[Vision2020] Moscow City Council Monday Agendas

Thu Jan 31 12:49:11 PST 2008

AGENDA

MOSCOW CITY COUNCIL

SPECIAL MEETING

Monday, February 4, 2008                                                                                                                         5:00 p.m.

City Hall Council Chambers

 206 East Third Street, Second Floor

1.      Adjourn to Executive Session -Pursuant to Idaho Code Section 67-2345(1) - to discuss a legal issue.

The meeting will not reconvene.

AGENDA

MOSCOW CITY COUNCIL

REGULAR MEETING

Monday, February 4, 2008                                                                                                                         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.

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 22, 2008 - Stephanie Kalasz

B.     Approval of Quarterly Financial Reports for Sept. 30, 2007 and Dec. 31, 2007 - Don Palmer

C.     Safe Routes to School Final Application - Alisa Stone

The Idaho's Safe Routes to School program is part of a national movement to enable and encourage children to walk or bike to school.  The proposed FY 2008 SR2S infrastructure request is to connect the sidewalk and path system on Mountain View Drive. Completion of the sidewalk and path system will provide safe connectivity from Mountain View and 6th Street to F Street continuing past the Hamilton-Lowe Aquatics and Recreation Facility.  In addition to this route, there are several other residential streets that have been prioritized based on locality to schools which have been preliminary designed and estimated for future infrastructure improvements.  The SR2S program does not require a match but engineering and design are not eligible costs and are provided by the City Engineering Department as an in-kind contribution to the project.  The City and the University of Idaho are again partnering on the FY 2008 with a non-infrastructure funding request which will include district-wide SR2S education and encouragement activities and programs, coordination of school site SR2S teams; development and support for SR2S school site coordinators; coordination of SR2S master planning in the community and administration of preliminary, median, and post project evaluations to measure changes in biking and walking perceptions, behavior, knowledge, and safety.  A "School Travel Plan" will also be developed by the University.  Reviewed by the Administrative Committee on January 28, 2008.

 ACTION:  Approve application and Resolution 2008-03.

D.     Gem Community Grant Application for LEDC - Incubator Improvements - Alisa Stone

Margaret Howlett, Executive Director of the LEDC, has requested the City of Moscow to sponsor, write, and administer an Idaho Gem Community Grant to provide funding for improvements for two of the units in the University of Idaho Business Technology Incubator.  One of the units has an existing wet lab which needs improvements and another available unit needs a new wet lab constructed.  Total project costs are estimated at $59,000 for improvements to both units.  The IGG requires a 20% match which can be cash or in-kind contributions and a value of up to 5% of the IGG award may be counted as "in-kind" for grant administration.  The Grants Coordinator is certified by the Idaho Department of Commerce to administer an IGG and will provide those services on behalf of the City.  The University of Idaho has committed to providing $9,000 in a combination of matching funds and in-kind labor for the project.  Reviewed by the Administrative Committee on January 28, 2008.

ACTION:  Approve application for Gem Community Grant.

E.      Moscow Central Lions Park Playground Funding Request - Dwight Curtis

Staff has received a request from the Moscow Central Lions Club for a donation in the amount of $2,000 for the Lions Park Playground Replacement project, Phase II. Lions Park is located on Latah County Fairgrounds property and the existing new playground equipment requires a lower-age appropriate component ("tot lot") as part of the overall project to meet national safety guidelines. The overall cost of the tot lot addition is estimated at $18,500, of which they are requesting that the City contribute $2,000. If the Council desires to fund the request, Staff recommends that it be funded from the Legislative Non-Prioritized Projects line item.  Staff is supportive of the project based on the central location of Lions Park and the need for an age-appropriate component to any playground open to the general public. This is an excellent example of cooperative partnerships and the gain to the community far outweighs the funding request.  Reviewed by the Public Works/Finance Committee on January 28, 2008.

ACTION:  Approve contribution of $2,000 from Legislative Non-Prioritized Projects.

2.       Mayor's Appointments - Mayor Chaney

ACTION:  Approve appointment 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.       Public Hearing - Indian Hills 6th Vacation Request - Les MacDonald

The Thompson Family dedicated the public street right of way located south and southwest of Alturas Park Subdivision No. 1 which lies within the boundary of the Thompson's proposed Indian Hills #6 Subdivision.  As part of the proposed Indian Hills #6 Subdivision this existing right of way would be replaced with new public street right of way in a different location that coincides with the proposed lots of the subdivision.  In order for the proposed plat to be able to utilize the existing right of way area and reconfigure the street alignments within the plat boundaries, it will be necessary for the City of Moscow to vacate the previously dedicated undeveloped right of way.  After being apprised of this situation by Staff, the applicants have made the request that the existing right of way be vacated.

      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.

5.       Public Hearing - Indian Hills 6th Preliminary Plat and Rezone - Bill Belknap

On April 6th of this year the Community Development Department received an application for a Rezone and Preliminary Plat for an approximately 23 acre parcel of land generally located east of Indian Hills Drive, west of Mountain View Road, south of Blaine Street and Alturas Technology Park (Indian Hills 6th), and north of East Palouse River Drive.  That application came before the City Council on October 15th, 2007 at which time the Council gave the rezone portion of the application preliminary conditional approval and then tabled the matter to allow staff to revise the draft ordinance to reflect the Council's conditions of approval.  Subsequently, the applicant withdrew the application prior to the Council taking final action upon the matter.  On November 28th, 2007, the applicant submitted a new application for the same property.  The Planning and Zoning Commission conducted a public hearing on the matter on January 9th, 2008 and recommended approval of the application with conditions.  The matter is now before the City Council for consideration.

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.  If the Ordinance is approved, approve preliminary plat; or reject preliminary plat; or take such other action deemed appropriate.

6.       Discussion of Washington Water Permit Appeals, Mediation and Potential Settlement - Mayor Chaney

ACTION:  Discuss and take such action deemed appropriate including approval of settlement.

REPORTS:

Administrative Committee

            Public Works/Finance Committee

            Other Boards & Commissions

            Mayor

** 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.

EXECUTIVE SESSION -Pursuant to Idaho Code Section 67-2345(1) - to discuss a legal issue.

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