HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-10-14 Regular
City Council Regular Meeting
City Council Chambers, 33 East Broadway Avenue Meridian, Idaho
Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Minutes
ROLL CALL ATTENDANCE
PRESENT
Councilman Doug Taylor
Councilman John Overton
Councilwoman Anne Little Roberts
Councilman Brian Whitlock
Councilman Luke Cavener
Mayor Robert E. Simison
ABSENT
Councilwoman Liz Strader
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
COMMUNITY INVOCATION
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
PROCLAMATIONS \[Action Item\]
1. Crime Prevention Month
PUBLIC FORUM – Future Meeting Topics
RESOLUTIONS \[Action Item\]
2. Resolution No. 25-2540: A Resolution Establishing the Reappointment of Dom
Gelsomino to Seat 1 and Jennifer Bobo to Seat 2 of the Meridian Parks and
Recreation Commission; and Providing an Effective Date Approved
Motion to approve made by Councilman Whitlock, Seconded by Councilwoman Little Roberts.
Voting Yea: Councilman Taylor, Councilman Overton, Councilwoman Little Roberts,
Councilman Whitlock, Councilman Cavener
3. Resolution No. 25-2541: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Meridian
Reappointing Seoyoon Song to Seat 9 of the Meridian Arts Commission and Divya
Danesh to Seat 8 of the Meridian Solid Waste Advisory Commission; and Providing
an Effective Date Approved
Motion to approve made by Councilman Cavener, Seconded by Councilwoman Little Roberts.
Voting Yea: Councilman Taylor, Councilman Overton, Councilwoman Little Roberts,
Councilman Whitlock, Councilman Cavener
4. Resolution No. 25-2542: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Meridian
Appointing Toren Taylor to Seat 9 of the Meridian Parks and Recreation
Commission; James Abdel-Monem to Seat 6 of the Meridian Historic Preservation
Commission; Advik Bansal to Seat 4 of the Meridian Transportation Commission;
and Providing an Effective Date Approved
Motion to approve made by Councilman Taylor, Seconded by Councilwoman Little Roberts.
Voting Yea: Councilman Taylor, Councilman Overton, Councilwoman Little Roberts,
Councilman Whitlock, Councilman Cavener
ACTION ITEMS
5. Public Hearing for Century Farm Master Association Gravity Irrigation Easement
(H-2025-0044) by Brighton Corporation, located at 4884 S. Tavistock Ave.
Approved
Application Materials: https://bit.ly/H-2025-0044
A. Request: A Vacation to vacate the twenty (20) foot gravity irrigation
easement and replace it with a new easement that will be rededicated through
a new instrument number. The new easement is proposed to be ten (10) feet
in width, the same as the public utility, irrigation and drainage easement.
Motion to approve made by Councilman Overton, Seconded by Councilwoman Little Roberts.
Voting Yea: Councilman Taylor, Councilman Overton, Councilwoman Little Roberts,
Councilman Whitlock, Councilman Cavener
6. Public Hearing continued from September 16, 2025 for Latitude Forty Three
Subdivision (H-2024-0059) by Rodney Evans + Partners, LLC., located at 675, 715
and 955 S. Wells St. Continued to January 13, 2026
Application Materials: https://bit.ly/H-2024-0059
A. Request: Annexation of 17.27 acres of land with R-8 (13.78 acres), R-15
(2.42 acres) and C-N (1.07 acres) zoning districts.
B. Request: Preliminary Plat to re-subdivide lots 7, 21 and 22, Magic View
Subdivision, Amended into 79 residential lots, 1 commercial lot and 11
common/other lots on 15.97 acres of land in the R-8, R-15 and C-N zoning
districts.
Motion to continue to January 13, 2026 made by Councilman Cavener, Seconded by
Councilman Overton.
Voting Yea: Councilman Taylor, Councilman Overton, Councilwoman Little Roberts,
Councilman Whitlock, Councilman Cavener
7. Public Hearing for Modena Plaza Subdivision (SHP-2025-0004) by Jordan
Moorhouse, located at 3147 Belltower Dr. Approved
Application Materials: https://bit.ly/SHP-2025-0004
A. Request: Short Plat to subdivide an existing commercial lot in four (4)
separate lots on approximately 1.59 acres of land in the L-O zoning district.
Motion made by Councilman Whitlock, Seconded by Councilman Overton.
Voting Yea: Councilman Taylor, Councilman Overton, Councilwoman Little Roberts,
Councilman Whitlock, Councilman Cavener
8. Public Hearing for Solara Estates Subdivision (H-2025-0013) by Jadon Schneider,
Bronze Bow Land, located at 1695 E. Amity Rd. and 4940 and 5060 S. Locust Grove
Rd. Approved
Application Materials: https://bit.ly/H-2025-0013
A. Request: Annexation of approximately 15 acres across three (3) parcels of
land from Ada County into the City of Meridian with requested zoning of R-8
and R-2 from RUT which includes parcel numbers S1132223130,
S1132223210 and S1132223320.
B. Request: Preliminary Plat consisting of 14 single-family lots, including one
existing home site to remain and five (5) common lots for a total of 19 lots on
9.72 acres of land (parcels S1132223210 and S113223320).
C. Request: Alternative Compliance to reduce the landscape buffer along the
street adjacent to Lot 11, Block 1 by 50%.
Motion to approve made by Councilman Taylor, Seconded by Councilman Whitlock.
Voting Yea: Councilman Taylor, Councilman Overton, Councilwoman Little Roberts,
Councilman Whitlock
Voting Nay: Councilman Cavener
9. Public Hearing for UDC Text Amendment (ZOA-2025-0001) by City of Meridian
Planning Division, located citywide. Approved
Application Materials: https://bit.ly/ZOA-2025-0001
A. Request: UDC Text Amendment to revise the specific use standards
associated with drive-throughs and secondary dwellings in Chapter 4 of the
Unified development Code (UDC).
Motion to approve made by Councilman Cavener, Seconded by Councilman Overton.
Voting Yea: Councilman Taylor, Councilman Overton, Councilwoman Little Roberts,
Councilman Whitlock, Councilman Cavener
ORDINANCES \[Action Item\]
10. Ordinance No. 25-2100: An ordinance (Ten Mile Flex – H-2025-0027) annexing a
parcel of land located in the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section
34, Township 4 North, Range 1 West, Boise Meridian, City of Meridian, Ada County,
Idaho, more particularly described in Exhibit “A”; rezoning 5.545 acres of such real
property from RUT (Rural Urban Transition) to the I-L (Light Industrial) zoning
district; directing city staff to alter all applicable use and area maps as well as the
official zoning maps and all official maps depicting the boundaries and the zoning
districts of the City of Meridian in accordance with this ordinance; providing that
copies of this ordinance shall be filed with the Ada County Assessor, the Ada
County Treasurer, the Ada County Recorder, and the Idaho State Tax Commission,
as required by law; repealing conflicting ordinances; and providing an effective
date. Approved
Motion to approve made by Councilman Taylor, Seconded by Councilman Overton.
Voting Yea: Councilman Taylor, Councilman Overton, Councilwoman Little Roberts,
Councilman Whitlock, Councilman Cavener
FUTURE MEETING TOPICS
ADJOURNMENT 8:50 PM