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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001.03.21 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING March 21, 2001 7:30 p.m. STATE OF IDAHO) County of Madison) SS City of Rexburg) Present were the following: Mayor:Bruce Sutherland Council members:Paul Pugmire (Arrived later) Nyle Fullmer Marsha Bjornn Glen Pond Donna Benfield City Clerk:Marilyn Hansen P.F.C.:John Millar City Attorney:Stephen Zollinger Excused: Kay Beck and Richard Horner Pledge to the flag. Introduction of Scouts Marsha made a motion to approve the minutes of March 7, seconded by Donna. All voted aye, none opposed. Preliminary Plat Approval of Hawkins Companies Bryan Huffaker - Hawkins Companies, 8645 W. Franklin, Boise, Idaho Bryan reviewed the request for approval of the preliminary plat for the 80 acre parcel of ground th on 7 South near old Hwy 191. The proposal is for a mixed use ranging from residential to some possible industrial and commercial uses. He stated his appreciation for the City’s time and requested approval. The plat was reviewed. John Millar stated that the Planning & Zoning has reviewed this on several occasions, it is basically unchanged since the original presentation. This development is a little different than some in that a lot of the properties will need to be re-platted an additional time, such as the residential area in the northwest corner which is now set up as a block of property. When that area is actually developed into a residential development a secondary platting will be required. There was a question concerning the park. That park will be a private park for the Low Density Residential in that area. Marsha made a motion to accept the preliminary plat of Hawkins Companies, seconded by Donna. Voting in favor were Glen, Donna, Marsha. Nyle voted nay. Madison High School Baseball Association Dewaine Siddoway represented Madison High School Baseball Association to discuss ball fields. He presented a written objective of the request for review. Madison High is the only A1 school in this part of the State that does not have a dirt field for the girls to play fast pitch softball. They have a terrible time getting teams to come here because other teams will not play on grass fields. What they are trying to create without a great deal of cost is a nice place for the girls to play ball. The pros of this project allows the chance for home games, allows practice on fields, they can’t practice on grass and then play on dirt. They believe they have a state tournament caliber team this year and next year but it is necessary to have the facilities to get them there. 1 Using the community fields would give them access to the batting cages already there, the electricity for pitching machines used during practice, restrooms and allows them to have a gate which would help with the funding. The cons are that the Little League will have to share the fields. There is a specific recipe for the dirt to eliminate the blowing of dust and it eliminates a lot of the rain-out games because it allows the water and moisture to go through. The request is to take the grass from the north and center diamonds at community field to make dirt fields. Discussion with Jack Bowman, City Recreation Direction and Clair Boyle, having 1 field of grass and 2 fields not, Madison High plays 10-12 games per year, Madison Baseball plays 150 games, tournaments that could be brought here with dirt fields, the type of grass, how many fields should be made dirt, and that the City will help but the Madison Baseball Association will bear the cost. Glen made a motion to use the community fields since they are almost a part of the high school with all the other facilities then if Smith Park needs it later that can be done but do the community fields first. Motion was seconded by Donna, all voted aye, none opposed. LID 31 Assessment Stephen represented Richard in presenting the LID 31 Warrant formalizing and authorizing the borrowing of the funds necessary to pay the funding for Local Improvement District 31. This will be accomplished in Ordinance 850. There was $41,000 of the original $600,000 paid off, so this request is for authorization to borrow $560,000 under the Local Improvement District act to fund LID 31. Nyle made a motion to suspend the rules for Ordinance 850, seconded by Glen. Aye Nyle Glen Marsha Donna Paul Nyle made a motion to approve Ordinance 850, seconded by Glen. Aye Paul Donna Marsha Glen Nyle Surplus Garbage Truck John discussed the purchase of the new sanitation truck which has been put into service giving the City four sanitation trucks. It is requested that the older truck be declared surplus and allow the department to receive bids to sell the truck. It has an anticipated value in the $25,000 range. Glen made a motion to allow John to surplus the garbage truck, seconded by Nyle. All voted aye, none opposed. Life Safety Recommendations This is a continuation of the earlier work meeting on Life Safety Recommendations. The Mayor reviewed the work meeting, 5 letters had been read into the record and there had been discussion with the apartment owners. Val briefly reviewed the reason this subject has come to light and why there needs to be direction. Discussion on time lines, man power, number of inspections, codes. There was a lengthy discussion concerning the UBC Appendix 34, and the reason for not using this was that the apartment owners felt it was too restrictive and these current recommendations are less restrictive and in more agreement with the apartment owners and appeal procedures. 2 Joy Jacobson reviewed information she had acquired on a heat sensor that when used with a smoke alarm could possibly be an alternative to the 2 hour firewall. Glen made a motion that the Life Safety Recommendations be accepted with the exception of Paragraph 6, the 2 hour firewall and the draft stops be eliminated. The motion died for a lack of a second. More discussion on Paragraph 6, the heat sensor for the egress windows, how well do the heat sensors work, the U. B.C. Committee, the requirement for a sprinkler system, and discussion on the fire extinguishers. It was recommended by Stephen that to get this subject off dead center adopt the Life Safety Recommendations as written with a paragraph being added that creates a window of opportunity for anyone who can convince the Building Department of the City of Rexburg of new and adequately similar technologies which would provide the same assurance of safety as the Recommendations would have that opportunity to do so. Discussion between using Building Department staff or U. B. C. Board. Paul suggested a delineation of the review and appeal procedure in this section. Paul moved that this issue be tabled for the purpose of including in the next draft the review and appeal procedures including the procedures by which alternative technologies can be considered by our staff and amending Section 6 deleting the 2 hour firewall portion and the draft stops. After more discussion the motion was seconded by Donna. AyeNay Paul PugmireGlen Pond Donna BenfieldMarsha Bjornn Nyle Fullmer Teton Island Water Shares The Mayor has been approached by Doug Smith to lease 5 shares of the Teton Island Water shares. Stephen felt it was better to actively use the water shares to protect them than to let them be dormant but he needed a little time to research the water matters with Idaho Power. Nyle made a motion to lease the water shares to Doug Smith, seconded by Marsha. Motion and second were withdrawn to allow Stephen time for research. Planning & Zoning Board The Mayor announced that Mike Thueson had requested to be released from his appointment on the Planning & Zoning Board. The Mayor requested approval to appoint Winston (Dick) Dyer to the Planning & Zoning Board. Nyle made a motion to accept Winston Dyer to the Planning & Zoning Board, seconded by Marsha. All voted aye, none opposed. Nyle made a motion to pay the bills, seconded by Glen. All voted aye, none opposed. Nyle made a motion to go into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing a real estate and personnel matter. Motion was seconded by Donna, all voted aye, none opposed. Reconvened Glen made a motion to adjourn, seconded by Nyle. All voted aye, none opposed. 3