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De Weerd: Okay. Anything further from Council? Okay. Mr. Beg, will you call roll.
Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, yea.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
De Weerd: Council, I'll call a ten minute recess.
(Recess.)
Item 9: Public Hearing: CPA 07-012 Request for an amendment to the
Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map to change the land use
designation from Low Density Residential to Commercial for Strada
Bellissima Commercial by Strada Bellissima Commercial, LLC -NWC of
Meridian Road and Victory Road at 114 and 156 West Victory Road (Lots
2 & 3, Block 2, Strada Bellissima No. 1 Subdivision):
Item 10: Public Hearing: RZ 07-013 Request for a Rezone of 1.76 acres from L-O
to C-N zone for Strada Bellissima Commercial by Strada Bellissima
Commercial, LLC -NWC of Meridian Road and Victory Road at 114 and
156 West Victory Road (Lots 2 & 3, Block 2, Strada Bellissima No. 1
Subdivision):
De Weerd: Okay. I'll go ahead and continue the meeting tonight. Our next public
hearings are Items 9 and 10 on CPA 07-012 and RZ 07-013. I will open these two public
hearings with staff comments.
Hood: Thank you, Madam Mayor and Members of the Council. The subject 1.76 acre
site is located on the north side of Victory Road just west of Meridian Road. The
property is currently zoned L-O and designated for low density residential on the future
land use map, which you can see on this map, which is our Comp Plan currently. This
property, as well as the surrounding properties are all designated low density residential
and that is, as you mentioned earlier, one of the applications the applicant is seeking to
change their designation. Here is the zoning map for the subject site. The site is
currently zoned L-O, as I mentioned, as well as the frontage lots along Meridian Road
there in the Strada Bellissima project and those lots are developing out with office,
professional office space. I believe they are a little more than half built right now. There
is -- they continue to pull building permits through the city. The other adjacent land uses
are primarily single family homes in Strada Bellissima in various phases. Phase one is
to the north. To the south there are some vacant properties and some properties that
have homes in the county. You see the white properties, they are still Ada county and
have not been annexed into the city. To the east across Meridian Road is Double D and
the Emerson Park project, which those findings were on earlier tonight. Again, the
applications are a Comprehensive Plan map amendment to change the future land use
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designation from low density residential to commercial and a concurrent rezone request
from L-O to C-N, which is our neighborhood business district. The applicant is
requesting the rezone to allow retail and restaurant uses on this site. Just a little bit of
history on this site and how we got to where are we now. In 2004 the City Council
granted approval for the annexation and zoning of approximately 44 acres to R-4 and L-
O. There is a preliminary plat associated with that in 2004, as well for 90 residential lots
and 14 office lots and a Conditional Use Permit for a mixed use planned development.
In 2006 the City Council approved the annexation and zoning of .43 acres L-O for an
out-parcel, which is a portion of the subject site. You can kind of see on this map -- and
let's if I can hold this pointer straight enough -- this .43 acres was an out-parcel that was
never part of the original Strada Bellissima project that was annexed, again, a couple of
years later. The ofFice uses that were approved along here were part of the 20 percent
use exception that the city used to use to allow land uses that weren't consistent with
the Comprehensive Plan. Similar to the Selway project. So, the city does not do that
anymore, but that's how those offices got there, when, in fact, it's shown for low density
on our land use map. The access into the site will be provided from a local street,
Galvani Drive. No access is permitted onto Victory Road and none is proposed. All
internal streets and access points are already constructed .for the subject property. On
November 1st the Planning and Zoning Commission voted to recommend approval of
the subject applications. The applicant testified in favor of. We did not have any
opposition in testimony or written testimony at that hearing and the key issues of
discussion were the potential for adrive-thru establishment to go into the site and, then,
impact that that could have on the surrounding neighborhood. We did note to the
Commission at that time and I'll note to the Council as well, that with the requested
zoning adrive-thru could not be a principally permitted use in the requested zone. If
they were to want to put adrive-thru in, that would need to go through the Conditional
Use Permit process and would require another hearing. I don't think they would
probably do that, because they have heard negatives since day one about putting a
driveway -- or drive-thru restaurant even adrive-thru business on this site. But just so
you're aware, that would require another Public Hearing should they go that direction.
There were no key changes to staff recommendation at the Commission hearing and I
have not received any additional written testimony since that hearing. However, Bill
Parsons, who was the assigned planner on this project, has had a couple people call
him on the phone and I believe one came into the office and inquired about this project.
