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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2021.05.27 Regular Meeting Minutes MINUTES McCall City Council Regular Meeting McCall City Hall--Legion Hall VIA TEAMS Virtual May 27, 2021 Call to Order and Roll Call Pledge of Allegiance Approve the Agenda Consent Agenda Work Session Public Comment Reports Business Agenda Adjournment CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Giles called the regular meeting of the McCall City Council to order at 5:30 p.m. Mayor Giles, Council Member Callan, Council Member Holmes, Council Member Maciaszek, and Council Member Nielsen all answered roll call. City staff members present were Anette Spickard, City Manager; Bill Nichols, City Attorney; BessieJo Wagner, City Clerk; Erin Greaves, Communications Manager; Linda Stokes, City Treasurer; Delta James, Economic Development Planner; Rick Stein, Airport Manager; Eric McCormick, Golf Course Superintendent; Chris Curtin, Information Systems Manager; Traci Malvich, Human Resources Manager; Justin Williams, Police Chief-, Krystal Giessen, Code Enforcement; Vlatko Jovanov, Network Administrator; Krystal Giessen, Code Enforcement Officer Also, in attendance were Regan Berkley, Idaho Fish and Game; Karla Eitel, Public Art Advisory Committee Member Mayor Giles led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. APPROVE THE AGENDA Council Member Nielsen moved to approve the agenda as submitted. Council Member Callan seconded the motion. In a voice vote all members voted aye, and the motion carried. MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page I of 10 May 27, 2021 Regular Meeting CONSENT AGENDA Staff recommended approval of the following ACTION ITEMS. All matters which are listed within the consent section of the agenda have been distributed to each member of the McCall City Council for reading and study.Items listed are considered routine by the Council and were enacted with one motion. 1. Payroll Report for period ending May 14, 2021 2. Warrant Register—GL 3. Warrant Register—Vendor 4. AB 21-149 City Licenses Report to Council Per McCall City Code: Per McCall City Code Title 4 Chapter 9, the City Council has determined the City Clerk shall be delegated the authority to process and grant or deny all alcoholic beverage license applications, other than certain circumstances involving catering permits, which the City Clerk shall review the application for catering permit for completeness and forward said application to the Police Chief. The Police Chief upon receipt of the application shall make a recommendation to the City Clerk to approve or deny the application. Whenever the City Clerk shall determine that an application for alcoholic beverage license transfer or renewal is complete, the City Clerk shall approve or deny such application. All decisions of the City Clerk shall be reported to the City Council at the next regularly scheduled City Council meeting after such decision. The City Clerk is also responsible for all processing of business, taxi, snow removal, pawnbroker, child daycare licenses, vendor permits, and public event applications. Action: Council to review the License report. 5. AB 21-141 Council's Review of the Treasurer's Report as Required by IC 50-208: Treasurer's report of accounts and activity of office during the month of April 2021 regarding care, management or disposition of moneys, property, or business of the City. Action: The Council shall examine the report and determine whether additional information from the Treasurer is required. 6. AB 21-144 Request to Proclaim June 2021 as General Aviation Month: The Airport Open House will be held on Saturday,June 26th from 9:00a- 1:00p. In parallel with the Open House, the Open House Planning Committee has requested that the City create a proclamation proclaiming the month of June as General Aviation Month. The proclamation will underscore that the Airport is an important economic engine for McCall providing $42,000,000 in direct and indirect benefits. Action: Proclaim June 2021 as General Aviation Appreciation Month and authorize the Mayor to sign the proclamation. 7. AB 21-140 Request to Approve a Re-allocation of Local Option Tax Dollars for Manchester Ice Center: The Manchester Ice Center was allotted $10,500 for their Learn to Skate program. Due to Covid-19, they did not have as many students participating this year and have only used $7,500. They wish to use the remaining $3000 toward Bump and Skate field trips for 4th — 12th grade students. Action: Approve the request from Manchester Ice Center to re-allocate Local Option Tax funds of$3,000 toward the cost of Bump to Skate field trips and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Nielsen moved to approve the Consent Agenda as submitted. Council Member Callan seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Nielsen, Council MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 2 of 10 May 27, 2021 Regular Meeting Member Callan,Mayor Giles, Council Member Holmes,and Council Member Maciaszek all voted aye, and the motion carried. WORK SESSION AB 21-142 Presentation and Discussion Regarding Ordinance to Prohibit Wildlife Feeding Police Chief Justin Williams introduced the Wildlife Feeding discussion with Code Enforcement. This is the first touch with Council for policy direction on wildlife feeding. Staff requests direction on preparing a city ordinance to prohibit wildlife feeding for Council review at a future meeting. Code