11-09-2015 Council Meeting Minutes

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COUNCIL MINUTES November 9, 2015 APPROVED 135 Mayor Reinert offered praise to the Chief for his work and to the firefighters. He noted that the 136 ambulance service that serves the city may be locating a vehicle at the new station on occasion. 137 138 PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT 139 140 There was no report from the Public Services Department. 141 142 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORT 143 144 6A) Resolution No. 15-128, Adopting Assessments, 2015 Individual Property Which 145 Requested Connection to City Utilities — City Engineer Hankee reported that the resolution would 146 add one individual property to the list for assessing the cost of connection to city utilities, at the 147 request of the property owner. 148 149 Council Member Kusterman moved to approve Resolution No. 15-128 as presented. Council 150 Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 151 152 6B) 2nd Reading of Ordinance No. 11-15, Vacating Drainage and Utility Easement, Outlot C 153 and Outlot D of NorthPointe — Community Development Director Grochala presented the ordinance 154 for 2nd Reading and adoption. The ordinance deals with overlapping easements and will clear the title 155 for the property, at the request of the developer. Staff is supportive of the change. 156 157 Council Member Kusterman moved to waive the full reading of Ordinance No. 11-15. Council 158 Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried on a voice vote. 159 160 Council Member Kusteintan moved to approve the 2nd Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 11-15 161 as presented. Council Member Roeser seconded the motion. Motion carried: Yeas, 4; Nays none. 162 Council Member Rafferty was absent. 163 164 6C) Consider 1st Reading of Ordinance No. 10-15, Amendment to Chapter 1103: Floodplain 165 Management — Katy Thompson, WSB and Associates, reviewed the written report. She noted that 166 the report includes a summary of proposed changes to the ordinance language and that the changes 167 have been reviewed by city staff and the Planning and Zoning Board. The reason that the language 168 should be updated is that FEMA has updated certain standards. 169 170 The mayor asked about the standard of changes. Ms. Thompson explained that the DNR has defined 171 a floodplain differently but it isn't a change in delineation. The mayor asked if the regulations will be 172 more encumbering for building and property owners and Ms. Thompson said no. 173 174 Council Member Kusterman asked if the regulations will in any way prevent people from challenging 175 FEMA on their determinations and Ms. Thompson said no and in fact the appeal process to FEMA 176 remains intact and further individuals wouldn't be able to purchase flood insurance from FEMA if the 177 city's ordinance language isn't updated. 178 4