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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990.02.21 CITY COUNCIL MINUTESMinutes of The City Council Meeting 02/21/90 State of Idaho) County of Madison( City of Rexburg) Present were the following: Mayor: Nile Boyle Councilmembers: Also Present: A scout let the Pledge to the flag. RE: APPROVE BILLS Bruce Sutherland Nyle Fullmer Brad Liljenquist Farrell Young Glen Pond Rose Bagley, City Clerk J. D. Hancock City Attorney A motion was made by Bruce Sutherland and seconded by Nyle Fullmer to approve the bills. All Aye. Darlene Blackburn was out of town and was excused. RE: MEETING WITH DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Mayor Boyle reported that he and Richard had gone down to a meeting with the Department of Commerce in Rigby, they had about five different presentations Economic Development Funds, Funds of the Arts and Highway Funds. We have a letter from the Idaho Commission of the Arts stating that they have awarded a grant to the City of Rexburg in the amount of $1,000 for the organ console repair. Their are a lot of grants available if we could qualify for them. RE: CONFERENCE ON DRUG ABUSE The mayor and Lynn Archibald of the Police Department went down last week to a conference on Drug Abuse and Drug Prevention. They are going to set up regional teams to work at giving out drug information to prevent drug abuse. Linda Stoddard and Bonnie Meyers were at that meeting and they will attend the first meeting in Boise and get the information and come back and set up regional meetings. RE: ORDINANCE 705 ZONE CHANGE ON PARK STREET Mayor Porter introduced Ordinance 705 changing the zoning from R2 to R1 on Park Street and the property south of Park Street for the Henderson Subdivision. ORDINANCE NO. 705 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND CHANGING THE ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO, AND PROVIDING THAT THE ZONED DESIGNATIONS OF THAT CERTAIN PROPERTY HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED, SITUATE IN REXBURG, MADISION COUNTY, IDAHO, BE CHANGED AS HEREINAFTER DESIGNATED; AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. RE: ORDINANCE OF A GENERAL AND PERMANENT NATURE A motion was made by Councilman Glen Pond and seconded by Brad Liljenquist 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 705. Those voting aye: Brad Liljenquist Farrell Young Bruce Sutherland Glen Pond Nyle Fullmer Those voting nay: none RE: ORDINANCE 705 WAS PASSED Ordinance 705 was then placed before the council. The mayor then called for the voting for final passage of the ordinance, and the motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Brad Liljenquist that ordinance 705 be passed. Those voting aye: Brad Liljenquist Farrell Young Bruce Sutherland Glen Pond Nyle Fullmer Those voting nay: none The roll showed all councilmen present voting "Aye" carried, the mayor declared 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 Boyle declared the motion carried RE: ANTENNA ON WATER TOWER The request for the antenna on the water tower. They are looking at some private property to buy and if they buy it they won't need to put the antenna on the water tower. RE: PARKING LOT IN PORTER PARK The next item is the parking lot in Porter Park. Bruce Sutherland said he had been down and looked at it. He felt that the area just south of the carousel would just as well be put into parking. He felt that area is just used as a crossing area. He liked the idea of purchasing the property across the street except there is the safety problem of the children crossing the street. RE: MOVE CAROUSEL Brenda Anderson from the Carousel Committee said she had personal feelings about it. She would like to see the carousel moved in the middle of the park. RE: CONCERN WITH PARKING AT PORTER PARK Nyle Fullmer agreed with Bruce that the corner of the park is an access for most of the city vehicles and he was concerned with the safety. RE: PARKING AT PORTER PARK Bruce ask how many parking places would we be able to have in the parking lot. The mayor showed a drawing that H & K had made. RE: PLANNING AND ZONING LOOKS AT THE PARKING LOT BY PORTER PARK Glen Pond suggested that we have parking lot. Nyle Fullmer asked parking along that street. The connecting sidewalks to the pool and exit. RE: BOILER FOR THE POOL the Planning and Zoning to look at the that Planning and Zoning look at the council asked about the landscaping, and carousel and signs for entrance The mayor told the council that we had budgeted for a new boiler for the pool. There are a couple of people in the boiler business that said that is a good boiler and could be rebuilt and upgraded. Clair got some bids. He has one for $2928 from Rocky Mountain in Idaho Falls. There were other bids that was higher. After checking on it Clair Boyle felt that the best thing would be to rebuild the boiler. Glen Pond suggested that they should check any boilers they had rebuilt. He felt we should rebuild the boiler. The mayor said he would do some more checking. RE: ADOPT A HIGHWAY PROGRAM They discussed