HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-06-28Meridian City Council June 28, 2016
A meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday,
June 28, 2016, by Mayor Tammy de Weerd.
Members Present: Mayor Tammy de Weerd, Keith Bird, Genesis Milam, Ty
Palmer, and Luke Cavener.
Member Absent: Joe Borton and Anne Little Roberts.
Others Present: Ted Baird, Jacy Jones, Bruce Chatterton, Sonya Watters, Bill
Parsons, Warren Stewart, Jeff Lavey, Jamie Leslie, Perry Palmer, Mike Barton,
and Dean Willis.
Item 1: Roll-call Attendance:
Roll call.
__ Anne Little Roberts _ _Joe Borton
X__ Ty Palmer X_ Keith Bird
__X__ Genesis Milam __X__ Lucas Cavener
_X Mayor Tammy de Weerd
De Weerd: I'm going to go ahead and start tonight's meeting by first welcoming
those that are in attendance. Thank you for joining us. For the record it is
Tuesday, June 28th. It's 6:00 p.m. We will start with roll call attendance, Madam
Clerk.
Item 2: Pledge of Allegiance
De Weerd: Item No. 2 is the Pledge of Allegiance. If you will all rise and join us
in the pledge to our flag.
(Pledge of Allegiance recited.)
Item 3: Community Invocation with Rod Enos with Southside
Christian Center
De Weerd: Item No. 3 is our community invocation. If you will all join us in our
community invocation, along with Pastor Rod Enos with the Southside Christian
Center. Please come forward. We would ask you to join us or take this as an
opportunity for moment of reflection. Thank you, Pastor Rod, for being here.
Enos: Thank you. Please join me in prayer. Father God, we thank you for this
evening and we acknowledge you, because you are the Sovereign God and you
rule and reign in the affairs of men. We acknowledge you with t hanksgiving for
the wonderful community that you've allowed us to live in. Thank you for the
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freedom that we enjoyed in this great nation. Thank you for the men and women
who have fought for our freedom and we thank for these men and women who
are your servants and the servants of this community who have dedicated
themselves to serve for the welfare of this community. Father, we acknowledge
our need of you. We need your wisdom. We need your guidance, your
discernment, so that we could lead well. We pray this evening that you would
grant our Honorable Mayor Tammy and the City Council your wisdom and
guidance and direction in this meeting as they lead our community. We pray
your blessing and your favor to continue to rest over our community. We pray for
your protection and provision for each individual and each family. Lord we ask
your forgiveness where we have not loved you with all of our hearts, nor loved
our neighbors as ourselves as you have commanded. We pray, Lord, that you
would give us grace to do that and to live our lives in a manner worthy of you to
honor you always. We ask this in Jesus' name, amen.
De Weerd: Pastor Rod, have I given you a City of Meridian pin?
Enos: I don't think you have.
De Weerd: I would like to offer that to you tonight and thank you for joining us.
Item 4: Adoption of the Agenda
De Weerd: Item No. 4 is adoption of the agenda.
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
Bird: Item 5-B has been asked by staff to be moved to 7-D off the Consent. And
Item 5-H, the resolution number is 16-1148. Item 8-A and 8-B have been
requested to be continued to August 23rd, 2016. Item 8-C has been requested
to continue to July 19th. It was noticed wrong. And Item 8-E has been asked to
continue to July 5th, 2016, and 10-A, the ordinance number is 16-1698. With
that I move we approve the amended agenda.
Cavener: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve the amended agenda. All
those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
Item 5: Consent Agenda
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A. Professional Service Agreement for Artwork for Traffic
Box Art Project - Bonnie Peacher
B. Professional Service Agreement for Artwork for Traffic
Box Art Project - Brian Schreiner
C. Professional Service Agreement for Artwork for Traffic
Box Art Project - Karyn deKramer
E. Ustick Road, Linder to Locust Grove Cost Share
Agreement with the Ada County Highway District
F. Modified Development Agreement for Meridian Property
Group (H-2016- 0004) with Eddy Christensen, located at
1065 and 1139 E. Fairview Avenue
G. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law for Volante
Investments (H-2016- 0056) By Volante Investments
LLLP Located at 2600 & 2700 E Overland Road
H. Resolution No. 16-1148: A Resolution of the Mayor and
City Council of the City of Meridian Reappointing Ryan
Lancaster to Seat 9 and Appointing Brent Knezacek to
Seat 8 of the Meridian Transportation Commission; and
Providing for an Effective Date.
De Weerd: Okay. Item -- under our Consent Agenda --
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
Bird: Under the Consent Agenda, as sated earlier, 5-D has been moved to 7-D.
And 5-H, the resolution number is 16-1148. And with that I move we approve
that agenda for the -- the Consent Agenda and the Mayor to sign and the Clerk to
attest.
Cavener: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve the Consent Agenda.
Madam Clerk, will you call roll.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea, Little
Roberts, absent.
De Weerd: All ayes.
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MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
Item 6: Community Items/Presentations
A. Presentation by the Allumbaugh House
B. Mayor’s Office Budget Amendment for the Allumbaugh
House/Crisis Center Contract in the Not-to-Exceed
Amount of $3,503.00
De Weerd: Item 6-A is under our Community Presentations and we have some
of our experts from the Allumbaugh House to talk with you about Allumbaugh
House, but probably equally as important is the crisis center that the new project
will be moving towards. So, Diana, I'm going to turn this over to you.
Lachiondo: Thank you very much. Hi, Madam Mayor, Council Members. My
name is Diana Lachiondo. I'm the director of Community Partnerships for the city
of Boise. Today I'm joining you as the chair of the professional resource
committee that is a group who meets regularly to work on Allumbaugh House.
Today --
De Weerd: So, you drew the short straw and getting the honor to present. So,
thank you for doing that.
Lachiondo: I also have with me here Heidi Hart, who is the CEO of Terry Reilly
Health System and Cindy Miller, who is the director of Allumbaugh House and as
I will explain here shortly, Terry Reilly is the operator of Allumbaugh House. So,
we are going to talk about a specific item today, but Mayor de Weerd and I
discussed taking this opportunity to actually update you on the work of
Allumbaugh House, give you some history, as some of you may or not have been
here when Allumbaugh House was conceived of and got started. Talk about the
crisis center opportunity and, then, the specific request that the joint powers
entity that governs Allumbaugh House has for all the entities who were a part of
Allumbaugh House, including the City of Meridian. So, to get started,
Allumbaugh House is our regional detoxification and crisis mental health facility.
It is very unique in that it is jointly governed and funded by Idaho Health and
Welfare, Boise, Meridian, the Boise City Ada County Housing Authority and Ada
County. It also receives additional support from St. Alphonsus and St. Luke's.
Terry Reilly Health System serves as the operator of the facility and when I say
that's unique, I don't know of many, although there are a few other times where
we all come together and jointly work on these types of projects and so it's a real
honor to be able to work with Mayor de Weerd and Meridian and all of the other
entities on this effort. Some history of how this got going. Really more than a
decade ago there was what I would call a human cry in this community for the
need for detoxification and sobering services for persons who lacked health
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insurance. So, if a person is in need of some kind of detox service and they
happen to have health insurance, they're able to access one of the private
facilities in the Treasure Valley. However, if they do not have health insurance
there really was no place for them to go and they were often spending time either
in the jail or in one of our hospital systems. Similarly, our law enforcement
officers were and continue to struggle with finding the appropriate place to place
people who may not necessarily be a danger to themselves, but can't be really
left alone and so they're spending time either at the ER or the jail. A steering
committee was formed in 2005 after a lot of heavy lifting, a lot of work,
Allumbaugh House opened in 2010. You have in front of you our most recent
annual report. Since 2010 Allumbaugh House has served more than 4,000
patients and I believe it's on page four that you will note the significant cost
savings that Allumbaugh House has been able to achieve. You'll notice the
differential between a detoxification stay at Allumbaugh House versus what one
of those stays would accrue in cost at, for example, one of our health systems.
But for all the great work that Allumbaugh House has been able to do, there have
been some challenges. Availability of resources -- as city councilors you know
trying to manage budgets is always a challenge. Due to the availability of
resources we had to close the sobering station part of Allumbaugh House and I
was not actually here for this, but the best I can explain -- and, Mayor de Weerd,
feel free to jump in, we opened Allumbaugh House with the money that we had
and so there was a real commitment to try and do all the things that were needed
in the community, including both detox and mental health services, as well as
that 24/7 sobering station. Unfortunately, we never quite had enough money to
really do it all and it became very difficult for law enforcement to not know if
Allumbaugh House was going to be open during a certain period of time or not.
