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Home My WebLink About1994 [06] Jun 21 Page 2t191 June 21, 1994 ~ursuant. t.o due call and notice thereo±, the City Council for the City I o± :5 t.. Joseph met jointly, in Special Session with the Town Board for St. J'oseph Township, as the Greater St. Joseph Area Committee, on Tuesday, Junl:: 21, 1994 at 8:00 p. m. in the City Hall. MEMBERS ~lŒSENT: CITY COUNCIL - Mayor Donald Bud Reber; Members of the Couneil Bob Loso, Stephanie Hazen, Ross Rieke, Ken Hiemenz. Clerk/Administrator Rachel Stapleton. TOWN BOARD SU~ERVISORS - Jerome Salzer, Bernie Schloemer, Joe Bechtold. Town Clerk Anna Reischl. FACiLITATOR: Bob Heim UTHJ::}.:S PI-ŒSENT: Edwin Merkling, Jeff Karnick, John Meyer, Tom Lowell, Dick Taufen, Linda ~uchs Johnson, Jim Marthaler, Bill Wasner, Mary Theisen, Dave Theisen, Bill Lowell, Delores Lowell, Duane J Pfannenstein, Bill Lowell Jr. , Keith Gruber, Darrell Pfannenstein, Joe L:iebol, ~rank Loso, Handy 1'orberg, Terry Loso, Mark Winter, Mike Lyon, Dan Scherer, Mary Utsch, Audrey Schroeder, ]:;rv ]:;iynck, Neil Loso, Andy Br'ixius, Kathleen Kalinowski, Daniel Nierengarten, Ralph Eiynck, John Schroeder, Janelle Von Pinion, Linda Sniezek. At. 8:00 p. m. ~acilitator Bob Heim called the meeting to order and recognized that a quorum of both bodies was present. AGENDA: The Bodies accepted Bob Heim/s proposal to move item 1- Review and Approval of the minutes to item 3, and move number 2 and 3 to item I number 1 and 2. PROPERTY ACQUISITION FOR FIRE HALL: The Fire Department Committee discussed the positive and negative aspects for the proposed sites for t.he new ~ire Hall. Krebsbach Property - The area of this property would work. Parking could be a problem, two alleys would need to be vacated, and there would not, be room for outside training, nor future expansion. Access is to Minnesota Street and Ash Street. ~;cherer Property - This property is narrow, but outside training is possible and possibly future expansion. Access is to Minnesota Street. Roske Property - Flexibility of use and adequate area for outside training and future expansion because of it's size. Access is to CSAH r/5 and Minnesota Street. Discussed were access to properties and the affect of future signal light.s. Bob Loso discussed the Space Needs Study which was done in 1 Y9¿. At that time a fire hall was projected to cost $b0 per square foot. John Meyer stated t.hat it did not address outside training, either. I Joe Bettendorf discussed the costs for providing water and sewer services to the Hoske property is estimated at $82,YØ0 and the cost to pr'ov ide sewer service to the Scherer property is estimated at $86, 100. Page 2592 June 21, 1994 Në>gotiating the cost o£ purchasing the properties was discussed. Hazen questioned i£ the governing bodies want Bill Wasner to negotiate with Jerry ~oskë>, since he has been in contact with Mr. Roske. Also discussë>d were possible terms and £inancing. Bill Wasner stated that Mr. Roske o££ered terms o£ one third down and the balance paid in three equal payments within three years. Mayor ~eber stated that he wanted all the proposed costs £or each property prepared and laid out :for approval by the taxpayers. Reber requested that an appraisal is done on each property also. Joe Bë>chtold recommended that e:f£orts are concentrated on only one property and earnest money and an. agreement is placed on the Roske property. Bechtold recommended getting the procedures set up :for gaining ownership and consider a re:ferendum £or bonding. The governing bodies acknowledged that they need to make decisions at their separate meetings and agreed to consider these issues at their next meetings. 'l'he City Council agreed to hold a special meeting on Monday, June 27 at 4:ØØ p. m. Mayor Reber requested that the City Attorney is involved in the decision process. Joe Bechtold would like the bonding issue to be voted on by both jurisdictions. It was agreed that the attorneys representing each jurisdiction would discuss this issue prior to the City meeting and the Township meeting. Joe Bechtold stated that he would be agreeable to taking earnest money out o:f the Fire Fund :for the ~oske property because he strongly :felt that it is important to secure it. Hazen made a motion to put this issue on the next joint meeting which was £:let for July 19 at 8 : 00 p. m. at the Town Hall. The motion was seconded by Bechtold. The motion carried unanimously. Loso made a motion to recess for ten minutes at 9: 15 p. m. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously. Chair Bob Heim reconvened the meeting at 9:25 p. m. ADDRESSING SYSTEM: Joe Bettendor:f presented the addressing grid and discussed the numbering system and street names. The Township officials stated that they had no problem with it. Loso made a motion to approve the addressing grid system as layed out; seconded by Hazen. Discussion - Bechtold asked how this would effect 'lhe different postal zones when the properties are annexed into the City. Joe Bettendorf stated that this addressing system is not tied into the postal zones, but an extension of the City addresses. He stated that it probably should not be extended beyond the City boundaries. This system will allow for change of addresses only on annexation or merger. Linda ~uchs Johnson asked i:f the college and convent could be included in the City map, when they get their addressing done to correlate with the City addresses. The motion was amended to include the Convent and College on the addressing map. The motion passed unanimously. MINUTES: Jerome Salzer moved to approve the minutes o:f the May 24, 1994 meeting; seconded by Loso. The motion passed unanimously. Page 259:3 June 21, 1994 ORDERLY ANNEXATION STUDY DEVELOPNENT_ PATTERNS: Bob Heim presented a study of Development Patterns for' discussion. Bernie Schloemer stated that he felt there should be a correction to the discussion of transportation plans. The Township officials stated that the Township Board approved the resolution to annex St. Henedicts with the stipulation that the transpor~ationplan, as adopted by the Township, be an addendum to the Hesolu~ion. The Hesolu'lion was signed by both bodies and approved by "lhe ~;tate Municipal Board with that addendum. '!'ownship Ufficials feel ver'y strongly that this plan is retained. The City currently has not adopted ~hat plan. A correction needs to be made to the discussion on ~age ~J . CoJuestioned were other options being considered as a route 'Lhr'ough St. Ben's. Joe Bettendorf stated that St. Ben's officials had l~equested consideration of two other options and Bill Hansen of APU agreed to study them. ~9VERN~~NTAL SERVICES: Chair Bob Heim asked if the group wished to begin discussing the Governmental Services area at this time. He s~ated that it could become lengthy. Loso made a motion to move this s~udy to the July 19th agenda; seconded by Hazen. The motion passed unanimously. Ke:>n Hiemenz informed the group that the Star City Commission wishes to get the '1'ownship involved in it's process and keep them informed of their progress. They want to have a video and include the 4th 0.1 July in it. Cost of making the video is proposed at $6,5Ø0 and there is $~I, 000 budgeted for it. Members of the City Council requested that LIds be placed on the June 27 special meeting agenda. The meeting was adjourned at 9:::'Ø with a motion by Bechtold; seconded by Heber. Upon a unanimous vote the motion carried and meeting was adjourned. ~ Hachel Stapleton Clerk\Administrator City of St Joseph