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Commissioners Minutes
May 29,
2007
The Board of Adams County
Commissioners met this day with the following present: Chairman Bill Brown,
Commissioners Mike Paradis and Joe Holmes and Clerk Sherry Ward.
Whereas the following
proceedings were had, to-wit:
Chairman Bill Brown opened
the Adams County Commissioner meeting.
MINUTES: Mike Paradis made a motion to
approve the minutes for May 21, 2007 and Carr Ranch Public Hearing dated
May 16, 2007. The motion was
seconded by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
Jeff Howard joined the
meeting.
ROAD & BRIDGE: Tom Glenn, Road Supervisor, was
present to update the Board.
Tom gave the Board a brochure on a mowing machine for review. Tom said a mowing machine from
Metro Equipment for $14,000.00 was of interest. If purchased the machine would replace the tractor in
Indian Valley. The Board
gave Tom the go ahead to look at the mowing machine. Seal coating is done and will
start work on Ferrell Lane soon.
The tire man will be here mid-June.
SHERIFF MATTERS: Rich Green, Sheriff, joined the
meeting. Rich gave an update
on the waterways grant from Parks and Recreation. The jet skis are at Carl’s Cycle
fro trade in on new jet skis.
The trade-in value is the match the County had to have for the
grant. The jail inspection from the Jail Association will be in June
sometime.
INDIAN HEIGHTS PUD: A public hearing is set for June
18, 2007, at 6:00 pm, Courtroom of the Courthouse. All adjacent landowners will be
notified.
BJ HALL STORAGE
UNITS: The Board set
a hearing for the conditional use permit for BJ Hall for June 18, 2007,
at 1:30 pm. All adjacent
landowners will be notified.
RECORDING PUBLIC
HEARINGS: All public
hearings will be recorded from this date forward.
HOSPITAL TAXING
DISTRICT: Myron
Gabbert, Prosecuting Attorney, was present to discuss dissolving the
taxing district. Myron was
directed to look into the proper way and create a resolution for
dissolving the district.
SIGNS ON GLENDALE
ROAD: Myron Gabbert,
Prosecuting Attorney, said the signs on the Glendale Road are on the
County right of way and need to be taken down. The Board directed Myron to prepare a letter to the
landowners.
CANCELLATION OF TAXES: Cancellations for Deanna Page,
Hubbard Timberlands and Michael Schaffer were presented to the
Board. Joe Holmes made a
motion to approve cancellations.
The motion was seconded by Mike Paradis and passed unanimously.
2007 ASSESSED VALUE
APPRAISAL/RATIO STUDY:
Cliff McLean, State Tax Commission, and Karen Hatfield, Assessor,
were present. Cliff said two
categories did not comply with the ration study; Category 12-rural residential
and Category 48-Manufactured home/land. The trend will make the County increase the value on
the land by 10% and 10% on improvements to meet the standards. In New Meadows area, the increase
will be 20% on land only, no increase on improvements. Karen Hatfield said the County is
at the end of the 5-year reappraisal cycle. The new cycle will start up soon with some changes
implemented. The homeowner’s
exemption is going from $75,000.00 to $89,000.00.
BIOMASS: Pete and Elaine Johnston were
present to give an update on biomass subcommittees. Pete said he gave a presentation
to Clearwater County. Pete
said he has met with Dave Mathis and Murray Dalgleish to discuss biomass
issues. Pete said he has
been in contact with Clete Edmunson in getting a stateside task force
created. The rural
development grant is a two-tier system, the woody biomass scored a 109
out of 115 possible points, and if the grant is given to the woody
biomass project it is a $50,000.00 grant for the next two years.
RALPH WILSON: Ralph Wilson came before the
Board regarding a new road the Council Greens project is building near
his property. Ralph said
some of the road is being built on his property. Bill Brown said that the issue is
a civil matter and the Board cannot do anything about it.
CARR RANCH REZONE
DECISION: Present
were: Loraine Carr, Brad
Masingill, Lucia Knudson, Shelly DeMoss, Carey Campbell, Gordon Sorenson
and Don Horton, Subdivision Administrator. Bill stated the hearing had been left open for 10 days
for written comment. One
written comment had been received.
Bill said Southwest District Health has said Adams County is a
county of concern for West Nile and the proposed ponds on the Carr Ranch
Subdivision is a concern.
The conditions are as follows: 1) Ponds must not be stagnate water
must run through them. 2)
Primary and secondary access roads, South End Road being a major concern,
the developer must bring the road up to County standards. Gordon Sorenson, Engineer for the
developer asked if the roads were petitioned roads because if they were
they may have a 60-foot right of way. 3) The septic system. 4) The water wells. 5) Lot sizes; 3 acres to maybe 5 acres. 6) Bridges. All conditions must be answered
prior to preliminary plat.
Bill stated the perimeter must be fenced and roads must be
paved. Gordon Sorenson said
the developer is very much aware of the conditions. Gordon said the roads will be
paved and made public and is aware of the housing authority 10% fee. Bill brought up a letter the
Board received from the City of New Meadows who is interested in a
coordination of effort with the County on the South End Road. Bill would like to see not all
impact be on one developer, if more in the future other developers would
have to come up with costs.
Don Horton said South End Road is a big issue, stating the Board
will not look at the preliminary plat until conditions have been
met. Mike Paradis brought up
another concern which is the homeowners need to understand what the rural
life style is like such as what is the meaning of open range. Gordon has a concern regarding
the one-year term on the rezone, he asked about an extension. The Board said one-year extension
could be granted. Loraine
Car stated the difference from the Westside of the Valley to the
Eastside, water has always been found on the Westside. The Board made a decision to
allow the rezone stating the conditions must be in place prior to the
preliminary plat approval.
Mike Paradis made a motion to approve the rezone from ATG to
R-1. The motion was seconded
by Joe Holmes and passed unanimously.
With no further business to
come before the Board the Board recessed until June 11, 2007.
ATTEST:__________________________
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Sherry Ward, Clerk of the Board Bill Brown,
Chairman of the Board
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