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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes-06/02/2008• • June 2, 2008 The Council of the City of Waterloo, Iowa, met in Regular Session at City Hall Council Chambers, Waterloo, Iowa, at 5:30 p.m., on Monday, June 2, 2008. Mayor Timothy J. Hurley in the Chair. Roll Call: Cole, Getty, Hart, Greenwood, Steve Schmitt, Welper, Reggie Schmitt. Moment of Silence. Pledge of Allegiance: Brad Hagen, Airport Director. 127177 - Reggie Schmitt/Welper that the Agenda, as amended, for the Regular Session on Monday, June 2, 2008, at 5:30 p.m., be accepted and approved. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127178 - Reggie Schmitt/Welper that the Minutes, as proposed, for the Regular Session on Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at 5:30 p.m., be accepted and approved. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. CONSENT AGENDA 127179 - Reggie Schmitt/Greenwood that the following items on the consent agenda be received, placed on file and approved: a. Resolutions to approve the following: 1. Resolution approving Schedule AP640, pp. 1-53, dated June 2, 2008, in the amount of $697,594.41, a copy of which is on file in the City Clerk's office, together with recommendation of approval of the Finance Committee. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-445. b. Motion -to approve the following: 1. Travel request for four officers to attend LEIN Criminal Intelligence Course in Des Moines, Iowa on April 14-25, 2008, with costs not to exceed $2,900.00. 2. Travel request for six officers to attend LEIN Criminal Intelligence Course in Des Moines, Iowa on April 28 -May 9, 2008, with costs not to exceed $4,800.00. c. Liquor License Permit Application Class E Broadway Liquor, 821 Broadway (Renewal) (Expires 6/30/09) (Includes Sunday Sales) d. Wine License Permit Application Class B Broadway Liquor, 821 Broadway (Renewal) (Expires 6/30/09) (Includes Sunday Sales) e. Beer License Permit Application Class C Broadway Liquor, 821 Broadway (Renewal) (Expires 6/30/09) (Includes Sunday Sales) Marathon Mini Mart, 515 Broadway (Renewal) (Expires 5/31/09) (Includes Sunday Sales) f. Beer/Liquor License Permit Application Class C SC Krajisnik, 300 West Mullan Avenue (5 days -6/6/08 - 6/11/08) (Includes Sunday Sales) Jo Mama's, 352 Fletcher Avenue (Renewal) (Expires 6/10/09) (Includes Sunday Sales) Pat's Tavern, 303 West 4th Street (Renewal) (Expires 5/20/09) (Includes Sunday Sales) Club 700, 1955 Locke Avenue (Renewal) (Expires 6/30/09) (Includes Sunday Sales) June 2, 2008 Page 2 Consent Agenda continued g. Liquor License Permit Application Class A Fraternal Order of Eagles, 202 1st Street (Renewal) (Expires 6/30/09) (Includes Sunday Sales) h. Fireworks Display Application Waterloo Bucks Baseball, 850 Park Road on June 21, 2008 i. Bonds. j. Cigarette/Tobacco Permit Application Neighborhood Mart, 2100 Lafayette Street Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. HEARINGS & BIDS 127180 - Hart/Reggie Schmitt that proof of publication of notice of public hearing on 2008 Lafayette Park Electrical Improvement Project, as published in the Waterloo Courier on May 23, 2008, be received and placed on file. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127181 - This being the time and place of public hearing, the Mayor called for written and oral objections and there were none. Hart/Reggie Schmitt that the hearing be closed. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127182 - Hart/Reggie Schmitt that "Resolution confirming approval of plans, specifications, form of contract, etc. in conjunction with 2008 Lafayette Park Electrical Improvement Project", be adopted. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-446. 127183 - Hart/Reggie Schmitt that "Resolution ordering construction in conjunction with above said project", be adopted. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-447. 127184 - Hart/Reggie Schmitt to receive, file and instruct City Clerk to open and read bids and refer to Leisure Services Director for review: Bidder Scotts Electric, Waterloo, IA Sieben Electric, Cedar Falls, IA KWS, Inc., Cedar Falls, IA Stickfort Electric, Cedar Falls, IA Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127185 Steve Schmitt/Welper Bid Bond Bid Amount 5% 5% $4,300.00 $75,599.47 $68,750.00 $78,250.00 $84,250.00 that proof of publication of notice of public hearing on F.Y. 2008 E. 4th Street Reconstruction & Streetscape Improvements, Contract No. 742, as published in the Waterloo Courier on May 19, 2008, be received and placed on file. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. • • • • June 2, 2008 Page 3 Hearings & Bids continued 127186 - This being the time and place of public hearing, the Mayor called for written and oral objections and there were none Steve Schmitt/Welper that the hearing be closed. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127187 - Steve Schmitt/Welper that "Resolution confirming approval of plans, specifications, form of contract, etc. in conjunction with F.Y. 2008 E. 4th Street Reconstruction & Streetscape Improvements, Contract No. 742", be adopted. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-448. 127188 - Steve Schmitt/Welper that "Resolution ordering construction in conjunction with above said project", be adopted. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-449. 127189 - Steve Schmitt/Welper to receive, file and instruct City Clerk to open and read bids and refer to City Engineer for review: Bidder Cunningham Construction Co., Inc. Cedar Falls, IA Peterson Contractors, Inc. Reinbeck, IA Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. HEARINGS 127190 - Getty/Hart Divisions Divisions Bid Bond I & II I & II & Alt 1 5% $873,800.73 $880,018.23 5% $920,158.48 $926,375.98 that proof of publication of notice of public hearing on request of Iowa Northern Railway Company to vacate, sell and convey a portion of East Ridgeway Avenue generally located east of Texas Street for $1.00 and rescind Ordinance No. 4881 and Resolution No. 2007-799 in their entirety, as published in the Waterloo Courier on May 16, 2008, be received and placed on file. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127191 - This being the time and place of public hearing, the Mayor called for written and oral objections and there were none. Getty/Hart that the hearing be closed. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127192 - Getty/Hart that "an Ordinance vacating a portion of East Ridgeway Avenue generally located east of Texas Street", be received, placed on file, considered and passed for the first time. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127193 Getty/Hart that rules requiring ordinances to be considered and voted for passage at two prior meetings be suspended. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127194 - Getty/Hart that "an Ordinance vacating a portion of East Ridgeway Avenue generally located east of Texas Street", be considered and passed for the second and third times and adopted. Ayes: Seven. Ordinance adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 4908. June 2, 2008 Hearings continued 127195 - Getty/Hart Page 4 that "Resolution authorizing said sale and conveyance", be adopted and City Attorney instructed to prepare and deliver deed accordingly. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-450. 127196 - Greenwood/Reggie Schmitt that proof of publication of notice of public hearing on reallocation of not to exceed $600,000.00 of unspent proceeds of the Series 2007A Bonds for the purpose of paying costs of improvements to the Commercial Street Ramp, as published in the Waterloo Courier on May 23, 2008, be received and placed on file. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127197 - This being the time and place of public hearing, the Mayor called for written and oral objections and there were none. Greenwood/Reggie Schmitt that the hearing be closed. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127198 - Greenwood/Reggie Schmitt that "Resolution instituting proceedings to take additional action and approving reallocation of said bonds", be adopted. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-451. UNFINISHED BUSINESS 127199 - Getty/Welper that communication from Associate Engineer of contract in the amount of $467,737.83 Cedar Falls, Iowa in conjunction with F.Y No. 700, be received, placed on file and contract", be adopted. Ayes: Seven. transmitting recommendation of award to Vieth Construction Corporation of . 2006 Donald Street Trail, Contract "Resolution approving award of said Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-452. DOCUMENTS 127200 Getty/Welper that communication from City Engineer transmitting Change Order No. 1 a net decrease in the amount of $20,036.67 for work performed by Bentley Construction, Inc. of Waterloo, Iowa in conjunction with F.Y. 2008 Sidewalk Repair Assessment Program - Zone 7, Contract No. 724, be received, placed on file and approved and Mayor authorized to execute same. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127201 Getty/Welper that communication from Contracts and Grants Coordinator transmitting Change Order for a net increase in the amount of $12,250.00 to add 315 Gable Street and 1012 Logan Avenue for work to be performed by Lehman Trucking & Excavating of Waterloo, Iowa in conjunction with General Obligation Bond Demolition, Contract No. 157 -D -GO -05-26-08, be received, placed on file and approved and Mayor authorized to execute same. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127202 - Getty/Welper that communication from City Planner transmitting Change Order No. 4 for a net increase in the amount of $148,732.00 for asbestos and demolition of buildings 8, 9, 11, 15, 18, 20 and 22 to be performed by D.W. Zinser Company of Walford, Iowa in conjunction with Phase I Demolition - Former Chamberlain Manufacturing Property, 550 Esther Street, Contract No. 741, be received, placed on file and approved and Mayor authorized to execute same. Prior to a vote on the above motion, the following comments were heard. Councilperson Greenwood asked after the seven buildings come down what will be the status of the demolition. Will we be pretty much done with demolition of the Chamberlain buildings. • • • • June 