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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1987.04.15 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESi ._ .~.:. MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING April 15, 1987 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held April 15, 1987, at the City Hall. Those Present: Mayor: John C Porter Councilman: Sander Larson Bruce Casper Nile Boyle Glen Pond Bruce Sutherland Councilwomen: Darlene Blackburn Also Present: Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer A motion was made by Sander Larson and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to approve the minutes. All Aye. LAURIES MUNCHIES the council discussed Laurie's Munchies business license. He had given a des- cription of places he would park his truck. The business location he is considering for his kitchen is at 30 North 2nd East where Party Pizza was. It is a lunch wagon, he will sell sandwichs out of his van. The mayor told the council to think about it and be ready to make a decision at the next council meeting. COVERItdG DITCH AT PARK STREET A group from Park Street was at the meeting to discuss covering covering the ditch. The Mayor gave a report on it. Farrell met with Dale Steiner, and he is favorable to have the ditch closed and pump the water out of the canal. We are in the process of getting an estimate on just how much it will cost to put in a pump and cement catch basin. They have something similar to that out at the Twin Lakes Golf Course, and the cost of that was approximatley $8000. The engineer thinks the cost will be about the same down on Park Street. The cities cost of putting in the culvert would probably be alot more than that. The cost to the people, if you wanted to put a culvert along the entire ditch would cost $21,000. The only thing Mr. Steiner is concerned about is the cost of the power. The mayor suggested that everyone along that street, rather than be taxed with a Local Improvement District to put the culvert through, would, during the summer monthes be assessed on their water bill and extra dollar each month. That would pay the power bill for the pumping and the city would pay part. The mayor told them that thecity would install and purchase the pump. Everyone would participate in the cost of pumping only during the summer months. A motion was made by Sander Larson and seconded by Nile Boyle to close the ditch and pump the water out of the canal. All Aye. HAULING GARBAGE The mayor said we have had a lot of people calling up and thanking us for hauling limbs and extra garbage. He suggested that some of the costs that are in pretty bad shape and we need to go in with a grader, backhoe and loader and haul rocks and the stuff off. But if we charge $50 and hour for the loader and $40 an hour for the backhoe it will run into a lot of money. Pocatello and some of the other cities have set a maximum charge. He said he would like to set $100 as a charge and we would go in and clean them up. It would be a one time thing and then we can go in during the summer and mow it and keep it up. If they don't want us to do it and won't do it themselves, we can go in and declare it a nuisance. Most people cannot afford anymore than the $100. The council agreed to it. ABANDONED HOUSE WEST OF BROULIMS Sander Larson ask about the abandon house West of Broulims. The mayor told him that Richard Smith & Don Rasmussen bought it and were going to remodel it, but they abandon their plan. It is a Historical monument, any work done on it would be a tax write off. We will get the property cleaned up. CITY TREE COMMISSION Sander Larson recommened that we establish a city tree commission. We get someone like Jim Long and other interested parties help in the spring to promote in trees that are planted to beautify the city. They could be placed around businesses that don't blend in with the neighborhood. It would upgrade the entire community. There are ordinances for trees that other cities use. Every spring they look at it and make Suggestions to the city council. The mayor said he had a book put out by the State Horticulture. The head of that from Moscow called and said that ~~~hen we do 2nd East they will have a committee come in and give us some suggestions about the type of trees to plant. Sander Larson said there are a lot of things we could do with the area arouncz the river to beautify it. 1~1AYOR SUG~aESTED GERALD TAYLOR TO SERVE 01~! THE AIRPORT BOARD The mayor told the council that we have not appointed anyone to replace Art Porter after he resigned. He said he would like to suggest the name of Gerald Taylor to serve on the Airport Board. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Darlene Blackburn.. All Aye. REWURK THE ZONING ORDINANCE The mayor said at the last meeting of the Planning & Zoning we decided to reworl; the zoning ordinance. The committee. to do it is Mary Smith, the mayor, Chuck Porter and Jim Keller. He said he had been spending a lot of time on it going over the old ordinance of Arlo Nelson's. He thought it fits everything, the setbacks are the same except if we want to in a new area we can have the business set back to 10 for example in a Subdivision, if there is any business or commercial areas there. He had taken it down to Ross Reese and "left a copy with him. They had gone through it in a hurry and Ross thought it would serve very well. The mayor gave the council a copy of it and ask them to go over it. Ross was concerned in the hearings about giving a conditional use permit, if the property was sold they could not continue using it fora business. In Arlo eelson's Ordinance, if it is granted by the