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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2003.09.17 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY COUNCIL MINUTES CITY OF REXBURG September 17, 2003 7:30 P.M. STATE OF IDAHO ) County of Madison ) SS. City of Rexburg ) Present were the following: Mayor: Mayor Bruce Sutherland Council Members:Glen Pond Shawn Larsen Marsha Bjornn Paul Pugmire -Excused Donna Benfield Nyle Fullmer Financial OfficerRichard Horner -Excused P&Z Administrator:Kurt Hibbert City Clerk:Blair D. Kay -Excused PFC:John Millar City Attorney:Stephen Zollinger Pledge to the Flag 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. a.Minutes from the September 3, 2003 meeting b.Approve City of Rexburg bills Mayor excused Paul Pugmire from the meeting. The Mayor welcomed the scouts. 1 Shawn Larsen had a question on a bill. He bought a video for the Planning and Zoning Commission and he got reimbursed and it was taken out of the Legislative account and it needs to be taken out of the Planning and Zoning account. Donna Benfield moved to approve the consent calendar; Nyle Fullmer seconded the The motion carried. motion; all voted aye, none opposed. Non Controversial Items Added to the Agenda: The Council suggested having the City of Rexburg annual fall yard garbage pickup from September 22, 2003, through October 27, 2003. Shawn Larsen made a motion to have the City of Rexburg annual fall yard garbage pickup September 22, 2003, through October 27, 2003. Glen Pond arrived. Smithsonian Exhibit presentation Logan Roberts is with the Smithsonian committee at BYU-Idaho and is working with the City of Rexburg to bring the exhibit here this next summer. Logan introduced committee. Logan showed a power point presentation. The Smithsonian’s exhibit is called Yesterdays Tomorrows. They have a 3 fold mission. The first is to strengthen relationship between the Community and BYU-Idaho. The second is to positively represent Rexburg, BYU-Idaho, and the LDS church. The third is in conjunction with the Smithsonian’s desires to provide an enjoyable educational experience for everyone involved. The committee is involved in the City Council, Chamber of Commerce and stth other group/organizations. The Exhibit will be displayed May 1 through June 12 of 2004. Marsha commented that she is really impressed and appreciates the students. Mayor Sutherland thanked Logan. nd Millennial Monument update at Main and 2 East-Jeanetta Moseley (Family Monument Display) nd Jeanetta Moseley talked about the millennial monument that is to be put up on 2 East and Main Street in front of the Community Christmas Tree. This has been going on for about five years. There has been over $15,000 that has been raised. They need to raise an additional $14,000 to start the project. It will take a little over 2 years to build it and put it up. Then $30,000 more will need to be raised at that point. The monument will be about nine feet tall of a pioneer man, women, and child. Wants community to step in. There are at least 40 medallions left that they are selling for $30.00 and all of that money is donated to the monument. Noise Ordinance 906 for Engine Brakes There were not any changes recommended except for the title. 2 This Ordinance was created to help limit the noise from engine brakes as trucks enter the City of Rexburg. Shawn Larsen moved to suspend the rules on the third reading of the Ordinance 906; Nyle Fullmer seconded the motion; voting as follows: Those voting aye:Those voting nay: Donna BenfieldGlen Pond Marsha Bjornn Nyle Fullmer Shawn Larsen The motion passed. Nyle Fullmer moved to approve Ordinance 906 as an engine brake noise ordinance; The motion carried Marsha Bjornn seconded the motion; all voted aye, none opposed. . Advisory Vote for a Rexburg Swimming Pool Mayor Sutherland talked about wanting a discussion on the cost, location and other information like that. Open discussion with Brad Smith and Jill Anderson. Brad Smith is the chairman of the parks and recreation committee. Explore fundraising and many other opportunities to fund the facility. There is a lot of discussion on having an indoor or outdoor pool. There is a huge growth in the community. BYU-Idaho facilities were always open to public but not any more. This area is the only District growing in eastern Idaho. Outdoor pool would only be open for about 90 days. An indoor pool would be open year round. Park and Recreation indoor pool can’t wait any longer. Suggestion of City should vote by ballot for indoor pool, outdoor pool, or nothing. This vote should include BYU-I students. Students use our parks all of the time. They will also be using our pool. Study needs to be updated. Brad feels strongly about supporting this. Marsha talked about the community needing time to be educated for about six months and it would be good to have neighborhood meetings. City is concerned with what the public thinks. Mayor Sutherland commented on Jill Anderson starting the committee in 2001. Mayor Sutherland talked about finding out what the community wants and the Council wants what is best for our community. Jill Anderson talked about a survey that was done in 1993 and she has gone over all of the additional comments and the committee wants to find out from the community what they want. They want to answer the people. They want to provide for the senior citizens. The Recreation Committee wants to move forward on getting a public facility pool whether it is indoors or outdoors. 