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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988.11.16 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESMinutes of the City Council Meeting November 16, 1988 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) Those Present: Presiding Councilman: Nile Boyle Councilmembers: Darlene Blackburn Glen Pond Nyle Fullmer Bruce Casper Bruce Sutherland Also Present: Mary Smith, City Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer A motion was made by Darlene Blackburn and seconded by Bruce Casper to approve the minutes. All Aye RE: BUSINESS LICENSE REQUESTED Don and Sandy Kettle at 530 Commanche was at the meeting to request a business license. At the last council meeting it was decided to send an impartial city employee around that street with a petition to sign as to whether the people are for or against having this business at that location with the limitations as set. They would operate a Throphey Business at their home address. They would have a small engraving machine in the basement, with little or no traffic. The contact would be made by the phone and personal contact. The trophies would be delivered. There would be no sign. The application would be reviewed in one year. Glen Pond said there would be a lot less traffic there than a piano teachers home. Nile said there were about 30 people signed the petition and they all signed approved. Nile said if they have protective covenants in a sub division, that has nothing to do with the city. If it is against the covenants the individual property owners can take action. A motion was made by Bruce Sutherland and seconded by Nyle Fullmer to grant the business license as limitations are set on the petition. All Aye RE: ZITIGATION TO BE DISCUSSED (RECESS) Nile Boyle announced that we have a couple of items in litigation we need to discuss in an executive session. If we could recess right now and discuss those two items. A motion was made by Bruce Casper and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to recess to an executive session. All Aye. RE: MEETING RECONVENED Council reconvened. Nile Boyle called the meeting back to order. RE: ACCIDENT CLAIMS A motion was made by Bruce Casper and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to deny the accident claims and turn them over the the insurance company. All Aye. RE: LEGISLATIVE MEETING Nile reminded the council of the Legislative Meeting in Idaho Falls on Monday night at the Stardust at 7:00 P. M. RE: SCOUTS Nile recognized the scouts in attendance. RE: LID PUBLIC HEARING r ,r LID Public Hearing for LID 26 at 8:00 P. M. Nile Boyle told the group that the city has had several requests for this LID. We were waiting for the project on 2nd East so we will have a contractor in the area. He said he had a lot of people on 3rd East that are oppose to that one. We have about 30 letters from people that are against it. RE: LID ON 3rd EAST Gordon & Ethel Smith- 154 South 3rd East. He said the street seems to be in good condition. He ask what the reason was to do this street when there are a lot of streets in Rexburg that are in a lot worse condition. Nile told him the reason that was put on the LID was because the curb needed replaced. Nile told him the property owners would be assessed $9.50 for the curb and gutter the city would pay for the street. Gordon ask if they would have to replace their driveway. Nile told him they would have to go to a seam and $22.00 a square yard on driveways. ,The total cost for that street will be $118,000, the city will pay $78,000 and the property owners will pay $39,000. Gordon thought it would be okay if the property owners only had to pay for the curb and gutter. Orene Mc Culloch ask if they were going to do the sidewalk too. Nile ask John Millar to comment on the sidewalk. Orene said they owned two lots and they were oppose to the project. John Millar - It is a 35 foot street with sidewalk on each side, they had proposed to widen the street to 42 feet, that would roll the curb and gutter back to 5 to 7 feet on each side. Most of the widening would be on the west side, because that is where the wide area is. We would then patch in where the existing curb and gutter is and the new curb and gutter and then put a asphalt overlay over the whole street. In widening this it would require that some driveways be changed. That would be on an individual basis if you wanted to replace the whole . thing. The city is proposing that the property owners pay for the new curb and gutter which would be $9.50 maximum. Sidewalks would be left unchanged. Marjorie Goodliffe asked why they would change it if they line it up with the park, the street would be where our sidewalks are. If you change that, I will not have any way to get into my home. John told her we would have to come back about 2 feet minimum to put the curb and gutter in, we are proposing widening as minimum as we can on the uphill side. We are not proposing to widen it the width it is at the park. She was opposed to it. Gordon Smith - will you have to take any trees out. John told him we would have to take out only one tree. Bruce Casper - He had gone through the letters and there is 37 home owners and there is 26 yes and 11 no. There were some at the meeting that did not send in written protest that was in protest. Nile Boyle said there quite a sizable opposition to it. As far as the city is concerned that is a street that isn't traveled that much, it is mostly just the people living on it. If the people that live there don't want it I don't think the