council then it becomes in conformance with the zoning of which a conditional use it permitted. Glen Pond said he did not know if it would solve the problems. The Planning & Zoning's original intent was to get the thing re-zoned so they would not have to be faced with variances all the time. The mayor said at the meeting they decided to make the changes that would not make any difference and put it on the map. We felt that no matter how careful we were someone would be in for a variance. We could be tough and say we have everything the way we wanted. MAYOR TOLD THE COUNCIL HE HAD MET WITH THE IDAHO ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY The mayor told the council they had met with the Idaho Environmental Agenvy. EPA informed the engineers that there was somemore money available to enlarge the scoop of our project. We made applications for 5 sewer lines to be improved around the city. They only granted the money to improve 3 of them. The engineers and the state discovered that there was one line that had been eliminated that had a serious problem it went under the school property. The engineers have a way to solve the problem. The sewer line goes down in the middle of the block by the Washington School, and they want to run the sewer line down the street that is closed out to f~1ain Street, from Main street down to 3rd or 4th East under the Railroad track. They will put a larger sewer line on Main Street and also split this line that they are having problems with that goes under the school. Richard said we have the money in TEDRO sewer money for matching funds. They will have the bid ready by the lst of May. CITY IS BEING SUED BY JEANETTE SMITH The mayor told the council that the city is being sued by Jeanette Smith, the girl that was hit on South 2nd East by Brent Hill. The suit is for $300,000. (On file) A motion was made by Bruce Sutherland and seconded by Darlene Blaceburn to deny the claim. All Aye. The mayor said we .would turn it over to the insurance company. VIKING STREET Sander Larson told the council that the college is nearing theCentennial Celebration. He would like to request from 2nd East to 2nd West on 4th South to change the name of the street to Viking Drive, but Mary would have to draw up an ordinance. REQUEST TO CLOSE 1ST EAST BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH SOUTH Sander Larson said he had a proposal from the Campus Police and Campus Planning to request to close lst East between 3rd South and 4th South. There are 900 students that live along that street, who cross that street each day several times. There are also many parents dropping off and picking up children from the Child Development program each day. The mayor said we would have to have a hearing to close the road. The council could see no problem. r- Mary Smith. said she would proceed with the public hearings to change the name of the street and close the street that Sander had requested. HISTORY DEPARTMENT AT COLLEGE The mayor said he had been trying to find out who is the head of the History Depart- ment at the college. There was a college back in flew Jersey who invited high schools to come in and hold a constitutional convention. They had the kids go over the con- stitution to say how they would change it. This would be for the Bi-Centennial of the constitution. Sander Larson daid he would talk to them about it. EXON CORPORATION The Exon Corporation were fined a million dollars for over charging during the gasoline crunch. Each state got so much money. They are making low interest loans for energy conservation, with the money. He suggested that we apply for one of these loans for the Police Department's heating system. We are having a lot of trouble with it. The council agreed to this. A motion was amde by Bruce Casper and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to pay the bills. All Aye. A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to adjourn. All Aye. -~ Jo er, Mayor ~f/~, il/ ,. ~~ > ' Rose Bag ey, City er MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING May 6, 1987 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held May 6, 1987, at the City Hall. Those Present: Mayor: John C Porter i Couniclman: Glen Pond Sander Larson Bruce Casper Bruce Sutherland Sander Larson Councilwoman: Darlene Balckburn Also Present: Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer A motion was mady by Nile Boyle and Darlene Blackburn to approve the minutes. All Aye REQUEST VARIANCE FOR A FENCE Mr & Mrs Dan Thomas were at the meeting to request a variance for a fence. They have a corner lot at lst North and 3rd West. He showed pictures of his property. They requested to build a 4 foot chain link fence. They want to come out 8 feet back from one side and 7 feet on the other side. Their house is already 7 feet back from the other houses, they to line up the fence with the other houses going out 7 feet from his house. Their house is set back 27 feet from the property line and the other houses set back 20 feet. In the other direction they would like to come out 8 feet from the house. The problem there is down the other street there is nothing to line up with, there is no established line. The mayor ecplianed that on a corner lot, on both sides of the street are counted as the front. The zoning ordinance says you can't build a fence in front of your house. Mr Thomas would like to put a fence in like we allowed on Center Street across from the post office. it would be a chain link fence 4 feet high, and won't be close to the sidewalk. There is plenty of vision for cars. A motion was made by Darlene Blackburn and seconded by Glen Pond to approve a 4 foot high fence