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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007 01-02 Meridian City Council Meeting January 2. 2007 A meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 7:10 P.M., Tuesday, January 2,2007, by Mayor Tammy de Weerd. Members Present: Mayor Tammy de Weerd, Keith Bird, Joe Borton, Charlie Rountree and David Zaremba. Others Present: Bill Nary, Will Berg, Anna Canning, Len Grady, John Overton, Joe Silva, and Dean Willis. Item 1: Roll-call Attendance: Roll call. X David Zaremba X Charlie Rountree X X Joe Borton X Keith Bird Mayor Tammy de Weerd De Weerd: Okay. I will go ahead and call this meeting to order. Welcome to the Meridian City Council meeting. It is January 2nd. It's ten minutes after 7:00. We will start tonight's meeting with roll call attendance. Item 2: Pledge of Allegiance: De Weerd: I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year and if you notice I'm here celebrating the Broncos and I say Go Broncos. You know, it's not just Boise, it's Boise State University and we all celebrate the victory that they had last night. Certainly made the entire state of Idaho proud. So, I couldn't help myself. Okay. Item 2 is our pledge of allegiance. Tonight we will ask our former staffer Steve Siddoway and Boy Scout to lead us in the pledge. (Pledge of allegiance recited.) Item 3: Community Invocation by Pastor Burton Roberts with Meridian Gospel Tabernacle: De Weerd: Thank you, Steve. Usually we present a City of Meridian pin to the person who leads us in the pledge, but we know you have one, so I will forego the ceremonial presentation. Item 3 is our Community Invocation. Tonight we will be led by Pastor Burton Roberts. We appreciate you being here with us. He's with Meridian Gospel Tabernacle. If you will all join us in the community invocation or take this as a moment- - or an opportunity for a moment of silence. Robert: Thank you, Mayor and Members of the Council for this privilege. Let us pray. Most gracious and kind Heavenly Father, we do pause this night in the midst of all the reason we have to share together the joys of living in this wonderful state and in this Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 2 of 24 wonderful city. We do seriously ask, Father, that you would allow us to invoke your presence upon the proceedings tonight. We come to these always knowing that we need wisdom, we need guidance, we need your strength to proceed as a community. We are so thankful for the many blessings that you have bestowed upon us. We thank you for the leadership that we have in this city. We ask, Father, that this night, indeed, you will guide and lead and direct each part. We ask these things in the wonderful name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, amen. Item 4: Adoption of the Agenda: De Weerd: Thank you, Pastor Roberts. We appreciate you being here with us tonight. Item 3 -- or Item 4 is adoption of the agenda. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: Item D on the Consent Agenda, the resolution number is 07-544. We have been asked to table Item N on the Consent Agenda to January 9th, 2007. And Item 13 and 14 ordinance numbers 07-1284 and 07-1285 and with that I would move that we approve the agenda. Rountree: Second. De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to approve the agenda as presented -- or, I'm sorry, as amended. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 5: Special Recognition to Sandy Salvesen: De Weerd: Now I found out how loud Mr. Wardle was. I was missing an aye there. Okay. Item 5. We have an opportunity to kick off our year in a very appropriate way. I was fortunate to have received a very heart-felt e-mail from Sandy Salvesen's husband and it went beyond just being a proud husband, I think it's certainly something that reminds us of our responsibility to the families that are left here behind for our deployed veterans and soldiers and the roll that we can play to make things better for the families and for our military soldiers that are serving. So, I'd like to read you kind of a -- some portions of that e-mail if I could. This is from Sergeant First Class Daniel Salvesen of Meridian and he wrote: Hello. I am a Meridian, Idaho, soldier deployed from Afghanistan. My wife Sandy Salvesen -- and I'm sorry if I keep messing up your name - - has taken it upon herself to help the soldiers from my aviation unit by sending hundreds of donated gifts, such as model cars, craft kits, ceramics, books and more. She is very shy and feels it is no big deal, but she has no idea how much it positively impacts our Idaho soldiers. I did not ask for the good will my wife has sent. She took it upon herself. My wife is like that, a very giving person. She did this with the help of Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 3 of 24 veterans and staff at the VA hospital in Boise where she works. You see, she was in the Army for four years and her dad was in the military for 30 years, so she knows what it's like. When she started asking around at the VA hospital to see what they could do for deployed soldiers she was swamped by responses. The VA donated hundreds of model cars, helicopters, wood and leather craft kits, books, games and paints. My wife was so excited to send them, too, but she had one minor problem and that was how she was going to pay for shipping. She found it hard to raise the postage money. My two children also wanted to help, so they went door to door asking for donations. Sandy finally figured it all out. She went to the post office in Meridian and got several hundred flat rate boxes and she and the kids packed them with the donated items. It took about 1,500 dollars to send them. Sandy got the help of several people from the VA, the VFW post and other outside entities who set up donation cans. They eventually collected enough donations to ship all the boxes. Sandy spent countless hours packing, organizing and sending boxes and I commend her. Once I saw the looks on the soldiers' faces I knew Sandy had touched the hearts of everyone and made them happy. Soldiers still come up to me and ask if we are going to receive anymore packages, because they enjoyed them so much. Sandy is a very caring and giving person and when she sets out to accomplish something she usually finds a way to accomplish it. I'm very proud of her and want to say publicly that she is my hero. And, Sandy, I would like