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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-09-10 Regular Meeting MinutesMeridian City Council September 10, 2019. A Meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 10, 2019, by Mayor Tammy de Weerd. Members Present: Tammy de Weerd, Joe Borton, Genesis Milam, Ty Palmer, Anne Little Roberts and Treg Bernt. Members Absent: Luke Cavener. Also present: Chris Johnson, Bill Nary, Sonya Allen, Clint Dolsby, Jeff Brown, Joe Bongiorno and Dean Willis. Item 1: Roll-call Attendance: Roll call. X__ Anne Little Roberts X _ _Joe Borton X__ Ty Palmer X__ Treg Bernt __X___Genesis Milam ______Lucas Cavener __X__ Mayor Tammy de Weerd De Weerd: Good evening. I would like to welcome you to our City Council regular meeting. We appreciate you joining us this evening and I apologize for our late start. I was chatting. For the record it is Tuesday, September 10th. It's five minutes after 6:00. 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 De Weerd: Okay. Item 3 we do not have someone to lead us in the community invocation. Item 4: Adoption of Agenda De Weerd: So, I will move to Item 4, adoption of the agenda. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 9 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 2 of 17 Borton: We are going to add on a 7-C to tonight's agenda. It's going to be the city wide fee schedule and the solid waste fee schedule for a public hearing. It wasn't originally noticed on our agenda when published, sort of an internal who is on first with trying to get things uploaded to the Novus Agenda. We didn't get it on the Agenda Manager, so it didn't make the published agenda. It was published in the Meridian Press. So, that's the reason for the last minute inclusion. It's just sort of a good faith snafu that it didn't catch the software on Friday. So, if the Council will allow we will add that citywide fee schedule and the solid waste fee schedule to the agenda as 7-C and with that I would move we adopt the amended agenda. Milam: Second. Little Roberts: 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: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 5: Announcements De Weerd: Council, under announcements I -- we do have a couple of things coming up. Of course tomorrow is the 911 observance at all of our fire stations starting at 7 :45. We will have a flag rising ceremony at Fire Station One. The ceremony starts at 7:44. So, if you're going to Station One you have to come one minute earlier than the other stations. Recovery Day. We have a breakfast recognition and celebration on September 12th at the Meridian Police Department at 7:30. Meridian Business Day is Friday, the 13th. It's the best way to celebrate Friday the 13th. It's at City Hall from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Scentsy is doing their Rockathon to benefit The Salvation Army. It's on Friday, September 13th. Just to remind you usually after the Rockathon events they do have fireworks. Those start at 9:00 p.m. And just a final reminder that MYAC, the Mayor's Youth Advisory Council CPR Day at Dutch Bros, is Saturday, September 14th, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 at the Overland-Franklin, Meridian Road and Calderwood and Linder locations. We would love for you to go out and buy a coffee and -- and learn hands only CPR. It's a great way to refresh your CPR skills. So , those are the announcements. Does anyone have anything they would like to announce? Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Milam. Milam: I do have a few items from the Parks Department. First of all, reminder the parks tour is tomorrow. So, if any of you are signed up for that be at Storey Park at 5:15. We have a save a date. A grand reopening of Fuller Park is on Friday, October 18th at 2:00 and the ball field will be named in honor Charlie Rountree at that time as well. And just kind of an update. The community block party was -- went really well. It Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 10 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 3 of 17 was well attended at a bark park area, which was a lot of fun. There was a lot of volunteers and a really good turnout. Got lucky with the weather, so -- De Weerd: That's awesome. Thank you. Did you have something to add? Okay. Well, thank you, Mrs. Milam. Item 6: Future Meeting Topics - Public Forum (Up to 30 Minutes Maximum) De Weerd: Okay. Item 6, future meeting topics public forum. Mr. Clerk. Johnson: Madam Mayor, Carol Stanley has signed in. De Weerd: Carol, thank you for joining us. Stanley: Mayor and City Council Members, I am here representing myself and my walking partner. We have been walking around Meridian since about 2010 in the mornings and, first of all, we started -- well, we noticed puncture vine. So, that's our -- our big concern and so -- especially at this time of year we started by trying to get puncture vine off sidewalks, because we were concerned about children walking to school and also bike riders and so we have -- when we