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MINUTES CITY OF LARAMIE, WYOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 18, 2013 Page 1 Regular Meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Paulekas at 6:55 p.m. 1. Pledge of Allegiance. Mayor Paulekas led the Pledge of Allegiance. 2. Roll Call. Roll call showed present: Henry, Pearce, McKinley, Kempert, Vitale, Hanson, Shumway, Weaver, and Paulekas. Absent: None. Staff present: Janine Jordan, City Manager; David Derragon, Asst. City Manager; Sue Morris-Jones, City Clerk; David Clark, City Attorney; Randy Hunt, Community Development Director; and Paul Harrison, Parks and Recreation Director. 3. Disclosures by City Council Members. None. 4. Consideration of Changes in Agenda and Setting the Agenda. A. MOTION BY WEAVER, seconded by Shumway, that the following changes to the Agenda be approved: On the Consent Agenda add 5J, to schedule a Work Session on August 27, 2013, 6:00 p.m. for the Town and Gown Overview, and to cancel a Work Session on June 25, 2013, Town and Gown Overview; remove Item 6 from the Regular Agenda. MOTION CARRIED by voice vote. B. MOTION BY WEAVER, seconded by Henry, that the Agenda be set as changed. MOTION CARRIED by voice vote. 5. Approval of Consent Agenda. MOTION BY WEAVER, seconded by Hanson, that the Consent Agenda be approved and that each specific action on the Consent Agenda be approved as indicated. Roll call showed Aye: Henry, Pearce, McKinley, Kempert, Vitale, Hanson, Shumway, Weaver, and Paulekas. Nays: McKinley on 5I. Absent: None. MOTION CARRIED. CONSENT AGENDA 5A. Minutes of City Council Meetings. Action: that Council approve the Minutes of the City Council Regular Meeting of June 04, 2013, Special Meeting of June 11, 2013, and Public Hearings of June 04 and June 11, 2013, and have them placed on file for public inspection. 5B. Cemetery Deeds for June 01-15, 2013. Action: that the Cemetery Deeds for June 01-15, 2013 be accepted, and the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to sign and have them recorded in the Office of the County Clerk. ---PAGE BREAK--- MINUTES CITY OF LARAMIE, WYOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 18, 2013 Page 2 5C. Minutes. Action: that Council acknowledge receipt of the Minutes of Parks, Trails and Recreation Ad Hoc Committee Meeting of May 22, 2013, and that the following items be approved as indicated: N/A. 5D. Minutes. Action: that Council acknowledge receipt of the Minutes of Ranch Advisory Committee Meetings of February 21, 2013 and March 28, 2013. 5E. Agreement. Action: that Council approve a License Agreement with the University of Wyoming to Construct, Use and Maintain Utility Lines within the City Right of Way across 9th Street between Lewis Street and Clark Street, and to authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign. 5F. MOU. Action: that Council approve the Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Laramie, WY and Albany County for mosquito control surveillance and reporting activities as required under the Emergency Insect Management Program Grant for the various Albany County mosquito control districts and the Town of Rock River, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign. 5G. Agreement. Action: that Council approve the EMS Mutual Aid Agreement between the City of Laramie Fire Department and Poudre Valley Health Service Emergency Medical Services that sets the terms and conditions of cooperation by both parties for medical support for the purpose of delivering pre-hospital patient care within the boundaries of the other agency, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign. 5H. Easements. Action: that Council accept a Grant of Easement from Centennial Drive, LLC, for an easement located at Westfield Village. 5I. Relocation Retail Liquor License. Action: that Council grant permission to Hensley Property Holdings, LLC, dba Roxie’s on Grand, Retail Liquor License No. 4, to file an application for alcohol catering with Albany County Commissioners to locate their liquor license at Snowy Mountain Lodge, Albany County, on June 22, 2013, 3:00 p.m.-June 23, 2013, 2:00 a.m., for a private wedding reception. 5J. Schedule Meeting(s): Action: that Council schedule the following meeting: 1. Work Session on August 27, 2013, 6:00 p.m. for the Town and Gown Overview, that Council cancel the following meeting: 1. Work Session on June 25, 2013, Town and Gown Overview REGULAR AGENDA 6. Deleted, see Changes in the Agenda (4A). ---PAGE BREAK--- MINUTES CITY OF LARAMIE, WYOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 18, 2013 Page 3 7. Original Ordinance No. 1875, amending Title 15 of Laramie Municipal Code, amending the procedures for the establishment of Planned Unit Development Overlay Districts and Rezonings, and amending Planned Unit Development Overlay District standards. (Introduced by Pearce) Third/Final Reading. (Public Hearing: 5/28/2013). The City Clerk read Original Ordinance No. 1874 by title only. