2016-11-01Meridian City Council November 1, 2016
A meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 6:05 p.m., Tuesday,
November 1, 2016, by Mayor Tammy de Weerd.
Members Present: Mayor Tammy de Weerd, Joe Borton, Keith Bird, Genesis
Milam, Luke Cavener, Ty Palmer and Anne Little Roberts.
Others Present: Bill Nary, C.Jay Coles, Jaycee Holman, Bruce Chatterton, Clint
Dolsby, Berle Stokes, Mark Niemeyer, Steve Siddoway Scott Colaianni and Dean
Willis.
Item 1: Roll-call Attendance:
Roll call.
X_ Anne Little Roberts X _ _Joe Borton
X__ Ty Palmer X_ Keith Bird
__X__ Genesis Milam __X__ Lucas Cavener
__X Mayor Tammy de Weerd
De Weerd: Okay. Thank you for all being here. For the record it is Tuesday,
November 1st. It's five minutes after 6:00. We will start with roll call attendance,
Mr. Clerk.
Item 2: Pledge of Allegiance
De Weerd: Item No. 2 is the Pledge of Allegiance. If you will all rise and join us
in the pledge to our flag.
(Pledge of Allegiance recited.)
Item 3: Community Invocation by Justin Jordan with Real Life
Ministries
De Weerd: Is Pastor Justin here? I don't -- I don't have my glasses on.
Item 4: Adoption of the Agenda
De Weerd: So, we will move to Item No. 4, which is adoption of the agenda.
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
Bird: On the agenda under Department Reports, 7-B, the resolution number is
16-1175. 7-E, the resolution number is 16-1176. 7-F, the resolution number is
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16-1177. 8-A, the Historic Preservation Commission TourBuddy Digital Walking
Tour needs to be vacated from agenda. And with that I move we approve the
amended agenda.
Borton: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve the agenda as amended.
All those in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Item 5: Consent Agenda
A. Approve Minutes of October 25, 2016 City Council
Regular Meeting
B. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law for Approval for
Blakeslee Commons Subdivision (H-2016-0066) by
Global Senior Housing, LLC Located South Side of E.
Ustick Road Between N. Locust Grove Road and N.
Eagle Road
C. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law for Approval for
Bainbridge (McMullen Lateral Easement) (H-2016-0115)
by Brighton Investments, LLC Located South of W.
Chinden Blvd between N. Black Cat Road and N. Ten
Mile Road
D. Addendum to Development Agreement for Una Mas (H-
2015-0016) with Una Mas, LLC Located at a Parcel of
Real Property Lying in East 1/2 of Government Lot of
Section 4, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise
Meridian, Ada County, Idaho
E. Developement Agreement for Eagle Commons (H-2015-
0024) with James A. Kissler, LLC, Owner/Developer for
A parcel of land being all of parcels A, C, and D as
shown on Record of Survey Number 9885, records of
Ada County. Said parcel being situated in a portion of
the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 16, Township 3
North, Range 1 East, Boise Meridian, City of Meridian,
Ada County, Idaho
F. Recipient Agreement Between City of Meridian and
Meridian Library District for Investment of High Five
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Community Grant Funds in Book-ABike Program for an
amount not to exceed $7,039
G. License Agreement with Kimball Properties Limited
Partnership for Construction and Maintenance of
Meridian Monument Sign at 1401 S. Eagle Road
De Weerd: Item 5 is our Consent Agenda.
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
Bird: I move that we approve the Consent Agenda as published and for the
Mayor to sign and the Clerk to attest.
Borton: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve the Consent Agenda. Mr.
Clerk, will you call roll.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer , yea; Little
Roberts, yea.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Item 6: Items Moved From the Consent Agenda
De Weerd: Item 6, there were no items moved from the Consent Agenda.
Item 7: Department Reports
A. Mayor's Office: Appointment of Dave Neal as the Public
Works Department Director's Designee to the Solid
Waste Advisory Commission
B. Resolution No. 16-1175: A Resolution Appointing Dave
Neal as the Public Works Department Director's
Designee to the Solid Waste Advisory Commission
De Weerd: So, we will move into Item 7-A, the appointment of Dave Neal as the
Public Works Department designee. We wanted someone that was considered
an expert in the topics that are addressed by our Solid Waste Advisory
Commission. I think several of you know Dave Neal. He used to oversee the
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landfill direction -- or landfill operation and so I would answer any questions you
might have or ask for your approval of this appointment .
