HomeMy WebLinkAbout1998 01-06MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 6, 1998
The regular meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order by Mayor Robert
D. Corrie at 7:30 P.M.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Walt Morrow, Ron Tolsma, Glenn Bentley:
MEMBERS ABSENT: Charlie Rountree:
OTHERS PRESENT: Wayne Crookston, Will Berg, Gary Smith, Shari Stiles, Bill
Gordon, Brad Watson, Brad Day, John Prior, Jim Johnson, Keith Bird, Ron Anderson,
Becky Bowcutt:
MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING HELD DECEMBER 16,1997:
Corrie: Council, you had a chance to read the minutes, are there any alterations or
corrections to those minutes?
Bentley: I have one, Mr. Mayor, on page 50 we had the attorney for the Fire Department
Mr. Herzfeld. On the third paragraph where it says "End of Tape". There was a
statement made by Mr. Herzfeld that I wish to have re-entered into the record. And that
is the statement "The union realizes that they are negotiating both with the City of
Meridian and the Rural Fire District". That was spoken while the tape was being
changed, we need to have that entered in.
Morrow: So moved
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second to add that where the tape is ended by Councilman
Bentley, any further discussion? All those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
Corrie: I will entertain a motion to receive the minutes as corrected.
Bentley: So moved
Morrow: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second we receive the minutes as corrected, any further
discussion? All those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 2
SWEAR IN TWO NEW POLICE OFFICERS:
Mayor Corrie swears in two new police officers Bryce Johnson and Alec Sarrazolla.
PRESENTATION TO IVY HI -LIFT:
Corrie: Would a representative of Ivy Hi -Lift come forward please. You helped us with
our Christmas Decorations this year (inaudible)
OLD BUSINESS
ITEM #1: TABLED DECEMBER 16,1997: FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS
OF LAW FOR VARIANCE REQUEST FOR ASHFORD GREENS SUBDIVISION BY
BRIGHTON CORPORATION:
Corrie: Where are we on that one now?
Crookston: There was no instruction at the last meeting to prepare those. I have
prepared them previously, which was basically to table them and that was
approximately 10 months ago.
Morrow: Mr. Mayor the status of that is that the findings of fact and conclusions were
contingent upon the adoption and passage of the ditch ordinance. That hasn't been
done as of yet. I would suspect that with the new Council that probably takes place the
first meeting or so in February after they have been through one strategic planning
session and the final write of that ordinance. So I would move that we table that until
the meeting of February 3rd
Bentley: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second that we table item 1 until February 3rd, any
discussion? All those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #2: TABLED DECEMBER 16, 1997: AMENDED ORDINANCE #733 — PARKS
AND RECREATION COMMISSION:
Corrie: We have got some housekeeping on this one I think Council. On page 3 the
organization and duties I believe, correct me Mr. Morrow if that is not correct but the
City Parks and Recreation Director shall be the ex -Officio member and secretary of the
Commission with no vote.
Morrow: That is correct, the word "superintendent" should be replaced by the word
"director".
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 3
Corrie: Do I have any further discussion on that from the Council? Then on the
supervision of Parks and Recreation, area no. 3 Walt do you want to (inaudible) I don't
quite understand it.
Morrow: In terms of reading the paragraph, it says, "the Parks and Recreation
Commission shall advise the Council on the conduct of, operation of and supervision of
public parks, public playgrounds, athletic fields, recreational facilities and other
recreation activities on any of the properties owned or controlled by the City or on other
properties in the area of impact upon which recreational activities are conducted with
the consent of the owners and occupants thereof. The Commission shall within 60 days
after this ordinance is passed and during the month of May each year thereafter submit
to the City Council and advisory proposed recreation program and budget for the next
fiscal year which shall be advisory only and in no way binding. Having read that
paragraph after you're and my conversation. The intent of that paragraph was for the
independent commission Parks and Recreation in its function would assess the
properties and programs that the City recreation and joint action with Western Ada
Recreation, Meridian School District and others. Then give a report to the Council in
much the manner as P & Z currently sends to us a report on perspective projects
annexations and so on and so forth. This is a method for that Commission to get to the
Council what they perceive the programs ought to be the general direction that they see
things going. The point is that none of that is binding upon the Council, it is advisory
only which is the function of the entire Commission. So it seems to me that basically
that is the clause that directs and limits that Commissions activities to those areas. I
think that is what our intent was when we had it crafted in such a manner. And it doesn't
refer to the director of Parks and Recreation or any of the City Council in terms of how
the are to conduct their affairs.
Corrie: So this is an advisory capacity only then?
Morrow: That is correct.
Corrie: Then I had one, on page 4, number 5, the Parks and Recreation Commissioners
shall make full and complete monthly and annual reports to the Mayor and City Council
and other reports from time to time as requested by the Mayor and City Council. Should
that be the Parks and Recreation Director rather than Commissioner?
Morrow: I think the intent there as I read this is that is the City Council Commissioner
that under the department reports has been keeping up informed as we have gone
along with this Commission. By doing it in that manner the intent would be then that the
Parks and Recreation Director would not have to attend each and every City Council
meeting or at least once a month and give a report at the end of a late meeting. So I
think that what we were after and probably it should be worded the Parks and
Recreation City Council Commissioner shall make a full and complete monthly and
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 4
annual report to the Mayor and Council and other reports from time to time as requested
by the Mayor and City Council.
Corrie: Any discussion on that from Council? Mr. Bentley do you have anything on that
one then, so that the City
Bentley: I would like to see the Parks and Recreation Director involved in some of this. I
understand what you are saying Councilman Morrow about having him stay until late in
the evening. I don't know whether they jointly put them together but I think he needs to
have a hand in generating those reports.
Morrow: Well certainly in terms of the job description that we have for that position that
would be part of his responsibility. He would be presenting it at budget hearing time just
as Chief Gordon and City Attorney and Gary Smith and others present at budget
hearings and budget reports. If he has a specific issue that he wishes to address the
City Council on, on a monthly basis he certainly has that access. But I don't know that
we want to put into an ordinance a specific requirement that he come each and every
month because then we have strung him to the point that he may have nothing to
report. The Commissioner under department reports can take care of that.
Corrie: Do we want the Commissioner shall or may? Shall means he has to do it every
month.
Morrow: I don't have a strong emotion about it one way or another. If it is going to stay
shall he can simply say I have nothing to report this month.
Corrie: Okay, that is all I had on those on that particular ordinance.
Morrow: Mr. Mayor I would move that we adopt
Corrie: I have to read it to the public first.
Berg: Mayor and Council is this the correct name of the fund now, I thought we had
changed the fund name?
Crookston: The fund name should now read as stated in the paragraph but not in the
heading. It says the Meridian Parks and Recreation Fund removing Capital
Improvement.
Corrie: So it is correct here, the Parks and Recreation Fund?
Crookston: The paragraph 7A is correct , the heading is not correct.
Berg: Cross out Capital Improvement?
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 5
Crookston: Yes
Berg: We did at one time have other words.
Corrie: Okay, Amended Ordinance #733, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN AMENDING TITLE 4 OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW CHAPTER TO BE
KNOWN AS CHAPTER 3 WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY REPEALED TO ESTABLISH
THE FOLLOWING: A PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION, MEMBERSHIP OF
THE COMMISSION, TERMS OF OFFICE, AND DEALING WITH VACANCIES,
ORGANIZATION AND DUTIES, SUPERVISION OF THE RECREATION AREA,
MEETINGS, REPORTS, ADVISORY STATUS AND MERIDIAN PARKS AND
RECREATION FUND; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Is there anyone from
the audience that would like to have this ordinance read in its entirety? Hearing none
Council what is your pleasure?
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, I would move that we adopt Ordinance #733 as amended with the
suspension of rules.
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second that we adopt Ordinance #733 with the amendments
and the additions to the report, any further discussion? Roll call vote
ROLL CALL VOTE: Morrow — Yea, Bentley — Yea, Tolsma — Yea, Rountree — Absent:
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #3: TABLED DECEMBER 16, 1997: AMENDED ORDINANCE #760 —
COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, COMMITTEES:
Corrie: AMENDED ORDINANCE #760 IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN ADOPTING A NEW TITLE 4, CHAPTER 1, COMMISSIONS, BOARDS,
COMMITTEES OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN. THE ADDITION OF THE NEW CHAPTER TO BE KNOWN AS CHAPTER
ONE TO SET FORTH AND ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR THE MAYOR AND
CITY COUNCIL TO CREATE COMMISSIONS, BOARDS AND/OR COMMITTEES OF
THE CITY FOR SUCH COMMISSIONS, BOARDS, COMMITTEES DEEMED
NECESSARY BY THE CITY COUNCIL, ESTABLISH DUTIES, ESTABLISH A TERM
OF OFFICE OF EACH MEMBER OF SUCH ENTITIES; AND PROVIDING FOR AN
EFFECTIVE DATE. Is there anyone from the audience that would like to have
Ordinance #760 read in its entirety?
