Minutes-09/10/2014

CITY OF TIFFIN – Agenda – Work Session 6:30 p.m. - City Hall Wednesday, September 10, 2014 The Tiffin city council met in a work session on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at City Hall. Mayor Berner called the meeting to order at 6:30 PM. Roll Call: Kahler, Petersen, Bartels, Upton, Ryan. Absent: none. Also present Attorney Raiber, Engineer Fredrick Administrator Jackson, and Deputy Clerk Jay. Motion to approve the agenda by Kahler; seconded by Upton. Motion Carried. Council took a field trip with engineers to review the placement of the Trail (Phase 5) on Ireland. Discussion on which side the trail will be and requirements for safety. Deputy Clerk Jay discussed the Johnson County Emergency Alert system the city will implement. Discussion on how to notify residents to get set up with the alerts. Motion made to adjourn by Bartles; seconded by Upton. Work session closed at 7:02 PM motion carried. CITY OF TIFFIN – Agenda – Council Meeting 7:00 p.m. - City Hall Wednesday, September 10, 2014 The Tiffin city council met in a work session on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at City Hall. Mayor Berner called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM. Roll Call: Kahler, Petersen, Bartels, Upton, Ryan. Absent: Public Works Bret Mehmen. Also Present Attorney Raiber, Engineer Frederick, Administrator Jackson, and Deputy Clerk Jay, Johnson County Deputy Sheriff Fisher. Motion to amend agenda item and move to beginning of session. Peterson motion to have Discussion and possible action for Park Ridge Development be 1st agenda item. Motion seconded by Kahler. Motion to approve agenda Kahler; seconded by Bartles. Carrie Stratton- Citizen- had concerns with ally behind Slim’s. Patrons are parking on both sides of the ally and advised she does not think any vehicles will be able to drive down ally during this time. Deputy Sheriff Fisher advised that will have deputy go and survey the ally during evening hours while Slim’s has events going on. Concern if emergency vehicles would need to travel down the road, they would not be able to get through. Upton made a suggestion to contact the owner of bar to see if there could be something done. Mayor discussed possible action, Jackson advised will put on to next agenda. Stratton also had concerns with why Original Town repairs and maintenance has stopped and development on Park Road is higher priority. Advised that Original Town will get updated but the plan is phased. Stratton had another concern with making residents have sidewalks put in. City officials advised that this is a part of the city improvements and will need to comply with ADA (American with Disabilities Act). She also had a concern with the timeline for this improvement. Mark Petersen had mentioned the school buses had been vandalized again. Deputy Sheriff advised they will have a deputy on patrol. Open hearing for the Comprehensive Plan, motion to open public hearing by Ryan at 7:18 PM; seconded by Bartles all ayes. Upton had a concern with having a hard copy of the plan. But no