DECEMBER 7, 2009 REGULAR BUSINESS MEETING AGENDA
5:15 P.M. – CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS

1. Call to Order/Roll Call/Pledge of Allegiance.
2. Approval of the Agenda.
3. Good of the Order.

4. Approval of the Minutes:
• November 2, 2009 City Council minutes both published and unabridged versions.
• November 30, 2009 City Council special meeting minutes both published and unabridged versions.

5. Committee, staff or pending request updates, if any.
(a) Governors Traffic Safety Bureau grant end of year report

6. Public Comment. This is an opportunity for any citizen to come forward and discuss any item that is not listed on the Agenda. (Please limit presentation from 2 to 5 minutes.)

7. Approval of the Consent Agenda.
All items listed below are considered routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Council Member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered after the other items listed on the Agenda.

(a) Appointments to the Des Moines Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
(b) Change order No.2 in the amount of $8,404 and Progress Payment No 3 for the 73rd Street resurfacing project in the amount of $55,725.86 to Grimes Asphalt. (Dale Sorensen will be available to answer questions if needed.)
(c) Progress Payment No 5 for the Community Center project in the amount of $206,957.50 to Prostruct Construction.
(d) November Public Works Report
(e) Claims and Payroll.

8. Approval of liquor license requests
(a) Mustards

9. Presentation regarding and Consideration of Resolution approving a site plan for 6733 University Avenue.

10. Consideration of Resolution approving an Economic Development Grant to Grale, LLC for redevelopment of 6733 University Avenue.

11. Consideration of Resolution Authorizing Execution of Agreement with Gee Willie Entertainment for 4th of July inflatables.

12. Consideration of a resolution authoring an additional work change order for the Windsor Heights Community Center construction contract with Prostruct, bringing the new approved spending level to $1,775,000 from $1,600,000.

13. Consideration of an ordinance amending ordinance Nos. 89-1, 95-10, 96-5 and 06-01, providing that general property taxes levied and collected each year on all property located within the consolidated Windsor Heights Urban Renewal Area of the City of Windsor Heights, County of Polk, State of Iowa, by and for the benefit of the State of Iowa, City of Windsor Heights, County of Polk, West Des Moines Community School District, and other taxing districts, be paid to a special fund for payment of principal and interest on loans, monies advanced to and indebtedness, including bonds issued or to be issued, incurred by the City in connection with Amended and Restated Urban Renewal Plan for the Consolidated

Windsor Heights Urban Renewal Area. – first reading

14. Consideration of an ordinance adoption the “Code of Ordinances for the City of Windsor Heights, Iowa.” - Second and possibly third reading

( Click here to view a draft of the new code. If you have any questions or comments regarding the updated code, please call or email Marketa Oliver at 279-3662 or email at moliver@windsorheights.org.  You can also read a summary of changes by clicking this link.)

15. Council member comments.

16. Mayor’s inquiries.

17. Adjournment to closed session pursuant to 21.5c (litigation) and 21.5j (real estate) of the Code of Iowa.

18. Consideration of action items related to closed session discussion.

Adjournment
19. Adjournment to 5:15 p.m. on December 21, 2009 for a Regular Meeting of the City Council in Council Chambers at City Hall.