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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-04-24 Pre t _~`,, a• ~~~ : ~.; . C17'Y OF ~ • ~~i Q ,,~~ °" '~1 ~~~~'(G'Y1G~1G"yl ~~ ~' IDAHO ,~ ~y ~i FC ~ Tr~tis~ V nay MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL PRE-COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. City Council Chambers 33 East Idaho Avenue, Meridian, Idaho "Although the City of Meridian no longer requires sworn testimony, all presentations before the Mayor and City Council are expected to be truthful and honest to best of the ability of the presenter." 1. Roll-call Attendance: David Zaremba Joe Borton Charlie Rountree Keith Bird ,~ Mayor Tammy de Weerd 2. Adoption of the Agenda: ~ %~~jr~°v~c, 3. Presentation of First Quarter Economic Development Report by Virtus Enterprises: ~h~~ ~~~~~ ,~ Jb~h Cra~„t * Approximate allowable time set for agenda item may change depending on the discussion. Please use the designated minutes as a guideline only. Meridian City Council Pre-Council Meeting Agenda -April 24, 2007 Page 1 of 1 All materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. Anyone desiring accommodation for disabilities related to documents and/or hearing, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 888-4433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting. PI ease P~+ -~o- P~ l~~ I c rvo~ c~ - +~t~s ~ 1 ,~. h~:: ~r P ,~' CCFY OF ~ ~~ ~~~,Y't ~YI~1G~"Y! l ~ ~~ [BAHO ~~~ ~ ! R .iCi RiF Y ~Y MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL PRE-COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. City Council Chambers 33 East Idaho Avenue, Meridian, Idaho "Although the City of Meridian no longer requires sworn testimony, all presentations before the Mayor and City Council are expected to be truthful and honest to best of the ability of the presenter." 1. Roll-call Attendance: David Zaremba Joe Borton Charlie Rountree Keith Bird Mayor Tammy de Weerd 2. Adoption of the Agenda: 3. Presentation of First Quarter Economic Development Report by Virtus Enterprises: * Approximate allowable time set for agenda item may change depending on the discussion. Please use the designated minutes as a guideline only. Meridian City Council Pre-Council Meeting Agenda -April 24, 2007 Page 1 of 1 All materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. Anyone desiring accommodation for disabilities related to documents and/or hearing, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 888-4433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting. ~. ~ ' ~,,.^ ~ CITY OF {~ ~~ '~ .~~ . e~l~tcn ~~ ~, IDAHO .. ~• _,. ~ f!u rItF,LSUFit V ~111~Y xy~ 7903 MAYOR Tammy de Weerd CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Keith Bird Joseph W. Borton Charles M. Rountree Shaun Wardle CITY DEPARTMENTS City Attorney/HR 703 Main Street 898-5506 (City Attorney) 898-5503 (HR) Fax 884-8723 Fire 540 E. Franklin Road 888-1234/fax 895-0390 Parks & Recreation 11 W. Bower Street 888-3579/fax 898-5501 Planning 660 E. Watertower Lane Suite 202 884-5533/fax 888-6854 Police 1401 E. Watertower Lane 888-6678/fax 846-7366 Public Works 660 E. Watertower Lane Suite 200 898-5500/fax 898-9551 - Building 660 E. Watertower Lane Suite 150 887-2211 /fax 887-1297 - Wastewater 3401 N. Ten Mile Road 888-2191/fax 884-0744 - Water 2235 N.W. 8th Street 888-5242 /fax 884-1159 n NOTICE OF PRE-COUNCIL MEETING MERlDI14N CITY COUNCIL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Meridian will hold aPre-Council Meeting at City Council Chambers, Meridian City Hall, 33 East Idaho Avenue, Meridian, Idaho, on Tuesday, Apri124, 2007 at 6:00 P.M. The Meridian City Council will be discussing the following agenda items: Presenta>don of First Quarter Economic D®velopment Re~rt The public is welcome to attend the meeting. DATED this 20th day of Apiil, 2007. 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CITY FALL 33 EAST IDAHO AVENUE MERIDIAN, IDAHO 83642 (208) 888-4433 CITY CLERK -FAX 888-4218 FINANCE & UTILITY BILLING -FAX 887-4813 MAYOR'S OFFICE -FAX 884-8119 Printed on recycled paper Broadcast Report ~' Date/Time 04-20-2007 04:01:47 p.m. Transmit Header Text Local ID 1 2088884218 Local Name 1 Local ID 2 Local Name 2 This document :Failed (reduced sample and details below} Document size : 8.5"x11 " Please E~s+ -~'o- P~,~, c teat-ca.,-~thanrc~ll C~eric~r~-r- . ~o Cltyof Merldlan Idaho Llne 1 Llne 2 MERInIAN CITY couNCIL ARE-COUNCIL MEETINt3 AGENDA Tuesday. April ?~!, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. City Council Chamiyers 33 Eas! Idaho Avenue, Nierldlan, ldaha °A!(hough the City of M>erlaGarr rw lorrgerreflul-~es swum testMrony, aN preserrtetlorra=: before the Mayor end City Ca~nd1 are expeded to be t9uftiful acrd honest to best of the abllky ofllre iwesenter." 1. Roil-caN A#teedanc®: Davki zaremba ~ Joe i~iroon ____ Charli® Rountree ____~ Keith gird ,~,,, Mayor Tammy da Weerd 2. 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Total Paaes Scanned : 7 Total Paaes Confirmed ~ 9S No. Job Remote Station Start Tlme Duration Pages Line Mode Job Type Results 001 187 3810160 03:21:56 p.m.04-20-2007 00:00:00 017 1 G3 HS FA 002 187 8989551 03:21:56 p.m.04-20-2007 00:01:39 717 1 EC HS CP29600 003 187 8848723 03:21:56 p.m.04-20-2007 00:02:32 7/7 1 EC HS CP14400 004 187 8886854 03:21:56 p.m.04-20-2007 00:01:19 717 1 EC HS CP31200 005 187 8985501 03:21:56 p.m.04-20-2007 00:02:32 717 1 EC HS CP14400 006 187 8467366 03:21:56 p.m.04-20-2007 00:01:23 717 1 EC HS CP2~00 007 187 8950390 03:21:56 p.m.04-20-2007 00:01:22 7/7 1 EC HS CP31200 Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 The Meridian City Pre-Council meeting was called to order at 6:00 P.M. on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 by President Councilman Joe Borton. Members Present: Mayor Tammy de Weerd, Keith Bird, David Zaremba, Charlie Rountree and Joe Borton. Staff Present: Bill Nary and Will Berg. Item 1. Roll-call Attendance: Roll call. X David Zaremba X Charlie Rountree X X Joe Borton X Keith Bird Mayor Tammy de Weerd Item 2. Adoption of the Agenda: Bird: Mr. President. Borton: Mr. Bird. Bird: I move we adopt the agenda as published. Rountree: Second. Borton: It has been moved and seconded to adopt the agenda as published. All those in favor say aye. ALL AYES. MOTION CARRIED. Item 3. Presentation of First Quarter Economic Development Report by Virtus Enterprises: Borton: I will tum it over to Phil StifFler, Sr. to begin the presentation. Stiffler: Thank you. Welcome to the Mayor and all the Council Members. Josh Grant who is here with me, which I believe all the Council Members also know. We are very pleased to be here to be able to report to the Council. I will say some things might be a little bit repetitive that you have heard in a couple of other instances with some discussions, but we are going to go through those anyway. One of the things that I would ask to invite as far as the presentation if there is Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 2 of 17 any questions on the behalf of anyone, we would be very pleased to answer those. De Weerd: Mr. President. Borton: Madame Mayor. De Weerd: I guess that what I would like to request is that you are right there, please. I would like to see your (inaudible) contacts. I can't see that far. Stiffler: That is the first time that the Mayor has actually said to put me in front of something like this because she knows I like to talk. I guess I want to emphasize a little bit something that we have very much appreciated and I think the direction that we have been asked and it has been interesting and I do want to talk about that word economic excellence, just for a moment. It is kind of an overview for everything that we are going to present tonight. I would say that by virtue of our interaction with existing businesses, business leaders as well as looking at future people that would locate here or be here and in addition to the fact, I believe David in particular and I would say is well aware of and was at the meeting last week and so was Charlie at ISU and we heard the word excellence coming a lot from a lot of people. I would say that one of the things that we have discovered is that and I pass this on to Council is the feedback that we are getting is that they are very pleased that we think we are looking at the kind of excellence -- meaning the idea of excellence is the kind of job growth, the kind of quality of life and the things that you and the Council have represented. We get a chance to go out and say that is the direction. I have to admit we get a lot of people saying, I told Tammy I stopped atone business, gave my business card and I tried to talk to the manager and it took a few minutes and the manager said well what kind of donation do you want? I said, well I am not here for a donation. I am here on behalf of the city to talk to you about the fact that we like to know what you have to say about economic development and how much we appreciate you having a business in the community. So I would just emphasize that I think that that overall excellence side has to do with meaning not just short run, it is really long term. That is the kind of excellence for the success of the city. I think it is obviously consistent with the other things you are doing. What we tried to do is to kind of categorize to go down some things that we think are appropriate and where it is really originally directed and lined up with our initial direction was to be. First of all on the - if you see the term "med tech district"? The term med tech, we have talked about - I know there have been previous discussions. We have made references to what we called a medical district per se. The med tech comdor or the med tech district is more of a term and (believe tactually -Joe had a request and I sent an update out to all the Council Members along with the Mayor of kind of where that status of that is and I did get some responses from the Council Members, which I appreciate. I know David talked to me about obviously integrating the Planning and Zoning Commission, which I have to say Anna had all intent of understanding how that fit and I would defer to her on Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 3 of 17 making sure how that fits. Even in a discussion today with Anna, she is feeling a little bit more on the scale of being able to put those milestones and timeframes with regard to the design standards and having to do with the other components are so important with really looking at defining that. Also as I mentioned I will just summarize, her opinion and related to it is very much indicative of being able to present what we would call economic development amendments to the Comp Plan and we have so far not completed all the research, but I think there are some very direct benefits by having that as an economic development amendment to the Plan in the context that then it has to do with being an entitled city; it has to do with some of the other economic infrastructure things; it has to do with a lot of other opportunities, which are presently as discussed, I think, last week in your joint meeting of meeting some of those challenges and certain areas and what would be happening. I also would indicate that in discussion we know that part of the main -one of the temtories there really was related to Pinebridge and Pinebridge, the development there, I would say to you that one of the reasons in looking at that more med tech kind of thing, without naming any particular names of companies already in discussions with the developer there, there already is substantial interest moving forward. As Council is aware that actual application process is started there and they are also moving forward with those elements on the next (inaudible) to relate to getting Pine Street moving forward. The next piece there on the med tech district, we have kind of added that and we were going to leave it as a separate component, but I just will touch upon it for a minute, the ISU exposure -actually right now even related to Pinebridge and the other medical related type of entities and I will say at the Prayer Breakfast this morning we had a great opportunity to talk to several of the people again from ISU who are very much excited and I think what will happen is that out of the med tech district if we wanted to ask for a catalyst as a catalyst to really help and focus and provide that educational component, ISU represents that. I think in my opinion it is one of the most exciting things that has kind of happened -somewhat disappointed, I think that the President of ISU was very pleased to see the representation. Charlie and David and Shaun and myself and Shelley were all there and you were appropriately recognized and I think it gave a very positive view and I believe that you saw that the President is very pleased with that and wants to continue that and part of their discussion is how we actually continue on with the exposure of marketing and showing the alignment of how that meets. Next on there is on the downtown. Obviously as you are aware the good about it is one of the challenges and opportunities is by virtue of the involvement the way it is, the coordination side of what is going on with MDC, as many of you here are well aware, that communication is probably one of the best communication links with everything we are doing is really Josh sitting over there because he is one of the ones that is kind of involved on a more day to day on both aspects. So it allows for good communication. The bio tech nutraceutical one is something that has been thrown out there as you know where would that be? How would that fit? I think those are things that are not in my opinion things we are not ready to present specifically to the Council yet, but it is obviously in looking at the kind of diversification and kind of comdors that we Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 4 of 17 would like to see. I