Enforcement Officer Krystal Giessen presented. Through the years, many residents have practiced supplemental feeding of local wildlife. This habituation has caused a dangerous increase in the local population of deer, bear, and mountain lions. Officer Giessen shared her personal witness of feeding and the number of complaints from the community regarding the feeding of the deer. She gave statistics on how many and what type of calls the police department has responded to this year. McCall has experienced an increase in vehicle accidents involving the local town deer herd. Citizen complaints regarding deer destroying landscaping have increased.This year,the deer have destroyed thousands of dollars of new landscaping at the Golf Course, as well as established mature plants that they had previously never touched and will be very expensive to replace. These herds no longer migrate and reside in town year-round. Along with the safety and cost impacts there are herd health issues that have emerged. She went over the proposed ordinance. She began by investigating other communities with feeding ordinances such as Pocatello, Colorado Springs, and Missoula. She discussed wild bird feeders, and legal fishing,trapping, and hunting.The Police Department's chief concern is public safety. Regan Berkley, Regional Wildlife Manager from Idaho Fish and Game (IFG) gave a brief presentation regarding the deer herd and why they should not be fed. She shared that there have been 30 dead deer reported from vehicle incidents and malnutrition. She stated certain types of feed will starve the deer even though they are eating, and excessive deer in town also attract cougars. IFG have found deer that are almost bald from parasites which will cause them to die when the temperature drops. Ms. Berkley commented that this is a horrible way to die. Also, there have been reports of aggressive deer towards the public. She shared some stories of people and animals that have been injured by the deer. Mayor Giles felt that what has been presented makes sense but wanted to know what will happen to the deer when feeding stops. Ms. Berkley stated that they would relocate as many of the deer as possible. However, there is some concern regarding exotic lice so a veterinary will be present during capture to identify the louse; as it would be detrimental to introduce the parasite into the wild herds, those deer identified as infected would be euthanized. IFG's primary efforts will be to relocate. She shared that the relocated deer would transition well if put near wild herds. Council Member Maciaszek thanked staff for bringing this forward. He asked if there has been reports of people being harmed by the deer. Police Chief Williams responded there have not been any humans injured yet but there have been many vehicular accidents concerning deer.The greater concern is the mountain lion population growth, especially near the hospital, as those animals propose a greater threat of human harm. Council Member Maciaszek feels this issue is very MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 3 of 10 May 27, 2021 Regular Meeting important. He also complemented Officer Giessen for her exemplary interaction with members of the public as he has heard nothing but good things from people. Ms. Berkley answered questions of the removal and relocation of deer in Riggins a few years ago with the same issue.Through trial and error, they discovered it is very difficult to eradicate the exotic louse, so the deer had to be euthanized. She guesses that there is a herd of more than 100 currently in McCall and it would be extremely difficult to recapture the same deer twice. The Council did not have any questions and thanked staff and Ms. Berkley for the information. Council Member Callan and Mayor Giles both expressed support of the ordinance. Mayor Giles believes the transition will be tough but doable and summarized that Council would like staff to move forward with a draft ordinance. Council Member Nielsen asked what the time frame is to reduce the deer population. Ms. Berkley stated IFG would implement a trapping program beginning the first winter following the passage of the ordinance. She explained trapping methods, and the trapping would continue over the next few years until it no longer produced successful results. She stated they would not be able to capture all the deer so there would be some still around during the winter. Police Chief Williams gave a brief overview of the educational aspect and aggressive marketing campaign to solve the issue. Officer Giessen feels education is most important. She briefly went over the enforcement levels (warning—infraction—misdemeanor) and stated there will be some tough language in the ordinance that will be hard for much of the public to hear. Everyone needs to pull together for good of the community to solve this issue. Council Consensus to move forward with a draft ordinance PUBLIC COMMENT Mayor Giles called for public comment at 6:02 p.m. No verbal comments were received during this part of the meeting. City Clerk BessieJo Wagner read the one written comment received: 5/26/21 9:46:31 Kilmeny Parker 500 Wanda Ave McCall, Idaho 83638 What is being done to combat the lack of Workforce Housing in McCall? Hearing no more comments, Mayor Giles closed the comment period at 6:03 p.m. REPORTS AB 21-146 Public Art Advisory Committee Annual Report Karla Eitel, Chair of the Public Art Advisory Committee (PAAC) presented the annual PAAC report to City Council. The