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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984.04.18 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESr They would like the Public Works Director, Building Inspector, the Engineer, and a councilman to be there. Jim Morris said he would go to the meeting. A motion was made by Jim Morris and seconded by Sander Larson to pay the bills. All Aye. A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Morgan Garner to adjourn. All Aye. ~ _ (~.~ ~ /~ Nile yle, Council President ~~ ,C ~~ Rose Bagley, y erk MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING April 18, 1984 1 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held April 18, 1984, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: John C. Porter Councilman: Morgan Garner Jim Morris Glen Pond Nile Boyle Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn Also Present: Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Glen Pond to approve the minutes. All Aye RE: VICTOR MENDOZA REQUESTS TO HOOK ONTO THE SEWER Mayor Porter told the council that Victor Mendoza had come in the office. He lives out by Amercian Potato, in the small area that is not in the city limits. There are two or three trailer houses on the property. Mr. Mendoza would like to hook on the sewer line that goPS between Rexburg and Sugar City. We charge a fee to hook onto that line of $1000 and then he will have to run his own line over there. He would like to make arrangements so he can pay the $1000 off in six or eight months, what ever we decide to let him do. The mayor said if he owns the property we would have no problem, or we could put a lean on the trailer, or if he doesn't pay we can shut it off. If some of the other people in trailers out there could share the cost, it would make it better. It will cost him about $1200 to run the line. He works for Warren Walters. The mayor said Mary Smith and Richard could work out the agreement. RE: OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED. PLAN TO WIDEN SECOND EAST Dan and Mary Hess, and Randall Porter were at the meeting representing the property owners living along Second East from 4th South to 1st South. They presented a petition in opposition to the proposed plan to widen that street. Randall Porter said they have a couple of concerns. The homes that are built along the street did not anticipate that the road would be widened to a 4 land road. That would put the road in some cases, only 15' or 20' away from your front door. I would become a dangerous thing and also would reduce .the value of the property. It would destroy the scenic value of the property because they would have to take out approximately 30 or 40 trees that arrange from approximately 25 to 40 years old. That would have a tendency to do two things: it would increase the noise along the street and also reduce the value of the property. They would like the City Council and the Planning and Zoning to consider some other alternatives. One way would be to possibly divert the traffic upwards to 7th South and run it across the hill for the property owners that live east of 2nd East. Dan Hess suggested to divert traffic down lst West, 2nd West, and 3rd West since the Army Reserve blocks off that street. The property owner say they now have a difficult time getting on the street on 2nd East. When we built 4th south we realized it would encourage speeding of the college kids so they put the landscaping in the center of the street to help, this might help on 2nd East. They need a buffer between the sidewalk when they remove snow. They are concerned about the value of their property. Mayor Porter said there isn't any plan drawn on the street The state has just excepted the engineer that the council recommended whith is Forsgren Perkins. The state is now negotiating a contract with Forsgren Perkins, because they pay 90% of it. When that is done Forsgren Perkins, the State and the city will go over the contract and costs. After everything is worked out, then the engineers will start designing the project. At that time we will take your petition into consideration. He told them when the council talked about the project there were two widths of the street suggested, one was 45' and one was 50' but the council made no decision at that time. The sidewalks will be taken out but they will be replaced with new ones, and new curb and gutter will be put in. RE: NEW CITY HALL DISCUSSED The mayor told the council that Mary Smith is contacting the Insurance Adjustor to see if they will re-open the case on our City Hall. We have a paragraph from the inspection engineer that inspected it for the insurance company and he says that the back end needs to be repaired, so we think we can get a little more money. In the meantime we had Forsgren Perkins go and check the building. They had checked the foundation all around; they think that the acutal foundation is alright to construct a building on it if the brick work and everything is no heavier than it was before; it will hold 1,200 pounds per square foot. They do say that the back end needs to be reenforced and also the retaining wall that went down through it will have to be dug out and checked. He talked to Dick Davis, who built the old building, and he thinks that except in the front that the bearing