[Vision2020] Moscow City Council Agendas

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---- Stephanie Kalasz <skalasz at ci.moscow.id.us> wrote: 
> 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
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>                    Lunch & Opening Remarks -    Linda Pall, Council
> President
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> 12:40           Session with Brian Muir, Facilitator and Trainer      
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> 6:00             Adjourn
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> 7:00             Dinner/Discussion
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> Monday, January 9
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> 7:00 a.m.      Breakfast
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> 8:00             Session with Brian Muir
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> 12:00  p.m.   Lunch/Discussion
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> 3:00             Adjourn       
> 
> AGENDA
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> CITY OF MOSCOW
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> 
> PUBLIC WORKS/FINANCE COMMITTEE
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> 
> Monday, January 9, 2006
> 3:00 p.m.
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> 
> CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
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> 
> 206 East 3rd Street, 2nd Floor
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> 1.      Public Works/Finance Committee Charge - Gary J. Riedner
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> 2.      Elect Committee Chair and Vice Chair
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> 3.      Accept Minutes of December 12, 2005 - Stephanie Kalasz
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> 4.      Approval of Disbursement Report for December 2005 - Don Palmer
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> 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. 
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>       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.
> 
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> 
> 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.
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>       ACTION:  Make recommendations on priority to be given to each
> potential project.
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> 
> 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.
> 
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> 
> ACTION:  Acknowledge receipt of Commission recommendation and allow
> staff to publish related Council hearing notice, or take other such
> action as deemed appropriate.
> 
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> 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.
> 
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> 
>       ACTION:  Recommend approval of the agreement or take such other
> action deemed appropriate.
> 
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> REPORTS:
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> n/a
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> 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
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> 2.      Elect Committee Chair and Vice Chair
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>  
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> 3.      Accept Minutes of December 12, 2005 - Stephanie Kalasz 
> 
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> 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.
> 
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> 
> 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.
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>       ACTION:  Recommend approval of the agreements or take such other
> action deemed appropriate.
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> REPORTS:
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> City Surplus Auction Report - David Duke
> 
> Conditional Use Permit Process - Joel Plaskon/Randy Fife
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> 
>  
> 
> 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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