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indicating that the L-O zones and C-G zones are conceptual and are not being platted
at this time within those zones. I believe that's the end of my motion.
Fluke: I will second that.
Centers: Motion and second. All in favor? Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES, TWO ABSENT
Zaremba: Mr. Chairman, I move we forward to the City Council recommending
approval of CUP 03-028, request for a Conditional Use Permit for a Planned Unit
Development for 213, not 216, and possibly 212, residential units, 34,200 square feet
for office uses and 35,790 square feet for commercial uses for proposed Kelly Creek
Subdivision by Kevin Howell Construction. Northwest corner of North Linder Road and
West McMillan Road, and this, again, refers to the plat that they have provided to the
City of Meridian, date stamped July 3, 2003. To include all staff comments of the staff
memo of June 30, 2003, with the following exceptions under site-specific conditions --
this is Page 15 of the memo, Paragraph 2, the second sentence shall be modified to
read: North Dove Ridge Drive shall be a private street. The third sentence begins:
Both streets shall be designed -- and it continuous the way it was. The current
paragraph three is deleted and we will add another paragraph -- substitute paragraph
three that says Lots 18, 19, 20, and 21 of Block 10 shall be combined to become only
Lot 19 of Block 10. Paragraph 6 on Page 16 shall read: Lot 26, Block 12, shall be
provided an easement to Summit Way and an easement into the L-O zone.
Centers: Very good.
Zaremba: I believe that's the motion.
Rohm: I will second that.
Centers: Motion and second to approve Item 9 on our agenda. All in favor? Motion
carried.
MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES, TWO ABSENT
Centers: Break time.
(Recess.)
Item 10. Public Hearing: CUP 03-024 Request for a Conditional Use Permit to
construct a new dental clinic in an L-O zone for Seegmiller Dental by Dr.
Dave Seegmiller -south of East Gala Street and east of South Millennium
Way:
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Centers: The next item on our agenda is Item Number 10. It's a Conditional Use Permit
to construct a new dental clinic in an L-O zone and it's for Seegmiller Dental. We will
open with staff comments from Mr. Bradley Hawkins-Clark.
Hawkins-Clark: Good evening, Mr. Centers and other Commissioners. This Item No.
10 is located within Resolution Subdivision Business Park, south side of Overland
Road. Mountain View High School, as you well know, is nearing final construction for
occupancy to the south. Also a few weeks ago this same body recommended approval
for a re-subdivision of the lot that is in bold. I believe it came under the name Gaudry
Seegmiller Subdivision, a three lot re-sub. I think you're well familiar with area and the
parcel. The City Council -- I put in my staff report the City Council had dealt with this on
Tuesday. However, Anna mentioned to me tonight that the Council, unfortunately, had
to continue that item, so I can't tell you -- I was hoping to tell you what their decision was
on that, but there is no decision, so at this point it still stands that the three lot re-
subdivision is simply with your recommended conditions. As I mentioned in this report
further, the -- really, the main issue here -- whether it was approved or not approved is
somewhat moot, because this application really is dealing with an existing legal lot that
is in Resolution Subdivision. The Commission, obviously, as a Conditional Use Permit,
has the opportunity tonight to deal with whatever conditions you deem fit, but just to
remind you that generally the outline of the three -- of the three lots comes -- comes
through here. The dental lot is the full eastern portion of this Site Plan and, then, the
other two lots are kind of split down the middle with that dashed line. They have a
single point of access off South Millennium Way located here and that is also the shared
access point for the flag lot to the that south, which you can kind of see through this by
this bold line here, which the flag lot does extend clear to the shared east boundary of
the Gaudry Seegmiller Subdivision. Just really one issue on this -- on this Conditional
Use Permit to talk with you about I think that needs resolution and that deals cross-
access. I'm assuming you have read my brief treatise in the staff report, so I won't read
through that, but suffice it to say that your recommended condition to the Council was
that Gaudry Seegmiller Subdivision provide cross-access and cross-parking to adjacent
lots, is the way that your motion ended up being. I guess the -- we are in some ways
taking a little issue with the cross-parking and that could be, as I tried to clarify with
Steve Siddoway, that his understanding of your motion -- and since he was the planner
on that Seegmiller Subdivision, was that probably the cross-parking was intended to be
within these three lots, not necessarily that you were saying this -- these three lots must
have cross-parking with this lot three or this lot five. That's how we are interpreting it
and, if so, then, I guess we are all good.
