06.04.2020CouncilAgendaPacket
AMMON CITY COUNCIL MEETING
THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2020 7:00 P.M.
2135 SOUTH AMMON ROAD
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AGENDA
A.CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Sean Coletti at 7:00 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance Councilmember Tibbitts
Prayer Councilmember Wheeler
B.CONSENT AGENDA:
1.Accounts Payable Report: Exhibit A
2.Minutes:
i.May 21, Regular Meeting
C.PROCLAMATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
D.PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA (5-minute limit)
E.PUBLIC HEARINGS:
F.ACTION ITEMS:
1.Senior Center FY21 Funding Request
2.YMCA Snack Shack Contract (YĻƓ YƓƚĭŷͲ tğƩƉƭ ğƓķ wĻĭƩĻğƷźƚƓ 5źƩĻĭƷƚƩΜ
3.Bonneville County Fire District Decision
4.Bonneville County Fire District Reduction in City Levy
G.DISCUSSION ITEMS:
1.Staff Reports
i.July 2 Meeting
ii.RFP BMPO Projects
2.City Council Reports
3.
H.EXECUTIVE SESSION:
1.Real Property Acquisition Idaho Code 74-206 (1) (c)
I.ADJOURN
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AMMON CITY COUNCIL MEETING
THURSDAY, MAY21, 2020 7:00 P.M.
2135 SOUTH AMMON ROAD
AGENDA
A.CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Sean Coletti at 7:00 p.m.
Pledge of Allegiance Councilmember Wheeler
Prayer Councilmember Thompson
B.CONSENT AGENDA:
1.Accounts Payable Report: Exhibit A
2.Minutes:
i.May 7, Regular Meeting
ii.May 14, Work Session
C.PROCLAMATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
D.PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA (5-minute limit)
E.PUBLIC HEARINGS: 2020-016 Bonneville County Fire District
F.ACTION ITEMS:
1.Ordinance 637 and Summary LID #3 (Micah Austin, City Administrator)
2.Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map Amendment (Cindy Donovan, City Planner)
3.Rezone of Kartchner Property C-1 to R2-A (Cindy Donovan, City Planner)
4.Ordinance 638 Annexation of Stierle Property (Cindy Donovan, City Planner)
G.DISCUSSION ITEMS:
1.Staff Reports
i.Summer Projects Update
ii.Ammon Days Update
2.City Council Reports
3.
H.EXECUTIVE SESSION:
1.Real Property Acquisition Idaho Code 74-206 (1) (c)
I.ACTION ITEM:
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1.Purchase of Real Property at Intersection of Ammon Rd and 49 St to Expand Woodland Hills Park
J.ADJOURN
MINUTES
City Officials Present: Mayor Sean Coletti (via Zoom)
Council President Russell Slack (via Zoom)
Councilmember Rex Thompson (in person)
Councilmember Scott Wessel (in person)
Councilmember Craig Tibbitts (via person)
Councilmember Josh Wheeler (in person)
City Attorney Scott Hall (in person)
City Administrator Micah Austin (in person)
City Planner Cindy Donovan (via Zoom)
Fire Chief Stacy Hyde (in person)
Tracy Bono (via Zoom)
City Clerk Kristina Buchan (in person)
City Officials Absent: Councilmember Byron Wiscombe
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A.CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Coletti opened the meeting at 7:00 p.m. at the Ammon City Hall building located
at 2135 South Ammon Road, the meeting was conducted via a Zoom conference call. Council Member
Wheeler led the Pledge of Allegiance and Council Member Thompson offered a prayer.
