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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2021.02.26 Special Meeting Minutes MINUTES McCall City Council Special Meeting McCall City Hall-- Legion Hall VIA TEAMS Virtual February 26, 2021 Call to Order and Roll Call Business Agenda Work Session Adjournment CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Giles called the special meeting of the McCall City Council to order at 9:00 a.m. Mayor Giles; Council Member Callan, Council Member Holmes, Council Member Maciaszek, and Council Member Nielsen all answered roll can. City staff members present were Anette Spickard, City Manager; BessieJo Wagner, City Clerk; Erin Greaves, Communications Manager; Michelle Groenevelt, Community Development Director; Kurt Wolf, Parks and Recreation Director; Chris Curtin, Information Systems Manager; Traci Malvich, Human Resources Manager; Nathan Stewart, Public Works Director Also, in attendance were Lew Ross, McCall Redevelopment Agency Member and Meghan Conrad, McCall Redevelopment Agency Attorney BUSINESS AGENDA AB 21-062 Request Approval of a Comment Letter to Idaho State Land Board regarding Payette Endowment Land Strategy City Manager Anette Spickard presented the comment letter to Idaho State Land Board regarding Payette Endowment Land Strategy. On January 28, Council received a presentation from Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) staff Ryan Montoya on the proposed Payette Endowment Land Strategy under consideration by the Idaho State Land Board. Based on feedback from Council at the end of the presentation, and additional feedback provided by Council at the February 11 Council meeting, the draft comment letter has been prepared for Council consideration and approval. In addition to the letter, staff provided the public comments received at the January 28 Council meeting to the Land Board. Council consensus was to approve comment letter to Idaho State Land Board. AB 21-063 Request for approval of a Department of Water Resources - Application for Temporary Approval of Water Use through a Storage Water Rental from Water District#65 MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page I of 3 February 26, 2021 Special Meeting Parks &Recreation Director Kurt Wolf presented the Department of Water Resources application for Temporary Approval of Water Use. In an effort to continue to re-vegetate and make minor improvements at and around the sheep bridge and north around the bank stabalization project at Riverfront Park, the Park's Department has researched various ways to irrigate the property. The cost to apply for a temporary water right and irrigate with a storage water rental from water district #65 (Big Payette Lake storage)is nominal to what it would cost to make the connection to the City water stub out to the north or sink a well. Future improvements will require either a full hookup or a water right for a well to irrigate the park once developed. Since the current temporary water use has expired, staff are requesting to submit an application to allow the continuance of establishing native vegetation as advised by the Department of Water Recourses. The temporary permit will buy time and keep irrigation water available through the next few years as plants get established. Council Member Holmes moved to review Department of Water Resources Applications for Temporary Water Use and approve the Mayor to sign all necessary documentation. Council Member Callan seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Holmes, Council Member Callan,Mayor Giles, Council Member Maciaszek, and Council Member Nielsen all voted aye, and the motion carried. WORK SESSION AB 21-064 Proiect Update — Brown Park and E. Lake Street Shoreline Repairs and Improvements Parks & Recreation Director Kurt Wolf presented the Brown Park and E. Lake Street Shoreline repairs and improvements project update and discussed the status of the construction and design work within Brown Park and along the shoreline adjacnet to E. Lake Street North of the Marina. City staff has continued to work with the McCall Redevelopment Agency (MRA) to address overdue repairs and make needed improvements to the public shoreline and facilities, while MRA funds are still available. In conjunction with current contract awards, engineering and design task orders, and the public art proposal, it is estimated that MRA will have approximatly $800,000 to allocate towards projects during the upcomming construction season. In addition to that amount, the Parks Department has approximatly $230,000 budgeted for playground replacement and renovations through Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) and Local Option Tax funds. Staff is working with both the design team and MRA to identify and prioritize bid items based on available budget and logical construciton sequencing to best address facility maintenance and improvement priorities. Contstruction documents and the project bid manual are at 85%complete. Project(s) are scheduled to go out to bid on April 01. Parks and Recreation Director Wolf gave a comprehensive review of the plans for Brown Park projects including projects to be funded by the MRA and answered questions. Public Works Director Nathan Stewart gave a brief overview of the engineering, pathway, and street parking. Brown Park will be closed this year for the improvements and if all goes accordingly, be opened back up to the public in the fall. MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 2 of 3 February 26, 2021 Special Meeting Meghan Conrad, attorney for the MRA, covered the process to close out of the urban renewal district by the end of the fiscal year. This is the final year of this urban renewal and the final tax dollars to be received and allocated to this project will be in July 2021. The termination is driven by the agency and in order to put values back on the tax rolls and get increment value from December 2006 to current on the new construction rule, the MRA will need to adopt a resolution of intent to terminate before the fourth Monday in July. She anticipates the agency will address this item at their May or June meeting. The MRA will be circulating a letter to the overlapping taxing districts in or around March to give a high-level overview and show their intent to spend its remaining allegeable funds for the purpose of this project and do not anticipate there to be any surplus at close out. Ms. Conrad shared that the MRA does own some real property parcels in the project area and will be in coordination with or conveying to the City for planning. The agency will continue to work on these projects. According to State statute, the termination ordinance is not required until December of the closeout year, but best practice is by the end of the fiscal year or around September. She clarified the last steps with the remaining assets and shared the hard closeout is September 30, 2021. She gave some advice on dealing with carry over costs. The Council had no further questions and thanked Ms. Conrad and staff for the update. ADJOURNMENT Without further business, Mayor Giles adjourned the meeting at 10:16 a.m. zZ ATTEST: %�.� ,� = Robert S. Giles, Mayor n BessieJo W gner, Ci Cle noninia MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 3 of 3 February 26, 2021 Special Meeting