HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 5, 2008 C/C MeetingMeridian City Council
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De Weerd: Okay. Council, you have a request in front of you. I will ask if there is any
further discussion? If not, do I have a motion?
Rountree: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Rountree.
Rountree: Provided that the construction -- my motion is provided that the construction
fencing is in place and maintained, I would move that we adopt the stafFs
recommendation with individual building plan submittal the applicant shall include a
fencing detail and construct the fencing prior to release of occupancy for the individual
buildings.
Bird: Second.
De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Seeing none --
Zaremba: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Yes, Mr. Zaremba.
Zaremba: Construction fencing meaning the entire perimeter of the property/?
Rountree: As per our ordinance requirement. Yes.
Zaremba: Yeah. Thank you.
De Weerd: Okay. Thank you for the clarification. If there is nothing further, Madam
Clerk, will you call roll.
Roll-Call: Bird, yea; Rountree, yea; Zaremba, yea; Hoaglun, yea.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Item 13: Continued Public Hearing from September 23, 2008: CPA 08-003
Request for Comprehensive Plan Amendment to modify the Future Land
Use Map by changing the land use designation from Medium Density
Residential to Mixed Use-Community for approximately 94 acres for
Volterra Commercial by Primeland Investment Group, LLC -west of
North Ten Mile Road and north of West McMillan Road:
Item 14: Public Hearing: RZ 08-004 Request for Rezone of 93.64 acres from L-O
(Limited Office) and R-4 (Medium Low-Density Residential) to C-G
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Meridian City Council
November 5, 2008
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(General Retail and Service Commercial) (25.10 acres), L-O (Limited
Office) (10.70 acres), C-C (Community Business) (37.84 acres) and R-15
(Medium-High Density Residential) (20 acres) zones for Volterra Mixed
Use by Primeland Development Company, LLP -west of North Ten Mile
Road and north of West McMillan Road:
De Weerd: Items 13 and 14 have been requested to continue to November 25th. So, I
will need a motion to continue the continued public hearing on Item 13 and I will open
the public hearing on Item 14 for RZ 08-004.
Rountree: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Rountree.
Rountree: I move that we continue both Items 13 and 14 to November 25th, 2008.
Bird: Second.
De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to continue Items 13 and 14 to
November 25th. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carves.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Item 15: Water /Sewer Rate Update:
De Weerd: Okay. Item 15 is a water and sewer rate update. I'll tum this over to Mr.
Barry.
Bany: Thank you, Madam Mayor. Madam Mayor, President Rountree, Members of the
Council, as you know there exists a need to modify the water and sewer rates to keep
pace with utility, capital, infrastructure needs, increased operational and maintenance
costs and the rising cost of capital construction. Public Works staff understand that any
modification to the rates could have a significant impact on our customers and to this
end staff from the Public Works Department, the Finance Department, and also the
Mayor's office on, have been working diligently on a process for educating and involving
our rate payers in this important work. You may recall that on September 16th I
presented to the City Council a scope and timeline regarding the proposed public
process associated with the modification of the rates. The scope included a technical
review or rate validation process and a public education and involvement component.
I'm pleased to report that we have completed ahead of schedule the technical review
component. I have submitted that opinion letter to the clerk and you should have that
before you. Thomas Pippin, who is the managing director for BBC Research and
Consulting, which is a financial consulting firm based out of Denver, Colorado, has
developed athird-party opinion letter on the efficacy of our rate model, our inputs into
that model, and the model's results. In summary, the opinion letter substantiates and
endorses the city's method, data input, and financial calculation and, quote, industry
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