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: I move that we approve Resolution No. 16 -1175 appointing Dave Neal as
the Public Works Department director's designee to the Solid Waste Advisory
Commission.
Bird: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 7-B. Any discussion
from Council? Mr. Clerk, will you call roll.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little
Roberts, yea.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
C. Mayor’s Office: Appointment of Edward Landis to the
Meridian Historic Preservation Commission
D. Mayor’s Office: Appointment of Hannah Sturtevant,
Debbie Shaner, and Jessica West to the Meridian Parks
and Recreation Commission
E. Resolution No. 16-1176: A Resolution Appointing
Edward Landis to the Meridian Historic Preservation
Commission; Appointing Hannah Sturtevant, Debbie
Shaner, and Jessica West to the Meridian Parks and
Recreation Commission
De Weerd: Item 7-C is the appointment of Ed Landis to the HPC Commission.
We -- we did interviews last week in regards to the Parks and Recreation
Commission openings and Ed also had an interest in the History Historical
Preservation Commission. So, Council, if you have any questions I'm more than
happy to --
De Weerd: Otherwise, I will move to 7-D and here we do have the -- the three
candidates to fill the three Parks Commission openings. We do have one of the
candidates here and I will see if she would like to comment after you approve the
resolution. Council, any questions on either items 7-C or 7-D?
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Little Roberts: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Yes, Mrs. Little Roberts.
Little Roberts: Debbie Shaner wanted to send her apologies for not being here
tonight. She is one of our key people in the YEA! program, which is also on
Tuesday nights.
De Weerd: Yes. And Hannah -- I think you probably all know that Hannah was
the youth representative and she is really excited to continue service with her
three year term and she will continue to have a lot to add . Debbie Shaner does
have -- she's the director of operation for a Meridian business and she's been
involved with the Chamber of Commerce, with the Young Entrepreneurs
Academy, with the Rocky Mountain High School football team and various
others. Boy Scouts. You name it she's been involved. She is 110 percent
engaged in everything that she gets involved in . So, watch out, Steve, she's
coming. And Jessica West is a young mom. She is a veteran. She has project
management experience and is really interested in helping find efficiencies as we
continue to develop our parks and she feels that that is a real asset that she can
bring to the commission and so I would ask if there are any questions . Okay.
Mr. Clerk, will you please -- oh. Please be ready to call roll on these other items.
De Weerd: So, Item 7-E is Resolution 16-1176 and that is to approve the three
seats for the Parks and Recreation Commission.
Little Roberts: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Yes.
Little Roberts: I move that we accept Resolution 16-1176.
Palmer: Second.
De Weerd: And that also approves the appointment to the HPC as well. So, I
have a motion and a second. Any questions? Mr. Clerk.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little
Roberts, yea.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
De Weerd: Item 7-F is under parks department -- oh, yes. Hannah. Sorry. Just
ripping through this agenda.
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Sturtevant: Thanks, Madam Mayor and Members of the Council. It's very
exciting to witness my appointment and I appreciate this little chance to introduce
myself to you, if you don't -- I like to see your faces and I've seen you around, but
I hope to see more of you in the next couple years. I will be a student at Boise
State and plan to double major in economics and political science and this is a
great opportunity for me to get experience relating to my majors with all of you.
So, thank you.
De Weerd: And what we can say is we had an influence on the future that
Hannah has selected in our study and we know she's going to go extra effort to
make sure that she fulfills the expectations as a commissioner, but also in life.
Excited to see what you do.
Sturtevant: Thank you.
De Weerd: Thank you for being here.
F. Resolution No. 16-1177: Adopting Updated Parks and
Facilities Naming Policy and Procedure
De Weerd: Okay. 7-F is under our Parks Department and I will turn this over to
Steve.
