Committee on Public Service

AGENDA Committee on Public Services Tuesday, June 18, 2019 @ 4:00 p.m. City Council Conference Room, City Hall 10th Floor Council Member Peter Spadafore, Chair Council Member Kathie Dunbar, Vice Chair Council Member Jeremy Garza, Member 1) Call to Order 2) Public Comment on Agenda Items 3) Minutes  June 4, 2019 4) Discussion/Action: A.) RESOLUTION – Introduce and Set Public Hearing; Ordinance to amend the Lansing Codified Ordinances by Amending Chapter 606, Section 606.03 to require signs or advertisements on sales and auctions to include contact information 5) Other 6) Adjourn  DRAFT MINUTES Committee on Public Service Tuesday, June 4, 2019 @ 4:00 p.m. City Hall, Conference Room, 10th Floor CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. ROLL CALL Council Member Peter Spadafore, Chair Council Member Kathie Dunbar, Vice Chair- excused Council Member Jeremy Garza, Member OTHERS PRESENT Sherrie Boak, Council Office Manager Greg Venker, Assistant City Attorney Public Comments No public comments. Minutes MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARZA TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM MAY 21, 2019. MOTION CARRIED 2-0. Discussion RESOLUTION – Set Public Hearing; Special Assessment on Snow and Ice Removal; winter 2018-2019 Council Member Spadafore outlined the resolution which confirmed that under Chapter 1020.06, after a notice to the owner, if the snow and ice is not removed, then the City will remove and bill for cost. The time line to remove is 48 hours after a snow fall, and 24 hours after receiving notice. This past year, the Mayor did extend those dates due to the extreme weather. Council Member Spadafore went on to state that anyone receiving notice they have a special assessment, will need to attend the hearing in person or submit an appeal in writing for the Committee to consider their appeal. The Committee discussed the rates, appearing that $149 was the per incident rate based on time and length of sidewalk. After the appeals it will go back to Council to adopt the final roll and then onto the Assessor to place on the winter 2019 taxes. Council Member Spadafore concluded that Public Service should be made aware again that efforts to have this roll done sooner should be made so any assessments can appear on the summer taxes.  DRAFT MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER GARZA TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION TO SET THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE SNOW AND ICE REMOVAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT FOR JULY 8, 2019. MOTION CARRIED 2-0. Other Council Member Garza commented he will follow up with Public Service at a future meeting on any progress at Ellendale traffic and any work on Schafer. Council Member Spadafore noted to the Committee that the progress they have taken on the future “blue bags” and material management is still being researched and will be brought at a future meeting. ADJOURN The meeting was adjourned at 4:05 p.m. Submitted by Sherrie Boak, Recording Secretary Lansing City Council Approved: _____________________  INTRODUCTION OF ORDINANCE Council Member Spadafore introduced: An ordinance of the City of Lansing, Michigan, to amend Chapter 606 Section 606.03 to require signs or advertisements to include on the sign, contact information of the person or organization conducting the sale. The Ordinance is referred to the Committee on Public Service RESOLUTION SETTING PUBLIC HEARING BY CITY COUNCIL RESOLVED by the City Council, City of Lansing, that a public hearing be set for Monday, July 8, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers, 10th floor Lansing City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing, MI for the purpose of considering an amendment to Chapter 606 Section 606.03 to require signs or advertisements to include on the sign, contact information of the person or organization conducting the sale. Interested Persons are invited to attend this Public Hearing  DRAFT #1 JUNE 10, 2019 1 ORDINANCE NO. ___________ 2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LANSING, MICHIGAN, TO AMEND THE 3 LANSING CODIFIED ORDINANCES BY AMENDING CHAPTER 606 SECTION 606.03 TO 4 REQUIRE SIGNS OR ADVERTISEMENTS TO INCLUDE ON THE SIGN, CONTACT 5 INFORMATION OF THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION CONDUCTING THE SALE. 6 THE CITY OF LANSING ORDAINS: 7 Section 1. That Chapter 606, Section 606.03, of the Codified Ordinances of the City of 8 Lansing, Michigan, be and is, hereby amended to read as follows: 9 (a) No person shall attach, place, paint, write, stamp or paste any sign or advertisement or 10 any other matter concerning yard sales, rummage sales, auctions or garage sales or other similar 11 sales within any public right of way or on any public property, unless: 12 (1) Such sign or advertisement is placed on the public right of way or public 13 property no sooner than two days before the date the sale or auction is to occur. 14 (2) The sign or advertisement is removed within one day after the conclusion of 15 the sale or auction. Under no circumstances shall any such sign or advertisement be on a 16 public right of way or public property for longer than four consecutive days. 17 (3) The sign or advertisement has the name of the person or organization 18 sponsoring or conducting the sale, and CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE 19 PERSON OR ORGANIZATION SPONSORING OR CONDUCTING THE SALE OR 20 the address of the sale printed legibly upon it. 21 If a violation of this section has been committed and the individual committing the violation 22 cannot be identified, the person designated on the sign or advertisement as being the sponsor of 1  DRAFT #1 JUNE 10, 2019 1 the event shall be deemed responsible for the violation. Where the name of a person is not 2 designated or identified on the sign or advertisement but an address is designated on the sign or 3 advertisement as being the sponsor of the event, the owner or legal occupant of the identified 4 address shall be deemed responsible for the violation. A violation charged under this section 5 shall be deemed a civil infraction and shall be punishable by a civil fine of not more than five 6 hundred dollars ($500.00). 7 (b) This section shall not permit the placement of signs or advertisements where otherwise 8 prohibited by law. 9 Section 2. All ordinances, resolutions or rules, parts of ordinances, resolutions or rules 10 inconsistent with the provisions are repealed. 11 Section 3. Should any section, clause or phrase of this ordinance be declared to be 12 invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof 13 other than the part so declared to be invalid. 14 Section 4. This ordinance shall take effect on the 30th day after enactment, unless given 15 immediate effect by City Council and shall expire May 21, 2029. 16 17 Approved as to form: 18 19 __________________________________________ 20 City Attorney 21 22 Dated: ________________________________ 2