CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 7, 2013 The meeting will be called to order at 7:30 P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE & PRAYER ROLL CALL Curran, Haddad, Knapp, Levy, Seabury, Stanley, Taylor Colla, Nagarsheth, Halas, Cavo, Saadi, Visconti, Palma, Wetmore, Nero, Perkins, Chianese, Rotello, Scozzafava and Teicholz ________________PRESENT _______________ABSENT PUBLIC SPEAKING MINUTES - Minutes of the Council Meeting held October 1, 2013 CONSENT CALENDAR AGENDA 1 – COMMUNICATION - Appointment of Building Inspector 2 - COMMUNICATION - Host Community Benefit Agreement 3 - COMMUNICATION - Redevelopment Parcel 9 – 32 Patriot Drive 3.1 – COMMUNICATION - Request for Bike Racks - HART 4 - COMMUNICATION - Certification of Funds – Civil Prep Generator Fees 5 – COMMUNICATION - Certification of Funds – Ambulance Capitol 6 – COMMUNICATION - Certification of Funds – Ambulance Fund Re-appropriations 7 – COMMUNICATION - Certification of Animal Control Funds Re-appropriations 8 – COMMUNICATION - Donation to the Fire Department 9 – COMMUNICATION - Proposed Revision to Code of Ordinance Section 18-24 10 – COMMUNICATION - Lease of City Property – 84 Hospital Avenue 11 – RESOLUTION - Phase 31 Emergency Food and Shelter Program 12 – RESOLUTION - Implementation of C-PACE Program 13 – RESOLUTION - Section 108 Loan Guarantee 14 – RESOLUTION - Amendment of Resolution – School Construction Projects 15 – RESOLUTION - 2014 Comprehensive DUI Enforcement Program 16 - RESOLUTION - EMPG Performance Grant 17 – AD HOC REPORT - Polling Location Change 18 – DEPARTMENT REPORTS – Police, Fire, Health-Housing & Welfare, Dream Homes, Public Works, Permit Center, UNIT. Elderly, Library EXECUTIVE SESSION 19 - COMMUNICATION - Recent CHRO Litigation Settlement ***ADD-ONS*** 20- Communication - Appoint Alternate members to Conservation Commission 21 -Communication - Hearthstone Castle Engineering Study 22 - Communication - BOE Press Release Re: Collective Bargaining Contracts There being no further business to come before the Council a motion was made at _________P.M. by __________________________for the meeting to be adjourned. CITY OF DANBT]RY OFFICE OF THE MAYOR I55 DEER HILL AVENI,JE DANBI.IRY. CONNECTICUT 068 IO MARK D. BOUGHTON (203') 797 45tr MAYOR FAX (203) 796-1666 m.boughton@danbury-ct. gov October 10,2013 Honorable Members of the City Council City of Danbury, Connecticut Dear Members of the City Council' I hereby submit for your confirmation the appoinhnent and promotion of David Newland to the position of Building Inspector. Mr. Newland is an accomplished professional who has served the City of Danbury with the highest of standards since his date of hire of February 19, 1991. Throughout his career, Mr. Newland always strived for more by obtaining many licenses in his neta ana continuing his education. Mr. Newland holds a Connecticut Plumbing Inspectoi technician License and a Heating Inspector Technician License. He was approved and awarded the 2010. Assistant Building Officials License in 1997 andhas held the Connecticut Building Official License since As an Assistant Inspector for the City of Danbury, Mr. Newland has taken numerous code and material-related Henry Abbott classes in all disciilines of construction. For three years, he taught apprenticeship classes at i."tt"i"ut High SJhool for hopeful future plumbers as well as State-required classed in other venues for the panels continuing eJucation of licensed Plumbers. Additionally, Mr. Newland participated in many discussion for various groups for the purpose ofbuilding code interpretations and compliance measures. Mr. Newland has successfully served as the City's Acting Building Official since July 1, 2013 and has acquired the required number of cretlii hours of continuing education in order to maintain his license. Therefore, I am proud and honored to submit this confirmation for promotion to the position of Building lnspector Thank vou for your consideration of this appointment. Sincerely, qr'n al lL qYAy &arkD. BoMon Mayor Paee 1 of 1 CITY OF'DANBURY OFFICE OF THE MAYOR I55 DEER HILL AVENUE DANBURY, CONNECTICUT 068IO MARKD.BOUGHTON (203)7974511 MAYOR FAX (203) 796-1666 m.boughton@danbury-ct. gov October 24,2013 Hon. Members of the City Council 155 Deer Hill Avenue Danbury, CT 06810 Re: Host Community Benefit Agreement 307 White Street Danbury-Winters Dear Council Members: As you recall, this Agreement, together with an amended Danbury Solid Waste and Recycling Authority oidinance, was submitted to you for consideration by my letter of March 26, 2013. You reviewed the matter(s) in public hearing as well as a committee of the whole. after which the item was tabled at your August 6, 2013 regular meeting. This was done in the interest of attempting to obtain a few modifications to the Agreement that are now pending. Kindly refer this matter to an ad hoc committee for review of the (new) proposal and the ordinance as submitted and the proposed member appoinfinents, as it was your desire to have all components considered together and jointly. We will have the packet including the modified Host Community Benifit Agreement to you by the time of or at the ad hoc meeting. Please contact my office with any questions or concems. 