the Adopt a Highway Program. Farrell Young said he had checked with the Highway Department and they had three organizations who had signed up to do it. RE: PARKING AT THE SUBWAY SANDWICH Ron Campbell from Subway Sandwich was at the meeting. They are having a problem with parking tickets. The employees need to park close to the business because they run a delivery service. The nearest parking is at the Beauty College and that is too far. The mayor told him that for employee parking, they should be able to walk that half block. Glen Pond ask if they wanted one space reserved for a delivery car. They agreed. Nyle Fullmer said if the delivery car was in and out it would not be ticketed, because it wouldn't be there more than two hours. The mayor told him when the parking lots were put in all the businesses paid for them and if we did not have two hour parking all the employees would park in front of the businesses and then the customers wouldn't walk a half of block to shop. Brad Liljenquist said all of his employees including himself park away from the business and walk. That is just part of being an employee downtown. Mr Campbell ask about a sticker in the window of the vehicle so it would not be ticketed. Glen Pond suggested that we get a feeling of the other merchants in that area. Brad Liljenquist said he would check on it. Glen ask him when they put the business in that area wasn't they aware of the parking restriction. RE: PROPOSAL TO DRAFT A ZONING ORDINANCE FROM RENEE McGEE The council discussed the proposal to draft a Zoning Ordinance from ReNee Mc Gee. Nyle Fullmer said if the Planning & Zoning and the City Council decide to except that proposal, we need to implement it. Glen Pond said he felt we would be able to do that. What we didn't do last time is we didn't keep an attorney present with us as we went through that process. The advent of some lawsuits pending on that last proposal prohibited us on what we did. We have invited J. D. Hancock to the Planning & Zoning meeting so he can give us some direction each step of the way. It will then make it easier to implement it. Bruce Sutherland ask if she would meet each time with the planning board. Will she go to hearings to answer the questions. Glen Pond said she had that in the proposal. Glen Pond said after meeting her, and seeing her background he felt she was qualified. Glen Pond said you would be looking at a time frame of about 1 year. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Glen Pond that the Planning & Zoning proceed with the proposal from Renee Mc Gee. All aye RE: CAROUSEL Brenda Anderson representing the carousel. Mayor Porter told them he would support them in the work on the carousel in anyway he could, and that the city employees could help them in anyway they needed. The mayor said that he and the council still feel the same. She handed out a time frame for for the mechanical completion of the carousel. 1. Take down A -frame. Feb 28. 2. Electrical plans and material requirements to be reviewed by electrical inspector. Feb. 28. 3. Rebuild or replace A -frame. March 15. 4. Check motor, install fluid clutch. March 30. 5. Reconnect electricity. Apr 13. 6. Install commutator and hubs, erect center pole. A -frame and drive assembly. May 1. 7. Proposed electrical installation: 294 20 watt light bulbs to be wired with romex, plastic junction boxes, and ceramic sockets. Electrical draw. 4410 watts, 40 amps. RE: WORK ON THE CAROUSEL HORSES She gave the specs to the mayor. The horses are on schedule. She reported on the progress. The centennial horse is over in Boise on display. Mrs Anderson said they can't seem to get the city employees behind them. They seem to have a negative attitude toward the carousel. The council told her they would have to talk to the department heads about it, possibly they might be complaining because we are asking them to do more. The council told her that they would support them. The city will obligate themselves to do the mechanical work. RE: DONATE POWER FOR THE SHOP THEY ARE USING FOR THE CAROUSEL Mrs Anderson ask if the Utah Power & Light could donate power for the shop they are using. Glen Pond said he would check. RE: LICENSE FEES The city attorney handed out License fees from Idaho Falls. The mayor ask the council to look it over. Glen Pond said we need to discuss transit businesses coming into the city. They sell inferior products and then expect the merchants to warrant them. RE: CLEAN UP LOT WHERE THE OLD PUMP HOUSE IS Farrell Young said he had comments from people that if the city expects the public to clean up their lots, why doesn't the city clean up the lot where the old pump house is on 1st South and 2nd East. Bruce Sutherland said maybe we need a fence to hide the lot. The mayor said we will get it cleaned up. RE: RED ROCK The council discussed the red rock and said it should not be used anymore. RE: APPROVE BILLS A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Brad Liljenquist to approve the bills. All Aye RE: MEETING ADJOURNED Meeting adjourned. --2 City Clerk, R e 7tey -'IL I -AIA - Mayor, N le L. Boy