B.CONSENT AGENDA:
a.Accounts Payable Report: Exhibit A
b.Minutes:
i.May 7, Regular Meeting
ii.May 14, Work Session
It was moved by Council Member Thompson and seconded by Council Member Wheeler to approve the
consent agenda. aƚƷźƚƓ ƦğƭƭĻƭ ǒƓğƓźƒƚǒƭƌǤ ǞźƷŷ ǝƚƷĻ ĬǤ Ʃƚƌƌ ĭğƌƌ
C.PROCLAMATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
D.PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON AGENDA (5-minute limit)
There was no public comment
E.PUBLIC HEARINGS: 2020-016 Bonneville County Fire District
Administrator Austin detailed the guidelines for involvement in the hearing. Mayor Coletti provided a
brief introduction to the hearing and read the letter sent to Ammon residents. Coletti added that Council
hoped a mutual aid agreement would be implemented with City of Idaho Falls should the transition take
place and that the paid-call model currently used by City of Ammon would only be implemented in
Ammon City limits and that no plans existed to transition the entire district to the same model. Mayor
Coletti added clarification on a few questions that had been brought forward:
Q. How will this affect EMS?
A. There will be no effect to EMS at all.
Q. Will Ammon be called to fires in the county?
A. Not unless Idaho Falls (which manages the County contract) requests assistance.
Q. What if there are two fires in Ammon? Who will handle them?
A. Ammon firefighters will handle both, just as they always have.
Q. What does this have to do with the Idaho Falls contract with the Fire District?
A. Nothing. This is only a question of whether joining the Fire District benefits Ammon residents and
businesses. Plain and simple. It has nothing to do with the Idaho Falls contract with the Fire District for
the rest of the county.
Q. ervices?
A. We have considered that. But at the end of the day, we were concerned with ongoing expected and
unsustainable cost increases and a change in fire department culture. Not necessarily that it was a
change for the worse, but it was a change that we did not want to see occur, because we want to
preserve the culture that currently exists with Ammon Fire.
Q. If Ammon joined the Fire District, would Ammon firefighters become employees of the Fire District?
A. Yes.
Q. But the Fire District does not have any employees.
A. But obviously that would be different if Ammon joined the Fire District. Ammon firefighters currently
stationed at the Ammon station would continue to handle fires in the City of Ammon, but would be
employees of the Fire District.
Q If Ammon joined the Fire District, since Idaho Falls Fire handles the Fire District contract, would IF Fire
then fight fires in Ammon?
A No, IF Fire would continue to fight fires in the remaining county areas. Ammon firefighters would fight
fires in Ammon.
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Mayor Coletti then opened the public hearing for input. Seeing no comments, either in person or via
Zoom, and with no attendees present to comment, Mayor Coletti closed the public hearing and entered
back into regular business.
F.ACTION ITEMS:
a.Ordinance 637 and Summary LID #3 (Micah Austin, City Administrator)
Administrator Austin reviewed the presented Ordinance, the final step to setting up LID #3, to
Council. The presented Ordinance allows the City to present bonds for payment. Austin added that
the final interest rate was 2.8%.
Recommendation
- Staff recommends adoption of Ordinance 637 and Summary, waiving the three readings.
Summary of Analysis
1. Ordinance 637 authorizes the City to issue a Series 2020 bond in the amount of $783,195.93.
2. This bond pays the City of Ammon back for all construction completed on LID3
3. After the bond is issued, the property owners that have opted into LID3 will repay the bond over
the next 15 years.
4. The bond will be sold to Washington Federal Bank. They will administer the bond for the duration.
Financial Impact
- Ordinance 637 obligates LID 3 to pay back the bond over the next 15 years from the residents within
LID3 that have opted into the local improvement district
It was moved by Council Member Wheeler and seconded by Council Member Wessel to dispense with
the rule requiring the reading of the ordinance on three different days and that the three readings be
waived. aƚƷźƚƓ ƦğƭƭĻƭ ǒƓğƓźƒƚǒƭƌǤ ǞźƷŷ ǝƚƷĻ ĬǤ Ʃƚƌƌ ĭğƌƌ
It was moved by Council Member Wheeler and seconded by Council Member Wessel to adopt
ordinance No. 637 and Summary as an ordinance of the City of Ammon on its third and final reading.
