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McCall City Council
Regular Meeting
McCall City Hall -- Legion Hall
May 9, 2019
Call to Order and Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance
Approve the Agenda
Consent Agenda
Staff Introductions
Chamber Report
Public Hearing
Public Comment
Business Agenda
Adjournment
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Mayor Aymon called the regular meeting of the McCall City Council to order at 5:30 p.m.
Mayor Aymon, Council Member Giles, Council Member Holmes, Council Member Nielsen,
and Council Member Sowers 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; Michelle Groenevelt,
Community Development Director; Kurt Wolf, Parks and Recreation Director; Jay Scherer,
Airport Manager;, Chris Curtain, Information Systems Manager; Traci Malvich, Human
Resources Manager; Justin Williams, Police Chief; Nathan Stewart, Public Works Director; John
Powell, Building Official
Also, in attendance was Diane Kushlan, Kushlan Associates; Juan Bonilla, Donnelly Rural Fire
Protection and Valley County Emergency Manager; Garrett De Jong, McCall Fire Chief; Andrew
Mentzer, West Central Mountains Economic Development Council; Steve Stuebner, Valley
County Pathways; Walt Sledzieski, Historical Preservation Commission
Mayor Aymon led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPROVE THE AGENDA
Council Member Holmes moved to approve the agenda as submitted. Council Member
Sowers seconded the motion. In a voice vote all members voted aye and the motion carried.
CONSENT AGENDA
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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. Council Regular Minutes — March 14, 2019
2. Council Regular Minutes — April 11, 2019
3. Council Regular Minutes — April 25, 2019
4. Payroll Report for period ending April 19, 2019
5. Clerk License Report
6. Warrant Register — GL
7. Warrant Register — Vendor
8. Department Reports
9. AB 19-103 Recognition Proclamation of Marie Strode's 100th Birthday:
Georganne Spalding, Marie's daughter, requested a proclamation be made to recognize Marie
Strode's 100th birthday. Marie was born Anna Lenora Marie Blackwell on April 17, 1919 in
McCall, Idaho. She met and married her husband, George E. Strode, of Roseberry in the year
1939 in Lewiston, Idaho. Marie and George were married for 67 years and had 2 children, 5
grandchildren, and 2 great-grandchildren. Marie was an active member of the PTA, McCall
Senior Citizens Center, Eastern Star, and the Finnish Ladies Aid Society. Motion: Recognize
Marie Strode's 100th Birthday with a Celebratory Proclamation from the McCall City Council
and authorize the Mayor to sign the proclamation.
10. Accept the Following COMMITTEE MINUTES:
a. Environmental Advisory Committee — 2019 — February 21
b. Golf Advisory Committee — 2019 — March 13
c. Historic Preservation Commission — 2019 —February 4
d. Library Building Committee — 2019 — March 20
e. Library Building Committee — 2019 — April 5
f. Library Board of Trustees/ Library Building Committee Joint — 2019 — April 3
g. Library Board of Trustees — 2019 — March 21
h. Library Board of Trustees — 2019 — April 9
i. Library Board of Trustees — 2019 — April 18
j. McCall Redevelopment Agency — 2019 — March 19
k. Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee — 2019 — February 20
Council Member Giles moved to approve the Consent Agenda as submitted. Council
Member Holmes seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Giles, Council
Member Holmes, Mayor Aymon, Council Member Nielsen, and Council Member Sowers all
voted aye, and the motion carried.
STAFF INTRODUCTIONS
AB 19-102 Introduction of New Staff Members
The City has hired some new full-time staff members. Council had expressed a desire to be
introduced to new staff, so they have been invited to attend the Council meeting. Public Works
Director Nathan Stewart introduced the new City Engineer, Nick Zaninovich, Clerk BessieJo
Wagner introduced the new Front Desk Receptionist, Jodi Weaver, and Parks & Recreation
Director Kurt Wolf introduced the new Parks and Recreation Facilities Maintenance Coordinator,
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Tyler Padget, each giving a brief summary of their experience and what they bring to the City.
Also, but not present, Jodie Hagen, the new Accounting Specialist/Utility Billing, was recently
added to the Finance Department. The Council warmly welcomed everyone present.
