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CITY COUNCIL REGULAR
MEETING AGENDA
AMENDED AGENDA
City Council Chambers
33 East Broadway Avenue
Meridian, Idaho
Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at 6:00 PM
1. Roll -Call Attendance
X David Zaremba O Joe Borton
X_ Charlie Rountree X Keith Bird
X Genesis Milam X Luke Cavener
O Mayor Tammy de Weerd
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Community Invocation by Troy Drake with Calvary Chapel
4. Adoption of the Agenda Adopted
5. Proclamation for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
6. Consent Agenda Approved (Pg 3-4)
A. Final Order for Approval: FP 14-039 TM Creek Subdivision No. 1 by SCS
Brighton, LLC Located Southeast Corner of W. Franklin Road and S. Ten
Mile Road Request: Final Plat Approval Consisting of Eight (8) Building
Lots and One (1) Common Lot on 6.88 Acres of Land in a C -G Zoning
District
B. Bienville Square Subdivision No. 3 Water Main Easement
C. Resolution No. 14-1031: A Resolution Amending the Community
Development Block Grant Program Year 2013 Action Plan to Reallocate De -
obligated Prior Year Funds to the PY2013 Centennial Park ADA Restroom
Facility to Cover Cost Increases.
D. Resolution No. 14-1032: A Resolution Declaring Surplus Property and
Authorizing the Mayor of the City of Meridian to Donate Various Furniture
Items to the Idaho Youth Ranch.
E. Southeast Corner Marketplace Subdivision No. 2 Water Main Easement
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F. FP 14-042 Paramount Subdivision No. 28 by SCS Brighton, LLC Located
North Side of W. McMillan Road and East of N. Linder Road Request: Final
Plat Approval Consisting of 42 Single -Family Residential Building Lots and
Five (5) Common/Other Lots on 13.10 Acres of Land in an R-8 Zoning
District
G. Messina Meadows Subdivision No. 5 Sewer Easement No.3
H. Oaks South Subdivision No. 1 Sewer Easement
Messina Meadows Subdivision No. 5 Sewer Easement
J. Pedestrian Pathway Easement Between New Oaks, LLC, and the City of
Meridian Regarding The Oaks South Subdivision No. 1
K. Jayker Subdivision Phase 1 Sewer & Water Easement
L. Approval of Agreement to Taser International for the "Body Worn Camera
System" project for a Not -To -Exceed amount of $338,177.54
7. Items Moved From Consent Agenda None (Pg 4)
8. Action Items
A. Public Hearing Continued from November 5, 2014: TEC 14-006 Jericho by
Viper Investments, LLC Located West Side of N. Jericho Road and South of
Chinden Boulevard Request: One (1) Year Time Extension on the
Preliminary Plat in Order to Obtain the City Engineer's Signature on a Final
Plat Approved (Pg 4-7)
B. Public Hearing: VAC 14-006 Spurwing Rim (Lots 7 & 8, Block 1) by The Club
at Spurwing, LLC Located North of Chinden Boulevard and East of N.
Jayker Way Request: Vacate the 10 -Foot Wide Public Utility, Drainage and
Irrigation (PUDI) Easement Along the Shared Lot Lines of Lots 7 and 8,
Block 1 Platted with the Spurwing Rim Subdivision Approved (Pg 7-8)
C. FP 14-041 Chinden and Linder Crossing Subdivision by LEI Engineers
Located Northwest Corner of Chinden Boulevard and N. Linder Road
Request: Final Plat Approval Consisting of Nine (9) Commercial Lots and
Two (2) Common Lots on Approximately 9.43 Acres in the C -C Zoning
District Approved (Pg 8-10)
D. FP 14-040 Scentsy Commons Subdivision by Hot1, LLLP Located 3001 E.
Commercial and 2701 E. Pine Avenue Request: Final Plat Approval
Consisting of Seven (7) Building Lots on 60.73 Acres of Land in the I -L, L -O
and C -G Zoning Districts Approved (Pg 10-12)
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E. Public Hearing: AZ 14-012 Hill's Century Farm by Brighton Investments,
LLC Located 5340 S. Eagle Road Request: Annexation and Zoning of
223.73 Acres with an R-8 Zoning District Approved (Pg 12-23)
F. Public Hearing: PP 14-014 Hill's Century Farm by Brighton Investments,
LLC Located 5340 S. Eagle Road Request: Preliminary Plat Approval
Consisting of 675 Building Lots, 47 Common Area Lots and 1 Other
(Elementary School) Lot on 221.8 Acres of Land Approved (Pg 12-23)
9. Ordinances
A. Ordinance No. 14-1631: An Ordinance Amending Title 3, Business and
License Regulations, Chapter 8, Private Security Services of the Meridian
City Code, for the Purpose of Deleting 3-8-2 License Required; Exemptions;
3-8-3 Application for License; 3-8-4 License Issuance; Denial; Revocation;
and Amending 3-8-5 Operating Requirements; and 3-8-6 Penalty; and
Providing an Effective Date Approved (Pg 23-24)
10. Future Meeting Topics None
11. Executive Session Per Idaho State Code 67-2345 (1)(d): To Consider Records that
are Exempt from Disclosure as Provided in Chapter 3, Title 9, Idaho Code
Into Executive Session at 7:08 p.m.
Out of Executive Session at 7:43 p.m.
Adjourned at 7:43 p.m. (Pg 24-25)
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Meridian City Council November 18 2014
A meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 6:04 p.m., Tuesday,
November 18, 2014, by President Charlie Rountree.
Members Present: Keith Bird, Charlie Rountree, David Zaremba, Genesis Milam and Luke
Cavener.
Members Absent: Mayor Tammy de Weerd and Joe Borton.
Others Present: Bill Nary, Jaycee Holman, Caleb Hood, Sonya Watters, Bill Parsons, Clint
Dolsby, Jamie Leslie, Chris Amenn, and Dean Willis.
Item 1: Roll -call Attendance:
Roll call.
X David Zaremba Joe Borton
X Charlie Rountree X Keith Bird
X Genesis Milam _XLucas Cavener
Mayor Tammy de Weer_d
Rountree: I will go ahead and open the November 18th City Council meeting at 6:04. First
item on the agenda is roll call.
Item 2: Pledge of Allegiance
Rountree: Next item is the Pledge of Allegiance. If you would all stand and join me
(Pledge of Allegiance recited.)
Item 3: Community Invocation by Troy Drake with Calvary Chapel
Rountree: Thank you all for coming out in this less than desirable weather and risking
your chance on the icy roads. Please join us in this evening's invocation and we will be
led by Troy Drake from the Calvary Chapel. Troy, welcome.
