City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF STAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES March 19, 2001 A regular meeting of the Star City Council was called to order by Mayor Gussie O’Connor on March 19, 2001 at 7:00 pm at the Star Fire Station. Roll Call: Benedict, Glasgow, Stegenga were present; Dias was absent. Approval of Minutes: Glasgow moved to approve the minutes of March 6, 2001 as written, Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Amend Agenda: Stegenga moved to amend the agenda as follows: add 5c – GCA Grant, 5d – Appraiser approval, change 7 to Ordinance approval, change 8 to Reports adding 8b – Mule Days, 8c Transportation Improvement Program and change 9 to Adjournment. Benedict seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Public Input: No public spoke. Unfinished Business: A. Amended Resolution for Parks & Recreation – Glasgow moved to adopt Resolution 01-2 A resolution amending section 2 of Resolution No. 2000-16, adopted on December 5, 2000, to provide that the City of Star Parks and Recreation Committee shall consist of no more than seven members; and providing an effective date. Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. B. Avalon Springs Reimbursement Request - The City Clerk reported that $103.00 in additional Engineer expense should be added to the total expense. Stegenga moved to approve the reimbursement of $9,272.00 to Avalon Springs, Glasgow seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. C. GCA Grant – The grant will be used for streetlights. Stegenga moved to accept the grant and apply the monies to streetlights, Glasgow seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. D. Appraiser Approval – Moore, City Attorney stated that he has contacted appraisers and the cost is between $1,200 and $2,000. Glasgow moved to have Larry Knapp do the appraisal, amount not to exceed $1,200.00 and to include the land-owner in the process. Roll Call: Benedict – aye, Stegenga – aye, Glasgow – aye. Motion carried. Public Hearings: A. Avalon Springs Annexation and Zone – The Mayor opened the public hearing and asked for staff report. Mary Berent reviewed the staff report. This is a 40 acre parcel with requested zoning of R4, the highest density level on the Comprehensive Plan. The only business or 1 government entity that we have heard from is the Central District Health and they have no objections. The Mayor asked whether any member of the public desired to speak, there was no comment. The Mayor asked the applicant to speak. Oliver Cleaver, 5135 N. High Country Way, Star, Idaho – stated that he is asking for annexation and rezone to R4. The Mayor closed the public hearing. Discussion was held on possible development agreement for this application. Stegenga asked Cleaver if he would accept a lower zone if the Council waived the rezone fee at a later date if Cleaver wanted to come back with a different zone. Oliver stated that he would like to have it annexed and zoned at R4. He stated that he has concerns over the Council annexing and zoning other properties without plans and that surrounding properties have been zoned R4. Glasgow moved to have legal counsel draw up an ordinance for annexation and zone of R4 for the Avalon Springs application. Benedict seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. B. Burgess Property Annexation and Zone – The Mayor opened the public hearing and asked for staff report. Berent stated that the public hearing could not continue because not all the 300 foot radius people were notified and the property may not be contiguous to the city. We will need to re-advertise and proceed at a later time if the property becomes contiguous. Glasgow asked about annexing the two pieces of property that are within the Burgess property. Discussion was held on inviting these land owners to be annexed at the time of the Burgess annexation and to waive the annexation fees. C. Interim Zoning Ordinance Extension – The Mayor opened the public hearing. The Mayor explained that this ordinance would extend the time of finalizing the Zoning Ordinance for the City of Star. There was no comment from the public. The Mayor closed the public hearing. Ordinance Approval: A. It was moved by Glasgow and seconded by Stegenga that pursuant to Idaho Code, Section 50-902 the rule requiring an ordinance to be read on three different days, with one reading to be in full, be dispensed with and that Ordinance No. 52 be considered After reading once by title only. All aye: motion carried. Glasgow moved to adopt Ordinance No. 52 an ordinance of the City of Star, Idaho, amending Section 6 of Ordinance No. 33, Adopted on December 7, 1999, as amended by ordinance No. 48, adopted on November 20, 2000, to extend the provisions of the interim Zoning Ordinance of the City of Star until July 3, 2001; and providing an effective date. Stegenga seconded the motion. Roll Call: Benedict – aye, Stegenga – aye, Glasgow – aye; motion carried. Reports: A. Mayor’s Report – The Mayor discussed the presentations to the City of Emmett and Idaho Transportation Department regarding the Highway 16 River Crossing. 2  The Arbor Day Celebration was discussed. The City will celebrate Arbor Day on April 26th at the Elementary School by planting two trees. The Mayor discussed items from Treasure Valley Futures. The Council is invited to attend an Association of Idaho Cities seminar on April 9th, 2001. The Mayor will be announcing that Mary Berent will be the new Zoning Administrator for the City at the first meeting in April. B. Mule Days – The minutes of the first meeting were given to the Council. Benedict stated that things were coming along very well. Discussion was held on vendor permits and how they could be implemented. C. Transportation Improvement Program – Stegenga stated that part of the program is federally funded and the other is locally funded. The preliminary five year plan will be out in August. Highway 16 was not one of the items on the program. Stegenga will find out where the twelve requested items from Star are at. Glasgow asked about taking trees down on private property. Berent stated that the City has no jurisdiction on taking trees down on private property. Stegenga discussed the issue of the conditional use permit of Kirtley’s and the fact that it has expired. Lambert stated that a new application would be forthcoming for the parking lot and that a demolition permit was purchased to tear the building down. Stegenga asked if there was someway to make them put the parking lot back the way it was – before the gravel was brought in. City Attorney Moore stated there was not. Adjournment: Benedict moved to adjourn the meeting, Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 pm. Respectfully submitted: Approved: ________________________ ___________________________ Cathy Lambert, Clerk Gussie O’Connor, Mayor 3