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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006-11-08 Jointa CITY OF IDAHO V� 'T VY 19� CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION JOINT WORKSHOP / SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 5:30 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: Shaun Wardle Joe Borton Charlie Rountree Keith Bird Mayor Tammy de Weerd Keith Borup Wendy Newton-Huckabay David Moe 3�David Zaremba Michael Rohm - chairman 2. Adoption of the Agenda: a1i-r.,v+t. 3. Overview of South Meridian Area Plan: 4. Overview of Ten Mile Specific Area Plan:-�-°� (45 minutes*) 5. Discussion of Meridian Heights / Kentucky Ridge Subdivisions Request for Annexation: (30 minutes*) *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 and Planning & Zoning Commission Joint Workshop / Special Meeting Agenda November 8, 2006 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. 19ka 3C '?() S -t -FD '?"� L c YLA, -- wwvt K g 1 crrY OF C>�6.1 IDAHO �y F� �R ds TREASUREV�Y M CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION JOINT WORKSHOP/ SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at 5:30 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: Shaun Wardle Joe Borton Charlie Rountree Keith Bird Mayor Tammy de Weerd Keith Borup Wendy Newton-Huckabay David Moe David Zaremba Michael Rohm - chairman 2. Adoption of the Agenda: 3. Overview of South Meridian Area Plan: 4. Overview of Ten Mile Specific Area Plan: (45 minutes*) 5. Discussion of Meridian Heights I Kentucky Ridge Subdivisions Request for Annexation: (30 minutes*) *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 and Planning & Zoning Commission Joint Workshop / Special Meeting Agenda November 8, 2006 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. r 0 CITY OF ~i IDAHO tiF c SER % TREM.M V l"� MCE 1903 MAYOR Tammy de Weerd NOTICE OF JOINT WORKSHOP / SPECIAL MEETING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Keith Bird Joseph W. Borton Charles M. Rountree MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL AND Shaun Wardle PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION CITY DEPARTMENTS City Attorney/HR 703 Main Street NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council and the Planning 898-5506 (City Attorney) 898-5503 (HR) and Zoning Commission of the City of Meridian will hold a Joint Workshop Fax 884-8723 Fire / Special Meeting at City Council Chambers, Meridian City Hall, 33 East 540 E. Franklin Road 888-1234 / fax 895-0390 Idaho Avenue, Meridian, Idaho, on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at Parks & Recreation 11 W. Bower Street 6:30 P.M. The Meridian Ci Council will be discussingthe following 888-3579/fax 898-5501 owg Planning agenda items: 660 E. Watertower Lane Suite 202 884-5533 / fax 888-6844 a Overview of South Meridian Area Plan Police 1401 E. Watertower Lane 888-6678 / fax 846-7366 Overview of Ten Mile Specific Area Plan Public Works 660 E. Watertower Lane Discussion of Meridian Heights / Kentucky Ridge Suite 200 Subdivisions Bequest for Annexation 898-5500 / fax 895-9551 e°`t\0%j<1II l tr/f MF,•pfo�t� - Building The public is welcome to attend the meeting. °°°A 660 E. Watertower LaneSuite �y 887-22110/ fax 887-1297 DATED this 3rd day of November, 2006. _ - Wastewater 3401 N. Ten Mile Road TY 888-2191 / fax 884-0744 WILLIAM G. BERG, CL �% r - Water 8th Street 888-5242 fax / x 884-1159 p�®�Iao9�i et0iq''o0��q����a Meridian City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission Joint Workshop / Special Meeting November 8, 2006 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 hearings, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 8884433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting. CITY HALL 33 EAST IDAHO AVENUE MERIDIAN, IDAHO 83W (208) 888-4433 CITY CLERK —FAX 888-4218 FINANCE & UTILM BILLING— FAX 887-4813 MAYOR'S OFFICE —FAX 884-8119 Printed on recycled paper 0 /01 CITY OF 4 C�Merl�1G"YI IDAHO cF� f eR-/4 TREASURE VIu SINCE 1903 MAYOR Tammy de Weerd NOTICE OF JOINT WORKSHOP / SPECIAL MEETING CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Keith Bird Joseph W. Borton Charles M. Rountree MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL AND Shaun Wardle PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION CITY DEPARTMENTS City Attorney/HR 703 Main Street NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council and the Planning 898-5506 (City Attorney) 898-5503 (HR) and Zoning Commission of the City of Meridian will hold a Joint Workshop Fax 884-8723 Fire I Special Meeting at City Council Chambers, Meridian City Hall, 33 East 540 E. Franklin Road 888-1234 /fax 895-0390 Idaho Avenue, Meridian, Idaho, on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 at Parks & Recreation 11 W. Bower Street 888-3579/fax 898-5501 5:30 P.M. The Meridian Cit, Council will be discussingthe following `% owg Planning agenda items: 660 E. Watertower Lane Suite 202 884-5533/fax 888-6844 Overview of South Meridian Area Plan Police 1401 E. Watertower Lane 888-6678 / fax 846-7366 ^° Overview of Ten Mile Speck Area Plan Public Works 660 E. Watertower Lane Discussion of Meridian Heights / Kentucky Ridge Suite 200 Subdivisions Request for Annexation 898-5500 / fax 895-9551 - Building The public is welcome to attend the meeting. 660 E. Watertower Lane DATED this 3rd day of November, 2006. 8871Suie22110/ fax 887-1297 - Wastewater qkZ,&L 3401 N. Ten Mile Road 888-2191 / fax 884-0744 ! - WILLIAM G. BERG, TY CL - Water 2235 N.W. 8th Street ,��s�����J®®!►!!!!i 888-5242 / fax 884-1159 1916e1wo����$��®* Meridian City Council and Planning & Zoning Commission Joint Workshop/ Special Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 1 of 1 All materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. Anyone desiring accommodation for disabiflties related to documents and/or hearings, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 888-4433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting. 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 • Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8. 2006 The Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting was called to order at 5:30 P.M. on Wednesday, November 8, 2006 by President Councilman Shaun Wardle. Members Present: Mayor Tammy de Weerd, Keith Bird, Shaun Wardle, Charlie Rountree and Joe Borton. P&Z Members Present: Michael Rohm, David Moe, David Zaremba, Wendy Newton-Huckabay and Keith Borup Staff Present: Bill Nary, Len Grady, Anna Canning, Matt Ellsworth, Peter Friedman and Will Berg. Item 1. Roll -call Attendance: Roll call. X Shaun Wardle X Charlie Rountree X Item 2. Adoption of the Agenda: Bird: Mr. President. Wardle: Mr. Bird. X Joe Borton X Keith Bird Mayor Tammy de Weerd Bird: I move we adopt the agenda as published. Rountree: Second. Wardle: It's been moved and seconded to adopt the agenda. All in favor. ALL AYES. MOTION CARRIED. Item 3. Overview of South Meridian Area Plan: Wardle: Before we begin on Item 3, the 45 minutes that we have allotted is for both three and four and is the max. So, if you will take note of that. Thank you. Ellsworth: Mr. President, Council and Members of the Commission. South Meridian Comprehensive Planning process is well on the way of up and running and we will give you an overview on it this evening. The purpose of the planning process that we are engaged in here was to prepare a plan for the South Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 2 of 26 Meridian area for eventual adoption of the city's comprehensive plan. Broadly speaking there are three components to the process here. On the one hand was public participation. We also had a sub -consultant involved to prepare the market study to go along with the study area and of course the draft plan itself. As far as public participation process was concerned that was almost separated out as its own guiding portion of the plan that was to develop a plan that is supported by area residents. The market assessment end of things was just to make sure that whatever proposed land uses come forward with the plan that those will, in fact, be feasible within the market realities. The draft plan itself is going to integrate and incorporate three different components. On the one hand it is going to bring in public and resident feedback, which obviously comes from the public participation process. Of course the market conditions and other area and regional plans, Communities in Motion and ACHD plans as well. The plan itself is going to come down to obviously an amended future land use map that coincides with the boundaries that we have been taking a look at and the specific area of taxed, which will just sort of highlight some of the areas specific concerns. The public process, once again going along with the public participation process. Three public meetings have been conducted today. The first one regarded community identity. We moved from there into community visioning and based on the feedback that we received in the first two, our consultants and staff (inaudible--) meeting. 176 folks turned out. 76 comment forms were submitted and Members of the Council this may look familiar to you. This was a data exercise that we asked meeting participants to participate in and as you can see the blue dots that we asked folks to place on the aerial map there came down to residents who identified more with the City of Meridian as opposed to the City of Kuna and of course a lot of residents who preferred remaining unincorporated at Ada County or with a different entity. In any event, we asked that they placed the dots on their relevant parcels so that we could sort of gage where an appropriate study boundary would be. The results of the exercise were brought before Council on April 18th and during that meeting Council chose an appropriate study boundary, which is what we have moved forward with since. As you can see, the western boundary over there runs down McDermott Road to Lake Hazel, then jogs east to the half mile between Linder and Meridian Road, then it proceeds south to a half mile south of Columbia and over to coincide essentially with existing eastern boundary of the city, one quarter mile west of Cloverdale there. The second public meeting was conducted August 20th. The purpose once again was to determine residents' vision for the future of the area. It was another well attended meeting. Seventy people showed up. Not quite as much as the first one, but it was still a product meeting nonetheless. We asked residents to hone in on the priorities that they could identify for the future of the area. What they brought back to us was top priority planning for responsible growth followed by preserving rural, agricultural life style in the area and providing better traffic infrastructure. Now a little of elaboration on the first one. Planning for responsible growth and some of the key elements that they cited pertaining to that issue were acquiring development to pay for itself, not forcing annexations and planning for a balanced mix of services and then having Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 3 of 26 appropriate transitions in between different uses between your residential, your commercials, your employments and so forth. Preserving a rural and agricultural lifestyle — residents of the area identified protecting water resources as a top priority, allowing existing agricultural to continue operation, preserving farmland and open space and we also asked for a little bit of clarities to exactly what rural means — just that it could mean a lot of different things to different people. So, broadly speaking what we heard back during that meeting was units placed between Y2 acre lots and five acre lots seem to be the general consensus, although there were a few who felt that outside of those general parameters will also acceptable as rural. As far as traffic infrastructure was concerned, mobility access and safety were the three main concerns of people in the area and of course development of parks and trails, as well as open space was identified as a priority as well. Based on the information that we learned at the second public meeting we moved forward with the third and that went forward on September 20, 2006. Another (inaudible) meeting — 193 people turned out and that was the meeting during which we presented the three different alternative land use scenarios that the consultants and staff had been developing. The first alternative that we presented emphasized low density and that obviously was sort of a roll over from the feedback that we received at the previous two meetings. As a result of course it resulted in less land for parks and schools and there was also less of an emphasis on non-residential uses. The second alternative that we presented on the 20th there focused on employment on job creation and that was essentially based on two factors — broadly here — on the one hand it was Communities in Motion, which tries to balance out the housing (inaudible) the Valley and also the feedback that we received from residents in the area the previous two meetings just in the desire to have more employment options closer to home. The third alternative that we asked participants to consider was a transit support alternative and that reflects much more closely the recommendations that came forward in Communities in Motion. What we learned at that meeting was that folks overwhelming preferred low density, but the comments that they submitted were also very telling. There was a very strong desire among meeting attendees for parks and open space, so we started brainstorming different possible solutions to make sure that we can integrate both. They were also fairly adamant about providing commercial businesses to meet day to day needs and the bottom line on that was that folks didn't want to have to cross 1-84 to get groceries everyday and things of that nature and again some employment options and opportunities in the study area. So, we did what we could to roll those together. I apologize if this is tough to see from where you guys are, but this is the preliminary map — De Weerd: Matt? Ellsworth: Yes, ma'am. De Weerd: Before you move on, the last meeting, the third meeting you also co - located with the ACHD study as well. Is that not correct? 