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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989.04.19 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESMINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 4/19/89 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) A meeting of the City Council for the City of Rexburg, Madison County, held April 19, 1989 at the Rexburg City Hall. Those Present: Mayor: John C Porter Councilmember: Glen Pond Nile Boyle Bruce Sutherland Nyle Fullmer Darlene Blackburn Also Present: Mary Smith, Attorney Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to approve the minutes. All Aye. RE: BED AND BREAKFAST Mayor Porter discussed a Bed & Breakfast ordinance. He told the council that Rose had sent away to some other cities and got some copies of ordinances. The mayor had reviewed them. One thing that would be a concern was the parking. Some can have up to as many as 10 sleeping rooms, but they have to have 1/2 of a parking place for each sleeping room. Cower de Alene proposed as Special Use permit is required for Bed and Breakfast facilities, maximum of five sleeping rooms for the lodging of paying guests, but in no case could more than 40 percent of floor area of the residence be used for guest rooms. Guest rooms are defined as sleeping and bathrooms used exclusively for paying guest. Bed & Breakfast facilities containing four or more sleeping rooms shall be required to provide off-street parking, 1/2 of a parking place for each sleeping room in excess of three used for paying guests. RE: PROVO BED AND BREAKFAST In Provo they have one that has been passed and approved. It is for only homes that are of a Historical Nature. They have to have a certain size lot. RE: HAILEY BED AND BREAKFAST City of Hailey Bed and Breakfast Inn is a building that has no more than eight sleeping rooms for rent for short term for less than 15 days. Residential occupancy, serving breakfast as part of the rent in a common dining area that has access to all sleeping roams through a main entrance. RE: ZONES After looking these over he looked through the zoning book. In a R2 Zone we have what we call raoming units, which we could probably modify and add to that Bed and Breakfast and put in some parking restrictions. In R3 we have Tourist Homes. The mayor said he didn't think we could let the whole city do it. We could do it in R2, R3, and commercial. Nyle Fullmer asked if we could get a variance in R1. The mayor told him you would have to go through a hearing. Glen said it would be a bad way to do it because at every Planning & Zoning meeting all you are doing is hearing requests for variances, and that is one thing we are trying to get away from. Bruce Sutherland asked if there is adequate number single unit houses in R2 Zone, and a few more in R3 Zone. The mayor suggested that meet with the Planning Board and go over it. Nyle suggested that in the meantime we get with the Dance People and find out if they have had some response from people and find out where they are living. The mayor said we could just allow it for the Dance Festival. Nyle Fullmer suggested that there would be times like registration at the college, graduation, and some of the holidays like Womens Week. The mayor said we could limit it to special times of the year and have them come in and register. RE: GAZEBO The mayor reported on the Gazebo. He had talked to Farrell Davidson and they are ready to pour the concrete pad by the gazebo. The park people are reluctant to to put seats up because of the watering and mowing of the lawn. Glen Pond said he thought they could space the seats so the could get a push mower between them. John suggested that they could at least get a weed eater between them. The power is there and they could get the lights up. There is some people who are going to donate some money to help with the cost. RE: COSTS OF LID 26 Last week we had a bid opening for LID 26, the low bid was $96,230.40 by H & K and that was slightly lower than the engineers estimate. It is slightly more than we told the people the cost would be. We have reviewed the cost and this is what the engineer is proposing. For curb and gutter we had thought the cost would be $9.50 a linear foot, but it is more than that so we thought that by raising that 50~ making $10.00 that would still be okay. On driveways it would cost $22.00 to replace the driveway, and we would raise that to $25.00. On 5th South the bid is less than the estimate. They had planned on $115 a unit cost on the Palmer property and it is actually $87.75. For Don Rasmussen the bid was $41.00 and it went to $39.50. On Shoshone Ave a square yard for sidewalk was$18.00 and it will have to be $20.25. The street was $17.00 and it was raised to $20.40. On Znd East the suggested cost was $6.00 because it part of the 2nd East project and that is way below what the people would have to pay it themselves. We suggested raising that to $7,00. If it is agreeable with the council to use these figures, we will send out the letters and have the public hearing. The cities share is $20,000. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and Seconded by Glen Pond to approve the figures and send out the notices. All Aye. RE: STREET LIGHTS On the Second East Project, the UPL are putting in new street lights. They are going to put street lights in and they want to know what color we want. Some of the people wanted green. There was discussion on the color and the style. RE: STREET REPAIRS The estimate for street repairs is a total of $54,531, we have $143,000 in budget and have spent $20,000. Bruce said the streets listed are in bad need of repair (list on file). A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to accept the bid proposal for the repair of streets. All Aye. The mayor read letters from scouts. RE: PROPERTY 8:00 P. M. Public Hearing. The following described property to be zoned R3 rather than R2 as it is presently zoned. The property is on the corner of 2nd South and Center. (copy on file). These three houses on 2nd South will be bought and torn down to allow for the construction to extend of Harmony House. Nile Boyle ask if the plot plan was approve by the Planning & Zoning and the parking. Mr. Flukinger said it was. Leoni Montaya was at the meeting she is the owner of the house on the corner. She said she did not sell the property to Mr. Flukinger. She did not understand what the zone change would mean to her. The mayor explained this zoning would be better for her if she is renting to students. RE: OFFER TO BUY PROPERTY Mr Flukinger said he had offered to buy Mrs Montaya's home and the offer is still good. He does have enough room and parking without the house. ~' / ~,, RE: TAXES Velma Wright was at the hearing and asked if the zone change would increase her taxes. The mayor told her it would not. She said she was neutral. RE: PETITION The mayor said when we took the petition around that there were a couple of homes we could not find the owner. There was two owners on CollegeAvenue who did not want to sign the petition because they thought there would be student parking on College. Avenue, but when they found out there wouldn't, they had no objection. A motion was made by Nile Boyle and seconded by Nyle Fullmer to change the zoning from R2 to R3. Those voting aye: Nile Boyle Nyle Fullmer Darlene Blackburn Bruce Sutherland Those voting nay: Glen Pond Voting was unanimous RE; PUBLIC POWER PRESENTATION Carl Palmer was at the meeting representing Carl Palmer & Associates. He gave a Public Power Presentation. They are a consulting team, they go into a city and make an electrical evaluation for a possible municipal power system. They take the leadership by the hand and take them through the process of setting up their own power system. Of the cities he had met with, Rexburg is in the finest position to look and consider getting their own electric system. He told the council they could put a good sum of money in the general fund if they owned their own power. Mayor Porter told him one problem was that we would have to raise the money to put in our own system and there would be a problem in raising the money because we can't band; for it is against the constitution of Idaho. Mr Palmer suggested that we could borrow the money. The mayor told him we could only borrow up to 75 percent of the General Budget. That would not be anywhere near the amount we would need. Mr. Palmer told the council they should consider what is going out to Utah Power & Light that the city could keep here. He challenged the council to get the figures and review them from Utah Power & Light; the number of residential customers, commercial, industrial, and other customers. Get the amount of revenue they are paying and the amount of kilowatt hours used by each in 1988. Mr. Palmer showed the council charts showing how they could get revenue by changing the power system. A motion was made by Nyle Boyle and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to pursue it and look into it and gather information. Nile Boyle said he was concerned about financing it. Those voting aye: Bruce Sutherland Nyle Fullmer Nile Boyle Darlene Blackburn Abstaining Glen Pond, leaving the room RE: RAQUETBALL CLUB The mayor ask the group if they were aware that the Racquetball Club had closed. The city had some inquiries if we could keep it running. We have discussed a number of ways. The only thing the city is interested in is maintaining the facility to keep it running. There are some private businesses that are looking at it. Our investigation is if there is a way to operate it in the city recreation program at no cost to the tax payers. We have discussed it with the council. We have started to find out the various costs it would take. At the present time we are operating the two golf courses; they are maintaining themselves without the tax payers expense. The airport is operated with no tax money. If there is some way we could operate this Raquetball Club in the same way, it might be something to look into. Richard has gone over and looked at the operation and the audit that is /~.,_`1 being made. We could lease it or we might ask the public to let us bond for a revenue bond. RE: KIWANIS CLUB/SKATEBOARD COURT The mayor told the council that the Kiwanis Club has raised money for a skateboard court and wants the city to find a place to put it. The Kiwanis Club will do the work. Nile Boyle asked what kind of a liability would it be for the city. Richard said the Archibald Insurance said the liability might be a problem. The council said if the liability is such they would not object. The mayor said Dick Davis would look after the construction. RE: CLEANUP Glen Pond asked if anything had been done to clean up the mess behind Upper Valley Industries. The back of the lot is getting worse every day. Bruce Sutherland suggested it would help if the wood was stacked neatly. The mayor said he would contact them about it. A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to approve the bills. All Aye. RE: REQUEST PRIVATE BUSINESS Dwight Harris was at the meeting to request having a business out of his apartment at 340 South first West Royal Crest ~~304. They would sell small appliances over the phone to students and pick them up and deliver them. The mayor said it was zoned commercial so there would be no problem. Meeting adjourned J l :. City Clerk, Rose gl ~'~ ~ C~,~ or, h C. Porter