So, it really ended up becoming more of an impediment than a help for law
enforcement. So, unfortunately, we had to close the sobering station, knowing
that at some point in the future we were going to look at being able to reopen that
piece and I'm going to get to how we are going to hopefully achieve that here real
soon. The other challenge I would say, as we look at what's going on with
Allumbaugh House, we are seeing an upward trend in homeless patients, which
is a part of another group that's convening -- about 50 percent of the clients at
Allumbaugh House right now are homeless and it's very difficult for them to
maintain sobriety if they are going right back out onto the street. So, we have a
new opportunity before us, which is a community crisis center. I'm going to tell
you how this came about, what's the scoop with that crisis center, and the
progress to date in 2014 Governor Otter proposed three crisis centers. One was
eventually funded by Joint finance and Appropriations Committee and it was
determined that it should be placed in Bonneville County. The idea for these
crisis centers really is pretty much exactly what we talked about from the
beginning, an alternative to the jail and the ER, especially for law enforcement or
paramedics, a safe place for people to go that's not nearly as expensive for the
community. Also an opportunity for walk-ins, potentially, to come in and receive
some immediate crisis services. Kootenai County was funded in 2015 by the
Idaho legislature and just this past session the legislature found a way to
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appropriate funding for both Ada County and Twin Falls County. So, when we
look at what a crisis center is supposed to achieve, it's a 24/7 facility with 365
days of operation. It is a voluntary outpatient facility, so you can't be required to
go there, but, for example, if you're choosing between jail and the crisis center it
might seem like a better choice for some. They are forced to -- or supposed to
be implementing the IDAPA rules, which Cindy and Heidi can explain better than
I, but all health systems have certain rules they need to meet to achieve different
statuses and really the best practices per the Idaho Health and Welfare
guidelines. The board of directors needs to include at least either a health
consumer, a physician, law enforcement, and a county commissioner and after
two years there needs to be a plan in place for 50 percent funding. I am not here
today to talk to you about that plan and there will be no requirement at this point
to sign onto anything about what I'm going to be talking to you about, but I
wanted to make sure to let you know that is something the state is talking about.
So, to date the Professional Resource Committee and Terry Reilly completed a
community assessment of needs last summer. Essentially, we took a look at
what Allumbaugh House was currently doing, what a crisis center was designed
to do and what were the gaps in the community and while a crisis center does
not meet every need that's out there, it certainly is a gap that's waiting to be filled.
The JPE, which is the -- that joint powers entity that governs Allumbaugh House,
approved accepting the crisis center. It also approved utilizing Terry Reilly as an
operator and utilizing it in that existing sobering station. The joint powers entity
felt that there was significant efficiencies and potentially cost savings to be
achieved by co-locating in that same facility. And the joint powers entity
approved hiring a facilitator or project manager to help get us to opening and
that's really what -- the piece that I need to talk you about today. So, what the
JPE is looking for is a project manager who can do the stakeholder and
community outreach over really the next six months to get us to opening. This
position will do that outreach, engage the meetings and work on business plan
development with the operator and the goal is to have a third party who can be a
really neutral entity to hear from all sides what we are expecting out of a
community crisis center and to work with Terry Reilly, then, to take that to
implementation. There is a lot of general ideas about what a community crisis
center should -- could be, but it's going to be very important to gather all of that
information to have that ongoing communication and make sure we have a
shared vision going forward. So, two joint powers entity meetings ago the group
came up with an idea for how we could collectively fund a third-party facilitator,
project manager, and it was based on current Allumbaugh House contributions,
less Idaho Health and Welfare, because they are funding the crisis center. As
you can see on this column on the left here, you have the current contributions of
Ada County on the way down. Meridian is currently contributing a little over
57,000 a year to the -- to Allumbaugh House. That's a percentage of about 5.8
percent. We've gone ahead and produced the scope of work for what the
facilitator will be doing and shop that around to potential facilitators and project
managers in the community. Based on that we are thankful for staff time and
some of the meetings that are going to need to be held. We are looking at about
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a 60,000 dollar contract to get that off the ground. So, what I'm here today to talk
to you about is a little over 3,500, which would be Meridian's contribution to that
project manager. This is a one-time request. There is no ongoing need. The
goal is to get this moving and, then, Terry Reilly will take over as the operator
going forward. So, with that, obviously, I will stand for any questions and if you
have specific clinical questions that I cannot answer, my lovely colleagues are
behind me to help out.
De Weerd: Thank you, Diana. And I know that I had also asked Chief Lavey to
-- to maybe make some remarks on -- from the law enforcement side of things
how Allumbaugh House and how law enforcement see our interaction with the
crisis center and I appreciate Sheriff Bartlett for being here as well.
Lavey: Madam Mayor, Council. I think Diana has already pretty much covered
it. This has been a long process with Allumbaugh House and with the crisis
center. Allumbaugh House -- she covered the needs that are out there. She
covered some of the struggles we have dealt with. With the sobering stations,
our process with the police department was we need a 24/7 facility. A 24/7
facility costs a lot of money and so they had to reprioritize their needs based on
the budget. For several years now Ada County has been trying to get one of
these crisis centers and we, essentially, were third in line and although we have
a great need here in the valley because of the population, there was an even
greater need with less resources in other parts of the state, so we are pretty
fortunate that we were finally selected for this. Law enforcement is a big
supporter of this crisis center. It's been said that it's not the catch all, it's -- it's
not going to cover all of our needs, but it's definitely going to give a resource to
her at risk residents and it's going to give the officers another tool in their tool
chest that we currently don't have. So, we wholeheartedly encourage you to
support this and approve the 3,500 dollars and I stand for any questions.
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Thank you, chief. Yes, Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: Chief, have you seen the scope of work that they have drafted up?
Have you had a chance to review that and provide any comments?
Lavey: I have not read the entire document, but I have been a part of most of the
discussions through the process for the last several months.
Cavener: Okay.
De Weerd: I would note that when Allumbaugh House was built they had a
project manager that really helped shepherd it through, keep it on task. The
whole idea behind this project manager is that -- to be that -- oversee the project
itself, but also a conduit between law enforcement and the center to make sure
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we really do incorporate the elements that law enforcement needs in a crisis
center.
Lavey: Madam Mayor and Council, I would also say -- although we didn't have --
we had a -- a place at the table before, but I think we have an even greater seat
now where law enforcement is really being heard as far as what your needs are,
what works, what doesn't work and, like I said, they did that before, but it seems
like it's even more now and the other thing -- so, he doesn't have to come up
here and speak, I will speak for Sheriff Bartlett is another a dvantage this has is it
gets those people out of the jails and into resources and getting the help that
they need, frees up bed space for those people that they really, really need to be
in jail. So, that's another advantage.
De Weerd: Which, I think it will help with that 18 percent return that you see in
the annual report, which I still think it's totally awesome, so -- any other
questions? Concerns? Sheriff Bartlett, would you like to make any remarks?
Okay. If there aren't any further questions, Council, in front you is a request for a
budget amendment for a not to exceed 3,503 dollars.
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move we approve the budget amendment for the Allumbaugh House
crisis center, not to exceed 3,503 dollars.
Milam: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second. Any discussion?
Cavener: Madam Mayor, substitute motion if I may. I'm a huge proponent of the
Allumbaugh House, but not seeing the scope of work it's hard for me to vo te for
something, so I make a motion that we continue this for one week so that we can
get the scope of work provided to Council to review and approve.
Palmer: Second.
De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second on a substitute motion to
postpone this for a week until Council can review the scope. Any discussion on
the motion? All those in favor say aye. Opposed say nay.
Bird: Roll call. It's dollars, so we need roll call.
De Weerd: Yeah, but this was just to continue it.
Bird: I know.
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De Weerd: So -- and I would vote nay, too. So, we will go for the original -- the
original motion was to approve the budget amendment for a not to exceed 3,503
dollars. Any discussion on it? I guess we just kind of heard discussion. Madam
Clerk, will you call roll.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea, Little
Roberts, absent.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
De Weerd: I would like to thank you Cindy, Diana, and Terry Reilly for being
here. Allumbaugh House has been a huge asset for our county and the city has
been the impact that -- of all of your efforts. So, thank you. Thank you, Chief.
Item 7: Items Moved From the Consent Agenda
A. Construction Agreement for the Five Mile Relief and
Water Line Replacement at 8th Street Park Project with
Granite Excavation for the Not to Exceed Amount of
$815,927.38
De Weerd: Okay. Item D was removed from the Consent Agenda and so we will
ask Keith Watts to comment.
