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Home My WebLink About04 28 1987 CM67 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES April 28, 1987 Minutes of a regular meeting held in the city municipal building~ April 28, 1987. Present: Mayor John O. Cotant, Jr., Councilmembers Becky A. Hopkins, Leroy S. Quick, Steven M. England, Boyd L. Fullmer, Attorney B. Lynn Winmill, Engineer Steven M. Smart and City Clerk Ron C. Conlin. Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Cotant. INVOCATION was given by Asst. Pastor Tim Scott, United Pentecostal Church. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Mayor Cotant asked for corrections and additions to the minutes of April 14, 1987. Councilman Fullmer moved to accept the minutes of Aprql 14 as read with the following addition: Page 59, last paragraph should read "Councilman England seconded~. Councilman England seconded. All councilmembers voted in favor of the motion. BUSINESS LICENSE APPLICATION - J. O. Cotant has applied for a business license to sell a food line and insurance door to door to businesses in the City of Chubbuck. Mr. Cotant was not present atlthe~meeting. After discussion it was decided to table the business license application pre- sented by J.-O. Cotant until the May 12, 1987 Council Meeting. City Clerk Ron Conlin was asked to contact Mr. J. O. Cotant and invite him to the Council Meeting. APPEAL - BUILDING OFFICIAL'S DECISION TO NOT ALLOW A TRAILER HOME ON BRISCOE ROAD.- Donald & Mary Mitchell was present to appeal a decision by Fire Chief Cary Campbell denying their request to put a mobile home on their property at 261 Briscoe Road. Mrs. Mary Mitchell explained to Mayor Cotant and Council their reasons for applying for a hardship variance. Mrs. Mitchell stated she felt the City of Chubbuck gave her the run around while she was trying to get the variance. She stated several instances where she felt she could not get answers when she came into]the City Offices.- Attorney Winmill suggested Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell apply for a personal hardship variance. Attorney Winmill stated they need to understand that a personal hardship variance is only good for six months,and would have to be reapplied for at the end of.that time. The options Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell have is to see if Briscoe Road was in fact zoned R-2T at one time, apply for a variance, which is doubtful it would be approved, or apply for a personal hardship variance for a six month period of time and then ask for a renewal process. 69 APPEAL - (Cont.) Mayor Cotant suggested Mr. & Mrs. Mitchell call the City Offices and ask for Engineer Smart, he will have the necessary information in what steps should be taken to get the process underway. PETITIONS- COUNTRY ACRES LOCAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT - FOR AND AGAZNST - Attorney Winmill passed to Mayor Cotant and Council an outline of Idaho Code Requirements for the creation of a Local Improvement District. Attorney Winmill gave a report on the requirements. Mr. Todd Taylor was present to respond in favor of the Local Improvement District in Country Acres Subdivision. Mr. Taylor lives at 4616 Ponderosa~Ave. Mr. Taylor stated thereha~ebeen 58½% of the residents signatures collected in favor of the LID. Jacque Christensen, 648 Victor was present to speak in opposition to the LID. Mrs. Christensen stated there are several people that have signed the petition in favor of, did not understand the petition, signed it, and would like to have their names removed from"the in favor of"petition. Mrs. Christensen said there are several residents in the area that have invested several dollars improving their property to the curb, this would be a considerable expense to take out, and install sidewalk. Mrs. Christensen stated parents should take more of a responsibility in keeping children from playing in the streets. Discussion about the potential liability of residences and the City of Chubbuck if a child gets hit and there is a law suit. Wilbur Chitwood, 639 W. Chubbuck was present to speak in favor of the LID. Mr. Chitwood stated the cost for installing the sidewalk would be approx. $7.00 per foot. Gil Lewis, 4600 Tahoe was present to speak in opposition to the LID. Mr. Lewis said his problem is, he does not have the money to pay for a sidewalk in front of his house. Mr. Lewis made comment about the speeding in the subdivision. Susie Rupp, 4644 Ponderosa stated the problem wi.th requiring sidewalks with the LID is, the sidewalk will take the front of yards that are already too small. Darnell Nelson, 4626 Ponderosa was present to speak in favor of the LID~proposal. Police Department has made comment that there are less accidents in subdivisions that have sidewalks as compared to the subdivisions that don't. Councilman Fullmer suggested the Council take the LID proposal under advise- ment until