2019-05-21Meridian City Council May 21, 2019.
A Meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 6:03 p.m., Tuesday, May
21, 2019, by Mayor Tammy de Weerd.
Members Present: Tammy de Weerd, Joe Borton, Luke Cavener, Genesis Milam, Anne
Little Roberts and Treg Bernt.
Members Absent: Ty Palmer.
Also present: Chris Johnson, Bill Nary, Bill Parsons, Sonya Allen, Kevin Holmes, Kyle
Radek, Berle Stokes, Joe Bongiorno and Dean Willis.
Item 1: Roll-call Attendance:
Roll call.
X__ Anne Little Roberts X _ _Joe Borton
___ Ty Palmer X__ Treg Bernt
__X___Genesis Milam __X___Lucas Cavener
__X__ Mayor Tammy de Weerd
De Weerd: Well, good evening. I would like to welcome all of you to our Meridian City
Council meeting. This is our regular meeting that is, for the record, Tuesday, May 21st.
It's 6:03. 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 Tim Pusey of Valley Shepherd Church of the
Nazarene
De Weerd: Item 3 is our community invocation and tonight we will be led by Pastor Pusey.
Thank you for joining us. If you will all join in the community invocation or take this as an
opportunity of a moment of reflection.
Pusey: Father, we want to thank you tonight for this city, the City of Meridian, and the
many ways in which you have blessed us. We are very very very grateful, Lord, and we
are very blessed. We thank you, too, for those who serve our community and for our
leaders and as they gather tonight to deal with decisions that have to be made in behalf
of our community I pray your wisdom for them. We recognize that the responsibility they
have is great. We also acknowledge that your Word says that if we seek wisdom from
you you have promised to grant it to us. So, Lord, give to them wisdom tonight. I'm also
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mindful that in -- whenever we gather with people in this kind of a -- in any kind of context
that all of us as individuals bring our own challenges and hurdles and even heartaches
with us and I pray that you would speak peace to our hearts and our minds tonight. Lord,
help us to be mindful of the needs of people all around us and teach us to love and care
for the needy as you have, in Christ's name we pray. Amen.
Item 4: Adoption of Agenda
De Weerd: Thank you for those reminders. Item No. 4 is adoption of the agenda.
Borton: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Borton.
Borton: There are no changes to the agenda, so I would move -- I move that we adopt
the agenda as published.
Little Roberts: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to adopt the agenda as published. All those in
favor say aye.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
Item 5: Announcements
De Weerd: Item 5 is community announcements. We do have a couple of things coming
up. For those who don't know this, we do have a Main Street Market here in downtown
Meridian. It runs every Saturday from 9:00 to 2:00. We would love to invite you to come
on down to the City Hall Plaza and surrounding area to enjoy the produce of many of our
vendors and some of their talents as well. We also have -- we are closed on Memorial
Day, but we do have a ceremony, a Memorial Day, ceremony out at Kleiner Park at our
Rock Of Honor. It starts at 11:00 a.m. It's generally a very moving and touching
ceremony. It's rather short. So, we would love to have you come join in on honoring
those that we have lost on Memorial Day. With that said, I have no further
announcements. Council, any anything to bring up?
Item 6: Future Meeting Topics - Public Forum (Up to 30 Minutes Maximum)
De Weerd: Okay. Item 6 is future meeting topics. It's a public forum. Mr. Clerk, did we
have any signups?
Johnson: We have two. First we have Denise LaFever.
De Weerd: Hi, Denise. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record.
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LaFever: Hi. My name is Denise LaFever. I'm at 6706 North Salvia Way, Meridian, Idaho.
De Weerd: Thank you.
LaFever: I'm here today to talk about what happened at the state -- on Stapleton process,
H-2018-0129, during the sign-in process. The development community was allowed to
read in the names that were on the sign-up, either for or against and read that into record
and some of the members weren't present. We would like that same opportunity as
residents. I -- I can testify here sitting in the back row of these meetings time and time
again this is a long, laborious, frustrating process for residents and one thing that we can
do as a city is allow people to go online, since it's available online nowadays, I would like
to see the form modified to say resident and be able to put the address and say for or
against to allow them that opportunity to weigh in on how they feel about it. You might
even consider a really brief comment. But at least to weigh in if they are for or against. I
think it's in the best interest of the city to have our residents voice how they feel about a
project and not necessarily have to give up times with their families or make those hard
decisions to show up or go to your child's soccer game or whatever else you have going
on in your life. So, I would like to see you make that change and make that fair to our
residents. So, I'm just asking for your consideration on that.
