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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001.06.06 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 6, 2001 7:30 p.m. STATE OF IDAHO) County of Madison) SS City of Rexburg) Present were the following: Mayor:Bruce Sutherland Council members:Kay Beck Paul Pugmire Nyle Fullmer Marsha Bjornn Glen Pond Nyle Fullmer Donna Benfield City Clerk:Marilyn Hansen P.F.C.:John Millar City Attorney:Stephen Zollinger Pledge to the flag. Kay made a motion to approve the minutes, seconded by Glen. All voted aye, none opposed. Fireworks Applications The following fireworks applications were submitted for approval: ApplicantLocation American Promotional Events, Inc.Wal-Mart #1878 Broulim’s Market Beehive Bookstore Jim HorkleyVacant lot across from BMC Bruce WeaverAlbertsons Dino-Mite FireworksValley River Center Jared JensenStaples Parking Lot Taco Bell Motion to approve the fireworks applications was made by Kay, seconded by Glen. All voted aye, none opposed. Second Reading of Ordinance 854 PRD Ordinance Discussion. Glen asked if anyone in the audience wished to speak for or against the PRD Ordinance No. 854. There was no comment. Glen made a motion to suspend the rules for Ordinance No. 854 to bring the Ordinance before the Council for passage. Motion was seconded by Kay. Voting as follows: NyleAyePaulNay KayAyeDonnaAye GlenAyeMarshaAye Glen made a motion to approve the PRD ordinance, Ordinance No. 854 . Motion was seconded by Kay. Voting as follows: NyleAyePaulAye KayAyeDonnaAye GlenAyeMarshaAye 1 Second Reading of Ordinance 855 amending Zoning Ordinance to add HDR2 Glen asked if anyone in the audience wished to speak for or against Ordinance No. 855 with relation to the HDR2 amendment to the Zoning Ordinance. There was no comment. Nyle made a motion to suspend the rules on Ordinance No. 855. Motion was seconded by Kay. Voting as follows: NyleAyePaulNay KayAyeDonnaAye GlenAyeMarshaAye Nyle made a motion to approve Ordinance 855, seconded by Marsha. All voted aye, none opposed. Voting as follows: NyleAyePaulAye KayAyeDonnaAye GlenAyeMarshaAye Public Hearing for Conditional Use Permit for Site Plan Approval for Scott Spaulding John Millar reviewed with the Council the location of the property and the background of hearings that had been held on this matter. The densities being proposed by the developer will stay within the guidelines of the zoned density. There is one row of single family residential lots on the north border which will basically serve as a separation for the clustered housing development. Steve Neilsen, developer for Parkside Development, gave a background of the builder and plans for the development. He provided a slide presentation of the proposed development. The project will be built in phases, from a feasibility study it is estimated to be built out in approximately 3 summers. The price range of the units will be $90,-103,000, the smaller units being 1050 sq. ft. and the larger units 1300 sq. ft. The Mayor opened the public hearing. The public hearing was closed. Marsha made a motion to approve the Conditional Use Permit to allow configuration of homes as drawn. Donna made a second to the motion, all voted aye, none opposed. Final Plat Approval for Scott Spaulding John reviewed the final plat as distributed. This is different than a normal subdivision in that you have small lots with everything else held jointly which is administered by the homeowners association. Planning & Zoning has reviewed the plat and recommended it for approval. Upon approval this plat will go to the county for a thorough mathematical review and approval. Kay made a motion to approve the final plat, seconded by Donna. All voted aye, none opposed. Resolution for grant for Rexburg-Madison County Airport Mayor Sutherland welcomed Bart Webster from the Airport Board. John Millar explained the grant in the amount of $5,667.00 is to be used under the airport development aid program to match FAA funding. It will be used for the purchase of property and the fencing on the west side of the airport. Discussion. Nyle made a motion to accept the grant, seconded by Donna. All voted aye, none opposed. Preliminary Plat for Hidden Valley Subdivision Gene made a comment from reading the Zoning Ordinance that in any development over 100 homes 10% of the property was to be devoted to green space. The green space was placed where they felt it made sense then developed around it. Gene explained the location of the 2-1/2 acre playground or park, the proposed walking path, the berm along North Hill Road and the remodeling of the family home on the property. Hidden Valley Road will be the access for all the