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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1970-10-05city council minutes40Z vote was taken and the motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 4!15 P.M. I COUNCIL CHAMBERS OCTOBER 5, 1970 The regular monthly meeting of the City Council met in the Council Chambers of the City Hall with Mayor Charles W. Carpenter presiding. Upon Roll Call, the following Councilmen answered present: Alfred H. McCloskey, James W. "Bill" Keys, V. Jay Martin, C. A. "Chet^ Davenport, and James R. Dakan. Absent: Charles C. Banks. Girl Scout Cadet Troop //415 in attendance and welcomed Mayor Carpenter welcomed Girl Scout Cadet Troop #415 to the meeting and said that he hoped the meeting would be very informative to them and that they would enjoy the moments they spent here with the Council. He introduced Mrs. Frank Raney who told the Mayor and Gotmeil that the Girl Scout Troop was attenc ing the meeting as they were all working on a contest for a my govarnment badge. Variance granted for construction of Church Reverend rail Davis was then recognized and he told the Council that some time ago, the official I Board of the Treasure Valley Christian Church had made a request of the City Council through the appropriate Commission for the opportunity to build a Church building on Morrison Street and that, up until this time, they had not had any result of any action taken by the Council and were wondering what the status of this request was and where they go from here. Mayor Carpenter told Reverend Davis that, as he remembered it from a previous meeting when it had been brought to the Council's attention, at that time there were conversations and studies and proposals being made for the possible change in the runway at the Airport, and, also the proximity of this property being in line with the, Airport runway; that it was the consideration, at the time, to withhold any action until some of these things were being determined so far as the Airport facilities were concerned, The Mayor stated further that he understood that the property was outside the limits required under the FFA ruling fox distance from the and of a runway and he inquired of City Fhgineer Mal Lewis if this was correct. Mr. Lewis answered that he was sure that it was and it would have to be an exceedingly tall build- ing to be in the flight plan although they could put a ^spire on the building. Councilman McCloskey informed Reverend Davis that he would be inclined to go along with the reques upon the condition that they not complain if there was to much noise from planes flying over the Church. Reverend Davis answered in that the information that their Ward had, or their determination was, that they felt this was close to the landing pattern but very seldom was this a takeoff pattern and their feeling was that in landing patterns, there wasn't nearly such a high level of noise that it would be dis- tracting and that their people could be willing to accept this responsibility. Rave -end Davis stated also that the building was not yet designed and the design would, of necessity, come within any problems so far as height or anything like this that might place more restrictions because of the proximity to the runway. He said they did not envision more than a one story building, that it would be a single story structure with a daylight basement and with no exceptional high spire. Councilman Keys informed the Mayor and Council that he thought the hesitancy of the Board of Adjustment to go ahead and authorize* this was not because it was a large building but because of the con- gregation of many people at certain times and, if there were failure on take -off, it would certainly be a catostrophy. He said that he was quite sure that this had a lot to do with their reticence to go ahead and approve it; however, he and Councilman Martin had been oat and had looked at this quite extensively the othe evening and he thought that, if the building was designed as a rather low silhouette building, there shouldn't be any problem so far as the Airport was concerned. He said there was always this problem and it 403 was becoming moreso with many airports where buildings were being crowded around it and, in the mind of e pilot, it places him in that much more of a precarious position. Councilman Keys stated then that he could see no reason why this variance shouldn't be allowed. Mayor Carpenter said there was another thought in regards to the location of this property and this was the present condition of Morrison Street as the City only has one -half of the right -of -way from South Kimball Avenue on in and, he siad this could present a problem here; that it would be nice if this additiona: right -of -way could be acquired whereby the street could be widened and he suggested that some of the Church Committee members might help in this although the property was easily accessible from Parker and also from Sunset. He said he was not mentioning this as a condition for a variance but was only soliciting cooperation. The need for a variance from the Council for building a Church in this location wag briefly questioned when it was reported that the Board of Adjustment chose not to act and had referred the request for variance to the Council. It was then moved by Councilman Keys, seconded by Councilman McCluskey, that the variance be granted. A vote was taken and the motion carried. Request for variance granted - Dwayne Merritt Mr. Dwayne Merritt was recognized and told the Council that he would like to ask for a variance on property at North 3rd and Joliet to erect mobile homes