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, on page 3, item B, the second sentence of the second paragraph, I
am sorry the first sentence of the second paragraph, "The entity shall have not more
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 6
than 1/3 of its members or not residents of the City." I think that issue has been
discussed the last three times this has been before us and it still needs to be corrected.
It does have the correction that we talked about last time exempting P & Z from that
requirement.
Corrie: Any further discussion on the 1/2 to be changed to 1/3?
Bentley: I have a question and maybe Walt you can answer this since we juggled this
thing so much. What I am reading here now that we are going to allow people in here
that are not residents or are not in the Area of Impact at all?
Morrow: No, it is limited to Item B we are limiting participation by members who are not
residents of the City but who are residents of either the Area of Impact, Urban Service
Area or a time agreement of four years to constitute no more than 1/3 of the
membership of a commission board, or committee. As you read through and following
the paragraph it says those members who are required to be residents of the City must
have resided in the City for four years. Those members who are not required to be
residents of the city must have met two of the following three residential requirements:
(1) have previously resided within the City limits for four years, (2) have resided within
the Urban Service Planning Area for four years, or (3) have resided within the Meridian
Area of Impact for four years or a combination of the later two requirements.
Bentley: Right, I could have lived in the area of impact five years ago and be living in
Boise now and there is nothing here that says you to be in the Area of Impact today or
in the City today. If you read that there is nothing that says you have to be in any of
those, it says you have to have met. Right now the way it reads to me is I could be living
in Boise but if I had spent four years over here before that qualifies me to be on this.
Morrow: Mr. Mayor I would ask City Attorney Crookston your interpretation of that.
Crookston: Let me read it for a minute. I think that three things that they have to meet is
that they have resided in the City previously for four years, that they now reside in the
Urban Service Planning Area for four years or that they have resided in the Meridian
Area of Impact for four years or a combination of the latter two requirements.
Bentley: But it says have it doesn't say is. Have is past tense.
Crookston: That is true.
Bentley: What I am saying is there is nothing in this paragraph indicating that you are
currently in any of the above. Which means to me you could have met two of these and
moved to Boise and you can come over here and serve on this entity. There is nothing
holding you to being here in present tense.
Crookston: That is true.
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 7
Bentley: I think that needs to be corrected.
Morrow: That is not (inaudible)
Corrie: Is residing within the City limits for four years, and is residing within the Urban
Service Planning for four years and is residing in the Meridian Area of Impact for four
years, does that suffice for you Councilmen?
Crookston: I think it would be proper to say has previously resided within the City Limits
for four years and is now residing within the City.
Bentley: We have to have the present tense in there somewhere.
Crookston: Well when I said and is now residing in the City.
Bentley: Or in the area of Impact.
Crookston: Well I didn't get to that. Let's see has resided in the Urban Service Planning
Area for four years and is now residing in the Urban Service Planning Area. And the
same for the third thing it should say "has resided within the Meridian Area of Impact for
four years and is now residing in the Area of Impact for four years."
Bentley: Would that be "and" or "and/or"?
Crookston: If you want them to be currently residing it has to be just "is".
Bentley: I understand that but see the final sentence says or a combination of the later
two requirements. So would you need an and/or in some of those to make it tie
together?
Crookston: I don't think so.
Corrie: So they have to previously reside within the City limits for four years and live in
the City limits now the say with the Urban Service area, must live in the Urban service
Planning area for four years and living in that area now.
Crookston: Yes
Corrie: And have resided in the City Area of Impact for four years and living in that area
now, is that what you want to do.
Crookston: And is now residing in the Area of Impact.
Bentley: The Planning and Zoning is a standing on their own ordinance.
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 8
Corrie: Any other corrections? I will entertain a motion for approval.
Morrow: Mr. Mayor I would move that we adopt Ordinance #760 as amended with the
suspension of rules.
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion is made and second with the suspension of rules and amended, roll call
vote.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Morrow —Yea, Bentley — Yea, Rountree — Absent, Tolsma — Yea
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #4: TABLED DECEMBER 16, 1997: COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, AND
RESTRICTIONS FOR TURNBERRY SUBDIVISION:
Corrie: Mr. Crookston?
Crookston: There is only one minor change.
Corrie: Ther have asked to table this one to the 20th of January. So we go to the
February 3r with the CC&R's so I will entertain a motion to that effect.
Morrow: The applicant has requested a table to February 3rd, I would move that item #4
the covenants, conditions and restrictions for Turnberry Subdivision be tabled to
February 3rd
Bentley: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second that item #4 be tabled to February 3rd, any further
discussion? All those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #5: TABLED DECEMBER 16, 1997: REQUEST FOR INSTALLATION OF
SEPTIC SYSTEM FOR A WAREHOUSE BUILDING BY MCCALL PROPERTIES:
Corrie: That has been requested also to be tabled to January 20th by Mr. Mike
Summers, representative for McCall Properties.
Bentley: So moved
Morrow: Second
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 9
Corrie: Motion made and second that we table for January 20th, item #5, any further
discussion? All those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #6: ORDINANCE #782 — ELVIRA SUBDIVISION ANNEXATION:
Corrie: THIS IS AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN ANNEXING AND
ZONING CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WHICH IS DESCRIBED A PORTION OF THE
LAND IN THE E 1/2 OF THE NW '/4 AND THE W '/2 OF THE NE '/4 OF SECTION 7,
T.3N, R.1 E, B.M, MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO AS SHOWN ON THE RECORDS
OF THE SURVEY #3832 FILED AS INSTRUMENT NO. 97023999 IN THE RECORDS
OF ADA COUNTY IDAHO; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Is there anyone
from the audience that would like to have Ordinance #782 read in its entirety. Hearing
none I will entertain a motion for the Council on Ordinance #782.
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I move we adopt Ordinance #782 with the suspension of rules.
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second that we adopt Ordinance #782 with the suspension of
rules, roll call vote.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Morrow — Yea, Bentley — Yea, Tolsma — Yea, Rountree — Absent
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #7: ORDINANCE #783 — FUTURE PARK ANNEXATION:
Corrie: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN ANNEXING AND ZONING
CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS A PARCEL OF LAND
LOCATED IN THE SE '/4 OF THE SECTION 36, TAN, R.1W, B.M. ADA COUNTY,
IDAHO; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Is there anyone from the
audience that would like to have Ordinance #783 read in its entirety? Hearing none,
what is the Council's pleasure on Ordinance #783?
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I move we adopt Ordinance #783 with the suspension of rules.
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion made by Mr. Bentley, second by Mr. Tolsma to accept ordinance #783
with the suspension of rules, roll call vote.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Morrow — Yea, Bentley — Yea, Tolsma —Yea, Rountree — Absent
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 10
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #8: ORDINANCE #784 — WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT ANNEXATION:
Corrie: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN ANNEXING AND ZONING
CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS A PARCEL OF LAND
LOCATED IN THE SE '/4 OF SECTION 34, TAN, R.1 W, B.M., ADA COUNTY, IDAHO;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Is there anyone from the audience that
would like to have Ordinance #784 read in its entirety? Hearing none Council what is
your pleasure on Ordinance #784?
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I move we adopt Ordinance #784 with suspension of rules.
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion made by Mr. Bentley, second by Mr. Tolsma that we accept Ordinance
#784 with Suspension of Rules, roll call vote.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Morrow — Yea, Bentley — Yea, Rountree — Absent, Tolsma — Yea
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #9: ORDINANCE #785 — CHANGES TO TITLE 1, CHAPTER 8:
Corrie: This deals with the section on nepotism, term of office and removal, the
Planning and Zoning Administrator's duties, Parks and Recreation Director's duties.
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, this particular ordinance revision was put in our City Council boxes
approximately the 16th of December. Historically all ordinances are discussed at
strategic planning meetings so that they have a chance to be debated by the entire
Council including Mayoral input. This ordinance has not had that option or opportunity.
