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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1990.06.27 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES1� MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING 06/27/90 State of Idaho) County of Madison(ss City of Rexburg) Present were the following: Mayor: Nile Boyle Councilmember: Farrell Young Brad Liljenquist Bruce Sutherland Nyle Fullmer Also Present: Rose Bagley, City Clerk Richard Horner, Treasurer J. D. Hancock, Attorney RE: PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. RE: APPROVAL OF MINUTES A motion was made by Bruce Sutherland and seconded by Nyle Fullmer to approve the minutes. All Aye RE: CLOSURE OF DIET CENTER Jeff Sommer representing East Idaho Central Planning & Zoning was at the meeting to report on the closure of the Diet Center. The Department of Commerce has the size and number of buildings and they will try to find another company to come in to move into those buildings. Jim Hawkins and Governor Andrus have been looking at that and going over potential companies that are looking at Idaho. Friday at 10:00 A.M. the mayor, Jeff, and a representative of the Idaho Department of Employment will be here to discuss the employees and potential programs to help retrain employees for employment. RE: COMMUNITY BLOCK GRANT FOR WATER AND SEWER LINES GOING TO HIGH COUNTRY POTATO Jeff discussed the Community Block Grant for water and sewer lines going to High Country Potato. The city has been ask to submit an application to extend water and sewer lines. The grant will be approximately $240,000 with an additional $50,000 to High Country Potato which will go into completing the project. Whittaker Construction Company got the bid and will be here Friday for a pre - construction company. RE: CLOSURE OF WEST BOUND LNE BETWEEN 3RD EAST AND 4TH EAST FOR THE UPPER VALLEY INDUSTRY BARBECUE Corey Barnard representing Upper Valley Industries was at the meeting. They are planning their 3rd Annual Barbecue on August 11. In previous years, the barbecue was held at Upper Valley Industries. The helicopter has landed on East Main between 3rd East and 4th East and have blocked off west bound lane of traffic. This year the barbecue will be held at Smith Park and they requested to block off the west bound lane between 3rd East and 4th East from 11:30 A.M. and 3:30 P.M. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Bruce Sutherland to give permission to close the street. All Aye. RE: DROP OFF PROBLEM AT THE CITY POOL Clair Boyle and Mike Mitchell was at the meeting to discuss a problem at the Swimming Pool. Clair handed out a proposed drop off area (copy on file). Clair stated that there is a problem with safety at the pool when the parents drop off their children. This is compounded with double and triple parking. The proposed drop off area would have one lane and traffic in one direction. Mike Mitchell said they are having over 9,000 people a week and just in swimming lesson there is over 1,200 kids a day. Bruce Sutherland suggested that if we made a drop off area that we have an engineer draw the plans with a combination drive and sidewalk and possible a double driveway. Nyle Fullmer suggested that we move the street back five feet and put in diagonal parking. He also stated that he did not think the drop off area would work, that we should put in the parking lot. He did suggest that we paint the curb yellow for a no parking area. The mayor said suggested we paint the curb yellow and get prices on the drop off area and talk to the police chief to have him check out what would be a safe solution to the problem. RE: CAROUSEL AND CITY POOL TO BE OPEN ON SUNDAY Clair Boyle stated that he had several requests to operate the carousel on Sunday. The mayor said the one thing we need to look at is how economically feasible it is. Farrell Young told the council the ticket price for the carousel will be 50�. Nyle Fullmer stated that if we are putting all the money into the carousel and the use of the pool is up they should be open and provide services on Sunday. The council discussed the issue. Richard Horner suggested that we check first to see if it is economically feasible. The council discussed the issue. Motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Brad Liljenquist to leave the pool open on Sundays on a trial bases during July and see how it goes and that the Carousel be available on a request type basis for a group on a limited schedule. Those voting Aye: Those voting Nay: Nyle Fullmer Brad Liljenquist Bruce Sutherland Farrell Young RE: MOTION TO OPEN CAROUSEL AND CITY POOL