think again ISU comes back into play in that which is fantastic. Ten Mile as you are very well aware of and I think I put the word options there. I think there are still options within some of that concentration as far as the economic excellence. I also think that this will directly relate to part of the circles that you had last week in your session a week ago talking about where are those geographic areas and obviously infrastructure and capability ties directly to how you can look at marketing and those kind of business enterprise corridors. Design standards and in any case I will tell you from the research that we have done with "districts throughout the U.S." and looking at what others have done, without design standards in an appropriate manner as you are well aware we lose part of the whole value of what is there. I know that steps are being taken forward to where actually Anna now is and has been authorized by Council to go ahead and look at contracting that position to look at making those steps forward. I will say along with that will obviously be zoning applications. One of the things we will be presenting to you in combination with Anna will almost be a matrix of saying okay what are the matrix with the regard to the design standards, the zoning -how do those matrix into a particular comdor? That is not a unique idea on our part. It is one that has been used around the country. In Texas and Colorado Springs and other areas in a way that really define that. The strategic marketing gets back into that really economic development amendment. The target and the main focus because of the exposure right now and looking at it and if you go up to that very top it is going to be consistent with that med tech kind of environment. When I mentioned with Pinebridge I will come back is that even their view of being a potential major player in that overlaid area they have already got interest in and they were only concerned about being just strictly -thinking it was emphasized as being strictly medical; even though some of it may be medical and technology combined it really needs to stay in that venue and there are interests in some areas fairly significant that could have an impact. On the next page kind of an update on what we call -and actually outlined an engagement with really the existing or emerging and I say this emerging Meridian businesses. I think one of the things that has been very meaningful and I will say this both on direct site visits that the Mayor and I have had the opportunity to make together as well as direct site visits when her schedule doesn't allow is that it is great to sit down and talk with some of the companies and find out a lot of the businesses that we didn't even know existed here and I say that or even know exactly what they do. One of the most interesting ones, which I know the Mayor mentioned at the State of the City Address, is for example, Conveyor Engineering. Thirty-four engineers and they are one of the largest mining contractors in the world presently. Their business, I think Keith knows part of the people and you know their business they are a spin off of the old Morrison Knudson group and their idea was they told Tammy and I if we could get 34 more engineers we could double our business. But, great spokesman to say why they live here, why they work here and if you look at the job base they have it is fantastic. We may end of having still yet some exposure for them on CNBC News, not just because of their business but because they made a treadmill for an elephant, as you may remember. But what has Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 5 of 17 happened in discussing with those people, sometimes when they hear the word economic development they assume the city or somebody could be just going out chasing some rainbow someplace else and I think they are so happy to hear that we really care about how we can help you grow. How we can do things to help you as a business and sort of like the bird in hand and how do we look at it? So that has been very positive and I think that you as Councilman should be aware that that engagement and those relationships are starting to communicate the right kind of message and we have gotten feedback. I know you would be surprised that every time that that discussion goes on, one of the feedbacks that we seem to receive when Tammy asked them the question or I asked them the question "what could we look at or what things could you suggest or whatever"? Unfortunately traffic does come up. So we get a chance, too, sometimes to clarify who really is responsible for traffic because we can't assume that is the case. Enhanced education relationship building with existing businesses - De Weerd: Excuse me, Mr. President. Borton: Madame Mayor. De Weerd: We also have an opportunity to build our list of those that have an interest in transportation that we email on a consistent basis and also we have identified areas that they can be a part of the solution in too. So it is not just going there and pointing fingers, it is telling them how they can engage in that as well. So never miss an opportunity to make suggestions on how to get involved. Stiffler: No, you haven't done that - in some cases they have asked how can you get more involved and we had the opportunity to bring that up to them. So as a result of that, it is very interesting. I will mention one other example in the context of just that discussion is Datatel. I don't know how many people are familiar with Datatel here and theirs is the case where we identified what we were looking at as far as a professional kind of value based jobs and they smile and said man that is great. That is just the kind of business that we want. I will say since then I have actually gotten telephone calls and what happens once you open the door and hand them the card I will say to you that that is what we are asking for and therefore responding to that. The one I mentioned here on routine business appreciation message, I guess, I would just only say is that we are and maybe the focus of just strictly a -this isn't meant to just be a social call, but it is identifying and looking at those businesses in a way that isn't the same as like I just say just solely the chamber, but saying we, the City of Meridian are interested in what you are saying and appreciate you being here and what else can we do and the other thing that Tammy said and what we really getting now is we are starting to say you know do you have a supplier some place or somebody who you think -because when they say we like living here, we like raising our kids here, we like having our family here and they look at that kind of opportunity. The other one is and I just got mailed to me today, Tammy, I just got it in the mail is on industry publication exposure. I am very pleased to respond and we will Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 6 of 17 circulate, yeah, there is a whole bunch of them, but one in particular is one from the plastics industry that you will see a quote from myself; but one of the decisions that we requested was to look at participation when (inaudible) paid the price for their attendance and the State of Idaho paid the price for the booth and other items, they actually paid the cost of that and what I requested of the Council was the ability to go and attend and be part of that, which I did about a month and one half ago or maybe two months now. I will say to you without knowing that Porter (inaudible) who is the major marketing firm at the Boise Valley Economic Development Partnership. Without their commitment to set up actual meetings, where we have the chance to talk to site consultants and to talk to these publications, I would have not recommended or requested to go because the trade show -there was good things and we ended up getting some leads and I will respond to some of the things that even came out of it, but I still would say that without the others it would not have made sense. We in particular and the one I really want to report on in that is you will be seen and we have got received confirmation in the last couple of weeks with a little bit of tenacity and some follow up on some people's parts is that the June 2"d quarter issue of The Medical Outsourcing Magazine, it is the bible of medical outsourcing and equipment tech kind of things, there will be an article that will be talking about the Boise Valley, but one of the companies that is going to be focused is going to be Western Electronics and Rob Subea of Westem Electronics, I worked with him and there is going to be - he is going to be giving the testimony of why this is a great place to be here and I will share with you and they are doing some interesting things right now in the circuit board side for laser eye technology, which I don't think - it is just cool. So as Tammy is well aware we have had correspondence, in fact I have talked with him on almost a weekly basis; he can't believe that we have been able to give him that exposure; it relates to their business and now he is one of the examples and when he talks about going to a convention you will hear us talking about let's create those opportunities where we can be partners with the businesses that we have here who isn't just shooting around the dark, your target marketing. You have somebody giving testimony right there of why they are here; of why this is a great place to do business and live and work. When you get a chance you will have copies of those, but you find there is a comment - I will tell you that one of the most interesting one you will see in the plastics magazine it is the very last one, you will see in there one of the comments that I was asked was there was a gentleman who wrote for this national plastic magazine and I would say that Paul Hiller from (inaudible) was there. Cliff Long from Nampa and some of the staff of (inaudible) along with the Porter (inaudible) people and the gentleman - we were all telling the great things about our area and all of the beautiful things and why businesses would be here and this gentleman turned to me and after I got my chance to give my pitch and he said well Phil what makes you think you are going to keep yourself from becoming another California? Well, you will see my response in there. It is not totally exactly quoted correctly but it had that response of looking at what I consider to be excellence. It considers to be the kind of leadership and management that sits in front of me and that kind of thing in order to look at Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 7 of 17 having to be that kind of excellence and success. I will tell you that these are going to continue with regard to those kind of engagements. What happens is I actually have personally invited the gentleman who writes for the magazine who is doing the article in June; I have invited him to Meridian and he is very knowledgeable about - I have said well have you ever been to our area? No. He covers that Massachusetts triangle and the North Carolina triangle with part of the Texas triangle. Never seen it and he said wow and you should hear more about it. Josh is keeping me on schedule, which he normally does. The next page -update and you are going to hear a little bit more about that, but I call (inaudible--) involvement collaboration. One of our charges and we feel our responsibility is to make sure that we collaboratively and participate and work with (inaudible) and actually maximize that opportunity; still not losing track of, we are part of a larger valley and doing it in a professional and consistent manner, but still looking out for the appropriate interest of the City of Meridian. I am very pleased to say I think the involvement on that - we are continuing to see leads that come through them and some that come through the state. (Inaudible) still has got to look at how they can create some of their own leads. Sometimes the leads that just come through the state are like the ones that are mailed out to every state and everybody looks at trying to respond, that type of thing. However, I would tell you and I think it may have been shared before, but one of the -Porter (inaudible) who (inaudible) actually retained to do part of the public relations campaign for the whole Valley had to admit that they couldn't buy the public relations and advertising that they got when Boise State won the Fiesta Bowl and it was just like you can't buy that. But it so - I will say two things in talking with companies or anything to get a conversation and looking at that even at this conference and other things, Boise State and Tamarack -people that have flown on an airplane or they have had a business executive or an associate that has shown up, it just seems like it is the conversation starting point. (Inaudible--) had a picture of a fly fisherman and everybody goes I want to be there kind of thing. So (inaudible) marketing efforts, I will say this they are not (inaudible). We now participate - I attend all of the working group meetings, in addition to the fact that also the other quarterly meetings and I am pleased to say too on some of the meeting sides that we were doing with (inaudible) it got to be somewhat cumbersome because the meetings were being called on a as available kind of aces or canceled and they now have scheduled those meetings out through the rest of the year and there has become a very strong consistency to that which we are very pleased to have. I think the national exposure both from the standpoint of the magazines and looking at it, we do not depend on (inaudible) to do follow up, we need to pick the things that we know that we can do follow up and actually help and assist and participate, but kind of push that and that is an example of even the medical outsourcing article of being able to do that. The other thing is that if you get a chance you may want to look at the (inaudible) website. We