So, I believe that they are mainly concerned about the potential for the commercial uses
and increased traffic in the neighborhood. With that I will stand for any questions that
you may have. The staff and the Commission are recommending approval.
De Weerd: Thank you, Caleb. Any questions at this point, Council?
Bird: I don't, Mayor.
De Weerd: Okay. Is the applicant here?
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Crawford: Madam Mayor, Council. My name is Michael Crawford with Pinnacle
Engineers, 12552 West Executive Drive. We have read through the report, staff report,
and understand and agree with it. We do not have any current applications in, it's
merely we are looking at some marketing possibilities, so we are -- is why we are
looking for the zoning change to have some different uses available for that. Yes, we do
very well understand the drive-thru question and that probably won't be a problem at all.
Again, there is no specific request that we have at this point in time. We don't have a
specific customer for it, just looking at different marketing possibilities with it. I'd stand
for questions.
De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. Council, any questions?
Bird: I have none.
Rountree: I have none at this point.
De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. This is a Public Hearing. Is there anyone who would like
to provide testimony on this application?
Gardner: My name is Nathan Gardner. I live at 3041 South Alfani Way in Strada
Bellissima Subdivision. And, again, I just would like to point out that most of the lots --
well, (shouldn't say -- a significant number of the lots are not built at this time and so I'm
certain that if there were lots there in there, there would be a lot more against this than
have signed up. I think there is a significant portion of actual residents that have signed
against this proposal. We moved to our home a little less than a year ago on South
Alfani Way and it's a significant investment for us. We got a lot of money tied up into our
home. We -- it's a lot bigger than our previous home and before we chose to move there
we -- my wife called Planning and Zoning to see what -- what uses could -- were
available -- or could be put into this area. And we would not have bought our home if it
would have been changed. The land use designation would have been changed from
low density residential to commercial and the zoning would have been C-N. So, I heard
the applicant say that there -- this is going to help them marketingwise and I can
understand that, but their gain is my loss, because I think that's going to hurt my
property value and my home, which is a significant investment for me. So, that's one of
the reasons why I'm against it. And I will try to be brief as well, but the most important
reason and the reason near and dear to my heart, I guess, why I'm against this
proposal, is I do believe it will increase traffic, there is -- just on our end of the street
there is probably 20 kids. They are good friends. They are out playing in the yards all
the time and I think this is going to increase traffic not only during the day, but in the
evening hours, as well as noise. And that's -- safety is a big issue for me and my family.
And, oh, my wife also wrote her comments. She couldn't come tonight,so I'll give those
to --
De Weerd: Thank you. Yes.
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Gunsweiller: Madam Mayor and City Councilmen. One of the biggest --
De Weerd: If you will, please, state your name and address for the record.
Gunsweiller: Kelly Gunsweiller, 2989 South Alfani Way in Meridian. 83642.
De Weerd: Thank you.
Gunsweiller: Thank you for hearing me tonight. The biggest issue with this is really the
point of access. I mean, one, we definitely do not want retail in the neighborhood at all.
But the point of access is -- I don't know -- there are just lots of issues and I think the
planning -- and I don't know how -- how this has happened, but there is a church here
that has no point of access but strictly through this road right here. What is it? Maestra.
So, we now have all church traffic coming up into our neighborhood and -- I'm shaking.
sorry. But there is no -- so, there is discussion that people getting out of church will not
be able to make aright-hand turn or a left-hand turn at Meridian. So, now the church is
forcing all of the traffic straight down Alfani Way out here to turn at the light at Victory
and Meridian. So, there is a ton of increased traffic already here, which was not
planned. There is no point of access for the church. I don't know what -- there is another
subdivision going in here. I don't know the point of access, but now all these people are
now going to have to come in through our subdivision to get to this retail. So, Alfani Way
has now turned into another main street between the two points on either side and it's
just -- it's just getting crazy and the children and everything on the street and it's just
insanity Sunday. Let along with soccer practice, they are saying having it at the church
and it just -- there needs to be some access points or something. The retail, the drive-
thu, all that is -- it's just -- it's inappropriate for the number of homes.
De Weerd: Thank you.
Gunsweiller: Thank you.
James: Kathy James. 2825 South Garibaldi. Basically I want to say that I agree with
both the two previous testimonies that were given. Right now if you allow this change --
the reason the developer has said that he wants to make this change is to give him
more opportunities for -- I assume leasing. But if you make a zoning change, the zoning
is there in perpetuity, whereas the real estate market, by and large, because I used to
be in it, is cyclical. It will come back. He may have to wait, but that is something that he,
as a developer, should know ahead of time. In addition, my husband and I feel the same
way as the Gardners, that we would not have bought in this subdivision had we known
that something commercial was going in. We did know about the office designation.
That was perfectly fine. The developer, I think, is in a sense trying to do a bait and
switch, because right now the homeowners association, to the best of my knowledge,
has -- is not in full operation. I believe the developer is still the declarant. And the
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notification that was given to the people in the subdivision was only the official 300 feet
around and, yes, because we aren't a completed subdivision, a lot of the lots are still
undeveloped -- I mean unbuilt on and, yes, that has impacted the number of people who
knew that this was moving forward to voice their objections. Lastly, the traffic is a huge
impact. In addition to the church, which is being funneled into -- down Alfani to Victory,
we right now have them not only parking in the church parking lot, but they are already
parking in the office area just off of Maestra on the north side and the -- now that the
development Shepherd Creek has gone forward, we are finding -- we live on Garibaldi,
we are finding that people from Bear Creek are using Garibaldi now to come up to get to
Victory or to get to Meridian Road, both Garibaldi and also through Orso. So, we are to
the point where the traffic is really -- everything is being funneled through our little
subdivision, so my -- what I wish is that this can be completely denied and left as it
originally. was proposed. Thank you.
De Weerd: Thank you.
Bingham: Julie Bingham. 3007 South Alfani Way. I, too, live on Alfani. We are the third
house in from this proposed change. I have five small children of my own. I'm very
concerned and I think that the developer would be wise to not. He's heard testimony
now from everybody saying that if they would known that it was .commercial, that they
would not have bought in here. I think you're going to have a really hard time to sell the
rest of the lots that are not sold yet. They are trying to sell them, but to change that to
commercial would really be a detriment, I think, because nobody would buy in there with
children, which I think that with the park -- there is a park in our neighborhood. Families
were looking for something to become a tight close community and have their children
come out and play and with the increased traffic I think that that will be a real detriment
to our neighborhood and to our children and like was said, there are about 22 children
within about nine houses and that's not including around the corner where there are
more. So, I would like to make my statement to oppose changing that zoning. Thank
you.
De Weerd: Thank you.
Steves: Madam Mayor -- oh, I'm Kelly Steves at 3058 South Alfani Way. Madam Mayor
and City Council members, I live within that 300 foot supposed area where we should
have been notified. This -- if it wasn't for Shannon Gardner's letter, I would still know
nothing about this. I haven't received anything from the City of Meridian on this. Maybe I
fell through the loophole, like a project did earlier tonight on -- on an end. I don't know --
don't know the proper procedure for this, but does Ada -- do you guys know what the
traffic count is for Ada county to access an approach -- a couple approaches for the
church? Because what I have heard from the church was they wanted four accesses off
their parking lot onto Meridian Road and Ada county denied that. Is this the time to ask
that question or not?
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Rountree: It's not Ada county's road.
De Weerd: Yeah. It's ITD.
Steves: It's ITD's?
De Weerd: Uh-huh.
Steves: Okay.
De Weerd: And, yes, they --
Steves: So, that's the -- I guess that's the history that I have gotten from the church. So,
the church opens up. There was a guy standing on the corner of Maestra directing
traffic right up South Alfani, right up through the houses, close accidents, and it was just
kind of a circus. But just solid bumper to bumper cars. We did receive a letter from the
church stating that there were -- they apologized for the amount of traffic going up the
street, because the first Sunday at church being open they had over a thousand
parishioners and like this man said, the overflow parking -- their parking lot isn't even big
enough for the amount parishioners there. They are parking in the business, parking in
behind the house. That's another time, but it's -- the parking lot isn't big enough. I'm
sure there is a fire code or something -- some sort of safety issue is being violated
there. Not definitely. But the parking lot isn't big enough for how many people are in
there going to church, unless everybody, including kids, are driving their vehicles. A lot
more traffic. If this were to go -- I strongly am opposed to any sort of commercial
property in behind the house. Grew up in a real small town in Wyoming, moved to the
big city here, and I don't want it my backyard. Thank you very much.
De Weerd: Thank you. Is there any further testimony? Okay. Would the developer like
to have the final word?