Zaremba: Actually, that's not how I remember it.
Hawkins-Clark: Well, that's certainly up far discussion, then, tonight. Our
recommendation only -- we are only dealing, really, with the dental property here on the
east and our recommendation at staff is that across-parking easement for them to
provide to Lot 3 and Lot 5 would be difficult to administer and track and particularly
since the benefit for that would primarily lie with future developments. The first one in,
in some ways, may bear the larger burden, because of having to -- the future builders
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know the configuration of this parcel, they know how many lots are available, and if they
choose to reduce their parking because they know that there is cross-parking here, that,
in some ways, hinders this dental clinic. That was the reason for us to recommend that
-- that that condition removed for this project. You know, there may be some other lots
within Resolution where that cross-parking is appropriate. In this case, since we are
dealing with a fairly small area, it's pretty walkable as it is, most likely you wouldn't have
customers accessing -- you know, getting into their vehicles to drive from this building to
the building on Lot 3 or over to Building A or B over here. I think that's on the cross-
parking. The cross-access -- as I mentioned, there is one point of access here off of the
collector, Millennium Way. As they enter there is a stub to this flag lot, so that the future
developer of Lot 3 does have cross-access through this Gaudry Seegmiller Subdivision
at this point. The question is was the intention of the Commission to also require this
eastern portion -- this eastern Lot 1 to also provide vehicular cross-access at this point
and staffs opinion is that that's not appropriate, that across-access at this point would
really just benefit the southern lot, since they may use it to get up to East Gala Street.
We are -- I guess my understanding also from Anna Powell at the City Council meeting
is that Chief Worley, Police Chief -- or, I'm sorry, Captain Musser with the Police
Department also had some concerns with the high school traffic. You know, possibly
coming through here and, you know, circulating in this pretty small development, even
though there is a fence here on this shared boundary with the school, they wouldn't get
very far. That was a concern expressed by the Police Department, so -- we are
recommending that a pedestrian cross-easement -- cross -- pedestrian cross-access
easement be recorded and provided to us before certificate of zoning compliance or
Building Permit generally next here to the trash enclosure to allow them to -- you know,
to have some connection between these lots north and south, so that they would not be
forced to walk all the way around through the vehicular access point, which, you know,
is several hundred feet. That's -- that is a recommendation of ours. I think the
conditions are pretty clear on this one. The Item Number 3 on Page 5 is our
recommendation for the five-foot sidewalk stub to the south somewhere in this line. We
are not dictating where that would be, that's really left up to the applicant and their
designer. We are also -- and this has not been addressed with the applicant, but we do
have some concerns about access to this Lot 5, I believe it is, to the east and I will go
back to the overall Site Plan. As you can see, this Lot 5 is pretty good size. I don't
know the exact -- well, I believe it's probably around four or five acres. It was originally
intended to be an ice rink. When Resolution came through, the private party, I believe,
funding fell through or whatever the reason was, that ice rink did not materialize, so the
lot could potentially still have a pretty good size user and -- or it could be re-subdivided.
We don't know at this poirit. Having east-west access between Gaudry Seegmiller and
this lot is recommended and we would like the applicant to address that tonight. We
would at this point recommend that across-access easement in favor Lot 5, Block 1, will
be provided and that would, of course, come through this portion of their parking lot.
That's all I have.
Centers: Mr. Clark, I don't see that in your conditions, Lot 5, Block 1, or did I miss it?
