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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFebruary 19, 2009 P&Z MinutesMeridian Planning 8~ Zoning Commission February 19, 2009 Page 3 of 32 Fignut by Ronald Van Auker -west side of S. Locust Grove, north of E. Overland Road and south of I-84: Item 6: Public Hearing: PP 08-012 Request for Preliminary Plat approval consisting of 6non-residential building lots and 1 other lot in a proposed C-G and I-L zoning districts for Fignut by Ronald Van Auker -west side of S. Locust Grove, north of E. Overland Road and south of I-84: Moe: So, having said that, I now would like to open the public hearing -- yes, I will. Public hearing for the sole purpose of continuing it to our regularly scheduled meeting of March the 5th for AZ 08-015, RZ 08-009, and PP 08-012 for Fignut. Can I get a motion to continue those hearings? Marshall: So moved. O'Brien: Second. Moe: It's been moved and seconded to approve the continuation of AZ 08-015, RZ 08- 009 and PP 08-012 for Fignut to the regularly scheduled meeting of March the 5th. All those in favor say aye. Opposed. That motion carves. MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 7: Public Hearing: CPA 09-003 Request to change the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map designation on 2.051 acres of land from "medium density residential" to "commercial" for Goff by Garland Goff and Shannon Hamrick - 1665, 1705 and 1725 W. Pine Avenue: Item 8: Public Hearing: AZ 09-001 Request for Annexation and Zoning of 0.76 of an acre of land with a C-N zoning district for Goff by Garland Goff and Shannon Hamrick - 1725 W. Pine Avenue: Moe: At this time I'd like to open the public hearing on CPA 09-003 for Goff and start with the staff report, please. Baird: Mr. Chair? At this time you might also want to open the associated item AZ 09- 001. Moe: Thank you very much. And I would also like to open AZ 09-001, please. Friedman: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. Before Ms. Wafters gets into the staff report and the findings for you, (just -- as a little bit of background information, I would like to let you know how this application started to evolve to what it is tonight. The subject property, at least one of the three properties that is involved in the Comprehensive Plan amendment and the one that is the subject of the annexation and zoning request was originally part of the larger implied consent Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission February 19, 2009 Page 4 of 32 annexation that you considered a few weeks back. In our discussions with that particular property owner about their future plans for the property, realizing that at the time as part of the implied consent annexation it would have been zoned residential, staff had made some interpretations of the code regarding their proposed actions 'and regrettably on our part we made a mistake and so in order to correct that mistake and allow them to proceed forward with what they were proposing, we recommended and you subsequently removed the property from the implied consent annexation. We, then, worked with the applicant and looked at the surrounding area to determine what would be the best for the area, as well as the applicant. And so that's the reason why they are there before you tonight with a separate annexation and zoning request. So, with that point of clarification I'll tum it over to Sonya to complete the presentation. Wafters: Thank you, Chairman Moe, Members of the Commission. The first application before you is a Comprehensive Plan amendment to change the future land use map designation on 2.05 acres of land consisting of three tax parcels from medium density residential to commercial. The properties are located at 1665, 1705 and 1725 West Pine Avenue on the south side of Pine west of Linder Road. You can see here is a zoning map in the upper left comer and an aerial of the three properties on the lower right. Surrounding uses to the north across Pine is Meridian High School, zoned R-4. To the east is property owned by ACHD, zoned L-O. To the south is a storage facility zoned I-L. And to the west is a single family residential property, zoned R-1 in Ada County. This is the existing future land use map showing medium density residential designation for the subject properties and the applicant's proposed future land use map changes showing commercial for these three properties. Because there properties all front on West Pine Avenue, a minor arterial street and because there is L-O zoned property to the east and I-L zoned property to the south and east, and a high school across the street, staff believes that commercial uses are more appropriate than residential in this area. The second application is an annexation and zoning request of one of the parcels, the .76 acre parcel, with a C-N zoning district. That property is located at 1725 West Pine Avenue. The applicant estimated the site plan showing how the existing residential property is proposed to redevelop as a swim facility. The site plan shows the existing home that's proposed to remain and the applicant is proposing to construct an approximate 70 foot by 81 foot addition -- square foot I should say. The swim facility is proposed to consist of approximately 1,300 square feet of administrative area, 6,200 square feet of instruction area, mechanical and storage areas. The facility will have a -- will have three small in ground warm water teaching pools, changing stalls, bathroom facilities, and a waiting viewing area. The facility is currently operating in Meridian and will continue to provide the community with a learn to swim program for beginners and efficiencies in swim stroke