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Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — The Jamestown City Council’s Finance & Legal. Planning & Zoning, and Civic Center & Promotion Committees met Tuesday (Mar 19, 2013) at City Hall. Council Member Gumke was not present.
Finance & Legal Committee heard an update from SRF Consulting relative to the status of the Growth Development Plan and Technical Assistance Project.
Stephanie Falkers presented a draft which outlined the two issues.
She said under Growth and Development, a future land use plan is being put together.
SRF has been reviewing existing conditions in Jamestown, development in the recent past, and zoning issues.
She said future land use alternatives will be developed.
Nearby townships have been involved in the process.
She pointed out, on April 4, 2013 there will be a public meeting outlining the SRF land use draft, from 3-7 p.m., at the Quality Inn & Suites in Jamestown.
Copies of the future land use plan will be available soon at the JSDC web page,
Maps will also be available at the web site, and at city hall.
The committee considered entering into an agreement with Tyler Technologies for the procurement of accounting, tax and appraisal software for the City during 2013.
City Administrator Jeff Fuchs said the city is looking at joining Stutsman County in the venture.
He said in discussions with the county, the conversion will be phased in.
The County Commission approved the conversion at the March 2013 meeting.
The committee recommends the city take the funds from the reserve fund, then amend its budget, to payback, and enter into the agreement with Tyler Technologies.
The committee then heard from Holly Miller from the JSDC, and considered the request from Two Rivers Printing for Economic Development Funds to provide for up to $54,000 in Flex PACE Interest Buy Down Funds with the City Share to be $43,200, and paid from the City Sales Tax Fund.
The Jamestown/Stutsman Board of Directors approved Two Rivers Printing’s request for a Flex PACE Interest Buy Down for up to $54,000.
Two Rivers Printing applied for the loan to purchase the Waggin Tails Doggy Daycare building.
The building has been on the market for several months and Waggin Tails has accepted Two River’s offer to purchase the building.
The move will provide Two Rivers Printing the opportunity to expand their services and continue growing their business. Two additional full time employees will be hired, by June 2013, with full benefits.
The committee recommends approval of the request.
The committee received information from City Administrator, Jeff Fuchs, relative to the feasibility and impact of financing the Sanitary Lift Station Improvement Project from the City Share Special Assessments Reserve Fund.
He outlined funding possibilities , saying the city has funding available, through income from the city sales tax and the sanitary sewer improvement fund. He said in order for the project to continue with sales tax funding, the city sales tax will have to be extended past its current expiration date, of 2018, to 2032.
$545,250 would be the cost to the city annually, for bond repayment, for the estimated $5.8 million project.
If Special assessment funding is used, districts will need to be set up.
No recommendation was made on financing by the committee on Tuesday.
The committee considered the request from The Depot LLC, for an on-sale Beer & Wine License, specifically for the dining area, to be served with meals.
The committee recommends approval.
The committee discussed authorizing the submission of grants for Section 5311 and State Aid to Public Transit funding on behalf of Jamestown Taxi Service.
Mayor Andersen said the previous City Council mandated that the city would not authorize such grants. She said Jamestown Taxi Service currently receives a subsidy.
She said Last Leg Taxi now exists which did not when Jamestown Taxi was established.
With two taxis in town, a subsidy is no longer an option for Jamestown Taxi, as the city has competing taxi services.
Last Leg Taxi doesn’t receive a subsidy.
Jamestown Taxi Service owner, Doug Fogderud said Last Leg Taxi was purchased by Jamestown Area Ambulance Service.
He said without a subsidy Jamestown Taxi would not exist.
He pointed out James River Transit is also a competitor.
The committee recommends to make the grant application with Mayor Andersen voting in opposition.
The committee considered establishing amendments to the Taxi Licensing ordinances for the establishment of regulations for providing taxi services within the City.
City Attorney Ken Dalsted said, insurance, is one area that needs addressing in amending the city ordinance. Inspections are also of concerns, along with a required background check of the owner.