walk in the morning we have a little bag that we carry with our leather gloves and all of our equipment to pull out and bag puncture vine. We also have a little brush that we sweep up the seeds and sometimes we have -- we have learned that grocery bags on your -- not grocery bags -- bread sacks on your feet work really well to walk all around and pick up the seeds and so you need to save your bread sacks and go out and walk where you want to pick up seeds and they will come right up with sticking to your feet that way. So , we are -- we would just like to have a communitywide effort to do something about all the puncture vine around town, because we have been working for many years and this fall again and we just kind of get tired and discouraged that there is so much to do. We thought maybe -- maybe we need to have some education in the utility bills or like -- there is a Facebook page with Trash Talk and recycling and so maybe we need a weed awareness Facebook page, so that everybody can talk about that in Meridian. So, you know, just -- any suggestions that anybody had or -- and we are -- we have gotten to Code Enforcement. We have -- over the years we have talked to -- weed and pest, but if you turn someone in at this time of year weed and pest, you know, their -- the answer is set to spray, but if you spray once the seeds are set, then, you just kill the plant and all the seeds drop and it's really hard to pick all that up when the plant has died and so, then, you have just planted seeds for years to come. So, at this time of year you just need to pull out your plant with the seeds still there , sweep up the seeds and bag them and throw them in the garbage. That's what we do. So, that's our concern. De Weerd: Thank you. And, Carol, thank you for your efforts over the last decade in raising awareness, because you definitely have raised the awareness of this issue. Carol's come to Coffee With The Mayor, she's come to town hall meetings and she recently spoke at our Faith Ambassadors Council. We appreciate that you are a woman on a mission, both you and your walking partner, and let us see what we can do to Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 11 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 4 of 17 partner with you and -- and maybe having a goat head day type of event. We will figure out something. Stanley: Okay. De Weerd: But I appreciate that you bring solutions in addition to the issue that you have on your mind and -- and appreciate that. Stanley: And I -- and we do have a little paper like this that -- with our ideas that if you would like to have a copy. De Weerd: Yes. If you can give that to the clerk we can get it to all the Council Members. Palmer: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Palmer. Palmer: It's kind of funny you bring this up. I -- about a week ago I bought an electric scooter, a Bird style one, for my own, because I never knew if we were actually going to get them back again, but we do. But, anyway, I bought my own and so I have been riding it to work on occasion and I have never really used the sidewalks in Meridian, even though I have been here my entire life, until the last couple weeks and those things are everywhere and so I have been trying to figure out like how at least on my route can I improve this. So, I'm looking forward to -- to looking into what you have and -- and I'm in, whatever I can help do to get rid of these stinking things, because I don't want to replace tires. Stanley: Okay. Thank you. Item 7: Action Items A. Final Plat Continued from August 27, 2019 for Cherry Blossom (H-2019-0064) by Doug Jayo, Jayo Land Development Company, LLC., Located at 615 W. Cherry Ln. De Weerd: Thank you. Okay. Item 7 is under Action Items. 7-A is a final plat continued from August 27th on H-2019-0064. Turn this over to staff. Allen: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council. Staff is requesting that this item be vacated from the agenda tonight and be brought back at a later meeting night. There are still some outstanding easement issues along the property's southern boundary that need to be figured out before we go any further on this. De Weerd: Okay. And what date did you want it to continue to? Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 12 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 5 of 17 Allen: I would recommend it just be vacated from the agenda and, then, when the applicant resolves these issues, then, we just put it back on the next available Council meeting. De Weerd: Okay. Thanks, Sonya. Council, I would need a motion to vacate this from our agenda. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: Move that Item 7-A, H-2019-0064, be vacated from the agenda. Bernt: Second. De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to vacate Item 7-A. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. B. Public Hearing for Bainbridge North (H-2019-0074) by Brighton Investments, LLC, Located at the SE Corner of W. Chinden Blvd./SH 2O-26 and N. Tree Farm Way 1. Request: Preliminary Plat consisting of 165 building lots and 13 common lots on 35. 