COUNCIL MEETING and PUBLIC HEARING
CITY OF BERKELEY LAKE
4043 SOUTH BERKELEY LAKE ROAD
BERKELEY LAKE, GEORGIA 30096
Minutes for
January 17th, 2008

Those in attendance for the Council Meeting were as follows:
Mayor: Lois Salter
Council Members:
Walter Anderson, Rebecca Spitler, Debbie Guthrie, Tom Kitchens, and Frank Lombardi
City Attorney and Associate: Dick Carothers and Amy Cowan
City Administrator: Tom Rozier
Deputy City Administrator: Leigh Threadgill
Citizens Present:  6  

CALL TO ORDER 

I. APPROVAL OF OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA (0:00:12)

Salter suggested adding the police report under section 4 of the agenda as the 3rd item.

Salter suggested swapping the order of New Business items ‘b’ (Appeal of Ordinance Enforcement Officer’s Determination regarding parking pad at 350 Lakeshore Drive) and ‘a’  (2007 Budget Amendment) for the convenience of citizens present.

Threadgill requested adding the Business License Occupation Certificate form as New Business item ‘k’.

There were no further suggested changes to the agenda. 

It was the consensus of Council to approve those changes to the Agenda.

II. PUBLIC HEARING (0:01:42)

Salter opened the Hearing regarding the 2007 Budget Amendment stating that it was properly advertised and invited citizens to speak.

No citizens spoke.

III. MINUTES (0:01:55)

Guthrie motioned to accept the minutes of December 20, 2007 with one correction. Page 15, 2nd paragraph, line 5. “Those things.” shall be removed. Anderson seconded the motion.  Lombardi abstained. All else were in favor. The motion passed.

Anderson motioned to accept the minutes of January 3, 2008 with one minor modification, that Guthrie “would probably have made an extraordinary effort”. Kitchens seconded the motion. Guthrie abstained. All else were in favor. The motion passed.

IV. REPORTS (0:04:07)

a. Financial Statements

Guthrie motioned to accept the unaudited November financial statements. Kitchens seconded the motion. All were in favor. The motion passed.

Rozier indicated that we are not seeking approval for the December 2007 financial statement as it is incomplete.

b. OEO report

There were no questions regarding the OEO report.

c. Police Report

Guthrie indicated that it should be noted that the police-related Berkeley Walk problems occurred within a week’s period of time.  Salter stated that Berkeley Walk had not had any crime all year long leading up to Christmas, and then they had 4 incidents within a week.

Salter added that there had been an ‘Other’ incident which was a family issue in Q4 on Lakeshore to which Police responded.

Salter invited additional comments regarding the Police report; there were no additional comments.

V. MAYOR’S MESSAGE TO COUNCIL AND APPOINTMENTS (0:07:10)

a. Mayor’s Message to Council

Salter noted distribution of the following written report to be incorporated into the minutes:

“We used the Chapel fewer days than we had contracted for in 2007 since we didn’t have an election and we held fewer meetings than in past years.   The Chapel Association has very kindly offered to refund our money or credit us for unused days.

I will be meeting with inspectors from Ga. Safe Dams before our next meeting.

I am about to begin drawing up a city request for the next SPLOST referendum.  To that end I have scheduled a meeting with representatives of Ga. Power tomorrow morning to discuss the possibility and potential cost of burying power lines along our roadsides where they are currently overhead on poles.  Council members, please give any possible SPLOST projects thorough consideration and let me know what your ideas and wishes are as soon as possible.  Please also solicit suggestions from our citizens as they should have input, too.

The steering committee for our Comprehensive Plan will meet next Friday on Jan. 25 and we will schedule another stakeholders meeting after that. 

As you know each year the city has a Relay for Life team – the Berkeley Lake Lifesavers.  This year their fundraiser dinner will be in the Chapel on March 15.  I am grateful to Lesley Pendleton and Ellen Lee for agreeing to lead this group in 2008.

There will be a citywide garage sale on Friday, April 18 and Saturday, April 19.  More information is forthcoming, but homeowner associations which have previously had their own sales are cooperating to do this all at once this year.  Our Earth Day is that Saturday as well, and I hope to be able to get trucks from some charities to come and haul off reusable items that people want to donate after the garage sale.  I have also been talking with some of our local artists about having an art show in the spring, but a date has not been set. 