The committee recommends that Dalsted inquire of other cities as to what their taxi regulations consist of.
The committee considered the application of Ben Maulding for an animal permit to pasture and keep horses at 605 10th Avenue NW in the City.
A City Ordinance will need to be approved to make approval of the request, regarding a sunset clause.
The First Reading will come before the City Council.
Discussion was held relative to filling the City Forester position within the City.
City Administrator Jeff Fuchs said there was no response to advertisements for the position.
Mayor Andersen commented that the City Forester is a part time rather than a full time position, as has always been the case. She still suggest a contract service.
Some previous City Forester’s also worked for the street department.
The committee took no action. The City will look at options of hiring a City Forester.
Informational: Monthly departmental reports.
The committee discussed the possibility of providing for credit card payments for utilities, licenses, permit fees, etc.
Next month’s committee will look further into the issue.
Buffalo City Tourism Director, Searle Swedlund inquired about the contract extension (continuing Resolution) between the city and the Buffalo City Tourism Foundation, which is set to expire at the end of March 2013.
The committee put the issue on the April 1, 2013 City Council agenda without recommendation.
Swedlund said a Special Finance and Legal Committee meeting earlier, Tuesday with the BCTF Board was productive, and the Mayor said the city and Tourism is close to reaching an agreement on a new contract.
At the Special meeting discussion was held with the Buffalo City Tourism Foundation relative to entering into an agreement for financing of the foundation.
The committee the considered entering into an enterprise agreement with Buffalo City Tourism Foundation for financing.
No agreement was reached at Tuesday’s meeting.
The next draft will contain a range of $299,000 to $323,000 for the 2014 funding.
The city’s proposal includes the Tourism Foundation to submit a budget proposal by September 1, 2013, for the 2014 budget.
BUILDING, PLANNING & ZONING COMMITTEE
Draft Minutes of the March 11, 2013, Planning Commission meeting was presented.
It was noted that the Public Hearing and Second Reading of an ordinance to change the zoning of Lot 2, Berndt Addition), from M-2 (General Industrial and Manufacturing District) to POC (Public, Open Development and Conservation District) is scheduled for the April 1, 2013, City Council meeting.
Also the Public Hearing and Second Reading of an ordinance to change the zoning of Lots 1 & 2, Block 4, Hi-Acres Hillcrest Addition, from R-1 (One Family Residential District) to POC (Public, Open Development and Conservation District) is scheduled for the April 1, 2013, City Council meeting.
CIVIC CENTER AND PROMOTION COMMITTEE
Civic Center Manager Pam Fosse said the dance on Saturday March 16, 2013, at the Civic Center was orderly and the attendance was between 1800 and 2000.
The meeting was shown live on CSi Cable 67, followed by replays.
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News ) — The Jamestown Public School Board, Monday (Mar 18, 2013) reviewed options in the school districts growth, the next seven years.
Superintendent Bob Toso noted the anticipated growth at Spiritwood Energy Park, which could mean Jamestown Public Schools having an additional 600 students.
The South Central Dakota Regional Council and Maxfield Consultants, say the area will need roughly 1,200 new homes by 2020.
It’s anticipated that the population growth would add students to Gussner Elementary, or Louis L’Amour elementary.
Toso says options to spread out the increase in students at those schools include moving students to Washington Elementary School, which has room, or closing Washington and building additions to Gussner or Louis L’Amour or a combination of the two plans.
Another plan would be to realign schools to teach a specific grade level in each building.
For example, a school would house all the kindergarten and first grade students.
It was brought up that the plans will likely come from increases in school property taxes.
The Jamestown High School 22 mill tax levy is schedule to end in 2017.
Toso said some of those mills could be transferred to any new building, with voter approval.
In other business, the School Board okayed paying $5,000 to the Two Rivers Activity Center committee, if other groups contribute to fund the next stage in development of the proposed building,
The meeting was recorded and is now showing on CSi Cable 10.
