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Meridian City Council Meeting October 1, 2002
The Regular Meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 7:05 P.M., on
Tuesday, October 1, 2002, by Mayor Robert D. Corrie.
Members Present: Mayor Robert Corrie, Tammy de Weerd, Keith Bird, Cherie
McCandless and William Nary.
Others Present: Bill Nichols, Mike Worley, Brad Hawkins-Clark, Gary Smith, Brad
Watson, Ken Bowers, Dean Willis and Will Berg.
Item 1. Roll-call Attendance:
Roll call.
__X Tammy de Weerd _ X__ Bill Nary
__X Cherie McCandless __X Keith Bird
__X Mayor Robert Corrie
Corrie: I want to welcome everybody here this evening. At this time I will open the
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Meridian City Council Regular Meeting for Tuesday, October the 1, 2002, at 7:05 P.M.
The first item of business is the roll call attendance by the City Clerk. Mr. Berg, if you
will do that, please.
Item 2. Adoption of the Agenda:
Corrie: Okay. The second on our agenda is the adoption of the agenda. Is there any
additions or corrections to the adoption of the agenda?
Bird: Mr. Mayor?
Corrie: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move that we approve the adoption of the agenda as published.
McCandless: Second.
Corrie: Motion has been made and seconded to approve the adoption of the agenda as
published. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor say aye. Opposed
no? All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES
Item 3: Promotion Ceremony for Meridian Police Department Corporals by
Chief Worley:
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Corrie: At this time we will have the promotion ceremony for the Meridian Police
Department corporals by Chief Worley. Chief.
Worley: Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Council. If I could have the six promotees come
forward. I'd like to thank all of the supporters that came tonight to witness this. This is a
significant event for not only these six men, but for the Meridian Police Department. It
represents another milestone in our continued development. I would like to
acknowledge one special guest who has contributed a great deal to this city in the past.
In the audience is the former chief of police of Meridian Doug Nichols, who was the
chief from 1980 to 1985. Doug, if you could stand up a minute. Thank you for coming.
The corporal rank is a new rank that we are just instituting. It falls just below sergeant,
who is the first line supervisor and the corporal rank will afford two opportunities. One,
it provides us a specifically designated assistant supervisor for helping to manage each
patrol team and to also a specifically designated individual to act as a patrol supervisor
when a particular sergeant is gone. Secondly, it also affords an opportunity for these
individuals to develop their skills as supervisors, so that they may move on up in the
department and one day take increasing responsibility and charge of the department.
We appreciate their efforts, their interest in stepping forward. We did have ten
officers who tested for this position. It was a competitive test, an assessment center
where they actually have to perform in simulated situations that they may face as
supervisors and these six before you were the top candidates in that area. I'd like to
introduce them. If they can step forward just a minute. Corporal Stacy Arnold. Stacy
grew up in the Boise area and graduated from Capital High School in 1987. He served
two years in the U.S. Army and then joined the Emmett Police Department in 1995. He
served there until December of 2000, when he joined the Meridian Police Department.
Stacy is a firearms instructor, a field-training officer, and also teaches arrest techniques
and handgun retention. Stacy, if you would like to introduce the people who are here to
support you.
Arnold: I'd like to introduce Sandy Coral.
Worley: Thank you for coming. Corporal Jake Nichols. Jake graduated from Meridian
High School in 1991, joined the Meridian Police Reserve in 1995, and went full time in
December of 1996. He's a field-training officer, an emergency vehicle operations
instructor, and currently handles one of the department's K-9 units. He has been
married to Laura for nine years. They have two children, Wyatt and Abby, and they are
expecting their third in November. He enjoys hunting and backpacking and Jake also
serves as the president of the Treasure Valley Hope for Chernobyl's Children
Organization. He is also former Chief Doug Nichols' son.
Nichols: I'd like to introduce my wife Laura, my son Wyatt, my daughter Abby and also
my mother and father-in-law Joanne and Bruce Rieman. Then, of course, my father
Doug Nichols.
Worley: Corporal Matt Parsons. Matt moved from Oregon to Idaho in 1985. He
graduated from Mountain Home High School in 1989, was a reserve officer for the
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Mountain Home Police Department, and in 1991 was hired as a police officer in Glenn’s
Ferry. In 1994, Matt was made the Chief of Police of Glenn’s Ferry and if I could step
aside here. Another unique factor which is -- I think speaks well of the Meridian Police
Department, we currently have five former police chiefs, who have been chiefs of
smaller departments, who are now working for the Meridian Police Department and Matt
is one of those. I think that speaks very well that we can have that level of expertise
come to work here. Matt joined the Meridian Police Department in 1998. He is a
graduate of the FBI Executive Command College and Northwestern University School
of Police Staff and Command. Holds management and intermediate POST Certificates
and he's also a certified EMT. He is married and the father of two, Christopher and
Katlyn, and he enjoys camping, fishing for sturgeon, and playing paint ball with his son.
