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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981.10.21 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESL7 RE: BILLS RIS RE: RE: A motion was made by Morgan Garner and seconded by Glen Pond to approve the bills. All Aye. CONTRACT WITH UTAH POWER & LIGHT A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Sander Larson to approve and sign the proposed contract with Utah Power & Light for the street lighting agreement. All Aye. ADJOURN A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Morgan Garner to adjourn the meeting. All Aye. ow'(2-Grp May John C. Porter City Clerk Ro agley MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING October 21, 1981 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held October 21, 1981, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: Councilman: Councilwoman: Also Present MINUTES John C. Porter Glen Pond Morgan Garner Nile Boyle Jim Morris Darlene Blackburn Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, City Treas. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Glen Pond to approve the minutes. All Aye. RE: AGREEMENT WITH SUGAR CITY Mayor Porter told the council he and Earl Kemp had met with the City Clerk and Mayor of Sugar City and went over the agreement with Sugar City. They had made some changes. We'approved this agreement in April of 1979, the line had not been built, it is constructed now and ready to go into use. We will give the changes on the agreement to Mary and let her draw the whole thing up and then the two councils will approve them. Maintaince of the line. The City of Rexburg maintains the line -south of the Moody Road and Sugar City maintains it north of the Moody Road. People who hook onto the line pay $950 for hookup fee. The south, we are responsible for, and get the money for and if it is on the north side Sugar City gets it. Both cities have to approve the hookup. There is a line in the original agree- ment where it looks like our money has to be paid to Sugar City, we changed it, we struck out for reimbursing Sugar City for its share of the costs, and put in the $950 per unit to pay for maintainance. We have changed the formula for sharing the costs, it will be on a population bases of the two cities, according to the 1980 census. If Sugar City or Rexburg annex people into the city or let people outside of the city limits hook onto the sewer system, we have got to be sure this does not overload the line, that is why one city can have the right to veto annexations or people outside of the city hoaaking onto the Yewer. [1 1 There is a meter that will meter the sewer flow at the Moody road and Sugar City will pay the City of Rexburg 20G per 1000 gallons of wastewater, or an equivalent of 150 gallons percapita, if the perca;ita use goes over 1.50 gallons the fee will jump to 40G per 1000 gallons. RE: PETITION FROM CAF.IER BEAUTY COLLEGE A petition was read by the mayor which had been presented by the Career Beauty College. They want us to allow them to park in the Parking Lot next to them without a time limit, without raving to pay. Jim Morris ask them what they thought if the city would let them park across the street next to his building. The mayor told them the problem we have with the parking lot is it cost the city $150,000. Everyone on that block has been assessed for that, and if the Beauty College fill it up so those businesses can't use it they are going to come in and tell_ ti -).e city they won't pay that money. Marvin Gardner, owner manager told the council, most of their students walk to school, but we need a parking place for our customers. They can't get through in 3 hours, if it was changed to 4 hours it would help. .Jim Morris ask the council what their feeling would be to open up the parking lot behind his store, anything that was not adjacent to the building for all day parking for eith employees or customers. ?ie suggested we try it until t`,'ie business area near the parking lot builds up. The Mayor explained they are considering selling spots behind Nile Boyle's store and also in the Old Spee Dee Cleaners lot. A motion was made by Nile Boyle to have unlimited parking behind Jim Morris', the parking lot South West of Center Street, seconded by Morgan Garner. All Aye. Earl. Kemp said that parking lot and also the one across the street will be open for parking on Monday. RE: PAVING OF ALLEY Ir? BACK OF SAFEWAY Mayor Porter ask Earl Kemp if he had paved the alley, Earl told him it had been paved. Nile Boyle said he had talked to Clint Carpenter from Safeway and he thought Safeway would pay for the material. The mayor showed the council the Planning and Zoning minutes, which states in them that Tom Carter would share in the cost of laving that alley, he did not know if we could do anything about.it. Jim Morris said he would. talk to Mr. Carter. Earl Kemp said the total cost to pave the alley will be about $3500. The council told him he would have to separate the oil and gravel and come up With a figure for that part of it. RE: SEWER RATES Mayor Porter said they had met with the College on Monday to discuss the sewer rates. After the ordinance was passed on the sewer rates, the rate actually have to be set by resolution. The college has already set their budget, and they have problems, and all the student housing people have contracts and their rate will jump from $1.25 to $6.50 or whatever we decide. We actually don't know how many units there will be, we have been going on the assumption that there is 3500 units in Rexburg, there may be 4090. Richard thinks he will_ have that figure for us next week, and at that time if there is 4500 units it will make the charge