[Vision2020] Moscow City Council Committee Agendas for Monday

Fri Apr 11 14:03:45 PDT 2008

AGENDA

CITY OF MOSCOW

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE 

Monday, April 14, 2008
3:00 p.m.

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS

206 East 3rd Street, Second Floor

1.      Approval of Minutes March 24, 2008 - Laurie Lewis

2.      Sustainability Resolution and Guidelines - K.C. Wagner

On February 22nd of 2007, the Health and Environment Commission
submitted a resolution to Mayor Chaney and City Supervisor Gary Riedner
that would commit the City of Moscow to implement an Environmentally
Preferable Purchasing Program.  The draft has since been modified and
fine tuned to include sustainable considerations in addition to the
environmental considerations previously mentioned including such areas
as buying local and working with suppliers to encourage sustainable
product availability.  Ideally, a resolution will be passed with a
purchasing policy that can be easily changed as new products and
information become available.  At this point, the exact budgetary
implications are not known, but we are looking into different options.
On June 25th, Kara Whitman (former Sustainability Intern) and the City
Supervisor presented a resolution to establish a more Sustainable and
Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Program within all city
operations.  Further research was completed and reported back on July
23, 2007.  KC Wagner has been hired as the Sustainability Intern,
replacing Kara Whitman.  KC has updated and revised the Sustainable
Purchasing Resolution and Guidelines to include a comprehensive approach
to purchasing sustainably.  This has been reviewed by staff, including
the City Management team, City Supervisor, Administrative Secretary
Laurie Lewis and other committees.  The revised document is being
presented for consideration.

ACTION:  Recommend approval of the Resolution and Guidelines; or
recommend rejection; or take such other action deemed appropriate.

3.      Surplus Items for Spring Auction - Dan Weaver

A list of items found or no longer needed has been compiled by staff to
be considered by the Council for surplus.  Items approved for surplus
will be sold at an online auction.

ACTION:  Recommend approval of the surplus item list or take such other
action deemed appropriate.

4.      Surplus Firearms - Dan Weaver

The Police Department has a number of used firearms which have been
donated, seized or deemed no longer needed; please refer to the attached
list.  Following past practice, it is requested that the Moscow Police
Department be authorized to dispose of these items by trading or selling
them to an approved firearms dealer.  With authorization, these firearms
will be traded/sold on the condition they are not to be returned to this
community or the State of Idaho.

ACTION:  Recommend surplus of the firearms to be traded/sold or take
such other action deemed appropriate.

Reports

Farmers' Market Task Force - Kathleen Burns/Bruce Livingston

5.      4:00 p.m.  Fair and Affordable Housing Commission
Recommendations to Fund Affordable Housing - Bill Belknap/Karl Johnson

The City of Moscow Fair and Affordable Housing Commission has been
exploring options to create more affordable workforce housing
opportunities within the City of Moscow.  The Commission has concluded
that the best approach would be through the creation of a local
Community Housing Development Organization and a community land trust
program.  The Commission will present their findings and proposal and
request the council to financial support the project through a $15,000
allocation within the upcoming FY09 City Budget.

ACTION:  Receive presentation and provide comments and direction; or
take such other action as deemed appropriate.

Future Agenda Items

Policy & Procedure for Closing of Main Street

Amendment to MCC Title 4, Ch. 5, Flood Hazard Areas - Bill Belknap
(5/12)

Business Registration

SE Sewer District Follow-up - Les MacDonald (4/28)

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 or TDD 883-7019, as
soon as possible so that arrangements may be made.

AGENDA

CITY OF MOSCOW

PUBLIC WORKS/FINANCE COMMITTEE

Monday, April 14, 2008
4:30 p.m.

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS

206 East 3rd Street, 2nd Floor 

**The Committee is requested to come at to the Administrative Committee
meeting at 4:00 p.m. for the Fair and Affordable Housing Commission
Recommendations to Fund Affordable Housing - Karl Johnson.**

1.      Approval of Minutes of March 24, 2008 - Laurie Lewis

2.      Approval of Monthly Treasurer's Account/Disbursement Report for
March 2008 - Don Palmer

3.      Indian Hills 6th Development Agreement - Kevin Lilly

The Thompson Family (as Thompson Development LLC, and the Thompson
Family Limited Partnership) has submitted to the City a final plat for
the development of their property off the south end of Blaine Street,
titled Indian Hills 6th Addition Subdivision.  The City Council has
approved a preliminary plat for the property.  The final plat may
include several phases of development.  In order for the developer to
move forward with the implementation of the project, a development
agreement is needed to address construction of public improvements,
phasing of such construction, parkland dedication, street tree
contributions, and as-constructed drawings. The attached agreement
covers these items.  The agreement specifies that the public
improvements for each phase of the Indian Hills 6th Addition plat will
be constructed within nine months of the issuance of the first building
permit within that phase.  This time frame will allow for winter
construction of structures with completion of public works improvements
during the summer months. 