Jamestown, ND (Mar 19, 2013) — Fresh, cut daffodils are being delivered through Friday 22, 2013 by Jim and Linda Bender, that were pre-ordered to support the American Cancer Society.
Nellie Degen said the deliveries were postponed a day by the storm on Monday,
to the locations from which the flowers were ordered.
Don’s House of Flowers kept the flowers fresh until they are delivered, and is the distribution point.
Also starting Tuesday, additional daffodils are available for purchase, at the Buffalo Mall’s, K-Mart entrance.
Community Relations Manager, Mary Dahl, of Fargo says, the Cancer Society’s Flower of Hope, is a sign of renewed life.
She says Daffodil Days comes at a time of year when a sign of spring is a welcome sight.
She adds, once again the Jamestown High School National Honor Society, under the supervision of Tammy Mullowney, along with Community Representatives, Bill & Nellie Degen and Jim & Linda Bender, hosted the event in Jamestown and neighboring communities of Stutsman County.
The Society would like to share that every bouquet of daffodils purchased is appreciated, and that the dollars raised by the event will be used to help the American Cancer Society continue its funding of cancer research, its state and national legislative advocacy, and its many educational and patient service programs.
A portion of the money raised by past Daffodil Days in Stutsman County is presently being used to support Look Good … Feel Better, Reach to Recovery, Patient Lodging Program, and Transportation Assistance, which are very successful and well-utilized programs here in the area.
The money raised locally is also helping to fund the Society’s Cancer Resource Centers. Patients and their families from Jamestown and throughout North Dakota have been visiting these Centers for information and assistance following their diagnosis of cancer.
The Society’s research program is the largest, private, not-for-profit source of funding for cancer research in the United States, second only to the federal government.
Jamestown, ND (KCSi-T.V. News) — A fire, Monday evening about 6:45 p.m., (Mar 18, 2013) that destroyed a shop building about three-fourths of a mile north of the Stutsman County Fairgrounds is under investigation.
Jamestown Rural Fire Department, Chief, Rick Woehl, says, three units an nine fire fighters were sent to the scene, in a field in a new development, in the area.
The scene was secured by the rural fire department and the Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office.
A people mover van body was utilized to keep personnel warm.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Officials say the McIntosh County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a tip that more than 100 cows died on a landowner’s property.
Deputy State Veterinarian Beth Carlson says the North Dakota Department of Agriculture received an anonymous complaint in January.
McIntosh County Sheriff Laurie Spitzer says the landowner said the cattle had been chased into a barn by wild dogs and trampled each other. Spitzer says she was first notified of the situation earlier this month.
Carlson says the agriculture department has contracted with a local veterinarian to perform necropsies on the animals. She says a preliminary report has been submitted, but she would not release details.
Spitzer said the investigation is continuing and that no charges have been filed. The landowner was not identified.
WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) – Bond has been set at $1 million for a Michigan man accused of stabbing to death his friend and roommate at an oil field crew camp in western North Dakota.
Thirty-one-year-old Ryan Anderson is charged with murdering 32-year-old Christopher King after an alcohol-fueled dispute early Sunday, and attempted murder for allegedly trying to stab another man. Authorities say Anderson and King were longtime friends who moved to Michigan to work in North Dakota’s oil fields.
Anderson appeared in court Tuesday without an attorney. Court documents do not list an attorney for him.
The Williston Herald reports that court documents indicate King and others at the crew camp intervened in a fight between between Anderson and his girlfriend early Sunday, and Anderson allegedly stabbed King four times.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – Two Mexican citizens have been sentenced to prison for being in the United States illegally.
Forty-nine-old Fermin Cadena-Solis and 40-year-old Adan Rodriguez-Garza pleaded guilty in federal court with reentry of a deported alien.
Authorities say Cadena-Solis was arrested in Minot after police responded to a report of a fight near the Guest Lodge Motel in September. He had previously been convicted of eight felonies in the U.S. and been deported eight times.
Rodriguez-Garza was apprehended after police responded to a traffic accident in Williams County in January. He was a passenger in a vehicle involved in the crash. Records show that Rodriguez-Garza was convicted of aggravated assault in Texas in 1997 and deported.