wall may have a big enough foundation. The mayor said it did not appear to be as big of a problem as the Archichet had thought. The mayor said he anticipated,. after talking to the Architect, we are talking about $25,000 or $30,000 more. We had discussed just filling the basement in, but the mayor thought we could just make a hallway and go into the basement and use it for storage. RE: INTERSECTION OF 3RD WEST AND 1ST NORTH The Mayor said the police had made a survey of an intersection of 3rd West and 1st North. (copy attached) It was decided that the council would go down and look at it and make a decision at the next meeting. RE: SPRING CLEANUP The council decided that the Spring Cleanup would start Monday, April 23 and go for one month. The city would send trucks. around to pick up extra garbage off the curb free of charge. It would have to be put in containers. RE: SEWER PROBLEMS, NEW LINE TO BE PUT IN Nile Boyle reported on the sewer problems that they found on the T.V. There are three bad spots; one is up by Brick Parkinsons, one on 2nd South up Harvard is real bad, and the third one is on lst West. The main sewer line needs to be replaced, it has collasped in places. The one on 1st West has not collasped, it is just so cracked that it ponds. The two that should be done immediately is the one from Brick Parkinson's to Harvard and one South on Harvard. The mayor said after talking to DeLynn and Nile about it we decided that the city would buy the material and supervise. it and we would hire someone to dig it up and re-lay it and cover it up. We have put a notice in the paper calling for bids for 600 feet of sewer and one manhole. DeLynn thinks the one on lst West, if they keep on flushing it out, it will be okay for a while, because it is quite a big project. Mayor Porter thought that when we had the flood the water was on top of the street and eventually it seeped down and even though the sewer had been there for twenty-five or thirty years, it caused it to settle in places. As you drive around town every once in a while you will see a dip where the sewer line is and it has settled. RE: SEWER DAMAGE CLAIMS The mayor told the council we had some sewer claims that the insurance company would not pay for sewer damage. De Lynn had gone through them all and elimated GH I ~'~. ~~ yC B L ~4ti ,~ Q~~G~ ~. IDA ~ ~. BLAIR K. SIEPERT Chief of Police Police Commissioner Sander Larson City of Rexburg Rexburg, Idaho Dear Commissioner: Area Code 208 356-6224 In reference your request concerning a traffic survey to be conducted at the intersection of 3rd west and 1st north, please find enclosed the following: Sgt. Lewis of my department of 9 one hc3'ur observations from as ing, through as late as 10:00 P.M. istics by Sgt. Lewis) April 17, 1984 has completed a survey consisting early as 9:00 A.M, in the morn- at night. (See attached stat- As the statistics would show, there does not appear to be a speed problem in that area as indicated by the survey, but there is considerable traffic as well as numerous pedestrians frequenting at or near the intersection at various times of the day. Most of these pedestrians are youngsters living in the imm- ediate area. My initial traffic planning for 1st north was to eliminate any stop signs so that an even flow of traffic would be possible in allowing citizens to get to their residen~v~in the Ricks-Wade addition and apartment housing located on 5th west. Currently, the only stop sign is at the intersection of 5th west and lst north. But maybe, because of the increased traffic and the amount of chil- dren in the residential areas along 1st north, it may be feasible to consider a 4 way stop at 1st north and 3rd west to prevent the occasional speeder and force most of the traffic back on to the 4 lane highway of west main street. It should also be noted that the department shows two separate accidents occurring at the intersection of 1st north and 3rd west, from the lst of April 1983 through the 1st of April 1984. Both accidents resulted in considerable vehicle damage, but no injuries. Should I be of further assistance in this matter, please advise. Respectfully Submitted, Chief Blair Si per .t~exburg City Police Department 12 North Center REXBURG, IDAHO 83440 G~e~F c a a~9c~ >; u,a BLAIR K. SIEPERT Chief of Police Rexburg City Police Department 12 North Center REXBURG, IDAHO 83440 April 16, 1984 Area Code 208 ' ~~ 356-6224 TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN SURVEY The following is the results of a traffic survey you requested on 4-6-84, along with the actual survey sheets. The survey was con- ducted on West 1st North, west of 2nd west. Total ~k of vehicles crossing intersection (North and South traffic) 213 Totalr9k of vehicles on 1st North 343 Total ~k of pedestrians using crossing & Roadway 166 Highest speed recorded 41 MPH Lowest speed recorded 10 MPH Average speed of vehicles on lst north 24.3 MPH- Survey was conducted for a total of 9 hours. Respectfully Submitted, Sgt. Randy Lewis STATE t7F l ®AHO JOHN V EVANS 40VERNOR J IDAHO TRANSPORTATION BOARD CARL C. MOORE - cnniRMAN LLOYD F. BARRON -VICE Cn41R MAN JOHN M.OHMAN-MEMBER DAR~ELL V MANNING DIRECTOR 7~ti~T ~>e:,l v r: ~ ~,;,,~~^ ~~~'- ~~P ti ~,~ -,~ j)~~ys--.0; Msaai,e~,(.f S; ~ } . NQT S A T0.