City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF STAR  COUNCIL MEETING January 17, 2000 The Star City Council met in special session on January 17, 2000. Mayor O’Connor presiding. Roll call: Benedict, Dias, Glasgow, Stegenga Moved by Benedict and seconded by Glasgow to amend the agenda by adding an item regarding submitting and collection of funds toward the grant through the Gem Community Committee. The motion was amended to amend the agenda by adding 5 (B) for approval for funds regarding the Gem Community Grant; this is an emergency request. All aye: motion carried. Moved by Dias and seconded by Stegenga to approve the Minutes of January 4, 2000, with the following change: Page 1, Ordinance #35, “three day ruling” changed to ”three reading rule”. All aye: Motion carried. NEW BUSINESS: Treasure Valley Futures Project: Presentation by Elaine Clegg, representative of Idaho Smart Growth. Ms. Clegg presented slides regarding Projects in Ada and Canyon counties for the vision of communities in order to make them a better place to live and work. Moved by Glasgow and seconded by Dias to encourage the Snag Group to resubmit their design to the Treasure Valley Futures Group, that the project is endorsed by the Star City Council. All aye: motion carried. Internet Web Site: Benedict suggested the Internet web site to draw the community together and involve the people. Discussion resulted in a motion by Glasgow; seconded by Stegenga to reserve the name of the site for the City of Star and authorize Benedict set the site up, monthly posting and getting it going. Council authorizes the domain name registration fee of $70 for a 2- year lease and the monthly web site hosting of $50. All aye: motion carried. Association of Idaho Cities: Community Health Exams: Moved by Glasgow to table this until next year and in the meantime get more information regarding this from AIC. Motion died for lack of a second. Glasgow will make inquiries and pursue this later. Noise Ordinance Discussion: Section 2: limitation of 10:00 p.m. should not include the 4th of July or New Years Eve. A permit to exempt for special days or events will be brought to the Council for a decision. Section 3: consideration for the “Right to Farm law” will be included in the ordinance. The reference to locomotives or other railway equipment will be omitted from the ordinance. The City Attorney will make the revisions and bring this back for a first reading on February 1. Page 1 of 2 Proposal – Grant Writer: Dr. Mike Spence introduced his proposal to Council. His main focus would be Gem Community grants and mule days as his primary responsibilities. Moved by Glasgow and seconded by Benedict to accept the Grant Writer Proposal, but the expense is not to exceed $3,500 per calendar year, in 2000. Roll call on the motion resulted as follows: Aye: Benedict, Dias, Glasgow, Stegenga. Motion carried. Emergency Fees for Gem Community Committee: After discussion Glasgow asked the city clerk to call the Forest Service to review the steps to pay expenditures incurred by Gem Community on behalf of the grant, and report back to Council. Moved by Benedict and seconded by Glasgow to appoint A J Associates as the Engineering Firm for the plans. All aye: motion carried. Subdivision Workshop: Jim Heneghan asked for Council consideration of $810 for the City Engineer to attend a two day conference on January 20 and 21, at Ada County in which Adell would act as city representative. Moved by Glasgow and seconded by Stegenga to approve the expense as requested. Roll call on the motion resulted as follows: Aye: Benedict, Dias, Glasgow, Stegenga. Motion carried. Legal Matters: City Attorney, Mike Moore, reviewed the law regarding “council meetings” with the Council. He suggested having another workshop to discuss land use and conflicts of interest another time. Sections of the Idaho Code discussed were 67-2341 through 67-2343, open meetings requirements, 50-604, special meeting requirements and 50-706 the requirement of one half plus one council members for special meetings. Also discussed were the requirements for an executive session. ORDINANCES Ordinance No. 34: Designating the time and place of the regular meetings of the Star City Council (second reading)-Glasgow read the ordinance in full. The passage of the ordinance will take place at the February 1st meeting. Moved by Glasgow and seconded by Dias to adjourn the meeting. The time was 9:50 p.m. All aye: motion carried. Respectfully submitted: Approved: _____________________ _______________________ Barbara Montgomery Gussie O’Connor City Clerk Mayor Page 2 of 2