Flushing City Council

Minutes

September 26, 2005

A Regular Meeting of the Flushing City Council was called to order on Monday, September 26, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Janice L. Gensel, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag and invocation.

Present: Richard L. Bade

John C. Gault

Janice L. Gensel

George G. Kozan

Richard Mark

Teresa K. Salem

Michael T. Szukhent

Absent: None

Others Present: Dennis J. Bow, City Manager

Nancy G. Parks, City Clerk/Treasurer

Edward G. Henneke, City Attorney

Addition to Agenda – Motion by Gault, seconded by Szukhent, to add to item B-4 – Consumers Energy streetlight at Coutant Street and Woodland Pond Drive.

Yea: Bade, Gault, Kozan, Mark, Salem, Szukhent, Gensel

Nay: None

Motion Carried.

Approval of Agenda – Motion by Szukhent, seconded by Bade, to approve the September 26, 2005 agenda, as amended.

Yea: Bade, Gault, Kozan, Mark, Salem, Szukhent, Gensel

Nay: None

Motion Carried.

MEETING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:

The following individuals addressed City Council:

Elva Cook Jack Minore Beverley Martin

1459 Flushing Road 526 Chamberlain

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CONSENT AGENDA – Motion by Szukhent, seconded by Gault, to approve City Council Minutes (August 22, 2005 Regular Meeting), City Council Minutes (September 7, 2005 Special Meeting), and September 26, 2005 Council Bills List.

Yea: Bade, Gault, Kozan, Mark, Salem, Szukhent, Gensel

Nay: None

Motion Carried.

COMMUNICATIONS:

Flushing Area Chamber of Commerce – Request to Hold the 12^th Annual Fall Harvest Festival – Motion by Kozan, seconded by Gault, to approve the Flushing Area Chamber of Commerce’s request to hold the 12^th annual Fall Harvest Festival on Saturday, October 1, 2005.

Yea: Bade, Gault, Kozan, Mark, Salem, Szukhent, Gensel

Nay: None

Motion Carried.

Flushing Student Council/Homecoming Parade Committee – Motion by Bade, seconded by Szukhent, to approve the Flushing Student Council/Parade Committee’s request to hold the annual homecoming parade on Friday, October 21, 2005.

Yea: Bade, Gault, Kozan, Mark, Salem, Szukhent, Gensel

Nay: None

Motion Carried.

Parks and Recreation Commission – Motion by Szukhent, seconded by Salem, to approve the Parks and Recreation Commission’s request to hold a community Halloween/Pumpkin Walk on the Riverview Trail on Saturday, October 29, 2005.

Yea: Bade, Gault, Kozan, Mark, Salem, Szukhent, Gensel

Nay: None

Motion Carried.

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Consumers Energy – Authorization for Change in Standard Streetlighting Contract – Motion by Bade, seconded by Gault, to authorize the change in the standard streetlighting contract with Consumers Energy, to include placement of a new light at Coutant Street and Woodland Pond Drive, and to change the streetlight at 206 George Street.

Yea: Bade, Gault, Kozan, Mark, Salem, Szukhent, Gensel

Nay: None

Motion Carried.

PRESENTATIONS:

Flushing Area Trailway Donation – Mr. Khalil A. Nemer was presented with a plaque from the city in appreciation for his contribution of land for the trailway.

REPORTS:

Zoning Revisions – Central Business District/R-3A Overlay – Motion by Gault, seconded by Bade, to move to first reading revisions to the Flushing Zoning Code, (items one and two), subject to allowing “Drive through Pharmacies” and “Dry Cleaners” as uses permitted under the Special Use procedures in the Central Business District.

The three proposed changes to the ordinance included:

1. Extending the CBD Zoning designation west to the railroad tracks, along Main Street, and allowing single family and two family homes to be included as a use that is permitted as a matter of right in the CBD district.

2. Creating an “Overlay Zone” along Lynn Street, which will change the zoning to R-3A-O and allow industrial uses to remain as long as their use is not changed.

3. Modifying the zoning along Seymour Road, between Emily Street and Lynn Street, in an attempt to allow certain commercial and light industrial uses.

Yea: Bade, Gault, Kozan, Mark, Salem, Gensel

Abstain: Szukhent

Nay: None

Motion Carried.

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City Hall/Police Station – Change Order – Irrigation System – Motion by Szukhent, seconded by Gault, to approve a change order with Siwek Construction for the installation of a lawn irrigation system from Lawn Irrigation System for an amount not to exceed $7,467.00.

Yea: Bade, Gault, Kozan, Mark, Salem, Szukhent, Gensel

Nay: None

Motion Carried.

Resolution Supporting Local Control Municipal Broadband and Cable Franchising – Motion by Bade, seconded by Mark, to approve Resolution No. 05-0926 supporting local control municipal broadband and cable franchising.

Yea: Bade, Gault, Kozan, Mark, Salem, Szukhent, Gensel

Nay: None

Motion Carried.

ITEMS FOR FUTURE PUBLIC HEARINGS:

Water Rates – Motion by Szukhent, seconded by Bade, to set a public hearing on water rates for Monday, October 10, 2005 at 7:30 p.m. at Flushing City Hall, 309 E. Main Street, Flushing, Michigan.

Yea: Bade, Gault, Kozan, Mark, Salem, Szukhent, Gensel

Nay: None

Motion Carried.

Adjournment – Motion by Szukhent, seconded by Bade, to adjourn.

Yea: Bade, Gault, Kozan, Mark, Salem, Szukhent, Gensel

Nay: None

Motion Carried.

Adjourn: 8:34 p.m.

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Janice L. Gensel, Mayor Nancy G. Parks, City Clerk/Treasurer