Siddoway: Madam Mayor, I was trying to get it to come -- C.Jay, I may need
your help. It's showing up on the wrong screen. I can do it from there. Here,
while you do this I will go start talking. Madam Mayor, Members of the Council,
while we are trying to see if we can get it up as a -- the presentation, I will go
ahead and get started. This is a -- this is really just a cleanup item for an already
existing policy. The park naming policy that's already in place was adopted in
2007. When we went through the process of naming Rita Husky Park this
summer -- early this year, the commission found some things they thought were
outdated and they wanted to clarify some things, such as wanting more
biographical information with any proposal for naming that comes in. That was,
really, the driving force that -- that started this and, then, they just reviewed the
entire policy and came back with some recommended changes. So, why don’t
we just do it from here and, then, go on to slide number two -- and I have just got
two slides. What's different and what's the same from what was already
adopted. So, first and foremost what is different from what was already there.
First of all, it clarifies that proposals for naming a park after a person need to
include biographical information and describe their connection to the park or to
the city, so that an informed decision can be made as to why it's being named the
way that is proposed. Second it has a -- a process in there that has never been
used for a temporary naming process, which is kind of hard to imagine why one
would want a temporary name, because once you name something it tends to
stick. So, we simply removed the temporary naming process. It clarifies that any
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donations of parks are, of course, subject to -- to Council approval, it's not just a
given, and that a donation of a park establishes the donor's priority for proposing
a name, but it still has to go through the process. It's still subject to -- to
approval. It used to use the name -- the term naming rights and we changed
naming rights to naming priority, just to help clarify that. And, then, the last item
it removes the distinction between naming neighborhood and community parks.
It had this weird percentage system in it that if you donated this much of this size
of a park, then, you could have naming priority. We just said, look, it's all or
substantially all and the commission can make a determination on whether it
meets the criteria of being substantially all or big enough donation to warrant it.
So, what is -- go ahead and click on the next -- the lower one. What's the same.
This was already in it and we kept it. It says that park's name that are proposed
should reflect community values and consider future generations. Parks are not
to be named after subdivisions. We have learned that a couple times early on
that it creates confusion as to whether it's a private park that belongs to the HOA
or whether it's a community park that belongs to the entire city, so we want to
avoid that and, then, we kept the process the same. If someone has a proposed
name there is a subcommittee of the Meridian Parks and Recreation Commission
that will review it and make a recommendation to the full commission. The
commission will, then, review it, take public comment, and make a
recommendation to Council and, then, Council has the final decision. So, that --
those are the proposed changes. The Commission discussed it at their meeting
just the last month and passed it unanimously as a recommendation to Council
and I'm here to present it to you tonight and request your approval of the updates
to this naming policy. I will stand for questions.
De Weerd: Thank you, Steve. Council, any questions?
Little Roberts: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Little Roberts.
Little Roberts: I move that we accept Resolution 16-1177 and adopt the new
policies regarding naming parks.
Bird: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 7 -F, Resolution 16-
1177. Mr. Clerk, will you, please, call roll.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little
Roberts, yea.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
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Item 8: Community Items/Presentations
A. Historic Preservation Commission: TourBuddy Digital
Walking Tour
De Weerd: Item 8-A was requested to be vacated from the agenda , so we will
reschedule it when the presenter can be in attendance.
B. Budget Amendment: MADC – Office of Drug Policy
Grant FY2017 Approved
De Weerd: And move to Item 8-B. Good evening, Lieutenant.
Colaianni: Good evening, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council. I will be as
brief as possible. So, a couple things are in front of you tonight. One is I'm going
to ask for a budget amendment for a grant for spending authority and, then, two, I
have brought Cheryl Mulvihill here and Kendall Nagy and they are going to
update the Council on everything MADC and what's been going on this year. It's
been a very busy year. Kendall is now about 18 months into her job and so I
think she's pretty solid on their feet and so -- I will say this. I'm blessed to be
surrounded by good staff and so I don't want to take anythi ng away from them, I
will let them do that part of the presentation and I will do the nuts and bolts. But
they are great people. So, kind of backing up. I'm looking for spending authority
tonight from the Council and we are in our third year of a four year SPF SIG grant
through the Office of Drug Policy and typically the way this happens is we are
awarded the grant year to year and it comes after June outside of the budget
amendment process for the city and so it's -- there is a delay each year and next
year I will be back here having the same conversation, but late June we get the
award letter for the next year. The grant -- this particular year the grant is 99,814
dollars. There is also some roll-over money that we are taking from year to year
and that's 31,927 dollars. The carryover we are looking to put that into media
promotion, radio and TV, for school activities and I will have Kendall talk a little
bit more about this, but this is a net revenue neutral item . We are just looking for
the spending authority to continue on with the grant for our third year. Next year,
obviously, it will be the last part of our grant. This grant does not fund a full-time
FTE at all. That is funded by the city. So, when the grant dissipates and we
move on to a different grant, we still have that position. There is -- it's still funded
-- the FTE is still funded in the General Fund and, again, it's revenue neutral. So,
I'd stand for any questions.