DEPARTMENT REPORTS
Chamber of Commerce
Council Member Holmes presented the Chamber report. She shared the new magazine that has
come out and the upcoming Spring Breakfast event.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Mayor Aymon called for public comment at 5:36 p.m.
Community & Economic Development Director Michelle Groenevelt announced the Idaho
Community Development Block Grant in the amount of $475,000 for the Downtown Core
Lighting was awarded. The City's application was ranked number one in the State.
Hearing no further comments, Mayor Aymon closed the comment period at 5:38 p.m.
PUBLIC HEARING
AB 19-096 Request to Adopt an Ordinance Updating the McCall City Code Chapter 11
Nonconforming Use, Structure or Development Code — CA-18-03
Mayor Aymon opened the public hearing at 5:38 p.m.
Community & Economic Development (CED) Director Michelle Groenevelt introduced Diane
Kushlan of Kushlan Associates to present the McCall City Code Chapter 11 Nonconforming Use,
Structure or Development Code — CA-18-03 amendment. The nonconforming use chapter was the
topic that came up the most in the public outreach for the McCall Area Comprehensive Plan and
Code Workshop. Specially, the comments identified issues with remodeling, energy efficiency
upgrades, and preservation of historic structures. Issues with nonconforming structures were
mostly based on projects located on Payette Lake. It is the intent of this chapter to permit these
nonconformities to continue until they are removed and to allow for the routine maintenance,
excepting energy efficiency upgrades and preservation of historic structures, but not to encourage
their perpetuation. At the April 2, 2019 meeting, the McCall Area Planning and Zoning
Commission recommended approval of the code updates.
CED Director Groenevelt pointed out that most of the changes loosen up the restrictions to allow
remodeling of older homes to be easier apart from along the shoreline. There have been some
instances where homes, that were not historical structures, were being called a remodel but then
torn down to almost no recognition of the original structure with an 8000 square foot home built
on its footprint. Planning & Zoning Commission wanted to close the loophole to stop what is truly
new construction and not a remodel.
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Council Member Holmes asked questions about the final decision for materials, repairs and
maintenance section with the 10% rule, and expressed concerns this rule would not work in this
community. Building Inspector John Powell explained some projects regarding safety repairs can
be exempted from the 10%. Council Member Holmes would like to move roofing into the Exterior
Improvements as an exception under an exterior update (311-07 Section C). Council Member
Nielsen asked questions about the number of non -conforming houses existing on the shoreline and
encroachment issues.
Public Comments
Fallon Fereday, 713 Wooley Ave., spoke to some of the projects presented to Planning and Zoning
along Lake Street that were concerning so she is glad to see the code defined better. She also liked
the idea of moving roofing to exterior updates.
Receiving no additional written correspondence and no further comments, Mayor Aymon
closed the public hearing at 6:06 p.m.
Council Member Holmes moved to read by Title only, one time only, Ordinance 979 as
amended. Council Member Nielsen seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member
Holmes, Council Member Nielsen, Mayor Aymon, Council Member Giles, and Council
Member Sowers all voted aye, and the motion carried.
City Clerk Bessiejo Wagner read by title only one-time only Ordinance Number 979:
An ordinance of the City of McCall, Valley County, Idaho repealing Chapter 11, Nonconforming
Buildings, Structures and Uses, of Title 3, Planning and Zoning, of the McCall City Code, &
reenacting Chapter 11, Nonconforming Use, Structure or Development, of Title 3, Planning and
Zoning, of the McCall City Code, for the purpose of streamlining the process, facilitating
administration, clarifying the chapter so as to eliminate the administrative determination, allowing
additions under 25% to existing nonconforming structures within the shoreline zone, promoting
and allowing for energy efficiency improvements, allowing for exceptions to the 10% repairs and
maintenance provisions for historically significant buildings, and allowing for approval of style
changes when restoring to a safe condition any nonconforming structure or part thereof declared
to be unsafe by the building inspector.
City Attorney Bi11 Nichols pointed out the effective date of January 1, 2020 was not called in the
ordinance and recommended to put off adoption until the next meeting, so the change could be
made.
Council directed staff to correct the missing information and bring back to the next meeting
for adoption.
