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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979.07.18 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESRE: DRINKING FOUNTAIN AT THE GOLF COURSE Nile Boyle told t':~e Council that down to the Go''_ ~~ourse before the flood they had c^. Sillal'i_ [)i].mL7 fOf a drinking -~ouutai^s. It way: destroyed ]_^ the ~'lOOd, and SI.nCe that time there has not been any water 1Ti t'~e ~ouatain. ue suggested that it would be feasible to hook onto the City Water at the end of the Ricks Wade Additiotl. RE: BILLS Darlene Blackburn moved that the bills be paid. Morgan Garner seocnded. All Aye RE : ADJOURNI~1EIdT Nile Boyle moved that the meeting be adjourned. Warren Porter seconded. All Aye- 1- ' ' f , Rose Bagley, City C1,e~k ~. ~ .. Ma o n'C. Porter ;4I~d~JTES OF THE CITY CO"JPICIL MEr'''I^IG July 18, 1979 State of Idaho) County of i~adisoz(ss City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held oil July 18, 1979, at the City Hall. Presiding in absence of Mayor Porter: Councilman: Councilwoman: .'~lsc Present: Barton Jensen Warren Porter Morgan Garner Nile Boyle Darlene Blackburn J. D. Hancock Assistant City Attorney. Rose Bagley City Clerk RE: JAMES CHAMBERS - CURB & GUTTER BY riIS HOUSE Earl Kemp, from Forsgren Perkins, reported that he had met with James Chambers. Mr. Chambers does not understand why a 50' road was not put in front of ills house so that the curb and gutter could have been put in. Mr. Kemp assured him that Council would have this curb and gutter put in. NIr. Chambers is getting ready to ueen «is property over to his daughters and felt that if the curb ana gutter was not put in before he d.id, that there might be a problem because the Council had made the arrangement wit« him. Mr. IC.emp suggested that the City might oil a 50' road up to the bridge with some of the TEDRO money. He stated that t'rley are noew making a list of roads needing to be paved. RE: BEER LICENSE FOR SKAGGS Application for a beer license for Skaggs Store was read. Nile Boyle moved that it be approved. Warren Porter seconded. All Aye. RE: PUBLIC HEARING AUGUST' 15 Barton Jensen read a Notice of Public Hearing held on August 15, 1979, on the application of Garth Harker for a Special Use Permit to operate and maintain a conunercial business, a "T" Shirt Shop at 236 1/2 South First West. }~ i RE: PLAT ON SHERWOOD HILLS Barton Jensen stated that the City Clerk had checked with .t:im Keller of the Planning Board, about the Plat on Sherwood Hills. Mr. Keller checked the plans and told the Clerk that it was a different layout than the original plat. He advised that they would have to meet with the Planning Board at their next meeting, and then meet with the Council again.. RE: COMPLAINTS AGAINST KEN BIRD Barton Jensen told the Council that he had been getting complaints from the neighbor of the apartment that Ken Bird is building where the Queen Bee use to be. There was a problem with a curb cut extending over to his property and they were getting on his property with the construction and also driving across his lawn. RE: WEEDS ON VACANT LOTS Barton Jensen stated that he had been getting complaints about property owners not cleaning up weeds on vacant lots. RE: HARMONY APARTMENTS SIGN The Council discussed the sign for the Harmony House apartments. The Councilman decided that there was no problem in letting Mr. Grover put the sign back just like it had been originally. RE: LEASE ON OLD CITY DUMP YARD David Walters was present to discuss the lease of the old city dump yard. The Council felt that they could not lease the property on a 50 year lease. J.D. Hancock told the Council that he did not think that it was legal for a City to lease land longer than a 25 year period. He said that he would check on the legality. The Council felt that if he did lease the land that he would not have to put 12" of top soil on the ground 6" would be enough. Earl Kemp stated that if the City's growth continued, they might need the land in 25 years for expansion of the sewer treatment plant or enlarging the City Shop. Mr. Walters felt that he would have to much into the land to lease it only for 25 years. The Council discussed deeding a small piece of land to Walters and then leasing the balance that he needed. They- ask Walters to meet with Darlene Blackburn and Mayor before the next Council meeting and discuss altern- atives so that at the next Council .meeting a decision could be made. There was also a question as to what part of the property