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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001.06.20 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 20, 2001 7:30 p.m. STATE OF IDAHO) County of Madison) SS City of Rexburg) Present were the following: Presiding:Glen Pond Council members:Kay Beck Paul Pugmire Nyle Fullmer Marsha Bjornn City Clerk:Marilyn Hansen Finance Officer:Richard Horner P.F.C.:John Millar City Attorney:Stephen Zollinger Pledge to the flag. Glen excused the Mayor and Donna, both are out of town. Nyle made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Marsha. All voted aye, none opposed. Update on Projects John explained when the Business Park was originally platted, Phase 1 was the only portion platted. There has been a lot of interest in the back portion of the property and it is necessary to now have that portion platted. Forsgren & Associates did the original work on the plat, they have a lot of the work done and they have submitted a proposal for platting the back portion for $3960. Discussion. Kay made a motion for John to authorize Forsgren & Associates to plat the back portion of the Business Park, seconded by Nyle. All voted aye, none opposed. John met with the Transportation Department concerning the South Arterial Roadway concerning the funding. The funding has been moved to a “first come first serve” basis and the project is also ready to move under the priority rating. The recommendation is to get it done, this project is specialized enough to go to a consultant, go out on proposals and get a contractor who does thnd highway jobs through the Highway Department. The project starts at 7 South and 2 West and comes in at the south interchange. Paul made a motion for John to proceed with a consultant on the South Arterial Roadway. Motion was seconded by Marsha, all voted aye, none opposed. Two bids were received on the seal coat contract. The bids were from HK Contractors at $121,945, the other bid was from TMC Contractors at $167,050, the Engineers estimate was $126,000. Because of working around the Highway Department’s specs in the past it allowed the contractors to go further into the fall, the date has now been moved ahead substantially so that the City is not at the tail end of the work. Discussion Nyle made a motion to award the contract to the lowest bid, seconded by Paul. All voted aye, none opposed. 1 Public Hearing on Conditional Use Permit for American Self Storage Glen opened the public hearing for a Conditional Use Permit for American Self Storage at 1064 N. Salem Rd. There was no comment, the public hearing was closed. Discussion. Kay made a motion to accept the recommendation of Planning & Zoning and approve the Conditional Use Permit for the storage units. Paul seconded the motion, all voted aye, none opposed. Update of Projects One of the bills before the Council tonight is for $2,000 for bike path costs. Earlier in the year the City applied jointly with Sugar City and Madison County for a bike path between Rexburg and Sugar City. The project will be funded at $726,000 and will be done under ITD criteria. It begins at Wendy’s and goes to the Main Street of Sugar City. Sugar City determined they would be the lead agency and it would be done jointly through the three entities. The initial costs of this grant application were $8,000. Sugar City and the City of Rexburg will pay $2,000 and Madison County will pay $4,000. When it comes to construction, this project will receive a grant of approximately $450,000. In-kind work for $200,000 will be done by the County. Sugar City and Rexburg each committed to contribute $23,000 cash to match the project. The project is scheduled to be constructed in 2004, later this fall the award of the grant will be announced. ndnd The traffic signal at 2 North and 2 East has been started, the equipment has been received and it will go together rather quickly. The base for the light poles will be poured the first of the week, the setting of the poles the end of next week, estimated time of completion is 30-45 days. Public Hearing for Zone Change for Newport Investments Glen opened the public hearing for a zone change for Newport Investments on property 559 So. th 4 West. th Don Rydalch - 649 So. 5 West, Rexburg, Idaho Don wants to be known as a opponent to the proposed change. He discussed the process of a public hearing, where the fault may lie, the speed with which things move, and the accounts reported in the news media. Discussion. Keith Nellsen - 580 So. State, Orem, Utah Keith stated this zone change is necessary to facilitate the influx of married students at Ricks College and explained why. Without this zone change he feels married student housing will not come to Rexburg. Discussion concerning the density of the new HDR2 zone. The public hearing was closed. Nyle made a motion on the recommendation of Planning & Zoning to approve the zone change. Motion was seconded by Kay, all voted aye, none opposed. Update on Projects continued Ricks College has determined that the “R” on the Butte be returned to the Bureau of Land Management. John questioned if there was any interest in the Council to support the “R” becoming a Rexburg thing or let it return to BLM. Discussion concerning maintenance. It was determined John should explore the possibility of taking over the “R” from BLM even though the funds would not be available to do so. Water/Wastewater Connection Fees John reviewed the current water/wastewater connection fee schedule with residential compared to commercial, the calculation method, are the calculation figures high, the disparity between residential and commercial, the distinction between residential and commercial, raising the residential hook-up fees, use of average users. The Council determined to take this matter under advisement. Nyle made a motion to pay the bills, seconded by Kay. All voted aye, none opposed. 2 Budget Review Richard presented the proposed budget which was reviewed by the Council. ____________________________________ Glen Pond, President __________________________________ Marilyn Hansen, City Clerk 3