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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-12-06Meridian City Council December 6, 2016. A meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 6, 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: Ted Baird, C.Jay Coles, Caleb Hood, Clint Doslby, Jeff Lavey, Perry Palmer 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: Okay. I would like to welcome everyone to our City Council meeting. Always nice to see youthful faces in the audience. No offense, Ralph. So welcome. So, for the record it is Tuesday, December 6th. It's 6:00 o'clock. 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 our pledge to our flag. (Pledge of Allegiance recited.) Item 3: Community Invocation by Steve Moore with Ten Mile Christian Church De Weerd: Item No. 3 is our community invocation. Tonight we will be led by Pastor Steve Moore. Welcome back to the community. I think you've been off gallivanting around and celebrating at least several weeks of freedom. Maybe a couple months. Moore: Yeah. We were -- my wife and I were gone for 28 days. De Weerd: Very nice. Moore: Mostly focused on the northeastern states where we had never been and especially in the fall, the colors in Vermont. Even went into Quebec. By the time Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 2 of 17 we got back now we can say we have been in all 48 of the continental United States, so -- De Weerd: Well, welcome home. Moore: We even went to Ecuador. Home for ten days and, then, went to Ecuador, so -- De Weerd: Oh, my gosh. Well, I'd like to invite you all to join us in the community invocation or take this as an opportunity for a moment of reflection. Thank you so much for being here. Moore: Honored to do it. Heavenly Father, it's pretty easy to recognize that you are the Creator, that our world couldn't just happen, and there is dynamic balance to it, like the snow we had today that benefits us in so many ways, but this time of year what we really recognize is that you sent a Savior. We are grateful that Jesus has come in the flesh, that we have a God that's invasive into our lives and demonstrates how good life can be. God, in this season we -- we see it as citizens of Meridian how good life is. The experience that we had Friday night in our town parade and just seeing the community come together for all the activities reminds us that we are not an island. The poet is so right. And, Father, the fact that this is a council meeting that reminds us, we don't just have one leader, we have several leaders here and it's a community and we depend on each other. I pray that you would give them special insights. They have an awesome responsibility. They make decisions that affect lives in so many ways and grant them a special measure of -- of wisdom in the decisions to be made today. We seek to glorify you and, then, reflect the gift of Jesus in our life. In his name I pray, amen. De Weerd: Thank you, Pastor Moore. 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 6-X the resolution number is 16-1181 and on 6-Y the resolution number is 16-1182. On 8-A the Mayor's Youth Advisory Council update has been vacated. On Item B, 8-B, the resolution number is 16-1183. On Item 8-D the resolution number is 16-1184. And on 10-A, the ordinance number is 16-1716. With that I move we approve the agenda as amended . Borton: Second. Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 3 of 17 De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve the agenda as read. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 5: Proclamation for Rocky Mountain Boy’s Cross Country State Championship De Weerd: Item 5 is a proclamation and I'm going to move to the podium and I would like to invite the team from Rocky Mountain to join me up front. Welcome. It's certainly an honor to always recognize the -- the great accomplishments of the young adults in our community and we have here the track team from Rocky Mountain High School -- cross-country. Well, I still consider that track. I guess that's a sensitive topic, uh? Okay. Cross-country team. And it is something that we take great privilege to honor the athletes when they accomplish state titles and I'm going to read a version that doesn't list all the names, but the version that will go officially on record will have each of the athletes' names in it and so someday if you ever want to go back and say I have a proclamation in my honor, you can actually go back to this date, find the minutes and your name will be listed in the minutes. So, you can prove to your family members or whoever you would like to impress that this Proclamation is really for you and it's for the team . It's together that you were able to accomplish this and we just are very grateful that you're here. So, let me read this and, then, I will see if -- I will turn this over to your coach and maybe each of you want to introduce yourself and the