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Council Minutes 07/20/1977 2. ~I July 6, 1977 hearing on the Russ Wallace property. In response to an inquiry by Mr. Bare concerning the availability of City water for the subdivision by October 1, 1977, Mayor Wehmann stated that good faith intentions to that effect could be given. The Mayor of Idaho Falls is to be contacted before setting up a public hearing on this matter. -, Claims were approved for payment. Councilman Lee moved to adjourn; seco~ed bY~COUncilm:,,-n Swensen; the mee~1;il1.9 wa~ ?-d)ourned at 11 :10 P.M. dc~~ 7 CITY CLERK //& ~/;( // L'/;~;' f:.(f{.:- '': I MAYOR / . CITY OF AMMi July 20, 1977 II Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council: The meeting was called to order at 7:35 P.M. by Mayor George Wehmann with the following City Officials present: c X; t-- CO ~ U;:J I I Mayor George Wehmann Councilman Russell N. Swensen Councilwoman Carol A. Dille Councilman Marvin J. Anderson Councilman Francis Lee Clerk Deon Hemingway Engineer David E. Benton Asst. Attorney Douglas Nelson Asst. Maint. Supv. Gene Simpson Others present during the meeting were Larry Felt and Randy Waite. The pledge of allegiance to the flag was conducted The invocation was offered by Councilman Swensen. of July 6,1977, were approved as prepared. by Councilwoman Dille. Minutes of the meeting Larry Felt and Randy Waite were present to discuss the settlement on the cost of waterline installed to serve the Felt and Waite Addition as agreed upon at the meeting of January 19, 1977. Mayor Wehmann st.ated that he would like to check on whether or not the 8-inch waterline which the City had on hand was taken to apply on the cost and if the required valve was installed before payment is made, and it was requested that an itemized claim be submitted. Reference was made to the matter of ownership on the installed pipe which is on the north side of Sunnyside Road and presently outside of the City limits to the west, and it was decided that a record- able document should be prepared by the City Attorney giving the develop- ers retention of the waterline in the location mentioned, with the City having the right to hook on at either end. It was suggested that the agreement should require the owners to stand the expense of any needed repairs for such time as the agreement is in effect with the City to do work. It was noted that a detailed review of the recently completed Annual Audit was presented to the Mayor and Council on Tuesday, July 12, and that approval of the audit would be appropriate. Councilman Lee moved to approve the Audit for 1976 as prepared by the firm of Galusha, Higgin~ and Galusha, Certified Public Accountants. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Dille; voting was all in favor; motion carried. Information to be used in the Annexation Agreement for the 17th Street North Addition was reviewed, and it was pointed out that the official agreement is needed for signature no later than the meeting of August 3, 1977. Councilman Lee moved to accept the Annexation Agreement of the 17th Street North Addition subject to required corrections and changes. The motion was seconded by Councilman Swensen; voting was all in favor; motion carried. Ordinance No. 149, an ordinance to annex the 17th Street North Addition, was considered for action. Councilman Lee moved to waive the first and second readings of Ordinance No. 149, and to place the ordinance on the third reading. The motion was secondeGi. by Councilman Swensen; voting was all in favor; motion carried. Ordinance No. 149 was read in full by Mayor Wehmann. Councilman Swensen moved to adopt Ordinance No. 149. The motion was seconded by Councilman Lee; votion was all in favor; motion carried. zs~ July 20,1977 REPORTS According to Councilman Swensen, a representative of the State Employment De- partment should be here around the first of August t6 work out details for funding the City's application for CETA VI employees. He noted also that a bid has been submitted for fixing the roof of the City Building. Councilman Anderson reported that another new backstop has been started in the north part of McCowin Park. In response to an inquiry by Mayor Wehmann about having former employee, Gordon Totten, do the welding for the backstop benches, it was indicated that this work should be done by the regular City men~ A report on a meeting with a representative of the State Hiqhway Department was given by Councilwoman Dille, with special reference being made to a new program for funds to stripe City streets and the traffic accident rec- ord for 1975 and 1976. Mrs. Dille noted that she had c~ecked out the proce- dure for follow-up on unpaid tickets and learned that warrants for arrest must be submitted within 90 days of the date of the ticket in order to be accepted for action by the court. Regarding Planning and Zoninq Commission business, it was indicated that a p~blic hearing is scheduled on August 16 for rezoning and a new development proposal of the Robert Nixon property west of Sand Creek, and the preliminary plat for annexation and initial zoning of the Whitaker property (Mountain Valley Estates) located east of the railroad on an extension of Wanda Street; also the Commission requests that the City Attorney give advice on a timetable and items needed for com- plying with the State Land Use Planning Act. Mayor Wehmann suggested that it might be well to contact the Bonneville Council of Governments about compliance procedures for land use planning, and mentioned that there is to be a meeting on this subject in Rexburg on July 27. Other items which Coun- cilwoman Dille reported as recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Com- mission were to amend Section 11-5-24(D-10) of the Zoning Ordinance to re- quire two parking spaces per unit.for 1,2,3, and 4 family dwellings, and to require that the developer of Tie Breaker Village (Russ Wallace property) put in and pay for all utilities. The Council indicated approval of amend- ing the zoning ordinance relative to parking spaces, and the City Attorney was instructed to prepare the necessary ordinance. Providing water for Tie Breaker Village, if annexed, was discussed, and Mayor Wehmann read a letter from the P.E.G. Corp. (Russ Wallace) agreeing