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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-12-17 Work Session MinutesMeridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019. A Meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 4:32 p.m., Tuesday, December 17, 2019, by Mayor Tammy de Weerd. Members Present: Tammy de Weerd, Joe Borton, Luke Cavener, Genesis Milam, Anne Little Roberts and Treg Bernt.. Members Absent: Ty Palmer. Also Present: Chris Johnson, Bill Nary, Adrienne Weatherly, Caleb Hood, Brian McClure, Clint Dolsby, Jeff Lavey, Joe Bongiorno and Dean Willis. Item 1: Roll-call Attendance: X__ Anne Little Roberts X_ _ Joe Borton ___ Ty Palmer X__ Treg Bernt _ X___Genesis Milam _X___Lucas Cavener __X__ Mayor Tammy de Weerd De Weerd: Okay. I will go ahead and start our City Council work session. Welcome. We typically don't see people at our work session, so this is pretty cool. Thank you for joining us. For the record it is Tuesday, December 17th. It's 4:30. We will start with roll call attendance, Madam Clerk. Item 2: Adoption of Agenda De Weerd: Thank you. Item 2 is adoption of the agenda. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes, Mr. Borton. Borton: We are adding to the Consent Agenda an Item 3-S, Health Savings Account Administrative Services Agreement and Item 6-A and 6-B are to be vacated from the agenda. They are going to be scheduled for January 7th next year. De Weerd: Mr. President? Borton: Yes. De Weerd: I guess A will be rescheduled. If we have time to hear B we will hear it tonight. Borton: Okay. So, 6-B stays on as published. With those crystal clear amendments, I move we adopt the agenda. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 57 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 2 of 22 Little Roberts: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve the agenda as amended. All those in favor say aye. Cavener: Madam Mayor? Sorry. De Weerd: I'm sorry. Cavener: Before there is a vote, can -- voting on Item 3-S, just curious the reason why it's being added to the consent so late in the game. De Weerd: Mr. Nary. Cavener: It was something that was on my radar. Nary: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, Council Member Cavener. So, this is an agreement to our benefits package that the health savings accounts are no longer being done by Key Bank, but are going to be managed through Discovery Benefits. We already have an existing relationship with Discovery Benefits, so this is an add on to their service that they are already providing, because Key Bank no longer will provide -- or we no longer want Key Bank to provide that service, we want to do it with Discovery for some simplicity and some consolidation with the other benefit. So, we have had some language issues. We have had discussions. We finally got their approval and it came in on Friday, so -- De Weerd: And this -- we don't have another meeting for three weeks. Nary: Correct. We don't have another meeting until after the year starts and we need to have it in place before the year. Cavener: Okay. Great. Thank you. De Weerd: Okay. So, I have a motion to approve the agenda as amended. All those in favor say aye. Any opposed? MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 3: Consent Agenda [Action Item] A. Approve Minutes of December 3, 2019 City Council Work Session B. Approve Minutes of December 3, 2019 City Council Regular Meeting Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 58 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 3 of 22 C. Apex Offsite Sewer Easement D. Final Plat for Bainbridge Subdivision No. 11 (H-2019-0125) by Brighton Investments, LLC, Located at the SE corner of W. Chinden Blvd./Hwy 20/26 and N. Tree Farm Way E. Final Plat for Rackham Subdivision (H-2019-0128) by BVA Development, LLC , Located at 1020 S . Eagle Rd. F. Final Plat Modification for Turf Farm No. 2 (H-2019-0124) by Brighton Investments, LLC, Located on the North Side of E. Lake Hazel Rd., East of S . Eagle Rd. G. Acceptance of the Adopted and Approved Fiscal Year 2019 Audit of the Meridian Development Corporation H. Addendum to the Development Agreement for Bainbridge North (H-2019-0074) with Brighton Investments, LLC located at SEC of W. Chinden Blvd./SH 20-26 and N. Tree Farm Way I. Approval of AIA Agreement A133 – 2009 to Kreizenbeck Constructors for the Pre-Construction Services of Discovery Park Phase II for the Not-to-Exceed Amount of $50,000.00 J. Approval of AIA Agreement B133 – 2014 to Jensen Belts Associates for the Design of Discovery Park Phase II for the Not- to-Exceed Amount of 350,900.00 K. Approval and Award of Construction Contract to McLeran Well Drilling, LLC for Well 15 Reconstruction – Phase 2 Well Lining project for a Not-To-Exceed Amount of $124,900.00 L. Approval of Award of Bid and Agreement to Cougar Excavation for Water Sewer Main Replacement – W Pine, Meridian to NW 3rd St. project for a Not-To-Exceed amount of $359,860.00. M. Declaration of Emergency Purchase for the Water Main Repair at Corporate and Progress N. Resolution 19-2181: A Resolution Of The Mayor And City Council Of The City Of Meridian Declaring an Emergency in the Public Interest and Necessity Following a Water Main Rupture; Authorizing the Immediate Expenditure of Public Money to Safeguard Life, Health and Property; And Providing an Effective Date Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 59 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 4 of 22 O. City of Meridian Employee Benefits Trust - Administrative Services Agreement P. AP Invoices for Payment - 12/13/19 - $57,676.72 Q. AP Invoices for Payment - 12/18/19 - $3,072,681.55 R. AP Invoices for Payment - 12/13/19 (2) - $5,601.90 S. [Amended on to Agenda] Human Resources: Health Savings Account Administrative Services Agreement De Weerd: Okay. Item 3 is our Consent Agenda. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: Move we approve the Consent Agenda as it's been amended. For the Mayor to sign and Clerk to attest. Cavener: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve the Consent Agenda. If there is no discussion, Madam Clerk, will you call roll. Roll call: Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, absent; Little Roberts, yea; Bernt, yea. De Weerd: All ayes. Thank you. MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 4: Items Moved From the Consent Agenda De Weerd: There were no items moved from the Consent Agenda. Item 5: Action Items A. Resolution 19-2180: A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Meridian Program Approving and Adopting the Year 2018 Community Development Block Grant Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 60 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 5 of 22 De Weerd: So, we will move into Item 5-A, which is a Resolution 19-2180. Council? Crystal gave her presentation last week and unless you have anything further on that, I'm just looking for some action. Bernt: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes, Mr. Bernt. Bernt: I move that we approve Resolution 19-2180. Milam: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 5-A. If there is no discussion, Ms. Clerk. Roll call: Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, absent; Little Roberts, yea; Bernt, yea. De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. B. Public Hearing Continued from November 19, 2019 for New Comprehensive Plan (H-2019-0101 CPAT & CPAM ) by Meridian Planning Department 1. Request: To replace the existing Comprehensive Plan (the Plan) for the City with a new long-range planning document. The application includes but is not limited to the following: 1) approval of new text, both background and policies; 2) adoption of a new Future Land Use Map of the City, including Area of City Impact boundary changes; and 3) accepting new goals, objectives and action items of the Plan, by Meridian Planning Department. De Weerd: Item 5-B is a public hearing continued from November 19th and we have this both on this agenda and also the 6:00 o'clock. I will turn this over to Caleb and Brian. This was continued for specific topics and -- and so any comments will be limited to those during this public hearing process. Hood: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Council, for having us once again. Mayor, I will touch a little bit more on what you just finished that opening with here and the scope of the project tonight, but this is the entire Comprehensive Plan for the City of Meridian that's before you this evening. A little bit of a refresher. We did have the original public hearing on this topic on November 19th. It was, then, continued a week to the 16th of November. We, then, had a discussion. That one wasn't open for public testimony on the 26th. We Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 61 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 6 of 22 had some new information that staff had drafted up that we discussed on the 26th, made that available for public comment and, really, that's what -- what is before you again in the context of the broader, bigger -- the entire Comprehensive Plan, but those -- those topics include what you see on the screen there. It is interesting to note that all of the changes proposed are in Chapter 3, which is our evolving community chapter in the plan. We did -- and it's not typical, but Council President Borton recommended we both hear this at 4:30 and, then, at 6:00. I'm sure you are all aware of that at this point. For -- for the reasons that are on the screen here. I would just note we have seen a whole lot of testimony come in. I would encourage you to read that. Had some just as early -- you know, as late as the last 20 minutes still rolling in. So, I haven't had a chance to even digest all of them. But I'm aware of those letters coming in. But I would encourage you to check that and I know the clerk's done a great job of keeping those letters and -- and that form of public testimony updated in the -- on laserfiche. One of the things that came up -- and I just wanted to address one of those things -- there are many and I'm not here to talk about all of them, but just is the -- this is -- you know, in that process some of the changes you are going to see, particularly on this slide, is new and this is the first opportunity that the public has a chance to really share their thoughts on this information. This was not vetted through the Comprehensive Plan steering committee. It was not reviewed by the Planning and Zoning Commission. It was something that staff drafted. As we thought it was a response to what we were hearing from the public and the Council at the time, again, at those first two meetings. We aren't necessarily here to advocate for it. We think it's good. But, honestly, it's not, again, something that we think is even imperative that it be included in the plan. We did it, again, more as a response to what -- the direction we thought we are getting and the comments we were hearing. But it does not have to be remanded back to the Planning and Zoning Commission. You are the decision making board. What we have done meets all statutory requirements of the state of Idaho, as well as our own codes and policies, so you do have the ability to approve tonight the changes, tweaks to the plan as -- as drafted and, again, this is -- there is a public hearing to talk about these things that are new to the public. I just want, as a reminder as I kind of go a little bit more into depth on some of these specific changes, the comp plan is policy, it's not code. They are not standards. It's a guiding documented of development. It directs growth and development, but it doesn't dictate those standards and it's not a one size fits all. These policies in the map all work together and sometimes actually conflict with each other to some degree. We take them all into account when considering the appropriateness of a project. So, this doesn't protect anyone necessarily in and of itself. There are, again, a lot of things that factor in the appropriateness of a policy here. So, just, for example, I will get in here a little bit to the policy, right? The new policy 307.01.F. Staff would continue to look at the appropriateness of applying this policy. For example, if an adjacent property that's five acres, still rural, still with the home in the county and a project is coming in, does that property owner want one acre properties next to them or are they the next in line to develop? Are they saying don't put one acres next to me, I want to do density on my property as well. So, that's something we would take into account. What does that property owner want to see adjacent to them? They may not want to have to transition from one acre lots; right? Because we would probably require that to be transitioned back. What is the comp plan designation of that property? Is it planned for medium density or medium high density? Probably Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 62 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 7 of 22 don't want, you know, one acre lots? So, looking at a whole lot of things at the same time to say, well, is this appropriate or not. This isn't -- again, it's a guide policy. It can be used and it should be used when appropriate, but it's not every time there is a five acre lot thou shalt put in one acre lots adjacent to it. So, it can be appropriate. A lot of times it may not be appropriate. So, just wanted to put out there that, again, this isn't code and it doesn't have to be the case every time, especially when you have consenting property owners that neither one of them want to build one acre lots there and the city, quite frankly, maybe doesn't envision one acre lots there in the first place, because it's got a medium density designation. But, again, this was drafted in -- in response to some of the testimony we were hearing. I think maybe just before leaving this -- this one in summary, there -- there are some 500 policies that, again, all work together. This one we think strengthens that -- the appropriateness and transition that we are looking for from property to property. We still think the plan is solid, even if you don't have the draft policy in there. You know, we are not saying take it out necessarily, but just we think there is enough already with the existing policies that have been vetted through the public and the steering committee that provide a lot of guidance on appropriateness of transitions to estate type lots. So, those are really the text changes. The future land use map changes were on that first slide that I showed, enumerated there. I think there were six of them -- five, six of them. We -- we missed one still even in that, even only having a handful of them. So, on the map that went out to you all in the packet and on the website, the property that -- where the inset is shown blown up there, we colored that one red, which is commercial, and the request was to mixed use commercial, so -- excuse me. Mixed use regional. Still messing it up. Mixed use regional. And we accidentally colored it red. It's the right property, just had the