aƚƷźƚƓ ƦğƭƭĻƭ ǒƓğƓźƒƚǒƭƌǤ ǞźƷŷ ǝƚƷĻ ĬǤ Ʃƚƌƌ ĭğƌƌ
**At 8:29pm, Council President Slack joined the meeting in person
b.Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map Amendment (Cindy Donovan, City Planner)
Austin briefly introduced items b and c on the agenda explaining that two requests had come into the
City for review. Should Council choose to amend the Comprehensive Plan, they would then discuss a
rezone of the requested property. Director Donovan reviewed specifics of the request and the areas
being impacted. The developers are looking to rezone the area from commercial to medium to high
density residential. Donovan also reviewed the appropriate sections of City Code related to
amendments to the Comprehensive Plan. Developer Dan Larsen, 494 S 390 E Hyrum, UT, shared a
presentation with Council reviewing the plans for the project including townhomes and outdoor
areas. Council and the developers discussed the implications of the property change.
It was moved by Council Member Thompson and seconded by Council Member Wessel to deny the
Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map amendment, finding it does not comply with the Comprehensive
Plan or City ordinance. aƚƷźƚƓ ƦğƭƭĻƭ ǞźƷŷ ǝƚƷĻ ĬǤ Ʃƚƌƌ ĭğƌƌ
Thompson ǤĻƭ
Wessel ǤĻƭ
Slack - ǤĻƭ
Tibbitts ƓƚͲ /ƚǒƓĭźƌ ƌƚƚƉ ğƷ ĻǝĻƩǤ ƭźƷǒğƷźƚƓ ƭĻƦğƩğƷĻƌǤ͵ Dƚƚķ ƌƚĭğƷźƚƓ ŅƚƩ ğŅŅƚƩķğĬƌĻ ŷƚǒƭźƓŭ ǞźƷŷ ƌźƷƷƌĻ
źƒƦğĭƷ ƚƓ ğƩĻğ
Wheeler ƓƚͲ ĬĻƷƷĻƩ ƚƦƦƚƩƷǒƓźƷǤ źƭ ğǝğźƌğĬƌĻ Ʒƚ /źƷǤ ǞźƷŷ ğ ĭŷğƓŭĻ Ʒƚ ƦƌğƓ
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c.Rezone of Kartchner Property C-1 to R2-A (Cindy Donovan, City Planner)
It was moved by Council Member Thompson and seconded by Council Member Wessel to deny the
zone change from C-1 to R2-A in the Kartchner 1st Street Community, finding it does not comply with
the Comprehensive Plan or City ordinance. aƚƷźƚƓ ƦğƭƭĻƭ ǞźƷŷ ǝƚƷĻ ĬǤ Ʃƚƌƌ ĭğƌƌ
Thompson ǤĻƭ
Wessel ǤĻƭ
Slack - ǤĻƭ
Tibbitts Ɠƚ
Wheeler ƓƚͲ ķƚĻƭ ƓƚƷ ǞğƓƷ Ʒƚ ƭĻĻ ƦƩƚƦĻƩƷǤ ĻƒƦƷǤ ŅƚƩ ğ ƌƚƓŭ ƦĻƩźƚķ ƚŅ ƷźƒĻ
d.Ordinance 638 Annexation of Stierle Property (Cindy Donovan, City Planner)
Donovan reviewed the proposed annexation explaining that many properties in this area had divided
property lines with homes in the City and other property as part of the County.
Recommendation
- Staff recommends: approval
Summary of Analysis
- Parcel is currently residential in Bonneville County
- All lots on the south side of Wanda have the portion of property where the house is located in the
City and the back portion of their property in Bonneville County.
