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community involvement. He said that in his retirement, Chief Christiansen served as a City Councilor and a Rock County Board member, and he published a Fire Department history book in 1983. b. Dr. Richard McEllen, 2536 Hawthorne Drive, presented a document to the City Clerk and requested that the City Council stop any further efforts regarding the Hawthorne Drive sewer service project and begin an investigation into how this project began. He said that for the last six months, the majority of the residents had been told that the resident requesting the public sewer connection had a failed septic system and, according to City regulations, was required to hook up to City water and sewer services. Dr. McEllen said that there was no evidence of a failed system, only a clogged pipe that was serviced and cleared. He said that a request for service was different than a need for service, and he is looking forward to the results of an investigation. c. Kim Sandow, 2536 Hawthorn Drive, spoke in support of an investigation. d. Julia Boggs, 2532 Hawthorn Drive, concurred with the request for an investigation. e. Natalie Voss-Hovland, 2530 Hawthorn Drive and co-owner of 2518 Hawthorne, also requested an investigation. f. Michele Dodson, 2531 Hawthorne Drive, also requested an investigation. g. Wayne Krenchicki, 2524 Hawthorne Drive, concurred with the request for an investigation. h. Roger Marriot, 2515 Hawthorne Drive, agreed with the request for an investigation. 5. CONSENT AGENDA Councilor De Forest and Councilor Newnham requested that item c., Application for an Exception to the Architectural Review and Landscape Code for the property located at 1877 Madison Road, be removed from the Consent Agenda. Councilor Johns moved to adopt, Councilor Densch seconded, and the motion carried that the following items from the Consent Agenda be accepted, approved, adopted, or referred and acted upon as required by state and local codes except item c. a. Minutes of the Regular Meeting of January 18, 2011 and the Special Meetings of January 13 and January 24, 2011 were approved. b. Resolution awarding Contract C10-14, Townhall Road Culvert Replacement was adopted. File 8487 d. Resolution authorizing the City Manager to apply for Neighborhood Stabilization Program Funds was adopted. File 8385 c. Application for an Exception to the Architectural Review and Landscape Code for the property located at 1877 Madison Road. Councilor De Forest asked that the Plan Commission include more information about the materials on the Burton Street side of the building. Councilor Newnham ask about additional landscaping. Ms. Christensen responded that there would be additional landscaping and that the landscaping would be addressed in the staff report at the next Council meeting. Councilor Johns moved to refer to Plan Commission, second by Councilor De Forest. The motion carried. File 7614 6. ORDINANCES a. Proposed Ordinance to establish 2-hour Parking Time Limit for the three stalls located in front of 149 State Street (Beloit Daily News) was given first reading. It was noted that the Traffic Review Committee recommended approval 5-0. Public Works Director Dave Botts summarized the staff report and recommendation. Mr. Botts said that Beloit Daily News requested the change to allow short-term use of the parking spaces for customers. He also noted that the change is consistent with the other parking restrictions in the downtown area. Councilor Johns moved to suspend rules for a second reading, second by Councilor Van De Bogart. The motion carried. Councilor De Forest moved to enact, second by Councilor Newnham. The motion carried. File 7791 Ordinance 3434 b. Proposed Ordinance to establish 10-hour Parking Time Limit for parking spaces in Parking Lot #2, Chester Square Lot was given first reading. It was noted that Traffic Review Committee recommended approval 5-0. Mr. Botts stated that the request came from the Downtown Business Association and the businesses that utilize the Chester Square parking lot. He said that this conversion will provide additional spaces for employee parking. Councilor Johns moved to suspend rules for second reading, second by Councilor Densch. The motion carried. Councilor Densch moved to enact, second by Councilor Johns. Councilor Van De Bogart noted that the new business, Paddle and Trail, did not object to the change; however, if the business experiences a problem with parking in the future, the ordinance may need to be revisited. The motion carried. File 7791 Ordinance 3436 c. Proposed Ordinance to Remove Parking on Fourth Street between St. Lawrence Avenue and Portland Avenue was given first reading. It was noted that Traffic Review Committee recommended approval 5-0. Mr. Botts said that this change would make the parking regulations on this section of Fourth Street Page 2 of 4