instruction for valley tri-athletes and other more advanced swimmers in this new location. Access to the site is proposed via one access driveway, two from West Pine Avenue in its current location. Off street parking is shown on the site plan, which meets and exceeds the standards listed in the UDC for commercial uses. The fire department approved turn around is also proposed on the site as requested by the fire department. Cross-access is not proposed on the site plan to adjacent properties. Staff has included a development agreement provision for the applicant to provide cross-access to the properties to the west and east for future Meridian Planning 8~ Zoning Commission February 19, 2009 Page 5 of 32 interconnectivity upon development of these properties and as an effort to reduce access points on Pine Avenue and minor arterial streets. The applicant has submitted building elevations showing what the proposed addition will look like and how it will integrate with the existing structure. There have been many, many letters of testimony in support of this application received by the city that are in the public record. The applicant has also submitted a response in agreement with the staff report. Staff would like to note that the Commission may want to defer their action on this application until the end of the meeting in case there are some of the other Comprehensive Plan amendments that may require continuance to another meeting, so that they can all move forward to Council at the same time, since Comp Plan amendments -- map amendments can only be heard every six months. Staff is recommending approval of the subject Comp Plan amendment and annexation applications with a development agreement. We will need a revised site plan prior to approval of the development agreement that shows the cross-access to adjacent properties. That's all staff has at this time. Moe: Okay. Any questions of staff at this time? Would the applicant like to come forward? Please state your name and address, please. Goff: My name is Garland R. Goff and this is my daughter Shannon Hamrick. Moe: Address? Goff: 2010 North Mombarto Avenue in Boise, Idaho. Hamrick: And give you mine, too? Moe: No. You're fine. Hamrick: Okay. Goff: Chairman Moe and the Commissioners, I just wanted to take just a very few minutes here to say that I'm really happy to be here finally. It's been an arduous ten months of part-time work to get the surveys, the drawings, zoning, landscape plans, code requirements and meeting with other authorities, but we finally made it and with the patience and finalized guidance of Pete, Sonya, and Christie, we are here. We are also joined in this Comprehensive Plan by Rock Brown of Launch Ministries which is at the 1705 Pine Avenue and Bill Newhouse of 1665 Pine Avenue. Both of these neighbors support our efforts and, in fact, they are supposed to be here tonight. Are they here? Anyway, we -- I just wanted to take just a couple minutes to go over the plans that we have for this facility. My daughter has been working since 2004 in Meridian starting a business. Started with eight kids. She now has over 200 kids that she's -- kids and adults that she's teaching swimming -- swimming to. She works 55, 60 hours a week over these -- over these long months and now we are to a point that we want to expand her business from the small beginnings that we had to this facility that we purchased last year and have been attempting to get the zoning for. We propose to Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission February 19, 2009 Page 6 of 32 build a green facility. It will be a monolithic dome and for those not quite familiar with a monolithic dome, it's a rebar reinforced concrete structure with the walls and dome roof consisting of reinforced concrete three inches -- up to three and a half inches to 11 inches thick at the base, with three inches of polyurethane foam insulation and single ply roof membrane. This will also have stem walls, as you will see there. Stem walls there. They are going to be either concrete or they will be concrete block, insulated block, with a brick fascia to it. And I think that this facility is going to be one of the more energy efficient facilities in the city. The USA swimming committee's -- USA swimming facility development staff, which is a US Olympic Committee in Colorado Springs, estimates that this kind of facility will save approximately six percent in overall energy consumption during its life when compared with traditional structures that are -- that are built natatorium style. We propose that we are going to use drain back solar energy to collect -- to heat water to augment the heating of our swimming pools. We are also going to use dehumidifiers that have the components necessary to capture and transfer energy and use that also to augment the heating of the pool waters. And some of the other benefits of our -- of our facility -- of course, being a dome itself its safety as far as fire goes. The Uniform Building Code characterizes this kind of structure on their ability to resist fire. Types one and two structures are built primarily of noncombustible materials and this dome is a type two or better. The Federal Energy Administration or agency has developed construction criteria which makes structures built following standards -- following the standards able to provide near absolute protection from injury or death caused by tornadoes and humcanes, though we don't have many of those, it is successful in earthquake survivorship as well. The Department of Energy maintains an energy star program and this dome -- or monolithic domes gain this kind of rating. So, in summary, the dome that we propose -- the structure