De Weerd: Any questions from Council?
Bird: I have none.
Milam: Madam Mayor?
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De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: I look forward to the presentation. I move that we approve the budget
amendment for MADC for spending authority in the amount of 131,741 dollars.
Bird: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second. Any d iscussion? Mr. Clerk, will you
call roll.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little
Roberts, yea.
De Weerd: Thank you.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
De Weerd: Hi, Kendall. Thank you for joining us.
Nagy: Thank you for having me, Madam Mayor and Council Members. It's a
pleasure to be here tonight and give you another little update. I heard there was
a request that was made and I wanted to start off -- I have a little bit of a
presentation. I will go into some of the media that we have produced for the
Natural High campaign that a big chunk of that funding will go towards. It allows
us to do some pretty neat things out in the community and we have tied it all up
nicely to trickle down to the individual students in the schools , so -- typically when
I speak to -- whether it's children or adults I usually start out with my adults. I will
ask who had a cup of coffee this morning. I sure did. So, I like to start out and I
like to bring to our conscience how it is that we consume drugs and make
choices about drugs. Coffee is not a drug, but it has caffeine in it and we tend to
take for granted the different decisions that we make as adults throughout the
day in our lives that revolve around drugs and use and so I tend to start some of
my presentations that way to make them more cognizant of those choices and
that we need to demonstrate responsible use and actually communicate that and
how -- how it is it that it's responsible to use. So, I wanted to give you a little
demonstration of that. Hopefully -- I don't remember how this works. Okay.
Piece of cake. So, right here I have the strategy that we use in the coalition
throughout the community and with this gran t that we have right now, the
strategic prevention framework state incentive grant, these are seven of the
strategies that we use and we have different programs and activities that
correlate with these strategies and throughout having a wide variety such as
these, we try to make a more comprehensive prevention approach throughout
the community. For example, the modified change in policies -- one of the things
that we are watching right now is there will be a CBD oil bill that's brought to
legislation this next legislative session and that is for the pro medical marijuana.
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It's an oil to treat people for medical ailments with marijuana. I have not seen the
exact bill myself, but I have heard from Idaho Office of Drug Policy that that will
be going through and -- for vote and so I will, at the coalition level and within the
community of Meridian to, then, take whatever information that I got and educate
coalition members and, then, community members as we work throughout the
community. So, that's just one example of one of these strategies and what we
are currently doing. We have things that we are doing for each of these, but I
won't have time to go into all those. So, that brings me to my next topic, which
hones in on the Natural High campaign and it has been really fun to work with
and is -- the most rewarding part of it is seeing the individual students and
citizens -- making that personal connection with them and how the campaign has
affected them and how teachers are choosing to use it in the classroom and so
this falls under -- as far as the grant terminology, this would be providing
information and I have highlighted it there, that it's -- that includes media
presentations and, then, there are examples, obviously, listed there. We will see
if this works. I'm not great with PowerPoints, but I thought it would be cool to
have one of our eight radio ads here. So, I'm going to give this a go.
(Radio ad played.)
Nagy: So, that is one of many radio ads that we have. We are working with
Impact Radio and we have recorded six different ads that are along those lines to
correspond with the Natural High program and they chose and identified the
youth that they thought would be good candidates to do the voice -overs for
those. Perhaps you have heard them. I have, thank goodness. It was like I was
waiting to make sure we are getting our money's worth. So, what we have done
is taken the campaign -- and it's on the front page of our website and those two
youth -- some of you might know them, Katie and CJ. Katie is now away at
boarding school. She was an ice hockey -- pro in my eye -- and that's her natural
high and she shared that with us and been a part of our campaign and CJ, she is
sixteen and she is part of our coalition. She's our youth sector rep and she -- the
blonde -- long blonde hair -- racing. She races cars at Meridian Speedway and
it's quite impressive the -- the crowd that she runs with in that profession and that
world. She's been racing since she was -- I believe five or six. So, that's been
really fun to have them be a part of that . So, then, the -- we have a Natural High
page that's specific to the campaign and on there we have free drug prevention
resources. Several videos. That is a link to the actual Natural High's website.
