Minutes from May 17, 2005 C/C
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17th, 2005, water service for the attached turnoff list we will be terminated on May 18th,
2005. The total amount of the turnoff list is $32,338,57,
Rountree: Mr. President?
Wardle: Mr. Rountree.
Rountree: I move that we approve the delinquent turnoff list for May 18th in the amount
of 32,338.57.
Donnell: Second.
Wardle: It's been moved and seconded to approve the turnoff list. All in favor? Any
opposed? Motion passes. Thank you.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Item 18:
Discussion of Black Rock Subdivision by Brad Watson, Public Works
Director:
Wardle: Item No. 18, a discussion of Black Rock Subdivision by Brad Watson.
Watson: Thank you, Mr. President. If I may, I'd like to just pass out a hard copy of this.
It didn't get into your packets last week, so if I can take a minute to do that. Mr.
President, Council members, I think you know the background on this particular project.
Mr. Wood has been before you two times over the last year. Last July -- Council
Member Donnell was not here at that time, but he also on March 1 st talked about this
project. This proposed project has about 220 acres, 50 of which would -- is approved
through Ada County for a non-farm on subdivision with 44 lots, build-able lots. United
Water Idaho at the -- on Mr. Wood's behalf, petitioned the Public Utilities Commission
this spring to extend service -- water service into this area. The subdivision is outside
the area of impact, but within that thing called the referral area. I provided written
comments to the PUC in April asking them to deny the entire request. I think I have --
may not previously given you those comments, but I will. United Water's attorney
provided me five .- testimony on this application. I agree that the area that was within
the City of Meridian area of impact is deleted from United Water's request to expand, as
is indicated, the service area. The final order from the PUC came to me yesterday.
That is included in the back of that packet that I gave you. They do grant the expanded
certificated area to United Water, less the area that is within Meridian's area of impact.
Anna Canning and I met with Mr. Wood earlier this month to discuss options on this
property. The four that we came up with -- Mr. Wood thinks there is only three, but
there are four. One is a city-operated community well. Somehow we would work with
Mr. Wood to get a municipal type well constructed and we could operate a satellite
system. The second option is to extend city water to serve this subdivision. According
to Len Grady's modeling, it looks like we would need -- there would need to be about
8,400 feet of 12-inch line just to get to the site. We didn't talk about who would build it
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and costs and all of that. The third option -- well, I will give you the fourth option first,
because it's very short, and that's the do nothing option, where no development takes
place until we do have services out there. That's the one that Mr. Wood is, obviously,
not interest in, Number three is the one that probably would have the most discussion
around it and that is releasing that area, in addition to this three square miles you see
on the screen that are shaded in I think light blue from the referral area. The sewer has
been master planned outside of the impact area to the south and does go through this
three miles -- three square mile area in two different spots. The existing city limits are
presently a half-mile north of Amity Road. There are several pending applications that
would bring that to Amity Road, thereby making this application -- or this project a
quarter mile away. Without going into too much detail, there are -- well, you haven't
approved those pending applications, obviously, so we can't presume that those will be
approved at this point in time. We did just a quick analysis on the implications of
releasing that area back to Ada County. Or I guess it's not really ours to release, but no
longer have any -- within our referral area or trying to extend area of impact to include
those three square miles. Based on some information I got from our finance director
and some assumptions on density and home value out in that area, it looked like the
annual property tax revenue lost would be a minimum of about a million dollars a year,
all the way up to three and a half million dollars a year, depending on, of course, density
and home value. The one thing that I do need to point out and make everyone very
aware of, not just for this particular issue, but for many issues that are going to be
coming your way is, is that the sewer capacity in the south is -- is getting chewed up
very very very quickly. With the preliminary plats that Council has approved, there are -
- I have got my numbers backwards. With the pending applications and the ones that
you have approved, there are only about 300 units -- equivalent residential units of
capacity left in that area. The pending applicant, since they do not have an approved
total -- about 870 lots, so what has been approved with - only what's been approved by
our -- about 1,100, maybe 1,200 units left out there. But, as you know, those are going
pretty quickly in that area. I'm going to let the planning director offer a few comments at
this point.
