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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998.12.02 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES~~ DATE: (120198) Present were: Mayor: Councilmembers: City Clerk: Finance Officer: Engineer: Pledge to the Flag. Minutes Of The City Council Meeting 12/2/98 7:30 P.M. Bruce Sutherland Glen Pond Kay Heck Farrell Young Nyle Fullmer Maraha Hjornn Rose Bagley Richard Horner Joe Laird Introduction of Scout. A motion was made by Farrell Young and seconded by Kay Heck to approve the minutes. All Aye RE: APPROVAL OF HEER LICENSES TOPIC: (22,86,,,MAVERICK,TETON LAKES,HEER LICENSES) Mayor Sutherland read the Seer Licenses Applications for Teton Lanes and Maverick Country Store #169 12 South 2nd West. A motion was made by Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Kay Beck to approve the license. All Aye Discussion with a citizen about procedures of council meetings and voting on issues. The citizen was told to call and get on the agenda for the next meeting. RE: RESOLUTION FOR COMMERCIAL DEPOSITORY SERVICE TOPIC: (22,86, RES,98.09,DEPOSZT) Mayor Sutherland read Resolution 98.09 "A Resolution indicating the authority regarding Commercial Depository Services." A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Nyle Fullmer to approve Resolution 98.09. All Aye RE: ANNEXING DON BLUNIC PROPERTY APPROVED TOPIC: (22,86,ORD,814,BLUNK*DON, NORTH HILL RD,ANNEXATION) Mayor Sutherland read Ordinance 814 Annexing the Don Blunclc property. AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING CERTAIN LANDS TO THE CITY OF REXHURG, IDAHO, DESCRIBING SAID LANDS AND DECLARING THE SAME A PART OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO; AND AMENDING AND CHANGING THE ZONING MAP OF THE. CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO, AND THE CITY OF REXHURG 2010 TO SHOW SUCH ANNEXATION AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SAME UNDER THE ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF REXBURG, IDAHO; AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE. Glen stated that we need to make up a punch list before we annex property such as city services, police, fire, streets, water and sewer. We need a work meeting with the planning & Zoning. ~__. A motion was made by councilman Glen Pond and seconded by Kay Beck 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 1--- numbered 814. Those voting aye: Marsha Sjornn Glen Pond Nyle Fullmer Farrell Young Kay Beck Those voting nay: none Absent: Paul Pugmire l ~J` ii Ordinance 814 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 Marsha Bjornn that ordinance 814 be passed. Those voting aye: Farrell Young Kay Beck Glen Pond Marsha Bjornn - Nyle Fullmer Those voting nay: None Absent: Paul Pugmire The roll showed all councilmen present voting "Aye" carried, the mayor declared that the majority of all the members of the City Council had voted for the passage of said Ordinance was duly and regularly passed. Mayor Sutherland declared the motion carried. RE: STREET LIGHTS NEED IN SUBDIVISIONS TOPIC: (22,87,,,STREETS,STREET LIGHTS,RICKS PALMER SUBDIVISION) Street Lights- Glen reported he took the list from the last meeting and contacted the utility and they are getting together some cost figures and that will take about one month. There is about eight or nine locations they wanted lookedat. The mayor reported Dean Ricks came in and he has already paid for the additional street lights in the Riclcs Palmer Subdivision. He and the mayor came to a compromise agreement for the easement. RE: NEW PI CIC-UP FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TOPIC: (22,87,,, FIRE DEPT.,EQUIPMENT) Bids for a Crew Cab Pickup for the Fire Department. Chief Spence Larson explained the bids. The had put $28,000 in the budget to replace the ,,. Ramcharger which is 15 years old. We can seat six fireman in the pickup. Madison Ford was the low bid at $26,247. They would still have enough for a hitch and a small shell to put fire equipment in. A ''___. motion was made by ICay Beck and seconded by Nyle Fullmer to accept the low bid. All Aye RE: L.I.D. 30 PUBLIC HEARING TOPIC: (22,87,,,L.I.D.30,TREES,WATER HILL,PUBLIC HEARING) Richard explained L.I.D. 30. We started with the L.I.D. one year ago. In the spring we met with residents. Some of the estimated costs came up from the original estimate because of concrete removal and other things. Some of the residents wanted to save the trees and we tried to do that and there was additional cost for that. You will have thirty days from tonight to pay all or part of the amount without interest and then it will be set up on a 10 year payment at 5.5% interest. If you choose we could add the option to add 1/12 of that next annual payment to their water bill so it is a little easier to pay. We will send out a notice for that option with the legal notice. Mayor Sutherland opened the Public Hearing. Glen Pond stated he had a comment from Brent Barker that he was told he would get an adjustment on the trees for $150 which would be taken off his assessment. The mayor explained the the trees that have been removed will be replace in the spring. Beth Skeleton- 258 Harvard- She had Joe and Richard remeasure her property because her measurements were not the same. She had a question on the engineering that was not mentioned in the estimates that they were given. She thought that was why people were concerned that their assessment was different than the estimates. Her estimate was $3485.80 and ended up being $5324.60 which seems like quite a bit of