They are based out of California. It's a non-profit. A gentleman that lost two of
his younger brothers to drug abuse started it to try to turn around those negative
impacts that that had had on his life and changed the lives of others and so we
also have some information on there relating to Meridian and how it came to our
community from California. So, now I'd like to play for you the full length Natural
High video that we had produced. Sideways Productions helped us put it
together. We worked really closely, as we do with all of the work that we do with
West ADA School District and our school resource officers, just broadening our
reach and our impact throughout the community in our prevention work. The
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school resource officers help identify some of the youth that they thought might
be good candidates to be in the video and participate in the campaign and there
was also a certain amount of verification. We wanted to make sure these kids
were making good choices and cognizant of what they would be representing as
part of the campaign. So, that was, obviously, very important and while there
aren't any guarantees, we did the best that we could to select some good youth
and there are many in here and this is a combination of youth from Meridian and
Boise. See if I can find the -- oh, dear. I don't see my play button. What should I
tap? Anybody have any tips? I'm not going to give up on this one. It should be
right -- there should be a bar right underneath. Oh, there it is. Thank you.
(Video played.)
Nagy: Super cool, right? So, I bet you didn't realize that you were going to
watch like a feature length film. We also have -- we have it -- so we -- so, on the
MADC website, obviously, the front page we have links to the Natural High page
within the MADC website and, then, to the curriculum that I mentioned as well.
Natural High out of California has a Common Core aligned curriculum that can be
used along with this and, then, these two videos that we produced here in Idaho
are also linked on the MADC web page. So, one of the things that we found with
Red Ribbon Week just finishing up and, yes, my head is still spinning. It was
successful and busy and fun and a lot of work. There were a lot of schools that
chose to tie their curriculum to the Natural High campaign and use some of these
teaching tools and media that we had produced along with it and so they can
show these videos directly from the MADC website and, then, of course, that
helps, because, then, we can bring people to it and they can, hopefully, check
out some of the other things that we offer there . This next one --
De Weerd: And they have shorter versions.
Nag: They do. Yes. Thank you. I actually took note of that and, then, forgot it
yet again. So, there is a 30 second version of the faster clip, the middle clip of
that video, and that one is the one that's being aired on Channel 7 and we have
partnered with them and they are -- they have a full media campaign meaning TV
and social media and their Friday night high school sports program is where the
-- it's not like a sponsor, but we have partnered with them and they are showing
the video then as well and I have seen it a lot on the news in the morning when
I'm getting ready for work. So, yes, there is a shorter version. So, this here is a
picture that illustrates, again, bringing those pieces together and all this work and
going from National Prevention Week to California and, then, here to Meridian
and, then, into the schools working with these kiddos. This was at one of the
schools in West Ada School District that we were at doing a -- Monte Stiles, one
of our coalition members, was doing a drug prevention presentation for Red
Ribbon Week. Healthy minds and healthy bodies. It was elementary. So, he
has a little bit of a difference curriculum that he delivers for those ages of kiddos.
And this was in their cafeteria. This was a big bulletin board. I didn't get full
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pictures of all of it, but that had pictures of the teachers with their natural highs
and, then, you can see those like little pocket there and they had those orange
pieces of paper that said my natural high and so the kids got to write down what
their natural high was. The teacher -- and that said ice skate and rollerblade at
the Rollerdrome with my dad. So -- and they were all the way around the
cafeteria. It was super sweet. So, that made me happy to see. So, this here is
just a slide to give you just a few numbers since I was here last. It's been about
six months since I gave you an update and some of the different increases that
we have seen. Our coalition membership -- actually I correct me. That's not
since I was here last. But in 2015 comparing our coalition membership numbers
of about a hundred, it's now -- we are looking at 170 and we try to keep track of
that by how many people have requested to be on our e -mail distribution list. So,
they get -- I promise that I will only send them two e-mails a month. Yes, they
might be very lengthy if I have to cram everything in there. And so we -- that's
one of the ways that we come up with that number . The 50 plus events per year,
this has also grown. I checked this last year and it was 30 and now that things
are rolling and we are fully staffed and we have got signs, we are super busy.
