Wayne Byers Show – Evening – Nov 7

CSi Weather…

TONIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. NORTHWEST WINDS

5 TO 10 MPH.

.TUESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S. WEST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH.

.TUESDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. SOUTH WINDS

5 TO 10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY…SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO

10 MPH.

.WEDNESDAY NIGHT…CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S.

.THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE UPPER

50S. LOWS IN THE 30S TO LOWER 40S.

.VETERANS DAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE UPPER

40S. LOWS IN THE MID 30S.

.SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY…MOSTLY CLEAR. HIGHS IN THE MID 50S.

LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 30S.

Dry and warm conditions are expected to continue to end the work

week and through the weekend without any appreciable chances for

precipitation.   Several (relatively) cold fronts passing through the

region and associated temperatures, although still expected to

remain above average.

 

Jamestown (CSi)  The Jamestown City Council met in Regular Session Monday evening at City Hall.

All members were present.

 

NO CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS DISCUSSED SEPARATELY AND WERE APPROVED

REGULAR AGENDA

RESOLUTIONS:

The City Council considered the request of Joel Onsurez for Renaissance Zone incentives by granting a five (5) year 100% property tax exemption and to recommend the State of N.D. grant a five (5) year 100% state income tax exemption on Lot 1 and the N49.7 feet of Lot 2, Block 46, Klaus Addition (104 3rd St. SE the Former Masonic Temple). The City Building Inspector will meet with Joel Onsurez concerning accessibility issues, and any possible changes in use, or application changes, scheduled for Wednesday this week.

Onsurez said an application to put the building on the National Register of Historic Places, is being looked at.

The item was tabled, pending the request.

 

ORDINANCES:

The City Council considered introducing the first reading of an ordinance to enact Section 6.7 of Appendix B and to amend and re-enact Section 9 of Appendix B and Section 11 of Appendix C of the City Code, pertaining to traffic impact studies which was tabled from the September 20, 2016, Committee Meeting.

Mayor Andersen feels that the Ordinance does not meet goals and is not development friendly.

She questions if an Ordinance is necessary, and that the City Council can be decided on a case by case basis.

Questions arose in the past concerning ordinances requiring studies, triggers for the requirement and if the developer is required to pay for the traffic impact study.

City Planning Commission Chairman Dave Hillerud says an Ordinance would have more teeth than having a policy in place.

City Council Member Phillips favors the Ordinance, as “a place to start.”

Following discussion, the City Council voted  3-2 to  introduce a First Reading.

Council Members Andersen and Gumke voted no.

 

A FIRST READING of  an ordinance to amend and re-enact a Section of the City Code

pertaining to standards for repair, vacation or demolition.

 

Approved  was the SECOND READING of an Ordinance, to repeal a Section of the City Council pertaining to dispensing of alcoholic beverages prohibited on certain days.

 

Approved was a SECOND READING an Ordinance, to amend and re-enact Sections of the City Code pertaining  to definitions, allowed uses and parking requirements for senior and assisted living uses.

 

A PUBLIC HEARING was held concerning an Ordinance to amend a Section of the City Code to change the zoning of the West 1,690’ of the South 400’, less the West 620’ of the SW

¼ of Section 14, Township 140, Range 64 West, located within the One Mile Extraterritorial Area of the City of Jamestown, Stutsman County, North Dakota, from C-2 and R-1 to C-1.

No one spoke.

 

Following the Public Hearing the City Council   approved  the    SECOND READING of Ordinance  to enact the Ordinance.

 

HEARING FROM THE AUDIENCE:

Jamestown Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Becky Thatcher-Keller asked about the recycling contract with Renaissance Recyling.

City Attorney, Leo Ryan said the Request for Proposals are being reviewed, for clarification and any changes.  He said the established time line is on schedule.

 

Brian Hanson from Budget Sales and Service restated that his business has issues with parking at his business on 10^th Street Southeast.  City Administrator Jeff Fuchs said the City Ordinance requires the commercial business provide ten off street parking spots.  Fuchs said the business is not a commercial/residential business, and is zoned commercial.