to say that -- and I'm sorry my voice was kind destroyed last night at the football game, but you are our hero, too, and I would like to recognize you. If you will, please, come forward. Okay. One thing I was not blessed with is not to be emotional as a mayor. That's one thing I just haven't gotten about this job, you know. So, pray for strength, Pastor Burton. Okay. This is a certificate of recognition and it's presented to you, Sandy, with love from your husband and appreciation from the City Council and myself from the City of Meridian. In recognition of your personal investment of time and resources to make a positive difference in the lives of soldiers serving our country overseas, your tireless work on behalf of these brave men and women is greatly appreciated and sets a shining example of volunteerism for us all. Thank you so much. Do you have anything you would like to add? Salvesen: There is a lot of people out there that need to have this. I don't think that I should have awards. There is a bunch of people that helped get this all together and there is more out there that are helping and I think they should be recognized, too, but I don't know how to do that. But thank you. De Weerd: Well, thank you, Sandy. And, you know, by recognizing you, Sandy, it gives us a chance to let others know those efforts are appreciated. And I know there is heroes all over our communities in this valley, but we appreciate the example that you set and a model and a reminder of the soldiers that are over there serving our country and how important they are and how important their families at home are, too. So, thank you so much for joining us. Salvesen: Thank you. Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 4 of 24 De Weerd: And are these your kids? If we could get you to stand up and if you will tell us your name, we would appreciate it. Tyler, how old are you? You're 13. Danielle is 16. We appreciate what you have done to support your mom, too, in this endeavor. I'm sure that it was a collective effort and we appreciate your family and what you have done. And Kristen and Jim, what is your relationship? Are you with the VA hospital? Thank you for joining us tonight. We appreciate your efforts. We appreciate the service to our country. Thank you. Item 6: Consent Agenda: A. Approve Minutes of October 2, 2006 City Council Joint Workshop Meeting: B. Approve Minutes of November 28, 2006 City Council Regular Meeting: C. Approve Minutes of December 5, 2006 City Council Regular Meeting: D. Resolution No. 07-544 VAC 06-014 Request for a Vacation of the 20 foot wide utility and irrigation easement located on the west half of Lot 13 of Crestwood Subdivision No.1 by Brighton Development, Inc. - 4055 East Leigh Field Drive: E. SHP 06-012 Request for Short Plat approval for 3 condominium units on 1 lot in a C-G zone for Bonito Condominium No.1 by WM David Evans - 2949 East Copper Point Drive: F. SHP 06-013 Request for Short Plat approval for 21 condominium units on 2 lots in a C-G zone for Bonito Condominium No.2 by WM David Evans - 3023 East Copper Point Drive: G. Agreement for Independent Contractor Services with Star Construction. LLC for Temporary Septic Tank Construction: H. Water and Sewer Easement Agreement for Sundance Subdivision No.5 by Settlers Crossing, LLC: I. Water Main Easement Agreement for Cherry Lane Christian Church House Relocation by Cherry Lane Christian Church: J. Chanae Order Number 3 to Water and Sewer Improvements in Coniunction with the Locust Grove Grade Separation with Cascade Pipeline Corporation for $1,000.00: Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 5 of 24 K. Task Order 0658a with Civil Survey Consultants, Inc. for Surveying Services Related to Water Main Easement not to exceed $2,000.00: L Approval of State Highway 20/26 Corridor Study Letter: M. Agreement for Economic Development with Virtus Enterprises. LLC: De Weerd: Okay, Council, I am getting better at that this. At least I didn't sob this time. Okay. Item 6, our Consent Agenda. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: On the Consent Agenda, Item D is resolution number 07-544 and also Item N has been asked to be pulled and tabled to January 9th, 2007. With that I move that we approve the revised agenda, Consent Agenda, and for the Mayor to sign and the Clerk to attest on all papers. Rountree: Second. De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to approve the Consent Agenda with the removal of Item N. If there is no discussion, Mr. Berg, will you, please, call roll. Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Borton, yea. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 7: Special Recognition / Presentation by Mayor de Weerd: De Weerd: Okay. Council, I know that there was discussion prior to this next item that there needed to be some kind of a recant of a previous presentation from at that time Councilman Wardle with a BSU fight song, but I guess we will forego that tonight. If you will, please, come up to the front. Okay. Where is Shelly? Well, Councilman Wardle, I guess can I still call him that? Former, past, expired Councilman Wardle. We appreciate your service to the community. We have enjoyed serving with you on Council. I think we all said all the flowery things last meeting and they were heart felt and certainly deserved and I would like to present you with this plaque and I will read this to those in attendance. To Shaun Wardle, City Council Member, City of Meridian, presented in recognition of your contributions and service to the City of Meridian as City Council Member from January 2004 to December 2006. The City of Meridian greatly appreciates your dedication and commitment to serve this city and community. So, we present this to you with our heart felt thanks for your service. Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 6 of 24 Wardle: Thank you. De Weerd: Now, this is also ceremonial, too, is the presentation of his name tag. We already tried to reuse it, because we like to pinch every penny, but since we can't I am going to present this to you and display that with pride. Wardle: Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you. And, Councilman Wardle, felt that it was very appropriate that I presented that plaque to in my Bronco blue. Wardle: That will go down in the record as one of the best games I have ever seen. De Weerd: Okay. Will you, please, step up to the mike to say that? Dean, did you get that? Okay. Thank you. We wanted to make sure we had something else on the public record from Shaun Wardle before he departed. Rountree: It sounded like a motion. Bird: Yeah. De Weerd: Well, Council, I would like to -- I haven't been listening to the news or radio reports, but when the Broncos come back in town I -- Rountree: They are back. De Weerd: They are? Rountree: Yeah. Bird: Just some of them. Some of them come back. A lot of them went home to their families, so -- De Weerd: There was no ceremonial return in the airport or anything like that? Berg: Yes. At the Varsity Center. Bird: Yeah. De Weerd: Oh. Well, then, I hereby proclaim today as Bronco Day in the City of Meridian. Bird: Mayor Beiter gave them the key to the city and Governor Otter gave them the red carpet. De Weerd: Well, very good. Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 7 of 24 Bird: Orange, blue, and white. De Weerd: Very well deserved. Bird: They will have -- I'm sure have a parade through downtown and at that time, Mayor, I hope you can participate. De Weerd: Well, I think as many times as -- I saw some cars driving down the road today, everyone was flying their Bronco flags and so I can proclaim today as Bronco Day -- BSU Bronco Day in the City of Meridian and that's why I'm dressed like this. Item 8: Swear in David Zaremba as Council Member Seat # 1: De Weerd: Okay. Item 7 is -- Item 8. We will ask our clerk to, please, swear in our new Council Member David Zaremba for Seat NO.1. Mr. Zaremba. Berg: Okay. Please raise your right hand and repeat after me. I, David Zaremba, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Idaho and the Laws and Ordinances of the City of Meridian, Idaho. And that I will, to the best of my ability, faithfully perform the duties of the office of City Council in the City of Meridian, Idaho, during my continuance therein, so help me God. (Repeated by Councilman Zaremba.) Berg: Congratulations. Zaremba: Thank you. De Weerd: You can join us up at the dais and, then, you can say a word. Berg: Right here. You're sitting right here. De Weerd: Now, wait, you have to have a hug from your wife first. Hey, David. We are all about protocol here. Zaremba: Thank you all very much. It is an honor to accept this appointment and I offered to make some remarks about what I expect my priorities to be and immediately, no surprise to anybody, I'm actually going to go sideways from that. A couple of things. Local events. I had the opportunity to be at the BSU game in Phoenix. It was exciting. It was a heart stopper two or three times and I'm thrilled for the local joy. Also, on the national stage, this being a national day of mourning, there are small circles in the world and big circles in the world. My brother and my sister and I were born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. My parents had a small business there. They were very active in the community. They were friends with a young lawyer named Gerald Ford. My dad and Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 8 of 24 Gerald Ford stayed in touch throughout the years and he has in his files, although my dad is gone now, too -- he has in his files a couple letters on Whitehouse stationery and one of the things that he always said about Gerald Ford was here is a man that what you see is what you get. Truly a nice man. And this is being repeated over and over in the media, but I'm sure people feel the media is obligated to say that when a president passes on. It's actually the truth in this case and from a friend of his, my dad, I can verify that that is the truth. Beyond that, I would like to introduce here to see my swearing in is my wife Euphemia Zaremba. Sitting next to her is my Grandmother Georgia James. My wife occasionally tries to convince me that she was her grandmother first, but we have adopted each other, so we kind of cut my wife out there. Beyond that I would like to appreciate the honor that Mayor Tammy de Weerd has bestowed on me by appointing me to this position and that the Councilmen Rountree, Bird, Borton, and former Councilman Shaun Wardle, by confirming my appointment to this position, I appreciate that. I certainly hope I can live up to that honor and I'll give the short version of my priorities. Transportation, Economic Development, and a Junior College in Meridian. But beyond that I hope that as I serve the City of Meridian people are able to say of me that what you see is what you get and that I treat everybody fairly. Thank you very much. De Weerd: Well, having served the city for six years on planning and zoning I think so far so good, what you see is what you get, and we appreciate every moment you have given this community and we welcome you to sit up here with us and we look forward to serving with you. Zaremba: Thank you. De Weerd: So -- and thank you, Renee, and Grandma. Because I didn't even know your name, I just know you as Grandma, so -- we appreciate you being here to support David tonight and it is the beginning of that, so beware. And I had to do that after he was sworn in, not before. We didn't want you to change his mind. Okay. Item 9: Department Reports: A. Planning Department 1. Discussion of Proposed City Council - ACHD Commission Joint Meeting Topics: De Weerd: Okay. Under department reports, Item 9-A, our planning department. Canning: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, I just wanted to give a quick update on the draft agenda for the joint meeting with the Ada County Highway District. Because of the holidays we have had a hard time getting this circulated, so we just wanted to make sure you were aware of what was on the draft agenda at this point. As I was driving here I realized there is another important item to add to that -- would be an update on the downtown Meridian transportation management plan they are working on Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 9 of 24 the details of that now and there may be some changes that you need to be aware of. So, I would ask that that be included on the agenda. And, then, for next month it also might be wise to get an update on the 3rd Street extension for Meridian. Other than that I would like to know if there is anything you would like us to request be on that agenda. It is getting fairly full, but if there is another important item we will get that on there. De Weerd: Okay. Council, I know that we did receive an e-mail from Pete and -- who made a couple of suggestions. Mr. Berg, maybe you could tell us what the agenda is looking like right now. Canning: Oh, I'm sorry. It's on your sheet that I usually give you, your project update sheet. I put it on there. De Weerd: Okay. That is -- that's very impressive. All in an hour. Council, any questions? Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes, Mr. Borton. Borton: Anna, the only thing that -- and I think it's a short item -- a brief update or refresher on the Locust Grove status and timeline. I don't think that's a bad idea to hear about that even quarterly. Canning: The roadway or the overpass, sir? Borton: Roadway. Canning: Thank you. De Weerd: Okay. I don't think other is going to be on there, because time will not permit anything further. But, Mr. Berg, if you can submit that on behalf of the city as an agenda for our joint hearing to be held next Monday and for those in attendance we have listed here introduction of our new city councilman, who is not a stranger at ACHD, so that one will be brief. Update on Ten Mile interchange specific area plan, which the City of Meridian will provide. Update on ACHD's five year work program provided by ACHD. Status of impact fee collections also presented by ACHD. Discussion of revenue increasing options and also discussion on upcoming legislative session that will be a joint discussion. And the addition of a request for an overview on the Locust Grove Road improvement, as well as the downtown traffic management plan. Does that sound good, Council? We will do 3rd Street at our next quarterly meeting. Okay. Got it, Mr. Berg? Okay. Thank you. B. Mayors Office 1. Appointment of Planning and Zoning Commissioner: Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 10 of 24 De Weerd: Okay. Under the Mayor's office, with the departure and addition of Councilman Zaremba -- and, now, see I got to say Councilman Zaremba first. Zaremba: Thank you. De Weerd: I might add. We do have a vacancy on the Planning and Zoning Commission. I have talked to all of -- each of the Planning and Zoning Commissioners individually to talk procedurally about the direction we wanted to go and I do bring in front of you an appointment of a former employee and who is now working in the private sector in transportation planning and other stuff, so -- that was technical, uh, Steve. My appointment in front of you tonight for your consideration for Planning and Zoning Commissioner is Steve Siddoway. The term will be until January of 2009, which will complete Councilman Zaremba's term and I would like to ask for your consideration and approval of this appointment. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: I, for one, think it's a fantastic addition to Planning and Zoning. I think Steve will do a wonderful job and is going to be an excellent fit there and a definite value to the City of Meridian. He has my wholehearted support. De Weerd: Thank you. Rountree: Madam Mayor, I concur and with that I would move that we approve the appointment of Steve Siddoway through the January 2009 term as a Planning and Zoning Commissioner. Borton: Second. De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to approve the appointment of Steve Siddoway as Planning and Zoning Commissioner. He will get to experience a seat on the other side of the bench and -- Zaremba: Madam Mayor, discussion? De Weerd: -- that would be -- yes, I'm sorry -- that would be until January of 2009. Mr. Zaremba. Zaremba: I did not want to leave off my words of support. I realize the vote indicates my word in support, but I can't think of anybody other than Steve Siddoway that I would like to have on the Planning and Zoning Commission. He has served the City of Meridian well. He and I have talked about many subjects over the years and I'm thrilled to have him available for the position. Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 11 of 24 De Weerd: Thank you. I appreciate Steve's perspective and I tested it out a couple weeks ago. He still bleeds Meridian, so I think that qualifies. Okay. If there is no further discussion, Mr. Berg, will you, please, call roll. Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, yea. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd: Thank you. Steve, do you want to say anything? Welcome back to town, by the way. Siddoway: Thank you. It's great to be here. I just want to say that I love this city. I have loved it since the day I moved in. I loved my time as staff to the City of Meridian in the Planning Department and serving the Planning and Zoning Commission in that capacity. This will be a new role for me. It's an opportunity for me to get back to this city that I love so dearly and to help shape its future. It's an important time. There is much going on. We are seeing -- we are still seeing great growth and I hope to bring a planner's perspective to that Commission and I thank you very much for this opportunity. De Weerd: Thank you. And, Jill, we thank you, too, because I think you already know what he's getting into and the time commitments. So, we appreciate your support and displaying that support by being here with him tonight. So, thank you. And, Steve, we look forward to having you serve on the volunteer side of things. So, we look forward to that. 2. Appointment of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Youth Member - Stephanie Priess: De Weerd: Okay. Council, Item 2 is appointment to the Parks and Recreation Commission of our youth member. Stephanie Priess is a senior, so this appointment will be through the end of her term as a student, but she has already been in front of the Parks Commission a couple of times. She headed up a sub committee that brought her recommendation from the Mayor's Youth Council on the skate park and how to address the ever -- never ending, I should say, debate on whether we should allow bikes on the skate park and I think they brought back some good dialogue to the Commission and some recommendations. Stephanie is my nomination for the youth member and that is usually only a year appointment, because of the constant movement of students, so I would recommend that it is through the end of August of this year 2007 and we will open it up for discussion. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 12 of 24 Borton: The Parks Commission -- the Parks and Rec's Commission does a great job, it works hard with you in a variety of parks and rec applications and I think the inclusion of Stephanie will be a valuable addition to the commission. I think they wholeheartedly will welcome her -- her insight and perspective and with that I would move that we approve the appointment of Stephanie Priess to the Parks and Rec Commission through the end of August of '07. Rountree: Second. De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to approve the appointment of Stephanie Priess to the Parks and Recreation Commission through the end of August 2007. If there is no discussion, Council, I will ask Mr. Berg to call roll. Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, yea. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 10: Items Moved from Consent Agenda: De Weerd: Thank you. And thank you, Council. There were no items moved from the Consent Agenda. Item 11: Public Hearing: AZ 06-055 Request for Annexation and Zoning of 1 .12 acres from RUT to an R-4 zone for Gene and Freda Babbitt by the City of Meridian Public Works Department - 2570 South Locust Grove Road: De Weerd: So we will move to Item 11, which is a Public Hearing on AZ 06-055. I will open this Public Hearing with staff comments. Canning: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, this is the Gene and Freda Babbitt application. It's on the east side of Locust Grove Road, approximately a quarter mile south of Victory Road. You can see it there. It is an application for annexation and zoning. The Public Works Department is the applicant and they have applied for annexation and zoning to R-4 for approximately 1.12 acres. The site currently has one single family residence building and an accessory building and those will remain. The request for annexation is based on the fact that the well service to the house has dried up and the home needed to be hooked up to city water. Gene and Freda Babbitt did sign an affidavit of legal interest granting the Public Works Department authority to submit the subject application on their behalf. We don't have elevations. The Planning Commission did recommend approval at their December 7th, 2006, Public Hearing. No one spoke in favor or opposition or commented and there was no written testimony as well. Key issues of discussion by the Commission -- there were none. And there were no changes to staff's initial recommendation, nor are there any outstanding issues that we are aware of and there has not been any written testimony since the staff report was written. I'll answer any questions you may have. Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 13 of 24 De Weerd: Thank you, Anna. Len, do you have anything you'd like to add? Grady: Madam Mayor, I think Anna's covered it fine. I'm available for questions. De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. Council, do you have any questions for staff at this time? Bird: I have none. Rountree: I have none. Borton: No. De Weerd: Okay. This is a Public Hearing. Is there anyone in the public who would like to provide testimony on this application? Okay. Council? Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: Hearing no more testimony, I move we close the Public Hearing on AZ 06-055. Rountree: Second. De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to close the Public Hearing for Item 11. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd: Okay. Item 12 is a Public Hearing on AZ -- Bird: Oh, wait, Madam Mayor? De Weerd: I'm sorry. Bird: May I make a motion? De Weerd: Yeah, you just didn't do it fast enough. Rountree: We appreciate your effort, though. Bird: Madam Mayor, I would move that we approve AZ 06-055. Rountree: Second. Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 14 of 24 De Weerd: I have a motion to approve Item 11. If there is no discussion, Mr. Berg, will you call roll. Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, yea. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 12: Public Hearing: AZ 06-053 Request for Annexation and Zoning of 2.0 acres from RUT to a L-O zone for Ada County Hiahway District Locust Grove Road Pond by Ada County Highway District - 1280 North Locust Grove Road: De Weerd: Okay. Item 12, Public Hearing AZ 06-053. I will open this Public Hearing with staff comments. Canning: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, this is the Ada County Highway District Locust Grove Pond. It's located on the east side of Locust Grove Road, approximately a third mile south of Fairview Avenue. It's highlighted there on your vicinity map. It is also an annexation and zoning request. The applicant, the Ada County Highway District applied for -- has applied for the annexation and zoning to L-O for about two acres. The site currently has one single family residence, which will be removed. The request for annexation is because ACHD wants to use the entire property as a storm drain pond. Staff is supportive of the landscaping proposed on the land -- on the plan prepared by The Land Group, dated 9/25/06. It appears to comply with the design standards of the master agreement we have with Ada County Highway District. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval at their December 7th, 2006, Public Hearing. Doug Russell from The Land Group spoke in favor of the application. No one spoke in opposition, commented, or there was no written testimony regarding this application. There was no discussion by the -- or no key issues of discussion by the Commission, nor any changes to staffs initial recommendation. To our knowledge there are no outstanding issues before City Council and we have not received any additional written testimony since the staff report. I will answer any questions Councilor Mayor may have. De Weerd: Okay. Council? Rountree: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes, Mr. Rountree. Rountree: Anna, could you tell me about what the maintenance arrangements are going to be for this site? It looks like it's fairly high level landscaping, so who is going to do what? Canning: Let me see if the staff report had a copy of the master agreement. There was that master agreement that we came up with a few years back and I believe what it is is Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 15 of 24 they install the landscaping and, then, we are responsible for the maintenance of it. They generally don't use very high maintenance plants. There is someone from The Land Group here that could speak to the species used and their maintenance requirements and I can look at the staff report while they are doing that. Rountree: Okay. De Weerd: Thank you. Would you, please, come forward, state your name and address for the record. Russell: Madam Mayor, my name is Doug Russell, I'm with The land Group, 462 East Shore Drive, Eagle, Idaho. 83616. De Weerd: Thank you. Russell: And appreciate the opportunity to speak here tonight. Basically, we have done a couple of these things for ACHD and the City of Meridian, actually, on the prior ones I worked directly with Steve Siddoway and this time didn't have the pleasure, but I worked with some other staff and they have been most helpful. Basically, if you can see on this plan there is kind of an imaginary -- it's not really imaginary, but you can kind of see on the left side of the property there is kind of a heavier -- well, it's -- De Weerd: If you will take the mike there with you. Russell: Right here there is going to be a fence with a gate in this location and a gate in this location. This side of the fence we are going to implement a landscape design that's going to be quite favorable to the neighbors. It's going to have a nice streetscape feel. We worked really hard to -- in this design when we engineered it to maintain as many existing trees as we could on the site. So, that will really add a lot to it, because there are quite a few trees. It's my understanding that from the fence to the road the City of Meridian Parks Department will maintain it, but everything that's inside the fence, which will mainly be just a dry land seed mix, that will be maintained by ACHD, which pretty much equates to a couple of mowings a year, but nothing major. Outside the fence it will be irrigated, be on city water, and I have had a meeting with Elroy Huff at the City of Meridian parks and he is -- doesn't have any issues with the landscape plan in its current form. I would also just add that we did have a neighborhood meeting as required by the city and we did have one person show up and it happened to be the president or chairman of the neighborhood association that's directly across the street. They were thrilled about what was going in there. They liked the plan. I would also add that the reason we are going with the L-O zone is because that's what staff recommended, because they felt like that would have the least impact on the property to the north as it develops in the future. So, it's a good project. I think it's going to be one of the nicer drainage facilities around. It's going to have a lot of trees and a nice frontage and it's going to, you know, service the improvements that are going to come in on Locust Grove here in the future. So, I think it's a necessary facility as well. We are definitely anxious to move forward with it. I actually got a phone call from Dale Kuperus Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 16 of24 of ACHD today asking about the status and if we can get through this round of hearings, then, we will move forward with a certificate of zoning compliance and, then, I think ACHD is looking to construct fairly soon, I guess. It all depends on what happens with their Locust Grove project, but I know they are kind of hounding me on the telephone to see when they can start moving forward. So, I'd stand for anymore questions you might have. De Weerd: Council, questions? Rountree: I have none. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: I do have a question. It's not in particular about this, but if you work with ACHD in their retention, are they looking for different ways of dealing with storm water and -- rather than just the ponds? Russell: Well-- De Weerd: I mean this one looks nice and it's going to improve that piece of property from what it currently looks like, but I guess my question is more as we move forward are there other ways of doing this, rather than these particular kind of ponds? Russell: Well, I haven't had specific discussions with ACHD as far as what their future plans are for, you know, taking care of drainage issues, but I can tell you that, you know, our firm -- we work on quite a number of projects from landscape architecture projects and civil engineering projects and, you know, we deal with storm water on a daily basis and, you know, this is definitely the most -- I guess economic way to deal with drainage. The only other way to really deal with it in this area, without having, you know, public storm systems, is to put it underground, which becomes very expensive. You have to have, you know, fairly large areas to deal with it, because there is just certain requirements you have to meet to be able to accommodate the volumes of water that come off of these streets and so it is quite difficult to do it in other ways on a project like this without, you know, really spending a substantial amount of money to do it. So, that's just kind of a -- I guess a little bit of insight from somebody who is in the profession. But as far as what ACHD plans to do, I couldn't tell you. We are, basically, contracted to provide a landscape and irrigation plan for the project, you know, after it was engineered. So, it's, really, more of an opinion than what ACHD's future policies are. But I think it might just give you a little bit of insight as to why they go this route. De Weerd: Well, thank you. Russell: You're welcome. Thank you. De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 17 of 24 Canning: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes. Canning: I did find that language, if you'd like me to go back to it now or would you rather take more public testimony? De Weerd: No. Canning: Okay. It states that as part of the agreement ACHD's sole cost and expense will be to construct and install the storm water drainage system and landscaping and landscape irrigation systems and they have to get their plans approved by us and we have taken a look at those and they seem to generally comply. They are required to get a CZC. And, then, the city shall maintain the landscaping and operate and maintain the landscape irrigation system thereafter at sole cost and expense of the city and, then, the following maintenance on the landscaping surrounding the ACHD storm water drainage facility is covered by the master agreement and that's grass care, pruning trees and shrubs, cleaning up of liter and debris and the application for shrubs and trees and ground cover. So, that is the summary of the maintenance agreement -- master maintenance agreement. De Weerd: Okay. Council, any questions on that? Bird: I have none. Rountree: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Rountree. Rountree: I don't see that that differentiates that the way it was explained to us, that the -- along the streetscape would be maintained by the city and the enclosed portion of the pond would be maintained by ACHD, so -- Canning: I think this is correct. Rountree: Okay. Canning: Sorry, Doug. It's probably similar to their -- if they have an issue with the way it functions they will probably go in and maintain it similar to the arrangements they have -- or easements they have with individual property owners. If it fails they will go in and reconstruct it or maintain it, but I think they are looking for us for the regular maintenance of that facility. Rountree: Just in the landscaping. Canning: Right. Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 18 of24 Nary: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Nary. Nary: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, I think the way they differentiate it in a different part of the agreement is they split it between what they term heavy maintenance -- Canning: Yeah. Nary: -- and light maintenance and heavy is as Ms. Canning stated, that's the actual construction of the seepage beds or reconstruction of the seepage beds after a period of time. They maintain all of that and, then, the mowing and trimming and those things, that's done by the city, as well as the irrigation. And that's the same thing we do at Franklin and Locust Grove, as well as Meridian and Overland. De Weerd: Okay. Is there anyone who would like to provide testimony on this application? Okay. I just have a concern if we get too many of these, the impact it has on the parks department and personnel and I know that storm water retention has been a topic and it's starting to be a topic of greater significance as the valley gets larger and looking at environmental aspects and those kind of things, it certainly adds onto that maintenance. I think at one time we looked at this in our landscape ordinance on different ideas of how we could do some of the retention of storm water drainage and my -- it was a long time ago, so is there -- do we have staff members -- Len, does Kyle do some of this storm water type of work? Grady: Madam Mayor, not really. I think with his previous experience at ITD he probably got exposed to it, but to my knowledge he's -- he's not an expert or anywhere near that I would say. We can -- Public Works can get more involved if that's what it sounds like you're asking. De Weerd: I think maybe rather at our March joint meeting, Will, if you will note that as a topic, storm water drainage and -- or April. Yeah. That we can have a discussion and we will have some preliminary discussion points prior to that, Council, that we can bring back to you for anything that you want to add. But this is going to become an issue I think and we should be prepared to talk about it. Okay. We have a Public Hearing that's still open. I don't see any further testimony by the public. So, Council, I would entertain a motion to close Item 12. Rountree: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Rountree. Rountree: I move that we close Item 12. Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 19 of 24 Bird: Second. De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Rountree: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Rountree. Rountree: I move that we approve AZ 06-053, Ada County Highway District Locust Grove Pond. Bird: Second. De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to approve Item 12. If there is no discussion, Mr. Berg, will you call roll. Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, yea. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 13: Ordinance No. 07..1284 : AZ 06-038 Request for Annexation and Zoning of 5.53 acres from RUT to an R-8 zone for Nursery Subdivision by Gary Fors - 570 South Linder Road: Ordinance No. Ordinance: 07-1285 Amendments to Doa Licensing Item 14: Item 15: Ordinance No. 07-899: AZ 00-006 Request for annexation and zoning of 12.73 acres from RT to L-O and R-15 zones by Vicki Welker 1 Gold River Companies, Inc., for proposed Sommersby Subdivision fka Valeri Heights Subdivision at the northeast corner of West Pine Avenue and North Ten Mile Road: De Weerd: Okay. Items 13, 14 and 15 are ordinances 07-1284,07-1285 and 07-899. Mr. Berg, if you will, please, read these three ordinances by title only. And I hope you do a better than I just did. Berg: I'll try. thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council. Ordinance 07-1284, an ordinance for annexation of property being a portion of the northwest quarter of Section 13, Township 3 North, Range 1 West, Boise Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, as described in Attachment A and annexing certain lands and territories situated in Ada County, Idaho, and adjacent and contiguous to the corporate limits of the City of Meridian, as requested by the City of Meridian, establishing and determining the land Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 20 of 24 use zoning classification of said lands from RUT to R-8 in the Meridian City Code, providing that copies of this ordinance shall be filed with the Ada County assessor, the Ada County recorder, and the Idaho State Tax Commission, as required by law, and providing for a summary of the ordinance and providing for a waiver of the reading of the rules and providing an effective date. Berg: Ordinance 07-1285. An ordinance amending Title 6, Chapter 2, Section 3 of Meridian City Code regarding definitions and City of Meridian dog licensing and providing for a waiver of the reading of the rules and providing an effective date. Berg: Ordinance 07-899, an ordinance for annexation of property being a portion of southwest -- excuse me -- the south one half of the northwest one quarter of Section 11, Township 3 North, Range 1 West, Boise Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, as described in Attachment A and annexing certain lands and territories situated in Ada County, Idaho, and adjacent and contiguous to the corporate limits of the City of Meridian, as requested by the City of Meridian, establishing and determining the land use zoning classification of said lands from RUT to R-15 and L-O in the Meridian City Code, providing that copies of this ordinance shall be filed with the Ada County assessor, the Ada County recorder, and the Idaho State Tax Commission, as required by law, and providing for a summary of the ordinance and providing for a waiver of the reading of the rules and providing an effective date. De Weerd: Thank you, Mr. Berg. Berg: Is there any questions concerning these ordinances? Bird: I have none. Rountree: I have none. De Weerd: Okay. You have heard these three ordinances read by title only. Is there anyone who would like to hear it read in its entirety? And Ralph is being generous tonight. Hearing none, Council? Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: I'd move we approve Ordinance 07-1284, 07-1285, 07-899 with suspension of rules. Rountree: Second. De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to approve Items 13, 14 and 15 ordinances. If there is no discussion, Mr. Berg, will you, please, call roll. Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 21 of 24 Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, yea. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd: Okay. Lieutenant Overton. See, I always like to call on you guys just to make sure you're paying attention. Overton: Got you. I thought I was done. De Weerd: Before I move to Item 16 I thought maybe you would introduce our guests in the back of the room. Overton: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, I'd be pleased to. Tonight we have the entire current code enforcement unit for Meridian Police Department and planning. We have supervisor Jenny Stoy with experience with Ada County Sheriff's Department. We have Code Enforcement Officer John Hust, who came to us from the Long Beach Police Department. And we have Code Enforcement Officer Abe Antonucci. He came to us with experience from Boise Police Department and Homedale Police Department. De Weerd: Well, thank you. And we appreciate -- we know that your jobs are not the most desirable, putting it bluntly. Okay. The most popular. But you are very important to us. We appreciate what you do. When you're feeling unappreciated, just know that we appreciate everything you do. So, thank you for joining us tonight and Happy New Year. Item 16: Election of City Council Officers: De Weerd: Okay. Item 16 is election of City Council officers. I will -- Bird: Madam Mayor, you can sit right there and take the nominations. De Weerd: Okay. Bird: I move that we nominate Mr. -- Councilman Joe Borton for president of the City Council. Zaremba: Second. Rountree: Second. De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second for a nomination of Joe Borton for president of City Council. Do I have any other nominations? Zaremba: Madam Chairman? De Weerd: Mr. Zaremba: Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 22 of 24 Zaremba: I move that the nominations cease. Rountree: Second. De Weerd: Okay. All those in favor? MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd: Okay. We just closed the nominations. The nomination in front of you for Council president is Mr. Joe Borton, seat whatever. Seat Two. Okay. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: I move we -- I'd like to nominate Councilman Charlie Rountree for vice-president. De Weerd: Mr. Bird, can I -- Bird: Oh, you want to vote on that. Yeah. We better vote. I'm trying to get ahead now. De Weerd: Well, good. Back at you. Okay. Council, we do have the nomination of Joe Borton in front of you for president. I will ask Mr. Berg to call roll. Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, yea. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd: It's looking good. Okay. Nominations for vice-president. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: I'd like to nominate Councilman Charlie Rountree for vice-president. Borton: Second. De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second for Charlie Rountree as vice- president. Okay. Zaremba: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Zaremba. Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 23 of 24 Zaremba: I move that nominations cease. Bird: I'd second that. De Weerd: Okay. All those in favor? All ayes. Motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd: Okay. I need a motion to approve Mr. Rountree as Vice-President. Don't jump all at once. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: I move that we approve Charlie Rountree be vice-president. Bird: I already made the nomination. De Weerd: No, you just nominated. Now we need to approve. Bird: Oh. Okay. I second it. De Weerd: Do you second that? Bird: Yeah. De Weerd: Okay. Mr. Berg, will you call roll before we really foul up badly. Bird: Before we get it screwed up here. Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, yea. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd: Okay. Well, I present to you Mr. President .Joe Borton and Mr. Vice- President Charlie Rountree. Next meeting we will ask our President to come back with assignments for liaisons and representative to certain boards and I do need to bring to the Compass board who needs to -- who is going to be those representatives and if there is any change to Valley Ride we need to do it through resolution, so -- Rountree: And Air Quality Board. De Weerd: Air Quality doesn't need a resolution. I think Valley Ride is the only one. Meridian City Council January 2, 2007 Page 24 of 24 Zaremba: I would comment that I currently serve on the air quality board. Idaho State's establishing a new regional air quality council. That board may have a short-term life at this point and I would offer to continue as that member until such time as it doesn't happen. De Weerd: Okay. Well, they are always looking for willing victims, so -- Bird: That's fine with me. De Weerd: -- we will look for President Borton to bring back a list next week. Rountree: We have two members on that, because Shaun was a member as well. De Weerd: We will probably need a citizen at large. I think that's how it goes. The air quality board we had an elected official and, then, a citizen, is that-- Zaremba: That is true. Shaun Wardle was the other member, so I'm replacing Shaun and somebody needs to replace me. De Weerd: Okay. Hey, Ralph, you need a call to action. Can't just sit here every week and not expect to be a victim. Okay. Council, this is a real rarity and I wish you a Happy New Year and this is your gift. 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