0 Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 4 of 26 Ellsworth: Yes ma'am that is correct. ACHD is in the process of preparing a South Meridian Transportation Study. It has been a great level of communication between ACHD and the city so far. They lined up their boundaries for that study to coincide with the boundaries for the South Meridian Plan and what you will see coming forward with that is essentially three different scenarios on their end that they are going to take a look at. They are looking in depth at Communities in Motion type scenarios, community choices rather — also a trend scenario and they were going to run traffic modeling on the preferred land uses that result from the South Meridian Plan here. So, we definitely appreciate the level of communication between the agencies as these are moving forward. De Weerd: Okay, thank you. Ellsworth: Sure. On the future land use map and again this is a work in progress and this was forwarded from our consultants late last week so we are still giving it the comb through, but in general it is predominantly low density, which again aligns fairly closely with the desires of area residents that we heard throughout the public participation process. It had some higher densities along the major transportation corridors as identified in Communities in Motion and those were in the study area Lake Hazel, Meridian and Ten Mile so we did what we could to up the units per acre along those corridors. It does incorporate neighborhood centers and that is primarily to meet the day to day shopping needs that were emphasized by participants in the three public meetings. We integrated an employment sanctuary, which is a new designation. We are still ironing out the details on it, but on the one hand that is a response again to the desire for more employment options, but what we envision with that designation is ultimately business park, high tech campus type uses ideally for higher paying jobs for living wage jobs and again we are exploring strategies with our consultants to be responsive to the requests for preservation of open space throughout the area and especially as you work your way south, primarily in the vicinity of Columbia there we have been brainstorming to try to determine an appropriate method to set up some sort of a transition between the cities of Meridian and Kuna if and when they end up growing together. So, we have been exploring different setbacks, different clustering options and things of that nature, but in just a minute here I will turn it over to the Commission and the Council for any suggestions that you may have that we should look into as we continue moving forward with that. As the Mayor mentioned the ACHD Transportation Plan is another one in the works at the moment. That is scheduled for completion in March of next year and so those will fit together very well here and ultimately that will be incorporated with the comprehensive plan at a later date and we are exploring different ways to do so. The next steps in the process here as we move forward — on the one hand we are going to finalize the map based on conversations with other agencies between the staff and consultants. Once we finalize it, it will be presented to the public on November 15th. A couple of expected changes to the map as we move forward here is we are going to run Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 5 of 26 the locations of the proposed schools and fire stations backed by Joint School District No. 2 as well as Meridian Fire Department. We are still considering different ways of integrating some of the non-residential uses. There were a couple of spots that were (inaudible) to revisit here over the upcoming weeks. The pathways — I am not sure if you noticed or not, but on this map there aren't any pathways indicated at the moment and the reason behind that is because at the same time that this is moving forward the city is also developing an update to the trails and pathway master plan. We have a consultant team out of Portland and that is a joint project between Planning and Parks and Recreation. They have had two public meetings to date and that plan is moving forward very well. Doug Strong plans to schedule a Pre -Council work session with Council in the upcoming weeks between now and when that application would be submitted as another comp plan amendment on December 15 h. But, ultimately what is going to wind up happening is the recommendations from the pathways plan will be integrated directly into the South Meridian study area here so there won't be any conflict between those. Once again the transition zones to the south, like I said we are looking at a different setback and other ways of just establishing visually and from a travel perspective some sort of separation between communities — that was another recommendation that came forward in Communities in Motion. So, if there are any suggestions from the Commission or from Council as to different methods that we might look into for that sort of thing, we would appreciate some direction from you guys on that. Friedman: Madam Mayor, Council Members, Commission Members a couple of other changes that we are going to be looking at on this map, particularly along Ten Mile and Lake Hazel are possibly looking at a little bit higher density with the eye to the future with a possible transit along some of those major arterials. So that could be a transit you see coming back in the final preferred alternative as we move through the process. It is not shown on this map, but again there is a couple more refinements. We are working with a consultant on what we are going to want to put forward and bring to the Commission and the Council. Ellsworth: Again the next steps — we have brushed on these and at this point I would be happy to do what I can to answer any questions that Council or the Commission may have. Wardle: Thank you Matt and Pete. One of the questions that I have on your map that I noticed is that all the neighborhood centers are at major intersections. Was there discussion — I know in the past we have had a policy in especially north Meridian of moving some of those to the half mile or the mid point of the mile. Was there in the discussion on that by the community? Ellsworth: There definitely discussion, Chairman, that was had between the consultants and staff and as I understand it, some of the locations that were identified earlier were met with some resistance by landowners and developers and so the impression that I was under was we shifted them to some of these Meridian City Council Sped Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 6 of 26 major intersections to make sure again that it flows with the realities of the market on the one hand. On the other hand, discussions that we have had with ACHD and COMPASS and the consultants as well is integrating language to treat curve cuts, to treat access concerns up and down those major roads just to make sure the intersections continues to function the way that it needs to for the system and still allowing enough access for the neighborhood center concept to work. Wardle: Thank you, Matt. Council, Commission? Just to clarify, Matt, for the public hearing process this is really an informational item for us today. We have a series of public hearings scheduled and we expect application to the Planning and Zoning Commission for Comprehensive Review at what --? Ellsworth: December 15th is the date that we have and that we decided to submit that and the pathways plan that I mentioned a moment ago as well is going to be forwarded on the same timeline there. Canning: President Wardle, Members of the Council and Members of the Commission, one of the things that we would like to know today is if you see that staff is headed down a path that you are completely uncomfortable with, you need to let us know so we can change course here. That is what we are really trying to get from you tonight. Not an overall approval or disapproval of this plan, but if you are concerned with where we are headed, if you could let us know now that would make for a much more efficient public hearing process. Wardle: Anna, one of the questions that I have and Matt touched on it a little bit and that is the employment sanctuary area. Can you point that out on the map and --? Canning: Sure. It is that gray blob on — it is the gray square on Meridian and Lake Hazel and we use the term sanctuary only because we didn't want — not to say that folks couldn't develop there now, but to say it would be saved for employment uses, not for retail, not for other uses that might be acceptable in that zoning — to use that term to say this is for employment uses, not retail basically. Wardle: How many total acres does that encompass currently? Canning: It looks like about a'/4 of a square mile so that would be — Bird: One hundred and sixty. Canning: One hundred and sixty. Bird: I think that is about right. 0 10 Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 7 of 26 Wardle: Anna, I guess in my mind to think of our current employment centers this would be mirroring potentially what we have at Eagle and Overland to an extent? Canning: Yes because those are 90 and 90 and so those are about 180 so, yes, similar size. Wardle: Thank you. De Weerd: Mr. President. Wardle: Madam Mayor. De Weerd: I guess I would just like to make a comment. I didn't participate — I did — I went to all three of those meetings just to get a sense of what was the thought of the people that participated and I know the first meeting that we had was a lot different than the last meeting we had — tempers — maybe there has been a lot of credibility and trust that has been built and I would like to compliment the staff and our consultants on how they really reached out and brought the citizens and property owners into the process. It was pretty contentious at first and the third meeting they had there was some really good dialogue going on and people could see that staff really did want to know what their thoughts were and that their voices were being heard. There has been a number of correspondence emails going out to keep the residents informed and in the loop, so I would just like to give my kudos to staff for your approach and in really helping smooth over a very rough start. Wardle: Mr. Zaremba if you could please come to the microphone. Zaremba: Mr. President, Members of the Council — Matt thank you for the presentation. I guess the question I would ask is there an area that would be identified for — what are they being called enterprise districts seems to be a new economic thrust in Meridian? I don't know if that needs to be defined or not, but like businesses together along with supply businesses in one area and is there any place in south Meridian that is envisioned for something like that? Canning: We hadn't yet talked about one in the south Meridian plan as far as a districting for a specific targeted type of use, but employment sanctuary could certainly be one. There could also be an opportunity, perhaps for something more related — kind of a rural, agricultural, but it wasn't something we heard the neighbors say. But, we could certainly look at trying to incorporate that into it if that is something that the Commission and Council would like to see us work on or work on an idea of what that employment sanctuary should be geared around. We could also do it that way. This does share area with the Ten Mile Charrette, which had a very focused employment — kind of office employment and industrial employment, but we haven't talked much about the equivalent of a medical 0 0 Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 8 of 26 district or what that employment sanctuary could be. We could come up with a list if that is something Council and Mayor and Commissioners are interested in. De Weerd: Mr. President. Wardle: Madam Mayor. De Weerd: Well, I think we have had some discussions in that area. I don't know how it relates to some of the Ten Mile Area Specific Plan, but there has been discussion of a particular type of industry to consider in that area. Canning: Do you mean the pharmaceuticals? De Weerd: Yes. Canning: Okay. Borton: Matt, I just have a couple of questions. One of your earlier slides when it was talking about some of the preferences, whether it is — were you able to determine whether or not those preferences varied based upon where the individuals identified themselves with? Ellsworth: Well — Borton: Or was there any trend --? Ellsworth: At the third meeting, I guess sort of the umbrella trend that we did notice was that it was better attended by folks in the immediate vicinity of the study area, whereas in some of the earlier meetings it was essentially people within the study area. It was tougher to keep a track on exactly where these specific comments were coming from in relation to where the attendees lived in and around the study area, so to really nail down on the specifics on that, we weren't really able to capture it — but, broadly speaking, like I said we did notice there were some more people from outside of the study area at the third public meeting than at the first one. Wardle: Mr. Borup. De Weerd: Sorry this isn't so conducive to good dialogue. Borup: Mr. President, Members of the Council the question I have and I was — and I thought it was very positive to see the number of people that attended. Was there any effort to determine percentage of land ownership? I mean, are we having 80 percent of the people and only 20 percent of the land in this area that are expressing their opinion or was there any effort to determine the number of acres with each respondent or representative or anything along that line at all? Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 9 of 26 Ellsworth: We really didn't focus in to that level of detail. I mean, the mapping exercise at public meeting number one was really where we asked specifically to the parcel level, you know where each attendee resided throughout the study area. We didn't ask the number of acres that they were speaking for or anything along those lines though. Borup: That is something that kind of helps me determine to what light to put the comments in and you know who it is that is responsible. Thank you. Canning: President Wardle if I could answer too. Commissioner Borup we did — as the Commission knows there is one major landholder to the east of Eagle. There is really only one other major landowner to — not Eagle, but Meridian — there is only one other person that we are aware of having considerable holdings on the west side. If you look at the parcelization pattern, if you flip back. Part of the struggle in this area is there are so many irregular, relatively small acreages. Just anecdotally during the meetings, we heard from a lot of five acre owners and some 20 acre owners. They seem to all be saying the same thing — the views expressed by the major owners were reflected in a comprehensive plan amendment that you have already acted on. So, you are aware of those, but the other ones they were — there didn't seem to be a pattern because in our wrap ups for the meetings we always queried one another about that because I was curious about those kinds of issues too and to whether the west side felt differently than the east side, but it seemed to be fairly consistent actually. Borup: No big farms left in that area then? Canning: There are a couple large farms that the daughter who happens to work for ACHD showed up, but that was — there are some dairy farms, but not a whole lot of large farms left. Wardle: Thank you, Ann. Before we move on just to answer a question about districting, looking at the employment sanctuary area, it appears to me just from a transportation standpoint knowing what is coming from Canyon County; some of ACHD's planning as well as ITD that that would become a very desirable corner very, very quickly. I think it would be a great service to really define that area so that we can get exactly what we want because I suspect that you will have a lot of pressure from large retailers to come through and if we can plan that area ahead of time accordingly to get a nice mix of uses it would probably make the development area even much more desirable. Mr. Rountree. Rountree: Mr. President — for anyone of you three, I guess that particular corridor is going to be even more heavily used as we grow. Is there anything in mind as it relates to the proposed uses primarily medium density, residential to factor in some kind of a buffer between the high volumes of traffic and residential — number one as it relates to traffic and number two to minimize the amount of access that is going to be allowed on that corridor, you know even though our Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 10 of 26 ordinance covers it, is there some way to define it in the plan map to identify that there will be reduced access available? Canning: President Wardle, Members of the Council, Mayor and Commission certainly we could look at extending. We have got a transition zone shown up to the medium density residential designation. We could continue that up until it hit a non-residential designation. There is a question about whether that red commercial property will stay that way. We are talking to folks now, so if that went away we could just carry that transition all the way up to the employment center or sanctuary, sorry. That would be one way you could get that additional buffer. Ellsworth: Councilman Rountree if I could add to that. Mayor, Mr. President, Members of the Commission, Council we do have another meeting scheduled coming up here on the 17th of this month to sit down with staff of ITD, ACHD, the City of Kuna and the City of Meridian and it is to discuss that exact corridor of State Highway 69. We noticed that in 2008 ITD's program for a corridor study of SH 69 so the thought was between ACHD's South Meridian Transportation Study, the city's land use plan and the State's plan forthcoming in 2008 there is probably some opportunities to get on the same page now rather than waiting until then and allow their needs, wants and desires to sort of shape this plan as it moved forward. That is coming up in the next couple of weeks and this map will definitely be a part of that conversation. Rountree: Very good. Mr. President. Friedman: I am sorry -- I want to follow up a little bit on that and getting back to the employment sanctuary. As Anna indicated we still need to define what exactly that is, but not only what it is but how it evolves. I think one of the things we might want to put in there is sort of maybe a master plan in concept for it or something so we can look at some of those access circulation issues that Council member Rountree, I think, is talking about also for the residential areas because that really is the key is how do we make them connect and if we are fortunate enough to get someone who consolidates it all, but if we are not that fortunate how do we make it work? Rountree: Mr. President. Wardle: Mr. Rountree. Rountree: Just a curiosity question because I can't find it — what is that? I don't find it on the legend. Canning: No, it — man you have sharp eyes, sir. That is — we originally had the consultants identify some view lots because we were curious where those view lots would be. It will be a separate exhibit. They were on this map for a while. 0 0 Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 11 of 26 That happens to be one property that they forgot to take the layer off. That is all it is. Rountree: Okay. Wardle: Thank you to staff for all your hard work and getting this public input and so I think — do you have enough direction to go forward from here? Ellsworth: Mr. President, I believe so. Wardle: Great. Thank you very much. Thank you, Commission for your input. Item 4. Overview of Ten Mile Specific Area Plan: Friedman: Thank you Mr. President, Mayor, Council members, Commissioners I think as we have already talked about in the previous plan that the two planning efforts that the city has currently going on are really meant to either reinforce or further refine our comprehensive plan and you know the goal is to provide as city leaders as well as property owners and business owners with what we want to see and get in front of as far as future growth and the city goes and as you saw on the South Meridian Plan we had one form of public engagement and as the Mayor has indicated that has been a pretty strong hallmark of our planning efforts and I think as you will see now on the Ten Mile Specific plan we had another form of public engagement, but I think what I wanted to emphasize is that both of these planning efforts have really tried to focus on and incorporate the public as we go through the process and we will continue to do that as we take these plans and refine them and take them before Planning & Zoning and then ultimately to you. If you can imagine the plan in the study area up here. Give us a moment, we have another presentation, but where we are at in the specific plan process right now is we have been through the Charrette and we have refined some plan alternatives, which hopefully you will see pretty soon. Some of you saw the preferred land use alternative at the end of the Charrette on the fourth day. We are refining a few of the land use designations. We are refining some of the transportation and circulation patterns on that and we will be working with our consultant to get a draft plan assembled and put together here by the end of the month. So, there you have the Ten Mile Specific Area Plan Study area and again as you know this is in anticipation of the construction of the Ten Mile Interchange. The planned components are going to include, of course, your normal goals, policies and objectives. We will have a land use plan that will assess current conditions and then start looking at future land use and how they are compatible with adjacent uses and how they transition to other uses as well as the effect on transportation system. We also have a transportation plan and I think you will see in a moment that what we have tried to do is actually identify a collector system so that we can avoid some of the issues that relate to congestion with multiple accesses along collectors and arterials. As part of the Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting is November 8, 2006 Page 12 of 26 planning process, what has been going on in the background is that we have had a market analysis, trying to focus on what uses we should target for this area as well as an industrial lands analysis, which is not only going to be focused on this area, but will also be focused — it is a city wide analysis that is being done. The real sort of — we are moving in a new direction now — this plan, the specific area plan is going to have an urban design element so we can start looking at building forms and how it relates to the streets and how buildings and development relate to each other and then there will be some recommendations on how we implement this plan, but there will be design guidelines or enough to give us some direction as we are posed for future development in the area. As I said that the hallmark of our planning efforts has been citizen involvement and property owner involvement and so through the Ten Mile Specific plan we undertook the Charrette process, which is a fancy word for a design exercise, which is really an iterative process where we have ongoing discussions with stakeholders and the public — we develop plans, they review them, they react to them, we redevelop them, we go through alternative analysis and ultimately at the end we bring out what we think we have heard in a graphic form for some confirmation or buy off. So, we kicked off sort of the beginning of Charrette week with a presentation of where we were going, what we had done that day and where we were going and what people could anticipate over the next few days. We started out with some basic land use scenarios and started winnowing down which ones we thought were even worth looking at and which ones had the strength and support of what we were getting from our interviews and our comments that were received. For those of you that were there, in and out of there you will remember that people were coming and going all day long and so staff and the consultants were madly working and drawing and interviewing people and then the people were coming in and we were talking with them and getting their ideas and their responses and so it was a very dynamic environment and as we develop those scenarios we started looking at the factors that we wanted to incorporate into them. One was you can't read it on the left, but it is a strong urban design component that looked at form and function. We had integration of land uses, protection of — there aren't really any flood plains out there, but some of the creeks and channels, which we could use as future amenities for future development and then a transition to surrounding uses — we also wanted to use sustainable design elements and really focus on high quality design. So, that was sort of the basic factors that under laid the development of our scenarios. Here we are another day or two into it. We have been getting comments, we have got a lot of transparencies, we are going through them and we are redrawing and talking about analyzing some of the comments that we have received and things start moving along — we start (inaudible) some colors, but while we are looking at land use we are also looking at transportation and what the possibilities are for intersection design and collector street systems. You know we were going back and forth trying to look at the various connection opportunities. Well, while this was going on, we were developing the land use continuum and trying to identify what would be sort of the range of land use intensities that would develop in the area, how they would relate to each other 10 Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting • November 8, 2006 Page 13 of 26 and then there was a whole other group of people working on the design element and trying to illustrate what this area could look like as it is as we plan it. So, we developed a land use continuum that incorporates everything from low density residential to extremely high, not extremely high density but to high density residential to a mixture of uses and then you can't read it very well, but one of the focal points of the plan will be a lifestyle center that would be located on the site of Ten Mile, north of the freeway and a lifestyle center is a combination of retail, entertainment, office use, potentially residential use all in sort of the non- traditional mall setting as we see it. As we get into the preferred alternative you will see that we have laid out kind of a main street idea for that. So, as I mentioned we were not only looking at land use, we were looking at transportation. Our consultants were taking the land use intensities working with COMPASS getting some projections and doing modeling on not only what the arterial systems could accommodate, but what the potential intersections that we have laid out would accommodate and at what level of service. In the meantime, we are continuing to refine sort of the graphic representation of what our preferred alternative would look like. By day four we had a plan. I will just go through the land use element because that is of course where most of the people