about $5.00 per unit. Fart Kemp said he was figuring; by the flow of the college. The college budgeted $19,000 for sewer, which was more than they paid this year, with the figure being $6.50 per unit the cost to them would be $34,000. They do want to pay their share. He suggested when we get all these figures, we have a public hearing and have all the people with student housing, and the college and people with trailer courts come to the hearing so we can get their input. He said he could see if a student housing unit have contracts with the students to pay so much, and they can't rise the rate until that contract is up, it would put a financial stra4,-1 on them. Trailer courts have a problem, because under the state law they can't raise the rent without giving; 90 days notice. It was decided that an information hearing for both sewer and garbage rates would be held on Wednesday, October 28, 1981, at 8:00 P.M. Mayor Porter said he would get in touch with Bob Smith so he can be there and have him notify all the student housing people. RE: PAVING ON SOUTH 2nd EAST GOING U2 THE ERICKSON ROAD Some people have talked to Sander Larson about that paving on South 2nd East going up the Erickson road. The agreement was that we would pay the county $5000 and the county would take their crew up there and put the oil on the road, and that is where it stands. The mayor said the last time he talked to Snuffy Ss-nith he told him the County had so much work they probably would not be able to get it done this fall. RE: WIDENING THE CANAL BRIDGE ON 5th WEST We have been talking about widening the canal bridge on 5th West. It is a state , project, we paid about $6000 for engineering and everything else. It has been ready to go for a year, but the state had to wait until they had their money. He had called the state to ask about it, and they had called him back and told him they had gotten their first quarter allotment, but since it was late in the year and they could not do any- thing this winter, they are going to wait and call for bids in March. They said everyting is ready to go, the bridge will be finished before the water is turned in, this will be the 15th of May. RE: STOP SIGNS ON 2nd SOUTH AND 3rd WEST Jim Morris said he would have a report on the stop signs on 2nd South and 3rd West for the next council meeting, because they now have a split decision. RE: ONE WAY TRAVEL IN ALLEY BEHIND THE SMALL MALL The mayor told the council the Small Mall and Manwarings want the city to designate one-way travel in the alley behind the Small Mall, the one that goes north and south. Rudy Van Orden of the Small Mall wants to see if they can trade some spaces with Manwarings so they can have parking right behind their store. The mayor had talked to Var Manwaring about it, without much success. The alley belongs to the hotel except three feet by the Manwaring building, but it has been used for so long it is probably a public alley. They want us to tell them which way would be the one-way. The alley in question is the one coming off Carlson Ave. and goes over to the main alley. Jim Morris said he would have the police check it and make a report at the next council meeting. RE: COMPLAINTS ABOUT NOISY CHAIN SAWS IN REXBURG Mayor Porter told the council he had had some complaints about noisy chain saws in Rexburg. He wondered if we could set'some kind of an ordinance. Some of the businesses sell chain saws and have been demonstrating them in the back of their stores and some of the businesses near the store that is having a demonstration can't conduct business because of the noise. Mary Smith said it sounded like a local situation. Jim Morris said he would go over and talk to Mr. Benfield at Coast to Coast and tell him he will have to have regular hours for sawing demonstrations and tell him he will have to just use one saw at a time. RE: RAILROD CROSSINGS NEED TO BE WIDENED Earl Kemp told the council we need to get the Railrod Crossing widened where we put new roads in last summer; there are three that need to be widened. Where we paved the streets up to the crossings, the streets are wider than the crossings. Earl said we had sent in the application, the railroad won't let the city do it, they have to do it. The Mayor said the next trip he makes to Boise, he will see the special agent over there and get it taken care of. This needs to be taken care of, because we have had two accidents already that the insurance company have taken care of, and it is a liability problem. RE: OLD BUILDINGS - SKUNKS The mayor told the council there are one or two areas in the city where there is old buildings and the porches are inhabited by skunks. We need to find someway to get rid of them. RE: OVERRIDE ELECTION The mayor told the council they needed to try to promote the Override Election. Mary Smith told the council Mayor Porter had given an outstanding talk at the Soroptimist Club about the Override Election. Maybe some of the other service clubs could have John talk to them. RE: ORDINANCE NO. 641 Mary Smith read Ordinance No. 641, amending the zoning ordinance. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND CHANGING ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 478 OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO, TO PROVIDE THAT DOUBLE -WIDE MOBILE HOMES ON MASONRY FOUNDATIONS BE INCLUDED AS ONE OF THE PERMITTED USES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONE R2, R3, AND COMMERCIAL ZONES AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES, AND PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. 