Eau Claire City Council Meeting – April 28, 2020

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Eau Claire City Council – April 28, 2020

UPDATE
Update by the City Manager during a City Declaration of Emergency regarding COVID-19.

CONSENT AGENDA
The following matters may be acted upon by the City Council utilizing a single vote. Individual items, which any member wishes to address in greater detail or as a separate item on the regular agenda, may be removed from the Consent Agenda upon the request of any Council Member.

CONSENT RESOLUTION
1. Resolution adopting the Consent Agenda. (Page 7)

COMMENDATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS
2. Consideration of Commendations and Proclamations and Recognitions. (Page 8)

MINUTES
3. Resolution approving Minutes of Regular Meeting of Tuesday, April 14, 2020 and Organizational Meeting of April 21, 2020. (Page 12)

LICENSES
4. Resolution granting new bartender licenses. (Page 22)

5. Resolution granting a Class A Cabaret license to Skill Shot, LLC, d/b/a Skill Shot Coffee Bar, 1106 Mondovi Road, Kent H. Buell, agent. (Page 23)

6. Resolution granting a temporary expansion of the Class B Fermented Malt Beverage, Class C Wine and Class B Cabaret licensed premise of Skill Shot, LLC, d/b/a Skill Shot
Coffee Bar, 1106 Mondovi Road, to include the fenced-in adjoining parking lot, for the Forge Fest Event on June 20, 2020. (Page 24)

7. Resolution granting a Temporary Class B Fermented Malt Beverage and Temporary Class B Wine license to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern Wisconsin, Clint Markin, President, on June 8, 2020, at 7 S. Dewey Street, for the Eau Claire Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours Event. (Page 32)

8. Resolution granting a permanent expansion of the Combination Class A Intoxicating Liquor & Fermented Malt Beverage licensed premise of Skogen’s Foodliner, Inc.,
d/b/a Festival Foods, 2717 Birch Street, to include a “Click N Go” pickup area. (Page 37)

BUSINESS AGENDA
PROPERTY TRANSACTION
9. Resolution authorizing the sale of Lot 19, Sky Park, to Five Star Plastics, Inc. (Kristine Basom) (Page 48)

BUDGET ADJUSTMENTS
10. Resolution authorizing 2019 Budget Adjustments, 2019 to 2020 Year-End Carryovers and 2020 First Quarter Budget Adjustments. (Because this item amends the budget, a 2/3 vote, or 8 affirmative votes, is needed for passage.) (Jay Winzenz) (Page 69)

WRITER IN RESIDENCE
11. Resolution appointing the position of Writer in Residence for the City of Eau Claire to Ken Szymanski. (Isa Small) (Page 74)

PROPERTY TAX ASSESSMENT SETTLEMENT
12. Resolution approving a Settlement of Claimed Excessive Property Tax Assessments for Chippewa Valley Partners, d/b/a Walmart Stores, Inc. (Stephen Nick) (Page 77)

AGREEMENTS
13. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to enter into an Addendum to the Memorandum of Understanding with Merge LLC for joint construction of a Transit Transfer Center and
Residential Housing. (Stephen Nick) (Page 78)

14. Resolution approving an Agreement for the Expansion of the Chippewa Valley Regional Computer Forensic Laboratory. (Kelly Thompson) (Page 79)

MEETING CANCELLATION
15. Resolution cancelling the City Council meeting scheduled for Monday, May 25, 2020. (Dale Peters) (Page 83)

EMERGENCY DECLARATION
16. Resolution extending the Emergency Declaration in the City of Eau Claire. (Dale Peters) (Page 85)

ORDINANCES FOR INTRODUCTION
ZONING
17. Ordinance rezoning a property located at 2113 Brackett Avenue from R-1 to C-3P and to adopt the general development plan with site plan for an office with warehouse (Z-1668-20). (Scott Allen) (Page 89)

18. Ordinance rezoning property located on the southwest corner of Jeffers Road and Prairie Lane from C-2 to R-3P and to adopt the general development plan for multi-family
apartment buildings (Z-1669-20).
(Scott Allen) (Page 92)

19. Ordinance rezoning property located on the southeast corner of West Vine Street and Rosewood Lane from TR-1A to R-1 (Z-1670-20). (Scott Allen) (Page 95)

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Announcements by the City Manager and City Council.

ADJOURNMENT
The next City Council Legislative Meeting is scheduled to be held at 4 p.m. on May 12, 2020.

WORK SESSION
Following the Legislative session, the Council will convene in the Council Chamber for a work session to review proposals submitted in response to an RFP (Procurement No. 2020-29) issued by the City seeking executive search services and discuss other items related to the City Manager recruitment process. The City Council may take action to provide direction to City staff regarding the process for the hiring of a City Manager.