Drake: Lord God in Heaven, we come here tonight in thanks for the freedoms that we do
have in our country, as just said, one nation under God and thank you for that, God, and
we thank you for the City of Meridian and this great place to live and work and that you
would protect it, Lord. We are praying tonight, especially for the citizens, that everyone
would have a -- would be warm and have food, Lord. We pray for the safety of the
citizens, too, and the law enforcement officials, God, that you would just be with all those
officers as they keep the peace here. We pray for safety for all the citizens and, lastly,
Lord, I just pray for these men and women here tonight that -- these elected officials, our
representatives, God, that you have given great responsibility to and just reminded me
that every decision that we make has consequences, no matter how large or small. So, I
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just pray, God, for every decision that they make, that they would have wisdom and it
would come from you, God. So, we just pray and pray that you bless them and
encourage them and it's in Jesus' name we pray, amen.
Item 4: Adoption of the Agenda
Rountree: Thank you. Next item is the adoption of the agenda.
Bird: Mr. President?
Rountree: Mr. Bird.
Bird: On the amended agenda, Item 6-C is proposed Resolution No. 14-1031. Item 6-D
is proposed Resolution No. 14-1032 and proposed ordinance number on 9-A is 14-1631.
And we -- on the amended one we did an Executive Session No. 11 -- Item No. 11, which
was 67-2345(1)(d). And with that I move we approve the agenda as amended.
Milam: Second.
Zaremba: Second.
Rountree.- It's been moved and seconded to approve the agenda. All in favor signify by
aye. Opposed same sign?
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Item 5: Proclamation for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month
Rountree: Next item is a proclamation for the Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month and I
have a proclamation to read here and present. Mr. Tovey. Welcome again. Good to see
you this year. Whereas in 2014 an estimated 46,420 people will be diagnosed with
pancreatic cancer in the United States and 39,590 will die from the disease, including
approximately 210 people in Idaho and whereas pancreatic cancer is the fourth leading
cause of cancer death in the U.S. and has a five year survival rate of just six percent and
whereas the incidents and death rate of pancreatic cancer are increasing and pancreatic
cancer is anticipated to move from the fourth to the second leading causeofcancer death
in the United States by 2020, whereas the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network is a national
organization serving the pancreatic cancer community in Meridian and nationwide through
an approach that includes public policy, research funding, patient services and public
education related to developing effective treatment and a cure for pancreatic cancer.
Whereas the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and its affiliates in Idaho support those
patients currently battling pancreatic cancer, as well as those who have lost their lives to
the disease and are committed to nothing less than a cure, therefore, the Mayor Tammy
de Weerd does hereby proclaim the month of November as Pancreatic Cancer
Awareness and I present this on behalf of the city and the Mayor to you and thank you for
your efforts.
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Tovey: Thank you. In 2010 1 lost my wife to pancreatic cancer. She was diagnosed in
May and she passed away in September just four months, and that is the typical
prognosis. As was mentioned, the survival rate for pancreatic cancer is just six percent
right now and that number hasn't changed in over 40 years. Our goal is to double that
number by 2020. But even that only brings it up to 12 percent. Pancreatic cancer has a
mission to wage hope for those that are afflicted with pancreatic cancer and those that
have lost people to pancreatic cancer. We wage hope so that they will have something to
look forward to. Thank you.
Rountree: Thank you. Keep up the good work.
Item 6: Consent Agenda
A. Final Order for Approval: FP 14-039 TM Creek Subdivision No. 1
by SCS Brighton, LLC Located Southeast Corner of W. Franklin
Road and S. Ten Mile Road Request: Final Plat Approval
Consisting of Eight (8) Building Lots and One (1) Common Lot
on 6.88 Acres of Land in a C -G Zoning District
B. Bienville Square Subdivision No. 3 Water Main Easement
C. Resolution No. 14-1031: A Resolution Amending the Community
Development Block Grant Program Year 2013 Action Plan to
Reallocate De -obligated Prior Year Funds to the PY2013
Centennial Park ADA Restroom Facility to Cover Cost Increases.
D. Resolution No. 14-1032: A Resolution Declaring Surplus
Property and Authorizing the Mayor of the City of Meridian to
Donate Various Furniture Items to the Idaho Youth Ranch.
E. Southeast Corner Marketplace Subdivision No. 2 Water Main
Easement
F. FP 14-042 Paramount Subdivision No. 28 by SCS Brighton, LLC
Located North Side of W. McMillan Road and East of N. Linder
Road Request: Final Plat Approval Consisting of 42 Single -
Family Residential Building Lots and Five (5) Common/Other
Lots on 13.10 Acres of Land in an R-8 Zoning District
G. Messina Meadows Subdivision No. 5 Sewer Easement No.3
H. Oaks South Subdivision No. 1 Sewer Easement
Messina Meadows Subdivision No. 5 Sewer Easement
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J. Pedestrian Pathway Easement Between New Oaks, LLC, and the
City of Meridian Regarding The Oaks South Subdivision No. 1
K. Jayker Subdivision Phase 1 Sewer & Water Easement
L. Approval of Agreement to Taser International for the "Body
Worn Camera System" project for a Not -To -Exceed amount of
$338,177.54
Rountree: Next item is the Consent Agenda.
Bird: Mr. President?
Rountree: Mr. Bird.
Bird: On the Consent Agenda, as I said earlier, Item 6-C, the proposed resolution is
14-1031. 6-D is proposed resolution 14-1032. And with that I move we approve the
agenda -- or the Consent Agenda and for the President to sign and the Clerk to attest.
Zaremba: Second.
Rountree: It's been moved and seconded to approve the Consent Agenda. Roll call vote.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener,
yea.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Item 7: Items Moved From Consent Agenda
Item 8: Action Items
A. Public Hearing Continued from November 5, 2014: TEC 14-006
Jericho by Viper Investments, LLC Located West Side of N.
Jericho Road and South of Chinden Boulevard Request: One (1)
Year Time Extension on the Preliminary Plat in Order to Obtain
the City Engineer's Signature on a Final Plat
Rountree: Next item, Action Items, a public hearing for Item 8-A, continued November
15th hearing for TEC 14-006. Jericho. Bill.
Parsons: Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Council. This item was continued a
couple weeks -- from a couple weeks back. It was Council's direction that the applicant
come forward with a plan for securing the existing structures on the property and also
bringing forth some more palatable elevations for the property. In an e-mail from that
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applicant -- I did forward that onto the city clerk's office for your review. Attached to that
e-mail had the proposed elevations, as well as the applicant's proposal for securing the
existing structures on the property. Tonight I have included those elevations for review.
