City Council Regular Meeting

Star City Council Meeting Minutes May 16, 2017 The regular meeting of the Star City Council was held on May 16, 2017 at the Star City Hall, 10769 W. State Street, Star, Idaho. Mayor Chad Bell called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm 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: Councilman Lockett moved to approve the agenda, Chadwick seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. Consent Agenda: Chadwick moved to approve the Consent Agenda consisting of Regular Meeting Minutes of May 2, 2017, Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law for the Crow’s Foot Subdivision, Reunion Subdivision Final Plat, Phase 1, Workshop Notes for May 2, 2017 and Liquor License for Westside Pizza, Lockett seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. Old/New Business: Public Hearing: Rezone – DMK LLC – The Mayor reviewed the procedures for the public hearing stating the applicant will speak, we will have public input, the applicant can rebut testimony, then we will close the public hearing and move to deliberations. The Mayor asked if there was any ex parte or conflicts of interest, hearing none the Mayor opened the public hearing and asked the applicant to speak. Applicant: Penelope Riley, Riley Planning Services, PO Box 405, Boise, stated she represents DMK Development. They held their neighborhood meeting on Saturday, April 15th; they did have seven neighbors attend. The general location of the property is just west of the City center. There exists two zoning classifications - it is currently R8 & CBD; they are requesting a rezone to Commercial. There are records of survey showing there was an access agreement and they do have a joint irrigation agreement. This request is supported by the Comprehensive Plan. There was a late ITD letter that she just received and Council has a copy; she reviewed the transportation documents. Riley also presented an earlier email from Erica Bowman, Kristi Little and Shona Tonkin at ITD. A map of the ingress/egress was provided to Council. The engineer has met with ITD representatives and they have talked about the access. The project engineer also met with an ACHD representative, they discussed widening Sunlight. Subsequent to the ACHD meeting the drawing was sent to ITD. Couch was apparently not updated with the discussion, as they have started the access. Chadwick asked if the letter from Shona at ITD references ITD picture. Riley stated that it did. Public Input: Sam Powell did not want to speak, but is in favor of this application. 1 The Mayor described where the property is located on the map and stated they are requesting this parcel be rezoned to commercial. The Mayor closed the public hearing. The Mayor asked if there were questions of staff: Chadwick asked if ITD would approve the egress/ingress. Riley stated that they would, but application has not been made. Chadwick moved to approve the File #RZ-17-03, the Rezone for DMK Development with the two conditions of approval from staff, Lockett seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. Public Hearing – Verizon Conditional Use Permit: The Mayor explained what the request was for and stated they are asking for a Conditional Use Permit. The Mayor asked for any ex parte or conflicts of interest from Council; hearing none the Mayor declared the public hearing open and asked the applicant to speak. Applicant: Jodie Knopp, 5710 S. Green Street, Murray, Utah stated that as population increases so does demand, they are requesting approval of this antenna. The site is located off of S. Star Road and will be set on top of the building with supporting equipment behind the building. This will increase the capacity for higher demands. This is a passive use and will only require one visit per month to ensure all is working properly. This is a safe and secure use. She has read and has no objections to the conditions of approval. Chadwick asked if the antenna was only three feet. Knopp stated that it was and will be basically out of sight. Public Input: Sam Powell is in support of the project, but did not want to speak. The Mayor closed the public hearing and asked Council if they have any questions of staff. Hearing none, Council moved to deliberations. Nielsen moved to approve File #CU-17-01 for a Conditional Use Permit for Verizon Wireless for a wireless communication antenna with the five conditions of approval, Lockett seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. Ordinance No. 257 Crow’s Foot Subdivision Rezone and Development Agreement – The Mayor stated the Ordinance was for a Rezone and Development Agreement that Council had acted on previously. He asked if there were any questions. Hearing none, he asked for a motion. Chadwick 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. 257 be considered after reading once by title only, Lockett seconded the motion. Roll Call: Hershey - aye, Lockett - aye, Chadwick – aye, Nielsen – aye: motion carried. 2 Chadwick moved to approve Ordinance No. 257 McCloud Property Rezone, an Ordinance rezoning certain real property located in the City of Star, Ada County, Idaho, and generally located south of Floating Feather and west of Plummer Road (Ada County Parcel #s S0408120952, S0408120912, S0408120800, S0408120830) from Residential (R2) to Residential with a Development Agreement (R2-DA) classification; amending the zoning map of the City of Star to reflect such changes; and providing an effective date, Lockett seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. Reports: Staff – Chief Jake Vogt stated call loads are increasing due to the construction in town. They have requested radar and are receiving a lot of calls. The Chief stated that they are getting stuck in traffic as well as everyone else. Chadwick asked if there was anything that can be done for pedestrian crossing. The Chief will speak with the flaggers and see if something can be done. Council – Councilman Hershey has been out of town seeing his brother. Lockett stated the Fire meetings have moved their meeting dates. Chadwick asked if there were any updates on water. Chief Vogt stated that the output at the Glenwood Bridge is at flood stage and the rain will not help. There is concern over the Eagle bridges. We are in good shape in Star. Federal and local agencies are ready for any major water releases as the Army Corp is looking to raise the water again. They are looking at water levels of maybe 11,000 cfs. The Chief encouraged everyone to not go near the river banks. ACHD does have resources for removing things damned up against the bridge. Nielsen had nothing to report. Mayor – The Mayor has attended several meetings. He has gotten several updates from Emergency Management regarding the water; there is talk of snow possibly tonight down on the valley floor and up to six inches possible up in the mountains. Please use caution around the river if you have to be near it. The Mayor has attended the Treasure Valley Partners meeting and the Leadership Conference where he was a speaker on transportation. He attended the Boise Mayors Youth Awards and we will be having the Star Mayor’s Scholarship Award Banquet on the 25th, we are awarding $15,000 to the youth this year. Special Guests: The Mayor recognized the foreign exchange students here from Germany. The Mayor asked them to say their name and where they are from in Germany. The Mayor welcomed the students. Hats and Frisbees were given out. Executive Session: Chadwick moved to go into Executive Session under Idaho Code Section 74-206 (1)(b) to consider evaluation, discipline and to hear complaints against public officials, Nielsen seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. Lockett moved, Hershey seconded the motion to come out of Executive Session. 3 No decisions were made in Executive Session. Council Election for Council President: Nielsen nominated Chadwick for Council President, Hershey seconded the nomination. All ayes: motion carried. The Mayor talked about the Council Retreat. Everyone will look at June 23rd. Adjournment: Chadwick moved to adjourn the meeting, Nielson seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 pm. Approved: __________________________ Respectfully submitted: Charlten Bell, Mayor _________________________ Cathy Ward, City Clerk 4