on lots per City Code. In answer to the question, the Building Inspector located the property referred to on the City map and said it was in Block 98 with Mr. Merritt owning one -half a block; that there was a small house there on the corner at the present time which was facing Third Street and those requested now would be down Joliet Street, across from Mr. $skin's property. He said the permits had not been issued in that there wasn't icient square footage in the property for compliance with the City's ordinance, without variance. Councilman McCluakey stated that he had driven out there and he could see no reason for stopping Merritt from putting a couple of nice mobile homes in that area. In answer to the question, Mr. Merritt stated that he had received a permit for one mobile home a and he was requesting permission to place two more; that he had enough property there to put in six tional units besides the one unit he had there now. He said he had one hundred thirty six feet frontage in deeded property on North Third and three hundred forty six feet along Joliet; that the lots figured out 68' by W. Mr. Merritt also told the Council that he didn't plan on selling any of the property but was renting the spaces. In discussion, it was determined that plans were for placing at least one mobile home on the inside of a lot, not facing a street right -of -way; however, in requesting permits now for placing two mobile homes on the property, Yr. Merritt stated that if it were permissible, he would place the two homes so they would be facing on Joliet and on fifty foot lots. Councilman McCluskey moved that a variance be granted for the placement of two mobile homes; after - which, he withdrew his motion and requested that an outline of the area be drawn on the blackboard. After some further discussion.; it was moved by Councilman Dakan, seconded by Councilman McCloskey, that a variance be granted for use of the next two spaces to be used for mobile homes, facing Joliet, on a minimum of fifty foot lots. A vote was taken and the motion carried. Offer to purchase City truck rejected - Mr. loo 'Tuttle Mayor Carpenter informed the Council that he had received a request from a Mr. Leo Tuttle to pur- chase an old army truck belonging to the City. He said the truck was purchased after the war and had been used for a while in spraying and also to pull some trees in the Cemetery; was last used in 1956 for spraying and just off and on during the last five years to pull some trees and was now in Mr. George Hammar's yard. The Mayor told the Council that Mr. Tuttle wanted to purchase the truck for parts to fix a truck he owns and had offered the City an amount of $2$.00; that ix. Cooper had said the blower could be removed and he under- stood that Mk. Hammar had paid about $350.00 for it after the war as surplus property; that now the tires war pretty well rotted and it would cost something to fix it so it would run. City 12;gineer Mel Lewis suggested that the Council consider rejecting the offer and, should it be 40 °. ad to sell the truck, that it be placed up for bid as he thought there was a hoist on it that was worth than the amount offered. It was then moved by Councilman Keys, seconded by Councilman McCloskey, that the offer from Mr. Tattle for the purchase of the truck be rejected. A vote was taken and the motion carried. Model ordinance for abatement and removal of wrecked or inoperative vehicles referred back to Sanitation & Beautification Commission Mr. Lonnie Spath addressed the Mayor and Council and presented copies of the Model Ordinance pre- viously considered and Councilman McCloskey told the Council that Yr. Spath and The Sanitation & Beautificati Commission, as a whole, had more or less revised it. He said they knew there were some *is- spelled words in it and that it possibly wasn't all right but it was something for the Council to consider and Councilman McCluskey then proceeded to read the proposed ordinance. Various Sections were discussed when 1111ancilman Martin referred to the last line under Section 9 which said: "these funds will be placed in a special account where they will be disbursed by the Caldwell Sanitation & Beautification Commission as needed ". He then inquired for what purpose. Mr. Lonnie Spath stated that the Sanitation & Beautification Commission had one purpose in the City and this was to keep the City looking respectable and, they had many ideas in mind for beautification for the City which would take funds and they had no way for raising funds within the Commission itself. He said they thought, if they could work on this thing through the other departments, possibly through what little they could make oat of this, there were a lot of things that could be done in the City to beautify it. Councilman McCluskey stated that it was planned for this to be turned over to the City Attorney to be written up and that Mr. Spath was one of the few on the Commission who had taken a real interest in this and just getting the Sanitation & Beautification Commission a few funds sure might help. In answer to the question, City Attorney Wayne Davis stated that his off hand opinion right at the present time was that the Caldwell Sanitation & Beautification Commission could not have the authority to accept fonds from this source and keep the funds in a separate account; that it would have to be a City expenditure and would have to come through the City funds. He added that he hadn't briefed the matter but didn't believe this would be the standard procedure; however, perhaps in the planning of the budget somethi could be done but that it would come under the