Hawkins-Clark: Mr. Centers, that's correct, it's not in there.
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Centers: You want to add it?
Hawkins-Clark: Yes.
Centers: Cross-access agreement to Lot 5, Block 1. Very good. Any questions from
staff?
Zaremba: Yes. My recollection of when we had this was that the applicant for Lot 3 did
come to the hearing and spoke and specifically requested that they have vehicle access
here and, actually, asked that this be reconfigured to make this a little more convenient
for their entry. This appears to be the same as the original drawing that we first saw
without those accesses added, but my recollection of the motion to approve that at the
time included this becoming -- at least that was the intention -- a vehicle access and this
joint entry being reconfigured. Apparently, I'm the only one that remembers it that way.
But I know that was a specific request from Becky McKay and I thought that the
Commission agreed with that.
Hawkins-Clark: Mr. Centers, Commissioner Zaremba, yes, the -- I think our recollection
is the same, yes, I think Ms. McKay did come to the hearing, she did represent Mr.
Voigt, the developer, and testified that that was their -- that was their preference and
that was the -- that was the way that your recommendation was drafted by Steve
Siddoway and forwarded on to Council.
Zaremba: To have that vehicular access.
Hawkins-Clark: Yes.
Centers: Let me jump in. What's done is done there. That's done. We are dealing with
the dental clinic and your recommendations on that tonight.
Zaremba: Well, it appears that your Recommendation is to eliminate the vehicular
access that we asked for.
Hawkins-Clark: Yes. That was raised -- or I should say will be raised at the City
Council meeting on the subdivision and in some ways we are -- it would have been of
benefit to have the Council's decision for this hearing tonight. We don't have that, so I --
you know, I think the applicant had some miscommunication, Ibelieve, with their -- with
their client on that issue at your last hearing. Ibelieve Anderson and Associates was
the applicant and there was -- there was communication to staff after your hearing on
Gaudry Seegmiller that all along they were not in agreement with putting that condition
on there. Yes, you're right, this is a separate application. The cross-access issue is
probably most appropriate as a plat issue. However, you know, a Conditional Use
Permit, you can -- you can address cross-access as well.
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Centers: I have got to be honest with you, I don't recall. However, maybe we can hear
from the applicant.
Seegmiller: I'm David Seegmiller, 4080 Bodily Lane, Meridian. First of all, in relation to
the cross-access agreement, this is a dental clinic and there is parking -- there will be
parking here and here. The entrance to the clinic is here. There is going to be
pedestrian traffic coming between parked cars of adults and children, many of whom
have had dental treatment completed, with this opened up here it creates a straight line
thoroughfare of traffic to this lot, potential safety problem for vehicular pedestrian
accidents. We already have some cross-connectivity here, these cars can access this
lot. without having to go onto Millennium Way. There is that cross-connectivity already
in place. In regard to the way the curb cut was positioned, that was done by the
developer, by Voigt Development. The original plans had the curb cut here, but in
response to a developer, which fell through on the other side of Millennium Way, both of
these curb cuts were moved. We had asked that the developer move those back to the
end of the flag lot and we were unable to come to an agreement to have him do that. In
fact, that's still on the table, but they, you know, at this point, are unwilling to do that.
We gave an easement to them through our property, you know, at no charge to them,
so they could access that flag lot, otherwise, they would have no access to that street. I
have no problem with pedestrian access, but I do have a concern about safety,
especially I will be assuming the liability for any accidents on that property from traffic
going through. I'm not seeing any benefit from the traffic going through the lot, but I'm
assuming all of the liability for any potential accidents with my patients.
Centers: And did you read the staff comments, Mr. Seegmiller?
Seegmiller: I did.
Centers: And you're in agreement with those?
Seegmiller: Yes.
Centers: I can understand your concern. Sometimes we can't see the forest for the
trees, but we didn't know a dental clinic was going in there either. Very good. Any
questions from the Commission?
Zaremba: Let's see. Do you have any problem with the access going east?
