City Council Regular Meeting

Star City Council Meeting Minutes The regular meeting of the Star City Council was held on October 5, 2004, at 7:00 pm at the Star Fire Station. Mayor Nathan Mitchell called the meeting to order and all stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call: Council persons Tammy McDaniel, Dustin Christopherson, Tom Erlebach and Chad Bell were all present. Approval of the Agenda: Bell moved to approve the Agenda, Christopherson seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried Consent Agenda: Christopherson moved to approve the Consent Agenda, McDaniel seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. The Consent Agenda consisted of: September 21, 2004 Regular Meeting Minutes; the Ada County Sheriffs Contract; Resolution 2004- Ada County Sheriffs Contract; Trentek PC Solutions Contract; Resolution 2004- Computer Contract; and the Claims Against the City for September 2004. Special Reports: City Electrical Inspector - Harold Hudson has been Star's Inspector for five years. Hudson stated that he has had a good relationship with staff, they are easy to work with and knowledgeable. Harold Welch will be Harold Hudson's replacement when he retires. The transition will occur when the Meridian contract is settled. Hudson expects Welch to take over the responsibilities be no later than the end of the year. Communities in Motion - Toni Tisdale of Community Planning Association (COMPASS) - Packets were handed out and the 2030 Plan was reviewed. The Mayor introduced Lieutenant Calley of the Ada County Sheriffs Office. Lt. Calley brought the signature copies of the contract. Public Input: No public had comment. Public Hearing: Comprehensive Plan Amendment - Craig Eckles, Zoning Administrator reviewed info1mation from the previous public hearing - noting there was only one change requested by a property owner. The City received a response from Ada County which was read into the record. Eckles outlined the proposed area of impact - land uses and new population figures from COMPASS. We have cleaned up some of the language, some of which includes gravel pits, etc. The reason for this change is that these types of uses are already in the area of impact. The only other change is that the Fletcher property 1  is requesting medium density. The parcel mentioned in the Ada County letter has asked ) to be included in Meridian. No Public Comment. Mayor Mitchell closed the public hearing. Eckles stated that we need to rescind the previous resolution and re-approve the resolution. Bell moved to rescind Resolution 2004-06, Christopherson seconded the motion. Christopherson asked for clarification on the need to rescind the resolution. The Mayor stated that we have more comments and it is required by Ada County Code and it puts the comments and the adoption of the resolution in the proper order. Roll Call: McDaniel, Christopherson, Erlebach and Bell - all aye: motion carried. Bell moved to approve Resolution 2004-06 a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Star, Idaho approving and adopting, pursuant to Section 67-6509, Idaho Code, a Comprehensive Plan for the City of Star; repealing Comprehensive Plan Resolution No. 2000-8, adopted on October 3, 2000; providing an effective date and including the changes stated. Christopherson seconded the motion. Roll Call: McDaniel, Christopherson, Erlebach, and Bell - all aye: motion carried. ) Amendment to Ordinance No. 103 - The Mayor opened the public hearing. Eckles stated that this action will need to be deferred until Ada County has taken the appropriate action. The Mayor closed the public hearing. Bell moved to table the Amendment to Ordinance 103, McDaniel seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Old Business: Five Year Transportation Improvement Planning - Linda Ritter, of COMPASS reviewed the Transportation Committee's list from Star. The list was similar to that of the Councils. Bruce Mills of Ada County Highway District (ACHD) reviewed some of the items on the list. Mills stated that some of the projects will be under the Idaho Transportation District jurisdiction. ACHD is doing a study now on Floating Feather; on Main Street curb, gutter and sidewalk improvements were listed- residents in the area oppose this project, and four applications for the neighborhood enhancement were discussed. Mary Overstreet- Chairman of Transportation Committee of Star, reviewed items the Transportation Committee has been working on. The Committee will be meeting with ACHD regarding two or three issues on the fourth Tuesday of the month. Discussion was held on highway studies - Highway 16 is underway and Highway 44 is coming up. Linda Ritter stated that the due date for projects is October 29th. McDaniel moved to instruct the Mayor to write a letter formalizing the request for the TIP project. ) The items used will be from the Star Transportation Committee list, Christopherson 2  seconded the motion. Eckles reminded the Council that COMPASS had extra work funds ) and being applied to the Floating Feather project - we should leave it on the list. All aye: motion carried. New Business: City Hall Remodel -The Mayor asked to have the discussion tabled. Bell may have some options before we go to Town Hall meeting. The Mayor identified options - remodel current footprint, construct an addition to building or build a new building. A workshop will be scheduled for this discussion. Reports - • Legal Counsel had nothing to report. • The City Clerk thanked Craig and Kathleen for all the work they are doing. • The Zoning Administrator, Craig Eckles informed the Council of a meeting with Ada County on October 20th at the Star Elementary Building. It is an Ada County Commissioners meeting. The City will be sending out notices. • Bell stated that the striping is done on Blake Haven parking lot, the street lights are about in. We have received three bids for irrigating the park. We found out that some of the contractors don't have public works licenses and asked Legal Counsel if we need to re-bid the job? Yorgason stated that we do need to re-bid the job. Get another three with public works licenses. • Erlebach - nothing to report. • Christopherson stated that he would be sending requests for bids on the web site ) again and those will be reviewed in November. • McDaniel attended an ACHD Commission meeting on September 16th. • The Mayor stated that the first Tuesday in November is Election Day and all meeting rooms are booked the Monday and Wednesday of that week. The first regular meeting in November will be cancelled. A town hall meeting may be scheduled on the 9th of November. Council will have a workshop prior to this. City Hall will be closed next Monday - Columbus Day. The Mayor reviewed the Area of Impact meeting with the Ada County Commissioners. They tabled our AOI decision to the 2ih of October. Officer Rod Marshall is on duty and a rookie is with him. The irrigation ditch behind City Hall is flooding the city hall property. We budgeted for 150 building permits and we issued 167. The City final budget numbers came in $122,000 under budget. Adjournment: Bell moved to adjourn the meeting, Christopherson seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 pm. Respectfully submitted: Approved: 0� Nathan Mitchell, Mayor ) 3