The application has provided elevations at 80 foot side lots, as well as the internal 50 foot
lots adjacent to the Hightower Subdivision and the Arcadia Subdivision along the south
boundary -- west and south boundaries. Here is a typical elevation for the 80 foot wide lot
and I will scroll through these fairly quickly. If there is anything that you do not like and if
it's your desire to recommend -- or approve the time extension staff asks that you include
-- incorporate these elevations into the time extension staff report. And here are the
elevations for the 50 foot wide lots or the R-15 lots within the subdivision. So, with those
two items per your direction -- again, staff has laid out in the hearing outline this evening
the timeline and the history of this project. Staff is still recommending approval of that
project and I will stand for any additional questions you may have.
Rountree: Any questions for Bill?
Bird: I have none, Mr. President.
Rountree: Okay. Is the applicant Here? Becky.
McKay: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Council. Becky McKay. As Bill
indicated, we did obtain elevations from our client for both size lots, the 80s and 50s, for
the detached -type product. As you can see the 80 foot wide lots, they are going to go with
a larger product to, obviously, have that transition from those existing larger homes on the
acre lots fronting on Jericho. Also I did speak with Shawn Brownlee and he did go out to
the site. He locked the house up and they are sending out a superintendent this week to
board it all up, so no one can get in and he had indicated that he talked with Mr. Barton
and they are going to talk to the fire department to see if they are interested in a practice
burn or something on the home. If they -- if they are not, then, they will schedule
demolition of that home to begin prior to construction and they understand that it is a
nuisance and they will take care of it.
Rountree: Any questions for Becky?
Bird: I have none.
Rountree: Thank you.
McKay: They plan to build this spring. Or in '15. Thank you.
Rountree: Hopefully, depending on the decision.
McKay: Yes.
Rountree: Okay. Thanks, Becky. This is a public hearing. Is there anyone wishing to
testify further? Seeing none --
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Bird: Mr. President?
Rountree: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move we close the public hearing on TEC 14-006.
Zaremba: Second.
Rountree: It's been moved and seconded to close the public hearing on this particular
item. Any discussion? All those in favor of the motion signify by aye.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Rountree: Discussion? Motion?
Bird: Mr. President?
Rountree: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move we approve TEC 14-006 and include elevations as shown publicly on
11/18/2014, to include -- to be included in the one year time extension.
Cavener: Second.
Rountree: It's been moved and seconded to approve Item 8-A with the conditions. Any
discussion on the motion?
Zaremba: Mr. President?
Rountree: Mr. Zaremba.
Zaremba: Do we want to include a condition that -- Mrs. McKay mentioned that they were
going to fix the attractive nuisance one way or the other. Do we want to make that a
condition as well?
Bird: I think that was part of the staff's deal.
Rountree: Was that the intent of the motion maker?
Bird: Yes, it was.
Rountree: Per staffs discussion?
Bird: Yes. Per staffs discussion.
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Zaremba: Okay.
Rountree: Are you comfortable with that?
Zaremba: I'm comfortable that it's included, yes.
Rountree: Okay. Any further discussion on the motion? Roll call, please.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener,
yea.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
B. Public Hearing: VAC 14-006 Spurwing Rim (Lots 7 & 8, Block 1)
by The Club at Spurwing, LLC Located North of Chinden
Boulevard and East of N. Jayker Way Request: Vacate the 10 -
Foot Wide Public Utility, Drainage and Irrigation (PUDI)
Easement Along the Shared Lot Lines of Lots 7 and 8, Block 1
Platted with the Spurwing Rim Subdivision
Rountree: Thank you. Next item, 8-B. Public hearing for VAC 14-006. Spurwing Rim.
Bill, is that you? Okay.
Parsons: Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Council. Next item on the agenda is
the Spurwing Rim vacation application. The two properties are located north of Chinden
Boulevard, just east of North Jaykers Way. These lots -- the two lots, Lot 7 and Lot 9,
Block 1, were subdivided or final platted with the Spurwing -- Spurwing Rim Subdivision.
At the time that the project came through the developer envisioned two homes being
constructed on the lots. Now they have a client that wishes to consolidate the two parcels
into one large lot and construct a single family home on the residence. Here are the
easements that were created with the platting of that property. They are typically five foot
interior side yards, public utility and drainage easements. Staff has received all the
necessary relinquishments from the applicable utility providers not objecting to the
relinquishment of those easements. One thing that we did want to bring to the Council's
attention is the fact that typically when these lots come in and develop within the city we --
we have them provide a water stub and a sewer stub to serve the lots. So, moving
forward the applicant will have to work with not only the city, but also United Water on
vacating those existing services, so that only one home is connected on the property. The
applicant has received the staff report. They are in agreement with those conditions and
they will move forward on that prior to applying for the building permit. So, other than that,
because we have everyone's approval to vacate this easement, staff is recommending
approval of these -- vacating these easements as proposed and I will stand for any
questions you have.
Rountree: Any questions for Bill?
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Bird: I have none.
Rountree: Is the applicant here? Do you have anything to add, Becky? Okay. Thank
you. This is a public hearing. Is there anybody wishing to testify? Apparently no.
Bird: Mr. President?
Rountree: Mr. Bird.
Bird: Seeing how nobody wants to testify, I move we close the public hearing on VAC 14-
006.
Zaremba: Second.
Rountree: It's been moved and seconded to close the public hearing on Item 8-B. All
those in favor signify by aye. Opposed same sign?
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Bird: Mr. President?
Rountree: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move we approve VAC 14-006 and include staff comments.
Milam: Second.
Rountree: It's been moved and seconded to approve Item 8-B. Any discussion? Roll call
vote, please.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener,
yea.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
C. FP 14-041 Chinden and Linder Crossing Subdivision by LEI
Engineers Located Northwest Corner of Chinden Boulevard and
N. Linder Road Request: Final Plat Approval Consisting of Nine
(9) Commercial Lots and Two (2) Common Lots on
Approximately 9.43 Acres in the C -C Zoning District
Rountree: Next item 8-C, final plat 14-041. Bill, again.
Parsons: Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Council. Next item on the list is the
Chinden and Linder Crossing final plat. The primary reason for this item being on the
agenda is the applicant did not get the response to staff in time -- their concurrence with
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the conditions of the staff report within the time frame as outlined to keep it on the
Consent Agenda. I would tell you that the applicant is in agreement with all the conditions
of approval this evening. Here is the -- again, the proposed final plat. It does consist of
nine commercial lots and two common lots, which was consistent with the approved
preliminary plat in which you acted on approximately three or four months ago. Staff is
asking that Council modify one condition of approval in the staff report and that would be
site specific condition number 13. If you recall when this project came forward the
applicant did come forth with a development agreement and modification and as part of
the modification they were required to construct a Welcome to Meridian sign along Linder
Road with the first phase of development. At the time that the plat came forward we
weren't sure how we were going to craft a condition in order to make sure we could
maintain and place the sign on the property and so with the final plat we worked with the
legal department -- other departments within the city on an appropriate condition. In the
staff report it reads that we want the applicant to execute a license agreement with the city
to establish placement on the sign and maintenance for that sign. In working with our
legal department -- and it is their preference to move forward with an easement, rather
than executing a license agreement. So, my recommendation this evening to the Council
is, basically, to have you act on changing the language from reading execute license
agreement to just granting and approving an easement for the placement and
maintenance of that sign and I will make sure that happens as part of the final plat order.