really want to focus on. That is the first question they come in with is where am I on the map and what is it? So, right now this is the preferred alternative. We do know there is going to be a couple of adjustments up in this area and a couple other adjustments on some other properties in it, but overall this is the plan. We have a high density employment area here, medium which is office buildings, three to six story office buildings, medium density employment, which could be anything from offices to like manufacturing and that sort of thing. A low density employment, which is office park, industrial because of its proximity to both the future Highway 16 and the rail lines. We have medium high density residential here, medium density residential there, this is high density residential, this is a mixed use commercial, this is our lifestyle center. The purple areas are civic uses. There is a church. There is a park and ride. We are anticipating in some point in the future a commuter rail, so we have our planning for a transit station up here at the end of this mixed use commercials street and then when we moved down to the south we are more residential down in here, low density residential, medium residential. Over here we have some medium to high residential with some mixed use commercial there. If you see that when we get to our collector system, one of the things that we have planned here is to relocate Overland Road so it doesn't go straight out to Ten Mile, but actually starts swinging down to the south and makes a connection down here. We have been working with the developer of this project and we have been having discussions with ITD and we are hopeful that we can make this all work. So, this is again our land use continuum. This is the northeast corner. This is the lifestyle center. This would be high density residential, mixed use commercial — again, high density employment right adjacent to the freeway and Ten Mile Interchange and then medium high density, medium density residential and medium density employment to reflect some existing conditions there. Moving to the north central part of the study area, again this is quite a bit of employment, but we have also Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 14 of 26 focused on having a residential core in there to provide some work and job housing balancing in that area. Then again as we move to the west we are pretty heavily focused on employment and industrial land uses. One of the unique aspects of this plan and one of the real challenges that we are facing is we have identified both an arterial and a collector system and the goal on this is to create a system that circulates the traffic in the best and efficient manner and allows us for some form of access control and so we have laid out a series of collector streets, which are these blue ones and the arterials which are the gold color right here. This is the Overland relocation. This is Ten Mile and here we have Franklin. One of the things that we will be working on and part of the implementation is just how we make this collector system work. We have also planned for two intersections between the Ten Mile Interchange and Franklin. This would be a signalized intersection right here and this would be a ride in, ride out intersection here feeding into the collector system that would then provide access to the future development and the local access streets within the development areas. As I mentioned earlier, we have traffic planners and traffic engineers on the consultant team, so we are not only looking at the intersections, but we are also looking at the design and running the numbers on that to try and assess what the traffic counts will be and based on the modeling we are finding that there are some very acceptable levels of services at a couple of those intersections. They seem to think it will work well. We have followed up in the last few days with a couple alternative designs so this is still being refined at the moment. This area right here is our lifestyle center and we are planning a main street as one of the focus points of it and again, since we are going to be focusing on design we will probably be getting some illustrations on the streetscape and how we want the street to relate to the adjacent land uses. So, the design element is one that we are incorporating into this plan that I think is going to make it a very exciting plan. You are not going to be able to see this, except for maybe Councilman Rountree, but I have placed before you and the Council just some images of the types and forms of building that we are looking at for the various densities and types of uses and we plan on incorporating some of those images into the plan. So, this is just an idea of how we are looking at some of these areas. Again here is the Interchange — here is some of that high density employment centers — (Tape turned over) Friedman: -- Ten Mile and then you have some high density residential here and we will be backing that with mixed use commercial and then this is more of a graphic representation of what that area might look like and this is kind of -- oh yes, the (inaudible). Yeah, we have been working with ITD as they are refining their interchange options, but they are going to be looking at a couple of different alternatives to the traditional diamond interchange and this is called a single point urban interchange and it focuses the traffic to a couple of single points when it gets off and it keeps it moving so that you have fewer stops within the interchange itself. Again, another cut away. This is the area around the lifestyle 0 0 Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 15 of 26 center, so over here we have the lifestyle center, this would be Ten Mile and then across Ten Mile would be a high density residential and then the mixed use commercial, which is — this is more of a regional center and this is more to provide services for our residents that would be living in there. As we move back from Ten Mile into that interior where we have high density residential, we wanted to utilize the canals and the drainage ways as amenities for future development and this is a graphic that the consultant prepared and took quite a bit of liberty, I think, on the width of the canal, but the idea is to utilize those as amenities and focal points for future residential development. This is again a conceptual graphic of the lifestyle center, which is a combination of retail uses, high end retail uses, potentially even big box uses and other commercial uses organized around the larger big box developments. There may very well be a residential component to all — just another conceptual idea of what the exterior of the retail center could look like. Then as I noted earlier since we do have the rail lines up there and we are planning for a commuter rail at some point in the future, we did designate an area as a transit stop or train station, so this is a graphic representation of what that might look at. That would be a focal point. This would be the mixed use commercial, organized along this collector and you would have high density residential along it and then you would come up to the end of this to the transit station and then you would have probably some kind of a public plaza or gathering point. So, it not only functions as a rail station, but it also functions as a community focus point. So, our next steps we are right about in here. We are working with a consultant to review the draft plan and as similar to the South Meridian Plan, we will be making a comprehensive plan amendment in December. We still have to — (inaudible) the complete market analysis and industrial lands assessment — we are having some discussions ITD, ACHD and COMPASS as well as the consultant on finalizing the transportation and circulation. We need to finalize the urban design element and look at the implementation actions and those are likely to be zoning regulations, design guidelines and how we can affect that collector road map — how we can make it work and that is something that we are looking forward to addressing that challenge. There is a couple of ideas that we are kicking around are going to be pursuing. We are talking to some of the landowners; the Transportation Department had a couple of ideas yesterday in terms as it relates to the interchange development. We are hoping to meet with ACHD soon and get some ideas on how we can put this all together, but that is where we are at right now so it is going to be kind of an interesting couple of weeks. We are going to be pulling this all together in the next couple of weeks. So, again our next steps are comprehensive plan amendment by mid December, Planning and Zoning hearing in February or March and hopefully we will have the specific plans to you for hearing an adoption in April or May, 2007. Wardle: Thank you, Pete. Thank you to the staff and the consultants. I know being part of the Charrette process that there was a lot of work done on the front end — certainly a very intense four days and we are still putting all the pieces together and so it seems to me that we have got quite a bit of public input from Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting • November 8, 2006 Page 16 of 26 the citizens and property owners. We have got about five minutes before we move to item number five, so Council I will take any questions or Commission? Mr. Zaremba? Zaremba: Mr. President, Members of the Council. An excellent presentation again, I would say as well. I personally am very thrilled to see two things in particular and one is the possibility of realigning Overland and connecting it across over to Black Cat I think is an excellent thing. I also like the single point urban interchange. On the face of it, it is not intuitive, it doesn't look on the drawing as if that is something that people would like, but I have been on several of those and I keep trying to remember where they are. I think one of them is North Las Vegas and another one in Arizona some place, but they function very well. They move traffic quite well and once people get used to them they are an excellent thing. The third thing I would make is kind of a personal rumination; I guess is what I will call it. If you consider the growth that is currently going on in North Meridian, what we are preparing for in the South Meridian Area Plan and in this Ten Mile Interchange plan along with the rest of the comprehensive plan, we are looking at a not too distant future of Meridian of about 100,000 people. My thinking is that a city of 100,000 people ought to have a junior college. I know that these things are being talked about on the state level, but I would think that even without state help that with a 100,000 people we might be able to support one on our own and in trying to think of where would that go, it seems to me and my mind keeps focusing on this Ten Mile area. So, I guess what I would like to throw out is a suggestion for further discussion is whether or not there could be space in this Ten Mile Area Plan that could sometime be a community college for Meridian. Thank you. Wardle: Council or Commission? All right, thank you very much staff for the presentation and any further additional action that you will need from us? Friedman: Not unless there is some specific areas that you would like us to address or if we really missed something here or any other ideas besides the junior college that you might want us to consider for inclusion this week as we get closer. Wardle: I am just curious to see how we make those waterways to look like the picture. Friedman: Yeah, I think he left out the gondolas, but — Bird: Mr. President. Wardle: Mr. Bird. 0 Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 17 of 26 Bird: I just want to know how you are going to get so much water in drain ditches out there? I think there is only one canal out in that area. The attorneys say 100 year flood and we have got to believe what them attorneys say. Borton: Mr. President. Wardle: Mr. Borton. Borton: Pete there was at one point I remember, I think it was on a Tuesday and there was some initial discussion about rerouting or trying to reroute some of the drain ditches. I take it that was abandoned and they remain as they currently exist? Friedman: I believe so. They did move one — I think there was one that bisected one of the properties in the center there and the discussion was to move it back along — I think the discussion was to kind of make it more of a right angle. Canning: There are two facilities in this area that run fairly close to one another and I think they may have relocated one of those. They were trying to get these two together, but one was water delivery and one was drainage and we talked them out of that. They had kind of a weak concept of what those irrigation facilities were, but I do think they tried to consolidate one so that we could get this kind of open space area in there and they had a consolidated easement to create a more public place for folks. Wardle: Thank you very much. Council before we move onto Item 5, 1 would like to thank the Planning & Zoning Commission for being here. Thank you for all of your service. I am not sure that people really recognize that you are volunteers and that you spend a lot of time helping shape the future of the city, so thank you very much. Zaremba: Would a motion to adjourn the Planning & Zoning Commission be in order? So moved. Rohm: Second. Wardle: It's been moved and seconded to adjourn the Planning & Zoning Commission portion of this meeting. All in favor. ALL AYES. MOTION CARRIED. Planning Commission Adjourned at 6:30 P.M. Item 5. Discussion of Meridian Heights / Kentucky Ridge Subdivisions Request for Annexation: Meridian City Council Spe• Joint Meeting • November 8, 2006 Page 18 of 26 Grady: Thank you Mr. President. I will try to be brief; there is a lot to cover. What I intend on doing is