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Minutes - 2009 - City Council - 05/12/2009 - Regular EAGLE CITY COUNCIL Minutes May 12, 2009 PRE-COUNCIL AGENDA: 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Mayor: Council Member Semanko is at a dedication at Grand Coulee Dam for from BLM director John Keyes. I. Eagle Chamber of Commerce. Teri Bath, Eagle Chamber of Commerce, we are here because most ofthe Council is new. The chamber has had a relationship with the City for IS years and we have worked together on the downtown issue for IS years. I'm distributing a list of some of the things that we have worked on together. General discussion. Pete Dover, Chairman of the Board: When entities work together they can accomplish more. I find it unfortunate that an e-mail was sent out about a week ago that indicated that the chamber was involved in things that they shouldn't be. General discussion. Teri Bath discusses the Eagle Stimulus Group that has just been formed. On June 2ih we are going to invite all of the houses for sale in Eagle and all ofthe businesses to be "Open For Business". We are concerned about Eagle being prosperous. General discussion. 2. Mayor and Council Reports: Huffaker: Every year there is an event called the Mayor's Awards to Youth Ceremony that is conducted at the Boise City Hall. This involves the cities of Boise, Meridian, Eagle, Star and Garden City. These cities send out to all of the schools in their boundaries a request for them to pick out two students in their school for outstanding achievement. This is not necessarily the best student or the best athlete. These kids stand out for being the type that is just extraordinary. Mayor Bandy couldn't attend so I attended. They honored about 60 students from these cities. We had 7-8 from Eagle. I was so impressed with their stories. General discussion. Mayor: I didn't attend because I was at Eagle Middle School for the Junior National Honor Society. There were probably 40 7th graders that are moving into the National Honor Society. We do have a wonderful community and wonderful kids. We had a ribbon cutting at the Eagle Saturday Market. I've been participating in the Eagle Chamber Feasibility Stimulus Group and the Estech meetings. I participated in the Idaho Food Bank and US Postal Service which was highlighting the Letter Carrier Food Collection. The North Channel Bridge is finally done. The Governor has approved our Rural Community Block Grant for $300,000.00. Shoushtarian: Senior Center is doing well. They finally got the TV for their exercise group. General discussion. Reports on the Urban Renewal Agency. Jackson-Heim: No Report 3. Public Works Director Report: Underpass under Eagle Road is completed and open. The Bridge did make it across and it fit. It will 2-3 weeks before it will be able to use. There will be ribbon cutting ceremonies for each project. General discussion. Discussion on taking care of graffiti. 4. Zoning Administrator's Report: No report Page I K:ICOUNCILIMINUTESITemporary Minutes Work AreaICC-05-12-09min.doc S. City Attorney Report: Buxton provides some history of when the City began working on the two ITD projects. 6. City Clerk/Treasurer Report: No report REGULAR COUNCIL AGENDA: 6:30 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bandy calls the meeting to order at 6:3S p.m. 2. ROLL CALL: HUFFAKER, SHOUSHTARIAN, SEMANKO, JACKSON-HElM. Semanko is absent. A quorum is present. 3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mary May leads the Pledge of Allegiance. 4. PUBLIC COMMENT: Patricia Minkiewicz: I was very glad to see that the Council and the Chamber have validated their agreement and cooperative efforts. I have learned a lot of things tonight. S. CONSENT AGENDA: . Consent Agenda items are considered to be routine and are acted on with one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless the Mayor, a Councilmember, member of City Staff, or a citizen requests an item to be removed from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Items removed from the Consent Agenda will be placed on the Regular Agenda in a sequence determined by the City Council. . Any item on the Consent Agenda which contains written Conditions of Approval from the City of Eagle City Staff, Planning & Zoning Commission, or Design Review Board shall be adopted as part of the City Council's Consent Agenda approval motion unless specifically stated otherwise. A. Claims A2ainst the City. B. Minutes of April 28. 