De Weerd: Thank you, Denise. Thank you for bringing that up.
Borton: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Borton.
Borton: Denise, can't we -- can't you do that now with a sign-up and check on a land use
application?
LaFever: We don't -- you don't read it in. At one point in time when we used to hand write
those you used to read in for or against, would you like to testify. When we went electronic
you failed to do that any longer and -- and I think this is even better now that it's online,
because it allows our folks more of an opportunity to have a say in what's going on.
Borton: So -- Madam Mayor? If I understand you correctly, the request is that we publicly
read the for or against?
LaFever: Yes.
Borton: Okay. We are capturing the data, we are just not communicating it
necessarily --
LaFever: Yes.
Borton: -- as effectively as we could?
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LaFever: Yes. And I would like to even go one step further adding the residence box
and communicate -- communicating that out to our public and our citizens that that's
available for an option to weigh in and let your voice be heard, so --
Borton: Understand.
Bernt: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Bernt.
Bernt: Mr. Clerk, is that something that we can change? Is that something we can --
De Weerd: Well, the -- the signup aspect is already there and he could add the checkbox
on the resident. I think that the comment is more on procedural in terms of reading each
name into the record and indicating for or against.
LaFever: I think a good start is least put -- to know that it's a resident and, you know, the
comments, if that's something we decide to do at a later date, at least start with going
back through knowing if they are a resident, for or against, and if they would like to testify.
I would like to see that process go forward.
Bernt: Madam Mayor, just -- just to confirm. What you're saying is you just -- would it
suffice if it was just a checkbox for or against, resident --
LaFever: Uh-huh.
Bernt: -- would that be --
De Weerd: It's already on there. It's just the resident piece that she's asking to be added
to the form.
LaFever: And I think that would be --
De Weerd: And I think Mr. Coles when he started he took it if you wanted to testify that
would be the name that we call forward and they would come up and testify. So, we will
-- we will talk about that with Mr. Clerk and our City Council President.
LaFever: Thank you.
De Weerd: Absolutely. Thank you. Okay.
Johnson: Madam Mayor, next you have -- Zoe Nelson and Oliver Brian.
De Weerd: Good evening. Thank you for joining us. If you will, please, state your name
and address for the record.
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Brian: Oliver Brian. 1901 Southeast 3rd Way.
Nelson: And I'm Zoe Nelson.
De Weerd: Thank you.
Nelson: All right. So, we are here today on behalf of Meridian Medical Arts Charter High
School and the students there have been discussing putting a citywide band so that you
cannot smoke in a motor vehicle while in the presence of a minor and this would include
traditional tobaccos, products, vapes and all other forms of electronic cigarettes.
Brian: The main reason we are making this proposed is because of not only the physical
health effects, but also the mental health effects of the minors that are in presence of, you
know, these activities occurring. Not only are the carcinogens in the products harmful,
but also on the mental health as they can't decide, you know, what really happens in the
presence of their guardians and so that can always affect a minor as we are growing up
to watch, you know, the guardians or whoever is around them in the motor vehicle doing
those kinds of things and as we know Idaho is like mentally -- mental health is
underserved and that could really benefit a lot of mental health for minors as they are
growing up.
Nelson: And it was also brought to my attention that this could possibly assist the police
in doing their job because this would give them another reason, if they had suspicion in
anything to see someone and that could help the system.
De Weerd: Well, thank you. I -- I think at this point we take your idea and we see if there
is interest to pursuing the idea further, to have it publicized on a future agenda and, then,
we would love to have your complete and whole argument, because it sounds like you
have already put a lot of thought and research into this and that would be the time to really
give us the -- the information that -- that you have discovered. So, we will -- we will talk
about this at our agenda setting meeting and Mr. Clerk will follow up with you. Is that
information on the signup sheet?
Johnson: It is not, but I will check in before they leave.
De Weerd: Okay. Awesome.
Nelson: Thank you.
De Weerd: Thank you so much for joining us tonight. And I believe those are the two
that signed up under Item No. 6. So -- Mr. Borton.
Borton: Sorry to interrupt. I talked briefly to these students. I appreciate you coming
down here and -- however, I don't know if it was Councilman Cavener or where this
started, but this future meeting topic concept of an open forum, this is exactly what it's
trying to capture. In particular when our youth come up with an idea that is of interest to
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you and now you have got a little more homework to do to bring it back. However this got
started, I appreciate you utilizing this process to open our eyes to new ideas, so thank
you.