Again, the applicant is in agreement with the changes and also with all the conditions in
the staff report. One other item before 1 close. if it's your preference to have a specific
location as to where that sign should be placed maybe you should ask the applicant
where they envision incorporating the sign. Staff left it pretty open-ended in the
development agreement, because we wanted to give them flexibility as where they felt it
would be best located on the property, but if they have more details this evening we would
be happy to work with them on the exact placement as part of the public hearing. With
that I will stand for any questions.
Rountree: Questions for Bill?
Bird: I have none.
Zaremba: Mr. President?
Rountree: Mr. Zaremba.
Zaremba: My recollection is in -- in other locations where we have had these welcoming
signs the developer contributed to the cost of them. Is -- if this is only an easement, are
we not having this developer contribute to the cost of the sign itself?
Parsons: Mr. President, Members of the Council, the developer will be constructing the
sign.
Zaremba: Okay. I didn't interpret that from this, but thank you.
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Rountree: Further questions? Is the applicant here? Do you have more to add? Do you
have anything specific about placement of the sign? Because you don't want us to design
it.
Witt: Mayor and Council, my name is Matthew Witt. I'm the director for sign construction
for Rocky Mountain Development. We are proposing this development. No. As far as
final location of the sign, we have been working very efficiently with staff to resolve the
final location of that and a location that works good for the City of Meridian and also will
set our executed development upon construction, so --
Rountree: Very good. Any questions for the applicant?
Bird: I have none.
Rountree: Thank you.
Witt: Thanks.
Rountree: This is a final plat. Do I have a motion?
Milam: Mr. President? I move that we close the public hearing FP 14 --
Bird: We don't have a public --
Milam: Oh. we don't.
Rountree: Final plat. Approval or deny.
Milam: Oh. Approve it. FP 14-041.
Zaremba: Second.
Rountree: It's been moved and seconded to approve Item 8-C. Roll call vote.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener,
yea.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
D. FP 14-040 Scentsy Commons Subdivision by Hot1, LLLP
Located 3001 E. Commercial and 2701 E. Pine Avenue Request:
Final Plat Approval Consisting of Seven (7) Building Lots on
60.73 Acres of Land in the I -L, L -O and C -G Zoning Districts
Rountree: Next item is FP 14-040, Scentsy Commons Subdivision. Sonya.
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Watters: Thank you, President Rountree, Members of the Council. The next application
before you is a request for a final plat. This site consists 60.73 acres of land. It's currently
zoned I -L, L -O, and C -G and is located at 3001 East Commercial Street and 2701 East
Pine Avenue at the southwest corner of Eagle and Pine. The applicant is requesting
approval of a final plat as shown here, consisting of seven commercial lots on 60.73 acres
of land. The property currently consists of three parcels of land that has been developed,
except for the western 12 acres shown here where the pointer is. A street buffer was
constructed on that portion that does comply with UDC standards. Staff recommends
prior to the west parcel being developed that an emergency access driveway is
constructed in alignment with Hickory, which is right here, from Pine to Commercial Street.
Written testimony has been received from Dave Yorgason, the applicant's representative,
in response to the staff report. He requests the following changes to the conditions: Site
specific condition number six, he requests that the temporary construction fencing to
contain debris shall be installed around the building site, rather than this phase, prior to
release of building permits for this subdivision. Staff is in agreement with the applicant's
proposed change. The next one is site specific condition number nine. Prior to the
issuance of any new building permit he'd like to insert for Lot 7 specifically, rather than the
whole site. The property shall be subdivided and a driveway constructed in alignment with
Hickory from Pine Street to Commercial Street for emergency access. Staff is
recommending approval of the final plat with the changes to the conditions just mentioned.
Staff will stand for any questions Council may have.
Rountree: Any questions?
Bird: I have none.
Rountree: The applicant? Good evening.
Yorgason: Good evening. For the record, Dave Yorgason, representing the applicant
there at Scentsy Commons Subdivision. We appreciate staff and working with them. I
had a conversation with Mr. Perry Palmer at the fire department regarding our specific
requested change for the condition number nine. It's our understanding that the fire
department and staff is in agreement with our two requested changes and so we just
stand here tonight and request for your changes to the final plat with the two requested
changes in the staff report as has been mentioned and stand for any questions you may
have.
Rountree: Are there any questions?
Bird: I have none.
Rountree: I have a question. How far west does this go? Does it go to Machine Street
where there is a closure?
Yorgason: President, that is correct. Yes, it does.
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Rountree: And what's proposed at that private road that people have been driving over a
mountain of dirt and around a fence and over a fence and through the dale to connect to
Machine Street? Is something more permanent going to happen there, like a turnaround
or --
Yorgason: Mr. President, I'm not aware of any plans at this time. We recognize there is
some occasional activity that does drive through there --
Bird: Yeah.
Yorgason: -- some that is not always warranted or requested, so -- like you say. But
there is no plans at this time.
Rountree: Okay. Thank you.
Yorgason: Sure.
Rountree: No further questions? This is a final plat.
Bird: I have none.
Yorgason: Thank you.
Rountree: Thank you.
Bird: Mr. President?
Rountree: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move we approve FP 14-040 and to include the changes in condition six and
condition nine as explained by Sonya.
Milam: Second.
Rountree: It's been moved and seconded to approve Item 8-D with the mentioned
changes. Any discussion? Roll call vote.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener,
yea:
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
E. Public Hearing: AZ 14-012 Hill's Century Farm by Brighton
Investments, LLC Located 5340 S. Eagle Road Request:
Annexation and Zoning of 223.73 Acres with an R-8 Zoning
District
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F. Public Hearing: PP 14-014 Hill's Century Farm by Brighton
Investments, LLC Located 5340 S. Eagle Road Request:
Preliminary Plat Approval Consisting of 675 Building Lots, 47
Common Area Lots and 1 Other (Elementary School) Lot on
221.8 Acres of Land
Rountree: Next item 8-E. It's a public hearing AZ 14-012 Hills Century Farms --
Bird: Are you going to open up the --
Rountree: And I will open up the public hearing.
