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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993.05.19 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES9,' l . ~ :, r State of Idaho) County of Madison( ss City of Rexburg) Members Present: Mayor: Councilman: Excused: City Clerk: Finance Officer: Attorney: Pledge to the flag. City Council Minutes 5/19/93 7:00 A. M. Nile Boyle Farrell Young Nyle Fullmer Jim Flamm Bruce Sutherland Brad Liljenquist Glen Pond Rose Bagley Richard Horner J. D. Hancock City Clean Up will continue the rest of this month. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer to approve the minutes with corrections. Seconded by Bruce Sutherland. All Aye RE: PETTING ZOO BY K MART AND McDONALD'S Faye Sayer, Coordinator with McDonalds also working with Payless Drug. They are trying to get some promotional ideas to bring some some business to Valley River Plaza. They requested putting a Petting Zoo in the parking lot on the Memorial Day Weekend, but they have changed it not for a Petting Zoo because of Liability. There will be small animals and some they will be able to pet. It will be owner liability and posted as to which animals can be petted and which animals cannot. There will be pens constructed with straw on the bottom of the pens. The council felt it would be okay and they did not need a motion, because it was on private property. RE: OLD TIRES IN CITY DUMPSTERS We are getting more and more tires dumped in the City Dumpsters. The mayor had visited with Dee Thueson. Their business is getting tires dumped in their dumpster since they are charging $1.50 to dispose of them. Bruce suggested that we need to pass an ordinance and post it on the dumpsters. The sign could be sprayed on the dumpsters. Jim suggested that we need to find a place to dispose of them. Farrell asked what was the proper procedure to dispose of them. The mayor said you could pay the fee to the tire store and they will come and pick them up. You can't put tires in the landfills anymore. They have to be picked up and recycled. When they are hauled to the landfill, they pull them off the truck or pile and if they come off of our truck we have to pay for them. Bruce suggested until we find a place, we need to stop them from dumping them in city dumpsters and proceed with an ordinance. Farrell asked if we could provide a spot by the recycling material where they could dump them or will we still have to charge them. Bruce said we would have to charge them. Discussion about the transfer station. Richard suggested that the County needs a policy. The mayor said we will soon be having a push on recycling when they finish the other building and maybe we can get some publicity on tires and batteries. Some places they charge another dollar when they sell them new to pay for the recycling. The council suggested that we just try to education people and see what will happen. RE: DUMPSTERS IN THE PARKS Farrell asked if we are still taking the dumpsters out of the parks? Argue had came in to see him and did not want the dumpsters taken out ~.~ ~, of the parks. The mayor said in Porter Park we haven't had much problem. The mayor said we would check on it. RE: WATER FOR THE NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL The Middle School was going to drill a well to water their school yard and there is no way the Department of Water Resources will allow them to have a permit to drill a well, so they would like to tie into city water and get a program to trade for the use of their gyms for city recreation. When they come the best thing we could do is set up a committee and go over the whole thing. RE: TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AT MAIN & CENTER - POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS We received a letter from the Idaho Highway Department. They stated that once again, the section of Main Street near Center Street shows up among the top 25 related high accident locations in the State. They want to get rid of diagonal parking for the full length of Main Street and replace it with parallel parking. They also recommended adding a two way turning lane. He had talked to Blair and he agrees that the parking should be changed because of safety reasons. The council felt we should study it and get the downtown merchants involved. The mayor asked Bruce to have the Safety Committee look at it and invite some downtown merchants to come to the meeting. He asked him to have Bob Riley from Riley Realty to come to the meeting. The mayor had a letter from him complaining about getting tickets for parking in front of his office. RE: STOP LIGHT BY WAL MART The mayor said he got a letter from Walmart saying that BatemanHall had been instructed to proceed with the stop light north of town. The people from Arbys called about getting their permit and he told them he would check with BatemanHall to see if they had a contract and after checking with them, they have no word at all on a contract. The council said Arbys would have to wait for their permit until there is a contract awarded for the construction of the light. A discussion on the sidewalks out there and it was decided to go look at the site after council meeting. RE: COMMUNITY SURVEY The mayor gave the council a copy of a Community Survey to send out to the Residents. Twin Falls has done these surveys and it has worked well. He asked them to look at it and we would talk .about it a the next meeting. RE: MEETING WITH HIGHWAY BOARD - MONEY FOR ROADS Senator Mark Ricks had called the mayor and said he had been visiting with Joan Wood, who is Chairman of the Transportation Department in the House of Representatives, and the Highway Board will be in Rigby tomorrow. They were going to try to get us a time to go down and meet with them to see if there is a chance of moving up the time table on the money for roads. John Porter went over to talk to the Government's office to see if we could get political pressure to say we are needing the South Arterial built because of the Middle School and the College. He brought up the fact that Ricks College educated over 4000 Idaho students every year and if they didn't they would have to educate them in already over crowded institutions. We are not asking for additional money, we are asking to use it ahead of time. Even if they allowed that to happen, we would have to get the application in this week. You would get on the list and it would be at least three years before anything could be done. RE: CHANGE IN THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING TIME The next City Council meeting will we in the Morning and the Public Hearing for closure of Viking Dr. will be at 7:00 P. M. that night. t 7 '~`, ~~ . ~ .tea i RE: MEDCO REPORT - REQUEST FOR MONEY FROM REVOLVING LOAN FUND FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PARK Ralph Cottle acted as spokesman representing Madison County Economic Development. This group was established to look into Economic Development for the County as well as the City. They were at the meeting to make a proposal to the City to allow them to procure Revolving Loan Fund money so they could make a proposal to purchase property north of town to establish an Industrial Park for Rexburg and the County. They are hesitant in giving out all the information because they had not made a formal proposal at this time. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Brad Liljenquist that we dismiss into an Executive Session. The Council reconvened after the Executive Session. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer pending negotiations of property we approve a loan to MEDCO. Seconded by Bruce Sutherland. All Aye A motion was made by Brad Liljenquist and seconded by Farrell Young to approve the bills. All Aye Adjourned to go look at the Mountain River Plaza sidewalk problem. ,~ Mayor, Nile Boyle City Clerk, Ros a y