I have a meeting scheduled with county officials on Jan. 31 to discuss changes to our police operations.  I have been investigating options other than the changes they are proposing.  I have discussed their city marshal program with leaders of Buford and Dacula.  In those cities this officer is largely involved in city ordinance enforcement, and Carothers believes there is little statutory support for a marshal doing much more than that.  I believe we need some additional policing ability for traffic issues and crime prevention.  The options as I see them at this point are to accept the county proposal and pay more per hour, or to hire one police officer, who could vary his hours in the city, and pay the county for whatever additional coverage we needed beyond that.  I’ve checked officer salaries in Snellville, Suwanee, Duluth, and Sandy Springs.  They run from $33,500 to $45,000.  There are additional costs for a car, which we could buy used for perhaps @ $10,000, for uniforms, equipment, benefits, and training.  We should expect to pay more as well to run our Municipal Court to deal with violators.  More info to come.”

Salter invited comments regarding the Mayor’s Message to Council; there were no additional comments.

b. Appointments

Salter referenced her list of Appointments provided previously to Council and to be incorporated into the minutes:

“Committees for 2008

B. L. Conservancy      (Liaison – Rebecca Spitler)
Pete Westafer – Chair
Frances Winslow
Marilyn Bondon
Nick Lore
Scott Lee

BLEMA        (Liaison – Tom Kitchens)
Mary English and Shawn Cochran– CoChairs
Charlie Carroll
Irvin Gunter
Phillipe Gadegbeku
Tevis Stine

Building Process Review              (Liaison –Frank Lombardi)
Wayne Mitsch  – Chair
Bob Herb
Randy Johnson
Bill Smith
Irvin Gunter

Facilities                       (Liaison – Debbie Guthrie)
Barbara Carroll - Chair
Carol Seitz
Virginia Andreu
Dan Huntington

Financial Affairs      (Liaison –Walter Anderson)
Tom Rozier – Chair  
Dixie Kucera
Jennifer Lombardi
Leigh Threadgill
Tom Rozier
Mickey Merkel
Pam Williamson 

Mayoral Appointments for Council’s Consideration – 2008

City Administrator-Tom Rozier (functions as Treasurer and Clerk) 
Deputy City Administrator-Leigh Threadgill 
Ordinance Enforcement Officer-Gene Rodgers
*Assistant OEO-Britt Collins
City Attorney-Dick Carothers
City Accountant-David Dick
*City Inspector-Craig Lokey
Municipal Judge-Jan McKinney
P&Z-Rodney Hammond (succeeding himself)
P&Z-Sally Rich-Kolb (succeeding Frank Lombardi)     
City Engineer-Rich Edinger
GOLT Board Member-Rebecca Spitler

*means Carothers indicated these did not need to be officially sworn in

Neighborhood Liaisons

Berkeley Commons and Berkeley Field – Frank Lombardi
BLHA – Walter Anderson
Berkeley Walk – Debbie Guthrie
Miramont – Rebecca Spitler
River Mansions and River District – Tom Kitchens

Council will need to elect a Mayor Pro Tem

Liz Nicholas will serve as volunteer consultant for wildlife management issues.
Lesley Pendleton and Ellen Lee will be our Relay for Life Team Leaders.
Kay Lee will serve as our Events Coordinator.
Ginny Nevins will serve as our representative on the county SPLOST committee.”

Salter indicated that the process of securing citizens to serve has been difficult and thanked those who have agreed to serve.

Salter indicated that she hasn’t gotten the charge tasks written out for everyone yet.

Regarding BLEMA, Salter indicated the following:
• She had talked at length with Shawn Cochran and Mary English, formerly Mary Hartman who was on BLEMA last year who has received full CERT training and is very well qualified in that regard.
• She explained to English that she still feels strongly that we need a group of volunteers to be organized regardless of the issues with plans and that her charge is going to say to them that she wants someone to review City-approved plan from the County and the plan received from PrepareFirst.
• English reported that Cochran is continuing to work on a plan which will not conflict with those plans but is instead a risk-management assessment. 
• English will focus on getting volunteers and getting them some abbreviated CERT training.
• She has appointed Cochran and English as Co-Chairs because they are going to be focusing in two different directions.
• She asked English to come to our next meeting before the meeting to talk with Council members.
• She is aware that some Council members have some concerns and that it would be valuable for English to be able to talk to Council members informally.
• Council members may be thinking about what they would like to discuss with her.

