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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJuly 6, 2004 C/C Minutes Meridian City Council July 6, 2004 Page 32 of 62 De Weerd: Okay. It's been moved and seconded to approve Item 12. Is there any further discussion? Mr. Clerk, will you call roll. Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, absent; Wardle, yea; Nary, yea. MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 13: Continued Public Hearing from June 1, 2004: Trunk line Water & Sewer Assessment. Connection and Miscellaneous Fee Proposal: De Weerd: Thank you. Okay. Item 13 is a continued Public Hearing from June 1st on the trunk line and water sewer assessment. Mr. Watson. Watson: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Council Members. As I stated in my memo to you dated 7/1, I visited with BCA Builders Council in June. I had previously met with the Developers Council and thought that that meeting had went relatively well. The meeting in June with the Buitders Council, at least in my opinion, did not go nearly as well. They had some fairly significant and quite a few questions about my method of calculation and some of the background on what I was proposing as far as those fees. After talking with Gary Smith, I think if we proceeded to get a third party independent review of what I have done, I think that would go a long way towards answering their questions. The person that I had in mind - and I don't have a proposal tonight, but I would -- or I will if Council allows me to. This person has been a sub consultant with Carollo Engineers over the years and has, actually, even done some local rate and fee studies, particularly in the city of Lewiston. He's out of Minnesota, so he has no opinion. no preconceived notion of anybody, any party in the Treasure Valley, I think, at this point, and he indicated that he could do what he called a desk top analysis, which would involve a couple days going through my figures and calculations by the end of July. So, there is two things here. I guess I would request that direction and, secondly, to continue this to August 24th to allow that to take place and to get back with the Builders Council. And I will answer any question if you would like. De Weerd: Council? Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: Brad, you say August 24th you'd like to continue it to that? Watson: Yeah. That's what I would hope, Councilman Bird, is August 24th. Bird: And I think your - I think we are going about it the right way for that kind of - bringing somebody in that has nothing to do in this area as far as this is concerned. I think it's a very very good idea. Meridian City Council July 6. 2004 Page 33 of 62 Nary: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes, Mr. Nary. Nary: Brad, not necessarily because I think the builders need to pick the consultant either, but I mean is this person going to be credible to them or are we going to be in the same boat. If they didn't think your numbers were credible, are they going to think this person's numbers are credible or are we going to have the same discussion with them in July? Watson: Councilman Nary, that's a very good question. I haven't posed that to the Buitders Council. I guess I could do two things simultaneously. Get a proposal from Mr. Harder to do this study and, secondly, send his resume and what I intend to do to Jason -- Jason Ronk, he's the government affairs person at BCA, and coordinate with him, maybe get some buy-in from him. And, then, I'd probably bring an agreement back to you next week or two weeks from today. Nary: That would be great. Thank you. De Weerd: Any further comments? Council? Okay. Brad, do you need anything further? Watson: I will proceed and - I will proceed with those two ideas that I just had, unless I'm directed otherwise. De Weerd: Okay. Thanks, Brad. Council, we need a motion to continue this. Wardle: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Wardle. Wardle: I move that we continue the Public Hearing on trunk line water and sewer assessment to August 24th. Nary: Second. De Weerd: Okay. It's been moved and seconded to continue Item 13 to August 24th. Is there any further discussion? Of course, that is 2004. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 14: Continued Public Hearing from June 8, 2004: AZ 03-038 Request for Annexation and Zoning of 21.38 acres from C-2 to C-G zones for proposed Mussell Comer Subdivision by Pinnacle Engineers, Inc. - northeast corner of East Victory Road and South Meridian Kuna Highway: