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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990.04.04 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES\\a MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 04/04/90 State of Idaho) County of Madison(ss City of Rexburg) Present were the following: Mayor: Nile Boyle Councilmembers: Farrell Young Brad Liljenquist Glen Pond Bruce Sutherland Nyle Fullmer Darlene Blackburn City Attorney: J. D. Hancock City Clerk: Rose Bagley Treasurer: Richard Horner The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag was led by a scout. RE: APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by Bruce Sutherland and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to approve the minutes. All Aye. RE: TREES ON 2ND EAST Bruce Sutherland reported on the trees on 2nd East. Basically we would like the State to give the City the bid. We will purchase the trees and plant them ourselves. If the State still thinks they need to use the sub contractor, we might have to reduce the number of trees planted. Between 1st South and 4th South the people will still get the trees they want, but we will have to reduce the number of trees planted on the upper part of the street. The mayor said they were meeting with the Department of Transportation in the morning to get that worked out. RE: SUBDIVISION SOUTH OF SHOSHONE Glen Pond made a report on Planning & Zoning. There was a request on a change on a Sub Division by Greg Fullmer. The developer is going to go ahead with a new proposal to re -do that sub division south of Shoshone. RE: STEVE CLARK APARTMENTS There has been a complaint issued on some apartments that are under construction in the city and rather they are meeting code. The recommendation from the Planning & Zoning is to get a Constructional Engineer come up and check it to make sure it meets the Uniform Building Code and the parking. It will probably cost about $200 to $300. In the mean time they recommend that the City Attorney write and put a stop order on the project until that is completed. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Bruce Sutherland that the construction on the Steve Clark Apartments be halted until a constructional engineer checks it to see if it is within code. All Aye. RE: HOUSE AT 128 WEBSTER AVE. The next item is there was a fire in a house at 128 Webster Ave about November of 1988. The house burned, and there was no insurance on the house. The house has become a nuisance to the neighborhood. The Planning & Zoning has requested that we make a motion to the city attorney to write a letter to the owner giving them notice that they will have a certain amount of time to remove that building from the property otherwise the city will remove it and bill the owner. A motion was made by Darlene Blackburn and seconded by Nyle Fullmer that the owner of that property be notified that the house is a nuisance dangerous and will have to be torn down within 60 days or the city will tear it down and bill the owner. All Aye RE: REVIEWING FLOOD MAP \\3 The Planning & Zoning is also reviewing the flood map. RE: MEETING ABOUT FLOOD MAP Mayor Boyle told the council that there will be a meeting on April 24 at 9:00 A. M. at the City Hall about the flood map. They would like to invite the council and the public to attend. Glen Pond said the people living on the north end of town close to the river would want to attend that meeting. RE: PARKING HARMONY HOUSE Nyle Fullmer reminded the council that Jay Flukinger should be sent a letter that his parking needs to be brought into compliance at Harmony House by June 1. The city attorney will write that letter. RE: TABERNACLE Darlene Blackburn made a report on the tabernacle meeting. (copy on file) one suggestion was that the name of the tabernacle be changed to "Rexburg Tabernacle Civic Center". A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Nyle Fullmer to approve the suggestions of the Tabernacle Board. All Aye. RE: CHECK TO HELP WITH THE RESTORATION OF THE TABERNACLE The mayor told the council that we received a check today from the Idaho Commission of the Arts for $900 to put to the tabernacle, to help with the restoration. RE: RECYCLING AND CLEAN-UP Farrell Young made a report on the Recycling. It was discussed that through the general clean up in Rexburg, it was suggested that we hold a recycling Olympics in conjunction with American Recycling. We would distribute plastic bags to the schools, service clubs, to scout troops or anyone who would be interested in helping us clean up the city. Any recyclable item could be saved and brought into a recycling center behind JC Penneys. At that time there will be games, refreshments, and prizes. They are not only excepting aluminum cans, newspaper, and card board but also excepting plastic milk bottles, tin cans, computer paper and copper fittings. It will be held the 5th of May. The proceeds from this will be donated to the Carousel Restoration Fund. RE: NUISANCE ORDINANCE The mayor ask if anyone was at the meeting to discuss the Nuisance Ordinance. Hugh Hill, 351 Yale, was at the meeting to ask about the restriction on compost pile. He said he had one for several years and no one had complained about it. J D Hancock read the ordinance for the 2nd reading. The mayor told Mr Hill you could still have the compost pile if it does not spread or harbor disease, emit unpleasant odors. He did not think there would be a problem. Mr Hill said his compost pile is grass, leaves and nitrate or suphate and cover