HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003-11-03-Regular MinutesWAUKEE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
NOVEMBER 3,2003
(I)Call to Order -The regular meeting of the Waukee City Council was called to order
by Mayor Tony Oberman at 7:00 PM.
(2)Pledge of Allegiance
(3)Roll Call-The following members were present:Mayor Tony Oberman,and
Council members Nicholas Gruber,Donald Bailey,Jr.,Mike Watts and Darlene Stanton.
Council member and Mayor Pro Tem Bill Peard absent.
(4)Open Forum -No one present wished to speak to an issue.
(5)Agenda Additions!Approval -No changes.Mike Watts moved;Nick Gruber
second to approve the agenda as written.Roll call:Ayes:Watts,Gruber,Bailey,Stanton.
Nays:None.Absent:Peard.Motion carried 4 -0 -1.
(6)Consent Agenda-
A.Approving 10-29-03 Bill List
B.Approving 10-20-03 City Council Minutes
C.Approving Change Order No.1 for Van Hauen &Associates in the amount of
$1,000.00 and changing the completion date from October 30,2003 to December 5,
2003 for the R-22 Sanitary Sewer Improvement -Contract 1
D.Approving The Underground Company's request for the extension ofthe completion
date from October 30,2003 to November 30,2003 for the R-22 Sanitary Sewer
Improvement -Contract 2
E.Approving Partial Pay Estimate No.3 for Corell Contractor,Inc,in the amonnt of
$24,645.60 for the Ashworth Drive Water Main Improvements -Phase I
F.Approving Change Order No.1 for Corell Contractor,Inc.,Inc,in the amount of
$4,169.00 for Ashworth Drive Water Main Improvements -Phase II
G.Approving Partial Pay Estimate No.1 for Corell Contractor,Inc.in the amount of
$81,744.18 for the Ashworth Drive Water Main Improvements -Phase II
Mike Watts moved,Darlene Stanton second to approve all items.Council member
Bailey indicated there were a few typos and he would talk with staff later.Roll call:
Ayes:Watts,Stanton,Gruber,Bailey.Nays:None.Absent:Peard.Motion carried 4 -0
-1.
Bill List (10-29-03)
CHECKS ISSUED PRIOR TO COUNCIL APPROVAL
CITY OF WAUKEE
DES MOINES WATER
DENNIS DOWELL
JODY GUNDERSON
HAWKEYE STATE FIRE
IOWA LEAGUE OF CITIES
MARY GREELEY MEDICAL CENTER
MID AMERICAN ENERGY
SUSAN SEIDENFELD
TREASURER STATE OF IOWA
TREASURER STATE OF IOWA
US POSTAL SERVICE
WAUKEE STATE-PUBLIC WORKS PETTY CASH
TROY WINTERS
TOTALS
UNPAID BILLS PRESENTED FOR APPROVAL
11/03/2003,
53.53
6/521.64
20.00
40.00
315.00
20.00
60.00
131.28
75.00
2,755.62
572.22
445.18
85.30
20.00
11,114.77
11/03/03,
ALLIANCE MEDICAL
AMERITAS LIFE INSURANCE CORP
ARAMARK UNIFORM SERVICES
ARCHITECTS WELLS KASTNER
MARK ARENT SEN
ARNOLD MOTOR SUPPLY
PHILIP L ASCHEMAN PHD
BAKER COMMUNICATIONS
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
BATTERY PATROL
THE BILINGUAL LLC
BOB'S MOBILE TOILET SERVICE
LINDA BURKHART
BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS
AMBER CARAVAN
CARPENTER EROSION CONTROL
CARPENTER UNIFORM CO
CLASSIC FLORAL &GIFTS
