City Manager's Report to City Council for the
Meeting of Monday, May 19, 2008.
To: Members of the Worthington City Council
From: Matt H. Greeson, City Manager
MINUTES:
1. Approval of Minutes
Recommendation: Approval of April 7, 2008 – Regular Meeting Minutes as presented.
PUBLIC HEARINGS ON LEGISLATION:
This Ordinance would appropriate funds from the General Fund Unappropriated Balance in the Amount of $665.00 to provide for the development of a memorial in the memory of Pat Pabst. Attached is a memorandum from the Parks and Recreation Director explaining this memorial and providing additional materials related to how donations are made to the Worthington Parks Improvement Fund. Pursuant to the discussion held by Council at the last meeting, the City’s future practice will be to bring all requests to name a facility to the City Council, except those that are consistent with the Parks Improvement Fund donation program outlined in the attached materials.
Recommendation: Approve as presented.
The proposed Ordinance change creates the Olentangy River Road Corridor Overlay District. This was the result of extensive public meetings. The attached memo from the Development Coordinator provides a summary of the proposal. At the Committee of the Whole, the Council discussed a minor amendment to the purpose of the ordinance to add “and/or enhancing” to the statement regarding the character of the area on page 1, Section 1178.01.
An amended version of the ordinance with strikethroughs and underlines will be provided no later than Monday evening and staff will overview the proposed changes.
Recommendation: Approve the ordinance as presented with amendments.
The Proposed Ordinance change provides for the use of Planned Unit Developments (PUDs) throughout the City. The attached memo from the Development Coordinator summarizes this proposal. At the Committee of the Whole meeting, the Council discussed several minor amendments to the ordinance. These included changes to the following:
a. Page 1, Section 1174.01 – Discussed amending the purpose of the ordinance to add “and/or enhancing” to the statement regarding the character of the area.
b. Page 3-5, Section 1174.03 – Discussed revising the development standard language to provide more uniform and understandable language and potentially modify the language that states “The property adjacent to the area included in the plan shall not be adversely affected.”
c. Page 7, Section 1174.05(b) – Discussed adding language to clarify the definition of development standards text to read “….shall be a comprehensive narrative including graphics…”
d. Page 7, Section 1174.06(a) – Discussed various punctuation changes.
e. Page 9, Section 1174.07(b)(2) – Discussed removing a redundant use of the word “maintaining.”
f. Page 9, Section 1174.07(b)(3) – Discussed amending this paragraph to change procedures to allow all recommendations (approval or denial) of the Municipal Planning Commission to be considered by Council.
Council also discussed placing copies of applications on the website. Staff supports this concept and will work to implement it, but does not recommend that it be a codified administrative requirement. An amended version of the ordinance with strikethroughs and underlines will be provided no later than Monday evening and staff will overview the proposed changes.
Recommendation: The Council may consider the following:
1) Approval of the amended ordinance as presented, or
2) Send the ordinance back to the Municipal Planning Commission for discussion of the proposed changes.
As a result of a recent retirement the City of Worthington needs to amend the appointments to the Council of Government.
Recommendation: Approve as presented.
NEW LEGISLATION TO BE INTRODUCED:
(Legislation Introduced this Date Begins With: Ordinance No. 25-2008 and Resolution No. 20- 2008)
This ordinance funds the street program. Staff will open bids on May 23, 2008 and expects to have a recommendation of award at the June 2, 2008 meeting. As you will recall, the Street Program was approved by Council at the May 5th meeting following the annual tour of projects.
REPORTS OF CITY OFFICIALS:
Information Items:
a. 752 Building –Presentation of Renovation Study by Jack Hedge (DesignGroup)
The City contracted with the DesignGroup to conduct a Renovation Study of the 752 building. The study was previously distributed to Council and provides cost estimates for the renovation and concepts and recommendations for making the building handicap accessible. The proposed concepts (layouts) reflect the establishment of offices and a community room within the building.
The intent of this presentation is to overview the Renovation Study and provide an opportunity for the City Council to ask the architects questions about the physical structure and renovation challenges. At this point, staff has not estimated costs for on-going maintenance of the facility, analyzed borrowing vs. pay now options for funding the renovation, or framed different uses for policy discussion. Staff will report on its discussions with the Chamber of Commerce.
Recommendation: Accept the report.
I would request an executive session to discuss Board & Commission appointments.
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