Parsons: Unfortunately, my family couldn't make it tonight so the only family I have
here is these guys right up here.
Worley: Okay. Thank you. Corporal Jeff Pippin. Jeff has been an Idaho resident since
1976. Graduated from Meridian High School in 1981 and attended Boise State. He
also attended Bellevue Community College in Seattle, where he met his wife Leslie, and
he also received an associate degree in pre-med. He moved to the Dallas area and
pursued a Criminal Justice Degree, graduating from North Texas Police Academy in
1992 with honors and as the class president. He was employed by the Maypearl and
Lewisville Police Departments, which are in the Dallas area, before returning to
Meridian in 1998. He has worked in Meridian as a detective, a crime scene investigator,
on bicycle patrol, and as a field-training officer. He has been married for 14 years and
has two children, Heather and Jessica.
Pippin: I'd like to introduce my wife Leslie, my daughters, the oldest one Heather
and my youngest Jessica, my mom Doris Blakely and my grandmother Robbie
Blakely that are able to be here and I appreciate their support.
Worley: Corporal Myron Severson. Myron graduated from Nampa High School and
attended NNC and Boise State. He then owned a Baskin Robbins franchise for a period
of time and joined the Marine Corps in 1986 and was called to Desert Storm in 1991.
He has been in the Marine Corps reserve for 16 years and currently holds the rank of
chief warrant office three. He was employed by the Caldwell Police Department in 1992
and promoted to the rank of corporal there in 1997. In 2000 -- April of 2000 he came to
the Meridian Police Department and has worked patrol since that time.
Severson: I'd like to introduce my wife Crystal and my two little girls Kala and Kelsie
and my wife and mother, too.
Worley: Corporal Eric Strolberg. Eric grew up in the Twin Falls and Pocatello areas
and came to Meridian in 1997, graduated from Meridian High School in 1989. He
served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1999 to 1993 and holds an associate's degree in
criminal justice administration from Boise State. He began as a Meridian police reserve
in 1994 and came on full time in '95. He is a field training officer, firearms, and use of
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force instructor and he also teaches these subjects at the Police Officers and Standards
Training Academy. He's been a member of the Governor's Hand Pistol Competition
since 1997. His wife Shelly is a detective with the Ada County Sheriff's Office and they
have two children, McKenna and Carly. In his off time, he enjoys competitive
shooting, hunting, fishing, camping, and spending time with his family.
Strolberg: I'd like to introduce my father -- my wife Shelly, my mother Juanita, my
youngest one Carly, my sister, who just happened to make it up from Pocatello today,
and my oldest McKenna in the back. Thank you for your support.
Worley: And thank you all for coming. Mayor Corrie, if I could have you come down
and administer the oath.
Corrie: Thank you, Chief. It's certainly an honor and a pleasure to give the official oath
of office to this fine group of young men here tonight.
(Oath given.)
Corrie: Congratulations, guys.
Worley: Thank you, Mayor. There are a lot of memories in an event like this, but we
like to create a memory that the officer can carry with him every day and that is the first
time the badge is officially pinned on. Each of the officers here has selected someone
to do that first badge pinning and if those folks would come forward and pin on the
badge. Mr. Mayor, Members of the Council, citizens of Meridian, I'd like to present the
newest members of the Meridian Police Department supervisory team, Corporal Eric
Strolberg, Corporal Myron Severson, Corporal Jeff Pippin, Corporal Matt Parsons,
Corporal Jake Nichols, and Corporal Stacy Arnold.
