City Council Regular Meeting

Star City Council Meeting Minutes March 15, 2016 The regular meeting of the Star City Council was held on March 15, 2016 at the Star City Hall, 10769 W. State Street, Star, Idaho at 7:00 pm. Mayor Chad Bell called the meeting to order and all stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call: Councilmen David Hershey, Richard Lockett, Trevor Chadwick and Kevin Nielsen were all present. Approval of the Agenda: Lockett moved to approve the agenda, Nielsen seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. Consent Agenda: The Consent Agenda consisted of: Regular Meeting Minutes of March 1, 2016 and Workshop Notes for March 1, 2016. Lockett moved to approve, Nielsen seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. Presentations/Public Input: Public Input: Michael Traficanti, 301 S. Selwood Way, Star, complimented the Council on the website and believes we need to take it to the next step by adding Facebook and Twitter that will share the calendar. This is a great way to reach the community. The Mayor stated it was already in the works. Old/New Business: Boat Launch Discussion/Decision - The Mayor stated we have received the final construction drawings for the boat launch. The Mayor reviewed the boat launch visuals. We are technically ready for bid and need to apply for a permit from the Corp. We have not budgeted for the ramp in this year’s budget. The Mayor asked Council what they wanted to do. We have paid for all the drawings. The Corp permit would be good for 18 months. Hershey asked about the cost and if this was the most feasible plan. We can put it out for bid. Chadwick asked if we are not going to build it can’t we get estimates from other Cities. The Mayor stated that we could and that way we would know an estimate of what it will take to build. Nielsen asked when we could build it. The Mayor stated we would need to build it in the fall, typically when the water level is down. Chadwick believes we should wait until next winter to put this in, get the committees together and decide then. Lockett suggested pushing it back until we decide what we’re doing at the river. 1 The Mayor stated he is looking for direction. The Council consensus is to discuss it later in the year and decide what our priorities are. We will put it on a workshop with committees. Resolution No. 16-04 Valley Regional Transit Designees – The Mayor explained why we needed to put this Resolution in place. Councilman Lockett is the primary and the Mayor is the secondary. Chadwick moved to approve Resolution 16-04, a Resolution appointing a Primary and Alternate representative from the City of Star, Idaho, to the governing board of Valley Regional Transit; and providing for an effective date, Nielsen seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. Public Hearing – Ordinance No. 254 Flood Plain Amendment – The Mayor declared the public hearing open and since it was an application from the City there was no need to ask for conflicts of interest or ex parte contact. The Mayor asked staff to explain the Ordinance. Staff: Ward stated the changes to the Flood Plain Ordinance were in part to clean up the Ordinance and in part change wording required by FEMA. Earlier we removed the word “building” from the apartment definition, this was missed in an earlier change. The FEMA required wording is in the definition area of the word “substantial compliance”. This was re- written to insure that our citizens could continue to keep their flood plain insurance. Chadwick asked if this is FEMA’s wording. Staff stated that it was. Nielsen asked what the difference was, as it looks the same. Staff stated there is very little difference. Public: Kathy Merick, 302 S. Discovery Bay, Star, asked how to find more information on the flood plain. Ward stated that anyone can contact the Idaho Department of Water Resources (IDWR). Gerard Cattin, 12012 W. Caribee Inlet, Star, asked why the flood area has been reduced. The Mayor stated that the maps are older and there are changes all along the river. Cattin asked if there are things we can do to reduce the flood area even more. The Mayor closed the public hearing. Nielsen 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. 254 be considered after reading once by title only, Lockett seconded the motion. Roll call: Hershey – aye, Lockett – aye, Chadwick – aye, Nielsen – aye: Motion carried. Nielsen moved to approve the Flood Plain Amendment Ordinance No. 254, an Ordinance of the City of Star, Idaho, amending the Flood Plain Ordinance, the Residential Structure definition and the Substantial Improvement definition; and providing an effective date, Lockett seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. 2 Fee Discussion – The Mayor explained the fees we charge and stated that he and Ward have provided some hard costs for a land use application. The Mayor explained what we have been charging $500 for annexation and zoning when actual costs are $1,100. We surveyed a couple surrounding cities - Meridian charges $1,800 and Eagle’s is different as it is cost times acreage. Chadwick stated the increase is about 2.5 times when we currently charge. The Mayor stated we need to decide what we want to change and then we have to go to a public hearing with the changes. Chadwick stated we need to put that increase to the other fees. Chadwick has applied the 2.5 times to all land use fees and stated that we can look at these numbers and use them for public hearing. The Mayor asked Council how they want to proceed. Do you want to review the numbers first in a workshop or do you want Mayor and Ward to review and schedule for public hearing? It was the consensus of the Council to have the numbers put together and discuss them in a workshop on March 22 at 7:00 pm. Unified Development Code Review – The Mayor stated the UDC has not been reviewed for some time. The Mayor asked the Attorney to review it to see what it would cost for the Attorney, the Mayor and Ward to review the UDC. The Attorney is on contract for two meetings a month, this would be an extra charge. It will probably cost us about $4,000. The Mayor believes it is worth the fee and we have the money in the budget to do this. It has been quite a few years since this has been reviewed. The estimate of time is between 20 to 25 hours. We don’t need a motion, the Mayor just wanted Council to know. This will be more of a technical review and any changes will come before the Council. Reports: Staff – Ward stated that she has been very busy with new businesses wanting to come to town. Council – Chadwick stated that he and the Mayor did a tour of City Hall with a Cub Scout pack. Chadwick will be attending the Sewer and Water meeting. Nielsen is working with Microsoft and the IT people. Mayor – The Mayor attended the Dist. 14 meeting and the Treasure Valley Partners meeting. The Mayor has had a meeting with Mayor de Weerd of Meridian and they will enter into talks about area of impact boundaries. He has requested the same meeting with Mayor Ridgeway of Eagle. We are going to start the same conversation with Canyon County. The phones been ringing a lot in City Hall regarding interest in commercial development, we are having two and three meetings a week. There is interest in lots of retail. Next door, St. Al’s is going really well. It will be urgent and primary care and they have purchased enough property to expand. A credit union is also looking at Star. Committee members have been sent invitations and we will meet on the 29th. Committees are economic development, transportation, beautification, service and 3 the Mayor’s Youth Advisory committee. Anyone that has a specific interest, please let us know. We did award the skate park bid and Tom Erlebach has been out getting funding help. We hope to have it done mid-summer. A bike pump track is also in the works. Adjournment: Nielsen moved to adjourn the meeting, Lockett seconded the motion. All ayes; motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 8:00 pm. Approved: ______________________________ Respectfully submitted: Charlten Bell, Mayor ____________________________ Cathy Ward, City Clerk 4