8"rg ?N CITY OF DAI\BTJRY ;.'.'"1ffi.Hl,?tu"o '^.8ffi www.danbury.clus (203)79745rr MARKD.BOUGHTON MAYOR FAX (203) 796-1666 m.bougblon@datrburY-ctgov October23,2013 Honorable Members of the City Council City of Danbury, Connecticut Dear Council Members: bike racks Housatonic Area Regional Transit (HART) has requested to install four traditional ;;.;;dh[Gi6-agttt Ui"V"t.i located at the?ulse Point downtown on Kennedy Avenue. needs your please see attached license agreement, prepared by corporation counsel, which approval. Any questions please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your consideration' Attach. J -^ LICENSE AGREEMENT oJ Danbrlry, 155 Deer Hill Avenue THIS LICENSE is granted this _ day of November 2013, by th€ City (hereinafler .Cit/) to HARTrinsit at 62 Fe-deral ioad, in the City of Danbury, County of Fairlield and State of Connecticut' (hereinaff er "Licensee'): parking WHEREAS, the LicenseE wishes to obtain a licensE from the City permitting Licensge to use a bicycle area with bi-ycle rack and public use air pumps, as described on Schedule A attached hereto and incorporated herein (hereinaffer "Licensed Premises"). lhe NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises, covenants, and conditions contained herein, parties do hereby agree as follows: Licensee to use the 1. The City does hereby grant a non-transferable, revocable license to the Licensee to allow property described subjec{ to the further proMsions hereof. 2. This lic€nse shall commence on the day first written above and shall continue, unless sooner terminated in payment of an accordance with th€ terms hereof, and shill continue until terminated as provided for herein, upon annual license fee of one dollar ($1.00)' 3. The Llcensed Premises is shown on Schedule A. to making The use of the Licensed Premises shall be for the limited purposes of bicyde parking and transit. Prior 4. personal property upon or any improvements, alteralions or modifications thereto, or placing any fixtures or. plan the nature.and above the area of the Licensed Premises, the Licens€e shatl submit a detailed sit€ depicting or modmcations location of the proposed improvements, alterations or modifications. All improvements, alterations shall obtain all shall be made in accorOarice with the approved plan. Prior to starting the work, the Licensee such permits necessary lrom any state or local' agency or department which may be required by law to make imorovements, alterations or modifications. of any kind to lhe other 5. Either the Licensee or the City may terminate this license without obligation or liability purposes of the termination as a result of said termination, upoir written notice to the non-teminating party. For of termination on the provision of this license, the Mayir of the City shall have authority to exercise the City's right City's behaf. Liability Insurance 6. During the term hereof, Licensee shall take out and maintain sucfi Comprehensive General or omissions in the as wiii protect it and the bity from claims from damages for personal injury, including action by the Licenseeor by course of the use of this tLeinse property, whither suc-h actions or omission are undertaken indirectly employed any contraaor or suUcontrac.torhirei by or on betralf of the Licensee or any anyone direcfly or follows: btt;;;ti"a o" uenaft 9f any ot tfre foreioing entities. The minimum limits of such insurance shall be as Bodi|y|niuryLiabi|ityandPropertyDamageLiabi|ity$2,000'000.00(combined)€achoccuren@ for its review'. All prior to the execution of this license, certificates of such insurance shall be filed with the City of the protection they polrcies of insurance snarr ue suulect to city with regard.to_the aletu-acy $9 99g9yt 9r-tn9 PqLICY' 6 provioe. THi CL1Y S'inr-l ee ilaueO nS AN AbDIIONAL INSURED ON EA6H SUCH b"rport 'companies or othetwise in"uran"e pauiOing *u"16ge hereund€r shall be 1censed by the State ot.ConnectidJt -of required coverages' acceptaUte to tire City. Fult diictosure all exclusions shall be provided with r.esp€ct to all or change at Al policies relating t6 this license shall be written so that the City shall be notifled of cancellation leait ten (10) days prior to the effectiv€ date of such cancellation or change' limits of liability and the Certificates of insurance shall be filed in triplicate with the City and shall state the certificates covering the renewal of all policies o"r" for each policy and type oI . Renewai "*pi11i[n u""iu"tag9. nt"o tne city not less than ten (10) days before the expiration of J"ri^g tt'" tite ot inis ticenseil"n 'r]tn "itiri"gsuch policies. policies..containing.an aggregate The Licensee agree that in the event that one or more claims are paid under the limits of tin.'it,li.n"li immediately notifo ttre City thereof and. al the same time shall either reinstate in accordanc€ the limits """".g;p"ji"V b"ficies or obtain iofi"V or'polici"" providing for full coverage -with (24) hours and the City shall established""U "rherein.