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NOTICE of MEETING of the CITY COUNCIL of the CITY of SIOUX CITY, IOWA City Council Agendas Are Also Available on the Internet At NOTICE OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SIOUX CITY, IOWA City Council agendas are also available on the Internet at www.sioux-city.org. You are hereby notified a meeting of the City Council of the City of Sioux City, Iowa, will be held February 12, 2018, 4:00 p.m., local time, in the City Council Chambers, 5th Floor, City Hall, 405 6th Street, Sioux City, Iowa, for the purpose of taking official action on the agenda items shown hereinafter and for such other business that may properly come before the Council. This is a formal meeting during which the Council may take official action on various items of business. If you wish to speak on an item, please follow the seven participation guidelines adopted by the Council for speakers: 1. Anyone may address the Council on any agenda item. 2. Speakers should approach the microphone one at a time and be recognized by the Mayor. 3. Speakers should give their name, spell their name, give their address, and then their statement. 4. Everyone should have an opportunity to speak. Therefore, please limit your remarks to three minutes on any one item. 5. At the beginning of the discussion on any item, the Mayor may request statements in favor of an action be heard first followed by statements in opposition to the action. 6. Any concerns or questions you may have which do not relate directly to a scheduled item on the agenda will also be heard under ‘Citizen Concerns’. 7. For the benefit of all in attendance, please turn off all cellular phones and other communi- cation devices while in the City Council Chambers. 1. Call of the roll - Silent prayer and Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag - Proclamations 2. Interview for the Effective Fiscal and Public Policy Committee: Adam Johnson. 3. PRESENTATIONS A. City of Sioux City Strategic Plan Quarterly Update Presentation. B. Presentation on the PlyWood Trail Project. CONSENT AGENDA Items 4 through 17B constitute a Consent Agenda. Items pass unanimously unless a separate roll call vote is requested by a Council Member. 4. Reading of the City Council minutes of February 1, 3, and 5, 2018. (CIP BUDGET, OPERATING BUDGET, CLOSED, REGULAR) 5. CLG - Motion accepting and approving the Sioux City Certified Local Government (CLG) 2017 Annual Report. 6. NESBITT - Resolution accepting a donation from the Estate of Mary L. Nesbitt for the Sioux City Animal Adoption and Rescue Center. 7. SIDEWALKS - Resolution fixing the amount to be assessed against private property, adopting and levying schedule of assessments for the 2017 Sidewalk Program and providing for the payment thereof. 8. FORD - Resolution awarding a purchase order to Ed Stivers Ford, Inc. of Waukee, Iowa, in the amount of $360,496 for the purchase of ten (10) Ford Police Interceptor All Wheel Drive Vehicles for use by the Sioux City Police Department. (RFQ No. 250435) 9. ACTIONS RELATING TO GRANTS A. EXPO CENTER - Resolution authorizing the Environmental Services Division of the Utilities Department to submit a grant application to the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship Water Quality Initiative Program for funding of green infrastruc- ture in connection with the Sioux City Bomgaars Expo Center Water Quality Improve- ment Project. B. HOUSING TRUST - Resolution accepting the State Housing Trust Fund Grant Agree- ment Number 18-LHTF-04 between the Sioux City Housing Trust Fund, Inc. and the Iowa Finance Authority in the amount of $199,026. 10. ACTIONS RELATING TO AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS A. FEH - Resolution approving a Consulting Services Agreement with FEH Design to pro- vide design, construction documentation, bidding, negotiation and construction admin- istration services for repairs to multiple city buildings that received hail damage from the June 29, 2017 storm in an amount not to exceed $121,300. B. GR EQUIPMENT - Resolution approving a First Amendment to the Minimum Assess- ment Agreement with GR Equipment Leasing, Inc. (306 Virginia Street) 11. ACTIONS AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF CHECKS A. JOHNSON - Resolution approving settlement of a worker’s compensation claim and au- thorizing payment thereof. (Johnson) B. THORPE - Resolution approving settlement of a tort claim and authorizing payment thereof. (Thorpe and Company Jewelers) 12. ACTIONS RELATING TO PROPERTY A. MUSEUM - Resolution approving and accepting a warranty deed from Museum Build- ing Property, Inc. to the City in consideration of mutual benefits. (Southwest corner of property located at 607 4th Street) B. DONNER PARK - Resolution inviting proposals to enter into an Airport Joint Use Agree- ment and Lease therein for land in the Donner Park Urban Renewal Area, announcing the intent to accept the proposal of the United States of America and State of Iowa, fixing the date for receipt of proposals, and for public hearing and providing for notice thereof. (2920 Headquarters Avenue) 13. APPLICATIONS FOR PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION A. Resolution accepting