BUSINESS AGENDA
AB 19-101 Wildfire Emergency Preparedness Presentation by McCall Fire, Valley County
Emergency Management, and McCall Police
Donnelly Rural Fire Protection and Valley County Emergency Manager Juan Bonilla presented
the update to Council regarding regional emergency preparedness for wildfire. He shared the
Countywide Fire Protection Plan and how to find it, what is Code Red and how citizens can sign
up for the service (only available for landline phones), definitions of Stage 1, 2, 3, and 4 fires, who
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is in charge of evacuation (Sherriff Department) and how evacuation plans are formed. He also
shared that the Woody Debris Program begins May 25-June 6, the Transfer Site is free for woody
debris May 10-October 20, and burn permits are available May 10-Oct 20, and went over burn
permit rules.
Chief Bonilla also reported on the California Paradise Fire conditions and issues that contributed
to that fire and encouraged education for the community to become fire prepared. There are
discussions happening within the department of how to deal with similar circumstances. McCall
Fire Chief Garrett De Jong answered questions about fire preparations this year at the airport with
the scooper planes that will be stored elsewhere during the construction phase but will still be
available for service. He answered questions about what his department would do in case of large
forest fire.
Mayor Aymon asked for a community presentation by both Fire Chiefs for some time before the
middle of July. Funding sources to help people clean up their property was discussed.
AB 19-100 Regional Pathways Plan Presentation by Andrew Mentzer and Steve Stuebner
Andrew Mentzer of the West Central Mountains Economic Development Council and Steve
Stuebner of Valley County Pathways gave an update on the development of a Regional Pathways
plan. They are gathering feedback from stakeholders on the proposed path routes to inform the
development of the plan. The West Central Mountains Economic Development Council and Valley
County Pathways have been working together with the International Mountain Biking Association
(IMBA) on a feasibility study about the potential for "single-track sidewalks" and other types of
pathways in the Long Valley area between Cascade and McCall, with an eye toward connecting
to New Meadows and the Weiser River Trail as well. This has been a year -long study, funded with
a grant from the Mountain Central Association of Realtors in McCall and the National Association
of Realtors. IMBA recommends 70+ miles of single-track sidewalks in the feasibility study, along
with a variety of on -road bike lanes, detached bike paths, rail -trails and more.
Overall, the IMBA study validated the vision and scope of the 2018 Valley County Pathways
Master Plan, which seeks to connect the communities of Cascade, Donnelly, Lake Fork, and
McCall in Long Valley with a system of pedestrian pathways. The vision is also to provide
pathway connections to popular recreational and cultural destinations in the valley such as Jug
Mountain Ranch, Tamarack Resort, Gold Fork Hot Springs, the historical burg of Roseberry,
Ponderosa State Park, Lake Cascade State Park and Forest Service trailheads.
International Mountain Biking Association (IMBA) plan summary:
• 20 single-track sidewalks throughout the valley totaling 70+ miles
• Other on -road bike lanes, trails, RR trails etc.
• Total cost to develop single-track sidewalks is $1.85M to $3.75M
• Estimated cost per mile: $25,000 - $53,000 or $4.75 - $16/linear foot
• The plan recommends "primary" trails and "secondary" trails in the plan in terms of
priority
• Single-track sidewalks would be built in the County right of way areas along the county
road corridors
Mr. Mentzer explained that single-track sidewalks are dirt paths about 2-3 feet wide that would
parallel existing county roads. The trails would be built within the existing county right of ways.
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Trail difficulty would be beginner to intermediate. The purpose would be to create a safe place for
walkers, runners and cyclists to travel along existing county roads separate from the county road
itself The trails would be less expensive to build and maintain as a paved, detached bike path such
as the Strand in Cascade, McCall city pathways, and the paved trail going through the Meadows
area between Donnelly and Tamarack. Mr. Stuebner shared the efforts made so far and explained
the route of these paths. The Council shared their thoughts about current safety issues, what they
liked about the pathway plan and which trails they would like to see go in, and asked questions.