Canning: President Wardle, Members of the Council, I'm sorry, it's just when we
discussed this before, we've had a lot of discussions -- it seems like once a month they
crop up about this whole area here and, in particular, in this area, the furthest extent of
the sewer reach for this line and there seems to be some question as to whether we will
ever get there -- that some of these properties would, really, seem to be able to develop
easier in Boise city or Ada County, actually, than others. And, then, I did just want to
point out some of the very odd parcelization that's gone on down here and we have
seen in these kind of circumstances where it's very difficult to effectively develop and
that's one of the reasons we felt that Council may want to consider whether they should
be in the area of city impact or not. I mean if it was large 40 acre or 80 acre or 120-acre
properties, we probably wouldn't be having this discussion, but aside from the sewer
constraints there, it's a parcelization pattern and that may not lend itself to real easy
development of this area in the future. The fire district boundaries does go to Columbia,
though, correct, Mr. Silva? It goes to Columbia? It goes to Lake Hazel. Which I was
pointing at the right line, just called it the wrong thing. Sorry. So, the fire district
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boundary does come down to Lake Hazel. So, if those were incorporated in the city of
Boise, there is some potential that the fire district could lose some of their area. Those
were the only additional comments I wanted to make.
Watson: Mr. President, I think I was done with my presentation, but certainly be glad to
answer questions.
Wardle: Okay. Council, questions for Brad?
Bird: Mr. President?
Wardle: Mr. Bird.
Bird: Brad, I see United Water is willing to get a well out there. What's the county going
to do as far as the sewer? Are they going to allow septic tanks or a community sewer
like we have got at a couple locations here in the county or what?
Watson: Mr. President, Councilman Bird, I believe -- my understanding is from the
applicant that they will be doing a community wastewater system for the non-farm
portion. I don't know what the ultimate proposal would be, other than Boise city bringing
central services to it via a lift station.
Bird: Thank you, Brad.
Wardle: Brad, let me ask for a little clarification here. Are you asking the Council this
evening to choose one of these four options? Is this for information? What would you
like as an outcome?
Watson: Mr. President, I think staff or Planning and Zoning and Public Works, we need
some direction on what we are going to do out in this area. As Anna mentioned, we
have had several discussions at your level and numerous ones at our level, on a
property down here that is or was owned by Bradford and Camille Shaw. We have had
this one here that is owned by the Calvary church, They have been in front of you and I
have met with them numerous times. We have a golf course here that isn't going to
redevelop in residential, so -- but we just -- we are getting these questions out here and
we don't know what direction -- at least I don't know what direction to give them as far
as temporary service, service some day, never -- I feel like we are at -- I hate to use that
term, because it's getting over used these days, but the tipping point on this property out
here. We either need to -- well, we can't serve it. We can't serve it with sewer. We just
can't right now. I mean we probably could squeeze one -- well, another half mile into
the capacity we have, but we can't until the Black Cat crosses the interstate. That gets
back into that whole Ten Mile interchange transportation issue subject. So, yeah, I
guess I would like some direction on one of these four options and, as I said, number
four is probably not the one that really means anything.
Bird: Mr. President?
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Wardle: Mr. Bird.
Bird: Brad, I want a recommendation -- I mean if we was to go ahead and get a well out
there and let them put in some kind of a sewer system, do you want to inherit that sewer
system, like you're going to on a couple others?
Watson: Mr. President, Councilman Bird, as you recall, we went down this road with
another project on Linder and Victory area and it turned into a long, long, long process
of back and forth. I'm not saying we can't do it, we could -- we have a lot of skilled
people that could run a system and if we were allowed to review plans, make sure it's
built to our specifications, we can do that. But what that's doing is driving up the
developer's cost to the point where I -- he's already got preliminary plat approval from
Ada County and now he's got approval from United Water. The only thing that may be
lacking -- and Mr. Wood is here if you'd like to question his approval on the community
septic system -- or wastewater system.
Bird: Does your -- what is your department's -- what's your feeling that your department
would like to see happen here, given all the circumstances and the history?
Watson: Councilmember Bird, issuing 300 building permits a month is probably not the
best frame of mind for me to answer this in, but I'm not confident we can get sewer
there anytime in the near future and operating a satellite system -- or we can do it, it's
not another thing that we really want to be burdened with. We are busy enough. If you
do one, I think there will be others that come in, follow right along. I don't want to do a
subdivision where we provide the water and don't have the sewer necessarily.
Bird: I agree with you a hundred percent and, on the same token, the developer isn't --
isn't going to go by your specifications on a sewer system if it's going to cost him "- if it's
going to hurt his penciling out. You and I both know that.