Seegmiller: Only in that it may tum into the same -- same type of situation.
Centers: Well, you mean pedestrian?
Zaremba: No. Vehicle. We are going for interconnectivity and the original sub
development had interconnectivity of all these lots. I'm not ready to give that up when
it's to keep people from having to go out into the street to get from lot to lot.
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Centers: Yes.
Seegmiller: I'll let Larry Knopp, architect, speak for --
Knopp: Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission, my name is Larry Knopp, 355
South 3`~ Street. I'm the architect on the project representing Dr. Seegmiller. To give
you a little bit of background on what has happened, I think he filled you in a little bit.
Lot 3 down below was supposed to have access off of Millennium Way at their flag right
here. Through a design process on this other parcel across the way, that curb cut here
and here got shifted from this area location up to this location. At the time nobody knew
about it, except Briggs Engineering, who was handling the recommendations and the
submittals with ACHD on it, so when I laid this out I was using this and coming in here
and accessing off Millennium Way, because I know that ACHD is wanting to limit the
amount egress-ingress that's coming on Millennium Way, especially with the high
school. We tried to get Voigt Development to move this curb cut back to the flag lot.
They said they had paid for it once, didn't want to pay for it again, so they didn't want to
move it. That was after the people that were developing or trying to buy this
development fell through, so they did have an opportunity to move that and go back to
the original design. I am working and I will show you -- I have got a drawing on Lot 1. I
don't know if that's good or bad, but I'm the architect on that one also. Voigt
Construction also asked me to do some land planning on Lot 3 and I did that. I will
show you what I came up with that I think is probably a better solution. They didn't
seem to think that it was, but it offers some other advantages to them, because what
they are finding out is they developed the subdivision here with fairly large lots and what
they are finding is the users that are wanting to be here are not big users and that's the
case here. We have two doctors that bought this comer lot that only need this building
and this building, they don't know if this one will -- if they will sell it or develop it or
whatever, but -- so we -- that's why we are in for a subdivision on this one lot, to break it
into three. There are two different owners right now, possibility of selling that other one
off. First of all, I'd like to show you -- I'd like to show you a Site Plan that gives you an
overall picture of these three lots and from what I can tell on the records, it sounds like
to me that through Resolution Sub it was their idea that maybe they wanted to try to get
some cross-connectivity between these three lots. Because I'm assuming there are
supposed to be more limited office, not an ice rink, not more of a commercial that they
have asked for and got some use as far as Resolution Sub goes. I don't have a board
for this, so I guess I'll just have to hand it to you. This is a conceptual plan that I drew
up for Voigt Construction, but this shows you the development we are working here on
the Lot 2. This is the development that you will be see shortly on Lot 4 with another
dental clinic and another pad site that's available and this is coming in and connecting
on the flag lot. One of the big reasons why I tried to get Voigt to redo this is because
this flag lot is really a collector for these three lots and give the connectivity that I think
needs to be for it. We have got -- now that they have built it here, instead of here, we
have had to give them an easement on this. Pve got a copy of it, it's already in place,
they needed to do it, so they could close on this lot and it also gives access across the
flag on Lot 3 for this Lot 4. I suggested what they do is to come in here and possibly --
they would make -- may have one use -- I don't know how this is going to be used,
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nobody does, but provide access through this five acres, give them more of an
opportunity to break up and sell smaller lots if they've got smaller users. Then, also
access and come out here and connect across at Celebration Drive.
Centers: Is any of this platted right here?
Knopp: This is all theirs. It's lot -- it's Block 1, Lot 1, I guess, is all theirs. I also told
them that maybe they'd want to come in here on this property line and provide another
access, because this is -- this is theirs, they still own it, the developer, they still can do
something without any problem.
Centers: Well, there is going to have to be connectivity, so it could be either through
Seegmiller or through your proposal.
Knopp: Right.
Centers: Either/or.
Knopp: Right because we are giving them cross-connectivity right here
Centers: Right.
