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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/10/2014 - City Council - Minutes - RegularFebruary 10, 2014 A regular meeting of the Council of the City of Salem, Virginia, was held in Council Chambers, City Hall, 114 North Broad Street, on February 10, 2014, at 7:30 p.m., there being present the following members of said Council, to wit: Byron Randolph Foley, John C. Givens, Jane W. Johnson, William D. Jones - absent, and Lisa D. Garst; with Byron Randolph Foley, Mayor, presiding; together with Kevin S. Boggess, City Manager; James E. Taliaferro, Assistant City Manager and Clerk of Council; Charles Van Allman, Jr., City Engineer; and Stephen M. Yost, City Attorney; and the following business was transacted: The January 27, 2014, work session and regular meeting minutes were approved as written. Mayor Foley requested that Council consider ordinance on second reading pertaining to the request of The Trustees of Roanoke College to vacate and relocate the existing Emergency Access and Inclement Weather Easement and vacate an existing Public Utility Easement; ordinance was passed on first reading at the January 27, 2014, meeting; and ON A MOTION MADE BY VICE-MAYOR GIVENS, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN GARST, AND DULY CARRIED, the request of The Trustees of Roanoke College to vacate and relocate the existing Emergency Access and Inclement Weather Easement and vacate an existing Public Utility Easement be hereby adopted – the roll call vote: Lisa D. Garst – aye, William D. Jones – absent; Jane W. Johnson – aye, John C. Givens – aye, and Byron Randolph Foley – aye. Mayor Foley requested that Council consider an ordinance on second reading pertaining to the request of Irvin L. and Jonny Jean Webster, property owners, for rezoning the property located at 429 South Market Street (Tax Map # 145-10-10) from RSF Residential Single Family District to HBD Highway Business District; ordinance was passed on first reading at the January 27, 2014, meeting; and ON A MOTION MADE BY COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON, SECONDED BY VICE-MAYOR GIVENS, AND DULY CARRIED, the request of Irvin L. and Jonny Jean Webster, property owners, for rezoning the property located at 429 South Market Street (Tax Map # 145 – 10 – 10) from RSF Residential Single Family District to HBD Highway Business District be hereby continued until the February 24, 2014, meeting – the roll call vote: Lisa D. Garst – aye, William D. Jones – absent; Jane W. Johnson – aye, John C. Givens – aye, and Byron Randolph Foley – aye. Mayor Foley requested that Council consider setting bond for erosion and sediment control for the Arnold Burton Sports Complex; and WHEREAS, Vice Mayor Givens, Chair of Council’s Audit-Finance Committee, ITEM 1 ORDINANCE ADOPTED TO VACATE AND RELOCATE INCLEMENT WEATHER EASEMENT AND VACATE PUE AT ROANOKE COLLEGE FOR CREGGER CENTER ITEM 2 ORDINANCE REZONING 429 SOUTH MARKET STREET FROM RSF TO HBD CONTINUED TO THE FEBRUARY 24, 2014 MEETING ITEM 3 BOND SET FOR E & S FOR ARNOLD BURTON SPORTS COMPLEX 2 reported that the Committee reviewed the performance bond for erosion and sediment control for the Arnold Burton Sports Complex and recommends setting bond at $2,343.00 with a time limit of twelve (12) months for completion; WHEREAS, Mayor Foley requested that Mr. Boggess describe the location of this project; and ON A MOTION MADE BY VICE MAYOR GIVENS, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN JOHNSON, AND DULY CARRIED, the performance bond for erosion and sediment control for the Arnold Burton Sports Complex was hereby set at $2,343.00 with a time limit of twelve (12) months for completion – the roll call vote: Lisa D. Garst – aye, William D. Jones – absent, Jane W. Johnson – aye, John C. Givens – aye, and Byron Randolph Foley – aye. There being no further business to come before the Council, the same on motion adjourned at 7:32 p.m. ___________________________________ Mayor ___________________________________ Clerk of Council