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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMarch 4, 2008 C/C MinutesMeridian City Council March 4, 2008 Page 36 of 48 Rountree: Second. De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to approve Ctem 16 with the comments as stated. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, Madam Clerk, will you, please, call roll. Roll-Ca11: Bird., yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, yea. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 17: 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: Thank you. Items 17 and 18 -- or Item 17 is a Public Hearing on RZ 07-013. I will open this Public Hearing with staff comments. Canning.: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, this is the Strada Bellissima Commercial project. You are hearing this upon reconsideration of your December 18th, 2007, Public Hearing. The property is located on the north side of Victory Road just west of Meridian Road. The applications before you tonight are only the annexation and zoning of 15.49 acres to C-N zoning. The Council at that December hearing also acted upon the Comprehensive Plan amendment. This was the original graphic. As you can see it was R-4 zoning at the time -- or, I'm sorry, it was residential designation at the time. You approved a change of those properties to an office designation at your December hearing. The request tonight is to rezone 1.76 acres from L-0 to C-N. The existing L-O zoning was achieved through a planned development previously. The applicant is requesting the rezone to allow retail and restaurant uses on this site. The Comprehensive Plan amendment -- or, I'm sorry, I already noted that. The Planning Commission recommended approval at their November 1st, 2007, Public Hearing. Michael Crawford spoke in favor of the application as the representative for the applicant. No one spoke in opposition. No one commented. And there was no written testimony, aside from the applicant. Key issues of discussion by the Commission -- several Commissioners felt that drive-thru establishments could impact the surrounding neighborhood.. However, no changes were recommended to the staff report. So, there were no key changes to staffs initial recommendation. Staff did received -- staff didn't receive written testimony prior to your previous hearing, but did receive a few phone calls from neighbors in the vicinity that are concerned about commercial uses and traffic on the site. In the request for reconsideration the applicant supplied additional information on the relationship between the subdivision and the adjoining church and their joint efforts at traffic management. The outstanding issues for City Council coming forward to your original hearing were the appropriateness of the proposed map change and rezone and those remain the outstanding issues before City Council. I did want to Meridian City Council March 4, 2008 Page 37 of 48 briefly summarize your previous hearing. Again., Mike Crawford spoke in favor of the application. You had testimony in opposition from Nathan Gardiner, who commented on increased traffic, decrease in property values. You also heard from Kelly Kunzweiller about access and church traffic through the neighborhood. You heard from Kathy James who felt deceived by the developer. You heard from Julie Bingham about neighborhood safety for children with the increase in traffic. And you heard from Kelly Steves, who was not noticed for hearing and the church access points onto Meridian Road were a concern. Key issues of discussion by the Council at your previous hearing were the permitted and conditional uses for the C-N zoning district. The office uses were allowed along Meridian Road as part of the PUD use exception approval and there was discussion about that. And Council wanted further explanation regarding the transition from an office use to a commercial use next to residential. Your previous Council decision, as I mentioned earlier, you approved the Comprehensive Plan designation to change the area from -- to office rather than -- or from residential to office., rather than the requested commercial. But, then, Council denied the rezone request to commerciah My concern with this reconsideration hearing is that Council approved a Comprehensive Plan amendment to change this designation to office. The requested rezone to neighborhood commercial is not consistent with the recently approved Comprehensive Plan designation. So, I think that because the Comprehensive Plan wasn't requested for reconsideration, that went forward. So, we are stuck in a little bit of a predicament tonight with regard to consistency with the Comprehensive Plan. And with that big whopper at the end I will end my presentation and answer any questions that Council may have. De Weerd: Thank you for the whopper. Council, any questions? Bird: I have none. De Weerd: Before I ask the applicant to come forward, are our two young men in our front Boy Scouts completing a requirement? You have sat through a good portion of our meeting, so I wanted to offer you City of Meridian pins before we made you stay the whole end and for your tenacity of being here tonight. So, if you want to come and get those. And good luck on your badge. Thank you for being here. It's not very often that we have young people of your age that actually last this long, so -- and stay awake. You know, we think it's exciting., but not all do. So, thank you. Okay. At this point I'd like to invite the applicant forward. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record. Evans: My name is Richard Evans. I'm at 9560 West Pebble Brook Lane in Garden City. De Weerd: Thank you. Evans: I guess the request for this rezone of Lots 2 and 3, it shows three lots, but we acquired the -- the south parcel and it's now two lots. It's Lots 2 and 3. That -- that entire area there it seems to be going medical. There is interest in putting a pharmacy in there. Not necessarily adrive-thru pharmacy, but the doctors in there have interest in that. Meridian City Council March 4, 2008 Page 38 of 48 That would also benefit the neighborhood as well. We have several things that would restrict the type of businesses that would go in there under a C-N zoning. One is the four spaces per thousand parking that we already have. If they can't live with that, they can't come in, because we don't have anymore parking than that. The traffic going to and from the area really doesn't go through the residential area, it goes in on Alfoni and, then, they go right on West Galvoni Drive into the -- into the current L-0 zoning area. So, there is not increased traffic like you -- evidently, the church people to the north in Valley Shepherd come down Alfoni and back it up. That would not be the case, because there is no reason to go on that road to go into the L-O area. So, I don't think the traffic issue is a valid issue.. There are some uses that would actually have less traffic than the dentist that we are getting in there now. They seem to really turn over a lot of traffic themselves. So, there is a possibility you'd have a net loss in traffic, not a net gain. Depends who comes in, so -- I'm just trying to think if there is any other points I wanted to mention. Are there any questions of me? De Weerd.: Council, any questions for the applicant at this time? Bird: I have none. De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. Evans: Thank you. De Weerd: Okay. I do have a number of people that have signed up on this sheet. If you would like to provide testimony when I call your name, please, come forward at that time. Aaron Neal signed up against. Okay. Joni Neal signed up against. Kathy James against. Thank you. Brad Frazier against. Darlene Wheeler against. Wheeler: I'm Darlene Wheeler. 2857 South Alfoni. De Weerd: Thank you. Wheeler: And, obviously, I'm on Alfoni Way, one of the residents that is impacted by this. The first thing I would like to point out is the applicant is also our homeowners association president currently. So, there seems to be a little bit of dual representation. I am right here on Alfoni. We are the third house in from Maestra. Maestra is the only access point currently into off of Meridian Road. It serves both the Valley Shepherd Church and also serves the entire subdivision and also serves Bear Creek as a cut- through point in from Meridian Road through into Bear Creek. So, there is a lot of traffic on Alfoni Road right now, as Ada County Highway District is aware of. One thing that isn't represented very well on this picture is the fact that the way that this is set up right now is that Alfoni -- the cut through into this commercial area right here, the driveway into that is a straight shot along Alfoni. As what is happened right now and has been noticed is the fact that a lot of the church parishioners use Alfoni as a direct shot out here onto Victory Road and the same thing is going to happen with this commercial, they will come down Meridian and this becomes a quick cut through to get into this Meridian City Council March 4, 2008 Page 39 of 48 commercial lot. They wouldn't use Meridian Road and come down to this traffic light and have to make a right turn to come into here. And that's been noticed already with the church participants and we expect the same thing will happen again once that turns into a commercial lot, if it does. So, we are very much opposed to it. De Weerd.: Thank you. Okay. And I would also note for the record we do have two letters in front of us as well from Aaron Neal and Jodi Neal, so -- okay. James: Kathy James. 2825 South Garibaldi, Meridian. 83642. De Weerd: Thank you. James: It's only been two and a half months since the developer's zoning request was denied.. At that time this Council made it perfectly clear that only L-O was the correct zoning in compliance with the Meridian's Comprehensive Plan. The subdivision is residential and L-O is allowed as a buffer for the homes from -- to buffer them from Meridian Road. Yet, the developer has been advertising Lots 2 and 3 as being zoned C-N and he full well knows they are not. When this was brought to his attention he pawned it off as a mistake by the realty company. As far as I'm concerned that's a lot of poppycock. Realty agents get their information for their listings from the developer, not the other way around. Also, I have a copy here of what has been on the Internet and also a letter from your Anna Canning to Darlene who just spoke. I'd like to enter them. And I have also highlighted what is particular to what I'm talking about here. In addition, according to the letter from Anna Canning, your planning director, to Darlene, our traffic