Crawford: Pardon me. It certainly won't be the final word. Mike Crawford again with
Pinnacle Engineers, 12552 West Executive. I'm a little caught off guard and I apologize
for that. Through the previous Public Hearing and neighborhood notifications and so
forth we had no response, so I'm a little caught off on some of these issues. Number
one, we had no idea that another property was funneling their traffic through our
subdivisions and we will be finding out about that real quickly. I think maybe there is a
little misunderstanding about the type of commercial that we are looking at. This C-N
designation is a neighborhood commercial. We're talking about a small mom and pop
type store, we are not looking at putting in a Wal-Mart or something. But, actually, we --
one of the things we had envisioned was that would be something that would serve the
neighborhood, Bear Creek and Strada Bellissima and be a place where they could
potentially shop and cut down traffic, looking at pulling in traffic from everywhere else.
Again, with the neighborhood commercial. Again, there is no specific commercial entity
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we have right now that's applied and we would be going through another Public Hearing
process involved in taking out that application, right, Caleb?
De Weerd: Is there another active application?
Crawford: No. I mean if -- if we did have a client on a commercial project come in, even
if we had the C-N designation, we would still be looking at public hearings when we
applied for that.
De Weerd: No. Once it's permitted -- unless it falls under the category of -- it would have
to be under a conditional use, but once it's rezoned it is permitted.
Crawford: Okay. That's all I have.
De Weerd: Okay. Council, questions?
Rountree: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Rountree.
Rountree: Caleb, could you run through quickly the potential uses that would be
covered by a C-N.
Hood: You mean like principally permitted, conditionally allowed, or both or -- I can do
principally permitted first and, then, conditional allowed.
Rountree: Please.
Crawford: Okay. So, in the requested C-N principally permitted uses are an animal care
facility, so a vet clinic. An artist studio. Arts, entertainment, or recreation facility indoors.
A church. Day care. Health care or social service. Information industry. Laundromat.
Park. Professional office or professional services. So, spa or something of the like.
Public or quasi-public use. Public utility minor. Restaurant. Retail store. And wireless
communication facility. Some of those do have specific use standards, too, associated
with them, like the wireless. They can just put up a cell tower. There is certain general
requirements that they need to meet. Now, conditionally allowed uses include arts,
entertainment, or recreation facility outdoors. Building material, garden equipment and
supplies. Civic, social or fraternal organizations. Adrive-thru establishment. A private
education institution. A public education institution. A fuel sales facility. A gas station. A
hotel, motel. Mortuary. Nursery or urban farm. Nursing or residential care facility. Public
parking facility. Parks, public and private. I'm sorry, that was principally permitted. Public
infrastructure. Vehicle washing facility. A vertically integrated residential product. That's
it.
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Rountree: Thank you.
De Weerd: Any further questions?
Rountree: I have none. Thank you.
Bird: I have none.
De Weerd: Anyone else? Okay.
Crawford: One other comment I would like to make is that the lots -- the little half round
dome, if you will, was an out-parcel that we are bringing in and incorporating it into
those two lots. So, the lots are staying basically the same size as they are now and we
realize that whatever business we are looking at, we do have some restrictions in terms
of the amount of parking that is available. So, again, we are not looking for a major retail
usage, but a smaller neighborhood usage.
De Weerd: Okay. Caleb, I guess I would
rezoned, is there a building size restriction.
that by building?
have a question of you on -- if this was
I know total square footage there is, but is
Hood: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council -- excuse me, I'm trying to get over a
cold, too, so my throat is a little bit dry, obviously, but, yeah, in that requested zone
there is a maximum 6,000 square foot building without -- before we have to go through
our design review process. So, you could potentially construct a larger building than
that. However, this is only a 1.6, I think, acre site. It's fairly small. I could see maybe a
couple of sites -- maybe a couple of users going on there, but, again, nothing in the
neighborhood of Wal-Mart or big box or anything like that. Once you have parking,
landscaping, it just won't accommodate it at this scale.
De Weerd: Well, your list was kind of intimidating.
Hood: And they don't take into account size of property. So, obviously, a Home Depot,
something that would be, you know, conditionally allowed, is not going to fit on there.
De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. Thank you, sir.
Crawford: Thank you.
Zaremba: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Yes, Mr. Zaremba.
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Zaremba: I guess another question for Mr. Hood and that is it's currently zoned L-O,
which means there cannot be residential on this property now. Is that correct?
