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4 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes May 9, 2017 Page 2 IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS 3 A. 2018 Budget 5 Mayor Faust opened the public hearing at 7:06 p.m. 6 7 Finance Director Shelly Rueckert provided a summary of the 2017 General Operating Budget. 8 Notices were sent to residents advising them of the public hearing to receive public input on the 9 2018 budget. The highlights of the 2017 Budget were reviewed including the General Operating 10 Budget, General Fund Levy, Overall Levy, Median Valuation in 2017, City Portion of Property 11 Taxes, 2017 Local Government Aid and Breakdown of 2016 Property Taxes for Median valued 12 home. The 2018 Budget Calendar after this public hearing will include in the May — June 2017 13 timeframe City Manager led work sessions with Department Heads — Discussion on 2018 14 Operating Budget and Capital Budgets and July — August 2017 Work Session with Council — 15 Discussion of Staff Proposals for 2018 Operating Budgets and Capital Budgets. The Proposed 16 2018 Operating Budget and Property Tax Levy will be presented to the City Council on August 17 22, 2017. On September 12, 2017, a Resolution will be presented to set the proposed 2018 18 Operating Budget and Property Tax Levy and announce the date and time when the final Budget 19 and Tax Levy will be discussed. The long -term capital budgets /plans will be presented in the 20 October — November 2017 timeframe and the 2018 Operating Budget and Levy with Public 21 Input will be presented on December 12, 2017 along with adoption of the 2018 Operating Budget 22 and Property Tax. 23 24 Ms. Rueckert reviewed the 2017 General Fund Revenues, General Fund Expenditures, General 25 Fund and Overall Levies. 26 27 Mayor Faust closed the public hearing at 7:10 p.m. 28 29 V. REPORTS FROM COMMISSION AND STAFF - NONE. 30 31 VI. GENERAL BUSINESS OF COUNCIL. 32 33 A. Resolution 17 -042; a Resolution to Approve a Request to Keen Chickens in an R -1 34 Zoning District at 2805 29h Avenue NE 35 36 City Manager Casey reviewed a request was received for information about what was needed in 37 order to be able to have chickens on their property. They were directed to provide a site plan 38 showing the location and dimensions of the proposed enclosure on the property as well as a 39 written request to the City Council in the form of a letter. 40 41 Alireza and Zahra Khani submitted a letter along with a sketch of their property and the proposed 42 location of the chicken coop. The applicants stated the coop will have a 4 foot by 6 foot footprint 43 and the plans indicate the coop will be 4 feet tall in height. The coop contains a 3 foot by 4 foot 44 by 4 foot tall section that will be enclosed with chicken wire. The remainder of the coop will be 45 constructed of wood. The coop will be located in the rear property yard and will be visually 46 screened from the neighboring property by bushes and vegetation. The materials for the coop