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CITY OF MERIDIAN
Planning & Zoning
Memo
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Brad Hawkins-Clark
CC: City Clerk, John Eaton (BCA), Mark Estess (ACAR)
Date: January 20, 2022
Re: Urban Services Policy Amendment (Item #10, 1-28-03 Agenda)
The subject item was continued from the City Council’s 12-17-02 meeting to
allow staff the opportunity to solicit further input from private industry groups and
to provide Council with specific language for the Comprehensive Plan text
amendment. Attached is a draft of said language, which consolidates the
previous memos already received by the Council on this topic into a single
document. As a reminder, the City Council, at the time of adopting the 2002
Comprehensive Plan, requested that staff meet with representatives from the
private sector to amend (or at least re-consider) the Urban Services Planning
Area policy dealing with the provision of municipal services outside the
corporate limits.
To date, the attached document has not been reviewed or formally endorsed by
the private industry organizations. The document was sent to Mr. Eaton and Mr.
Estess with a request for their respective boards to review the proposed
policies. The Ada County Association of Realtors Board of Directors meets on
January 29th and the Building Contractors Association Board meets on February
20th.
Since this Comp Plan Amendment was submitted for public hearings, the City
received a proposal from Mr. Lee Centers to consider an Ada County, 39-lot
subdivision on S. Linder Road. Given the fact that this project is raising
additional considerations that may impact the City’s urban service policies within
the Area of Impact and since Mr. Center’s application is on the Council’s
February 4th agenda, Staff recommends Council continue this item until after
your February 4th meeting. This will allow any outcomes from that meeting which
might impact this policy to be incorporated into any new policy.