EAU CLAIRE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2011

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER                                                          4:00 P.M.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND ROLL CALL 

CONSENT AGENDA

The following matters may be acted upon by the City Council utilizing a single vote.  Individual items, which any member wishes to address in greater detail or as a separate item on the regular agenda, may be removed from the Consent Agenda upon the request of any Council Member. 

COMMENDATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS

1.  Consideration of Commendations and Proclamations.

MINUTES

2.  Resolution approving Minutes of the Budget Adoption Meeting of November 4, 2011. 

3.  Resolution approving Minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 8, 2011.

LICENSES

4.  Resolution granting bartender licenses.

5.  Resolution granting the renewal of Secondhand Article Dealer licenses for the 2012 licensing year.

6.  Resolution granting the renewal of Secondhand Jewelry Dealer licenses for the 2012 licensing year.

7.  Resolution granting the renewal of Pawnbroker licenses for the 2012 licensing year.

SPECIAL EVENTS

8.  Resolution authorizing Girls on the Run of Eau Claire County to conduct the new Balance Girls on the Run 5K on Saturday, May 12, 2012 along city trails beginning at Owen Park.

BIDS AND PROPOSALS

9.  Resolution approving the bid and proposal for Procurement No. 2011-78, Furnish Carbon Dioxide for Wastewater Treatment.

BUSINESS AGENDA

DNR GRANTS

10.  Resolution accepting Wisconsin DNR grants in the amounts of $51,600 and $143,780, totaling $195,380 and requiring a local match of $98,490, for herbicide treatments in Half Moon Lake in 2012 and 2013. 
(Todd Chwala) 

EASEMENTS

 Resolution granting permanent easements to Northern States Power Company.  
(Rebecca Noland)

 12.  Resolution releasing the utility easement within the easterly 13 feet of the vacated Ninth Street, from Harris Street to 132 feet southeast. 
(John Genskow)

ORDINANCES FOR ACTION

SIGN CODE

13.  Ordinance amending Chapter 16.16 of the City Code of Ordinances entitled “Sign Code”, adding provisions for sign plans for multiple-tenant buildings as shown on Planning File #Z-1492-11. 
(Darryl Tufte) 

ALDERMANIC DISTRICTS

14.  Charter Ordinance relating to the City Council and the reapportionment of the Aldermanic Districts of the City of Eau Claire. 
(A 2/3 vote of the elected members, or eight affirmative votes, is required for adoption of charter ordinances.)
(Donna Austad)

ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT

15.  Ordinance amending the Eau Claire Comprehensive Plan adding provisions on nonresidential land divisions in the Town of Wheaton as per the Intergovernmental Agreement. 
(Darryl Tufte)

16.  Ordinance amending the City’s Subdivision Code adding provisions for nonresidential land division in the Town of Wheaton as per the Intergovernmental Agreement. 
(Darryl Tufte)

ZONING

17.  Ordinance amending Section 18.06.030 of the Zoning Code to allow as a conditional use “Indoor Recreational Uses” in an I-1 and I-2 District.   
(Darryl Tufte)

18.  Ordinance rezoning property at 1300 First Avenue and 1428 First Avenue (former Parks and Recreation Building) from P-Public to R-4P and to adopt the General Development Plan for senior housing as shown on Planning File #Z-1494-11.  (Darryl Tufte)

PAY PLAN AMENDMENT

19.  Ordinance amending the Pay Plan for the City of Eau Claire, specifically that part thereof pertaining to Confidential employees. 
(Dale Peters)

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND DIRECTIVES

Announcements by the City Manager and Directives by the City Council.

ADJOURNMENT

The next City Council Legislative Meeting is scheduled to be held at on December 13, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.

NOTICE TO CITIZENS

Due to requirements contained in the Wisconsin Open Meetings Law, only those matters placed on this agenda may be considered by the City Council at this meeting.  If any member of the public desires that the City Council consider a matter not included on this agenda, he or she should contact a City Council Member or the City Manager to have the matter considered for placement on a future City Council agenda.