Item 4. Consent Agenda:
A. September 10, 2002
Approve minutes from Pre-Council Meeting:
B. September 17, 2002
Approve minutes from City Council Regular
Meeting:
C. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law: AZ 02-011
Request
for Annexation and Zoning of 24.89 acres from R-T to C-G and R-
Fairview Lakes
40 zones for proposed by Hopkins Financial
Services, Inc. – 824 East Fairview Avenue:
D. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law: CUP 02-014
Request for a Conditional Use Permit for a Planned Unit
Development for a commercial building site in a proposed C-G
zone and a 192 unit residential apartment complex in a proposed
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Fairview Lakes
R-40 zone for the proposed by Hopkins Financial
Services, Inc. – 824 East Fairview Avenue:
E. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law: CUP 02-019
Request for Conditional Use Permit for an office and shop for
Bobby’s
transmission service and repair in a C-G zone for
Transmission
by Treasure Valley Engineers – south of 835 East
Fairview Avenue:
F. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law: VAR 02-014
Request for a Variance to permit splitting off a 12-acre parcel in the
southeast corner of a 40-acre parcel of ground in an I-L zone for
Ronald Van Auker
located at 2170 West Franklin Road:
G. Resolution No. : Approving Fee
Increase for Meridian Parks and Recreation Department for
Adult Fall Sports programs:
H. Meridian Settlers Park Change Order No. 6 – American Paving
for $8568.00:
I. Approve Beer License Application for Primo’s located at 3909
East Fairview Avenue, Suite 150:
J. Blood Draw Agreement with Ada County for Blood Draw
Services for Evidentiary Purposes:
K. Ashford Greens Subdivision No. 6 Streetlight Agreement –
Brighton Corporation:
L. Sewer Service Reimbursement Agreement, White Drain Sewer
Trunk Project – Brighton Corporation, Heritage Commons
Subdivision (Quenzer Commons):
M. Award of Construction Contract, South Slough Water and
Sewer Project:
N. Agreement for Professional Services, Well No. 24 Pumping
Facilities – Civil Survey Consultants:
O. Addendum to Professional Services Agreement, Well No. 23
Pumping Facilities – Civil Survey Consultants:
P. Approve Bills:
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Corrie: Okay. Council, we will continue with the regular meeting tonight, have the Item
Number 4, the Consent Agenda and Item G, the Resolution Number is 02-392 for your
filling in. The Council and the Counselor - Counsel, Police Department, have reviewed
the Draw Agreement and they find it satisfactory, the same as it was before. Any other
questions that you might have?
Bird: Mr. Mayor?
Corrie: Mr. Bird.
Bird: No questions? I would move that we approve the Consent Agenda as published
and to have the Mayor sign and the Clerk to attest and all proper papers as needed.
McCandless: Second.
Corrie: Motion has been made and seconded to approve the Consent Agenda. Is there
any further discussion? Hearing none, we have the roll-call vote, please, Mr. Berg.
Roll-call vote: McCandless, aye; Nary, aye; DeWeerd, aye; Bird, aye.
Corrie: All ayes. Motion is approved.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES
Item 5. Department Reports:
A. Mayor Corrie:
1. Appointment to Planning and Zoning Commission:
2. Appointments to Parks and Recreation Commission:
3. Appointment to Meridian Development Corporation:
Corrie: Item Number 5 is department reports. At this time, I do have some
appointments to give to the Council for their approval. For the appointment to the
Planning and Zoning Commission, I talked with each one of the candidates and also
Keith Borup, who is the head of the Planning and Zoning Commission, and we have
come up with the agreed person. The appointment is Michael Roam. You all have the
resume of Mr. Roam with you. Do you have any questions? Okay. I think we will take
these one at a time, so if anybody has no objections, I will entertain a motion to either
approve or disapprove of the recommendation of Michael Roam.
Bird: Mr. Mayor?
Corrie: Mr. Bird.
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Bird: I move that we approve Michael Roam for the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Nary: Second.
Corrie: Okay. Motion has been made and seconded to approve the appointment of
Michael Roam for the Planning and Zoning Commission seat. Any further discussion?
Hearing none, all those in favor of the motion say aye. Opposed no? Motion is carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES
Corrie: For the Parks and Recreation appointments, I have two people that I would like
to reappoint to that commission. It is Greg Steele and Debbie Watkins. Their terms are
up this year and they would like to be reappointed. I talked with them and I concur with
that. The new appointment for the Parks and Rec Division is Ryan Riley and Shaun
Wardle. And you have those resumes in front of you as well. So if there are any
questions on those two appointments? Oh, excuse me. Those four.
Bird: Do you want to do them as a group?
Corrie: We can do them as a group if you'd like or you can do it -- it would probably be
easiest, unless you have any objection.
Bird: Mr. Mayor?
Corrie: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I would move that we reconfirm Craig Steele and Debbie Watkins and appoint
Ryan Riley and Shaun Wardle to the Parks and Recreation Commission.
De Weerd: Second.
Corrie: Okay. Motion has been made and seconded. Any further discussion?