Bird: For F, too?
Rountree: And also for F.
Watters: Thank you, President Rountree, Members of the Council. The next applications
before you are a request for annexation and zoning and preliminary plat. This site
consists of 221.8 acres of land. It's currently zoned RUT in Ada county and is located on
the north side of East Lake Hazel Road, east of South Eagle Road. The Comprehensive
Plan future land use map designation for this site is 91 point -- excuse me -- 91 acres of
this site is designated low density residential, which is three or less dwelling units per
acre. Approximately 90 acres of this site is designated medium density residential, which
is three to eight units per acre and approximately 40 acres is designated medium high
density residential, which is eight to 15 units per acre. A little update. Since the
Commission hearing the applicant submitted a revised plat and landscape plan. The
changes are detailed in the memo to Council from staff dated November 14th, with one
correction. The memo states the number of buildable lots stay the same, when they
actually increase by ten. The applicant is requesting annexation and zoning of 223.73
acres of land with an R-8 zoning district. The overall density of the subdivision is 3.06
dwelling units per acre, with a breakdown of 2.99 units per acre in the area designated low
density residential, 3.18 dwelling units per acre in the medium density residential
designated area and 3.52 dwelling units per acre in the medium high density residential
designated area. The applicant is requesting a step down in density from the medium
high density residential to the medium density residential designation for the southern 40
acres of the site, which is, basically, from this point here where my pointer is south. The
proposed R-8 zoning accommodates the proposed densities with approval of the step
down in density for the medium high density residential designated portion. The
preliminary plat shown on the left consists of 685 single family residential building lots, 43
common area lots, and one lot for a future elementary school on 221.8 acres of land. The
future elementary school lot is right here along the northern boundary of the site. The
subdivision is proposed to develop in 16 phases as show on the phasing plan on the right.
Secondary access is required for any portion of the development with 30 homes or more.
Development will commence at the northwest corner of the project adjacent to Eagle
Road and is anticipated to occur over the next ten years. Access is proposed via two
points from adjacent arterial streets, South Eagle Road and East Lake Hazel Road.
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Internal access is proposed via east -west and north -south collector streets, East Taconic
Drive, which turns into South Newbridge Avenue and East Highlander Drive in accord with
the master street map. A temporary access via Eagle Road will be provided right here, if
you can see my pointer, at the northwest corner of the site, until such time as two points of
ingress -egress are constructed that meets the fire department standards, then, it will be
closed and only a pedestrian pathway will exist. The plat depicts connections to existing
stub streets in Rock Hampton Subdivision on the east here and stub streets to adjacent
undeveloped parcels for future extension and interconnectivity. You can see all the red
arrows here are stub streets. A portion of this site lies within the Meridian flood plain
overlay district as shown here in the darker gray. A flood plain permit application is
required to be submitted, reviewed, and approved prior to any development within the
overlay district. There are currently no plans to widen South Eagle Road or Lake Hazel
Road, although turn lanes into and out of the subdivision are proposed to be constructed
by the developer within the extra right of way dedicated with this plat. The capital
improvement plan designates Eagle Road between Amity and Lake Hazel to be widened
to five lanes between 2022 and 2026. Lake Hazel between Eagle and Cloverdale Roads
are scheduled to be reconstructed and widened to five lanes between 2027 and 2031.
The traffic impact study recommends the installation of either a roundabout or a signal at
the Eagle Road - Taconic intersection to insure there is sufficient right of way to
accommodate either improvement. ACHD is recommending that additional right of way is
provided. A landscape plan was submitted as shown that depicts street buffers and open
space in accord with UDC standards, based on the area of the plat minus the school lot, a
minimum of ten percent or 21.36 acres of qualified open space is required. The plat does
depict a 16 percent or 35.4 acres of common area of qualified open space consisting of
common lots, parkways, street buffers, and the Ten Mile Creek pathway corridor in accord
with the UDC standards. The Ten Mile Creek runs right along here. Parkways are
proposed throughout the development along all streets. The Ten Mile Creek, as is
planned out, runs along the west boundary of the southern portion of the site from Lake
Hazel and extends to the north through the site to Eagle Road. The segment of the city's
multi -use pathway system is proposed along the west side of the creek on the northern
portion of the site in accord with the master pathway plan. So, it will start right here where
my pointer is and go to the northwest out to Eagle Road. On the southern portion there is
not adequate area on this site on the west side of the creek to construct a pathway, so it
will need to be constructed when the development -- this site here on the corner develops.
A minimum of ten site amenities are required to be provided with the development. The
applicant is proposing to provide a community center, tot lot playground, exercise stations,
passive gathering place seating, a regional pathway, micropaths and land is there for an
elementary school. A six foot tall solid fence is proposed to be constructed by the
developer around the perimeter of the subdivision. No other fencing is proposed.
Fencing is required to be constructed by the developer in accord with UDC standards
adjacent to micropath connections to distinguish common from private areas. The
applicant has submitted some typical sample building elevations for future homes on the
site as shown. Building materials are proposed to consist of architectural shingles and a
mix of board and batten and lap siding and stucco with cultured stone wainscot. Because
homes on lots that back up to South Eagle Road and East Lake Hazel Road will be highly
visible, staff recommends the rear or sides of structures that face these streets
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incorporate articulation through changes in materials, color, modulation and architectural
elements, horizontal and vertical, to break up monotonous wall plains and roof lines. The
Commission recommended approval of this subject annexation and preliminary plat
applications with the conditions listed in Exhibit B of the staff report. Summary of the
Commission hearing. Mike Wardle and David Turnbull of Brighton Corporation testified in
favor of the applications. Lonny -- excuse me if I mispronounce your name -- Wageman
and Keith Miller testified in opposition and Howard Belodoff commented. Mike Wardle
submitted written testimony -- the application in agreement with the staff report. There
were no real issues discussed by the Commission at the hearing, however, as I
mentioned previously, since the Commission hearing the applicant did submit revised
preliminary plat and landscape plan that was attached in the memo from staff dated
November 14th, along with the detail of the changes. Staff is recommending that Council
incorporate these changes that were documented in the memo in the approved findings
document. There has not been any written testimony submitted to the city since the
Commission hearing. Staff will stand for any questions Council may have.
Rountree: Questions for Sonya?
Bird: I have none.
Zaremba: Mr. President?
Rountree: Mr. Zaremba.
Zaremba: Just a small one. In reference to the pathway, which this applicant proposes to
deduct a portion of it on their side of it and, then, an adjacent property when that develops
will do it on their side -- who is responsible for bridging or crossing over or -- to connect
the pathway from one side to the other side?