general expenditure of the City and the citizens would then have an opportunity to meet and approve, etc. Councilman Keys then referred to Section 5 which read: "Any member of the police department, building Department or the Sanitation & Beautification Commission may order any junk motor vehicle, vehicles or parts thereof removed within 10 days ". He inquired if it was their intent for the Commission to tag thee. vehicles and he was answered in the affirmative and Mr. Spath stated that they had all ready taken care of between 75 and 100 cars in the City that had been nothing but an eye sore for many, many years with no one having done anything about it. Councilman Martin then referred to Section 9 where reference was made to an impounding yard and suggested that it might be discussed as to where this might be on City property and what might be involved in expense, assuming that some of these vehicles would be impounded and were saleable; whether it would need to be fenced and lighted to prevent plundering from auction to auction, or in other words, they didn't want 500 cars until they had a place to put them. The Police Chief then explained the procedures presently used where they had received complaints and said that after marking the tires and waiting a reasonable length of time, they would call a wrecker to impound the vehicle; that they would attempt to locate the owner and, if they couldn't; then the garage sells the vehicle for the towing charge and storage. With regards to Councilman Martin's question on a location for placement of cars so impounded, Mir. Spath abated that he had talked to a few around town who had the facilities to hold the cars and also to people who would be interested in buying the cars and said they would purchase the stuff that was salvageabl¢ and then, the excess they could get from this would go into a special fund for paying someone to haul this stuff out; also, there was going to be a certain amount that he could use too. Councilman Martin referred again to the wording where cars were to be auctioned and said there 405 still needed to be a place where the cars could be impounded and left alone until there were enough to con- duct an auction. Mr. apath stated that he thought for 95% or a higher percentage of these cars, there wouldn't be anyone interested in buying but would just be Junkers and the only interest would be in salvage. Councilman Keys stated that he thought they were probably on the right track if they could work out the problems discussed here at this meeting and perhaps they could get it worked out before the first of the year and get it passed so they could appropriate funds for it and get it moving. In answer to the question, City Attorney Wayne Davis told the Council that; there would be no excuse from enforcing such an ordinance carefully and, if a car would run or was of some value, a great effort should be made to try to find the owner. The area in the vacinity of the City Shop and at the Sewage Treatment Plant was discussed as possible sites when City Engineer Mel Lewis stated that he couldn't recommend the property at the Sewage Treatment Plant being used for this purpose and said that, if any of the property in the vacinity of the Cit; Shop was used for an impounding yard, he would think it should be fneced and lighted. The old dump site on Elgin and the one on West Belmont were suggested also when the City Engineer stated that he would question these sites as well as the gravel pit area for the impounding of anything of value. In as much as it appeared that much of anything couldn't be done until after the first of next yea. it was moved by Councilman Davenport, seconded by Councilman McCluskey, that the matter be referred back to the Sanitation & Beautification Commission to see if they could make a few changes, clarify some of the things with the City Attorney, and investigate possible locations for impounding; then bring it back before the Council for consideration. A vote was taken and the motion carried. Councilman Keys stated that he thought they needed to let these people know that they were one hundred percent behind them in this and similar expressions were made by other members of the Council presen and by Phyor Carpenter. Appointment mad- to Administering Board of the Office of Economic Opportunity Programs for Canyon County The following letter from W. C. Norberg, Jr., Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, was read: September 15, 1970 Mayor Charles Carpenter City Council City of Caldwell Caldwell, Idaho 83605 Gentlemen: Several months ago the Canyon County Board of Commmissioners applied for and received jurisdiction of the Office of Economic Opportunity Programs within Canyon County, pre- sently being administered by the Canyon County Community Committee, Inc. Part of the proposal was that a new Administering Board should be organized in lieu of the Canyon County Community Committee, Inc. and take over the administration of the OEO programs, effective November 1, 1970. This date is the beginning of the program fiscal year. It was the concensus of this Board that a new identity should be created and that the new Administering Boards fiscal year should be the same as that of the OEO. All appointments to the Board shall become effective November 1, and terminate October 31 of any given year unless otherwise provided. Therefore, this Board is in the process of creating the new Administering Board as provided in Public Law 90 -222 and OEO Regulations. Your entity shall have one representative. That person should be a member of your city council and shall serve for an indefinate period