Berg: Mr. Mayor, I do have a question for you.
Corrie: Yes.
Berg: As to what seat, which ones they are replacing, so we can make sure we keep
them in order.
Corrie: I will give you that. I don't have it with me, I'm sorry, but I have it in my office, so
I will give it to you in the morning.
Berg: Keep the line going.
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Corrie: And I have got all of that. Okay. I will make that available to you. Okay any
further discussion? All those in favor of the reappointments say aye. Opposed no.
Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Corrie: The last, but definitely not least, is the appointment to the Meridian
Development Corporation. We have two seats available. One has said that he would
like to go off it. I don't have a replacement for them yet, but I do have the one other
seat, Seat Number 6, Mr. Keith Bird has agreed to be reappointed to that Meridian
Development Corporation, which is a very important seat with us in the City of Meridian.
That will be for a three-year term, which will expire in 2005. Are there any questions on
that? Hearing none, I will entertain a motion, then, to either accept -- actually to accept
-- and I will ask Mr. Bird not to --
Nary: Mr. Mayor?
Corrie: Mr. Nary.
Nary: Mr. Mayor, I would move to accept the reappointment of Councilman Bird to the
Meridian Development Corporation for the term of three years.
McCandless: Second.
Corrie: Okay. Motion has been made and seconded to appoint Keith Bird for the term
of the Meridian Development Corporation, a term of three years. Any further
discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor say aye? All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES, ONE ABSTAINED
Corrie: Thank you, Council. I will be getting to you one more time for the other seat as
soon as we can make arrangements for that. There is one more seat available.
Item 6. (Items Moved from Consent Agenda)
Corrie: Item Number 6 is items moved from the Consent Agenda. There were none.
Item 7. FP 02-020
Request for Final Plat approval of 73 building lots and 4 other
Sundance Subdivision No. 2
lots on 21.59 acres in an R-8 zone for by
Briggs Engineering – northeast corner of North Meridian Road and East
Ustick Road:
Corrie: So Item Number 7 is the FP 02-020, request for Final Plat approval of 73
building lots and 4 other lots on 21.59 acres in the R-8 zone for Sundance Subdivision
No. 2 by Briggs Engineering, northeast corner of North Meridian Road and East Ustick
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Road. At this time, I would like to have staff comments for the requested Final Plat
approval.
Hawkins-Clark: Thank you, Mr. Mayor, Members of the Council. First of all, apologies.
Apparently we have a loose cable up in our ceiling, so unless you'd like me to climb up
there and wiggle it to see if we can get a screen tonight.
Corrie: Would you do that?
Bird: So moved.
Corrie: We will get a rickety ladder, too. No. Go right ahead.
Hawkins-Clark: My apologies, I don't -- apparently, it was working a couple days ago,
so we will have to get that fixed. We will go back to pre-2000 format of City Council
hearings. This is Item Number 7, Sundance Subdivision No. 2. The Council has before
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you a September 23 memo from Dave McKinnon and Bruce Freckleton that has the
staff recommended conditions. There are -- that is the second phase of a multi-phased
subdivision. The project does have a Planned Developmental associated with it. The
only change I think -- we have received comments back from Becky Bowcutt, who is
representing the applicant, and they have stated -- she has stated in her memo dated
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September 29, that they are in agreement with all of the staff's recommended
conditions. I think the only change addressing our additional consideration on Page 2
of our report the Planned Development was approved with a basketball court lot and a
gazebo as their amenities. That's in a private park that's located more or less in the
central area of the subdivision. They have approached staff and proposed a
modification to that amenity feature of their subdivision. They are now proposing a pool
with a children's play area and a few off-street parking stalls that would be accessed off
of the local street that's interior to the subdivision. There is also a small community
clubhouse area with a restroom and a mechanical room. Staff has reviewed that. We
are simply asking that they submit a certificate -- for a Certificate of Zoning Compliance,
we have a chance to review all the details on that new parking lot and the layout of the
pool and that it has fencing and things like that. I think the only other issue that was
addressed was there is a 20-foot wide sewer easement that cuts through the center of
their common lot. Typically, the Public Works Department requires a minimum 14-foot
wide access road over those sewer easements. In this case there is no manhole
actually within the common lot. Bruce Freckleton did review that and said that as long
as they don't have to access a manhole that the 14-foot wide solid paved surface would
not be necessary. The applicant certainly doesn't want to have that 14-foot wide strip
cutting across the middle of the lot. It kind of refers back to a meandering pathway,
which is as they approve. The only thing that Ms. Bowcutt mentioned tonight was they
do potentially still have Ada County Highway District, who may ask for vehicular access
to get to the stormwater area, which is depicted on the site plan there just close to the
pool. If the Highway District comes back and says we want to be able to get our
vehicles into our stormwater maintenance area, we may need to be flexible. Staff's
recommending that -- either that they have the common lot approved as is or if the
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Highway District requires access, that it be a grass creet form of design to support their
vehicles and not a hard surface pathway. I think other than that, just ask that you
incorporate our recommendations. Thanks.