basically going through this presentation fairly quickly. I do notice that a couple of the Meridian Heights' people are available to ask questions. Meridian Heights, Kentucky Ridge is two subdivisions that sit in the Victory Meridian area. They act together because water and sewer is combined. The homeowner's association effectively provides that service for them. It is actually a water and sewer district as I understand it. Recently DEQ required that what I will call the HOA to obtain a new water source. They had some uranium that showed up in the water and they are faced with either drilling a well or hooking up to city services. In addition part of their permit requires them to hook up to city sewer when available and that service will be available at the end of 2007. We have currently stopped right up next to their (inaudible), but lack a little bit of capacity (inaudible) that should be available, like I said in the end of 2007. What we are looking for tonight is basically some guidance. If the Council is interested in pursuing an annexation agreement, how should that be structured? Realizing that you won't be able to make a decision tonight, what information will you require from us in the future so we can come back with an application? Two questions as part of the annexation. Does the subdivision meet the city requirements and probably very important the subdivision is asking the city to waive approximately $650,000 worth of fees and we will get to that in the last slide. So, as far as meeting the city requirements, you know, does it fit our requirements? I put together a list of slides — three sets in the (inaudible) Courts, a couple of sets in the sort of standard housing and then a couple of sets in the very upscale Kentucky Ridge. So, really in order of probably cost, I will start with the trailers. This would be sort of a lower scale area. This shows fairly typical trailer house up in the northeast part of the subdivision. You do see a little bit of a garage extension there that sits right out on the road so that there are a few of those types of issues you need to be aware of. This would be a fairly standard trailer house that sits in the subdivision. I believe it took trailers (inaudible--) 20 or 30 of the 285 parcels, so not a large percentage. This would be a standard stick house in the Meridian Heights Subdivision — fairly nice houses and then going to Kentucky Ridge, which is pretty upscale and then finishing up with part of Kentucky Ridge's common area. Cost breakdown — Meridian Heights does have some water rights that are fairly old. We would be interested in purchasing those water rights. We had our hydro geologist put together an estimate of cost. The $375,000 shown there is the top price for those water rights. In other words we would be paying them premium. Water hookup -- they are willing to pay the water hookup fees. Meters — they are asking us to waive the installation of the meters, so the hookup fees they are paying while development. Because they are not hooked up on a PI system, we normally charge a $1,000 per ERE for a well hookup and there is 285 lots, hence there is part of that, $650,000 is well development fees and then finally Meridian Heights does not have meter setters, so there really is no way of determining what their water and sewer usage would be, so they are asking us to go and install 200 meter setters in the Meridian Heights portion. Kentucky Ridge does have meter setters. In fact they are dual systems just like we use, so there would Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting • November 8, 2006 Page 19 of 26 be little inconvenience to get those up and running. A couple of other issues you need to be aware of is with the way we would be serving water to this subdivision, they are proposing a single 10 inch connection that would tee off branch to both subdivisions. We only require that the water lines be looped and in fact, I think, in this case they must be looped so we would be looking for perhaps some future development to help with that. It is one of those unknowns. I think if we are going to provide good (inaudible--) we are going to need a looping system for both those subdivisions. Second issue is the sewer mains in the Meridian Heights subdivision are pretty bad. We had some video tape of them. There is a lot of leaking lines, really substandard and our expectation is that the water lines are in a similar state. Now the Kentucky Ridge water and sewer systems are probably — we believe the are PBC and probably constructed to similar standards that we would have for now and then the final thing worth noting is when they do come forward based on input from their representatives, it is probably — it is unlikely that all of the residents would be willing to annex and of course we are pretty much insisting that it is all or none. So, there would be a little bit of a situation there, potentially. With that, I would be willing to take some questions. Wardle: Thank you, Len on the issues for one presentation. Nary: Mr. President. Wardle: Mr. Nary. Nary: I don't think Len had any of the legal issues that he was going to raise so I thought I would bring those up real quick for you. I think some of you are worried and I think Len did point out that obviously tonight is not intended for a decision making opportunity. The attorney from the Water & Sewer Association is here as well as the head of that for Kentucky Ridge and Meridian Heights so they kind of explain their situation, dilemma. That last one obviously from the legal perspective is probably our biggest concern. It is very clear to state law that if they are hooked to city services that that is implied consent. What I did tell Mr. Tyree, their attorney when we met was that it would be in the city's best interest that if the incentive for the homeowners to consent to annexation really needs to come from their association and explaining the value of what they are getting and the need for what they need to do to transition from their private system they have been using to the public system of the city. It has been the city's practice to really go out there and coerce folks to join the city and that if this is a consensual annexation, which is what they are seeking then really a lot of that initial discussion needs to be had by their association and that we probably would be needing consent to annex requests if they were going to be requesting to annex, again, we haven't normally waited till somebody hooked up to the services and then sought their consent. We usually want that up front. So, I did try to make that clear, but I am sure they have some other issues or concerns to raise to you Meridian City Council Speal Joint Meeting is November 8, 2006 Page 20 of 26 folks and again the intent (inaudible) for you to have sort of a big global picture of what might be coming in the form of an application. Wardle: Thank you Mr. Nary. Council, questions for staff before we hear from representatives? Gentlemen, if you would like to come forward. Please introduce yourselves with your name and representation, please. Tyree: President Wardle and Council thank you very much for this opportunity to speak today. My name is Tim Tyree. I am counsel for the Meridian Heights Water and Sewer Association. I have with me today Mr. Len Grady. He is the president of the — that is Val Hill. (Speaker unknown): That is Len Grady. That is Val Hill. Grady: So far I am a lawyer and I run the sewer district, so pretty cool. Tyree: What I would like to start off though is really to thank Len. It has been great to work with the city and especially with Len. We are in a difficult situation and trying to work through it and he has been very cooperative and very responsive. So, I want to appreciate — to make that publicly known as my appreciation for him. What we have is an obligation to connect to a water system and change the Association's water quality quickly. When the EPA changed the regulations for the minimum contaminant levels for uranium (inaudible) January of this year the Association's water quality came out of compliance. So, IDEQ says fix it and we have been trying to come up with a number of different alternatives to do that. Given the wells that we have, one alternative would be to deepen an existing well and we actually have been working with Ed Squires, who also is a consultant for the city and possibly deepening a well. Well, that expense is roughly (inaudible--) what we might see with some other alternatives — actually it is cheaper than going with the city's alternative — long term it has a lot of questions. Will it work? We will get the water quality that we need? We could end up drilling a new well to take a test and end up going $40,000 or $50,000 just to test and not find anything or not find the water quality that we need. Plus going further down the line, we will always have what about the next change in the regulations? So, that is a possibility that remains out there and we are not certain and the other was we will treat the existing water and that doesn't work and we wind up with concentrated uranium and we have got treatment plants and just economically it doesn't work. So, really the alternative that we are looking at as the primary alternative now is to connect to the city's water system. If we can connect to the city's water system, we cure our problem. But obviously connecting with the city's water system comes with fees and that is what we are working on our primary issue here and as Len showed earlier are the fees and the expenses that we are trying to come up with. Part of connecting to our water system and coming down the line is (inaudible) to connect to the sewer system once the sewer becomes available. As part of the plat for Meridian Heights and for Kentucky Ridge it says that when sewer is available you need to connect Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting • November 8, 2006 Page 21 of 26 when city sewer is available. The city sewer is coming into the area. It is not yet continuous with the subdivisions, but it is on its way and the city does not have the capacity yet, although we are expecting we are going to land somewhere around the third quarter or 2007, so about this time next year the city should have the capacity to take us on. So, looking at the city as our best alternative and in long term I think that is appropriate for the homeowners within the Meridian Heights and the Kentucky Ridge certainly from an ongoing basis and also it has a primary benefit for the city is that we de -commission those existing sewer ponds. I am not sure if you are familiar — I don't think (inaudible) quite a few acres out there that are dedicated to want a collector sewer pond and then a secondary sewer pond that goes up. I wouldn't suggest fishing in them, shall we say — the sewer lagoon ponds, shall we say, the large portion of the property. What we are working on right now is how to pay for the system and as we are moving on into the process, we found a developer who will purchase our sewer lagoon ponds, pay for reclamation of that land, pump the water and the sludge out of that and use that as either open space or reclaimed land for future development in the surrounding areas. We were also able to sell off one of our well sites to the Kentucky Ridge Homeowner's Association as used for a park -- we are able to sell off one of our current well sites to the developer, which is an individual (inaudible) lot. We have three well sites, one is over an easement so that would be loss of the easement — it would expire once the well would expire. So, by selling off the sewer lagoon ponds, by selling off the well sites and by selling the water rights, we essentially get this to come pretty close to balancing out. The funds that we would receive from the developer for the land, from the city for the water, from the HOA for one of the well sites was roughly (inaudible) to the million dollars in fees. The hookup fees were $1,111,000 and change and we get pretty close — we are still a little bit in the red from our dollar amounts, but we feel we could do an assessment to kind of get everybody else there — that and the money the Association has and reserves for its maintenance. That was working out great until we got to a recent meeting with the city and the concern over billing practices. Right now the way the billing practices work is based on the homeowners — they all pay a flat fee for water and sewer service and that goes for everyone within the subdivision. You saw that everyone has a flat fee and it is a pretty reasonable fee. The dollar amounts as we try and figure out based on usage is not going to change too much so if we go to a city system. We are not expecting the homeowners to have a significant change between the current fees at a flat fee, but if we were to presume a flat fee for everyone given their basic services and rating at the current rates for water and sewer for the city. So, we are not expecting a significant change for service, the problem comes in the billing. As we talked with the Municipal Utility Billing System named "MUBS", the problem comes in utilizing that flat fee system. Currently, we have a clerk who will take the total of sewer, take the total of water, divide by 285 and send out bills on a monthly basis. What we were working on was a one point connection for the Meridian Heights and another point connection for the Kentucky Ridge and then we would meter at that spot and you divide by the number of homes and with that everybody would have a flat fee. Unfortunately, Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 22 of 26 that does not fit with your current billing system. Your current billing system is designed to read the meter and bill to that meter and it would require an additional step to divide by that, whatever the numbers were. So, the staff was pushing for having meters for water in order to be able