Knopp: They have got it here, we have got the easement in place, this is cross-
connected, this is cross-connected on all three. You don't have to go out on Millennium,
you don't have to go out on Gala to interconnect.
Centers: This, of course, is proposed and, you know, it's nice of you to bring that. If we
were to say we want connectivity to Lot 1, the big one, either through Seegmiller or
through a proposal that comes in later, that would be fine?
Knopp: Well, I think it's -- we are going to end up -- if we have traffic through the
parking lot and through more of a situation here, you know, we open -- we open this up
to -- I don't know much traffic could be generated through here. This can be more
controlled, than it can be through this three-lot subdivision that we are trying to --
Centers: Yes. Yes. I understand.
Knopp: That's the -- you know, that's what I'm looking at. The fact that they have
control over this and if they would establish this, then, it would be there. If we say,
okay, you know, you can access here, we don't know how this is going to be developed.
We don't know if that works for them.
Centers: If you don't give access through Seegmiller, is he land locked?
Knopp: No. No. This is all -- this whole lot is one five acre parcel.
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Centers: Where is his access?
Knopp: All along Gala.
Centers: Yes.
Knopp: Lot 3 -- because this is a recorded subdivision --
Centers: Yes.
Knopp: Resolution Sub.
Centers: Right.
Knopp: So, you know, there is no land lock on it. He almost land locked himself here
on this one when they moved it and didn't -- they didn't put that easement in place.
They are the ones that caused problem and we didn't know about it until we were
designing and getting as built on it, that that -- that egress-ingress on -- was changed,
the flag lot backup onto Block 2.
Centers: Question for Mr. Clark. You are wanting to add item 11, cross-access to Lot
5, you were meaning vehicular access?
Hawkins-Clark: That's correct.
Centers: And where is Lot 5?
Knopp: Well, this is Lot 5. It's afive-acre lot.
Centers: Right. Right.
Knopp: And so -- and they have 561 lineal feet of frontage on Gala Street. I'm not sure
what we are accomplishing by trying to give them cross-access vehicular traffic through
a parking lot here that's a limited professional office building.
Centers: Okay. I tend to agree. I don't get to vote tonight. Anything else?
Rohm: This is an exiting lot, this flag lot here?
Knopp: Yes.
Centers: Well, it's proposed.
Knopp: No. No. No. No. These are all existing lots. They are not proposed. We are
proposing Seegmiller Subdivision Lot 2 is a legal lot in Resolution that's been passed
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and approved and is there. They bought it, my clients, and they want to subdivide that
one lot only into the ability to put three buildings up here.
Zaremba: And we agreed with that, except for the condition of the agreement was that
there be access here to Lot 3.
Knopp: And they have access right here to Lot 3.
Zaremba: Here.
Knopp: I know, but what's -- why did -- can you tell me why and what the reasoning was
behind --
Zaremba: Mostly for traffic flow.
Knopp: So, in this traffic flow -- where this traffic flow would not be good for Lot 3?
Zaremba: This doesn't exist at the moment.
Knopp: Right.
Hawkins-Clark: Chairman Centers?
Knopp: This does. Lot 3 was established in Resolution Sub as a flag lot and had
access and curb cuts as shown. They do have connectivity here, where we don't have
conflict with people walking back and forth to buildings. It limits the pedestrian-vehicular
conflict that we might have and we don't know how this is going to develop, this flag lot,
but we do have the cross-connection between all three lots. We don't have to go out in
the street, we pretty much accomplish that and, then, however they develop this and
what they do with it is, you know, still there. I mean that's what we have. Where we
don't have multiple connections and multiple traffic problems and worrying about conflict
of the people walking between this development here and these buildings.
Centers: This street is in right now?
Knopp: This curb cut is in. This is a lot, a legal lot, in Resolution. This flag lot is a legal
lot. This lot that we are talking about, Seegmiller Gaudry, is a legal lot. This lot is a
five-acre parcel that was supposed to be kind of designed, I guess, or whatever -- set
aside for an ice rink, so --
Hawkins-Clark: Mr. Centers?
