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The Council Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
Present: Mayor Porter; Council Members: Cauwels, Nohava, Woodley, Lubkeman, Harvey.
Absent: None
Staff Present: Craig Coffey, City Administrator; Chris Myres, Telecommunications Director; James Pickner, City Attorney.
Staff Excused: Tom Kane, Public Works Director; Sharole Rens, Finance Officer, Mike DeBruin, Police Chief.
Televised
Item 1a. Approval of March 3, 2003 Minutes. Moved by Harvey/Nohava to approve the Minutes of March 3, 2003. Motion carried unanimously.
Item 1b. Approval of Claims for Payment. Moved by Nohava/Woodley to approve the claims for payment. Motion carried unanimously.
Item 1c. Open Business from the Community (limited to a maximum of 5 minutes per item). There was no open business from the community.
Item 2a. Mayor Report. Mayor Porter read a proclamation declaring April 6-12, “Week of the Young Child”. He urged everyone to participate in the upcoming Spring Clean-Up scheduled for April 28th thru May 2nd. Mayor Porter asked everyone to drive with more care during the warmer weather when more children and pedestrians are out. He also said that Representative Klemme and Senator Veenstra would be at the Library on March 22nd at 9:00 a.m.
Item 2b. Staff Reports/Discussion.
Item 3. Public Hearing and Resolution 2003-14, Authorizing the Vacation and Disposition of Real Estate. This Resolution will sell all alley and street rights-of-way from the west edge of the Avenue C right-of-way to the Big Sioux River between 23rd Street and 26th Street (vacated rights-of-way), excluding the south 60 ft. (80 ft. total) of 25th Street right-of-way (formerly known as Stone Street) from the western edge of Avenue C (formerly Front Street) right-of-way to the NE Corner of Lot 12, Block 11, all of Johnson’s Addition to Calliope, now a part of the Incorporated City of Hawarden and excluding the entire 25th Street right-of-way (formerly known as Stone Street) between Lot 7, Block 6, and Lot 12, Block 11, all of Johnson’s Addition to Calliope, now a part of the Incorporated City of Hawarden, Sioux County.
Also proposing to vacate the north 20 ft. (80 ft. total) of the 25th Street (formerly Stone Street) right-of-way from the western edge of the Avenue D right-of-way to the western edge of Avenue C (formerly known as Front Street) all of Johnson’s Addition to Calliope, now a part of the Incorporated City of Hawarden, Sioux County. This will vacate all the misc. rights-of-way left in the Johnson Addition subdivision. The City is proposing to keep part of the right-of-way for 25th Street of the subdivision.
The Public Hearing was opened at 7:10 p.m. There were no oral or written comments received. The Public Hearing closed at 7:12 p.m. Moved by Woodley/Lubkeman to approve Resolution 2003-14, Authorizing the Vacation and Disposition of Real Estate. Aye: Cauwels, Nohava, Woodley, Lubkeman, Harvey. Nay: None. Motion carried unanimously.
Item 4. Approval of a Multi-Hazard Emergency Operation and Mitigation Plan. This plan will provide a base plan required by law, for large-scale emergency situations. Councilman Nohava and Brad Meyer, Ambulance Director, have been working on some of the issues, including communications, an operations center and shelters. Moved by Harvey/Cauwels to approve the Multi-Hazard Emergency Operation and Mitigation Plan. Motion carried unanimously.
Item 5. Discussion/Approval of Character Generator/Multiple VCR Decks for the Community Channel. This new system will allow for a more improved display screen to include graphics, pictures, and other effects. In addition, it will allow up to seven video inputs. This allows us to set VCR’s, DVD players, satellite receivers, internet connections, etc. on timers and increases the functionality of Channel 10 by allowing more local programming. A proposed budget for the necessary equipment, and an advertising policy with prices was presented to the Council. Moved by Woodley/Cauwels to approve the purchase of a character generator/multiple VCR deck without any advertising for the Community Channel for the time being. Motion carried unanimously.
Item 6. Discussion/Approval of Changing April 7 Meeting Time. Mr. Coffey suggested moving the meeting time to 6:15 p.m. on April 7th to allow more time for this meeting. Council agreed by general consensus to make this change.
Moved by Cauwels/Nohava to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously. The Council meeting adjourned at 7:35 p.m.
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Ricard Porter, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Craig Coffey, City Administrator
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