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1 Star City Council Meeting Minutes December 6, 2016 The regular meeting of the Star City Council was held on December 6, 2016 at 7:00 pm at the Star City Hall, 10769 W. State Street, Star, Idaho 83669. Mayor Chad Bell called the meeting to order and all stood for the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll Call: Councilmen David Hershey, Richard Lockett, Trevor Chadwick and Kevin Nielsen. Approval of the Agenda: Lockett moved to approve the Agenda, Hershey seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. Consent Agenda: Lockett moved to approve the Consent Agenda consisting of: Regular Meeting Minutes of November 15, 2016 and Claims Against the City for November 2016, Chadwick seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. Public Input: No public input was given. Old/New Business: Request from US19, LLC Applicant (File #RZ-16-02 & DA-16-01) to modify the public hearing date – The Mayor reviewed the request for moving the public hearing date. The Mayor let Council know that he and Ward would not be able to attend the Council meeting on January 3rd. Lockett moved to deny the request for modification of the public hearing date, Hershey seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. COMPASS Project Grant Decisions – The Mayor and Ward met with the Director Matt Stohl and Tom Laws to review the proposed projects. COMPASS has 78 other projects that will also be vying for monies. The recommendation from COMPASS is to combine some of the projects; other than #71, and that should be a stand-alone project. In combining the projects, they then become phases of each project. We can make the decision to do them all or parts of each. A gentleman from the public asked what the numbers referenced. He was handed a project list. The projects are access improvements and transportation applications. The Mayor stated that whatever we choose, they will go into a funding process. Some projects don’t require matching grants, some do. We are not committing anything right now as far as money. The Mayor’s recommendation is that we move forward. Ward stated the projects would not fund this year. Chadwick moved to approve the COMPASS projects submitted, Lockett seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. The Mayor stated that we will be redirecting the EDC to start recruiting businesses. ---PAGE BREAK--- 2 Boat Launch Bid Decision – The Mayor stated that when we opened up the bids for the boat launch, the cheapest bid came in from Wright Brothers at $127,498.00. The Mayor explained that we budgeted $100,000 for the entire project. We have paid The Land Groups $20,000 and now the bid comes in and we are now $47,000 over the budgeted amount. Chadwick stated there is quite a disparity in the bid range. The Mayor stated that we don’t have the criteria for what was asked for but all bid information was the same. The Mayor stated we would have to take the lowest bid. The Land Group stated that we can extend the Army Corp. permit, so if we want to put it off we can. Chadwick believes we need to get a better plan in place for getting boats in and out of the water. The Mayor stated that we have been working on this project for a while. Discussion was held on why we need to do this now and the construction of the ramp. The decision is to accept or reject all bids or we can put it off until the other property is planned. Nielsen stated that he doesn’t have a problem with any of the bids, but does have a problem with it being over budget. As far as the vision, it was someone else’s vision and we may not know what that is. Mayor Bell explained the vision for using the area at Heron River and the launch for float tubes. If we accept the bid we have to fund it which would require us to find the money and re-open the budget. Nielsen suggested selling the two residential lots we have to fund this. Chadwick moved to reject all bids, Lockett seconded the motion. Hershey asked if we had asked for a reconsideration of the bids. Nielsen believes we should consider the bid before us and asked how long the bids good for. The Mayor did not have that answer. Nielsen stated we need to get the property on the market. Hershey stated that the bids are valid. Liability was questioned. Legal Counsel, Chris Yorgason, stated the City doesn’t own the river and statue states that if you provide recreational opportunities, you are not liable. If you charge people then there may be some liability attached to it. The Mayor stated that there is a motion and a second to deny. Chadwick would like to deny and reject all bids. All in favor of the motion to deny – Chadwick, Lockett – ayes; Nielsen and Hershey nays; the Mayor broke the tie and voted aye to reject all bids. Resolution No. 2016-09 Ada County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan – The Mayor stated that this Resolution is approving the annual plan for dealing with disasters jointly with other Cities and the County. Chadwick moved to approve Resolution No. 2016-09 a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Star authorizing the adoption of the Ada County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan- IOEM, Lockett seconded motion. All ayes: motion carried. ---PAGE BREAK--- 3 Reports: Staff: Ward stated that we are receiving a lot of positive comments on the Skate Park. We are working on an ordinance regarding skate park specific rule and will include trailer parking so that we can publish it at one time. Ward is talking with the Idaho Departments of Lands regarding paving the pathway on the river. She has been informed that the Army Corp may also have input on this. Council: Hershey stated the Activities Committee will be meeting this Thursday and the Chamber Christmas Bazaar is this weekend. Lockett had nothing to report. Chadwick stated that the skate park is a piece of art and Erlebach has done a great job. The Facebook page has a link and it shows a drone video of the kids skating. He’s received lots of good comments about the lights. The beautification committee will be meeting on Nielsen thanked the EDC Committee for their work on the COMPASS applications. Mayor: The Mayor stated that we will cancel the January 3 meeting. He has received great input on the Christmas tree lighting. The ACHD project list is coming up for review on local projects. The new signs for the skate park rules were put up today. Ada County Soils and Water wants to meet with the Council in January, we need to look at a joint workshop. Our letter was sent to the developer regarding supporting the Veterans. Another Dream Home for St. Jude’s is being built in Star, this will be the third one for Star. Executive Session under Idaho Code section 67-2345 Personnel: Lockett moved to adjourn into Executive Session under ICS 67-2345 Personnel, Chadwick seconded the motion. Roll call: Hershey, Lockett, Chadwick, Nielsen – all ayes: motion carried. Yorgason and Ward were dismissed at 8:41 pm. Lockett moved to adjourn the Executive Session into regular session, Chadwick seconded the motion. All ayes: motion carried. Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 9:11 pm. Approved: Respectfully submitted: Charlten Bell, Mayor Cathy Ward, City Clerk