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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988.09.07 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESf Minutes of The City Council Meeting September 7, 1988 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) Those Present: Councilmembers: Also Present: INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF FOLK ART John C Porter Nile Boyle Bruce Sutherland Nyle Fullmer Darlene Blackburn Mary Smith, Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treas. Bob Smith was at the meeting he had just returned from Italy attending the International Organization of Folk Art. The International Organization of Folk Art is where we select the dance teams to come to our dance festival. The meetings that they hold is regional meetings, consisting of a piece of Europe or Eastern Europe or into Asia. There is 108 countries that belong to the organization. This year they held the first world congress. There were 10 countries in attendance at this congress. The executive committee for that organization approached Bob and ask if Rexburg would be willing to host the congress next year. There is a lot of work to be done and money to be raised. It would have a big impact on the city. We have just one year to prepare for that. They will be here for the last five days of our festival. He ask that the city give it support. They are going out to other areas in the state and national to raise the money. A motion was made by Bruce Sutherland and seconded by Nile Boyle that the city will give their support to the conference. All All Mayor Porter told the council that Glen Pond and Bruce Casper had been excused. Being that we now have a quorum the mayor ask a motion to pass the minutes of the last meeting. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Nile Boyle, to approve the minutes. All Aye CAROUSEL RESTORATION COMMITTEE Pat Burton was at the meeting representing the Carousel Restoration Committee. She gave the council a handout explaining what they are planning to do. (on file) She said they are getting a support. They gave about 1500 rides. They made about $322. They like to involve children, adults and businesses. When they started to apply for a grant, they found they had to have a tax number. In discussing it with Richard Horner we have decided to have all the funds go through the city.. The city will set up a trust and all bills will paid by purchase order from this trust. Jeff Summers from Eastern Idaho Central Planning and Development will help us get the grant. Another problem we have is we need a building big enough that is heated to restore the carousel. They plan to take the carousel down all the way. They are preparing a care manual for the carousel. After the repairs are done to the carousel we would like a building to house the carousel. John Watson is working on a building design for them. The tear down date for the carousel is Oct 1. BUDGET HEARING 8:00 P. M. Budget Hearing. No one was at the meeting to protest the budget. Richard Horner presented the budget. The total budget is $2,897,200. The mayor read the annual appropriation ordinance. ORDINANCE N0. 682 AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 1988, TO SEPTEMBER ~~~ 30,1989, AND APPROPRIATING TO THE SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS, OFFICES AN FUNDS OF THE SAID CITY GOVERNMENT FROM THE REVENUE DERIVED FROM TAXES LEVIED FOR SAID FISCAL YEAR, AND ALL OTHER SOURCES, SUCH SUMS AS MAY BE NECESSARY OR DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO DEFRAY THE EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES OF SAID CITY FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1989. r~ ~~ A motion was made by Councilman Nile Boyle and seconded by Bruce Sutherland 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. Those voting Aye: Nile Boyle Darlene Blackburn Nyle Fullmer Bruce Sutherland L~ 682. Those voting Nay: None Ordinance 68Z was then placed before the council. The mayor then called for the voting for final passage of the ordinance be numbered Those voting Aye: Nile Boyle Darlene Blackburn Nyle Fullmer Bruce Sutherland Those voting Nay: None The roll showed alI councilmembers 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. STEVE CLARK APARTMENTS John Millar, Chairman of the Planning & Zoning was at the meeting to present the matters that was discussed at the meeting. Steve Clark was also at the meeting. The problem to be discussed was the additional apartments that Mr Clark planned to build across the street from the 4th Ward Church House. Mr Millar said he had been to Planning meeting twice and to council meeting once. The situation that we ran into at the last Planning meeting is that he proposes to build 6 plex (more than 4 plex). The question came up as to whether a building larger than a 4 plex was allowed in R2. Due to that we tabled the discussion and ask for an opinion from the city attorney on that. She said she had not checked into it yet. John said there are areas where more than 4 plex have been allowed in R2 zones. Mayor Porter read from the zoning ordinance page 24 Permitted Uses. That has been interpreted to mean these student housing units. One place in the ordinance talks about anything in R2 has to be a plex and there has to be an outside entrance to each apartment. Mr Glark said they have an outside entrance for every apartment. He said that is what he is proposing for the new apartments. Mayor Porter read from the Wiring Regulations. " Enclosed wiring and approved metal raceways shall be required in any building open to the public such as