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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCouncil Agenda December 21, 2005 ORM F EQUEST R RAVEL T CCA ITY OUNCIL GENDA December 21, 2005 5:30 P.M. City Council work meeting at the Madison County Magistrate Courtroom (There is a Joint meeting with Madison County, City of Rexburg, & City of Sugar City) Mayor & Council Members: City Staff : Shawn Larsen — Mayor Val Christensen – Building Official Vacancy Donna Benfield Kurt Hibbert — Planning & Zoning Dir Farrell Young Nyle Fullmer Richard Horner — Finance Officer Rex Erickson Irma Anderson Blair Kay — City Clerk John Millar — Public Works Dir Stephen Zollinger — City Attorney 1.7:30 P.M. – City Council Meeting 2.Pledge to the Flag 3.Roll Call of Council Members: 4.Consent Calendar: The consent calendar includes items which require formal City Council action, however they are typically routine or not of great controversy. Individual Council members may ask that any specific item be removed from the consent calendar for discussion in greater detail. Explanatory information is included in the City Council’s agenda packet regarding these items. th A. Minutes from December 14, 2005 meeting B. Approve the City of Rexburg Bills Rex move for the bills nyle seconded all voted aye none oppossed. The motion carried. 5.Public Comment: on issues not scheduled on the agenda (limit 3 minutes) Legacy Flight Museum – Madison County/Rexburg City – John Bagley John gave an update to the Council for the Legacy Flight Museum. Signs are up and floors are being painted. The finish work is being done in the offices. Todate two airplains have been donated. One for 20000 and hal wright gave a replica of the wright brothers plane for 9-10,000. He asked the Council to approve Feb 02 for an open house for the Museum. Invite didnitaries from surrounding school districts. He suggested inviting bankers, lawyers, etc. to the nonprofit museum. No one is making money on this deal. Then open it up to the public on Friday and Saturday initially. He indicated that the school tours would be targeted for the specific age group 1 that was at the museum. Where we need to go no is advertise on the community bill boards. Nampa Museum charges two to three dollars per student for the tours. John explained some other items that would be donated to the museum on a loan basis. Mayor Larsen asked Joseph West about doing the Great Spud Race with an air show. John needs a date for the proposed Spud Race air show. th Donna said there is another convention on the 17 of June. They thought it would be good to combine the events. Council Member Erickson thanked John for a great job in a short time. He asked John about the fences around the airport for the Museum. John recommended installing the fencing in the spring of 2006. Signage would be used to direct the public to the air show. Rex wanted the Airport boards approval on the proposal. Stephen and John will notify the Airport Board. Mayor Larsen asked about the makeup of the Board. John appoints three the county has one and the City has one. Danny Summers, Terry Bagley, and John Bagley are the three. Next he asked about food for the public John has built in a small kitchen with a serving window. With banquet tables and chairs. There are 60 airline passenger seats in the upstairs of the Museum. Next the He asked John about signage on the building. He will bring it in to the Mayor. Council Member Anderson asked if the Flood museum historical carasel and the flight museum could be advertised on the north and the south. Council Member Benfield explained some of the policy for the Chamber of Commerce bill board. Council Member Anderson asked if flood museum items including cases could be transferred to the flight museum. Mayor Larsen noted that the City has cooperated with John Bagley to build the Museum. The funding came from John. He thanked John for his service to do the project. They are planning on an open house February 02, 2006. Presentations: 6.Committee Liaison Reports: A. Council Member Young: Downtown Vision · Rexburg Arts Council B. Council Member Benfield: Beautification · Traffic & Safety C. Council Member Erickson: Airport Board · Planning & Zoning D. Vacancy: Golf Board E. Council Member Fullmer: Emergency Services Board F. Council Member Anderson: Museum · Tabernacle · Parks & Recreation 2 She asked about the bush growth coming out of K- Mart. The Street Department will take a look at it with some trimming. G. Mayor Larsen: Trails of Madison County · Mayor’s Youth Advisory Board 7.Report on Projects: John Millar Not much has changed A.. New Engineering Technician for in-house engineering that will replace a vacant position John expected savings of 50,000 to 100,000 per year. B. Lights installed at the roundabout C. Animal shelter is waiting for warmer weather 8.Public Hearings: 7:30 P.M. – Amend the North Hwy Urban Renewal Plan – The Development Company Mayor Larsen introduced Glen Pond to go over the Urban Renewal Plan. Glen explained the process that has been completed to get the Plan to this point. He asked Harlan to review the changes to the document before the public hearing. Ryan Arbruster Attorney from Boise explained the changes to the Plan. Update 91 & 98 plan. It includes an overview of the status of the Plan. It modernizes the plan to comply with statutory requirements. The change sheet was reviewed as exhibit No. Four. Ryan highlited the point of the Plan. Harlan Mann Consultant explained some updates to Plan A Office and commercial were interchanged. None of the totals for the revenue were changed. Mayor Larsen opened the meeting for the Public Hearing. Those in favor of the proposal. Joseph West 125 Crestview in Rexburg representing the Trails of Madison County Committee. The Committee has received grant funding to enhance the trail system in this area. The agency has been very helpful to the Committee for grant funding. They are going to seek some landscaping of the area with future grant money. This will be very helpful for the Trails of Madison County Committee. They are very excited about the Plan. Those neutral to the proposal. None Those in opposition to the Plan None Mayor Larsen closed the input from the public. Donna asked about the public input being absent at the meeting. Mayor Larsen explained the process of notifying the public including the School District. 