Watters: President Rountree -- or President Rountree, Councilman Zaremba, very good
question. If you can see my pointer here, there will be a bridge constructed by the
applicant right here. So, it will bring people from the east side of the creek to the west
side. So, across here and, then, the path will continue up to Taconic, cross Taconic and,
then, it will run along the north side of Taconic out to Eagle Road.
Zaremba: Thank you.
Rountree: Further questions? Is it clear in the DA or the ordinance that the stub streets
will have signage on them indicating they will be punched through on a future date?
Watters: President Rountree, if it is not clear I will be sure to add that.
Rountree: Okay. Thank you. Any further questions? Applicant. Mike?
Wardle: Mr. President, Council Members, Mike Wardle, Brighton Corporation, 12601
West Explorer Drive in Boise. Just two comments before I ask Sonya to put on just a
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couple of slides to explain the recommendations from the Planning and Zoning
Commission to the Council. The first noted item that Sonya mentioned was that the actual
density of the project increased through redesign from 675 to 685. The Council -- or
excuse me -- the Planning and Zoning Commission actually forwarded in its
recommendation to the Council this language and it was in response to conditions 1.1.2
and 1.1.3, which required a modification that I will cite in just a moment, but the language
that they passed on -- and I trust it's in the record. I have not formally reviewed it, but it
said that the number of lots in Hills Century Farms Subdivision shall be as proposed in the
preliminary plat application or the number of lots generated by the changes required by
the conditions of approval and that's how a one and a half percent increase in the number
of lots actually occurred, but it was stipulated by the Planning and Zoning Commission
that with the changes that were required that there likely could be an increase of lots and
that was an affirmation -- or an affirmative recommendation from the Commission. On the
screen at the moment is the preliminary plat as originally proposed. Probably the big
change was the fact that we had anticipated in the first phase of the project to have a
street entrance north of the Ten Mile Creek, which is prominent in that graphic, and that
street entrance, then, came into a park immediately at the first intersection. It was both
the staff and particularly the Ada County Highway District that recommended that that
entrance be deleted and by deletion of that, then, there would be a stipulation that Sonya
noted that there would have to be at least secondary access until another future access
occurred that would provide fire department access to the site. So, going to the second
slide, then, it shows the changes that were required. First on the left 1.1.1.13 and the
citation there was the deletion of that entrance. At the top the blue arrow showed that
there was a requirement to move the access stub to the north -- to the west to, essentially,
avoid a conflict with the home to -- immediately to the north. And, then, to the northeast
portion of the site, the yellow arrows depicted the proposed realignment of that collector
street, so that it would, essentially, go to the mid mile north -south collector intersection on
Amity Road and so the next phase, then, simply shows -- or the next slide, Sonya, please
-- and I don't know if I'm capable of doing that from here, Sonya? Which button do I push
to advance?
Watters: Sorry, Mike.
Wardle: That's all right. So, the changes, then, upper left, we have provided the -- what
will be fire lane access, as well as actually an access to several of the lots and a
pedestrian access at that northwest corner. The street stub to the north was moved over
from the pod to the east and on the northeast corner you can see the way that that
roadway, then, sweeps to the north, still preserving the school site and the school site is in
a form and shape that meets objectives of the school district. So, that particular item was
also incorporated and, then, you will see a star symbol where we had the entrance -- a
park coming into the entrance off Eagle Road originally. We simply relocated that, so that
you still get the amenity value, but the actual first access into the project will be at the
existing intersection of Taconic. Next slide shows a couple of other items that were
required. On the left of the picture, the red swath shows that we have inserted a
micropath connection out of that pod to Eagle Road that was provided and, then, right in
the center there are two black arrows that kind of refocus two micropaths, one to the north
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and one to the south, and brought them together, so that that major access across the
Ten Mile Creek is -- provided access from both the north and the south pods and back to
the question of Council Member Zaremba about the pathway. The city's desired location
of the pathway is on the west side and so, obviously, we don't have the -- the west side
south of that particular point, but by providing that access across the Ten Mile Creek there
we accommodate the need for pedestrians to be able to circulate until that other leg is
completed and it just adds another circulation point. So, it's a functional pathway as that
area develops. Then this was not a city requirement, but right in the center of the project
there was a -- a little bit of a green. That particular north -south roadway is a residential
collector and the Ada County Highway District was concerned about the fact that there
would be on all four quadrants of that intersection some lots that would be fronting that
collector. So, we worked with them -- we still wanted something to mitigate kind of the
long roadway and so ACHD has agreed to the kind of -- gee, I can't even put the
geographic term -- or the -- anyway, geometric term to that, but, anyway, there is still an
island in the middle of that street that provides a visual mitigation factor and, then, down at
the southeast corner staff had recommended and we are now providing a pathway
connection to Lake Hazel in that particular location. So, Mr. President, Council Members,
we have accommodated all of the requirements of both the city's recommendation through
the Planning and Zoning Commission, as well as the Ada County Highway District and the
plat as revised before you this evening I believe is worthy of approval and we would be
happy answer any questions that you might have.
Rountree: Questions for Mike?
Bird: I have none.
Rountree: Mike just -- and I know Sonya went over it a little bit, but would you just go
through the time -- anticipated time schedule. We are looking at a number of years here
and --
Wardle: Yes. Mr. President. Sonya, if you could go back to your slides that show the
phasing. Let's -- yeah. The ones that you had up. Yes. The graphic on the right,
oriented north -south, shows that our first phase is coming off the Taconic intersection
there at Eagle Road and, then, we will move easterly and, then, a little bit southerly as we
go, but we will be working toward the north quadrant of that project for some time and,
obviously, it shows 16 phases over time, but we found in our own developments,
depending on, obviously, the economy and the way things continue to work in some of our
projects, such as Paramount, we have done two or three phases per year. We just don't
want to get, you know, too large a phase, so it -- it would be anticipated that it certainly
would be completed within ten years. We won't be getting down to the Lake Hazel
intersection for some time, because of the -- just the way that the growth will occur, but it
will tie over to the northeasterly corner where the school site is and makes it possible at
least for that north -south collector connection, which is a quarter mile south of Amity Road
as depicted right now, within whatever period of time proves to be feasible and, then, as
we work to the east, obviously, we are contiguous in that easterly 20 acre portion to the
existing Rock Hampton Subdivision that's in the city of Boise -- well, not city of Boise, but
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within their area of impact, so we are kind of at the boundary of your southeast potion of
the city. I hope that helps, but I'm not sure we have a crystal ball that will give us an
affirmed schedule that we can commit to.
Rountree: Fully understand that. Just appreciate the rundown. Any other questions for
Mike. Okay. Thank you.
Wardle: Thank you.
