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Council Minutes 02/15/2001 CITY OF AMMON February 15, 2001 Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council: The meeting was called to order by Mayor C. Bruce Ard at 7:30 P.M. in the City Building, 2135 South Ammon Road, Ammon, Idaho, with the following City Officials present: Mayor C. Bruce Ard Councilmember W. Lee Bean Councilmember Harvey L. Crandall Council member Leslie Folsom Council member Ira K. Hall Attorney W. Joe Anderson Engineer Bill Manwill Public Works Director David Wadsworth Fire Chief Clarence Nelson City Clerk Aleen C. Jensen Deputy Clerk Connie R. Guymon Others Present Bud Langerak, Bonneville County Sheriff's Department Reserve Officer Lt. Craig McBride, Bonneville County Sheriff's Department Sg1. Greg Black, Bonneville County Sheriff's Department Ammon Field Office Cindy Donovan, 3725 East Sunnyside Road, Ammon Eric Clapton Brad Oswald Brent and Dustin Guymon Darren Romine Rod Harris, 3585 Ross Avenue Dutton, Robby, and Ricky Loertscher David and Craig Hurst Mark and Paul Schultz Janice and Todd Wirkus Frank Farmer, 2010 Sunflower Circle, Ammon Alan Cunningham, Mountain River Engineering Tom Hunsaker, 2925 Carolyn Lane, Ammon Ron Folsom, 2750 Sawtooth, Ammon Council member Hall led the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag, and Councilmember Bean offered a prayer. Alan Cunningham of Mountain River Engineering presented the Final Plat for The Cottages Division No.1. The Planning and Zoning Commission has recommended approval. The Development Agreement is acceptable, and the City of Idaho Falls has reviewed and approved the improvement drawings. There is a modification for the City Council Meeting, February 15, 2001 - Page 2 Development Agreement from the Planning and Zoning Commission and Public Works Director David Wadsworth to provide the City with a computer generated drawing. The Council reviewed the plat. Councilmember Hall moved to approve the Final Plat for The Cottages Division NO.1 and to authorize the Mayor to enter into the Development Agreement. Council- member Crandall seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Hall - Yes; Crandall - Yes; Bean - Yes; Folsom - Yes. The motion carried unanimously. Frank Farmer, 2010 Sunflower Circle, requested a non-commercial kennel license for four dogs. Mr. Farmer obtained the signatures of sixteen of his neighbors to show their approval, and he prepared a sketch map which shows where each of the signers live. One dog is a Border Collie, one looks like Red Wolf but is not, and two are Golden Retrievers. One of his neighbors was not even aware that he had dogs. He has a fenced backyard, and the dogs stay inside the fenced yard. Some dogs sleep inside the garage, and some sleep in the house. They wear bark collars. One dog is a spayed female. One dog is a neutered male. The two retrievers have not been fixed. One dog is a papered male, and he may be used as a breeder. If there are complaints, the license is subject to review at any time. Councilmember Crandall moved to approve the non-commercial kennel license for Frank Farmer at 2010 Sunflower Circle. Councilmember Folsom seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Crandall - Yes; Folsom - Yes; Bean - Yes; Hall - Yes. The motion carried unanimously. Tom Hunsaker reported for the Planning and Zoning Commission. The Commission recommended approval of the Final Plat for The Cottages Division No.1. There was some discussion on the plat. The one cul-de-sac is long because it was determined that there was a need for it because of the surrounding terrain. The street name Cottage Loop may have to be changed if the County does not like it. There was no real input during the Public Hearing on the Comprehensive Plan text. Brad Pickett asked questions to help him understand how it affects his development. Chairman Greg Maeser recommended the only changes. The changes were minor word changes to clean up and help make the text clearer. The remainder of the meeting was spent discussing changes to the zoning ordinance. The next item of business was a discussion on the ordinance for communication towers and antennas. Council member Crandall thanked Council member Folsom, Tom Hunsaker, and Cindy Donovan for their good work to put an ordinance together. Tom explained about the different tower types. Type 1 goes on top of a building. Type 2 and Type 3 towers are monopoles. Type 2 is preferred, and it is the type sited in a park, a ball field, or a parking lot. It has a light attached to light the surrounding area, and the equipment building can include restroom facilities and storage space. Type 3 would be by a street to illuminate the street or hold a traffic light. The