57 acres of land in the R- 15 zoning district; and, 2. Request: a Planned Unit Development incorporating a variety of housing types with deviations to the typical R- 15 building setback requirements; and, 3. Modification to the Development Agreement ( Inst. # 2018- 047368) to update the conceptual development plan for the site De Weerd: Item 7-B is a public hearing for H-2019-0074. I will open this public hearing with -- first with comments. Has -- is this the first time anyone has been at one of our public hearings? Okay. So, I'm going to just tell you the process so you know what to expect. We first open with staff comments. They introduce the application to the City Council. Then the applicant will step forward. If they have anything they want to add they have up to 15 minutes to introduce their application. It is , then, we open it up for public comment. There is three minutes. It's tracked on the screen at the podium, so you know where you are, and at that time if you haven't finished I will ask you to summarize and wrap it up. After public testimony is taken we, then, have an opportunity for the applicant to come forward with wrap -up remarks. They can address any of the Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 13 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 6 of 17 statements or questions, issues raised during the public testimony and at that point Council has an opportunity to ask questions of staff , applicant, or any of those that provided testimony. I will remind all that there is an extensive public record that is online that City Council also has had an opportunity to review prior to making their decisions and that's where other agencies have a chance to weigh in as well. So , with that I will turn this over to staff with their comments. Bernt: Madam Mayor? Sorry, Sonya. De Weerd: Yes. Bernt: One comment. I have recused myself in past Brighton applications for the sole purpose of one of their main builder partners in these communities is one of my main customers. In this case this -- this certain customer of mine will not be building in this proposed development and because of that I feel like in this case I can participate in this discussion in an unbiased manner. I -- Brighton, for the record, is one of my customers. We do business together however infrequent and they go through an extensive bidding process with every development that they -- they go through and sometimes I win, sometimes I don't and it -- other projects I'm not even offered the opportunity to bid and so with that said I would like to put it out to my fellow Council members to see if they have any concerns with me continuing with this dialogue. De Weerd: Thank you, Mr. Bernt. Council, any concerns? Milam: No. De Weerd: Okay. We appreciate you stating that. Okay. With that, Sonya. Allen: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council. The applications before you with this project are a development agreement modification, a preliminary plat, and a planned unit development. This site consists of 35.57 acres of land. It's zoned R-15 and is located at the southeast corner of West Chin den Boulevard, State Highway 20- 26, and North Tree Farm Way. This property was annexed last year, along with the property to the east where the Costco site is proposed and included in a development agreement. The Comprehensive Plan future land use map designation is medium density residential, which calls for three to eight dwelling units per acre. A modification to the development agreement is proposed to update the conceptual development plan for this site. The existing and proposed plan is for a mix of single family residential attached and detached units for seniors age 55 and older. The layout of the proposed development is the only thing that has changed. The existing plan depicts a central common area surrounded by building lots. The proposed plan depicts a gated community with three large separate active and passive common areas dispersed throughout the development, accessed by gated private streets. The applicant is also requesting to amend provision number 5.1.5 in the development agreement, which requires the property to be subdivided prior to issuance of any building permits to allow one permit for the community center to be issued prior to subdivision of the property. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 14 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 7 of 17 The proposed preliminary plat consists of 165 building lots and 13 common lots on 35.57 acres of land in an R-15 zoning district and is proposed to develop in two phases as shown on the phasing plan. A planned unit development is proposed for a mix of attached and detached age-qualified 55 and older dwelling units that incorporate a variety of housing types and setbacks unique to unit and site design. The development is proposed to be gated for security purposes and have private streets , alleys, and a common driveway for access to the units within the development. Deviations to the typical R-15 building setback requirements are proposed as shown and as noted in the staff report and to UDC 11-6C-3B5, which requires alleys to be designed so that the entire length is visible from a public street. The applicant can't comply with this as the internal streets are private. Access is proposed via two gated private driveways from the adjacent collector streets, Tree Farm and Lost Rapids. Private streets, alleys, and common driveways are proposed internally for access within the subdivision. Qualified open space and site amenities are proposed in excess of UDC standards. A minimum of ten percent or 3.56 acres of open space is required. The applicant is proposing 26.37 percent or 9.38 acres of land as common open space. A minimum of two site amenities are required. The applicant is proposing a ten foot wide multi-use pathway within the buffer along Chinden. A pathway connection is proposed to the east to the commercial development for interconnectivity and a community clubhouse pool and outdoor activity complex are also proposed. Noise abatement is required for residential uses adjoining a state highway. A six foot wood fence on top of a four foot tall berm is proposed. Wood fencing does not qualify as a sound attenuating material. Wall materials are required to consist of impervious concrete or stucco or other appropriate sound attenuating material. Monotonous walls are also not allowed and must vary in color and/or texture in accord with UDC standards. A revised plan is required with the final plat that is consistent with UDC standards or the applicant may request alternative compliance for a substitute noise abatement proposal in accord with ITD standards and prepared by a qualified sound engineer. Conceptual building elevations are proposed as shown for the single family residential attached and detached units. Traditional alley loaded homes and patio homes are proposed. All attached units are required to comply with the design standards in the architectural standards manual. The Commission recommended approval of the preliminary plat and the planned unit development. Mike Wardle and Jon Wardle, Brighton Corporation, testified in favor of the application. No one testified in opposition or commented. Written testimony was received from Mike Wardle, Brighton Corporation, in response to the staff report. The applicant is requesting a modification to condition number A-3-F in section eight to allow the developer to submit for alternative compliance to noise abatement requirements consistent with UDC standards and the applicant requests condition A-13 in section eight is deleted that pertains to the block face exceeding UDC standards as an intersecting alley qualifies as a break in the block face. Key issues of discussion by the Commission as -- as follows. The sound attenuating wall along State Highway 20-26 and the applicant's request to allow alternative compliance as a means of compliance as allowed by the UDC. Type and size of buffer proposed between the residential development and the future commercial development to the east where Costco is proposed. The width of the proposed alleys and the location of the pathway connection to the east. The Commission changes to the staff recommendation are as follows and Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 15 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 8 of 17 they did modify condition A-3-F as requested by the applicant to allow alternative compliance to the noise abatement requirements as allowed by the UDC. Deletion of condition A-13 as requested by the applicant in regard to block face and modification to condition A-3-A to require the applicant to work with staff to situate the pedestrian connection to the east in a location that makes the most sense. There are no outstanding issues for Council tonight. Written testimony since the Commission hearing has been received from Mike Wardle, Brighton Corporation. He is in agreement with the Commission recommendation. Staff will stand for any questions. De Weerd: Thank you, Sonya. Are you also in agreement with the changes that were made? Allen: Yes, ma'am. De Weerd: Okay. Council, any questions for staff at this time? Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: I have two questions and maybe Mike can answer. I will just plant the seed at least. On the staff report, page nine and ten, the two questions are with regards to the -- the alternative compliance with the parking. There was comment about the narrow private street and the solution being some -- some offsite parking provided on the -- you have two open spaces. Allen: Yes. Borton: Where is that parking, the extra 14 spaces? Allen: Madam Mayor, Councilman Borton, Council, that is in the conditions of approval, so the applicant will be revising the plan to accommodate the parking and they have agreed to that. Borton: Second -- Madam Mayor? The second question was with regards to the noise abatement and there was references to the four foot berm and the wood fence, but that's not acceptable, so there was -- Allen: Madam Mayor, Councilman Borton, Council, the -- the applicant just requested that it be specifically stated in the conditions of approval that they could request alternative compliance to that section of code and the UDC does allow for provision for alternative compliance. So, staff is amenable to that request to add that language. Borton: So, what's the -- what's alternative compliance to -- with this? Maybe I'm not tracking. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 16 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 9 of 17 Allen: I don't know. They haven't submitted their request for alternative compliance, but it is eligible for alternative compliance per the UDC. So, maybe they can address it at the hearing tonight. I'm not sure if they are prepared to address that tonight or not, but -- Borton: Okay. Allen: -- it's a staff level director approval with alternate compliance. Borton: Not a wood fence. Allen: Yes. Borton: Okay. Allen: It meets ITD standards and -- yeah. All that. De Weerd: Thank you. Any other questions for staff? Would the applicant like to make comments? Wardle: Madam Mayor, Council Members, Mike Wardle, Brighton Corporation. 2929 West Navigator in Meridian. I won't go back through -- Sonya, would you bring up my slideshow, because it specifically will address the questions that Council Member Borton just brought up. Most of what I had proposed to show Sonya has already shown, so I will not -- okay. Allen: Mike, our -- our presentation isn't working up there. I'm sorry. I will have to drive for you. Wardle: Can you go to slide number five, please. There you go. Right there. This particular slide shows the items that we brought to the Commission's attention and asked for some specific considerations. Council Member Borton, you can see on the east and west side of that where those additional parking spaces will be provided and that was a good recommendation from staff and we concurred with that. Also at the southwest -- from the southwest curb you will see a yellow pathway that will be added . The original concept that was approved about a year and a half ago actually included a pathway there, but in the change of the layout it kind of disappeared . It will be back there. So, the only real other issue is on the east side where condition 3-A identified a general location of a pathway and as we talked through that issue with the Commission they put in the language, since there was already an or statement in the proposed condition, that we just work with staff to find the best location for that that would work in context with the access to the commercial use, specifically Costco to the east. We just note that Costco has a 25 foot landscape buffer on its side of the property line . We have a 35 foot on ours, so there is roughly 60 feet of landscaped open space with a fairly tall berm and a fence on that particular side. Now, with regard to the question on Chinden and the sound attenuation requirements of the code, as Sonya has noted there Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 17 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 10 of 17 is an alternative compliance provision in the code that gives us the opportunity to bring alternatives for consideration at the staff level. We did actually an analysis on the project immediately to the west of this -- on the west side of Tree Farm Way, a fairly short segment, but we were actually given approval through alternative compliance to do a wood fence there, because we actually, through a sound engineering analysis, showed that the -- Brighton builds a better standard fence than the -- most wood fences that you will find in the community and, in fact, tonight Mr. Turnbull and Mr. -- the other Mr. Wardle are in Eagle addressing some of that same question and have some examples of projects that we did 20 years ago that look wonderful , even today, simply based on the standard. Well, anyway, that analysis that I just cited showed that the wood fence actually is a better sound attenuator than a concrete wall or a masonry wall or whatever, which simply moves that sound back and forth. We haven't concluded exactly what that's going to be, because there is one other kind of a wild card in this whole question. You will see along the north boundary of this it doesn't say Chinden there, but that's, obviously, the big area on the north side of the property as between Chinden and the back of the lots. We have set aside a 60 foot wide strip through there that will give us, hopefully, far more than the four foot berm that we had originally anticipated. We actually dropped a few lots out and moved those lots down, so that we could get more elevation along Chinden. So, there is some design considerations that we still have not completed. We are not in construction mode yet on this particular project, although this will be happening fairly quickly. It is a replication of our Cadence product in Paramount and we are finding tremendous success and