Watts: Good evening, Madam Mayor and Council Members. This is typica lly a
consent award item. The reason I wanted to bring it to your attention is that it's a
little bit of an anomaly. As you may be aware, the construction industry is
booming again here in the valley and -- and we are seeing prices rise and,
unfortunately, we are seeing a reduction in bid participation. When contractors
can keep busy doing subdivisions our bidders tend to go down. On this particular
project we reached out to 12 contractors personally, sent them e-mails. We
conducted a pre-bid meeting, which we only got two contractors to show up for,
so we reached back out once again after that and tried to contact them again, let
them know that the bid was out there. We encouraged them to bid. And we
actually got one bid on this project and it wasn't from one of the ones that they
even attended the pre-bid, it was one that we reached out to. So, I just wanted to
bring that to your attention to let you know that we may be creeping up on our
construction estimates with our -- with our bid awards. It's just the sign of the
times right now. With that I will stand for any questions.
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
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Bird: How -- how urgent is it to do this bid right at this time and where does this
stand with our budget?
Watts: It did come in within our budget. I would have to refer to Public Works as
to the urgency of it. I know it's the main that runs right in front of 8th Street Park.
Warren?
Stewart: Yes. Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, Councilman Bird, i t is a
pretty critical project. We actually constructed the first phase of this project a few
years ago, so that we could get it in place ahead of the -- the new facilities that
the Parks Department put in over there. It is an enlargement of an existing main
that is already reaching its capacity. So, it's something that we need to do fairly
soon, but we did have an engineer's estimate. The bid that we did receive came
in very close to the engineer's estimates, my understanding, and also within our
budget, so I don't think there is any concern that we necessarily think this is out
of line, it's just that we are not getting as many bidders on the projects as we
have.
Watts: Madam Mayor, Councilman Bird, Council Members, that was -- I just
wanted to bring it to your attention, because we are going to -- we are nearing
our budget on this bid right now, so we don't have a lot of wiggle room on this
project, but it is a sign of the times and whenever we have som ething this large
and we get one bidder I want to bring that to your attention, because it is out of
the ordinary.
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Thank you, Keith. Yes, Mr. Bird.
Bird: And I appreciate that and I hope you will bring stuff like that forward to us
on -- on anything that stands out or stuff, we need to know and we need to keep
watching the trend, so -- thank you very much.
Watts: You're welcome.
De Weerd: Any further questions for Keith?
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move we approve the construction agreement on the Five Mile relief and
waterline replacement at 8th Street Park project with Granite Excavation for the
amount not to exceed $815,927.38.
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Palmer: Second.
De Weerd: I'm glad you got it down to the penny. Any discussion? Madam
Clerk.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea, Little
Roberts, absent.
De Weerd: All ayes. Thank you.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
Bird: That must be the profit, 38 cents, uh?
Item 8: Action Items
A. Public Hearing Continued from May 24, 2016 for
Browning Plaza (H-2016- 0008) by SLN / Boise-Waltman,
LLC Located 505, 521, 615 and 675 Waltman Lane
1. Request: Two (2) Year Time Extension on the
Preliminary Plat to Obtain the City Engineer's
Signature on a Final Plat
B. Public Hearing Continued from May 24, 2016 for
Waltman Property (aka Browning Plaza) (H-2016-0038)
by SLN Planning/Boise-Waltman, LLC Located 505, 521,
615, and 675 Waltman Lane
1. Request: Modification to the Development
Agreement to Remove they Requirement (#5.1.8)
for Corporate Drive to be Extended North of the
Site from the Ten Mile Creek South to Waltman
Lane
De Weerd: Okay. Item 8-A and B have been requested to continue to August
23rd and that the applicant will be required to renotice this so that the public has
that information.
Bird: You already opened it, so -- the hearing, so --
De Weerd: Yes. Sorry.
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
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Bird: I move we continue Items 8-A and 8-B to August 23rd, 2016.
Milam: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to continue Items 8 -A and B to August
23rd. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
C. Public Hearing for Harmony Hills Assisted Living (H-
2016-0061) by Brian Carlisle Located 1521 and 1529 S.
Tech Lane
1. Request: Amend the Recorded Development
Agreement (DA) (Instrument #108119853) for the
Purpose of Incorporating a New Concept Plan,
Building Elevations and Certain Provisions of the
Development Agreement
De Weerd: Item 8-C is a public hearing for H-2016-0061. I will open this public
hearing with staff comments. Oh --
Bird: Continue.
De Weerd: -- this one also wants to continue to July 19th. We are trying to make
this meeting very short.
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move that we continue H-2016-0061 to July 19th, 2016.
Milam: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to continue Item 8 -C to July 19th. All
those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
D. Public Hearing for TM Creek (H-2016-0067) by SCS
Brighton, LLC Located Southeast Corner of W. Franklin
Road and S. Ten Mile Road
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1. Request: Modification to the Development
Agreement for TM Creek to Remove the
Requirement for the Final Plat to be Recorded
Prior to Applying for Building Permits
De Weerd: Item 8-D is a public hearing on H-2016-0067. I will open this public
hearing with staff comments.
Watters: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, the application before you is a
request for a development agreement modification. This site consists of
approximately 35 acres of land. It's zoned C-G, TN-C, and R-40 and is located at
the southeast corner of West Franklin Road and South Ten Mile Road. This site
was annexed and preliminary platted in 2014 and the first phase final plat was
also approved by Council, but has not yet been recorded. The applicant is
requesting to modify the development agreement to remove the preliminary plat
requirement for the final plat to be recorded prior to applying for building permits.
Because the findings for the preliminary plat are attached as an exhibit in the
development agreement, it is necessary for the development to be amended to
remove this requirement. The applicant would like to obtain one building permit
within an area proposed to be platted in a future phase prior to final plats being
submitted. This will facilitate an existing business in Meridian that desires to
relocate to this site to obtain a building permit and begin construction prior to that
plat being recorded as currently required. Since more than one building is
allowed to be constructed on commercially zoned property, subdivision of the
property is not typically required in order to apply for building permits. However,
in this case a preliminary plat condition of approval was included that required
subdivision of the property prior to applying for a building permit. Written
testimony has been received from Mike Wardle, the applicant's representative.
He is in agreement with the staff report. Staff is recommending approval. Any
questions?
De Weerd: Thank you. Council, any questions?
Bird: I have none.
De Weerd: Okay. Applicant. Good evening. If you will, please, state your name
and address for the record.
Wardle: I will. Mike Wardle. Address 12601 West Explorer Drive in Boise, on
behalf of SCS Brighton. What we -- Sonya made an important point when she
said that typically in a commercial situation more than one building can be
constructed on a parcel prior to or without platting and what we found -- it's
important to read all of the boilerplate conditions that come with a preliminary
plat. In this particular case it was just -- it's one of those things that really is more
applicable to a residential subdivision, but it's -- it was applied to the commercial
subdivision in this sense, so it's a -- it's a simple fix. We appreciate the
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opportunity to have this done, so that -- I'm not going to divulge the business, but
there is a business in Meridian that wants to get out to that site quickly. We look
at -- we have got all the infrastructure, the streets and everything are finished
right to its front door, this just give us the opportunity to g et started. So, I would
answer any questions that the Council may have.
De Weerd: Thank you. Can't wait until when you state your name and address
that that address has a Meridian after it.
Wardle: It will.
De Weerd: Just saying.
Wardle: In a year.
De Weerd: Council, any questions?
Bird: I have none.
De Weerd: Okay.
Wardle: Thank you.
De Weerd: Thanks. This is a public hearing. Is there anyone who would like to
provide testimony on this item? Okay. Council, seeing none --
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: I move that we close the public hearing on H-2016-0067.
Bird: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to close the public hearing on Item
8-D. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: Move that we approve H-2016-0067 with all staff and applicant
comments.
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Bird: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 8 -D. If there is no
discussion, Madam Clerk, will you call roll.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea, Little
Roberts, absent.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
E. Final Plat for Bainbridge Park Subdivision for (H-2016-
0070) by Brighton Development Generally Located
South of West Chinden Blvd and West of North Ten Mile
Road
1. Request: A Final Plat Consisting of 52 Building
Lots, Seven (7) Common Lots and One (1) other
Lot on 22.78 Acres of Land in the R- 8 Zoning
District by Brighton Development
De Weerd: Item 8-E was requested to continue to July 5th for a final plat for
Bainbridge Park Subdivision. Do I have a motion to continue?
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move we continue the final plat on H-2016-0070 to July 5th, 2016.
Milam: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to continue this item to Ju ly 5th. All
those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carries.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
F. Public Hearing Continued from June 21, 2016 for
Brundage Estates (H-2016-0001) by L.C. Development,
Inc. Located East of S. Linder Road Between Victory and
Amity Roads
1. Request: Preliminary Plat Consisting of 366
Building Lots, 20 Common Lots and 1 Other Lot
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on 136.63 Acres of Land in an R-4 Zoning District
De Weerd: Item 8-F is a public hearing continued from June 21st on H-2016-
0001 and we did continue it for a specific item. Becky , did you want to comment
on this? That was pertaining to block length.
McKay: Yes. Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council. Becky
McKay. Engineering Solutions. 1029 North Rosario. I'm here representing Mr.