wrong shade toning of the red there. So, wanted to just put that on the record that this property that was requested there -- I had it written correctly in the text summary, we just picked the wrong shading when we changed it. So, again, apologies for any confusion there. The other changes -- we can zoom into them if you would like, but, again, they are -- they are here on that last bullet. In the Magic Bridge area -- so, that's Locust Grove, I-84, Eagle area, there is some commercial along the frontage of Locust Grove, transitioning to mixed use neighborhood and, then, kind of medium density residential along Woodbridge. Adjacent to Woodbridge. The El Gato-Black Cat railroad corridor really scaled that back to the only industrial now is on the west side of the Purdam Drain, on the south side of the Purdam Drain next to railroad tracks. I think it's roughly 37 or so acres there. The rest of that remains as is. Franklin Road west of Cloverdale. This is the ACHD and you had a couple of other property owners that wanted to remove their mixed use regional designation and go to industrial. The Gem Tone was a mixed use nonresidential request, northeast corner of Locust Grove and McMillan. That request was to commercial -- commercial there and northwest corner of Ustick and McDermott I just talked about. So, those are also shown on the map that's been out there. This version of the map that you see there -- I do have a pdf if you want to zoom in and look at those any -- any more closely. So, with that those are the items that you directed that are the topic of discussion tonight. But, again, there is a larger context, the plan here at play. We have known of some additional changes that are out there, but we have been telling folks this is the limited scope of the potential changes and, really, the questions that are before the Council tonight, you know, are larger than this, but, largely, the public testimony we anticipate are -- should revolve around these topics that are on the screen now. So, with Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 63 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 8 of 22 that quick summary of what's happened in the last couple times and where we stand and with that I will stand for any questions. De Weerd: Okay. Council, any questions? Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: Madam Mayor, thanks. Caleb, can you summarize some of these additional changes that you said, sorry, that you're aware of? That's -- sorry, I just -- I guess I'm not aware of what those are and so I'm curious. McClure: Councilman Cavener, the additional changes in the public for map changes to you, so they are on the searchable documents, but it's not something we have prepared responses to, because they are extreme last minute. Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: Thanks. I -- I misunderstood. I thought you were referring to like from a group or from something not necessarily what has been reflected in the public comments, so I appreciate that. Madam Mayor, I do have an additional question for Caleb and/or Brian. Because this didn't go back to the steering committee or P&Z, can you kind of -- I guess 3.7.1f, I appreciate the intention behind it, but I am concerned about are we going to create some unintended consequences of future in-fill issues in the future and is that something staff discussed and -- you guys are the experts and so I'm really looking to some guidance on that particular piece. It's one that I think has really great intentions behind it, but I fear we may create a lot of future problems for ourselves. McClure: Madam Mayor, Councilman Cavener, five acre parcels with estate-type dwelling units are very very rare. We have intentionally not defined that, because there is some need for some flexibility around that, but I don't see a lot of issues for staff because of the reasons Caleb mentioned earlier, such as what is the underlying land use for that. If it's high it doesn't really matter, because we are planning for that there. Those areas can come into conflict, but it gives us more flexibility to consider those things when -- when and if they arise. So, in short, I don't actually see a lot of five acre estate properties elsewhere in the county. They are -- they are typically larger or smaller and we didn't target those, but, again, as Caleb said, this was after all the other public involvement. This was after the steering committee. The Planning and Zoning did sort of suggest something like this. They asked us to specifically -- and asked you to specifically look at transitions, but they didn't see this exact verbiage. But, certainly, anything could have unintended consequences. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 64 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 9 of 22 De Weerd: Okay. Any other questions for staff at this time? Okay. Madam Clerk, any sign-ups? Weatherly: Madam Mayor, there are 14 people that signed in, three of which wish to speak. The first of which is Susan Karnes. De Weerd: Okay. And that might be for later this evening. Weatherly: So, the second person is Mike Wardle. De Weerd: Good evening. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record. Okay. Wardle: Madam Mayor, Council Members, Mike Wardle, Brighton Corporation. 2929 West Navigator in Meridian. I just want to -- since this is likely the last time that I will speak to some of you in this venue, thank you for your service. I guess Milam -- Genesis has already moved on. But thank you. We -- we appreciate the many years of experience and opportunity to talk about the growth and development of the community. What I have provided to you -- and I'm going to just use one real life example to illustrate the concern that we have for what we are referring to as the future land use action item 3.07.01f related to this specific question of transitioning to five acre parcels. When we brought Pollard Subdivision before you, the Council I believe addressed this and approved it on May 21st of this year. We abutted an interesting -- what we call the old school neighborhood. One parcel -- one acre parcel -- ranging from five up to 15 acres and the project that we -- I don't appear to have the ability to -- to forward this -- okay. The subdivision that we brought forward -- again, abutting the five, ten, 11, 15 acre parcels had some quite small lots, but as we worked with the neighborhood we came up with a concept that was mutually agreeable, solved their primary concerns and it was through the form of a berm, fencing, and a buffer -- a landscape buffer that would be on both sides of that berm with the fence at the top and so the third slide, Caleb, just shows that area that was depicted. It was part of our landscape plan that was approved as part of the project. When we had the hearings, both at Planning and Zoning and at City Council, that neighborhood was here in support. Some of them didn't speak, but they were here -- most of them. But those that spoke all spoke in favor, noting that we had worked through their concerns and had addressed the issues that would be a potential challenge to them down the line. Mr. Turnbull's letter that's attached that was filed yesterday morning basically notes that the language that's been proposed, even though staff has indicated that it's a guide and not a zoning specific, but we believe that the language actually proposed is zoning specific. It does not provide just a general guide and a concern on how to deal with transitions, it's very specific. It was noted I think in the subsequent discussion here just a few minutes ago this reciprocal transition and we view that as potentially a transition penalty, because if you have the requirement -- absolute requirement for one acre lots on one side, when the five acre redevelops as they will over time, then, what does that property owner lose in potential development opportunity by having to transition to a one acre lot on the other side. So, there is a reciprocal unintended consequence we believe. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 65 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 10 of 22 De Weerd: Mr. Wardle, your time is up. Wardle: Happy to conclude. That's all I wanted to do is just bring this very specific solution that shows how a development can work with the neighbors to address the question without being required to a specific mandate. Happy to answer your questions. De Weerd: Thank you. Council, any questions? Wardle: Thank you very much. Weatherly: Madam Mayor, Deborah Nelson. De Weerd: Good evening. If you will -- or afternoon or whatever it is. Will you, please, state your name and address for the record. Nelson: Hi, Mayor and Council Members. Deborah Nelson. At 601 West Bannock. A point of order first. Would you prefer testimony on the Comprehensive Plan to come before you now or at the public hearing tonight? Do you have a preference? De Weerd: No. Nelson: Okay. We will just plow forward. So, I'm here tonight on behalf of Ten Mile South, LLC, and its members, which include Mark Bottles, who is also here with me tonight and we are here to ask you to adopt the -- the plan that was presented to you by the steering committee without this new policy of 3.07.1f that Caleb introduced. The Council's received a lot of opposition in writing to this. We have read that record. We will try not to repeat those points. We hope you have taken them into account. Instead what I want to try to do is focus in on one example that is a property that's owned by Ten Mile South, LLC, to show how it impacts them and how this policy had some -- some pretty broad ranging effects with its prescriptive language. Ten Mile South owns approximately 70 acres directly south of the I-84 interchange at the little blue box that's highlighted down here and it's right at the corner of a principal arterial and a minor arterial. The designation under your future land use map for this property is mixed use neighborhood, which anticipates mixed use and densities that range from six to 12. Here you can see the property very specifically. This is our property. The purple. Adjacent to us are the Stetson and Rock Ridge estates. Rural estate properties that have been vocal about transition. These are all -- the Stetson and Rock Ridge are all about five to ten acres and looking at just this one section that's highlighted in red here, you can see the impact of this policy, how actually every single property within this one section would be impacted. The large developable properties, including ours and those to the south and these that are over here, this is a large property here. There is 112 acres here. These are all connected directly adjacent to rural estate properties of approximately five to ten acres. Some of them are impacted on multiple sides. Even the rural estate lots themselves are adjacent to other rural estate lots impacting redevelopment. This makes the planned densities in your future land use map impractical to obtain. You can't get six to 12 when you have got rural transition lots of one acre. Over here you have got your plan for medium density. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 66 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 11 of 22 You can't obtain three to eight when you have got multiple sides of one acre transition. This is not just limited to this one section. Using the assessor's records we looked at rural estates where there is a residential home now and looked at all of the properties that are adjacent to those and those are all highlighted in red. So, just looking at the areas in south Meridian, you can see the broad ranging impact here. This policy is too prescriptive in its language and it doesn't allow the flexibility that staff is saying that they would apply in interpretation to take into account things like the setbacks of homes. Adjacent to our property here you can see that every home is over 300 feet from the property line. We ask you, instead, to look to other policy language that you have, 3.05.02f and 3.07.01a already provide you transitional density language that we would ask you to use instead. Thank you very much. De Weerd: Thank you. Nelson: No questions? De Weerd: Questions? Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: It sounds, in super summary fashion, that one of the principles that you are trying to capture isn't necessarily disagreeing that in some circumstances lot transition is the tool to solve appropriate transition, but it shouldn't be the exclusive one and perhaps the development community will be afforded the flexibility that may be the one acre lot does solve the problem appropriately in one circumstance, but not in another circumstance, like Mr. Wardle mentioned, there might be a different solution, which accomplishes the same goal. Is -- is that a fair summary? And the concern that the proposed new language sort of hamstrings the flexibility and in a sense jeopardizes the very goal we are trying to promote. Nelson: Madam Mayor, Council President Borton, I could not have said it better. That is exactly the concern and while I appreciate very much what Caleb said about how they would interpret it to allow that flexibility, the language itself doesn't afford that interpretation flexibility and we don't want you as elected officials to be hamstrung, nor do we want the development community or the adjacent affected property owners to assume these prescriptive terms apply when they should be, instead, afforded flexibility. Borton: Madam Mayor? And that's how I took a lot of the comment we received on that was that it wasn't necessarily a position that one acre lots are never the solution necessarily as an appropriate transition, but it's not the only solution. On case-by-case basis is when the staff and P&Z and Council can determine whether or not that's appropriate. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 67 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 12 of 22 Nelson: Madam Mayor, if I can comment on that. Council President Borton, that -- that's exactly what is in the language that you have in those two policy provisions. It even uses the term transitional densities and so it is contemplating exactly that. Also considering buffering and other appropriate things that should come into account. So, I would say you already have that language that was considered by the steering committee, by the P&Z, before you. You don't -- you have that opportunity now to require that one acre lots or any other size of lots might be the result on a case-by-case application. De Weerd: And certainly I think because we have the public comment at the work session and the regular meeting staff could look in the interim to see if there is broader language that might better fit and compliment what's already articulated. Nary: Madam Mayor? Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, I think if -- if the -- I guess the discussion point now is -- is that 3.07.01f, as Ms. Nelson was saying, is you have other language that already captures the same essence. So, yes, is the direction to planning is either come up with more language or accept that proposition that that's -- it's not needed. That's I think the direction between now and 6:00 o'clock or at the discussion at 6:00, I think that's what we are looking for. Maybe to add one more fine point on it, one of the things that Planning has talked about a great deal is there are implementation measures that come next and of that is further discussion, with the public with the development community, with the elected officials on what do these policies mean and how do we apply them and what's the rules that we will put in code to make them have life and by putting that restrictive language in this particular policy there is no debate about it, because there is no other -- at least in my opinion the only way to read that language, other than to say you have to put one acre lots next to five acre lots and there isn't any other way to create an ordinance around that. So, that's what I think the concern is is that discussion on standards and code that would, then, come to put some depth to your comp plan is lost, because you have already created this very specific language that you can't do it any other way and I think as Council President Borton said, that wasn't the intention, we were talking about is to create one tool. It was not to exclude one tool, but to include all tools. So, I guess Ms. Nelson is saying you don't need that, you already have that and you can still have the debate on what does it mean and how do you apply it and what code is appropriate. De Weerd: And would that be a later follow-up step in developing policies or maybe even districts -- I go back to an earlier discussion and how do you protect those areas that you want estate lots and you want to protect that investment. It reminds me of a conversation I had years ago with Dennis Baker and saying why don't you do a development like you have in Eagle. He said I want to make sure that long term that investment is protected and I think that's what a lot of the -- the county residents have been saying is we want to make sure our investment is protected as well and how can you best do that. It's probably not in the FLUM in -- in a broad sense, but maybe more in following up with a future council to talk about the districts and where those might make more sense, instead of more broad brush. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 68 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 13 of 22 Nary: Madam Mayor, Council, you are exactly correct and it takes the cooperativeness of -- of a number of property owners, not just one section of a square mile, but more than that and getting that cooperation on what would make sense long term and master planning amongst various property owners. So, you are right, I mean that opportunity certainly isn't gone. I mean that opportunity is still there. I think what the concern you are hearing from Ms. Nelson and -- is that where when creating this one particular policy we are also foreclosing a lot of that, because we are just saying we are not going to do that now. Everything has to be one way. So, I think you are exactly right. Certainly that opportunity is still there. De Weerd: Okay. Any -- Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes, Mrs. Milam. Milam: Not a question for -- just leave you standing there. More of a comment to the discussion, though, is I think that important -- an important part of this is direction to staff and so I won't be around, but I think that having those further discussions and really making sure there is a good direction for staff, you know, as far as what those areas are and what is needed and where it's needed -- and I agree, you know, we don't want to lock the door when there might be better options, but I know that that's been an issue for them with other things and if they are working with the developer and that's -- it meets the minimum criteria of our comp plan and our UDC and -- you know. So, we have to recommend approval, even if that's not where they really feel or -- that the direction should be. So, I think it's just really important to have that communication before they spend a lot of time and the developers spend a lot of time working on projects that ultimately isn't something that we want. I hope that was clear. It started out good in my head. But, yeah, staff needs -- they need direction from you guys. If we are not going to have that language in there, that discussion still needs to be had to protect those properties. Nelson: Madam Mayor, may I comment on that? De Weerd: Uh-huh. Nelson: Council Member Milam, I think that is beneficial for everyone to have that clear opportunity for communication with staff up front and I think that the development community and landowners get that right now from staff when they look to your Comprehensive Plan for guidance and I know one of the first places your staff looks is to your future land use map to see what kind of densities are planned there and -- and that is very telling and it's based on your roadway network and your infrastructure capabilities and everything else that should be considered, which are some of the -- I'm afraid unintended consequences of things that get precluded when you only look at one factor. So, all of those things go into that staff recommendation of what they should expect and, then, we want to make sure all of those remain on the table for that discussion and the city isn't precluded from looking at all those other important factors as well as they Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 69 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 14 of 22 consider the important private property rights of everyone involved. That is one of many factors that goes in I think today's decision and ultimately up to this Council, who is going to make a decision on annexation on rezone. So, I -- I appreciate those comments and I think those -- those opportunities exist now. I can sit down if you are ready for me to go. I'm happy to answer questions, too. De Weerd: Well, thank you. Nelson: Thank you very much. Weatherly: Madam Mayor, we had one additional sign up. A Jane Byam representing an HOA. De Weerd: Okay. Probably signed up for later this evening and we will -- we will go ahead and call her name at that point. Weatherly: Thank you, Madam Mayor. De Weerd: Thank you. Okay. So, this will continue discussion at our 6:00 o'clock regular scheduled agenda. Is there any other comments at this point? Okay. Item 6: Department / Commission Reports A. Human Resources: Key Performance Indicators B. Public Works: Key Performance Indicators De Weerd: Then we will go ahead and move to 6 -- not A, but B, under our Public Works. And we will have a cut off at 5:30. I know that Community Development said that they can do their key performance indicators at the 6:00 o'clock if need be. Thank you for being here, Dale. Bolthouse: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of Council. And in conclusion -- De Weerd: Oh, that's awesome. Bolthouse: Thank you very much. And I do have a couple slides. No. Really. In conclusion -- De Weerd: And if we don't get to it all we can certainly hear the rest of it on the 7th under old business. Bolthouse: I think we got -- ready? Awesome. Thank you. So, I'm here to talk a little bit about the Public Works KPIs and kind of the process that we have been going through the last year or better and, actually, we started from a level of service perspective when we started kind of -- kind of re-engaged on the overall topic. Can that be advanced? I'm Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 