~04. TRANSPORTATl4N DEPARTMENT FO. BOX 7129 2 l~E~ril 1984 The Honorable John C. Porter Mayor, City of Rexburg P . !J. Sox 245 Rexburg, Idaho 83440 Dti,ar Mayor Porter: BOISE, IDAHO 83707 Review of this state's Federal-Aid Urban Program indicates that too few projects are being readied by local government for construction over .the next two years. This raises concern that federal funds could lapse or that future appropriations by the Congress might be influenced by the apparent indifference. The problem isn't due to the lack of projects. In fact, by the latter half of the Six-Rear Program, anticipated project costs outweigh the funds available. The problem is in getting those later projects ready for construction sooner. The Idaho Transportation Department intends to improve the situation by offering to advance the later projects. Based on the concept of first ready-first served, consideration. will be given even to the extent of allowing an agency to exceed its allocation, provided uncommitted funds continue to be available. If your agency has a sponsored project or projects tentatively scheduled for construction in Fiscal Year 1986 or later, you should make every effort to expedite project development. The engineer or engineers performing the preliminary engineering should be directed to complete development as soon as possible, as well. Sincerely, ~~ ~f d JOHN E. '~JANAMAKER, P. E. Local Roads Engineer ap cc; Forsgren-Perkins Engineering SAfE T~',4'idV,~Pt~'RT~T/;f?A~ ,tll,E'~liM~i' P~I[ISRESS ' EpUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER ~,M. 31 I~ PETITION ~ ~, ~ R ~ ~ We petition the city of Rexburg that Second East, from First South to Seventh South, not be widened in order to preserve the trees and encourage safe driving. We strongly feel that the widening of the street will encourage speeding, whereas the present speed limit is 25 miles per hour, to protect pedestrian traffic. The Coliege put center island landscaping on Fourth South to discourage speeding problems there. We therefore, petition that this street be limited to preserve our trees and maintain safety to this area and protect the value of our property. ~,~.~' . + L ~,.~ ~ ~. ,- ,, ~~ , ~' i ~= ~~7~ ~~ ~--~ ~ yf ~. ~`~ ~~~ ~ ~~ .~ ~ ~~, ~. ~~` . ~f. ~:~ ~~~~~ n i~ l` is ~,,. i~ PETITION ~ ~r ~ ~ ~~ We petition the city of Rexburg that Second East, from First South to Seventh South, not be widened in order to preserve the trees and encourage safe driving. We strongly feel that the widening of the street will encourage speeding, whereas the present speed limit is 25 miles per hour, to protect pedestrian traffic. The College put center island landscaping on Fourth South to discourage speeding problems there. We therefore, petition that this street be limited to preserve our trees and maintain safety to this area and protect the value of our property. r 7 ~ ~ cir~..~~ ~, 1 `~ ~ ~..~~~' _ ~_ ~t ~. v~S~ J, ~.~,~j ~~~ ~~~ ~, ~' ~ ~- ~t `~. ~ ~' ~-_ ~~ _ ~tz~• ~ , ~, ~.~X ~il ~-~- 7 ~'! ~C ~/ .a t- c I r/ ,-, ~~~ ~ /JIM . Kt$.n ~ ~. 0 ~~ ~~,~ ~ ~*_! ~_.r some of the items, and took 10% depreciation, and then we paid 75% just like the insurance company had done for Brick Parkinson. On the actual work of cleaning up and cleaning material we paid full value. RE: 25~ FEE ON SEWER TO COVER CLAIMS DISCUSSED Nile Boyle discussed putting a 25~ fee on the sewer to cover this type of sewer damages, it would bring in $5000 or $6000 a year. We should also set up a plan on evaluation of % of payment. It was suggested that we set this up at the time of budget. RE: PROJECTS FOR SCOUTS The mayor told the council that from time to time scouts are looking for projects to earn their Eagle Award. He ask them if they knew of anything to let him know. A motion was made by Jim Morris and seconded by Glen Pond to pay the bills. All Aye A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to adjourn. All Ave City erk, Rose gle ;J ~" r ~,~~--~ Mayor Jo n C. Porter MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING May 2, 1984 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held May 2, 1984, at the City Hall. Present were the following: Mayor: John C Porter Councilman: Sander Larson Morgan Garner Glen Pond Jim Morris Nile Boyle Councilwoman: Darlene Blackburn Also Present: Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk A motion was made by Darlene Blackburn and seconded by Sander Larson to approve the minutes. All Aye RE: GARY BROCK COMPLAINS ABOUT PRONOGRAPHY BEING SOLD IN REXBURG Gary Brock was at the meeting, he wanted the city council to be aware that there were two business in Rexburg that were selling pronography, and R rated and X rated video movies. Three weeks ago he had gone to Junior High School and had been in the mens room, there were three young men 13 and 14 years of age looking at some of the filthist garbage that you could image. They looked over their shoulders and told him they had bought it at so and so and they could also buy this type of thing at so and so. They dropped it in the garbage and he picked it up to show the council. He said he was a concerned parent. He was in the Marine Core and he saw what pronography could do to good men, they are never the same. He said it was his understanding that this type of material had to be behind the counter inaccessible to the minor. These three young boys had this