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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979.08.01 CITY COUNCIL MINUTEShave 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 PROBLEi~i 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. Mile Boyle moved that it be turned over to the Traffic Safety Committee to study. Warren Porter seconded. All Aye. RE : ADJGURNMEIIT Warren Porter moved that the meeting be adjourned. Morgan Garner seconded. All Aye. '~" Ma C. Porter E ~. Rose Bagley, Cif Cork (f r/ MINUTES OF THE CITY COUPICIL 1EETING 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 APPR071ED Jim Mer_ris Barton Jensen Morgan Garr..er Warren Porter Darlene Blackburn Mary Smith, City Attorney I 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 3enton and Bruce Lind were present to request annexation. of Rexburg Heights, 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~-~don:inium complex this fall and develop the area for 11 houses. They would like to a.n~°~ex t?:e whole parcel of property all at once and get the zoning set up so people wou.l.:l ?~:~.ow in advance what zone they would be in before they purchased lots. The Counci_1 felt that he development should come closer to the City. Barton Jensen pointed out tha.~:, alarm to market road is needed because of the development along the Mill Hollow Woad. Lind was instructed to present his updated plans to the planning and zoning cornrlission 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) RE: LEASING OF THE OLD CITY DUMP David Walters was persent to discuss leasing of the Old City Dump Yard. Mayor Porter told Mr. Walters that he had talked to Ned Sauer of H & K Contractors. Mr. Sauer told the Mayor that they could clean the property up and level it for $3,000 to $5,000. Mayor Porter also talked to the Public Health Department, who gave the City permission to burn the wood debris on the dump grounds. The officials also said that there was no need to cover the ground with tip soil if it was not going to be used for any type of housing. The Council felt that they could lease 1/2 of the dump area to Walters for $1,000 a year possibly on a 5 year lease with the option to renew. Mr. Walters said he would think it over and contact Mayor Porter so that City Attorney, Mary Smith could draw up the lease. RE: SHERWOOD HILLS ANNEXATION Mayor Porter read the minutes of the Planning & Zoning Committee regarding the Sherwo Hills annexation. David Weston representing that Sub-division was not present. Mayo Porter said that he would contact him and tabel it for another meeting. RE: TEDRO PROJECT PARKING LOTS Warren Porter reported on the committee that was working on the parking lots on the TEDRO Project. They have hired Brent Cook at a no cost to us to talk to the town people. A meeting is set up for next week with a speaker from the University of Idaho, Ron Wells. He will go look at areas in the City to see what land is available for parking lots. Kevin Watts will be at the meeting. ECIPDA thinks that they can get money for the down town area. RE: BUDGET Mayor Porter reminded the Councilman that they need to be working on the Budget. The Mayor told the Council that there had been a small increase in the Blue Cross rates. The Council felt the City could pick up the increase. RE: PUBLIC HEARING ON AUGUST 15 Mayor Porter reminded the Council of the Public Hearing on August 15 for a Special Use Permit to operate a T Shirt Shop at 23$ 1/2 South 1st West. RE: COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE ENTRANCES AND EXITS AT THE NEW MALL Mayor Porter told the Council that he had been getting complaints about the entrances and exits at the new mall. He had talked to Blair Siepert about it, and he was checking on it. RE: PROBLEM Oil BILL WEBSTER'S CORNER Barton Jensen discussed the problem at the corner at Bill t-~Iebster°s. The water under- mines and washs the road, curb and gutter. The Mayor and Earl Kemp felt that there might be animal holes and that the water enters the holes causing the problem. RE: STEP 2 COMPLETEED Earl Kemp told the Council that they have completed Step 2 of the Rexburg Sugar City Sewer Project. It had been sent to Seattle. RE: BILLS Jim Morris moved that the bills be approved. Morgan Garner seconded. All Aye. RE: ADJOURNMENT Barton Jensen moved that the meeting be adjourned. Warren Porter seconded. All Aye. ~ ~' ~ Ma John C. Porter .,~ .