City Council Regular Meeting

CITY OF STAR COUNCIL MEETING November 19, 2001 A regular meeting of the Star City Council was called to order at 7:00 pm on November 19, 2001 at the Star Fire Station, Mayor Gussie O’Connor presiding. ROLL CALL: Stegenga, Dias, Glasgow; Benedict arrived late. AMEND AGENDA: Glasgow moved to amend the agenda by changing #7 to Executive Session under ISC 67-2345 (1)(a), Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Regular Minutes of November 5, 2001 - Glasgow moved to approve the Regular Minutes of November 5, 2001 with the following change: page 2 under Ada County Five Year Plan, it should read Ada County Highway District’s Five Year Plan. Dias seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Special Minutes of November 7, 2001 - Dias moved to approve the Special Minutes of November 7, 2001 as presented, Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. PRESENTATION: Idaho Power - Layne Dodson of Idaho Power gave the Council an update on the power to Star. Idaho Power is currently working on getting power to Star from the Lansing Substation. Idaho Power has purchased property just off Plummer that will eventually be the Star Substation. Dodson stated that there will be no transmission lines running through downtown Star. PUBLIC HEARING: Burgess Property Annexation & Zone - The Mayor opened the Public Hearing for the Burgess Property annexation and zone and asked the Council if there was any conflict of interest or exparte contact. Hearing none, the Mayor asked for a staff report. Mary Berent, Zoning Administrator presented staff report. The property is approximately 82 acres located north of Floating Feather Road. The property is out of the area of impact but is contiguous to the City limits. 1 There are no development plans and applicant is asking for a zoning designation of R3 and would like to be annexed into the City. Berent read a letter from Warren Hadley, an adjacent land owner into the record. The Mayor asked the applicant to speak. Douglas Dorn, 5120 E. Kiwi Court, Kuna, representing the landowner spoke. Dorn stated that it is understood that there is a hog farm near the property. Glasgow reminded Dorn of the “Right to Farm Act” and asked if he was aware of it, Dorn stated that he was. The Mayor asked for the public to speak. Ellen Morse, 11282 W. Floating Feather, Star, Idaho asked what the development plans were. Stegenga stated that would be discussed at another public hearing. Morse owns the one-acre parcel next to the applicant’s property. The Mayor closed the public hearing. Glasgow asked if the two parcels by this property could be annexed into the City. Attorney, Mike Moore stated that it could not be annexed into the City limits unless it was in our area of impact, unless the owner consents in writing. Dias moved to annex the property into the City limits and zone the property R3 with requirements per staff report and ordinance being written up, Glasgow seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. The ordinance for the Burgess property will be ready for the next meeting. Ver-Mont LLC Rezone & Conditional Use Permit – The Mayor opened the public hearing and asked Council if there was any conflict of interest or exparte contact. Hearing none, the Mayor asked for staff report. Berent stated that the property is on the Northwest corner of Union and State Street. There is approximately .49 acres and the applicant is asking for a rezone of R8 to R16 and a conditional use permit to construct a seven-unit apartment building. Berent read the staff report and noted that Idaho Department of Transportation has stated that there will be no entry/exit onto State Highway 44, the entry/exit will be on Union Street. The current drawings do not reflect this change. Berent stated that the building could meet setbacks and parking is allowed in the setbacks. Another item for information are the large trees on the property, the drawings do reflect retaining the trees. The Mayor asked for the applicant to speak. 2 George Tanstrum, 550 W. State Street, Eagle, Idaho stated that there was no problem in addressing the ITD requirements and the trees would be retained. The applicant will take the recommendations from the Star Fire Department and are planning for ADA accessibility. Glasgow asked what the apartments would be like. Tanstrum stated that the building would be masonry, there would be single and double units ranging from 700 to 1100 square feet and would be mid-ranged income. The first floor would be ADA accessible. There has been no neighborhood meeting yet. The building will be two story, with the first level at grade. The Mayor asked for public input. Steven Pischke, 75 N. Union Street, Star, Idaho, stated that he lives behind the proposed development and does not believe that a seven-unit structure belongs there. He is concerned about the trees and parking and the possibility of a drainage problem. He does not want the zoning changed. The applicant stated that the site would have underground drainage. David Decker, 62 Union Street, Star, Idaho, stated that he is concerned that the proposed building will fit on the lot, he is also concerned about the increased traffic and noise. He is opposed to the development. Jim Ruttledge, 11337 First Street, Star, Idaho, stated that he doesn’t want that many more new neighbors. He is opposed to the development. Steven Pischke, 75 N. Union Street, Star, Idaho stated that he believes that the R8 zone of four units should be kept. The Mayor closed the public hearing. The Council discussed the need for a multi-family dwelling, but that there were not enough responses from the agencies. There should have been a new drawing submitted along with a neighborhood meeting. Stegenga moved to deny the Ver-Mont Rezone and CUP, Dias seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: Street Light Specifications – City Engineer, Mark Lovejoy stated that he and Vern Brewer walked the site with Idaho Power today and they 3 marked where the power can be put with regard to the street lights. Discussion was held on the timeframe of the grant and the need to get the specs for the streetlights and get the project moving. City Hall Update – Glasgow stated that the plumbing had been red tagged, so a plumber would be called. There has been no permit from ITD yet, Holladay is waiting on the conditions from ITD before letting the bid. Benedict asked for a clarification from Ellen Morse, she was not in favor of the annexation. EXECUTIVE SESSION: Glasgow moved to go into Executive Session under IC 67-2345-(1)(a) personnel, Dias seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. An Executive Session on a Personnel matter was conducted. The regular meeting was reconvened. ADJOURNMENT: Dias moved to adjourn the meeting, Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 pm. Respectfully submitted: Approved: __________________________ _____________________________ Clerk Mayor 4