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!3 city of BELOIT,wlsconsin PROCEEDINGS OF THE BELOIT CITY COUNCIL 100 State Street, Beloit WI 53511 Monday, June 6, 2011 Presiding: Kevin D. Leavy Present: Sheila De Forest, Charles Haynes, David F. Luebke, Eric Newnham, and Mark Spreitzer, Absent: James Van De Bogart 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:07 p.m. 2. SPECIAL ORDER OF THE DAY/ANNOUNCEMENTS a. Downtown Beloit Association Executive Director Kathleen Braatz, presented the State and National Main Street Awards to the Downtown Beloit Association (DBA) and others. She explained that the Beloit Community had received four Wisconsin Main Street Awards through the Department of Commerce: David and Joan Siekierski won the Best Fagade Restoration Award for Bagels and More; the City of Beloit won the Best Public Improvement Project Award for the John Rose Canoe Kayak Launch; Diane Hendricks and Beloit College won the Best Adaptive Reuse Award for the Hendricks Center for the Arts; and the City of Beloit and the Downtown Beloit Association won the Best Public Private Partnership Award for the TID #5 Funded Grant Upper Floor Housing and Fagade Programs. Ms. Braatz thanked the Council for their commitment to Beloit's downtown and honored the volunteers and the previous DBA staff members who laid the groundwork for the current successes. She also said that that the City will receive a bronze plaque for winning the 2011 Great American Main Street Award from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. President Leavy thanked Ms. Braatz for her hard work and congratulated her and the other award recipients. He also encouraged people to walk around downtown and see how wonderful it is. b. Proclamation declaring June 5 through June 11, 2011 NeighborWorks Week was presented by Councilor De Forest to Christine Schlichting and Kathleen Adler from Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS). Ms. Schlichting thanked the City Council for the 32 years of a successful public/private partnership. She invited the Council and the public to the NHS Block Parties on Tuesday, June 7th at NHS of Beloit and on Thursday, June 9th at the Merrill Community Center. She also invited the Council and public to the 3rd annual Larry Schlichting Golf Outing at Glen Erin Golf Course. File 7148 c. Proclamation declaring June 6 through June 10, 2011 Bike to Work Week and Recognizing the Dedication of the Steve Gregg Memorial Path was presented by Councilor De Forest. She invited the public to join the Council for a bike ride starting at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 11th at the Transit Transfer Center and ending at 10:00 a.m. in Riverside Park at the dedication site. File 7148 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS a. Resolution approving a Conditional Use Permit for a Drive-through Use in a C-3, Community Commercial District, for the property located at 2705 Prairie Avenue. Community Development Director Julie Christensen said that the owner had filed an application for a Conditional Use to allow drive-through alcohol sales on the property that had previously been used as a fast food restaurant. She reviewed the project and staff report and noted that Plan Commission recommended denial of the project 3-1. President Leavy opened the public hearing. • Richard Blaurock, Blaurock Realty, Ltd. 404 N. Main Street, Wauconda IL, owns the property and spoke in favor of the drive-through use. He noted that the Shopko Plaza has a 28 percent vacancy rate, and he felt that getting a tenant in this building would help get additional tenants in the plaza. He also described some of the planned remodels. • Alice Blue, owner of Badger Spirits, 2621 Prairie Avenue, spoke in opposition to the drive-through alcohol sales. She said that she had not included a drive-through in her building plans because staff indicated that the Council would not approve such a use and said it was difficult to check ID and appearance. • Donna and Jeff Disch , 14617 W. Carroll Road, Brodhead Wisconsin, potential owners of the property, showed a rendering of the finished the building. Ms. Disch noted that the goal was for an upscale cheese and liquor store and that the drive-though was convenient for patrons. She predicted that 50