had an opportunity to have input into that and we will continue to have input. Each city is going to get a chance to update their pictures and things that go in there. We still want to keep the focus on that it is not the Boise, Nampa MSA or the Boise, Nampa, Caldwell MSA, it is the Boise Valley of • • Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 8 of 17 which all the different participant cities are there and it will be important right now; their link goes directly to the city's website but then goes to the economic development information. At a later point and time we are going to be talking to you about what we think to be appropriate updates to the website to make sure we are at the same level of quality and the responsiveness that needs to be there. The last one there is probably one of the things that I guess I feel very strongly, very positive about and I think that Tammy and I and the discussions and with them is we originally were handed out a target industry group. That basically what you say that here is (inaudible) going to go forward with what they considered to be their target marketing and who is that target marketing group going to be? When we first saw that group, we didn't see it as being consistent with what I think are the goals and objectives and the strategic objectives of the city with regard to looking at that economic excellence and we thought a lot of entities were missing in there particularly with the kind of value added jobs and some of the opportunities. I am pleased to report that the targeted industry group that got adopted and I have to say there was some serious discussions about that is exactly aligned with the targeted industry group including such things as the nutraceutical, bio and all the other things. I had just mentioned to Tammy the other day is that I was very pleased that the President of ISU confirmed in a discussion and I know that David is kind of smiling right now, but we were in a discussion over at ISU that the President of ISU proceeded to have that same discussion; very pleased that we were aligned in the same kind of programs, the same kinds of things and as I think some of you are aware that first $5 million that was donated there by the Skaggs Family Foundation, I will tell you that there is approximately another $26 million in research grants and other things that are being held and in kind of a (inaudible) related to that ongoing development there and that is part of the discussion that they are going to be having with us, which means it helps us on some of the targeted kind of things that we coordinate with now. When I say participation and maximize and economize and development funding opportunities - De Weerd: Excuse me, Mr. President. Borton: Madame Mayor. De Weerd: I don't see this as retention committee on there. StifFler: Okay, okay. This is retention -from the (inaudible) standpoint the Mayor happens to chair that committee and I apologize for not putting that up there. So, we stand corrected, but it is a priority and it is consistent with what we are doing in Meridian. (Inaudible--) Boise Valley but it still requires that coordinated effort. I think that Tammy has had her first two meetings. We will be actively supporting her in that in regard to what needs to be done, but also those are the players and the people all on that group and what needs to be there is still, I would say in its formative stages, but I think as you all know the Mayor, there will be action items out of it. The participation maximizing economic development funding - we are • Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 9 of 17 just trying to look at every opportunity and I think it has to do with the infrastructure side, the discussions that have been happening with regard to looking at the CBDG and some of the other things. They try to say how do they connect. It was very interesting, I will share this. We have a standing meeting with the Building Department, with Bruce. Bruce was kind of just smiling when we left our last meeting, which was just a normal update meeting (inaudible) and said this is great. Well we were just talking about some of the things that he was talking about with regard to some of the whole infrastructure and he had been asked to be part of this CBDG looking at other opportunities and talking with Brad and talking to other people is the nice thing about it is with our standing meetings with the group even internally to the city the dots to connect -what are some of those opportunities that can be there? In essence they are almost economic quality as well as economic development. They are saying where do we look at those connecting dots to be able to find those other sources and very similar I know that the Council is aware of is I think it was one when the representative consulted for CDBG and said look if we can get this grant, we can use that grant to build on more grants and I have shared and worked with the city right now that has done most of their old downtown infrastructure through grant funding and they were very active and very progressive in it and the opportunity is there and I guess what we view is we need to participate and make sure that we can enhance that through communication, collaboration or any resources we can. I would say also that even. out of the trip in California, I have had a company that I talked to that has talked about wanting to provide potential and what you call or might call mid term financing to those areas of emerging growth companies that they may have wanted to expand out of California and they are talking about potentially even putting an office here. Well, I am sure you can say where I tell them where they need to have the office. That has to do with kind of that overall next piece of building strategies to great funding partners to support the desired business growth. The city and the Council, you know you have always done that, it is related to a developer wanting to do in developing kind of a project, but it creates in kind of opening our eyes a little bit -what are those other kinds of funding partners? In a way you can see the kind of public private partnership joint ventures, even in the issues that could happen even tied to ISU or a research company or something like that. We have seen it on the west coast, if you look at some of those things like Microsoft has done and that is not to say that Microsoft (inaudible) today or those kinds of things would look at those opportunities that make sense. I would have to say my ISU common vision opportunity, I could probably put four exclamation points behind there, but Tammy would tell me to get off it and don't get too excited. But I am excited about it and I believe it in the context that I think that from the first time the Mayor and Arthur the President of ISU met, I think there was a common vision. And he is excited and his direct comment he made over at the press conference on a sidebar conversation was I am in Meridian, I am staying in Meridian, I am growing in Meridian and I am aligned with Meridian's vision. He couldn't have been anymore emphatic about it and he is very proud to be part of it. The last comment there regarding selective participation, I would say this is that we are Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 10 of 17 not - we believe it is our accountability and responsibility just not to attend meetings, conventions or shows or whatever; I think our responsibility is to hand pick where we see value in that, so I have said that when we are - we are still finding our way through those, but we are not going to just attend the meeting and although sometimes you include such things as (inaudible) economic development, but we are trying to pick those where we know that it makes sense and that is just I guess from experience and past economic development effort and I really want to target and focus the utilization of the resource to try and get the most for it. We know have in hand all of the appropriate database information and everything to go forward with the new marketing materials that have been designed. Actually the bids have gone out and it is all part of that is on printing and everything going into last year's budget that is all in hand today. De Weerd: Mr. President. Borton: Madame Mayor. De Weerd: Does that illustrator work? Grant: It should tomorrow morning. Stiffler: He has actually taken it to the direct printers. So that will move forward. The next piece on the city video - is everything on the Council familiar with the city video? De Weerd: It has been a while. Borton: To back you up a little bit further, do you have a copy of what "it" is? Stiffler: The city video? Borton: Of the "it" that is being finished tomorrow? Stiffler: No it is not being printed yet. What we have is all of the data files in everything that was created - in the whole marketing thing - in fact back in the original brochure, I think Tammy showed Council and the whole thing -all we are doing is making sure the data files that were delivered from the group that were there are fully adequate so that we have no limitations on printing. That is what we have right now. We have those data files. Josh has delivered them to two different suppliers in looking at to make sure that we have no concerns about the ability to completely utilize those. They are not locked. They are not in a format that would create some other problem. We believe they are correct. De Weerd: Mr. President. Borton: Madame Mayor. • Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 11 of 17 De Weerd: That is the blue folder that you saw late last summer that Cheryl brought in. It is kind of a tri-fold - Stiffler: It is consistent (inaudible) flexible, Joe, to be able to (inaudible). It was designed out of the flexibility so it isn't a one time event. He has got that capability even in the idea of the stitching inside to change the words, but still utilize the folder in an appropriate manner. We use kind of the whole mark. City video, I have to say I am going to defer to the Mayor because of the original -the initial -how that was initiated; we were kind of brought into that after the initial kind of discussion, we have been involved, but if you could help me a little bit on how it originally came about. De Weerd: Council this is the entity that I met at our last AIC conference that followed up. They have 30 second video clips for economic development, quality of life, schools and then we are doing one on our medical district and they load them onto your website. It is a tool that we use for economic development. Our legal counsel and our IT did an evaluation and actually you authorized a contract with this entity last fall. We didn't want them to come and film in the dead of winter. We really wanted them to come and film when the city started to come alive. So they will be coming March 23~d, I believe - or I am song, May 23~d. So we are working with our directors and fine tuning some ideas. We are working with the School District and Shelley has been doing a lot of coordinating with the different entities -has also met with Shaun of the MDC to really map out what we want our downtown to look like. What areas in economic development and subdivisions we would like to highlight to contact them so they can have everything looking spiffy and so we do have a mapped out plan on where we are going to send them. Also I might note that KTVB Channel 7 will be highlighting Meridian in their May sweeps. They generally highlight four cities in the State of Idaho. This year will be McCall, Twin Falls, some other city, I don't remember and Meridian. Meridian will be their finale city. We will be having a celebration for - I am calling it a celebration, but it is between 5:00 and 7:00 a.m. It is self talk; I am trying to figure it is a celebration at 5:00 in the moming. They will be doing some pre-productions to highlight some of the areas that we would like showcased for our community and so we have been working to develop those areas and working with KTVB Channel 7 on that. But on the 21St we will be having a celebration and maybe it will be easier just having Shelley come and update you on it next week. But we will be having -Shelley has met with the Chamber, some kind of a city celebration that moming from 5 to 7 a.m. So we can get people to show up. We are going to go for the early birds. Now Ralph I saw you there this moming, so be expecting a phone call. Stiffler: The other comment I need to make on the video that I think is very important is that there have been assurances related and I think that Ted or Bill even looked at part of the arrangement with them to ensure the multiple use of that video so that we have that even in our marketing materials and we have an • Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 12 of 17 opportunity to have that CD pocket or taking that to the web and having the other opportunity. We are trying to maximize that and I would say that one of the new ones on that now we would (inaudible) and come back to my ISU thing. I will say the ISU School District connection is one of the things that we continue to see businesses and employees want to know what is the school opportunities for my kids. The exciting part is to be able to talk about some of those new specialized school programs. I look at it selfishly - if it is my granddaughter could go to the right kind of program here that helps to put her a step ahead and I would say as even the President of ISU said again, let's talk about careers. Let's talk about how we can do that. So I think that video has an opportunity to show such a cooperation between the School District, ISU, the city and the community kind of commitment to that, which is a major factor in the growth of businesses here and our employees staying here and bringing other businesses in. The trade show attendance, one of the things that I would say is that one of the