[Vision2020] Moscow City Council Tuesday Agenda

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AGENDA

MOSCOW CITY COUNCIL

REGULAR MEETING

Tuesday, February 20, 2007
7:00 p.m.

City Hall Council Chambers

 206 East Third Street, Second Floor

The Moscow Mayor, City Council and Staff welcome you to tonight's
meeting.  We appreciate and encourage public participation.  For regular
agenda items, an opportunity for public comment is sometimes provided
after the staff report.  However, the formality of procedures varies
with the purpose and subject of the agenda item; therefore, the Mayor
may exercise discretion in deciding when to allow public comment during
the course of the proceedings and limitations will be placed on the time
allowed for comments.  Citizens wishing to comment on business which is
not on the agenda will be provided the opportunity to do so as item
number 3.  If you plan to address the Council, you will find a list of
"Tips for Addressing the Council" on the table outside the City Council
Chambers.  Thank you for your interest in City government.

RENEWING OUR FOCUS - At each meeting, one City Council member will
present an example of patriotism, humanitarianism, community spirit, or
other inspirational message.  Contact a Council-member with examples to
share at future meetings.

Receipt of an Historic Preservation Commemorative Plaque - Anne
Clapperton / John Weber

Peace Corps Proclamation - Mayor Chaney

1.       Consent Agenda:  Any item will be removed from the consent
agenda at the request of any member of the Council and that item will be
considered separately later.  Approval by roll call vote.

A.     Approval of Minutes of January 12, 2007 - Stephanie Kalasz

B.     Disbursement Report for January 2007 - Don Palmer

Accounts payable for January 2007 approve the following:

General

512,261.89 

Street

76,342.84 

HUD Reserve

Parks & Rec

69,852.28 

1912 Center

3,147.19 

Arts

448.81 

Water Fund

118,549.10 

Sewer Fund

95,426.82 

Sanitation

187,722.25 

Fleet Mgmt Fund

27,539.16 

Water Capital

17,544.18 

Sewer Capital Projects

Capital Projects

17,047.57 

LID Construction

Hamilton P&R

Bond & Interest

LID Special Assessment

LID Guaranty

TOTAL

1,125,882.09

C.     Approval of 4th Quarter 2005-06 and 1st Quarter 2006-07 Reports -
Don Palmer

Reviewed by the Public Works/Finance Committee on February 12, 2007.

2.       Mayor's Appointments - Mayor Chaney

Mayor Chaney recommends the appointment of Louise Ashmun and Aimee
Shipman to the Health and Environment Commission, Phyllis Solomon to the
Parks and Recreation Commission and Michael Collins to the Fair and
Affordable Housing Commission.

ACTION:  Approve appointments or take such other action deemed
appropriate.

3.       Public Comment and Mayor's Response Period (limit 15 minutes)
- For members of the Public to speak to the Council regarding matters
NOT on the Agenda and not currently pending before the Planning and
Zoning Commission or Board of Adjustment, please state your name and
address for the record and limit remarks to three minutes.  Mayor will
respond to comments from previous meeting.

4.       HDR Consulting Presentation on "Other Sewer Commercial
Accounts" Rate Change - Don Palmer

In July of last year, Staff brought to the City Council's attention that
a particular sewer commercial rate category was projected to not meet
the sewer revenue projections calculated by HDR in the utility rate
study.  At that time the City Council decided to wait for the completion
of the fiscal year to assess whether any corrections to the rate
structure would be required.  We now know that the shortfall projections
were accurate and there was indeed a $35,000 shortfall in revenue from
HDR's target revenue projection.  Due to the desire to minimize
consultant travel expenses, staff has arranged to conduct a meeting of
the Rate Committee and representatives of HDR to develop a
recommendation to adjust the "Other Sewer Commercial" sewer category
rate to correct this revenue shortfall. This meeting will be held at
3:00 pm on February 20, 2007.  At the City Council Meeting later that
day, HDR will provide a recap of the Utility Rate Committee's
considerations and their recommendations.  