Hood: Madam Mayor, Commissioner Zaremba, I believe with a Conditional Use Permit
they could actually put in multi-family on the site in the existing L-O zone, but that would
require a Conditional Use Permit. But single family is not allowed in L-O.
Borton: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Borton.
Borton: Caleb, I'm going to keep you talking. I'm sorry you're not feeling well and we
keep asking you questions. In the pre-application meeting notes there is a comment --
and it doesn't make reference to which planning staff member made it, but I'll read it and
see if you can flush it out a little bit for us. It talks about the original L-O zone for this --
forthis property and the sentence is the L-O is justified to buffer the residential in Strada
from highway. C-N is higher intense use and there will be nothing to buffer residential
from commercial. Can you elaborate on that a little bit, at least with regards to the
original intent on the L-O and -- it sounds like the C-N is -- removes the buffer that we
intended this to serve.
Hood: Yeah. Madam Mayor, Commissioner Borton -- Councilmember Borton, the L-O
zone is, you know, intended for light office. A lesser intense non-residential use and
when this was approved I was just actually starting on with Meridian planning at the time
and like I mentioned earlier, it was approved as a 20 percent use exception and quite
common today we do use L-O as kind of that transitional zone between either higher
intensity commercial or highway. Sticking single family residences up to a highway
doesn't make much sense either, so you kind of use that as your buffer, if you will,
between uses. And in that pre-application meeting staff wasn't overly supportive of the
applicant's request and we saw this being quite the change. I mean another step up in
intensity being this close to residential. So, at that point in time we hadn't made our --
we hadn't formulated our full recommendation and were kind of on the fence about, you
know, this is going to take some work on your part to convince us that this is in the best
interest of the city. So, I believe that's where that comment's going. Now, some things
have come into -- that we have to account for today are if you look at it -- and I'm sorry I
don't have something that goes in a little bit closer, we have roads on three sides. You
have got Victory Road here, you have got -- and this name escapes me of this road
here and you have got Alfani and here. So, really, there aren't any residential directly
abutting this site anyway, so the -- any landscape buffering is going to be the same
regardless of use that goes in here. So, that aspect of it really hasn't changed. And,
then, to kind of take that a step further, we have four zoning classifications, I'm sure you
all know that, but maybe for the general public. L-O is our least intense. The next step
up is C-N. We have two more that are more intense that than. This is the next step up.
It's not -- it's not C-C and it's not C-D, which is our most intense commercial and staff --
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you know, this wasn't an easy recommendation for us, but it does seem to make sense
and looking at the services that are out there now and what may be the oversupply of
office, maybe a restaurant could be a good fit here if they can market it and find
someone that works and we looked again at the scale of this one and a half acres. What
could they do? Yeah, they could technically put in a Wal-Mart there with a Conditional
Use Permit, but we didn't see that being feasible. I think the market will kind of control
what -- at least from staff we thought that the market would control and it would be
something smaller scale neighborhood serving.
Borton: Okay. Thank you, Caleb.
De Weerd: Okay. Any other questions, Council?
Rountree: I have none.
Bird: I have none, Madam Mayor.
De Weerd: Okay. If there is no further questions, what would you like to do?
Rountree: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Yes.
Rountree: I move that we close the public hearings on Item No 9 and Item No. 10 for
Strada Bellissima.
Bird: Second.
Borton: Second.
De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion to close Items 9 and 10. All those in favor say aye. All
ayes, motion carries.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Zaremba: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Zaremba.