that we are proposing here about 5,000, you know, 6,200 square feet addition to -- to the existing facility, which we are going to change into or just remodel into administrative offices. The monolithic dome will be a very permanent structure, energy efficient, cost effective, and disaster resistant and we hope attractive. I think that you will see that that's a reasonably attractive building for the area. And now I'd just like to have Shannon give some of her comments concerning the community benefits associated with this business expansion activity within Meridian. Hamrick: All right. I guess we have always, when we started four years ago or five years ago, almost, we started with a little endless pool. I don't know if you're familiar with that, but it's like a treadmill for swimmers. It's about 14 feet long and seven feet wide and we got to where we were running about 175 kids through that pool and we needed to expand and so we went out and looked in search of larger water and, unfortunately, Meridian didn't have any that was available for rent, so we went to Boise and we have moved probably five different locations and in the meantime all of our clients ended up traveling with us, so we went from one place to the other place, to the other place, and it was -- we were very fortunate to be in the locations that we were in, but it always had its challenges, as with anything that you're renting. We didn't have control over a lot of the things. We had issues with water chemistry. We had issues with air quality. We had issues with cool temperature. The air temperature. Scheduling conflicts. And all of these things kind of make it -- you know, we have overcome them, Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission February 19, 2009 Page 7 of 32 but it makes it very difficult to offer more venues on top of what we are already offering. And right now our current clientele is actually six months old, so we teach all the way from six months old all the way up to senior citizens. I think our oldest swimmer right now is 79, but -- anyway. So, we -- with all of those changes we have only been able to offer swim lessons, but we'd like to be able to enter more into the community and be able to offer more services, such as aquatic exercise for senior citizens or adaptive aquatics. We have had lots of parents call and ask if we can do adaptive aquatics. We just currently don't have the facility to be able to offer that. We don't have control over a lot of the -- the temperatures and things that we need to have control over to offer that kind of service. So, with this facility that we are proposing with the three different pools we will be able to have different water temperatures, we will be able to have different depths, and we will be able to accommodate all those different people, so that we would be able to, I don't know, just help the community at large, I guess. We also -- you know, with the help of this, we'd like to kind of establish ourselves as the water safety experts in the area and really kind of team up with the police -- the local police and fire departments and go out and help educate people on a lot of the water safety stuff. People don't realize just with the imgation ditches and things around here and all the backyard pools, there is so many things that you can do to prevent all these drownings that we hear about every year. So, anyway, with that I will close, but, hopefully, if some of you feel that it would be of benefit to the community, we feel it will be a benefit to the community and we would love to help everyone we can with this facility. Moe: Okay. Thank you. Any questions of the applicant? Newton-Huckabay: Everything was so thorough. Thank you for that. All the letters and everything. I appreciate all the ground work. Moe: Thank you very much. We do have a few folks that are signed up. First one on the list would be Kevin Wamer. And, again, when you come up, please state your name and address for the record, please. Wamer: My name is Kevin Wamer and I live at 1600 West 7th Street in Meridian. I just met these folks probably a month or so ago when I was looking for swim lessons for my two and a half year old son, he's almost three, and not much is offered in the valley for that young of a child. It's important for -- for me that they team how to swim, being that we are an active family and like was said with the imgation ditches around town, and one of the things that they -- they taught him first was to ask to swim. They always have to ask to get in the water. And, you know, it's something you don't think about, but, you know, kids need to learn that before they ever touch the water they ask their parents. My son has done amazing things so far and well on his way to learning how to swim. I'm also a United States masters swimmer and swim three to five days a week and as a high school student they tore down our one and only pool where I grew up and -- and because of asbestos and, you know, building problems and they kind of left us without a pool in high school. So, anything I can do to, you know, further along this sport that I love and that people can enjoy for their whole life I think is a great thing and I completely support their business plan and their customer service and the way they run Meridian Planning 8~ Zoning Commission February 19, 2009 Page 8 of 32 their business. So, I think this would be a great benefit to Meridian and aunique -- very unique business that could offer a lot to a lot of people. So, thank you. Moe: Any questions? Thank you very much. Next on the list is -- is it Kathy Fogg? Fogg: Good evening. I just want to tell you guys -- Moe: Please, name and address. Fogg: Oh, I'm song. My