Rountree: This is a public hearing. Is there anyone wishing to testify? And I have a
sign-up sheet with two folks. A John Stamper has indicated against and if you want to
come up and give us your testimony or -- if you would state your name and address for
the record, please.
Stamper: Yeah. My name is John Stamper. I live at 5623 South Akron Avenue in the
Boise side. I live in the Rock Hampton Subdivision. So, I'm kind of familiar with the traffic
patterns around there already and my concern is that ACHD will not be able to keep up
with the builders as the houses go in, because as it is they have already put a stop gap of
a roundabout at the corner of Amity and Eagle, which has caused terrible traffic problems
most of the time. A lot more than I think it solved. I also have concerns with the school.
As it is now Lake Hazel Middle School is the largest middle school as population goes in
the state. There is 1,400 students in that school. Until there is another middle school to
relieve that, what are we -- what are we to do with the extra kids that come into the -- to
the neighborhood with the subdivision and the roads themselves -- the intersection of
Eagle and Lake Hazel is -- is a hilly intersection that's going to take a lot of construction to
-- to right the ship in that area. So, my concern is that there is -- we are going to build
before the infrastructure is there to support the new population. Do you have any
questions?
Rountree: Any questions?
Cavener: Mr. President?
Rountree: Luke.
Cavener: John, at the intersection of Eagle and Amity where the roundabout is you said
there is traffic issues. Do you mind maybe giving me a little more detail? Is it just
congestion? Is it accidents? What are you seeing?
Stamper: Well, I have seen accidents and I have seen congestion. It has -- they have a
hard time keeping up with the traffic in that area due to the soccer field that is out there.
The youth soccer brings a tremendous amount of traffic out there, which I would say might
equate to a daily traffic charge of that houses and that intersection there -- if you get
caught in a roundabout in one of the directions that isn't flowing, you're there for a long
time waiting to squeeze in as people just zoom through there. I have seen cars use it as a
race track and end up in the ditch. I have seen trucks run over the curbing because it's
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such a small roundabout they can barely get around it. So, I think that there is more
issues in that area in the traffic flow that need to be addressed prior to this.
Cavener: Follow up, Mr. President?
Rountree: Luke.
Cavener: Would you mind expanding a little bit further? Are we talking ten cars, 50 cars,
a hundred cars? Is your wait 90 seconds, 20 minutes? I mean -- can you give me a little
more specifics?
Stamper: In the heavy traffic times you're waiting, you know, ten, 15 cars and probably a
delay of two, three minutes. And, then, like I said, it causes some heated traffic issues as
people try to squeeze in --
Cavener: Sure.
Stamper: -- and I'm not sure what law enforcement is going to be regulating out there. Is
it going to be covered by Ada county or will Meridian be providing police service out
there? I mean as it is now we are mostly patrolled by Ada county. Boise doesn't even
really want to supply the force to be out there. So, I'm not sure that we are ready to move
forward with more houses in that area. But if you look at developments along Locust
Grove, Locust Grove is a terrible road. I mean until its widened they still have all these
subdivisions going up and dumping cars on there and people can't get in now in a timely
manner and if you want the quality of life of Meridian to be good, then, traffic is a key
issue, as I just drove down the freeway to get here.
Cavener: Thank you.
Rountree: Further questions? Thank you for your comments.
Stamper: Thank you.
Rountree: Gordon Croft is signed up in favor. If you would give us your name and
address.
Croft: I'm Gordon Croft at 1520 Howry Lane. I live on the 40 acre parcel next to this
development and I just, basically, wanted to voice my support for the project. One
question I had, though, was -- I wasn't quite clear from the presentation what the plans
were for them to extend to the north as far as the road corridor presently. We have a
private lane there, Howry Lane, and I wasn't sure exactly what they were proposing there.
Rountree: We will get an answer to that question for you from the applicant. Do you have
any other comments?
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Croft: No. Just that I -- I feel like that the zoning designation probably is good for the area
and I might just voice an opinion, too, that I think that while the roundabout in that -- at
Eagle and Amity is not perfect, it certainly helps the traffic flow in that area. I personally
think it's a good development.
Rountree: Thank you. Any questions?
Cavener: Mr. President?
Rountree: Yes.
Cavener: Mr. Croft, can I ask you -- just got a couple quick questions. Out of curiosity,
how long have you lived out in that area?
Croft: We have lived there since 1981.
Cavener: And what's your opinion on the traffic now versus when you first lived there --
and I'm sure there is more cars out there. But I guess I'd like your perspective as to the
traffic impact in that particular intersection. I know you said that you like the roundabout,
but what's your overall opinion on the traffic? Is it terrible? Is it tolerable? Is it no big
deal?
Croft: I would says it was tolerable at this point. I mean we have always had traffic on
Amity Road and we are going out from our lane onto Amity Road all the time and I don't
see a terrible lot of change in that. But, like I said, I feel like the roundabout certainly did
help that other intersection a lot. But you can go through there a lot better, you know, the
way they have it set up than the four way stop, of course, they had before was a disaster.
But, you know, this roundabout is I think definitely an improvement.
Cavener: Thank you.
Rountree: Any other questions for him? Thank you for your testimony. This is a public
hearing. Anyone else wish to testify? Applicant, do you want to follow up?
Wardle: Mr. President, Council, once again Mike Wardle. It's kind of a -- I guess a sad
fact of life that the infrastructure that's there will stay there until additional development
helps provoke the need and also provides impact fee resources to help increase the
capacity. Long range plans by ACHD certainly are for widening and adding capacity to
the travel lanes along those arterials, but also to the roundabout. The roundabout will be
expanded to a two lane facility within -- you know, again, depending on the timing that that
could move forward. Certainly if nothing were to occur it would stay as it is and conditions
would stay just as they are, even at the intersection of Eagle Road and Lake Hazel, which
this project, unfortunately, does not abut and we can't do anything about that
improvement. But that, again, becomes part of the long range planning by ACHD, the
transportation entity. The first contact that we ever make in our projects is with the school
district and their plan -- in fact, it's incorporated in your comprehensive plan has right in
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that section a school symbol and so when we met with Dr. Gestron the question came up
of what facilities do you need and it was an elementary school. You're well aware that just
a quarter mile to the north of -- a quarter mile east of Eagle and on Amity is a 40 acre high
school site that within the next cycle or two likely will become perhaps the next high
school constructed, but certainly it's on the radar screen. I don't know about the middle
school issue that was raised by the first testimony, but clearly it's the decision of the
highway -- excuse me -- of the West Ada School District now, with the new elementary
site being provided here, the high school site where we are -- that middle school need and
when it arises will be their decision. But we -- we are very aware of the need to
accommodate school facilities and so we have taken that step and it has been
incorporated into the heart of this project. Just to add to Mr. Croft's concern or question
about the extension of that collector street to the north, we simply -- we don't have the
property to the east or to the north of this area, so we provide the stub and the right of way
to the location and the adjacent properties at some point will be responsible and will
provide both the right of way and developments in the future will accommodate the
extension of that street to Amity Road. I don't know that I have anything else to clarify,
but, again, would answer any questions if there are additional.
