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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMay 27, 2003 Farwest RequestMeridian City Council Meeting May 27, 2003 Page 3 of 66 MOTIOPI CARRIED: ALL AYES Item 4. Department Reports: A. Planning and Zoning Department: 1. Discussion of Request from Farwest LLC for Return of Road Trust Fund Deposits (Pedestrian Bridges in Thousand Springs Subdivision): Corrie: Welcome everybody here this evening and we will get on here with the Department Reports Planning and Zoning Department. Hawkins-Clark: Good evening, Mayor, Members of the Council. You should have received a memo from myself, dated May 21St, entitled ACHD Request for Release of Road Trust Fund Deposits. Essentially, the issue is that the Ada County Highway District has requested formal city comments on the request that they received from the developer of Thousand Springs Subdivision. For, what, about five years now, I guess, they have been holding approximately 33,000 dollars in their right-of-way trust fund account for a couple of pedestrian bridges that were originally a part of the Preliminary Plat for Thousand Springs and Sherbrooke Hollows. The city required two of those as well of the Thousand Springs developer, Marty Goldsmith. The city did not make the same condition on Sherbrooke Hollows Subdivision for the other half of the bridge to cross the Ridenbaugh. I think, basically, what I have outlined here in the memo on the second page, there are three different options for the Council and Mayor to consider here. Probably, frankly, after talking with ACRD staff and the amount of staff time that it would take, Anna and I did discuss it briefly, and the Ada County Highway District feels that it would be a pretty significant time commitment on our behalf to work with the irrigation district to get the ped bridges done. As you could see on the bottom of the page, they are estimating a cost of about 80,000 dollars for just one of the bridges. The trust fund account has 31,500 dollars for the southern bridge in Thousand Springs, so it's, you know, right around 40 percent of the estimated cost. That would -that is unknown as to where the balance would come from at this point in order to get the connection. Certainly, the connection is important from the standpoint of getting to the new I~wanis Park getting some kids back and forth to the new high school, which is in that same section as Thousand Springs, as you know. I think at this point it's a decision that staff is looking to Council and Mayor for direction. Unless you have any other questions, I think I have presented most everything in the memo there. Corrie: Thank you, Brad. Comments? Discussion? De Weerd: Mr. Mayot'? Corrie: Mrs. de Weerd. De Weerd: Yes. A outlines a meeting with the homeowners and getting their input before we really proceed. I think that's probably the most logical step in finding out, from their perspective, you know, did they buy with the anticipation that they would have Meridian City Council Meeting May 27, 2003 Page 4 of OB that connection, you know, is it going to be necessary to them -- of course, in our Comp Plan. What we try to do is encourage the connectivity and, certainly, this -what we are asking is consistent with our policies and planning documents, but I think the first step is very logical to go to the homeowners association and seek their input. Corrie: Any other comments? Nary: Mr. Mayor? Corrie: Mr. Nary. Nary: Yes. I would concur. At least that gives us a better idea of what the residents in the area want. I certainly don't want to tie up the subdivision over a bridge that just doesn't seem to work very well in this area. I think it's something that we -- I think it's something that's probably the easiest thing for us to at least address first is what the residents in that area's expectations are, because we may find that they also agree with Nampa-Meridian Irrigation District that we don't need it, that it isn't necessary. There is adequate connectivity and staff can make that analysis as well as to whether or not that really is probably the best thing is to simply eliminate that entirely, but I think we really want to find out what the folks there expect first before we do that. Corrie: Okay Powell: Mr. Mayor, Members of the Council, would you like us to do that before you have -invite them to come to you or just to talk to them as staff and, then, come and bring those results to you? Come: I think staff would be fine. Powell: Okay. Just wanted to clarify. Thank you. Item 5. (Items Moved from Consent Agenda) Corrie: Okay. Item Number 5 is items moved from the Consent Agenda. There are none. Item 6. Resolution No. Accepting Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho Report Number 1-2002: Corrie: So, we will move to Item Number 6, which is Resolution Number 03-403, accepting Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho Report Number 1-2002. Do you have that resolution? Mr. Berg. Berg: I'm sorry, Mr. Mayor. Yes. Members of the Council, Mayor, Resolution 03-403, A resolution of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Meridian to provide for findings and to establish acceptance of the Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho Report Number 1-2002, by Washington Intra-Structure Services, Inc., as a planning document for the City of Meridian and providing an effective date.