 

Barb Lang spoke to the changes in plans for the road from Menards’s to Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

Mayor Andersen said one of the four landowners has not yet agreed to terms, and that a possible alternative route may be needed.

City Council member Buchanan asked Interstate Engineering if 37th street being considered to take traffic off 25th, to which Travis Dillman said is a possibility, as discussed previously, but not the preferred alternate.

 

APPOINTMENTS:

The City Council appointed Scott Roemmich to serve as a member of the Fire Code Board of Appeals for a three year term to expire November 2019.

 

Appointed David Mark Urquhart to serve as a member of the Jamestown Regional Airport Authority for a five year term to expire December 2021.

 

Appointed Mayor Andersen to serve as the City Council representative on the Jamestown Regional Airport Authority for a five year term to expire December 2021.

 

MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER’S REPORT:

Council Member Phillips said the City represented by City Attorney Leo Ryan will meet with Rodeo officials concerning complaints from Sanford Clinic pertaining to debris left in the parking lot on the east side of the building from the recent Rodeo held at the Jamestown City Civic Center.

 

OTHER BUSINESS:

The City Council voted to spend $15,556 to repair a sidewalk void next to Babb’s Coffee House.

A concrete retaining wall will be installed next to the building, followed by repairs to the curb and gutter and sidewalk.

The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67, followed by replays.

 

 

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Mayor Katie Andersen says there may a change in plans to establish the road from Menard’s to Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

On Monday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2 she said, negotiations with one landowner Liechty Associates has not succeeded.  At issue is how much the special assessments are for the landowner.

Liechty Associates owns less than one-third of the distance of the road

Three other landowners along the originally planned route have agreed to terms with the city including, John Correll, along with the Anne Carlsen that owns land along the route, and Jamestown Regional Medical Center.

Preliminary estimates for the road at about one mile is at an estimated $1 million.

 

Mayor Andersen pointed out that the second access road to JRMC was identified as one of the top priorities by the Land Use and Transportation Plan.

She added that a new route would mean negotiating with landowners and notifying companies with utility easements along the route would begin. She believes bids could still be let for the project in early 2017, with construction to begin in the spring of 2017.

The City Council has not yet decided on a payment plan, including how bond payments would be made before  development in the area in previous meetings.

She said a new route would likely make the road longer and increase costs.

The City Council’s joint committee meeting on November 22^nd is likely to address the issue, after the city meets with landowners.

Presently those accessing JRMC use either the frontage road that runs next to I-94, to the Highway 281/52 bypass, or they get on I-94 at the 17^th Street Southwest entrance

 

Valley City  (CSi)  The public is invted to Medicine Wheel Park at 4:45 pm on Sunday, November 13, 2016 to experience the full impact of the Supermoon and share this experience with friends.

Sunset is at 4:59 pm

Moonrise is at  4:56 pm

Actual moment of full Moon is at 7:52 am CST

More info about Supermoon       https://science.nasa.gov/news-articles/2016-ends-with-three-supermoons

 

Jamestown  (CSi)  On Friday November 4, 2016, Jamestown Middle School students in grade 6,7 and 8, made their voices heard in mock election vote.

461 total votes were cast for president, with Donald Trump receiving 54.4% of the vote, with Hillary Clinton receiving 24.9% with the balance for “other” Candidates.

For North Dakota governor, 451 votes were cast, with Doug Burgum receiving 69.8% of the votes, with Marvin Nelson picking up  17.3% of the votes, and Marty Riske with 6.9%

Lincoln, St. John’s Academy and North Alternative School student also vote.

 

Valley City (CSi)  In honor of Veterans Day, the VCSU Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta, welcomes Sgt. Dean Peterson.

He will be presenting his extraordinary persona experiences during the Viet Nam War.

The presentation with be on Tuesday November 8, 2016 at 3-p.m., at VCSU’s  Rhoades Science Center, in room 102.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota residents are on pace to break a record for early voting for the third straight presidential election.

