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dogs got out 2 or 3 days ago and killed a neighbors cat. They were .put back in the yard
and we were unable to find the owner. They got out again today and they killed two more
cats and were charging people. They charged the neighbor, we put her back into the
house and the dogs were then incarcerated. We still have not, we found out that the
owner of the dogs did not appear on the original complaint so there is a warrant issued for
his arrest. We can't find him now to charge him with the additional charges of today which
would be three more. I was going to talk with Council tomorrow on declaring the dogs a
nuisance. The owner was to be notified tonight and served the summons, the additional
summons and going to be requested to contact me and give me reasons why the dogs
should not be destroyed. But that is going to be at the next meeting. Hopefully we are not
going to do anything, the ordinance, animal ordinance says within 5 days we can destroy
the animals if they are declared a nuisance. I think we probably should wait the two weeks
and see if this guy contacts us. So that is where I am at there. The dogs are locked up
they will not be out again. I know that neighborhood is really in an uproar we spent all day
out there. So that is where I am on that.
(Inaudible)
Bentley: I have another question while you are here, how did the Rernax party go?
Gordon: Good, there weren't any problems this year. Other than the noise, it was the one
individual that complained the year prior.
(Inaudible)
Bentley: Also, Bob, did Claire Bowman call you tonight?
Corrie: Yes, he called the secretary and I said it was for the 20th, can we have it here at
7:00 on the 20th? (Inaudible)
Bentley: He was going to show up tonight because he did not break his hip again.
Corrie: (Inaudible)
Bentley: One last thing, since we have the golf course fully underway now, I would like to
see the Council request Mr. Lovan to come talk to us on two issues. One I would like to
see a or hear from him a plan of action with a time frame on a club house. And also I would
like to have discussions with him on renegotiating the lease.
Morrow: Well I think the issues there in terms of the club house are yes, there should be
some conversations there with respect to renegotiating the lease. The lease was signed
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and entered into in good faith some 17 years ago, I want be party of any renegotiation you
live by a deal (inaudible). Mr. Lovan automatically wants to change the lease on his own
that is an entirely different story. But in terms of us as a City aggressively pursuing
renegotiation for a mistake that was made by the original Council if it is a mistake the
mistake was that the lease was too long. The reality is that when his group leased that golf
course in 1978 they did so with the expectation of having 18 holes within 2, years. 17
years later there about they still don't have 18 holes. And so it is a two sided street.
(Inaudible) I kind of see it as a deal is a deal and word is a word. Good or bad you stick
by it. That is as I see it now. (End of Tape) club house facilities although there are
several other options there should he wish not to pursue a club house in the short term.
There are other options that we have discussed within our golf course committee.
(Inaudible)
Morrow: The other options are that you can have somebody else build the club house and
lease to a user. You could have somebody else operate a golf course club house and
serve those functions and then at the end of a period of time (inaudible) such as typical
lease hold improvements are. Similar to what went on at Warm Springs Golf Course in
Boise City with (inaudible). That particular golf course was built at no expense fo the City
but it was also (inaudible) I believe it was a 25 year period and then came (inaudible) at
the end of that period of time which is about now. So there are all kinds of options that can
go on there. The other thing is that Mr. Lovan's contract has a pick up date of I believe 5
years. He may choose to not pick up he may choose to pick up you don't know. The other
possibility is that (inaudible)
Corrie: At one time he did mention that he was willing to talk about more than $6000 a year
to me and I am not adverse to talking to him about it.
Morrow: Well that is fine if he wishes to initiate the conversation.
Corrie: No, he told me he would at one time agree to that to talk about it and I think we
should take him up on it. That is where I am coming from, he did say he thought that was
not enough and he might negotiate more money for this lease. He said that so 1 think that
is what he meant and take him up on it.
Morrow: The only thing I can tell you at this point in time in terms of the bulk of work that
we have done with the golf course expansion has not been a topic of conversation.
Corrie: I am sure it hasn't.
Morrow: The issue that has been a topic of conversation is getting the commitment on the
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road as we have discussed from"the Ashford Green folks that (inaudible) brought to
conclusion and say (inaudible) June of next year we should be having some plans with
respect to the club house at that point in time.
Corrie: I agree with that too, he doesn't own the land that he is sitting on now. That is Mr.
Fuller's property. If the Council members want to (inaudible)
Rountree: I would like to hear, I would like to get a full run down on that is going on with
the golf course. I think Walt is prepared to do that at the next meeting. I think it would be
good to have Wally tell us in terms of what we can hold him to what his plans are going
to be. I am not opposed to asking but I don't know that it is worth a great amount of effort.
I think if Mr. Lovan is not receptive to talking about the terms of the lease then there is no
point in pursuing because I think the legal fees it would cost us way more than we benefit.
I mean it is a pretty tight lease the way I read it. I wouldn't be opposed to ask him if he
would be willing to talk about it. If he says now then that is it it is a done deal.
Morrow: I don't disagree with that.
Bentley: I have one other question, the taxi cab situation?
Corrie: They are coming in to get their CUP and then we will have, I think you are working
on the ordinances at this point.
Crookston: I am working on a tax cab licensing.
Corrie: I told Mike Daily that he had to get a CUP, he was working without one. He is
coming in and seeing Planning and Zoning Director, hopefully he is, (inaudible). We have
been in conversation to get that CUP done and I got a letter saying he was. Charlie?
Rountree: Walt I mentioned earlier that Job Corps has approached me about wanting to
come and talk to the City about what they are going to be doing in the community or have
available to the community. I would request that we provide them whatever time you might
have 15 minutes, 20 minutes, a half hour at the next strategic planning meeting.
Morrow: I think if they want to use 15 or 20 minutes or so I don't think it should exceed 1 /2
hour.
Rountree: That is the 27th. I got a phone call from Mr. Aschenbrenner about his property.
He seems to think he wants to sell it to the City for a park. I didn't carry on much of a
conversation with him. He apparently has a building out there he thinks we might need as
well. But I did mention Walt's name and he seems to think that Walt is an okay guy. He