Corrie: Thank you, Brad. Any questions or comments from Council?
Bird: I have none.
Corrie: Okay. Becky, anything different? Okay. Okay. Council, do you have any
other questions?
Bird: I have none.
Corrie: Okay. I'll entertain a motion, then, for the request for Final Plat approval.
Nary: Mr. Mayor?
Corrie: Mr. Nary.
Nary: I'd move the approval of FP 02-020, the request for Final Plat approval of 73
building lots and four other lots on 21.59 acres in an R-8 zone for Sundance
Subdivision by Briggs Engineering. To include all staff comments of September 23,
2002, as well as I guess all comments provided by Ms. Bowcutt, willing to comply with
all the conditions set out by the staff and for counsel to prepare Findings of Fact and
Conclusions of Law and Decision and Order to that effect.
Bird: Second.
Corrie: Okay. Motion has been made and seconded to approve the Final Plat with all
the verbiage that I'm not going to repeat. It's not necessary. Any further discussion?
Hearing none, roll-call vote, Mr. Berg
Roll-call vote: McCandless, aye; Nary, aye; DeWeerd, aye; Bird, aye.
Corrie: All ayes. Motion is carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Item 8. Public Hearing: MI 02-008
Request for approval to construct a
Fairview Lakes
temporary private road for the construction of Phase 1 of
by Hopkins Financial Services, Inc. – 824 East Fairview Avenue:
Corrie: Item Number 7 -- 8, excuse me, is a Public Hearing. This is MI 02-008, request
for approval to construct a temporary private road for the construction of phase one of
Fairview Lakes by Hopkins Financial Services, Inc., 824 East Fairview Avenue. At this
time I will open the Public Hearing. I will have the staff comments first, then we will hear
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from the requestant at this point, and then -- we will have five minutes maximum and
then we will have any other Public Hearing people that want to testify have three
minutes. So at this time, Brad, staff.
Hawkins-Clark: Thank you, Mayor, Members of the Council. On your Consent Agenda
this evening you did approve Items C and D, which are the Fairview Lakes annexation
request and a Fairview Lakes Conditional Use Permit. One of the conditions on the
Conditional Use Permit was that the applicant submits a miscellaneous application to
our department for a private street. As you may recall, as a part of the Conditional Use
Permit, to access their proposed apartment complex, which is on the northern nine
acres of their project, that's going to require a plat, typically, for a public street. In
order for them to move ahead on this, rather than wait for the plat, they are required by
ordinance to do a private street, which requires City Council approval. We have
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submitted a September 24 memo with some recommended conditions, primarily that
they do construct it to ACHD standards, so that when they come through with the plat in
the future, that that street can at that point be dedicated to the Highway District and be
constructed to their design. We are asking for a blanket easement for sanitary sewer
and water and the other standard conditions for private streets. That's all I have.
Corrie: Okay. Thank you. Any questions from Council?
Bird: I have none.
Corrie: Okay. Is the applicant here this evening?
Tamura: Mr. Mayor, Members of the --
Corrie: Raise your right hand, please. Is the testimony you're about to give the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Tamura: I do.
Corrie: Okay. Name and address, please, for the record.
Tamura: Mr. Mayor, Members of the Council, my name is Doug Tamura, 499 Main
Street, Boise, Idaho, and I represent Hopkins Financial and we are just here to agree on
your recommended conditions of approval.
Corrie: Okay. Thank you. Is there anyone else from the public that would like to issue
testimony in this request? Okay. Hearing none, Council, any other questions on the
Public Hearing?
Bird: I have none.
Corrie: Okay. Then I will entertain a motion to close the Public Hearing on the request
for approval.
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McCandless: So moved.
Corrie: Okay.
De Weerd: Second.
Corrie: Okay. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Corrie: Any further discussion by Council? Hearing none, I will entertain a motion,
then, for the request of MI 02-008.
Bird: Mr. Mayor?