Centers this evening. You asked us to go back and meet with the staff, so Sonya
and Caleb and I got together and that was really a good idea, because three
heads are better than one and we did come up with some solutions and we
reworked some stuff to decrease the length of the block in that southern portion
that was so problematic that we just fought and fought and fought right along
here. Sonya also asked us to provide her a drawing that's before you this
evening that shows where the pedestrian paths are and what the block lengths
are, so the Council is fully aware of those blocks that we require a waiver. So, it
didn't reduce the need for a waiver on some of the blocks. However, we are now
in compliance with the UDC and we are under the length in which the Council
may grant a waiver if they determine that it's warranted. So, Sonya wanted this
to be part of the record, because I believe Councilman Borton -- you know, he
wanted it identified clearly in the record, part of her file, which blocks are we
reducing. We see you have some issues with canals and the Williams pipeline
and a collector. Just identify it so we know what we're waiving. Well, that's what
you see before you. We did add pedestrian paths. We have modified the stub
street. I did send this drawing -- new drawing to Mrs. Dixon, who testified at our
last hearing. She sent me an e-mail back saying she was pleased with it. She
would not be attending this evening. She asked me if I would, please, send her
an e-mail in the morning to let her know what the Council's determination was
this evening. The other outstanding issue was how to deal with the condition
concerning the public versus private park issue. Mr. Centers and I discussed this
at length. Your staff and I discussed it and we kind of came up with a substitute
language that I did send to your staff. It did go to them today. I apologize for
that. It's just -- you know, we can only work so fast and put out so many fires at
one time. Basically what Mr. Centers wanted to do is -- you know, this
preliminary plat depicts 18 -- or 8.24 acres of open space in the center of the
development. I think Councilman Borton said, well, you know, I can understand
you want a commitment from the Council. Is this going to be public. We can
give you direction, but based on Mr. Nary comments we really need to do a parks
agreement between the City of Meridian and Mr. Centers. So, we have it in there
the City Council and developer may enter into a parks agreement in the future.
It's my client's intent that we will get on that just as soon -- I mean that will be
priority one as soon as we get the project preliminarily platted, we will move on
getting that parks agreement, because we want to, obviously, enter into that
agreement with this Council, who saw our project and, obviously, who provided
us input. Lastly, it says in the event that it's determined that the open space will
remain private, the developer shall provide the UDC required amenities and ten
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percent open space consistent the location delineated on the plat and what that
last sentence basically says if for whatever reason the City Council and Mr.
Centers cannot agree on a parks agreement, which I don't see that happening,
because, you know, he wants to green it up, he wants to make it happen and,
you know, we got our feedback from the parks commission saying we like it, we
need it, and the Council's given us nothing but, you know, positive comments,
then, if it has to turn into a private open space, we made it larger for the city, so
we are at 14.99 percent open space and Mr. Centers said if I -- if I have to
encumber my homeowner's association to maintain it, which I really don't want to
do, because it's along a public pathway, multi-use path network, I don't want to
have to provide more open space than is required of any other developer. So,
that's, basically, what -- you know, what that states. Now, Mr. Baird has some
ideas if it -- you know, I don't know what -- if he's comfortable with this. We are
kind of open if you got a better suggestion. We just want to make sure it's fair for
everybody, the city and Mr. Centers and we really appreciate you giving us the
opportunity to get with staff and try to work things out -- issues out. Thank you.
De Weerd: Thank you, Becky. Mr. Baird.
Baird: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, I do have one comment of the --
in the proposed new language, the term parks agreement is in capital letters. I
don't know what a parks agreement is. Is it an agreement to donate park land to
become a public park? Is it an agreement to donate and green up? It's just we
don't have to define it, I would just say let's put that in noncapital letters, but no
requirements on the parties, just get together. If we do it, green thumb, we go
forward, if not it stays private. I think it's fine with that -- with that one
modification.
De Weerd: In lower case.
Baird: Lower case.
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: Becky, I have a question for you. Sorry. I'm just not sure -- so, if Mr.
Centers -- say there was not a parks agreement, what would happen with the
other five percent of that open space?
McKay: He may reduce that area a little bit, you know, just so it's not so
expensive to maintain in perpetuity for the HOA. Just that center area. All the
pathways, the buffers, all of that is locked in. I mean that's required by t he UDC.
It would just give him some flexibility and, you know, maybe just the way it's laid
out, then, you know, it would have to remain the same. He just wanted that
option that that could shrink right there in the center a little bit.
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Milam: I'm just curious how it could shrink.
McKay: Pardon?
Milam: I mean I'm not a developer, so I'm just curious -- I'm curious how it could
shrink.
McKay: Oh. Well, there is always a -- when we go from preliminary to final there
is always like -- you know, there is a little bit of shifting and things are modified
and so what -- what we try to do is your ordinance says a minimum of ten percent
open space and, then, states what's eligible. So, if we look at what our open
space is and our eligibility, we are almost 15 percent. So, what Mr. Centers
wants to do is, you know, maybe the lots that back up to it are a little deeper. Not
that the --
Milam: You can't add more lots.
McKay: No. We can -- no, ma'am. No, ma'am. Council Woman Milam, you're
absolutely correct. We cannot add lots. We cannot make any significant
changes that your staff determines substantial. Maybe the lots that back up to
that common area are a little deeper. Maybe -- maybe we widen out a block just
to eat up a little bit of open space, so that we are not putting an excessive burden
on his future homeowners who say, wow, we can't afford to maintain 15 percent
open space and all the other subdivisions around us in Meridian just have ten,
you know. So, we have to be cognizant of what they can afford, because it's
forever. So, that -- I think that's our -- yeah, we would not change the concept,
just kind of like eat up a little bit of that space.
Milam: Thank you.
McKay: Thank you.
De Weerd: If the change is significant staff would put it back through for a
change. So, it would be posted and noted and come back to City Council.
McKay: Yes, Madam Mayor. If it is a significant, substantial change, then, your
staff sends us back with a new preliminary plat.
Palmer: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Palmer.
Palmer: Madam Mayor, that sounds like an appropriate decision for me on their
part. I just think it would be too early for us to jump in on it.
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De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Becky.
McKay: Thank you.
De Weerd: This public hearing was continued for the reason of the long block
length. Is there anyone that would like to make comment on that?
Chatterton: Madam Mayor, I believe that Mrs. Watters had some comments that
were prepared on this -- the changes for this item.
De Weerd: Thank you.
Watters: Madam Mayor, Council, just want to point out that -- that the exhibit
before you, the dark lines that Becky has included with the lengths, are blocks
that do not meet current UDC standards for block lengths. They still are in
excess. There is ten of them that are shown. Eight of those could comply if
pathways were -- were added and those would be allowed to go up to 1,000 feet
in length then. If Council chooses to approve what's proposed, I would
recommend that this project be continued and that the actual preliminary plat and
landscape plans are revised to meet the proposed configuration or Council
doesn't approve the proposed layout, that the project still be continued and the
plat is revised -- the landscape plan.
De Weerd: Okay. Any questions for staff?
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: Sonya, I appreciate your comments. Glad you had the opportunity to
chime in. Can you articulate to me why we would -- why you're recommending
that we continue that for the landscape plans to be revised if we approve the --
the block length?
Watters: Yes. Mayor and Council. So, the configuration of -- this is not a plat.
This is the concept layout.
Cavener: Okay.
Watters: It does not show lot dimensions. I don't know looking at this if it's
consistent with our dimensional standards or not, but this is the previous plat
here, the original plat that was submitted, and if you can see here, the
configuration has changed some. It's kind of hard to see when they are not side
by side. But the configuration has changed. It no longer is consistent with the
landscape plan and the plat. It really needs to be revised in whole to make sure
it meets our dimensional standards before it goes forward.
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Cavener: Thank you.
De Weerd: Okay. Any other questions for the applicant or staff?
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: I move that we close the public hearing on H -2016-0001.
Bird: Second.
Cavener: I have a motion and a second to close the public hearing on this item.
All those in favor say aye. I think that was all ayes.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: Maybe a comment, opportunity for Council to discuss this. I
appreciate the applicant's willingness to go back to the drawing board and work
with staff. Appreciate Mrs. McKay's comments, as well as staff. To me I think
this accomplishes what we were discussing last week. I don't know what the rest
of the Council feels, but I'm satisfied with these changes. I think they were able
to take all the public testimony from last week and really seem to come up with a
good project. I don't know if anyone has any other comments.
Bird: Go for it.
Cavener: But then, if not, Madam Mayor -- a week? Sonya, you had asked for a
week? Two weeks? Madam Mayor, looking at the calendar, I move that we
continue H-2016-0001 to July 12th to allow the applicant to get a preliminary plat
to staff.
Watters: The next one. That's the workshop.
Cavener: Oh. Staff make the 5th work?