standard City Council Meeting, February 15, 2001 - Page 3 height of the utility poles in the City of Ammon is sixty (60) feet. The recommended height for a communication pole is ninety (90) feet. The towers can be attractive, and the committee has focused on that. Councilmember Bean requested a work session to review in greater detail the ordinance for communication towers. Some of the ordinance details were pointed out. The ordinance does not allow lattices or guy wires. The committee has recommended monopoles instead of co-locations. No one seems to co-locate agreeably. All equipment including the generator is to be installed within the building. Hospital sound mufflers will be required. Councilmember Folsom moved to hold a work session concerning communication towers and antennas on Monday, February 26, at 7:00 P.M. in the City Building and to extend the moratorium on communication towers for thirty (30) days. Councilmember Crandall seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Folsom - Yes; Crandall - Yes; Bean - Yes; Hall- Yes. The motion carried unanimously. Bud Langerak, representative of the Bonneville County Sheriff's Department, requested financial support from the Council to purchase or assist in purchasing an In- Car Camera system for the patrol car that is being assigned to Ammon. It is a new car, and it is being outfitted with all the law enforcement related equipment. We have the opportunity at this time to install the camera for about $500 less than it normally costs because the car is already torn apart to install the emergency equipment. The camera system installed costs $4675. They hoped to get Ammon's support for the camera through the increase in fine money that Ammon is receiving. Bud Langerak reported that, through January 31, the City has received $4339.80 in fine money. The Sheriff's Department has applied for two grants. Bud Langerak recently spent time in Boise building bridges with the Office of Highway Safety. The County will be receiving a grant to assist in traffic enforcement, seat belt compliance, and child safety seat compliance. The grant starts in March and runs through the following February. In Idaho, seat belt compliance is a secondary violation. This means that in order to site a person for failing to wear a seat belt there has to be a primary violation such as some other moving violation. In 1997 through 1999 Bonneville County had the highest incidence of serious injury and fatal accidents involving 15 to 19 year-old drivers. The second statistic is that we have the highest incidence, except one County of 5000 population, of serious injury and fatal accidents where aggressive driving behavior was the primary cause of the accident. That tells us we have a traffic problem. So they have applied for a second grant which will pay for about 50 or 60 hours of overtime per week to do additional traffic enforcement. It is called STEP. City of Ammon has traffic problems so a lot of time will be spent in Ammon and Ammon will benefit from the program. The camera will assist in collecting evidence of the aggressive driving behavior. The camera is also a protection for the officer. City Council Meeting, February 15, 2001 - Page 4 Councilmember Crandall expressed support if the camera is used for flagrant violations and not for every little minor violation. Council member Folsom supported the camera for police protection and for better enforcement. Councilmember Folsom moved to go ahead with the purchase of the police car camera in the amount of $4675 including installation in the car for Sgt. Black. Councilmember Hall seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Folsom - Yes; Hall - Yes; Crandall- Yes; Bean - Yes. The motion carried unanimously. Fire Chief Nelson approached the County about getting one of the used patrol cars that is going to be taken off the line for the Fire Department. The car would be used by the Fire Marshal instead of his own car. It would also be available for other uses under the direction of the Fire Chief. The Sheriff is in support of the request as long as it is in line with what the Mayor and City Council think. He is prepared to donate a 1993 Chevrolet Caprice with 105,000 miles. It is to be driven straight to the body shop for a paint job, and it will not leave the body shop until it has been painted. Chief Nelson has indicated that he has enough money set aside to pay for the paint job. The Council needs to deliberate on this before making any decision. Lt. McBride, who is over patrol and detectives, introduced Sgt. Greg Black. Sgt. Black is the new full time field officer assigned to the City of Ammon. He has had sixteen years experience in law enforcement, and he should be an asset for