There are several problems with the way that this is structured as I see it. It appears to
me that this ought to be removed from the agenda, sent back to strategic planning
session and start working its way through the process so that it can be debated and
tailored to the current needs. One of the major problems that I see with this particular
ordinance is that it is suggesting some change in those department heads who have
been appointed and confirmed by City Council. I think with the case of the Waste Water
Superintendent and the head of the Water Department those people as memory serves
me were appointed and confirmed by past Councils and therefore if in the future those
department heads are not going to be appointed and confirmed the two existing
department heads ought to in fact have grandfather rights until either they resign or a
death occurs or they are terminated by action of the City Council. So I think that is a key
provision that needs to be in any kind of revision or change in that particular process
and of course none of those things have been discussed. So if there is discussion on
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 11
the part of Mr. Bentley or Mr. Tolsma I would like to hear their thoughts about that now
and if not I would move to table.
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I would agree we need to re -work this so we need to send it back.
Corrie: Alright to what February 3r6 .
Morrow: Well I think that it needs to come off the agenda for the City Council and work
its way back through the process starting at the strategic planning meeting. So
therefore it could be some time before it is back on the agenda. So I would move to
remove this from the agenda and remand it back to the strategic planning process.
Bentley: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second that we need to remove Ordinance #785 and remand
it to the new Council for study and then brought back to the agenda, all those in favor?
Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #10: ORDINANCE #786 — CITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT/VICE PRESIDENT:
Corrie: I have just been advised by the City Clerk that we need to revise these
numbers. So they will be different numbers then stated here because of the removal of
Ordinance #785 if they are passed. Okay, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN AMENDING TITLE 1, CHAPTER 7 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE REVISED
AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN WITH THE ADDITION
OF AN NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION 1-708 TO SET FORTH AND
ESTABLISH A PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
ESTABLISH THE TERMS OF OFFICE OF BOTH THE PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT, ESTABLISH THE DUTIES OF EACH; AND PROVIDE AND EFFECTIVE
DATE. Is there anyone from the audience who would like to have this Ordinance read
in its entirety? Council discussion?
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I just received to sets of changes tonight out of the box and I
haven't had a chance to review them. I would like to make a motion that we table them
so that we get a chance to review them.
Morrow: I think before we act on that I would like to discuss the things that I see as
obvious changes.
Corrie: Point of order let's either get a second or not get a second on that and then we
can discuss it. Any second? It dies for lack of a second, discussion.
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 12
Morrow: In our packet there are is essentially one that is noted as clean copy a couple
of different versions, essentially they are pretty much the same. But in the back version
on the second page where it says City Councilman nominated to be elected as
President shall have no right to vote to approve, and it says or reject his nomination. It
seems to me the phrase "or reject his nomination" should be stricken. It seems to me
that person nominated to be Council President may not desire to be and he or she
ought to have the option to say yes or no to the position. On the following page I think
one of the things that you and I had discussed in one form of this particular form it says
the President may sign warrants along with other required other City officers. There was
one version of this that said shall and it needs to be changed from "shall" to "may".
This version indicates may. Then Item E where it reads, "the president shall establish
and set the agenda for all City Council meetings; he shall assign duties of all the City
Councilmen and oversee all City Council affairs." It should have been phrased to say
"the President with Council concurrence shall establish and set agenda for budget,
legislative and strategic planning issues at all City Council meetings; he shall assign
duties of the City Councilmen and oversee all City Council affairs." At the bottom of the
same page under I, this dates back some seven or eight months when we had a
discussion in the strategic planning meeting with a Mayor and four Councilmen and
eventually 6 Councilmen there is some confusion as to the City Attorney with respect to
Ordinance issues, getting input from too many Council people. We had talked about at
that particular time that the President shall act as a liaison between the City Council and
the City Attorney on legislative matters, Council legislative matters. And that would take
away some of the confusion of having to listen to four or five different opinions.
Corrie: Where are you reading that now?
Morrow: Those are issues that we had discussed that had been inadvertently left out of
this latest form of what is supposed to be the clean copy.
Corrie: You have the President shall establish and set the agenda for all what now?
Morrow: The President with Council concurrence shall establish and set agenda for
budget, legislative and strategic planning City Council meetings; shall assign duties of
all of the City Councilmen and oversee all the City Council affairs.
Corrie: Why don't we just write this up, does this have to be written up by the City
Attorney after all of this is done or shall we have the City Attorney right it up and then
vote on it?
Morrow: It can be as amended now or it can be re -written whatever the Council's
pleasure is at this point.
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I have another correction, Item I, page B, down at the bottom it
should read "stated by the City Council", missed a "t".
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 13
Corrie: Any other corrections?
Bentley: I would like to see this clean, all the corrections made and then brought back
before us so we can have the full Council review them and make sure we haven't
missed anything on this.
Corrie: That would be my preference, get it cleaned up. I have a packet here of things I
can't even find. Mr. Tolsma what is your pleasure?
Tolsma: I think it needs to be cleaned up, I have a lot of different comments here.
Corrie: Alright let's get those corrections made in the minutes, I will entertain a motion to
table this until you get the Ordinance cleaned up and the verbiage correct.
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, my motion would be that we instruct the City Attorney to prepare a
trial ordinance with the amendments as stated this evening and have that prepared and
to the City Council's boxes by the 10th of January so that it can be acted upon at the
meeting of the 20th
Bentley: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second to have the Ordinance for the City Council President
and Vice President be given to the City Attorney to clean up and back in their boxes by
January 10th for discussion and approval on January 20th, all those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #11: ORDINANCE #787 — ETHICS ORDINANCE:
Corrie: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN ADOPTING A NEW CHAPTER
TITLE 1 OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
MERIDIAN TO BE KNOWN AS THE ETHICS ORDINANCE, TO SET FORTH AND
ESTABLISH FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY COMMISSIONERS, APPOINTEES,
EMPLOYEES AND OTHER PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY OF MERIDIAN
THE FOLLOWING: NEPOTISM POLICY, DEFINITIONS, FAIR AND EQUAL
TREATMENT, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, CONSEQUENCES, PENALTIES,
STANDARDS OF CONDUCT, STATUTORY STANDARDS, CONTRACTS,
PURCHASES, EMPLOYMENT, DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION,
GIFTS, FAVORS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AGENDA ITEMS; AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. (End of Tape)
Morrow: The proposed ordinance that we have before us in my view needs to have
some work with it, very candidly it is ethics in government, nepotism. There are State
statute issues here that are cited that would be incorporated within the Ordinance, but
within the typewritten sections 1 through 12 the opinion of the Council and Mayor for the
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 14
City in terms of the instructions to this ordinance is that it is to encompass all elected
officials, although there are specific guidelines within the Idaho State statute that
discuss the Mayor's position only in some of these sections by oversight it eliminates or
doesn't mention that particular office and should. The other thing is that it is my opinion
and the new Council ought to have an opportunity to review this condensed version.
When we started out with this some 8 or 9 months ago there were triple the number of
pages here and now it is condensed down and would appear to me to make some
sense to correct the obvious flaws and then also review the rest to make sure there
hasn't been any oversight. So I would favor tabling it until the meeting of the 20th also.
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second that we table Ordinance #787, item #11 until the 20th
of January, any further discussion? All those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #12: ORDINANCE #788 — FISCAL POLICY ORDINANCE:
Corrie: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN PROVIDING FOR A NEW
CHAPTER, TITLE 1 OF THE REVISED AND COMPILED ORDINANCES TO BE
KNOWN AS FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, SET FORTH AND ESTABLISH FOR THE
CITY COUNCIL, CITY COMMISSIONERS, APPOINTEES, EMPLOYEES AND OTHER
PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CITY OF MERIDIAN THE FOLLOWING: BUDGET
POLICY, FISCAL YEAR, MONTHLY BUDGET, ANNUAL BUDGET, AUDITS,
PERFORMANCE AUDITS; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Is there
anyone from the audience that would like to have Item #12 read in its entirety? Hearing
none, Council discussion? This came in by the way January 5th
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, in our discussions and in our planning meetings and in dealing with
the issues of the audits and statutory requirements of the Treasurer's office and Clerk's
office, fiscal policy requirements as stated by statute with respect to Council duties, the
desire of the Council was to have a very strong, very specific fiscal responsibility or
fiscal policy, not responsibility was to be a fiscal policy ordinance that clearly defined the
behavior of all of the employees of the City and the policies set specific dates certain for
audits, annual audits, set dates for close out of books by department, the Treasurer and
department heads when they were to have their final clean up things done. This
ordinance that is prepared for us does none of those things. I think essentially it needs
to be restructured from the very beginning. Clearly one of the problems that we have as
a City that we need to rectify right away is with respect to the budgeting and auditing
process. So the new Council needs to take over where we are leaving off and get this
done and get it done properly. That would be my discussion and I am in favor of
essentially tabling and starting over with a much more restrictive ordinance.
Tolsma: I would second that.
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 15
Bentley: I would agree.
Corrie: I will entertain a motion for table.
