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Council Minutes of 6/17/97 Finance Director Burns: 1) Resolution No. 97-56, the 1998 tax budget, is on second ~? reading tonight. The anticipated revenues for the General Fund are $16,144,000; total anticipated revenues for the city are $43,180,000. Based on this budget, the tax rate to be collected will be reduced by one tenth of a mill so that next year's tax rate should be 12.7 mills as opposed to this year's 12.8 mills. A public hearing on the resolution will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1. 2) Regarding the rebidding of the Columbia/Butternut/Great Northern relief sewer project, he has provided the Service Director with more specific language so that the financial statements provided by the bidders are more complete. 3) Council has received ayear-to-date comparison of actual versus estimated revenues. Through May, income taxes are running $20,000 ahead of projections; through June, sewer fees are running $21,000 ahead of projections. President Pro Tem Saringer: 1) A special Council meeting will be held at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday, July 1. The agenda of the meeting is as follows: BZD Committee report; third reading and passage of Resolution No. 97-56; first reading of Ordinance No. 97-59. Mr. Musial, Chairperson of the Building, Zoning and Development Committee: 1) The committee met on June 9. Present were committee members Nashar, McKay and Musial; Council Member Limpert; Building Commissioner Conway; Assistant Engineer McDermott; P & A Director Wilamosky; Finance Director Burns; Architectural Review Board member Mark Yager. The following items were discussed: a. Sunnyside Toyota. Representing Sunnyside were James Hamilton, attorney; Randy Dunens and Bob Matakovich, architects; Bob Sheppard, Allied Construction Group; Kurt Frye, Sunnyside Toyota. The proposal to construct two additions and renovate the exterior of the building was heard by the Planning Commission on April 8. The Planning Commission approved the proposal with certain conditions and it was referred to the Board of Zoning Appeals for a special permit to add to anon-conforming building with regard to the additions and to forward the proposal to the Architectural Review Board. On April 16, the ARB voted to accept the proposed building additions with comments. Sunnyside Toyota did not have a problem with this decision. However, there is a considerable difference of opinion between the ARB and Sunnyside as to what is appropriate for the exterior of the building. Sunnyside feels they are following a national image of a redesign of all Toyota dealerships. The ARB feels Sunnyside should be more creative with regard to the exterior design. On May 1, the Board of Zoning Appeals approved Sunnyside's request for the special permit to add to the non-conforming building. Sunnyside has appealed the Architectural Review Board's decision on the exterior design. At a previous BZD meeting, the committee heard the dealership's side of the story. On June 9, Mr. Yager, representing the Architectural Review Board, met with the committee to explain the board's opinion. As a result, Sunnyside has agreed to try and become more creative and will fax some new ideas to Mr. Yager for his review. The Sunnyside proposal will again be discussed at the BZD meeting of June 23. b. Ordinance No. 97-27, which deals with the height of swimming pool barriers. After consultation with the Law Director, the committee has decided to amend the legislation by 2 .,~,: