St. Ignace City Council Minutes

Council

Proceedings

(Unofficial)

The regular meeting of the St. Ignace City Council was held on Monday, November 16, 2009 in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building.

The meeting was called to order at 8:01 p.m. by Mayor Grondin with the Pledge of Allegiance.

Mayor Pro-Tem Gustafson gave the invocation.

Present: Councilmembers Della- Moretta, Mayor Pro-Tem Gustafson, Councilmembers, Clapperton, Wyse, Mayor Grondin.

Absent: Councilmembers Fullerton and LaLonde (excused by Council).

Staff Present: Eric Dodson, City Manager; Prentiss M. Brown, Jr., City Attorney; Andrea Insley, Deputy Clerk; Gene Elmer, Assessor/Treasurer; Paul Sved, Bldg. Inspector; Deb Evashevski, DDA Director.

Corrections of November 2 and November 9, 2009 Council Meeting minutes.

None.

Minutes of the Regular Meeting of November 2 and November 9, 2009 were approved as written.

Additions to the Agenda: None.

1. PUBLIC HEARING – MEDC BLOCK GRANT:

It was moved by Councilmember Wyse and seconded by Councilmember Della-Moretta to open the Public Hearing. Motion carried unanimously.

After hearing questions and concerns from various members of the public, Mayor Pro-Tem Gustafson moved to close the Public Hearing, seconded by Councilmember Wyse. Motion carried unanimously.

RESOLUTION

The following Resolution was offered for adoption by Mayor Pro-Tem Gustafson, supported by Mayor Grondin:

WHEREAS, the City of St. Ignace and the Downtown Development Authority in conjunction with the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, intends to work with the private business owner of the property located at 399 N. State Street (property numbers 200-001-00; 002-00; 003-00; 004-00 and 200-015-00) in downtown St. Ignace; and

WHEREAS, said business owner will spend $90,000 in private funding toward the purchase of said property and another $700,000 to renovate the now empty grocery store building, creating a grocery store, with deli with indoor and outdoor seating, bakery, coffee shop; create 14 year-round, full-time jobs, of which private business owner has pledged to offer at least 51% to low and moderated income persons; and

WHEREAS, said public portion of the development is expected to cost $277,500 ($270,000 Michigan EDC, $5,000 DDA and $2,500 City in-kind contribution toward public seating and picnic area along adjacent boardwalk); and

WHEREAS, the City and DDA agree that this project is consistent with the local downtown development plan (City of St. Ignace DDA Plan amended in 1993) described in the application; and

WHEREAS, the City and DDA agrees that no project costs will be incurred prior to a formal grant award, completion of the environmental review procedures and formal, written authorization to incur costs is received; and

WHEREAS, the City Council held a public hearing to hear comments on this project on Monday, November 16, 2009;

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the St. Ignace City Council authorizes Debra Evashevski, its Downtown Development Authority Director to act as the Certifying Officer in completing all necessary environmental review paperwork and act as the Authorized Local Government Official to submit and sign all necessary Michigan Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application paperwork to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation.

Roll Call Vote:

Yes: Mayor Pro-Tem Gustafson, Councilmember Clapperton, Wyse, Mayor Grondin, Councilmember Della-Moretta No: None. Absent: Councilmembers Fullerton, LaLonde.

Resolution declared Adopted.

2. FINANCIAL REPORT:

City Manager Dodson updated Council on the City’s current financial status and also noted the upcoming budget work session scheduled for November 30, 2009.