Morrow: So moved
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Moved and second, that will be tabled to the January, do you want it the 20tn?
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I think this is going to take a little time, at least get through a
planning session.
Morrow: I think Mr. Bentley is correct, I think it needs to be into February that it is dealt
with because clearly the point is missed here. It needs to be a substantial part of a
future planning session to make sure it is done right.
Corrie: Then we need some time to make sure the City Attorney can write it up. So we
have the second meeting of February then?
Morrow: That would be my motion.
Corrie: Okay, motion and second to the second meeting in February to be tabled any
further discussion? All those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #13: FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW FOR VARIANCE
REQUEST FOR BEDFORD PLACE SUBDIVISION NO. 4 BY BRIGHTON
CORPORATION:
Corrie: Council you have the findings of fact in front of you, what is your pleasure?
Morrow: I have no problems with the findings of fact.
Corrie: Mr. Tolsma or Mr. Bentley? This is the one with the deed restriction attached to
it.
Bentley: I have a question for Gary Smith. On item #28 you brought up the fact of the
tracking of this restriction, are you satisfied the deed restriction will accomplish that?
Smith: Councilman Bentley, I am not sure how the deed restriction so I don't know that I
can answer your question. I assume that from a transfer of property ownership that the
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 16
deed restriction kicks in and the new buyer is made aware that at that point they have to
remove the structure that is in violation of the setback, is that correct Wayne?
Crookston: Yes it is.
Morrow: It would be part of the title policy also.
Smith: If the deed restriction as written says that then that would do the job Councilman
as far as I know.
Crookston: The deed restriction does state that.
Stiles: Mr. Mayor and Council, I just had a question, what happens if they remove that
sunroom and then the house doesn't meet the square footage requirement? I guess it
seems kind of awkward to have a variance on a permanent structure granted but then
as soon as the living trust is not enforced then they have to tear down that room and
add on. Did you go look at that Walt?
Morrow: Not closely, from the street.
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I have a question on that if it is an existing house from the original
property set up how do you force them to conform to square footage size to begin with?
Stiles: That portion of the property hasn't been platted yet. When they do plat it and
make it an actual legal lot then the location of the road will encroach into the setback
there.
Bentley: Right, but what does that have to do with the square footage of the house?
Stiles: Well it is an existing house, if they are required to comply with the setback
requirement why wouldn't they also be required to comply with their square footage
requirement?
Morrow: I think that Shari part of the answer there is which is the most important from
the Council's perspective. It is an existing house it pre -dates the ordinances with
respect to square footage. It is going to be given it's own lot upon platting of that
particular area. The Council has one of two choices either you allow the structure to
stay there and not conform to the setback which then causes a problem with all of the
other properties that are conforming to the setback or you leave that encroaching in the
setback and go with the square footage thing. I think aesthetically I think it probably
makes more sense to have it conform with the setback. Generally speaking what
happens with these types of properties is that they are fenced out of the subdivision to
some degree anyway and they self renew at some point in the future. So it is one of
those situations where we as a City can't have it both ways, we have to go one way or
the other way. My observation is the preference to have the setback.
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 17
Stiles: So it is a temporary variance.
Morrow: Yes but temporary could be a long time.
Corrie: Any further discussion?
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, I would move that we approve and adopt the findings of fact and
conclusions as written.
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second that we approve the findings of fact and conclusions
as written, roll call vote.
ROLL CALL VOTE: Morrow - Yea, Bentley - Yea, Rountree - Absent, Tolsma -Yea
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
Corrie: I will entertain a motion for the decision.
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, it is hereby decided that the variance to the setback ordinance is
hereby granted upon the condition that a deed restriction be entered into with Brighton
Corporation and the applicant shall be required to have the 20 foot setback reinstated
after the life estate of Helen B. Davis is no longer valid on the property.
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second on the decision as read, all those in favor? Opposed?
►TAIs] 9[M 0KOYI1VV121OW-111\'[x1
ITEM #14: DISCUSSION OF HONOR PARK NO. 3 SUBDIVISION:
Corrie: Is Mr. Hon or a representative or Stan Hutchinson.
Bowcutt: Becky Bowcutt, with Briggs Engineering, we brought this final plat before you
in July, we had a lengthy discussion on maintenance of the two private roads. Just to
refresh your memory it is the Honor Park subdivision off of Franklin owned by Mr. Hon.
We are proposing two private roads, they would have a 50 foot right of way width, they
were separate lots and a 37 foot back to back street section, 5 foot sidewalks both
sides. Mr. Hon preferred both of these to be private, one is approximately 300 feet in
length and the other is about 350 if you go to the center of the culdesac. During the
preliminary plat process and the final plat we discussed issues such as maintenance of
those private roadways. Mr. Morrow went into a long discussion that he wanted the
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 18
CC&R's to include provisions for a trust fund to be set aside for each one of these
roadways because they are separate by each pod of six lots. His motion in July was to
make sure that the covenants included that provision. However the motion did not
include the 50 foot right of way with the 37 foot back to back improved width. That was
left out. Therefore staff stated that the original condition set forth by the staff which was
a 58 foot right of way and a 41 foot back to back improved surface and a 62 foot radius
would apply. My discussion with them was that it was in there as a final plat
requirement because it was discussed at length and we were deferred to meet with staff
during the preliminary plat process in order to come to an agreement on what standards
we would build this to. Since the City ordinance has no private road standards. So I
guess what I am asking for is just a clarification that the Council did concur with the
requirements that we requested for these two private roads. There are six lots on each
private road. It is zoned C -G commercial. Are there any questions, did I confuse you?
Corrie: Thank you Becky, any questions from Council?
Morrow: I have questions for Gary and Shari, your comments?
Smith: Mayor and Council, the proposal was made by the developer for the private
streets. The notes that I have in my file indicated that my assistant Bruce Freckleton
was going to talk to the Highway District concerning their recommendations which he
did. That precipitated the requirement for the width of right of way that was placed on
our comments back to City Council. When it came before you discussion was had
concerning their proposal to reduce the amount of right of way from what staff had, the
recommendation that staff had received from the Highway District for a street under this
type of use. That being a commercial or industrial use. The motion that was made by
the Council was to approve this subdivision subject to staff recommendations. There
was no amendment to our recommendations as we read the minutes. The Highway
District recommended a 58 foot wide right of way for this type of use and the applicant is
proposing a 50 foot wide right of way. We were simply making our recommendation
based on the recommendation from the Highway District for a public road. This is being
proposed as a private road.
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, Gary, the 58 foot right of way as proposed by the Highway District
is for a public road, is that what you are telling us?
Smith: That is correct, a public road in a commercial industrial development.
Morrow: Okay, then the back to back curb section would be?
Smith: I think it is 41 feet.
Morrow: My next question is we have done two, if memory serves me two private roads,
one through Cherry Lane
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 19
Smith: Well Ashford Greens No. 2 has some private roads in it.
Morrow: Yes Ashford Greens, I recognize that those are residential and they are gated.
What was the roadway right of way that we asked for there?
Smith: I believe it was 42 feet of right of way.
Morrow: And the back to back was something like 37 or something wasn't it?
Smith: I think so Councilman, I don't recall for sure. I do know on one side the sidewalk
was, well, I just don't recall. I know we had, there was a lot of discussion concerning
parking because there wouldn't be any parking allowed on both sides of the street
obviously and I am not sure that even one side was, we had sidewalk on one side. The
Lake at Cherry Lane No. 6 and 7 both private roads, 42 foot right of ways and I believe
the street back to back of curb was 37 feet with the 5 foot sidewalk on one side. So that
puts the back of sidewalk on property line on one side and the back of curb on property
line on the other side.
Morrow: That is right if memory serves me. My question for Ms. Bowcutt is that these
lots all have off street parking?
Bowcutt: Yes, that is how they are planned. In our proposal originally we stated that we
would put no parking signs along the roadway. They would have to be enforced by the
lot owners because we went into a lengthy discussion that the City has no power to
enforce private no parking signs. I believe our original intention was that if this were a
public street they would ask for at least 58 foot of right of way with 41 foot section. It is
based on the fact they do not look at the number of lots or consider the volumes, that is
just the way the policy plan is written at ACHD. If it is commercial or industrial zone that
is the standard. Our argument is the fact that there are only 6 relatively small lots. We
felt that it wasn't appropriate to go with that full section. Mr. Hon's preference was to
keep these private. These will meet standards for a local street and they are going to
be constructed to ACHD standards in construction standards, base, asphalt,
compaction, etc.
Morrow: I have no other questions Mr. Mayor.
Corrie: Mr. Bentley or Mr. Tolsma? Gary do you have any other questions that you
want to bring up at this time?
