Thursday, March 6, 2014

Meeting Recap: March 3, 2014

Note: Items of discussion in this recap includes a link indexed to that portion of the City Council meeting replay. Click on bold headers that are linked to view that portion of the video.

(STILLWATER, OKLA. / March 6, 2014) - The Stillwater City Council met for its regular meeting Monday, March 3, 2014. (View the meeting agenda here)

Note: Vice Mayor Chuck Hopkins was not present at the meeting.
 
Pledge of Allegiance
a. Led by Westwood Elementary School student Tyren Thornton.

Proclamations and Presentations
a. DeMolay Month
b. Stillwater High School Directors of "Stillwater Makes a Change" Week

Photos

Consent Docket
a. Approval of minutes: Regular meeting, Feb. 17, 2014
b. Approval of minutes: Regular meeting, Feb. 24, 2014

Council approved 4-0.

General Orders
a. Approval of an infrastructure development agreement with Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority and authorization for funding for the design and construction of a replacement water main along Gray Street. (CC-14-16)

External Services Director John McClenny said the agreement would replace a 2-inch water line that is not adequately serving any property that runs from the 1407 W. Fourth Ave. to Sixth Ave. The SUA has already identified this project as something to complete. The agreement would keep the the City from having to dig up and replace sidewalks, driveways and landscape that is being prepared for on the developing property. Under the agreement, the developers of the property will design and install the entire water line from their site to the main line on Sixth Avenue and the City will reimburse them for the cost of the project (estimated at $178,972). The funding will come from the SUA fund balance. Staff recommends the Council approve the infrastructure agreement. The SUA trustees will decide on approving the funding at the later SUA meeting that night.

Council approved 4-0.

b. Amendment to Stillwater City Code, Chapter 29, Motor Vehicles and Traffic. (CC-14-15)

McClenny said this was the first in a series of ordinance changes that the Parking and Steering committee is recommending. He said, if passed, it would prohibit parking in any land of travel, which includes bike lanes and sidewalks, and it would allow buses to stop temporarily to stop, unload and reload passengers, which they cannot do under the current code unless it is at a designated bus stop. 

Resolutions
a. Resolution No. CC-2014-1: A resolution approving the incurrence of indebtedness by the Stillwater Medical Center Authority in aggregate principal amount not to exceed $15,570,000, for the purpose of refunding outstanding obligations and reimbursing expenditures of the authority; approving the waiver of competitive bidding thereon; and containing other provisions relating thereto.

Councilor Joe Weaver said he understood the resolution to be a refunding and not an issuance of new debt and asked the authority representatives what they thought Stillwater Medical Center would net save as a result of the refunding. 

A representative said the current bonds have about a 10 maturity left on them and the resolution would refinance five years and will save the hospital $4.2 million. He said the hospital would be debt free after those five years are done. 

Mayor John Bartley wanted to specify that the resolution is a refinance of existing bonds and also some additional debt to finance the purchase of the Warren Clinic building. 

Council approved 4-0.

Ordinances
First Reading

a. Ordinance No. 3252: An ordinance amending the Stillwater City Code by amending Chapter 29, Motor Vehicles and Traffic, Article IV, Stopping, Standing or Parking, Division 2, Improper Parking, Section 29-136 Prohibited in Certain Places, and Section 29-141, Stopping, Standing and Parking of Buses and Taxicabs Regulated.

Council approved 4-0.

b. Ordinance No. 3253: An ordinance rezoning a tract of land at 402 and 410 S. Hester St. and 711 W. Fourth Ave. from RMI, Residential Multi-Family - Intermediate District, to HR, High Rise District.

Council approved 4-0.

c. Ordinance No. 3254: An ordinance rezoning a tract of land at 1530 W. Sixth Ave. and 521, 523 and 525 S. Walnut St. from RMU, Residential Multi-Family - Urban District, to RMI, Residential Multi-Family - Intermediate District. 

Council approved 4-0.

d. Ordinance No. 3255: An ordinance rezoning a tract of land at 1202 S. Duck St. from RSS, Residential Small Lot Single-Family District, to O, Office District.

Council approved 4-0.

e. Ordinance No. 3256: An ordinance closing a 27-foot portion of a general utility easement at property addressed as 519 S. Jardot Road. 

Council approved 4-0.

Second Reading

NONE

Reports from Officers and Boards
City Attorney John Dorman - Requested an executive session for the purpose of confidential communication regarding the employment, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining or resignation of Stillwater City Manager Dan Galloway and Stillwater City Attorney John Dorman, pursuant to 25 O.S. Section 307 (B)(1) of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act.


Mayor Bartley - Reminded viewers that there would be a primary election for Council on Tuesday, March 4 and that he would be on radio and TV Wednesday to discuss emergency weather preparedness. Councilor Cody Scott will be on the radio Tuesday, March 4.

Appointments
a. Business Improvement District No. 1 Advisory Board
Mayor Bartley nominated Robin Davies, Steve Green and Kent Kenzie for reappointment.

Council approved 4-0.

City Council is recessed; Stillwater Utilities Authority is called to order.

Consent Docket
a. Approval of minutes: Regular meeting, Feb. 17, 2014

Trustees approved 4-0.

General Orders
a. Approval of an infrastructure development agreement with Alpha Omicron Pi Sorority and authorization for funding for the design and construction of a replacement water main along Gray Street. (SUA-14-04)

SUA Director Dan Blankenship said the SUA recommends the agreement be approved with expenditures up to $179,000.

Trustees approved 4-0.
SUA is adjourned; Stillwater Economic Development Authority is called to order.

Request for Executive Session
a. Request for an executive session pursuant to 25 O.S. 307 (C)(10) for the purpose of conferring on matters pertaining to economic development, including the transfer of property, financing or the creation of a proposal to entice a business to locate within the City of Stillwater because public disclosure of the matter to be discussed would interfere with the development of products and services and would violate the confidentiality of the business. 

Trustees approved 4-0.

 Return from Executive Session
a. No action was taken.

SEDA is adjourned; City Council is reconvened.

Executive Session
a. Confidential communication regarding the employment, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining or resignation of the Stillwater City Manager Dan Galloway.

b. Confidential communication regarding the employment, appointment, promotion, demotion, disciplining or resignation of the Stillwater City Attorney John Dorman.

Council approved 4-0.

Return from Executive Session
a. No action was taken.

b. No action was taken.

City Council is adjourned.   
  

END


Recap by Meagan Kascsak, Marketing and Public Relations.


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