to measure out. Well, as we discussed the Kentucky Ridge, the newer portion of the subdivision (inaudible) approximately 69 homes has meter setters, has dual meter sets and the fee to set up for the meters themselves for those homes, I think we could deal with through an assessment provision for that portion of the home — for that portion of the subdivision. Our problem comes when we get to the Meridian Heights. Especially — Meridian Heights it is important to understand and Len demonstrated that with the pictures, was developed in essentially three phases improving in the dollar value in homes over the years so that you have your first development, which was the oldest development is the manufactured housing, it takes a step up from there to the newer versions and as might well be imagined the quality of the sewer and water lines follows that essential steps in their development. So, our oldest system is going to have the lowest quality of water and sewer lines. That has been a point in trying to get the — in how we transition this process, which I will get to a little bit later. But, if we are going to go with water meters for the Meridian Heights, it is going to require digging in the vault, installing the sets and installing the meters. The dollar amount there comes at about the (inaudible) from our perspective and what we were seeing and that is a rough estimate. As I was explaining earlier, as the Association we don't have the money and don't know where I am going to come up with it. That is where I run into kind of a road block in the situation. We are looking into a number of alternatives here. We are looking into a local improvement district. We have been in contact with the state for a number of different loan programs. Our problem is we are outside of the funding for those loan programs and right now we have not been getting terribly strong reports, returns that we are going to qualify because of the combination between the values between Meridian Heights and the Kentucky Ridge. If we could segregate out, some of our members for Meridian Heights would not be able to do it, but we are one Association and whether we can do that or not is causing some problems. So, therein lays our road. We have to fix our water. We need to be able to hook up to the sewer. The city is, I think, long term our best alternative. Certainly by getting rid of the sewer lagoons, we open up additional lands for development — it wasn't shown up there, but we are currently doing land application from those sewer and lagoon ponds up onto the upper areas, so until our sewer lagoon ponds go away, those don't open up. So, there are long term benefits to getting rid of those sewer lagoons, but I have run up against this — the problem is the 365, which is the request why we are looking for some waiver, some way that we can move around this. The last issue and I would be happy to stand for any questions that you may have is the annexation. It is something that as you well know with any subdivision, with any members of longstanding residents of the county that any time there is an annexation there is a concern over property taxes are going to go up? What are the benefits that I am going to get? What is this going to cost me? In preliminary meetings and trying to get the homeowners Meridian City Council Spec Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 23 of 26 within the area to understand what the situation is. We are starting to get that buy in to the system, but the problem comes in getting the water and sewer lines. What we would ideally like to see is that the Association itself can go away. The Association, if we were to — depending on how this would work, if the Association were to go away, it essentially comes into the Association goes away if we get the water meters because right now the Association would remain in place in order to perform the billing to divide by the 285 based on the water and sewer ratings and to do the testing and do the maintenance. Well, if the city takes ownership of the water and sewer lines and then the city can perform the billings and then the Association can go away. From the homeowners' perspective, they are saying well I don't want — if I am going to be paying more taxes and please you don't need to explain to me the benefits of annexation -- speaking to our homeowners to explain the benefits of annexation they are saying well then why if I am going to pay more fees, why then I still have to pay more fees for my Association to maintain the lines, to do the billing, why can I not be like everyone else in the city and receive these services? That is the rub that I am in between, so we are asking for ways that we can resolve our fee split and we can try and work this through. So, with that I one, very much appreciate your time letting us explain the situation we are in today and I will stand for any questions that you may have or that Val may be able to answer. Wardle: Thank you, Mr. Tyree. Council, any questions? Bird: I have none, at least not at this point. Rountree: I guess my comment is and even though this isn't a hearing and we are not necessarily are going to get that involved in this is that it seems to me that there is a plea for a handout from the City of Meridian for some folks that tried to get by, not necessarily on the cheap, but on the less on an independent nature and they have not done a very good job. So, my suggestion is — I hear the idea of Meridian taking on this infrastructure, leaking water systems, etc., etc. We are not in the business of doing that. If these folks wonder what the fees are for and how come they would have to pay them and nobody else does? Quite frankly, everybody else pays them when they buy a home in Meridian. Not only hookup fees, but they pay for it in the cost of their housing. So, there are some real issues with this from my perspective and I am just one Councilman, but Len I guess my direction to you is you need to put a fine point on what the cost of this is going to be and possibly work with these folks and the idea of creating LID to somehow defer these costs to these particular residents over time might be the solution. But, I am not sure that three quarters of a million dollars and it sounds like a heck of a lot of more if we are just talking (inaudible) — we are talking about replacing water lines and sewer lines and we are talking some big bucks and I am not sure we want to neglect to look at those and these folks need to take a look at it as well because they are going to be in a situation where they are going to have to come up with some solutions. Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 24 of 26 Tyree: Okay, so just to paraphrase and make sure I understand what you are saying. We should look at alternatives to try to make them whole. In other words, you are not really interested in waiving these fees and then also take a look at how we can improve their water and sewer lines and there are some things we can do. I know there is some development interested in running water and sewer through their subdivisions and we may be able to tack on some — build off of that. So, it sounds like we need to go away and take another kick at that can. Rountree: That is just my personal opinion. Wardle: Mr. Nary, it appears to me and I share Mr. Rountree's sentiments on the matter of the payment. It appears to me that it would be for the four people up here to attempt to resolve this — a very lengthy discussion. Would it be appropriate to attempt to put together a task force to see if we can come up with some alternatives? My question is would a Council representative on that task force be appropriate given that it would be looking at an annexation? Nary: Mr. President, Members of the Council my recommendation would be is not to have that. I think what we looking at really is some generalized direction. If I understand Councilman Rountree at least from his perspective that he would like the staff to work a little harder with Mr. Tyree on some other alternatives. At least at this juncture it is not his desire to simply waive those costs, but to look at other methods that those costs can be recouped, whether it is through an LID or some other method or if through Mr. Grady's analysis of what needs to be done or when it could be done, on whether or not some of those fees are deferred or some of those fees are not necessary and are consistent with other subdivision applications that we have seen. That was his preference and if I got that wrong, I am sure he will correct that. I think if that is this Council's direction, we can continue to do that and try to find some alternatives again. We are not looking for specific decisions tonight, but simply just that direction and then the same thing for the applicants here as how they can go back and best tell their clients what they are going to need to do to come up with to try to make this work for the big picture good that they have come up with so far. Does that make sense? Rountree: Mr. President that only qualification that I would make there is that I am not necessarily asking Public Works to do this work. I mean, they need to review it and they need to provide some input as to what kinds of issues need answers, but I believe that is incumbent upon the future applicants to figure out what kind of costs they are looking at to replace the lines, what kind of lines they have and what kind of issues with the infrastructure. Ultimately, I mean where we go what is the cost to get it compatible with Meridian's way of doing business? Wardle: Mr. Bird, did you have --? Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 25 of 26 Bird: I just have one statement and whatever we decide this one Councilman would not be in favor of having any special billing. It would be billed just like everything else is billed within the city. So, when they work on this they need to also address that item as far as I am concerned. Wardle: If I may just paraphrase, Len has got a couple of questions. I think question one is the city interested in annexing? I think we are hearing from the Council yes, but to the rest of that -- actually an agreement to be structured? Certainly we are asking those questions — what additional information? We need some additional information — subdivision meets the city's requirements? I think you are hearing no. Then is the city willing to waive $365,000 dollars, I think you heard a no as well. Council would you agree with those statements? Rountree: Yes. Tyree: Mr. President if I may? Wardle: Sure. Tyree: Council member Rountree, if I may I share your concern that there is an element here that it is certainly fair all citizens of Meridian to be treated equally and to have a special situation is — should be a special situation — the problem I am at is a matter of time. If I had the opportunity, if I had a way of doing it, I would certainly be looking at those issues, but I must, based on IDEA, I must fix the water and if I — given the timeframes that we are being pushed against from IDEQ then my alternative is fix the water and how am I going to fix the water? Long term the idea is to fix the water by going to the city. Long term has benefits for the city because it opens up those sewer lagoon ponds, it opens up additional lands and thereby opening up your tax base, but I must do something. What I am forced against is if I want to connect to the city water system and to do so then I have to be annexed and I have to pay for the water meters and I can't do it, then what I need to do is just drill the well. That is my alternative that I am up against. So, if I drill the well then we are further delayed and I am not moving forward and if I may, Councilmember Bird on the special billing the problem comes in just the expense and who is going to do that? It comes into again that water meter issue. It just comes to that final $365,000 and as I said I share with you the situation that we need to make sure that we are being fair to our citizens here, but I have to deal with the health quality issues as well and the regulatory issues and I must find some solution and I must do it quickly and unfortunately the money issue is not coordinating with my timing issues. Bird: Mr. President a reply to that. Wardle: Mr. Bird. Meridian City Council Special Joint Meeting November 8, 2006 Page 26 of 26 Bird: If you just want the one meter, then that is where the bill is going to go and then the homeowners can pay for it out of one bill and then they can collect from the 285 people. Wardle: Well, Mr. Bird I think that some of the issues that we have in regard to that are — we have got an ordinance in place and other things, but Len if you have got enough direction? Grady: I believe I do. Wardle: Council anything further? Okay, we will work on this issue. That brings us to the end of our regularly scheduled special session. I would entertain a motion to adjourn. Rountree: So moved. Bird: Second. Wardle: It's been moved and seconded to adjourn the special session. All those in favor. ALL AYES. MOTION CARRIED. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:08 P.M. (TAPE ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS) APPROVED: TAMMY WEERD, MAYOR ATTESTED: 12-112-106 DATE APPI , ON WILLIAM G. BERG, A, CITY D '�✓®a®/�1//1/p101 !1 11911\\\\a�����pa 0 November 3, 2006 MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL MEETING APPLICANT November 8, 2006 u ITEM NO. 3 REQUEST Overview of South Meridian Area Plan AGENCY CITY CLERK: CITY ENGINEER: CITY PLANNING DIRECTOR: CITY ATTORNEY CITY POLICE DEPT: CITY FIRE DEPT: CITY BUILDING 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: Date: Phone: Emailed: St ff a Irntials. Materials presented at public meetings shall become properly of the Ctiy of Meridian. 