Regarding the Building Process Review Committee, Salter indicated the following:
• She doesn’t expect this committee to last very long.
• She has talked with Wayne Mitsch and he feels that they need to wrap that up and it will go out of existence.

Regarding the Facilities Committee, Salter indicated the following:
• Barbara Carroll has said that we probably won’t have a whole lot going on with them right now.
• They will continue to exist to be called upon as needed.

Regarding the Finance Committee, Salter indicated the following:
• We do not have a treasurer and she has made significant effort to secure one.
• Tom Rozier is uncomfortable being the City Administrator, Treasurer and Clerk but at this point that is how we are functioning.
• It is her hope that there is one person on the Finance Committee who may be comfortable being Treasurer after having been on the committee for a while.

Regarding P&Z Committee, Salter indicated the following:
• She tried to let Council know in advance about her appointments for P&Z.
• Council will need, of course, to vote on both of those.

Regarding other appointments, Salter indicated the following:
• She is reappointing Rich Edinger as City Engineer if confirmed by Council.
• She had spoken to Council in email about her recommendation of Rebecca Spitler as GOLT board member and about neighborhood liaisons.
• She had secured Ginny Nevins’ agreement to serve as our representative on the County SPLOST Committee.
• Kay Lee has agreed to be our Events Coordinator.
• Lesley Pendleton and Ellen Lee will be our Relay for Life Team Leaders.

VI. OLD BUSINESS (0:12:03)

a.) O-61-07 Chapter 78 (former Chapter 39) Zoning Ordinance (for possible adoption) 

Salter indicated that Council had worked on that at the work session.

Bob Herb had questions and asked for changes.

Salter asked Council if they were comfortable with the changes.

Kitchens indicated that Guthrie had made a good point regarding the rear setback on a non-lake lot. Herb indicated that it was previously agreed-upon that they would go back and look at that issue again.

Guthrie indicated that she realizes that we probably need to look at this differently for a lake lot versus a non-lake lot, but that she is not comfortable prohibiting all the other residences from building sheds or whatever in their back yard until we get around to changing this.

Kitchens agreed.

Guthrie indicated that the current ordinance provides a 12 ½ foot setback and that she understood that Carothers was going to be investigating regarding setbacks from State waterways.

Carothers indicates that the lake is a state waterway and that there is a 35-foot setback, however there are exemptions to that setback for lots less than one acre.

Salter indicated that most lots are less than one acre.

Carothers indicated that they have not completed their research and that they’re trying to determine the scope of the exemptions. He indicated that they should be able to get that to Council within the next 2 days. He further stated that Berkeley Lake is definitely a State waterway and that there is definitely a setback.

Salter asked whether Carothers said we could not make different rules for lake lots and non-lake lots. Carothers indicated that it depends on what those rules are and that he did not think that in terms of structures in the back of a property that the City would be precluded from making that distinction. Carothers reminded Council that septic rules could not make that distinction.

There was discussion regarding the history of enforcement.

Threadgill indicated that she had previously issued a permit (based upon the code as written).  She has had 2 citizens recently ask about accessory structures and one has submitted an application pending approval.

Guthrie indicates she feels the code being suggested is unreasonably prohibitive.

Herb indicated that Council needs to approve this as a stop-gap measure. Threadgill indicated that current applications are vested under the existing code.

Carothers recommended approval and review of the existing applications to determine immediate future changes.

Anderson indicated concern about the mean water level … he is not sure that ‘mean water level’ is the correct thing to use. He believes it may be ‘full pool’. Anderson proposed “full pool” as defined by the contour line by the Corps of Engineers at the same elevation as the first or top weir of the spillway.  Herb agreed. Threadgill asked if we have that in the office. Anderson indicated that if we don’t, it should be available because the Corps has that information in their construction drawings down to the inch.

Anderson moved that we adopt 0-61-07 as presented to Council in modified form with the following changes:

Section 78-197 – item 4: change “front lot line” to “edge of road”
Section 78-89 – paragraph ‘B’: Strike “or other opaque building material”
Section 78-197 – item 9: change “at mean water level” in 2 places to “full pool” and add to the end of that “full pool as defined by the contour line at the same elevation of the top weir of spillway”.
Section 78-317: change the second paragraph ‘a’ to be paragraph ‘b’.
Section 78-317, paragraph ‘d’, item 3:  strike bullet 4.

Kitchens seconded. All were in favor and the motion carried.

