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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-11-22Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 A meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 22, 2016, by Mayor Tammy de Weerd. Members Present: Mayor Tammy de Weerd, Joe Borton, Keith Bird, Genesis Milam, Luke Cavener, Ty Palmer and Anne Little Roberts. Others Present: Bill Nary, C.Jay Coles, Jaycee Holman, Bruce Chatterton, Machelle Hill, Josh Beach, Sonya Allen, Clint Doslby, Berle Stokes, Mark Niemeyer, and Dean Willis. Item 1: Roll-call Attendance: Roll call. X_ Anne Little Roberts X _ _Joe Borton X__ Ty Palmer X_ Keith Bird __X__ Genesis Milam __X__ Lucas Cavener __X Mayor Tammy de Weerd De Weerd: Thanks for joining us tonight. For the record it's Tuesday, November 22nd. It's 6:00 p.m. We will start with roll call attendance, Mr. 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 by Mark Bryan with Harvest Church Meridian De Weerd: Item No. 3 is our community invocation. Tonight we will be led by Pastor Mark Bryan with Church of the Harvest -- or Harvest Church Meridian. Although I swear I have seen it online is Harvest Church Boise. So, I'm glad to see Meridian on that. I invite all of those in attendance to join us in the community invocation or take this as an opportunity for a moment of reflection. Thank you for joining us. I did have to give you a hard time. Bryan: It's quite all right. Let us pray. Father in Heaven, we thank you for this day and we thank you, Lord, for this opportunity to gather together in honor of you and to pray for our city, to pray for our Mayor and the Council and the city leaders and those who serve the citizens of this great city and this week, Lord, where our nation celebrates a Biblical attitude and perspective of Thanksgiving. We pray that we would be thankful. I thank you for our Mayor. Thank you for Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 2 of 30 this city. I thank you that I can live and pastor in one of the great cities of America and I pray, Lord, that you would protect our city. Pray especially tonight for our police officers and -- and the police officer of America that are under such an assault from a spirit of division and arrogant attack of violence against authority. We pray, Lord God, that you would protect America from further bloodshed and violence on our homeland and continue to protect Meridian and continue to protect the officers of the Treasure Valley. We pray now for wisdom as we ask of you wisdom from above as this City Council deliberates the issues at hand and most of all may we be thankful this week for the many blessings that we enjoy. We ask these things in the mighty and powerful name of Jesus Christ, amen. De Weerd: Thank you, Pastor Bryan, and I -- I do want to thank you for what you do in our community, the support you have given our -- our Police Department, remembering the men and women in blue in your invocation and also very excited to kick off Harvest Transit next month and just appreciate you and you r team for stepping forward and being a part of this monumentous occasion and providing mobility to our seniors and disabled, those that have had a real struggle being mobile. So, thank you so much. Item 4: Adoption of the Agenda De Weerd: Item No. 4 is adoption of the agenda. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: On Item 5-B will be moved to 6-B. And Item 8-A is -- the resolution number is 16-1180. Item 9-A has been asked to be continued to December 5th, 2016. And 10-A is Ordinance No. 16-1714 and 10-B the ordinance number is 16-1715. And with that I move we adopt the amended agenda. Borton: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to adopt the agenda as amended. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 5: Consent Agenda A. Approve Minutes of November 9, 2016 City Council Regular Meeting Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 3 of 30 C. Pedestrian Pathway Easement Between New Cavanaugh, LLC and the City of Meridian Regarding Caven Ridge Estates No. 1 on the Ridenbaugh Canal D. Sanitary Sewer Easement Between the City of Meridian and Holly Plaza, LLC within VanAuken Subdivision E. Development Agreement for Knightsbridge Subdivision (H-2016-0088) with Julie Lyon & Samuel Grayson (Owner's) and Schultz Development LLC (Developer) for a parcel of land located in the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 21, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise Meridian, Ada County F. Development Agreement for Edgehill Subdivision (H- 2015-0005) with Corey Barton and Challenger Development Inc., The site is located at the southeast corner of S. Linder Road and W. Victory Road at 1393 and 1405 W. Victory Road, in the NW ¼ of Section 25, Township 3 North, Range 1 West. (Parcel No.’s: S1225223205 & S1225223185) G. Second Addendum Development Agreement for Grace at Fairview Lakes (H 2016-0044) with Doug Tamura and Grace at Fairview Lakes, Located at 1960 N. Lakes Place in the southeast 1/4 of Section 6, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Meridian, Ada County, Idaho H. Approval of Task Order 10022.C to Brown and Caldwell for the “WRRF FACILITY PLAN UPDATE FY 2017” project for a Not-To-Exceed amount of $497,073.00. I. Final Plat Approval for Verado Subdivision No. 1 (H- 2016- 0122) by DevCo., LLC Located Southeast Corner of N. Locust Grove Road and E. Ustick Road De Weerd: Item 6 is our Consent Agenda. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: As stated earlier, Item B will be moved to 6-B. And with that I move we approve the Consent Agenda as amended and for the Mayor to sign and the Clerk to attest. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 4 of 30 Borton: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve the Consent Agenda as changed. Mr. Clerk, will you call roll. Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little Roberts, yea. De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 6: Items Moved From the Consent Agenda B. Memorandum of Agreement Between Meridian Development Corporation and City of Meridian For Landscape, Lighting, Other Improvements, Easements and Right of Way for Pine Avenue Project De Weerd: There was an item moved from the Consent Agenda, so Item 6 we will hear Item 5-B from the Consent Agenda. Chatterton: Madam Mayor, just to clarify, that's 6-B, first item -- it's the first of the items that got extended. Good, I wanted to make sure I was addressing the right item. This item concerns the Pine Avenue improvement project. This project will require a budget amendment next year, so that's the reason we asked for it to be taken off Consent Agenda. We didn't -- thought that was bad form for anything that creates a need for a budget amendment to be on the Consent Agenda. However, the good news is that the budget amendment will be net zero or revenue neutral. It will be at no additional cost to the city's budget. Finance likes us to do this -- to do budget amendments, because it gives us spending authority. So, the item on your -- on your agenda is, essentially, an agreement between -- it outlines ACHD will charge the city for the Meridian Development Corporation's improvements, which are in addition to what ACHD is doing out there on Pine Avenue and we will pay -- we will pay what MDC gives us to ACHD and, then, be reimbursed by MDC later on. So, essentially, ACHD wanted to work with a single entity. So, the city is that entity. We have a good working relationship with them and it simplified things for them for MDC to be working through us and, essentially, using us as a pass through and for project management as well. So, that's -- that's what this is all about. The agreement structures that relationship. It confirms that MDC will be paying these costs. ACHD still has to determine some of its cost, especially the cost of the right of way. We will know more about that next year, but when this budget amendment for this revenue-neutral amendment comes around, you will know what it is at that time and we will remind you of it. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 5 of 30 De Weerd: Thank you, Bruce. I do see a representative from MDC here. Dan, did you want to say anything? Okay. Well, this is really formalizing our gateway into downtown to -- on the east side of our urban renewal district and excited to see the improvement made. Council, any questions for Bruce? Or for Dan? Okay. I would entertain a motion. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: I move we approve the memorandum of agreement with MDC for Pine Avenue. Milam: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve the memorandum between MDC and the City of Meridian. If there is no discussion, Mr. Clerk, will you, please, call roll. Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, abstain; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little Roberts, yea. De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSTAIN. Item 7: Community Items/Presentations A. Children’s Museum Presentation De Weerd: Item 7-A we have the honor of having Jacy Jones here to give us an update on the Children's Museum. Or Bubbles. Now you will have to tell us the story behind Bubbles. Jones: We can do that. Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, nice to see you all. Thank you for having me back tonight. I have a PowerPoint and my friend C.Jay is on it. Although I like that one better. Perfect. Thank you. So, Bubbles, a Children's Museum. The mission of Bubbles, a Children's Museum, is to ignite the creative potential of children and families by providing unique hands-on experiences, enabling adventure and discovery, while honoring local history and agriculture, industry, education and culture. And the vision of our team is to be the premier destination for family-oriented interactive learning. We originally wrote our vision with Ada county in mind and we said we want to be the -- you know, the destination for family-oriented interactive learning in Ada county and, then, we thought, well, no, Idaho. And, then, we thought the Pacific Northwest and, then, we said, no, we don't want to limit it. We want to be where people Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 6 of 30 want to be. So, the story behind Bubbles comes from this awesome start to potentially a logo or a sign that Susan Mahoney -- and I will talk a bit more about her -- had drafted probably a year and a half ago and it's a little girl who is blowing bubbles and her bubbles are her imagination and no matter how old you get, any of us who are around children, they light up when they blow bubbles and they -- it's magical and it's interactive and kids at all ages seem to -- it's -- I don't know. It's -- it's a -- it's a win at every party. You know, you bring out the bubbles and kids are drawn to the imagination that that creates. So, that same feeling of just youthful joy is what we are hoping to create in our facility. Maybe -- see, you think I would be better at this one. De Weerd: You would think you would be familiar with it. Jones: Right. Should be all over that. All right. The history of our group. The idea for an interactive children's museum actually began with the Boise Rotary. Susan Mahoney is a Rotary member and she had an idea to open a facility in Idaho that would be a safe place for children to interact and grow through hands- on learning. The facility should provide opportunities for children to engage with the world in new ways that they haven't previously experienced. The facility should also be a location where adults and children interact together, generating a shared love of life-long learning. Susan reached out to Mayor Tammy sometime in 2015. We think summer, although my memory could be off on that. And shared her idea. Creating a facility like this would support the City of Meridian's vision to be a premier place to live, work and raise a family. City staff -- and I'm going to say insert Hillary's name here, because she's amazing -- worked with Ms. Mahoney to create an advisory committee of other interested community members and the group began working to facilitate meetings . The first advisory committee meeting was in October of 2015. That's just a nice little picture of a children's museum in Indianapolis. So, this is going to be a community project. No one agency is responsible. Any community members who are interested in participating in this group are invited and welcome to attend our advisory meetings. A recent survey completed by the Meridian Development Corporation showed that there is a community desire and support for a children's museum facility in the Meridian area. In our experience with the advisory committee further proves these findings. We have members on our advisory committee from the following organizations. City of Meridian. The Meridian Historic Preservation Commission. Meridian Development Corporation. Meridian Downtown Business Association. The Rotary Club. The Optimist Club. Meridian Library District. West Ada School District. Habitat for Humanity. Twiga Foundation, Ada County Assessor, DL Evans Bank, Thrivent Financial, All American Insurance, Meridian Historical Society and, then, we have independent members with backgrounds in museum management, STEM Consulting, local PTAs and insurance -- insurance companies. And many hands make for light work. It's truly going to be a community project and the community is clearly invested and willing to work for it. So, our board members -- we are either -- they either nominated from that group of volunteers from our group of advisory Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 7 of 30 members and we had -- the first four members were selected in July and the final two members added just last month. Board members are Dan Basalone with Meridian Development Corporation and Meridian Downtown Association. Susan Mahoney of the Rotary Club. Woody Sobey, who is a STEM Consultant and an adjunct professor at Boise State. Ashley Ford Squires, owner of AF Public Solutions, LLC. Stephanie Altorfer-Prusia is a local mortgage loan consultant and, then, myself and I serve with the Meridian Historic Preservation Commission. So, this group of six people will be the regular -- will regularly meet to discuss the progress of this and will be the responsible and deciding board for decisions moving forward. Our regular board meetings are the second Monday of each month at 4:30 p.m. The board adopted bylaws and signed articles of incorporation paperwork on October 19th of just this year. The articles of incorporation were received and filed with the Secretary of State on October 28th. Bylaws and all of the documentation have been approved and we have them available. You can contact any member of the board for copies of those records. You don't even have to touch it now and it just changes. Somebody doing that? Are you doing that? You're amazing. Like it's magic. So, our next steps -- now that our articles of incorporation have been filed, we plan to apply for a 501(c)(3) nonprofit status. This process can take two to 12 months and because we don't want to limit our group's ability to fundraise, it will cost 750 dollars. We will be seeking donations from the community to pay for this initial fee and, then, we will begin reaching out to our business and development community for sponsorships. As demonstrated by the children's museum in Miami, there will be many opportunities for partnerships and in-kind donations, allowing space for our sponsors to advertise and you can see that done here with Bank of America. Oh, too far. Go back. Thank you. Let's see. Our goal is to purchase or lease a property in the Meridian core area. We