of time at the pleasure of your city council or a period not to exceed his term of office as a member of the city council. (Organization Structure Enclosed CAP form 71) It is tentatively planned that an organizational meeting of the new Administering Board will be held at 8:00 P.M., October 6, 1970, at the County Building in Nampa, Idaho. Therefore, it is auggested that the name of your appointee be submitted to this Board no later than September 30. Also, that person should be notified of the time and place mentioned above. Sincerely yours, W.C. NORBERG, JR., Chairman Board of County Commissioners P%yor Carpenter stated that for the past few years he had served as a member of the Canyon County Commaunity Committee through appointment by former Mayor N. E. "Coley" Smith and that, at this .time, he would 403 to ask the Council for their approval of the appointment of Councilman Jim Dakan to represent the City. It was moved by Councilman McCloskey, seconded by Councilman Martin, that the appointment of Councilmen Dakan to serve as the City's representative on the new Administering Board be approved. A vote maa taken and the motion carried. Report presented by Councilman Martin on meeting concerning CH reconnaissance study relative to waste collection and treatment ,.roblems Councilman Martin then presented a written statement to the Mayor and Council as follows: Caldwell, Idaho October 5, 1970 Mr. Mayor & City Council: For some time we have been aware that both the City of Caldwell and the J. R. Simplot Co. have been faced with waste collection and treatment problems. Within our City these problems relate to treatment plant improvement and collection system expansion. J:R. Simplot Company's problems relate to secondary treatment and disposal as a growing pro- cessing industry. The City of Caldwell and the J. R. Simplot Co. jointly contracted with Cornell, Howland, Hayes & Merrifield, professional engineers and planners, to donduct a reconnaissance study of these waste collection and treatment problems. We now have this CH stud;- in report form. The study has been reviewed in detail, first in a meeting with the City Council Water & Sewer Committee together with o Mayor, Public Works Director, representatives from the J. R. Simplot Co., GH M, and later with these people and our full City Council. The reconnaissance study explored alternate approaches to the waste collection and treat- ment problems of both entities, and recommended that a combined facility would be the most economical solution for both J. R. Simplot Co. and the City of Caldwell, if 50% Federal plus 25m State of Idaho participation funding is available. The next step required is to make formal application for this participation funding, and this requires an additional expenditure of $1200.00 for further professional work by CH in order to qualify our application. The Simplot Co. has agreed to pay $600.00 of the $1,200.00 required. Tb bring this matter before the Council for discussion, I will move that we approve the necessary $600.00 expenditure for this additional professional service, and that we join with the Simplot Co. in filing an application for participation Federal and State funding at the earliest possible date. The motion was seconded by Councilman McCloskey In discussion, Councilman Keys stated that for any expansion in either residential or industrial development of the City, the number one priority was for adequate sewer facilities which meant the sewage disposal system as well as the lateral lines and seepage lines. He said he felt that the City should give this top priority and proceed with the filing of the application. A vote was then taken and the motion carried. Resolution No. 19 Councilman VArtin sponsored the following Resolution and moved its passage: RESOLUTION NO. 19 BY CODNCILM N MARTIN WHEREAS, The City has deposits of certain reserve and dedicated funds, as well as certain other idle funds which are in excess of available monies on deposit over and above the reasonably anticipated expenditures chargeable to those monies, taking into account the dates at which such expenditures may be expected to occur, and WHIMS, It is the desire of the City Council of the City of Caldwell, Idaho, that such funds be invested in Federally secured investments from time to time in accordance with, and as provided for by law; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT R SOLOED, That the City Treasurer be and is hereby authorized to infest such funds in accordance with the provisions of Sections 50 -1013 and 57 -131 of the Idaho Code. The motion for passage was seconded by Councilman McCluskey. Mayor Carpenter explained that there were times when the City would have on deposit certain funds that were in reserve or dedicated, or were budgeted for future use and rather than to have these funds remain idle in the Bank, they could be invested and to drawing interest. Councilmen Martin stated that the City Treasurer had been making investments which had been quite satisfactory and that she felt she should have authorization from the Council to continue to do so. He also stated that the present City Treasurer uas going to retire in March of next year and a Resolution of this 407 sort seemed quite appropriate so far as the new Treasurer was concerned. A roll call vote was called for when the following Councilmen voted in the affirmativet Uokan, Davenport, Martin, Keys, and McGloskey. Negative votes; none. Absent and not voting: Banka. Mayor Carpenter declared that Resolution No. 19 had passed. Resolution No. 20 Councilman Martin sponsored the following Resolution and moved its passage: RESOLUTION NO. 20 BY COUNCILMAN MARTIN k RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS. WHEREAS, there is a shortage to meet the budget requirements of the General Fund of the City of Caldwell, Idaho; and WHEREAS, there is an excess of funds in the Water Fund over the requirements necessary to meet the budget of said funds; NCW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Treasurer of the City of Caldwell be and she is hereby authorized to transfer into the General Fund of the City of Caldwell from the Water Fund the awn of TdENTY TWO THOUSAND AND NO/L00 ($22,000.00) DOLLARS. The motion for passage was seconded by Councilman McCloskey. A roll call vote was called for when the following Councilmen voted in the affirmative: NkCluskey, Keys, Martin, Davenport, and Uakan. Negative votes: none. Absent and not voting: Banks. Mayor Carpenter declared that Resolution No. 20 had passed. Authorization of change in interest rate charged by departmental loans granted Mayor Carpenter referred to the practice of loaning monies from non tax supported fonds of the City to other Departments of the City where the interest charged on such monies had been at the rate of 3 %. He said he would like to have the approval of the Council to change the interest rate from 3% to the amount of interest being paid during a given year on tax anticipation notes. He said this was presently 4.4% and he explained further that the interest earned in those departments making the loan remains within the funds of those departments and is used in their operation and is ,justified. It was moved by Councilman Keys, seconded by Councilman McCloskey, that the rate of interest charged by those departments of the City in loaning funds to other departments of the City, be the same as the current rate being paid in interest on tax anticipation notes at the time the loan is made. A vote was taken and the motion carried. Purchase of property at Fairview Golf Course and damage to private property by golf balls discussed Councilman Davenport referred to a previous question considered regarding the purchasing of propert now onwed by Yx. Jim Wright at the corner of Nineth Avenue and Grant Street with there having been no meeting of the minds on the value of the property at that time and no action was taken. He said that now Mr. Wright had contacted the Golf Board of Control and wished to sell the property, and, the Golf Board of Control was recommending that the City seriously consider purchasing the property. Councilman Davenport added that the Golf Board of Control was rather conservative in their thinking and were hoping that the property would be available at a reasonable price. Councilman Davenport stated that, in as much as the City couldn't do anything in the immediate future in that this would be a budgetary item for next year, he would recommend that perhaps the Board of Control could look into this further to see if they could determine what the value of the property might be and bring this information to the Council so that a purchase could be considered, if the price was reasonabl: The possible use of the property was discussed and it was agreed that Councilman McCluskey and Councilman Martin might arrange a meeting with Mr. Wright's daughter to discuss the matter. No further action was taken at this time although there was more discussion concerning problems at No. 3 green which fiat been moved to prevent golfers from attempting to hit golf 'balls over the trees with the result that some of them were breaking windows in the house of Dr. Waterman. Councilman Davenport said the Golf Board of Contro.' had recommended that the tee blocks be moved over next to the trees so they couldn't do this. City Engineer Mel Iawis informed the Council that the problem was enforcement as no one was paying any attention to the tee blocks. Mayor Carpenter reported that Hr. Waterman had talked to him about the problems and said that he 408 boarded up acme of the windows to prevent any golf balls from coming into his waiting room. tion presented - A. W. Trent The following Petition was read: P E T I T I O N TO THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CALUdELL, IDAHO: The petition of A, W. Trent respectfully shows: I That on the 30th day of September, 1969, your petitioner purchased Lots 19 and 20 of Block 51 of the Golden Gate Addition to the City of Caldwell, Canyon County, Idaho, from the county for the sum of $37$.00. II In order to have a title which was acceptable to the United States Government for the building of a house under the HUD program 235, it was necessary that there be a quiet title action against the former owners, their heirs, devisees, the former owners being Dora Tyson and C. P. Goertzen. III This action has been brought, and reduced to Judgnent dated September 10, 1970, and all of the interests of Tyson and Ooertzen and their heirs have been foreclosed. TV On the 16th day of September, 1970, we received a title report showing the vesten of the property to now be in the name of year petitioner, A. W. Trent and Alameda Trent, his wife, subject however, to a tax deed dated April 1, 1969, and recorded August 21, 1969, on behalf of the City of Caldwell, V Further inquiry shows that this tax deed was on LTA assessment and that the amount has been paid by the Local Improvement Guaranty Fund for this particular district. VI The purchase price to be paid by the buyer for these two lots to build a house under the program known as F?UD 235 is not sufficient to defray the purchase price original- ly from the county, the payment of the taxes since that time, the water assessments that