things that we are really looking at is anything to do - we are not interested in just going to trade shows and I say this length with existing business relationships. I mentioned it earlier. If we can find that Micro Tool or somebody has a particular thing and they know related to companies, we want to try and find a way to participate, whether it is just the City of Meridian primarily and looking at how that focus can be and we are going to look at opportunities when it make sense. Creating plan for focused use of marketing tools and efforts to site planners and businesses. B-VEP has taken the lead on that. Unfortunately is that it gets back to where we are trying to make sure on the communication side we are kind of saying wait we have got to know what happens. If they go make a visit to Dallas and they have 50 site visits there or site consultants that they are working with, we need to know and we want to make sure the marketing package that goes to them. Not only to the B-VEP's website, but it has to do with being able to follow up. If they get eight of those then equally all of the cities and entities have an opportunity then direct market back on the follow up for those contacts that they have made and so that is a cooperative kind of thing. Secondarily that target industry marketing research initiatives, one of the other things that we want to do is we are going to approach a couple of the others - I might even say potentially the University of Phoenix or even possibly maybe ISU - it is a little stretch in the connection except for because of part of the tie. We would like to get a little help or kind of a cooperative effort almost as a student kind of project for a class project to help looking at what are some of those really connected. I want them to help us on the marketing research. It is consistent with kind of what we are trying to do. It is a good way to allow students to be able to do that kind of marketing research. It is exciting. It is fun. There is an opportunity for them to get growth out of it, too, but we get some other information that we could use in an appropriate manner. I just say again, maximize and leveraging the existing businesses for related contacts. There is one point before I go to the last item of information, which I must mentioned, I did not come here with a laundry list, but I would have to tell you that on a routine basis, on a weekly basis, both by the virtue of just through the website or the contact, both Shaun at MDC and ourselves and the EDC and working together, we get contacts on a weekly basis Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 13 of 17 from appropriate potential developers. In some cases the person might come in and want to talk to one of us about downtown and they end up talking about another piece. We also in the last week have had several people come in and say I am talking about this piece of property here and then we talk to them and I bring Shaun in and we start talking about downtown and they go, gee, that is interesting. What is going on? So I would say that I didn't want to list out a list, but I would also tell you that there are probably -Tammy has actually met, we have tried to pick and choose when it is a stage when we have somebody from outside of the area of what is going on. We continue to respond to those people, have meetings with those people and look at trying to say how do we continue to work with them in a way that is still consistent with the professionalism that they want to have with it and I think that you should just be aware of that. I will tell you it is surprising how many in the last couple of weeks that I have had calls from that are Las Vegas investors - I had a gentleman that came in a week ago and has a new heart specialist clinic that wants to know about our medical tech district and so it is - I guess I would say this -there is a lot of that input. I don't mean - a lot of is coming to us. It is coming to us because there is an interest and again part of that exposure, which tells me kind of the message that is being done. Borton: So do you keep an internal database of each contact? Stiffler: Yes, we do; in addition to site visits and it is not something that has been there. It is actually - we are not totally satisfied with where we need to have it yet, but we are going to get there. I have to tell you I am the old school guy, Joe. Josh will smile. I can tell you what we don't have in data, I have in hard copy. Maybe it is my age, but the rest of the guys keep me in line with regard to what has to happen. Just being very honest. De Weerd: Mr. President. Borton: Madame Mayor. De Weerd: I guess just a follow up on that question. I know in our business retention committee we would like to gather data from each of the cities in their visits on some of the topics or challenges for the businesses and developing our own strategic plan. So if you do track that we do need to bring that to the next meeting. Stiffler: Okay. Actually as you know the digital things that we provide you every time we go on a site visit, part of that data and what we do is record what comes out of that and that becomes part of that database too. In addition to the follow up that I send you or the follow up that I send to the particular client, but it is an information base for us, which is great. Zaremba: Mr. President. • Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 14 of 17 Borton: Mr. Zaremba. Zaremba: In your contacts for these people, I am sure they are contacting other cities as well in other areas, is there any discussion - I mean do they bring up some other cities providing us with this incentive and that incentive or can we stay strictly with the benefits that we offer or are we being twisted to do things we don't want to do? StifFler: My response would be and I will say this because most states at the one particular I am going to say on the conference that I was at in Anaheim was five and one half miles long and it is an international conference where you had all of the states representatives and then you had some cities. I will tell you that Austin, Texas had one of the best presentation booths I have ever seen and how they approached it. However, I will say this that in the context we have got inquiries and what goes on in the person and even in the site visits. We have had direct meetings with B-VEP, with all of the areas and we will have the company come in and if they go okay, what incentives can you offer? What will you do for me? Obviously the standard things that are appropriately, but still sometimes they don't know; sometimes they have already known because the state has already forwarded to them. They understand what is already offered from the state with regard to training and all those things - to be honest they are somewhat kind of status quo. What happens though and it happened in California because we got a little bit of that discussion even in the magazine interviews. It is actually one I like to answer because it is purely this: what is your cost of doing business? I don't care whether it is workmen's comp, whether it is housing cost, I mean it goes on between the business and the employees. Presently today this area from the quality of life - it is present where we sit - is that if you look at just cost of power, utilities, workmen's comp, insurance - it is all of those things. Right now, we compete and that is why we see the Boise Valley is still in Forbes and all of the other -you see it is ranked as it is. That is where we are today. That is not to say competition still will be out there. But I will tell - I am going to go back to my first word "excellence". They are very interested in is does the city have the leadership to maintain the kind of quality and the excellence? That is the part that is really kind of exciting as it comes to it. Doesn't mean the guy wouldn't ask, could you give me -will you donate the land to me -will you give me the new plant -that kind of thing. North Carolina and a lot of states are doing a lot of things like that. That is not presently something appropriate in our state legislating and we all know things are a little bit different. Right now we can compete, particularly I think on the kind of small to medium sized businesses and the business that really look at that value at and where we are targeting. De Weerd: Mr. President. Borton: Madame Mayor. Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 15 of 17 De Weerd: I guess, too on the new laws that the -new law passes legislative session, I know that Phil has been working on how to best utilize that new tool. Stiffler: In fact, I don't know if anybody is aware of it, but we can discuss that later, but actually Will helped me sure and confirm that we got the things because I wasn't sure at first that it had passed. I was very glad that it had passed and it is under the guise of the Idaho Department of Housing, but it is an economic development opportunity. I don't think, again, as you know sometimes something new like that comes up it could be some opportunity, but we have got to really fine tune how we can actually look at how it will actually be utilized. I am going to go from the bottom up here only because Josh is going to give a little discussion on that top one there on that GIS initiative. But, Community College, I only put this on the bottom there because I don't want - I just felt as an economic development thing, I have to say and make my stand that I would say that is a very significant issue still to this whole Boise Valley. When you start talking to businesses and employers, Iwould -not that Council is not aware of that I just couldn't help but put it up there. I know it is what is being talked about on the news and everything else, but I must say to you it is an important issue. I think the initiative that is out there and what goes forward is important. The other one is I have started discussions with and actually Bill Nary has provided me some of the information. We have talked again today and we have a chance at looking to have our next meeting, but researching (inaudible--) talk to Council about what are the opportunities or where do -call the "t" account, the pluses and minuses with regard to an auditorium district; particularly given the fact -but the only issue is that it may not even be for the purposes of what it is today, maybe what it is in the future by even the designation -because we are finding out that we potentially can get squeezed in the idea of where that sits between Boise, Nampa and where it is is we just think it is our responsibility to bring it up. Collaborative coordination with the city departments, I guess one of the things that has been very pleasant to us and I will tell you the way we are working with the departments, we have standing meetings with those appropriate committees within all those departments. With Planning and particularly with Building and having - I guess the part the way have enjoyed the collaborative type of thing where everybody is part of economic development and - (Tape turned over) Stiffler: The website that I just touched upon is that we will be talking about how we think that website can take advantage and what we need to do with kind of upgrading that. So with that, Josh you may want to come up here. Grant: The top one the Idaho Economic Development Association GIS initiative, there is an attachment included with the handout that was provided that gives you some more details on that. I will provide a brief overview. That is a statewide initiative that is being led by the Idaho Economic Development Association and Commerce and Labor to benefit all communities in the State of ~ ~ Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 16 of 17 Idaho. It is still in its exploration phase, but it is a valued tool to benefit site locators, businesses and developers to identify available land and space. Obviously in tum it provides the communities back with some valuable information such as what space is being searched for, what kind of land is being identified that people need. Again we are currently communicating with Commerce and Labor and (inaudible) on the progress on this and I will continue to provide feedback and input to them as well as to the Mayor and Council as we move forward. But I would encourage you if you have time to read through that and any questions, please let me know. Borton: Thanks Josh. Council any questions of Josh? Bird: I have none. Rountree: Mr. President just a comment. As your database develops and as your contacts continue, it would be something I would like to see in terms of a metric, you know what are we looking at in terms of numbers? What are we looking at in terms of categories and that sort of thing? So that would be something tangible. Borton: Phil, one thing when I go into the report this is - and I think you guys are doing an awesome job. Two questions as I go through this that jump out to me. I guess for the second quarter report - sometimes I get a blend of a report of things that are just happening economically in our city verses the specific things that Virtus, your company is addressing and tackling; so is it possible to have a report that maybe outlines maybe five or ten specific goals and I envision a list of annual goals that you are intending to accomplish and then during your reports some feedback on some specific activities that are related to accomplishing things. Stiffler: I guess it ties a little bit too in what Charlie said too on the metric side and kind of - but I guess the only question I would ask is that is to drill down the side of that with regard to activities - do you want us to look at here are these four entities we work with on a development --? I guess how far of the drill down of the name of that entity - or use examples. That is my only - Gorton: I guess it depends on how detailed the metrics -information maybe in the database and maybe it is just compiling it. It would just be helpful. Byway of an example, you know some of the things that you address the Ten Mile issues and Pinebridge issues -there is economic development concerns for the city whether or not it is a specific function of your company taking specific action towards those areas. Do you see the distinction? StifFler: Yes, I do. I will say in some case I will use say like Pinebridge, it falls inconsistent within what we have been told -the business enterprise corridor is part of the original task that we were looking at. Our support isn't related to the • • Meridian City Pre-Council Meeting April 24, 2007 Page 17 of 17 fact that we are trying to do Planning's job, but we are working with them to look at doing (inaudible) related to part of identifying (inaudible) the objectives and part of those objectives is to ensure the customer service and those kinds of things, but we are not interchanging in the idea of approvals or getting things outside of our realm of scope of work or what is related to it. But I think your first comment as I look at it I like it better when you are kind of looking at the idea of being able to respond with that tracking and those things that show - I will call it kind of results or activity actions that are there supporting the objectives. That is what Iwould - Borton: Sure and I think you have it. Council any other questions? Bird: I have none. Rountree: I have none. Zaremba: Thank you. Borton: We appreciate the report and the update. That brings us to the end of the Pre-Council agenda. Rountree: Move to adjoum. Bird: Second. Borton: It has been moved and seconded to adjoum. All those in favor say aye. ALL AYES. MOTION CARRIED. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:54 P.M. (TAPE ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS) APPROVED: TAMMY DE D, MAYOR 5 , l 5, 0 7 DATE APPROVED ATTESTED: ~~~- /~/~" WILLIAM G. BERG, JR., CI \\~~111111111111//~,`/ •~`. ®d ~.., 3CL RK ~~I, - ~ ~ s '~ /s~si ,~ a4~~04~ 'J~~~111f111t11111111`\ April 20, 2~7 • MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL MEETING April 24, 2007 APPLICANT ITEM NO. 3 REQUEST Presentation o€ First Quarter Economic Development Report by Virfus ..i.lU Y Yi~i.~~ .~1r.' Enterp-ises AGENCY COMMENTS CITY CLERK: CITY ENGINEER: CITY PLANNING DIRECTOR: CITY ATTORNEY CI'T'Y POLICE DEPT: CITY FIRE DEPT: CITY 13UtLD1NG DEPT: CITY WATER DEPT: CITY SEWER DEPT: CITY PARKS DEPT: MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT: ADA COUNTY HIGHWAY DISTRICT: ~'~ SANITARY SERVICE COMPANY CENTRAL DISTRICT HEALTH: NAMPA MERIDIAN IRRIGATION: SETTLERS IRRIGATION: IDAHO POWER: US WEST: INTERMOUNTAIN GAS: MERIDIAN POST OFFICE: OTHER: Contacted: Dat®: Phone: Emalled: Staff Initials: MatR-iais proaanhrd of pub8e maf~a ahNi betoma pnopstty ~ the City of Mwidian. • : r ~~cEiv~~ APR 2 42007 CITY OF E IDIAN is Excellence ate ril 24, 2007 cat3-of~I~a~~ Notes: • ^ ._~ _ __ Business Enterprise Corridors ^ Med/Tech corridor ^ PineBridge ^ ISU exposure ^ Downtown -coordination efforts with MDC ^ Bio-Tech/Nutraceutical ^ Ten-Mile -options ^ Design standards ^ Strategic marketing ^ Economic development amendments to Comprehensive Plan Notes: 2 ~J • ^.- - - __ - Engagement with Existing & Emerging Meridian Businesses ^ Existing business site visits ^ Enhanced education and relationship building with existing businesses ^ Ongoing responsiveness and professional follow-up ^ Routine business appreciation message ^ Industry publication exposure ^ Collaborative engagements with existing businesses to target new businesses attraction Notes: 3 -:> Positioning for Sustainable Economic Base ^ BVEP involvement/collaboration ^ Leads provided through BVEP ^ BVEP's marketing efforts a Leveraging BVEP PR and national exposure ^ BVEP wet~site -optimize opportunity for connectivity ^ Targeted industry focus adopted and aligned with Meridian's focus ^ Participation in maximizing economic development funding opportundles ^ Building strategies to create funding partners to support desired business growth ^ ISU common vision -opportunity! ^ Selective participation in related organizations and activities to gain meaningful information and value Notes: 4 ^ - - -_ Target Marketing to Attract New Value-Added Business ^ New marketing materials ^ City video -multiple use ^ Trade show attendance -link with existing business relationships ^ Creating plan for focused use of marketing tools and efforts to site planners and businesses ^ Target industry marketing research initiatives ^ Maximizing and leveraging existing businesses for related contacts Notes: 5 -• ~ f ~ ~ __-- ~ ;_ ~--_ Additional Information ^ IEDA GIS Initiative ^ Website ^ Collaborative Coordination with City Departments ^ Auditorium District ^ Community College Notes: 6 IEDAJCommerce & Labor GIS Initiative: What is it and why is it important? APR ~ 4 ~~~~ ~~ ®f P~(~ric~an GIS helps promote economic development by facilitating access to data about infrastructure, businesses, demographics, economic, and labor markets via the Internet in a user friendly format. GIS integration with the Idaho Land and Building Inventory wit/ enable site selectors and businesses to easily access web-based demographic, business analysis, and marketing reports for all available properties in Idaho. It quickly answers the questions, is there available property, what are the specific characteristics of the property, what are the businesses in the area that may be competition or complimentary, and what are the geographic characteristics of the property. Integrating GIS wi#h comprehensive business climate data makes Idaho competitive with other states in our region and throughout the country in business attraction and expansion. Some of the states in the west that have implemented GIS with their land and building inventories include: • Oregon, www.oregonprospector.com • Washington, www.washingtonprospector.com • Utah, www.utahsuresites.com • Arizona, www.arizonaprospector.com Some of the western states that do not have GIS systems in place: • California - no land and building inventory • Nevada - no land and building inventory but are in the process of revamping +- Mon#ana -- no land and building inventory Idaho has successfully competed with many of the states that have not implemented GIS and/or land and building inventories in their statewide economic development efforts. This is an opportunity to move further ahead with our technology and demonstrate that Idaho truly has a competency in science and technology by utilizing the latest technology in the site location process. There are several options available for companies implementing GIS with the site selection process. Each company offers different mechanisms for developing and maintaining the system. Through research conducted by ICL, City of Boise, City of Nampa, and the Boise Valley Economic Partnership GIS Planning is the most capable firm to provide this service. GIS Planning is a California based company that specializes in implementing GIS with economic development data. The company currently has projects in 28 ~ f states providing services to nine statewide systems and hundreds of cities. All data for businesses, demographics, and labor market analysis are maintained and housed by GIS Planning. The only data the client provides is for the specific sites listed. They also have the capacity to provide reports on what people are searching for in the website, based on type of land available, type of building, labor force etc. Their process takes three months to develop a new site. After that point it is maintained and housed by GIS Planning on a continual basis. Who will be involy®d? Every community in Idaho would benefit from the implementation of this system. Each economic development organization in the state will have a responsibility to promote the system to their local businesses and real estate agents to improve the visibility of the site and the reliability of the listings. Every real estate agent in the state will have the ability to add listings to the inventory which will then automa#ically have the socio-economic data attached to it. Not only will the local economic development organizations play a role in maintaining the inventory of sites listed but they will also have a role in the development of the GIS land and building inventory. The cost of a GIS integrated system is prohibifiive for the any one agency to purchase the system for everyone. The costs associated with GIS Planning are: $50,000 for the development year and $40,000 maintenance fee per year. 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M3 Cttx: prinripail, .com- asr There arr. patrd t]te Iiotse metro era to A~lenic of the 1980s -l'ots' of small,_ca~dging anus, sucli eorpo• plenty rif Isuutat gtxxl pritxsutxl u gridit,ud tn:SctnCnr RitiilCttt SIrKC:HttlS: Slla(~Ar$ aitd:l5'tri~'11taC MarltetS 5$ttl-:Cal1l.1`ILI£T A:UStOtre. lOCS• ._ ...: Mntrihuting.Cxpellise,, 3nPi'acti•ucture aqd ~'ectime dGtclnr tif;llr I3aise'~?dli~} Iita>• - °li'.c on the n+u-tlic~rn-lutrilerof (the city ol'{ hneiehuildlta=,vtithbathsidea'!splittingtite nnmicPnrtnetslup. F.i~glr,rshichVras~nul~n,ate,~ellikeStY~u. ptu(itti. ttkeuremcigtmportaitffarjtsuhcremu daG and has a similar qutilnr daii+numn," Tiedr~z~lopm¢nt3snrptlcdlatluftmfht9.~ bu>'ci~ arc c~ umiag #ratn+and 9heirttiisions Iieoutilees,tip,Ai31st'aAttib(ttingHODaetirs of l3agtls Basin klalmtnm, Itcar:thC.Hoiso ~ ff)r Clle Ill'Ar IfY y t~, ZO'„VralS,' 13'iileY 4ahl. 'la.titr Clfy ]11th:' R1cwr and lake Cascade. Residents u~III ens- °Herr theres major imegtmenf talJng.itlace $oise is n lxapprai ,glace, he-said, he- lly 6r stile to s1.9 thi: mtatatafn:arr3 take in tvStif pcnplc hetnrt~ orttfre ftttistr." eflse °IPs a matiOeczt~9 a fat of inFJw frgm a rtnind qF golf'itt louH:r lc~ls iti Ule'satue 'I.'Ittxe tui mon• Fartrrrre iW )teailguariets seabaard alntei:" Clay, ini3oisv rhati in Phcren~, T3etlc Wdd. Thar qutside rrctxatioual> iZe%ibiiily al- The 81ediAn home price Tin. Ad:i Contt[y, LaET ~iNIN~G1'ED" tiactrdSunCortatheprttjea,'8ceutaaiti. }stitnr to Eoicr and the Aviinor detclap- _ $pnCor brortg3+t`in \i~ Cos, d~'rlopprrr went.ls~.2,5Q,tM>EJ:liiller,..ad Abintar. amror•anlltttarcam al' pmeriCan Ranch and PreSCUtt lakes Aduir.and 1tCtis Stn+Lcx' people vew'e ~3 Coa.: ww.m3coinp.cgm in Pnsrofl, atnl tttst c<mtprUty bought rho :Fightirlin fa go to 80~ lz9 tun t}ie;eight- fli~3 Eagla:3vww.m~gagle:aom tiweslera ttosE.puilirtn of the lmtk irom ~4a~ prrson Aylptarnllke $uiiCor: wwwsultcvprez;Cnnt CIoUd'and is railing it A13 ~e M1i3, Ii@ita saiSl. ~~fi "spin ufl' iargc: paraJs into super ng pads to home lxtildets, likt V~Stnnciu." de it ~w Sandr an inFunion oI cagh While "{h anti ue develop Atirnar 13eyymid, add. . bf iiigtl.wtfi.•ptuaccttvilllia~ca25•yrakbw&l` en grit. st= Avimar's first.~hase ~vUl txtm lisle viAnge T i i °lik V ~ t s ao per tv t taicn cratenb rt trwrn t e o, or ~'ertadoi6" ha bid: x~r SunCoris dei.Tiiiptng thc~mn.~ee.plattined wmmunit Futlp Valley iii Good}Tar, and hes';ikhrr:emnmunitics. in''~'rrstwu 1+allr.~y; IS^ :Snntc.:NC; N.i1o1.; ntuJ St: C+enrge: TTtab. he '~e[LS and Jlnt Adair. 5unCory vice presl• st tlenlt~unrfeliutlding, s-ptd [he hope is to htit~a nt .lu fiix rriadclsm'Bstivic up ft>c ~icWing by°the ~.+~ ~ • __ The Business Journal of Phoenix -February 12, 2007 91u~rc~ Buss Jo~xn~ BUSINESS PULSE SURVEY: How #ike#y are yau to watch a video or mauls an a mobile shone? Residential Real Estate Northern exposure: Arizona firms tackle Idaho master-planned community THE BUSINESS JOURNAL OF PHOENIX -FEBRUARY 8, 2007 BY Christla Cai#sbons THE BUSINESS JOURNAL Two Arizona companies are rustling up a major development just outside Boise, Idaho. SunCor Development Co. of Tempe and M3 Cos. of Prescott have been eyeing Idaho as a winning place for investment, expansion and development. The two companies are working with land owner Sandy McCloud, athird- generation rancher with roots in Scotland, to develop amaster-planned community called Avimor. While an usually harsh winter has disrupted construction, SunCor is readying the first 700 acres of 23,000 -it's biggest-ever master-planned community -- in a joint venture with McCloud. Perhaps it's his Scottish roots that provided the inspiration for the "green, rolling hills" of Avimor 8 miles outside of Boise. McCloud likens the surroundings of the development to Aviemore, Scotland. McCloud contributed the land, according to SunCor President Steve Betts. SunCor is contributing expertise, infrastructure and home building, with both sides splitting the profits. The development is nestled in the foothills of Bogus Basin Mountain, near the Boise River and Lake Cascade. Residents will easily be able to ski the mountain and take in a round of golf at lower levels in the same day. That outside recreational flexibility attracted SunCor to the project, Betts said. SunCor brought in M3 Cos., developer of American Ranch and Prescott Lakes in Prescott, and that company bought the western-most portion of the land from McCloud and is calling it M3 Eagle. M3, Betts said, will "spin off large parcels into super pads to home builders, like Vistancia " "It gave Sandy an infusion of cash while he and we develop Avimor," Betts said, adding that the project will have a 25-year build out. Avimor's first phase will comprise villages with town centers, "like Verrado, but seven Verrados," he said. SunCor is developing the master-planned community Palm Valley in Goodyear, and has other communities in Prescott Valley; Sante Fe, N.M.; and St. George, Utah. Betts and Jim Adair, SunCor's vice president/home building, said the hope is to have five models in Bosie up for viewing by the fall. Betts and Adair explained that SunCor's philosophy is to develop in second markets and not go head-to-head with national builders so they aren't forced to build quickly to compete. • Second-market status joins with the natural