problem on Alfoni and Maestra are largely the result of the developer's own requests, so he could have access off of Maestra and, therefore, develop the business perk. The letter also indicates that the traffic from the church was intended to travel south on Alfoni through the subdivision. He established the traffic patterns and all of it comes through the subdivision. A C-N zoning would allow such thing as restaurants or retail stores, like a Mavericks or 7-Eleven. And, in addition, there is another real laundry list of items that are .permitted, not conditional, under that zoning. All of that, if it was changed, would also add to our already bad traffic problem on Alfoni and Galvoni. In fact, the worst traffic area in the whole subdivision is the corner of Orso and Alfoni, which just happens to be the spot where the developer himself placed the tot lot. Good planning. If you grant him C-N zoning for Lots 2 and 3, even more traffic will come off Meridian Road and be funneled directly down to Lots 2 and 3. L-O zoning typically results in increased traffic and noise 9:00 to 5:00 week days. But a C-N zoning would increase traffic and noise up to 24/7. De Weerd.: Mrs. James. James: We already have bad traffic problems due to -- due to poor traffic engineering on the developer's part. We have got traffic coming from Bear Creek. We will also have traffic coming through our subdivision where it's on the map it's shown as R-8, that is under construction as Shepherd's Creek. They are landlocked. Their only access is through Bear Creek or Strada Bellissima. Meridian City Council March 4, 2008 Page 40 of 48 De Weerd: Mrs. James, can I ask you to summarize, please. James: Oh. Sure. I'm almost -- I'm almost finished. De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. James: Basically, I wanted to say, please., don't exacerbate our traffic problems and deny this request. Thank you. De Weerd: Well, thank you. Chuck Wheeler signed up against. Thank you, sir. Gary Wentzel. Neal: Sorry, I thought we were just saying that we were here and, then, you were going to .let us speak. De Weerd: Okay. Neal: I'm Joni Neal. I live at 338 West Galvoni. The reason that I'm opposed to it is because if you actually go onto Victory Road and -- or onto Victory Road and go right up, I am the third lot on your right-hand. side. This is the route that me and my children take to the park. If you opened that and even into apharmacy -- we have a pharmacy on Walgreen's on the corner of Overland and Meridian Road.. I don't see that it should be necessary. This is a residential area and we all agreed to the terms. I agreed to my CC&Rs and agreed, you know, that I would have so many plants and so many shrubs and we moved into that subdivision thinking that it was going to be just, you know, pretty much like business banking hours, which is fine, because most of us do work and the times when we do get home we can go to the park or on the weekends and this is -- you know,. I have got two little children and I just wouldn't have moved here. It's upsetting. Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you. Okay. Gary Wentzel signed up against. And Chris Wentzel also against. I hope I said your last name right. Well., good. There is always a first. Scott and Lori Shepherd signed up against. Douglas L. James signed up against. Steve Kunzweiler signed up against. Kunzweiler: This is prepared, so some of this has already been discussed, but -- Madam Mayor, Members of the Council -- De Weerd: Sir, if you will -- Kunzweiler: Steve Kunzweiler. My address is 2989 South Alfoni Way, Meridian, Idaho. 83642. De Weerd: Thank you. Meridian City Council March 4, 2008 Page 41 of 48 Kunzweiler: I'm here tonight to express my opposition to this rezone application. If the property were to be rezoned from light office to neighborhood commercial, the developer could develop the property either under the strict zoning or through a Conditional Use Permit as a drive-thru, a drinking establishment, a gas station, a mortuary, a retail store, and many other things that are provided for within the code. I believe that these uses are inconsistent with the medium densities, single family development that is Strada Bellissima. Given that the property is subject to this application and take their access, from within Strada Bellissima Subdivision, and not from Victory or Meridian Roads. The impacts associated with this rezone would be increased traffic, noise, odor, litter, lighting, and many other nuisances associated with a commercial property -- with commercial properties that are unbuffered from residential areas. As you know, the residents of Strada Bellissima are already frustrated with the trafficcirculation planning between the developers of Strada Bellissima and the Nazarene Church. The church is funneling nearly all of their incoming and their outgoing traffic through Alfoni Way to access the signalized intersection of Victory and Meridian Roads. By opening the door to a more intensive land use on the subject parcels, you would be making the traffic on Alfoni Way insufferable. The street was not designed to be an urban collector and the residents residing on it certainly don't want it to function as such. With that being said, I respectfully request your denial of this rezone application. In addition, I would like to request that the Council deny any future reconsiderations of this application. The time that the residents have put into neighborhood meetings, collaboration of responses, and attendance at Planning and Zoning and City Council meetings, has been a burden that we would like to know has come to an end tonight. Thank you for consideration. De Weerd: Thank you. Kelly Steves signed up against. Tim Olsen signed up against. Olsen: My name is Jim Olsen. 