Guthrie asked that the 40-foot rear setback issue be settled as quickly as possible.

b.) Berkeley Lake Preliminary Plat Amendment (0:33:53)

Salter indicated that Council had received a letter from both parties who have been unhappy with each other and that both parties are suggesting that we accept this.

Kitchens motioned that we accept. Anderson seconded the motion.

Anderson drew our attention to paragraph 8, which was circled with a note.  He presumed that this is meant to indicate that this is the original plat with paragraph 8 added.  Threadgill indicated that the 8th paragraph has not been added, but instead had been amended. 

All were in favor and the motion carried.

c.) City Hall  (37:34)

Regarding Wakefield Beasley & Associates’ involvement with the City Hall project, Salter indicated the following:
• The contract between the City of Berkeley Lake and Wakefield Beasley & Associates has been signed by both parties;
• Lindell Sherrill is Wakefield Beasley’s person in charge of our project;
• She informed Lindell Sherrill that we need to get together (to kick-off the project) and that Council had designated a 3-person voting committee with one additional non-voting member;
• Sherrill said that they are very proud of what they do there and that he would like to offer to the entire Council that they come and be shown through their entire operation so that everyone on Council would be comfortable as we begin the process;
• That Sherrill further extended the use of Wakefield Beasley’s conference facilities to hold an advertised Council Work Session and that after the Wakefield Beasley-related portion of the meeting, Council would be left alone to conduct any remaining business;
• That Barbara Carroll suggested that Eric Bosman be present at such a meeting;
• That she has not invited Eric Bosman pending feedback regarding the invitation from Council.

There was discussion regarding Sherrill’s invitation.

Barbara Carroll clarified that she had suggested that Eric Bosman meet with the committee and Wakefield Beasley, not Council and Wakefield Beasley.

Salter indicated that Sherrill wants the most thorough marching orders that he can have. 

Guthrie indicated that the Committee needs to meet with the Architect and then if the Committee thinks it is needed, they can come to the Council meeting.  Council needs to be totally abreast of what’s going on.

Guthrie and Anderson agreed that Eric Bosman should be at that meeting.

Spitler indicated that her impression was that Council would be involved with the architects the same way Council was involved with Urban Collage where the Committee did a lot of the background work and then at specific times that group would come and present to Council.

Salter indicated that Carroll has offered to be the lead on this project.  Salter indicated that she is uncomfortable with a non-elected and non-employed-by-the-city person leading a project as large and as costly as this one.

Anderson indicated that the Committee will be taking Council’s instructions and ‘carrying the ball downfield’. Carroll indicated that the Committee has no decision-making power in spending the city’s money but will be a contact person and takes the administrative portion out of Council’s hands. 

Anderson indicated that Council will be making the decisions. He further indicated that he doesn’t feel the point person has to be an elected official.

Guthrie indicated that the relationship with Urban Collage went well with Carroll as a point person and that Carroll has great project management skills. She pointed out that a lot of the activity would be the coordination of communication between the Council, City staff, the architect and Urban Collage and the community.

Guthrie compared the situation to Randy Kirkus’ role with the Public Works Committee.

Guthrie indicated that she is 100% comfortable with Carroll taking on the lead role.

Lombardi indicated that he thinks it is practical for Carroll to take the lead role.

Spitler agreed with Lombardi and Guthrie, citing the Public Works committee as an example and Carroll’s unique qualifications.

Salter disagreed with the characterization of Kirkus’s role in the Public Works and indicated that decisions regarding Rich Edinger had gone through her.

Guthrie indicated that this role would be the coordination of a project and that there was no expectation that this person would be making decisions.

Salter thinks it’s important that no decisions be made (by Barbara in this role). She foresees that we will get to a point where decisions will need to be made.

Carroll indicated that she would not be operating in a vacuum.

Guthrie indicated that her understanding of the committee’s marching orders is for the committee to carry forward with the concept plans Created by Urban Collage and to implement that which has already come before Council. Guthrie further indicated that any new ideas not included in the concept plan would need to come before Council.

Guthrie motioned that we designate Barbara Carroll as the project lead for the architectural phase of the City Hall facilities steering committee.

Kitchens seconded.

All were in favor and the motion carried.

Salter indicated that Carroll could contact the architect and let him know about Council’s decision regarding his invitation.

d.) O-64-08 Chapter Section 54-21 (d),  Franchise Fee for State Issued Cable or Video Franchises (for possible 2nd read) (56:35)

Lombardi motioned to put Ordinance O-64-08 on 2nd read and adopt.  Anderson seconded the motion and all were in agreement.  The motion carried.