Cadena-Solis was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison. Rodriguez-Garza received one year in prison.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota lawmakers have passed a bill that requires commercial roll-your-own cigarette machine owners to register their equipment and pay the same taxes as name-brand packaged smokes.
North Dakota’s House passed the bill 69-25 on Tuesday. The Senate earlier approved the measure.
The state Tax Department pushed the measure.
The loose pipe tobacco used by the machines is taxed by the state at just one-tenth the rate of cigarettes. A pack of cigarettes is taxed by the state at 44 cents a pack.
The measure redefines cigarettes and list businesses that use the commercial rolling machines as tobacco manufacturers.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – A bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging Republican Gov. Jack Dalrymple to veto measures that would give North Dakota the most restrictive abortion laws in the U.S. Republican state Rep. Kathy Hawken of Fargo says about 10 senators and representatives from both parties met with Dalrymple this week. The lawmakers worry about cost of possible legal challenges to the law.
MEDORA, N.D. (AP) – An oil company has staked out an area near the site of Theodore Roosevelt’s historic Badlands ranch in western North Dakota. But XTO Energy spokesman Jeff Neu calls reports that the company is intending to drill near the ranch premature, and the company is consulting with federal officials about an alternative location. Any oil wells would require a federal permit.
MINOT, N.D. (AP) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency is giving the city of Minot about $2.1 million for the first phase of a project to protect the city’s water treatment plant with a floodwall. Minot was hit by historic Souris River flooding in the summer of 2011. More than 4,000 homes, businesses and other structures were affected.
In Sports
WDA Girls Basketball All-Conference list
Bismarck High – Naomi Rust, Keisha Engelhardt
Bismarck Century – Hannah Larson, Macy Lynch, Jordyn Jossart
Belcourt – Whitney Wallette
Dickinson – Ali Moody, Rachel Schroeder
Jamestown – McKayla Orr, Kyra Dewald, Paige Peterson
Mandan – Courtney Goetz, Lexi Goldade
Minot – Loni Bryantt, Andie Hankla
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Indiana 95 Orlando 73
Final Denver 114 Oklahoma City 104
Final Milwaukee 102 Portland 95
Final Sacramento 116 L-A Clippers 101
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Florida 4 Carolina 1
Final Columbus 4 Nashville 3
Final N-Y Rangers 3 New Jersey 2
Final Ottawa 5 N-Y Islanders 3
Final OT Buffalo 3 Montreal 2
Final Pittsburgh 2 Washington 1
Final Winnipeg 3 Boston 1
Final Vancouver 3 St. Louis 2
Final Los Angeles 3 Phoenix 2
TOURNAMENT…
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – The NCAA men’s basketball tournament has opened in Dayton, Ohio, where Saint Mary’s knocked off Middle Tennessee 67-54 after North Carolina A&T nipped Liberty 73-72. Matthew Dellavedova shot 5-for-7 from three-point range and finished with 22 points, six rebounds and four assists for the Gaels. Jeremy Underwood scored 19 points to lead A&T to its first ever NCAA tournament victory in 10 tries.
CBI
First Round
at Laramie, Wyo.
Final Wyoming 67 Lehigh 66
at Santa Clara, Calif.
Final Santa Clara 77 Vermont 67
at TD Bank Arena
Final George Mason 78 Coll. of Charleston 77
CIT
First Round
at Baltimore
Final Loyola (Md.) 70 Boston U. 63
at Boiling Springs, N.C.
Final E. Kentucky 69 Gardner-Webb 62
at Chase Family Arena
Final Rider 0 Hartford 0
at Evansville, Ind.
Final Evansville 84 Tennessee St. 72
at Greenville, N.C.
Final East Carolina 66 Savannah St. 65
at Youngstown, Ohio
Final Youngstown St. 99 Oakland 87
NCAA
First Round
at University of Dayton Arena
Final NC A&T 73 Liberty 72
Final Saint Mary’s (Cal) 67 Middle Tennessee 54
NIT
First Round
at Charlottesville, Va.
