Last Council meeting of 2007 . . . here’s what’s in store.
1. Dick Wagner getting the Jeff Erlanger Civility Award – I understand this may not happen until later in the meeting so that everyone can be there. (Hmmm, sorry no link, I looked at it this weekend, but its gone now.)
5. Giving out the remaining Emerging Neighborhood Funds – Last I looked, we didn’t have a list of which agencies were recommended to get these funds.
9. Development at 1022 W Johnson – we’ll be getting the recommendation of the Plan Commission tonight. I tried watching last night and after two hours of discussion, it looked like it was going to get referred. The issues seemed to be the moving the historic house(s), the impact of the building on historic buildings around it, the design of the top of the building (13th and 14th floors) and if 18 moped parking spaces were enough. The issue was not the height.
10. Minimum Parking Standards – I believe this is the non-controversial portion of the two proposals. The more controversial part is the part where they cap the maximum amount of parking, but I don’t think we’ll be discussing that part. We need the recommendation from the Plan Commission last night, and of course, there is nothing on-line from our local papers this morning.
12. Approving liquor license for the “Field Pass” the 550 capacity “restaurant” at 702 W Johnson.
17. Likely referring the billboard ordinance for further work.
22. Clarifying the law that says when you need to clear your sidewalk of snow and ice. This says if there is snow on the walks at midnight, you have to clear it by noon the next day, even if the snow continues to fall. i.e. try.
28. Approving a public information officer position for the Water Utility (who does conservation work?)
32. Placing the silly Affordable Housing Trust Fund changes on file as they are no longer needed for Allied Drive thanks to Alder Solomon’s budget amendment.
36. Approving the contract for the Neighborhood Indicators.
39. Making end of the year adjustments to the budget and giving the police department an unusually high amoung of money (over $700,000). I wonder if we’ll have to make further adjustments due to the snow storm?
65. Approving the annual Elections Advisory Committee report.
77. Making changes to the rules that govern how the City Council operates.
78. Police chief 3rd quarter overtime report.
80. Inclusionary Zoning Report – last I checked, the wrong report was in Legistar. Staff told me we’d have paper copies on our desks.
81. Setting Council dates for 2008. Hopefully we do a better job this time.
There, that’s it for 2007.