COMPUSA INC
CRYSTAL CLEAR BOTTLED WATER
DAHL AIR CONDITIONING &HEATING
DALLAS COUNTY RECORDER
DAN RAITT INC
DES MOINES INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
DES MOINES STAMP MFG CO
DES MOINES WATER WORKS
DICKINSON MACKAMAN TYLER
ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING CO
ELLIOTT EQUIPMENT CO
FASTPRO INTERNATIONAL INC
G &L CLOTHING
JODY GUNDERSON
HALLETT MATERIALS
HARMON AUTO GLASS
HICKORY TECH
PAUL E HUSCHER
IEMSA
INDUSTRIAL SALES COMPANY
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE
IOWA DEPT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
IOWA PIPELINE ASSOC INC
JOHN DEERE HEALTH PLAN
JOHNSTONE SUPPLY
LATHAM &ASSOCIATES INC
LEE WAYNE CORPORATION
MADISON NATIONAL LIFE
MANATTS
MARTIN MARIETTA AGGREGATE
MBNA AMERICA BUSINESS CARD
MC JUNKIN CORPORATION
MEC CONSTRUCTION SERVICE
MENARDS
MERRITT COMPANY INC
METLIFE SMALL BUSINESS CENTER
MID AMERICAN ENERGY
MID IOWA SALES COMPANY
MID STATES SUPPLY COMPANY
207.92
3,057.04
352.98
477.20
275.00
81.44
200.00
405.00
122,475.00
74.35
25.00
75.00
57.99
214.00
360.00
650.00
362.64
41.00
48.99
19.90
348.40
94.00
220.69
21.00
45.75
630.00
1,639.50
57.00
619.79
169.50
164.64
250.00
1/254.51
180.00
2,113.66
2,000.00
140.00
4,938.02
115.00
750.00
317.26
27,193.03
84.52
1,224.80
237.52
841.92
1,287.94
1,049.10
1,107.23
533.91
5,307.53
29.95
195.00
419.79
13,700.40
140.74
79.77
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MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICE 842.00
MOBILE VISION 35.00
MUNICIPAL SUPPLY 1,919.91
NATIONAL EVERY 15 MINUTES 105.60
NATIONAL WATERWORKS INC 11,021.70
NES -TRAFFIC SIGN &MARK 178.00
NOGG CHEMICAL &PAPER 182.74
OFFICE DEPOT 1,040.80
OLSON'S BODY &PAINT 378.19
OMB POLICE SUPPLY 206.99
ORKIN PEST CONTROL 37.00
OSE OFFICE FURNITURE 2,290.57
KATHLEEN OSTRING 22.83
PARKSON CORPORATION 6,826.41
PLUMB SUPPLY COMPANY 138.58
THE PRINTING STATION 1,866.08
QUALITY FORD OF WDM 638.56
QWEST 58.37
BETH RICHARDSON 10 .80
DOUGLAS SANDVIG 2,540.00
SELECT OFFICE SYSTEMS 529.00
TERRY SESKER 57.40
SNYDER &ASSOCIATES INC 827.50
SPORT MART 239.94
STAR EQUIPMENT LTD 375.00
TIM SULLIVAN 1,230.00
MARILYN TAYLOR 150.00
TINKER &RASOR 140.74
TRIPLETT OFFICE ESSENTIAL 318.25
UNITED STATES CELLULAR 61.44
VEENSTRA &KIMM INC 24,027.87
VISA 216.77
WASTE MANAGEMENT OF IOWA 206.89
WAUKEE AUTO WASH 210.00
WAUKEE STATE -POLICE PETTY CASH 83.36
WAYNE MANUFACTURING CO LC 431.95
TOTALS 258,408.56
(7)Mayor's Report:We've had two ribbon cuttings in the last two weeks:ABC
Seamless Siding Company and Mickey's Irish Pub.Participated in the two candidate
forums.City Administrator Mark Arentsen and the mayor will meet with Waukee School
Board President Tracy Lepeltek,School Superintendent Veronica Stocker and Associate
Superintendent Dave Wilkerson.The mayor will also attend the Mid-Iowa Association
of Local Govemments meeting this coming week.