churches, schools, hospitals, hotels, motels, stores, storage garages, industrial and manufacturing buildings or warehouses, and any building containing multiple dwelling occupancy of four or more units located anyplace within the city of Rexburg." Mr Glark said they are proposing triplex that are tied together. Tom Matthews said he use to enforce this all the time until he had a contractor build those Pine View Apartments. This contractor told him that the state code didn't on an apartment complex didn't call for conduit wiring. They discussed and he made inquiry into the state and they said yes that was right we didn't have to have conduit. At that time the council agreed that if they would put two hour fire retardant petitions between every four plex or three plex then it would not have to be in conduit, it could be done in romex. The mayor said he looked up in the Uniform Building Code. "Walls and Petitions"Table 43 B 2 X 4 wood studs 16 in apart 16 in on center with two layers of 5/8 type x gypsum wall board each side, that would make a wall 6" thick. That would have a 2 hour fire retardant wall. That way you could put the apartments together. That was the ruling that Tom Matthews referred to. John Mellar said the sight plan met the required number of parking places, and appeared to be designed adequately for parking. The mayor said one thing that could be a problem in an R2 Zone and that ~~ ~~ is in our Comprehensive Plan is the density of population. If you turn a whole block over to student housing, you get the population so dense in that area that you impact the traffic flow and everything else. John Millar said the big question is the 4 plex issue. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer that on the basis that he meets the zoning regulations and the building codes that we let him go ahead and build the apartments. Mayor Porter ask if there is anyway he could build them without joining them? Mr Clark said he could but it would make the parking more difficult and it would not be as clean of a job. The parking would have to be put behind the complex and possibly put parking out in front where we have that bark and fence now. To call them separate units there has to be 10 feet between units. Nile Boyle seconded the motion made by Nyle Fullmer that he meets all zoning and plat plans and codes that he be given a permit. All Aye Mayor Porter said he would talk to some of the Planning Board Members to make sure they interpret it the same way we do. VARIANCE TO ALLOW BEAUTY SHOP Linda Eames was at the meeting to request a variance to allow a beauty shop and a small craft shop to be operated at 150 North 5th West. A petition has been carried to all the property owner within 300 feet of the property by a police officer. There was no objections. A motion was made by Nile Boyle to set a Public Hearing for the variance. Seconded to Bruce Sutherland. All Aye REQUEST FOR ZONE CHANGE Wes Lawrence was at the meeting to request a zone change from R3 to Commercial for the property of Kingdom Hall. at 359 South 5th West. The Planning & Zoning recommended the zone change. A petition had been carried to all the property owners within 300 feet of the property. There was 5 who did not object and 6 who objected. Mayor recommended that we go ahead and hold a hearing and let the people come in and voice their objections. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded , by Nyle Fuller to set a date for the Public Hearing. All Aye STUDENT HOUSING/PARKING Nile Boyle told John Millar that he would like to see the Planning Board to work on increasing the parking required for student housing. It needs to be changed so anymore apartments that are built will have to meet the requirement of more parking. He ask if that could be done in the next two months. TWIN PINES GOLF COURSE WELL The mayor told the council that we are having some trouble on the well at the Twin Lakes Golf Course. If we annex it to the city, we can do what we want. They ask John Millar to get the property description and get the necessary work done so we can annex that property. LID'S Mayor Porter said all the LID's are ready to go. We are also going to include the Steiner Ditch in the LID. We will put a culvert in and cover the ditch. MEETING OF IDAHO HIGHWAY BOARD There will be a meeting of the Idaho Highway Board on September 14 at noon at ME & STANS. 6" WATER LINE FOR NEW FERGUSON LAB The mayor told the council that since the Ferguson Labs had burned down they are making plans to rebuild. We met with them and suggested that they have a sprinkling system for fire protection. It would take a 6" water line. We are applying for a grant to take a line to the edge of the property. At the same time we will change the street to make it safer to drive in and out. 1(i'`~~! 1 EXTEND WATER LINE PAST AMERICAN POTATO PLANT The mayor told the council that we have the water line out to the American Potato Plant. We need to extend the line out further so we can hook on new businesses to water and sewer. We are applying for a grant to do that. OBSERVE CONSTITUTION WEEK Mayor Porter read a proclamation to observe Constitution Week. He is going to send a copy to churches and service clubs and ask them to put on a program that week to observe it. LETTER FROM DEPARTMENT OF COMMERSE The mayor read a letter from the Department of Commerce, we have been elected as a Gem City. MILLHOLLOW ROAD Bruce Sutherland said we need to be aware of the Millhollow road. We still have not done anything about it. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to approve the bills. All Aye Meeting Adjourned. ,~ Rose Bagley, C~,t`y C 'rk ~~ c_ G~~~ n orter, Mayor