Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council’s Finance & Legal, and Building Planning & Zoning Committees met Tuesday evening at City Hall.  All members were present.

 

FINANCE & LEGAL COMMITTEE

The committee recommends approval of the request from JSDC for PACE Economic Development Funds for JK Holdings, LLC, in the amount of up to $215,000, with the City Share to be $172,000 and paid for from the City Sales Tax Fund.

The committee also approved of the request from JSDC for Flex PACE Economic Development Funds for JK Holdings, LLC, in the amount of up to $86,000, with the City Share to be $68,800 and paid for from the City Sales Tax Fund.

The committee recommends  approval of the request from the JSDC for a loan extension to Dunwoodie Developments extending the loan of $121,305.76 at the original interest rate of 5%, with the first payment due February 1, 2017, which has already been paid.

The committee recommends  approval of the request from JSDC to lease office space to the MN Soy Processors in the Economic Development building in Downtown Jamestown at $500 per month for eighteen months, with a month to month lease of $575 at the conclusion of the original term.  This is the final space available in the building.

The committee recommends  approval of the request from the JSDC for reimbursement for 2016 JSDC Real Estate & Special Assessment costs from Economic Development Funds, in the amount of $7,261.42, with the City Share to be $6,584.30 and paid from the City Sales Tax Fund.

The committee recommends approval of the request from Accessible Space Jamestown, Inc., for the City of Jamestown to act as the sponsoring unit of government for a Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $94,000. The dollars are earmarked for improvement to doors, windows and the roof at the Dewey Apartments.

The committee recommends approval of the request from James and Debra Schumacher for a deferred special assessment, pending development, on their property located in Section 30-140-63, Auditors Lot 30-02, for the costs for the roadway construction of 5th Street NE from 12th Avenue NE to 27th Avenue NE.  A time limit of not to exceed five years or if a development occurs first, was recommended in the approval.

The committee recommends accepting the offer of Monte and Connie Morast to purchase Lot 6, Block 1, Homestead Addition, in the amount of $6,100.

The committee recommends  recognizing the Jennifer Lindsey Benefit as an other public spirited organization and to authorize the issuance of a raffle permit with the drawing to be held July 11, 2017.

The committee recommends authorizing the issuance of a $2,500,000 Definitive Improvement Warrant with an interest rate of 2.5% and a term of 30   years to finance the construction and engineering costs on 5th St NE between 12th Avenue NE and 27th Ave. NE. (Paving District #16-42).

The committee recommends  authorizing the issuance of a $3,347,000 Definitive Improvement Warrant with an interest rate of 2.5% and a term of 30 years to finance the construction and engineering costs on 20th Ave SW from Menards to the JRMC (Paving District #16-43).

 

Informational: Credit Opinion issued by Moody’s Investor service on May 17, 2017, regarding the City of Jamestown $4,090,000 Refunding Improvement Bonds of 2017, Series AA, to be authorized for sale at the June 5, 2017, City Council meeting.

Informational: Departmental and financial reports.

 

BUILDING, PLANNING & ZONING COMMITTEE

Introduced for  the First Reading  an ordinance to amend and re-enact Ordinance No. 329 of the City Code to change the zoning of approximately 5.3 acres, including Blocks 3, 4, and 5 of Mall Woods Addition, all being within the City of Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, from P-O-C (Public, Open Development and Conservation District) to C-2 (General Commercial District). The property is located at: 900 23rd St SW, 912 23rd St SW and 1024 23rd St SW.

Informational: A Public Hearing and Second Reading of Ordinance No 1494, introduced by Council Member Gumke, to amend Ordinance No. 329 of the City Code by amending the District Map to change the zoning of a portion of Lot 1 within the NE ¼ of Section 26, Township 140N, Range 64W, lying and being north of a line extended from the intersection of the south boundary line of 9th Street with the east boundary line of said lot westward to the middle of the James River at right angles with the east boundary line of said lot, Lands in Jamestown, consisting of 8.4 acres, from P-O-C (Park/Open Space/Recreation District) to R-1A (Single Family or Duplex Residential District) The property is located at 901 4th Ave NW.

 

CIVIC CENTER AND PROMOTION COMMITTEE

Jamestown Tourism Director Searle Swedlund request was recommended for approval for  dollars from the Capital Improvement Fund. The  committee recommends approving funds for construction of a donation receptacle, for the “Feed The Buffalo,” project, in the amount up to $8,000 from the fund. The “Feed the Buffalo,” donations will go toward future monument projects for the World’s Large Buffalo at Frontier Village in Jamestown.  An account will be set up to show the dedicated funds.

Dan Poland Machine Inc. and Bohl Iron Works submitted designs of a bison silhouette cutout of steel with an opening at the bison’s mouth where people can place money for a donation. The bison cutout would be interactive and “speak,” whenever money is put  into the receptacle’s mouth.

The committee also recommends approving placing the receptacle in the area of the buffalo monument.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67, followed by replays.