City Council

Honorable Mayor and Council Brad Cramer, Director March 7, 2018 March 6, 2018, Planning Commission Action Planning Commission took the following action during the March 6, 2018 meeting. 1. PROJ17-002 ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS: On 3/6/18, The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval for the Zoning Ordinance Amendments as presented. 2. ANNX18-001 ANNEXATION/INITIAL ZONING: M&B 135.995 Acres Sanitation Field. Generally south of W Sunnyside Rd., west of S Yellowstone Ave., north of W 49th S and east of Interstate 15. On 3/6/2018, the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval of the annexation of 135.995 acres as described and initial zoning of I&M-1 as presented. 3. PLAT18-002 FINAL PLAT: Clay Subdivision Division 1 Generally south of US Hwy 20, west of Lindsay Blvd., north of W Broadway and east of Interstate 15. On 3/6/18, the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval of the final plat for Clay Subdivision Division 1 as presented. 4. PLAT17-030 RECONSIDERATION OF PRELIMINARY PLAT: Park Place Revised Preliminary Plat. Generally south of W 49th S extended, west of S 5th W., north of W 65th S and east of S 15th W. On 3/6/18, the Planning & Zoning Commission modified their January 9, 2018 approval of the preliminary plat for Park Place and removed the condition to limit the access to Fox Run Drive to an emergency access easement only. RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION: To receive recommendation(s) from the Planning and Zoning Commission pursuant to the Local Land Use Planning Act (LLUPA). PC Action 3/6/2018 Idaho Falls Downtown Development Corp. board meeting was held February 6, 2018 in the Syringa Networks Board Room (460 Park Ave) at 8:30am Attendance: Greg Crockett, Derek Christiansen, Kevin Cutler, Tom Judd, Tasha Taylor, Steve Fischbach, Antonio Meza, Kevin Josephson, Shanon Taylor, Brandi Newton, George Morrison, Dana Briggs, Lisa Farris, Brent Mclane Staff: Catherine Smith, Mala Lyon Minutes for January 9, 2018 were reviewed – Kevin C. made a motion that they be approved; Derek seconded and board approved Financial report –$9,700 (pre-expenses) from the Winterbrew event and the BID city assessment of $30,000 and Shanon motioned they be approved; Tony seconded and board approved. Catherine - Winterbrew was very successful. There are expenses for the glasses, tents, bands, sound system, the beer and we provided heaters for this event. Krisi Staten was the event coordinator and the Springbrew will be April 14th. Election of officers for 2018 – the following names were presented: Antonio Meza President Jacob Durtschi Vice President Kevin Josephson Secretary Shanon Taylor Treasurer Greg Crockett Past President Board voted and all were unanimously voted in to serve. Catherine proposed we add a Summerbrew event on the second Saturday in June and close down B Street between Park Ave and Shoup making it more of a block party. Brandi asked why not July or August? Catherine explained that we do the ‘Taste of Downtown’ in July and the ‘Rodeo kick-off party’ in August so it was best to pick June. We hope to encourage restaurant to come and sell food, encourage families to come and enjoy the music. The Cupid Pub Crawl is this coming Saturday which will include a ‘smooch’ contest with winners receiving $20 in gift certificates. Wrist bands can be pre-bought at our office and other outlets. Parking Committee was held January 25th where we looked at the financial information on moving forward to be the managing entity for all downtown parking. The committee agreed that the IFDDC should try to be in charge of parking. Downtown Project: A Street Planter boxes – We are working with city Parks and Rec and the Public Works departments to fix planter boxes starting along A Street. The clay pots at Shoup and A Street are being replaced with self-watering pot. These only have to be watered once every 3 days or so, as there is a reservoir that holds extra water. The proposed plan is to take out the planters that do not have trees, put sidewalk in and place one of the self-watering pots on that spot. The light poles will have to have a new base placed around them so they meet the sidewalk and the city will do that. We don’t want to lose the healthy trees that are growing in the other planter boxes. We can re-brick around the crumbling planter boxes that have trees. The self-watering pots are $285 each and to re-brick a planter is $1,500. The city has agreed to do the demo of the old no-tree planters and fill in the space. We would also like to add 10 self-watering pots along Broadway and Yellowstone. Brandi proposed that we do all the intersections of A Street and the 10 pots on Broadway and Yellowstone. Derek seconded the motion and the board approved. Lisa reported that there is nothing new for the 2018 grant money at this time and all the 2017 projects are moving forward. Brent from the City Community Building and Development department showed all where to find the Idaho Falls Downtown Plan online in the city website. We now use a form based code system and it is very different from the old zone codes. If you are doing a project with a building you need to meet with Brent and understand this new process. This is all based on combining