City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF STAR COUNCIL MEETING September 18, 2000 The Star City Council met in regular session on September 18, 2000 at 7:00 pm, Mayor Gussie O’Connor presiding. Agenda: Moved by Glasgow and seconded by Dias to amend the agenda by adding Mule Days Report and Committee Revisions to line 5C. All aye: motion carried. Roll Call: Councilmen Benedict, Glasgow, Dias and Stegenga present. Approval of Minutes: Moved by Stegenga and seconded by Dias to approve the minutes with the following changes: page 2 – paragraph 6, “July or August”, paragraph 9, Should be R3 not R#, page 3 – paragraph 6, should read motion to close public hearing and continue with application on West Meadows Subdivision. All aye: motion carried. Public Comment: Brad Carlson, 960 S. Main, Star, Idaho – expressed his concerns about starter homes to be built in town. The community was asked in the Gem Community Survey what they wanted – they said more services. Unfinished Business: A. ACHD Permit – Larry Sale of Ada County Highway District, presented information on the impact fees now charged by ACHD. These impact fees are imposed on all buildings which require building permits, except schools and day care centers. If the city were to collect impact fees it would be for residential only. The city would need to have a computer to run the program; a person that could train for a few days at ACHD and an agreement would need to be signed between ACHD and the city. Currently there are five other cities collecting fees. The impact fee pays $20.00 each. The city would prepare monthly reports and send in a monthly bill. Discussion was held on the time frame of training. Mr. Sale passed out a draft contract to the Council. It was moved by Dias and seconded by Stegenga to review the contract with Ada County Highway District. All aye: motion carried. B. Retirement: Councilman Dias stated that we still don’t have the information required for the other retirement program. He will get more information. C. Mule Days Report & Committee Revision – An income and expense statement was given to the Council. Benedict moved to accept the report, Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. The Mayor stated that there had been problems this year and would like to dissolve the present committee. She would like to formally take Mule Days out from underneath the Gem Committee and make it a full committee directly under the City with the following 1 appointments to the board: Connie Krebs, Jerry and Karla Brennan, Ina Rae Stephenson, Kathy Hutton and Tim Benedict as Chairman. Discussion was held on whether or not to take it out from under the Gem Committee. Mike Moore stated that there should be two motions: 1 – to dissolve and 2 – to take out from under Gem Committee. It was moved by Dias, seconded by Stegenga to dissolve the Mule Days Committee and appoint the Mayor’s recommended board. All aye: motion carried. Stegenga moved, Dias seconded to take Mule Days out from underneath Gem Committee and have the board report directly to the City. All aye: motion carried. C. Auditor’s Report: Benedict asked the City Clerk if she had interviewed the three auditors. She stated that she had talked to all of them. Glasgow moved, seconded by Dias to contract with Bailey & Company for audit services. All aye: motion carried. D. Inspector Report: Stegenga talked with Building, Electrical and Mechanical Inspectors. Discussion was held on concerns about no signatures for phone-in permits, review of plans, fees for electrical permits outdated, the need to rewrite our procedures and formalize them in resolution. Mike Moore will formalize a procedure for phone-in permits if Adell Heneghan will write something up. E. Star Entry Sign Discussion – The Mayor is doing research with ACHD for a place for entry signs coming into Star. Reports: A. COMPASS - Stegenga stated that his meeting had been postponed. Stegenga cannot attend the next meeting and has asked Dias to attend. Stegenga attended the COMPASS retreat, the agenda dealt with the purpose of COMPASS and it is for long term transportation projects. B. VIATRANS – Glasgow stated that he attended the meeting on September 2, 2000 and they approved their budget of $150,000. Their next meeting will be to select a director. C. Gem Committee – Benedict stated that he was working on several things. Nothing is happening at the current time with the Gem Committee. Benedict is working on getting high speed Internet to Star. He has talked with the Principal at Star Elementary and they are thirty students away from being at capacity and will be looking to build a second elementary building. The Principal asked for some type of dog control and signs for the posting on school grounds. 2 Benedict will also have an article in the next Stargazer regarding the University of Idaho students. D. Sewer & Water – Dias stated that he attended a meeting of the Star Sewer & Water District Board on August 22, they approved a $665,161.50 budget. There was a meeting scheduled for tomorrow but had to be canceled due to no quorum. E. Mayor’s Report - The Mayor attended a Mayor’s Conference on Tuesday and Wednesday on urbanism. On Friday, a meeting of the Downtown Business Owners met at the Fire Station. Treasure Valley Futures were given a grant and they chose Star for their project. They will be giving ideas on the downtown development. F. Attorney’s Report - Moore has been traveling, he attended the ICCTFOA Conference in McCall and stated that the City Clerk was also in attendance. Moore stated that Adell Heneghan had sent a letter to the Cluff’s regarding a trailer situation. Cluff’s have contacted Heneghan. Additional research may be required to determine whether there is a violation of the Cities’ ordinances. G. Engineer’s Report – Heneghan read items worked on for the months of August and September by AJ Associates and reviewed items received regarding safety in the City. Discussion was held on the Supreme Court case that was e-mailed to the Council regarding zoning. Stegenga moved, seconded by Glasgow to approve annexation/rezone prior to preliminary plat discussions. It was decided to put this item on next meetings agenda. Adjournment: Moved by Stegenga, seconded by Dias to adjourn the meeting. Meeting was adjourned at 9:00 pm. All aye: motion carried. Respectfully submitted: Approved: _________________________ ______________________________ Cathy Lambert, City Clerk Gussie O’Connor, Mayor 3