demand for that product for whatever reason there seems to be an aging population that wants a little bit more freedom of lock and leave and not worry about their -- their homes. So, the recommendation that was forwarded to you -- forwarded to you from the Council -- or from the Commission was concurring with a few requests that we made and acknowledging some future decisions to be made as well. But I want to go back to one other concern. A statement was made -- and, Sonya, I'm going to ask you to go to slide seven and eight. Okay. She showed you some just architectural renderings of the product, but these actually are the Cadence products that have already been constructed in the Paramount project. The next slide, Sonya, shows this -- the streets -- they are not substandard or narrow streets. Your code actually allows a -- in this type of a development of 26 foot street, but we are developing these at 29 feet, which is actually -- ACHD has a 27 foot standard now. They used to have 29 as their minimum with parking on one side. We are still building a 29 foot wide street with parking on one side and those streets, therefore, are -- are not narrow. It's kind of ironic after we had the last hearing at the Planning and Zoning Commission on my way home I drove through the project and I couldn't find any parking on the streets at all. People seem ed to be parking in their garages for some strange reason. But even if they were it would be limited and it would not impede the movement of vehicles and so you look at the streets, internal and external, and there is really no significant difference. In all of our projects that we have developed in Meridian in recent years we have used in the standard local street section of 33 feet, but that allows parking on both sides. We are doing 29 with parking on one and so, in reality, we have got more passing space on those streets than you would have in a typical neighborhood subdivision. So , we are -- we are excited about the product. We are excited about bringing this to Bainbridge and Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 18 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 11 of 17 we believe that the Commission's recommendation and the site modifications that they proposed are appropriate and ask for your consideration and approval as well. Would be happy to answer your questions. De Weerd: Thank you, Mike. Council, any questions? Okay. Wardle: Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you. Okay. We are in the public testimony section. Mr. Clark, are there any signups? Johnson: Madam Mayor, there were no signups. De Weerd: Okay. This is a public hearing. Yes, sir. Come on up. You have got to wait and -- well, we just needed it on the public record. If you will, please, state your name and address. Hammer: Yes. Joseph Hammer. 6922 North Agrarian Avenue, Meridian, Idaho. De Weerd: Thank you, Joseph. Hammer: We are some of those aged persons that -- and we just moved here about five months ago. But one thing I haven't heard discussed at all is -- is traffic and that's just a general comment. We moved from the Seattle area and part of the reason for moving was -- we lived next to Microsoft and it's 5:00 or 6:00 o'clock, you couldn't get out of our subdivision, because you just -- for a couple hours. But Chinden is about as bad it seems like and there is just a lot of traffic. Is there any -- in the staff recommendations or in the discussions during the record anything about traffic and mediation or amelioration there of traffic and expanding streets or anything? De Weerd: Yes. And that was part of the approval of the development. Hammer: Okay. De Weerd: And so all of that information was considered at that time, yes. Hammer: Okay. De Weerd: And I will note that Chinden is scheduled to be widened and -- in the next year I believe it should start. Or I guess in 2020. So, you will -- you will start seeing that -- that happening here soon. Hammer: Okay. All right. Well, that was the only comment I had. De Weerd: Well, thank you so much. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 19 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 12 of 17 Hammer: Thanks. Borton: Thanks. Welcome. De Weerd: Yes, sir. And that is an excellent question though. Thank you. Please state your name and address for the record. Morris: And my name is Philip Morris. It truly is. 4222 West Lost Rapids Drive in Bainbridge. Have no desire to increase costs for anybody. My only concern about what I have heard tonight on the proposal on the berm between the proposed housing and Chinden would be that it be somewhat maintenance free . What's going to be stained or painted -- that's going to need to be maintained . I don't know who incurs that cost, but just a thought there. I walk through that park, Keith Bird Park, every morning right across the development -- from the proposed development here. There is two bus stops there. Maybe this isn't the forum to address that , but it's a cluster every morning. A lot of it is due to the construction traffic