Smith: Mr. Mayor and Council members, the only thing that I might add is that this is a
commercial subdivision as opposed to a residential subdivision so you can expect to
have truck traffic within this culdesac street. We don't know what kind of trucks, they
could range from the delivery type, Ida -Tran truck trailer or Yellow Freight that type of a
delivery vehicle perhaps. I wouldn't expect any multiple trailer vehicles in there but you
certainly could expect that type of a delivery vehicle to access the lots off of this
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 20
culdesac street. The issue of parking on the streets, I can't address that because I don't
know how that works. My thought is that enforcement by the lot owners may or may not
happen, I don't know, I haven't experienced that. Most of the lots I am sure will have off
street parking, parking areas in front of their buildings. I would assume employees
would be directed to park in specified areas off the street but I don't know. That is all I
have thank you.
Corrie: Shari, anything else? Well this calls for a discussion, does the Council have
anything they want to do with it other than having this discussion?
Morrow: I think Mr. Mayor, as I read the motion to approve, the motion is somewhat
ambiguous it does say "I would move we approve the final plat for Honor Park
Subdivision No. 3 by William Hon subject to staff conditions and the additional condition
within the development and including the CC&R's the provision be made to establish a
sinking fund to fund the private roads as requested by the client on a regular amortized
basis. And that their pure notification on the plat is a requirement of that so that
everybody can be aware that there are special conditions that exist with those private
roads". I think in my mind what that is basically or the intent there from my part was that
it was an approval of the private roads and approval of those specs. I am sensitive to
the points that Mr. Smith raises but on an issue of a private road even though it is a
commercial development of which we have very stringent off street parking
requirements and landscape requirements of each project that is brought to be built
there. The parking issue on street truly is not a City matter, delivery trucks in that
scenario would not also be a City matter, it would be a private matter within the
subdivision. In many cases you might have co -joining driveways that allow for turning
and access in terms of how these projects are built out. So it seems to me that the
discussion was is that we were approving the private roadways and by virtue of the
private roadways I would think that we would be approving the specs. I think the
guidance with respect to ACHD was to get a cross comparison to see if there wasn't a
tremendous difference in what they were proposing and what ACHD requires. ACHD
was requiring for a normal roadway width and obviously doesn't address private roads. I
don't personally have a problem with the 50 foot right of way and 37 foot back to back.
What that essentially leaves is two lanes and a turn lane. If you were figuring a foot for
curb and gutter on each side and 11 '/2 feet or thereabout for the traffic lanes.
Corrie: Then you want to approve the non -development agreement as such? That is
what this is about. I have it as Honor Park No. 3 Subdivision non -development
agreement.
Bowcutt: Discussion?
Morrow: We don't have a non -development agreement.
Bowcutt: No, it is still being reviewed by staff.
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 21
Corrie: Then my conversation with the City Attorney was a little bit wrong today then.
Crookston: Apparently that was because the non -development agreement was put out
with the documents with what you have been talking about.
Morrow: The only thing we have in our packet is the letter from Ms. Bowcutt under
Briggs Engineering heading and then we have a copy of three pages of minutes where
we as a Council discussed this July 15t". I guess for point of discussion what is the
answer to her question from Council? My answer is the private roads to those specs is
fine.
Corrie: Mr. Bentley?
(Inaudible)
Corrie: Okay
Morrow: Do we need a motion to instruct the staff as such?
Corrie: I would suggest that we do.
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, I would move that we approve the private roads in Honor Park
Subdivision No. 3 to be a 50 foot right of way with a 37 foot back to back street section.
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion made by Mr. Morrow, second by Mr. Tolsma, all those in favor?
Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #15: DISCUSSION OF WELL IN SALMON RAPIDS SUBDIVISION NO. 4:
Corrie: Evidently they are wanting to turn the ownership of the pressurized irrigation
system to the Nampa Meridian Irrigation District, comments from Council? Is there
anybody that would like to come up and give us the run down on that one?
McCall: Thank you Mr. Mayor and Council, Brian McCall attorney for the developer. The
CC&R's for both Salmon Rapids and Los Alamitos as amended require the pressurized
irrigation system be turned over to Nampa Meridian Irrigation district. We are in the
process of negotiating the turn over with them, it turns into a negotiation because they
are not necessarily willing to accept it. There were a couple of outstanding issues and
we are not down to one issue. The Council may recall that the pressurized irrigation
system for these two subdivisions started with ground water out of a well that was
located on the Salmon Rapids property. That well provided a water right to the
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 22
developer that facilitated the pressurized irrigation of a certain number of lots. I forget
right now how many it was but it was somewhere over 50 and under 100. It easily
accommodated Salmon Rapids No. 1 and Los Alamitos No. 1. As more lots were
brought on line the need for additional water was satisfied by developing a very
extensive pumping station that utilized surface from the Nampa Meridian Irrigation
District. I think it came out of the Hunter's lateral. So now that place, that system is all
in place. We have that pumping station and we have the Salmon Rapids well it is all
interconnected. And there is enough capacity both in terms of water and in terms of
pumping to do both subdivisions on all of their phases, 3 phases for Los Alamitos and
ultimately 5 phases for Salmon Rapids plus the neighboring subdivision Raven Hills.
The Council will also recall that in the original public hearing there was concern from a
neighboring property owner Mr. Shipley that the use of the Salmon Rapids well may
impact his well and other neighbor's wells. That was ultimately resolved by imposing
into the findings of fact that the developer conduct certain monitoring. And there was
discussion back and forth and inquiries made to the Department of Water Resources as
to whether this was necessary. Quite frankly it was never totally clear as to whether this
was the proper purview of the City Council or the Department of Water Resources.
Nonetheless those well monitoring conditions were placed in the findings of fact. Nampa
Meridian now says that they would very much like to take on the whole system and
have this well because it provides basically extra water and extra capacity in a short
year perhaps. However they won't take it with the well monitoring restrictions. That is
the dilemma and they have asked us to approach the Council to see if the Council
would relax and remove the well monitoring restrictions. I don't know what the Council's
pleasure is on that. The only thing that I can suggest to them to you is in the process of
getting the Department of Water Resources approval to utilize this one ground water
right that is on Salmon Rapids to have it transferred to all of Los Alamitos and to Raven
Hill's the Department of Water Resources issued the developer a water permit. Just
incidentally that water permit itself imposes certain restrictions that may or may not
make the Council comfortable. The permit was granted in other words they can take
this water out of that well and spread it over water on the other side of the street in Los
Alamitos and spread it to Raven Hills. In so doing the restrictions are that the holder of
the water right which currently is the developer that would transfer Nampa Meridian
Irrigation District if they accepted it shall install a suitable measuring device or shall
enter into an agreement with the Department to determine the amount of water diverted
from power records and shall annually report the information to the Department.
Another restriction that may or may not be relevant is that the water holder in the use of
the Salmon Rapids well water or ground water shall only divert ground water under this
right when water from the pertinent surface water rights cannot be delivered to the right
holder. There are other restrictions in terms of the quantity of water to be used per lot
and the size of the lots. So that is the predicament and quite frankly it was always my
opinion for what it is worth that it wasn't necessarily an item that the City needed to
involve itself with in the first place. In as much as the Department of Water Resources
has mechanisms for resolving disputes between competing water uses. Now we are in
a position where the transferee of our system is uncomfortable taking the system with
those well monitoring conditions. That is the status. If we don't get those well
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 23
monitoring conditions removed what will happen, I think that Nampa Meridian, we have
persuaded and cajoled and done everything that we can to try to get them to take them
as is. We have even said, we have been monitoring it, we have hired a firm to monitor it
and we have even said that we continue to do that. They said they are just
uncomfortable with those conditions imposed, I think they would take the system without
the well. In other words we cap the well, pull the pump off of that and use exclusively
the pumping station and the surface water rights. I think Gary was a little uncomfortable
with that and that is how this issue came up again.
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I can sympathize with you and your discussions with Nampa
Meridian Irrigation. We have had a few dances with them ourselves. The problem I see
with this is all of these discussions evolved out of public hearings with the concerns for
Salmon Rapids and the wells and waters. Before I am prepared to make a decision on
this I think we have to open it back up to the public. Since these facts came out of the
public hearing.