(8)Resolution:Approving Tax Credit Housing Application for Windfield West
Apartments,Third Phase Mike Watts moved to approve the resolution.Nick Gruber
second.Jim Conlin,319 7'11 St.,Des Moines present to discuss the proj ect.Mr.Conlin
requested that the Resolution which contained a reference to constructing curb and gutter
and widening of W arrior Lane to the west of the Apartment complex be changed to delete
that reference.Mark Arentsen,Mik Briedis,Don Bailey,Nick Gruber,Darlene Stanton,
Mike Watts contributed to the conversation concerning installation of the wide curb and
gutter and Mr.Conlin's commitment to that installation.The issue was resolved by City
Attomey Paul Huscher who recommended all addition to the resolution which would
modify the sixth "whereas"to state that this is an issue Mr.Conlin is aware of and one
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which will be discussed at the time the Site Plan is approved.Nick Gruber moved to
amend the motion to include Attorney Huscher's suggested wording in the resolution.
Don Bailey,Jr.second.Roll call:Ayes:Gruber,Bailey,Watts,Stanton.Nays:None.
Absent:Peard.Motion carried 4 -0 -1.Roll call on the amended motion:Ayes:Watts,
Gruber,Stanton,Bailey.Nays:None.Absent:Peard,Motion carried 4 -0 -1.
(9)Resolution:Approving the Final Plat for Willow Brook Plat 1 Mike Watts moved
to approve the resolution.Paul Huscher confirmed that the check had been cashed and
we do have a cash bond.Don Bailey,Jr.second.Melissa Fawley of Civil Engineering
Consultants (CEC)on behalf of Regency Land Development Company was present to
discuss the Final Plat.Ms.Fawley indicated that all of staff requirements have been met
and all of the punch list except the concrete flume and the drainage channel on south
boundary has been covered.The latter two items are to be covered by the cash bond.
Roll call:Ayes:Watts,Bailey,Stanton,Gruber.Nays:None.Absent:Peard,Motion
carried 4 -0 -1.
(10)Resolution:Approving Preliminary Plat for Willow Brook Plat 2 Mike Watts
moved to approve the resolution.Darlene Stanton second.Melissa Fawley of CEC
presented the Preliminary Plat to the Council.Council member Don Bailey asked the
location of the Bike Trail.Roll call:Ayes:Watts,Stanton,Gruber,Bailey.Nays:None.
Absent:Peard.Motion carried 4 -0 -1.
(11)Resolution:Approving Veenstra &Kimm,Inc.as engineers for the 2003
Ashworth Drive Sidewalk Improvements,Phase I &II Nick Gruber moved to approve.
Mike Watts second.No discussion.Roll call:Ayes:Gruber,Watts,Bailey,Stanton.
Nays:None.Absent:Peard.Motion canied 4 -0 -1.
(12)Resolution:Approving IA DOT Agreement for Federal-Aid Surface
Transportation Program (STPj for the University Avenue Widening Project;Highway
Planning and Construction,CFDA #20.205 Don Bailey,Jr.moved to approve.Mike
Watts second.No discussion.Roll call:Ayes:Bailey,Watts,Stanton,Gruber.Nays:
None.Motion carried 4 -0 -1.
(13)Resolution:Approving participation in the IA DOT Corridor Master Plan foru.s.6 Corridor Dallas/Polk County,Iowa from 1-35/80 to the west corporate limits of
Waukee Nick Gruber moved to approve the resolution.Darlene Stanton second.There
was much discussion concerning the planned exits and entrances to Highway 6 within the
corporate limits of Waukee.The City agrees to abide by the plan with the understanding
that as the population grows,the Iowa DOT will reassess the highway usage and modify,
adjust and extend the master plan as needed.Council member Watts was concerned that
we do not have an access road on the north side of Highway 6.Chad Weaver indicated
that Venture Lane would act as an access road much as Laurel on the south.Jody
Gunderson indicated the IA DOT definitely did not want to treat Highway 6 as a local
street.They wanted to keep the volume of traffic up and to keep the traffic flowing.
Mark Arentsen stated that the IA DOT is/has been willing to work with the City when a
reasonable request is presented to them.Roll call:Ayes:Gruber,Stanton,Bailey,Watts.
Nays:None.Absent:Peard.Motion carried 4 -0 -1.
(14)Resolution:Approving City of Waukee participation in the Greater DM
Partnership Building on Success in a campaign to fund "Choose Des Moines
Communities and Downtown Community Alliance"Don Bailey,Jr.moved to approve
this resolution.Darlene Stanton second.Council member Bailey stressed the importance
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of our continued support of the activities of the Greater DM Partnership program.Roll
call:Ayes:Bailey,Stanton,Gruber,Watts.Nays:None.Absent:Peard,Motion carried
4-0-1.
(15)Public Hearing:On an ordinance to amend Chapter 301,Waukee Municipal
Code,Zoning Ordinance of the City of Waukee,Iowa,by deleting Legacy Pointe
Planned Development Exhibit E,the Narrative of the Specifics of the Legacy Pointe
Planned Development,and inserting in lieu thereof a revised Exhibit E,and amend the
Zoning Map Mayor Oberman opened the public hearing.No one addressed the council
in writing concerning tills issue.Noone present wished to speak with the council
conerning this issue.Mayor Oberman closed the public hearing.
(16)Ordinance:Approving an ordinance to amend Chapter 301,Waukee Municipal
Code,Zoning Ordinance of the City of Waukee,Iowa,by deleting Legacy Pointe
Planned Development Exhibit E,the Narrative of the Specifics of the Legacy Pointe
Planned Development,and inserting in lieu thereof a revised Exhibit E,and amend the
Zoning Map (intro and first reading)Nick Gruber introduced the ordinance.Mike
Watts moved to approve the first reading in title only.Nick Gruber second.Roll cal1:
Ayes:Watts,Gruber,Stanton,Bailey.Nays:None,Absent:Peard.Motion carried 4 -0
-1.Mark Arentsen read the ordinance in title only.
(17)Ordinance:Approving an ordinance to amend Chapter 303,Waukee Municipal
Code,Section 303.158 by inserting as Subparagraph G thereof a provision to notify
developers of property separated by public access or streets and which can be served by
one water main,the costs of installation of the main shall be borne by the developer
who first develops the adjacent public access;and adding provisions for any person,
firm or corporation who wishes to connect to the existing main to share the costs
thereof as set out in Section 211.17,Waukee Municipal Code;and by relettering
subsequent subparagraphs of Section 303.158 (third reading)Nick Gruber moved to
have the third reading in title only and to place this ordinance on its final passage.Mike
Watts second.Roll call:Ayes:Gruber,Watts,Stanton,Bailey.Nays:None.Absent:
Peard.Motion carried 4 -0 -1.Mark Arentsen read the ordinance in title only.Mayor
Oberman declared tile ordinance passed and duly adopted.City Attorney Paul Huscher
suggested to tile Council that the ordinance just passed might be seen as circumventing
the assessment process when a fee to connect to the water main is charged to other
developers without notice and a public hearing.Mr.Huscher indicated this outcome was
not a probability but a possibility.
(18)Ordinance:Approving an ordinance to amend Chapter 211,Waukee Municipal
Code,by adding thereto Section 211.17 to provide for sharing of costs of water main
among developers,providing payment for proportionate costs of installation (third
reading)Council member Darlene Stanton moved to have the third reading in title only
and place this ordinance on its final passage.Don Bailey,Jr.second.Roll call:Ayes:
Stanton,Bailey,Watts,Gruber,Nays:None.Absent:Peard.Motion carried 4 -0 -1.
Mark Arentsen read the ordinance in title only.Mayor Oberman declared the ordinance
passed and duly adopted.