have been paid, together with the fees, publication and court costs involved in the quiet title action, and the real estate broker's commission. Your petitioner is willing to make e contribution in the amount of $ 50.00 to the Local Improvement District in order to secure a quitclaim Lead from the City of Caldwell, in order that the sale may go through and a house may be built thereon and ultimately parmit the city to collect additional revenue through broadening the tax base in the city. WHEREFORE, your petitioner respectfully requests that the Honorable Mayor and City Lbuncil consider this petition at the earliest time convenient for the Mayor and Council, and to authorize the city attorney to prepare a quitclaim Deed releasing the tax deed heretofore filed for record on August 21, 1969, on behalf of the City of Caldwell. Respectfully Submitted, (S( . Trent LS/ Alameda Trent City Attorney Wayne E. Davis reported that he had checked with the t Treasurer and $ 302.27 had been paid out of the Local Guarantee Fund with there still being three years left on the Bonds. He said he louldn't see the setting of a precident here and he didn't think that, under the law, the City could give a Zuitclaim Deed and compromise the matter. Mr. Davis stated that the City had not been included in the quiet 409 title action and he could not recommend that the City compromise this matter in this way. After some discussion, it was moved by Councilman Martin, seconded by Councilman &Gluskey, that we deny the sum of $50.00 to the Local Improvement Guarantee Fund as offered in the Petition for purchase of the property by A. W. Trent and Alameda Trent and that the sum of $302.27 remain as a lien against the property. A vote was taken and the motion carried. Indemnity Agreement approved ( #31) An Indemnity Agreement was presented for the consideration of the Council with said Agreement to indemnify and save harmless the City, its Mayor and Council against any and all loss, damage, costs and expenses by reason of the use of Space 3, of Tot 14 N2 in Block 59 of Canyon Hill Cemetery from lettee Harden Tillman Barton for the burial of Samuel Tillman. It was moved by Councilman Dakan, seconded by Councilman McClaskey, that the Indemnity Agreement ,be approved. A vote was taken and the motion carried. "'Application for Beer License approved - Pop -A -Top An application front John S. Burtchett and Gary L. Gochenour d/b /a Pop-A -Top at 315 North 5th Avenue w presented for the consideration of the Council and the following letter read: October 5, 1970 To: The Honorable Mayor and City Council From. The office of the Chief of Police Subject: Application for NIN beer license Pop -A -Top 315 North 5th Avenue Caldwell, Idaho i Gentlemen: Mr. John S. BURTCHETT and Mr. Gary L. GOCHENCUR has made application for a beer license so that they will be authorized to sell beer in their place of business which will be known �" -A_ P" which is located at: 11 315 as : POP TO wh North 5th Avenue Caldwell Idaho ". It is my understanding that this license will replace the license that is currently on file for this place of business under the Hama of "PEE WEE'S INN". Y' investigation has revealed that Mr. John S. BURTCHETT and Dir. Gary L. GOCHENGUR are bona fide residents of the State of Idaho, that they are qualified under Section 23 -1010 of the Idaho Code, that they have not been convicted of any felony in the past five (5) years. I have checked the application over and find that everything appears to be in order, and therefore, I can find no legal reason why a beer license should not be issued to @k. John S. BURTCHETT and Nr. Cary L. GOCHENOUR to operate their business known as: "POP -A -TOP", pro- vided that the license that has been issued to "PEE WEE'S INN" at this location be returned to the City Clerk of Caldwell, Idaho. Respectfully, Charles W. Astleford Chief of Police The application was accompanied by a receipt from the Clerk for the required fee. It was moved by Councilman McClusksy, seconded by Councilman Dakan, that the application for a beer license be approved and that the license be issued. A vote was taken and the motion carried. Application for Bartender Permit approved An application for a Bartender Permit from Gary Lee Gochenour was presented for the consideration of the Council. Me application had been approved by the Chief of Police and was accompanied by a receipt i from the clerk for the required fee. It was moved by Councilman Martin, seconded by Councilman Davenport, that the application for a Bartender Permit be approved and the Permit be issued. A vote was taken and the motion carried. i,Application for Pool & Card License approved An application from John S. Burtchett and Gary Oochenour d/b /a Pop -A -Top at 315 North 5th Street for a Pool & Card License for Fourth quarter, 1970, was presented for the consideration of the Council. The application had been approved by the Chief of Police and was accompanied by a receipt from the Clerk for the required fee. It was moved by Councilman bW Muskey, seconded by Councilman Dakan, twat the application be approved and the License be issued. A vote was taken and the motion carried. Applications for renewal of Pool and of Pool & Card Licenses approved The following applications were presented for the consideration of the Council: Pool License for 4th quarter (renewal) Mary J. Albin d /t /a Corner Bar & Grill at 224 Paynter Ave. - Fee, $15.00 Pool & Card for 4th quarter (renewal) Juvial D. Kitchen d/b /a Roy's Sport Shop at 114 South Seventh - Fee, $30.00 Pool & Card for 3rd and 4th quarter (renewal) Julio Perez d/b /a The Wheel at 508 Main