AB 19-097 Request to Approve Consulting Services Agreement for Consultant to Conduct a
Local Historic Building and Properties Inventory
Walt Sledzieski of the Historical Preservation Commission presented the Consulting Services
Agreement for a consultant to conduct a Local Historic building and properties inventory. The
Historic Preservation Commission (HPC), as described by McCall City Code Title 2 Chapter 4, is
responsible for conducting a survey of local historic properties and recommending methods
necessary to preserve, maintain and restore historic properties. At its March 13, 2019 meeting, the
HPC unanimously recommended that City Council approve up to $2000 to compensate a BSU
Intern consultant to create a digital inventory of buildings and properties of historic significance
in the City of McCall. In partnership with Department of History at Boise State University,
members of the HPC invited applicants for the project, conducted an interview process, and
selected Erik Cordes as the project consultant. Walt Sledzieski, HPC Chair, led the effort to
identify a qualified consultant and develop the project scope. He presented to Council the request
of approval of the project Consulting Services Agreement. The Consulting Services Agreement
had been reviewed by the City Attorney.
Council Member Giles moved to approve the Consulting Services Agreement with Erik
Cordes for creation of a local historic buildings and properties inventory and authorize the
Mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Holmes seconded the motion. In a
roll call vote Council Member Giles, Council Member Holmes, Mayor Aymon, Council
Member Nielsen, and Council Member Sowers all voted aye, and the motion carried.
AB 19-099 Request for Approval a Lease Agreement for Commercial Airport Tenant - Gem
Air
Airport Manager Jay Scherer presented the Lease Agreement for Commercial Airport Tenant Gem
Air. Gem Air, LLC is a commercial air taxi service that is requesting to operate from McCall. They
have operated out of McCall Airport for the last 4 summers. Recommended lease terms provide
for approximately 1,000 sq. ft. of space in Building 101 for the period May 15, 2019 through
September 15, 2019 leased at $1,000.00 per month. This is an increase over last year. Other
changes to the lease include airport -provided parking of three parking spaces outside the airport
fence and nine spaces inside the fence with fencing, signage, and a requirement to have Gem Air
personnel present when their customers are present. The parking cost is $1,500. The changes also
require Gem Air to perform janitorial services and furnish their primary space with the capability
to serve passengers, with the airport having the option to relocate that space inside the building
when Parks & Recreation staff are relocated. Gem Air is also seeking to lease a tie down space for
the same period for which they would be charged $225.00. This commercial lease will be charged
a $300 processing fee. The Airport Advisory Committee reviewed and agreed with the proposed
lease terms at their May 2, 2019 meeting. The lease has been reviewed by legal counsel.
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ATTEST:
BessieJo
Council Member Holmes moved to approve the 2019 proposed lease for space within
Building 101 to Gem Air, LLC and authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents.
Council Member Giles seconded the motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Holmes,
Council Member Giles, Mayor Aymon, Council Member Nielsen, and Council Member
Sowers all voted aye, and the motion carried.
AB 19-098 Request to Approve Resolution 19-09 McCall City Fourth of July Alcohol
Restrictions
Police Chief Justin Williams presented Resolution 19-09 McCall City Fourth of July Alcohol
Restrictions and answered questions. During the April 25, 2019 Council Meeting, the City Council
directed staff to prepare a resolution for alcohol restrictions within Payette Lake beachfront parks
to be implemented for July 4th. The parks identified in this restriction include Legacy, Davis, Art
Roberts, Rotary, and Brown Parks. The Council approved the Extension of the Existing
Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U.) With Idaho State Parks and Recreation (IDPR)
Regarding 4th of July at their April 25th meeting. The date directed by Council above falls within
the parameters of McCall City Code Section 8-14-8 (B) which states the following:
By resolution, the city council may prohibit the possession and/or consumption of alcoholic
beverages in designated city parks on specific days from July 1 through July 7 each year. Signs
will be posted in each park announcing the restrictions at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance
of the beginning of any period of such restrictions.
Council Member Giles moved to approve Resolution 19-09 implementing an alcohol
restriction within Legacy, Davis, Art Roberts, Rotary, and Brown Parks for July 4th, and
authorize the Mayor to sign all necessary documents. Council Member Sowers seconded the
motion. In a roll call vote Council Member Giles, Council Member Sowers, Mayor Aymon,
and Council Member Holmes all voted aye, Council Member Nielsen voted no, and the
motion carried.
Upcoming Meetings Schedule Discussion
Council discussed upcoming meetings.
ADJOURNMENT
Without further business, ,11 ,,�yl-,,Aymon adjourned the meeting at 7:22 p.m.
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