the City. He has been employed by the Bonneville County Sheriff's Department since 1987. Sgt. Black answered questions from the City Council. He has already moved into his office in the Ammon Fire Station, and his hours will vary. A patrol officer has also been assigned to Ammon, and police protection will be available twenty-four hours a day by calling Dispatch 529-1200. Mayor Ard welcomed the new officer. Public Works Director Wadsworth pointed out that we need to start getting ready for the Sunnyside Road project. The Council should decide what they want to do about replacing the old waterlines or adding new services to eliminate the need to dig into a new road. It is a similar situation to Ammon Road, and the work needs to be done at the time the road is torn up. Council member Hall explained about the two different types of services. One, the services are already in and the service line is required by the City to go to the shut off valve. These services have been in twenty or thirty years and it makes sense to replace them. The other type is a new service into a private lot where the owner would be responsible to pay. The City may want to consider stubbing something in for some of the agricultural parcels. There should be some kind of an engineering study or a determination of what is needed. It was decided that David Wadsworth could begin marking a map to provide information on the potential needs. Property owners should be advised of the plans so they can be prepared. City Council Meeting, February 15, 2001 - Page 5 Councilmember Hall discussed recovering costs for the City to extend water lines, sewer lines, and other improvements. The City Office has been concerned about documenting this information so that the City does recover the cost when properties are developed. Most of the properties involved are already annexed to the City so the developer/builder only needs to apply for a building permit. This mayor may not trigger some indication that there needs to be a recovery of costs. It was suggested that a map of each location, where the City pays the cost, be prepared to identify the improvement and the area to be serviced with a pro-rata amount per foot or acre. This would make it possible to more readily identify the information without depending on numbers in an accounting book. Also, this would assure that the City recovers costs and would preclude losing track. Engineer Manwill and Public Works Director Wadsworth were asked to begin mapping this information. Engineer Manwill suggested a good idea would be to add this as a separate layer to the digital maps that Mountain River Engineering is going to prepare for the City. Attorney Anderson brought up the Area of Impact ordinance. Bonneville County did adopt our ordinance with some minor changes. He asked if the Council was ready to consider the ordinance or if they would like to take it up at a later meeting. Councilmember Bean recommended that the Council take action without further delay. The minor changes were pointed out, and the Council did not have a problem with the changes. Attorney Anderson introduced City of Ammon Ordinance No. 285 by title, AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF AN AREA WITHIN THE COUNTY OF BONNEVILLE AS AN IMPACT AREA FOR THE CITY OF AMMON; PROVIDING FOR THE ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS TO APPLY WITH SUCH IDENTIFIED IMPACT AREA; PROVIDING FOR THE ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF SUCH ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS; PROVIDING FOR SEVERABILITY; AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE. It was adopted by the County as Bonneville County Ordinance No. 205-01. The ordinance was read in full. Councilmember Folsom read Ordinance No. 285 by title and moved that the City Council dispenses with the rule requiring the reading of the ordinance on three different days and that the three readings be waived. Council member Bean seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Folsom - Yes; Bean - Yes; Hall - Yes; Crandall - Yes. The motion carried unanimously. Councilmember Folsom moved the adoption of Ordinance No. 285 as an ordinance of the City of Ammon on its third and final reading. Council member Bean seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Folsom - Yes; Bean - Yes; Hall - Yes; Crandall - Yes. The motion carried unanimously. City Council Meeting, February 15, 2001 - Page 6 Councilmember Bean stated the Memorandums of Understanding on the Area of Impact and the Sewer Agreement have been approved and he moved to authorize Mayor Ard to sign them at such time as the City of Idaho Falls is ready to sign them. Councilmember Folsom seconded the motion. Roll call vote: Bean - Yes; Folsom - Yes; Crandall- Yes; Hall- Yes. The motion carried unanimously. Mayor Ard read from a letter dated January 5, 2001, addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Keith Turnbow regarding a post office in Ammon. "The Postmaster in Idaho Falls has been able to come to an agreement with Ammon city officials to install a contract station in one of the city buildings. A solicitation packet is being prepared and should go out soon. It will take approximately 3 months to award the contract and install postal equipment and signage. We look forward to providing postal service again in Ammon." The letter is signed by Linda M. Casssella, Manager of Consumer Affairs, Spokane Customer Service District, United States Postal District. The City Officials offered the front portion of the old City Building. Councilmember Folsom explained they will take care of all the renovations, and they will pay the utilities. The agreement is to be with the contract person and the City. The facility will be like a regular post office. They are trying to get a track record of the dollars that Ammon would bring in to justify an official facility. The shop will remain in the back of the building. There were a number of Scouts present. Mayor Ard welcomed the Scouts and their leaders. Roger Hill of School District No. 93 called to postpone the luncheon meeting with the School Officials and the City Officials regarding the Owen Street traffic Study. The meeting will be scheduled for a later date. It was suggested that Mayor Ard should work out a date with Doyle Batt, Chairman of the School Board. Reports: David Wadsworth reported for Public Works. The crew has been unfreezing waterlines on Rich Lane and repairing broken waterlines on Sunnyside Road. The water meter was installed at Quality Water on January 31, and the water meter at Edwards Theatre was finished today. They have been trying to keep up with the ice on corners to prevent blockage. Council member Bean encouraged the City Council to pay close attention to the budget. The purchase of a camera in the amount of almost $5,000 was approved at this meeting and expenses are being approved regularly. The Council should review the budget at least monthly. It was suggested that information be faxed or e-mailed to the Council. Engineer Manwill pointed out that there are two meetings scheduled for Wednesday, February 21. A report meeting on the progress of the Sunnyside Road City Council Meeting, February 15, 2001 - Page 7 project is to be at 9:30 A. M. in the County Commissioners' office. Immediately following at 10:30 A. M. is the City-County Meeting in the Idaho Falls Annex Building. Ron Folsom reported that the Planning and Zoning Commission suggested changes to the zoning ordinances that they would like to consider next month. They are anxious to have an official Comprehensive Plan in force. Most of the changes suggested are changes because of what they did to the Comprehensive Plan. The suggested changes were reviewed for the City Council. Changes addressed include adding to the landscaping requirements, providing for screening between residential and non-residential zones, requirements for residential lots abutting railroad tracks, increasing the notification list for public hearings, change of area size in the R-1 zone, deleting single family attached dwellings as a use from the R-2 zone, a correction to the HC-1 zone, alignment and width of previously platted streets, width for local or minor streets to be sixty feet, requirements on arterial streets, foundation requirements for manufactured homes, platting procedures, and subdivision requirements. Also, the Commission would like to change hearing requirements to have one hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission. Attorney Anderson recommended it would be simpler to repeal the old ordinance and re-enact a new one to include all the changes. The Commission would like to make the changes so they can be operating with all the new. Council members suggested a work meeting. Landscaping and screening are urgent. Action can be taken on the landscaping and screening and then incorporate that section when the rest is ready. Rod Harris, 3585 Ross Avenue, recommended that the City Council consider maintenance of the ball fields before the ball season begins. The fields are in terrible condition. Claims were approved. Councilmember Folsom moved to adjourn to an Executive Session to discuss enforcement and employment and to include Attorney Anderson and the law enforcement people in the discussion. Councilmember Crandall seconded the motion. The Council voted all in favor. The regular meeting was adjourned to an executive session at 8:50 P.M. Mayor Attest: City Clerk