St. - Fee, $60.06 410 Each application had been approved by the Chief of Police and was accompanied by a receipt from the Clerk for the required fee. It was moved by Councilman McCloskey, seconded by Councilman Ibvenport, that the applications be approved and the Licenses be issued. A vote was talc n and the motion carried. Preliminary Plat approved City Engineer Eial L?wis presorted a Preliminary Plat which was identified as Forrer's Rsplat of part of Tract P and Tract W of Mountain View Subdivision. He said that there were signed agreements by those people that they would plat these properties when they were to be built upon subsequently and Mr. Lonnie Witt was now presenting the Plat even thought the property was to small to plat under the Subdivision Ordinance regulations; that the Council had granted a second building permit for the same piece of property in 196h and the agreements had been made at that time. Mr. Iawi.s recommended approval. It was moved by Councilman Keys, seconded by Councilman Davenport, that the Preliminary Plat be approved. A vote was taken and the motion carried. Preliminary Plat approved The City Engineer then presented a preliminary plat of North Hill Subdivision for the consideration of the Council and said that the Planning Commission had passed upon this plat also, although they were some- what disturbed in that the sewage disposal would be by septic tanks; however, since that time, the owners were investigating putting in a pumping station. He recommended that the plat be approved. It was moved by Councilman PtCluekey, seconded by Councilman Dakan, that the Preliminary Plat be approved. A vote was taken and the motion carried. ( City Attorney instructed to draw ordinance - boundaries for placement of mobile homes Mayor Carpenter reported that the Board of Adjustment had met and had made recosaaendations for boundaries for the extension of the area for placement of mobile homes, City map. The Building Inspector then presented the description of the area and traced the property on the The area north of the highway was discussed and S-tr. Earl Priest, member of the Board of Adjustment told the Council that it was somewhat the concersus of opinion at their meeting that they not include any- thing north of the Interstate for a couple of reasons: The first reason he thought, was that a good share o� that land was still in large pieces and there were still some sizeable areas that could be developed as subdivisions; that they had wondered if, possibly by sprinkling trailer homes through that area, it would hinder that property from growing in the future and that it needed a permanent type of housing as opposed to mobile homes. Secondly, there was no sewer facilities at all in this area although there was City water, ac I for these reasons they thought possibly it would not be a good thing; althogh it could always be extended to that point. Be said they had discussed the possibility of soneone coning in and developing a mobile home subdivision by actually platting it and then it would give them something to service with sewer. It was moved by Councilman Keys, seconded by Councilman McCluskey, that the City Attorney be in- structed to draw an ordinance amending the present ordinance on boundaries for placement of mobile homes. A� vote was taken and the motion carried. Report on Airport Commission nesting Councilman Keys reported on the Airport Commission meeting and said there was not a quorum so no official action had been taken but he thought it would be wise to give the Council an idea of their thinking HeLproceeded in saying that they wanted it completely understood by everyone, including the Planning Commission and anyone else that may have designs on the land, that the airport should remain as it is withou any ideas of selling it off for anything until such time as they had another airport. He said that, secondly' if it was at all possible to expand to the west, they felt that the expansion to the west would be the first priority, and, in the event that the necessary land cc not be acquired to do this, then; the feeling was that we should look in the near future toward the purchase of another piece of property that would be suitab e for an airport with the idea of moving the airport at a future date to provide a longer runway and more adequate facilities for thr. City as it grows. Councilman Keys stated that he thought this was all he needed to say about the meeting unless Councilman McCloskey had something further to add; however, he thought it I would be well if the Council were advised on just what the thinking was of the Commission at this point. Combining office of Building Inspectc° & Sanitation Officer Councilman Keys stated then that, at the beginning of this year, the two offices of Building i 411 Inspector and Sanitation Officer had been combined and Mr. Du-fur had been appointed as the administrator of both offices. He stated that it had been brought to his attention and, if you looked at the building report presented this evening, the work load in that department had become increasingly heavy as time had gone by; that he would like to say that he had been fairly close to the building department and, as far as he was con- cerned, Mr. Dcfur had started out completely green at the job; had gotten his feet on the ground and was doin a yeoman's job of taking care of the building department needs. He added that he thought Mr. Dufur was to be commended for the job that he was doing with the inspections and public relations, however, he had talked to the Mayor and some of the Councilmen and he thought the time had come to add another