[Vision2020] Moscow City Council Agendas

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AGENDA

MOSCOW CITY COUNCIL 2005 RETREAT 

WORKSHOP

Sunday and Monday, January 8 & 9, 2005

UNIVERSITY INN Best Western

1516 W. Pullman Road

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Sunday, January 8

12:00 p.m.   WELCOME - Nancy Chaney, Mayor

                   Lunch & Opening Remarks -    Linda Pall, Council
President

12:40           Session with Brian Muir, Facilitator and Trainer      

6:00             Adjourn

7:00             Dinner/Discussion

Monday, January 9

7:00 a.m.      Breakfast

8:00             Session with Brian Muir

12:00  p.m.   Lunch/Discussion

3:00             Adjourn       

AGENDA

CITY OF MOSCOW

PUBLIC WORKS/FINANCE COMMITTEE

Monday, January 9, 2006
3:00 p.m.

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS

206 East 3rd Street, 2nd Floor

1.      Public Works/Finance Committee Charge - Gary J. Riedner

2.      Elect Committee Chair and Vice Chair

3.      Accept Minutes of December 12, 2005 - Stephanie Kalasz

4.      Approval of Disbursement Report for December 2005 - Don Palmer

5.      Boyde Avenue LID Final Assessment Roll - Set Public Hearing -
Dave Klatt

The Boyde Avenue Local Improvement District (LID) No. 133 was created by
Council on April 19, 2004. The project was constructed in June of 2005.
The amount advertised in the Resolution of Intent to perform the work,
reimburse City for engineering and administrative (E&A) services, and
cover interim financing costs was $52,818.00. Staff has determined the
final costs to be assessed to LID participants is $55,768. This amount
includes $1,922 of extra work requested by one property owner. After
evaluating the level of benefit received by each property within the
district, staff compared various methods of distributing costs, and is
prepared to recommend an assessment roll for consideration by the
Council through the public hearing process. 

      ACTION:  Direct staff to prepare and notice a public hearing to
present the assessment roll at the February 6 City Council meeting and
recommend Council accept staff's assessment roll by the square foot
method; or take other action deemed appropriate.

6.      2006 Funding Applications Report - Les MacDonald

In the State of Idaho, the management of Federal Funding for
Transportation related programs is within the jurisdiction of the Idaho
Transportation Department (ITD).  ITD has authorized the Local Highway
Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC) to manage the programs related to
local jurisdictions such as the City of Moscow.  The City of Moscow has
been proactive over the last several years in applying for grant funding
for street, trail, and transit projects.  Staff has identified a number
of potential projects for submittal for the current application cycle.
These are primarily eligible for the Surface Transportation Program -
Urban (STP-U) funding mechanism.  The street improvement project
candidates include A Street from Home Street to Jackson Street, Palouse
River Drive from US95 to the east end of the proposed City Ballfields'
site, Stadium Road Extension from Paradise Creek Street to SH8, and an
as yet undefined section of improvements on Mountain View Road.  Another
project has been identified as a possible candidate for Transportation
Enhancement funds as well.  This is the installation of an in-ground
lighted crosswalk system on SH8 at Lieuallen Street.  All of these
potential projects will be discussed at the Committee meeting with the
intent of obtaining some guidance on the priority that should be given
to each of the projects.

      ACTION:  Make recommendations on priority to be given to each
potential project.

7.      Receipt of Planning & Zoning Commission Recommendation on Large
Retail Establishment Ordinance - Joel Plaskon

The Council called for and considered a moratorium on large retail
establishments, but rejected it on July 5, 2005.  At the same meeting, a
motion was passed to appoint a Committee to bring an emergency ordinance
to the Council on August 15, 2005 and passage of the emergency ordinance
occurred on that date.  It is in effect for 182 days and expires on
February 18, 2006.  In the interim, the Planning & Zoning Commission was
directed to prepare a more thorough ordinance to take the place of the
emergency ordinance.  The P&Z completed this task and conducted its
public hearing on January 4, 2006.  The Commission recommended approval
of the Ordinance and related resolution and design manual.  With
publication of the notice, a January 30, 2006 Council public hearing on
the matter may be scheduled.

ACTION:  Acknowledge receipt of Commission recommendation and allow
staff to publish related Council hearing notice, or take other such
action as deemed appropriate.

