City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF STAR COUNCIL MEETING A special meeting of the Star City Council was held on July 9th, 2001 at 7:00 pm at the Star Fire Station, Mayor Gussie O’Connor presiding. ROLL CALL: Benedict, Stegenga, Dias and Glasgow were present. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Dias moved to approve the minutes of June 18, 2001 as presented, Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. PUBLIC INPUT: There were no comments from the public. NEW BUSINESS: A. Findings of Fact & Conclusion of Law – Lange Property: Stegenga moved to approve the Findings of Fact & Conclusion of Law for the Lange property, Dias seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. B. Street Lights: Mary Overstreet, Transportation Committee Member presented information to the Council on recommendations from the Transportation Committee on streetlights for State Street and ideas for lights in the subdivisions. The Mariner Pole that is being recommended will cost about $2,085 including installation. Overstreet also stated that we can get reflectors/refractors for $100. These are high sodium 100-150 watt lights. Overstreet invited everyone to attend the Transportation meeting at 7:00 pm on July 24th, 2001 at the Star Fire Station to see a demonstration of the street lights. C. Mira Plaza – Refund of Conditional Use Money: Glasgow moved to deny the $500 refund due to costs incurred for the Conditional Use Permit, Stegenga seconded the meeting. Dias, Stegenga, Glasgow – yes: Benedict abstained: motion carried. D. Boyer Property Discussion: The Council discussed items that need to be taken care of first and the priorities. Items that were discussed were: air conditioning/heating; flooring; ramp entry, parking, ADA concerns (ramp/bathrooms), making living space into work space, structural concerns, signs. Council asked Engineer Jaglowski to put together drawings of the property in regard to location of buildings, trees and utilities and bring back to the Council. Jaglowski will try to have information back to the Council by their next meeting. He estimated time for completion to be about 15 to 20 hours at a cost of about $61.00 per hour. He discussed other parking lots that have been completed for about $500 per parking spot. 1 Glasglow asked to have the Zoning Administrator review the property and find out what needs to be done to have it in compliance with our ordinances. Stegenga directed the Engineer to prepare a site plan and have a structural inspection done of the property, Dias seconded the motion. All yes: motion carried. OLD BUSINESS: A. Area of Impact: All property owners with the exception of Mr. John Dale Gray were notified of the meeting. Discussion was held on the reason for inclusion of all of the properties in the area of impact. The Mayor asked if there were any objections to having all properties included. There were no objections from landowners. Glasgow moved to direct staff to get a property description of the entire area and it will be designated very low density (one dwelling per two gross acres), Dias seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. ORDINANCES & RESOLUTIONS: A. Ordinance No. 56 - Lange Property: It was moved by Stegenga and seconded by Glasgow 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. 56 be considered after reading once by title only. All aye: motion carried. Glasgow moved to adopt Ordinance No. 56 an Ordinance annexing to the City of Star certain real property located in the unincorporated are of Ada County, Idaho and contiguous to the City of Star; establishing the zoning classification of the annexed property as R-2 residential district; directing that certified copies of this ordinance be filed as provided by law; providing for related matters; and providing an effective date. Benedict seconded the motion. Roll Call: Benedict – yes, Stegenga – yes, Dias – yes, Glasgow – yes; motion carried. B. Ordinance No. 54 – Keller Property: It was moved by Stegenga and seconded by Glasgow 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. 54 be considered after reading once by title only. All aye: motion carried. Glasgow moved to adopt Ordinance No. 54 an Ordinance amending Section 2 of Ordinance No. 51, adopted by the Mayor and Council of the city of Star on February 19, 2001, to correct the legal description of property annexed to the City of Star; excluding from the boundaries of the City certain territory not included in the corrected legal description; and providing an effective date. Dias seconded the motion. Roll Call: Benedict – yes, Stegenga – yes, Dias – yes, Glasgow – yes; motion carried. 2 REPORTS: A. Mayor’s Report: The Mayor reported that there will be a Budget Workshop after the Council meeting on July 23, 2001. The public hearing on the budget will be held on August 7th, 2001. B. Council Reports: Dias stated that he attended the Sewer and Water meeting on June 19th and will get copies of minutes out to the Council. There will be a Parks & Rec meeting on July 12th at the Star Library at 6:00 pm. Glasgow stated that he would like to see the City respond to Ada County regarding the Stonebriar Subdivision regarding no creation of separate sewer and water districts, and that no individual septic tanks be allowed. Benedict stated that the Mule Days meeting will be held on Wednesday at 6:00 pm at the Star Senior Center. Stegenga stated that he attended the AIC Conference and found it very informative. He also attended the COMPASS Board meeting on June 18th. C. Attorney’s Report: Moore stated that the Notice of Appeal has been filed on the airport issue. The deed for the Boyer property is in escrow and needs to be paid in full before September 30th, 2001. CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY – June 2001: Benedict moved to approve the Claims Against the City for June 2001, Dias seconded the motion. All aye; motion carried. ADJOURNMENT: Dias moved, seconded by Stegenga to adjourn the meeting. All aye: motion carried. Meeting was adjourned at 8:35 pm. Respectfully submitted: Approved: _______________________ ___________________________ Cathy Lambert, Clerk Gussie O’Connor, Mayor 3