Minutes - 2010 - City Council - 11/16/2010 - Town Hall
EAGLE CITY COUNCIL
November 16,2010
Town Hall Meeting Minutes
1. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Reynolds calls the meeting to order at 6:35 p.m.
Mayor Reynolds announces that late this afternoon it was discovered that the City's sound
recording equipment is broken. The repairs were unable to be completed prior to this evenings
meeting. Therefore we will not be able to hold the public hearing tonight for item 7 A. That item
will be heard on the November 23,2010 City Council meeting.
The Mayor expresses his gratitude to Dorothy Hope, owner of Hope Blooms who donated the
beautiful floral arrangement in the lobby for the meet and greet.
2. ROLL CALL: Present: HUFFAKER, SHOUSHTARlAN, SEMANKO, GRASSER. All
present. A quorum is present.
3. INVOCATION: Patricia Minkovich conducts invocation.
4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
5. Re-appointment to the Payette River Scenic Bvwav Committee: Mayor Reynolds is
requesting Council confirmation ofthe re-appointment of Teri Bath to the Payette River Scenic
Byway Committee.
Mayor Reynolds introduces the item.
Huffaker moves to re-appoint Teri Bath to the Payette River Scenic Byway Committee.
Seconded by Semanko. ALL AYE...MOTION CARRIES.
6. TOWN HALL MEETING:
The Mayor and City Council are pleased to invite all residents within the greater
community of Eagle to attend the November 16, 2010 town hall meeting to speak their mind
about matters or opinions they believe the Mayor and City Council should address or
consider. We have no agenda since we wish this to be an open discussion inspired by the
interests of the people of our community.
Out of courtesy for all who wish to speak, the Mayor and City Council request each
speaker limit their presentation to three (3) minutes. If time permits, and after all attendees
who wish to address the Mayor and City Council have done so, the Mayor may invite
rebuttals or engage in additional discussions with the attendees.
It is the wish of the Mayor and City Council that each speaker be treated with the utmost
respect, courtesy and afforded the right to speak without interruption. The intent of our town
hall meeting is to create a friendly community spirited forum where by the Eagle community
may express their views openly and freely.
May we suggest this is a gathering of neighbors openly speaking with neighbors, and we
hope everyone will feel welcome to participate.
Mayor Reynolds opens the floor for public comments.
Gretta Seals, lives on Spyglass Place. She is concerned with the noise levels associated with the
Eagle River Pavillion concert series that were held last summer. The noise levels were quite
high and vibrations were felt every time there was a concert. She encourages the concert
providers to either have a sound barrier or some type of modification to the amplifiers so the
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booming base won't be so disruptive, if they apply for approval next year. She also inquires if
the Arts Commission has received the promised donation from the concert series.
Discussion amongst the Council regarding the concert series.
Sheila Martin states that communication is vital with the Mayor and Council. She has a list of
people who did not receive notice for the Downtown Plan, she provides that list to the Mayor.
She discusses the moral and ethical responsibility of the Council to provide notice and to speak
to the residents' concerns. Ms. Martin encourages Eagle to put families first, not developers or
businesses first.
Mellissa Brodt 179 S. Eagle Road. Eagle, Idaho. She states that First Friday will be December
3rd, and she reviews the list of events. She would like the City to have their Christmas lights up
by December I st. Eagle Country Christmas will be held on December 11th. A savings booklet
will be put out by the Merchants Association the beginning of December.
Joseph Engraio he owns a duplex in Eagle. He would like to learn more about the Downtown
Plan.
Roger Hawk lives in Stonewater Court. He inquires to the brackets on the light poles and if there
are replacements for those missing or broken.
Public Works Director Echieta states that it is a budgetary item for the upcoming item. He
describes the configuration of the brackets and how recent damage to the light poles has occurred
due to large trucks snagging the brackets and pulling over the historic light poles. Discussion.
Melissa Brodt states that the merchants would like to use the brackets on the historic light poles
to display banners to market their events. Perhaps a procedure could be put into place that would
allow that to occur. Discussion.
Richard Ames 120 N. 2nd Eagle Idaho. He lived in Eagle for a long time, moved out and recently
came back. He is excited to see some of the changes in Eagle some for the good and some not so
good. Mr. Ames speaks comments on the silent majority in Eagle.
Discussion how to get people involved and improve communication methods.
Patricia Minkovich praises the current Mayor and Council.
CJ Petrovsky. She suggests perhaps posting additional information as to the process that
applications go through or how city business is conducted would be helpful to inform the
residents.
Teri Bath says she still feels this is the best city in the valley, and that we have the best staff in
the valley.
Ms. Martin reiterates how her neighbors felt a disconnect with the City. She provided her
neighbors with information as to how to contact the Mayor and get their comments into the City
about the plan. She offers other suggestions to improve the tone ofthe Council meetings to make
everyone feel welcome and feel at ease.
Terry Sayer 2151 W. Forrest Hill Ct. Eagle, Idaho. She addresses the City about a Chevron
pipeline project that is proposed. She expresses the public safety concerns regarding the
expansion of pipeline. Chevron is proposing to bring the pipeline above ground. Ms. Sayer is
concerned that Chevron has not come to the City for this modification. Discussion regarding
location and process for this proposal.
Bob Van Arnem. Mr. Van Arnem is just following up on the discussion on the City Hall
building options from last weeks Council meeting.. Discussion regarding the revenue-neutral
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option for funding the purchase of the current city hall building and the options under
consideration now. Discussion.
Foad Roghani 175 Rosebud Way Eagle, Idaho is his business address. Mr. Roghani comments
on the proposals brought forward by the City Hall Task Force. He spoke to a long time resident
who voted no three times against a City Hall building. This person said he voted no because of
an inherent distrust of the city and the inflated tax amounts they collected. He states that
communication is important for the new proposal, Transparency is of the utmost importance.
Mr. Roghani states that the performance of this Council is to be applauded. If the Council will
educate the public and that taxes will not go up if they pass a bond for the City Hall process then
there is chance.
Randy Zollinger serves on the City's Park and Pathways Commission. He mentions that a survey
is currently posted on the City's website and is available in the lobby. They are excited to see
what the Eagle residents want to see promoted in the City.
The next town hall meeting will be the 3rd Tuesday in February.
7. PUBLIC HEARING:
A. CPA-OI-I0 - Comprehensive Plan Map and Text Amendment - Downtown Eae:le
Subarea Plan: The City of Eagle is proposing a Comprehensive Plan Map and Text Amendment
for the "Downtown Eagle Subarea Plan." The plan includes text changes and changes to the
Future Land Use Map for +/- 340 acres from Central Business District, Residential Four (four (4)
units per acre), Mixed Use, and Commercial to "Downtown." The +/-340-acre subarea is
generally located north of the State Highway 44 Bypass, south of the Dry Creek Canal, west of
Edgewood Lane, and east of Taylor Street. The changes are more specifically described in the
application on file at the City of Eagle or on the City's website at www.cityofeagle.org.This
item was continuedjrom the November 9,2010 meeting The public testimony will additionally
be taken at the November 23,2010 meeting.
Due to inoperable recording equipment this item is continued to the November 23, 2010 meeting.
8. ADJOURNMENT:
Semanko moves to adjourn. Seconded by Huffaker.
CARRIES...
ALL AYES: MOTION
Hearing no further business, the Council meetinfifldjourned at 9:00 p.m.
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