Milam: That's only one week.
Cavener: Okay. Then, Madam Mayor, revise that to July 5th.
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Watters: No. Excuse me. That's -- we need at least two weeks, Councilman
Cavener. Sorry. I didn't realize that's what you meant.
Cavener: Take three. July 19th, Madam Mayor.
Milam: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to continue this item to July 19th. All
those in favor say aye. All ayes.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
G. Final Plat Continued from June 21, 2016 for Isola Creek
No. 4 (H-2016-0050) by Isola Creek, LLC Located North
Side of W. Ustick Road and East Side of
N. Ten Mile Road Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda
1. Request: Final Plat Approval Consisting of Forty-
Five (45) Single Family Residential Building Lots
and Four (4) Common Lots on Approximately
28.02 Acres in the R-4 Zoning District
De Weerd: Okay. Item 8-G is a final plat, continued from June 21st on H-2016-
0050. I will ask for staff comments.
Parsons: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council. As stated, this is
a final plat before you this evening. It's actually Isola Creek No. 4. This is a
preliminary plat -- or a final plat that consists of 45 buildable lots and four
common lots on 28 acres of land in the R-4 zoning district. This is the fourth and
final phase of the approved preliminary plat back in 2012. Staff has reviewed the
final plat for conformance with the approved preliminary plat and both the lot
sizes -- lot count and the open space does comply with that, so it is consistent to
what the Council approved back in 2012 as well. So, here is the approved
preliminary plat that was acted on. As you can see her e this plat does contain a
future neighborhood park and that was part of that approval and also part of the
recorded development of that project. When this project came -- the reason for
the continuance is staff and the applicant are still working out some of the
requirements for the improvements to the park and if there is moving pieces here
the applicant's working with the Parks Department, they are working with Nampa -
Meridian Irrigation District. In your packet Nampa-Meridian Irrigation district did
provide a letter bringing awareness to you as far as leaving the Creason Creek
Lateral open as part of the park improvement. If Council recalls, the applicant at
the time when they came forward with their preliminary plat they requested a
waiver from Council to allow that creek to remain open or at least a portion of it
and that would be that -- if you can see my cursor they received approval to -- a
waiver from the Council to leave the east-west segment of the lateral open and,
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then, it was up to the parks -- discretion of the parks director to leave the north-
south leg of the lateral open. Well, in working through the park design and all
that and getting Nampa-Meridian Irrigation involved, they feel it's important to
construct or at least pipe the entire waterway and that's why they were adamant
and they wanted to get that letter in front of you. So, really the applicant to --
here is what the condition -- how the condition read in the preliminary plat and
the exhibit that was tied to the approved prelimin ary plat, that approved the
waiver of a -- a portion of the lateral and, then, the closure or the piping of the
north-south segment. So, really, those are the -- I wouldn't really call it an
outstanding issue. I think the applicant probably could shed so me light on -- they
had a meeting yesterday and discussed some options that I think she can go
share with you this evening, maybe daylight the issue and maybe get some
closure for you, but right now staff has recommended approval of the final plat.
Again, it is consistent with the approved preliminary plat. I will let the applicant
get up and testify as what their discussions were with the Parks Department and
Nampa-Meridian Irrigation District. So, right now I will stand for any questions
you may have just regarding the final plat application itself.
De Weerd: Thank you, Bill. Any questions for staff? Okay.
McKay: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council. Becky McKay,
Engineering Solutions, representing the final plat that's before you. I -- we
submitted our construction plans on this project to the city and ACHD and
Nampa-Meridian. We ran into snags with Nampa-Meridian Irrigation District,
because they had significant concerns over the Creason Lateral being left open
on the east-west leg. Now, the Creason Lateral we -- we agreed and we had a
condition that said if the parks -- as Bill indicated, if the parks director determined
he wanted it -- the Creason piped here on that east -- that north-south leg, that
we would do that. That's a 36 inch reinforced concrete pipe and the parks
director in looking at it said, you know, for usability of the park we do want that
piped and we said, okay, great. The Council granted us a waiver. There is a
piece of pipe that's a few hundred feet that's already in. The waiver was on this
real slow section right here, because that is not a 36-inch pipe, it's a 48 inch.
Well, the Parks Department they -- we talked about doing a public-private
partnership as far as making this happen and we were told that it wasn't in the
parks' budget to participate. So, the Parks Department I think kind of moved
forward. Our project moved forward and, then, Nampa-Meridian said, wait a
minute, we want to weigh in on this and so Greg Curtis did consult with his board
of directors, he did write a letter to Mike Barton to the city and they said, you
know, we are going to be inviting the public in here and it's one thing to leave a
lateral open, you know, behind residential lots, but when you're -- this is a multi-
use pathway in a city park, we feel that we are going to run into significant
conflict -- conflict in maintenance, safety issues, and they said, you know, even if
it's fenced if -- if a kid kicks a soccer ball into the water, climbs over the fence and
drowns, we know who the parents are going to be suing and we're cognizant of
the fact that water attracts kids and he said for everyone's benefit we would like
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you to take -- step back, don't get that final plat approved at Meridian, don't get
that park by the Council, let's have an emergency meeting and we did that
yesterday and it went great and Mike Barton was there, Steve Siddoway, Greg
Curtis, myself, Kathy Stroschein, who is with my company, the project engineer,
and Greg Curtis said I've talked to my board and we are willing to spend district
money and use district labor to make this happen and he said all I ask is that the
city participate in purchasing that thousand feet of 48 inch RCP pipe, which is
reinforced concrete, and he said I've even gone to my supplier and I got our
Nampa-Meridian rock bottom price and there isn't even a delivery fee on it,
because Nampa-Meridian will use their own trucks to go pick up the pipe and so
he said in addition to that, we will install the pipe in the channel, we will build all
the boxes, all the lids, we don't need any chips for backfill, because it's going to
be in the existing channel and all his crews will do that this winter, winter of 2016
and he said September we had the board approve our recommendation for three
projects that our crews will work on in the winter and we will make this one of
them, barring any catastrophic emergency with a larger facility they have to do.
But he said the district wants this piped and we -- you know, he said we
encourage the Council, we encourage the Parks Department to work with us and
we will spend our own dollars, our own man hours, use our equipment and we
will make this happen and they also said we did a civil design for the north-south
leg, which is at a significant cost, they will not require that even the city prepare
or us prepare a design on it for the east -west leg. All they ask for was flow
calculations and inverse, which we did give the district for their consulting
engineer to approve. But Greg Curtis asked that the Council consider their offer.
I have never seen such a generous offer from the district, but they think that it's
going to esthetically look great. It's going to -- that whole corridor is going to be
greenscaped, it's going to be an actual greenbelt along Five Mile Creek, there will
be no water danger with the Creason, it will all be in pipe, you will have your
neighbor park, Bridgetower feeding into it, exposure at Ten Mile and we think that
we have got a good solution. I guess, obviously, the ultimate decision lied with
you. I did review the staff report for our final plat. I did prepare draft responses,
however, I did not have any opportunity today to meet with Mr. Coleman and get
his approval, so as far as our final plat, I ask that you defer it for one more week,
because I don't give these responses to the conditions of approval without my
client sending me an e-mail saying it looks good to me and I'm game. Plus some
of these conditions that the staff placed on us are going to be dictated by Nampa-
Meridian Irrigation District, like your multiple use pathway on the Creason, your
agreement for the multi-use on drains, you have a universal agreement, Nampa-
Meridian informed me you do not have an agreement with Nampa-Meridian for
multi-use pathways along their lateral. Now, they are okay with it being along
their lateral and being in -- you know, in their easement, but they want -- but
somebody's got to do a license agreement and when I talked to the attorney for
Nampa-Meridian Bryce Farris, he said that it would -- it would most likely have to
be between the city and Nampa-Meridian, since this is a public park, a public
pathway. Now, my client has to pave part of this halfway, so I'm not sure is it a
three-party agreement? I haven't sent my request to Bryce to find out, because
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we can't until we have a plan approval and Nampa-Meridian won't give me plan
approval, because they kind of put the stops to everything, they wanted to get
before you. Greg Curtis wanted me to tell you guys that he would have been
here this evening, but his wife had to have significant surgery today and he said
any other day I would have came and talked to the Council, but he said I think
having our meeting with Mike and Steve and myself yesterday, he's expressed
their position and so I request that you formally defer my final plan for a week or
whenever the next available Council meeting is, I'm not sure what you're doing
due to the holiday and, then, obviously, I will stay, you know, here with Mike on
the parks, because we -- we would like the Council to I guess look at the big
picture. Thank you.
De Weerd: Any questions for Becky?
Bird: I have none.
De Weerd: I guess my question is for Mike.