9 • Page 1 of 1 Will Berg From: Matthew Ellsworth Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 12:49 PM To: Sharon Smith; 'Michael Rohm (mrohm@enertechservices.com)' Cc: Will Berg; Tara Green; Peter Friedman; Anna Canning Subject: RE: November 8 Joint Workshop / Special meeting Sharon, As I understand it that is correct. We are looking to get things in front of both the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council so that they are somewhat familiar with the projects/processes to date when applications come forward early next year. Also, is it really the CPA's that we will be discussing, or the actual projects/plans? Is there a difference? I don't know if it is necessary to discuss the CPA other than mention it briefly as a future next step. I do have one request for the agenda. Is it possible to switch items 3 (Ten Mile Specific Area Plan) and 4 (South Meridian Area Plan). I think for presentation purposes it may run smoother that way. Thanks Sharon, Matt Ellsworth Associate City Planner Meridian Planning Department 660 E. Watertower, Suite 202 Meridian, ID 83642 208.884.5533 From: Sharon Smith Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 11:49 AM To: Matthew Ellsworth; 'Michael Rohm (mrohm@enertechservices.com)' Cc: Will Berg; Tara Green Subject: November 8 Joint WOrkshop / Special meeting Will has to finalize this agenda still, but here is the latest draft. Will asked me to touch base with you on timelines for the items — the allotted times are noted on the agendas. The comp plan items have 45 minutes combined. When he gets back I will send it to the P & Z Commission too. Will asked me to reiterate that we cannot go into details of the applications before public hearing, just do basic overviews of descriptions & goals, etc. Sound right? Thanks Matt & Michael! Sharon Smith Sr. Deputy City Clerk Meridian City Clerks Office Phone 208.888.4433 11/3/2006 Page 1 of 1 Will Berg From: Matthew Ellsworth Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 1:59 PM To: Planning & Zoning; Tammy de Weerd; Joe Borton; Shaun Wardle; Keith Bird; crountrec@meridiancity.org Cc: Will Berg; Bill Nary; Peter Friedman; Anna Canning Subject: Ten Mile and South Meridian Presentations Attachments: (Shrinked)-10mileCity Council + P&Z 110806.ppt; SouthMeridianPresentation.pdf Mayor de Weerd, City Council Members, and Planning & Zoning Commissioners, Attached are the PowerPoint Presentations from last week's Pre -Council meeting. The Ten Mile presentation is still in PowerPoint format as converting it considerably increases the file size. Please let me know if you are unable to open the PowerPoint, and I will get you either a printed version or a disk of the presentation. We are currently revising the plans based on input received to date and hope to have final drafts of each completed in the near future. We look forward to working with you on finalizing the plan through the review and adoption process. Thank you for the opportunity to present these plans, and for the input and direction you provided. Please let me, or Pete Friedman (fried mapa—meridiancityorg, 884-5533) know if you have any further questions and/or suggestions as we continue to move forward with these processes. Thanks again, Matt Ellsworth Associate City Planner Meridian Planning Department 660 E. 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The Ten Mile presentation is still in PowerPoint format as converting it considerably increases the file size. Please let me know if you are unable to open the PowerPoint, and I will get you either a printed version or a disk of the presentation. We are currently revising the plans based on input received to date and hope to have final drafts of each completed in the near future. We look forward to working with you on finalizing the plan through the review and adoption process. Thank you for the opportunity to present these plans, and for the input and direction you provided. Please let me, or Pete Friedman (fried map(ED-meridiancity.org, 884-5533) know if you have any further questions and/or suggestions as we continue to move forward with these processes. Thanks again, Matt Ellsworth Associate City Planner Meridian Planning Department 660 E. 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Plan Amendment Application December 2006 Planning and ZoningComm. . eanng February/ March 2007 City Council Hearing and Ado tion April / May 2007 p Peggy Gardner From: Diane Wilton [dwilton@compassidaho.org] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 9:37 AM To: tlittle@achd.ada.id.us; dmahaffey@adaweb.net; dsarmsgl@adaweb.net; ryzaguirre@adaweb.net; saxtman@adaweb.net; chd4cbequeath@aol.com; CHD4TRICHARD@aol.com; citmid c(,'@cableone.net; johnfranden@cableone.net; mberent@cableone.net; dferdinand@canyoncounty.org; kkershner@canyoncounty.org; Ijensen@canyoncounty.org; nbaird@canyoncounty.org; borton@ci.caldwell.id.us; gnancolas@ci.caldwell.id.us; smiller@ci.caidwell.id.us; FUSSM@CI.NAMPA.ID.US; shaverp@CI.NAMPA.ID.US; tdale@CI.NAMPA.ID.US; nmerrill@cityofeagle.org; tverschuren@cityofeagle.org; Charles Trainor, vem@holladayengineering.com; Eric.Shannon@itd.idaho.gov; Scott.Gumsey@itd.idaho.gov; Sue.Sullivan@itd.Idaho.gov; Tammy de Weerd; Matthew Ellsworth; Peter Friedman; Peggy Gardner, monte@owyheeconstruc tion.com; eolen@parametfix.com; ssiddoway@parametrix.com; cward@staridaho.org; kbittner@valleyregionaltransit.org; kfaifiess@valleyregionaltransit.org; lihli@valleyregionaltransit.org Cc: Don Matson; Diane Wilton Subject: U.S. 20/26 CorridorAltemative meeting schedule Attachments: us2026 meeting schedule.doc us2026 meeting schedule.doc (4... Good morning, Attached is the meeting schedule for the U.S. 20/ate Corridor Study Alternatives that Charles will be discussing with local entities. If you have questions, please feel free to contact Charles or mvself. Thank you, Diane Wilton Admin Assistant COMPASS 855-2558 Ex. 222 • U.S. 20/26 Corridor Study Alternates Meeting Schedule Date Time Location Comments 11/6/06 7:00 p.m. City of Nampa 11-7-06 1:30 p.m. Ada County 11/8/06 3:00 p.m. Canyon County 11/14/06 7:00 p.m. City of Eagle 11/20/06 6:00 p.m. City of Caldwell 11/21/06 6:30 p.m. City of Star 11/30/06 3:00 p.m. Canyon County HD City of Meridian waiting for City to confirm date and time 12/12/06 5:00 p.m. City of Boise Ada County HD waiting for ACHD to confirm date and time .Peggy Gardner From: Diane Wilton fdwilton@compassidaho.org] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 9:58 AM To: tlittle@achd.ada.id.us; dmahaffey@adaweb.net; dsarmsgl@adaweb.net; ryzaguirre@adaweb.net; saxtman@adaweb.net; chd4cbequeath@aol.com; CHD4TRICHARD@aol.com; citrnid@cableone.net; johnfranden@cableone.net; mberent(Mcableone.net; dferdinand@canyoncounty.org; kkershner@canyoncounty.org• Ijensen@canyoncounty.org; nbaird c@canyoncounty.org; borton@ci.c aldwell.id.us; gnancoias@ci.caldweii.id.us; smiller@ci.caldweli.id.us; FUSSM@CI.NAMPA.ID.US; shaverp@C1.NAMPA.ID.US; tdale@CI.NAMPA.ID.US; nmerrill@cityofeagle.org; tvemchuren@cityofeagle.org; Charles Trainor, vem@holladayengineering.com; Eric.Shannon@itd.idaho.gov; Scott.Gumsey@itd.idaho.gov; Sue.Sullivan@itd.idaho.gov; Tammy de Weerd; Matthew Ellsworth; Peter Friedman; Peggy Gardner, monte@owyheeconstruction.com; eolen@parametrix.com; ssiddoway@parametrix.com; sward c@staridaho.org; kbittner@valleyregionaitransit.org; kfairiess@valleyregionaltransit.org; lihli@valleyregionaitransit.org Cc: Don Matson; Diane Wilton Subject: U.S. 20/26 Corridor Study map Attachments: US2026 ProposedRoads PDemosthenes-v3b.pdf 1)S2026-PraposedR cads-PDwiosthe.. Good morning, Attached is the U.S. 20/26 Corridor map that Ery Olen from Parmatrix presented at the recent CPC meeting. You may print/plot the map yourselves or we can plot it for you. Thank you , Diane Wilton Admin Assistant COMPASS 855-2558 Ex. 222 • November 3, 2006 MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 8, 2006 APPLICANT ITEM NO. 5 REQUEST Discussion of Meridian Heights / Kentucky Ridge Subdivisions Request for Annexation AGENCY CITY CLERK: CITY ENGINEER: CITY PLANNING DIRECTOR: CITY ATTORNEY CITY POLICE DEPT: CITY FIRE DEPT: CITY BUILDING 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: see ailtached Contacted: Date: Phone: Emailed: Staff Initials: Materials presented at public meetings shall become properly of the City of Meridian. City of Meridian Public Works Dept. Memo • RECEIVED ��"}"eY � CiOf Meridian City ty Clerk Office To: Will Berg From: Lenard Grady CC: Brad Watson pate: 11/3/2006 Re: Proposed Agenda Items for November 8, 2006 Pre -Council Meeting The Public Works Department respectfully requests the following item(s) be placed on the November 8 Pre -Council agenda: Meridian Heiahts/Kentuckv Ridge Annexation Request Attached is a proposed agreement prepared by Meridian Heights/Kentucky Ridge (HOA) to the City of Meridian requesting annexation. There are 285 parcels. Approximately 200 of these are in the Meridian Heights Subdivision. The HOA operates a Lagoon system for treatment of sewage. They are required to hook up to City Services once they become available. Pending Council approval, we could allow hookup to City sewer end of 2007 when the Bear Creek Lift Station is offline. The HOA was notified earlier this year by DEQ that they have exceeded the MCL for Uranium. They are left with drilling additional well(s) or hooking up to City Water. Several areas of concern have been raised by staff regarding this agreement The intent at this point is to present the HOA agreement and staff concerns to Council and ask for guidance. Some of the staff concerns are summarized below. Meridian Heiahts Has No Meter Setters — Kentucky Ridge Has Setters. None of the homes in the Meridian Heights Subdivision have meter setters. The HOA is requesting that the City install the setters using part of the hookup fees. Estimated cost is around $1,500 each (200 lots * $1,500 = $300,000). Alternatively, a single meter can be installed and the HOA could be treated as a single business. If this option is selected, the HOA is From thedaskof.. requesting that bills be sent to the 285 homes rather that the HOA. Finance is iia Gly apposed to this because they would have to process each bill individually. MyEn&ea Meridian Public 9Vorka Depart 660 ii. watarower, Suiw 200 Meridian, Idaho 83642 0 Page 1 (208)898-5500 Fax (208) 898.9551 wadyl@mendianchy.org • Meridian Heights Sewer Lines are Sub -Standard. The Meridian Heights collection system is sub -standard. Some of the lines were filmed and showed leaky pipes. Kentucky Ridge is probably acceptable. Some of the Dwellings May Not Meet Code. Code Enforcement is conducting an informal inspection and should have the results at the meeting. Pressure Irrigation is Not Available. The HOA is asking us to waive the Well Development Fee. This would amount to 285 lots x $1,000.28 per lot = $285,080. 0 Page 2 • 0 WATER AND SEWER CONTRACT This Water and Sewer Contract ("Contract") is made as of the date last written below the signatures of the parties (the "Effective Date") by and between the City of Meridian, an Idaho municipal corporation ("City") and Meridian Heights Water and Sewer Association, Inc., an Idaho corporation ("Association"). For good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, City and Association hereby agree as follows: 1. Water Right Conveyance. Association hereby agrees to sell and City hereby agrees to purchase all rights, title and interest in and to Water Rights ("Water Rights") in accordance with the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. The Association shall convey the Water Rights by Special Warranty Deed in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof. 2. Water and Sewer Distribution System Conveyance. Association hereby agrees to convey and City hereby agrees to accept all rights, title and interest in and to the water and sewer distribution lines, valves, systems and components from the point of connection at the City's water and sewer mains to the point of connection to the individual water and sewer lines connecting to each home within the Meridian Heights and Kentucky Ridge subdivisions ("Water and Sewer Lines") in accordance with the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. Title to the Water and Sewer Lines shall be conveyed by Bill of Sale in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof. 3. Purchase Price. The total "Purchase Price" for the Water Rights is the sum of Three Hundred Seventy -Five Thousand Dollars ($375,000). The Purchase Price shall be used to offset the Connection Fee (as defined in Section 4). 4. Water and Sewer Connection Fee. The Association agrees to connect its water and sewer systems and City agrees to accept the connection. The combined water and sewer connection fee shall be One Million One Hundred Eleven Thousand Seven Hundred Eighty -Five Dollars ($1,111,785) ("Connection Fee"). The Connection Fee does not include water meters or their installation. The Connection Fee shall be paid in two (2) installments. The first installment of Three Hundred Seventy -Five Thousand Dollars ($375,000) will be due at the time the water system is connected to -1- 40853.0001.896525.1 the City's system as set forth in Section 7(a). The second installment will be due at the time the sewer system is connected to the City's system as set forth in Section 7(b). 5. Sewer Maintenance Fee. The Association agrees to pay the City a maintenance fee in the amount of Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000) ("Maintenance Fee") for future maintenance and repair costs that the sewer system may incur. The Maintenance Fee shall be paid at the time the sewer system is connected to the City's system as set forth in Section 7(b). 