Thank you for all the support. We are always very cognizant of that and the fact
that we are working here for the community members. So, includes city
community events, such as Cable ONE Movie Night and the community block
party. Always super fun. The Cable One Movie Night we were able to show the
video and the Natural High campaign, so that was super fun. We also are at
events like Coffee with the Mayor and the town hall -- to the city events as well
and, then, examples -- and there is more. These are just examples of a few. I
can't list all 50 right now. Red Ribbon Week, back to school night, parent-teacher
conferences and spring safety flings. And, again, our partnership with the school
district and the school resource officers is just crucial and we are super grateful
for that, expanding our reach and strengthening it at the same time . And, then,
there is other events that are coalition specific, like our Reality Party for parents
and our Recovery Day Breakfast. And, then, we also, of course, have our
monthly meetings. So, lots of -- lots of different activities throughout --
throughout the year for people to get educated and involved and participate i n
strengthening our community. We also just finished up Red Ribbon Week as I
said. The 1,953 students, that's just from presentations that were either MADC
members, such as myself, Monte Stiles, and that's students and some -- that
includes some parents for Not My Kid presentations where I do a one hour
presentation and, then, talk about using a free drug test as a positive prevention
tool to kind of team together and help some of the kids that might feel like they
might succumb to peer pressure when it comes to drug use that they might face.
We also had a K-9 demonstration. Those are always popular and super fun.
And, then, we had 450 Meridian youth attend the Drug Free Idaho rally at the
Capitol steps, which is always fantastic as well. They have done a great job with
that. So, that's my update for you guys and I stand for questions. And some cool
pictures.
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
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Bird: Kendall, thank you guys for everything you do, you and your staff, and the
whole deal and, Mayor, I want to tell you that this is probably -- you have put in
some awful good programs. They are all good in fact. But this MADC has
probably been one of the best community program s that you have put in this
since you have been Mayor and I appreciate that as a community person. Thank
you.
De Weerd: Thank you. But it's very obvious it takes good people that are
passionate about it and really carry the water. It's -- it's really gratifying to see
this have its own momentum and passion and it certainly starts with you and
Cheryl. I -- you went to the recovery breakfast and -- did any of the rest of you
go to that? I will tell you, that was -- that was heavy. Oh, my gosh. Cheryl -- big
-- big win on -- on the presenter and bringing to the surface the challenges
between both -- I think addiction and mental health. They go hand and glove
often and that was -- that was a real impactful morning. Celebrate Recovery has
been a huge thing with MADC taking the lead on bringing some really heavy
topics to the forefront and that was -- that was hard-hitting. So, thank you for --
for that event. I did want to find out how the Reality Party went last weekend.
Nagy: Madam Mayor, thank you. It went well. We had a good turnout. We --
with any event or program that we put on I'm always looking at what we can do
better and to improve and so, actually, situations like this where I come and give
you updates are good, because it helps me reflect on your successes and Reality
Party was one of those. We got lots of great feedback. I had some calls waiting
for me from Saturday when I got in on Monday morning with -- sparking
questions, an increase in people that wanted to be on our e-mail distribution list
and get involved in the coalition and so -- and the other great part of that is that
they are -- working in a topic like this that involves many other aspects and also a
lot of passion, there will be some naysayers and I figured -- also talking to Elisha
Figueroa that I'm not doing a good job until I start to hear some of those and I'm
starting to hear some of those. So, I think we are doing well and it was really
nice to have the youth at that event acting for us. We had local youth that -- we
couldn't do it without them and it certainly -- it would not be the same event if it
were adults acting that out, obviously. It wouldn't work. So, that was really nice
and we did post some pictures to our Facebook, as we do with lots of training
opportunities and all the public events that we do. And we had a naysayer that
commented on the kids acting in that and I actually am getting better at taking
that as a positive in that they are checking our stuff, they are following along and
paying attention and just point of conversation. And so as those pick up so far
as I take them in stride, but I also know that that's just generating more
conversation, which is what we are here to do. So, it was good. Thank you for
asking.