Barton: Thank you, Madam Mayor and Council. You know, Becky, that was a
good presentation. We do agree, you know, when -- after further discussion with
Nampa-Meridian Irrigation District this section of the Creason Lateral is -- is
pretty accessible and being that close to a park it could be at an attractive
nuisance and potentially a safety hazard. We think that the offer that they have
extended to everybody involved to get the work done is pretty significant. The
impact -- and I have a presentation on park design that's coming up, but, really,
the impact to our budget -- we are going to buy the pipe, we need to purchase
topsoil to cover it and, then, also do some green up turf across that, so we
currently have a -- a budget enhancement that's going through the process for
1.2 million dollars. It would increase that request to 1.35. So, an extra 150,000.
But, really, the value is -- it is there. I mean the Nampa-Meridian Irrigation
District -- we have had some -- a statement of cost to -- if it was labor and
material to do the work and just to pipe that section -- that thousand feet, it's over
200 dollars a foot and that's without boxes. So, it's right in that 250,000 dollar
range. So, Nampa-Meridian's labor would save everybody 175,000 dollars. So, I
guess with that I will stand for any questions you might have.
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: Madam Mayor. Thank you. Mike, just a couple of I guess -- one, this
letter from Nampa-Meridian Irrigation has got me somewhat perplexed, but also
very excited. I guess the first part of the letter Mr. Curtis indicates that there has
been a discussion about piping this. It appears to be for a significant amount of
time. Is that your recollection? And I guess maybe you could pro vide some
context as to where the conversation broke down and what Nampa-Meridian
Irrigation expected versus what they had heard from the city.
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Barton: Yeah. So -- thank you, Madam Mayor, Mr. -- Councilman Cavener. So,
we had some discussions with Greg Curtis at Nampa-Meridian Irrigation District
as to what the requirements were to locating a multi-use path near that -- that
piece of water. So, water creeks or drains, we can locate pathways next to them
without fencing. This is an open waterway, live waterway, so it needs to be
fenced. So, at that point in time we -- we learned that the only -- if this was to
remain open that there would be a pathway, a wrought iron fence, a 16 foot
gravel road and, then, this waterway. So, at that point in time it was no longer a
water amenity, I mean it was just this utilitarian looking feature, so we said, hey,
maybe the thing to do is to pipe it and that's where the discussion started. So,
from that we asked our civil engineer to give us -- just to give us an opinion of
cost of what it might be, because we have no idea what it would cost. Are we
talking about 50,000, 250,000? Well, we learned that it was about 250,000 with
all the labor and material to pipe it, so at that point we made the determination
that it's probably in the best interest that we just defer and leave it open and --
and, then, at that point in time Becky was able to negotiate with Nampa -Meridian
Irrigation and get them to commit to creating this -- this in-house project if the
materials are purchased. So, that's where kind of the wind for everybody came
into play. So, really, the timeline and story behind it.
Cavener: Madam Mayor, additional follow up? Mike, is -- is this a common
practice for Nampa-Meridian Irrigation? I mean to me this is a pleasant surprise
and it was an offer, I just don't know if there is precedent that they are following
or this is the first time that they have ever done anything like this.
Barton: Madam Mayor, Councilman Cavener, this is -- it's pretty unique. They
have done it before. I couldn't tell you where. They have never done it for us.
They -- they like to keep their crews busy. When they see a real need to reduce
a safety hazard and to have an area that's easier to maintain for them, they --
they make it a priority and this is one of those projects.
Cavener: Great. Thanks, Mike.
De Weerd: Any other questions for Mike?
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: Mike, does that mean -- is there still going to be fencing?
Barton: Councilman Milam, no.
Milam: So, we will have cost savings on the fencing as well?
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Barton: Yeah. And that will -- and I kind of apologize, I'm kind of jumping ahead
with some of this park design and these conversations are all going to roll
together, but the pathway will move closer -- not only will the open green space
in the park kind of expand, the pathway will move further to north and get close to
-- on top of the current location in the Creason and, then, there will be grass on
the north side of the pathway up to the common lot behind these lots in phase
four.
Milam: Thanks.
Cavener: Madam Mayor, just one question.
De Weerd: Uh-huh.
Cavener: Mike, is the -- the piping impact fee eligible? Can we use impact fees
to pay for that?
Barton: Madam Mayor, Councilman Cavener, I believe it is.
Cavener: Okay.
Barton: The only -- the only thing that we did talk about if Nampa-Meridian is
going to buy the -- we would want them to buy the pipe, because they are going
to pick it up. We would have to sole source it.
Cavener: Okay.
De Weerd: Thank you, Mike. Anything further? Okay. Any further information
needed from staff or applicant for the Council?
Milam: Madam Mayor?
Bird: Madam Mayor?
Milam: Oh.
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: I move that we continue H-2016-0001 to July 5th, 2016.
Bird: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to continue Item 8 -G to July 5th. All
those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
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Parsons: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, can I ask for clarification on
the -- with Becky's -- hopefully she can take it back to Mr. Coleman, but if we get
an agreement from the applicant to all the conditions of approval to the final plat,
is the Council amenable to just moving that to the Consent Agenda for that July
5th hearing and that way we don't have to open up anything to have any further
discussions on it. That's the typical protocol that we have. If you are amenable
to that, I would like to at least leave that option open for us.
Bird: No problem with me.
Parsons: Thank you.
De Weerd: You do have all agreement, so -- okay. Thank you.
Item 9: Department Reports
A. Continued from June 21, 2016: Parks and Recreation
Department: Bellano Creek Neighborhood Park Design
and Naming Request
De Weerd: Item 9-A is under Department Reports. Two department reports that
were continued from our last meeting, because of time of evening. So, 9-A is a
discussion about Bellano Creek neighborhood park design and naming request.
Barton: Thank you, Madam Mayor and Council. Thanks for the opportunity to
continue the discussion. This is the park that's in Isola Creek No. 4, the
subdivision is called Bellano Creek and with any luck, with your blessing, we will
officially change the name of the park this evening. As you know, we have been
working on the -- the park design. The Council approved funding for design and
we have been busy generating concepts and working with the parks commission
to get to where we are now. So, you know where the park is. It's across from the
wastewater treatment plant on the corner of Ustick and Ten Mile Road. So,
really, what I -- what I have to show you are two options and the only difference
between the two options is the piping that we just discussed and either open
lateral or closed lateral. The amenities kind of remain the same and as you can
see in this -- in the top part of the park the overall layout consists of eight and a
half acres of park space. We have drawn in 28 parking stalls. We have a
playground, restroom, picnic shelter. One of the cool things that -- we have
thought about this and as we have gone through some of these park designs is
we want to create a more unique identity and not have such a postage stamp or
rubber-stamped parks that have happened in the past, so we're thinking of a park
and restroom combination building that would have a common roof , maybe some
different elevation changes, but it gives you a nice sense of enclosure, it uses
less space, and there can be -- it's not an out-of-a-catalog type shelter that we
have done in the past, so we think that's a pretty -- pretty cool use of that space.
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We have got three Pickleball courts. As you know, Pickleball has been huge
lately, blowing up, really in high demand. Got a basketball court. Approximately
three acres of open space. We have got
-- we have got places up in here for public art and, then, of course, the -- in this
concept the Creason is closed. So, with Option B, the same amenities still apply.
The same size park -- parking stalls, playground, same combination, restroom,
shelter building, Pickleball, basketball. The only difference with this one is that's
the configuration and how that -- that Creason would look if it was open and there
is a pretty significant appearance to that greenway out to Ten Mile with it open
and if you could picture wrought iron and gravel and -- and the potential for heavy
equipment coming down there to dig moss out and stuff, so that's -- that's kind of
what we are dealing with this concept and we can come back to these if there is
any specific questions -- or, actually, why don't I stop there and just ask if there is
any specific questions, because the next slide deals with budgets and timeline
and -- so, I will pause for questions.
Palmer: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Palmer.
Palmer: Quick question. Would there be signs outside of the subdivision
directing people saying there is a public city park inside the subdivision?
Barton: Yes. Madam Mayor, Councilman Palmer, we -- we do have signs that
direct people to our neighborhood parks.
Palmer: Okay.
Barton: ACHD has built those in their sign shop and they have allowed those to
be place in a right of way, so we would do the same thing here.
Palmer: Thanks.
De Weerd: And I think the consideration to this park, why it was accepted as a
public one is because of its location along the pathway and that as people are
enjoying the pathway this would be a logical place to stop, because I know from
previous comments you have made, Mr. Palmer, that these kind of parks tucked
into a subdivision don't make sense for public parks. We have a little bit of that
with Autumn Faire Park that -- trying to find that thing is really difficult. So, this
one was -- was of interest because of the pathway connection. So, I just thought
maybe you might appreciate that historical piece .
Palmer: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Palmer.