Centers: Mr. Clark.
Hawkins-Clark: Thank you. Staff maybe just recommends, in the interest of time, and
since we are dealing with access issues that really are subdivision related and there is a
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pending application that deals with access before the City Council, that you really could
place a condition on this that they comply with Council approved easements -- cross-
access easements on this, I believe, because it does not really materially impact the
design that they have submitted on this Conditional Use Permit.
Centers: Right. Thank you.
Knopp: Yes. We wouldn't be changing the design, but we are in the process of wanting
to conduct talks to see about this -- having this cross-access through the middle of this
-- of this one lot when the flag has always had and we have cross-connectivity. There is
an easement in place - a legal easement that's in place at this flag lot far Lots 3, 4, and
2 in here. They do have all the cross-connections with limiting the amount of traffic that
we might have cross-traffic.
Centers: Well, I can understand your concerns. We'll take it from there
Knopp: Thank you.
Centers: Anyone else want to testify on this application?
Wishney: Mr. Commissioner -- Commissioners, my name is David Wishney, I'm an
attorney and working with Drs. Gaudry and Seegmiller. I really hadn't anticipated
testifying today, but on this cross-connectivity easements, I just want to make two
points, because I feel like the Commission maybe is being misled to some degree. This
issue, when it was raised by the developer's representative, really is less about
connectivity than it is about access to the flag lot, because the flag lot is proving to be
undesirable. The developer wrote a letter to the -- to Mr. Knopp -- if I can just read one
sentence, it is that: The primary concern at this point is improved access to Lot 3.
That's why they are really looking for a straight shot from Millennium to Lot 3, is
because they can't sell Lot 3 so, this could develop -- the likelihood that other -- that
there will be a need for vehicular cross-traffic between these buildings I think is
somewhat slim and, in any event, the burden should fall on the developer. The
developer sold this lot to the doctors and did not retain any easements, other than the
one that Mr. Knopp has described. If cross-access was an issue, it should have been
negotiated at the time. I think the developer has sufficient property left over that he can
deal with any connectivity issues that you might have when he develops out the rest of
that property and it's an unfair burden to place that entirely on these two doctors. Thank
you.
Centers: Thank you. Any questions? Anyone else wish to testify? Thank you.
Powell: Chairman Centers, may I make a quick statement?
Centers: Yes.
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Powell: The reason the item was continued from the City Council is because no one
showed up to represent it, so I would encourage all those that have spoken in favor of
this development tonight to check with the city clerk on the next hearing date for the
subdivision and provide testimony at that hearing as well.
Centers: Thank you. Good point. Commissioners?
Seegmiller: Real quick. David Seegmiller. I was under the impression that Gordon
Anderson, who had made the application, had postponed that meeting for us. It
shouldn't have been counted as a -- that we didn't show up. That was my -- I was told
that we had a postponement, so --just for the record.
Centers: Okay. You need to talk to the City Clerk, not the other person. Commission,
how do you want to proceed here?
Zaremba: I'm not willing to recommend approval of a CUP that doesn't comply with the
Preliminary Plat. I think the Preliminary Plat shows -- or should show an access through
there. The choice would be to continue this until we find out what the City Council did or
to deny it, one or the other.
Centers: Well, maybe staff can correct us if we are wrong. I think this is an approved
Preliminary Plat. Correct?
Hawkins-Clark: Chairman Centers, that's not correct. It is approved by the
Commission, but it's not approved by Council.
Zaremba: Well, actually, there is a current approval as a single lot.
Hawkins-Clark: Yes. Yes. We are dealing with a legal lot.
Zaremba: But that is a Resolution Subdivision lot --
Hawkins-Clark: That is a Resolution Subdivision lot.
Zaremba: -- that already has an underlying requirement for cross-access.