have researched and reviewed performance from other similar organizations . Our target is to open the door within five years. It might be an aggressive timeline, because most museums launch within seven to ten years of incorporating. But we have a unique situation in that we live in Meridian and Meridian is a community that supports youth and development. Community members that we have reached out to are eager to participate and help where ever they can. We have had offers from families to come in and do build days. We have had offers from moms who volunteered to get their kids involved raising money. It's something that I have yet to talk to somebody who doesn't have some connection where they feel passionate about wanting to help. We would like the museum to be a destination that brings families into Meridian's downtown, helping spur the local economy, support local businesses, and add to Meridian's Main Street environment. Thank you. So, our ask today. We don't have one. Other than to simply ask for your support. In order to be successful we will need the support of our local government and quasi-government organizations. If you're at an event and have an opportunity to put a plug in about what we are doing, we would appreciate it. Based on our research we need to raise approximately 1.8 million dollars before we can open the doors. That allows for new construction, gallery and exhibition space, along with exhibit design, fabrication, installation and operating costs and Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 8 of 30 utilities. Our goal is to establish partnerships and seek donations from local developers or other interested groups and truly make this a project for and by the community. In the next year we plan to hold fundraising events and would love for you to attend. We are planning a black-tie cocktail event for the grown-ups and if you pop it exhibit for kids. Josh Evarts, with the Vault, has graciously offered to let our group use his location to hold these events. So, the reality is that we have a long road in front of us and we are all aware of that and honest about it, but we have also seen Meridian do wonderful things when it comes for kids. So, that's all that we are asking today is just for support. As we work to establish an online presence we would appreciate that you like and share us and I have no doubt with the team that we have assembled that we will be successful. So, big things are happening. And with that I will stand for questions. De Weerd: Thank you. Council, any questions? Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Milam. Milam: Wonderful presentation. This is so exciting to see. So, thank you for being part of this and working on it. Looking at your -- I love your slideshow. It was just giving me goosebumps and real excited. My question is -- is for your first fundraiser you need 750 dollars for the federal 501(c)(3) status; is that -- Jones: So -- yes. That's the first initial goal. We have an offer from a Patricia Kempthorne, who has what's called the Twiga Foundation and it's a 501(c)(3) that she's already maintained and she -- we are in talks. She's offered to let us go under her umbrella. We will have to work with -- Joe Kozlowski was offering his services to our group, so we need to kind of work through how that would work and if we are not able to go that direction, that first benchmark is the 754 for the nonprofit status. The initial nonprofit status you can file for 400 dollars, but only if you guarantee that you will not generate more than 40,000 dollars of income in the first five years and, obviously, we plan to exceed that. So, we are going for the larger benchmark. Milam: It doesn't seem like it should be very hard to do that. I'd like to know as soon as you're ready, because I will make a donation. Jones: Thank you. I appreciate that. Thank you. That's very kind. De Weerd: Thank you. Any other questions? This is exciting to see how far you have come in a real short amount of time and can tell you that the members on that group are enthusiastic. They are huge youth supporters and we love to see the collaboration and the connections that are going on around this . So, thank you, Jacy, for coming and presenting. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 9 of 30 Jones: Thank you all for your time and if you have any other questions feel free to reach out to me or Dan and Ashley. We are all around, so -- all right. Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you. Happy Thanksgiving. Jones: Thank you. Item 8: Department Reports A. Mayor's Office: Resolution No. 16-1180: A Resolution Appointing Treg Bernt to Seat 5 of the Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission De Weerd: Item 8-A. In front of you is Resolution 16-1180. This is a resolution appointing Treg Bernt to Seat 5 and Treg would have been here, but he and his wife are out celebrating an anniversary out of the country. Cavener: He's in Mexico. De Weerd: I think that -- I offered to go with him and he could have stayed here and he didn't think that was a good swap, so -- Council, I would ask for your confirmation of this appointment. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: I move that we approve Resolution No. 16 -1180, a resolution appointing Treg Bernt to Seat 5 of the Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission. Cavener: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 8 -A. Mr. Clerk, will you call role. Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little Roberts, yea. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd: Council, as we were working to fill this -- this opening, both planning staff and our legal team brought up the suggestion to consider expanding the Planning and Zoning Commission from five seats to seven seats. This is one of those commissions that takes a great deal of volunteer time and we feel that this is a great time in that we had excellent applicants and we'd like to have you Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 10 of 30 consider expanding this commission from five to seven seats . It will certainly help in the workload in representing the community. Again, the amount of work that this group does is taxing in the time commitment as well and so I wanted to get your thoughts and if there is support we would bring back an amendment to the ordinance. Mr. Nary. Nary: Actually, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, when we changed all the commission ordinances a couple years ago we made all of them up to nine members. De Weerd: Oh. Nary: So, this won't require any change of any type to do that if you wish to desire to appoint additional members. The state code only requires there be a minimum of three and, actually, allows a maximum of 12. But we made all of our commissions equal at a maximum of nine, so -- and this is the smallest commission at five. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: I would be in favor of adding two seats to Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission. Those guys volunteer a lot of time to take care of the planning and zoning business that -- that they are the buffer for us. So, I -- if we have got good applicants and stuff, I would certainly have no problems seeing it going to seven. De Weerd: I certainly brought that up in -- in the interviews, that they are the front line and first line of attack. So, they -- they take a lot of the technical questions, they vet and it's -- it's a great group and I think they would also like to see the additional seats as well. Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: I know when they expanded the City Council from four to six one of the thoughts were to -- to spread the wealth a little bit more amongst more Council Members. Your comment about the -- the extra workload, I don't think any of us -- maybe minus Councilman Bird, if I may be correct, have served on the Planning and Zoning Commission. So, it might be helpful to get a -- I know what extra work goes in that -- De Weerd: And -- Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 11 of 30 Cavener: I knew you, Madam Mayor. Outside of Council meetings I know that the Council Members have a lot of other duties that they fulfill, but it might be beneficial to hear some of that -- what that extra workload is for Planning and Zoning members that we would be helping to assist with. De Weerd: I think it's just always good to have different perspectives on -- on -- and people that live in different parts of the community that can bring that expertise and so we do try and find a greater balance. I will say the balance right now leans to the south side of Meridian and short of asking some of the members to step off, because of where they live, which I don't think is appropriate, you can find a better balance and perspective to bring to the discussion. It's -- it's more of a balance of -- of perspective, experience, angles to look at and relevance as to where these citizens live and also to time commitment. There are occasions that a member cannot always make every meeting and when you have a small commitment like that you have a hard t ime finding a quorum. So, it's -- we don't want to delay our -- our public hearings because we lack a quorum and, fortunately, that hasn't happened often, but I think that it does help balance it in that way, too. And even though our ordinance allows up to nine, I would like the nod from Council before I would entertained expanding a commission. I will bring names to you, then, next week, that -- the chair is in every opening for commissions -- we do have a process of application and interviews and both myself and the chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission met and interviewed the candidates and I do have two additional candidates set to fill those slots that would bring good experience of breadth to -- to the group. Palmer: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes, Mr. Palmer. Palmer: I have a question for you. When -- when Council expanded to six did the meetings get longer? Bird: No. De Weerd: Yes, because Councilman Cavener speaks a lot. Cavener: Madam Mayor, my name was used, I find the need to respond. De Weerd: I would say that -- yeah, before I recognize Mr. Cavener, I don't -- I don't think necessarily they -- they have. It -- it got longer I think when we added members that -- that had not been involved on other commissions, in particular Planning and Zoning. Planning and Zoning is a great training ground, because you -- Council balances land use and policy and having that background and experience in land use helps narrow that learning curve that's pretty broad. So, that one is a hard question to -- in an absolute answer. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 12 of 30 Palmer: I guess maybe -- easier if I may. Would -- my worry, then, is if we -- which I definitely understand, you know, having people from more areas of the city to bring in, you know, more opinions and things that -- if there is something going into their area in north Meridian, for sample, is a whole lot different situation than in south Meridian and may be able to recognize challenges better. My only worry is that if we are talking about making the workload easier is with, you know, all those extra opinions comes longer meetings, if that would be a strain on those that are coming -- if the meetings end up consistently being longer just because there is more people to give input. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener first and, then, Mr. Bird. Cavener: Thank you, Madam Mayor. I was absent last week and had the pleasure of watching online and that meeting, despite myself and the Mayor being here, probably the top two talkers in the meeting, your meeting happened to go fairly long, nevertheless. A comment, though. I think maybe to Councilman Palmer's point and maybe to address the concern there that you brought up, which is if one of the areas of concern is that an area of our community is being over-represented, then, perhaps -- maybe this is a question for Mr. Nary, is if there is some safeguards that could be put in place based on area, so that we don't have the situation two years from now or 20 years from now where we have seven members or nine members or 12 members, but they all happen to live in a certain geographic area. De Weerd: Just like this Council did not support that strategy or objective in the strategic plan, it -- it's hard to promote that in having that on our commissions. I think always we do look for that balance and , then, someone moves, kind of like Mr. Palmer when he moved to the south -- south Meridian. I think that we do strive to have that equal representation. It's harder with a smaller commission to -- to do that. I think with the expanded seats it will allow a greater opportunity for them. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: I -- I think that the basic reason to expand it so they can get their quorums. And, no, none of you guys, excluding Tammy and I, know what it's like to have a 2:00 and 3:00 o'clock in the morning meeting. And a lot of that was because we only met two times a month or we only met three times a month, so -- and we were -- yes. I think that it helps them. They are a volunteer deal. They get no pay and all of them have jobs. I think sometimes they have a hard time getting a quorum and it's hard to tell developers and stuff not -- you know, that we got to -- Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 13 of 30 we can't have a meeting -- a Planning and Zoning meeting this week, because we don't have a quorum. So, I think that -- I think that helps and, you know, expand it to seven, I -- I think will be great and I don't worry about the area, because we are all for the community, whether you're north, south, east or west. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: It may make sense, it may not. It would be important for me to hear from the Commission. If our role is to give them whatever is necessary to be most successful in their role, it would be helpful to have someone from the Commission come and make the request and say here is the specific challenges we are having to fulfill our duties. Here is what we would like to propose as a solution and if it's expanding to seven and it solves what they are telling us with the problems, that makes great sense. What we are saying up here very well might be true, but I -- to Councilman Palmer's point, adding two people to a meeting, all things being equal, can just create more input and more talking and not necessarily a better product. So, it would be helpful to have someone from P&Z make the request and articulate the problems that adding two members would solve and I would be totally supportive of that, too, if that's what they need to do a better job. Palmer: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Palmer. Palmer: I second everything Councilman Borton said in that. I guess I really had the realization that we can just as easily reduce it back down through attrition if it doesn't work out great. Because if it doesn't we might be losing a couple anyway, so -- De Weerd: Okay. I can talk to Mr. Yearsley and I -- I kind of shared our conversation, but if you would like him to come down and -- and speak on -- for himself, that's fine, too. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: We will add more time to his plate. Borton: No. No. No. Madam Mayor, that's totally different. If what you have said is a message told to you from P&Z that says, Madam Mayor, on behalf of P&Z would you ask Council to expand our membership, because we are telling you here is challenges that this would help solve, that's different, and we can proceed today. I didn't capture what you said as being the message you were Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 14 of 30 told to pass to us from P&Z. I just -- without that I wouldn't want to put two people on a board and have a board say why did you give us two more ? De Weerd: Well, I can put this on the next Council agenda and I will ask Mr . Yearsley to at least provide a statement, so -- Borton: Madam Mayor, for me I'm comfortable if you -- if you represent that he told you that, it's not a problem. But if it's better to have him speak -- I don't want to belabor it or make it more difficult, I just want the message to come from P&Z. De Weerd: That's fine. It will come along with the two recommendations if -- if that's the direction we go. So, that will be on the next agenda. Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: I know we want to move past this, but to that last point, I guess my preference -- and it matters what the rest of the Council's feelings are, to have that discussion with Chairman Yearsley before we have the names in front of us. De Weerd: So, I had -- I guess I heard from Councilman Borton that as long as it's represented that this is coming from the Commission that was fine. You want him to come here in person. Cavener: I think that -- Madam Mayor, that would my preference. I would prefer to have anybody here in front of us, as opposed to a written statement, but I don't know if I'm alone in that and Councilman Borton articulated his perspective. I'm just sharing mine and that is that if -- if we are going to discuss this further and have a presentation or a comment from the chairman, to at least have that before we consider the two additional names. De Weerd: Well, what I will do is bring a statement from Mr. Yearsley. Also invite him to be here. If he can't I'm not going to -- to say we are not going to consider it unless you can be here in person. But I will bring the statement. If you have additional questions we can delay that again . But we will -- we will see how that goes. Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Ms. Milam. Milam: I -- based on the fact that we don't really need our approval for this anyway, I feel that if the Commission is in favor of it, then, I'm in favor of it. And if this helps them meet their quorums and it helps make their lives easier -- and I guess it's probably pretty much the same thing as what Councilman Borton was Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 15 of 30 saying, you know, is this going to make their lives better. Are they -- do they want it or they don't want it and if you have already discussed with them that they want it, then, I don't see why we don't just move forward. Unless that conversation hasn't really taken place. De Weerd: It has and we will -- we will put it on a future agenda. Milam: Okay. De Weerd: And I understand that. So, if I bring two more names forward and a statement -- I will -- I think it is important that it at least confirms that it's agreed by the Commission that this is seen as a positive. Item 9: Action Items A. Final Plat for Goldengrove Subdivision (aka Logan Creek) (H-2016-0124) Located at 4617 Martinel Lane by Heartland Homes, LLC 1. Final Plat Consisting of 67 Building Lots and 15 Common Lots on 21.75 Acres of Land in the R-4 Zoning District De Weerd: Okay. Item 9-A has been requested to continue to December 6th . Final plat for Goldengrove Subdivision. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: And I guess we will first, for the record, put the reason it's been asked to delay. Allen: Madam Mayor, Council, the applicant is working on a few items that staff requested information on. Therefore, they are requesting a continuance in order to allow them more time to get that information to me. De Weerd: Thank you. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: I move we continue the final plat on H -2016-0124 until December 6th, 2016. Milam: Second. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 16 of 30 Cavener: Second. De Weerd: I have motion and a second to continue Item 9-A to December 6th. All those in favor say. All ayes. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. B. Public Hearing for Seyam Subdivision (H-2016-0123) by Volante Investments LLLP, Located on the North Side of E. Franklin Road and Approximately 1/2 Mile East of N. Eagle Road 1. Request to Vacate Plat Note #10 and the Graphic Depiction on the Seyam Subdivision Plat Which States Lot 3, Block 1 is a Non-Buildable Lot De Weerd: Item 9-B is a public hearing for H-2016-0123. I will open the public hearing with staff comments. Allen: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Councilmen. The first application is a request for a vacation. The property that's the subject of this application is Lot, 3 Block 1, Seyam Subdivision, zoned I-L, located on the north side of East Franklin Road and midway between North Eagle Road and North Cloverdale Road s. A little history on this project. When the preliminary plat for the subdivision was approved, Lanark Street, which is the east-west street right here, was only proposed to extend to the west side of the subject property, because the applicant did not wish to extend services and the public street to the adjacent property to the east. To insure the property owners to the east had access to city services, as well as access to the stop light at the intersection of Touchmark and Franklin, via Lanark Street, this lot was restricted as a nonbuildable lot until such time as a new preliminary and final plat is approved, which depicts the extension of Lanark Street and city water and sewer services to the east boundary of this site. No certificates of zoning compliance or building permits were allowed to be issued for the lot until that time. The applicant is requesting approval to vacate plat note number ten, which states Lot 3, Block 1, is a nonbuildable lot and the associated graphic depiction within said lot on the Seyam Subdivision final plat. Since the final plat for Seyam Subdivision was recorded, the subject developer has purchased the three five acre properties to the east as you see here that are in the county and intends to submit a preliminary plat and annexation application for those properties, which will include the subject property in the preliminary plat. In the interim the developer would like to obtain a building permit for a 45 ,000 square foot warehouse building for a national tenant on the north end of Lot 3, Block 1. Approval of the subject request will allow the developer to get started on construction. Written testimony has been received from Brad Miller, the applicant's representative, in agreement with the staff report. Because the developer now owns the adjacent parcels to the east and access and city Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 17 of 30 services are not being withheld from another property owner, staff recommends approval to City Council of the vacation request. Staff will stand for any questions Council may have. De Weerd: Thank you. Council, any questions? Bird: I have none. De Weerd: Any comments from the applicant? Good evening. If you will state your name and address for the record. Miller: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council. Brad Miller with Van Auker Properties. 