ACTION:  Adopt the forthcoming recommendation of the Rate Committee
regarding the "Other Sewer Commercial" accounts that will be presented
to the Council at their February 20th meeting or take such other action
deemed appropriate.

5.       Council Objectives for 2007 - Bill Lambert

Each Councilmember will be provided approximately 2-3 minutes to discuss
their individual goals and objectives for 2007.  After which, the
Council will discuss possible dates for the upcoming Council retreat and
new format for the goal-setting session.

      ACTION:  Discuss individual Council goals and objectives and
establish a date for the upcoming Council retreat meeting; or take such
other action as deemed appropriate.

6.       Fair and Affordable Housing Commission Recommendations - Joel
Plaskon

The Moscow Fair Housing Commission, in addition to fair housing issues
of discrimination, is responsible for making recommendations regarding
housing affordability.  The Commission devoted much of its agenda time
in 2006 to the issue of housing affordability and conducted an
Affordable Housing Forum and Resource Fair on May 20, 2006.
Additionally, they conducted a survey and met with representatives of
the City of Pullman regarding the topic.  Based upon this work, the
Commission will report on their recommendations regarding affordable
housing in Moscow.

ACTION:  Accept report and take such action deemed appropriate.

7.       Public Hearing - Pickard Rezone to NB - Andrew Ackerman

On January 10, 2007, the Planning & Zoning Commission conducted a public
hearing and recommended approval of the request by Michael Pickard to
rezone an approximately two acre property at 505 S. Mountain View Rd.
from Medium Density Residential (R-3) to Neighborhood Business (NB). The
Council approved of a Comprehensive Plan Map Amendment for the same
parcel of land from Low Density Residential to Convenience Commercial
(CC) on December 4, 2006. The Planning & Zoning Commission concurred
with staff that the most compatible zoning for the CC designation is the
Neighborhood Business District. The applicants propose to redevelop the
subject property to provide services to the adjacent neighborhoods and
make improvements to the lot, existing structure and street frontage.
The property historically has been used as a church and has a large
gravel parking area and is situated at the corner of a collector and a
minor arterial (Mountain View Road and Sixth Street).

ACTION:  Approve Ordinance under suspension of the rules requiring three
complete and separate readings and that it be read and published by
title only; or consider the Ordinance on first reading; or reject the
Ordinance; or take such other action deemed appropriate.  A Reasoned
Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards must be completed as well.

8.       Alvarez Lot Division (in Area of City Impact) - Andrew Ackerman

On December 18th, 2006, the County forwarded to the City an application
to plat an approximately 0.95 acre parcel within the Area of City Impact
into two half-acre single family lots.  The subject property is owned by
Gerardo and Patricia Alvarez and currently vacant/pasture-land on the
south side of Mountain View Road and north of Dave's Avenue.  The
subject parcel is currently zoned low density, single-family residential
(R-1).  The Moscow Comprehensive Plan designates all of the land in this
area as Low Density Residential (LR).  The subject plat will allow for
two additional residential lots to exist with frontage (access) off of
Mountain View Road.  The applicants are requesting that future
development of the land be allowed to connect to existing city sewer and
water services.  Based on the existing city annexation policy, the
applicants would be required to request annexation prior to the city
providing these services.  Therefore, the applicant has agreed that a
condition of final plat approval will be to request annexation of both
properties into the City.  Additionally, no permits for residential
development that require extension of City water and sewer will be
permitted until such annexation has occurred.  Reviewed by the Public
Works/Finance Committee on February 12, 2007.

ACTION:  Recommend approval of the lot division with conditions; or
recommend denial; or take such other action deemed appropriate.

9.       Linda Lane LID Discussion - Les MacDonald

Staff has been approached by an owner of property on Linda Lane to form
an L.I.D. to pave, extend sidewalk and construct curbs as improvements
to this neighborhood. Due to the narrow 30-foot wide right-of-way, a
non-standard 24-foot wide street would be proposed. Also, due to the
steep terrain, construction of a standard turn-around does not seem
feasible at the south end of this dead end street. Before issuing a
petition to the owners involved in this proposed district, staff wishes
to gauge Council support of non-standard construction for this street.
Reviewed by the Public Works/Finance Committee on January 22, 2007.