2, 2008 Documents continued Noel Anderson, Community Planning & Development Director, responded with this last change order we will be about three quarters of the way complete with the demolition of the site. Page 5 Councilperson Greenwood asked if the city will keep building number 21, and is that the loading dock on the north end. Mr. Anderson responded at this time building 21 appears to be in good condition, and it has some docks that are available from that north end. There are also a couple of smaller buildings, 19 and 16, on the east or the right hand side of the map, and possibly building 22 may be worth salvaging if we can find a reuse for them. Councilperson Greenwood noted numbers 2 and 3 are the office buildings if they are usable, and Mr. Anderson responded he believed so. Mayor Hurley noted when the buildings come down the concrete pads will now. Mr. Anderson responded at this point the pads will stay because is working with the EPA for the environmental status at the site. and asked stay for the city Councilperson Getty noted he has had several citizens call asking about the property and about the change orders. Councilperson Getty noted he tells them that Zinser Company was the original contractor that bid on the demolition job, and then because of the money that has become available we have gone from building 1, 2 and 3, now we are at 4, 5 and 6. We have torn down more and more buildings with the amount of money that we find that we still have available, and that is why we have added these buildings tonight. Mayor Hurley responded that is correct, and Zinser was the low bidder, given a certain contract for a certain number of buildings. Zinser has been applying their trade out there, and then along come some more federal money. We had a choice to re -bid those buildings and go for lowest bidder again or to do the change order process on Contract No. 741, and we chose the change order because Zinser is mobilized. They have all their equipment out there and they are staging in their portable offices. We are charged for that and so it seemed the best business decision to approach council with the change order. Following comments a vote was taken on the original motion with the following result. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127203 - Getty/Welper that communication from City Engineer transmitting Change Order No. 5 for a net increase in the amount of $60,050.00 for work performed by K. Cunningham Construction of Cedar Falls, Iowa in conjunction with F.Y. 2007 Riverloop Exposition Plaza - Phase 1, Contract No. 721, be received, placed on file and approved and Mayor authorized to execute same. Prior to a vote on the above motion, the following comments were heard. Eric Thorson, City Engineer, reported this change order is for some additional electrical for events in the exposition plaza. Michelle Weidner, Chief Financial Officer, reported this total project is being funded with $1 million dollar CAT grant, $2.6 million Black Hawk Gaming awards and some city bond money. There was enough built into contingency funds because we are working in an older part of town that we have enough contingency to cover this. Councilperson Greenwood asked if this is part of the Riverfront Renaissance funding source. Ms. Weidner responded it is not part of the Riverfront Renaissance Project. This is the expo grounds which is a whole separate project being funded by Black Hawk Gaming and a CAT grant from the State of Iowa. The River Renaissance Project is still proceeding, but that is Vision Iowa money and some city bonds that are being paid back with solid waste distributions but that is different. Mayor Hurley commented that Vision Iowa and Riverfront Renaissance are sort of interchangeable, that the Downtown Redevelopment Master Plan, they all fall under that. Mayor Hurley noted this is carved out of the Downtown Master Plan, but it is not involved directly with Vision Iowa Project. Following comments a vote was taken on the above motion with the following result. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. June 2, 2008 Page 6 Documents continued 127204 - Reggie Schmitt/Hart that communication from City Engineer transmitting Change Order No. 1 for a net increase in the amount of $115,872.72 for work to be performed by Aspro, Inc. and Its Subsidiary of Waterloo, Iowa in conjunction with F.Y. 2008 Asphalt Overlay Program, Contract No. 737, be received, placed on file and approved and Mayor authorized to execute same. Prior to a vote on the above motion, the following comments were heard. Councilperson Greenwood noted this a fairly large change order, but he feels the payback is definitely of value because of the potential of somebody getting injured on the bike trail on Sergeant Road because of the wash out or someone getting injured on Ridgeway Avenue because of the wash out on the shoulder of that road. Councilperson Greenwood stated he thinks the timeliness of the repair is much more important than trying to go through the protocol of getting bids and getting it fixed two months from now instead of next week. Following comments a vote was taken on the above motion with the following result. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127205 - Reggie Schmitt/Hart that communication from City Engineer transmitting Completion of Project and Recommendation of Acceptance of Work performed by Bentley Construction, Inc. of Waterloo, Iowa at the total cost of $85,419.94 in conjunction with F.Y. 2008 Sidewalk Repair Assessment Program - Zone 7, Contract No. 724, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said documents", be approved and two- year Maintenance Bond be received and placed on file. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-453. 127206 - Reggie Schmitt/Hart that communication from City Planner transmitting request of Carl & Susan Spaethe for tax exemptions on improvements totaling $74,500.00 for property located at 215 E. Mullan Avenue located in the Consolidated Urban Revitalization Area, together with recommendation of approval, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted and City Clerk instructed to notify Black Hawk County Assessor of same. Prior to a vote on the above motion, the following comments were heard. Councilperson Steve Schmitt noted he received a couple of calls over the weekend, and he asked if there is any kind of minimum requirement for the building at 215 E. Mullan Avenue, is that part of the new Highway 63 corridor into town because it is basically a pole building. Noel Anderson, Community Planning & Development Director, responded there are no design requirements at that location that are different from any other commercial and industrial district in the city. They still have some landscaping requirements for the zoning ordinance, and there are hard surfacing requirements for the vehicular use areas, but other than that there are no building requirements for that corridor. Mr. Anderson noted that the site is not anticipated to be needed for the Highway 63 project. Following comments a vote was taken on the original motion with the following result. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-454. 127207 - Reggie Schmitt/Hart that communication from Building Official/Maintenance Administrator transmitting agreement with Black Hawk County Board of Supervisors to provide building maintenance administration services to the county, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-455. • • • • June 2, 2008 Page 7 Documents continued 127208 - Reggie Schmitt/Hart that communication from Building Official/Maintenance Administrator transmitting agreement with MidAmerican Energy for Energy Efficiency Action Plan for Young Arena, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor authorized to execute same. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-456. 127209 Cole/Steve Schmitt that communication from Building Official/Maintenance Administrator transmitting Supplemental Agreement No. 3 with Earth Tech, Inc. of Waterloo, Iowa to provide construction -related services in conjunction with Park Avenue Parking Ramp Repairs, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said agreement", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-457. 127210 - Cole/Steve Schmitt that communication from Leisure Services Director transmitting Contracts, Bonds and Certificates of Insurance in the amount of $471,910.00 with Michael Huff Construction of Waterloo, Iowa in conjunction with 2008 Lafayette Park Renovation Project, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said documents", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Seven Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-458. 127211 - Cole/Steve Schmitt that communication from Community Planning and Development Director transmitting Property Access Agreements for 108 and 120 Jefferson Street, 217-219 Jefferson Street, 100 Commercial Street and Parcel Nos. 8913-26-204-006 and 8913-26-204- 008 for environmental site assessment as part of the Brownfields Redevelopment Program in the downtown, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said agreements", be adopted and Mayor and City Clerk authorized to execute same. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-459. RESOLUTIONS TO BE ADOPTED 127212 - Cole/Steve Schmitt that communication from Mayor Tim Hurley transmitting recommendation of 4 percent salary increase for non -bargaining employees effective July 1, 2008, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said salary increase", be adopted. Prior to a vote on the above motion, the following comments were heard. Councilperson Cole stated she will support the increase for the non -bargaining people because she does not feel it is fair to penalize people for not belonging to a bargaining unit. However, she would very much like to see a performance management system put into place sometime before she leave this council because she thinks there may be some people who deserve 10 percent raises and there just may be one or two who deserve a two percent raise, and she would like to see the council address that issue. Mayor Hurley noted Councilperson Cole has been consistent on that since she has been on council. Mayor Hurley noted that the Human Resources Director, Bob Stringer, has been coaching and working with him. Mayor Hurley noted that the FYE09 Budget did set aside some monies for gap closure, and he would like to continue to close the gap and then move into a performance pay plan, and Mr. Stringer is working on some ways that we can serve both. Mayor Hurley commented he will bring that recommendation to council later this month so that we can make that effective the first pay period of the fiscal year. Following comments a vote was taken on the above motion with the following result. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-460. June 2, 2008 Resolutions to be Adopted continued 127213 - Cole/Steve Schmitt Page 8 that request of Superintendent of Traffic Operations to install temporary 'No Parking This Side' signs on the north and south sides of 300 block of West Dale Street, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-461. 127214 - Cole/Steve Schmitt that communication from Airport Director transmitting request to fund emergency repairs to the perimeter fence at Waterloo Regional Airport at a cost not to exceed $45,000.00 to D&N Fence Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-462. ORDINANCES TO BE ADOPTED 127215 - Greenwood/Welper that "an Ordinance amending the 2003 Traffic Code by prohibiting parking on the east and west sides of 1400 block of Bluff Street", be received, placed on file, considered and passed for the first time. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. 127216 - Helen Taylor, 1419 Bluff Street, stated she received the notice stating that there is parking in the back for everyone on that block, that there is either parking or a garage. Ms. Taylor stated they do not have a garage, they have one small driveway in the front and five vehicles. Ms. Taylor noted there is a dispute with her neighbor about the property line. Her neighbor says that the small driveway in the back belongs to her, and they are unsure as to what to do. Mayor Hurley noted the city could possibly assist in helping straighten that out and asked if that were resolved would she have more parking. Ms. Taylor responded that would give them more parking. Ms. Taylor noted that it was stated this was needed for emergency vehicles for the Waterloo Fire Rescue, but there are no fire hydrants anywhere, there is not one on Bluff Street, and the closest one is 12th and Jefferson. Councilperson Hart commented he received an e-mail from a lady by the name of Jean, and he forwarded that e-mail to Sandi Greco in Traffic Operations to talk about some of their concerns. The lady was unable to attend tonight's meeting because she had to work, but he wanted an opportunity to voice her concerns to the council. Councilperson Steve Schmitt stated he had a conversation with Jean who lives at 1413 Bluff Street. Councilperson Steve Schmitt stated he thinks there are a variety of issues going on, and he will vote against suspending the rules. Councilperson Steve Schmitt noted he drove down Bluff Street over the weekend, and the area that we are talking about is a one block, very narrow street. Right now Jean has kids and has four or five cars and they have a double garage, so they have no place else to park the cars. Councilperson Steve Schmitt stated he doesn't think that is part of the problem, but there is a problem with vehicles without tags. The street has vehicles from one end to the other. He is favor of opening that street up enough that they can get fire trucks or ambulances through, but he thinks we need to be able to come up with a workable alternative for these folks. Councilperson Steve Schmitt asked if there is a way that the city could vacate the sidewalk, no longer have a sidewalk in that neighborhood and allow them to park on the sidewalk, which would allow more space. The residents are open to any and all suggestions, but two of the four or five people who live on that street have more than two vehicles and they only have parking for two vehicles, so they are at loose ends on how to accommodate their kids. • • June 2, 2008 Ordinances to be Adopted continued Doug Carter, Fire Chief, noted he drove down that street tonight before the meeting, and he had crews go out and check it out when Sandi Greco first brought it to his attention. It is a very narrow street, there is an embankment on the Washington Street side that is very limited. Chief Carter stated he sympathizes with the neighborhood, but the fact that there is no hydrant in that block is irrelevant. Fire Rescue needs to park in front of the house where they are called and for a lot of people to think for them to drive around the block is not a big deal, it is a big deal. If its your house that is on fire or your spouse having a heart attack or your child injured, for Fire Rescue to circle around the block, especially if they have to back out, it is time consuming. As it stands right now with parking on one side, they are lucky if they could get an ambulance down there, but probably not the larger rigs and not a fire truck. Chief Carter noted there was a similar issue on Edgemont this winter and we missed the bullet. If that fire had been 12 hours earlier or later they would not have been able to get the trucks down that street. Chief Carter encouraged the council to seriously consider the parking. Page 9 Sandi Greco, Superintendent of Traffic Operations, reported there have been issues where Waste Management had trouble getting garbage trucks down the street to pick up the garbage. They have had to back out because they couldn't get through and get the garbage picked up. Greenwood/Reggie Schmitt that rules requiring ordinances to be considered and voted for passage at two prior meetings be suspended. Ayes: Six. Nays: Steve Schmitt. Motion carried. 