3. DOG PARK RESOLUTION: RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT

The following Resolution was offered for adoption by Mayor Grondin, and supported by Councilmember Wyse:

WHEREAS, the St. Ignace City Council has been asked by Mackinac Animal Aid Association to support the construction of a dog park in the City of St. Ignace; and

WHEREAS, the St. Ignace City Council recognizes the need for a parcel of property for the purpose of applying for a grant for said project; and

WHEREAS, the St. Ignace City Council further recognizes that said project may include applying for a grant for an Ojibwa Clan Animals Interpretation Park; and

WHEREAS, the St. Ignace City Council also welcomes any development that may attract more visitors to the area, and

WHEREAS, the Mackinac Animal Aid Association will promote this development to support healthy pets.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City of St. Ignace does hereby support the concept of the dog park’s planning and construction, based on the Recreation subcommittee’s recommendation to continue plans for the dog park on the property loosely described as:

That portion of property which lies directly north of the mid point of the pond adjacent to Little Bear East Arena north to Cheeseman Road and west of the snowmobile trail. Approximately three acres (formal legal description forthcoming)

Roll Call Vote:

Yes: Councilmember Clapperton, Wyse, Mayor Grondin, Counci - lmembers Della-Moretta, Mayor Pro- Tem Gustafson.

No: None.

Absent: Councilmembers Fullerton, LaLonde.

Resolution declared Adopted.

4. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS:

Mayor Grondin requested Council’s approval to reappoint the current members on the Negotiation Committee and the Solid Waste Committee. It was moved by Mayor Pro-Tem Gustafson, seconded by Councilmember Della-Moretta to approve reappointment of the members of both committees.

Consideration of Bills:

Mayor Pro-Tem Gustafson questioned the bill for Dafter Sanitary Landfill/ Waste Management, inquiring why the City pays the Landfill directly. City Manager Dodson explained that due to certain DEQ requirements, the City is responsible for following specified procedures in containing and hauling the street sweepings to the landfill.

Public Comment: There were no public comments.

At this time, City Manager Dodson recognized Brenda Beyer as the city employee mentioned in a recent Letter to the Editor who was commended for returning “unintended” money found in a boat launch experience.

The following bills were presented to Council for payment:

A & I Midwest Printing Co

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,429.50 Ace Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311.13 Airgas Great Lakes . . . . . . . . . . 68.61 AT&T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141.00 BS & A Software . . . . . . . . . . 675.00 Budget Host Inn . . . . . . . . . . . 190.86 Carol Bell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471.94 Cheboygan Lumber Co . . . . . 304.50 Cintas-729 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61.42 Controls Supply . . . . . . . . . . . 257.39 Dafter Sanitary Landfill/Waste Mgmt

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1,271.46 Edison Sault Electric24,360.68 Gordon Food Service . . . . . . . . . . 563.70 Kelly’s Splash of Colors1 8 0 . 0 0 Kimball Midwest . . . . . . . . . . 304.64 KSS Enterprises – Petoskey7 5 9 . 0 7 Lakefront Electronic . . . . . . . . 58.98 Lynn Auto Parts . . . . . . . . . . 3,320.09 Mackinac Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . 133.23 Marine Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18.97 Maxwell Medals & Awards . . . . . . .

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1,059.71 McVeigh’s Truck Springs103.72 National Office Products . . . . . . 683.25

NCL of Wisconsin . . . . . . . 1,457.64 North American Salt Co4 6 , 1 5 4 . 4 9 Northern Fire & Safety . . . . . . 214.00 OMS Compliance Services1 8 1 . 7 5 Oscar W Larson . . . . . . . . . . 1,209.40 Pepsi-Cola Bottling C . . . . . . 680.00 Power Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30.84 Quill Corp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59.80 Robinson Fence Co . . . . . . . 2,918.00 Safety Kleen Corp . . . . . . . . . 186.48 Sault Printing Co . . . . . . . . . . . 19.99 Semco Energy . . . . . . . . . . 3,404.33 Solutions Telecommunications . . . . .

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50.00 Soo Retreading Inc . . . . . . . 1,440.00 Spartan Stores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.62 St Ignace Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . 446.07 St Ignace True Value . . . . . . . 880.60 Straits Bldg Center . . . . . . . . . 623.42 The St Ignace New . . . . . . . . 945.60

U P Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92.68 Waste Management . . . . . . . 8,622.45 Wright Express . . . . . . . . . . 3,489.47 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1 0 9 , 9 2 0 . 4 8

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 8:52 p.m.

Mayor Paul Grondin Andrea Insley, Deputy Clerk