Toledo city Council Meeting December 13, 2011

Notes from Sherry:

Toledo City Council Meeting

December 13, 2011

In attendance: Councilwomen Webb, Hicks-Hudson, Brown, Councilmen Steel, McNamara, Martinez, Sarantou, Ludeman, Collins, Copeland, Craig, Waniewski. Mayor Bell, Deputy Mayors Herwat, Cruthers.

Item 561 – Resolution – Recognize Council President Wilma D. Brown – adopted – all voting yes. (She was celebrated for 45 minutes. SZ)

Item 537 – Acquire 69-acre Northtowne Square Mall, demolish vacant portions, market for redevelopment – Collins – move to Economic Development Committee for January. Webb – properly debated, needs to go to a vote. Ludeman – agrees with Webb – move forward. Roll Call (no, to Committee – yes, vote on) No – Collins, Martinez, McNamara, Sarantou. Yes – Craig, Ludeman, Brown, Hicks-Hudson, Steel, Copeland, Webb, motion carried. Martinez – need to vote on the amendment (proposed by him). (Didn't happen. SZ) Vote for passage – passed - No – Collins, McNamara, Sarantou. Yes – Craig, Ludeman, Brown, Hicks-Hudson, Steel, Copeland, Webb, Martinez, Waniewski.

Item 543 – Providing for the 2012 Assessed Services Program – Street Services, $21,146,410 ('11=$20,598,435) – passed – all voting yes.

Item 544 - Providing for the 2012 Assessed Services Program – Citywide St Lighting, $3,908,076 ('11=3,689,127) – passed – all voting yes.

Item 545 - Providing for the 2012 Assessed Services Program – Downtown St lighting, $256,199 ('11=$248,142) – passed – all voting yes.

Item 546 - Providing for the 2012 Assessed Services Program – Street Trees, $4,942,125 ('11=$5,003,516) – passed – all voting yes.

Item 547 - Providing for the 2012 Assessed Services Program – Surface Treatment, $856,940 ('11=$909,673) – passed - all voting yes.

Item 562 – Amend TMC Sec. 129.08 & 309.02, on-street parking enforcement from DPTA to Port Authority – passed – all voting yes.

Item 563 - 4th amend to agreement with Corrections Commission of NW Ohio, judges from members to advisory – passed – all voting yes.

Item 564 – Dedicating certain property at Oak & Fassett, near new fire station, as public right-of-way – passed – all voting yes.

Item 565 – Purchased foreclosed property at 3736 Inverness Ave. for NSP model home, $50,000 NSP Fund – passed – all voting yes.

Item 566 – Accept Ohio EPA or OWDA loan for Tunnel Optimization, Phase I, $1,380,358 – passed – all voting yes. Martinez – motion to reconsider my vote on 537.

Item 537 – (as above) roll call on amendment – passed – (Sorry, did not get the exact vote, SZ) Vote reconsideration – passed - No – Collins, Martinez, McNamara, Sarantou, Waniewski. Yes - Craig, Ludeman, Brown, Hicks-Hudson, Steel, Copeland, Webb.

Item 568 – Resolution – Street lighting – Alley bounded by Lewis Ave. and Peak Ave. - adopted – all voting yes.

Item 569 – Amend TMC Sec. 187.03(c) to allow contracts executed by electronic format and signature - 1st Reading.

Item 570 – Resolution – Request advances from Lucas County Auditor and Treasurer - 1st Reading.

Item 571 – Temporary appropriation for January, February & March 2012, $147,787,932 All Funds – passed – all voting yes.

Item 572 – Renewable Energy Site License for Dura and Tyler Landfill sites, $262.50/acre, 2 opts, 30 yrs, to 3% - passed – all voting yes.

Item 573 – Adjust air grants for Environmental Services, increase Ohio EPA $19,417 & decrease US EPA $34,865 – passed – all voting yes.

Item 574 – Resolution – Restate pension pick-up for AFSCME Local 7, 2012 from 10% to 7%; 2013 from 7% to 3% - adopted – all voting yes.

Item 575 – Vacate alley at Oak St. and Fassett St. for new fire station (Approved April 6 – 0) – passed – all voting yes.

Item 576 – Zone change at Airport Hwy & Byrne Rd. (Approved 5 – 0) – passed – all voting yes.

Item 577 – SUP for scrap & salvage operation at 40 (120) E. Laskey Rd. (Approved 6 – 0) – passed – all voting yes.

Item 578 – Zone change at 40 (120) E. Laskey Rd. (Approved 6 – 0) – passed – all voting yes.

Item 579 – SUP for type A Day Care at 1611 N. Erie St. (Plan Commission Disapproved) (Approved 6 – 0) – Brown – SUP falls under what she has written. Hicks-Hudson – this day care helps with jobs – well managed. Passed – all voting yes.

Item 580 – Zone change at 112, 120, & 122 S. St. Clair St. (Approved 5 – 0) – passed – all voting yes.

Item 581 – SUP for athletic stadium at 5901 Airport Hwy. for St. John's Jesuit H.S. & Academy (Approved 5 – 0) – passed – all voting yes.

Item 582 – Zone change at 503 Oakdale Ave. (Plan Commission Disapproved) (Approved 5 – 0) – passed – No – Martinez, McNamara – rest yes.

Item 642-10 – Expenditure to Downtown Toledo Development Corp. for economic development services, $150,000 CDBG EDL – Martinez – hearing on new situation, last year – allowable expenditure. McNamara – not without contraversary. Herwat – this will expire – keep the ordinance alive. Martinez – I'm OK with it either way. McNamara – no. Ludeman – extension. New designation – 583-11. Motion to relieve – passed – all voting yes. Motion to amend ($150,000 to $100, 000) passed – all voting yes. McNamara – refer back to Committee.

Last Call:

Collins – Good luck to President Brown; Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.

Copeland - Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.

Ludeman - Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.

Martinez - Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.

McNamara – Thanks Staff & Council for holding off publishing 2011 rules and regulations; Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.

Sarantou – flooding issue – Utilities, owe them a time line to address this safely; Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.

Steel - Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.

Waniewski – Goddard/Illerge – sewer cave in. What is procedure for down fire plug? Right now there is a cone there. In my District – Budget online; Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.

Webb – Thanks to everybody that voted yes for the Northtowne Mall. Meeting with businesses in the Alexis Corridor – Block Watch – they will be glad about this. Tree lighting at Library Village was very good. Caroling on the 15th, 6:30 – 8:30, Friendship Hall.

Herwat - Good luck to President Brown; Have a blessed Christmas and New Year.

Brown – Thank you for representing District 1.