name is Kathy Fogg and I live at 610 East Trinidad Drive in Meridian. Moe: Thank you. Fogg: Thank you so much for having this very important thing before you guys tonight. I grew up not teaming how to swim and I'm very passionate about Shannon's program. She -- my kids have been in her swimming program for four years and I teamed how to swim three years ago and I can't tell you what it has done for my life and for my kids' life to be able to get into the water and to not be afraid of the water. I grew up absolutely te-rified of the water and the first year that I took lessons from Shannon and my daughter -- and I brought pictures of my family, because I want you to see that these are real people that this is affecting. This isn't just absentee people, this is real people. Eut we went on a vacation and it was the first time that I had actually gone into the ocean with my daughter to swim and my husband was sitting on the bank with our small son and we got out into the middle of the lagoon and my daughter, who was five at the time, all of a sudden started to panic. She got a little bit of water in her goggles and she started clawing on me. Well, I started to panic and, then, in about a split second I thought, oh, my gosh, I'm the mommy, if I don't do something, we will both drown out here and I thought immediately of the cues that I had listened to Shannon teach my daughter over and over and over and what she taught me and I popped my daughter in the head and looked at her and said roll to sweet spot and she went, oh, yeah, and she rolled over on her back and we paddled around and we paddled in -- so this is the end of our vacation day, instead of something that could have been very tragic, both of us losing our lives, I owe that to Shannon. When I came home from vacation that's the first thing I did was call her and tell her. My son is four. We went swimming two weeks ago to a swimming pool other than Shannon's. He sat on the edge and waited and waited and waited and I finally said what are you waiting for and he said for you to tell me I can get in the pool, because safety is so important. This is a marvelous, marvelous opportunity for Meridian to come together and to create this wonderful facility. We are surrounded by water. Everywhere we go there is ditches, there is canals, there is lakes, there is rivers, there is no reason why we don't have a community pool, something here that can benefit all of us in the community no matter what the age. Thank You. Moe: Thank you very much. Next on the list is T.J. Clifford. Meridian Planning 8~ Zoning Commission February 19, 2009 Page 9 of 32 Clifford: Hello. My name is T.J. Clifford. I'm at 941 Pennwood Street, Meridian. I don't think I can do better than what you guys have already heard, but we have been with Shannon with slow aquatic for five -- about five years. I have two sons -- or we have two sons. We -- I guess before -- even before that we were with a couple different swimming pools, swimming instruction before that and we -- they were good. They taught safety and that kind of thing. And, then, we got to Shannon's and they were -- and she was teaching them technique like from day one and my wife is a collegiate -- was acollegiate swimmer as well and I -- we thought -- even both of us knowing what we knew about swimming, thought, yeah, it seems like there is -- they are not going to team that that fast, but we were really impressed. They quickly teamed that technique. And I guess my emphasis is that not only is this teaching the safety that a lot of other programs are also offering, but this is teaching the life sport. I mean this is technique that could be used for, you know, a lifetime, like you heard the 79 year old that's in the program right now. That's a life sport, but it could be the technique that they are teaming in it. It's collegiate. It's high school. It's Olympic. It's technique that they can go pretty much as far as they really want to. So, that part of this program has really impressed us and in that five years both kids, a ten year old and an eight year old, are very comfortable swimming in the ocean when we visit relatives in areas where they got to be able to swim in currents and waves and that kind of thing comfortable. No help, no vest or anything, and very strong swimmers. Definitely stronger than me and, hopefully, they will get at least as strong or stronger than my wife. So, anyway, I -- you know, my -- the overall summary from me and our family is this has really been a huge benefit to us, very impressed, and think it will be really -- the same benefit provided to the community. It's in a -- I think a good location for Meridian, close to the school I think is important, but also like we have heard, it provides that -- the building, the facility that can support a lot of different programs for a lot of different ages. So, it's got the whole range, offering a very good range, even though Shannon said we had to move around a lot during that time it was worth it. So, I hope -- it sounds like you guys support it and I hope we continue to go down this road of getting that facility going. Moe: Thank you very much. Just in time. Rock Brown. He did check for it, too, so -- good evening. Brown: Rock Brown. 