opportunities in the area -skiing, kayaking, white-water rafting, hiking, fishing, dog sledding, snowmobiling, mountain biking, boating - to create a quality lifestyle, Betts, said, which is another SunCor core value. "We don't necessarily need to enter the market with amenities because there are natural amenities," he said. Boise long has been home to such corporate giants as Albertsons, Micron Technology, J.R. Simplot Co. and Hewlett-Packard. Idaho is the third-fastest growing state, has much less snow than people think, and thriving employment growth in both blue and white-collar markets, said Paul Hiller, executive director of the Boise Valley Economic Partnership. "It's extremely important for us where our buyers are coming from and their visions for the next five, 10, 20 years," Hiller said. "Here there's major investment taking place with people betting on the future." There are more Fortune 500 headquarters in Boise than in Phoenix, Betts said. The median home price in Ada County, home to Boise and the Avimor development, is $250,000, Hiller said. Adair and Betts said SunCor people were fighting to go to Boise to run the eight-person Avimor office. Bill Brownlee, M3 Cos. principal, compared the Boise metro area to Phoenix of the 1980s -lots of small, outlying areas, plenty of land at good prices and a grid road system. "Downtown Boise is very attractive and redeveloping very nicely," Brownlee said. The 6,005-acre M3 Eagle will be a mixed use project from dense living to equestrian custom lots. "It's on the northern border of (the city of) Eagle, which has an income level like Scottsdale and has a similar quaint downtown," Brownlee said. M3 is contributing 800 acres to the city park. Boise is a happening place, he said, because "it's a market with a lot of influx from seaboard states." Get connected Avimor: www.avimor.com M3 Cos.: ww.m3comp.com M3 Eagle: www.m3eagie.com SunCor. www.suncoraz.com THIS ARTICLE IS FOR PAID PRINT SUBSCRtBERS ONLY. If you are already a The Business Journal subscriber please create or sign Into your b(zjournals.com account to link your valid print subscription and have access to the complete article. BECOt4~E A PRINT SUBSCRIBER ~*'~ For immediate access to this article, as well as the most recent edition of The Business Joumal online, become a print subscriber. - - 1. ALREADY .HAVE AN ACCOUNT' • C~ The Business Journal of Phoe~lx -February 12, 2007 IiL~SLVGSSJ0UR~1L BUSINESS PULSE SURVEY: How likely are you to watch a video or movie on a mobile phons7 Residential Real Estate Northern exposure: Arizona firms tackle Idaho master-planned community THE BUSINESS JOURNAL OF PHOENIX -FEBRUARY 9, 2007 BY Christie Gibbons THE BUSINESS JOURNAL Two Arizona companies are rustling up a major development just outside Boise, Idaho. SunCor Development Co. of Tempe and M3 Cos. of Prescott have been eyeing Idaho as a winning place for investment, expansion and development. The two companies are working with land owner Sandy McCloud, athird- generation rancher with roots in Scotland, to develop amaster-planned community called Avimor. While an usually harsh winter has disrupted construction, SunCor is readying the first 700 acres of 23,000 -it's biggest-ever master-planned community - in a joint venture with McCloud. Perhaps it's his Scottish roots that provided the inspiration for the "green, rolling hills" of Avimor 8 miles outside of Boise. McCloud likens the surroundings of the development to Aviemore, Scotland. McCloud contributed the land, according to SunCor President Steve Betts. SunCor is contributing expertise, infrastructure and home building, with both sides splitting the profits. The development is nestled in the foothills of Bogus Basin Mountain, near the Boise River and Lake Cascade. Residents will easily be able to ski the mountain and take in a round of golf at lower levels in the same day. That outside recreational flexibility attracted SunCor to the project, Betts said. SunCor brought in M3 Cos., developer of American Ranch and Prescott Lakes in Prescott, and that company bought the western-most portion of the land from McCloud and is calling it M3 Eagle. M3, Betts said, will "spin off large parcels into super pads to home builders, like Vistancia." "It gave Sandy an infusion of cash while he and we develop Avimor," Betts said, adding that the project will have a 25-year build out. Avimor's first phase will comprise villages with town centers, "like Verrado, but seven Verrados," he said. SunCor is developing the master-planned community Palm Valley in Goodyear, and has other communities in Prescott Valley; Sante Fe, N.M.; and St. George, Utah. Betts and Jim Adair, SunCor's vice presidenUhome building, said the hope is to have five models in Bosie up for viewing by the fall. Betts and Adair explained that SunCor's philosophy is to develop in second markets and not go head-to-head with national builders so they aren't forced to build quickly to compete. • • Second-market status joins with the natural opportunities in the area -skiing, kayaking, white-water rafting, hiking, fishing, dog sledding, snowmobiling, mountain biking, boating - to create a quality lifestyle, Betts, said, which is another SunCor core value. "We don't necessarily need to enter the market with amenities because there are natural amenities," he said. Boise long has been home to such corporate giants as Albertsons, Micron Technology, J.R. Simplot Co. and Hewlett-Packard. Idaho is the third-fastest growing state, has much less snow than people think, and thriving employment growth in both blue and white-collar markets, said Paul Hiller, executive director of the Boise Valley Economic Partnership. "It's extremely important for us where our buyers are coming from and their visions for the next five, 10, 20 years," Hiller said. "Here there's major investment taking place with people betting on the future." There are more Fortune 500 headquarters in Boise than in Phoenix, Betts said. The median home price in Ada County, home to Boise and the Avimor development, is $250,000, Hiller said. Adair and Betts said SunCor people were fighting to go to Boise to run the eight-person Avimor office. Bill Brownlee, M3 Cos. principal, compared the Boise metro area to Phoenix of the 1980s -lots of small, outlying areas, plenty of land at good prices and a grid road system. "Downtown Boise is very attractive and redeveloping very nicely," Brownlee said. The 6,005-acre M3 Eagle will be a mixed use project from dense living to equestrian custom lots. "It's on the northern border of (the city of) Eagle, which has an income level like Scottsdale and has a similar quaint downtown," Brownlee said. M3 is contributing 800 acres to the city park. Boise is a happening place, he said, because "it's a market with a lot of influx from seaboard states." Get connected Avimor: www.avimor.com M3 Cos.: ww.m3comp.com M3 Eagle: www.m3eagfe.com SunCor. www.suncoraz.com THIS ARTICLE IS FOR PAID PRINT SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. If you are already a The Business Journal subscriber please create or sign Into your bizjournals.com account to link your valid print subscription and have access to the complete article. BECOiIrIE A PRINT SUBSCRIBER ~ _ ._ ~. ~.~t~ r~, For immediate access to this article, as well as the most recent edition of The Business Journal online, become a print subscriber. .~ ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT • • __ The Business Journal of Phoenix -February 12. 2007 Residential Real Estate Northern exposure: Arizona firms tackle Idaho master-planned community THE BUSINESS JOURNAL OF PHOENIX -FEBRUARY 9, 2007 BY Ct~ristia Gibbons THE 6USINESS JOURNAL Two Arizona companies are rustling up a major development just outside Boise, Idaho. SunCor Development Co. of Tempe and M3 Cos. of Prescott have been eyeing Idaho as a winning place for investment, expansion and development. The two companies are working with land owner Sandy McCloud, athird- generation rancher with roots in Scotland, to develop amaster-planned community called Avimor. While an usually harsh winter has disrupted construction, SunCor is readying the first 700 acres of 23,000 -- it's biggest-ever master-planned community - in a joint venture with McCloud. Perhaps it's his Scottish roots that provided the inspiration for the "green, rolling hills" of Avimor 8 miles outside of Boise. McCloud likens the surroundings of the development to Aviemore, Scotland. McCloud contributed the land, according to SunCor President Steve Betts. SunCor is contributing expertise, infrastructure and home building, with both sides splitting the profits. The development is nestled in the foothills of Bogus Basin Mountain, near the Boise River and Lake Cascade. Residents will easily be able to ski the mountain and take in a round of golf at lower levels in the same day. That outside recreational flexibility attracted SunCor to the project, Betts said. SunCor brought in M3 Cos., developer of American Ranch and Prescott Lakes in Prescott, and that company bought the western-most portion of the land from McCloud and is calling it M3 Eagle. M3, Betts said, will "spin off large parcels into super pads to home builders, like ~stancia." "It gave Sandy an infusion of cash while he and we develop Avimor," Betts said, adding that the project will have a 25-year build out. Avimor's first phase will comprise villages with town centers, "like Verrado, but seven Verrados," he said. SunCor is developing the master-planned community Palm Valley in Goodyear, and has other communities in Prescott Valley; Sante Fe, N.M.; and St. George, Utah. Betts and Jim Adair, SunCor's vice president/home building, said the hope is to have five models in Bosie up for viewing by the fall. Betts and Adair explained that SunCor's philosophy is to develop in second markets and not go head-to-head with national builders so they aren't forced to build quickly to compete. • Second-market status joins with the natural opportunities in the area --skiing, kayaking, white-water rafting, hiking, fishing, dog sledding, snowmobiling, mountain biking, boating - to create a quality lifestyle, Betts, said, which is another SunCor core value. "We don't necessarily need to enter the market with amenities because there are natural amenities," he said. Boise long has been home to such corporate giants as Albertsons, Micron Technology, J.R. Simplot Co. and Hewlett-Packard. Idaho is the third-fastest growing state, has much less snow than people think, and thriving employment growth in both blue and white-collar markets, said Paul Hiller, executive director of the Boise Valley Economic Partnership. "It's extremely important for us where our buyers are coming from and their visions for the next five, 10, 20 years," Hiller said. "Here there's major investment taking place with people betting on the future." There are more Fortune 500 headquarters in Boise than in Phoenix, Betts said. The median home price in Ada County, home to Boise and the Avimor development, is $250,000, Hiller said. Adair and Betts said SunCor people were fighting to go to Boise to run the eight-person Avimor office. Bill Brownlee, M3 Cos. principal, compared the Boise metro area to Phoenix of the 1980s -- lots of small, outlying areas, plenty of land at good prices and a grid road system. "Downtown Boise is very attractive and redeveloping very nicely," Brownlee said. The 6,005-acre M3 Eagle will be a mixed use project from dense living to equestrian custom lots. "It's on the northern border of (the city of) Eagle, which has an income level like Scottsdale and has a similar quaint downtown," Brownlee said. M3 is contributing 800 acres to the city park. Boise is a happening place, he said, because "it's a market with a lot of influx from seaboard states." Get connected Avimor: www.avimor.cam M3 Cos.: ww.m3comp.com M3 Eagle: www.m3eagle,com SunCor. www.suncoraz.com __ __ THIS ARTICLE IS FOR PAID PRINT SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. If you are already a The Business Joumal subscriber please create or sign into your bizJournals.com account to Itnk your valid print subscription and have access to the complete article. BECOflflE A PRINT SUBSCRIBER I ~ ~_ „`, ~~ „ ~ For immediate access to this article, as well as the most recent edition of The Business Joumal online, become a print subscriber. ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT • The Business Journal of Phoenix -February 12, 2007 BU5BIE5FJ~NM BUSINESS PULSE SURVEY: Flow Likely are you to watch a video or rnovie on a mobile phone? Residential Real Estate Northern exposure: Arizona firms tackle Idaho master-planned community THE BUSINESS JOURNAL OF PHOENIX -FEBRUARY 9, 2007 BY Christie {gibbons THE BUSINESS JOURNAL Two Arizona companies are rustling up a major development just outside Boise, Idaho. SunCor Development Co. of Tempe and M3 Cos. of Prescott have been eyeing Idaho as a winning place for investment, expansion and development. The two companies are working with land owner Sandy McCloud, athird- generation rancher with roots in Scotland, to develop amaster-planned community called Avimor. While an usually harsh winter has disrupted construction, SunCor is readying the first 700 acres of 23,000 -it's biggest-ever master-planned community - in a joint venture with McCloud. Perhaps it's his Scottish roots that provided the inspiration for the "green, rolling hills" of Avimor 8 miles outside of Boise. McCloud likens the surroundings of the development to Aviemore, Scotland. McCloud contributed the land, according to SunCor President Steve Betts. SunCor is contributing expertise, infrastructure and home building, with both sides splitting the profits. The development is nestled in the foothills of Bogus Basin Mountain, near the Boise River and Lake Cascade. Residents will easily be able to ski the mountain and take in a round of golf at lower levels in the same day. That outside recreational flexibility attracted SunCor to the project, Betts said. SunCor brought in M3 Cos., developer of American Ranch and Prescott Lakes in Prescott, and that company bought the western-most portion of the land from McCloud and is calling it M3 Eagle. M3, Betts said, will "spin off large parcels into super pads to home builders, like Vistancia." "It gave Sandy an infusion of cash while he and we develop Avimor" Betts said, adding that the project will have a 2&year build out. Avimor's first phase will comprise villages with town centers, "like Verrado, but seven Verrados," he said. SunCor is developing the master-planned community Palm Valley in Goodyear, and has other communities in Prescott Valley; Sante Fe, N.M.; and St. George, Utah. Betts and Jim Adair, SunCor's vice president/home building, said the hope is to have five models in Bosie up for viewing by the fall. Betts and Adair explained that SunCor's philosophy is to develop in second markets and not go head-to-head with national builders so they aren't forced to build quickly to compete. Second-market status joins w natural opportunities in the area -skiing, kay~, white-water rafting, hiking, fishing, dog sledding, snowmo g, mountain biking, boating - to create a quality li style, Betts, said, which is another SunCor core value. "We don't necessarily need to enter the market with amenities because there are natural amenities," he said. Boise long has been home to such corporate giants as Albertsons, Micron Technology, J.R. Simplot Co. and Hewlett-Packard. Idaho is the third-fastest growing state, has much less snow than people think, and thriving employment growth in both blue and white-collar markets, said Paul Hiller, executive director of the Boise Valley Economic Partnership. "It's extremely important for us where our buyers are coming from and their visions for the next five, 10, 20 years," Hiller said. "Here there's major investment taking place with people betting on the future." There are more Fortune 500 headquarters in Boise than in Phoenix, Betts said. The median home price in Ada County, home to Boise and the Avimor development, is $250,000, Hiller said. Adair and Betts said SunCor people were fighting to go to Boise to run the eight-person Avimor office. Bill Brownlee, M3 Cos. principal, compared the Boise metro area to Phoenix of the 1980s -lots of small, outlying areas, plenty of land at good prices and a grid road system. "Downtown Boise is very attractive and redeveloping very nicely," Brownlee said. The 6,005-acre M3 Eagle will be a mixed use project from dense living to equestrian custom lots. "It's on the northern border of (the city of) Eagle, which has an income level like Scottsdale and has a similar quaint downtown," Brownlee said. M3 is contributing 800 acres to the city park. Boise is a happening place, he said, because "it's a market with a lot of influx from seaboard states." Get connected Avimor: www.avimor.com M3 Cos.: ww.m3comp.com M3 Eagle: .m3eagle.com SunCor: www.suncoraz.com THIS ARTICLE IS FOR PAID PRINT SUBSCRIBERS ONLY. If you are already a The Business Journal subscriber please create or sign Into your bizjournals.com account to Itnk your valid print subscription and have access to the complete article. BECOME A PRINT SUBSCRIBER ~~~ ~ A ~~ - ' <fl For immediate access to this article, as well as the most recent edition of The Business Journal online, become a print subscriber. ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT • • ~ S P~ C t~ L S~ #~ T i t3 IN ~ Hl I ~~. "`~ p.-~ 3 ~ ~ ~~ ~ ~"'~\ ~5~~ .' ~ 4VEUNESpAY M,~RCFi7,.Zt)07 ~~~~t~~iaxk ~~u ~t~entian Shoppers: Carbon C)f~sets in Aisle 6 8~ Ct ti,UD[A H.1?EU.TSGtd Rfi gait u•ittiai~ to send mere so that elGCta•;eity uaill be gencrat- e~i froarc areiniai manure ietstead of ct7ai 1 I1` },au five in V'~rmAnf, the ptiablic tat9tit~a there 3wilt t~e''yottr ta~an~y to t~t1y "t;i~~a~ pa•A~Gr" tttAdo qil ioatti tat-teas. Arc ~=au buy~ittg grcicerdes at '~?#eole Fords? Yau care pick up u S~ dt' $t5 "etiitatl pawpr curd" tie tv~ll. nYOtsby ~~s tb RCncRwriblC CieoiCe En- erg}; s,~hich-.uses it to Sug~pcert- tivind lttrins. Ttsr'.in; a vacatiotl? Bopk it thruttgi 1°ruvolcsoEt;. day ~i0 to ~4D genre, and. 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In tho cn~firctptitei~tal eominun~ ty, the trend is ~iay~ng to mixed revSrevs: Envarann~tntuiistS tent' 4}tat +GVinptrtties are ~"absoi+~in,~ themselves at guilt for [tta~titag gas guzzicrs ot° b2ifag energy hogs;" as I7aniei ~: Seder, the dsrector of the Sierra Ciub's giasbni ivarrrting }tro- ~rzine; but it. 1'Itey fear that eatisutrt- ors ovtta case their consCicajcos ray writitt,g ~ Check may h4 icss iticiixted tra tiarae ~fdti~n ttt~; t9tern~ostat, rur pt~l tar e>;eatfiicrpraaf their tiom~-s. ~Ctua11~; tngst cif ti~t~ a,~t>~ti~. th~i art; ciin-'ging consumers far t;rtaen enemy have clctuicd uta their ovrta-acts. "tVe've fat solar roots, tice .buy btornaass. sst; do carbtuc ~redits~ .ve Gotttinued an Page 9 -~q ~. ~~~ ~~ t! Y«'f.. 3 1 4 fua'it~ ~;~ L',~rkt'imc~ REUSlii3t„E Askex lamed-.inner, ~} with an ll:~ k~ag,; li~~.~~~~ casttut~itr+tnttaarAt Ekes; its 99-cent blue rousabls lsaga will soon be 59 cents. But the free i plastic })8ge they packyourgoods,'in ~ wltl ba a ttidcel; the ~ money will go3o plantingtreeti. - ~ Kyr s:'. ~`~ j _~ ~ her 't i ..~- "'` { 'uj i S a r' -. ~ ~ -.F~ f' Attention Shoppers: Carbon Offsets in Aisle 6 Continued Fra+nPtige f, This Section compost tyaste and: recyeleourcard.-. board," said Michael Besaneon,'the chairtttan:of lYhois Foals 3t9arket's greati.missioii task.t'orce. "'dttiy.noe maBe it easy acid seamiess.tor'cu~ xomersto.begr+5.en, toot' SimilaPly, DeTI has been tiuying re- newabte energy and offoring ilea. re- cycriag'of computers..$aon it wiri havea'pitigrarit'in whir]i customers can Pay an.exirA $2;tor a twtebDOk computer or $B for a dssktop..Del! wril tunnel t9tu'eash to the CtJnserea- tioA Fund and.ths Garbatttttnd, tPblch will:ptar!<t trees That absorb carbon. dioxides TRe idea is Lo offset curls- sions.frotn pmtktcing.thrteloctrlpty used to rue theCOmputer. •'we'ait:takett rrosponsibility Car de- sign, manufasturin~ rind enif of Ufe disposal: and now we're offerhig t~tt- sumers a convenient way to offset the. clitnato impilCations of choir us-. a>ze." said Tod ArbOga-5t; Deli's .di- den, author. of "Tlte Winds of Change;" ~v[fich traces the effects of rlimate change on pasecivUizatiotts. The siunv ot'public support might also spend up the development of. at- ternato encargy sources, said.Robert A, SBeppattl, deputy. director'of cor- porate programs for :Clean Air-Cool Plaeeet, an envirettmental education group with a $itide to welt sites seit- ittg :carbon. ofise(s. •'if consumers .tiny enough ronewable. energy csed- Its;ftwUlaventuariyeapattd.the tniar- ket for $reeo onergy:' he said That :may be happening already. Mare atilittes'are:g[ying tesfdential Cos comers the abtllty to, pay extra. for green power - $lictrlcity that is generated°by windinitls, Solar cells Or animal waste. They are. not sug- gesting that .the actual electrons flpiying t4. tltp oonsuttler's home were generated from. renewable. sources, bin [hat utilities tvIll use tite.mon@y toaddgreenpower to.thCirgtids. But the eopcerJi that datatloas wlri ~~ e~bl'fi3 TO 80);Ci iTl create complacency 15 not as easny fr~ 8 a -addre~ed::"ifelping cottsttmers buy afi fihe Superf171af`kefi offsets is. feel-goad envitimmoptai• ism 411AT tet8 people duck ant Of re- can spur a mtoveraent. spansibthty.for'eltangwg their ~ havior," said I;alchael 7. Brune, Ute executive director.oi Raittfarest Ac- tionNetworlt. in some cases,.they charge. mono Mr Becker of the Sierra Club is per kilowatt flour- in others, they blunter.: "People view offsets as pa- barge a fiat fee for such enet~gy: For pal lndglgt races that 1eE'them make ' examples, th'e S~cramenW Municipal environmatitai)yhad decisiut>s. ' Utility District gives t'esidepttal cus- R is riot a tmUOw concern. Sian tourers the chafer of p$}'fug an eddi- Maono~ a professor at Boise State ,tiotiai SO a mQni113,cU a1f-gt'een @uer- Untvetsttyirho'tinswrffteii'aboutfhe gY,or.~3-forl~if-Akn•. -;,. eCenemiC~ iRlplttaitlwss Of Critnate "lVhenwB SBE thi3 up, the 19911@ was change; seat filet hor-home a~as not 'she did itot buy green well insulated eaeigy lnilepcitdeneo. brit curbing ' ' t , 'energy anil she did'riot always rein " . as glo~l _wat nning has bocome jus tin t~tant," said'RRlchaQi Zattitakis, cars, Site spends $100 ro $150 groan oncarBOn credits each year: wFtorntis the prisgrnin for the u'Ulity. _ It'glves ipe `wdrm.'and fumes' " ~~ utillties ors utclutiing a tine. on the tnoitthly hip that details tile for.doing.sottaethinggood, Ms.. Moa trey 'said: "lout the way to get real . cation etritbsioi[s that tnosi liltely t~ carbon reducttons.is rf psoplo like>ne. salted front acltstamer s energy use: A few 'suggest that eitsiotnsts task cut back op airplane Alights -and ~~ .. . : on money tp tttetr check, wltit:b the stoat envtronmetttalists concede utllity wilt channel to.projscu like that consttmors gre uab7iely to make wino farms to low¢r the carbmt load. radical charges. Sat many also con- Paciflo Gas and Electric, which tetxl fhaC (tie-programs let consam=. -gets halt its caergy from clean eta v±pte :with .ihetr pocketbooks far .soarc+;s like hydropower,.. tvilf soot( cat~bt»t conxtrain[s. begin CrimateStitart. Tlie program shows that:.it.tares. "Ii the pubiio 'wilt teri cansitmers how many , .enough to pay extra for grecsituess, it. potutds of ,carhop. their Piousehoid just might spur Congress to tinaUy was rospor151bte.tor; and suggest an pass. iegistatioa." said !»tlgstts L1a- amotttte, typically teas. than $5' a .. i~~N ~ ~t tnanth, to add ro their btri. Padfic Gas, which is adding nearly $1.5 mri- lion of its own money is nigttrallze its anm -tertian footprint;. wUl use the [utnis to ltuy -and Cokeout of:circa- IaUOa - cachou credits Yrotn projects in California. CaIiYOTnians cmtid'do that on Chelr otvit by goatg W b lVubslteor brokers that sell catfioa onsets. Yet a survey 6y Lippincott Mercer showed drat many .COhsumers did: n§t buy cartxla offset credits because-utey consid- ered it too much trouble to go to third-pattpsites. The Pacific Gas oroaram tvili let _~ W ~~'" t~ S~:7rsj yr: ~. ~' _ ~, ~ .t~~.~ ~••, ~~ r'~~?t.~ l~ r ~ J ~. =a~'~ _ ~ pia 6~~aJ~a+srxefar7M\grot'aaYTttao "we'll have plenty :of lJntlke utilities, consumer compa- nies generally da notpay for thsirga green piograats. hertz charges customers wlib want to reservo a fuel-efficient green" car as oxtro $.i to.$S a dayto guartuttee that Horta witt'.not trade them up to: a'gas guzzler U there ale »o green cars on the Iot..Richard D: Ht~oome, vice president of corporals affairs, said tliaf fife incromtattal cost covered the IogisUcs of ensuring that fire cars were available. Similarly,l(tea wig r>e$fa charging 5 cents for the throwaway plastic bags it used to give away; Ute money airi, gotta American Forests to plant trees. Tqe rettsa4le bluedmg that It -'SLSce sgld foY80 t'c5its ~`just.5ir. cents. fktsa"s cost. ~CVego~ihrbultiF90' mllrion bags in the U»[ted States each year, and theY'jttst wind up lit- terhtg ttte plane" said Moms Liss, an fkeaspokeswoman. Some companies are looking for ways m make monoy:by seeing cbtt- sumer guilt.: Thih year.: G.]„. lrnergy Finauctal Services and. the AF.S COtL potation formed a partttarsltip to (1o- volop gre2altottao-ga5 . tstttfssion projects and to Seri-the resulttng:cnr- bou' ct'edtts to. omer companies. °'i5iat could:ret~taitily,Iticlude retail- ers, vrtta might .sell itie citedits to theft own customers;' sold KeWn wars, a ptanaging.director of the General Elearlcunit. That bs assumhlg that consumers want to :bay Most of th8 piagratns are tat new to gauge.vibether people will do sa And In th6 basiness cam- mumry, skeptics abound. °I just don't see an awful lot of pea pie panyi»g up'tor sustahtable prod- ucts,' said Paul Y. Teis:, an envi- ronmentat consultant whs. vies DuPom's vice president for. tteaitit, safety and envirnnraeat until 2004, Neither door lYilliam I'. Banholzer, tdiieP technology officer of the Dow Chemical 6ompany. Catsumers have king professed concern alxJUt ctietnicaisteachinJltrom laadillls;lie naiad, yet Doty daultl:not get customs eta to pay more for biodegrodalilt: t7ame retardants. "if cynfiumois really tared ottougb to pay. a premium for grseit, every: oae.wauldbuxfluoroscspt ligfit (?albs and dleselcng~ine or itytirW cars; ' be said. Still, the .chances that compatdes ufri back away from the programs are sHia. "COttipanles are:recdgnii ing that as long as price find quality are goctd,'a gree» pitch can.push th'e customer io tfaelrstde;'said Andrew tvinstott, authorot °Green to Gald," n' book [hat detaris how companies wrn environmental issues to. ttieir competitive advantage. F.pvirattnentaiiats note that. the -ot-tge•tsmsuKnecs-pay . Programs might haventieneffciai tongaerm et= feet, As Eileen Claussen; presitleot.of the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, put tt,'°Ihese programs get the Idea across that htdividuais are neither hlameless nor helpless. and can reariy make adiYferettce:' irGf~5. 2507 Ciein~s lo(arreuEOnGl Nrxspagark -'-z~x.