~~ ~,, >~,.. Rose Bagley, C' Cl MINUTES OF 1Zl~XBURCa CITY, PLANNING & ZONING COMMITTI::E , Present: Jim Keller, Chairman Alice Tout Whitey Brock Gale Weber Leonard Lonyhurst Chuck Frost Jim Flamm Dan He s s Jim Morris , Councilman l i ~'~ Meeting called to order 25 July 1979 at 7:35 p.m. by Chairman Jim Keller. Minutes of 23 May 1979 were read and approved . Minutes of 25 April 1979 were read and approved. Minutes of 27 June 1979 were read and approved. Old Business; 1. The property owners on Salem Avenue were advised to get together, if possible, to work out the difficulties in over-crowded building lot. 2. Jim Morris and Jim Keller will meed with the City Council to discuss the AMR Addition and suggested annexation agreements . The Planning & Zoning is concerned about annexing property one mile from the nearest. city development which has no houses on it. This would be an extra expense to the city with little tax money coming from the property . New Business: 1. David Weston appeared to discuss the Sherwood Hills Sub-division. He has deleted student housing and substituted residential lots in the southern section of the plat. Mr. Weston proposed that Lots 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and Frying Circle Cul-De-Sac he eliminated. and Area ~$3 left open for future development. Mr. Weston would like to put condominiums in the open area with a variance . Owners of Mansard Village should be contacted to co-sign for a dedicated street at Harvard Avenue . The exit at Yale Avenue should be included in fu ure plats. After considerable discussion, a motion by Jim Flamm that Planning & Zoning accept the revised preliminary plat as drawn with Section 3-2 as presented 14 June 1978 and include a street connection at Yale and 5th South through Lots 5 and 6. Seconded by Dan Hess. Passed unanimously. 2. Lack of sidewalks by East Stake Center was discussed. Planning & Zoning urgently feels that 4,' sidewalks be required in all future sub-divisions . 3. Arnold Strus a wants a fc,nc;e l~etwF:cn his propc.~rty and Kin Bird's 4-plex. There is no requirement for a fence between two f_;iecE~s of property in t}~e same lone . Mr. Struss should contact Ken Bird and work out a mutually agreeable fence . Adjourned 9:25 p.m. .w ~. Ml N (1'!'{; ~~1' P1;XI~Z1 R~_Ta C;l'1'Y PLANNINU & '1,UNlN(~ CCJMMI'1"1';I; Present: Jim Keller, Chairman A1ir.,e Tout Whitey Brock Leonard Longhurst Meeting called to order 27 June 1979 at 7:35 p.m. by Chairman Jim Keller. The minutes of the last meeting were available to read. New Business: I. Bruce Lind, President of AMR Corporation and David Benton, Engineer of Benton Engineering rr~t and asked that Rexburg City annex their development known as Heritage Estates, located S/E of Kent Jolley's subdivision known as Crest Haven. A discussion followed and suggestions were made on the addition. Adiscussion was had on Heritage Addition, A motion w~~_--; rn~:~dc: by Gale Weber that we recommend to have an annexation agreement from AMR Corporation to install pavement on the street known as Skyview Drive and to have. a bond to guarantee completion . Motion seconded by Whitey Brock. Voting was unanimous. A motion was made by Leonard Longhurst that we eliminate from the AMR addition the following streets: Fairview Avenue, 400 South (known as Erickson Dugway}, Sunrise Drive and the north extension to Morningside Drive . Motion seconded by Alice Tout . Voting was unanimous . All property owners within 300 feet of the proposed annexation are to receive by mail a notice of the annexation meeting. The annexation hearing will be .,cheduled for 26 July, 1979. 2 . Garth Harker from-Idaho Falls , met and asked th~~t the property 1<>c;ated <3t 2362 South Ist West (Bertha Fullmer property} be zoned to Commercial or continue the present variance . The Board recommended we hold a hearing for a variance. The hearing was scheduled for 25 July 1.979. Meeting adjourned at 9: 2 0 p. m. Attachments: Annexation map of Heritage Estates and legal descriptions Approved as read 25 July 1979