(19)Ordinance:Approving an ordinance to amend Chapter 502,Section 502.29,
Waukee Municipal Code,Parking Regulations of the City of Waukee,Iowa,Penalty,to
provide for an increase in the penalty per violation from five dollars ($5.00)to ten
dollars ($10.00)by deleting therefrom "Five dollars ($5.00)"from §502.29(A)(1)and
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inserting in lieu thereof "ten dollars ($10.00)"so that said section reads:"For each
violation of this chapter,excluding a scheduled violation that is subject to a fine as per
state code,the fine shall be ten dollars ($10.00)(third reading)Darlene Stanton moved
to have the third reading in title only and place this ordinance on its final passage.Nick
Gruber second.Roll call:Ayes:Stanton,Gruber,Watts,Bailey.Nays:None.Absent:
Peard.Motion carried 4 -0 -1.Mark Arentsen read the ordinance in title only.Mayor
Oberman declared the ordinance passed and duly adopted.
(20)Ordinance:An ordinance to amend Chapter 502,Section 502.29,Waukee
Municipal Code,Parking Regulations of the City of Waukee,Iowa,Penalty,to provide
for an increase in the penalty of an unpaid /uncontested citation per violation from ten
dollars ($10.00)to fifteen dollars ($15.00)by deleting therefrom "ten dollars ($10.00)
from §502.29(A)(3)and inserting in lieu thereof "fifteen dollars ($15.00),'so that said
section reads:"In the event the penalty as set forth in this subsection is not paid within
thirty (30)days from the date of issuance of an illegal parking citation-complaint and
the defendant has failed to appear to contest the citation-complaint,the penalty shall
automatically increase to fifteen dollars ($15.00)in accordance with Section
805.8A(1)(a)for each violation of this chapter,excluding a scheduled violation that is
subject to a fine as per state code.(third reading)Nick Gruber moved to have the third
reading in title only and to place this ordinance on its final passage.Darlene Stanton
second.Roll call:Ayes:Gruber,Stanton,Bailey,Watts.Nays:None.Absent:Peard.
Motion carried 4 -0 -1.Mark Arentsen read the ordinance in title only.Mayor
Oberman declared the ordinance passed and duly adopted.
(21)Ordinance:Approving an ordinance to amend Chapter 401,Section 401.4,Waukee
Municipal Code,Property Maintenance,by adding as Section 401.4(D)the words:
"Landscaping Maintenance.All landscaping and landscaped areas required by
Waukee's Site Plan Ordinance (Section 304)must be maintained continuously.This
includes grass,trees,shrubs,etc.required for site landscaping,parking areas,berms
and buffers.Material shall be replaced as needed in approximately the same location
as approved on the Site Plan.Replacement plantings shall be the same species as the
original landscaping.Planting requirements for single family developments are
excluded";and by re-lettering each successive subsection in Section 401.4 in
alphabetical order.(third reading)Nick Gruber moved to have the third reading in title
only and to place this ordinance on its final passage.Darlene Stanton second.Roll call:
Ayes:Gruber,Stanton,Watts,Bailey.Nays:None.Absent:Peard.Motion carried 4 -0
-1.Mark Arentsen read the ordinance in title only.Mayor Oberman declared this
ordinance passed and duly adopted.
(22)Discussion:Of the Community Center and the possibility of constructing an
addition to the back of the building Mike Watts introduced this topic and suggested that
an addition to the building to be used for storage could be added over the winter months
by city staff.Council member Stanton had also visited with Francis Forrett and
suggested that a task force be created to determine the needs of the organizations using
the building before beginning construction.Nick Gruber suggested that the addition
should be constructed so as to house a dining area on the other side of the current kitchen.
Any type of improvement would be sure to extend the life the building.Council agreed
to create a task force to determine the needs of the community and the best way to
address those needs.
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REPORTS:Reports were presented by Mark Arentsen,Cathy Paardekooper,Jody
Gunderson,Linda Burkhart,Jolm Gibson,Darlene Stanton,Mike Watts,Don Bailey,Jr.
At this time Mayor Oberman asked for a motion to adjourn.Council member Gruber
moved.Darlene Stanton second,Ayes:All.Nays:None.Motion carried 4-0.
Meeting Adjourned at 8:10 PM.
C.Paardekooper,Deputy City Clerk
Attest:
Mark J.Arentsen,i y Administrator/Clerk
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