difference. She asked if the engineering is always charged to the home owner? She could understand that it takes a lot of engineering on the road they had to do and the sewer line they did but she did not think there was 1: much. engineering that went into the sidewalk and curb and gutter. She felt that was a little excessive. It is really more than 10.5 0 of the final estimate and that was a concern. She asked about the financing? In the notice it said the city could increase it up to 20~.that would be excessive. The mayor told her these figures that have been mailed out are final. Richard explained that is the language we have to put in the notice are required by the state and not necessarily our language. Susan Larson- 75 South 3rd East- She had a concern about the engineering costs. The cost to her was $1700 difference from the ''i°` estimate, which she thought was quite a bit. She also asked about the city being able to add another 20~? The mayor told her we have never done that before and don't plan to. She asked if her property could be ';. _._ measured again? She objected because it had been forced on her and there are sidewalks in Rexburg that need to be replaced and have not been done. She felt bad that some of her good sidewalk had to be torn out. They also took out her sprinkler system and replaced it with one that was not as good. She said they didn't even put a lot of dirt under the grass, so they will have dead grass. The mayor told her we would address those and any concerns anyone has. The council told them we would work with them and make it right. The mayor told them the project was much more costly than they had anticipated. xay told her to come in and go over it with Richard and Val. Chris Huskinson- 55 South 3rd East- He read a statement about his concerns. (on file) He had pictures of his sidewalk that was in good shape and it was taken out and he had to replace it. He was unhappy about having his trees cut down. Joe said originally Val had marked the sidewalk that needed to be replaced because of cracks or defects. There was sections they had to take out because they had to take the service line through. For a portion of it they thought they were going to take the sewer line along the sidewalk area. The mayor stated that in order to save the trees we possibly removed some sidewalk we may not have needed to. Chris showed pictures of his old sidewalk. He said on the west side of the street they just took out sections of sidewalk and some it that was left is in worse condition than his was. Chris asked why the property owners should have to pay for sidewalk that was taken out that was in good shape? The mayor told him the city put a lot of money into that street. The only block we tools the sidewalk out like that was the first block and anyone living on that block with questions needs to come in and talk to us and see what we can do. Just trying to save the trees cost an extra $10,000 to the city. Susan Lewis stated they did not have trees and they took out sidewalk that was in good condition. Richard stated that the reason some of the sidewalk was taken out is some of the sewer lines was not in the spot they thought it was. Gail Taylor- 217 Harvard- Ask about paying. Say Ricks 259 South 3rd East also asked about paying the assessment. Richard explained. The mayor closed the hearing and turned it over to the council. Marsha had some questions and the mayor gave some history. Nyle asked about the $100 connection fee. Joe told him that was the cost of the fitting connection. RE: ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR L.I.D. 30 TOPIC: (22,SB,ORD,813,L.I.D. 30,STREETS,SEWER,SIDEWALKS) Mayor Sutherland read Ordinance 813 Confirming the assessment roll for L.I.D. 30. AN ORDINANCE CONFIRMING THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NO. 30 IN REXBURG, IDAHO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF INSTALLING CERTAIN STREETS, CURBS, GUTTERS, SIDEWALKS AND PARTS THEREOF WITHIN THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF SAID CITY, TO GRADED, RE-GRADED, GRAVELED PAVED REPAVED AND OTHERWISE IMPROVE THE HEREINAFTER DESCRIBED STREETS WITHIN THE DISTRICT AND TO CONSTRUCT P.ND RECONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS, CURBS, GUTTERS, DRIVEWAYS, DRAINAGE FACILITIES, OFF SITE STORM EWER AND OTHER WORK INCIDENTAL TO ALL OF THE FOREGOING IMPROVEMENTS; ORDERING ASSESSMENTS TO BE MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ASSESSMENT ROLL AND PRESCRIBING DETAILS CONCERNING SAID ASSESSMENTS; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH. ~u0 A motion was made by councilman Kay Beck and seconded by Nyle Fullmer 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 813. Those voting aye: Glen Pond Marsha Bjornn Nyle Fullmer Farrell Young Kay Beck Absent: Paul Pugmire ',~!; Those voting nay: none Ordinance 813 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 Nyle Fullmer and seconded by Kay Heck that ordinance 813 be passed. Those voting aye: G1enPond Marsha Bjornn Nyle Fullmer Farrell Young Kay Heck Absent: Paul Pugmire Those voting nay: none The roll showed all councilmen present voting "Aye" carried, the mayor declared that the majority of all the members of the city council had voted for thepassage of said ordinance was duly and regularly passed. Mayor Sutherland declared the motion carried. A motion was made by Glen Pond and seconded by Marsha Bjornn to approve the bills. All Aye Bruce Sutherland, Mayor ~~~ ~' Rose Bagley, City Ci,rk / A motion was made by Glen Pond and secon by Kay Beck to adjourn All Aye