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Meridian City Council Meetinst Aari118, 2000
The regularly scheduled meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order
at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Robert D. Corrie.
Members present: Robert Corrie, Keith Bird, Tammy deWeerd, Cherie
McCandless.
Members absent: Ron Anderson
Others present: Bill Nichols, Bill Gordon, Gary Smith, Shari Stiles, Ken Bowers,
Will Berg.
Corrie: Okay. I'll open the Council meeting for the City of Meridian, Tuesday,
April 18, 2000, and we'll start with roll-call, please.
Item A. Approve minutes of April 4, 2000, Special City Pre-Council meeting:
Item B. Approve minutes of April 4, 2000, City Council meeting:
Item C. Tabled from April 4, 2000: Findings of Fact and Conclusions
of Law: AZ 99-023 Request for annexation and zoning of 8.25
acres to R-8 for proposed Woodhaven Subdivision by Dan Wood
/ D.W., Inc. -west of Eagle Road between Overland and East
Victory:
Item D. Findings of Fact and
Variance in requirements
and Michael Bledsoe:
Conclusions of Law: VAR 00-004
of hook-up to City services by Sarah
Item E. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law: AZ 99-021 Request
for annexation and zoning of 157.88 acres to L-O for a continuing
care retirement community, single- and multi-tenant residential,
office and retail use by Touchmark Living Centers -Joseph A.
Billig -east of St. Luke's between Franklin Road and Interstate 84:
Item F. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law: CUP 99-039
Request for Conditional Use Permit for planned unit development
including continuing care retirement community, single- and multi-
family residential and office and retail use by Touchmark Living
Centers -Joseph A. Billig -east of St. Luke's between Franklin
Road and Interstate 84:
Item G. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law: AZ 99-010 Request
for annexation and zoning of 150.79 acres to R-4 by Bear Creek,
LLC -east of Stoddard Road and south of Overland
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Item H. Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law: PP 99-010 Request
for preliminary plat for proposed Bear Creek Subdivision - 326
single-family lots on 150.79 acres by Bear Creek, LLC -east of
Stoddard Road and south of Overland:
Item I. Order granting appeal: AP 00-001 Request for appeal of
Planning and Zoning Administrator's decision of denial of a sign
application by Meridian High School to replace existing display
with a new display cabinet with a message center - 1900 West
Pine Avenue:
Item J. Development Agreement: AZ d0-002 Request for annexation
and zoning of 5.029 acres to L-O and R-8 by Centers
Construction, Inc. -west side of Locust Grove '/4 mile north of
Fairview Avenue:
Item K. Beer and Wine License: Chinatown Qwik-Wok by Alberto Wong
- 3055 East Fairview Avenue, Suite 200, Meridian:
Item L. Beer and Wine License: EI Tenampa by Rocio Maria Pedraza -
729 East 1 gt Street:
Corrie: Thank you. On the Consent Agenda, I think, Council, we need to pull
Item A. We don't have the minutes of that meeting. Were there any other items
that the Council wishes to look at?
Bird: Mr. Mayor, Item F, we need to table tha# to May 2"d until we get the
agreement, and also Item H, we need to table that to May 2nd
Corrie: Okay. Any other additions on the Consent Agenda?
Bird: I have none. With that, Mayor, I move that we approve the Consent
Agenda as stated with the Items A, F, and H being pulled or tabled.
deWeerd: Second.
Corrie: Motion made and seconded to approve the Consent Agenda except for
Item A and F and H. Any further discussion? Hearing none, roll-call vote,
please, Mr. Berg.
Roll-call.- deWeerd, aye; McCandless, aye; Bird, aye.
MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES, ONE ABSENT
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Anderson: Mr. President, we had decided to move the Bledsoe request to six-
something.
Item 6, (Item 16.) Public Hearing: VAR 00-004 Variance in requirements of
hook-up to City services by Sarah and Michael Bledsoe:
Bird: Item 6, a public hearing, variance in requirements in hook-up to City services by
Sarah and Michael Bledsoe. I will open the public hearing and staff, any report?
Hawkins-Clark: Mr. President, members of the Council, the application comes to us for
a variance request. There is an existing single-family residence. This is zoned R-4. It
is located south of Ustick between Ten Mile and Linder, and they are requesting in order
to put an addition onto their house, in order to accommodate the parents, they're
recessing not to require to hook up to City services and to remain on their well and
septic. It would be approximately 405 lineal feet from the sewer stub at the street that
borders their driveway in order to hook up, and so they are requesting the variance.
Comments have been submitted by Central District Health Department which you
should have in your packets. Thanks.
Bird: Any other staff? Okay. Applicant, if they would like to -
deWeerd: Mr. President, I had a quick question for Brad. Do you know if they've
applied for the accessory use with Central Health?