grade that you're in and maybe the event that you participate in. Whereas being an athlete is more than training to excel in sports or be physically fit, it is training to build leadership, character, confidence, teamwork and resilience, all traits that are needed to succeed on the course, in the classroom, and in the real world and whereas the Rocky Mountain Boys cross-country team placed first at four major cross-country invitational meets and at the district championship and whereas their hard work and teamwork resulted in running away with the 2016 state championship for cross-country and whereas the capturing of the state title builds school spirit and allows these student athletes to walk the halls of Rocky Mountain with a little extra swagger, whereas the leadership, training, and discipline of their coaches help all the team members to focus their talents and passion to become a winning team , with each player making valuable contributions to their victory. Therefore, I, Mayor Tammmy de Weerd, hereby proclaim December 6th, 2016, as Rocky Mountain High School Cross-country Champion -- State Champions Day in the City of Meridian and call upon the community to join me in congratulating the Grizzlies on their remarkable athletic achievement and for representing Meridian so proudly in the state tournament and we are here to celebrate your success, so congratulations and thank you for being here. Hays: I don't know what to say. It is very hard to win a state title. We are in a very hard district. Mountain View, Eagle, Borah, who was very tough competition this year. We strive to run as a group. We are -- it's a team sport, which you might not Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 4 of 17 think cross-country is a team sport, but it's very much a team sport and the boys try to run as close to each other as possible and these seven guys did just that and that's how we won a state title by closing the gap and running as a team, helping each other out through workouts, hard hill repeats, some mile repeats, grinding through the heat of August and, then, running in the freezing cold of November, you know, late October. As the head coach I was super proud. I couldn't ask for a better team. They showed me true sportsmanship. They are the best of the best in the state of Idaho and they're going to have an awesome track season, too. You want to start with your name and your grade? Jones: My name is Sheldon Jones. I'm a junior at Rocky Mountain and it was an honor running with these guys in state and taking state with them. Tolman: All right. I'm Joey Tolman. I'm in tenth grade this year and I go to Compass, but I run for Rocky and it was great running with you guys. Ghiorso: My name is Anthony Ghiorso. I'm a senior and I also run for Rocky Mountain. It is a pleasure being able to run with Rocky this year, being able to give Bob his first state title as head coach of Rocky Mountain. So, it's a great experience. Phillips: My name is Taylor Phillips. I'm also a senior at Rocky this year and, yeah, had a great time. These past four years have been wonderful with Bob and winning the state title with these guys was awesome. Thieme: I'm Evan Thieme and I'm also a senior at Rocky Mountain and I'm just glad that we could represent the City of Meridian at the state title -- the state meet and get the title. Siwek: My name is Ashton Siwek and I'm just -- I'm an 11th grader at Rocky Mountain. No different from anyone else in this room . But as a team with these guys, we did it, we won state and I would like to congratulate them. Hiatt: My name is Drew Hiatt and I'm a junior at Rocky and it's been a pleasure running with these great guys. Had a lot of fun and glad that we could pull off the state title with the seniors that we have and let's do it again next year. Jannuzzi: I'm Katy Jannuzzi. I'm the assistant cross-country at Rocky Mountain and I'm proud of these boys for who they are and not only as athletes , but as people and who they are in the community. De Weerd: It sounds like half your team are seniors, so great way to cap off your senior year; right? Well, we will look forward to seeing you again. I like that competitive spirit. And you really do not have to stay here, but you're very welcome to -- Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 5 of 17 Item 6: Consent Agenda A. Approve Minutes of November 15, 2016 City Council Regular Meeting B. Approve Minutes of November 22, 2016 City Council Regular Meeting C. Dog Licensing Designee Agreement between Treasure Valley Veterinary Hospital and City of Meridian D. Dog Licensing Designee Agreement between Settlers Park Veterinary Hospital and City of Meridian E. Dog Licensing Designee Agreement between Linder Pet Medical Care and City of Meridian F. Water Main Easement between the City of Meridian and 3410 N. Eagle Road, LLC within Model Home Furnishings G. Temporary Construction Easement with Brighton Investments, LLC H. Sanitary Sewer and Access Easement with Brighton Investments, LLC I. Temporary Construction Easement with James and Shanah Percy J. Sanitary Sewer Easement with James and Shanah Percy K. Permanent and Temporary Easement Contract for Black Cat Sewer Phase 5, Valley Storage, J.R. Simplot Co as Grantor L. Tag Line Services Agreement for Consulting Services to Determine Future Staffing Needs for the Not to Exceed amount of $9,750.00 M. Award of Agreement Renewal for “UTILITY BILLING CUSTOMER SERVICES” to Billing Document Specialists for the Not-To-Exceed approved budget amount of $272,000.00. Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 6 of 17 N. Approval of Contract Amendment No. 1 to Varsity Facility Services for “JANITORIAL SERVICES” for a Not- To-Exceed amount of $198,325.08 O. Approval of Contract Amendment to extend the contract for “Liquid Emulsion Polymer” to BASF Corporation in the Not-To-Exceed amount of $200,00.00 P. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law for Interstate Center (AKA Wahooz/Roaring Springs) H-2016-0119 by Bowden Properties, LLC and Black Mor, LLC Generally Located Near the NW Corner of W. Overland Road and S. Meridian Road Q. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law for Paramount Director (H-2016-0104) by Brighton Investments / Land Holdings Located Southwest Corner of W. Chinden Boulevard and N. Meridian Road R. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law for Citadel 4 Storage Ten Mile (H2016-0114) by Citadel Storage, LLC Located 4015 N. Ten Mile Road S. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law for Approval for Knighthill Center Subdivision No 2 H-2016-0121 by James R Wylie IV Located at 6241 N Linder Road T. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law for Approval for Linder Road Apartments (H-2016-0111) by S 3 Investments LP, Located at 1770 S. Linder Road U. Final Order for Verado Subdivision No. 1 (H-2016-0122) by DevCo., LLC Located Southeast Corner of N. Locust Grove Road and E. Ustick Road V. Development Agreement for Verado Subdivision-H-2016- 0047 with C15, LLC located near the southeast corner of N. Locust Grove Road and E. Ustick Road in the NE 1/4 of Section 5, Township 3N., Range 1E W. Amended Development Agreement for Hill's Century Farm Commercial (H2016-0092) with Martin L. Hill located at 3625 E. Amity Road, in the Northwest 1/4 of Section 33, Township 3 North, Range 1 East Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 7 of 17 X. Resolution No. 16-1181: Adopting 2017 Initial Point Gallery Schedule Y. Resolution No. 16-1182: A Resolution Approving City Council President's Appointments of City Council Members to Serve as Department Liaisons, Committee Liaisons, Committee Members, Commission Ex-Officio Members, and City Area Contacts De Weerd: Okay. Item No. 6 is the Consent Agenda. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: On the Consent Agenda, as stated earlier, Item 6 -X is resolution number 16- 1181 and 6-Y is resolution number 16-1182 and with that I move we approve the agenda as printed and for the Mayor to sign and the Clerk to attest. Borton: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve the Consent Agenda as read. 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 7: Items Moved From the Consent Agenda De Weerd: There were no items moved from the Consent Agenda. Item 8: Department Reports A. Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council Update De Weerd: And Item 8-A has been requested to vacate. We had some car problems and we just gave a recent update, so thought we would put this off until -- to kick off the beginning of the year. B. Mayor's Office: Resolution No. 16-1183: A Resolution Appointing Megan Larsen to Seat 5 of the Meridian Solid Waste Advisory Commission Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 8 of 17 De Weerd: So, Item 8-E is Resolution 16-1183. It is a resolution to appoint Megan Larsen to Seat Five of the SWAC. Do I have any questions? Okay. If not I would entertain a motion to approve. Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Milam. Milam: I move that we approve Resolution No. 16-1183. Little Roberts: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 8-B. Any discussion? Hearing none, Mr. Clerk. 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. Fire Department: Sale of Surplus Vehicle, 2002 Pierce Enforcer Fire Engine to Middleton Fire & Rescue District De Weerd: Item 8-C is in under our Fire Department and I will turn this over to Chief Palmer. Palmer: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council. As you're all aware we recently purchased two new fire engines and put those in service and we have one of the engines that was being replaced to bring it for you to declare surplus. We have an offer from Middleton Fire to purchase that engine for the sum of 30,000 dollars if you declare that surplus and allow us to proceed with working with Middleton on that. De Weerd: Council, any questions? Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: Chief Palmer, was the dollar figure confirmed to be consistent with an appraisal from Pierce for the value of that surplus property? Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 9 of 17 Palmer: As best we could tell, yeah, based on mileage and wear and tear, age, number of hours, that they felt that that was consistent. Having not seen the engine they felt that that was a fair price. Borton: Okay. Thank you. D. Resolution No. 16-1184: A Resolution Authorizing Sale of 2002 Pierce Enforcer Fire Engine to Middleton Fire & Rescue District De Weerd: Okay. If there is no further questions we will move to Resolution 16- 1184. Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: I move we approve resolution 16-1184 authorizing the sale of the 2002 Pierce Enforcer Fire Engine to the Middleton Fire Department. Bird: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 8 -D. 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. E. Mayor’s Office: Continued Discussion About Potential Expansion of Planning and Zoning Commission De Weerd: Under Item 8-E just continued discussion. I received a very short and brief e-mail from Chairman Yearsley just saying he supports the increase in P&Z members to seven and the two that -- Jessica and Bill to the commission that we interviewed, he looks forward to serving with the additional two seats and didn't know what questions, just -- I had just said that you would like indication of his support. So, with that I would ask if there is any specific questions I can help you with. Otherwise, I will bring two names to our next meeting. Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes, Mr. Cavener. Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 10 of 17 Cavener: Did we hear from any of the other Commissioners on this issue? De Weerd: I communicated through the chair, so, no, I did not reach out to all of the commissioners. Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes. Cavener: The reason why I asked is just in my course of day I happened to bump into a commissioner and asked his opinion and he had voiced some concern about a large group and how long the meeting would potentially go and so I encouraged him to reach out to you and voice that or voice that to the chair. I don't know if that has happened or if he reached out to the chair maybe before or after he had reached out to you. De Weerd: Yes. I don't know. I reached out to the chair immediately following our meeting, so he would have had opportunity to and to pass that information on, so, no, I -- Cavener: Okay. De Weerd: Any questions? If not, I will bring the two names forward next week and seek your approval. Item 9. Action Items A. Final Plat Continued from November 22, 2016 for Goldengrove Subdivision (aka Logan Creek) (H-2016- 0124) by Heartland Homes, LLC Located at 4617 Martinel Lane 1. Request: 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: Item 9-A is a final plat from 2000 -- or November 22nd, 2016, on H- 2016-0124. I will turn this over to staff. Hood: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council. This will be a pretty abbreviated report. We did get concurrence from the applicants that they are in agreement with the staff report, but I do have a couple of exhibits on the screen right now kind of showing you the location of the 67 residential building lots, 17 common area lots, final plat on 21.75 acres in the R-4 zoning district. So, unless there are any questions, we would ask for your approval of the subject final plat. Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 11 of 17 De Weerd: Any questions from Council? Hearing none, do I have a motion? Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes, Mr. Bird. Bird: I move we approve the final plat on H-2016-0124. Cavener: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve this item. Any discussion from Council? 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. Final Plat for Whiteacre Subdivision No. 2 (H-2016-0125) by Whiteacre Development Corp., Located West Side of N. Meridian Road, Between W. Ashton Drive and W. Lava Falls Drive 1. Request: Final Plat Approval Consisting of Thirty-One (31) Residential Lots and Eleven (11) Common Lots on 7.04 Acres of Land in the R-8 Zoning District De Weerd: Item 9-B is also a final plat for H-2016-0125. Caleb. Hood: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council. Kind of a similar story here. I do have a verbal consent from the applicant that they are in agreement with the staff report for White Acre Subdivision. This is the second phase of the plat. So, Google Earth doesn't show the first phase, but it is located generally between Ustick and McMillan Road on the west side of Meridian Road. There are 31 residential lots in this phase and 11 common lots on 7.04 acres of the R-8 zone. So, again, unless there is any questions we would ask for your approval of the subject final plat. De Weerd: Thank you, Caleb. Any questions from Council? Bird: I have none. De Weerd: Okay. With that I would entertain a motion. Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 12 of 17 Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Milam. Milam: I move that we approve H-2016-0125. Bird: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 9-B. Mr. Clerk, we 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 10: Ordinances A. Ordinance No. __________________: An Ordinance (H- 2016-0047 – Verado Subdivision) FOR ANNEXATION AND REZONE OF A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN GOVERNMENT LOT 3 SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST, BOISE MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO, AS DESCRIBED IN ATTACHMENT “A” AND ANNEXING CERTAIN 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 RUT TO R-8 (MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL) AND R-15 (MEDIUM-HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL) ZONING DISTRICTS 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 AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 13 of 17 De Weerd: Item 10-A is Ordinance 16-1716. Mr. Clerk, will you, please, read this by title. Coles: Thank you, Madam Mayor. City of Meridian Ordinance No. 16-1716, an Ordinance file H-2016-0047, Verado Subdivision, for annexation and rezone of a parcel of land located in Government Lot 3, Section 5, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise meridian, Ada county, Idaho, as described in Attachment “A” and annexing certain 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 RUT to R-8, Medium Density Residential, and R-15, Medium-High Density Residential zoning districts, 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 an effective date. De Weerd: Thank you. You have heard the reading of this Ordinance. Is there anyone who would like to hear it read in its entirety? Seeing none -- Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Milam. Milam: I move that we approve Ordinance No. 16-1716 with suspension of rules. Bird: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 10 -A. 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. Item 11: Future Meeting Topics De Weerd: Under Item 11, Council, I usually give you a preview of upcoming events. We will be holding the second Growing Together meeting on Thursday, November 8th, at the New Ventures Lab from 9:30 to noon. This is regarding the Fields District and the first meeting was well attended with good dialogue and comments. This will be the second meeting. We also have Coffee With The Mayor next week on Tuesday, December 13th. It will be at Frankie's Java at 8:00 a.m. Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 14 of 17 Always love it when you can join us and have an opportunity to hear the questions or receive comments from our citizens. And, lastly, Scentsy Points of Lights holiday concert is Tuesday, December 13th. Hopefully we might be done with our workshop and you can join them at 6:30 to 8:00. Their campus is decked out with lights and as I understand it there are more than 365 trees that are wrapped in over 26 miles of -- of Christmas lights. So, it will all be lit up. The choirs from Eagle and Rocky High Schools will perform. Plus we will have Christmas carols and other holiday favorites. So, you're invited out to join in an evening of Christmas festivities. Are there any topics for future meeting agendas? Palmer: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Palmer. Palmer: Not really a topic of a future meeting agenda, but I had a son born on Thursday and my -- my dad -- they had their organizational meeting for the legislature and he -- we named him Lincoln Joe Palmer and so he took a moment and mentioned him so that he would be on the record. So, I figured since I'm his dad also I had better do likewise. But wanted to mention that we -- even though Councilman Cavener also has a Lincoln, I had chosen that he would be my second son's name back when I was like 12 after my second favorite president. De Weerd: It's still kind of suspicious, but -- Palmer: And, then, Joe, obviously, after my second favorite legislator. It would have been weird to the name a son Lenore Barras, so I had to go with Joe there. So, I just wanted to throw that on the record so that some day I can look it up. I will probably be the only one that will ever look at those minutes. De Weerd: Well, thank you. As you're mentioning Lincoln Joe Palmer, date, time, weight, length, you know, give us the details. Milam: Social Security number so it will be on public record. Palmer: Thursday. Boy. I think he was 19 and a half inches. Seven pounds, eight ounces. He was our smallest kid, enough though we had twins. The twins were bigger. I think. De Weerd: And he's -- he's beautiful. Palmer: He has the most round head ever. Rounder than mine. De Weerd: Yeah. Well, congratulations. Palmer: Thank you. Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 15 of 17 De Weerd: We wish you many sleepless nights and -- and a great holiday. It's -- it's always fun. Newborns and Christmas, there is nothing better. My daughter was born on the 17th and she was the best present under my tree that year. So, congratulations. Hood: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Caleb. It was like where did that voice come from. Hood: I wanted to follow up on a future meeting topic that was discussed right before Thanksgiving. I believe it was Councilwoman Ann Little Roberts that asked for an update on the Eagle Road at Village Drive and so I just wanted to let you all know I did talk with Erika Bowen yesterday. She's the ITD District 3 traffic engineer and she will be at your January 10th workshop. So, that is scheduled. Nothing in the details now, but they are working with Center Cal and some legislators and traffic engineers and trying to work that out. But she will give you a more detailed update and have, hopefully, a little more solid answer than the quick update she gave me yesterday on the 10th. De Weerd: We had kind of hoped to hear something about how they were going to deal with transportation pressures during the holiday rush, so -- but I will not kill the messenger, even though it is tempting. Hood: Well, Madam Mayor, I mean if you would like I can follow up with her. She -- she wasn't -- there is not much of an update right now. They are still in negotiations and talking, so I don't think that -- they are playing it out through the holidays, I guess, if I could summarize what I heard, essentially, from her. But they are working towards allowing the signal at Village Drive, but they still have some things to work out, so -- De Weerd: So, chief, I guess it's extra duty for our patrol officers and maybe even our fire department in response to what frustrated drivers will end up doing to -- to beat the line that causes by removing that left-hand turn. So, maybe next week you can have a report on how things are going out in that area as far as enforcement goes and safety. Lavey: We haven't had any crashes. Bird: Had the barricade ran over a couple times. De Weerd: Okay. Well, we are seeking peace on earth this Christmas, so -- Hood: Madam Mayor, if you'd like, I can follow up with Erika and see if she would be willing to come sooner. That was just -- I threw out some dates and she said let's -- let's -- by that time I should have more of a solid update . But if you'd like Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 16 of 17 me to try and advance that I'm willing to invite her to next week or the week after if that's what you'd like to see happen. De Weerd: Council? Palmer: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Palmer. Palmer: Madam Mayor, it was an unfortunate situation that happened, but it sounds like things might be eventually going our way. I shy from poking the bear further if it's trending our way, see where it goes. De Weerd: Mrs. Little Roberts. Little Roberts: Madam Mayor, it would have been nice to have had something sooner, but having spoken with Center Cal and several of the businesses out there and listening to their frustration, but also listening from Center Cal's perspective to the progress, I'm guessing we are probably not going to have any more information than what Caleb has currently provided until talks get further along. But thank you and thank you, Caleb. De Weerd: Very good. Well, we will hear from ITD, then, after the beginning of the year. Thank you for your follow-up, Caleb, on that. Item 12: Executive Session per Idaho State Code 74-206(1)(d): To consider records that are exempt from disclosure as provided in chapter 1, title 74, Idaho Code De Weerd: Okay. Item No. 12 is Executive Session. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: I move we go into Executive Session as per Idaho State Code 74-206(1)(b). Milam: Second. De Weerd: Have a motion and a second to adjourn into Executive Session. 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. Meridian City Council December 6, 2016 Page 17 of 17 MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. EXECUTIVE SESSION: (6:33 p.m. to 6:47 p.m.) De Weerd: I would entertain a motion to come out of Executive Session. Bird: So moved. It ff . u- •eM De Weerd: All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd: If I could have a motion to adjourn. Bird: So moved. Milam: Second. De Weerd: All those in favor say aye. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd: Let the record reflect -- Milam: Record. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:47 P.M. (AUDIO RECORDING ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS) MAYORS MY de WEERD DATE APPROVED ATTE GOV�pORATe -1 C. MY C ES, CITY CLERK M j�l j w m2 s� /O,H0 /