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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01JANUARY 2005 ja� City of Chubbuck NEWS P.O. Box 5604 • 5160 Yellowstone Ave., Chubbuck, ID 83202-0006 • Phone (208) 237-2400 www.ci.chubbuck.id.us We have had a beautiful Christmas season. The carries more traffic all the time. I believe, the home decorations in our city were outstanding. theaters are scheduled to open in April. Two Awards could have been given to any one of 40 streets will connect from Home Depot area into homes. In the future the Mayor will give a Pineridge Mall property. This too will help traf- Mayor's award to a home in each section of the fic movement. The speed bumps are scheduled city. If you have any desire to serve on the com- to be removed. A big plus for everyone. We mittee that decides the winners in the city, please would also plan in the future to extend Afton sign the list that is located on the counter at City street north to Chubbuck Road and if possible e then conn ct Hall. I will see that you are on a committee. South to Evans lanBext nsdion and on toeHawthorne. ThiBurnside s will take a bit of time and funds. Funds—where does the city get the funds to rebuild these streets and to have rebuilt Chubbuck Road and Hawthorne Road? These funds come from in- cremental finance funds. Allowing cities to cre- ate tax incremental districts is the no. 1legisla- tion the state has ever passed to assist cities to build and rebuild infrastructure and parks. With- out these funds the only source we would have for funds would be a bond that you the citizen would pay in addition to the property tax you now pay. If you desire more information on this type of financing make an appointment and I will discuss this with you. I can tell you this financing has given our city the funds to do all the work you have seen going on and the parks where we have been able to place walk paths, play- ground equipment, etc. Let no one fool you that this money could be used to lower your property tax. That is not true. Have a good winter. See you again in the spring. Snow, beautiful snow. We need it so and we seem to be having plenty of it. Be careful as you drive wherever you go. Please remove your cars from city streets to enable the snow plows to clean snow off streets. Snow appears to be on the move and will be with us for some time. Enjoy! City Council meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. I invite you to join us and learn what is going on in the city. We have the Rail- road Credit Union building under construction on Yellowstone. A beautiful addition to the city. We have Hartland Estates on East Chubbuck Road under development at present and lots sell- ing rapidly. We have Cambridge Estates devel- oping on Whitaker immediately south of the Ellis school; Sunset West will be in construction in spring located on corner of Philbin and Chubbuck; Park Meadows on West Chubbuck continues to develop into a beautiful place to live. An L.D.S. church will be located in Park Mead- ows approximately at the corner of Independence and Chu uck Road. Pheasant Ridge contin- ues development—these units are affordable and quite attractive and convenient. More information of happenings and our plans for 2005• The city is planning to construct Evans Lane east to Burley Drive and rebuild Burley Drive from Chubbuck to the Idaho Central Credit Union complex. The credit union is plan- ning a four story office building on their prop- erty on south Burley Drive, landscaping that will really clean up the area. We also would like to continue Evans Lane from Yellowstone to Hawthorne. We have valuable property to cross to do this. Either of these new streets, I believe, would draw many types of business to those va- cant fields and lots. We need as soon as funds are available to reconstruct Valenty Street as it To the individual who wrote the anonymous letter. The city does clean sidewalks in front of city property—city hall down Highway Avenue in front of properties owned by the city. We do help handicapped individuals. We do return af- ter the main storm has ended and plow out some drives and sidewalks on Yellowstone and Chubbuck and the walk ways in city parks as time allows. We plow out mail boxes if the city plow has plowed an extra large amount of snow in front of these boxes. If you qualify give me the name and address of your property and we will plow your sidewalks, if you are aged or handi- capped. At Last! The Portneuf District Library is at last opening after a much needed remodel and renovation. Members of the public are invited to the ribbon cutting and flag raising ceremonies to be held on February 1, 2005 from 5:00-8:00 PM. The library has added a public room with accom- modations for lectures, book reviews, meetings or appropriate musical presentations and pro- grams. A new children's library and teen area lend to the user friendly atmosphere. As always computers, and a complete fiction and nonfic- tion book collection and excellent study areas are available for adults and student of all ages. :, Baseball registration will be held at City Hall on March 12th 19th and April 2nd from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Registration will be for: Tiger/Tee-ball ages: 5-8 (girls by Jan 1, boys by Aug. 1 st); Girls softball ages: 8 -up (before January 1st); Boys baseball ages: 9 -up (before August 1). You will need to brine your birth certificate and sign -u_ o_fee. Fees. Tiger/Tee ball ..................... $20.00 Girls Softball ....................... $35.00 Boys baseball - Mustangs, Bronco, and Pony teams: ......................... $65.00 Colts: ................................... $70.00 Boys baseball tryouts are April 6th and 7th— season starts April 13, 2005 If you miss registration, you can still register at The City of Chubbuck, 5160 Yellowstone. For any questions please call Scott at 237-3865. billingWinter Just a reminder that during the months of No- vember, December, January, February water meters are not read. During these months you will receive a base rate billing with no water us- age included; in March you will receive a catchup billing for the water that was used over those months. These are the colder months of the year and the water meter can/vault provides its own insulation preventing freezing/breaking of the meter. If you notice any meter can/vault lids not shut securely, please contact the city of- fices and one of our trained technicians will cor- rect the problem. Never access the water meter can/vault as damage to the meter and possible electronic equipment could occur and this would be very costly to you, only city personnel are allowed access to the water meter cans/vaults. Thank you. SANITATION Thank you for your patience with our change of garbage companies. It will probably take an additional two or three weeks before all of the problems are worked out. Ifyou have problems call us at 237-2400 and we will work on resolv- ing them. While making this change we found 200 plus homes that were using two carts- that we were not aware of and therefore not billing them. Making that change has helped to fix this problem. Each home is assigned a cart num- ber so we can keep track of what is going on. If you would like an 2nd cart the cost is $9.05 a month. Just let us know and we can take you one. :2005 CALENDAR1 'BANNOCK LANDFILL Household Hazardous Waste Days 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. April 2, May 7, June 4, July 2, August 6, September 3, October 1. Free days 8:00 am to 6:00 pm. May 21 and October 15.