Wardle: Council, would you like to hear from Mr. Wood?
Rountree: Sure.
Bird: Sure.
Wardle: Please.
Wood: My name is Dan Wood. I live at 2025 East Chateau in Meridian here.
Councilmember Bird, we do plan on interiorly, meaning the 44 lots, to develop that
according to the City of Meridian's specifications. But the actual sewer system, the
treatment capacity, we are doing a self-contained system, you know, that's -- that's
been -- what, is under -- there is one being built out in Eagle right now. There is one out
in Kuna right now. There are a number of other places. But, ultimately, it's treated right
there on site and, ultimately, it's clean water and from there we are going to put it on the
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ground that we have, with the plans that when the city did come, that, ultimately, that
would have to be abandoned and homes up -- you know, the 44 homes we have, we
would attach, then, or it would be attached. Of course, it creates more problems, then,
too, you know, because those homeowners are -- who knows, they are not going to be
real excited about it, but we also realize that, you know, that's going to be in the CC&Rs
and we are going to disclose all that, that some day the City of Meridian will own this,
but for now that doesn't mean when the city might get there and from what the dates
were thrown around the other day, it could be as far out as 2010. And so who knows
what it might be then, so -- but I want you to know that our plans were to do it the way
the city has it done. JUB submitted the plans to DEQ. Be more than happy to have
Brad or whoever take a look at them. I mean that's -- just to see if that is the case. So,
like was mentioned before, you know, even though politically the city wasn't ready to go
out in this part of town, you can see there is an application that I got notice on that's
going to take, if approve, would front on Amity, which potentially puts it only a quarter
mile away from -- which is only one property owner, so that - so, I hope that answered
your question.
Bird: Mr. President?
Wardle: Mr. Bird.
Bird: Yeah. Dan, it does. And I realize that, but the thing -- you know, the thing that I
don't want to see the city have to get into -- we have been very fortunate by putting
some service out to a couple of subdivisions and, then, when they got contiguous, we
brought them in and we didn't have one complaint. We never had one complaint, thank
God. I don't want to get to the point of Boise. Yeah, you can put it in your CC&Rs, you
can do whatever. Are you going to be the only real estate agent there? Okay. I mean
we can be like out here at Crossroads, you know, those people -- there was a big sign
that said commercial coming, but their realtors told them they wasn't going to be there.
We had -- we had resident after resident in here testifying to that. And that's what
happens. And, then, the City of Meridian looks like they are taking ground, you know,
and you think these people are going to put in a sewer system now and, then, be real
happy to pay our 6,000 dollars hookup fee or something?
Wood: I understand.
Bird: And that's something I think as a Council we have got to decide if we want to put
to future -- because this is going to be a future Council. Now, Shaun might be young
enough to be still on it, but --
Donnell: Are you offended Councilman Rountree?
Rountree: No. I'm proud of it.
Bird: I just feel that -- I don't know how -- I'm not sure I want to put us in that kind of a
deal. And I know, Dan, that you would -- you know, what you say we can go to the bank
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on, but you're not going to build every house and you're not going to sell every house
out there.
Wood: You can put it right in -- you know, the other subdivision that we did out -- that
we got in the county, you know, we put it -- it's like the first item we put on your CC&Rs,
but when the city of Boise annexes, there will be people that said we never knew, but,
yet, it's right on the face of the plat and it's the first thing in our CC&Rs but -- and there
will be confusion -- or there will be misstatements and to agents saying this or that, I
won't disagree. I mean you just do the best you can and try and notice as much as you
can, but, inevitably, you won't satisfy them and that's something that is -- you know, you
keep trying to circle us to try and find a better way to do it, you know, so that we don't
have that issue, and that's why I have been here a couple of times to say, hey, is there
a way we can work it out and I have talked with staff a couple times, but the way the
city's is I understand and so that's why have been going down that route and it just
happens that this piece is so close to United Water and Boise that all of a sudden it's
like, hey, if you're going to do a satellite well, maybe we ought to look at providing, you
know, United Water right to them. Well, they are about just as far away as the City of
Meridian is, so when, you know, United got the objection from the City of Meridian, it's
like, okay, let's go talk to the City of Meridian. We always intended -- and it's not only
me that's involved in this. There is partners involved and I just happen to be the only
guinea pig that comes up here. But, you know, we have always intended it was going to
be a Meridian subdivision. But, like you say, if it's -- you know, politically it sounds like
it's going to be a ways out there with -- you know, and traffic's only getting worse in
northwest Meridian and without that Ten Mile I can see it potentially being awhile, but
sewer is going to be right to this ground here if capacity was there, so --
Bird: Okay. You answered my question.