3024 South Alfoni Way. An inordinate -- I shouldn't say that. A considerable amount of time was spent this evening addressing safety issues in the previous parcel out on the north side of town and the majority of the comments centered on the safety of the children. Within a couple of houses of the intersection of Alfoni Way and Orso there are over 20 toddlers and by that I mean less than middle school age. The volume of traffic going through those streets, either as a quick cut through to get to Bear Creek or to get down to the commercial areas at the south end right off of Victory Road, seems to increase almost exponentially as we continue. There is considerable construction currently right on Meridian Road with the development of the commercial and properly zoned professional buildings in the L-0 area. We expect that -- the construction clutter to decrease as those buildings are completed, but we are concerned as a neighborhood, as Mr. Kunzweiler has articulated, that a continuing influx of clients and customers of a more liberally zoned south end of our street is going to do nothing but exacerbate an existing condition and we are critically concerned.. I moved to this neighborhood from out of state. We were within an eyelash of closing on three other properties and we closed in this particular area specifically because we fell in love with it and that feeling has been articulated by several of our neighbors where we could have settled elsewhere, but we settled here. The point I wanted to make is the community that I moved from was, in many respects, like Meridian, although it was Meridian City Council March 4, 2008 Page 42 of 48 more populated, and time and time again -- I lived in my previous home for over 20 years, which is very uncommon. In that community there were traffic patterns, there were concerns expressed, there were hazards noted, but nothing happened until there was fatality or multiple fatalities or debilitating injuries. I think it is incumbent upon us as a community and a neighborhood, if we are going to devote the amount of attention that we have earlier this evening to the safety of our children, that that should be a universal consideration and not a differentiated consideration. Thank you for your opportunity -- this opportunity to express myself. De Weerd: Thank you. Nathan Gardiner. Gardiner. Gardiner: Gardiner: De Weerd.: Well, that was easier than I made it out to be, uh? Signed up against. Gardiner: All right. Madam Mayor and Council Members, my name is Nathan Gardiner. I live at 3041 South Alfoni Way in Meridian, Idaho. De Weerd: Thank you. Gardiner: I am against the proposed change in zoning for Lots 2 and 3, Block 2, Strada Bellissima No. 1 Subdivision, for the following reasons: First, the proposed change will negatively impact the safety of residents of Strada Bellissima, especially the children. As has been mentioned, there is over 20 small children that live on Alfoni Way. The traffic has already become a safety hazard and changing the zoning will just make it worse. There will be more traffic not only during the day, but in the evening as well, and during the summer when the days are longer, children can be seen riding their bikes in Strada Bellissima at 10:00 p.m. Number two. The proposed change will increase noise, litter and perhaps obnoxious smells in Strada Bellissima. What is being proposed is a higher intense use. At the hearing on December 18th of last year it was recognized that a C-N zone is for a higher intense use than the L-O zone. With that higher intense use comes increased traffic, noise, and litter. And depending on the use, it can increase smells, such as those from fried grease or fuels that can blow through the subdivision. And it was quoted in the hearing on December 18th from the preapplication notes, quote: C-N is higher intense use and there will be nothing to buffer residential from commercial. End quote. Number three. The proposed changes, contrary to the normal expectations created by a planned development. A planned development like Strada Bellissima creates a certain expectation in people that are intended to get them to invest or buy into the development. Those expectations are created by land use designations and zonings, as well as the subdivision covenants and restrictions. For example, if you lived in a planned development, you don't expect your neighbor to be able to turn his home into a restaurant or dollar store. Associated with those expectations is a reasonable degree of certainty that the rules won't change after you have made a substantial investment in your property. Yet that is what the proposed change would allow. And if the developer of Strada Bellissima wanted different zoning or land use designations, he should have made those changes before he started selling lots. Meridian City Council March 4, 2008 Page 43 of 48 Number four. The proposed change will make homes less marketable and