City Council Regular Meeting

Star City Council Meeting Minutes April 5, 2005 Pre-Council Meeting - 6:30pm Kelli Fearless, Executive Director of Valley Regional Transit gave a presentation on regional planning in the Treasure Valley. Fearless discussed short-term strategies, growth scenarios, minimum vehicle frequencies, and flex routes. She is looking to form committees in the smaller communities to see if there is support for funding for growth of mass transportation in the rural areas. Regular Meeting A regular meeting of the Star City Council was held on April 5, 2005 at the Star Fire Station. Mayor Nathan Mitchell called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm and all stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call: Councilpersons Tammy McDaniel, Dustin Christopherson, Tom Erlebach and Chad Bell were all present. Approval of Agenda: Christopherson moved to approve the agenda, McDaniel seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Consent Agenda: The Consent Agenda consisted of: Regular Meeting Minutes of March 15, 2005, Claims against City for March 2005, Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law for the Preliminary Plat & Conditional Use for PUD for Parkstone Subdivision, Alcoholic Beverage License for the Star Mercantile, and Alcoholic Beverage License for Sam’s Saloon. Bell moved to approve the Consent Agenda, Christopherson seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Public Input: No public input was given. New Business: Streetlight Discussion/Decision – Mary Overstreet: Chairman Overstreet of the Star Transportation Committee discussed the Antique Streetlights for Star Road and State Street. A map was provided to the Council with revisions. The Committee is asking to have eight decorative streetlights installed on State Street – ten have been budgeted for. They would like to use the budgeted money for the other two streetlights and pay for electricity on other Idaho Power pole lights. Bell stated that he already has a streetlight by his property on 3rd and Center. 1 The Mayor asked for a motion to expend the budgeted monies for streetlights. It was moved by Bell and seconded by Erlebach to approve the streetlight request from the Transportation Committee. Ordinance No. 123 Stubblefield Amended Legal Description: The Mayor stated that this Ordinance is to correct a legal description It was moved by McDaniel and seconded by Christopherson, 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.123 be considered after reading once by title only. Roll Call: McDaniel, Christopherson, Erlebach, Bell – all aye: motion carried. Christopherson moved to approve Ordinance No. 123 an Ordinance amending Section 2 of Ordinance No. 117, adopted by the Mayor and Council of the City of Star on November 16, 2004, 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 for an effective date, Bell seconded the motion. Roll Call: McDaniel, Christopherson, Erlebach and Bell – all aye: motion carried. Reports: Legal Counsel, Chris Yorgason discussed the new laws put in place for the public bidding process. Yorgason also reviewed the history of the Swaim property. City Clerk, Cathy Ward informed the Council that all surplus property had been sold or donated. Bell stated that Councilman Erlebach is working on the park. Erlebach stated that he attended a Transportation Committee meeting. They are doing a great job. Happy Birthday to Chad Bell. He is working on getting picnic tables, leveling dirt and garbage cans for the park. Christopherson stated that he attended the Star Chamber of Commerce meeting. An Economic Development meeting was held and six people attended Their meetings will be the 4th Tuesday of every month at 6:30pm. McDaniel stated that she attended the State of County address for Ada County breakfast. She also attended an Emergency Management meeting. They are proposing a budget increase. McDaniel asked about the removal of the building on Taurus and HWY44? . The Mayor stated that he had addressed that issue. The Mayor stated that applications for the race Race for the cure Cure will be sponsored by City of Star (the first 10 person team only). We received at City Hall a petition stating that there should be no entrance from Parkstone Subdivision onto Main Street. We have 2 had two traffic counts done, numbers will be available soon. There will be a Town Hall meeting on April 14th at the Elementary School. Council is invited to attend the Leadership Conference. The Blue Print for Good Growth Consortium has narrowed options down to two and will be finalized in April. The Mayor has met with Melinda O’Malley and the first newsletter will be out around June 21st. The legal description of the Area of impact has been accepted by Ada County. Adjournment: Christopherson moved to adjourn the meeting, McDaniel seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Respectfully submitted: Approved: _______________________ ___________________________ Cathy Ward, City Clerk Nathan Mitchell, Mayor 3