ACTION:  Recommend approval of the development agreement; or recommend
denial of the development agreement; or take such other action deemed
appropriate.

4.      Blaine Street Right-of-Way Dedication - Kevin Lilly

As mentioned above, the Thompson Family Limited Partnership submitted to
the City a final plat titled the Indian Hills 6th Addition Subdivision.
When the City Council approved the preliminary plat for this property, a
required condition was that the Thompson Family dedicate right of way
for the future extension of Blaine Street to Palouse River Drive.  This
dedication fulfills that condition.  The total dedicated width of the
right of way will be seventy feet as required by City standard and as
described in the attached Exhibit "A".  Such dedications must be
recognized and accepted by the City.

ACTION:  Recommend acceptance of the right-of-way dedication or take
such other action deemed appropriate.

5.      Greenacres Re-Plat Preliminary and Final Plat - Bill Belknap

On June 18, 2007, the City Council approved the Greenacres Final
Subdivision Plat that would allow for a 43 unit planned unit development
that includes 8 townhomes and 27 detached single family dwellings.  Upon
review of the construction drawings, it was identified that under the
Building Code, the applicant would be required to construct fire walls
on the exterior walls of the townhome units due to their close proximity
(approximately 9 inches) to the exterior lot lines of the platted
townhome lots.  In order to avoid this additional requirement, the
applicant has requested to make a relatively minor amendment to the
previously approved subdivision plat that would widen Lots 1-6 of Block
2 from 26.75 feet in width to 32 feet in width and Lots 7-16 of Block 2
from 26.75 feet in width to 31 feet in width.  The building locations
would remain the same, but the widened lots would allow for the required
five feet of separation from adjacent property lines removing the
necessity for fire wall construction.  The Planning and Zoning
Commission conducted a public hearing on this matter on March 26th and
recommended approval of the proposed re-plat and final plat.  This
matter has been set for public hearing before the City Council at the
Council's upcoming meeting of May 5th.

ACTION:  Receive report or take such other action deemed appropriate.

6.      Greenacres Minor PUD Amendment - Bill Belknap

On June 15, 2007 the Planning and Zoning Commission reviewed and
approved the Greenacres Final Planned Unit Development and Final
Greenacres Subdivision Plat that would allow for a 43 unit planned unit
development that included 8 townhomes and 27 detached single family
dwellings.  The applicant has requested to amend the Planned Unit
Development application to replace the six townhome units that were
proposed on Lots 1-6 of Block 2 with six detached single family
dwellings utilizing a new floor plan which the applicant calls the
Woodland. The Moscow City Code stipulates the process for what are
termed minor or major PUD amendments which can be approved by the City
Council upon receipt of a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning
Commission without having to conduct a public hearing on the request.
If the amendment is deemed to be a major PUD amendment, the amendment is
processed in the same fashion as the original application.  The Planning
and Zoning Commission reviewed the request on March 26, 2008 and
recommended approval of the amendment to the City Council.

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

7.      Memorandum of Understanding between City and Developers of
Windfall Hills Subdivision regarding relocation of Verizon Fiber Optic
Pedestal on Mountain View Road 

In order to complete Mountain View Road improvements (including a
sidewalk between Sixth Street and D Street on the east side of Mountain
View Road), City and the developers of Windfall Hills subdivision wish
to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate the relocation
of a Verizon fiber optic pedestal.  Although the final details are
pending, the MOU will likely include a provision that if developers
install street and sidewalk improvements on or before September 1, 2008
and agree to fund the connection of Janson Street between Damon and the
north border of the Windfall Hills subdivision, the City will
financially participate in the cost of Verizon fiber optic pedestal
relocation.

ACTION:  Direct staff to finalize an MOU which can be presented to full
City Council or give other direction as appropriate.

Future Agenda Items

Installation of Purple Pipe with New Construction, Street Projects, etc.
- Les MacDonald

UI Street Maintenance Agreement - Les MacDonald

Ball Field Site and Consideration of Road - Dwight Curtis

Stormwater Phase II Status - Les MacDonald

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 or TDD 883-7019, as
soon as possible so that arrangements may be made.

Stephanie Kalasz

Moscow City Clerk

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