2009. C. Open Container Permit: Kara Hill is requesting an open container permit to be used at Merrill Park on May 30, 2009 from II :00 to dusk. All standard conditions of approval shall apply. (SKB) D. Open Container Permit: Tammy Johnson is requesting an open container permit to be used on June 27, 2009 from S:OO p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Guerber Park. All standard conditions of approval shall apply. (SKB) E. Appointment to the Desi2n Review Board: Mayor Bandy is requesting Council confirmation of the appointment of John Rimbey to fill a vacated term on the Board. Mr. Rimbey's term will expire in November 2009. (PB) F. Appointment to the Historical Preservation Commission: Mayor Bandy is requesting Council confirmation of the appointment of Frank Thomason to the Commission: Mr. Thomason's term will expire in May 2014. (PB) G. Appointment to the Historic Preservation Commission: Mayor Bandy is requesting Council confirmation of the appointment of Karianne Fallow to the Commission. Ms. Fallow's term will expire in May 2012. (PB) H. Approval of alcohol license: Tony Jay LLC, dba: daVinci's 2, is requesting an alcohol license for the sale of liquor, beer and wine. (SKB) Huffaker moves to approve the Consent Agenda. Seconded by Shoushtarian. Huffaker: AYE; Shoushtarian: AYE; Jackson-Heim: AYE: ALL AYES: MOTION CARRIES. ............. Mayor: The applicants on Item #8B have requested that the item be continued so if anyone is here for this item it may not be heard tonight. General discussion. Page 2 KICOUNCIL\MINUTESITemporary Minutes Work AreaICC-05-12-09mindoc Huffaker moves to amend the Agenda to remove Item #8B and move it to the June 9, 2009 City Council meeting. Seconded by Jackson-Heim. ALL AYES: MOTION CARRIES.............. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS: A. Review of public comments received re2ardin2 the BLM Recreation and Public Purposes Act application for the Ea21e Re2ional Park. This item was continued from the April 28, 2009 meeting. (NBS) Mayor introduces the issue. Planner Baird-Spencer: Provides Council an overview of the process. General discussion. Mike Trudden, BLM, once we receive the application we review to make sure it meets all of the criteria. Then we do our review on the parcel and then we go out to the public. The public is asked two questions: I. Should this property be classified for recreation of public purposes and 2. Is this an acceptable public use? The public review period is 60-90 days. General discussion. Public Works Director Echeita: Discusses the maintenance of the proposed park. General discussion. Huffaker moves to direct the Staff to go ahead and finalize the application and also give the Mayor the direction to go ahead and submit it with the provision that each member of City Council has a chance to look at once and if there are major changes we bring it back and if there aren't then it is to be submitted. Seconded by Jackson-Heim. Discussion. TWO AYES; SHOUSHTARIAN: NO AUDIBLE VOTE: MOTION CARRIES....................... 7. PUBLIC HEARINGS: A. A-I-09/RZ-I-09 - Annexation and Rezone from RUT to A-R-DA - Chad Moffat/Cabin Creek Development Company and Jeff Frazier: Chad Moffat/Cabin Creek Development Company and Jeff Frazier are requesting approval of an annexation and rezone from RUT (Rural-Urban Transition-Ada County Designation) to A-R-DA (Agricultural-Residential one unit per five acres with a development agreement). The 38.9-acre site consisting of Pembrook Subdivision and the adjacent property to the south is generally located on the north side of W. Beacon Light Road approximately 1,970 feet west ofN. Eagle Road at 702 W. Beacon Light Road. (MJW) Mayor introduces the issue. Chad Moffat, applicant, displays overheads and provides Council an overview of the application. General discussion. Planner Williams: Displays overheads and provides Council an overview ofthe application. General discussion. Mayor opens the Public Hearing Wendy Fraizer, 3S9 N. Timber Lane: Answers questions from the Council. Andrew Pendley, 722 Valley Hi Road, I am opposed to this application; the Frazier's are great neighbors. We are content to live in the County. It is unfortunate that the Frazier's think that they have to annex into the City to solve their business problems. General discussion. Mayor closes the Public Hearing Page 3 K:ICOUNCIL\MINUTESITemporary Minutes Work AreaICC-05-12-09min.doc Chad Moffat: provides Council a history of the subdivision. The business is not visible, it is quiet. The area is not changing just because it will be annexed into the City of Eagle. The subdivision will be a beautiful subdivision. General discussion. General Council discussion. Huffaker moves to approve A-I-09/RZ-I-09 - Annexation and Rezone from RUT to A-R- DA - Chad Moffat/Cabin Creek Development Company. Seconded by Shoushtarian. ALL AYES: MOTION CARRIES........................ City Attorney Buxton: I need to be excused to attend the Kuna Council meeting. 8. NEW BUSINESS: A. Request from Baker Yeomans Foundation for the Arts to utilize City owned historic 1i2ht poles for event advertizin2. (ME) Mayor introduces the issue. Jane Baker, 4409 Hillcrest Drive, Boise, provides the Council an overview of the Baker Yeomans Foundation for the Arts. The first project for this foundation is Jazz at the River. There will be a free jazz concert at the Gazebo in Heritage Park. Discussion on the events. The final event will be 8 hours of jazz at the Camille Beckman property. General Council discussion. Public Works Director Echeita: The hardware we have is just what we have. The Saturday Market and Eagle Fun Days use the poles for their advertising so we would have to remove their banners to place your banners. I would prefer to have City staff to put the banners up. General discussion. Mr. Baker: we feel that Eagle can become the cultural center of the Valley and this is one of the reasons that we would like to see this Jazz Festival here in Eagle. B. AA-I-09 - Appeal of Zonin2 Administrator's decision - Sparrow Salon and Retreat (beauty shop) - Anna M. Kindelber2er and Rachelle D. Berman: Anna D. Kindelberger and Rachelle D. Berman (property owner) are appealing the Zoning Administrator's decision regarding the requirement to stop the operation of Sparrow Salon and Retreat (beauty shop) at 220S Mace Road. The S . I-acre site is located on the south side of Mace Road, approximately I.S-miles west of South Eagle Road at 220S Mace Road. (WEV) Continued to the June 9, 2009 City Council by previous motion. Shoushtarian: I have a couple of questions/concerns that I have written down to talk about before we adjourn. I have a question about a couple of expenses for Attorney's fees. Mayor: We have already approved the vouchers. Shoushtarian: In regards to the Chamber of Commerce comments, it would be nice to have some kind of communication with Council in regards to what kind of direction we are going to take. What do we think about the Chamber versus NACF A. A workshop would be nice to have and Council can decide what the priorities are. I feel that we are upgrading one organization over the other ones. I want to be on the same page as the rest of the Council. Discussion on NACF A Page 4 K:ICOUNCIL\MINUTESITemporary Minutes Work AreaICC-05-1 2-09min.doc Mayor: It would have been appropriate for you to have brought your concerns up when the Chamber representatives were here. That was the point of having the Chamber here tonight. General discussion. 9. ADJOURNMENT: Huffaker moyes to adjourn. Seconded by Shoushtarian. ALL AYES: MOTION CARRIES... Hearing no further business, the Council meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted: A~RG~~ CITY CLERK/TREASURER APPROVED: ""u.......... ~", \' EAG{ .... ~,.. ~\ 0........ Ii' '. ~ ~.. .. ! .t:... ~ORA7'/.. :CJ:o~ .,11 = . . : : (j ,.' _: :. .. 1.,..... : ic \ SG !\.V~: 0 : ., . 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This is a community grassroots effort to help stimulate Eagle's economy by showcasing everything the City of Eagle has to offer. NOW IS THE TIME TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE, WORK, PLAY AND SHOP IN EAGLE. Visit www.eaglechamber.com for more information! Evans Building Center Look for the Green Balloons! Home Mortgage Resource Intermountain Gas Thank You tali our Sponsors! Eagl., the City with MOR , right o Eagle Chamber & City council Accomplishments: Last Six and 1/2 years: The Eagle Arch Sign The Scenic Byway Measure Business issues for various business The Downtown Feasibility Study Eagle Fun Days Eagle Country Christmas Traffic Committee Economic Development Recruitment of new business to.Eagie Retention of Eagle Businesses' Expansion of Businesses Legislative issues/Government Relations S>W>0>T Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) . • Election Forums State the City Address Comprehensive Plans Foothills Study Western Area of Impact ESTech Initiative Industry Opportunities for Employment: ESTech Initiative IVRC Grant with CWI & BSU for Viticulture Eagle is Open for Business initiative BVEP members (Site selection opportunities)