De Weerd: Any questions from any of our other Council Members?
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Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: A couple of questions. Couple questions. Earlier you talked a little bit
about MADC's roll with some pending legislation and I was hoping maybe you
could go a little deeper in that. Is it the intent that MADC is going to be making
some recommendations on potential legislation that could be coming down the
pike?
Nagy: Madam Mayor and Councilman Cavener, we are following what happens
at the state level with the legislation and we have been in formed from the Idaho
Office of Drug Policy that there will be a -- there is a bill that will be brought to
legislation that relates to the CBD oil, which is the -- yeah. CBD. Which is the
medicinal marijuana and we have found from neighboring states and across the
country that the route to legalization is to start with medical marijuana and , then,
lead to recreational. Again, our role is to help educate community members. As
I get the information in and share it, so that we can have that conversation and
so city leaders and decision-makers are educated on the topic and it is a difficult
one. It makes my job difficult in that there is a lot of information out there and it
can be hard for people to decipher what is the right information and I will tell y ou
standing here today that I would hope that Idaho will choose to wait and continue
to learn from neighboring states before we make any changes or decisions
relating to this. There is not enough information. We have a long list of things
that we don't know, which is very crucial and important as we go forward and we
need to wait and see what is learned from neighboring states and some of the --
one simple quick example is enforcement and DUI. We can't measure when
you're impaired and driving with THC and marijuana like you can with alcohol and
that alone is a logistical nightmare. So, those -- and that's just one little teeny
tiny small portion of the topic. Does that help answer your question?
Cavener: It does. It helps a lot. Thank you.
Milam: The CBD oil -- and I'm not an expert on this, so I'm really asking,
because -- isn't that the oil that helps with seizures that does not have THC in it ?
It's not like legalizing marijuana. It's legalizing something that helps kids with
seizures -- or is that -- am I mixing up things?
Nagy: So, Madam Mayor, Councilman Milam, so the CBD oil -- the problem is,
again, with enforcement. So, places that said that they have gotten CBD oil and
it doesn't have THC, it's -- there is no assurance of that, because it's not
mandated and it's not regulated at this point . So, where a business owner might
say that they have CBD oil to help with seizures , whether -- if they get it --
whoever their -- let's say wholesaler. Hopefully I got the terms right here.
Business terminology. Has said there is no THC in it, it's -- it's for seizures. It's
medical. And, then, they put it on their shelf and they sell it based on that. Well,
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we are running into problems where whether or not -- how do we test that and
how do we know. So, the business owner has said, well, I -- you know, I didn't
think it had THC in it and we have actually gone in -- there was a business here
in Meridian that had it and we went in and inquired and tested a sample of it and
it did have THC in it and so these are -- these are all the logistics and the policy
that still -- we have so much to work out. And, then, on the lines of the CBD oil,
there is pharmaceutical grade CBD oil and FDA approved studies that are taking
place. Idaho is participating in one of those . And there are more than 20 across
the United States and, like I said, we need to hold off and we need to wait and
learn. It's too soon to make any move that could jeopardize a lot in our
communities. If any of you have traveled to some of these communities that
have legalized, it has completely changed the culture in those cities.
De Weerd: Anything further, Mr. Cavener?
Cavener: Sure. Madam Mayor, one addition question. The video -- and I think
Councilman Bird touched on it -- it is remarkable. Beautiful. I was captivated by
the imagery. I'm hoping you can talk a little bit about who the target audience is
and I think you kind of went down there a little bit with some of the questions the
Mayor brought up, but I guess if I'm finding it -- my nine year old has informed me
anything that I think is cool anymore is now no longer cool. So, I'm wondering if
-- if I think that this is incredible -- is the target audience finding it to be as
incredible.
Nagy: So, Madam Mayor and Councilman Cavener, to address that question -- I
love that you brought that up, because this speaks to all generations. This isn't
just one target audience. And that's a difficult thing to keep it broad like that . It's
applicable to all and what we like to do is bridge that gap where your child might
not be interested in your interests. We want to bring back sharing some of that.