3 She mentioned the property tax issues that are affected with this proposal. Council Member Young indicated that the public does not show up if they are not in opposition. He has not heard any negative comments concerning the Plan. Council Member Erickson mentioned that this Plan would not significantly affect the property taxes. Richard Horner said the Plan could not be closed out for a few years. The District is leagally open until the year 2022. The funds will pay off the current obligation in 2008; however the funds would continue to flow into the Agency until 2022. Council Member Anderson indicated that the public does support issues that are good for the Community. Mayor Larsen explained that the growth in the area over the past year would be in the Plan if the Council passed the Plan this year. Rex moved to suspend the rules on 950 farrell seconded all voted aye roll call vote Nyle moved to approve and consider third read 950 roll call vote all voted aye none opposed the motion carried. 9.New Business: 10.Calendared Bills and Tabled Items : A.First Reading : Those items which are being introduced for first reading. – NONE B.Second Reading : Those items which have been first read. C.Third Reading : Those items which have been second read. BILL 949 Pseudo ephedrine Ordinance 1.– City Staff Mayor Larsen asked Detective Ron Ball from the Rexburg Police Department expained that Corey Foster did contact the Pharmacists. They were in favor of the BILL with some concerns. The smaller stores did not have a problem with putting them behind the counter. Kmart, Broulims, and Wal-Mart had some concerns Mayor Larsen asked the City Attorney about other Cities handling of the proposed BILL. City Attorney Zollinger indicated that Robatsin and Nyquil are flying off the shelves. Ron explained that the Police Department would like the cold medicines controlled behind the counter. Room for the products behind the counter was a concern; however, they were supportive. 4 The State failed to pass a State Statute this past year to control these products. Locked cabinets are allowed in the BILL. He was impressed with their support with a few questions. Council Member Young asked if other States have passed a similar Law. Stephen said there were other State that passed the Ordinance. Farrell Do we have any liability if sales fall ff. Council Member Young moved to consider 949 third read and adopted roll call vote all voted aye none opposed the motion carried. D.Tabled Items : Those items which have been the subject of an affirmative vote to a motion to table: Resolution 2004-22 1.(Adoption of Vision 2020 Rexburg Comprehensive Plan Text – Tabled November 03, 2004) 11.Old Business: A.Revolving Loan Fund – The Development Company (Dave Ogden) – Deferred B.Annexation of Properties in the southern area of Rexburg going east of the South Interchange to Hwy 20. Five Parcels were reviewed by Kurt on the overhead screen. Rex is in favor of the annexation however he was opposed to dropping off homes and bringing in the just the bare ground. The Heinz property was used as an example. Nyle concurred. Irma concurred. Mayor Larsen agreed. Send Kurt to get the whole piece. City Attorney Zollinger inicated that the Steiners were concerned with access to their property. They are relying of the comments from the City Attorney that they will be provided access to their property as the area develops. Rex did not see a problem with annexation the Steiner property. Mayor Larsen explained the process with negotiated with Keller and Fujimotos John indicated that appraisals are being procured at this time. Council Member Young asked why the new road did not go to the property line as is was originally shown. It was negotiated with Fugimotos and Kellers. Rex moved to drop track No. One due to the excluded homes and pass track 2,3,4,&5 per the P&Z recommendation. Nyle seconded the motion; Discussion of having the total 5 property. All voted aye none opposed the motion carried. Council gave direction to kurt to have the city move forward with the whole property if Heinz wanted it. Discussion of the Planning and Zoning motion to include islands in the City. 12.Mayor’s Report: Mayor Larsen asked the City Council to consider a County wide Comprehensive Plan. Mayor asked Kurt to pursue the idea with the County. Kurt review the history of a similar plan in the past. It was a County wide effort. Mayor Larsen indicated that we already have a County Transportation Plan. Mayor Larsen favored a County wide Comprehensive Plan. Council Member Erickson asked about the Comprehensive Plan for Rexburg. It has been on the self since 1994. Kurt indicated that the process could begin with some work meetings with the City Council. Mayor asked for a 2006 goal for the City’s Comprehensive Plan. Rex wanted to move forward with a Rexburg City Comprehensive Plan. Council Member Anderson asked the Mayor to call for some mandatory work meetings on the Comprenhsive Plan with the City Council. th Mayor Larsen called for the next Council meeting to be held at 8:30 P.M. on the 29 of December. th Mayor Larsen discussed the goals meeting on the 4 of January with the Department Heads. Dinner at 6:00 Swear in at 7:30 th The next Council meeting in January will be the 18 of January. Mayor Larsen thanked Nyle for facilitiationg the Emergency Services plus other City endevors. He thanked Irma and expected her to continue her service to the City in the future. 13.Adjournment THE ABOVE SCHEDULED TIMES REPRESENT A BEST EFFORT AT SCHEDULING. IT MAY BE NECESSARY FROM TIME TO TIME TO ADJUST THESE TIMES TO ACCOMMODATE UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES Notice: Please contact City Hall three days prior to any city . 6 meeting if there is any special assistance needed for disabled people planning to attend the meeting. 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