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Revised: Thursday, July 09,
2015, 9:45 a.m.
AGENDA
FOR THE
TO BE
HELD JULY 9, 2015 AT 6:00 P.M.
IN THE
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS
CALL TO ORDER.
1. INVOCATION.
Robert
Ferrell
2. PLEDGE
OF ALLEGIANCE.
3. APPROVAL
OF MINUTES
a. Regular
Meeting held June 25, 2015.
(Minutes
Received)
4. RESOLUTIONS
AND SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS.
a. Mayor.
1.
Presentation of the STAR 99.1/CAFY Young Citizen of the Month.
b. Council.
1. Adoption
and Presentation.
a. Resolution
honoring Representative Anthony Daniels on being named 2015 Legislator of the
year. (Showers)
2. Adoption
Only.
c. Other
Special Recognitions.
d. Announcements.
5. BUSINESS
WITH OUTSIDE LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
6. PUBLIC
HEARINGS.
a. Public hearings to be held.
1. Public hearing
on a resolution authorizing the City Clerk-Treasurer to assess the cost of the
cutting and removing of grass and weeds against certain properties. (Community Development)
b.
Public hearings to be set.
1.
Resolution to set a public
hearing of an ordinance zoning newly annexed property lying east of U.S.
Highway 431 South and on the west side of Goose Ridge Drive to Residence 1-A
District. (Set August 27, 2015, Regular
Council Meeting) (Planning)
2.
Resolution to set a public
hearing on an ordinance amending Article 50, Research Park District
Regulations, Section 50.1, Uses Permitted; Article 51, Research Park West
District Regulations, Section 51.1, Uses Permitted; Article 52, Research Park
Applications District Regulations, Section 52.1, Uses Permitted; Article 54,
Research Park Applications 2 District Regulations, Section 54.1, Uses
Permitted; and Article 73, Supplementary Regulations, amending regulations
concerning mobile food vending units.
(Set August 27, 2015, Regular Council Meeting) (Planning)
3.
Resolution to set a public
hearing amending Article 53, Research Park Commercial District Regulations,
Section 53.5, Parking and Loading Areas (7), amending regulations concerning
retail parking. (Set August 27, 2015,
Regular Council Meeting) (Planning)
4.
Resolution to set a hearing for
suspension of licensure for certain taxpayers.
(Set July 23, 2015, Regular Council Meeting) (Clerk-Treasurer)
5.
Resolution to set a hearing for
suspension of licensure for certain taxpayer.
(Set July 23, 2015, Regular Council Meeting) (Clerk-Treasurer)
7. COMMUNICATIONS
AND REPORTS.
a. Communications
from the Public.
b. Reports
8. HUNTSVILLE
UTILITIES ITEMS.
9. BOARD
APPOINTMENTS.
a. Board
Appointments to be Voted on.
b. Board
Appointment Nominations
1. Nomination of Charlie Bonner for reappointment
to the Museum Board of the City of Huntsville for a term to begin August 13,
2015, and expire August 13, 2021. (Kling)
10.
APPROVAL OF EXPENDITURES.
a. Resolution authorizing expenditures for
payment. (Finance Committee)
b. Finance
Committee Report.
1. Resolution approving travel for Dr.
Richard Showers, Sr. to attend the Alabama League of Municipalities Committee
on Community and Economic Development meeting, Montgomery, Alabama, July 20-
21, 2015. (Showers)
11.
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE MAYOR.
12. COMMUNICATIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS.
Councilman Will Culver
Councilman Bill Kling
Councilman Richard Showers, Sr.
Councilwoman Jennie Robinson
Councilman Mark Russell
13. UNFINISHED
BUSINESS ITEMS FOR ACTION.
a. Ordinance No.
15-450, annexing land lying south of U.S. Highway 72 West and on the east side
of Slaughter Road. (Introduced June 25,
2015, Regular Council Meeting) (Planning)
b. Ordinance No.
15-451, annexing land lying north of Interstate 565 and on the north side of
Governors West. (Introduced June 25,
2015, Regular Council Meeting)
(Planning)
c. Ordinance No.
15-452, annexing land lying south of Sutton Road and on the east side of
Woodside Drive. (Introduced June 25,
2015, Regular Council Meeting)
(Planning)
14. NEW
BUSINESS ITEMS FOR INTRODUCTION.
15. NEW
BUSINESS ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION OR ACTION.
a. Resolution
authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement between the City of Huntsville
and Ruff Tales K-9 ResQ, Inc. (Animal Services)
b. Resolution
authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Cost Reimbursement Agreement between the
City of Huntsville and the Northeast Alabama Traffic Safety Office, in the
amount of $36,280, for traffic enforcement duties. (Police)
c. Resolution
authorizing the Mayor to enter into an agreement between the City of Huntsville
and the U.S. Department of Justice for the FY2015 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant. (Police)
d. Resolution
authorizing the Mayor to enter into a Consulting Agreement between the City of
Huntsville and Carol English. (Landscape
Management)
e. Ordinance to amend Budget Ordinance
No. 14-665 by changing appropriated funding for various departments and
funds. (Finance)
f. Resolution
authorizing the acceptance of donations.
(Finance)
g.
Resolution authorizing the City
Attorney to settle the claim of Christopher Adams. (City Attorney)
h.
Resolution authorizing and
directing the City Attorney to settle the lawsuit entitled “Ability Plus, Inc.
v. City of Huntsville, et al.,” in the United States District Court for the
Northern District of Alabama, Case No. 5:14-Cv-01476. (City Attorney)
i.
Resolution authorizing the Clerk-Treasurer to invoke Regions Bank
Letter of Credit No. 55106102 for Cedar Park at Bell Grove Subdivision. (City Attorney) DELETED
j.
Resolution authorizing the Clerk-Treasurer to
invoke ServisFirst Bank Letter of Credit No. 21748 for The Village of
Providence Phase VIII. (City Attorney)
k. Resolution authorizing the Health Care Authority
of the City of Huntsville to file an Amended and Restated Certificate of
Reincorporation. (City Attorney)
l.
Resolution authorizing the
Mayor to execute a Ground Lessor’s Estoppel Certificate and Agreement between
the City of Huntsville and Hammons of Huntsville, LLC, for the Embassy Suites
Hotel. (City Attorney)
m.
Resolution authorizing the
Mayor to enter into an agreement between the City of Huntsville and Garver, L.L.C., for Engineering Design Services for EUL
Trailhead, Project No. 65-14-WP03.
(Engineering)
n.
Resolution authorizing the
Mayor to enter into a Renewal Land Lease Agreement between the City of
Huntsville and Atkinson Farms for the Lease of Farm Land in Cummings Research
Park. (Engineering)
o.
Resolution authorizing the
Mayor to enter into an agreement between the City of Huntsville and the low
bidder, Wiregrass Construction Company, Inc., for Winchester Road and Homer
Nance Road Intersection Improvements,
Project No. 65-15-TI01.
(Engineering)
p.
Resolution authorizing the
Mayor to execute Modification No. 2 to the agreement between the City of
Huntsville and Weaver Environmental Services Company, Inc., for Periodic Bid
for Emergency Manhole Rehabilitation, Project No. 65-13-SP35. (Water Pollution Control)
q.
Resolution authorizing the
Mayor to enter into an agreement between the City of Huntsville and Garver, L.L.C., for Engineering Construction Administration
Services for 2015 Water Pollution Control Sanitary Sewer Rehabilitation, Contract
2, Project No. 65-15-SP49.
(Water Pollution Control)
r.
Ordinance to declare equipment
as surplus and to dispose of it via auction, per agreement with Mars LLC. (ITS)
s. Resolution authorizing the Mayor and City
Council to exempt Community Action Partnership from sales and use taxes. (Administration)
t.
Resolution Authorizing the Mayor to
enter an agreement between the City of Huntsville and Mims Engineering for
Engineering Services for the Animal Services Ventilation Upgrade, located at
4950 Triana Boulevard. (General
Services)
16. LEGAL DEPARTMENT ITEMS/TRANSACTIONS.
a.
Vacation
of Easements
1.
Ordinance authorizing the vacation of Utility
and Drainage Easements, Lots 20-23, Little Mountain Subdivision. (Wright Homes-Saddle Ridge Drive/Trillium
Court)
2.
Ordinance authorizing the vacation of Utility and
Drainage Easements, Lots 49-50, Little Mountain Subdivision. (Wright Homes-Saddle Ridge Drive)
3.
Ordinance authorizing the vacation of Utility
and Drainage Easements, Lots 50-51, Little Mountain Subdivision. (Wright Homes-Saddle Ridge Drive)
b.
Vacation
of rights-of-way
None.
c.
Deeds
for acceptance
1. Drainage Easement Katherine Enfinger Orton as Trustee of
the Hays Farm Trust
Acquired 6/14/2015
2.
Utility & Drainage Easement Oak
Grove Dairy, LLC
Acquired 6/23/2015
3. Utility & Drainage Easement Farley Farms, Inc.
Acquired 6/1/2015
4. Utility & Drainage
Easement Oak Grove Dairy, LLC
Acquired
6/10/2015
5. Seldon Center Huntsville City Board of Education
Acquired 7/1/2015
6. Huntsville Center for Technology Huntsville City Board of Education
Acquired 7/1/2015
7. AAA School Huntsville
City Board of Education
Acquired
7/1/2015
d.
Routine
bond satisfactions
None.
e.
Liquor
bond mortgages.
None.
17. NON-ROSTER
COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
18. ADJOURN.