2188 West Sonoma Drive. We own the property and the building right next to their property on just -- just east of them. We have a youth center. We refer to it as a total teen equipping center, a launch pad, where we provide Christian released time classes for some of the Meridian High School students. We provide peer tutoring programs, sports training, and some driver's training as well. So, we were very excited when we -- and had heard that the property had been purchased next to us and that the vision for it was to build this aquatic center and we just thought that it kind of fit in -- in with some of the things that we -- and in the community and in particular with young people in the community. So, after getting a phone call from Shannon and her father and sitting down and discussing what their thoughts were related to their -- what they were developing, we couldn't be more exited to have neighbors like them. We have discussed the possibilities of doing some things jointly together, which is, you know, kind of fun teamwork things to do and we are in a great location there, right Meridian Planning 13< Zoning Commission February 19, 2009 Page 10 of 32 across from the high school with all kinds of possibilities of helping reach that educational community, helping to undergird it with real positive programs and I believe this is a very positive program. Moe: Thank you very much. That's all that was signed up. Is there anyone else in the audience that would like to speak to this? Against? No? For? Okay. Thank you. Newton-Huckabay: Mr. Chair? Moe: Commissioner Newton-Huckabay. Newton-Huckabay: I just want to make sure I didn't miss something. The other property that's being requested -- the one on the west side, that's in this map amendment. Your little blurb was just pointing out the one of the three, the one in the middle? Wafters: Chairman Moe, Commissioner Newton-Huckabay, the -- the three properties you see here are the subject of the Comprehensive Plan map amendment. Only the -- the property is here only for the annexation. That is the property on the far west -- Newton-Huckabay: And, then, so, Mr. Brown. -- Wafters: The gentleman that just testified has the R-2 property in the center. Newton-Huckabay: Okay. So, the property owner to the farthest east of this, it's --did I miss some? Moe: Yeah. That was -- Wafters: It's the center property. If you look at the map here -- Moe: The center property. The R-2. Wafters: Zoned R-2. Moe: The gentleman was just -- Newton-Huckabay: Okay. Who owns this one? Moe: Do we know who owns the -- the farthest -- Newton-Huckabay: The farthest one to the east. Wafters: Yes. Just a moment. Raymond and Danielle Newhouse. Meridian Planning 8~ Zoning Commission February 19, 2009 Page 11 of 32 Newton-Huckabay: Okay. Did I miss their -- did they have a written comment or any comment? Wafters: I don't believe they submitted any written comments on this application. Newton-Huckabay: Okay. That's -- Wafters: I don't know if they are in the audience tonight or not. Moe: Okay. Wafters: Yeah. They did submit an affidavit of legal interest agreeing with this applicant, though, as part of the application. Newton-Huckabay: Okay. Moe: Okay. Newton-Huckabay: I just have one question for the applicant, if she will come back up. Moe: Would the applicant come back up, please. Newton-Huckabay: Yeah. I was just curious how many people will use this facility at one time, the class sizes, that type of thing, and how long each of the classes are and how much turnover is going to be going through the building in a day. Hamrick: So, we run normally about four kids per class and depending on which pool we have in there, we could probably run, with all of the pools, we could run six to eight classes at one time. So, that might be 24 kids -- 24 in the water at one time. We do classes every 30 minutes, so probably -- we normally right now have morning classes and, then, we take a break for lunch and, then, we start up again in the aftemoon -- like mid aftemoon, evening time, and we normally finish by 7:30. Newton-Huckabay: Okay. And, then, my last question was related to -- you have 31 parking stalls, which, obviously, meets code, but I didn't notice, do you have parking for say bigger things, such as school buses or any kind of thing that might carry a larger group of people? If you -- do you see a need for anything like that? Goff: We don't have parking for that -- those kinds of vehicles on this site plan. It is a -- you know .76 property -- acre property, so, no, we don't have that, other than they -- we do have a place where they can turn around and go -- Newton-Huckabay: You do have the room to turn around. I did notice that. Okay. Goff: We also have the no parking zone for the fire -- the hammerhead for the fire -- Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission February 19, 2009 Page 12 of 32 Wafters: And they can park there. Newton-Huckabay: If there is a fire you have got to leave. I just -- I can see an opportunity for something like that in your type of facility, especially if you're talking about people's adaptive programs and that type of thing. But as long as the bus could get in there and tum around and, then, I think it would be fine. I have no other questions. I think this is great and I wish you the best of luck. I think it will be a wonderful addition. The building's interesting looking. I'd like to see it when it's done. Moe: Thank you very much Goff: Thank you. Moe: Commissioners, any other comments? Questions? O'Brien: I think it's a great project for this community. I really do. It's just -- I agree with the importance of teaching swimming to all ages. I teamed in the Mississippi River and that was kind of scary. Playing hooky from school, but not the way to team. So, this is great. Moe: No. I would agree. I think this is a fabulous project. It sounds like it's a fabulous business, actually. It's good hearing the stories from people who have been in here and it definitely will be -- it would be a great addition to Meridian, there is no doubt about it. I do -- you know, one item that -- I don't want to say it bothers me, but, you know, when we are