Wardle: Thank you.
Watson: Mr. President? If I may, just to make one clarification to make sure we all
understand. If you do consider this release from the referral area, what -- what I would
take as direction is that be removed from our sewer master plan area and that we are
not serving that ultimately with sewer. That means this will be generally to lower density
Ada County stuff or the cluster stuff, because United Water, if they are going to come
here, they come out just to do a little subdivision, they will take this whole three square
mile area and, then, we get into the same situation that southwest Boise has and I don't
look forward to that. Thank you.
Wardle: Council, is the decision that you would like to discuss some more, make this
evening, potentially bring back a recommendation?
Rountree: Mr. President?
Wardle: Mr. Rountree.
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Rountree: I guess I'd like to share some guidance from Mr. Nary in terms of this is in a
referral area, I don't know -- I don't see anything -- official request to extend this area,
but that's something that's being talked about. Is that something that needs to be
brought up in a Public Hearing or can it just be an action from the Council? If we don't
exclude the area, it sounds to me like approval has already been granted to subdivide
and provide water and it's got a package point for the sewer. So, what is our say in this
situation? Refresh my memory. It's been awhile.
Nary: Thank you, Council President, Members of the Council, Councilmember
Rountree. I don't think -- and Brad and Anna can correct me if I'm wrong -- I don't think
you have to do any of these actions tonight. I think you're right, I mean the project's
been approved to this point by the county. The issue was is how is the water going to
get there and right now there is an issue -- I think the portion -- if I understand this
correctly, that portion that is -- we discussed in this Black Rock, the one that's outlined
in red on that picture, is wholly outside of our area. The original request by United
Water came, actually, across Amity Road and up to this property, as well as the part
that's yellow and green. So, right now this property is already -- or this development
has already been approved as it is, so Mr. Wood just has to figure out how to get water
there, whether the city is going to provide it through some cost share or something else
or he's going to have to do a well or something -- something different. I guess my belief
is what the staff is asking is that this is not the only piece of property, this just happens
to be a larger one of those and is seeking direction from the Council as to how do we do
this, do we continue this master planning toward this area all the way down to the
southern boundary there at Columbia or do we basically stop the planning area at
Locust Grove, because I think -- Locust Grove all the way down to Columbia allows
these properties, basically, to be out of the referral area and if that's the decision of this
Council, then, you direct the staff simply to begin that process of whatever we need to
do to notify Ada County that we no longer consider that to be part of a referral area or
our future growth area and off the top of my head right now I couldn't tell you specifically
beyond just the letter of notification of the county if we need to do more than that. But I
think that's -- that's the reason we are having this discussion is this area is -- I think, as
Brad said a number of times, it comes up often to the staff as to what to do and this just
happens to be part of the discussion today is how does this water get to this particular
property. Currently United Water is eligible to serve it. It's more of where the area of
impact touches us that we are trying to deal with. Now, did I get it wrong? Am I off
track? Okay. I thought that's what -- that was the reason we are -- if you chose to do
nothing now and think about it, nothing bad is going to happen. You can say I think it's
just that we need to have this discussion at some point and put on -- if you're not -- if
you don't feel comfortable making a decision tonight, I would simply suggest that you
put it back on your agenda within two weeks -- or I guess it would be three weeks if
you're not having a meeting in two weeks.
Rountree: So, the only -- the thing I'm hearing, then, is that at this point, other than this
particular subdivision being in the referral area, it's not in our impact area, unless we
choose to extend the sewer and/or water into the referral area, it's a moot point.
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Nary: Councilman Rountree, that's correct. And the referral area is simply that,
because it is a future planning area as well, they provide us with that option for input,
but that was the key reason in the order from the PUC that they opted not to grant our
request to deny it, that the only issue becomes is if we are ever going to grow in that
direction, then, we need to have some direction about that. If the Council's desire is not
to go in that direction and simply stop at Locust Grove, that's fine as well.
Donnell: Mr. President?
