowing claim of Priscilla Lopez & William Diaz, presented by Met Life Auto & Home           

23.            Items for future agenda

24.            Adjourn