City Council - Regular Meeting

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All right. I wanted tonight for February 5th, 2026. We're glad to see you here. Always welcome to our meetings. Um it looks like we've got some students here. We're really glad to see you. So if you want to participate anyway, let us know. Um we'll begin tonight with the pledge of allegiance and Vir will lead us in that to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you. [clears throat] Katie, would you do the commissioner roll call, please? Randall Kemp here. Sally Smith here. Aaron Richards. Jim Lawrence here. Bruce Casper, yes. McKay Francis here. Brian Thckery here. Burn Mir here. Dan Hannah here. Tammy Guess here. Thank you very much. Um, we need to have an approval of the planning and zoning minutes for January 8th, 2026. If we could motion to accept those. I'll make a motion to accept the minutes. I'll second it.

We second it. You second it. I'll do Bruce. Okay. [laughter] [clears throat] Okay. Okay, we have that motion to accept the minutes as written. Any further discussion? And we have a second. Two seconds. Okay. All in favor? I.

Any opposed? Okay. Thank you. Okay. We do on our agenda tonight have a public hearing of approximately 1600 North Second East and this is for an annexation and reszone [clears throat] from TAG to CBC. Um [clears throat] and this property is in the act of the city of Rexburg and we're going to uh annex it and then we'll have a reszone on that property from transitional a to community business center. Um and do we have go ahead and present and then do we have the applicant here? They asked me to just present at this point if they want to chime in they're welcome to do that at any point. So

um this was presented to us a little while ago. Uh they are requesting annexation. Let me pull up the regular map so you can see it for me. This is the parcel right here that they're asking. Where'd you go? Doesn't want to put color in it. There's approximately 40 acres in this parcel. Um we have reviewed it. the city is in a position where they can supply water, sewer, uh access, all the things they need. We don't see a challenge in there uh as it gets further into it. Traffic impact studies will be required uh if depending on what goes into this property at that stage. So staff has reviewed it. We have no challenges with this and we recommend to you guys to recommend to city council for approval. and the zoning. We do not have to change the comp plan and this is tagged which to us is just kind of that holding point until they're ready to come into the city. We are comped for commercial here. They're requesting CBC community business center for this which fits within the comp plan.

Any questions for staff questions? And Alan the question I guess I have for you. So it's just the green portion there that you're we're asking for. Just what we highlight. Yes, that 40 acres. Okay. So then the city boundary would go correct. Okay. Thank you. What what's zoned around it? Uh you have tagged to the east. I believe you have tag to the south. And this is Sugar City's boundary up here. Let me put that on so you can see it. The temple across the road is still tagged.

Did not [clears throat] have to change that to be able to put the temple in there. So that's what you're looking at for zoning. There is light industry a little bit behind Walmart in there with tag along that frontage on Second East. We assume that when the church decides to develop the rest of their property, they'll be in looking at a res. [clears throat] Any other questions?

Okay. Um [clears throat] none, we'll go ahead and and u open our public hearing. Um if anyone would like to speak, we'd ask you to come forward and give your name and address. And um we will hear first from the people who are in favor of the proposal, then those who are neutral, and then anyone who is against the proposal. So we'll go ahead if anyone [clears throat] would like to come forward and and uh speak in front of the proposal. Okay, seeing none, anyone neutral? Nick Basil with Idawak Credit. Our address is 1586 North Second East. Um, my major concern would just be access as this property is developed. Right now, our access is before what the temple access would be. And if there's much more traffic, it would definitely impact our employees and patrons entering. Um, just as people would be turning left into the temple and we'd have people turning right in and tars and don't don't want to have any head-on collisions there. So, if this does go through, we just like the the access to be addressed and and how we'd be impacted in that. Thanks.

Okay. Thank you. Anyone else neutral? [clears throat] Okay. Anyone who [clears throat] would like to speak against this proposal. Okay. And I don't believe we've written have any written correspondence for that. Um would staff or the developer like to um do any rebuttal? Maybe speak to that question.

Uh just a little discussion on the access that was brought up. um we have visited with the developer and put give them the information to get in contact with them and we've informed them they need to work something out traffic impact study and that's also going to determine what has to go there and how they make that work. So that will be addressed in the platting process. [clears throat] Yeah. All right. I'm going to call it the Harris property. Yes.

