On this Tuesday evening, Mayor Lois called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. starting with roll call. Roll Call: Thomas Vos, Robert Prailes, Steve Rauch, Peter Girolamo,

Katie Simenson, Robert Miller, Kent Strong and John Thate. Also present were:

City Administrator David Torgler, Police Chief David Walsh, Department of Public Works – Streets and Parks Supervisor Larry Gobel, Department of Public Works – Utility Manager Connie Wilson, Fire Chief Dick Lodle, Library Director Gayle Falk, City Engineer Tom Foht, Kapur and Associates, Inc., Linda Fellenz of Kapur & Associates, Inc., City Attorney Thomas Kircher and Building Inspector Patrick Scherrer.

Citizens Comments – None.

Approval of Minutes – None.

Ordinance 1829(2) – Mayor Lois and the City Council gave consideration to an ordinance amending the Official Traffic Map to make additional adjustments to accommodate the two-way street system. City Engineer Tom Foht of Kapur and Associates, Inc. and Larry Gobel made a presentation regarding the proposed changes to the parking areas throughout the City. The changes that were included in this ordinance were several parking areas within the downtown business area that will provide for compact car parking, eliminate certain "no parking" areas, and relocate certain 15-minute parking stalls. The net result will be to add nine new downtown parking stalls and to address concerns regarding pedestrian and motorist safety by restricting certain parking stalls to compact car usage. Analysis of the two-way traffic configuration has been underway since November and after review of the new traffic patterns and comments received from the general public, the implementation of this ordinance would aid in completing the successful transition from one-way streets to our present two-way traffic configuration. Further analysis is also underway of the traffic signal system to determine if it can be modified to improve traffic flow.

Mr. Harvey Kandler, 8632 Fir Drive, Town of Burlington, questioned if the lane that is located by Fred’s Parkview on Milwaukee Avenue would be striped. Mayor Lois stated that once this analysis was completed, all of the City streets would be restriped.

Ms. Karen Schinke, 100 West Chestnut Street, City of Burlington, questioned if the speed at the intersection of Chestnut and Milwaukee Avenue would be fixed. Mayor Lois stated that the speed limit is posted as 25 miles per hour and the Police Department will continue to monitor this area.

Alderman Strong questioned Chief Walsh if there would be any additional signage throughout the City for the upcoming ChocolateFest festivities. He noted that with all of the traffic changes to the City in the last year and the amount of visitors that Burlington has for the festival, signage may be a good idea. Chief Walsh noted that he would look into more signage for the ChocolateFest festival.

This issue will move forward to the May 15, 2007 City Council meeting for consideration.

Ordinance 1830(3) – Mayor Lois and the City Council gave consideration to an ordinance amending the Official Traffic Map by adding stop signs on McWan Drive and Devon Road in Fox River Landing Subdivision. This issue will move forward to the May 15, 2007 City Council meeting for consideration.

Ordinance 1831(4) – Mayor Lois and the Council gave consideration to an ordinance amending the Official Traffic Map by creating a No Parking Zone on Buckley Street. This issue will move forward to the May 15, 2007 City Council meeting for consideration.

Ordinance 1832(5) – Mayor Lois and the Council gave consideration to an ordinance amending the Official Traffic Map by creating a No Parking Zone on Spring Brook Drive, Hidden Creek Lane and Tributary Lane. This issue will move forward to the May 15, 2007 City Council meeting for consideration.

Resolution 4108(3) – Mayor Lois and the City Council gave consideration to a resolution approving Task Order Number Fifty-Six with Kapur and Associates, Inc. for the 2007 City of Burlington – Street and Sidewalk Improvement Program for the not-to-exceed amount of $119,259.00. Alderman Simenson questioned why there isn’t another bid for the engineering besides Kapur and Associates, Inc. Mayor Lois explained that typically the City bids out for engineering services every other year. He also noted bidding out each project for engineering would not be practical or beneficial for the City. Administrator Torgler wanted to further clarify the City does not bid out for engineering services, rather the City compares the hourly rate for engineering to other communities to determine which engineering services are best for the City. This issue will move forward to the May 1, 2007 City Council meeting for consideration.

Ordinance 1827(31) – Mayor Lois and the City Council gave consideration to an ordinance to create a Wellhead Protection Overlay District. In response to the emerging problems with the sandstone aquifer, our community is in the process of adopting a wellhead protection plan, which is a means of protecting our public drinking water supply. There are two reasons for developing the plan, one is to create a safeguard plan for the City of Burlington’s public drinking water supply and the second is to meet the State of Wisconsin’s DNR requirement for our new municipal well number 11.

Linda Fellenz of Kapur & Associates, Inc. made a presentation regarding the Wellhead Protection Overlay District and informed the Council that this ordinance as well as the wellhead protection plan is intended to protect the City’s drinking water. This ordinance would allow for the monitoring of the type of businesses and land uses within the wellhead protection district.

Ms. Meg Robinson, 1256 Peregrine Court, City of Burlington questioned what the colors on the map represented as well as what the recharge distance for the respective wells in the City are. Ms. Fellenz stated that the map is a City zoning map showing each well and the 1200 foot radius surrounding them and the colors delineate each overlay district, which is what this plan will be. The recharge calculations for the wells in the City are between 300 and 400 feet which is very good.

Ms. Doris Heller, 448 Park Avenue, City of Burlington, wanted further clarification of the ordinance and what it means for the everyday residents. Ms. Fellenz and Administrator Torgler explained the Wellhead Protection Overlay District in further detail including what it means for everyday residents.

Ms. Sue Winters, 449 Hawthorne, City of Burlington questioned how minimal this project would be to residential property owners. Mayor Lois stated that there would be little to no impact on residential properties.

Mr. Joe Lorek, 7305 South Pine Street, Town of Burlington stated that he is one of the farms that is located near Well #11 and understands the fertilizing issues; however, he would like to do some landscaping work on his yard and would like to use natural fertilizer there. Mayor Lois directed Mr. Lorek to contact either Linda Fellenz at Kapur and Associates, Inc. or Department of Public Works – Utility Manager, Connie Wilson at the Wastewater Treatment Plant.

This issue will move forward to the May 15, 2007 City Council meeting for consideration.

Resolution 4106(2) – Mayor Lois and the City Council gave consideration to a resolution approving a Certified Survey Map for the City of Burlington for property that is a redivision of Lot 3 of Certified Survey Map Number 2532, and part of Outlot 2 of Certified Survey Map 2498, also being a part of the NE ¼, NW ¼, SW ¼, and SE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 9, Town 2 North, Range 19 East, City of Burlington, Racine County, Wisconsin. This issue will move forward to the May 15, 2007 City Council meeting for consideration.

Motion 07-538 – Mayor Lois and the City Council gave consideration to a motion approving the Veteran’s Memorial Day Parade – 2007. This annual parade honoring our nation’s veteran’s will be held on Monday, May 28^th (Memorial Day) beginning at 9:00 a.m. and will follow the same route as last year’s parade. It will begin at Kane and Edward Streets and end at the Veteran’s Memorial located in Echo Park. This issue will move forward to the May 1, 2007 City Council meeting for consideration.

Other Matters – None.

Adjourn – Alderman Miller moved and Alderman Vos seconded to adjourn. All were in favor and the motion carried.

Adjourned at 7:05 p.m.

Recording Secretary – Angela M. Hansen