Morrow: I think Mr. Bentley's point is well made, I am in total concurrence with that. Very
candidly the City has an obligation even though Mr. McCall and I somewhat disagree on
this. My point is that if we are going to zone and annex ground we have an obligation to
protect the neighbor's interest as we do that until such time as they are ready to zone
and annex and develop or whatever the case may be. Clearly our intent as a City was
to protect the water rights or the water availability of Mr. Shipley and the surrounding
neighbors. I think also if memory serves me correctly one of the discussions that you
and I had was that there were available water rights from Nampa Meridian that could be
purchased for this ground or could be obtained from Nampa Meridian to supplement
(inaudible). I think like Mr. Bentley if you are going to pursue the avenue of removing the
restrictions on the well it needs to be done in the public arena. I think also however that
the better way perhaps may be to pull the pump and cap the well so it is no longer a
threat to the neighbors. Therefore by removing the restrictions and have the surface
water that Nampa Meridian has available to run the system.
McCall: If I could speak to that, I think that last is an acceptable option. We already
have sufficient water rights. It was when Nampa Meridian said that they wouldn't take
the well, that I believe the City Engineer was a little bit uncomfortable about us removing
that from the pressurized irrigation system that had been in essence approved by this
Council. Wondering then if the Council would be displeased that was taken out really
kind of without the Council's permission. I may even be wrong about the motivation for
that. The solution that you suggest is certainly available. We can say to Nampa
Meridian here is the surface water system, here is the pumping station, you don't get
the well and we will cap it, and if everybody is comfortable with that, that is a route we
can go.
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I would like to hear Gary's input on this please.
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 24
Smith: Thank you Mr. Mayor and Council members, I guess first I have a comment and
then I have a questions for Brian. First of all that well is capable of pumping
approximately 300 gallons a minute as I understand it. At the present time the City of
Meridian invests about'/4 million dollars every time we drill a domestic water well. From
my standpoint as Public Works Director, from my Water Superintendents standpoint we
would rather not see that water that we are spending so much money to get from 700
foot depth be placed on lawns. We have an opportunity here to have the well
interconnected with the surface water that is available to the property that will
supplement the sprinkling operation when the surface water is no longer available. That
is a comment. My question I guess to Brian would be is what problem does Nampa
Meridian have, what is their actual problem in accepting this well. If it is a problem of
measuring the water levels twice each year we will do it. I would recommend that we do
it and we monitor the well for them if that is the problem. If it is something else I would
be curious to know why they don't want to accept the ownership of this well and the
operation of it.
McCall: I really can't, I think originally they do surface they don't do ground water. I
mean it was kind of an unknown. Then Mr. Anderson actually got kind of enthused with
the idea of having this extra capacity and he said are there any strings attached and I
said quite frankly I think there are a couple of problems. Number one we need to go to
the Department of Water Resources and make sure you can use this water on Raven
Hills, he said we will do that and we did it. Then they said what are these water
monitoring conditions and we explained them to them and their Council said no they just
don't want it with those water monitoring conditions and would we please go to the
Council and ask the Council to remove them. And maybe further discussions with
Nampa Meridian as to whether it is a question of cost. Because it is not costly, it was
$750 a year and now it is down to $300 a year, it is nothing. Maybe it is an assumed
liability to Mr. Shipley, I don't know. I can certainly pursue that and I quite frankly have
been a little bit out of the loop on that. It has been (Inaudible). It sounds like your input
is that you would like to keep this in the system if possible.
Smith: That would be my suggestion to Mayor and Council and Brian. I really think it is a
very valuable asset to have for that pressurized system out there. It is serving as you
mentioned three different subdivisions along with the surface water from the Hunter's
Lateral and it is well worthwhile to maintain.
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, Gary I have a question here, what if the City take ownership of that
well and in essence sell the water to those homeowners associations prior to April 15th
and after October 15th?
Smith: Well I guess the same thought ran through my mind Councilman Morrow, I don't
know what ramifications that has from our legal standpoint of being able to do that. I
don't know.
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 25
McCall: My own thought on that is it gets back to when this Council as other
communities develop this concept of pressurized irrigation the obvious question was
asked well who is going to run these are homeowners associations going to run them or
are developers going to hang onto them forever. I think this Council has moved in the
right direction by saying we already have an institution out there that knows water so
let's give it to the irrigation district. My client originally contemplated hanging onto it. We
made inquiries with PUC and found out that the amount of regulation involved in a
private developer hanging onto one of these small water systems is enormous and it
wouldn't work worthwhile. So we were then going to turn it over to the homeowners
association and the Council said no don't do that give it to Nampa Meridian Irrigation
District and I think that ultimately makes sense as long as we can get them to be
somewhat more cooperative.
Smith: Mr. Mayor and Council I might make one other comment, one of our sister cities
Nampa to the west of us, has operation and maintenance responsibilities for a city wide
pressurized irrigation system. That system includes numerous water wells, it includes
numerous points of take out of surface water from canals and other ditches. They
operate that as a City and they assess all the users within the City a very modest sum. I
am only saying that from the standpoint of the ownership and operation of this particular
well. I am not encouraging the ownership and operation of all of the systems within the
City as a city system. From the standpoint of this particular well it is being done in
Nampa city wide there. I don't know maybe Wayne Crookston can research it or maybe
he has an answer as to legally if we are able to do that.
Crookston: Mr. Mayor and Council and I do not have an answer at this time for that
question.
Corrie: I think it begs to be explored a little bit more. I know it is kind of putting you on
the spot Wayne but when it ever comes down to water I think we had better be pretty
correct. Council suggestions that we further look into it?
Morrow: I think the steps are two fold, one is that we have had the discussion with Mr.
McCall in the past and it seems obvious to me that we explore the options that we have
as a City and then we have a public hearing as Councilman Bentley suggests the
neighbors that are involved in this have an opportunity to testify. And press forward with
whatever suggestion comes from that meeting.
Smith: Mr. Mayor, I would just like to make one more comment, I think I have made it
before, right now we take our water rights and the water that is available to us for
granted. The day is coming in not too far in the future that we are going to be
scrambling for water. This is an opportunity that we have to utilize and existing facility
for the purposes of non-domestic use. Thank you
Corrie: We will look into that then.
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 26
ITEM #16: PRESENTATION BY DAWNEEN BLAKESLEE:
(End of Tape)
Morrow: You did not Ron attend the meeting where the presentation was made by Ms.
Blakeslee at the City Council meeting and Glenn did not. Essentially is here this
evening and what we were going to do or be doing was approving the proposed
contract based on her proposal. That presentation was made at a strategic planning
meeting that I was at, Councilman -elect Anderson and Bird were there and Councilman
Rountree was there. I thought that Ron got there later but obvious he did not. I don't
have a problem with the proposed contract nor bringing on board Ms. Blakeslee's
program. We have been through the City of Boise and had discussions with (Inaudible)
the Mayor and Council -elect Bird and Anderson and myself. The program is solid,
Councilman Rountree has no problem with that. If the new Council which would consist
of Mr. Bentley, Mr. Rountree, Mr. Bird and Mr. Anderson wishes to hear another
proposal or a discussion with Ms. Blakeslee I don't have a problem with that. If the
response of them is that they would like to press ahead and award the contract this
evening then I think by all means that is what ought to be happening. There is a time
frame involved here and I believe the time frame is towards the later part of February
and the preparation work would need to start reasonably quickly. I think from my
perspective I would like to see us pressing ahead with that. If there were questions of
Ms. Blakeslee she is here to answer those.
Corrie: There are three of these that haven't heard that presentation, the new Council
people have. I went down to Boise along with them and talked to Public Works and they
thought it was a good problem and I am sure it is. I just wonder if we shouldn't give this
to the new Council and find out Mr. Bentley what your opinion here, what your thoughts
here were. You are one that hasn't heard it and I haven't heard it.
Bentley: That is correct I haven't heard it, I realize that we are up against a time
constraints on this too. I have talked to some of the Councilman and I have spoken with
you also on the input from Boise and they have a pretty positive response to it, felt that
it was pretty much a good program to review before our people.
Corrie: Ms. Blakeslee you are here, would you come up here a minute, I have a
question. Having not heard your presentation and listening to the one from Boise I was
quite impressed with it. Do we have a time limit here that we should be perhaps doing
this tonight or can we wait until the next meeting, what is your suggestion here?
Blakeslee: Well obviously the suggestion I would make is make a decision tonight. The
longer that you take to make a decision it is difficult for me from a scheduling point of
view. Because of the context of how the program is where we are going to be doing it
over a series of time, it was my understanding you really wanted to start working on it
right away. So the longer we wait the longer it will take before you get the particular
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 27
results you are looking at and the input you want from your staff. So it is really up to
you.
Corrie: I am going to throw the question to the new Councilmen are you satisfied that it
is needed to do that, Keith is and Ron you are? (Inaudible)
Bentley: Mr. Mayor I would have no objections to moving on.
Corrie: I will entertain a motion then one way or the other to either accept Ms.
Blakeslee's proposal and start (Inaudible).
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, I would move that we accept the proposal by Blakeslee by
Associates subject to Ms. Blakeslee's review of City Attorney Crookston's comments in
terms of what constitutes the contract, primary provisions (inaudible)
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second, (inaudible) Blakeslee and Associates presentation, is
there any further discussion? All those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
Corrie: Do you have a copy of this, this is the one that the City Attorney made and I will
have you read that at your leisure then if it is okay then I will sign it.
Crookston: Mr. Mayor I believe that is the copy that I faxed.
Blakeslee: Okay, I have seen this and I did leave a message with him that it is fine.
Morrow: That being the case then I would move that we authorize the Mayor to sign and
the clerk to attest the contract between the City of Meridian and Blakeslee and
Associates for the attitudes and quality service organization program.
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second for the acceptance, all those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
Corrie: We will sign that and get it going and we will have you get with me and the rest
of them and what we need to do then.
ITEM #17: LATE COMERS AGREEMENT FOR NELSON-MCALVAIN:
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 28
Corrie: Council you have the late comers agreement in front of you are there any
additions or corrections and also the City Attorney you looked this over?
Crookston: Yes I have
Corrie: And your suggestion?
Crookston: There is just one thing that needs to be changed and that is a change in the
ordinance on late comers agreements. This agreement allows for it to be extended if it
is not paid in ten years. Our ordinance does not allow that at this time.
Corrie: So we will have to change the ordinance in reference to this then?
Crookston: That is correct.
Bentley: Are you going to handle that?
Crookston: If that is what the Council directs me to do.
Morrow: I think the direction of Council has been fairly clear over the course of the last
few months is that yes we do need to change that. We had also talked about what
constitutes eligible late comers fees. The City Engineer Smith and his staff have taken
over getting these things put together so we can do it in a timely manner and not wait
two years.
Corrie: Hopefully in good times we will have done it before ten years and if we fall on
hard times we need to do it in more than ten years.
Morrow: So the point is I would move that we instruct the City Attorney to prepare an
amendment to the late comers ordinance that allows for the ten year extension of the
late comer fee period.
Bentley: Second
Corrie: Motion made that we do an amendment to the ordinance to extend the ten years
on the late comers agreement, all those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, second to that motion I would move that we approve the late
comers agreement for Nelson -McAlvain.
Tolsma: Second
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 29
Corrie: Motion made by Mr. Morrow, second by Mr. Tolsma to approve the late comers
agreement for Nelson McAlvain, any further discussion? All those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
Morrow: Follow up motion Mr. Mayor, I inadvertently forgot to authorize the Mayor to
sign and the Clerk to attest that contract.
Bentley: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second for the Mayor to sign and the Clerk to attest the late
comers agreement, all those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #18: LATE COMERS AGREEMENT FOR STOR-MOR SYSTEMS INC./
TREASURE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH:
Corrie: Mr. Attorney you have looked that one over, is it okay?
Crookston: Yes it is and I have the same comments.
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, I would move we approve the late comers agreement for Stor Mor
Systems Inc. and Treasure Valley Baptist Church, authorize the Mayor to sign and the
Clerk to attest.
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion made by Mr. Morrow, second by Mr. Tolsma that we approve the late
comers agreement for Stor Mor Systems and Treasure Valley Baptist Church and the
Mayor to sign and the City Clerk to attest, all those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #19: WELL NO. 19 DRILLING BID RESULTS:
Corrie: Mr. Smith?
Smith: Mr. Mayor and Council members on December 5t" at 3 p.m. we opened the bid
for the drilling of supply well No. 19. We had several plan holders for that bid but we
only had one bid submitted. The bid submitted was from Riverside Inc. from Parma,
ID. Their bid amount $109,817.50. We had subsequent discussions with or our
hydrogeologist did with the Riverside folks. There was some discussion concerning one
of the bid items that had to do with use of a dispersant in the development of the well to
remove clay particles from the drilling mud. They had included a price some money in
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 30
there for the use of the dispersant. Our hydrogeologist informed them it was not
necessary to include that price because it was not known that it would be required. So
we negotiated a reduction in the price of $5500 which reduced their bid to $104,317.50.
Based on the other research that our hydrogeologist did on their bid items and
compared with the bid items that are being submitted to United Water of Idaho for
drilling of their wells we concluded that this bid received was a reasonable bid.
Corrie: Any further comments?
Smith: I don't have any other comments unless you have some questions for me.
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, I would move that we accept the bid in the amount of $104,317.50
from Riverside Inc., authorize the Mayor to sign and the Clerk to attest.
Tolsma: Second
Corrie: Motion made by Mr. Morrow, second by Mr. Tolsma that we accept the Riverside
Bid of $104,317.50 with the Mayor to sign and the Clerk to attest, all those in favor?
Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
II121AEa��1iW_1'21d_llI[SL111111:L[+y10IQ191:1=0103
Corrie: Mr. Smith?
Smith: Thank you Mr. Mayor, Council members I think you have a listing of the bids we
received. We had a bid opening on December 19t" at 3 p.m. at City Hall. We had ten
contractors submit bids to us for this project which was an excellent turnout. We
appreciate very much the response we have received from the contractors for bidding
our projects. This projects and projects in the past. The low bid was submitted by
Turnkey Inc. Turnkey has just recently finished a project at the Waste Water plant, the
construction of the primary clarifier. Turnkey's bid $1,443,959, our Assistant City
Engineer Brad Watson checked through their bid and found a couple of irregularities but
the total that they submitted was incorrect by $7000 and the correct number was the
number that I read to you. They have agreed to accept that correction.
Morrow: The $1,443,959?
Smith: Yes
Corrie: Any further discussion?
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, a couple of things here, one is that I think it is appropriate that we
congratulate the Public Works Department and Sewer Department in putting together a
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 31
project and specifications that not only brought ten bids on a project that large but
brought in bids that close. It is a testimony to a job well done by those folks in terms of
having well done plans and specs so the private sector can interpret them correctly and
bid very competitively. I think the bottom line there is we in the City are getting our
money out of those people because they are doing a heck of a fine job. Having said
that I would move that we approve the bid to Turnkey Inc. in the amount of $1,443,959
and authorize the Mayor to sign and the Clerk to attest that contract.
Bentley: Second
Corrie: Motion made by Mr. Morrow, second by Mr. Bentley that we approve the
Turnkey Inc. at $1,443,959 and the Mayor to sign and the City Clerk to attest, all those
in favor? Opposed?
OTA Is] 19I 01Kay1: V121OA_11\'[�1
Smith: Also Mr. Mayor if I may I would like to recognize Jim Keller and his firm the
engineering firm that did the work for us. Dennis Suikonen, design engineer, did a good
job. And as Councilman Morrow said it is a testimony to the number of bids and the
closeness of the bids. Thank you
ITEM #21: APPROVE BILLS:
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, I would move that we approve the bills.
Bentley: Second
Corrie: Motion made by Mr. Morrow, second by Mr. Bentley that we approve the bills, all
those in favor? Opposed?
►TA Is] 19I L[0UNV V 121OW-111\'[x1
Corrie: At this time we conclude the old business and we will soon go into new
business, however I would like to make a couple of presentations at this time.
PRESENTATION TO RON TOLSMA AND WALT MORROW
Corrie I found out a lot of things about two men that I thought I knew everything about at
the City meeting we had last week. I didn't realize Mr. Tolsma did so much racing but he
did and I knew he did a lot of work for the City and great work for the City but I was
pleasantly surprised at what he had done in his life as well as City Council Work. So
Ron in recognition of the City Council work that you have done I want to present you
with the City Council of the City of Meridian presented in appreciation of your
contribution and service to the City of Meridian as a City Councilman from 1982 to 1998.
The City of Meridian greatly appreciates your dedication, service to this community as a
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 32
citizen and businessman and leader. Thank you for your involvement in the City
government. (Applause)
Corrie: The other one I didn't know was in the Marines but he was
Morrow: No I wasn't it was the Army.
Corrie: This is a presentation to Walt Morrow, a City Councilman in the City of Meridian.
Presented in appreciation for your contribution and service to the City of Meridian as a
City Councilman from 1994 to 1998. He served previously on the Council and also on
the Planning and Zoning Commission. Your dedication and commitment to the Citizens
of Meridian and the employees of the City is greatly appreciated and acknowledged.
Thank you for your integrity as a leader and vital member of this community.