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Palmer: I do. I guess I would have to look at the bigger map to understand
where the paths go outside of this, but, again, I mean going back to the example
I used when I made those comments, Champion Park -- I mean it's not very far
off of the arterial and it connects to two different roads all the way through the
block and there is never anyone there.
De Weerd: Uh-huh. Well, we are really excited to maybe prove this -- this -- this
was worth being a city park and we will see how that -- how that goes.
Barton: And, Madam Mayor, you m ake a great point, because with this park --
this will be our third park that -- we see Five Mile Creek pathway as our -- the
major spine that connects the city from a multi-use pathway standpoint. It's city
maintained and with this park -- this will be the third park that's on that spine, so
to speak, the first public park. So, there would be Rita Huskey, Tulley Park and
8th Street Park, but as you go down the way there is the park in Bridgetower as
well and hopefully -- so, it's -- so, it's really -- it's a nice amenity. You have a --
De Weerd: String of pearls.
Barton: -- you have got a pit stop for restroom facilities and drinking water and
things to do along the way. So, it is a -- it's a great location and it's going to be a
great asset.
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: Just a question about design, Mike. I don't really want to redesign your
whole park, but --
De Weerd: But. But.
Milam: No. I don't know how -- if you could put like a bench toward the back end
of the park, something kind of insignificant, but could really make a significant
difference in somebody's day if they are going for a long walk or bike ride and
just need a break, but don't necessarily want to --
De Weerd: And a tree.
Cavener: I think he had that on there.
Milam: Oh, is it on there? Oh.
De Weerd: I'd like a tree.
Milam: A tree and a bench. That's all I ask for.
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De Weerd: I do have a serious -- more serious question is have the designs -- is
there going to be any cost difference maintenance if you do the planting -- the
lateral or leaving it open, is it pretty much a wash between the maintenance
aspects?
Barton: Madam Mayor, yeah, it is. We have a -- we have our maintenance costs
defined in our budget enhancement and they wouldn’t change between either
park design. I mean there is some -- what's the -- the bulk of the increase in cost
would be for the pipe of the Creason Lateral and once the pipe's in the ground it's
-- it's there. So, it's kind of a wash. There may be a little bit more turf on Option
A, the piped option, but it's -- it's not significant.
De Weerd: Any further questions for Mike?
Bird: I have none.
Barton: I will scoot by there -- so, we have two different budgets. Option A,
obviously, is the tiled Creason Lateral. Option B is if it's left open. And, then,
regards the timing, we should be in final design in August of 2016. It's our plan to
go to bid in December of this year. We have entered into negotiations with ESI
to be our construction manager on this project and we think that December is a
good -- will be a good bidding climate and we hope to break ground in February
of 2017. And with that I would stand for questions and appreciate any direction
you might have on how to continue with piped or not.
De Weerd: Thank you, Mike. And do you want to give -- so, you're talking about
design and whether Council wants Option A or B. The other piece of this is the
naming request.
Barton: Sure.
De Weerd: Oh, you have slides on that or -- do you want to do this in two parts?
Barton: Well, if it pleases the Council, I would like to do that in two -- two parts. I
have a short letter to read and just tell you a little bit of history about where we
have been with the naming request and -- or, Madam Mayor, you give me some
direction.
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: I'm --
Bird: Go ahead.
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
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Bird: I'm sorry. To start the discussion, I -- I think we need to go with the Option
A. Creason needs to be tiled. While I don't like tiling that kind of waterwa y, but I
think for this it needs to be done and with Nampa-Meridian stepping forward like
they have, I -- I think we need to go that route. I like your layout in Option A
myself personally. I would vote for Option A.
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: I agree with Councilman Bird. I would vote for Option A.
De Weerd: I think having the two water features or water considerations with the
Five Mile and the lateral, it -- it does increase the -- the safety concerns out there,
so I -- I think Option B, while I hesitate to spend an additional 150,000 dollars, it
could be a lot more without the partnership with Nampa-Meridian and I will tell
you, this is an unheard of sequence of events having Nampa -Meridian step up
this way and if that is the direction that Council goes, I would -- I would like to see
maybe the Parks Department draft a letter for signature from the Mayor and
Council in really stating our appreciation of the partnership and the -- the focus
on the safety aspect in that area.
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: Candidly, there is a lot of pathway in this valley that runs alongside
waterways and I think my preference would be that we could find a way to have
our pathway be fenced and be close to a waterway amenity, recognizing the
irrigation district's concern about litigation I can appreciate that. I have to agree
with Council Member Milam and Bird that Option A, while not my favorite idea, is
probably the most preferred option for this particular project and I'm grateful that
the irrigation district is willing to step up like this. It's pretty remarkable and I
appreciate it.
Barton: Okay. We will draft a letter -- a thank you letter to Nampa-Meridian
Irrigation, then, for partnering on this project. So, we have a -- a naming
request --
De Weerd: Mike, do you need a motion accepting the design and calling out
specifically Option A as the preferred --
Barton: I would have to defer to Mr. Baird. I think -- I think we were just looking
for some direction and feedback, but --
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Baird: Madam Mayor and Members of the Council -- and I'm presuming you will
have to have an amended --
De Weerd: A bidding process.
Baird: -- amended budget -- a new budget amendment and that would be the
approval of it. So, you're -- you have given direction to proceed, yo u're expecting
to see that come back. So, I think Mike's got what he needs without a motion.
De Weerd: Budget amendment deadline is -- is this week.
Barton: So, Madam Mayor, I believe we will --
De Weerd: Just saying.
Barton: -- we will revise our budget enhancement that's going through the
process to reflect if discussions have -- so, park naming. We have a request
from -- from Thomas Coleman to name the park Rita Huskey Park and we have a
letter that was submitted. It was submitted by Edward McNelis and it said that --
and I will just -- I will just briefly go through this letter. It says the Huskey family
came to the Meridian area over a hundred years ago. They have been a part of
the very fabric of the area as it grew to the city it is today. The Huskeys lived,
worked, raised families and were good citizens of the community. The Huskey
family moved on a farm Ten Mile and Ustick over 80 years ago. Leonard
Huskey, now deceased, purchased the farm and it became the family's home.
They all loved the farm and their community. The offspring grew up knowing
Meridian as their home. They attended school there and all but one passed
away and they were all buried here in Meridian. The entire family was known,
respected, considered by everyone as great neighbors and good citizens. This
was a close-knit family. There were six siblings, each loved and honored their
parents Leonard and Leona. The youngest of the family made provisions to help
the youth in the area from their estate. Leonard kept the farm until his death. He
had simply loved and had a special place in their hearts for their sister Rita, who
had been a second mother to the younger Huskeys. That's hard to follow I know.
They knew the farm would be sold after his death and had only one request. He
wanted nothing for himself, but he wanted his sister Rita to be remembered, who
was such a good caring and special person to everyone. He, Leonard,
discussed this with Edward McNelis on several occasions and requested that the
park be named in Rita's honor and that this be a condition of the sale of the
property. Well, it wasn't a sale of the property, but we think it's a -- we think it's a
good request and it honors somebody that is long-standing in the community and
loved Meridian. We presented this to our parks commission and they
recommended approval on May 11th. It is consistent with our written naming
policy and we would ask for your approval of the -- the name of this park to Rita
Huskey Neighborhood Park.
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De Weerd: Thank you, Mike. And as noted the commission recommends that
the naming of Rita Huskey Park as well. Any questions for Mike?
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: Do we need a motion on this --
Bird: Go ahead.
Cavener: -- for the name?
De Weerd: Uh-huh.
Cavener: Madam Mayor, I move that we accept the park name -- former name of
Bellano Creek to be renamed Rita Huskey Park -- Rita Huskey Neighborhood
Park.
Milam: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve the request to name this
park. Any discussion? Madam Clerk, will you call roll.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea, Little
Roberts, absent.
De Weerd: All ayes.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
De Weerd: Thank you, Mike.
Barton: Thank you.
De Weerd: Item 10-A is Ordinance 16-1698 --
B. Continued from June 21, 2016: Parks and Recreation
Department: Bainbridge Neighborhood Park Design
Bird: No. We got B.
De Weerd: Oh, shoot. Sorry. I was totally excited.
Barton: So, Madam Mayor, Council Members, thanks for the opportunity again to
talk about another neighborhood park that we have in design. This one is -- has
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been a long time coming. I'd like to thank Mike Wardle, who is here, and the
Brighton Corporation for donating the land for this neighborhood park to the city
and we're also working on negotiating a cost share for some of the green up with
this as well, to be determined, but -- so, the city has owned this -- this property
since -- there you go.
De Weerd: A long time.
Barton: A long time. Since 2008 and it's -- the location is -- the location of the
park is -- for some reason this has died. It's Ten Mile and Chinden, near Heroes
Park. Heroes Park is just to the west, so the -- yeah, you can see the cursor
there.