decrease property values within Strada Bellissima. My wife and I bought our home on South Alfoni Way about a year ago. All of the homes in Strada Bellissima are expensive homes and it was a significant investment for us. Before we bought our home my wife called to see what the zoning was. She was told it was zoned L-O or light office along Meridian and Victory Roads. We would not have moved -- we would not have bought our home if it were zoned for higher intense uses. And I have heard others in the subdivision say the same thing. If the proposed change in zoning was made that it will make our home less marketable and decrease its value. And, finally, the proposed change is intended to benefit one entity, the developer, at the expense of the homeowners within Strada Bellissima. The only reason given at the hearing by the developer's representative on December 18th of last year for the proposed change in land use designation and zoning was to provide the developer with some different uses for marketing possibilities However, as mentioned earlier, the proposed changes intended to provide the developer with marketing possibilities will decrease the marketability of my home and others within Strada Bellissima. And for these reasons I respectfully request that you reject the proposed change as you unanimously did on December 18th of last year. And I will give this to you... De Weerd.: Thank you. Paul Morgan signed up against. Okay. Kari Shepherd signed up against. Shepherd: That's my son Carl. De Weerd: Carl. Shepherd: You called my name earlier. Lori Shepherd. And I -- De Weerd: If you will state your address as well. Shepherd: 2834 Garibaldi in Meridian, Idaho. De Weerd: Thank you. Shepherd: And I moved in and Garibaldi was a cul-de-sac and I didn't know that it was going to change. After Garibaldi went through, not only do we have people going 50 down the road, which is unsafe for kids, after that went through, which I know that this would not have happened if it would have been a quiet cul-de-sac. We were targeted and our house was just almost ruined. Somebody toilet papered it, but, then, they went on to make sure that you couldn't wash it off without ruining all the landscaping and they put it on -- wet on the windows, on the door, with sticky stuff, which ruined our paint. They defecated on the toilet paper on our lawn. They put red stuff on my neighbor's and my mailboxes that smelled like -- just a really bad smell that we couldn't get off. And that would not have happened if it would have been a nice quiet cul-de-sac. And if you let more traffic in, it's going to get worse and I'm really against that. Thank you. Meridian City Council March 4, 2008 Page 44 of 48 De Weerd: Stacy Morgan signed up against. Tracy Reidell signed up against. And Dan also sign up against. And Shannon Gardiner signed up against. Now, those are the names that are signed up on this document. Is there anyone else who would like to provide public testimony on this application? Council, before I ask the applicant if he has wrap-up remarks, do you have any questions for staff at this time? ~. Bird: I have none. Rountree: I have none. De Weerd:: Okay. Would the applicant like to summarize and respond. Evans: I would like to note that the -- De Weerd: If you will, please, state your name for the record.. Evans: Richard Evans. De Weerd: Thank you. Evans: Do you want my address? De Weerd: We have that. Thank you. Evans: Okay. The construction they are speaking of on Meridian Road is being done in an easement that I gave to the city for a sewer main. So, I'm not involved with that construction.. I don't toilet paper homes. I don't live in Orso or on the -- in Bear Creek. The road system was put in per ACRD requirements and recommendations. So, a lot of these complaints that we are hearing about tonight are typical development procedure items that are done in every subdivision. I don't believe that people pull in off of Meridian Road and drive down Alfoni to go to the dental office on the corner of Victory and Meridian. So, the traffic that's being generated on South Alfoni is not coming from the L- O zoning. It's not doing it. There is a dentist and a chiropractor in there currently and they don't generate the kind of traffic these people are talking about. Those are the only two businesses that are open. Last Monday we opened up a medical center on Lot 6 and I think they get about six cars a day now. So, the traffic they are talking about is not from the L-O zoning., it's coming from the church. It's coming from neighbors in Bear Creek, in the R-8 area to the north there, the high density area, that was always designed by ACHD, that cul-de-sac was always there. That traffic's going to go through the subdivision with or without a zoning change in the L-O area. Any questions? Thank you for your consideration. De Weerd: Council, any questions? Rountree: No. Meridian City Council March 4, 2008 Page 45 of 48 Bird: I have none. De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. Evans: Thank you. De Weerd.: Okay. Council, there is no further public testimony. The applicant has concluded his remarks. Is there any further information needed or comments? If not -- Zaremba: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Zaremba. Zaremba: I move we close the Public Hearing on Item 17. Rountree: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to close the Public Hearing on Item 17. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. De Weerd.: Discussion? Rountree.: Madam Mayor, we reconsidered this particular application from a previous decision based on information that we might hear something different. I didn't hear anything different tonight. So, I'm inclined to reaffirm our previous decision, at least .that's my position. I don't know about the rest of the Council. Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bird. Bird: I couldn't agree more. I haven't heard any -- the reason we considered it was the applicant had new things. I believe it needs to stay L-O and that's what we decided before and I'm not -- I haven't seen anything to change my mind. Zaremba: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Zaremba. Zaremba.: I would join in that thought and also the thought proposed by a couple of people testifying that no ought to mean no and be the end of it. Unfortunately, in our system of democracy no often means try again. And we do try and listen with an open mind., but I agree with the other councilmen, I have not heard anything that changes my Meridian City Council March 4, 2008 Page 46 of 48 mind from the previous. Unless Councilman Borton would like to say something, I'm prepared to make a motion. Borton: Fire away. Nary: Madam Mayor? Zaremba: Madam Mayor, I -- De Weerd.: Mr. Zaremba, hold on for a moment. Zaremba: I'm sorry. De Weerd: Mr. Nary. Nary: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, maybe prior to you making your motion, the applicant's request for reconsideration was based on their belief at the time when the original decision was made that the focus of the discussion and the testimony was based on traffic related to the church and the use of the Nazarene property as relation to those streets, Galvoni and South Alfoni Way. Most of the testimony tonight has been related to this parcel and the traffic related to those streets for this parcel and not to the church. If that's the Council's decision that that's your reason., then, maybe you would include that in the motion, that it is based on this parcel. And so it's clear to both the applicant, as well as anyone else who reads the record., that that's the basis for your decision and it's not based on something else as he perceived previously. De Weerd: Okay Zaremba: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Zaremba. Zaremba: I move that we deny RZ 07-013, based on staff and applicant and public testimony and specifically relating to only this project and reaffirming that the proper use of this buffer zone is as an L-O use and its intent to buffer residential from the busy Meridian Road and that it would be improper, regardless of whether there was a church north of this or not, to increase the intensity of use on this property. So, my motion is to deny RZ 07-013. Rountree: Second. De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to deny Item No. 17. Is there any discussion? Hearing none, Madam Clerk. Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Gorton, yea. Meridian City Council March 4, 2008 Page 47 of 48 De Weerd: Okay. All ayes. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES. Item 18: Ordinance No. RZ 07-015 Request for a Rezone of .28 of an acre from an R-8 residential zone to an O-T zone for 6th and Broadway Property by Linda Loehr - 532 East Broadway Avenue: De Weerd: Item 18 is Ordinance No. 08-1352. Madam Clerk, will you, please, read this ordinance by title only. Holman: City of Meridian Ordinance No. 08-1352, an ordinance finding that Linda Loher, the owner of certain real property has made a written request for a rezone of the zoning classification RZ 07-015, 6th and Broadway, for real property being Lots 19 and 20 of Ellis Subdivision, as recorded in the Plat Book 2 at page 63, official records of Ada County, Idaho, also being a portion of and situated in the northeast one quarter of the southwest one quarter of Section 7, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, of the Boise Meridian, Ada county, Idaho, as described in Attachment A of this ordinance and rezoning certain lands and territories situated in Ada county, Idaho, and within the corporate limits of the City of Meridian and rezoning the land use zoning classification of said land from R-8, Medium Density Residential District, to OT, Old Town District, in the Meridian City Code, providing that copies of this ordinance shall be filed with the Ada county assessor, the Ada county recorder, and the Idaho State Tax Commission, as required by law, and providing for a summary of the ordinance and providing for a waiver of the reading of the rules and providing an effective date. De Weerd: Thank you, Madam Clerk. You have heard this ordinance read by title only. Is there anyone who would like to hear it read in its entirety? Seeing none -- Bird: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes, Mr. Bird.. Bird.: I move we approve ordinance 08-1532, with suspension of rules. Rountree: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 18. If there is no discussion, Madam Clerk, will you, please, call roll. Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Borton, yea. De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried. MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.