Hawkins-Clark: That's not correct. The Resolution Subdivision was recorded without
cross-access easements.
Centers: Well, I guess, you know, I would be -- and we have done that before, we can
approve a CUP, even though the plat has not been approved by Council. Of course,
knowing that it would have to be.
Zaremba: If this CUP looks like I think the plat looks, I could be comfortable with that,
but this doesn't look like what I think the plat looks like. I would want to see what City
Council does.
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Hawkins-Clark: If staff could just clarify that. When you say that you don't think that this
layout represents the Preliminary Plat, are you saying --
Zaremba: I'm saying the conditional of approval was that there was access -- direct
access where apparently there is a trash enclosure now, to -- into the flag Lot 3. If now
this applicant, I would expect, can go to the City Council meeting and object to that
condition and maybe get it removed. If that's the case, then, I could see working with
this CUP.
Centers: I see what you're saying
Powell: Mr. Chair, Commissioner Zaremba, there was -- you did place a condition of
approval on there that they resubmit anew -- a revised Preliminary Plat layout ten days
prior to the City Council hearing. They did not do that. The one that went before the
Council the other night it's identical to this one. The one that they are looking at does
look like that, but, you are correct, it is not consistent with what you approved.
Centers: But if we approved it and, then, as Mr. Clark stated, any access -- cross-
access agreements to be determined by City Council.
Powell: That would seem to work. It would -- as far as administrating your conditions of
approval that would work. If the Commission still feels strongly about the cross-access
agreement, you can restate that in your recommendation up to City Council, kind of to
drive the point home, if that's what you want to do. You have a -- you certainly have two
options there. They may --
Centers: Because the way I feel, you know, I think this is a good project to get
something built there, a dental office, and let's be realistic, the Council has the final say
anyway, and let them work out the cross-access on the whole subdivision, which they
will have, and, then, they will have this right after that. Correct? Anyway --
Zaremba: Well, I'm uncomfortable thinking that Council is looking at something that isn't
what we approved or what we recommended approval on.
Centers: Well, as the planner director stated, you can state that, you know, that -- how
strongly you feel about the cross-access. I think the applicant makes a good point
regarding that flag lot and a proposed street. We can't act on proposed, but -- and I
think the doctor makes a good point regarding the street going through there and people
walking back and forth, kind of like adrive-up window where they get turned down,
because there is a walkway across it, which happened recently. You know, I can see
high school students cutting through there and, you know, especially, if that -- if that
street for the flag lot comes in as proposed -- and I think it's going to have to for Lot 3 to
have anything of value -- and I think the attorney stated that in that letter from the
developer. If that goes in and you have got across-access from that street up to Gala,
you have got problems. Correct me if I'm wrong, Millennium Way goes down to the high
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school and you got those kids taking a right and, then, a left and -- you know, so I just --
that's my opinion and you guys take it from there. We could close the Public Hearing if
you so desire or continue it or -- you have choices.
Zaremba: Mr. Chairman, I move we continue this Public Hearing until after we have a
decision by the City Council on the previous lot split and I would assume that that would
mean moving it to July 17th.
Centers: Absolutely room on July 17th. We have one --
Zaremba: I'm just wondering if City Council is going to act that fast. Do we know when
they continued it to?
Powell: Commissioner Zaremba, I think they did it out two weeks, so -- I'm being told
that was the 15th, so -- I may need to check with the clerk --
Zaremba: Well, my motion is to continue it until after the City Council has heard the
Preliminary Plat change and if that turns out to be the 17th, that's fine, or it would be
continued again.
Centers: I have a motion to continue Item 1l) on our agenda as mentioned.
Rohm: I'll second that.
Centers: Motion and second. All in favor'? Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES, TWO ABSENT
Centers: It would be continued to the 17th if the Council acts prior to that on --
understood the motion.
Powell: Commissioner Centers, my recollection is that they continued it to the 22nd
which would mean your next meeting is August 7th.
Centers: August 7~' is plumb full.
