CC - Staff Report1
Charlene Way
From:Kevin Holmes
Sent:Wednesday, October 16, 2019 9:48 AM
To:Katrina Kulm; Courtney King; Meridian City Clerk; Bill Nary; Andrea Pogue; Ted Baird
Cc:Bill Parsons
Subject:Gem Prep Vacation H-2019-0100 Staff Report
Attachments:Gem Prep Meridian - VAC H-2019-0100 Staff Report.pdf
Attached is the staff report for the proposed Vacation for Gem Prep Meridian H-2019-0100. This item is
scheduled to be on the Council agenda on 10/22/2019. The public hearing will be held at City Hall, 33 E.
Broadway Avenue, beginning at 6:00 pm. Please call or e-mail with any questions.
Katrina - Please submit any written response you may have to the staff report to the City Clerk’s office
(MeridianCityClerk@meridiancity.org ) and myself (e-mail) as soon as possible.
Thank you,
Kevin Holmes | Associate City Planner
City of Meridian | Community Development Dept.
33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-489-0573 | kholmes@meridiancity.org
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HEARING
DATE:
10/22/2019
TO: Mayor & City Council
FROM: Kevin Holmes, Associate Planner
208-884-5533
Bruce Freckleton, Development
Services Manager
208-887-2211
SUBJECT: H-2019-0100
Gem Prep Meridian
LOCATION: The site is located at 2750 E. Gala Court,
in the NE ¼ of Section 20, Township
3N., Range 1E.
I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Request to vacate an existing 20’ x 20’ water easement located near the northeast corner of
Lot 7, Block 2 and the northwest corner of Lot 8, Block 2 of Gramercy Subdivision No. 1.
See Exhibit B.
A. Applicant/Owner:
Building Hope Gala Court, LLC
910 17th Street, Suite 1100
Washington D.C., 20006
B. Representative:
Erstad Architects
310 N. 5th St.
Boise, ID 83702
STAFF REPORT
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT
Description Details
Current Zoning C-G
History (previous approvals) AZ-06-021; PP-06-019; FP-06-048; CZC-10-040; A-2017-0112; A-2019-
0244
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II. STAFF ANALYSIS
The applicant is requesting approval to vacate a City of Meridian water and sanitary sewer easement
located on Lots 7 and 8, Block 2 of Gramercy Subdivision No. 1. Per Meridian City Code Title 11,
Chapter 5, City Council is the decision making body on this matter. There is a building under
construction on the site which requires the movement of the existing water line. Once this relocation
is complete, the existing easement on the plat will no longer be necessary. With the Certificate of
Zoning Compliance (A-2019-0244) for the building, staff required the applicant to vacate the
easement.
The applicant has received approval from the public works department to vacate the easement in
question, and abandon the existing utility stubs per Meridian Public Works Standards. Therefore, staff
recommends approval to vacate easement as proposed.
III. DECISION
A. Staff:
Staff recommends approval of the vacation application as proposed
Enter Summary of City Council Decision.
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IV. EXHIBITS
A. Legal Description and Exhibit of Easement to be Vacated
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B. Recorded Plat
Easement to be vacated
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V. CITY/AGENCY COMMENTS & CONDITIONS
Public Works Division:
A. The applicant has been provided plan review comments for the physical abandonment of
the utility stubs that are existing within the subject easement. Once the abandonments
have been completed per the Meridian Public Works Department Standards, there is no
objection to the vacation of the associated easements.