3 Mayor Sutherland talked about whatever we do we have to build for the future. Mayor thanked the Recreation Committee and Jill for all the hard work. Donna Benfield commented on feeling a whole lot better on hearing responses and feels it has come a long way, and she commends them. Shawn Larsen has some concern about informing the voters on the cost of an outdoor and indoor pool. Shawn talked about an article that he found. Shawn talked about wanting to know if this is going to be self funded. Shawn talked about the pool in Pocatello that cost them 2.3 million dollars 5 ½ years ago. Over the last 5 years their average revenue is about 310 thousand dollars, which pays for itself. Shawn talked with Aqua Tech about pricing on a pool. He talked about getting a local designer and a local builder to build the out buildings. Shawn made a comment about using the impact fees for the parks for our current pool at the bottom of the slide in Porter Park because it is already in existence. But found out that you could not use impact fees to build an indoor facility because there is not one in existence right now. That is his opinion. Marsha Bjornn made a comment on the Recreation Committee doing a good job in trying to find out what the community wants. In her opinion she thinks they should contact the same company, Ohlson-Lavoie, to see if they can get figures for an outdoor pool for a cheaper price. Mayor Sutherland recommended the Recreation Committee to research how best we can get the information they need to compare. Marsha Bjornn moved to have the Park and Recreation Committee look into studies on outdoor pool. Donna Benfield seconded the motion; all voted aye, none opposed. The motion carried. Mayor Sutherland indicated that a month ago there was discussion to get information together and plan on meeting in the middle of October. The Parks and Recreation th Committee will meet on October 9 at 8:30 p.m. at City Hall. Jill Anderson doesn’t want to see the City go through the same process that they have already gone through drawn out. Marsha agrees with her. They need to add in the figures with the BYU-Idaho students as using the facility. Discussion on cost and components of an outdoor and indoor pool. They want to have the same square footage compared for an outdoor and indoor pool to compare prices. Update on projects: John Millar talked about the work on the airport fencing project is complete. The work thst on 12 West is done. They have been redoing the railroad crossing on 1 North in nd conjunction with the railroad. The 2 North railroad crossing they have committed when their crew is in next week they will bring in their main line equipment in and pull the planking on it and raise the main line rails. 4 Marsha Bjornn said that back in the minutes it said that John and the Mayor were going to talk to the State Highway Department about putting biking paths up to a certain point coming down off the freeway. nd John Millar has not had a chance to talk with them. There is no parking from 2 West to US Highway 20. John developed a needs survey and they are anticipating that it will go out the first part of the week. It will go out to a two block area outside of the campus boundary. They have put together the mailing list. Marsha Bjornn talked about the Parks and Recreation Committee wanting to make a proposal to designate some bike routes. They want to bring it before council in a more formal approach. Mayor Sutherland suggested getting with the traffic safety committee. Marsha Bjornn talked about the museum board wanting to know if they could get permission to hookup with the City’s website to get more information about the museum. Mayor Sutherland said to get with Steve Christenson. Shawn Larsen talked about the green way development behind Wal-Mart wanting to work out an agreement on the impact fees. Shawn Larsen moved to leave it to City staff to work out those arrangements. Nyle Fullmer seconded the motion; all voted aye except Marsha Bjorn who voted nay; The motion carried. Nyle Fullmer moved to go into executive session for a personnel matter; Donna Benfield seconded the motion; Those voting aye:Those voting nay: Glen Pond None Shawn Larsen Marsha Bjornn Donna Benfield Nyle Fullmer The motion carried. Executive session ended. Adjourned _____________________________ Bruce Sutherland, Mayor _________________________ Blair D. Kay, City Clerk 5