[Vision2020] Moscow City Council Monday Agenda

Fri Apr 18 11:18:43 PDT 2008

AGENDA

MOSCOW CITY COUNCIL

SPECIAL MEETING

Monday, April 21, 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 then lead the group in the Pledge of
Allegiance.  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 April 7, 2008 - Stephanie Kalasz

B.     Disbursement Report for March 2008 - Don Palmer

The Public Works Finance Committee reviewed the accounts payable for
March 2008 and recommend approval of the following:

General

652,643.91 

Street

90,071.54 

Parks & Rec

74,864.79 

1912 Center

7,916.67 

Arts

7,737.07 

Water Fund

119,261.37 

Sewer Fund

111,557.99 

Sanitation

268,164.44 

Fleet Mgmt Fund

65,871.41 

Information Systems

19,839.94 

Water Capital

4,196.83 

Sewer Capital Projects

Capital Projects

50,764.25 

LID Construction

Hamilton P&R

TOTAL

1,472,890.21 

C.     Surplus Items for Spring Auction - David Duke

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.  Surplus list includes some bicycles
which may be utilized in the City's sustainability program.  Reviewed by
the Administrative Committee on April 14, 2008.

ACTION:  Approve list of items for surplus.

D.     Surplus Firearms - David Duke

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 or sold with the condition they are not to be returned to
this community or the State of Idaho.  Reviewed by the Administrative
Committee on April 14, 2008.

ACTION:  Approve list of surplus firearms.

E.      Indian Hills 6th Development Agreement - Les MacDonald

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.  Reviewed by the Public Works/Finance
Committee on April 14, 2008.

ACTION:  Approve Development Agreement.

F.      Blaine Street Right-of-Way Dedication - Les MacDonald

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.  Reviewed by the Public
Works/Finance Committee on April 14, 2008.

ACTION:  Approve acceptance of right-of-way dedication.

G.     Greenacres Minor Planned Unit Development 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.  Reviewed by
the Public Works/Finance Committee on April 14, 2008.

ACTION:  Approve minor planned unit development amendment.

H.     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.  Reviewed by the Administrative Committee
on April 14, 2008.

ACTION:  Approve Resolution 2008-07 and Guidelines.

2.       Mayor's Appointments - Mayor Chaney

3.       CommUNITY Walk Presentation - S.M. Ghazanfar

4.       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. 

5.       Public Hearing - Green Acres Re-Plat Preliminary 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.  Reviewed
by the Public Works/Finance Committee on April 14, 2008.

ACTION:  Approve the re-plat preliminary plat; or reject the re-plat
preliminary plat; or take such other action deemed appropriate.

6.       Greenacres 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 included 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, and thus remove
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 final plat.  Reviewed by the Public
Works/Finance Committee on April 14, 2008.

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

7.       Downtown Parking Presentation from Transportation Commission -
Philip Cook / Joanne Reece / Les MacDonald

In the fall of 2006, the City Council requested that the Transportation
Commission review the issue of parking in the downtown business
district.  For the last 15 months the Commission has assessed the
existing conditions, performed parking surveys, interviewed business
owners, and gathered input from many sources to determine what issues
exist related to the parking needs of the downtown area.  The Commission
held a public information meeting in February to disseminate some of the
gathered information and to provide an additional opportunity for
community input.  As a culmination of this work, the Commission has
prepared a summary of their findings and recommendations for
consideration by the City Council for changes in the downtown parking
philosophy.  Members of the Transportation Commission will be at the
meeting to present an overview of their efforts and to review the
recommendations of the Commission. 

ACTION:  Receive the Transportation Commission report on the Downtown
Parking Assessment.

8.       Indian Hills 6th Final Plat - Bill Belknap

On November 28th, 2007, 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, known as
the Indian Hills Sixth Addition.  The Planning and Zoning Commission
conducted a public hearing on the matter on January 9th, 2008.  The City
Council held a public hearing on the matter on February 4, 2008 and
approved the Rezone with limitations and approved the Preliminary Plat
with conditions.  Staff has received a final plat submission which was
reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission on March 12, 2008, at
which time the Commission recommended approval by the City Council
conditioned upon plat approval by the Engineering Department.  Reviewed
by the Public Works/Finance Committee on April 14, 2008.

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

9.       Memorandum of Understanding Between City and Developers of
Windfall Hills Subdivision Regarding Relocation of Verizon Pedestal on
Mountain View Road - Gary J. Riedner

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.  Reviewed by the Public Works/Finance Committee on April 14,
2008.

ACTION:  Approve the Memorandum of Understanding; or reject the
Memorandum of Understanding; or take such other action deemed
appropriate.

REPORTS:

            Administrative Committee

            Public Works/Finance Committee

            Other Boards & Commissions

            Mayor

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

Stephanie Kalasz

Moscow City Clerk

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