Rountree: Any additional questions?
Bird: I have none.
Wardle: Thank you very much.
Rountree: Okay. Please state your name and address for the record.
Stamper: My name is John Stamper. I live at 5623 South Akron Avenue. Boise. 83709.
Okay. If it's already being discussed that the current roundabout is inadequate, so we
have spent taxpayer money on one roundabout, now we are going to have to tear it out
and put in a second one, are they going to do the same with piecemealing the roads? We
can't get a school bond to pass anymore, because people are taxed enough and we are
not utilizing resources because of the way the school districts are drawn up. What is
going to -- how is this going to help the City of Meridian by building another large
development in a place that doesn't have adequate support? I think that infrastructure
should come prior to the houses. That's the way you keep the city moving forward. You
don't build after the fact. After the fact is too late. You're already buried. Thank you.
Rountree: Thank you. Any further testimony? Seeing none --
Milam: Mr. President? Seeing none, I move that we close the public hearing on AZ 14-
012 and PP 12-014.
Zaremba: Second.
Rountree: It's been moved and seconded to close the hearing on Item 8-E and F. Any
discussion?
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Bird: I have none.
Rountree: Roll call, please.
Zaremba: Mr. President?
Rountree: Oh. David.
Zaremba: Oh, on the motion to close?
Rountree: Yes.
Zaremba: I'm sorry. I'm anticipating the next motion.
Rountree: Motion to close. All in favor signify by aye. Opposed same sign?
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Bird: Mr. President?
Rountree' All right. Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move that we approve AZ 14-012 and to include all staff, application, and public
content -- comments.
Zaremba: Second.
Rountree: It's been moved and seconded to approve Items 8-E and F. Any discussion?
Zaremba: Mr. President, yes.
Rountree: David.
Zaremba: Just in reference to the responsibilities and the timing of some of our partner
agencies, such as the school district and Ada County Highway District, yes, it would be
wonderful if the full infrastructure could be in place ahead of time, but the current
mechanisms for funding those things are pretty much as Mr. Wardle mentioned. Impact
fees have to be collected off of the properties, that has to work its way through Ada
County Highway District's funding mechanism and, unfortunately, that does cause often a
lag where the facilities are not quite ready at the time where the developments are being
built. ACHD works very closely with us and they do try and keep up. Unfortunately, keep
up is not what most of us are looking for, we are looking for them to get out ahead. Their
funding situation, which is not much better than anybody else's, means that they really do
end up following and we have seen over the years that they do a pretty good job of
catching up and, unfortunately, that's about all they can do. But they do see these
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projects as they come along, it goes through their approval process, as well as through
ours, and becomes part of their radar for what they do need to fund in the future and, like I
say, I agree with the gentleman that it seems like it lags, but they -- they tend to keep that
lag a little short and that's an unfortunate fact of the way they are funded.
Rountree: Further discussion? Comments?
Bird: I have none.
Rountree: Okay. Roll call vote, please.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener,
yea.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Bird: Mr. President?
Rountree: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move we approve PP 14-014 and to include all staff, applicant, and public
testimony.
Cavener: Second.
Rountree: It's been moved and seconded to approve Item 8-F. Any discussion? Roll Call
vote.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener,
yea.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Item 9: Ordinances
A. Ordinance No. 14-1631: An Ordinance Amending Title 3,
Business and License Regulations, Chapter 8, Private Security
Services of the Meridian City Code, for the Purpose of Deleting
3-8-2 License Required; Exemptions; 3-8-3 Application for
License; 3-8-4 License Issuance; Denial; Revocation; and
Amending 3-8-5 Operating Requirements; and 3-8-6 Penalty; and
Providing an Effective Date
Rountree: Next item is ordinance. And, Bill, you're going to give us a little update on this?
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Nary: Yes. Thank you, Mr. President, Members of the Council. We talked about this
ordinance at our recent workshop. This is just changing our private security ordinance to
basically make sure that private security operators within the city didn't look like police
officers or act like police officers or give the public the appearance of police officers, but
we removed the licensing requirements that previously had been in place with the clerk's
office. The only thing I wanted to bring to your attention -- based on some recent
discussion with other cities, we didn't want to add to the misdemeanor load either of the
various cities, including our own, so like we have done in other recent ordinances, we
made the first two offenses infractions that are simply citable offenses that are subject
only to fines and not jury trials and the third offense -- if you have a third offense of this
type, then, it becomes a misdemeanor. So, I just wanted to make you aware that we
decided to make just the first two offenses infractions only, again, not to add more to the
court system burden that exists. We don't anticipate really anybody going beyond a
warning, hopefully, if they were operating as a security guard with a like police officer
uniform or like police officer type of equipment, so I don't anticipate that being problematic.
But I just wanted to make you aware we made that change.
Rountree: Thank you. Madam Clerk, if you would read the ordinance by title only.
Holman: Thank you. City of Meridian Ordinance No. 14-1631, an ordinance amending
the City Code of Meridian, private security -- an ordinance amending the City of Meridian
private security services to eliminate licensing of private security guards, but requiring
certain standards to be met by all private companies or agents operating within the City of
Meridian and providing an effective date.
Rountree: You have heard the ordinance read by title only. Is there anyone wishing to
hear the ordinance in its entirety? Seeing none.
Milam: Mr. President? Seeing none, I move that we approve Ordinance No. 14-1631 with
suspension of rules.
Bird: Second
Rountree: It's been moved and seconded to approve Item 9-A, Ordinance 14-1631. Roll
call vote.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener,
yea.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Item 10: Future Meeting Topics
Rountree: Any future meeting topics?
Bird: I have none at this time.
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Item 11: Executive Session Per Idaho State Code 67-2345 (1)(d): To Consider
Records that are Exempt from Disclosure as Provided in Chapter 3,
Title 9, Idaho Code
Rountree: Nobody? Okay. Thank you. And Item 11, Executive Session.
Bird: Mr. President?
Rountree: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move we go into Executive Session as per Idaho State Code 67-2345(1)(d).
Milam: Second.
Rountree: It's been moved and seconded to go into Executive Session. Roll call vote.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener,
yea.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
EXECUTIVE SESSIONS: (7:08 p.m. to 7:43 p.m.)
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(Keith Bird: "Let the record show that no decisions were made.")
(Motions made to adjourn.)
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:43 P.M.
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