mission of the PAAC is to make recommendations to City Council regarding public art projects and policies within the City of McCall. The Public Art Advisory Committee was formed in 2012 by resolution of City Council (Resolution 12-13) and consists of seven volunteer members appointed by City Council to three-year terms. Ms. Eitel shared public MCCALL CITY CO UNCIL Page 4 of 10 May 27, 2021 Regular Meeting engagement efforts, development of a 5-year comprehensive Public Art Plan, and the public art projects currently in progress. Council expressed their appreciation of the Committee's dedication and work to include the community in the process. Economic Development Planner Delta James gave a shout out to Communication Manager Erin Greaves for all her assistance in reaching out to the community. BUSINESS AGENDA AB 21-145 Request to submit a Payette Lakes Progressive Club Grant Application for City of McCall Youth Recreation Scholarships Economic Development Planner Delta James presented the Payette Lakes Progressive Club Grant Application for City of McCall Youth Recreation Scholarships. Parks and Recreation Department is requesting approval to submit a grant application to the Payette Lakes Progressive Club for up to $750 to fund scholarships for youth from economically challenged families to participate in recreation programs. Approximately $700 of local business sponsorships to the City's youth scholarship fund received in FY21 will be used to document other funding support within the grant application. Over the last three years, scholarships have allowed twenty-five (25) youth to participate in City recreation programs such as soccer, baseball, mountain biking, basketball, rafting and more. The Payette Lakes Progressive Club organizational goals include promotion of education and support for youth activities, which are consistent with the request to fund youth recreation scholarships. The Council had no questions for staff. Council Member Callan moved to approve submittal of a Progressive Club grant application for youth recreation scholarships and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Nielsen seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Callan, Council Member Nielsen, Mayor Giles, Council Member Holmes, and Council Member Maciaszek all voted aye, and the motion carried. AB 21-147 Request to appoint Terri Smith and Don Bailey to the McCall Historic Preservation Commission Economic Development Planner Delta James presented the request to appoint Terri Smith and Don Bailey to the McCall Historic Preservation Commission. Pursuant to McCall City Code (Title 3, Chapter 20), the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) consists of five (5) members and is responsible for recommending methods necessary to preserve, maintain and restore historic properties,recommends nominations of properties to the National Register of Historic Places, and conducts educational and interpretive programs. All members of the HPC "shall have a demonstrated interest, competence or knowledge in history or historic preservation. The Mayor and Council shall endeavor to appoint members with due regard to the proper representation of such fields as history, architecture, urban planning, archaeology and law." MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page S of 10 May 27, 2021 Regular Meeting Terri Smith and Don Bailey were appointed to the HPC in 2018, each to three-year terms which have now expired. Ms. Smith and Mr. Bailey have requested to be appointed to second three-year terms. A request for letters of interest in serving on the HPC was advertised in the Star News for three weeks and via City media outlets,but no responses have been received to date. The Council had no questions for staff. Council Member Holmes moved to appoint Terri Smith and Donn Bailey to three (3) year terms on the McCall Historic Preservation Commission expiring May 2024.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. AB 21-148 Request to approve First Amendment to Artwork Commission Agreement for Urban Renewal Public Art Project Economic Development Planner Delta James presented the request to approve a First Amendment to Artwork Commission Agreement for Urban Renewal Public Art Project to Council. In February 2020, the McCall Redevelopment Agency (MRA) allocated funds to commission a professional artist to plan, design, fabricate and install public artwork within the existing east downtown urban renewal area. A Call to Artists (Request for Qualifications)was issued,nine qualified Idaho artists responded, and Amy Westover (dba Westover Artworks LLC) was unanimously selected for the project. The City, MRA and Westover entered into an Artwork Commission Agreement for the project scope in July 2020. In January 2021, the City unanimously approved the "Mill Whistle" public art design concept for Brown Park at the recommendation of the Artwork Selection Committee, McCall Public Art Advisory Committee, and MRA. Subsequently, MRA allocated an additional $45,000 to provide portable steam generation equipment needed to complete the project. The First Amendment to the Artwork Commission Agreement, written by Elam & Burke, MRA's legal firm updates the original agreement to incorporate these additional funds. The original plans were to purchase the parts off the shelf but that has proved to be far too costly so this amendment would allow the artist to work with a specialist craftsman subcontractor. The Council had no questions for