Township Board Minutes

MINUTES OF THE CASCADE CHARTER TOWNSHIP
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
7:00 p.m.

Article 1. Supervisor Julien called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
Present: Supervisor Julien, Trustees Goldberg, Fox, Koessel, Beahan, Treasurer Dood and Clerk Goodyke.
Absent: None
Also Present: Manager Cousins, Planning Director Peterson, Deputy Assessor McCarty, KDL Representatives, Diane Cutler and Martha Smart, and those listed on Supplement #1.

Article 2. Supervisor Julien led the pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

Article 3. Motion was made by Trustee Goldberg and supported by Trustee Fox to approve the proposed agenda. Motion carried unanimously.

Article 4. Approval of Consent Agenda
a. Approval of Township Board Minutes
1. Regular Board Meeting Minutes of 08/27/2008,09/10/2008, 09/24/2008, 10/08/2008.
2. Special Board Meeting Minutes of 10/15/2008.
b. Receive and File Various Meeting Minutes
1. Kent County Road Commission Meeting Minutes of 09/09/2008.
2. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of 09/08/2008, 09/15/2008.
3. Board of Zoning Appeals Meeting Minutes of 09/09/2008.
c. Receive and File Various Reports
1. Fire Department Month End Report for September, 2008.
d. Receive and File Communications
1. Letter from Charter Communications 9/30/08 re: Changes to Channel lineup.
2. Letter from Charter Communications 10/08/08 re: Changes to HD pricing and packaging.
e. Education Request
1. Jeffrey Knowles/Brian Currier - Hands-on Forcible Entry - November 7-8, 2008, Morris, IL
Motion was made by Clerk Goodyke and supported by Trustee Goldberg to approve the Consent Agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously.

Article 5. Financial Actions
a. Consider Approval of September 2008 Payables, Payroll and Transfers.
Motion was made by Trustee Koessel and supported by Trustee Goldberg to approve the September 2008 Payables, Payroll and Transfers. Motion carried unanimously.
b. Consider Approval of September, 2008 Public Utilities Funds.
Motion was made by Clerk Goodyke and supported by Trustee Goldberg to approve the September 2008 Public Utilities Funds. Motion carried unanimously.
c. Consider Approval of September, 2008 General/Special Funds.
Motion was made by Trustee Koessel and supported by Treasurer Dood to approve the September 2008 General/Special Funds. Motion carried unanimously.

d. Consider Approval of 2008 Budget Adjustments:
" General Fund
" Fire Fund
" Pathways
" Improvement Revolving Fund
" DDA Fund
" Building Fund
" Library
" A. Homeyer Open Space Preservation
Motion was made by Trustee Goldberg and supported by Trustee
Koessel to approve the 2008 Budget Adjustments as proposed. Motion
carried unanimously by roll call vote.
e. Consider Change Order #1 - 28th Street DDA Improvements (landscaping)
Motion was made by Clerk Goodyke and supported by Trustee Koessel to approve Change Order #1 - 28th Street DDA Improvements to add some landscaping in the area of a retaining wall east of Charlevoix Drive. Motion carried unanimously.
f. Consider Approval of Payment Request No. 1 for the 28th St. Landscaping.
Motion was made by Trustee Goldberg and supported by Trustee Beahan to approve the Payment Request No. 1 - 28th St. Landscaping in the amount of $14,953.50. Motion carried unanimously.

Article 6. Public Actions
b. Public Hearing - Request for Approval of Transfer of IFT Exemption Certificate for New Facility by Riviera Tool LLC.
Motion was made by Trustee Goldberg and supported by Trustee Koessel to open the public hearing. Motion carried unanimously.
Deputy Assessor McCarty reviewed the Transfer of the IFT for Riviera Tool LLC. Discussion followed.
c. Public Hearing - Amend Existing PUD 88 (6010 28th St.) and expand to include 6080 28th St.
Planning Director Peterson reviewed the amendment of PUD 88 to include 6080 28th St. Discussion followed.
Motion was made by Trustee Goldberg and supported by Trustee Koessel to close the public meeting and return to regular session. Motion carried unanimously.

Article 7. Public Comments

Article 8. Unfinished Business
081-2008 Consider Approval of Proposal to re-Roof the Original Section of the Cascade Library.
Motion was made by Trustee Koessel and supported by Trustee Beahan to remove item from the table. Motion carried unanimously.
Discussion followed. Motion was made by Trustee Koessel and supported by Clerk Goodyke to approve the proposal from Dan Vos Construction to re-roof the original section of the Cascade Library for the amount of $54,870.00. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.

Article 9. New Business
088-2008 Consider Approval of Request for Approval of Transfer of IFT Exemption Certificate for New Facility by Riviera Tool LLC.
Motion was made by Clerk Goodyke and supported by Trustee Goldberg to approve the request for Approval of Transfer of IFT Exemption Certificate for New Facility by Riviera Tool LLC. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.

089-2008 Consider Approval of Request to Amend Existing PUD 88 (6010 28th St.) and expand to include 6080 28th St.
Motion was made by Trustee Koessel and supported by Trustee Goldberg to approve the request to amend Existing PUD 88 (6010 28th St.) and expand to include 6080 28th St. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.

090-2008 Presentation of Annual Report from KDL.
Director of Kent District Library Martha Smart was present to review the
Annual Report. Diane Cutler, Librarian of Cascade Library was present
to update the Board on the Cascade Library.

091-2008 Discussion of Presentation to the Michigan Natural Resource Trust Fund.
Planning Director Peterson gave the Board a copy of the Power Point presentation given to the MNRT on the 15th. Peterson updated the Board on where we are at and what we have done. Discussion followed.

Article 10. Manager Comments
Manager Cousins offered the following comments:
" Budget Revisions have been made after last Wednesday's meeting. They are in the hands of the Finance Committee for review.
" Vern Ehlers is having a Congressional Issues Forum, Monday, November 3rd, 7:30 a.m. in the Grand Conference room of the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce Office.

Article 11. Board Member Comments
Trustee Koessel offered the following comments:
" Just another comment regarding Tom MacDonald…he did conduct the Power Point presentation last night at a meeting of the Open Space Committee. There has been an incredible amount of effort, all the feedback has been positive…there really hasn't been a lot of negative comments from the people that came last night.
Clerk Goodyke offered the following comments:
" A lot and effort and time getting ready for that November 4 day.
We could quite easily have 4,000 absentee ballots issued.
Trustee Fox offered the following comments:
" Just a really quick synopsis of the Metro Councils Co-operative Regional Planning Group that I have been involved with. We are trying to look at ways (we are working with the Right Place) to see how the area can streamline new business applicants that come to the area if they wish to locate their industrial business in a particular area. We are looking at how all the various municipalities actually process applications, permits and seeing if there can be a standardized way in which to welcome business's to the area. We are going to be receiving a short little survey.

Supervisor Julien offered the following comments:
" I attended at 5:30 p.m. today, the Planning Meeting of the Citizens Group that held last nights public hearing and I will just say one thing, this group is amazing.

Article 12. Adjournment
Motion was made by Trustee Goldberg and supported by Trustee Fox to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously.

Meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

Denise M. Biegalle
Deputy Clerk

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