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April 2, 2002 Serving Eagle, Meridian &Star in w. Ada County &
Eagle mayor to run for
Local Notes commissioner's seat
Fly fla EAGLE—Mayor Rick Yzaguine
gs on April 5th has announced his intention to seek
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Fly the Republican nomination for the
your U.S.flag on Friday,April 5th Ada County Commission.
to honor members of the 366th "I think the timing is right for
Wing who recent]ry returned from me,"he told a crowd of friends and a .
fighting terrorism in Afghanistan neighbors who gathered on March
to Mountain Home Air Base. 26th in the arboretum adjacent to City
Help build event center/ Hall for his announcement."I think
ice arena in Meridian I'm the right man for the job."
MERIDIAN—The Meridian If successful, the Idaho native
Ice Skating Development Fund, and Boise State University gradu-
Ine., is an Idaho nonprofit corpo- ate will unseat powerful incumbent
ration established in January 2002 Roger Simmons.
by residents of the Treasure Val- Yzaguirre, in his second four- vaLLEYTIME
ley to create opportunities for chil- year term as chief executive of this Rick Yzaguirre annount
dren and adults to participate in standard-bearing western Ada city, run for county commis:
local ice sports through commu- brings over 15 years of public ser- in numerous ways,as an ac
nity-based programs. vice experience to his campaign.He berofthe Chamber ofCom
To aid in these opportunites, also has a background of experience chairman of the Eagle E
the M[SDF is seeking public and and a history of consistent dedica- Revitalization Committee.
private resources to help buld and tion to improving the qualify of life also chaired the Eagle Law
operate a nonprofit Family Event in the community where he lives and ment Study Committee and
Center/Ice Arena in the City of works. Pathway Committee.
Meridian.For additional informa- The mayor owns and operates Prior to becoming may
tion,contact Charlotte W.Catlett, with his wife,Sandy,two local con- he also served for 10 years
Director, MISDF, P.O. Box 427, venience stores,Eagle Beverage and missioner of the Eagle Volu
Meridian ID 83642,phone (208) Justo's Grocery. Department and was a two
866-5342(fax 887-7628)or e-mail He has served the community
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to meridianiceskatc@aol.com. Eagle approves comp plan amendr
Optimist oratory event
is April 3rd at City Hall EAGLE-Following public hear- vide a buffer between tho;
ings at its March 26 meeting,the City and the highway.
MERIDIAN—Area teens 16 Council unanimously approved two Other neighbors also
and older will compete on Wed- applications to change land use des- that the area is not suitable
nesday,April 3rd at 6:30 p.m. at ignations on the city's Comprehen- dential use,convincing Co'
Meridian City Hall in the annual sive Plan. Stan Bastian that "With t!
oratorical contest sponsored by Although city staff had recom- and in particular the econ
the Meridian Optimist Club. mended denial of both applications, tivity in our whole commur
Participants will present a 4- public testimony was in favor of al- has been a bi
5-minute speech on how they p y g impact at
lowing commercial designation at the ticular intersection.
would change the world.The top corner of State Highway 44 and He went on to say,
two finishers will advance to the Linder Road,and to allow some pro- Evans nointed nut the i-f
regional competition in Namt)a on -
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July 10,2001
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department and the building and stuff would have to be built to our regulations.
But, I think that something possibly could be worked out in that kind of agreement
on that kind of a deal where you do have public access to it.
Kuntz: I guess I would like to pull this together. The proposal is to come in and
build a temporary facility, sand based. It would have some concrete structure to
it for spectator areas. Install some kind of a bubble over the top of it. Staffs
recommendation, at first we were negotiating on the parking lot, but because it
will service the rest of the park. After last night's meeting I think the Commission
and one of the Council members feels like if the foundation wants to do this, they
need to come in and do it in it's entirety. As far as being open to the public, the
only way that staff would recommend that we do this is that the facility is open to
the public, whether it be PAL or the Junior Soccer Club. When they're not using
it, it would be open for the public to come in and skate. There may be some free
times available in exchange for us putting that on our park property but, those are
all issues that we would need to sit down, come up with a proposal and come
back to the Council. There are a lot of details and a lot of things that need to be
worked out. The very aggressive schedule in that they would like to have this
open by November of this year so that they don't lose the PAL Soccer Program
but, the answer -- excuse me, hockey. Soccer is in the summer but to answer
Council Member Anderson's question, we support, staff supports the concept as
long as it is a public facility. It's going to be a fee-based public facility most of the
time so that the investors can recoup their investment_ In exchange for putting it
on our property there's got to be some time open to the public. Those are all
issues that need to be resolved. Just the concept, we need to get some
feedback on whether it's no, you don't want it or yes, it has some merit. Staff
moves ahead working with these individuals to answer some questions. We did
meet with Shari Stiles today to find out what it would take, if it would take a
Conditional Use Permit. She said it would not but there's a lot of work and
details that have got to be defined. Thank you.
Bird: The only thing I would say Tom is whatever is designed as a building
Planning and Zoning had better accept it or deny it if private comes in and asks
for the same thing. I can't see Planning and Zoning allowing a bubble to be put
up on some industrial spot out here to have an ice-skating rink. So, whatever we
design, it's got to be passed.
Anderson: Mr. President.
Bird: Yes.
Anderson: I guess just to offer a little bit of input then I guess because that's
what you're looking for tonight. 1 guess 1 have a couple of concerns. First of all
I'd like to say that the City of Meridian would love to partner with somebody and
we'd love to have an ice skating rink in Meridian. I was like Council Member Bird
that I thought we had approved one and just was kind of waiting for it to break
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ground and thought that maybe it was coming. This 56-acre park site, I mean
has been something that has been in the works for 10 years. There's been a lot
of planning go into that as far as the layout of the park. You saw a lot of that
being presented tonight. In this first phase, I mean the estimate was 160,000
more than what we had budgeted for. The Skate Park was more than what we
had budgeted for so all these things seem to come over budget. One of the
concerns that I've always had about this 56-acre site is the City of Meridian has
waited so long to build a park that now we want to put everything into one basket.
Even our consultant has recommended don't do that. Spread your recreational
opportunities throughout the City so that all the citizens can enjoy those parks
throughout the City. As you can see, this thing is getting so congested. We have
so much stuff in it. That's a concern. I would like to see a Skate Park but maybe
in another area of town and in another park. The problem you guys have is the
time frame. That time frame is the other major concerns I have because you're
wanting to put this out in an area that we don't even have phase two and we're
not going to build that. I mean this other phase is going to be built next year. So,
you're wanting to basically put this out in the middle of a field at this point that we
haven't even funded and haven't even gotten the final design on that particular
work. So, I have some concerns there. I also, like the park stuff I have concerns
that if you guys are on that tight a budget that you cant put in a parking lot and
we're looking at temporary structures, there's just going to be one issue after
another with the City. We're going to want you to build a structure that's nice
looking, that meets all the codes and that includes fire codes. I just dealt with a
temporary structure out at the Idaho Center. There's a lot of cost that I don't
know if you've thought about from sprinkler systems and ventilation and all those
kind of things that are going to be involved in this. I don't even know how you
can get through the Planning and Zoning process and be building this thing in
November. I think the time frame is going to be way too quick to be able to go in
there and I have concerns about going in this particular site that's already been
planned and designed and we're working to do this in phases at this point.
Those are my concerns.
Bird: Any other questions for Mr. Marco?
Corrie: Is that site that was originally set up with, was it (inaudible)?
Parchinaro: Voigt.
Corrie: -- Voigt, is that gone for sure Marco do you know?
Parchinaro: If the site is gone? I have no idea.
Carrie: I talked to Gary here about three months ago. He said that was still in la
la land right now. I didn't know exactly what he was talking about. I couldn't pin
him down at that point. I think we came to an understanding where it was going