Zaremba: I'll stick my foot in, I guess, to begin with. I would, have to say that I'm in favor
of the Comprehensive Plan amendment. When this project came forward I was on the
Planning and Zoning Commission and we felt that it -- with the future of Meridian Road,
which doesn't look it even yet, but some day will be carrying the kind of traffic that Eagle
Road does, we felt it wasn't appropriate to have residences on Meridian Road or for
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them to have access to Meridian Road in the way that residences would. At the time --
I'll call it archaic, but at the time the process that Mr. Hood mentioned of having a 20
percent use exception, when this entire subdivision came in and not just this
subdivision, it was common in other planned developments, the 20 percent use
exception meant that even though in many cases retained underlying zone or retained
the Comprehensive Plan zone, a different use was permitted. In this case it did happen
to get zoned to the L-O zone and even though the Comprehensive Plan was not
changed, it still showed that the entire project was a residential project, the use
exception allowed this portion of it to be zoned L-O. The project that we talked about
before this, the Selway Apartments, fell into the same kind of a gap and, unfortunately,
when -- when residents go to do research on a property that went through the old
system, it's difficult to discover that there was a use exception. One of the first things
that our director did when she came on board was to change that process, so that we
don't do it that way anymore, we do zone them to what the intended use is. So, I think
we have fixed that on a going forward basis, but I have the feeling there shouldn't be
that many of them left out there and at some point somebody needs to go looking for
them on the staff and get them changed, so the zone -- so that we don't keep having a
hidden. use that it's difficult for people to discover. So, where I was go with that is I do
agree with the Comprehensive Plan amendment, because that, actually, identifies the
property as the use that has already been approved for it. Whether or not I would
change it from L-O to C-N, I could go either way on that. When it originally came
through I was happy with the L-O. I suppose I could be talked into the either one.
De Weerd: Thank you. Any additional comments from Council?
Bird: I have none.
Rountree: I have none. Do you want to take a run at it?
Zaremba: All right. Madam Mayor, I move that we approve CPA 07-012 regarding
Strada Bellissima commercial to include all staff comments.
Rountree: Madam Mayor, I'll second that for discussion.
De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to approve Item 9. Discussion?
Hood: Madam Mayor, before you go into discussion, if I may, I may have been hacking
up a lung over here, but I believe the Public Hearing is still open, unless I missed that,
so --
Bird: Yeah. We did close it. Yeah. Charlie did.
De Weerd: I thought we closed it.
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Hood: I may have just missed it.
De Weerd: I thought I was losing it.
Rountree: It's your cold, Caleb. It's the cold.
De Weerd: You know, Council, I guess I understand the buffering of the office, but with
the configuration and the odd topography in that area, I do believe that the light office is
lower intensity use and is appropriate as that transition. It does have some traffic
challenges in that area and to increase it, I -- it will be complicated and it's not that far
away from the intersection, you're not going to get a light there, so I would be concerned
about the increase in traffic because of the commercial designation. Light office has a
lesser impact.
Zaremba: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: That's my two cents worth. Yes, Mr. Zaremba.
Zaremba: I could easily agree with you. That, however, is my next motion. I only made it
-- I purposely separated them. I only made the motion on the Comprehensive Plan
amendment.
Rountree: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Yes, Mr. Rountree.
Rountree: I can agree with where Councilman Zaremba is going, but I would suggest
that to change from low density residential, which is shown on the map, to commercial
L-O designation on that particular item and that address the rezoning as no change,
which would be Item 10.
Zaremba: If I understood that correctly, Madam Mayor and Councilman Rountree, you
would wish to add to the motion, not just changing the designation from low density
residential to commercial, but changing it to commercial, specifically L-O on the
Comprehensive Plan.
Rountree: Because that's how it's zoned already.
Zaremba: The maker of the motion will accept that. Will make that change. Although I'm
not sure we do that on --
Rountree: Do we have a color that does that?
Zaremba: -- we don't actually specify zoning.
Meridian City Council
December 18, 2007
Page 54 of 87
Hood: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, if I may, we have an actual purple
designation that is for office, so that makes it a lot easier than doing it commercial and,
then, calling it office. We do have a land use designation.
Rountree: So, let's just call it office, so we don't get the item yet confused again.
Zaremba: All right. The maker of the motion would change CPA 07-012 to approve the
change of land use designation on the map from low density residential -- why can't I
say that -- low density residential to office uses.
Rountree: Second.
De Weerd: Okay. We already had a motion out there.
Rountree: He amended his motion.
Zaremba: I was modifying the motion.
De Weerd: Oh. Okay. And --
Rountree: I agree with him --
De Weerd: -- second agrees. Okay.
Zaremba: I can start from scratch and restate the motion.
De Weerd: Thank you for the clarification on your first motion.
Zaremba: Okay. Madam Mayor --
De Weerd: No. You're good. Does everyone know what the motion is? More importantly
does the attorney.
Nary: Absolutely.
Zaremba: I would be happy to restate it from scratch if that's desirable.
De. Weerd: I think that would be great.
Zaremba: Okay. Madam Mayor, my motion is that we approve CPA 07-012 relating to
Strada Bellissima commercial, to include all staff comments with the one change and
that change is that we are approving the change of land use designation on the map
from low density residential to office uses.