staff. Council Member Nielsen moved to approve the First Amendment to Artwork Commission Agreement by and between the McCall Redevelopment Agency, City of McCall and Westover Artworks,LLC and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Holmes seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Nielsen, Council Member Holmes,Mayor Giles, Council Member Callan,and Council Member Maciaszek all voted aye, and the motion carried. AB 21-150 Request to submit Idaho Humanities Council Opportunity Grant for McCall History Bicycle Tour Economic Development Planner Delta James presented the request to submit Idaho Humanities Council Opportunity Grant for McCall History Bicycle Tour. The McCall Historic Preservation MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 6 of 10 May 27, 2021 Regular Meeting Commission(HPC) is requesting approval to apply to the Idaho Humanities Council Opportunity Grant program for$1000 to support a presentation by Nez Perce Tribe Cultural Resources Program Director Nakia Williamson as part of upcoming McCall History Bicycle Tour events. The bike tours are being promoted in partnership with the City's recreation programs and organized by HPC members. Staff and volunteer in-kind time will be used to document the 1:1 required grant match. The HPC is planning to hold two bike tours of key local historical sites and buildings on July 17 and September 11, 2021, beginning at 10:00 am. A stop along the bike route will include Rotary Park where participants view a cambium peeled Ponderosa Pine tree and Nakia Williamson will discuss the significance of the peeled cambium tree as it relates to local Indigenous culture. The Council had no questions for staff. Council Member Callan moved to approve submittal of an Idaho Humanities Council Opportunity Grant application for the McCall History Bicycle Tour and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Nielsen seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Callan, Council Member Nielsen,: Mayor Giles, Council Member Holmes, and Council Member Maciaszek all voted aye, and the motion carried. AB 21-151 Request to Approve submittal of an Idaho Commission for Libraries American Rescue Plan Act Grant for the McCall Public Library Economic Development Planner Delta James presented the request to approve submittal of an Idaho Commission for Libraries American Rescue Plan Act Grant for the McCall Public Library.. The federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) signed into law on March 11, 2021, designates funding through state library administrative agencies to help support Idaho libraries address the need for equitable access to broadband and quality digital content. There is no minimum or maximum grant request amount,but the McCall Public Library anticipates that its request will not exceed $75,000 and will be utilized in keeping with the grant program funding priorities to "support library services that meet the needs of communities, including costs such as technology, training, materials, supplies, equipment," etc. Staff provided an update of the details of the scope of the grant request. The Council had no questions for staff. Council Member Nielsen moved to approve submittal of Idaho Commission for Libraries American Rescue Plan Act Grant and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Holmes seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Nielsen, Council Member Holmes, Mayor Giles, Council Member Holmes, and Council Member Maciaszek all voted aye, and the motion carried. AB 21-143 Request to Adopt Resolution 21-19 for Alcohol Restriction during the 20214th of July Celebration Police Chief Justin Williams presented Resolution 21-19 for Alcohol Restriction during the 2021 4th of July Celebration. On May 13, 2021, Council directed staff to prepare a proposed resolution to restrict alcohol possession and consumption at waterfront parks within city limits during the 41h of July weekend. Staff has prepared a draft resolution for review and adoption. MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 7 of 10 May 27, 2021 Regular Meeting The Council had no questions for staff. Council Member Holmes moved to adopt Resolution 21-19 for Alcohol Restrictions and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Callan seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Holmes, Council Member Callan, Mayor Giles, .and Council Member Maciaszek all voted aye, Council Member Nielsen voted no, and the motion carried. AD 21-137 Request to Approve a Fireworks Display Permit by the Sabala Foundation Mayor Giles disclosed he had been approached by John Sabala to talk about a couple of items, one being the fireworks display to which he advised Mr. Sabala to Central District Health.Mayor Giles did not feel his discussion with Mr. Sabala would affect his vote and requested advice on whether he would need to recuse, and City Attorney Bill Nichols stated it does not constitute any kind of a quasi-judicial matter so no recusal would be necessary. City Clerk BessieJo Wagner presented the fireworks display permit by the Sabala Foundation.The Sabala Foundation has submitted a request and application for a June 26, 2021 Fireworks Display for the RJS Foundation Tournament. The Fireworks Display will be free and open to the public. The display application has been approved by the Fire Chief and the Police Chief. McCall City Code states the following as it relates to Fireworks Displays: 5-3-430: PERMITTED POSSESSION: (A) A recognized civic organization