Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout12 06 2023 Study SessionCHUBBUCK 1 0 n H 0 City of Chubbuck Council Study Session Minutes December G, 2023 4:00 PM City Hall Council Chambers 290 East Linden, Chubbuck, ID 83202 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor England COUNCIL PRESENT: Dan Heiner, Melanie Evans, and Roger Hernandez. STAFF MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Kevin England, City Attorney Ryan Lewis, Public Works Director Bridger Morrison, Public Works Operations Manager Kami Smoot, Community Services Director Devin Hillam, Parks Manager Aaron Schilhabel, Police Chief Nick Sasser, Fire Chief Merlin Miller, Human Resource Director Scott Gummersall, City Treasurer Rich Morgan, and City Clerk Joey Bowers. Mayor England excused Councilmember Norman Reece from the meeting. GENERAL BUSINESS: 1. Impact Fee Update and Review of Committee Recommendation. Community Services Director Devin Hillam gave a brief history and stated that the City of Chubbuck collects impact fees at the building permit stage for Police, Emergency Services, and Parks. Police and Emergency Services were established by Ordinance No. 783 and Parks via Ordinance No. 791 and 804. As required by the statute, each fee is associated with a capital improvements plan and as also required by the statute, impact fees collected are to be spent in-line with the needs of the current capital improvements plan. As requested by the Committee and the City Council, the City has been working with Zions Public Finance to update the Parks and Recreation, Police, and Emergency Services capital improvement plans and impact fee analyses. Susie Becker represented Zions Public Finance. Mrs. Becker went over the current impact fees for Police, Emergency Services, Parks, and information about how the maximum fees were calculated. Mrs. Becker presented updated proposed maximum fees based off the current capital improvements plans for each department. One of the biggest changes for Police and Fire is that the current impact fees did not include the costs associated with additional vehicles. 2. Skate/All Wheels Park Design Update. Community Services Director Devin Hillam presented the results from American Ramp Company public survey regarding desired amenities at the proposed all wheels park at Miller Park, located near the intersection of Philbin and Angela. 144 individuals responded with broad representation from all age ranges and a marked interest in various types of features in the all -wheels park. Following the survey, Sean Harris in my department developed a parking lot plan for the facility and that has been sent over to ARC for incorporation into the all -wheels park design. The estimated cost for the parking lot and frontage landscaping irrigation lines is approximately $200,000. A discussion with Bill Jackson with Jackson Land Design found that a CMU bathroom like the one at Stuart Park, at approximately $225/sq ft, will cost approximately $170,000. American Ramp Company is designing the all -wheels park so that it can phased as funding for the project is found, either through parks development impact fees, or through private donations, or a combination thereof. 3. Miller Park Master Plan Update. General Business item #3 was removed from the agenda 4. Parks Capital Improvement Plan General Business item #4 was removed from the agenda 5. City Hall Park & Open Space Electrical Needs. Community Services Director Devin Hillam presented that city -sponsored events like City Hall -i -days have used the areas around City Hall to bring in food trucks, we have learned that our current power services to the light poles are unable to accommodate the electrical demands of food trucks and as such, noisy generators are required. These generators make it difficult to hear and discourage both trucks and attendees from fully enjoying the parks and open space to which we're trying to attract people to in the Chubbuck Village district. Upon inquiring about how we can upgrade the electrical outlets, I learned from our Facility Services Department that panel and conduit upgrades would be required, and that the best way to do that would be by replacing concrete pads along the routes. Mike Wise with the Department wrote: "After much thought and research about the power for the food truck power at City Hall, we feel like we could maybe replace the 100 amp box down in the North side of City Hall and install a 200 amp box that would accommodate more outlets. Between what we would need and the power company needs to do the panel upgrades we feel like we could make it happen for around (ballpark) $60,000. We are not entirely sure how we would get the conduits to the areas that we need them to make this happen but was thinking that if the concrete was removed and replaced we could install then, otherwise we may need to have some boring done and we did not get any cost estimations for taking the concrete out and replacing or possibly boring it. I know there are a lot of variables here and still questions in our minds." As the Council has seen, many of the concrete pads around City Hall have been having issues with spalling and should/could be replaced. Upgrading the electrical capacity at the park and open space area around City Hall would qualify for use of parks development impact fees, and could fund the replacement of some of the concrete sections which otherwise would need to be funded through other funds, such as the general fund. ADJOURN: Mayor Kevin England adjourned at 4:37.