Council Minutes 08/03/1977
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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 of A.mmon. Mayor Wehmann
reported that an answer has been received from Senator Church in response
to an-inquiry about the safety ufthe 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
10:30 P~. . .f./ ~
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August 3, 1977
MAYOR
Minutes of a Special Public Hearing before the Mayor and City Council:
The meeting was called to order at 7:30 P.M. by CounciL President
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. Stibal, 440 Amy Lane, and Howard W.
Spaletta, 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 lwe 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-Bonnevil~e S~weE 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 sy's!e~. I~ resR9nse
to a question about the cost of fire lnsurance and utllltles (lnclualng
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
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property taxes for Ammon should be considered also when making such a com-
parison.
Regarding zoning, it was indicated that the Ammon Planning Commission had
recommended R1 with larger lots along the existing Mountain View Estates.
Since the largest zoning which the City Ordinance provides for is RP~es~-
dential Park) requiring 100 feet of frontage and a minimum area of 10,000
square feet to a lot, the developer is requesting R1 zoning on the entire
subdivision except for RP on the buffer lots along the east boundary. At-
tention was called to provisions for a park and school site to be included
in a part of the subdivision to be developed later. There was a question
concerning irrigation water, and it was stated that the present ditch does 1-
not have the capacity to take care of the proposed large lots, so the water
rights will probably be released, and Engineer Benton explained that this
has been requested on all new subdivisions that are annexed to Ammon.
There being no further comments from the public, Councilwoman Dille sug-
gested that the hearing be clOsed and that the Council wait until Mayor
Wehmann is present before making any decision, following which a rep-
resentative of the developer presented a proposed annexation agreement.
Councilman Lee moved that the public hearing be clo;ed without making a
decision until the next regular Council Meeting to give the Council and
Mayor time to study the proposed annexation agreement and the feasi-
bility of supplying water to Tie Breaker Village. The motion was seconded
by Councilwoman Dille, who promptly withdrew her second. The motion was
then seconded by Councilman Anderson; voting was Lee, yes; Swensen, yes;
Dille, no; Anderson, yes; motion carried. The hearing was c~osed at
8:30 P.M.
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August 3, 1977
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Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Mayor and City Council:
The meeting was called to order at 8:35 P.M.
the following City Officials present:
Mayor George Wehmann
Councilman Russell N. Swensen
Councilman Marvin J. Anderson
Councilwoman Carol A. Dille
Councilman Francis Lee
by Mayor George Wehmann with
Clerk Deon Hemingway
Engineer David E. Benton
Asst. Attorney Douglas Nelson
Maint. Supv. LaVern E. Williams
Others present during the meeting were Don Ellsworth and Garth Cunningham
of Ellsworth Engineering, Inc., Craig Thomsen representing the developer
of Tie Breaker Village, George Klomp of the Bonneville County Zoning Com-
mission, Howard W. Spaletta of 460 S. 3500 East, and Bobbie Stephens,
Post-Register reporter.
The pledge of allegiance to the flag was conducted by Councilman Swensen;
the invocation was offered by Councilman Anderson. Minutes of the prev-
ious meeting had not been prepared by the Clerk, so approval was postpon~.
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With reference to the public" hearing on Tie Breaker Village which was held
just prior to this meeting, the developer's engineer, Don Ellsworth, asked
if the final plat could be approved at this time even though it was decided
that action on the annexation should be delayed until the next meeting.
After it was determined that this would be satisfactory, Councilman Lee
moved to accept the final plat of Tie Breaker Village subject to correc~.
tions and checking as identified and subject to the approval of the City
Engineer. The motion was seconded by Councilwoman Dille; voting was all
in favor; motion carried. In response to an inquiry about action on the
Annexation Agreement for Tie Breaker Village, which Don Ellsworth explam-
ed had been submitted to the City Attorney several weeks ago, objection
was expressed by Councilman Lee against. giving approval without having
time to study the terms which were only handed to the Council members at