having a genuine, material existence and purpose separate from obtaining a permit under this Section, may make application for a permit for a fireworks display ..., to be held in connection with a national holiday or special local event. The application shall be made to the City Clerk,who shall route it through the police chief and fire chief and to the mayor and council. The mayor may make or direct such investigation as he may deem appropriate. The permit shall be issued or denied by the mayor and council, considered for these purposes to be the fire prevention bureau, based upon consideration of the nature of the occasion,the nature of the applicant, and the public safety.Any permit issued under this subsection shall be limited to one time only for which issued. The Council had no questions for staff. Council Member Nielsen moved to approve the Fireworks Display Permit for the Sabala Foundation for June 26, 2021 and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Maciaszek seconded the motion.In a roll call vote Council Member Nielsen, Council Member Maciaszek, Mayor Giles, Council Member Callan, and Council Member Holmes all voted aye, and the motion carried. AB 21-139 Request to Adopt Resolution 21-20 for the Authorization for the Transportation of Certain Records to the State Archives City Clerk BessieJo Wagner presented Resolution 21-20 authorizing the Transportation of Certain Records to the State Archives. Staff has been working with the State Historical Society to transfer historical records to the State Archives.The Historical Society is very excited to receive the records as the City has minutes and ordinances that are more than 100 years old. The Historical Society MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 8 of 10 May 27, 2021 Regular Meeting will restore and preserve these records into perpetuity. The Laserfiche Software allows staff to have all these records digitally, making them still accessible to the public. This project is many years in the making and staff is excited to see it happen. This type of item will generally be on the consent agenda going forward as staff plans to send documents annually to the.State Archive. The Council had no questions for staff and expressed their appreciation for the accomplishment. Council Member Callan moved to adopt Resolution 21-20 authorizing the Transportation of Certain Records to the State Archives and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Holmes seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Callan, Council Member Holmes, Mayor Giles, Council Member Maciaszek, and Council Member Nielsen all voted aye, and the motion carried. AB 21-138 Request Ratification of the May 18, 2021 Special General Obligation Bond Election Results -Resolution 21-21 City Clerk BessieJo Wagner presented the ratification of the May 18, 2021, Special General Obligation Bond Election Results and Resolution 21-21. The Legislation went into effect on January 1, 2011, that establishes counties as the officials for all elections. Idaho Code §34-1205 and§34-1206 state that the county board of commissioners shall be the county board of canvassers and the county clerk shall serve as their secretary for this purpose; and the board shall examine and make a statement of the total number of votes cast for all candidates or special questions that shall have been voted upon at the election. The Valley County Board of Commissioners canvass results of the May 18, 2021 Special General Obligation Bond Election and Resolution 21-21 was added to the Council packet following the Valley County Board's meeting on May 24th. Idaho Code §50-1026 requires that a two-thirds (2/3) majority of the qualified electors voting at such election assent to the issuing of such bonds. As required by Idaho Law the results will be reflected in the Minutes of the Council showing the total number of votes cast at said election for and against the proposition was as follows: Total votes cast, 780; votes for, 608; votes against, 172. Therefore, the proposition passes with 77.95% in favor, as 66.67% of total votes must be in favor as required pursuant to Idaho Code §50-1026. The Council had no questions for staff. Council Member Callan moved to adopt Resolution 21-21 ratifying the Valley County Commissioners canvass of the May 18, 2021 Special General Obligation Bond Election and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Holmes seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Callan, Council Member Holmes, Mayor Giles, Council Member Maciaszek, and Council Member Nielsen all voted aye, and the motion carried. Covid-19 Update Police Chief Justin Williams presented the latest COVID-19 data. All the metrics are either under or right on the line, so no action is needed at this time. City Manager Anette Spickard shared the .State Lieutenant Governor passed an executive order prohibiting mask mandates. City Attorney Bill Nichols stated he has not had a chance to review the executive order or check if the Lt. MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 9 of 10 May 27, 2021 Regular Meeting Governor has the power to override the current order. City Manager Spickard proceeded to give a vaccination update. Upcoming Meetings Schedule Discussion Council discussed upcoming meetings. There will be no meeting on June 3, 2021. ADJOURNMENT Without further business,Mayor Giles adjourned the meeting at 6:59 p.m. ATTEST: E a4Z?At >= Robert S. 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