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Home My WebLink About2007.11.06_City Council MinutesOWASSO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, November 6, 2007 The Owasso City Council met in regular session on Tuesday, November 6, 2007 in the Council Chambers at Old Central per the Notice of Public Meeting and Agenda posted on the City Hall bulletin board at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 2, 2007. ITEM 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Cataudella called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. ITEM 2. INVOCATION The invocation was offered by Pastor James Stotts, Fellowship Tabernacle. ITEM 3. FLAG SALUTE Councilor Sinex led the flag salute. ITEM 4. ROLL CALL PRESENT ABSENT Steve Cataudella, Mayor D.J. Gall, Vice Mayor Doug Bonebrake, Councilor Susan Kimball, Councilor Jon Sinex, Councilor A quorum was declared present. STAFF Rodney J. Ray, City Manager Julie Lombardi, City Attorney ITEM 5. PRESENTATION OF THE CHARACTER TRAIT OF THE MONTH Ms. Lynn VanDeventer, a member of the Owasso Character Council, presented to the Council `Determination', the character trait of the month for November, 2007. Owasso City Council November 6, 2007 ITEM 6. PRESENTATION OF THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH Mr. Ray introduced to Council Bill Fields, an employee with the City's Support Services Department, as the Employee of the Month for November, 2007. ITEM 7. CONSIDERATION AND APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATING TO A REQUEST FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA A. Approval of Minutes of the October 16, 2007 Regular Meeting. Attachment # 7-A B. Approval of Claims. Attachment # 7-B C. Acceptance of water system improvements for Cracker Barrel, a commercial development generally located south of E. 96th Street North and East of US 169, in the Tyann Plaza Shopping Center. Such improvements consisting of approximately 75 linear feet of eight (8) inch DIP potable water line. Attachment # 7-C D. Acceptance of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant providing reimbursement in the amount of $5,208 for the purchase of bullet proof vests; and, approval of a budget amendment to the FY 2007-2008 General Fund increasing estimated revenues and increasing the appropriation for expenditures in the amount of $5,208 within the Police Department Budget. Attachment # 7-D E. Action relating to the FY 2007 Small Cities set-aside funding program, # 12985 CDBG 07 for the construction of the Rayola Park Restroom Facility designating the Mayor as the certifying officer under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to assume overall responsibility for the environmental review process. Attachment # 7-E F. Action relating to the FY 2007 Small Cities set-aside funding program, # 12985 CDBG 07 for the construction of the Rayola Park Restroom Facility making a finding of no significant impact on the environment. Attachment # 7-E G. Action relating to the FY 2007 Small Cities set-aside funding program, # 12985 CDBG 07 for the construction of the Rayola Park Restroom Facility authorizing the Mayor to execute the Certification of Leverage, Environmental Certification, and Request for Release of Funds. Attachment # 7-E 2 Owasso Ciry Council November 6, 2007 H. Action relating to the FY 2007 Small Cities set-aside funding program, # 12985 CDBG 07 for the construction of the Rayola Park Restroom Facility approving an Antidisplacement Plan. Attachment # 7-E Ms. Kimball moved, seconded by Mr. Bonebrake, to approve the Consent with claims totaling $615,633.49, Healthcare self-insurance claims totaling $207,303.44 and payroll claims totaling $430,539.75. YEA: Bonebrake, Cataudella, Gall, Kimball, Sinex NAY: None Motion carried 5-0. ITEM 8. CONSIDERATION AND APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATING TO A REQUEST FOR COUNCIL TO AWARD A BID FOR THE INSTALLATION OF WIRELESS NETWORK EQUIPMENT AT FIRE STATION NO. 3, LOCATED AT 9900 NORTH 145TH EAST AVENUE Ms. Willson presented the item and recommended Council award the installation of wireless network equipment connecting Fire Station #3 to the City's computer network to Atlas Broadband, Owasso, Oklahoma. Mr. Bonebrake moved for Council to award the installation of wireless network equipment to Atlas Broadband, Owasso, Oklahoma for $26,294.00. Motion was seconded by Mr. Sinex. YEA: Bonebrake, Cataudella, Gall, Kimball, Sinex NAY: None Motion carried 5-0. ITEM 9. CONSIDERATION AND APPROPRIATE ACTION RELATING TO A REQUEST FOR COUNCIL APPROVAL OF A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AMONG THE OEDA, OPWA, AND SF SHOPS INVESTORS, L.P. AND FOR LIMITED PURPOSES SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT, THE CITY OF OWASSO; AND, APPROVING THE INDEBTEDNESS OF THE OPWA IN THE AMOUNT OF $4,600,000.00 AS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT; AND, AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF SUCH AGREEMENT BY THE CITY MANAGER Mr. Ray presented the item and recommended Council approve the proposed final Development Agreement and authorization of the City Manager to execute the final Agreement. Additionally, Staff recommends Council approval of the incurrence of indebtedness by the OPWA as included in the Development Agreement. 3 Owasso City Council November 6, 2007 Councilor Kimball questioned why Article II, Item 2.2 was included in the Agreement. Article II, Item 2.2: Establishment of Best Buy Apportionment Area: The Authority will consider establishing the Best Buy Apportionment Area in Fiscal year 2008-2009 for the purposes of creating a Best Buy Tax account in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Nothing within the terms of this Agreement currently permits or compels any sales tax generated by Best Buy to be included in the remittance amount paid to SFSI. Mr. Ray replied that he was not opposed to allowing 2.2 be included in the agreement because he could not imagine any reason why we would ever allow sales tax generated by Best Buy to be included in the remittance amount paid to SFSI. Mr. Bonebrake moved for Council approval of the Development Agreement as stated, motion seconded by Mr. Cataudella. YEA: Bonebrake, Cataudella, Gall, Kimball, Sinex NAY: None Motion carried 5-0. ITEM 10. REPORT FROM CITY MANAGER. No report ITEM 11. REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY No report ITEM 12. REPORT FROM CITY COUNCILORS Councilor Kimball applauded Mr. Lehr and the Parks Department for the success of the Harvest Festival. Mayor Cataudella said how he enjoyed attending the First Annual Fire Department Awards Banquet. Councilor Gall thanked the Public Works Department for their hard work on the clean-up after the recent windstorm. 4 Owasso City Council ITEM 13. NEW BUSINESS None ITEM 14. ADJOURNMENT Mr. Bonebrake moved, seconded by Ms. Kimball, to adjourn. YEA: Bonebrake, Cataudella, Gall, Kimball, Sinex NAY: None Motion carried 5-0 and the meeting was adjourned at 6:59 p.m. November 6, 2007 Stephen ataudella, Mayor ~- Pat Fry, Minute Clerk 5