WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2009

REGULAR MEETING

8:10 P.M.

1. ROLL CALL. Mr. Wisniewski called the meeting to order at 8:10 P.M., with Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Wisniewski, and Mr. Sauer present. No members were absent. Others present were: Tim Hansley, Lynda Yartin, Ed Drobina, Jeff Fix, Trisha Sanders, Lance Schultz, Jerry Dailey, Brenda VanCleave, and others.

2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF January 21, 2009, Regular Meeting. Mrs. Hammond moved to approve; Mr. Wisniewski seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Sauer, Mr. Wisniewski, and Mrs. Hammond voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 3-0.

3. COMMUNITY COMMENTS: There were no community comments.

4. DEVELOPMENT:

A. Development Director’s Report. Mr. Hansley stated he had provided a written report and stated Mr. Schultz had a brief update. Mr. Schultz stated the assisted living project was continuing with completion sometime in the fall, Rule 3 is also under construction, and Walgreens should be completed by March.

5. PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT:

A. Planning and Zoning Director’s Report. Mr. Schultz stated Planning and Zoning met last Tuesday and approved a lighting plan for MooMoo’s car wash and a sign plan for Sycamore Creek Elementary School. Mr. Schultz stated BZA did not meet in January and has no agenda items for February.

(1) Planning and Zoning Representative Report. Mr. Sauer stated he had nothing to add to Mr. Schultz’ comments.

B. ACTION ITEMS:

(1) Review and request for motion to approve draft ordinance adopting the Diley Road Corridor Study and Plan. Mr. Schultz stated Planning and Zoning approved this in January. Mrs. Yartin stated the Committee members had received a revised Plan in their packets and that would replace the one they received last month. Mr. Schultz stated this is the result of several meetings with the consultant, Township representatives, Canal Winchester representatives, and the City. He stated if the Committee approves this Plan it would go on to Council for adoption. He further stated this Plan would allow the City to be proactive rather than reactive to the likely rezonings along the Diley Road corridor and sustain the high quality of life for the residents in the area while attracting commercial developments. Mr. Wisniewski clarified there are retail components in this area. Mr. Wisniewski inquired if there have been any studies done in other communities as to the effect of a new major artery entering into the City, with retail areas, and what occurs in other areas as a result. Mr. Schultz stated he was sure someone had done that type of study, like the life cycle of a retail corridor. Mr. Wisniewski stated that was what he was interested in, to see what we could look at to see if Diley Road will affect our current retail corridor, which is S.R. 256, or if there are things we should be doing proactively to try to redevelop areas, maintain them, or whatever. Mr. Schultz stated he was sure that type of study had been done somewhere, either locally or nationwide, he had not researched that. Mr. Schultz stated through our Access Management Plan, our Non-residential Design Standards, and the like, we were hoping that the development in the City is quality and the life cycle of our retail corridor is lasting. Mr. Hansley stated further he felt we needed to be really aggressive with Code Enforcement to ensure the area is maintained properly. Mr. Wisniewski moved to approve and forward to Council; Mr. Sauer seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mrs. Hammond, and Mr. Sauer voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 3-0.

6. SERVICE DEPARTMENT

A. REPORTS:

(1) Service Manager’s Report. Mr. Drobina stated he had provided a written report and he would be happy to answer any questions.

a. Review and request for motion to approve draft ordinance authorizing contract with Morton Salt for water softening salt. Mr. Sauer clarified that the cost of salt in this contract was $31 per ton more than in the last contract. Mr. Sauer moved to approve and forward to Council; Mrs. Hammond seconded the motion. Roll call was taken with Mr. Sauer, Mrs. Hammond, and Mr. Wisniewski voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 3-0.

(2) Staff Engineer’s Report. Ms VanCleave stated she had not provided a written report, however, she would answer any questions.

a. Review and request for motion to approve draft ordinance authorizing application and acceptance of a loan from OPWC for Olde Pickerington Village outfall engineering and construction. Ms VanCleave stated we applied last September for a grant, but it was actually a grant/loan combination. She stated we stated we were going to pay 25 percent of the costs up front and 25 percent in a loan. She stated they granted us all of that and the loan is a 20-year, zero percent interest loan and as long as we pay it back in full in 20 years there is no penalty. She continued this is actually two CIP project, the first being the olde village storm sewer and would help alleviate the flooding that is occurring in the old village and while we have East Street cut open we are going to do the other CIP project, which is the replacement of the old asbestos pipe water main for East Street and Fancher Street. Ms VanCleave stated the grant that we received is generally capped at $50,000 and it was approximately $474,000 and is the second highest grant amount given for our district. Mr. Sauer moved to approve and forward to Council; Mrs. Hammond seconded the motion. Mr. Wisniewski stated he would like to have the ordinance that goes to Council contain the CIP project numbers for both projects. Roll call was taken with Mr. Wisniewski, Mr. Sauer, and Mrs. Hammond voting “Yea.” Motion passed, 3-0.

B. ACTION ITEMS:

(1) Review and discussion regarding TDS options and costs. Ms VanCleave stated staff had met with an attorney and a biological specialist and we have authorized the specialist to go in to see if we truly are killing the bugs and fish. She stated they are in the process of doing that and we will determine where we will go once we see the results of that. Mr. Wisniewski stated then once we get the results, if we are not killing the aquatic life that will be part of the basis on whether or not we fight the EPA on this. Ms VanCleave stated she was not sure if we can fight the EPA because this is not a new limit, we have had this limit in past permits and there is a law that says you cannot go back and take away a limit we already had.

7. ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CAPITAL PROJECTS.

A. WASTEWATER

(1) Wastewater Plant Expansion – Update. Mr. Dailey stated things are proceeding on schedule.

B. TRANSPORTATION:

(1) Diley Road Improvements Project – Update. Mr. Dailey stated the project is more or less dormant until spring.

C. WATER: No Report.

D. STORMWATER. No report.

8. CHAIRMAN. Mr. Wisniewski stated with regard to the red light cameras, he requested Ms VanCleave provide the Committee with updated crash data for 2008, and Ms VanCleave stated she did not know if MORPC had released that data but she would ask the police department to pull information on the three intersections.

9. OTHER BUSINESS:

A. Mr. Wisniewski stated with reference to the issue referred to Committee by Council on the possibility of having a countdown system on traffic signals. Mr. Wisniewski stated he would like to know also if the ACS system cameras had the ability to record video at the intersections. Mr. Hansley stated if that were possible, then there would be an expense involved in saving the video and a policy determined on what length of time it would be saved. Mr. Drobina stated he would be checking on this capability. Mr. Wisniewski asked if Mr. Drobina would check on the countdown option as well. Mr. Wisniewski stated further he would be checking with Mr. Seaman regarding the impact the cameras would have on the movement of traffic because there was some confusion at Council about that. Mr. Hansley suggested perhaps Mr. Fix and Mr. Wisniewski should speak to Mr. Seaman together or do an e-mail so they would get the same information at the same time. Mr. Wisniewski stated he and Mr. Fix would get together on this.

10. ADJOURNMENT. There being nothing further, Mr. Wisniewski moved to adjourn; Mr. Sauer seconded the motion. Mrs. Hammond, Mr. Wisniewski, and Mr. Sauer voted “Aye.” Motion carried, 3-0. The Service Committee adjourned at 8:50 P.M., February 18, 2009.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED:

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Lynda D. Yartin, Municipal Clerk