to the annexation of Division No. 1 and the other divisions as they are made ready for development, noting that a public hearing on the annexation of Tie Breaker Village is set for Wednesday, August 3, 1977. I I The City Clerk reported claims to pay in the amount of $13,031.64, with a checking account balance of $13,215.33 and additional property tax funds expected shortly. Permission was given for the Clerk to attend an election workshop in Idaho Falls during the coming week. Mayor Wehmann presented a budget schedule which was approved by the Coun- cil. Announcement was made that Gerald Hale has been hired on a temporary 3-1 scale to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of Gordon Totten. A recommendation was made by Mayor Wehmann that the Ammon Day celebration should be re-scheduled for Saturday, August 20, since there has been a prob- lem arranging for a Chairman for that activity. Mayor Wehmann gave a short report on the recent hearings for the Utah Power & Li9ht rate increase, in- dicating that the Idaho Public Utilities Commission members have made a I tentative recommendation for somewhat less than the original request, and noted that efforts against the rate increase have saved the City $48,000 so far this year inasmuch as an intermin increase was not granted while the hearings have been in progress. With reference to the audit review comments regarking Local Improvement District bonds, Mayor Wehmann explain- ed that L.I.D. #5 and #6 bonds have not been sold, but the L.I.D. #5 bonds have been prepared and need to be signed by former Mayor Keith Turnbow. Mayor Wehmann requested that Councilman Anderson check on an accident claim concerning a City truck being backed into a vehicle at the swimming pool parking lot, and asked Councilwoman Dille to see about having the Traffic Safety Commission make a recommendation on painting of crosswalks, and to obtain information regarding funds for the Fire Department under the Rural Communitv Development proqram. It was mentioned by Mayor Wehmann that there ~ ~,~..; . I o X; r... CO :.t.J CtJ I I ZS-o July 20, 1977 is a need to come to a decision on the Impact Area for land use planning, and the City Attorney was requested to advise on what action would by need- ed in order to modify the plan as presented at the hearings by moving the boundry for impact to one-half mile north of 1st Street. It was also poin- ted out that the County Planning and Zoning Commission request a non- binding review of all plats submitted to the City ofA.mmon. Mayor Wehmann reported that an answer has been received from Senator Church in response to an-inquiry about the safety uf the Ririe Dam which was sent to Cecil Andrus, Secretary of the Interior, with a copy to Senator Church. Mayor Wehmann agreed to check on a report that City trash is being dumped on the Robert Nixon property. He also noted that two water service lines on Bittern Drive were repaired this week. Claims were approved for payment. Councilman Lee moved to adjourn; the motion was seconded by Councilman Swensen. The meeting was adjourned at lO:30~ ~7 CITY CLERK ~jd~-rt"'tCl"OC/ MAYOR ;' CITY OF AMMO / August 3, 1977 Minutes of a Special Public Hearing before the Mayor and City Council: The meeting was called to order at 7: 30 P. M. by Counci L Presiden t Russell N. Swensen with the following City Officials present: Councilman Russell N. Swensen Clerk Deon Hemingway Councilman Francis Lee Asst. Attorney Douglas Nelson Councilwoman Carol A. Dille Engineer David E. Benton Councilman Marvin J. Anderson Maint. Supv. LaVern Williams Other interested people present were Craig Thomsen representing Peg Development of Salt Lake City, Don Ellsworth and Garth Cunningham rep- resenting Ellsworth Engineering, Inc., George Klomp of Bonneville County Planning and Zoning, Bobbie Stephens from the Post-Register newspaper, and property owners Leonard McDonald, 850 S. 3500 East, Jacob Johnston, 400 Amy Lane, John S. and Polly G. Stiba1, 440 Amy Lane, and Howard W. Spa1etta, 460 S. 3500 East. Council President Swensen explained that he was conducting the meeting in the absence of Mayor Wehmann who is expected to be in attendance later upon his return from a meeting in Boise. He noted that the pur- pose of the meeting was to hear comments from the public regarding the final plat and a proposal for the annexation and initial zoning of the property known as Tie Breaker Village, Division No.1, containing 23,75 acres, and also the annexation of another small tract of the same sub- division containing 8.34 acres, both of these being located between 1st Street aud the present City Limits north of 17th Street. Engineer Benton reported that comments of the different reviewing agencies have been given to the developer's engineer and incorporated into the final plat, except for the size of several lots which will be changed in order to meet the frontage requirements of the City of Ammon zoning ordinance. Councilwoman Dille reviewed the comments and recommendations of the Planning and Zoning Commission from the minutes of the Public Hearing held in April, 1977, noting that the subject was discussed again at the July meeting, and that the final plat as now presented and the zoning as now requested !we taken care of matters which were considered objection- able by the adjoining property owners who were present at the Planning and Zoning hearing. A letter from William M. Brinton, Bonneville County Zoning Administrator, was read to make a matter of record the fact that the County Planning Office feels strongly that the annexation of Tie Breaker Village to the City of Ammon would not be orderly or in accordance with the County or City of Ammon comprehensive plan. It was pointed out by Engineer Benton that the Iona-Bonnevi1~e SlitWeB District system has been designed to be able to serve this proposed subdivision, and Councilman Swenson explained that the City of Ammon would have no problem providing law enforcement, fire protection, and an ample supply of water :from the five operating wells and the updated water system. In resRonse to a question about the cost of fire insurance and utilities (inc1uaing power) in Ammon as compared to the rates if the area were to become part of the City of Idaho Falls, Councilman Swensen commented that the lower