1 A motion was made by Councilman Nile Boyle and seconded by Councilman Jim Morris that the rules requiring an ordinance of a general and permanent nature to be read on three occasions be dispensed with and that said ordinance be numbered No. 641. Those Voting Aye: Those Voting Nay: Darlene Blackburn Nile Boyle Glen Pond Morgan Garner Jim Morris None Ordinance No 641 was then placed before the council. The mayor then called for the voting for final passage of the Ordinance, and the motion was made by Morgan Garner and seconded by Darlene Blackburn that ordinance No. 641 be passed. Those Voting Aye: Those Voting Nay: Darlene Blackburn Nile Boyle Glen Pond Morgan Garner Jim Morris None The roll showed all councilmen present voting "AYE" carried, the Mayor declared that the majority of all the members of the City Council had voted for the passage of said Ordinance, and that said Ordinance was duly and regularly passed. Mayor Porter declared the motion carried. RE: ORDINANCE NO 642 Mary Smith read Ordinance 642 amending the mobile home ordinance. AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION A OF SECTION 4 OF ORDINANCE NO. 642 OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO, TO PROVIDE THAT DOUBLE -WIDE MOBILE HOMES ON MASONRY FOUNDATIONS SHALL BE PERMITTED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONES R2, R3, AND COMMERCIAL ZONES AND INDUSTRIAL ZONES; AND PROVIDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. A motion was made by Councilman Nile Boyle and seconded by Jim Morris that the rules requiring an ordinance of a general and permanent nature to be read on three occasions be dispensed with and that said ordinance be numbered 643. Those Voting Aye: Darlene Blackburn Nile Boyle Glen Pond Morgan Garner Jim Morris Those Voting Nay: None Ordinance 642 was then placed before the council. The mayor then called for the voting for final passage of the Ordinance, and the motion was made by Jim Morris and seconded by Darlene Blackburn that Ordinance 642 be passed. Those Voting Aye: Darlene Blackburn Nile Boyle Glen Pond Morgan Garner Jim Morris Those Voting Nay: None RE: QUESTION ON WORDING OF ORDINANCE NO. 639 Bob Ratallick owner of the Village Apartments questioned the wording of Ordinance 639, which prohibits opened containers of beer or alcoholic beverages on parking lots and sidewalks, and streets of the City of Rexburg. He ask if it referred to just City owned parking lots and sidewalks or all parking lots and sidewalks in the city. Mary Smith told him that we do not have any control over private property, the city cannot go on private property, but they could file a conplaint and then the city can take action. RE: BILLS A motion was made by Morgan Garner and seconded by Nile Boyle to pay the bills. All Aye. IY RE: ADJOURN A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Jim Morris to adjourn. All Aye. G 4* Q Mayor John C. Porter City Clerk R Bagley SPECIAL PUBLIC INPUT HEARING FOR SEWER RATES A Special Public Input Hearing for Sewer Rates held by the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held October 28, 1981, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: Councilman: Councilwoman: Also Present: About twenty citizens were in attendance. John C. Porter Nile Boyle Glen Pond Jim Morris Morgan Garner Darlene Blackburn Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, City Treasurer Mayor Porter told the group the purpose of the meeting was to get input from the citizens on the sewer fee. The fee had not been set yet, it has to be done by resolution. We have estimated about $6.50 a unit, but nothing has been done until we get the input from the users. Gene Palmer, told the group he had done some homework, and gave the council a hand- out explaining the study he had done on the sewage flow from his trailer court.(attached) He had spent last weekend in Provo talking to Community Consultants. He wanted to talk to some people who would have some statistics as far as mobile homes. At the present time they have 82 lots occupied with 225 residents. He then reviewed the handout. To back up his study he had one of Community Consultants flumes and have had it in his sewer system for a 24 hour period to check the flow. He had come up with a figure of daily flow of 6225 gallons per day, or 27.4 gallons per day per resident. He had called Community Consultants and the way he had taken the read was about 1/3 of an inch off. He said the average mobile home has less occupants than the average home, and uses less sewage, he feels that should be considered in the rate structure. He had had people tell him it should not matter to him, he could pass on the raises, but he has people living in the mobile home park that work at Louisana Pacific, within the last ten days Louisana Pacific has shut down and these people working there would be without work for about six months, how do you pass on the increase to people like that. Earl Kemp said he had gone over the figures with Gene Palmer, and they are correct, he had also checked the flow and by that he is equivalant to 62 equivalent users instead of the 82 trailers occupied. Earl Kemp said the Sewer Ordinance does allow for monitoring the flow and setting rates, based on monitored flow. Kenneth Hacking and his wife were present. Mrs. Howard Pearson, owner of a trailer court, told the council most of the trailers in her court have only two people in each one and some have only one person. Gerald Mackay from E1 Centro Trailer Court said he has twelve trailers in his trailer court and eitht of them are single people. The mayor told him, we can't get down to splitting them too much unless he wanted to put a meter in. Earl Kemp told him if we tried to set the rates for each home saying they all had a different amount of people in them, it would cost too much for clerical work. r J [1