Zaremba: Well, I think I would decide the calendar date after we know if the Council
has heard it and I would say that August 7th is not available.
Centers: So, we are talking August --
Zaremba: If it doesn't make it by July 17th, it's August 21St
Centers: You don't want to amend your motion or withdraw it?
Zaremba: The motion is for us to continue it until after the City Council has acted.
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Centers: We have a motion and it's approved
Zaremba: Whatever the date is.
Centers: And it's carried and I still voice my disapproval. I think it's unfair to that
applicant when we could lay it on the Council to decide the access agreement at that
time. I don't know when they want to break ground there, but I think it's very unfair.
Rohm: Well, we already forwarded it to Council, of which they neglected to act on it, so-
Zaremba: Yes. They didn't provide the new Preliminary Plat.
Rohm: Right. If the Council didn't see fit to act on it at the time that they first heard it,
then, they must have some concerns themselves and I think that that's what
Commissioner Zaremba is -- his quandary is, is why would we be forwarding something
with our approval that they haven't even --
Centers: Well, it was continued because no one showed up, as the planning director
stated. At any rate --
Zaremba: With the additional factor that they didn't have a revised plat to show the
conditions that we asked for. I'm -- once all of that is in place, I agree with you, I think
this is -- the basic concept behind this project is a good idea and I'm in favor of it, but I'm
also in favor of having that access there, unless the City Council says no.
Centers: Well, we have --
Zaremba: So it's continued.
Centers: It's continued and the applicant would be notified if we -- I'm quite certain it
would be the meeting of August 21St at the latest. Yes. You have to come to the
microphone.
Knopp: Mr. Commissioner, Members of the Commission, Larry Knopp, 355 South 3`~. I
was informed that the meeting -- and I'm just finding out tonight that Ithought -- they told
me, Gordon Anderson, Anderson David surveyors and engineers, that they had
postponed the meeting on it, so that we could address the cross-access, because we
did'not agree with that and it was going to be heard the 15~'.
Centers: Now, if it's heard the 15"', we will hear this the 17th, correct? Because we will
know what the Council has decided.
Knopp: And this is --Ithought --Ithought that somebody was there. I know better, I
have been in business a long time, you have to either re-schedule it or you show up.
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Centers: Right.
Knopp: And so somebody evidently did drop the ball, so it's not that we -- that we
figured that we are in trouble on it, we just feel pretty adamant about the cross-
connection vehicular traffic down to Lot 3, so --
Centers: Well, at any rate, we will hear it the 17th
Knopp: Great.
Centers: If possible.
Knopp: Thank you very much.
Centers: Absolutely. Pardon? Yes, 17d' of July, as along as we have the verbal of the
Council. We will have their minutes, anyway. Okay.
Powell: I believe the clerk -- the Deputy Clerk -- I'm not sure what -- Jessica. I don't
know her title. It's the 22nd. She looked.
Centers: So, the applicant is wrong.
Powell: It will be August 7th
Centers: Yes. It will be --
Powell: Or August 22"d
Centers: -- it was continued to the 22"d of July and that's after our meeting, so you're
looking at August 21St that this is continued to.
Knopp: Okay.
Item 11. Public Hearing: CUP 03-025 Request for a Conditional Use Permit for
a bank facility with adrive-thru window in a C-C zone for Idaho Banking
Company by Idaho Banking Company- 1875 South Eagle Road:
Centers: Next item on the agenda, Item 11, CUP 03-025, it's a request for a Conditional
Use Permit for Idaho Banking Company on South Eagle Road. Open with staff
comments.
Hawkins-Clark: Thank you, Chairman Centers, Members of the Commission. This
request is for a bank facility with three drive-thru windows, three drive-thru lanes, in a C-
Czone. It is within Bonita Subdivision, which came through as EI Dorado, Overland on
the north, Eagle Road on the east. The applicant is proposing this bank to be
constructed on a future lot. As you can see on the Site Plan, the EI Dorado business