April 15, 2024 at 6:00 PM - City Council Regular Meeting

1. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETINGS ACT AND ROLL CALL

2. PRAYER

3. NATIONAL ANTHEM AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

4. CONSENT AGENDA - The following items are considered to be routine by the city council and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a city council member or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from consent status and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.

4.A. Minutes of April 1, 2024, City Council meeting.

4.B. Minutes of April 1, 2024, Community Development Agency meeting.

4.C. Minutes of April 3, 2024, Civil Service Commission meeting certifying firefighter candidates Cruz Borer, Samuel Hilger, and Noah Lindberg.

4.D. Renewal of solid waste hauling licenses for the following: Ace Sanitation Service, Inc., Beemer Lumber LLC dba Discount Dumpster, Hilltop Rolloff LLC dba Callaway Rolloff, S2 Roll-offs Refuse & Recycling, U & I Sanitation LLC, and Waste Connections of Nebraska, Inc., contingent on bond requirements being met.

4.E. Resolution No. R24-40 approving permanent utility easement agreement with Loup River Public Power District (US Highway 81 substation).

4.F. Reappointment of Steve Anderson to Board of Adjustment for three-year term.

4.G. Finance department report.

4.H. Payroll and bills on file.

5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Included in Consent Agenda

6. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS 

6.A. Proclamation declaring May 2, 2024, as National Day of Prayer.

7. PUBLIC HEARINGS 

7.A. (Not a public hearing) Application of City of Columbus, on behalf of Nels Johnson, for preliminary plat of Vitality Village Addition (north of 8th Street and 7th Avenue) (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.B. Public hearing - Application of City of Columbus, on behalf of Nels Johnson, for final plat of Vitality Village Addition (north of 8th Street and 7th Avenue) (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.B.1. Resolution No. R24-42 approving final plat.

7.C. Public hearing - Application of City of Columbus, on behalf of Nels Johnson, to rezone property located north of 8th Street between 5th and 9th Avenue from "R-1" (Single-Family Residential District) to "R-2" (Two-Family Residential District) and from "R-1" (Single-Family Residential District) to "B-2" (General Commercial District) and to amend the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan. (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.C.1. Ordinance No. 24-09 approving rezoning.

7.D. (Not a public hearing) Application of Quail Meadows LLC for preliminary plat of Quail Meadows Addition (south of 1st Street between 10th and 14th Avenue). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.E. Public hearing - Application of Quail Meadows LLC for final plat of Quail Meadows Addition (south of 1st Street between 10th and 14th Avenue). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.E.1. Public hearing - Determine whether Quail Meadows Addition should be included within corporate city limits. (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.E.2. Resolution No. R24-43 approving final plat, development agreement, and bringing said addition into corporate city limits.

7.F. Public hearing - Application of Granville Custom Homes, Inc. for final plat of Farm View Second Addition (16th Avenue and 31st Street). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

7.F.1. Resolution No. R24-41 approving final plat and development agreement.

7.G. Public hearing - Application of Granville Custom Homes, Inc. to rezone property located on 16th Avenue and 31st Street from "R-2" (Two-Family Residential District) to "R-3" (Multi-Family Residential District) and to amend the Future Land Use Map of the Comprehensive Plan. (Due to tie vote, no recommendation was made by the Planning Commission.) (Applicant requested this item be removed from the agenda.)

7.H. Public hearing - Text Amendments to Columbus Land Development Ordinance including changes to the following: procedures for special use permit, rezoning, administrative, minor and major subdivisions; new and revised "Figures" and "Tables"; site development, supplemental use, supplemental site development, and sign requirements; use types; required landscape depth; off-street parking requirements; circulation system design; storm sewers and storm water management; and improvement procedures. (Proposed Text Amendments on file in the clerk's office.) (Planning Commission recommends approval with the inclusion of high density residential use under B-2 zoning definition.)