all information is gathered. Councilman Fullmer stated the petition should be counted for an exact count of those for and against. Councilman Fullmer stated it would relieve some liability concerns for the City of Chubbuck if there were sidewalks in the subdivision, but it might not be the residents responsibility to take care of the problem. Another concern is the financial capability of some of the residents being able to afford the LID. Council- man Fullmer stated that if the Council enforced an LID on Country Acres Sub- division because of safety reasons, the council should make other subdivisions in the City go to an LID. 71 PETITIONS - COUNTRY ACRES SUBDIVISION - (Cont.) After considerable discussion the Council decided to take the Local Improve- ment District proposal under advisement and discuss at the May 12, 1987 Council Meeting, after the petition is canvassed. PROCLAMATION - POPPY DAYS - Mayor Cotant read the proclamation in full. Mrs. Mary Bunce gave a report on "Poppy Days". After discussion Councilman England moved to direct Mayor Cotant to proclaim May, 1987 Poppy Month and May 15th and 16th as Poppy Days in our community. Councilman Quick seconded. All councilmembers voted in favor of motion. RAY & MARGARET ENGLAND'S REQUEST FOR REGULAR UTILITY RATE - At the April 14, 1987 Council Meeting, Ray & Margaret England asked that they be charged the regular utitily rates instead of the one and one half charge that is required by ordinance for out of City users. The council took under advisement and decided to address the issue at the April 28, 1987 Council Meeting. After considerable discussion the Council decided to deny the request by Mr. & Mrs. Ray England. Engineer Steve Smart was asked to respond to Mr. & Mrs. Ray Eingland explaining the reasons why the Council denied their request. GREATER POCATELLO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - ECONOMIC GROWTH COUNCIL REQUEST - At the April 14, 1987 Council Meeting, David Johnston, Pete Olson and Jim Lee was present to request a $3,000.00 Fund Grant to the Economic Growth Council. Mayor Cotant stated he attended two of the study meetings so far, there will be five more meetings. Mayor Cotant recommended the City of Chubbuck contribute to the Economic Growth Council request. Councilman Fullmer stated he felt the study is positive step for the cities. The council discussed size comparisons of the citys. It was decided the City of Chubbuck is 1/6th the size of the City of Pocatello, therefore, should con- tribute on that basis. Councilwoman Hopkins made motion to authorize the expenditure of $1,667.00 to be contributed to the Economic Growth Council as a fund grant. Councilman Quick seconded. All councilmembers voted in favor of motion. Any further contributions will be discussed at a later date. ORDINANCE #293 - An ordinance amending section 2.08.010 of the Chubbuck Muni~cipal Code to provide that the regular meeting of the City Council shall be held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. Councilman Fullmer moved to dispense with the rule of reading Ordinance #293 on three separate occasions. Councilman England seconded. Roll Call Vote: Hopkins, yes; Quick, yes; England, yes; Fullmer, yes. 73 ORDINANCE #293 - (Cont.) Councilwoman Hopkins moved to adopt Ordinance #293 as read. Councilman Quick seconded. Roll Call Vote: Hopkins, yes; Quick, yes; England, yes, Fullmer, yes. CLAIMS - Computer print-out and handcheck claims have been presented to Mayor Cotant and Council. Councilwoman Hopkins moved to approve the computer print-out and handcheck claims as read. Councilman Fullmer seconded. All councilmembers voted in favor of motion. GENERAL DISCUSSION - 1) Pete Anderson, Architect was present to discuss the possibility of present- ing another Swimming Pool Bond to the residents of the City of Chubbuck. Mr. Anderson stated that after the swimming pool bond election the Council met with the Swimming Pool Committee and gave indication the City would try again around March, 1987. Mr. Anderson felt that since the City of Pocatello is not going to do anything with the YMCA, this might be a good time to look a the swimming pool issue again. Mr. Anderson discussed several ideas in regards to putting the swimming pool on the newly acquired City land, At 11:00 p.m., Councilwoman Hopkins moved to go into executive session meeting to discuss personnel matters as authorized by Idaho Code 67-2345 (b). Councilman England seconded. 100% of Councilmembers voted in favor of motion. Councilman Quick gave a report on personnel in the Police Department. No action or final action was taken. At 11:10p.m£ouncilwoman Hopkins moved to adjourn from executive session meeting to regular meeting. Councilman Quick seconded. All councilmembers voted in favor of motion. At 11:11 p.m., Councilman Fullmer moved, Councilman Quick seconded, with full council approval to adjourn meeting. Ron C. Conlin, City Clerk