applications for property tax exemption for improvements made during calendar year 2016 to property located within the City of Sioux City Urban Revi- talization Area. ( Schedule 1) B. Resolution accepting applications for property tax exemption for improvements made during calendar year 2016 to property located within the City of Sioux City Urban Revi- talization Area. (Schedule 2). C. Resolution accepting application for property tax exemption for improvements made during calendar year 2016 to property located within the City of Sioux City Urban Revi- talization Area. (Schedule 3) D. Resolution accepting application for property tax exemption for improvements made during calendar year 2015 to property located within the City of Sioux City Urban Revi- talization Area. (Schedule 1) E. Resolution accepting application for property tax exemption for improvements made during calendar year 2015 to property located within the City of Sioux City Urban Revi- talization Area. (Schedule 2) F. Resolution accepting application for property tax exemption for improvements made during calendar year 2014 to property located within the City of Sioux City Urban Revi- talization Area. (Schedule 2) G. Resolution accepting application for property tax exemption for improvements made during calendar year 2012 to property located within the City of Sioux City Urban Revi- talization Area. (Schedule 2) H. Resolution accepting applications for property tax exemption for improvements made to property located within the City of Sioux City Urban Revitalization Area. (Schedule 1) I. Resolution accepting applications for property tax exemption for improvements made to property located within the City of Sioux City Urban Revitalization Area. (Schedule 2) J. Resolution accepting applications for property tax exemption for improvements made to property located within the City of Sioux City Urban Revitalization Area. (Schedule 3) 14. APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES A. ART CENTER - Motion appointing Robert Gillespie to the Art Center Board of Trustees for a three-year term expiring December 31, 2020, replacing Dwight Packard. B. ART CENTER - Motion appointing Nan Wilson to the Art Center Board of Trustees for a three-year term expiring December 31, 2020, replacing Gregory Jones. C. LIBRARY - Motion appointing Jane Vereen to the Library Board of Trustees to com- plete the balance of a three-year term expiring June 30, 2020, replacing Janet Plathe. D. MUSEUM - Motion reappointing Priscilla Forsyth to the Museum Board of Trustees for a three-year term expiring December 31, 2020. E. PARKING AND SKYWALK - Motion reappointing Matt Robins to the Parking and Sky- walk System Board of Trustees for a three-year term expiring December 31, 2020. F. PARKS AND REC - Motion reappointing Cindy Brewer to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for a three-year term expiring December 31, 2020. G. PARKS AND REC - Motion reappointing Scott Brouillette to the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board for a three-year term expiring December 31, 2020. 15. TOTAL CHECKS - Approve total checks issued for the reporting period of January 2018, in the amount of $10,268,077.54. 16. APPLICATIONS FOR BEER AND LIQUOR LICENSES A. ON-PREMISE SALES 1. SPECIAL CLASS C LIQUOR LICENSE (wine/beer/wine coolers/carry-out) A. 1000 Degrees, 1388 Hamilton Boulevard (Renewal) B. OFF PREMISE SALES 1. CLASS B WINE PERMIT (wine only) A. Fareway Stores, Inc. No. 019, 4016 Indian Hills Drive (Renewal) B. Fareway Stores, Inc. No. 022, 4040 War Eagle Drive (Renewal) C. Fareway Stores, Inc. No. 829, 4267 Sergeant Road (Renewal) D. Hy-Vee No. 2, 4500 Sergeant Road (Renewal) E. Hy-Vee Mainstreet, 2611 Pierce Street (Renewal) 2. CLASS C BEER PERMIT (beer/wine coolers) A. Fareway Stores, Inc. No. 019, 4016 Indian Hills Drive (Renewal) B. Fareway Stores, Inc. No. 022, 4040 War Eagle Drive (Renewal) C. Fareway Stores, Inc. No. 829, 4267 Sergeant Road (Renewal) D. Hy-Vee No. 2, 4500 Sergeant Road (Renewal) E. Hy-Vee Mainstreet, 2611 Pierce Street (Renewal) 3. CLASS E LIQUOR LICENSE (liquor only) A. Fareway Stores, Inc. No. 019, 4016 Indian Hills Drive (Renewal) B. Fareway Stores, Inc. No. 022, 4040 War Eagle Drive (Renewal) C. Fareway Stores, Inc. No. 829, 4267 Sergeant Road (Renewal) D. Hy-Vee No. 2, 4500 Sergeant Road (Renewal) E. Hy-Vee Mainstreet, 2611 Pierce Street (Renewal) 17. BOARD, COMMISSION AND COMMITTEE MINUTES A. Mayor’s Youth Commission – December 4, 2017 and January 8, 2018 B. Transit System Advisory Board – January 17, 2018 - End of Consent Agenda - RECOMMENDATIONS OF PLANNING AND ZONING 18. Hearing and Resolution determining an area of the city to be a blighted area and economic development area, and that the rehabilitation, conservation, redevelopment, development, or a combination thereof, of such area is necessary in the interest of the public health, safe- ty or welfare of the residents of the city; designating such area as appropriate for an urban renewal project; and adopting Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Combined Central Sioux City -CBD Urban Renewal Plan for the Combined Central Sioux City -CBD Urban Renewal Area.
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