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Home My Public Portal AboutMinutes_City Council Work Meeting_11192019CITY COUNCIL WORK MEETING IONA CITY BUILDING NOVEMBER 19, 2019 6:00 P.M. PRESENT: Mayor Dan Gubler. Council President Rub Gcmy. Council Member Michael Thompson. Council Member Peter Wadsworth, Council Member Kathy McNamara, Public Works Director Zech Prouse, City Anomey Andrew Rawlings and City Clerk Keri West. ABSENT: Treasurer Amy Sullivan. VISITORS: lames West and Kevin Casper. ITEMS OF BUSINESS: Mayor Gubler stated his request to have an item added to the agenda due to short notice. Council Member Wadsworth made a motion to add to the agenda the Speed Limit Resolution for a temporary traffic change on 55r' Ease Council Member Thompson seconded the motion. All in favor. Motion carried. Resolution 2019-0d, Temporary Traffic Changes on North SS"' East — Mayor Gubler stated he has talked to Bonneville County regarding the traffic concerns during the Belnap Christmas Light Show on 55" Base He continued and stated they will be reducing the speed limit to 10 miles per hour on 55° East from Thanksgiving through New Year's Day for safety concerns used by the Christmas Light Show. Mayor Gubler further stated this Resolution allows the City and Bonneville County Sheriffs Once (BCSO) to enforce this temporary traffic change. Director Prouse stated the temporary speed limit signs will have the dates posted directly below the speed limit Council President Geray asked who would be paying for the signs. Director Prouse stated the City will be purchasing the signs and estimates the cost to be S$h-$60. Council President (Wray suggested having the Belnaps split the cost of the signs with the City. Mayor Gubler agreed. Mayor Gubler also suggested allowing the Belnaps to purchase the signs and maintain ownership, but they would not have the authority to display them without City approval. Director Prouse stated he would discuss that with the Belnaps Mayor Gubler entertained a motion. Council Member Wadsworth made a motion to approve Resolution 2019-04 to make a temporary traffic change on North 55'" East to allow for a safer zone during the Christmas Light Shaw presented by the Bclnap Family. Council Member McNamara seconded the motion- All in favor. Motion carried. Discussion of Amendments to Iona Subdivision Ordinance as recommended by Planning & Zoning Commission, James West, P&Z Chairman — Mr. West stated the Planning & Zoning Commission is requesting further clarification tiom the City Council on Iona City Code § 10-1- 19(B)(4&5) pertaining to the requirements for public ways in the Iona Subdivision Ordinance: '(4) All permanent dead-end streets shall be cul-de-sacs that are not longer than 400 feet and are be provided at the closed end with a turn -around having a street property line diameter of at least 90 feet. Streets that temporarily dead-end may be permitted with a distance of greater than 400 feet in length provided the Developer files or has already filed a Preliminary Plat of an adjoining Development depicting a through Street connecting to such temporary dead-end street that is not a dead-end street. and provided further the Council may order the Developer to file a Final Plat for such Preliminary Plat. at any time at the expiration of three years after the date the Plat showing the temporary dead-end street was approved. (5) Public Ways in new Developments shall continue the alignment of existing Public Ways in adjoining Developments, or their proper projections when adjoining property is not subdivided. All Rights -of -Way (Streets, Alleys, utility lines, era.) shall be arranged in a manner that will, insofar as possible, facilitate convenient extension and connection thcmof to future Public Ways that may be developed by the owners of adjoining propeny.- Mr. West stated according to this section of the Code, a new subdivision with a dead-end street longer than 400 feet needs to have secondary access or a Preliminary Plat of an adjoining property that includes secondary access. He continued and stated there are potential developments in the works that would be affected by this requirement. Mayor Gubler stated this could create a problem if the adjoining property owners are not interested in developing their pmperty at that time. Mr. West stated the main concern from the P&Z Commission is for emergency access. Mr. West stated if the City Council wants subdivisions to be approved without a secondary access. or cooperation from the adjoining propery owners, the City Code would need to be amended. Attorney Rawlings stated from the legal perspective, it is better to have requirements clearly defined and measurable. not discretionary. Mayor Gubler said he agrees with requiring the second access, unless it is physically impossible for the development due to certain circumstances with land locked land. He also stated he thinks this section of the Code should be amended to make it more clear and give another option for special circumstances. Attorney Rawlings said he would draft an amendment to present at the next Planning & Zoning Meeting and City Council Meeting far approval. Discussion of Idaho Falls Animal Shelter Fees — Lieutenant Casper with Bonneville County Sheriffs Office stated he has looked into the situation regarding the high fees the City is being charged by the Idaho Falls Animal Shelter. He continued and said the City of Idaho Falls has budgeted $243.000 for the operation of the Idaho Falls Animal Shelter this fiscal year. Bonneville County was billed $91,000. The City of Amman is estimated to be billed approximately $29,000. The City of Iona is being billed $3,589. The amounts are all based on the umber of dogs brought to the shelter last year from each area. Council President Gcray stated the total amount may have gone dawn, but we are being billed 53,589 for a total of 18 dogs, which equates W $200 per dog. Council President Gemy stated he thinks these costs should be paid 100%by the animal owner. Lt. Caspar stated he has discussed this situation with Bonneville County Animal Control and they said if the f get too high, the animal owners will not pay them and will choose to leave their animal at the shelter. Clerk West stated from the perspective of the Animal Shelter, if the owner does not pick up their animal, the shelter is still providing a service and someone needs to pay the bill. She agrees it should not be the City. but someone needs to pay the bill when the owner does not pay it or there is no owner. Council Member Wadsworth stated if the costs associated with the shelter are fixed, our costs as a City should also be fixed. Lt. Casper stated he has discussed this with the Bonneville County Commissioners and they also said the Animal Shelter has been using this methodology of billing for a few years and they prefer it the "fixed cost per animal" method used In previous years. Lt. Casper continued and asked the Council for their input and what they would like to see happen as far as enforcement is concerned Council President Gorey stated the City already has an Ordinance in place with graduated fees for captured dogs, but this Ordinance has not been enforced for quite some time. Lt. Casper mentioned the possibility of having the first infraction go directly to the 2 City Once and requiring the owner to pay a small fee directly to the City. Future infractions would have to go thmugh the Bonneville County Courthouse and would be much larger. (led West slated she has no problems collecting fees in the City Office. Attorney Rawlings recmmended establishing an Impound Fee via Resolution. Mayor Gubler agreed. Council President Geay stared he remembers updating the City Cade previously, but the changes are not showing in his current version. Attorney Rawlings stated he would look into the past changes. Approval of Well and Well House for Water Project — Mayor Gubler stated this has been postponed until a later date, Meeting Adjourned: 6:56 p.m. COUNCIL APPROVED: December IT° 2019 eri West, City Clerk 3