Corrie: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move that we approve MI 02-008, the request for approval to construct a
temporary private road for the construction of phase one of Fairview Lakes by Hopkins
Financial Services, Incorporated, 824 East Fairview Avenue, to incorporate staff's
recommendations and show that the applicant agreed to them and for the attorney to
draw up the proper papers.
Corrie: Do I hear a second?
Nary: Second.
Corrie: Motion has been made and seconded for approval of the request. Any further
discussion? Roll-call vote, Mr. Berg.
Roll-call vote: McCandless, aye; Nary, aye; DeWeerd, aye; Bird, aye.
Corrie: All ayes. Motion is approved.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Item 9. Public Hearing: RZ 02-002
Request for a rezone of 1.52 acres from R-
Holy Nativity Episcopal Church
4 to L-O zones for the by the Holy
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Nativity Episcopal Church – 1021 West 8 Street:
Corrie: Item Number 9 is Public Hearing RZ 02-002. This is a request for a rezone of
1.52 acres from R-4 to L-O zone for the Holy Nativity Episcopal Church by the Holy
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Nativity Episcopal Church, 1021 West 8 Street.
Bird: Mr. Mayor?
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Corrie: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I'd like to state that this applicant's property is right across the road from me. I live
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at 1022 West 8. Council, if you so desire, I will step down. I don't believe I have any
preconceived ideas.
De Weerd: Are they paying you?
Corrie: Is there any objection to the Council if Mr. Bird stays?
Nary: No objection.
McCandless: Mr. Mayor?
Corrie: Mrs. McCandless.
McCandless: Also, for public record, I will state that I am a member of this Holy Nativity
Church and if Council would like me to step down for any reason.
Bird: Just take money out of your pocket to build it. I have no objection.
Nary: No objection.
Corrie: No objections?
De Weerd: You need to increase your thing.
Corrie: You may stay. Okay. Staff comments first.
Hawkins-Clark: Mr. Mayor, Members of the Council, the P&Z Commission has
reviewed their application and a recommendation has been submitted to you. The
Commission has several site specific requirements. The applicant stated in their
application that it mainly wants to rezone -- since churches are permitted outright in that
zone, rather than a nonconforming use, so this would make them a conforming use. In
addition, they are considering some potential future uses, of which limited office would
be a more appropriate zone. For example, day cares and things like that, rather than
the residential zone that they currently got grandfathered in with. It is completely
surrounded by residential property, some of which is higher density. So staff reviewed it
and our findings were that the office zone would be appropriate in that location. We
have simply recommended and the Commission has in their recommendation that the
site be brought into compliance with all current ordinances as part of any future
development or expansion, so it would not affect them in their current setup. We have
recommended that they be given a period of six months to reduce their three existing
signs that are on the property to one. I believe that's the only condition that doesn't --
isn't tied to future development, it's tied to a time period. Thanks.
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Corrie: Thank you. Any questions of staff, Council?
Bird: I have none.
Corrie: Okay. Is there anyone from the public -- is the applicant here this evening?
Raise your right hand, please. Is the testimony you're about to give the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Avera: Yes.
Corrie: Name and address, please, for the record.
Avera: Janice Avera at 947 East St. Martin Drive in Meridian. Forgive me, I have not
been before the City Council before and if I can answer any questions, although staff
did a pretty complete presentation.
Corrie: Any questions?
De Weerd: I have none.
Bird: You have no problems with the six months on the sign?
Avera: No. In fact, I'm the one who asked for it to be six, instead three, and P&Z said,
well, they could give on that and so -- and we don't have any problems with any of the
recommendations as it currently stands.
Corrie: Okay.
Avera: Thank you.
Corrie: Thank you. Is there anyone else that would like to issue testimony? Okay.
Hearing none, Council has any other questions on Public Hearing? If not, I'll entertain
a motion to close the Public Hearing on RZ 02-002.
De Weerd: So move.
Bird: Second.
Corrie: Okay. Motion has been made and seconded to close the Public Hearing. All
those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Corrie: Any further discussion? Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion on the request for
rezone.
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Nary: Mr. Mayor?
Corrie: Mr. Nary.
Nary: I'd move the approval of RZ 02-002, the request for rezone of 1.52 acres from an
R-4 to an L-O zone for the Holy Nativity Episcopal Church by the Holy Nativity
Episcopal Church at 1021 West 8th Street, to include all staff comments, as well as
comments that the applicant be in compliance with all staff concerns and conditions,
that our counsel prepare Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law and Decision and
Order that goes with the rezone request. That's it.
McCandless: Second.