+rx3usicyr ,Sr peia~y f 0 ~ ytiiSTIC,S Wt91fS;1lAarch 5, 20p7 ~~ Plastics processors grab Idaho's interest A team of Idaho economic de- velopers brought a message of Eew costsa~id energy ~EElcieaicy to the Anaheim trade shows ~vlth a slaec[al i~usL oia the Raise re- gtQit's be~ielits: "We uarget meclicaltievlFe 1€aan- ufacturing as a core," said Fsut Hiller, ekecutlve: director aE the Boise Valley Ecanaaatc Partner- ship. Tiietegivn:is`iiiteresked:in plastics processing.aiad packag- ing businesses as well,"he s aid. liitier added that the.metrapali- tan area Es 'one of the Easiest growing in the natiian. Fiscally eonservaCive Idaho does prat wa'nt:to'follbw:Califar- nia's busbtrss environment, said Phil Stiffler Sr:, economic progect ieadt?r with 1t9erCdian City. `ihe state's, growing lilasttcs business includes exxtruder anal ecjuipmerit maker Marlon inc., which operates as PVC Spiral Supply in Soise and suppilc~s the bookbinding .irtdustry;, rotational molder High Coiintry Plastics of Cnldwell, .which makes xgater tanks; anti Reddy-tvlade Plast{c Trays ei Nampa, which:vacuurat foams trays irom molds produced in-pause. PVC Spiral builds its own ex- truders and two types of coil- farming mach[nes, tueiudin$ a largo ii~orlel sold to irttde tiliadetkes, In Boise.. the Gnm's 35 ~mtitoyeos and eight extruders occupy 2S,7t10 square leef In tlisee buildings, said supervisor Jock Parrs. High Country,. v+hicit employs 32, is adding 22,t`I~U square feet to its:28,400-sciuaredo4l plant: Ready-41ade doubled space to IA,UtNi square Feet in August whets it moved to_Naaupa Eroua Merldfau,'said aivrier anal Presi- dent Slianra i4nnekae: R~acly-Polaide operates a Brawn EherrnoEnrming machine and a Naas coon~?uter iaumerlcttlly cantiiilied will. 'E'he firm processes pol~~styrene, elegy trostatic-dissipative materials and PVC: Major original equipanent.man- ufacturers in the region indude.$ Hewlett Packard Ca. imaging and printing .group. facility and ~can- iract electronic manufacturer hli- cron Corp., .bash Cn Bafse; MPC Computers LLC in Nampa;. and lotdsiana~f'acificCbrp„ tvtiich ex- trudes.fenciaeg [n biertdiaaa. in 2t1U4; BotseState Uaiiverslty established. a technaiiagy and en- trepretieurial center. Page 1 of 3 Will Berg From: Tammy de Weerd Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:58 PM To: Will Berg Subject: FW: Meridian City Council Questions for Michael to Respond From: Anna Canning Sent: Thu 4/19/2007 8:54 AM To: Tammy de Weerd; David Zaremba; ]oe Borton; Keith Bird; Shaun Wardle (E-mail) Cc: Doherty, Karen; mlauer@ourplanningworks.com Subject: FW: Meridian City Council Questions for Michael to Respond Mayor and Council, Michael Lauer has provided answers to the questions you raised regarding adequate public facilities ordinances. Please see below. Anna City of Meridian Planning Department (208) 884-5533 phone (208) 888-6854 facsimile From: Michael Lauer [mailto:mlauer@ourplanningworks.com] Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2007 6:23 AM To: 'Doherty, Karen' Cc: Anna Canning; thall@cityofboise.org Subject: RE: Meridian City Council Questions for Michael to Respond See responses below. Sorry for the slow response, but I've had a few long days on the road. MICHAEL LAUER~ ATCP -PRINCIPAL PLANNING WORKS, LLC PLEASE (VOTE NEW FAX NUMBER SOUTHEAST OFFICE: 2105 South River Road Melbourne Beach, FL 32951 321-549-3005 (tel) 816-516-7094 (mobile) 913-341-8810(fax) mlauerCalourolanninaworks.com MIDWEST OFFICE: 8000 Lee Boulevard Leawood, KS 66206 913-341-8800 (teI) 913-341-8810 (fax) From: Doherty, Karen [mailto:kdoherty@dohertyeng.com] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:31 AM To: Michael Lauer Cc: canninga@meridiancity.org; thall@cityofboise.org Subject: BGG: Meridian City Council Questions for Michael to Respond Michael, I made a presentation at Meridian City Council last night regarding Transportation Adequate Public Facilities in 4/24/2007 • Page 2 of 3 preparation for them adopting the resolution. The Mayor is fully on board but a couple of the Council Members have questions that they would like answered before they sign. The resolution will be on their City Council agenda for Tues, April 24. Council President Joe Borton needs to be called by you (ph 208-270-3764) to discuss some of these questions so he can get comfortable with APFs and hopefully pass the resolution next Tuesday. I will call Joe Borton today I am copying Tracy Hall/BOI on this issue so that Mayor Bieter is apprised of the jurisdictions' response to the resolutions and can make contact as necessary to get the resolutions passed at all jurisdictions. Here are the questions -Anna please add more info if I didn't get them correctly documented: 1) Who will measure the demands and capacity allotments? Should COMPASS do this? Concerns about additional staff time at the City of Meridian as they don't have extra staff to allocate to this task. (concern of de Weerd and Rountree) Rountree thinks COMPASS is the best to do this. Need to discuss with Borton that this will be reviewed during the APF task - I don't think you need to provide an answer now - just assure that this will be reviewed. COMPASS is the best suited to assemble information about demands. Each jurisdiction must identify approvals that would be allocated demands. Demand equals, existing demand, plus projected background traffic growth, plus demand from approved yet unbuilt development that is likely to occur within a set time period, plus development from the proposal being reviewed ACHD has been refining the general COMPASS traffic model and is in the best position to monitor remaining capacity. Capacity equals existing capacity plus the capacity that will be provided from planned improvements over the next _ (typically 2-3) years 2) Concern about °upstream" additions to demand that affect LOS in Meridian, ie. Eagle puts in a new development that takes up capacity and fills up LOS on a street within Meridian's jurisdiction. How is "upstream" additions calculated and fairly dealt with in a City that has no control over adjacent City's land use decisions? This is a difficult issue. Upstream traffic has the potential to absorb significant capacity. Good modeling and projections are critical to quantify these impacts, so we can determine the best actions to take. We are likely to identify some constrained corridors that will not operate at desired levels of service to avoid shifting growth out of infill areas along key transportation corridors. 3) If mitigation for a development calls for adding additional lanes, there is probably a need to rebuild the existing lanes on the existing roadway (example was an existing 2-land farm-to-market road whose mitigation agreement with the developer for going over the accepted LOS was to add additional capacity). If the whole road is rebuilt and curb, gutter, sidewalk is added too, this is a large expense that the developer might "balk at" since his mitigation was to only add lanes. How is that dealt with? There are several options, including reimbursement for advanced facilities, collecting money from several projects until the entire project can be built, using private contributions to advance a project on the CIP, or providing sellable credits for excess contribution. The solution depends on the location and the overall need for the facility (e.g., where it falls on the CIP) 4) Canyon County is not at the table and takes up a lot of our capacity (sim to question 2). How is this addressed? Is this an exercise in futility as they are part of the problem but not part of the APF solution? There is always an edge beyond which we can't reach. Ideally, Canyon County should be part of this effort, but it is not unreasonable to proceed without them as long as our level of service standards do not shift additional development to the west. 5) One Council member thought it was unfair for the "last developer in" to pay for all the mitigation. Example: If developers 1, 2, and 3 take up most of the capacity and then developer 4 is the one that °tips the scale" and goes over the LOS threshold, developer 4 is unfairly left as the only one that requires mitigation for his development. Isn't there a fair way to review demand on a street based on the Comp Plan, determine if mitigation will be required based on the planned land use, then assign a % of that 4/24/2007 . • Page 3 of 3 mitigation to each developer instead of the last one in paying for it all? Full recovery impact fees (you currently only charge for arterial streets) would provide additional funding needed to minimize mitigation requirements. APF is not the most equitable system. It is the best available system to sync development approvals with available capacity. If developer 1, 2, and 3 pay for all their capacity, then we are in a much better position to have the resources to capacity for developer 4. That said, in 2005, Florida adopted some proportionate share requirements to try to limit the extent of the burden on those who must mitigate. 6) What are the exempt "de minimis" developments? To be determined. Though all must be monitored. So Michael, please call Joe Borton and discuss these issues so that he can get these questions resolved. If it is easier for you to write a quick memo so that all Council members have the answers, that is fine and I can get that distributed. I'd hope that this can be done no later than noon on Friday so that we can get this done before they leave for Sun Valley. FYI -the other question they had was if ACHD was on board and willing to °relinquish" some of their control in this arena. I know ACHD is on board -their resolution is being passed today. I'll have Price or Franden call Borton on that one. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks! Karen Doherty, P.E. Local Project Manager Blueprint for Good Growth, Inc. c/o Doherty & Associates, Inc. 575 E Parkcenter Blvd, Suite 200 Boise, ID 83706 phone 208-336-0420 cell 208-863-2746 fax 208-336-2407 email kdoherty@dohertyeng.com www.dohertyeng.com 4/24/2007 • • Page 1 of 2 Will Berg From: Tammy de Weerd Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 8:55 PM To: Will Berg Subject: FW: Meridian City Council Questions for Michael to Respond From: Anna Canning Sent: Wed 4/18/2007 9:47 AM To: Tammy de Weerd; David Zaremba; ]oe Borton; Keith Bird; Shaun Wardle (E-mail) Subject: FW: Meridian City Council Questions for Michael to Respond FYI City of Meridian Planning Department (208) 884-5533 phone (208) 888-6854 facsimile From: Doherty, Karen [mailto:kdoherty@doherlyeng.rnm] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 9:31 AM To: Michael Lauer Cc: Anna Canning; thall@cityofboise.org Subject: BGG: Meridian City Council Questions for Michael to Respond Michael, I made a presentation at Meridian City Council last night regarding Transportation Adequate Public Facilities in preparation for them adopting the resolution. The Mayor is fully on board but a couple of the Council Members have questions that they would like answered before they sign. The resolution will be on their City Council agenda for Tues, April 24. Council President Joe Borton needs to be called by you (ph 208-270-3764) to discuss some of these questions so he can get comfortable with APFs and hopefully pass the resolution next Tuesday. I am copying Tracy Hall/BOI on this issue so that Mayor Bieter is apprised of the jurisdictions' response to the resolutions and can make contact as necessary to get the resolutions passed at all jurisdictions. Here are the questions -Anna please add more info if I didn't get them correctly documented: 1) Who will measure the demands and capacity allotments? Should COMPASS do this? Concerns about additional staff time at the City of Meridian as they don't have extra staff to allocate to this task. (concern of de Weerd and Rountree) Rountree thinks COMPASS is the best to do this. Need to discuss with Borton that this will be reviewed during the APF task - I don't think you need to provide an answer now - just assure that this will be reviewed. 2) Concern about "upstream" additions to demand that affect LOS in Meridian, ie. Eagle puts in a new development that takes up capacity and fills up LOS on a street within Meridian's jurisdiction. How is "upstream" additions calculated and fairly dealt with in a City that has no control over adjacent City's land use decisions? 3) If mitigation for a development calls for adding additional lanes, there is probably a need to rebuild the existing lanes on the existing roadway (example was an existing 2-land farm-to-market road whose mitigation agreement with the developer for going over the accepted LOS was to add additional capacity). If the whole road is rebuilt and curb, gutter, sidewalk is added too, this is a large expense that the developer might "balk at" since his mitigation was to only add lanes. How is that dealt with? 4) Canyon County is not at the table and takes up a lot of our capacity (sim to question 2). How is this addressed? Is this an exercise in futility as they are part of the problem but not part of the APF solution? 5) One Council member thought it was unfair for the "last developer in" to pay for all the mitigation. Example: If developers 1, 2, and 3 take up most of the capacity and then developer 4 is the one that "tips the scale" and goes over the LOS threshold, developer 4 is unfairly left as the only one that requires 4/24/2007 • Page 2 of 2 mitigation for his development. Isn't there a fair way to review demand on a street based on the Comp Plan, determine if mitigation will be required based on the planned land use, then assign a % of that mitigation to each developer instead of the last one in paying for it all? 6) What are the exempt "de minimis" developments? So Michael, please call Joe Borton and discuss these issues so that he can get these questions resolved. If it is easier for you to write a quick memo so that all Council members have the answers, that is fine and I can get that distributed. I'd hope that this can be done no later than noon on Friday so that we can get this done before they leave for Sun Valley. FYI -the other question they had was if ACHD was on board and willing to °relinquish" some of their control in this arena. I know ACRD is on board -their resolution is being passed today. I'll have Price or Franden call Borton on that one. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks! Karen Doherty, P.E. Local Project Manager Blueprint for Good Growth, Inc. c/o Doherty ~ Associates, Inc. 575 E Parkcenter Blvd, Suite 200 Boise, ID 83706 phone 208-336-0420 cell 208-863-2746 fax 208-336-2407 email kdoherty@dohertyeng.com www.dohertyeng.com 4/24/2007