City Council Regular Meeting

STAR COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES May 7, 2002 A regular meeting of the Star City Council was held on May 7, 2002 at the Star Fire Station at 7:00 pm. Mayor Gail Glasgow welcomed the audience and asked all to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. He then asked for roll call. Roll Call: Spence, Mitchell and Stegenga; all were present. Approval of Agenda: Stegenga moved to amend the agenda as follows: moving 3d-I Pristine Meadows to 5d; moving 5b Street lights to 8a; making 8 Executive Session and moving Adjournment to 9, Mitchell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Spence moved to take the Claims Against the City off the Consent Agenda, Mitchell seconded the motion to add it to 5e. All aye: motion carried. Stegenga moved to approve the Agenda as corrected, Mitchell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Consent Agenda: Stegenga moved to approve the Consent Agenda as corrected, Mitchell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Visitor/Public Input: Meridian School District Presentation – Wendell Bingham and Eric Exline gave presentations regarding the current enrollment of area schools and capacities. Proposed schools were discussed along with the cost of $2.53 per $1000 assessed value for schools. They would like to talk to developers when new developments come in. Their process for new schools is to acquire the land, get taxpayer bond support and get state funding. The District is neutral on growth, and commercial development ads more to the tax base than residential. The District responded to questions from the public. Cable One – Michelle Cameron of Cable One addressed the Council and stated that Cable One is currently installing cable and rebuilding their plant. This will double the number of television channels and will cost $37.95, along with digital service and high speed modem capabilities. Cable One will be supplying the City, Library and Fire Station with high speed modems for free and will include five email addresses. The timeframe will be June 1st for activation. Casey Huse stated that there were problems with Cable One operations. Cameron discussed the problems that have occurred in Star regarding complaints with lawns and sprinklers being torn up. She also addressed problems with no signs being placed on trucks and that they would be doing better public relations. COMPASS – No one was present from COMPASS. 1 Public – Oliver Cleaver, 1790 W Spanish Bay, Eagle, Idaho – asked that the Council consider naming the park in Pristine Meadows after the Crews family. He will be sending a letter in with that request. David Shackley, 754 S Main, Star, Idaho – expressed that he was unhappy about the appoint to the Council, the Valley Times, the Council not interviewing candidates, the setback changes, and the cost for legal issues. Stegenga stated that information can be found on the City web page at staridaho.org. Eric Battey, 2420 N Munger, Star, Idaho – thanked the Council for allowing public input and thought the Meridian School District presentation was excellent. He expressed that he was interviewed by news media and was not a voice of SNAG. Amy Huse – was not in attendance. Sean Hackett – was not in attendance. Bill Sargent – was not in attendance. Ross Ely, 3795 N Sadleman, Eagle, Idaho – explained that there was a vacancy on the School District Board. The election is May 21st and he is a candidate. Unfinished Business: Parking Lot Bid – Mark Lovejoy, Holladay Engineering stated that the City received six bids for the parking lot project, Idaho Sand & Gravel was the low bidder at $42,902,15. Stegenga moved to direct the Engineer to prepare the award documents to Idaho Sand & Gravel for this project in the amount of $42, 902.15 and have the Mayor sign them, Mitchell seconded the motion. Roll Call: Spence – no, Mitchell – yes, Stegenga – yes; motion carried. Sage Agreement – The Mayor stated that a Block Grant from Department of Commerce and an agreement to have SAGE administer the Senior Grant is ready for signatures and asked the Council for a motion. Stegenga moved to authorize the Mayor to sign the contract and agreement, Mitchell seconded the motion. Roll Call: Spence – yes, Mitchell – yes, Stegenga – yes. Motion carried. Pristine Meadows – Vern Brewer, Holladay Engineers stated that he is concerned about the Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law regarding the omission of reference to the Engineer recommendations and the discussion of the developer installing lawn and sprinklers in the park. Stegenga moved to table the approval of the Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law for Pristine Meadows and have the inclusion of the Engineers Report and the park’s grass and sprinkler information added, Mitchell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. 2 Claims Against the City – Spence is concerned with the legal fees being so high and no explanation. Mitchell moved to approve the Claims Against the City as presented, Stegenga seconded the motion. Spence – no comment, Mitchell, Stegenga – yea; motion carried. New Business: Natural Resource Letter - The Mayor asked for authorization to sign a support letter for farmers trying to acquire matching funds to help with irrigation problems. Mitchell moved to authorize the Mayor to sign the letter, Stegenga seconded the motion. All yea: motion carried. AIC Conference – The AIC Conference is in Pocatello, Idaho and will cost approximately $235 plus room and travel. Stegenga moved to approve anyone who wanted to attend the conference, Spence seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Council Person Appointment – The Mayor stated he would like to nominate John Dias to the Council and read excerpts from a letter from Councilwoman Spence (see attached) and explained the benefits Dias would bring to the Council. Discussion was held on the process. Chris Yorgason, City Attorney, stated that the Council needs to make a motion either to table, reject or approve the appointment. Mitchell moved to table the consideration of John Dias so that the Council can have time to make the right decision, Stegenga seconded the motion. Discussion was held. Mitchell, Stegenga – yes; Spence – no: motion carried. Roberts Rules of Order – Discussion was held on problems adopting Roberts Rules of Order formally. Spence moved to adopt Parliamentary Procedures and have the City Attorney help keep the Council on task, Mitchell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Treasure Valleys Future – Spence attended a conference sponsored by the Boise Chamber of Commerce on issues facing the surrounding areas. Reports: Mayor – The Mayor reported that the Mule Days Committee is moving ahead and will be holding two meetings a month starting in June – they need volunteers. ViaTrans has changed its name to Valley Ride. Boise State University sent an architect class out to Star and each student will be drawing up ideas of City Hall. Presentations will be next Monday at 1:00 pm at the PA building on the BSU campus. 3 Council - Stegenga handed out his Council report with all the meetings he attended. Mitchell – stated that Star Sewer & Water are moving along with the laying of pipe for project and the office computer problems have been resolved. Mitchell would like to see a quarterly Town Hall meeting and urged everyone to attack ideas not people. Spence – discussed the Sorenson letter regarding the conflict of interest. She asked about an ordinance for annexation of the Sorenson property that has not been presented to Council and two notices that were sent out for the public hearing. She expressed that the information in the Sorenson letter was unsubstantiated and that the discussion of the Sorenson letter was not appropriate for Executive Session. Attorney – Yorgason stated that the discussion regarding the Sorenson letter was for executive session discussion. The air field issue has been stayed. Executive Session: Stegenga moved to go into Executive Session under IC Statute 67- 2345(1)(b) Threatened Litigation, Mitchell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. The Mayor closed the Executive Session. Street Lights - Spence moved to have the Mayor talk with the Owner/Manager of Alloway Electric one more time regarding the change order and directed the Engineer to address change order letter to Alloway approving the $2,765 and talking with Idaho Power to confirm power supply is okay, Mitchell seconded the motion. Spence – yes, Mitchell – yes, Stegenga – yes; motion carried. Adjournment: Mitchell moved to adjourn the meeting, Stegenga seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 11:00 pm. Respectfully submitted: Approved: _______________________ ________________________ Cathy Lambert, Clerk Gail Glasgow, Mayor 4