(Applause)
Morrow: Mr. Mayor, if I might I would like to take a minute to thank everybody within the
City that we have had the opportunity and great pleasure to work with. It has been a lot
of fun, we have had some tough times but we got through those. I think the City has
been better off, certainly as an individual I am better off for having the experience, it was
truly enjoyable and I appreciate your help and your support. I have a couple, actually
three presentations that I wish to make. The first two are somewhat tongue and cheek,
they are certificates of completion presented to Keith Bird, is hereby recognized to have
completed the Course of City Council 101. The final grade evaluation will be completed
the 2nd of January 2002. So it is a pleasure that I give this to you. And the second one
is to Ron Anderson it is also a certificate of completion and says the same thing, you
are recognized to have completed the course of City Council 101. Your final grade will
be 2002. And the last presentation I would like to make is on a more serious note. It is,
when I was here four years ago tonight we took the left over funds that my campaign
treasurer collected, Rhonda Benson, we created a fund called the Rhonda Benson fire
prevention education fund so that we could help fund that department and provide
education to our youngsters in terms of the fire prevention. I wish tonight to contribute
additional monies to that fund so that it will have a balance in excess of $1000 and
therefore the City Clerk can invest it and create greater returns with that. So having said
that I would like to present this check to Will I believe the amount would be in excess of
$350 and get that fund kick started. (Applause)
Tolsma: I would just like to tell everybody that it has been a privilege to work for the City
for this City for this length of time and I don't regret doing it at all for 16 years. It has
been a learning experience. I think we have two councilmen here that have just taken
the first step of a long stairway to climb. It is a learning process because it is not
something that you acquire overnight. Even your classes that Walter teaches being as
your survived that, that is a plus on your part. I have listened to his oratories up here for
several years, I have worn out several of my American flags waving them behind the
counter up here. He is a very dedicated individual, I am glad to have worked with him
and Mr. Bentley coming on board this year, Mr. Corrie, Will Berg, Gary Smith, the whole
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 33
staff of the City. Mr. Johnson over there he is sitting over there smiling Mr. P & Z, Mr.
Gordon, there have been very few people that are still with the City of Meridian that
were here when I started. A few of the police officers and some of the people that work
in the police department. But I would just like to thank all of the people, my wife isn't
here tonight she is ill, she has the flu, I have the flu also. I would like to thank her for
sticking with me for 16 years because it is a trying thing even for the wives. There are a
lot of hours involved, I don't know what I am going to do now with the extra 20 to 30
hours a week. I see the ex -mayor back there grinning from ear to ear so he knows what
it is like. His golf game has improved 100% since he left here. But I would just like to
thank my daughter she backed me 100% and that is Rhonda Benson and the fire
education fund and Walter's campaign manager. But she has dressed up and helped
campaigned several times and has been a good supporter. Being as they are not here I
will thank them anyway, thank you all for letting me have the privilege of being here.
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, if I may I want to say it has been a pleasure working with the two of
them, I learned a lot from them and I am going to give them a special treat tonight. I am
not going to sing for them so they can (inaudible).
NEW BUSINESS
ITEM #22: SWEAR IN NEW COUNCIL MEMBER SEAT #2 — RON ANDERSON:
Mayor Corrie delivers oath of office to Ron Anderson
ITEM #23: SWEAR IN NEW COUNCIL MEMBER SEAT #4 — KEITH BIRD:
Mayor Corrie delivers oath of office to Keith Bird
Bird: I would like to thank the people and hope I do a good job. I know I can't replace
the two that just left, they have done a great job for the City of Meridian. I appreciate
what they have done as a taxpayer.
Anderson: I would also like to say this feels like a pretty big chair to try and fill Ron and I
appreciate the work that you and Walt have done and hope I can do near as good as
job as you have done and represent the citizens of Meridian. I want to say hi Mom and
thanks to my family for coming out and supporting me. I will certainly look forward to
the next four years and anxious to get going.
ITEM #24: FINAL PLAT: FOR HAVEN COVE SUBDIVISION NO. 7 BY MERIDIAN
LAND DEVELOPMENT CO.:
Corrie: Council you have the final plat comments returned by the developer, any
questions in reference to this final plat?
Bentley: Is the developer here?
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 34
Corrie: I don't see them here.
Smith: Mr. Mayor and Council members, we have received response from the
Applicant's representative and they have addressed all of the public works department
comments in an adequate manner. So we don't have a problem with proceeding with
approval of the final plat.
Corrie: Any further discussions? I would entertain a motion for the approval of final plat
of Haven Cove No. 7.
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I would move we approve the final plat for Haven Cove No. 7 by
Meridian Land Development.
Bird: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second that we accept the final plat for Haven Cove
Subdivision No. 7, any further discussion? All those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #25: WATER/SEWER/TRASH DELINQUENCIES:
Corrie: This is to inform you in writing if you choose to you have the right to a
predetermination hearing at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 6, 1998 before the Mayor and
City Council to appear in person and be judged on the facts and defend the claim made
by this City that your water/sewer/trash bill is delinquent. You may retain counsel. This
service will be discontinued on January 14, 1998 unless payment is received in full. Is
there anyone present that wishes to contest their water, sewer, or trash delinquencies at
this time? You are hereby informed that you may appeal to have the decision of the
City reviewed by the Fourth Judicial District pursuant to Idaho Code. Even though they
appeal their water will be shut off. The amount of the turn off list is $35,598.54. 1 will
entertain a motion to have the delinquency list approved.
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I move we approve the water delinquency list, the shut off list.
Anderson: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second that we approve the delinquency list for the January
list, all those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
ITEM #26: DEPARTMENT REPORTS:
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 35
Corrie: Gary?
Smith: Mr. Mayor, I have no report for the Council this evening.
Corrie: Shari?
Stiles: I also have no report.
Corrie: Chief?
Gordon: Nothing your honor.
Corrie: Attorney?
Crookston: Nothing
Corrie: Mr. Bird?
Bird: Nothing
Corrie: Mr. Bentley?
Bentley: Nothing
Corrie: Mr. Anderson?
Anderson: Nothing
Corrie: I have to appoint a committee for this Council to approve so that we can get the
Generations Plaza started this month. So if you will bear with me for just a second the
City Clerk will get those names. I will try to do this my memory here, I would like to
appoint Walt Morrow, John Ewing, Lori Jones and Terry Smith and Charlie Rountree to
that committee for Generations Plaza. According to ordinance we must take one at a
time. So my first appointee would be Walt Morrow, how does the Council feel on that
one?
Bentley: Mr. Mayor I move we approve Walt Morrow to the Generations Plaza
committee.
Bird: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second we give Walt Morrow the number one seat since he is
the contractor on this one, all those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 36
Corrie: The next one is John Ewing, he is a contractor and said he would be on this
committee.
Bentley: Mr. Mayor I move we appoint John Ewing to the committee for Generations
Plaza.
Bird: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second we appoint John Ewing as the second member of the
committee, all those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
Corrie: The next one is Lori Jones.
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I move we appoint Lori Jones to the Generations Plaza Committee.
Bird: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second that we appoint Lori Jones to the Generations Plaza
committee, all those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
Corrie: Next is Terry Smith.
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I move we approve Terry Smith the appointment to the Generations
Plaza Committee.
Anderson: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second that we appoint Terry Smith to the Generations Plaza
Committee, all those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
Corrie: The last one is Charlie Rountree to be on the committee.
Bentley: Mr. Mayor, I move we appoint Charlie Rountree to the Generations Plaza
committee.
Anderson: Second
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 37
Corrie: Motion made and second that Charlie Rountree be appointed to the Committee,
all those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
Corrie: We now have Walt Morrow, John Ewing, Lori Jones, Terry Smith and Charlie
Rountree. With that unless the City Clerk has something?
Berg: Yes I do, I just want to take a minute and thank Ron and Walt wherever he went.
When I started it was a gang buster year of 1993 and these two were more or less
elected and re-elected and I thought it was very much of an honor to work for them and
to have them help me along the way of the learning experience. I just want to say
congratulations to the new councilmen and the door is open if there are any questions
that is my job.
Corrie: I would like to say congratulations to the wives of the new councilmen too, you
are going to have a lot of supporting to do and time. There will be time that you think
that they are spending too much time down here but it is all for a good cause. I too
would like to thank Ron Tolsma and Mr. Walt Morrow for all they have done for the City.
Thank you very much fellows.
Bentley: One final note if I may, do either of you gentlemen bake, them tootsie rolls are
getting old.
Corrie: With that I will entertain a motion that we adjourn.
Bentley: So moved
Bird: Second
Corrie: Motion made and second that we adjourn, all those in favor? Opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: All Yea
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:45 P.M.
(TAPE ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS)
MIWWWs] TMX971
ROBERT D. CORRIE, MAYOR
Meridian City Council
January 6, 1998
Page 38
ATTEST:
WILLIAM G. BERG, JR., CITY CLERK