ON SUNDAYS FAILS The voting was a tie in the vote making it necessary for the Mayor to vote. The mayor said he would vote no at this time. He thought we should get a feeling from the public and do an economical study. He also stated if their was a big group that requested to use it on Sunday we could run the carousel on a request basis. We would need to check further on the cost of the use of the pool There is big percent that uses the recreation programs and pool that is from the county. The mayor had talked to the county commissioners to request that they carry some of our deficit. RE: PROBLEMS WITH THE CITY POOL'S DIVING BOARDS The mayor stated that we have a problem with the diving boards. Clair Boyle said the Health Department inspected the pool and told us that our diving boards are too close to the edge. They requested that we remove the small diving board. That one is probably used more that any. The high dive is used a lot also. They told us that we were liable if we left it in. The attorney stated that we are liable anyway. Nyle Fuller stated that if that is the case we probably should leave them in for the summer. Clair said we are now at the peak of the season. Mike Mitchell said they have a life guard at the diving boards. RE: A REQUEST FROM MATT HARRIS TO OPERATE A HORSE DRAWN BUGGY ON CITY STREETS A request from Matt Harris to operate a horse drawn buggy on the city streets and have passengers. He would operate it after traffic hours and stay off the main streets. The council told him he would have to meet all safety precautions that were required by the police department,have liability insurance, and clean up the mess from the horseS. If he meets those requirements he would be able to get a business license. RE: OPEN AIR FARMERS MARKET Mayor reported on the Open Air Farmers Market. They have permission to use the vacant lot across from McDonalds owned by Ferguson's. The mayor read the set of guidelines (copy on file). They would open when the produce starts, the 1st of July until the end of September. Any farmer or gardener that has extra produce could go there and sell it. The High Country Resource Conservation and Development will be the sponsor. They will buy a business license that will cover the entire Market. It will be on Saturday mornings from 9:00 A. M. to 12:00 noon. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Farrell Young to approve it on a one year trial for the High Country Resource Conservation and Development to open the Farmers Market with the guidelines as proposed. Those voting aye: Farrell Young Nyle Fullmer Bruce Sutherland Glen Pond Those voting nay: Brad Liljenquist RE: THE NEW BUSINESS LICENSE ORDINANCE The mayor discussed the new Business License Ordinance proposed changes for the first reading. RE: MILLHOLLOW ROAD Nyle Fullmer said he had a phone call concerning Millhollow Road. They were concerned about the width on Millhollow. A concern about a new house by Mike Day building a fence too far out on the right a way. A discussion on an LID for a sidewalk on that street. RE: SIDEWALKS FOR MADISON HIGH SCHOOL AND ALONG NORTH 5TH WEST Brad Liljenquist discussed a related question on sidewalks along by Madison High School. We also need a sidewalk along North 5th West. Students are walking out in the road making a dangerous situation. Mayor Boyle advised that we need to get some feedback on an LID to put in sidewalks in needed areas. We could get started on the hearings this year. RE: AIRPORT GRANT Nyle Fullmer discussed the Airport Grant that was applied for a year ago. We have done $6800 of work in kind and we need to come up with about $32,000 cash. Richard Horner ask if the airport could take it out of their funds. The city approved it last year. The clerk was asked to check the minutes. The airport wants to keep their funds for capital expenses. RE: CLOSURE OF DIET CENTER Brad Liljenquist made the statement about the fact that the Diet Center is moving. Obviously we all hate to see them go. They have been a tremendous benefit to the city, but things still will happen and the city will continue to grow. Rexburg grew before Diet Center was here and it will still grow. Mayor Boyle stated that we received a letter and should go into an executive session because of a possible law suit. RE: APPROVAL OF BILLS A motion was made to approve the bills by Bruce Sutherland and seconded by Nyle Fullmer. All Aye RE: EXECUTIVE SESSION A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer to go into an executive session seconded by Farrell Young. All Aye , '2 L - Z' J/�' 1, � g Mayo , Nile L. BoyTe City Clerk, R se RiGley