HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006.03.16 CITY COUNCIL COUNTY SUGAR CITY JOINT MEETING
JOINT MEETING
MADISON COUNTY
CITY OF REXBURG &
SUGAR CITY
MADISON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ROOM
March 16, 2006 6:00 P.M.
6:00 P.M.BUSINESS ITEMS:
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Highway 33 and LHTAC FUNDING
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Reschedule Date for April Meeting
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Sugar City Bike Path
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Flooding – Review Spring Run-Off Policy
City/County Roads
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JOINT MEETING
MADISON COUNTY
CITY OF REXBURG
SUGAR CITY
February 16, 2006
6:00 p.m. Commissioners Room
Present:
Madison County City of Rexburg Sugar City
Roger Muir, Chairman
Ralph Robison Councilman: Councilman:
Donna Benfield Bruce King
Rex Erickson Harold Harris
Marilyn Rasmussen, Clerk Randy Schwendiman
Chris Mann
Commissioner Muir Opened the Joint Meeting at 6:10 p.m. and welcomed those
present.
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Minutes:
After review of the Minutes for January 19, 2006, Councilman Benfield
made a motion to approve with corrections, Commissioner Robison seconded
and voting was unanimous.
Business Items:
Commissioner Muir noted that both he and Mayor Larsen had been appointed as
representatives to the LHTAC Board from Madison County. As Mayor Larsen
from he City of Rexburg had received the appointment first, the Idaho
Association of Counties asked that Commissioner Muir step down because
according to the By-laws two representatives from the same County cannot
serve at the same time.
Meeting Schedule:
The Joint Meeting Schedule will be, each Thursday, of each
month, unless otherwise noted. April 20, 2006, 6:00 p.m. in the Commissioners
Room will be the next meeting date.
Highway 33:
Commissioner Muir read a letter from LHTAC regarding the future
discussion for the Highway 33 Business District. There will need to be further
discussion between cities regarding exchanges of Highway 33, maintenance
agreements, business loop going to Sugar City and the restructure of funding.
March 23, 2006, 8:00 a.m., is scheduled for an LHTAC Meeting in the
Commissioners Room to discuss this Highway 33 Business Loop.
Thornton Interchange:
Councilman Benfield, Commissioner Hansen and
Commissioner Robison attended an IDT, District 6 meeting in Rigby. At the
request of the Transportation Board, it is exploring options to Bear World as part
of the Thornton Interchange project. The discussion will focus on existing
County roads and access. Part of the discussion was on the funding for the
Interchange and availability of the rights-of way. They probably have enough
funds to purchase rights-of way, but to actually build the project is not on their
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March 27, 2006 Joint Meeting Minutes
schedule. The funding for the Menan Project is scheduled for 2011. The
discussion continued with access to Bear World through a frontage road that
would front from the West side of Highway 20.
Commissioner Robison reported that the 2004 Transportation Plan is now
heavily relied on by the Transportation Department as it is a vision of the future
transportation for Madison County. When they meet next time, one of the
project engineers will answer questions regarding the proposed 5000 South and
4700 South exit due to the number of residences involved and safety factors.
The access to Bear World will be the major topic of discussion at the next
meeting, but it should also be noted that in the future there will be other
businesses along this route. Councilman Benfield noted that the County will
need to discuss the zoning in this area and whether or not the look of the
County will remain agricultural or commercial. It was stressed that the County
should be looking twenty years ahead and the Transportation Plan that has
been prepared is very important to that vision.
Bike Path:
Dusty Cureton, Road Department has scheduled with Keller and
Associates to have the bike path staked by April 15, 2006, in order for him to do
the required path preparation prior to the County road spring work.
2006 Spring Flooding:
At the last Commissioner’s meeting, Brent Rigby,
Homeland Security, met with Mayor Larsen, Mike Clements and the
Commissioners to review the issues involved in the flooding. They discussed
protection of the government infrastructure and how to handle protection of
private property and the legal aspects. Subdivisions that were flooded were
discussed and some of the reasons why they were flooded. It was noted that
some of the problem was landscaping and that the subdivision owners are
working to prevent this situation from happening in the future. To date the
County has spent approximately $200,000 and this does not include the
expenditures of the City of Rexburg. The County has sand and sandbags
available as needed. April 1, is the first date that water can be run in the canals.
Combined P & Z meeting:
This joint meeting is making progress and is
valuable to both communities.
Meeting adjourned: 6:45 p.m.
Approved:
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Roger Muir, Chairman
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Donna Benfield
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Harold Harris