- Parcel will remain residential if annexed
Parcel Characteristics
- Requested initial zoning: RP-A
- Total acreage: 0.91 acres
- Property is located north of north of Sunnyside Road, west of 45th East (Crowley Road), south of
Wanda Street, east of Princess Drive
- Request being presented by Paul Stierle
- Annexation of 0.91 acres with an initial zoning of RP-A, to combine property to all city property
Notice
- Letters were mailed out to 21 property owners and 18 public entities on April 2, 2020
- Published in the Post Register on April 2, 2020 and April 9, 2020
- Property was posted on April 20, 2020
- Public comment: 1 letter received included in the packet
Planning and Zoning Commission
- Public hearing was held on May 6, 2020
- Oral testimony from 2 residents concerned with the zone being allowed to include commercial one
of the residents also wrote the one letter included in the packet
- One resident spoke to the comments by the other residents to answer questions
- Reasoned statement: makes sense to consolidate property to all city property, no change to zone
from current neighborhood
Compliance with Zoning Ordinance
- 10-13-1: GENERAL OBJECTIVES AND CHARACTERISTICS OF ZONE: The objectives in establishing the
RP-A Residence Zone is to provide a residential environment within the City which is characterized by
smaller lots and somewhat denser residential environment than is characteristic of the RP Residence
Zone. Nevertheless, this zone is characterized by spacious yards and other residential amenities
adequate to maintain desirable single-family residential conditions. This zone falls under the low
density designation and does not allow density that will exceed 2.5 living units per acre.
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It was moved by Council Member Wheeler and seconded by Council Member Tibbitts to dispense with
the rule requiring the reading of the ordinance on three different days and that the three readings be
waived. aƚƷźƚƓ ƦğƭƭĻƭ ǒƓğƓźƒƚǒƭƌǤ ǞźƷŷ ǝƚƷĻ ĬǤ Ʃƚƌƌ ĭğƌƌ
It was moved by Council Member Wheeler and seconded by Council President Slack to approve the
annexation with the initial zoning of RP-A finding it is in compliance with the Comprehensive Plan and
meets the City ordinance. aƚƷźƚƓ ƦğƭƭĻƭ ǒƓğƓźƒƚǒƭƌǤ ǞźƷŷ ǝƚƷĻ ĬǤ Ʃƚƌƌ ĭğƌƌ
G.DISCUSSION ITEMS:
a.Staff Reports
i.Summer Projects Update
Austin updated Council on the status of various summer projects and their goals for
completion.
ii.Ammon Days Update
Planning is moving forward, official announcement will go out next week.
b.City Council Reports
Council discussed Pool plans, support of local businesses, and ongoing developments throughout
the City.
c.
Mayor Coletti reported on the direction for LID #5 and announcing plans for sign ups and
garnering interest. Coletti brought up the opportunity for a sponsored firework show in lieu of
the normal celebration that has been cancelled.
H.EXECUTIVE SESSION:
a.Real Property Acquisition Idaho Code 74-206 (1) (c)
It was moved by Council Member Wheeler and seconded by Council Member Thompson to enter into
Executive Session pursuant to Idaho Code 74-206(1)(c). aƚƷźƚƓ ƦğƭƭĻƭ ǒƓğƓźƒƚǒƭƌǤ ǞźƷŷ ǝƚƷĻ ĬǤ Ʃƚƌƌ
ĭğƌƌ
Council entered into Executive Session at 9:38pm
Council exited Executive Session at 9:58pm
I.ACTION ITEM:
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a.Purchase of Real Property at Intersection of Ammon Rd and 49 St to Expand Woodland Hills
Park
It was moved by Council Member Wessel and seconded by Council Member Tibbitts to move forward
with the purchase of Real Property at Intersection of Ammon Rd and 49th St to Expand Woodland Hills
Park with the purchase amount of $321,000.00 to be paid out of the 2021 Budget. aƚƷźƚƓ ƦğƭƭĻƭ ǞźƷŷ
ǝƚƷĻ ĬǤ Ʃƚƌƌ ĭğƌƌ ǞźƷŷ /ƚǒƓĭźƌ tƩĻƭźķĻƓƷ {ƌğĭƉ ǝƚƷźƓŭ bƚ͵
J.ADJOURN The meeting was adjourned at 10:00
_____________________________
Sean Coletti, Mayor
_____________________________
Kristina Buchan, City Clerk
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