7.H.1. Ordinance No. 24-10 approving Text Amendments to Columbus Land Development Ordinance.

8. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS - None

9. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICES - Finance department report included in Consent Agenda

9.A. Update on Nebraska Department of Transportation 23rd Street Reconstruction Project.

10. REPORTS OF COUNCIL COMMITTEES - None

11. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES - None

12. REPORTS ON LEGISLATION - None

13. NEW BUSINESS

13.A. Appointment of Cruz Borer as firefighter.

13.B. Appointment of Samuel Hilger as firefighter.

13.C. Appointment of Joe Marksmeier to Business Improvement Board to fill unexpired term of Mary Nyffeler. 

13.D. Quote from Applied Connective Technologies in the amount of $13,480.79 for eleven desktop computers.

13.E. Quote from Daktronics, Inc. in the amount of $266,825 for scoreboard at Memorial Stadium.

13.F. Proposal from Sirius Computer Solutions LLC in the amount of $80,729.90 for Wi-Fi hardware and services at Bradshaw, Centennial, and Wilderness Parks; Quail Run and Van Berg Pro Shops; 18th Avenue Pedestrian Bridge; Aquatic Center; Pawnee Plunge; and Senior Center. CIP #19-9

13.G. Change current Basic Life/AD&D, LTD, and Voluntary Life/AD&D insurance coverage to Mutual of Omaha, effective July 1, 2024, and implement Worksite benefit options for employees to purchase, effective January 1, 2025.

13.H. Application of Columbus Realty Holdings LLC for preliminary plat of Super Saver Subdivision (west of 33rd Avenue between 23rd and 25th Street). (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

13.I. Application of Keyes Real Estate LLC for preliminary plat of Harriman Acres Subdivision (48th Avenue north of Howard Boulevard) (Planning Commission recommends approval.)

13.J. Plans, specifications, estimate of cost in the amount of $810,000, and authorization to advertise for bids for Lost Creek Parkway Traffic Signals 2024. (Plans and specifications on file in the engineering department.) CIP# 23-22

13.K. Plans, specifications, estimate of cost in the amount of $3,300,000, and authorization to advertise for bids for Vitality Village Subdivision and community building south parking lot paving and infrastructure (14th Street and 25th Avenue). (Plans and specifications on file in the engineering department.) CIP#s 24-29, 23-46, 24-32, 20-71

13.L. Comments from mayor and city council members.

14. RESOLUTIONS

14.A. Resolution No. R24-44 approving professional services agreement with BVH Architecture in the amount of $350,000 for Memorial Stadium Concept and Schematic Design Phase 2024. CIP #23-12

14.B. Resolution No. R24-45 approving design-build agreement with Bierman Contracting, Inc. in the amount of $20,000 for design phase services for Centennial Park Restroom and Concessions. CIP #24-30

14.C. Resolution No. R24-46 approving professional services agreement with Alfred Benesch & Company in an amount not to exceed $69,108 for design and bidding phase services and geotechnical soils evaluation for Lift Station No. 15, Westbrook. CIP #20-93

14.D. Resolution No. R24-47 approving Amendment No. 1 to professional services agreement with Kirkham Michael & Associates, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $131,822.36 for construction and close-out phase services for Eight-Place T-Hangar. CIP #23-30

14.E. Resolution No. R24-48 awarding bid to Bauer Underground, Inc. in the amount of $243,313.56 for Fiber Network Project 2024. CIP #19-9

14.F. Resolution No. R24-49 authorizing request to Nebraska Department of Economic Development for extension of completion date to December 20, 2024, for Community Development Block Grant No. 19-DTR-101 for downtown revitalization.

15. ORDINANCES ON FIRST READING - None

16. ORDINANCES ON SECOND READING - None

17. ORDINANCES ON THIRD READING - None

18. CONSIDERATION OF PAYROLL AND BILLS ON FILE - Included in Consent Agenda.

19. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None

20. ADJOURNMENT