VII. NEW BUSINESS (57:37)

a.) Appeal of Ordinance Enforcement Officer’s Determination regarding parking pad at 350 Lakeshore Drive

Lombardi asked to clarify what the specific question is that is being brought before Council to consider.

Salter indicated that the question is “Did Gene correctly rule that what the Nevins have in front of their house is a parking pad.”

Anderson indicated he wasn’t sure whether the issue of whether it’s a parking pad or not is really relevant to the discussion since his understanding, with Carothers’ agreement is that no structure, other than a driveway, can be built on the City right of way.

Lombardi indicated that he believed the question to be whether the item in question was a flare of the driveway or intended to be a parking pad.
 
Threadgill indicated that she could find no technical definitions for ‘drive way versus parking pad’.  Anderson asked whether we would use the State’s regulations which are in force in the City because they are adopted via inference.

 Anderson noted that regardless of whether it is a structure or a parking pad, it cannot be used for overnight parking without explicit exception granted by Council; therefore the real issue here is whether such a structure can be built on the City right-of-way.

 Carothers indicated that there are many ordinances which make reference to things not necessarily specifically defined.

Guthrie indicated that the structure at 350 Lakeshore Drive wasn’t comparable to her driveway which was poured supposedly to DOT standards by the county.

Guthrie asked Ginny Nevins about a point in her letter.  She indicated that Gene Rodgers had given his opinion that it was not a parking pad.  Threadgill indicated that Gene had measured it and that it was approximately 7 feet wide. 

There was discussion about whether the concrete area was intended to be a parking pad.

Spitler asked about whether the new driveway was the same as the previously existing one.

Guthrie asked whether exact duplication of the existing driveway in new concrete would be grandfathered.

Bob Herb indicated that there is no grandfathering and that the new construction would need to bring the structure into code.

Herb indicated that whether it’s called a pad or not, it’s a structure.  He further indicated that he doesn’t necessarily agree with the code, but that we must be consistent with how we apply the code. He indicated that the reason for the code existing is to prevent endangerment and liability.

Nevins indicated that the citation indicates that she has an ‘illegal parking pad’ in front of her house and that she doesn’t have a parking pad in front of her house.

Guthrie asked Herb if he felt strongly enough about this to take it back to P&Z. Herb recommended that Council uphold the citation and then take the issue back to the P&Z Committee about whether we should allow parking pads. He indicated that his opinion is that we should allow parking pads, especially on Lakeshore Drive.

There was discussion regarding possible actions to be taken.

Anderson moved that we postpone consideration of this issue until the City Council meeting in May 2008 and look to P&Z to provide input regarding the code which was applied. Lombardi seconded the motion and all were in favor.  The motion carried.

b.) 2007 Budget Amendment (1:16:16)

Salter indicated that this budget accurately reflects what has been spent in 2007.

Guthrie moved that we adopt the 2007 Budget Amendment. Kitchens seconded the motion.  All were in favor and the motion carried.

c.) Home Rule Amendment of Charter to Increase Maximum Fine to $1000 (1:18:25)

Kitchens motioned to place the amendment on first read.  Anderson seconded the motion. All were in agreement and the motion carried.

d.) 2008 Chapel Lease Agreement (1:19:26)

Guthrie moved to authorize the mayor to sign the contract.  Anderson seconded the motion.  All were in agreement and the motion carried.

e.) Council consideration of appointments (1:20:35)

Anderson moved that we confirm the appointments as listed in the Mayor’s message with the exception of the 2 P&Z appointments.  Kitchens seconded the motion and all were in favor.  The motion carried.

Anderson moved that we confirm the appointment of Rodney Hammond, succeeding himself to the P&Z Commission.  Spitler seconded.  All were in favor. The motion carried.

Anderson moved that we confirm the appointment of Sally Rich Kolb, succeeding Frank Lombardi to the P&Z committee.  Guthrie seconded.  All were in favor. The motion carried.

f.) Election of Mayor Pro Tem (1:23:44)

Guthrie moved that Council elect Walter Anderson as Mayor Pro Tem.  Kitchens seconded and all were in favor.  The motion carried.

g.) BLES Counseling Advisory Committee (1:24:28)

Guthrie asked if anyone had any questions regarding the report and the 4 recommendations in the report.

Salter indicated that recommendation 4 was already being done.