8.      Community Transit Association of Idaho Funding Agreement - Dean
Weyen

With the successful establishment of a fixed route transit system in the
City of Moscow, it is appropriate to make improvements along the routes
that will increase the functionality of the system.  Initially these
should consist of smaller features such as bus pullouts, bus shelters,
signage, and benches.  Due to the limited capacity of the City of Moscow
to fund such improvements independently, staff has been looking for
outside funding sources.  The most likely of these sources is the
Capital Program under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
(TEA-21).  In Idaho, the process for applying for these funds is through
a group known as the Community Transit Association of Idaho (CTAI).
Each year CTAI makes application for these federal funds with the
assistance of a Washington D.C. based consulting firm. In order to pay
for the services provided by this consulting firm, CTAI has to charge a
membership fee that will cover the cost of the consultant contract.  The
fee charged to each participant is proportional to their share of the
overall appropriation requested of Congress.  Staff has prepared a
proposed project for funding under this program.  Based on the
engineer's estimate the anticipated cost of the proposed project is
$250,000.  Assuming an application for federal funding under the TEA-21
program is successful the local match component of the project would be
$50,000 (20%) and the grant would be $200,000 (80%).   Last year Moscow
applied for $220,000 federal funding under this same program but due to
spending cuts only $88,000 is being approved.  This year's application
for funding is basically the amount to complete last year's project
scope with some included inflationary costs.  If successful, the grant
funds would be available in Federal Fiscal Year 2007.  Based on the
project amount and the cost of the projects of the other eight entities
throughout the state that have indicated a desire to make application
for TEA-21 funds the City of Moscow's share of the consultant costs will
be $3,542.86.  Payment of the membership fee is due in four quarterly
increments starting January 31st and ending October 1st of this year.

      ACTION:  Recommend approval of the agreement or take such other
action deemed appropriate.

REPORTS:

n/a

NOTICE:  Individuals attending the meeting who require special
assistance to accommodate physical, hearing, or other impairments,
please contact the City Clerk, at (208) 883-7015, as soon as possible so
that arrangements may be made.

AGENDA

CITY OF MOSCOW

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 

Monday, January 9, 2006
4:30 p.m.

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS

206 East 3rd Street, Second Floor

1.      Administrative Committee Charge - Gary J. Riedner

2.      Elect Committee Chair and Vice Chair

3.      Accept Minutes of December 12, 2005 - Stephanie Kalasz 

4.      Request from Rendezvous in the Park for Waiver of Police Service
Fees - Gary Riedner

On June 6th, 2005 the City Council passed a Resolution 2005-05 providing
for the sale of beer and wine at the four 2005 Rendezvous in the Park
concerts held in East City Park.  The resolution required Rendezvous
organizers to employ the number of Moscow Police Department officers
determined appropriate by the Moscow Police Chief to ensure the security
of the event at which beer and wine were to be sold.  The four events
were conducted without incident.  After the event Rendezvous organizers
received a bill in the amount of $1,338 for the additional police
services at the four events.  Due to an apparent miscommunication, the
Rendezvous organizers had not anticipated this expense and therefore are
requesting a fee waiver in the amount of $1,338.

      ACTION:  Recommend approval of fee waiver request; recommend
denial of the request; or take such other action deemed appropriate.

5.   Receipt of Planning & Zoning Commission Recommendation on Large
Retail Establishment Ordinance - Joel Plaskon

The Council called for and considered a moratorium on large retail
establishments, but rejected it on July 5, 2005.  At the same meeting, a
motion was passed to appoint a Committee to bring an emergency ordinance
to the Council on August 15, 2005 and passage of the emergency ordinance
occurred on that date.  It is in effect for 182 days and expires on
February 18, 2006.  In the interim, the Planning & Zoning Commission was
directed to prepare a more thorough ordinance to take the place of the
emergency ordinance.  The P&Z completed this task and conducted its
public hearing on January 4, 2006.  The Commission recommended approval
of the Ordinance and related resolution and design manual.  With
publication of the notice, a January 30, 2006 Council public hearing on
the matter may be scheduled.

ACTION:  Acknowledge receipt of Commission recommendation and allow
staff to publish related Council hearing notice, or take other such
action as deemed appropriate.

6.   ASCAP Contract - Randy Fife

The City of Moscow has been contacted by the American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) regarding the City's use of
copyrighted musical works in its functions. These uses are typically
through Arts and Parks and Recreational programs. ASCAP and BMI (a
similar company) have worked with the International Municipal Attorneys
Association (IMLA) to author a standard contract which grants the City
use of the copyrighted materials as defined in the Agreement for a
period of one year for a fee of $268.00 for each. The fee will recur on
an annual basis.  This was presented to the Administrative Committee on
September 26 and October 10, 2005 and brought back for further
discussion.

      ACTION:  Recommend approval of the agreements or take such other
action deemed appropriate.

REPORTS:

City Surplus Auction Report - David Duke

Conditional Use Permit Process - Joel Plaskon/Randy Fife

NOTICE:  Individuals attending the meeting who require special
assistance to accommodate physical, hearing, or other impairments,
please contact the City Clerk, at (208) 883-7015, as soon as possible so
that arrangements may be made.

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