Final Virginia 67 Norfolk St. 56
at College Park, Md.
Final Maryland 86 Niagara 70
at Denver
Final Denver 61 Ohio 57
at Moon Township, Pa.
Final Robert Morris 59 Kentucky 57
at Philadelphia
Final St. John’s 63 Saint Joseph’s 61
at Provo, Utah
Final BYU 90 Washington 79
at Stanford, Calif.
Final Stanford 58 Stephen F. Austin 57
at Tallahassee, Fla.
Final Louisiana Tech 71 Florida St. 66
at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Final Alabama 62 Northeastern 43
NFL…
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Vikings have signed offensive lineman Seth Olsen. He was on the Vikings practice squad in 2010 and spent the past two seasons playing in Indianapolis. Olsen grew up in Willmar before playing college ball in Iowa.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Indianapolis Colts signed Matt Hasselbeck a day after the 37-year-old quarterback was released by the Tennessee Titans. The Colts have him penciled in as the backup and mentor for Andrew Luck. Hasselbeck is a three-time Pro Bowl selection who led Seattle to the Super Bowl in 2005.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – NFL team owners have approved a $200 million loan to the Minnesota Vikings for the team’s new $975 million stadium in downtown Minneapolis. The loan will be part of the $477 million the Vikings will contribute toward the stadium. Team vice president Lester Bagley calls the loan “a big step forward.”
GOPHERS..
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Minnesota is gearing up for the NCAA tournament at the tail-end of an up and down season. The Golden Gophers were ranked as high as eighth in the country before ending the regular season off the top 25. Minnesota will face a banged-up UCLA team on Friday.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The last season of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association’s traditional look has been as strong as ever. Minnesota State, Minnesota, St. Cloud State, Wisconsin, Colorado College and North Dakota are left in the WCHA tournament this year. Eight of the league’s current 12 teams are leaving for other conferences after the season.
WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC-CHAMPIONSHIP
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The Dominican Republic has completed a perfect run through the World Baseball Classic by blanking Puerto Rico 3-0 in the championship game at San Francisco.
Edwin Encarnacion (ehn-kahr-nah-see-OHN’) hit a two-run double in the first inning and Erick Aybar (EYE’-bahr) added an RBI double to support winning pitcher Samuel Deduno, who allowed two hits over five innings.
In world and national news…
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – President Barack Obama is promising that the United States’ alliance with Israel is “forever.” Obama arrived in the Middle East nation today, on a trip that also will take him to the West Bank and Jordan. Israeli President Shimon Peres welcomed Obama, declaring that “A world without America’s leadership, without her moral voice, would be a darker world.” Peres said, “A world without your friendship, would invite aggression against Israel.”
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Experts say a cyberattack orchestrated by North Korea is likely to blame for a major computer crash in South Korea today. Computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters crashed en masse, paralyzing bank machines across the country. There were reports of skulls popping up on some computer screens. Some computers came back online more than 2 1/2 hours later.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – The U.S. military and the Afghan government have reached a deal on a gradual pullout of American special forces and their Afghan counterparts from the contentious Wardak province in the east. Afghan President Hamid Karzai has blamed the troops for egregious human rights abuses in Wardak province, allegations which U.S. military officials have steadfastly denied.
MONUMENT, Colo. (AP) – Authorities in Colorado are looking for a suspect in the shooting death of the Department of Corrections director. A sheriff’s spokesman says Tom Clements was shot to death Tuesday night when he answered his front door in Monument.
OCALA, Fla. (AP) – Police in Ocala, Fla., have cited country singer David Allen Coe for running a red light before crashing into a tractor-trailer early Tuesday. A message on Coe’s website says the 73-year-old is “recuperating from his accident and will be ok.” Coe’s agent tells the Ocala Star-Banner that his upcoming concerts in St. Louis and Louisville, Ky., have been canceled.
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