going through there. Still a lot of new homes being built. I watch the kids -- I watch the parents park in Keith Bird Park and the kids go across West Lost Rapids -- the tiny guys -- for their bus to pick them up coming that way. You got construction traffic coming, people going and coming to work, it's -- in my opinion I would be concerned. I would be a hovering parent there with my kid taking them across. There is another bus stop right in the southwest co rner of that proposed development off West Lost Rapids where it turns off of Tree Farm into the development. There is another bus stop right there and it's on the south side. That's the main means of egress and ingress for people coming in and out of the development, including construction traffic, and the bus stops right there and we have got parents who walk their kids to that corner, we have parents who drive and park along West Lost Rapids and, you know, in the bike lanes. It's just crowded and it's -- and we got a bunch of kids there. So, I don't know -- I just -- I don't know the suggestion -- the best solution. My thought would be to bring the bus stops on the south side right in front of Keith Bird Park, so that we don't have that bottleneck getting crowded every morning and maybe not have the little tikes having to cross that -- that street when there is -- when there is traffic coming and going there. Some of it -- most of it is respectful. Most of it's residents, but every now and then you have got a landscaper or some -- some delivery that's somewhat in a hurry that -- I would hate to see something bad happen there. So, those are my observations about it. De Weerd: Thank you. And I appreciate you sharing those observations and -- and maybe with -- Lieutenant Brown can bring some of those comments back to the school district in terms of the bus stop locations. I -- yes, Mr. Bernt. Bernt: I didn't mean to interrupt. I appreciate your comments. I was there recently -- probably about a week ago. I was there meeting another gentleman to do just a little quick delivery swap real quick and that's where we met was just the Keith Bird parking lot and I saw exactly -- when I was there there were probably about four moms there waiting in their vehicles and the kiddos got out and they ran out, you know, and I noticed that myself. I didn't notice it being too overly -- no different than my own subdivision Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 20 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 13 of 17 where I live, but I do think we can maybe have a discussion as to maybe moving thos e drop-off points a little bit, so that, you know, when construction and -- or I should say if construction is going on in this proposed subdivision it doesn't turn into a bottleneck like what you're talking about. That could be a concern. I agree. De Weerd: Thank you. Any further testimony? I would say, ironically, we had Coffee With The Mayor this morning at Cadence and the gentleman that toured me around their -- their clubhouse talked about their -- the typical resident and they use roads 10:00 to 2:00. They don't want to be in the -- the commuter traffic. They shy away from that. They talked about the average age of that community as -- as it is and, you're right, we didn't see a whole lot of parking on the roads, except for us, because we -- we had a great turnout this morning. So, it was I guess ironic timing to -- to this development, but I guess with these kind of densities this is the lowest impact development that we could have out there , in particular because of the kids and the safety aspect for bus pick up. Any further testimony from our public? Okay. Mr. Wardle, would you like to -- to remark? Wardle: Madam Mayor, no -- no particular -- De Weerd: You want to just state your name. Wardle: Yes. I'm sorry. Mike Wardle. Brighton Corporation. De Weerd: Thank you. Wardle: I appreciate Joseph's first question and your response to that, because, in reality, it was the approval of this project in conjunction with the commer cial at Ten Mile and Chinden that will enable at least three miles of Chinden to be widened by two lanes next year and another two miles of Ten Mile Road widened by two lanes. So, some of those improvements are coming as a result directly of the developments being proposed. I don't have any solutions to the schooling issue , but I believe it's a very valid thing for someone to bring to the school district's attention on where they stage their busing and either encourage or discourage children from crossing the streets when they don't really need to. And also I would echo, again, the -- the fact that we are not contributing to that school population and -- De Weerd: For the most part. Wardle: For the most part. De Weerd: I guess that -- Wardle: There might be a trophy family there somewhere, but it would be very very rare. But the -- the reality is that this is, as you noted, a low -- a low impact type of a project and actually generates less traffic than any other similar residential community. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 21 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 14 of 17 So, I appreciate the opportunity to respond. And , again, if you have questions I would answer them. De Weerd: Thank you, Mr. Wardle. Council, any questions? Okay. Council, if there is no further questions I would entertain a motion to close the public hearing. Little Roberts: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Little Roberts. Little Roberts: I move that we close the public hearing. Borton: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to close the public hearing on Item 7 -B. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. De Weerd: Any discussion? Little Roberts: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Little Roberts. Little Roberts: Madam Mayor, I move that we approve Item 7 -B, H-2019-0074. Borton: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 7-B. Any discussion by Council? Mr. Clerk, will you call roll. Roll call: Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, absent; Palmer, yea; Little Roberts, yea; Bernt, yea. De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. C. [Amended onto Agenda] Public Hearing for Citywide Fee Schedule De Weerd: Item 7-C was added to our agenda and this was the citywide fee schedule public hearing. Good evening, Brad. Thank you for being here this evening. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 22 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 15 of 17 Purser: Thank you. I just want to refer you guys to the public record. We met on the 20th, had a presentation, went over all the fees, so if you refer to that. I can stand for questions and also want to thank Councilman Borton -- and I know Cavener is not here, but their efforts and in Legal in making this possible to happen tonight. So, thank you. Appreciate your help despite my oversight. So, with that I will -- any questions that you have, so -- thank you. De Weerd: Thank you, Brad. Council -- Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: -- any questions? Yes, Mr. Borton. Borton: Briefly, Brad. I understand the process for it today. It was published in the paper, we can receive public input, but at the end of the public hearing . It will be continued to next week for potential action. Purser: We published for two weeks saying we were having a public hearing today and, then, we are continuing this to next week. So, we can wrap this, along with all of the utility -- or not utility, the -- you know, the trash and recycling rates all in one. So, we will finish this next week, so -- Borton: Okay. The public will have two opportunities to provide -- Purser: Exactly. Borton: -- written or public comment. Good. De Weerd: Okay. Very good. Thank you f or that clarification, Mr. Borton. Okay. Thank you, Brad. Purser: Thank you. Borton: Thanks, Brad. De Weerd: This is a public hearing. Is there anyone who wishes to provide testimony on this item? Okay. Seeing none -- Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: I move that we continue Item 7-C, the citywide fee schedule to September 17th. Milam: Second. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 23 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 16 of 17 De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to continue this to the 17th. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 8: Ordinances A. Ordinance No. 19-1851: Amending Meridian City Code Section 13-2-9(6), Regarding Ejectment From City Parks; Adopting a Savings Clause; and Providing an Effective Date. De Weerd: Item 8-A is Ordinance 19-1851. Mr. Clerk, will you, please, read this by title. Johnson: Thank you, Madam Mayor. It's an ordinance amending Meridian City Code Section 13-2-9(b), regarding ejectment from city parks; adopting a savings clause; and providing an effective date. De Weerd: You have heard this ordinance read by title. Would anyone like to hear it read in its entirety? Seeing none, Council, do I have a motion? Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Milam. Milam: I move that we approve Ordinance No. 19-1851 with suspension of rules. Little Roberts: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 8 -A. If there is no discussion, Mr. Clerk, will you call roll. Roll call: Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, absent; Palmer, yea; Little Roberts, yea; Bernt, yea. De Weerd: All ayes. MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 9: Future Meeting Topics De Weerd: Council, any topics under Item 9? Hearing none, I would entertain a motion to adjourn. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda September 17, 2019 – Page 24 of 259 Meridian City Council September 10, 2019 Page 17 of 17 Borton: Move we adjourn. Little Roberts: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to adjourn. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:49 P.M. (AUDIO RECORDING ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS) q / lo / 19 MA OR -WEERD DATE APPROVED ATTEST: Go�QORATEoq�c s " v -r << —r– CH I O LER #04ho m 4, SEA L