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public through these processes is to make it an open forum so people can see and
understand the impacts and the consequences of the decisions that we are all faced
with, because, you know, I'm not going to say this in a negative sense here, since I'm
hopefully here on good terms, but we react to the decisions you make here and we
have to, because we do have an obligation to serve the customers. So, with that I will
stand for any questions or-
Zaremba: Commissioners, any questions?
Rohm: I think you're doing a great job.
Sikes: I have seen your job and I don't want it. I can also saw you don't want my job
either.
Zaremba: That was very helpful and I do appreciate it. You have answered all of my
questions before I asked them and I can see that there is a massive planning effort
going on there as well and you made the point right at the end the objective is to
preserve the possibility to expand later into the -- I know you don't build everything
today, because you don't need it today, but the planning to be able to build it later and
not have road blocks, I really appreciate that. Thank you very much.
Sikes: And thank you very much.
Moe: Thank you. Just one observation. For you to actually answer all his questions
before he asks, that's a great deal.
Item 5:
Continued Recommendation from September 1, 2005: VAC 05-011
Request for a Vacation of Irrigation Easements for Bonito Subdivision by
Dave Evans Construction - 3041 East Copper Point Drive:
Zaremba: Thanks. All right. We are ready for the next item and I will open the
continued recommendation for V AC 05-011 relating to Bonito Subdivision and this is not
a Public Hearing, we will have a briefing from the staff and, then, comments among
ourselves and, then, make our recommendation to City Council.
Guenther: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Bonito vacation, as I stated before, was tabled so
that it could allow staff to get the right information. The Nampa-Meridian Irrigation
District's attorney had signed a relinquishment and sent it over to Public Works and
Planning Department did not receive a copy. But we did receive a copy from the
Nampa-Meridian Irrigation superintendent saying they needed the easement. So, this
has been clarified and cleared up. If you notice the easement has just been relocated,
so they do have access to their facility. Everything has been taken care of as far as we
have seen. Public Works has agreed to this and we are just looking for a
recommendation for approval of this to send onto City Council.
Zaremba: Commissioners?
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Moe: I have no questions.
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Zaremba: Okay. In that case we ready for a motion.
Moe: Mr. Chairman?
Zaremba: Commissioner Moe.
Moe: I move that we recommend approval to City Council of file number V AC 05-012
as presented in the staff report for the hearing date of September 15th, 2005.
Borup: Second.
Zaremba: We have a motion and a second. All in favor say aye. Any opposed?
Motion carries.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Item 6:
Continued Recommendation from September 1, 2005: V AC 05-014
Request to Vacate Ada County Highway District Right-of-Way for Dorado
Subdivision by W. H. Moore - northwest corner of Eagle Road and
Overland Road:
Zaremba: Next is also a continued recommendation and this is V AC 05-014 relating to
Dorado Subdivision.
Guenther: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. The Dorado
vacation is for vacation of easement on Eagle and Overland Roads. This show the
proposed Dorado Subdivision, which would acquire this right of way for their future
expansion. There has been detailed and very strenuous discussions between ITD and
ACHD that the city does not have an opinion about, because it's -- the deal is between
the two agencies. We tried to just basically wait until all the dust had settled in order to
make this recommendation. The city's recommendation is let both the agencies work it
out, so we are going to recommend approval based on the fact that ACHD and ITD
have come -- have appeared to come to a resolution, they just need to finish working
some situations out between the two agencies and so we are just looking to forward this
on with a recommendation of approval.
Zaremba: Would it be appropriate to add a condition that at this stage we would be
willing to recommend approval, but that it needs to be resolved before it actually goes
before the City Council?
Guenther: This is just a recommendation -
Zaremba: Or is that the way it's going to happen?