PZ - Policies Recommended for the next Strategic Plan updateStrategic Actions Page 1 of 6
Actions to Consider for Strategic Plan
(work in progress)
Strategic Action Origin Topic Type Staff Recommendation / Notes
Enforce City Code regarding the operation of
electronic signs so they are not distracting to
motorists
SC Signs Process
Modify existing City Code to match State rules,
especially in the prohibition of animation on
electronic signs (or incorporate by reference?)
SC Code update Regulatory
Establish a formal design review committee.SC Design Review Process
Perform cost benefit analysis between software &
technology solutions verses staffing changes.
When possible delivery the most cost effective.
SC Staffing Process
Develop a specific Neighborhood or Special Area
Plan for the Fields area.
SC/staff Fields Area Study/Plan
Explore the option of the City acquiring vacant
lots to hold for future consolidation of lots and /
or development.
3.07.02J Acquisition CIP
Evaluate the need for design review guidelines for
single-family homes, particularly in Old Town.
3.07.02O Design Review Process
Work with ACHD, ITD and West Ada School
District to establish and map safe bicycle and
pedestrian routes to schools.
3.02.01H Safe Routes to
School
Study/Plan
Look for ways to streamline the permitting and
land use review process for approval of new
school facilities.
3.02.01G Schools Program/Service
Schedule regular meetings with City and County
planning staff to discuss projects and joint
planning efforts.
6.02.02D Partnerships Process
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Strategic Action Origin Topic Type Staff Recommendation / Notes
Coordinate with the Meridian Chamber of
Commerce to form a systematic business
visitation program based on industry clusters.
4.02.01C Business Visitiation
Program
Program/Service
Establish an annual business survey.4.02.01D Business Survey Program/Service
Create a program of ‘Ambassadors’ engaging the
community businesses in supporting economic
development in order to develop consistent
leadership and a sense of community.
4.02.01E Economic
Development
Program/Service
Encourage and provide resources for companies
to access a global market.
4.02.01F Economic
Development
Program/Service
Develop a new business website that reaches an
international market and creates a business
friendly model of services and delivers
comprehensive information about Meridian.
4.02.01H Economic
Development
Program/Service
Produce a guide for existing and prospective
business which includes the permit application
process, zoning overviews and economic
incentives.
4.02.02A: Permit Guide Program/Service
Provide information on available training
programs with local colleges and organizations
and provide contact information.
4.02.03C:Training Program Program/Service
Develop a specific brand positioning and
marketing plan for the City’s economic
development activities that will identify and
differentiate Meridian while clearly defining its
opportunities and advantages.
4.03.01A: Economic
Development
Program/Service
Create a GIS database of available properties with
detailed information on infrastructure and
entitlements.
4.03.01B: Land Inventory Program/Service
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Strategic Action Origin Topic Type Staff Recommendation / Notes
Work with COMPASS to analyze and monitor
demographic characteristics and trends using the
Development Monitoring Report.
3.01.01A Monitoring Program/Service
Regularly calculate ultimate build-out population
projections based on City’s current
Comprehensive Plan policies.
3.01.01C Land Inventory Program/Service
Develop incentives that encourage utilization of
unimproved or underdeveloped land within City
limits in order to maximize public investments,
and curtail urban sprawl.
3.01.01E Development
Incentives
Program/Service
Establish incentives for new commercial
development within under-utilized existing
commercial areas.
3.01.02B Development
Incentives
Program/Service
Support and improve upon current development
review process.
3.01.02C Development
Review
Process
Evaluate the allocation of land uses along the rail
corridor, particularly the amount of land
envisioned for industrial use; coordinate with
UPRR and other stakeholders.
3.05.01A Land Inventory Program/Service
Annually calculate percentage of each major land
use category developed during previous year and
compare to existing supply of vacant land in each
category.
3.05.01D Land Inventory Program/Service
Develop standards for integrating higher density
residential into existing subdivision development.