development to avoid impacting North Hill Road. 2 Gene commented on the Zoning Ordinance and the practicality of a 5' sidewalk, and a 7' utility easement around a cul-de-sac that only serves three families. He had discussed this with Planning & Zoning and was referred to the Council. Nyle made a motion to approve the preliminary plat, seconded by Donna. All voted aye, none opposed. Ricks College Service Projects Donna Benfield reported on a Homecoming planning committee at Ricks College. A proposed function for this year would be a school-wide service project during Homecoming Week with everything they do donated to the City. They are asking what projects the City may have that approximately 5,000 students could work on. Discussion. Suggestions included: On-off ramps to the City Eagle Park at the Nature Park The south entrance all the way to the highway Rough grade the Louisiana Pacific property Install sprinklers Horticulture on the entryways Clean-up ground around airport, weeds and around fence Clean up the ditch on the east side of Madison High School Discussion of large groups in small areas, breaking off the groups, and the Horticulture Department growing plants which would be used. Update on Projects John distributed samples of crushed reject material from the County’s crushing operation. In the preliminary discussion with the Commissioners the City may be able to obtain some for use on the roads rather than sand or cinders. John feels this is something that should be negotiated on, ie; can we have it, can we have it at what price, do we truck it, will they truck it. Discussion of catch basins going underneath the drains catching the particles before they get to the wastewater plant, the catch basins are an ongoing maintenance problem because they do get full and need to be removed annually, sweeping the residue in the spring, hydro-chloride, cost vs cinders. Nyle made a motion to try the crushed reject product for a year and see how it works, Paul made a second to the motion. All voted aye, none opposed. The North Highway project has been completed, the landscape is being completed by the City, the sprinkler system has been repaired and adjusted and there is just a little more clean-up. The soccer field at the Nature Park has been hydro-seeded. The sprinkler system needs to be extended to the area near the Skate Park then will be covered with sod. Discussion on paving, garbage and storm drains. Committee Report Donna reported that Parks & Recreation got 4 nets for the tennis courts, discussion concerning benches in the parks on next year’s budget. Glen made a motion to pay the bills, seconded by Nyle. All voted aye, none opposed. Discussion with Brooke Passey concerning the Airport Board, funds for property at Evergreen, funds from the General Fund, interest, grant match, monthly report, FAA to review on-site at airport. At 9:25 p.m., Nyle made a motion to move to Execution Session, Kay seconded, all voted aye, none opposed. Reconvened 10:23 3 Ricks College Spori Building John Millar reported that Ricks College brought the Spori Building plans before the last Planning & Zoning meeting with the concept that they would like to study the parking for 3-6 years and then address the issue. Planning & Zoning looked at it, tabled the request for further review. Discussion concerning the number of visits with Ricks College representatives requesting parking plans for the Spori Building, they still feel they want to study the issue and feel that parking at this time would be superfluous and is beyond reason that the City would make them build a 150-250 car parking lot somewhere with church money and it would not be utilized. The feeling at the end of the discussion is for them to come to Council meeting in two weeks and request two things, one that the Council consider a university system for determining parking on campus which would eliminate the 200' requirement, and that the formula for calculating the number of parking stalls is wrong and it be looked at on a campus wide basis. The College does not want to address parking for the Spori building, period. John presented a parking lot plan to the representatives that would work, solves many problems, does not create any new problems and in comparison to other places is inexpensive to build. which lot is located on the practice field adjacent to the Manwaring Center. Discussion on nd parking, closing 2 South or using parking meters on the perimeter of campus. Glen made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Paul, all voted aye, none opposed. ____________________________________ Bruce Sutherland, Mayor ______________________________________ Marilyn Hansen, City Clerk 4