Okay. Why the space between the Walmart road and the Harris property up there above? I see a little smaller green piece and the pink that extends on around behind Walmart. Different owner. Why that gap? It's just a different owner that has not chosen to develop or do anything. A different owner. Harris has only owned that 80 acres and then they split it and sold off the front 40. So the developer has only purchased 40 acres. They're the only one that's coming in

run city amenities from Walmart into that Harris property. They will have to do that. Yes. Again, is that lower portion that I'm talking about a part of the Harris? No. Property? No. Oh, okay. It is not. that is owned by Mountain Gold. I was just wondering if in couple months we're going to be doing this for that that piece also. You may why we jump over that piece and there's the parcel that's in between and that's open open owned by Mountain Gold. So it's just a different owner

and that piece is already in the city that's already in. go ahead and close our our public hearing portion and then we can do more discussion. Okay. So, other comments, questions. Jim, did you have a comment? Other right. Okay. Discussion commissioners questions. An annexation is still a recommendation to the city council. And are we taking are we taking care of both things in this?

You are doing a reszone and the annexation just so that everybody's clear on this. Yeah, you well you just included in the same motion. Yes. No, they can be done together. Alan, is there presently a road on that south side of that property or is that just a There is no road. That's just a property line boundary showing. [clears throat] It's currently being farmed by one person that's farming that whole area. Okay. Could I could I just have some clarification on right now? The blue light up at the top separates the Rexburg impact zone. Rexburg city from Sugar

the the blue line you see is Sugar's boundary. So that's their boundary. This is impact area and it's kind of a no man's land. There was dispute years ago and it came down to both cities finally agreeing whoever whoever the developer request will let them go where they need to go and this request came from the developer. So, but it's been in the Rexburg. It's kind of been a shared deal and it's kind of that, like I said, no man's. It really wasn't in theirs. It really wasn't [clears throat] in ours. They left it up to the developers to choose where they wanted to go.

Well, I like the idea of including that, annexing that into the city. Um and and the reason just for the location of it and it's right there as you come off of the highway. Uh it's a great place for future development and I I like the idea. I agree. I think it's about time probably that something happened. Yeah, I agree. I with Jim. I think um you know freeway interchange and there's no reason why this shouldn't be part of the city and then enveloped as commercial in my my view that's that's what I see in cities what we see in cities

and then as part [clears throat] of the transportation plan from either direction I mean they'll take care of if there's any widening or any access I mean access issues at all. Yes, they will have to. That'll determine the the traffic impact study will determine whether their stop light is required, whether they need more turning lanes. Uh depending on how they develop that road to the east, it will determine what happens with that. Um and then the developer will then work with the Idaho credit on making sure they have access. Right. Okay. Any other comments?

[clears throat] I guess we're ready for a motion. Um, go ahead. Oh, I'll make a motion that we recommend to city council that we uh approve the annexation um and the reszone from TAG to CBC for the property at 1600 North Second East. Um, it's it's a good way to develop this piece of property. It's because it's proximity to the to the highway and the value that it can bring to the the city of Rexford. I'll second that.

Right. It's been moved [clears throat] and seconded. Any further discussion? Can we uh amend that also to add that it's in harmony with the comprehensive plan? Yeah. and that it's in harmony with the comprehensive plan. Okay. Any further discussion? Okay. Um, all in favor? I. Any opposed? Okay. This will be recommended to city council then for their Okay. All right. Thank you very much. [clears throat] Okay. Um, so Alan, it says we don't have much else coming up, but anything going on that we should know about?

We've got some plats that are being developed right now that will be coming in front of you guys. Um, I'm not sure where. There's some more reszones that will also come in. I doubt they're going to make the next meeting probably the additional one. There may be one in the next meeting. We've been working on it for two years now and we still haven't got it done. They're they should have it. We're hoping. So, but yeah, nothing. Okay. All right. We should have at least one for the next meeting and maybe now the developers. These are the developers. Yes.

Yeah. So, why don't you introduce yourselves really quickly? Perfect. All right. Well, thank you for coming too. We appreciate it. All right. We will stand adjourned then. Okay. Thank you.