council cares if we delete it from the LID. Nyle FulLner said he had done some figuring and it would cost about $6.00 a month with a 80 foot frontage. It should be taken into consideration that it would be improving the area as far as snow removal. A motion was made by Glen Pond that due to the opposition that we have that 3rd East be deleted from the LID. Seconded by Bruce Casper. All Aye. Nile Boyle announced that 3rd East will be deleted from the LID. 6 people was at the meeting from 3rd East. RE: PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT ON WEST MAIN West Main - John Millar explained. The proposed improvement we have on West Main. West Main has the deep curb and gutter. On portions of West Main it has been changed to the standard curb and gutter. The city has had some requests to change that area out there because of the deep curb and gutter. There are problems with the arch type driveway, with drainage and trying to keep it clean. On the north side of the street from the north side of the street from the railroad tracks to the canal, curb and gutter change and driveways change as required. On the south side from the real estate office down to the canal changing that curb and gutter. The street would remain the same width, we would remove approximately 6 feet of asphalt, change the curb and gutter, patch the asphalt back into transition into the curb and gutter. The cost on this would be the same as 3rd East, the city will take care of the cost of the asphalt replacement, the cost to remove the curb and gutter. The city share of that would be $42,900 and the property owner cost would be about $23,000. Nile Boyle said that Dar Mickelse~ had contacted the mayor and he was opposed to the LID. Orrin Bates- He said he had not noticed the curb and gutter as much as he had the sidewalk. Nile Boyle told him the sidewalk can be done anytime, the city pays Z0~ a square foot and the property owner pays the rest. Mr Bates ask if all the property along there has to be done the same, because some of the property is okay.Wagoners does not have anything wrong with it, but his place does need to be done. Nile told him they would have to change it all the way to get good drainage. Kenneth Wagoner-270 West Main- He ask if the city would pay for the driveways. Nile Boyle told him the driveway would be at his expense, the only part of the driveway that we are going to do is the part that we tear out. The cost of the driveway would be $22.00 a square yard. There is 18 homes on the project on Main street. Mr Wagoner ask how much they would raise the curb and gutter. John Millar told him the would be raised up about 6 to 8 inches. Mr Wagoner said he did not see any reason for it. The cost to him for curb and gutter will be $9.50 or about $665.00. John Millar told him they could saw cut the driveways, they have to have afoot or two to transition to the new curb and gutter. They would work individually with each property owner. Mr Wagoner said he did not see why it would benefit him. He was in opposition. RE: LID ON 5th SOUTH 5th South John Millar explained this project, half of the street was put in 15 years ago. The curb and gutter is on the Rasmussen property not on the Alpine Chalet property. The proposal is to finish the street off for the length of the block, finish the curb and gutter, and a retaining wall will be required at the Alpine Chalet. The cost approximately $41 a square foot to do the street by the Rasmussen property and by Alpine Chalet approximately $115 a square foot. Nile Boyle explained that since the street has never been put in, the city doesn't except any streets until they have been paved the first time. Since that half has never been paved, it would be at the property owners expense. Don Reassessed- I am the co-worker of the property, and our concern is if we pave it and later on the sewer line goes in and the street gets torn up again. Nile told him we have to check it out. If the city made that mistake, it would be at the city's expense to have it torn up and replaced. Nile said it was requested by the people at Alpine Chalet. He ask John Millar if it was possible to just do their part and leave the Rasmussen property off. He said it possibly could be. Nile said they would get the answers to the questions and meet with Don sometime. Don said he would put in a provisional protest pending the out come of the sewer line. RE: LID ON SHOSHONE /~ Shoshone ~~~ 1 Vance Forsgren- Wanted to thank the mayor and council for going through the hasle of setting up an LID. He was in favor of of the project. No opposition to the project on Shoshone. Roger Hoopes and Marie Hoopes was at the meeting to ask about the 2nd East project. John Millar explained it, and told them it would cost $6.00 a square foot. No protests on the 2nd East project. RE: HEARING CONTINUED NEXT MEETING A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Bruce Casper to continue the hearing at the next council meeting on December 7 at which time a vote will be taken on the LID. All Aye RE: TRAILER BOARD Bruce Casper said he is working on a trailer board. RE: 4 WAY STOP AT CENTER AND SST SOUTH Bruce Sutherland said he would have a report on the 4 way stop at Center and 1st South at the next meeting. RE: AIRPORT AUDIT Nyle Fullmer said the Airport board are getting an audit prior to us getting the airport records. RE: MOTION TO APPROVE BILLS A motion was made by Bruce Casper and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to approve the bills. All Aye Meeting adjourned. ~, City Clerk, ~p''se,~dgley Mayo John C. Porter