De Weerd: Thank you, Bill.
Barton: That is the -- the park location and -- next slide, please. For some
reason this isn't cooperating. So --
Parson: Mike? Switch -- Mike, over here. Bill. Would you just change it to the
black arrow at the top of the smart board and take it off the color? It should allow
you to advance the slide now.
Barton: Okay. No. So, Bainbridge Neighborhood Park. William Watson. This
one -- there has been some discussion on whether the name William Watson is
going to move forward or not, but we have requested a specific naming request
from Brighton Corp. So, the name is going to be determined still. It won't be
Bainbridge -- it won't be Bainbridge Park in the Bainbridge Subdivision, it's a city
park. We are good with that. So, the park consists of seven and a half acres.
We have 22 parking stalls, a restroom, a picnic shelter, playground equipment.
One of the things that we thought would be unique in this area was -- is to install
an outdoor gym. It's similar to -- Boise has a couple that are -- one is in Camel's
Back Park and the other one is in Ann Morrison. Pretty popular these days. We
have got places for public art and we have got a good amount of open play in this
area. The park is really conveniently located off Ten Mile Road and it's a good
location. It's right on the arterial. There is no parking out there. There is a bike
lane. It's got good access interior to the subdivision and there is about a four to
five acre green space right in the center of the park for open play for soccer and
football practice and -- and that kind of stuff. So, I guess as with the other one,
let me pause there and see if there are any questions. It's a little bit fuzzy and I
wish I could draw on this, but as you drive into the park there is -- there is two
handicap accessible parking places right when you drive in and , then, you enter
into the -- the other 22 parking stalls and right off of that there is a -- there is an
entry plaza that even though we are not proposing any public art at this time,
we've left -- we left space for it, so there could be these high profile nodes that
would accommodate some sculpture in the future or, you know, something eye
catching. The playground is on the left-hand side of that where that yellow is and
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the outdoor gym is just to the right of it. In addition to that, there is a basketball
court in the upper right-hand side. One of the things that we are trying to -- trying
to create with some of these parks is a multi-generational space where you can --
you can bring your kids to the playground , you can -- they can play on the
playground equipment, mom or dad can workout and, you know, maybe -- maybe
a teen or a tween can play basketball. So, we are trying to -- as with Bellano
Creek with the Pickleball and the playground, there can be -- Pickleball usually
caters to older citizens and with the playground and -- and the Pickleball courts
there is kind of that multi-generational thing going. I was trying to word that
carefully.
Bird: Ralph and I were paying attention.
Barton: Yeah. Right. Getting there. So, we think it's a good -- a really good
layout. There is some -- some really cool amenities here and I think what we are
looking for at this point is feedback and we can -- I will pause right there as with
the other one, to answer any questions you might have.
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: Mike, I love the outdoor gym. I think all of our parks should have one.
Barton: We are working on it.
Milam: We will see how it works out.
De Weerd: Is there going to be a cover over it?
Barton: Madam Mayor, not at this time. There is a -- there is a plaza space
there with some shade trees that will be planted in that. There will be cutouts in
the concrete, but no cover at this time.
De Weerd: On a day like today I don't know how used that equipment will be.
Cavener: Be a quick workout.
Bird: That would be a quick workout.
Milam: You don't have to work up a sweat. You get a good sweat out in a short
time.
De Weerd: Any other questions for Mike?
Bird: I have none.
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De Weerd: Okay.
Barton: So, we have a current budget of 758,000 dollars. We are negotiating a
cost share with Brighton Corp. We have had this budget for some time and we
are -- we are still truthing numbers and getting an accurate opinion of cost and
this is kind of the first step, some of t he cost saving things we have had.
Brighton Corp has brought utilities to the site. Water service, sewer and power.
So, we won't have those costs. The other thing that we will -- we are going to
connect to the pressurized irrigation system for the subd ivision and reimburse
them for a percentage of electricity cost, just our percentage of acreage, so we
won't be building our own pump -- pumping system. So, we think we can -- we
can get there with this, but I -- we haven't truthed all the numbers yet and we will
be working on that. As far as timing goes, we will final design in August and,
again, with this one bidding in December to take advantage of some favorable off
season pricing we are going to be working with the Russell Corp as the
construction manager on this project and we will be bringing in an agreement to
Council for those services here in the next few weeks.
De Weerd: So, Mike, just a question. Since these are just -- these two parks are
within a mile and a half of each other, is -- is there any benefit or economies of
scale that you can use one construction manager and work them to bid those
parks, bid both for -- each separately and see if you can get some cost
efficiencies there? I know when we built our pool we built it at the same t ime
someone else did and we got a better price, because they had the equipment in
the area and they just -- they did one house and they did the other and -- just a
thought.
Barton: Yeah. Madam Mayor, that's a -- that's a great thought and I think this --
by staying to the same timing and construction schedule, because they both are
a similar project and if we bid them at the same time, that a contractor can look at
that and say if I get this one, then, I can maybe put forth some favorable pricing
on the other one together, because I will be in the same area. I think with the --
just because they are both more or less on the same schedule that we will get
some good pricing. I don't know the advantages to using the same construction
manager. It would be --
De Weerd: It was just a question.
Barton: -- two different budgets, two sites, and I'm not sure the logistical
problems of combining bid packages.
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
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Milam: To me, Mike, it seems -- I thought that was a fabulous idea, Madam
Mayor. And it seems like if you had the same project manager, the same as with
a construction company, that they could do both of them at a better rate than
hiring two different people to do the same work. I mean at this point it's
something to look into. But I think it's a really good direction.
Barton: Thank you. We will look into it.
De Weerd: Okay. Any other questions for Mike? Okay. Thank you.
Barton: Thank you.
Item 10: Ordinances
A. Ordinance No. 16-1698: An Ordinance (H-2016-0004
Meridian Property Group) of the Mayor and City Council
of the City of Meridian Granting Annexation and Zoning
for a Parcel of Land as Shown on that Record of Survey
No. 7426, Recorded Under Instrument No. 106095763,
Ada County Records Also Being a Portion of the
Northwest Quarter (NW1/4) of the Northeast Quarter (NE
¼) of Section 7, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise,
Ada County, Idaho, as Described in Establishing and
Determining the Land Use Classification of said .062
acres more or less from R1M to CG (General Retail and
Service Commercial) District, in the Meridian City Code;
and Providing for a Summary of the Ordinance; and
Providing for a Waiver of the Reading Rules; and
Providing an Effective Date Approved
De Weerd: Okay. Now, I will go ahead and move to Item 10-A, which Ordinance
16-1698. Madam Clerk, will you, please, read this by title.
Jones: Thank you, Madam Mayor. An ordinance H-2016-0004, Meridian
Property Group, for annexation and rezone of a parcel of land as shown on the
record of survey number 7426, recorded under Instrument No. 106095763, Ada
County records. Also being a portion of the northwest quarter of the northeast
quarter of Section 7, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise meridian, Ada
County, Idaho, as described in Attachment A and annexing certainly lands and
territory situated in Ada County, Idaho, and adjacent and contiguous to the
corporate limits of the City of Meridian, as requested by the City of Meridian,
establishing and determining the land use zoning classification of said lands from
R-1M to C-G, General Retail Service Commercial District, in the Meridian City
Code, providing that -- or providing that copies of this ordinance shall be filed
with the Ada County Assessor, the Ada County Recorder, and the Idaho State
Tax Commission, as required by law and providing for a summary of the
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ordinance and providing for a waiver of the reading rule, and providing an
effective date.
De Weerd: You have heard this read by title. Anyone want to hear it read in its
entirety?
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: Seeing none that want to, I move that we approve Ordinance No. 16 -
1698 with suspension of rules.
Bird: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 10 -A. Madam Clerk,
will you call roll.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, absent; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea, Little
Roberts, absent.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
Item 11: Future Meeting Topics
De Weerd: Council, although this is not an agenda -- a future agenda topic, I do
have a request -- a letter that reiterates something that we discussed last fall in
regard to Idaho Transportation Department's request they received on looking at
Chinden to -- to increase the weight limit. If you recall. We had asked them to --
we raised several questions and concerns that we never received a request to
and -- or a response to and also in light of COMPASS that they were doing a
freight study for the region and that would be completed by the end of this year to
wait on anything. It has recently come to our attention that Idaho Transportation
Department has initiated and negotiated rulemaking discussion for this week . It
makes this letter pretty urgent to weigh in our continued concerns about this
particular approach and using this kind of venue to address whether or not trucks
that are -- exceed the weight limit currently established, be able to access
Chinden. Rulemaking is not the way we believe should be used. I did draft a
letter. It has all of our signatures. I would ask if you would be supportive of
signing this. It just took the talking points from our -- our letter that was dated on
September 8th, 2015.
Palmer: Madam Mayor?