had been leased to the-Fair Board.. J.D. Hancock was ask to check on this. RE: MINUTES APPROVED Morgan Garner moved that the minutes of July 11 be approved. Darlene Blackburn seconded. All Aye. RE: BEAUTIFICATION PLAN FOR THE CITY Nile Boyle presented a letter that he had received from Kevin Watts, an architect who worked on the Beautification Plan for the City. He proposed that he conduct a cost analysis to assist in determining the scope of the project. Watts said the analysis would be phase one of the Beautification Project and said his fee would be $6,000 for phase 1. The second phase would be construction of parking facilities and sidewalks, The Council felt that the initial drawings and plans that have already been done would be all they needed to continue work on that project. RE: DISCUSSION ON LAND FOR PARKING FACILITIES Acquiring land and construction of the parking facilities was discusses. Warren Porter and Nile Boyle told the Council that they were trying to find property for the parking so they would know how much the property would cost. Nile Boyle said that if they got $150,000 from the LID for the local matching money for the project that it would be bard to bet anymore. Some merchants might entertain the idea of donating land for their share. The money would go far if used wisely. The Council discussed the idea of extending Carlson Ave to 1st North. RE: BLAIR MANWARING ASK ABOUT ANNEXATION OF HIS LAND Blair Manwaring met with the Council to ask about annexation of his land. He said that the Planning Board had the plans. Barton Jensen told him that if he wanted to annex right away, the Council would need a legal description of the property and then hold a public hearing. Mr. Manwaring said that he would check back later. RE: DISCUSSION OF WATER PROJECT AND THE SEWER LINES The committee consisting of Barton Jensen, Warren Porter and Morgan Garner planned to have a meeting with Earl Kemp and discuss the projects. Earl Kemp told the Council that Forsgren Perkins was running a computor analysis of the whole sewer system to analyse where the needs are. RE: PARKING PROBLEM ON ASH AVE. Barton Jensen told the Council that the had received complaints on a parking problem on Ash Ave. The people wanted to 'nave parking on one side of the street only. Nile Boyle moved that it be turned over to the Traffic Safety Committee to study. Warren Porter seconded. All Aye. RE: ADJGURNMENT Warren Porter moved that the meeting be adjourned. Morgan Garner seconded. All Aye. ~~ '~ Ma C. Porter E i Rose Bagley, Ct~y`~~rk MINUTES OF THE CITi COUNCIL 1SETING Aug. 1, 1979 State of Idaho) County of Madison(ss City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held on August 1 1979, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilman: Councilwoman: Also Present were: RE: BEER LICENSE APPROVED JiTM: Morris Barton Jensen Morgan Garner Warren Porter Darlene Blackburn Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk Beer License for Brent L. Hebdon's Sport Shop at 248 South 2nd West was read. Jim Morris moved that it be approved.. Warren Porter seconded. All Aye. RE: AIQNEXATION OF REXBURG HEIGHTS David Benton and Bruce Lind were present to request annexation of Rexburg :Ieights, owned by AMR Corporation. The property to be annexed will be known as Heritage Estates. Mayor Porter pointed out that annexating anymore property to the City would present a problem because of the One Per Cent Inititive the City property tax is frozen. The City would not get any property taxes from the property. The Council explained that it was costly to maintain a new annexation. The streets would have to be maintained, snow would have to be removed, street lights would babe to be installed, it would have to have Police & Fire protection. Mr. Lind explained that he planned to construct a 22 unit co~.do,;.inium complex this fall and develop the area for 11 houses. They would lire to a_n~~.ex t'.e whole parcel of property all at once and get the zoning set up so people ~~rou1.1 t~:~~.ow i n advance what zone they would be in before they purchased lots. The Council. fel~_ that he development should come closer to the City. Barton Jensen pointed out t?.~~+~ a -:'arm to market road is needed because of the development along the Mill Hollow Road. Lind was instructed to present his updated plans to the planning and zoning commission and a public hearing was tentatively set for August 22, at the next regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Group. (Planning Board Minutes attached)