all the plans and studies that have been done over the years but never implemented. Now we have a Master plan of ideas, but it will take groups like the DDC to move these projects forward. The DDC is the creative, driving force to make these projects happen in partnership with the city. We are getting a lot of requests for housing development in the downtown which is an important piece to a healthy downtown. It is recommended that we print out the Downtown Plan and know what is in it. Brent will help any developer have a pre- development meeting with every department that will be involved including the fire department to flush out any major problems before the project starts. Meeting was adjourned at 9:45am. Our next board meeting will be held March 6, 2018. Respectfully submitted by Kevin Josephson, IFDDC secretary and Mala Lyon  Idaho Falls Sister Cities Youth Meeting February 20, 2018 Attendees: Cameron Archer Brennan Corbridge Mario Estrada 2 Kendra Peck Rebecca Smith David Archer Tate Corbridge Victoria Estrada Nathan Peck Jackie Sugai Nicholas Cebull Katie Eaton David Matranga Dallin Peck Stephanie Van Ausdeln Peter Cebull David Eaton Teddy Matranga Jacobi Retallic Garrett Corbridge Kylie Eaton Gabe Padron *Noah Sandoval *Guest Business Section of the Meeting *Action items are in red. Minutes: The January 16rd meeting minutes were provided to the group by email. Kendra motioned to approve the meeting minutes and Victoria seconded her motion. Treasurer’s Report Peter provided the treasurer’s report. The initial balance was $7503.95. Total increase of $2119.24 from Paramount & Winter Carnival fundraisers, dividends and dues minus expenses from hosting and Winter Carnival Food. The final balance is $9623.19. The check from Mack’s Inn float trip of $640 was cashed this month and will show in next month’s balance. This should be our final hosting expense. Japanese Exchange Whitney was not able to attend the meeting, and the discussion of the trip to Japan was postponed. Cherry Blossom Raffle/Dinner Fundraiser The fundraiser will take place on April 26th at Snow Eagle. All of the restaurant profits for the day will be given to the group. Please encourage people to attend. Victoria will work to assemble raffle items and will call people if she needs help. Please arrange to bring any raffle donations you collect to Victoria. You can text her at 208-589-8591. If you prefer to talk with Victoria, please call after 5 p.m. Mario will work on the website. Dave will get the website login information to Mario. A charitable donation letter is available to give to businesses that donate. The top of the letter has the tax id the business needs. The bottom section of the letter should be returned with the donation for the group’s records and “Thank You” note information. Misty was not able to attend the meeting and discuss her plans for advertising. Teddy suggested we put Sister Cities Information sheets in the menus. Peter said we should check with Snow Eagle first. Dave talked about offering delivery service for carry out on for diners. Victoria asked about liability for people driving. If there was an accident would Sister Cities or Snow Eagle be sued? Rebecca said it might be difficult to estimate numbers of carryout meal. Dave decided to set aside the idea for future discussion or next year. Student Meeting The following items were discussed during the student meeting. Setsubun Father or male w/ corresponding birth year (this year is the dog) would dress up as an evil spirit, and come into the house. The people in the house would throw beans at the “evil spirit”, and scare it away while chanting. The chant means “evil out fortune in.”After this they would pick up the amount of beans that they are in years of age and eat them. Japanese comparison between USA and Japan Valentine's Day: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxZ1lyKJiZ2FSHN4VU15M2FzZ0FYaHNJOGJWMU5lc0ozdERZ New Year's in Japan Large holiday. Holiday cards are sent and held by post offices to deliver on New Year’s. Most of the cards have numbers on them that can be used in a lottery. There are many decorations that have been set up for the past few meetings that we got from the group in Japan. Phrase presentation Ideas for the next Skype session. We need to get ideas for what kind of phrases we are going to present to the Japanese kids through skype. Think everyday sayings that have different meanings than what is said. Like “Actions speak louder than words” or “Don’t bite off more than you can chew”, or even “at the drop of a hat” Test from the Skype with the Japanese last year. Winners got prizes. Japanese --English Toire wa doko desuka? Where is the bathroom? Genki desuka? How are you? Onaka ga suita? Are you hungry? Cho kawaii!! – Super cute! Kore wa nan desuka? - What is this? Kore wa……desu. This is bla bla bla. Watashi no shumi wa ..... My hobby is bla bla bla. Naruhodo! I see Watashimo onaji desu. I am the same or Me too. Sorena. – I hear you Dame. – no Daijoubu – OK Kono credit card daijoubu desuka? Is this card ok? Mizu.-water Toriniku. -Chicken Next meeting agenda  Dolls festival  Split into 4 groups and plan a phrase each. What to show, what to say, how to act it out (if needed) Motion to adjourn was made by Rebecca and seconded by Victoria.