Wardle: Mrs. Donnell.
Donnell: Brad, help me understand the map that's included with this packet. Everything
that's there is future on this map?
Watson: Mr. President, Council member Donnell, the brown lines are future sewer
trunks and are included in our sewer master plan.
Donnell: Where is our current sewer? How far does it -- where is it? Off the map,
obviously.
Watson: No. It's -- if I can point at the screen. It exists to this point on the southern
boundary of Tuscany Lakes Subdivision.
Donnell: All right. On Locust Grove?
Watson: Just off of Locust Grove.
Donnell: Okay.
Bird: And the other one isn't at all.
Donnell: All right. And, Mr. President, follow up?
Wardle: Mrs. Donnell.
Donnell: I really would like some time to about this. Being one of those people who
likes to control the world, I don't think that -- that I like the idea of giving up any kind of
control in this part of the world and I understand statrs concern about being able to
provide services and what kind of impact that is on them, but -- so I would like to
suggest that we do give some thought to this and bring this back in a couple of weeks
for possibly a decision at that point.
Bird: Mr. President?
Wardle: Mr. Bird.
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Bird: I need one more question out of Brad. Brad, if f remember right, this is JUB's --
off of their sewer deal, wasn't it, that we had done?
Watson: Councilmember Bird, that is correct.
Bird: And if I remember right, every line they drew was gravity flow and no lift stations;
right?
Watson: Yes.
Bird: Okay. So, this was all gravity flow?
Watson: Yes.
Bird: I think that makes --
Donnell: And would continue to be? I mean that's all the way to that furthest point is all
gravity flow?
Watson: All the way to the upper end is gravity flow.
Bird: All gravity flow.
Donnell: And so, Mr. President, if I might?
Wardle: Mrs. Donnell. You bet.
Donnell: Then, as -- if I understood what you were saying here, Brad, then, if Boise
were to provide sewer services, they would have to put a lift station in; is that right?
Wardle: I do not intimately know the master plan, but I believe they would have to pump
over into their Cloverdale trunk once it's in this area.
Donnell: So, they are coming in an opposite direction?
Bird: Same thing they did at Centennial and Bristol Heights and all them. Thanks to our
school district.
Canning: Mr. President, one quick comment if I might. It occurs to me that there is one
basic assumption that staff made that we haven't made clear to you all, so I just wanted
to make sure you were aware of that and that is the assumption that if United Water
includes this in their service area, that that is something that the city does not want to,
eventually, annex -- to have them actually in the city limits. So, that's why this issue is
coming to you now, is because it's -- if you don't want United Water in the eventual city
limits, then, we need to make other arrangements to get water to Mr. Wood. So, that
was the sense of urgency that had not -- I mean it's not urgent urgent, but he needs to
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know fairly quickly, so that we don't allow United Water to go into what will eventually be
the city limits.
Bird: Mr. President, can I ask a legal question? Clear this up. I think I know the
answer, but if -- if and when we annex that, having our own water system, if United
Water is in there, they still get to stay there, don't they?
Nary: Mr. Bird, yes, they still get to stay there and I appreciate Mrs. Canning pointing
that out. I think that's the only urgency that you have, is that right now United Water has
authority to go serve the Black Rock development. If you don't want that, then, we'd
have to provide it in some fashion in some reasonable time for Mr. Wood, otherwise, he
can ask that United Water do it. So, that is the one urgency, I guess, that I wanted to
make clear, that I don't think Mr. Wood wants you to take too long to make that decision
on what you'd like to do.
Wardle: Mr. Watson, I will just offer my quick opinion for you and if any of the Council
would like to add theirs -- I think we need to have this discussion about the area. I'm not
prepared to make the decision tonight about whether at anytime in the future we should
annex the property or not. Certainly I think that we are not going to be able to serve --
the very very far corner if we are not going to be able to serve that with sewer, even in
the future, then, we need to potentially look at removing that from the referral area. As
far as water service, I know that the city's had a history in the past of holding along our
water system. It appears that United Water is available to serve this piece and while
certainly that's not to mean that we like to as a common sewer thing within the city, at
this point in time I don't think that the City of Meridian is prepared to make other
arrangements for water and so we can -- I hate to say put that on another Council, but it
doesn't appear to me that we have a choice. We will have the choice whether to annex
the property when we become contiguous and that will be, really, the choice that we will
make. Does that spark anything in --
Bird: Mr. President, I just have -- you know, I have a -- I'm like Councilwoman Donnell, I
don't like to give up any area, but I also understand developers have to have something.