Lombardi commented that the BLES staff are very ‘into’ what they are doing there.

The consensus was that we will proceed with these 4 recommendations.

h.) Berkeley Lake Urban Forest Assessment (1:29:34)

Spitler indicated that we have an opportunity to be a pilot site for the USDA Forestry Service to perform an inventory of our trees by sampling for free.  They are offering to do this as a training opportunity for professional foresters and arborists.  Approximately 25 people would be on-site performing this inventory. Spitler asked whether we were interested in doing that.  Spitler indicated that it would occur in April and asked that this inventory be announced in the Mayor’s Message to citizens if approved.  She indicated that the inventory would indicate trees which need attention and need to be removed. 

Spitler indicated that she is working on a proposal for a grant to receive moneys for a part-time arborist.  Salter indicated that her concern was regarding 25 individuals from outside our city roaming around the green space. Salter further mentioned that we have always tried to keep our greenspace in a low profile for the public beyond our city.  Spitler indicated that the 25 individuals would be professionals and that we’d explain to them how we want to keep a low profile.

Guthrie motioned that we proceed with the Berkeley Lake Urban Forest Assessment. Anderson seconded the motion and all were in agreement. The motion carried.

Council was in consensus that Spitler be the liaison.

Council was in further consensus that we advertise this on the website immediately and in the Mayor’s message in March.

i.) City Park (1:41:19)

Kitchens indicated that he believes we should not fence in our park and that it should be open to anyone who wants to use it.  Guthrie agreed.  Carothers indicated that they have been unable to find any authority for allowing us to fence in the park and that charging money was usually for additional programs such as soccer.

Carothers further indicated that the moment we charge money to enter the park, we lose our protection under the Recreational Property Act and advised against it.

j.) Police Coverage (1:44:08)

Salter indicated that this is a very complex issue.  Salter asked Spitler to check with an associate in the security business.   Spitler indicated that her associate is on vacation and that she would provide her associate’s business information to Mayor and Council if desired.

Guthrie suggested that Spitler and Lombardi pool information and present it to Council.

There was discussion regarding Security company options.  Salter said her concern about security company employees was if they see a crime, they can only call the police, and she would hope for someone who could stop the crime. Secondly they couldn't deal with our traffic problems as police do.

Lombardi suggested that County Officers could be utilized for traffic control during commuting hours and a security patrol could be utilized at other times as a deterrent to crime.

Carothers indicated that we could appoint security officers to enforce our city’s ordinances.

Various options for police coverage were discussed.

Guthrie reiterated her request that Lombardi and Spitler combine information and provide it to Council.

Guthrie asked about whether we could provide Duluth officers with Berkeley Lake jurisdiction.  Carothers indicated that he had not found where it could be done but that he would research it further and that whatever we do, we will need to run it by Gallagher Bassett because it will likely increase our insurance costs.

Guthrie asked that everyone remain open-minded and that we investigate all possible alternatives.

Salter indicated that she had spent a lot of time looking into the city having a policeman and asked what Council's level of interest is in that.

Guthrie indicated that having our own police force was at the bottom of desirable options for the short term based upon the need to hire multiple officers and provide vehicles, weapons, training, liability insurance, ticket processing, traffic court, possibly benefits and the associated administrative costs, although it may be a more viabption in the future.  Lombardi indicated that he thought at some point we should have our own police force but that it is too much to consider at this time.

Anderson thinks we need to have some sort of enforcement presence in the city and that he’s not strongly for or against any of the options presented to date until we have more information. He further stated that we need to have control over the deployment and enforcement focus as well as support citizen interaction.

There was further discussion regarding the Police issue.

Spitler agrees that we need to have a security presence and would be willing to look at other alternatives or a blend of alternatives in the beginning with the knowledge that we will need evolve and adjust over time.

Kitchens agrees with what has been discussed and is wondering what other cities are doing all over the country. He indicated that we should be able to expect this service in exchange for our tax dollars.

k.) Business license certificate form (2:14:57)

Lombardi moved to approve the business license certificate as provided or in similar form.  Anderson seconded.  All agreed.  The motion carried.

VIII. CITIZEN COMMENTS (2:16:57)

IX. ADJOURNMENT (2:17:04)   

Lombardi moved to adjourn the meeting. Anderson seconded the motion. All were in favor and the motion carried.

Salter adjourned the meeting at 9:49pm.           

(Respectfully submitted by Tom Rozier, correct as of February 07, 2008)