it with dirt. RE: AIRPORT George Quarez was at the meeting and ask if the city could consider in the definition of nuisance some solid waste that is regularly dumped by airline operators on personal property, to the determent of their property, their trees, their bushes and the safety of the household? Mayor Boyle said it would be hard to do under this ordinance, but that has already been illegal and EPA is really putting clamps on it. EPA would be the ones to moderate it. Nyle Fullmer told him that the Airport Board had already addressed that. Bruce Sutherland said one difficulty is when the crop dusters spray up on the dry farms, as they spray the fields and climb their becomes a vapor cloud and it floats over Rexburg. Brad Liljenquist ask if they were spraying over Mr Quarez neighborhood? He didn't think they were but the north part of the city is getting the pollution. RE: THIRD READING OF THE NUISANCE ORDINANCE ``A The mayor said their would be a third reading of the ordinance at the next meeting. RE: WEST ONE BANK TO FINANCE SOME GOLF COURSE EQUIPMENT The mayor introduced a resolution with West One Bank to finance some golf course equipment. It is unanimously approved by the City Council of the City of Rexburg to acquire and finance through the West One Bank two golf course mowers and one sprinkle, costing $24,898.00, for a rate of 7.57% plus $100.00 loan fee. The first payment of $12,449 will be paid in advance, followed by one payment of$12,449> plus interest on June 3, 1991. RE: DOCUMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE CITY A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Darlene Blackburn to authorize Mayor Nile Boyle to sign the necessary documents on behalf of the City of Rexburg. Those voting aye: Darlene Blackburn, Nyle Fullmer, Bruce Sutherland, Glen Pond, Farrell Young, Brad Liljenquist. Those voting Nay: None. Motion passed. RE: US WEST COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Boyle told the council that in the past people have been able to come to City Hall and pay their phone bills. U. S. West Communications no longer wants to pay us to do it. They have ask us to put the payments in a prepaid envelope and mail them to them, but would not pay us to do so. The mayor said we have a lot of older people who come in to pay their bills, and it would be a service to them. Glen Pond said we need to think about the other utilities If we do it for one the other might want us to do the same. Nyle Fullmer thought it would be a liability to the city. Brad Liljenquist said he did not think we should do it unless we get paid for it. A motion was made by Brad Liljenquist and seconded by Glen Pond that we discontinue taking the payments for U S West Communications as of June 1. All Aye RE: PRE TREATMENT MANUAL The next item on the agenda is the Pre Treatment Manual. J. D. Hancock has read through it. He said it was put together well. He thought Dave and De Lynn was setting themselves up for a a lot of work if they follow what they have outlined. The mayor said it was mandated by EPA. J. D. said he thought it was a marvelous thing if it will keep us from future problems and fines, but he wanted to make sure they know what they are suppose to do and follow through. Mayor Boyle said we have no choice, we either have to pass this one or another one. Brad Liljenquist said he has found with his experience with EPA we need to do what they say. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Brad Liljenquist that we except this pre treatment manual. All Aye. RE: SEWAGE TREATMENT The mayor told the council that John Millar will have the study done on the Sewage Treatment in two weeks. One problem is it was over designed. Our retention time in the lagoons is too long. There will need to be some repairs to the aeration system and lower the holding time. We might cut the size of the lagoons down. RE: PURCHASE SURPLUS PROPERTY The mayor introduced a resolution designating the authorized people who can purchase surplus property. Those authorized are Mayor Boyle, Farrell Davidson, De Lynn Edstrom, and Blair K Siepert. A motion was made by Brad Liljenquist and seconded by Glen Pond to pass this resolution. All Aye. RE: FISH POND Mayor Boyle read an agreement with the Idaho Fish & Game for the fish pond. (copy on file) A motion was made by Bruce Sutherland and seconded by Nyle Fullmer to approve the agreement and authorize the mayor and city clerk to sign it. All Aye. RE: CURFEW ON THE PARKS FOR 11:00 P.M. Mayor Boyle said there was a problem with people playing tennis after 10:00 P. M. at night. We have a curfew on the park for 11:00 P. M. and we will get some signs put up. RE: TREES NEED TO BE TRIMMED There was a discussion about the trees that need to be trimmed. There are eight places that need to be trimmed. Bruce Sutherland said he would have the Street Department do it. We need to notify the residents before we trim the trees. RE: LA MONT BAIRD WANTS TO START A FARMERS MARKET Darlene Blackburn said La Mont Baird from the R C & D want to start a Farmers Market in the vacant lot of Fergusons by Mc Donalds. He wants to know if they could operate it under one license. The council okayed it. The council discussed the new business license, licence for transit business, and a tree ordinance. They felt that the tree ordinance should fall under the Planning & Zoning. RE: APPROVAL OF BILLS A motion was made by Bruce Sutherland and seconded by Nyle Fullmer to approve the bills. Meeting adjourned. Nile L. B yle, Mayor Rose Bagley, Citf Cle