staff member, possibly as an assistant to Mr. Dufur. Councilman McCluskey stated that FSr. Dufur was doing a good job and he thought he did need some help as did the City Engineer and he would agree, if someone could also help in Mr. lawis's department; however, he wished to go on record in that he would not go for a full time Sanitation officer. Councilman Keys stated that he would like to recommend that another man be hired as an assistant to Mr. Dufur and Mayor Carpenter said that he thought this would be the right approach. In answer to the question, the City Engineer stated that he thought the qualifications for this position should be that he be qualified to work on such things as Petitions and he explained the work now being done in the engineering department in providing information on applications for special permits in this Councilman Davenport commented in that he thought this would be good business in that other things not being done and he was in favor of doing this. It was moved by Councilman Keys, seconded by Councilman Dakan, that we proceed to find an assistant the Building & Sanitation Official. Councilman Martin stated that the decision, at the time, was made in looking at the work load in a office and towards some saving in salary and he thought the change was good judgement; that now it was arent that the work load had increased and, by adding another employee a better job could be done and some p also be provided for the Public Works Department. Mayor Carpenter commented in that he thought the operations of the office would be smoother by ng both together. After some further discussion, a vote was taken and the motion carried. Bills for End-September It was moved by Councilman Martin, seconded by Councilman Dakan, that the warrants for claims and payrolls be approved as per list and filed in the City Clark's office. Such warrants being in the totals as follows: Warrant Numbers 778 thru 822, General Fund: ----------------------- ------------------- $ 4,273.70 Warrant Numbers 430 thru L55, Water & Sewer Fund: Water ----------------------- - - - --- 773.32 Water, Capital ----------- - - ------ 6,497.48 Treatment Plant ----------- - - - - -- 405.28 Water, General Office -- -- - - -- 382.20 Water, General office - Capital - - -- 209.60 Sewer Maintenance 28.36 Warrant Numbers 800 thru 844, Special Funds: Fire ------ ---- ------- -- ------ - - - - -- 79.55 Cemetery -- ---------- --- ----- --- - -- 161.30 Street ---- ---- --- -- ----- --- -- -- - - -- 3,845.95 Street, Capital ----------- - - - - -- 179.95 Sanitation ----------------- - - - --- 165.00 Ar mory ----------- --- -----'--- - - - - -- 120.00 Irrigation - --- ----- ---- - - - - -- - - -- 185.91 L.T.D. No. 66 -- ------- ------ ------- 346.51 Sanitation, Contract --------- - --- -- 7 495 Warrant Numbers 1516 thru 1592, (excepting /1520, x,`1521, #1522, #1523, #1524, and , #1525) General Fund payroll - September -------- - - - - -- 33,333.23 Warrant Numbers 1593 thru 1655, (including #1520, #1521, #1522, #1523, and #1524) Special Funds payroll - September -------- ----------- 19,726.43 Warrant Numbers 1656 thru 1683, (including #1525) Water & Sewer Funds Payroll - September ------------ -------------- ---- ----- -- - - -- -- 7 919.46 88',358.98 A vote was taken and the motion carried. It was moved by Lbuncilman Keys, seconded by Councilman Dakan, that the meeting recess until 8;00 .M. on the 19th day of October, 1970. A vote was taken and the motion carried. The meeting recessed at 0:30 P.M. 412 COMrCIL CHWERS OCTOBER, 20, 1970 8:o0 p.M. The Council met pursuant to recess and acknowledgment of notice in the following formr There not being a quorum present on October 19, 1970, We, the under signed Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Caldwell, Idaho, do hereby acknowledge notice of a recessed meeting of the said City Council to be held in the Council Chambers in the City Hall in the City of Caldwell, Idaho, at the hour of 8too P.M., on the 20th day of October, 1970, for the transaction of all business in connection with the following objects New and unfinished business. Witness our aienatures this 20th day of October. 1970: Mayor Charles W. Carpenter presiding. Upon Roll Call, the following Councilmen answered present: Charles C. Banks, Allied H. Mccluskey, V. Jay Martin, C. A. "Chet" Davenport, and James R. Dakan. Absent. James W. "Bill" Keys. Variance to build house The following letter from Kerr Realty was read by the Mayor: Kerr Realty 706 Arthur St. Caldwell, Idaho SUBJECTi Lots 19 and 20, Block 51, Golden Gate Additicn to the City of Caldwell. TO- City Council Caldwell, Idaho October 20, 1970 Gentlemens Request that iT be granted a variance to build a home on the above mentioned lots. The home is the sane type we have built on lots 21, 22 and 23, 241 which each re- present 50 feet. We thank you for your attention in this matter. ml "I;A77 Very sincerely, /s/ Logan E. Kerr Logan E. Kerr K -S Lumber Representative The Mayor stated this is another piece of property over on the north side in the 600 Block on Elgir It has a 50 -foot frontage and is the some size as the other nieces of property that have been issued variances. He said Mr. George Dufur, Building Inspector, had checked it out and everything seemed to be in order. It was moved by Councilman McCluskey, seconded by Councilman Dakan the request for this variance be granted. A vote was taken and the motion carried. National League of Cities dues Mayor Carpenter read the following letter: The Honorable Charles W. Carpenter Mayor of Caldwell City Hall Caldwell, Idaho 33605 October 1, 1970 Dear Mayor Carpent Councilman