City Council Special Meeting

Star City Council Special Meeting Minutes November 7, 2007 Pre Council Meeting – 6:30 pm Ada County Highway District – Beacon Light Extension Alignment Study – Craig Herndon handed out information to the Mayor and Council. The study was done for future growth and development. Discussion was held on the connection alternatives. Alignment A is the longest alignment, which will also carry the most traffic. This is also the one the public wants. Canyon Highway prefers Alternative C. Herndon wants to know what the City of Star would like and a letter to be sent to Ada County Highway District. Tom Foster spoke and stated that his property is the only property affected by the one alignment and they would like the road to go behind Monument Ridge and tie directly into Beacon Light. The Sky Dive Center is also in the general area and would be affected. Mayor Mitchell asked if a letter after our second meeting of the month would meet the time frame. Herndon stated that it would be okay. The Mayor asked that the Canyon Highway District be asked to attend a Pre Council meeting the second meeting of November. Valley Regional Transit/COMPASS - Kelli Fearless of Valley Regional Transit reviewed the funding for transportation. Fearless reviewed the history of the local option tax bill. A draft of the legislation will be left with the Clerk. Fearless talked about combining Valley Regional Transit and COMPASS. They are in a comment period right now on the bill and want to go forward with a united front. They want a resolution passed by all the jurisdictions. Regular Council Meeting – 7:00 pm The first City Council meeting in the new Star City Hall was called to order by Mayor Nathan Mitchell at 7:00 pm. The Mayor welcomed everyone 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 the Agenda: Christopherson moved to approve the agenda, Bell seconded the motion carried. All aye: motion carried. 1 Consent Agenda: The Consent Agenda consisted of the Regular Meeting Minutes of October 16, 2007, Claims Against the City for October 2007, Findings of Fact & Conclusions of Law for the Whitener Property Annexation & Zoning and the Pristine Meadows Time Extension Request. Bell moved to approve the Consent Agenda, McDaniel seconded the motion. The motion was withdrawn. Bell moved to add 6-3 to the agenda for the bill addendum and approve the Consent Agenda, McDaniel seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Public Input: Bob Denton, 5615 Meadow Court, Nampa, stated that they would be affected by the road and they have been in the location for 30 years. The Federal Aviation prefers them to be out there as there are no problems and the Sky Dive Center would prefer the northern site. Gary Smith, 2528 Langer Lake, congratulated all the candidates and thanked the election team. They will not challenge the votes. He made a campaign promise that he would participate more and would like to apply for the Economic Development Committee. He thanked the people of Star. Christopherson stated that the EDC meeting would be at 7:00 tomorrow night at City Hall. Terry Malarkey, 23418 N. Blessinger, agreed with Smith. Malarkey was happy with the turn out. He would also like to be on the Economic Development Committee. Mark Jaungur, 2913 Tweed Court, stated that he would like to have the Council take into consideration that they have been racing in that general area for a long time. Frank Turner, 234 N. Devon Way, congratulated everyone and stated it was a good contest. The Mayor thanked all candidates and stated that it was time to come back together as a community. New Business: Canvass of Votes - Christopherson moved to approve the Canvass of the Votes for the November 6, 2007 election with results as stated, Erlebach seconded the motion. The Mayor reviewed the number counts. All aye: motion carried. Sign Discussion – The Mayor stated that the Freedom Storage sign is the sign in question. There was no monument sign at the time the other was erected. They have since put up a monument sign, at that time we did make that sign come down. Freedom Storage then came in and asked to change the sign – it was interpreted as an existing sign. The business owners are concerned. The Mayor is asking if the Council wants the sign to come down, a variance issued, or what direction the Council would like to go. 2 Bell stated that Freedom Storage now has store frontage. We did issue a sign permit. Shawna Miller stated that they took the sign down in less than an hour. There would be room for the Freedom storage sign on the other sign. Erlebach stated that they were allowed to put the other sign up because they did not have frontage. Bell stated that we should have a public hearing on this issue. The City will pay for the cost of publishing the public hearing. The issue will be scheduled for the first meeting on December 4th. Bill Addendum – Two additional bills were presented to the City – Bell moved to approve the additional expenditures, McDaniel seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. Reports: Clerk – Ward stated that the City had a great turn out and everyone was very professional and thanked everyone. Council – Christopherson stated that the EDC meeting is tomorrow night at 7:00 pm. Erlebach apologized for being late. The Park & Rec Committee wants to do a spray park for Blake Haven Park. They will also put an activity flyer out – one in March and one in May. There are six people still involved in the Parks committee. Bell thanked everyone and complemented everyone involved in the election. Mayor – The Mayor complemented everyone on picking up signs today and welcomed everyone to the new City Hall. The pipes out front will not stay as culverts. The Mayor talked about the Growth Summit at Ada County. The gazebo and swings are in at the park. We have no permanent restrooms yet. The spray park will provide these. Adjournment: Dustin moved to adjourn, McDaniel seconded the motion. All aye: motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm. Respectfully submitted: Approved: ______________________ ________________________ Cathy Ward, City Clerk Nathan Mitchell, Mayor 3