70 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 15 of 22 hitting the arrows. There you go. So, we looked at the kind of primary pillars of level of service for Public Works and this is how those breakdown. So, as you can imagine regulatory compliance is a -- is a key issue. That's a nondiscretionary kind of mandated requirement for reliability, quality and, obviously, that -- that really evolves around compliance. You are either -- you either do or you don't. Customer service is really getting that feedback from our citizens in regards to their perception and perspective of the service that we provide. Reliability, really understanding the system risk and providing continuous uninterrupted services is certainly our goal and our target and quality in this context is largely those items that we manage from -- from an internal operational and maintenance proactive practice standpoint. So, under those pillars, then, we created a number of key performance indicators for consideration and you can see how those line up under those respective pillars. The items that are in white have been measured for quite some time. We have got good history and good detail. Those that are in red are items that we are pursuing as a department. We have varying levels of -- of development on those, but you can kind of see the types of items that we are measuring and are recommending that could be candidates for Council and forward facing kinds of metrics for the community to be aware of. If we look a little bit closer on those that we highlighted in white, you will see that the regulatory compliance item is really -- it's an in or out kind of thing and you will see that we have four primary regulatory areas that we must comply with in our day-to-day operations. Of course, IPDES is the wastewater permit that we are operating against. Reuse water permit, air permit, and, then, of course, the water regulations is regulated by the Safe Drinking Water Act and I'm pleased to announce that as you see the three year history here, that we have not had any major actions of nonconformance on any of those permits. So, really a testament to the -- to the leadership of our utilities superintendents right on down. We take this as job number one. Let's make sure we comply with these regulatory requirements. When we shift over and look at customer satisfaction, we do have a fairly detailed documentation of the kinds of contacts that we get from our customers, both on the water and wastewater side and the majority of those, unfortunately, are complaints. We do get a few compliments, but as we always have a tendency to look to how we can do better, you know, our primary interest is understanding those complaints. And to put that into context, if you now drill in just a little deeper on the water side, you can see on this chart that we have taken those complaints and indexed them against a thousand customers. That's an industry standard measure. And the AWWA benchmark, which is at two complaints per thousand standard, that we are well below that and -- and trending down. If we drill a little bit deeper, still talking about water, giving you an idea of some of the reasons, you can see that under appearance, pressure, odor, taste, those are the primary areas that we get feedback on and I'm very pleased to see and will continue to hopefully see the area of appearance, which really involves the brown water, discolored water kinds of issues and you can see that trending as we develop new policies and procedures around how we deal with that. A major contributor is the treatment facilities that we are putting in and the modified flushing processes that go along with that. So, we are -- we are tracking, we are looking for opportunities, dissecting these as far as we can drill down and use them for corrective action. Now, if we shift over on the wastewater side, you will see a similar picture. We do have a national benchmark. You will see that the City of Meridian is well below that in terms of complaints per thousand customers and an appropriate trend is we look at -- at Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 71 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 16 of 22 that as well. Here are responses -- we have a fewer number of complaints from the sewer side, but you can see that the tallest bar here is missing and damaged manholes, followed by the other category, which is a variety of kind of random contacts that we get. So, an idea of just some of the things that we are dealing with and trying to make proactive action for improvement. One of the areas in reliability that has a national benchmark is actually main breaks and although we want to avoid them like the plague, we do have a few of those in the City of Meridian. This particular metric is measured on breaks per hundred miles of pipe and you can see that the national average is about three breaks per hundred miles and you will see that we are well below that at .3. So, an order of magnitude of ten below that and that actually represents about two main breaks in the City of Meridian a year. So, it's a -- it's extremely low. A good indicator. But I think it also represents a new -- a fairly new system that we have comparatively to other communities. So, those are -- those are the -- the items that we feel like we have most developed and, then, a variety of the others that we showed you. This is actually the kind of dashboard information that you have access to today and are receiving, with sales data, project numbers, customer accounts and how that's growing and I think I will end with the question that I think all of us are looking for is -- you know, is this the kind of information that you would like to see, that you think our citizens would like to see. Are you getting the right stuff? If not what do you want to see. We have a lot of other information as we try to manage our day-to- day utility operations and things and so we look -- we look for that -- that guidance and I would be happy to stand for questions. De Weerd: Thank you, Dale. Council, any questions? Little Roberts: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Little Roberts. Little Roberts: Madam Mayor, no questions. I think that information is wonderful and exactly what people need to see. But first and foremost I just want to say thank you for being your liaison to you and your team. It has truly been a wonderful, amazing, learning experience and it's just -- I mean if the citizens of Meridian could only know the depth and the amazing people that are behind the water that always comes on and goes away and does what it's supposed to do, it's truly just -- no amount of appreciation is enough for what you and your team do. So, thank you. Bolthouse: Thank you for those comments. I'm trying to see if Liz is running out the door. She's -- she's still -- she's still sitting there, so that's good, so -- De Weerd: Any other comments or questions? I think we have told you and your team many times the appreciation this elected body has for the work and the pride that they take in our facilities, the care they take, and appreciate to detail. This is just the -- the tip of the iceberg and in the data that they analyze and -- and evaluate to make sure that they continue to do what's right for our citizens and -- and our customers. So, thank you, Dale, thank you to your team. We greatly appreciate the work you do. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 72 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 17 of 22 Bolthouse: And on behalf of the team I thank you for the support. C. Community Development: Key Performance Indicators Item 7: Recognition of Outgoing Council Members Anne Little Roberts, Ty Palmer, and Genesis Milam De Weerd: Thank you. Okay. I am -- I am going to -- I am going to move down to the podium and I will ask Mrs. Milam if she will join me down there. I'm not sure where I should stand to address Council or to address our -- our guests. Now, see, you just epitomize what my comments were going to be. Certainly the last six years have been full of surprises and certainly if we could bottle the energy that Genesis brings to this Council, to the departments that she serves as liaison, to -- to that forward looking face to our community, we would all be wealthy and walk around with a smile on our face. Always. Oh, my gosh. And there -- there have been times that I thought, oh, my gosh, Genesis. So, I just want to personally thank you for six years that you have given to this community. You have brought an analytical perspective and an attention to detail and always have brought levity to the discussions that have really been appreciated -- for the most part. And we -- we appreciate you, Genesis. I just want to present you with this plaque and we wanted it to be something that you could display on your desk and -- and take great pride in -- in the service that you have given this community. Our community is growing better because of the discussion that you bring to it. Certainly we have more tot lots around the community. This says presented in appreciation for your contribution and service to the City of Meridian from January 2014 to December 2019. Thank you. We know that your heart will continue to be in Meridian and with your family. So, thank you. Milam: All right. So, one thing that you have probably noticed about me in the last six years is I'm -- I'm not one that speaks just to hear my voice. I try to save that for when there is something important and I'm not real big on speeches and I have learned a lot. I have gotten much more comfortable with public speaking since I have been doing this and I don't want to cry, which is why I wasn't going to say anything, because you are like family and it's been a really awesome six years. I do have to go take care of my biological family. So, I'm leaving, but I'm going to miss you. I can't really -- it hasn't really sunk in that this is over yet until after I'm done I think, but I'm going to think about all of you a lot and I'm going to miss you and thank you for being my friends and my support and the whole city -- the employees, the people is what I'm going to miss most about this position and, hopefully, I will still get invited to things and come around. Say hi everyone. So, love you. De Weerd: I guess I would ask the Council, any -- any comments? Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 73 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 18 of 22 Borton: Thank you. Thank you for the opportunity. I was going to speak at you when you weren't sitting up there, so we could look at you, so I will kind of look sideways. There is a lot that we benefited from as a community and the Council having you as part of our team and among all of those you are the most authentic public servant. You really are. And I think anybody I have ever talked to -- employees, developers, citizens, they all say the same thing. You are genuine to the core, which has made you exceptional at what you do. It grounds all of us and how we see things and you wear your heart on your sleeve and you are wicked smart with your small business background. Right? You worked your tail off to have what you have and you bring that intelligence to your decision making. And it just -- we all are better because of that. So, thank you for providing that to all of us. You are not moving out of the country. We have got commissions and all sorts of opportunities to serve and remain a part of our city and we would be blessed if you share some of your time and talents with us. Love you. Cavener: I will say a few things then. If you ever have the chance to serve in any capacity with your friends you should do it and I'm lucky that we are all friends, but Genesis and I were friends long before we served together and this can be said for all three of our Council Members who are leaving. They all served our community before they were elected. I think that really tells a lot about this body. Two things from Genesis that I will take with me. One is that we don't have to be so damn serious all the time and I need to be reminded of that day in and day out and I'm going to miss having you beside me reminding me that I don't have to be so serious. To Council Member Borton's point, Genesis is incredibly authentic and I would say has been the most effective Council Member that we have had over the past six years and Mayor Tammy hit it on the head. We got more tot lots in this town and the development community knows if you come before the city you better have a nice tot lot if you are going to get Council Member Milam's vote and if that's not the definition of effectiveness, the applications improved because they knew they were going to be in front of you, I don't know what and so I was fortunate enough to work for the city and when I told the Mayor that I was leaving, I said just because you are not on the payroll doesn't mean you have to stop working for our community and if you don't come a knocking, the city is going to come knocking for you, so be prepared. We will miss you very much. Bernt: One last thing, Madam Mayor. You -- I can't -- there is not a whole lot more to add than what's already been said by Mr. Borton and Mr. Cavener, but there is -- there is one thing that I truly have noticed about you and it's -- it's evident in public service, but not so much in politics and that's unfortunate. That's a little bit part of what we do. But you are a beautiful soul. So, thank you for that. De Weerd: Thank you. Mrs. Little Roberts, will you come join me? So, this is -- Anne has served four years with the City of Meridian and I recall that when Councilman Zaremba announced his retirement, he wanted to make sure that the baton was passed to someone that he respected and he got really excited when he heard that Anne was going to run. As Anne has admitted through the -- the last fall and in campaigning that she listens and she speaks when she has something that she feels that she can add to the conversation, but one thing that Anne always does is appreciates our staff. She Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 74 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 19 of 22 always takes a moment to give them kudos and you feel true love up there when -- when you speak and -- and thank the presenter. It's -- it's the Meridian Way. It is that way that we all want to be treated. You have always treated everyone standing at this podium with respect and with a lot of gracious kindness. So, on behalf of the city I want to thank you for your four years of service and representing our citizens and certainly -- probably even more importantly representing our staff. So, you can definitely tell that you have a heart for them and I know that they feel it, too. This is presented in appreciation for your contribution and service to the City of Meridian from January 2016 to December 2019. And thank you for your service, Anne. Little Roberts: Well, I didn't say anything when we had the opportunity to say something to Genesis, because what I wanted to say was thank you, because without -- when David suggested -- when he came by the office you were the push that got me to run for City Council and so from the bottom of my heart thank you. It has been an amazing experience. It's been an incredible four years. Truly, truly, it is a family and it's not just those of us that are up here, but everyone that works for the city. I have felt so blessed to get to know each and every one of you. My Council team, fire, police, everyone is so special and I just -- if I could I would hug, as you guys know, each and every one of you for making Meridian what we are today and it's truly, truly, an amazing place to live and I look forward -- and I have already been talking to some people about ways to volunteer. So, I don't plan on going anywhere, but it's just been an honor to serve. So, thank you. De Weerd: Council, any comments? Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: I would love to. Anne, it's -- it's so wonderful to know you before you served and to be able to serve next to you on the City Council. I think of your -- the manner in which you serve reflects that you have got a little bit of Keith Bird in you. You care and you -- you ask -- whether it's our departments or of us -- about what is of interest, what is it we want to accomplish. You ask always about family and you look towards serving others before starting with what you want to do and what you think is important. You always receive first and you take input and that's -- that's a trait Keith always had, it's a trait that you have got, which I think makes you extremely successful in your service. The Mayor hit it on the head, it's -- it's why you naturally show appreciation for people who work hard and do great things for our community. Everybody loves that and it's just -- it's who you are. It's your DNA, which is -- we just love you for it. And in your service you -- among everything else you keep such a fine eye on public safety. I know it's so important to you and that's been really valuable for all of us. So, I thank you for that as well. We look forward to seeing how and where you volunteer in our city in the years to come. Little Roberts: Thank you. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 75 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 20 of 22 De Weerd: I would be honored to serve with both of you at the front desk. Well, we need to keep an eye on you. Any other comments? Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: Again, it's -- it's always more enjoyable to serve with your friends and Anne is the most passionate and compassionate member of our City Council. Again, Mayor, you hit it on the head, if there is a Council Member that fiercely advocates and is a cheerleader for our employees it's Anne and two things you taught me. One I'm still working on, is that you can be a leader without opening your mouth. I think you are such a thought leader and you impact so many things just by quietly engaging with people, instead of being a little hard from this dais that I often am. The other one we can always all learn is you are just such an encourager and it doesn't matter if somebody is having the best day of their week or the worst of the day, you're encouraging them to make it better and, boy, that's one of those that is easier to say, but really hard to do and it is built into your DNA and this body is better for it, our employees are better for it, and our community is better for it and I hope that the incoming Council and this current body can embrace that, not just with our employees, but with our citizens as well, because you really were the gold standard when it came to that. Bernt: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bernt. Bernt: Anne, you know, this is -- this is a lot harder than I thought it was going to be. I'm already an emotional guy as it is, you know. I cry about, you know, when people talk about cat parks and stuff and so this -- this has been hard for me to -- to find the words in which I can communicate how I really feel, but there is two things that come to mind when I think of Anne. Number one is community. There are very few people that I have met who are engaged in the community -- in all aspects the community, whether it's economic development, whether it's the service aspect of what we do, whatever the case may be, you are -- community is top of mind to you and that is a wonderful trait to have. And the second thing has been somewhat talked about is gratitude. If there is -- if -- I always look to you when -- when a compliment needs to be made on the dais toward whoever is giving a presentation, because no one does it better than you and if -- excuse me. And if there is a trait that is -- that connects people together it's gratitude and showing thanks to those with whom you serve and those with whom you love. So, thank you so much. It's been a pleasure. Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Milam. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 76 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 21 of 22 Milam: Well, thank you for listening to me. I was right. And it's been -- it's been a fun, great experience having you on the Council the last four years. So, I'm really glad that you did decide to run and to make that dive. I hope that -- I'm glad you guys are all out there, that you guys can keep this fun. Because everything doesn't have to be serious, even when things are serious and don't give up on the tot lots and, Anne, I have actually probably seen you less -- and for personal reasons over the last four years than before, so let's go get some -- De Weerd: Okay. With that we are at the end of our agenda. Okay. Borton: I love the look on your face right now. Is that priceless? The I don't know what's going to happen here. So, here is the deal. It's great to -- and we appreciate recognizing the Council and our team. You can tell we are emotional. But attitude reflects leadership and you have been our leader of this Council and prior Councils. There is lots of people who have had an opportunity to serve with you up here, to learn from you, and to be a partner in making Meridian a better place and you have been the captain of the ship to make that happen. So, our Council -- current and former -- former Council wanted to give you a little something. You are retiring, you are going to have lots of time to sit around and relax and read, so we have got you a little something -- De Weerd: Oh, is that a rocking chair? It goes with my trike; right? Borton: But it's more than just that. So, it's a wonderful rocking chair, a symbol of your retirement, but it also is signed by the current and former Council, front and back, who have all left you a message describing what serving with you has meant to them and to the community. So, we have got -- and Marge Bird signed it as well, which we think is really great. So, we have got all the current, former -- as you relax in retirement. So, thank you for serving with all of us. If you want to come test drive it for a picture, come on down. (Pictures taken.) Milam: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Milam. Milam: I move that we adjourn. Bernt: 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 5:40 P. M. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda January 7, 2020 – Page 77 of 552 Meridian City Council Work Session December 17, 2019 Page 22 of 22 (AUDIO RECRDING ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS) —/ /-2L26 MA OR T Y DE WEERD DATE APPROVED QoED AUGUST, ATTES o�'� 0 a city of CHRIJOH N - ITY CLER IDAHO s^ SEAL