6. Property Sold As -Is. The provisions of this Section 6 shall survive closing. City is relying solely upon City's inspections as to the Water Rights and Water and Sewer Lines. Except as expressly set forth in this Contract, Association and Association's agents are not making, have not made and expressly disclaim any representations or warranties, express or implied, with respect to any aspect, feature or condition of the Water Rights or Water and Sewer Lines including, without limitation, the existence of hazardous waste, or the suitability of Subject Property for City's intended use. City shall independently verify all information and reports regarding any aspect or feature of the Water Rights and Water and Sewer Lines provided by Association. Association does not guaranty the accuracy of any information or reports provided by Association, it agents, employees or contractors. City is purchasing the Water Rights and Water and Sewer Lines in "As Is" condition with all faults including both latent and patent defects and City releases Association from any and all liability relating to any aspect or condition of the Water Rights and Water and Sewer Lines (including hazardous waste), known or unknown, foreseeable or unforeseeable, actual or contingent, arising by statute, common law or otherwise. As used herein "hazardous waste" shall mean any hazardous waste or pollutants, contaminants or hazardous waste as defined by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1990 and any amendments thereto, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and any amendments thereto or any similar state, local or federal law, rule or regulation (collectively "Environmental Laws"), including, without limitation, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, PCBs, petroleum and petroleum products and urea -formaldehyde. -2- 40853.0001.896525.1 0 i 7. Water and Sewer Connections. (a) The Association, at the Association's sole cost and expense, shall cause its water system to be connected to the City's water system at Lot 1, Block 10 of the Meridian Heights No. 2 Subdivision. The connection point will be at two points and made using two eight inch (8") flow meters with a radio head and double check valve. Construction for the connection will begin in January of 2007 and thereafter the Association shall diligently pursue completion of the water connection. Provided the water connection construction passes inspection and contingent on payment of the first installment of the Connection Fee, the Association may connect to the City's water system upon completion of construction. (b) The Association, at the Association's sole cost and expense, shall cause its sewer system to be connected to the City's sewer system at Lot 1, Block 10 of the Meridian Heights No. 2 Subdivision. There shall be a two point connection to the City's sewer system. Construction for the connection will begin in January of 2007 and thereafter the Association shall diligently pursue completion of the water connection. Actual utilization of the sewer connection will not begin until September of 2007; provided the sewer connection construction passes inspection and contingent on payment of the second installment of the Connection Fee. The City, at the City's sole cost and expense, is hereby given the right to install sewer flow meters in the future in its sole discretion. (c) After connection to and utilization of the City sewer lines, the City will permit the pond effluent to enter the City's sewer lines at no cost or fee according to a schedule established by the Association, or its contractor, and approved by the City. The schedule will set forth the time, duration and flow for pumping the pond effluent into the City's system. Cost of pumping the pond effluent into the sewer lines will be paid for by the Association or its contractor. (d) All construction contemplated by this Section 7 shall be done in accordance with all applicable laws, rules, ordinances, and permits. The City shall issue a permit for the installation of the water and sewer lines in December of 2006, pending proper application, grant of easement, drawings and payment of fees. -3- 40853.0001.896525.1 0 0 8. Billing. Beginning as of the date the water connection is made, the City will begin billing all Kentucky Ridge members of the Association a pro rata portion of the water consumed as measured by the meter serving such members. Beginning as of the date the water connection is made, the City will begin billing all Meridian Heights members of the Association a pro rata portion of the water consumed as measured by the meter serving such members. Beginning as of the date the sewer connection is made, the City will begin billing all Kentucky Ridge members of the Association a pro rata portion of the sewer utilization based on winter water utilization by such members. Beginning as of the date the sewer connection is made, the City will begin billing all Meridian Heights members of the Association a pro rata portion of the sewer utilization based on winter water utilization by such members. If the City installs sewer meters, sewer rates will be based on actual sewer utilization. The provisions of this section shall not limit or define the City's future utility billing practices or rates. Such practices and rates are established according to City ordinances, rules and procedures which are subject to change. 9. Attorneys' Fees. If a suit, action, or other proceeding arising out of or related to this Contract is instituted by any party to this Contract, the prevailing party shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys' fees, expert witness fees, and costs (a) incurred in any settlement negotiations, (b) incurred in preparing for, prosecuting, or defending any suit, action, or other proceeding, and (c) incurred in preparing for, prosecuting or defending any appeal or any suit, action, or other proceeding. For purposes of this section, "attorneys' fees" shall mean and include attorneys' fees and any paralegal fees. This section shall survive closing and shall survive and remain enforceable notwithstanding any rescission of this Contract or any determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that all or any portion of the remainder of this Contract is void, illegal, or against public policy. 10. Default. Time is of the essence of this Contract. Upon the expiration of ten (10) days' written notice from either party stating the other party has failed to perform its obligations hereunder, such party shall be deemed to be in default unless such failure to perform is cured within the ten (10) day period. Upon a default occurring, -4- 40853.0001.896525.1 the non -defaulting party may pursue all remedies at law or in equity, without limitation of any kind. 11. Notices. All notices given pursuant to this Contract shall be in writing and shall be given by personal service, U.S. Mail, or other reliable delivery service such as Federal Express or UPS, postage or delivery charges prepaid, addressed to the appropriate party at the address set forth below: To City: City of Meridian Attn: Meridian, ID 83642 To Association: Meridian Heights Water & Sewer Assoc. Attn: President P.O. Box 472 Meridian, Idaho 83680-0472 With copy to: Hawley Troxell Ennis & Hawley LLP Attn: Timothy W. Tyree 877 Main St., Suite 1000 P.O. Box 1617 Boise, ID 83701-1617 All notices given pursuant to this Contract shall be deemed given upon receipt. For the purpose of this Contract, the term "receipt" shall mean the earlier of any of the following: (a) the date of delivery of the notice or other document as shown on the return receipt; (b) the date of receipt of the notice or other document by the person or entity to whom it was addressed; or (c) in the case of refusal to accept delivery or inability to deliver the notice or other document, the earlier of (i) the date of the attempted delivery or refusal to accept delivery, (ii) the date of the postmark on the return receipt, or (iii) the date of receipt of notice of refusal or notice of nondelivery by the sending party. 12. Tax Deferred Exchange. City and Association acknowledge that either party may wish to structure this transaction as a tax deferred exchange of like -kind property within the meaning of Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code. Each party agrees to reasonably cooperate with the other party to effect such an exchange; provided, however, that (a) the cooperating party shall not be required to acquire or take title to any exchange property, (b) the cooperating party shall not be required to incur -5- 40853.0001.896525.1 0 0 any expense or liability whatsoever in connection with the exchange, (c) no substitution of the effectuating party shall release said party from any of its obligations, warranties, or representations set forth in this Contract or from liability for any prior or subsequent default under this Contract by the effectuating party, its successors, or assigns, which obligations shall continue as the obligations of a principal and not of a surety or guarantor, and (iv) the effectuating party shall be responsible for preparing all additional agreements, documents and escrow instructions (collectively, the "Exchange Documents") required by the exchange, at its sole cost and expense. 13. General. (a) Successors. This Contract shall be binding upon the heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives of the parties hereto. (b) Headings. Section headings are for convenience only and shall not be deemed to define, limit or construe the contents of any terms, consents or conditions in this Contract. (c) Entire Agreement. This Contract, together with the exhibits attached hereto, contains the entire agreement between the parties hereto and supersedes all prior understandings and agreements, oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof. The provisions of this Contract shall be construed as a whole and not strictly for or against any party, and may not be modified or amended in any manner except by an instrument in writing signed by both City and Association. (d) Governing Law. This Contract shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the state in which the Subject Property is located. (e) Joint and Several Obligations. In the event any party hereto is composed of more than one (1) person, the obligations of such party shall be joint and several. (fl Third Party Beneficiary Rights. This Contract is not intended to create, nor shall it be in any way interpreted or construed to create, any third party beneficiary rights in any person not a party hereto. -6- 40853.0001.896525.1 0 0 EXECUTED as of the date last written below. CITY: City of Meridian M Tammy de Weerd, Mayor Dated: ATTEST: List of Exhibits Exhibit A — Special Warranty Deed Exhibit B — Bill of Sale ASSOCIATION: Meridian Heights Water and Sewer Association, Inc. LIM Val Hill, President Dated: 7- 40853.0001.896525.1 RECORDING REQUESTED AND WHEN RECORDED RETURN TO: 0 (SPACE ABOVE THIS LINE FOR RECORDER'S USE ONLY) EXHIBIT "A" SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED THIS SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED made this day of , 2007, between Meridian Heights Water and Sewer Association, Inc., an Idaho corporation ("Grantor"), and City of Meridian, an Idaho municipal corporation, whose address is , Meridian, ID 83648 ("Grantee"), witnesseth: That Grantor, for and in consideration of the sum of Ten Dollars and No Cents ($10.00), and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, does, by these presents, convey unto Grantee and its successors and assigns forever, all the following described water rights situated in the County of Ada , State of Idaho. Together with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances thereunto belonging or in anywise appertaining (but specifically excluding any appurtenant water rights), the rents, issues and profits thereof; and all estate, right, title and interest in and to the property, as well in law as in equity, except as expressly provided otherwise herein. To have and to hold, all and singular the above-described premises together with the appurtenances unto Grantee and its heirs and assigns forever. Grantor makes no covenants or warranties with respect to title, express or implied, other than that previous to the date of this instrument, Grantor has not conveyed the same estate to any person other than Grantee and that such estate is at the time of the execution of this instrument free from encumbrances done, made or suffered by the Grantor, or any person claiming under Grantor. GRANTOR: Meridian Heights Water and Sewer Exhibit B 40853.0001.896525.1 0 STATE OF IDAHO ) ss County of Ada ) C� Association, Inc. By: Val R. Hill, President On this day of , 2007, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said state, personally appeared Val R. Hill, known or identified to me to be the President of Meridian Heights Water and Sewer Association, Inc., the corporation that executed the instrument or the person who executed the instrument on behalf of said corporation, and acknowledged to me that such corporation executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year in this certificate first above written. Notary Public for Idaho Residing at My commission expires Exhibit B 40853.0001.896525.1 0 • EXHIBIT B Bill of Sale This Bill of Sale made this day of , 2007, between Meridian Heights Water and Sewer Association, Inc., an Idaho corporation ("Seller"), and City of Meridian, an Idaho municipal corporation, whose address is ("Buyer"). For Ten Dollars ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration, Seller does hereby convey to Buyer the goods described on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof. Seller makes no covenants or warranties with respect to title to the goods, express or implied, other than that previous to the date of this instrument, Seller has not conveyed the same estate to any person other than Buyer and that such estate is at the time of the execution of this instrument free from encumbrances done, made or suffered by the Seller, or any person claiming under Seller. SELLER: Meridian Heights Water and Sewer Association, Inc. M Val R. 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