Corrie: Okay. Motion has been made and seconded. Any further discussion? Hearing
none, roll-call vote, Mr. Berg.
Roll-call vote: McCandless, aye; Nary, aye; DeWeerd, aye; Bird, aye.
Corrie: Okay. All ayes. Motion is approved.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Item 10. Public Hearing: AZ 02-017
Request for annexation and zoning of 5.41
Ronald Yanke property
acres from M-1 to I-L zones for by Ronald Yanke
and Walter T. Sigmont Jr.– northwest corner of East Franklin Road and
North Eagle Road on East Lanark Street:
Corrie: Item Number 10 is a Public Hearing. This is AZ 02-017, request for annexation
and zoning of 5.41 acres from M1 to I-L zone for Ronald Yanke property by Ronald
Yanke and Walter T. Sigmont, Jr., northwest corner of East Franklin Road and North
Eagle Road on East Lanark Street. At this time I will open the Public Hearing and invite
staff's comments first.
Hawkins-Clark: Mayor, Members of the Council, again, the Planning and Zoning
Commission has reviewed this application, it's four lots that are a part of the
Olson-Bush industrial subdivision right off of Eagle Road on the west side. Two of
those lots are already in the city limits. Wheel City is one of those. This request is to
bring the remainder of the lots in the Olson-Bush Number 1 Subdivision into the city
limits. There are existing utilities to the parcels. There are buildings on all but two, I
believe, of the lots. The recommendation you should have received from Planning and
Zoning Commission. I don't believe there are any issues of disagreement to point out.
The applicant did request that the staff prepare this application, which we did, and it was
noticed accordingly and, otherwise, I think all of the recommended conditions are clear
on this one. Thanks.
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Corrie: Okay. Thank you, Brad. Is the representative from the request for annexation
and zoning here this evening? Okay. Any questions of staff?
Bird: I have none, Mayor.
Corrie: Okay. I will entertain a motion to close the Public Hearing, then, on the request
for annexation and zoning.
McCandless: So moved.
Nary: Second.
Corrie: Motion has been made and seconded to close the Public Hearing on Item
Number AZ 02-017, Ronald Yanke property. All those in favor say aye. All ayes.
Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Corrie: Any further discussion? Hearing none, I will entertain a motion on the request
for annexation and zoning for the Ronald Yanke property.
Bird: Mr. Mayor?
Corrie: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move that we approve AZ 02-017, the request for annexation and zoning of 5.41
acres from M-1 to I-L zones for Ronald Yanke property by Ronald Yanke and Walter T.
Sigmont, Jr., northwest corner of East Franklin Road and North Eagle Road on East
Lanark Street and to incorporate the staff comments and recommendations and for the
attorney to draw up the Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law and Decision and
Order.
McCandless: Second.
Corrie: Okay. Motion has been made Mr. Bird, seconded by Mrs. McCandless, for the
request for annexation affirmative of the AZ 02-017. Any further discussion? Roll-call
vote, Mr. Berg.
Roll-call vote: McCandless, aye; Nary, aye; DeWeerd, aye; Bird, aye.
Corrie: Okay. Motion approved.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
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Item 11. Public Hearing: AZ 02-018
Request for annexation and zoning of 5
Bair Property Annexation
acres from RUT to L-O zones for by Donn
Reiswig – 3975 East Franklin Road:
Corrie: The last item on the agenda is Public Hearing AZ 02-018, request for
annexation and zoning of five acres from RUT to L-O zones for Bair Property
Annexation by Donn Reiswig, 3975 East Franklin Road. At this time I will open the
Public Hearing and staff comments.
Hawkins-Clark: Thank you, Mr. Mayor, Members of the Council. The application is one
that you are all familiar with, the Touchmark Living Center project. This is an enclave
piece that fronts on Franklin Road. It is more or less surrounded by the Touchmark
project. The applicant is proposing to utilize the property for a temporary trailer. The
property was not included in the application, because at that point it was under separate
ownership when the Touchmark Living Center slash Waterford came through the city a
few years ago. Touchmark has since acquired the property and they do intend to
add this property to their permanent development. They have had discussions with staff
about a revised concept plan for the overall 130 plus acre project, so that has been
discussed with staff. We have reviewed their application and we have made some
comments on the actual layout of how they want to utilize the five acres. It's not
necessarily tied to the annexation and zoning, but we are recommending a modification
to the development agreement. The recommendation that you received from Planning
and Zoning Commission, I would just recommend one modification. That's on Page 2,
Item 2, and it states that the current Development Agreement for Touchmark Living
Centers must be amended to include the subject property. I would just, I guess, add
in there that the amendment should include the new legal description and should be
modified prior to formal annexation, since Development Agreements can only be
attached to annexations for rezones. We would want to make sure that that gets
done as part of this process. Otherwise, I believe all of the conditions are clearly listed
there on Page 2 and 3 of the recommendation and unless you have any
questions, that's all I have on that one.
