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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10OCTOBER 2004 CZ=D City of Chubbuck NEWS P.O. Box 5604 • 5160 Yellowstone Ave., Chubbuck, ID 83202-0006 - Phone (208) 237-2400 www.ci.chubbuck.id.us Mayor to City This has been an exciting summer and building season. We have so many new homes being con- structed in our city, and in addition we have sev- eral new businesses locating in Chubbuck. On the corner ofYellowstone and Chubbuck we have Hollywood Video and next to them we have a Dollar Store in construction. We have a Walgreen, Petco, Italian Restaurant, (Fazoli), that the manager says will make us forget Olive Gar- den. We shall see. We have a Wendy's already selling hamburgers, etc and Carmike Theaters are under construction with a new 12 theater com- plex located just east of Home Depot in the Pine Ridge Mall property. "My Sisters Closet" has opened, located near the Five Mile Inn and spe- cializes in consigned clothing and other used clothing (all clean); antiques, some furniture and is a drop off for Foothill Dry Cleaners. A great addition to our community and owned and op- erated by the wife of one of our City Employees - Glenda Piquet. I want you citizens to know of the quality employees we have working for you in our city. These men and women are dedicated to their responsibilities. The work we have ac- complished in our maintenance and parks de- partments, the Engineers, water people and of- fice personnel has been especially appreciated by the Mayor. A great group of people working for you. Hawthorne Road is nearly complete. We have to change the striping at the intersection and a couple other minor items and it is complete. The Mayor needs to visit with those who live on the east side of Hawthorne about mail box location. We have Capell Park under construction. This park will accommodate the girls softball program, have a couple of soccer fields, the roller hockey people are planning to locate here and an acre for a dog run. We will be ready for the Girls pro- gram come next spring. We are enjoying a lovely fall, beautiful leaves in the mountains and with fall, winter cannot be far behind. We all need to remove vehicles that are not used on a regular basis from the streets to enable snow removal. With winter drive carefully and avoid accidents that could harm you or someone else. Have a great winter and holiday season. A History of our City Parks as I remember and have researched. Stuart.• Our first park 5 acres donated by Jim and Ruby Stuart. The Stuart's were early residents of this area dating back prior to 1920. 1 tennis court. Bistline. An acre donated by "Dube"Bistline for a city well and park. Early day residents of the valley. The city has doubled the size of this park in recent years. Bicentennial Park 7 acres donated by Roland and Rozalys Bogert Smith. A grant secured by then congressman George Hansen developed this park -ball field. 2 tennis courts. Cotant Park 20 acres owned by the school district. We ap- plied for a state park grant believing we could probably secure $10,000. We received as I re- member $110,000. This land was eventually purchased from the school district for $60,000. It is utilized by the city primarily but also by the school district at various times. This park is our most heavily used park. 4 tennis courts and we can play 9 baseball games at a time. Mary's Park Located in Mountain Park Subdivision play- ground and one tennis court. A beautiful neigh- borhood park and quite heavily used by small children. Land given by Mark and Mary Bunce. Espie Park Located in Espie Subdivision. A nice neighbor- hood park. Neighborhood parks have small shel- ters; as limited parking rules out family reunion type gatherings. Community Park Located on Garden Drive on land purchased by city from the developer. Again a neighborhood park with playground and small shelter. Victoria Park Located in. Victoria Village Subdivision. A neigh- borhood park with small shelter, limited park- ing and a basketball court. Hopefully soon. This park has had the police suggest the name of "Jerry Rowland Park" named after a former po- lice chief. We need thoughts from residents on this. Vera Armstrong Park Named after a city clerk who did outstanding work for the city. Mary Harker Park Named after a young lady who has given so many hours of time to city functions and de- fending the city. ., I , MMM Rest rooms are our highest maintenance facili- ties in the city. It seems there are those people who delight in tearing these facilities apart. We therefore use the portable type wherever we can. There is little or no maintenance. PARKS UNDER CONSTRUCTION Leon Capell Park This park is presently being developed. This park will house the girls softball program beginning next spring. We have the roller Hockey Group planning a facility in this park, we also have an acre for dogs to run in escorted by owner, 2 soc- cer fields. The Park In Kasiska has not been named at this time and also the park in Hartland Subdivision. Both are under construction at present. These above parks have 8 tennis courts, 9 base- ball fields, several soccer sites and football for young fellows. Where does the funding come from to develop these parks? The city collects a fee from every lot in a new subdivision which probably purchased the playground equip- ment. We require the developer to plant grass and install the sprinkling system. Tax incre- mental finance money is used in developing parks as well. This is one of the primary man- dated uses of increment funds. Let's talk TIF. This is money developed from an incremen- tal district. The property tax from this dis- trict goes entirely to the city. A small portion to schools but none to counties. This money in the city of Chubbuck has developed parks, rebuild Chubbuck and Hawthorne Roads. TIF funding has funded larger water lines for fire protection. Without this funding there is no way without raising property taxes that we could accomplish these improvements. A special thanks to developers who have partici- pated in our park development program. A very special thanks to those property owners who surround Cotant Park. You are special in accommodating this park and programs con- ducted here. PolicySnow Removal Winter is almost upon us and that means snow is just around the corner as well. The City of Chubbuck makes every effort to keep the roads clear of snow, but we do need help from the citizens from time to time. City code requires removal of all vehicles from the roadway during a snow emergency. A snow emergency will be automatically placed into effect at any time in which the snow depth on the street has reached an accumulated depth of three inches or more. Every effort will be made to widely publicize a snow emergency when it goes into effect. In or- der to ensure that the roadway can be plowed from gutter to gutter, any vehicle that is stored in the roadway between the hours of 7:00 am and 7:00 pm will be subject to towing at the owner's expense. Please make every effort to keep the streets of Chubbuck clear and safe this win- ter by storing your vehicle off the roadway when- ever possible. Retired or have 4 to 8 hours a month to help the police department patrol the business and resi- dential areas in Chubbuck. As long as you are 21 or over you can volunteer. Training classes are held once a month at the regular meetings. Learn ev- erything from accident prevention to traffic con- trol. Know of someone that would like to be a volunteer, but does not live in Chubbuck? This is not a problem. For more information call 317- 1667.