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CITY OF CARLISLE
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
Monday, September 24, 2007  7:00 P.M.
Carlisle City Hall Council Chamber, 195 N. 1^st ___________________________________________________________________________________________                                                                                                                                                                     
The following agenda items will be considered, times being approximate: ___________________________________________________________________________________________

7:00 CALL REGULAR MEETING TO ORDER __________________________________________________________________________________________

7:02 CONSENT AGENDA & POSSIBLE ACTION (Council may pull any item on consent agenda for separate action)

1. September 10, 2007 Regular City Council meeting minutes (attachment of abridged and unabridged versions to follow)
2. August 14, 2007 Metro Advisory Council meeting minutes (attachment)
3. Application and resolution for tax abatement for James Tingle for a residential improvement at lot 7, Clearview Heights (attachment)
4. August 2007 City Clerk’s report to receive and file for audit (copy available at City Hall)

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7:04 APPROVAL OF BILLS PAYABLE AND PAY REQUESTS

• Approval of bills (attachment)  

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7:06 CITIZEN PARTICIPATION __________________________________________________________________________________________

OLD AND NEW BUSINESS & POSSIBLE ACTION

7:10 Complaint from Al Olson, 125 Garfield, about cats at large in the South Garfield St. area (attachment)

7:15 Storm water drainage and paving issues:

• Request from Kevin Smith for City to pay the cost of elevating the floor of the building at 201 Garfield to eliminate flooding (attachment)
• Request from Richard Wood, 530 N 3^rd, for removal of asphalt from the concrete gutter on the west side of N 3^rd St. between Penn and Valley to improve storm water drainage (attachment)
• Report on proposed improvements to correct flooding in the rear yards of lots on the west side of Jefferson St.
• Report on flooding at First and School Street intersection
• Report on overlays of Garfield and Columbia and storm water drainage at the intersections of Elm, Columbia and Penn Streets at Railroad Street

7:25 Department head reports

• Public Works (attachment)
• Police

-  Response to request to establish crosswalks at First and School Streets

-  Report on nuisance abatement program

-  Responses to Council Member Shultz requests (attachment)

ü    Justification and expenses for Canine Gator and expenses for Canine Misty

ü    Disposition of incident involving Melissa Mesecher

• Electric

            -   Outage history from 1994 to 2007 (attachment previously sent)

            -  Notice of MidAmerican Balancing Area Intent to Participate in Midwest ISO Energy Market (attachment)

            -  Projected all-in average cost for intermediate operation of Iowa Stored Energy Project (attachment)

7:30 Conduct public hearing on the proposed rezoning of properties on north side of School Street between the railroad right of way and Garfield St. from M-1 light industrial to C-3 central business commercial (attachment)

• Close public hearing on the Proposed rezoning of properties on north side of School Street between the railroad right of way and Garfield St. from M-1 light industrial to C-3 central business commercial
•   Consider first reading of ordinance amending the code of ordinances of the City of Carlisle, Iowa, 2006, by amending zoning classifications for properties located in the city of Carlisle, Warren County, Iowa

7:35 Minutes of September 17, 2007 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting (attachment to follow)

• Recommendation to take no action on request from Phil Nolte for approval of a site plan for the development of Lot 44, North River Terrace, Plat 2, local address 800 Penn St., because the plan does not include completion of the cul de sac (attachment)
• Hearing set for October 15, 2007 on request from Carlisle Area Historical Society for a special use permit to operate a museum not operated for profit in an R-1 light density residential zone on KEENEYS O L 26 LOT N EX NE 100’ X 77 ½’ & EX PCL A, local address 245 Penn St.
• Discussion of proposed split of lot at 215 S. 5^th (attachment)
• Recommendation to approve request from Bartholomew and Randleman, LC for approval of revised construction documents for Randleman Ridge Plat 5 (attachment)
• Recommendation to approve request from Carlisle Community Schools for approval of site plan for football field track resurfacing (attachment)
• 9-10-2007 official Polk County zoning map (attachment)

7:40 Notes from September 14, 2007 Scotch Ridge Center Steering Committee meeting (attachment to follow)

• Recommendation to approve request to move Heartland mitigation project to Polk County Conservation Board property, to refund the $90,722.05 paid by Heartland to not pay Conservation Design Forum for costs incurred because initial contact with the Corps enforcement section should have been made before any costs were incurred (attachment)
• Recommendation to approve the establishment of a 1-acre community garden south of the parking area
• Recommendation to approve application to Iowa Arts Council for a grant for the 2008 Celt Fest

7:45  Reconsider Safe Routes to Schools letter of intent (attachment previously sent)

7:50  Reconsider appointments to Metro Advisory Council Legislative Action Committee

7:55  Avon/Gateway sewer project 

• Consider resolution approving construction contract and bond for Northwest Area Sanitary Sewer Extension, Carlisle, Iowa section I – Avon Lake (attachment previously sent; contingent on receipt of documents from contractor)
• Report on acquisition of easements
• Letter to Hawkeye Land Company (attachment)
• Consider resolution approving construction contract for Northwest Area Sanitary Sewer Extension, Carlisle, Iowa rebid section II – rural Carlisle (attachment previously sent; contingent on completion of acquisition of easements)

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MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS

• Follow-up on alley between 1^st and Garfield south of Vine St.
• Open burning 
• Dangerous sidewalks (attachment)

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CITY ATTORNEY REPORT

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CITY ADMINISTRATOR/DEPARTMENT HEAD REPORTS AND DISCUSSION ITEMS

• Discuss protocol for a City Council vote to abstain
• Response to Warren County Great Place application (attachment)
• September 12, 2007 MAC Making Green A Reality work session (attachment)
• Report on Notice of Public Nuisance and Order to Abate Dangerous Buildings at 19 and 21 School Street (attachment)
• 2007 City Council candidates (attachment)
• Annexation concept for the Briggs St./153^rd Ave. neighborhood (attachment)
• Report on marketing proposal

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REMINDER OF UPCOMING MEETINGS, CLASSES AND EVENTS