127217 - Greenwood/Reggie Schmitt that "an Ordinance amending the 2003 Traffic Code by prohibiting parking on the east and west sides of 1400 block of Bluff Street", be considered and passed for the second and third times and adopted. Ayes: Six. Nays: Steve Schmitt. Ordinance adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 4909. NEW BUSINESS 127218 Reggie Schmitt/Greenwood that communication from General Manager of Waterloo Water Works transmitting request to certify the amount of $2,600.00 for work performed by the Water Works at 702 Fowler Street, together with recommendation of approval of Waterloo Water Works Board of Trustees, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted and City Clerk instructed to notify Black Hawk County Treasurer of same. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-463. 127219 - Reggie Schmitt/Greenwood that communication from General Manager of Waterloo Water Works transmitting request to certify the amount of $4,277.00 for work performed by the Water Works at 143 Dawson Street, together with recommendation of approval of Waterloo Water Works Board of Trustees, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted and City Clerk instructed to notify Black Hawk County Treasurer of same. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-464. 127220 - Reggie Schmitt/Greenwood that communication from General Manager of Waterloo Water Works transmitting request to certify the amount of $1,995.00 for work performed by the Water Works at 806 Sumner Street, together with recommendation of approval of Waterloo Water Works Board of Trustees, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted and City Clerk instructed to notify Black Hawk County Treasurer of same. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-465. June 2, 2008 Page 10 New Business continued 127221 Reggie Schmitt/Greenwood that communication from General Manager of Waterloo Water Works transmitting request to certify the amount of $2,100.00 for work performed by the Water Works at 209 Manson Street, together with recommendation of approval of Waterloo Water Works Board of Trustees, be received, placed on file and "Resolution approving said request", be adopted and City Clerk instructed to notify Black Hawk County Treasurer of same. Ayes: Seven. Resolution adopted and upon approval by Mayor assigned No. 2008-466. ORAL PRESENTATIONS 127222 - Arthur Anderson, 1000 Ash Street, reported that on Friday he was on his way home from the park, and he got to where the sidewalk comes into City Hall and he saw a bunch of kids to the left in front of the building right behind here. Mr. Anderson stated the kids were gang fighting, and when he got to the light he hollered at them but it didn't do any good. Mr. Anderson stated he went up to the driveway behind City Hall and the police were there with their horses and had been in the parade patrolling around. He went up to one of the officers and told him if he would go around the corner there are kids fighting and they are going to kill each other. Mr. Anderson stated before he got around the building he saw one girl grab another one by the hair, pick her up and body slam her on the sidewalk. The officer told him he couldn't see around the corner. Mr. Anderson asked the officer to do something, but he kept petting his horse, so he left. Mr. Anderson stated he went up the driveway and went across the street and by the time he got down Mulberry they were fighting again by the big building on Mulberry and E. 4th Street. Mr. Anderson stated he told the policeman all about it, and said he told the policeman he can see he didn't want to do anything other just get his paycheck. Mr. Anderson stated these were white girls, not black girls this time, high school kids. Mr. Anderson stated a week ago the black girls were fighting each other on Cottage and Adams, and it looked like half the police department was there. Mayor Hurley thanked Mr. Anderson and stated its not a pretty story and that the Police Chief is here tonight and he is confident the Chief will follow-up. Councilperson Hart thanked Chris Western, Louis Starks, Rudy Jones, Perry and Barry Straton and the rest of the folks for helping put together the bus tour to take a look at some of the areas in our community that are being redeveloped and need a little bit more development. Reggie Schmitt/Cole that the above oral comments be received and placed on file. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. ADJOURNMENT 127223 - Cole/Greenwood that the Council adjourn at 6:30 p.m. Ayes: Seven. Motion carried. Nancy Eckert, CMC City Clerk • •