Some of the still shots in there, you might not even know what those are, but if
you talk to the youth they could tell you that it's Parkour or some of the yoga and
some of the other sports and activities and natural highs that they could introduce
you to that you didn't necessarily know and, then, some that perhaps you have
and having that conversation and opening that up. So, it's not geared to one.
We want -- this is a conversation that needs to be had by everyone and that was
the point of the -- the video.
Cavener: Great. Thank you.
Nagy: You're welcome.
De Weerd: Well -- and I love the -- the ending is the majority of youth in Idaho do
not take drugs.
Nagy: Absolutely.
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De Weerd: And that's what -- the teens that have been involved with MADC
have mentioned is why do we always focus on the percentage that make the
wrong choices and not celebrate the youth that are making good choices and this
really does and it shows that drugs aren't needed. You can -- you can achieve
that adrenaline rush in other ways and so it's a real positive way to approach it .
Anything further? So, thank you for the update. I had told the chief we really
need an annual update. We want to know what's going on in our communities
and how you're impacting them and reaching out and helping them develop tools
to make those good choices. So thank you.
Nagy: Thank you for the opportunity. It was a pleasure.
Item 9: Action Items
A. Public Hearing for THIRD READING: Ordinance No. 16-
1709: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 4, CHAPTER 1,
SECTION 8.B (1), MERIDIAN CITY CODE, COLLECTION
OF SOLID WASTE AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS TO
CHANGE THE COLLECTION AT COMMERCIAL
PREMISES TO COMMENCE AT FOUR O’CLOCK (4:00)
A.M.; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
De Weerd: Okay. Item 9-A is the third reading of Ordinance 16-1709. Mr. Clerk,
will you, please, read this by title.
Coles: Thank you, Madam Mayor. City of Meridian Ordinance No. 16-1709, an
ordinance amending Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 8-B-1, Meridian City Code,
collection of solid waste and recyclable materials, to change the collection at
commercial premises to commence at 4:00 o'clock a.m. and providing an
effective date.
De Weerd: This is a public hearing. Is there anyone who would like to make
comment on this item?
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: Seeing none, I move that we closed the public hearing on Ordinance No.
16-1709.
Bird: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to close the public hearing. All those
in favor say aye. All ayes. Motion carried.
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MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: I move that we approve Ordinance No. 16-1709.
Bird: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 9-A. Any discussion
from Council? Mr. Clerk, will you call roll.
Roll Call: Bird, yea; Borton, yea; Milam, yea; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little
Roberts, yea.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Item 10: Future Meeting Topics
De Weerd: Council, any items under ten? I will tell you that we do have a few
upcoming events. We do have a court facilities presentation at the Ada County
Courthouse on Friday, the 4th, from 1:00 to -- whenever. Says 1:00 to 4:30.
Saturday, November 5th is the Veterans Day Parade in downtown Boise. It
starts at 9:30. Tuesday, November 8th, at 2:00 p.m. is an important milestone
event for the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine. They are having their
community presentation for site accreditation at ISU. There is no City Council
meeting next Tuesday. It is on Wednesday instead. Wednesday, November 9th,
as well is the Kuna state of the city at 5:30. Friday, November 11th, there is a
veterans celebration at the Rock of Honor at 11:00 p.m. a.m. Sorry. Not 11:00
p.m. 11:00 a.m.
Item 11: Executive Session per Idaho State Code 74-206(1)(f) To
communicate with legal counsel for the public agency to
discuss the legal ramifications of and legal options for
pending litigation
De Weerd: Item 11 is Executive Session.
Bird: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bird.
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Bird: I move we go into Executive Session as per Idaho State Code 74-206
(1)(fl•
Borton: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to adjourn into Executive Session. Mr.
Clerk, will you call roll. All ayes.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: (6:54 p.m. to 8:20 p.m.)
Bird: I would entertain a motion to come out of Executive Session.
Milam: So moved.
Cavener: Second.
Bird: All in favor say aye. Any opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Bird: I would entertain a motion to adjourn?
Milam: So moved.
Cavener: Second.
Bird: I have got a motion and a second. All in favor say aye. Any opposed?
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES,
Bird: Good night.
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