And I absolutely do not want United Water coming in our territory. We -- I have a feeling
that we have a problem at one location now that's going to surface. So, I see where
Brad says that it's about 8,400 lineal feet to get our water down there, whether that's the
right way to go, but I'm with you, Mr. President, I think it needs to come back -- what
would it be, June 7th - and give Mr. Wood an answer, because he certainly deserves
one, and I would be prepared to do that.
Wardle. Okay. June 7th. Do the rest of the Council -- let me clarify that, Mr. Bird. On
the issue of Meridian providing water service to this specific development, we would
answer that question on the 7th?
Bird: I would expect that we should -- you know, that should be part of our answer is
that, and Mr. Wood's taking care of the sewer, so --
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Wardle: And I believe that's already it the process and still have some approval time.
Okay.
Bird: Because, you know, I'm to the point that if we can't keep the water and sewer, I
don't want our -- I don't want our people being billed by another water company.
Wardle: Okay.
Donnell: And, Mr. President, just to follow up.
Wardle: Okay.
Donnell: I think, if I heard what Brad said -- and perhaps, Anna, you as well, is that staff
really would like to know -- to have some direction as well, not just on the water issue,
but on other issues that come forward in that area; is that right? So, you really want us
to think about more than just whether or not we should provide water or not? Don't
make us think too hard now.
Canning: President Wardle, Councilwoman Donnell, one of the -- clearly the United
Water issue is the only urgent issue. The other issues can certainly wait for some time.
And one of the enhancements I have requested is to study all of the south county areas,
so I think that that issue may come up. It's certainly one that needs to be addressed
within the next couple of years at the latest, so --
Donnell: The next couple of years at the latest?
Wardle: Thank you. Then, Council, if you would agree, I would ask Brad to bring back
June 7 a -- as a department report either a positive or negative answer as to the water
service for Black Rock Subdivision. Okay.
Rountree: Mr. President?
Wardle: Mr. Rountree.
Rountree: I would like to have staff provide us some -- just bullet points, the pros and
cons in this particular area as it relates to its potential for the City of Meridian. I hear the
folks that want to control it not wanting to lose control, but I don't know necessarily fall
on that particular venue, so I think there is probably some advantages to not possibly
having it as part of Meridian as well, so -- other than the sewerability, which, you know,
if it all gravity feeds, that's certainly the most economical thing to do for us and/or the
developers in the future, but are there some other issues as it relates to other
infrastructure, as well as just the community itself that are advantages or disadvantages
and it's not a homework assignment, but if you'd provide some of your thoughts it would
be helpful before the 7th.
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Wardle: Mr. Rountree, just to clarify one of the issues, you mentioned that -- to have it
not in the City of Meridian. One of the things that I have heard is, really, the decision is
-- is whether to -- is the water issue and -- which certainly doesn't preclude annexation
in the future.
Rountree: No.
Wardle: But would, obviously, have a different water provider. Great. Does that
provide us enough direction, Brad?
Watson: Yes. Thank you.
Item 19:
Department Reports:
C.
Legal Department - Bill Nary
1.
Proposed Policy Changes:
a.
Bereavement Leave:
b.
Education Reimbursement:
c.
Introductory Period of Employment:
d.
Compensation Program:
e.
Clothing Attire and Allowance:
f.
Military Leave:
Director Benefits Program:
g.
h.
Trial Service Period for Promotions or Transfers:
Wardle: Thank you very much. Item No. 19 has been moved from Item 6-C. Legal
Department, proposed policy changes. Mr. Nary.
Nary: Thank you. I thought I'd get out of the chair, since I always sit over there. A few
weeks ago I brought a bunch of ordinances that we had been working on and this week
we have a bunch of policies, so I don't want you to think I was just sitting around
drinking coffee like most lawyers do. Most of these policy changes have been directed
by you, some of them haven't, so I want to explain those. Some of them have come up
in application and the way our policy manual is worded, if there is an issue of
interpretation, it's my decision on to how to interpret the policy. What we have done is
try to make sure the policy makes sense and if we need to clean it up to make it clearer
in the future -- most of them are fairly simple. The first one I will just be brief and stop