      ACTION:  Approve support of non-standard construction for this
street or take such other action deemed appropriate.

10.   Comprehensive Plan Consultant Selection Committee Recommendation -
Joel Plaskon

The Mayor and City Council have authorized funding in the fiscal year
2007 budget to hire a consultant to aid in the re-writing of the Moscow
Comprehensive Plan.  A selection committee consisting of the Mayor, City
Council President (now past president), Planning and Zoning Commission
Chairman and four department heads reviewed the responses to the Request
for Qualifications and interviewed the top three consultants.  The
respondents were scored based upon; professional qualifications of the
respondent, depth of available resources for the project, relevant
experience on similar projects, and personal interviews.  The
consultants interviewed were Kendig Keast Collaborative, Cogan Owens
Cogan, and Peter J. Smith.  Upon conclusion of the interviews, the
selection committee unanimously recommended the selection of Kendig
Keast Collaborative.  Staff has begun preliminary discussions of project
scope and cost with representatives of Kendig Keast and will bring
forward a professional services contract for the Council's consideration
at a future date.  Reviewed by the Administrative Committee on February
12, 2007.

ACTION:  Approve Committee recommendation or take such other action
deemed appropriate.

11.   First Street Traffic Discussion - Les MacDonald

On April 19, 2006, Mayor Chaney received an email from Lynn and Vince
Murray regarding speed and traffic volume increases on First Street east
of the couplet.  The Lynn indicated that since couplet construction cut
off the use of A Street as an east-west corridor, they have experienced
an increase in traffic usage on First Street.  With the number of
community activity sites such as schools, parks, library, and churches
along this route, the increase in traffic has created an unsafe
condition and decreased the "quality of the neighborhood".  Mayor Chaney
forwarded the Murray's request for action onto the Public Works
Department and the Transportation Commission for review.  The
Transportation Commission started discussion on the topic of First
Street on April 27th.  As the Commission delved further into the
subject, it became apparent that the issues of east-west traffic,
vehicular corridors, street classifications, pedestrian and bicycle
safety, and neighborhood quality of life were issues that needed to be
addressed throughout the east side of the city.  With this in mind the
commission discussed these issues on a larger scale.  Reviewed by the
Public Works/Finance Committee on January 22 and February 12, 2007.

ACTION:  Discuss issue and give staff direction.

12.   Land Use Process Discussion - Joel Plaskon

For the past 14 months, City land use processes have been changed to
provide for more public involvement relating to annexation,
comprehensive plan amendment, zoning, platting and planned unit
developments. Previously, the City had allowed "bundling" of certain of
these processes, allowing them to be submitted and processed at the same
time.  Currently, the processes have been "unbundled" and most of the
processes must occur independently of each other. This has resulted in a
much longer overall process that has been much longer and costly and
more cumbersome and uncertain.  To investigate other possibilities,
staff has prepared a summary of options for the Council to consider.
The options vary in length of process time ranging generally from
fifteen months to four months.  The Administrative Committee reviewed
the matter of land use process on August 14, 2006 and on November 13,
2006.  The City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission also considered
the proposals at the workshop on February 14, 2007.  The consensus of
the City Council and the Planning & Zoning Commission is to adopt
alternate proposal "D" as described in the attached table.   

ACTION:  Approve alternate proposal "D" for land use process or take
such other action deemed appropriate.

REPORTS:

            Administrative Committee

            Public Works/Finance Committee

            Other Boards & Commissions

            Mayor

EXECUTIVE SESSION - Consideration of land acquisition; legal issue; and
personnel issue - Pursuant to Idaho Code Section 67-2345(1)

Stephanie Kalasz

Moscow City Clerk

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