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 15 OF LARAMIE MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDING THE PROCEDURES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICTS AND REZONINGS, AND AMENDING PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT STANDARDS. MOTION BY PEARCE, seconded by Henry, that Council move to approve Original Ordinance No. 1875 on Third and Final Reading, based on findings of fact and conclusions of law and as recommended by the Planning Commission, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the Ordinance. MOTION BY PEARCE, seconded by Henry, that Council amend Subsection 15.08.040.C.2.f [Commercial and Office Uses] as shown in Attachment B, pages 3 and 4. Roll call ON AMENDMENT showed Aye: Henry, Pearce, McKinley, Kempert, Vitale, Hanson, Shumway, Weaver, and Paulekas. Nays: None. Absent: None. MOTION CARRIED. Roll call ON MOTION AS AMENDED showed Aye: Henry, Pearce, McKinley, Kempert, Vitale, Hanson, Shumway, Weaver, and Paulekas. Nays: None. Absent: None. MOTION CARRIED. 8. Resolution No. 2013-45, extending mobile home park recreational vehicle park licenses through June of 2014 to allow time for citizens to provide additional input and for staff to develop potential amendments to Original Ordinance No. 1874. MOTION BY SHUMWAY, seconded by Weaver, that Council approve Resolution No. 2013-45, regarding Mobile Home Park Recreational Vehicle Park Licenses to allow time for citizens to provide additional input and for staff to develop potential amendments to Original Ordinance No. 1874, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the resolution. Roll call showed Aye: Henry, Pearce, McKinley, Kempert, Vitale, Hanson, Shumway, Weaver, and Paulekas. Nays: None. Absent: None. MOTION CARRIED. 9. Original Ordinance No. 1876, amending Title 15 of Laramie Municipal Code amending the Tree Area Overlay District standards. Introduction and First Reading. MOTION BY HENRY, seconded by Pearce, that Council approve Original Ordinance No. 1876 on First Reading, based on findings of fact and conclusions of law and as recommended by the Planning Commission; set a Work Session for August 27, 2013; and delay second reading to October 15, 2013, to receive direction from the City Council of the development of the Tree Area Overlay District. Roll call showed Aye: Henry, Pearce, McKinley, Kempert, Vitale, Hanson, Shumway, Weaver, and Paulekas. Nays: None. Absent: None. MOTION CARRIED. 10. Consideration of Award for Laramie Landfill Improvements Bid. MOTION BY KEMPERT, seconded by Weaver, that Council award the Laramie Landfill Improvement Project to Del Hur Industries, in the amount of $6,556,633.04 plus a contingency of $202,025.20 for a total amount not ---PAGE BREAK--- MINUTES CITY OF LARAMIE, WYOMING CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 18, 2013 Page 4 to exceed $6,758,658.24, to approve the contract therefore, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign. Roll call showed Aye: Henry, Pearce, McKinley, Kempert, Vitale, Hanson, Shumway, Weaver, and Paulekas. Nays: None. Absent: None. MOTION CARRIED. 11. Consideration of Agreement between the City of Laramie and State of Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources, Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site. MOTION BY McKinley, seconded by Henry, that Council approve the Memorandum of Agreement between the City of Laramie and the State of Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources, Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site, and authorize budget transfer of $75,000 from line item Road Materials 510-7025-461.43-62 to line item Other Improvements 510-7025-461.43-99, and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to sign. Roll call showed Aye: Henry, Pearce, McKinley, Kempert, Hanson, and Paulekas. Nays: Vitale, Shumway, and Weaver. Absent: None. MOTION CARRIED. 12. Consideration of future Council work session topics. Vitale: add to July 9, 2013 flow control ordinance. 13. Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items by sign-in requests. Tim Hale commented on the City’s refusal to cooperate with Vitale’s records request concerning the recreation center position held by Jodi Guerin. He cited a Boomerang Article dated June 3, 2005, relating that former Council Member Jeanne Armintrout believed that staff had been instructed not to talk to Council Members. She had also requested to observe the committee selecting the new City Manager, and was refused by then Mayor Guerin. Armintrout felt that more Council should be involved. Janine Jordan was subsequently selected. He questioned the apparent secretiveness by Guerin and Jordan. He queried whether there have been abuses related to keeping things confidential. The City Attorney stated the release of applicant information would violate confidentiality, but noted that the same City Attorney publically released the name of a City employee who had tested positive for an illicit drug and subsequently failed an alcohol test. He asked about Guerin’s previous City job, Grant Writer, with her only qualification seeming to be pottery ability. When Guerin was Mayor, she endorsed LEDC, while having received a low interest loan from them. He further stated there should be a complete audit of this whole matter, and the subsequent resignation by the City Manager. 14. Adjournment. MOTION BY HANSON, seconded by Pearce, that Council Adjourn MOTION CARRIED by voice vote. Council adjourned at 8:31 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Sue Morris-Jones, MMC City Clerk