[Vision2020] Moscow City Council Tuesday Agenda

[Stephanie Kalasz]

AGENDA

MOSCOW CITY COUNCIL


SPECIAL MEETING


Tuesday, January 17, 2006
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 2 after the Consent Agenda.  If you plan to address the Council,
you will find a list of "Tips for Addressing the Council" in the bin
outside the City Council Chambers.  Thank you for your interest in City
government.

 

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 3, 2006 - Stephanie Kalasz

 

B.           Disbursement Report for December 2005 - Don Palmer

Public Works/Finance Committee reviewed accounts payable for December
2005 and recommends approval of the following:

General

$472,701.50 

Street

$152,813.37

HUD Reserve

 

Parks & Rec

$81,112.49

1912 Center

$2,604.72

Arts

$6,866.12

Water Fund

$111,272.07

Sewer Fund

$84,894.98

Sanitation

$191,734.67

Fleet Mgmt Fund

$56,364.26

Enterprise Construction

$1,543.90

Capital Projects

$16,430.82

LID Construction

 

Hamilton P&R

 

Bond & Interest

 

LID Special Assessment

 

TOTAL

$1,178,338.90

 

         C.      Agreements with ASCAP and BMI - 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, October 10, 2005 and January 9, 2006.

 

                  ACTION:  Approve agreements with American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) and BMI

 

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

With the establishment of a fixed route transit system in the City of
Moscow, it is appropriate to make improvements that will increase the
functionality of the system.  Initially these should consist of smaller
features.  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 source 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.  Reviewed by
the Public Works/Finance Committee on January 9, 2006.

 

                  ACTION:  Approve agreement with Community Transit
Association of Idaho.

 

E.      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.  Reviewed by the Public
Works/Finance Committee on January 9, 2006.

 

ACTION:  Direct staff to prepare and notice a public hearing to present
the assessment roll at the February 6 City Council meeting.

 

2.   Public Comment Period - 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
clearly state your name and address for the record and limit remarks to
three minutes.  Time limit 15 minutes.

 

3.    Atlas School Appeal - Joel Plaskon (Quasi-judicial consideration
based on existing Board of Adjustment record)

The City received a complaint on April 8, 2005 contending that Atlas
School was not a permitted use, as a "school," in the Central Business
(CB) Zoning District.  The Council rendered an interpretation of the
Zoning Code on June 27, 2005 that "educational institutions" were not a
permitted use in the CB Zoning District.  In light of such Council
determination, the Zoning Administrator sent an August 16, 2005
determination to Atlas School stating that, as a "school," it was not a
permitted use.  Such determination was appealed to the Board of
Adjustment which upheld the Zoning Administrator's determination and
affirming that Atlas School was not permitted in the CB Zoning District.
Subsequently, Atlas School appealed the Board's determination to the
Council, pursuant to Moscow City Code 4-8-6.  

 

ACTION:  Sustain or reverse decision of Board of Adjustment, in whole or
in part; or remand the matter, in whole or in part,  to the Board of
Adjustment with instructions for further consideration; or allow for
appellant to show that there is new material information and remand the
matter to the Board of Adjustment for a new public hearing to develop
such information and render a decision after consideration of such new
material information.

 

4.    Resolution for Surface Transportation Program Grant - 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).  For the last few years ITD has
authorized the Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC) to
manage the programs related to local jurisdictions such as the City of
Moscow.  During the current application cycle staff identified a number
of potential projects for submittal.  These are primarily street
projects eligible for the Surface Transportation Program - Urban (STP-U)
funding mechanism.  In order to proceed with the application processes,
resolutions supporting the applications need to be adopted by the City
Council.  Each project must have its own actions so there are three
separate resolutions for consideration.  Reviewed by the Public
Works/Finance Committee on January 9, 2006.

 

     ACTION:  Approve the Resolutions; or reject the Resolutions; or
take such other action deemed appropriate.

 

5.  Request from Rendezvous in the Park for Waiver of Police Fees - Gary
J. 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.  Reviewed by the
Administrative Committee on January 9, 2006.

 

ACTION:  Approve waiver of Police fees for Rendezvous in the Park; or
deny the request; or take such other action deemed appropriate.

 

MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS

 

REPORTS:

            Mayor

            Administrative Committee

            Public Works/Finance Committee

            Other Boards & Commissions

 

EXECUTIVE SESSION - Legal Issue - Pursuant to Idaho Code Section
67-2345(1)

 

 

 

 

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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