changing, you know, the CPA in this area with the medium residential and whatnot, I think when we get around to -- if, in fact, the zoning -- if we are making the change at that point, that I don't know that I wouldn't mind trying to restrict it to where it is this type of facility is why we are making this change in the C-N zoning, as opposed to whatever else we could get in a C-N zone, if you understand what I'm saying. Newton-Huckabay: Sure. Sure. Moe: That's my biggest concern. That's something you guys need to kind of think about. Like it was discussed earlier when we do get ready to, we will be able to close the public hearing, but we will want to go ahead and postpone action until after the last CPA, because we will have to follow those all the way through at the same time, so -- Newton-Huckabay: Mr. Chair, so on that do we need to -- I mean actually list those things that we would exclude, should it go to some -- not come together as this aquatics or -- I mean how are you recommending that we use that terminology to limit non- desirable uses in that area? Moe: Basically, within the motion you can -- you can put pretty much that we are making -- we are making that change, but we wanted to, basically, adhere it to an aquatics type facility or -- well, I mean that's kind of where I'm going with it. But I realize we have that other property on the east -- the problem is I just want to make sure that Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission February 19, 2009 Page 13 of 32 we are not just doing an open thing in the C-N zone for just this -- these three parcels in here. We want to limit. O'Brien: I don't know how we could do that. Moe: Well, let me ask -- okay. I'll ask counsel and then -- can there be, basically, a DR put on that to take care of it? Baird: Mr. Chair, Members of the Commission, with regard to the Comprehensive Plan amendment, you can't put qualifications on that, but as each property comes in with the annexation and zoning, I do believe that this staff has recommended the development agreement come with this and that's where you would put that. You can get as specific as you want. You can make it right down to this particular proposal, this particular owner, if the project should change hands or another use it would require them to come back in and modify the development, so it's the annexation and zoning where you can get specific as to the use and if I have forgotten anything you might check with planning staff as well, but I think they have already worked out those details. Friedman: Yeah. Mr. Chairman, Commission Members, Ted's exactly right and -- and, again, just because we have these overlapping applications tonight, the annexation and the zoning for the Goff property is specific for the C-N zoning. The other two properties, which are currently in the city, will remain as they are currently zoned, it's just that they -- should you vote for approval their Comprehensive Plan land use designation will change. So, really, the action you might be taking in approving this application would be if you choose to limit the use of the property would just be on the one parcel that was owned by -- that's represented by Mr. Goff. Moe: Okay. Newton-Huckabay: But we are changing the land use designation on all three parcels. Friedman: That's correct. And, then, the other two parcels in the future, as their plans and owners change, should they choose to do something different, then, they would process a rezone application consistent with the commercial designation. So, they would be back before you with a rezone application on those two parcels. The action tonight, should you -- should you approve the Comprehensive Plan amendment, will not change the zoning on those other two, they will still remain with the residential zoning, it's just that their land use designation will change and, then, they have an opportunity in the future to apply for or be considered for another type of commercial zoning. Newton-Huckabay: Fair enough. Moe: Thank you very much, Pete. Then having said all that -- Newton-Huckabay: Mr. Chair? Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission February 19, 2009 Page 14 of 32 Moe: Commissioner Newton-Huckabay. Newton-Huckabay: I recommend we close the public hearing on 09-003 -- or am I continuing it to the end of the meeting? Moe: Well, the public hearing you can close and then -- Newton-Huckabay: Okay. Moe: -- just postpone action on it. Newton-Huckabay: And AZ 09-001. Marshall: Second. Moe: Did you ask for the postponement as well? Newton-Huckabay: No. I closed the public hearing. Moe: I'm song about that. It's been moved and seconded to close the public hearing on the CPA 09-003 and AZ 09-001. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? That motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT. Newton-Huckabay: Mr. Chair, I recommend we postpone action on CPA 09-003 and AZ 09-001 until the end of the meeting in the event that one of the other Comprehensive Plan amendments before us may have to be continued to a later date. Marshall: Second. Moe: It's been moved and seconded to postpone action until the end of the meeting on CPA 09-003 and AZ 09-001. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? That motion carries. MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 9: Public Hearing: CPA 08-012 Request to add 54.9 acres of land to the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map with designations of "Public/G~uasi Public" and "Low Density Residential" for River Planning Area by City of Meridian Planning Department: Moe: At this time I'd like to open the public hearing on CPA 08-012 for River Planning Area and ask for the staff report.