[Vision2020] Amended Public Works/Finance Committee Agenda

[Stephanie Kalasz]

The Agenda for the Public Works/Finance Committee has been amended.  The
original agenda had the time set for 4:00 but the meeting will actually
begin at 4:30.  Sorry for any confusion or inconvenience.

 

 

AMENDED AGENDA

CITY OF MOSCOW


PUBLIC WORKS/FINANCE COMMITTEE


Monday, March 23, 2009
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.


CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS 


206 East 3rd Street, 2nd Floor 

1.      Approval of Minutes of March 9, 2009 - Stephanie Kalasz

 

2.      Verizon Easement on Mountain View Road - Dean Weyen

Verizon is proceeding with a project (at Verizon expense) to relocate
their phone utility along the east side of Mountain View Road between
Rolling Hills Drive and Paradise Creek to the north.  This includes the
Windfall Hills subdivision frontage and will allow Verizon's pedestals
to be repositioned out of the way of proposed Mountain View widening
improvements.  Verizon has requested that the City grant them an
underground utility easement across a twenty-five foot wide City owned
Parcel 'A' located adjacent to Mountain View platted right-of-way north
of Rolling Hills Drive, as shown on attached Exhibit 'A'.  The easement
will allow them to most efficiently install underground conduit between
pedestal sites.  The Parcel 'A' is a platted lot in Rolling Hills First
Addition, and was deeded to the City for the purpose of a future
pathway.   The conduit will be installed a minimum of four feet below
future pathway grade.  Staff has determined that this proposed location
would not interfere with any anticipated City uses of the property.  The
easement will be for 'underground' utility purposes only.

 

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

 

3.      2008 Latah Sanitation Fuel Relief - Don Palmer

The City of Moscow and Latah County Solid Waste Advisory Committee have
granted fuel relief the past three consecutive years.  The current fuel
relief was approved by the Solid Waste Advisory Committee in September
2008 and sanitation rates supporting that fuel relief were included in
the adopted fee schedule set last August 4, 2008.  Since October 1, 2008
the City has been collecting money at the established rate of $4.25 per
ton for both Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and Non Municipal Solid Waste
(Inert) from the city of Moscow customers, Latah County and other Latah
Rural Cities.  Fuel relief is not a contractual obligation but was
accepted by the City, Latah County and rural Latah County Cities in 2008
for fiscal year 2008-2009.  The fees collected prospective while the
relief is reflective of high fuel cost incurred in 2008.   This
methodology was designed to ensure collection of tonnage met prior
year's actual, high fuel costs from the prior year and fees collected
this year.  Latah Sanitation and the staff have agreed to the amount of
$51,836.

 

ACTION:  Recommend acceptance of the fuel relief proposal or take such
other action deemed appropriate.

 

4.      Idaho Mobility Funding Application FY 2010 - Alisa Stone 

The Idaho Department of Transportation (ITD) is requesting grant
applications under the 5310, 5311, 5316, 5317, VIP, Rideshare, and
Enhancement Programs.  The City of Moscow and the Palouse Clearwater
Environmental Institute (PCEI) have jointly participated in the
Rideshare program for several years.  This year ITD is requesting
applications based upon the Idaho Local Mobility Management Network 2A
Mobility Plan - Strategy and Priority List.  The City and PCEI are
preparing an application to request funding to expand and support this
existing Van Pool programs operating between Lewiston and Moscow.  Total
project costs are estimated at $60,000 which will include a new 7-8
passenger van, repairs, maintenance, and tires for existing and new van,
marketing/advertising, operational and mobility management expenses.
Matching funds of approximately $15,000 will be provided through Van
Pool service fees and in-kind services from PCEI.  A public hearing will
be held April 1, 2009, at the ITD Offices in Lewiston from 4-6 p.m. to
answer questions and accept input regarding the application.  The final
application is due to ITD on April 9, 2009.

 

 

ACTION:  Recommend approval to submit a request to the Idaho Mobility
Funding Application FY 2010 through ITD for Van Pool capital and
operational expenses of $60,000 to be managed by PCEI or take such other
action deemed appropriate.

 

5.      FY2009 ITD Stimulus Funding Request - Improvements to Public
Transit Routes - Alisa Stone/Kevin Lilly

As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the State
of Idaho was allocated through the Federal Transit Administration to be
managed by the Idaho Department of Transportation (ITD) $18,398,297 to
fund rural public transit improvement programs and projects.  The City
of Moscow submitted two requests:  1) $40,825 to purchase a 7-8
passenger van for the Van Pool program operating between Moscow and
Lewiston.  The City contracts with Palouse Clearwater Environmental
Institute (PCEI) to operate and manage this program; and  2) $500,000
for improvements to the public transit routes served by Moscow Valley
Transit.  The requests were distributed through the new Idaho Mobility
Access Pathways Program which included review by District Coordinator's
Councils with recommendations to PTAC and then submittal to the Governor
for approval.  The final allocations for the City of Moscow are 1)
$40,825 for a new van and 2) $360,463 for improvements to the public
transit routes.  No match is required under this program and engineering
and grant administration are eligible project costs.

 

ACTION:  Recommend approval to accept a funding award of $40,825 to
purchase a 7-8 passenger van for the Van Pool program and $360,463 for
improvements to the public transit routes from the Idaho Transit
Stimulus Funding for Rural and Urban Programs or take such other action
deemed appropriate.

 

 

Reports

Airport Fire Flow and Interlocal Agreements, revised.

 

 

Future Agenda Items

First Street Traffic Report - Les MacDonald

Landlord-Tenant Billing for Utilities - Don Palmer

 

 

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, CMC

Moscow City Clerk

 

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