Hawkins-Clark: Councilwoman deWeerd, I do not. I'm not aware if that has happened.
Voth: Council, my name is Nick Voth and I am the builder for Sarah and Michael
Bledsoe. We have not -
Bird: Sir, would you spell your last name for the record, please?
Voth: V,O-T-H. We have as yet have not applied for a permit. We did not realize that
that would be necessary for the addition. So we ask that when you hear this if - we just
received these Findings today ourselves. I just received this tonight. We would ask that
upon an application if they do approve for saying that the septic is large enough for the
dwelling and the addition that it would be approved and it is not -they will not allow us,
judging from their findings to expand the system. Therefore, we would have to be
forced to hook up to City services. So that's my understanding from this. Like t say, we
just received this tonight, and we didn't realize that an application needed to be made.
We understood that we just had to apply for a variance.
Bird: Questions? Any questions for Mr. Voth? Okay, thank you. Anybody else like to
testify? Council, any other questions or anything?
deWeerd: Mr. President, I guess I would have a question for Staff. How long does this
process -are you familiar with the process, and should we table this until we know the
outcome?
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Hawkins-Clark: The outcome of -
deWeerd: The outcome of the evaluation on the septic system if it's adequate to serve
the addition?
Hawkins-Clark: Have to defer to the City Engineer on that.
Smith: Mr. President, Council members, Councilwoman deWeerd, I don' know. I
haven't been involved in that review process with Central District Health, so I really don't
know what the time period is for them to do whatever they need to do. I would assume
that they've got on file the criteria for the septic tank and drain field that was installed at
the time the house was constructed, and they would more than likely just have to
evaluate the dimensions of the system as far as the drain Meld is concerned and the
sine of the septic tank to ensure that the capacity is there for the use that is intended. I
don't imagine that it would be much of a process.
Bird: Any other questions? Applicant, okay.
Bledsoe: My name is Sarah Bledsoe and I'd like to comment on this process. We're
foster parents, and every year, annually, we have to have the health department inspect
our septic system at our old residence. The inspection is not complex at all. The
environmental engineer from the health department comes to the property, he reviews
the specifications as the City Engineer just stated, and it's either / or. It works or it
doesn't. So we would like to have the approval of the variance pending that so that we
don't have to wait to be heard again. Obviously, if it's not adequate, we do have to hook
up. So it's not that it would need to be heard by the Council again. We feel that it's
spelled out pretty clearly what our alternatives are. So you can make a ruling pending
the outcome of the study, and the study is very simple. It's very simple. They go
according to the number of people that reside in the house, the estimated water usage,
it's really simple. That's all.
Bird: Questions? Thank you.
Anderson: Mr. President, to quote our Public Works Director, we're not actively out
looking for new customers for our sewer system, so knowing that if Central District
Heal#h does not approve this accessory use application that they have no other choice
to hook up, I would go ahead and made emotion -
Bird: Just a second. We've got to close the public hearing.
deWeerd: The motion was to close the public hearing, right?
Anderson: I would go ahead and make a motion to close that public hearing.
McCandless: Second.
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Bird: All in favor?
MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES
Bird: Okay, Mr. Anderson.
Anderson: I would also make a motion that we approve the variance for requirement to
hook up to City services for Sarah and Michael Bledsoe.
deWeerd: Subject to ...
Anderson: Subject to the outcome of the Central District Health Department accessory
use application.
deWeerd: Second.
Bird: With the City Attorney to prepare Findings of Facts?
Anderson: Who is making this motion? Yeah. All that stuff. Instruct the City Attorney
to prepare Findings of Facts and Conclusions of Law.
Bird: Do we have a second?
deWeerd: Second.
Bird: Okay, we've got a motion and second to approve the variance in requirements to
hook up to City services by Sarah and Michael Bledsoe with the conditions addressed in
the motion. Roll-call vote.
Roll-call: deWeerd, aye; Anderson, aye; McCandless, aye.
MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES
Item 7a. (Item G.) Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law AZ 99-
021 Request for annexation and zoning of 8.25 acres to R-8 for proposed
Woodhaven Subdivision by Dan Wood / D.W., Inc. -west of Eagle Road
between Overland and East Victory:
Bird: Item 7a is G off of the Consent Agenda, the Findings of Fact and Conclusions of
Law, request for annexation and zoning of 8.25 acres to R-8 for proposed Woodhaven
Subdivision by Dan Wood/D.W., Inc., west of Eagle Road between Overland and East
Victory. Staff, any comments?
Hawkins-Clark: Mr. President, members of the Council, the Findings of Facts I revised
March 24 from the legal department; there are some items to note. On Page 7
particularly -well, first of all, on Page 6, these requirements form Ada County Highway