3.05.02B Development
Standards
Regulatory
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Strategic Action Origin Topic Type Staff Recommendation / Notes
Evaluate feasibility of establishing preservation
standards and incentives for protecting the long-
term use of land with prime agricultural soils for
agricultural purposes.
3.05.03G Agriculture
Preservation
Program/Service
Require screening and landscape buffers on all
development requests that are more intense than
adjacent residential properties.
3.06.01G Screening Regulatory
Review current regulations for issues that would
prohibit or discourage the type of mixed-use,
transit-oriented development desired within
areas planned for transit.
3.06.02A Code Review Regulatory
Work with Health and Welfare, Central District
Health, and community partners to develop
healthy initiatives.
2.01.01F Health Program/Service
Budget for the construction of Welcome signs
throughout the City.
2.01.03H Welcome Signs CIP
Pursue grant funding sources to leverage private
resources for restoration and preservation
projects.
5.02.01C Preservation
Funding
Process
Seek funding services for grants to promote
historic preservation.
5.02.02I Preservation
Funding
Process
Use the State Historic Preservation Office as a
resource.
5.02.02J Historic
Preservation
Process
When appropriate, nominate eligible properties
to the National Register of Historic Places.
5.02.02K Historic Inventory Process
Provide funding to the Historic Preservation
Commission through the City's annual budget.
5.02.02L Preservation
Funding
Process
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Strategic Action Origin Topic Type Staff Recommendation / Notes
Establish and maintain a system to survey and
identify cultural and historical resources within
City limits and maintain a local inventory of all
identified sites, buildings and resources.
5.02.02M Historic Inventory Program/Service
Develop City code to preserve and protect
historic and culturally significant structures and
sites.
5.02.02N Historic
Preservation
Regulatory
Re-evaluate residential density categories (i.e., R-
8 to R-15 to R-40 is too broad of a range) in
Unified Development Code.
3.07.02G Zoning Regulatory
Explore the creation of a business registry and
database.
4.02.01B Business Registry Program/Service
Review ordinances, code, and the permitting
process to ensure there are no stumbling blocks
to implementing green building, energy efficient
strategies and incentives.
5.06.02J Energy Efficiency Regulatory
Adopt a Dust Abatement Ordinance in
conformance with the prototype developed by
COMPASS for governments in the Treasure Valley.
Staff Air Pollution Regulatory
Coordinate population and household projection
with siting new schools.
3.02.01A Schools Program/Service
Coordinate efforts with the Department of Labor,
Boise MSA, and major employers to determine
education and training needs and catalogue to
identify deficiencies.
4.02.03A Workforce Training Program/Service
Research potential sites with the Meridian
Development Corporation for entertainment
venues and a civic center in Downtown.
4.04.01E Downtown CIP
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Strategic Action Origin Topic Type Staff Recommendation / Notes
Develop incentives that encourage higher density
housing throughout Old Town.
4.04.01I Housing Program/Service
Assist potential businesses with locating in
Downtown by providing process incentives.
4.04.01U Downtown Program/Service
Enforce City policy discouraging unnecessary
idling for city fleet vehicles.
5.03.01E City Fleet Program/Service
Obtain and utilize monitoring software to analyze
energy consumption in City facilities
5.04.01C Energy Efficiency Program/Service
Maintain a Critical Task Analysis plan for Fire and
Police responses within the jurisdiction.
6.05.01E Fire and Police Program/Service
Allocate resources to define, locate, map, and
establish response plans for target hazards within
the jurisdiction.
6.05.01H Hazard Mitigation Program/Service
Allocate resources to develop and implement
Community Risk Reduction programs.
6.05.01I Hazard Mitigation Program/Service
Work with Arts Commission to consider
developing a percentage of art set aside on new
development.
SC Arts and Culture Program/Service
Explore opportunities to work with the Parks and
Recreation Commission to create an individual
identity for each neighborhood park.
Parks
Master
Plan
Parks Program/Service