Almost 122,000 people already had voted by Monday morning and before Election Day polling locations were to open Tuesday.

About 130,000 people voted in the 2012 general election, breaking the record set in 2008 by about 10,000 votes.

North Dakota Secretary of State Al Jaeger says there are still about 13,000 absentee and mail-in ballots that have not been returned. And some early voting precincts, including one in Bismarck, were open until Monday night.

Historically, presidential elections draw far more voters than midterm elections.

The ballot this year in North Dakota includes candidates for president as well as for governor, several statewide offices and five ballot measures.

 

Update…

GRAFTON, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say a 61-year-old North Dakota woman was killed when she crashed her all-terrain vehicle on a gravel road in Walsh County.

The accident happened about 7 p.m. Sunday on a township road near Grafton. The Highway Patrol says in a news release that Gail Marie Osowski  was driving northbound on 159th Avenue when she made an abrupt left turn “for reasons unknown” and lost control of the vehicle. The ATV entered the ditch and rolled.

The victim was dead at the scene. The patrol says she was not wearing a helmet or using any safety restraints.

 

Update…

(CSi)  The North Dakota Highway Patrol has identified a 27 year old Mission, Texas man who died in a crash Sunday morning about 7:06-a.m., on Highway 32, four miles southwest of Fordville.

The report says, Rigoberto Alvarez was operating a 2002 Chevy Tahoe southbound when the vehicle entered the east ditch, for an unknown reason.

He over corrected to the right and drove back onto the roadway.  He failed to maintain control and the SUV re-entered the east ditch and rolled.

He was ejected, not wearing a seat belt, and died at the scene.

Assisting the Highway Patrol was the Walsh County Sheriff’s Office.

 

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A man described by U.S. authorities as the ringleader of a lottery scam that bilked at least 70 people out of millions of dollars has been arrested in Jamaica.

A news release from the Jamaica Constabulary Force says 27-year-old Lavrick Willocks was taken into custody Saturday after he was found hiding in a garden at a Kingston hotel. Authorities say a woman who tried to help him escape was also arrested.

Willocks faces numerous charges in U.S. federal court, including conspiracy, wire fraud and money laundering. The process to extradite him began three years ago.

The case wound up in North Dakota after a FBI agent from Bismarck interviewed a Harvey woman who said she was defrauded out of $300,000.

Willocks is expected to appear Tuesday in a Jamaican court.

 

MINOT, N.D. (AP) — The Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft environmental impact statement for the proposed Souris River flood protection project in Ward County and is accepting public comments through Dec. 22.

The Minot Daily News reports that the draft recommends a plan the Souris River Joint Board has proposed, which includes nearly 19 miles of new levees, nearly 3 miles of new floodwalls, two channel realignments totaling nearly 2 miles, two high-flow bypass diversions, 21 transportation closure structures, the reconstruction or modification of six bridges and 121 acres of overbank excavation.

The draft says the estimated cost is $589 million to $1 billion.

The new features would accommodate flows up to 27,400 cubic feet per second, which is the estimated flow during a 2011 flood in Minot.

 

DETROIT LAKES, Minn. (AP) — A Lake Park man suffered a leg wound when he was shot while hunting in Becker County.

The sheriff’s office says 45-year old David Shaw was in one of two groups hunting on the same public land in Cormorant Township on Saturday. One of the hunters fired at a deer and the bullet struck Shaw in the leg.?

He was flown to a hospital in Fargo, North Dakota, for treatment. His condition wasn’t available.?

The shooting remains under investigation.

 

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s Commerce Department has awarded a workforce development grant to the State College of Science in Wahpeton.

Science is getting $400,000 to support the heating, ventilation and air conditioning technology program that it offers in partnership with the Trane company.

State workforce enhancement grants require a dollar-for-dollar match with private money.

 

In sports…

Jamestown (CSi)  Jamestown Parks and Recreation reports that with the exception of Tuesday, Hillcrest Golf Course is open the rest of this week, through Sunday.

 

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