City Council Regular Meeting

Star City Council Meeting Minutes March 15, 2011 The regular meeting of the Star City Council was held on March 15, 2011 at 7:05 pm at the Star City Hall. Mayor Nathan Mitchell called the meeting to order and all stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call: Council persons Tammy McDaniel, Gary Smith, Tom Erlebach and Chad Bell were all present. Approval of the Agenda: The Mayor stated that we have an Amended Agenda adding 6D – Bid Acceptance for restrooms for Blake Haven Park and 6E Construction Drawings for Hunter’s Creek Park. Bell moved to approve the amended agenda, Erlebach seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Consent Agenda: McDaniel moved to approve the Consent Agenda consisting of: Regular Meeting Minutes of February 15, 2011, Claims Against the City for February 2011 and Time Extension for Hope Ridge Estates, Bell seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Presentations/Public Input: Star Police Department – Chief Ramage – Chief Ramage was excused from the meeting. Committee Reports – No reports were given. Public Input -`Denice VanDoren, 11071 W. Frost Street, stated that she sold the newspaper. VanDoren thanked the Mayor and Council for all the assistance they’ve given in the past. Old/New Business: Downtown Revitalization Plan – Public Hearing: The Mayor stated that this is a land use application for the City. The Mayor declared the public hearing opened and asked Delta James from SAGE to speak on the Downtown Revitalization Plan. James stated that she received only one comment and that was from Larry Clucas. Clucas asked why the City Hall and library are not part of the Central Business District; he believes the City needs a town square and should have options for that. James stated that spelling errors were corrected. The Mayor asked if the funding examples were specific to specific cities. James stated that these were not exclusive to the specific cities. The Mayor read a letter from Robert Wurster, Chairman of the Economic Development Committee. The letter stated that the Committee had voted at their last meeting to approve the plan and recommend it to the Council for approval. 1 McDaniel stated that there was an error on page 25 – the second paragraph, remove the “d” from the second and on page 25. The Mayor closed the public hearing and entertained a motion from the Council. Bell moved to approve the Downtown Revitalization Plan, Smith seconded the motion. Bell is also concerned about finding a place for parking and a gathering place. All aye: motion carried. Ordinance No. 212 Kuehn Rezone – The Mayor stated that this was the hair salon at 321 S. Star Road that was rezoned to Mixed Use. McDaniel moved 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. 212 be considered after reading once by title only, Bell seconded the motion. Roll Call: McDaniel, Smith, Erlebach and Bell – all aye: motion carried. Bell moved to approve Ordinance No. 212, an Ordinance rezoning certain real property located in the City of Star, Ada and Canyon Counties, Idaho, commonly described as 321 S. Star Road, from a Residential (R-2) classification to a Mixed Use (MU) classification; amending the zoning map of the City of Star to reflect such changes; and providing an effective date, Erlebach seconded the motion. Roll Call: McDaniel, Smith, Erlebach and Bell – all aye: motion carried. Ordinance No. 213 Flood Plain – Canyon County – The Mayor stated that this Ordinance adds the property in Canyon County that is now annexed into our Flood Plain. Smith asked if this verbiage has been added to all ordinances. The Mayor stated that it was just adding Canyon County. McDaniel moved 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. 213 be considered after reading once by title only, Smith seconded the motion. Roll Call: McDaniel, Smith, Erlebach and Bell – all aye: motion carried. McDaniel moved to approve Ordinance No. 213 Flood Plain – Canyon County, an Ordinance of the City of Ada and Canyon Counties, Idaho amending Ordinance No. 65 Flood Plain Regulations to add Canyon County to all references of the Flood Plain regulations; and providing for an effective date, Erlebach seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Bid Acceptance – Blake Haven Restroom Building – The Mayor stated that the bids closed at 2:00 pm this afternoon; we received three bids. Radix Construction was the apparent low bidder, Star Construction was second lowest bidder and Wright Brothers was the highest. Our engineer, Keller Engineering is recommending that the award go to Radix Construction. The Mayor explained the building design to everyone. 2 Bell moved to approve the recommended bid by Radix Construction, McDaniel seconded the motion. Smith asked to have a light sensor and auto lock looked into. The Mayor stated that he will bring back the information for a change order. The Mayor explained that we are trying to keep business local, and the owners of Radix Construction live in Star. Roll Call: McDaniel, Smith, Erlebach and Bell – all aye: motion carried. Proposed Drawings of Hunter’s Creek Park – The Mayor stated that we used our engineer on the first drawing and we now have a site plan back for Phase one. The irrigation bid was bid by South Landscaping for $7,900 (for irrigation design) and the engineer’s bid from Keller is $38,250. What does the Council want to do? Erlebach would like Justin Walker to come before the Council and discuss the bid proposal. Bell has always been happy with work Keller has done, but doesn’t see paying more than market rate. Consensus is that we ask for a couple more estimates on the project. Reports: Staff – There were no reports from staff. Council – Erlebach stated the River Walk fence will be taken down next Tuesday and the parking lot has been graveled. Bell stated that there was a Valley Regional Transit meeting tomorrow. Bell stated that he did present a certificate from the City to Marq Ross for service to the Scouts. Mayor – The Mayor stated that he received a proposal on building a fence and will get another one. We are removing the existing barbed wire fence and will set a new fence for a barrier. We did close on the second parcel on Main Street, it has been cleaned up and is ready to bring gravel in. There will be a Ribbon Cutting Ceremony on April 29th for the River Walk. The decision that was made is to reopen the budget and look to spend money on the River Walk, Blake Park, and Hunter’s Creek. That will happen at the next meeting. We are out to bid for the audio video for the EMS system. Federal grant monies will pay for this. A meeting with Outreach was held on coordination of efforts in town. The Unified Code is scheduled for the second meeting in April. McDaniel thanked staff for putting all the work into the Retreat. The Mayor stated that the Legislature did approve construction money for Hwy 16. The Mayor discussed other legislative items. Adjournment: Bell moved to adjourn, Erlebach seconded the motion. The meeting adjourned at 7:52 pm. 3 Respectfully submitted: Approved: _________________________ ___________________________ Cathy Ward, City Clerk/Treas. Nathan Mitchell, Mayor 4