3084 East Lanark in Meridian. Thank you for hearing this request. I have a problem that I need your help. I don't want Sonya to say that I only -- I have more than one problem, but what we have is we have a national tenant who has approached us and wants to build a very tall building to store goods in there and we want to put it up against the railroad tracks , so it's -- and we have agreed to do that, provided we can get approval from the City Council. The issue that we have is they want to take delivery of the building August 1. So, in order for us to do that we have got to get going right away. So, as Sonya stated, we have acquired the next 15 acres and the intent is -- and we talked with ACHD and the intent -- the intent is for next week to submit for annexation and zoning and the preliminary plat. I have already got everything from JUB Engineers, I just need to fill out the application , and ACHD is okay with us not extending the road right now with this building, but in the future extending the road. So, that's our intent and I appreciate your consideration of this. We would sure like to bring another tenant to Meridian. We currently house this tenant in a temporary building in Boise and so we want to pull them out of Boise and bring them to Meridian, so -- I will stand for any questions if there are any. De Weerd: You know the buzz words. Palmer: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Palmer. Palmer: Madam Mayor, I'm just curious -- how tall is very tall? Knowing that I love tall. So, that's why I'm just curious. Miller: Well, Madam Mayor, Council Person Palmer, it will be about 30 to 32 feet is what it is. And I will tell you, I don't think there is any competitors in the room. It's Pods is who it is who do the storage containers and they want to be able to stack three high within the building. So, that's what -- that's what the tenant is and they will take a good portion of that 45,000 square foot building, so -- I'd appreciate your consideration. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 18 of 30 De Weerd: Thank you, Brad. Miller: Thank you. De Weerd: Any further testimony? Bird: Seeing none -- Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: I move we close the public hearing on H-2016-0123. Milam: Second. Cavener: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to close the public hearing on Item 9 - B. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: I move we approve H-2016-0123 and to include all staff and applicant comment. Milam: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 9 -B. Mr. Clerk, will you call roll. Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little Roberts, yea. De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. C. Public Hearing for Knighthill Center Subdivision No. 2 (H- 2016-0121) by James R Wylie IV Located at 6241 N. Linder Road 1. Request for a Short Plat Consisting of Two (2) lots on 3.04 Acres of Land With a C-G Zoning District Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 19 of 30 De Weerd: 9-C is a public hearing for H-2016-0121. I will open this public hearing with staff comments. Beach: Good evening, Madam Mayor, Members of Council. This is an application for Knighthill Center Subdivision No. 2 for a short plat. The site consists of approximately 3.04 acres of land , which is currently zoned C-G. It's located at 6241 North Linder Road. There is quite a bit of history on this project over the last few years with the various application types. The most recent being a certificate of zoning compliance and design review approval for a Black Rock Coffee that -- and a multi-tenant building that are both either in operation or will be -- will be shortly. The subject application in front of you is a proposed short plat. It depicts two commercial lots on 3.04 acres of land in a C-G zoning district. The proposed plat is a re-subdivision of Lot 2, Block 1, of the Knighthill Center Subdivision. Access to the site is provided at West Chinden Boulevard and to North Linder Road and a cross-access easement on access roads. Staff has reviewed the proposed plat for substantial compliance with the criteria set forth in the UDC and deems the final plat to be in substantial compliance with those standards. With that staff is recommending approval and I will stand for any questions you have. De Weerd: Thank you. Council, any questions? Would the applicant like to make comment? Good evening. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record. Mason: It's Will Mason, Mason and Stanfield. I'm here on behalf of Renny Wylie. The address is 826 3rd Street South, Nampa, Idaho. 83651. De Weerd: Thank you. Mason: Really, the only thing I have to add to staff's report is that the utilities are in. The reason we are asking for this re-subdivision is there is a tenant that would like to purchase a portion, but not all of the existing lot, and with that I would stand for any questions you might have. De Weerd: Thank you. Council, any questions? Thank you. This is a public hearing. Is there anyone who would like to offer testimony? Yes, please. Good evening. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record. McCausland: Lindsay and Weston McCausland. 6183 North Gertie Place, which is right behind our house. De Weerd: Lindsay, can you pull that microphone down? McCausland: Yes. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 20 of 30 De Weerd: Thank you. McCausland: This would be right behind the home that we just purchased. De Weerd: Okay. McCausland: 6183 North Gertie Place. I'm not sure how many people are familiar with Lochsa Falls, the back part, which you approved a -- the Rock Harbor and -- or Black Rock and this right now is a traffic nightmare for us. We live right on the corner. There is no stop signs either way coming in or out of that place and we would like to know what also they want to build behind our home that would be going behind there when they split the properties, because it's literally right behind our fence from Lochsa Falls. So, we totally object to -- I don't know what we say. We have never been to a meeting before. But this is right behind our home. De Weerd: Okay. McCausland: That we were told would never be open, but it's now open, so -- De Weerd: I'm sorry, you were told what? McCausland: It was -- the subdivision was never going to open, but it was opened. I guess that land wasn't supposed to be used behind our home. So, I'm -- De Weerd: Your realtor told you that a piece of property behind your home would never be used? McCausland: No. We heard from neighbors that it wasn't going to be used. We haven't heard from our realtor now. De Weerd: Oh. Well, that has been annexed and zoned commercial. McCausland: We just moved here, so -- De Weerd: Oh. Okay. McCausland: Sorry. We are not familiar with anything at all, so -- but that -- that lot is right behind our home. So, that's why we are here today. De Weerd: I certainly can understand that. My reason for getting involved in the city 20 years ago. Had the same questions. But that has been approved a number of years ago for commercial use -- McCausland: Okay. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 21 of 30 De Weerd: -- and so this is a compatible use for that property and we can ask the applicant if -- if they have any details and certainly to maybe chat with you after the meeting to -- or after this hearing to share more information and maybe you can even get his phone number. McCausland: All right. De Weerd: It will be good to have a point of contact that you can ask further questions of. McCausland: And how do you get stop signs and things? Because how people come in off of Linder into the Lochsa Falls -- I don't even know what the street -- but our street is Gertie, which you come off of. When they -- W.McCausland: So, when you come in and the Homestead is right there, you come in and there is -- from the Black Rock going in it's a T-intersection. There is no traffic stop sign or anything, so when you're coming in the cars are going past here and the cars are going -- but nobody has a right -- nobody knows the right of way, everybody is just going and we have seen almost a whole bunch of accidents right there. That's one of the concerns. The other concern is in that field there there is a ton of weeds and overgrown vegetation, plus there is cement -- I was going to go out there and try to get rid of it -- some of it, but, then, there is -- from builders or whatever, there is a whole bunch of cement that's just gobbed up and stuck in the dirt. So, it looks like people -- just left over cement and dumped it in there. So, that's right behind our fence line. So, those are just the basic two. Stop sign and, then, how do we get some of that stuff cleared out of there. De Weerd: All great questions and we can have staff also talk with you afterwards. We have our lieutenant, hopefully, taking copious notes for our code enforcement to -- to help you on the weeds and the illegal dumping, the nuisance part. So, we can help you on that, too. But we will get with you also after -- after the hearing on that. Thank you for coming. McCausland: Thank you. De Weerd: And welcome to Meridian. Anything further? Maybe the applicant can come up and respond. I'm sure before code enforcement has to contact your -- the owner you will take a message back saying clean up your weeds and clean up your -- your concrete. Mason: I certainly will. De Weerd: Thank you. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 22 of 30 Mason: Will Mason for the record. The project that they are proposing right now is a small retail type facility. They don't need the additional parking, because they are a low volume retail-type facility. It's similar to a Family Dollar or something where they don't expect to have large delivery trucks, stuff like that. They do have on this plat a 25-foot setback for landscaping, so they will be buffering those neighbors with landscaping with any traffic that they might have in their -- in their facility, so -- De Weerd: Council, any questions? Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: What -- do you have any idea what kind height they are going to have on the building there? Mason: I do not. I do know it has to go -- Bird: Single story? Mason: -- through a design review. Yes, it will be just a single story. De Weerd: So, that will go through to make sure it meets with city design standards and the landscape buffer will also be vetted by staff. Mason: Correct. De Weerd: Any other questions from Council? Okay. And I would ask you if you could, please, meet your -- your neighbors after this hearing. Mason: Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you. Okay. Anything further? Council, any questions for staff or the applicant or those -- the neighbors that testified? Bird: I have none. Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Milam. Milam: Not a question, but as far as the stop sign -- I don't know if you addressed that or not. De Weerd: No. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 23 of 30 Milam: We do not have anything to do with stop signs -- no. But Ada County Highway District does all of our roadways and signage like that. So, it would be contact with them. Beach: Ms. Milam, if I could just mention that it is a public street up until that property line -- Milam: Oh. Beach: -- and, then, it's a private access. Milam: Private roads. Beach: So, anything in -- within the subdivision is a private drive aisle. It's not regulated by the highway district. So, folks that are you using that for access to the subdivision as a public road when it's actually not a public road . Does that makes sense? Because that public road connects with that stub, but it's not actually a public road. So, the traffic is going through private property to get to the subdivision. De Weerd: Perhaps, Josh, you can also talk to the couple and to let them know maybe appropriate contact and perhaps we can get a better understanding of what some of the challenges are to see if we can -- if we need to take it to our Transportation Commission as well. Beach: Will do. De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. Okay. Anything further from Council? Bird: I have nothing. De Weerd: Okay. Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Milam. De Weerd: I move that we close the public hearing on H-2016-0121. Bird: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to close the public hearing an Item 9 - C. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 24 of 30 Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Milam. Milam: I move that we approve H-2016-0121 and include all staff, applicant and public testimony. Bird: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 9-C with what I hope is also a strong message to the applicant to clean up your property. Any discussion? Mr. Clerk, will you call roll. Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little Roberts, yea. De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd: Thank you for joining us tonight and I think you can probably meet with a couple of our staff members and the applicant outside the Council Chambers. Thank you for joining us. Item 10: Ordinances A. Ordinance No. 16-1714: An Ordinance (H 2015-0005 - Edgehill Subdivision) Of the City of Meridian Granting Annexation and Zoning for a Parcel of land located in the northwest quarter of Section 25, Township 3 North, Range 1 West, Boise, Ada County, Idaho. This parcel contains 40.19 acres more or less and is situated in Ada County, Idaho, and adjacent and contiguous to the Corporate Limits of the City of Meridian; Establishing mand Determining the Land Use Zoning Classification of said Lands from RUT to R-4 (Low Density Residential District) in the Meridian City Code; 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 this Ordinance; and Providing for a Waiver of the Reading Rules; and Providing for an Effective Date. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 25 of 30 De Weerd: Item 10-A is Ordinance 16-1714. Mr. Clerk, will you, please, read this by title. Coles: Thank you, Madam Mayor. City of Meridian Ordinance No. 16-1714: An Ordinance, file number H-2015-0005 - Edgehill Subdivision, of the City of Meridian Granting Annexation and Zoning for a Parcel of land located in the northwest quarter of Section 25, Township 3 North, Range 1 West, Boise, Ada County, Idaho. This parcel contains 40.19 acres more or less and is situated in Ada County, Idaho, and adjacent and contiguous to the Corporate Limits of the City of Meridian; Establishing and Determining the Land Use Zoning Classification of said Lands from RUT to R-4 (Low Density Residential District) in the Meridian City Code; 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 this Ordinance; and Providing for a Waiver of the Reading Rules; and Providing for an Effective Date. De Weerd: Thank you. Council, I don't see anyone asking to hear it read in its entirety. Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Milam. Milam: I move that we approve Ordinance No. 16-1714 with suspension of rules. Bird: Second. Cavener: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 10 -A. Mr. Clerk, will you call roll. Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little Roberts, yea. De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. B. Ordinance No. 16-1715: An Ordinance (H 2016-0088 - Knightsbridge Subdivision) Of the City of Meridian granting Annexation and Zoning for a Parcel of Land Located in the SE ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 21, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise, Ada County, Idaho. This parcel contains 5.15 acres more or less and Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 26 of 30 is situated in Ada County, Idaho and Adjacent and Contiguous to the Corporate Limits of the City of Meridian; Establishing and Determining the Land Use Zoning Classification of said Lands from RUT to R-4 (Low Density Residential) District in the Meridian City Code; 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 Ordinance; and Providing for a Waiver of the Reading Rules; and Providing for an Effective Date. De Weerd: Item 10-B is ordinance 16-1715. Mr. Clerk, will you, please, read this by title. Coles: Thank you, Madam Mayor. City of Meridian Ordinance No. 16-1715: An Ordinance, file number H-2016-0088, Knightsbridge Subdivision, of the City of Meridian granting Annexation and Zoning for a Parcel of Land Located in the S E ¼ of the SW ¼ of Section 21, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise, Ada County, Idaho. This parcel contains 5.15 acres more or less and is situated in Ada County, Idaho and Adjacent and Contiguous to the Corporate Limits of the City of Meridian; Establishing and Determining the Land Use Zoning Classification of said Lands from RUT to R-4 (Low Density Residential) District in the Meridian City Code; 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 Ordinance; and Providing for a Waiver of the Reading Rules; and Providing for an Effective Date. De Weerd: Council? Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Milam. Milam: I move that we approve Ordinance No. 16-1715 with suspension of rules. Bird: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 10 -B. If there is no discussion, Mr. Clerk, will you call roll. Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little Roberts, yea. De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 27 of 30 MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 11: Future Meeting Topics A. Invite Planning and Zoning Commission Chair Yearsley to provide insight into request to expand commission seat size (talked about during Item 8A) B. Councilmember Little Roberts asked for an update from the Idaho Transportation Department be given at a future meeting about the left-in lane closure off Eagle Road into the Village at Meridian De Weerd: Council, under Item 11, Future Meeting Topics, are there any items for future agendas? Little Roberts: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Little Roberts. Little Roberts: I would like to request an update from ITD regarding the closed turn lane into The Village. I have been hearing in my other position with the Chamber from several businesses, including one this week that has documented a 20 percent reduction in his business and he is in danger of being able to even stay open. Palmer: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Palmer. Palmer: Without being specific, I can tell you there is a big effort to remedy the situation. De Weerd: Well, good. We hope to hear that in the update, so -- yes, certainly we will ask Bruce to extend an offer for a future agenda to -- and certainly during this time of year -- and I think we brought that up at the time -- not the best time of year to be doing this. But we will certainly ask them for an update. Little Roberts: Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you. Council, upcoming events includes -- we are closing tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. and we will not be open on Friday. So, City Hall is closed after 3:00 p.m. until Monday at 8:00 a.m. and -- for the Thanksgiving holiday. AIC, the Association of Idaho Cities legislative committee meets December 1st at the Boise Centre. Discussion starts at 9:00 a.m. Christmas in Meridian is next Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 28 of 30 weekend, a week from this weekend, December 2nd through the 3rd, Winter Lights Parade tree lighting is at 6:30 and thanks to -- thank you for the big sponsorship. We appreciate you spreading the Christmas spirit every single year and, then, the Winterland Festival starts at 10:00 a.m. It's being moved this year to the Boys & Girls Club. It's become so popular we need additional space and it's a perfect venue for that. West Ada School District Holiday open house at the district offices are from 3:00 to 7:00 on Tuesday, December 6th. And lastly -- well, not lastly. We have one of our neighborhood stars -- or the Meridian Stars Awards to the youth. Dominic is raising funds for his annual effort in bringing toys to all kids in need and he is -- his goal this year is over 1,800 dollars. So, looking for community support and certainly support from our city leaders. So, I have a copy of his letter. If you have an interest, please, let me know and I will get you the information where you can help him. And, lastly, congratulations to Joe Borton, who was listed as one of the 2016 leaders in law and so -- De Weerd: So, with that I will move to Item 12, Executive Session. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: I'm sorry. Mr. Borton. Borton: Sorry to interrupt. But I also wanted to point out just -- Todd Lavoie did a fantastic job, once again, with the Movember. We have a lot of fun raising funds, growing mustaches and being a little silly. We have a dignitary in the room tonight, which we will introduce shortly. De Weerd: Oh, yeah. Colin Moss took the -- the big throne from Mr. Borton. Borton: We have -- we don't want to talk about that. It's a lot of fun. It's lots of laughs. Wives might disagree, but hats off to Todd. He does a great job in trying to get all of us to do that and it's -- one, it raises money, but by growing goofy looking mustaches and having people ask you why you're doing it and what you're doing and looking silly, raises so much awareness. It's a fundraiser, but also that raising awareness is really important. I know it's super important to Todd and everyone that participated. So, next year there is going to be a bigger effort to get more people in the city involved and make them look funky and ugly and have people ask you questions what you're doing, because you want those questions, you want to be able to tell them why you're raising money and what you're doing it for, so -- and if you didn't see Councilman Cavener's effort, that thing was phenomenal. I mean that was fantastic. Cavener: I was disqualified because you have to have a separation between the beard and the mustache. There is an asterisk, Colin -- an asterisk next to your victory. I want you to be aware. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 29 of 30 Borton: It was awesome. Thank you for doing it. I think all in all a really good time. De Weerd: Yeah. So, 400 dollars was raised and certainly, more importantly, to raise the -- the profile and discussion of prostate cancer is -- is huge. I think we all know people who have been touched by that and it needs to be something that men do on a regular basis. Borton: Absolutely. Thank you. Item 12: Executive Session per Idaho State Code 74-206(1)(c) To Conduct Deliberations Concerning Acquiring an Interest in Real Property, Which is Not Owned by a Public Agency De Weerd: Thank you for bringing that up. I have a real scary picture of Todd Lavoie in the stairwell sporting his -- whatever that was, so -- Item 12 is Executive Session. Mr. Clerk will you, please -- oh, I'm sorry. I guess I need first a motion. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: I move we go into Executive Session as per Idaho State Code 74 - 206(1)(c). Borton: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to adjourn into Executive Session. Now, Mr. Clerk, will you, please, call roll. Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little Roberts, yea. De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. EXECUTIVE SESSION: (7:05 p.m. to 7:26 p.m.) De Weerd: I would entertain a motion to come out of Executive Session. Bird: So moved. Borton: Second. Meridian City Council November 22, 2016 Page 30 of 30 De Weerd: All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd: Could I have a motion to adjourn. Bird: So moved. Cavener: Second. De Weerd: All those in favor? MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd: Happy Thanksgiving. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:26 P.M. (A CORDIN F THESE PROCEEDINGS) MAYO MY de EERD DATE APPROVED ATTEST:,,,-) tiPternu�r, C. 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