Corrie: Okay. Any questions from Council?
Bird: I have none.
Corrie: Thank you, Brad. Is the applicant here this evening? Is the testimony you're
about to give the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God?
Reiswig: Yes, it is.
Corrie: Name and address, please.
Reiswig: Yes. My name is Donn Reiswig. I reside 3360 North Montvue Drive in
Meridian, and I represent Touchmark Development as the project manager and the
applicant in this case. There is one clarification that I would like to make to what he said
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and that is we want to use the existing residence, as it says in the staff report there,
residence trailer, for the use of a temporary office and that's just until we can get our
first commercial office building, which is in the process of the new development
agreement and master plan and everything that is presently in process.
Corrie: Okay. Any questions of Council?
Bird: I have none.
Nary: Mr. Mayor?
Corrie: Mr. Nary.
Nary: So, Mr. Reiswig, I guess the condition that I see is the recommendation related to
that is the number nine. All it says is conversion of the existing single-family structure
into a temporary office. Is that okay?
Reiswig: Yes.
Nary: Okay. Fine.
Reiswig: Yes because we are going to tear this down.
Nary: Yes. It just didn't refer to it as a trailer it just said structure so I thought that's
probably fine. Okay. Thank you.
Corrie: Thank you. Anyone else wish to issue testimony? Okay. Council, any other
testimony, questions on the Public Hearing?
Bird: I have none.
Corrie: I'll entertain a motion to close the Public Hearing.
Bird: So moved.
McCandless: Second.
Corrie: Motion has been made and seconded to close the Public Hearing. All in favor
say aye. All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Corrie: Discussion? Hearing none, I'll entertain a motion on the request for annexation
and Zoning AZ 02-018.
Nary: Mr. Mayor?
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Corrie: Mr. Nary.
Nary: I'd move the approval of AZ 02-018, the request for annexation and zoning of five
acres from RUT to L-O zones for the Bair Property Annexation by Donn Reiswig, to
include all staff comments and recommendations of the Planning and Zoning
Commission, with the clarification, at least on the second, recommendation for the
Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law, that it's clear that the intent, including the
subject property, in the development agreement, to make sure it has all the current legal
descriptions as it's done prior to the annexation and ordinance being passed. Counsel
to prepare all Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law and Decision and Order as
required.
McCandless: Second.
Corrie: Motion has been made and seconded. Any further discussion? Roll-call vote,
Mr. Berg.
Roll-call vote: McCandless, aye; Nary, aye; DeWeerd, aye; Bird, aye.
Corrie: All ayes. Motion is approved.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
De Weerd: Mr. Mayor?
Corrie: Mrs. de Weerd.
De Weerd: I think that Brad Hawkins-Clark has an announcement to make.
Hawkins-Clark: Oh. Yes, I do. This last week the Idaho Planning Association
conference was held up in Moscow, Idaho, and as a part of that conference, which is an
annual conference, they have a -- they have a state-wide award program. The City of
Meridian's Comprehensive Plan was nominated and we did receive this plaque, which is
to the City of Meridian for an Outstanding Planning Award for a Plan. We didn't come
up with a title of the award. I think it just needed to fill up the gold to make it look nice.
But I was up there, received this from Jerome Mapp, who is the president of the Idaho
Planning Association on behalf of the city, so just wanted to point that out and it will be
hanging in our department, so come by and look at it.
Corrie: Very good. Thank you, Brad.
Bird: And congratulations to you guys. A lot of hard work on your part.
Corrie: A lot of hard work on your part. I will mention that in the -- Friday, the 11th by
the way. Thank you. Council, that takes care of the agenda for this evening. I will
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entertain a motion -- does anybody have any announcements other than that? I will
entertain a motion for adjournment.
De Weerd: So moved.
McCandless: Second.
Corrie: Okay. All in favor say aye.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Corrie: Adjourned at 8:00 P.M. Thank you.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:00 P.M.
(TAPE ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS)
APPROVED:
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ROBERT D. CORRIE, MAYOR DATE
ATTESTED:
WILLIAM G. BERG, JR., CITY CLERK