De Weerd: Well -- and I would say we love to hear from our -- our teen members of our
community and usually your ideas come without the baggage that a lot of our adult ideas
come with. So, we appreciate you joining us this evening and we will follow up with you.
Thank you.
Item 7: Proclamation
A. Better Hearing Month
De Weerd: Okay. Item 7 is a proclamation for Better Hearing Month and I will move to
the podium. I believe that someone is here to accept this proclamation. Is Susan Elcox
here? Susan, if you will join me at the podium. Okay. I will read the proclamation and,
then, I will see if Susan has some comments she would like to share afterwards. Whereas
hearing healthcare professionals in the City of Meridian, Idaho, observe and celebrate
Better Hearing Month each year during the month of May and whereas the City of
Meridian, Idaho, recognizes and values the efforts of all who work to eliminate or minimize
the isolating effects of communication disorders and one in five families affected by them
and whereas the hearing loss is the third most common health problem in the United
States and more than half of the people with hearing loss are younger than age 65 and
whereas our citizens who have overcome communication disabilities through the services
of hearing care professionals are now able to lead independent, productive, and fulfilling
lives and whereas the City of Meridian is proud and honored to have hearing care
professionals offering quality education and healthcare services to its citizens to help
them hear well, live well. Therefore, I, Mayor Tammy de Weerd, hereby proclaim May
2019 as Better Hearing Month in the City of Meridian and encourage all our citizens to
recognize the achievements of hearing care professionals in improving the quality of life
for people with communication disorders. And I'm sure that all of us know someone that
has had a hearing loss. I know my dad did and before he died he was almost distance
from the conversations and such that went on around him because he couldn't hear with
the background noise and -- and it does isolate citizens and the people that we care the
most about. So, thank you for being here, Susan, and allowing me to read the
proclamation honoring your organization and the Better Hearing Month. So, here you go.
Elcox: Thank you. I just wanted to state that the reason that we do these proclamations
every year is because, as Mayor de Weerd mentioned, many people have -- suffer with
hearing loss as it stated in the proclamation, 50 percent are under the age of 65. So, we
have a lot of young citizens that have hearing loss as well. The important thing for
everyone to understand about hearing loss is that there has been a study that was
conducted about, oh, ten years or so ago, that showed that there was a correlation
between your health and other health consequences -- between hearing loss and other
health consequences, specifically dementia. I like to make sure that all of our citizens are
aware that untreated hearing loss does lead you at greater risk of developing dementia,
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two to five times greater at risk. Two times being with -- with a mild loss, which is a person
who doesn't know even -- may not even be aware that they have a hearing loss and
haven't accepted the fact that they have a hearing loss. Five times if they have a severe
loss. So, it goes up the scale as your hearing loss gets worse. There are -- often there
are many benefits to treating your hearing loss. I would like to just mention a few. One
is better relationships with friends and family, because you can carry on conversations to
their fullest. You have more fun going out and doing things. More enjoyment just watching
TV. So, simple things. Better health, because your brain gets exercised again and better
memory and cognition. So, for those in the audience who may have seen the ads on TV
about taking a pill, a supplement to improve your memory, the studies are showing that
simply treating hearing loss performs much better than these nutraceuticals you can take.
Thanks.
Item 8: Consent Agenda [Action Item]
A. Approve Minutes of May 7, 2019 City Council Regular Meeting
B. Shelburne Subdivision No. 2 Sanitary Sewer Easement
C. Final Plat for Blakeslee Commons No. 2 (H-2019-0050) by
Bungalows Meridian, LLC, Located on the South side of E.
Ustick Rd. between Eagle Rd. and Locust Grove Rd.
D. Final Plat for Movado Subdivision No. 5 (H-2019-0039) by
Movado Development, LLC, Located approximately 112 mile
south of E. Overland Rd., West of S. Movado Way
E. Final Plat for Movado Subdivision No. 6 (H-2019-0051) by
Evans Development, LLC, Located 112 mile South of E.
Overland Rd, West of S. Cloverdale Rd.
F. Final Plat for Silverstone Apartments (H-2019-0054) by Dave
Evans Construction, Located at 4107 E. Overland Rd.
G. Final Order for Caven Ridge Estates West No. 2 (H-2019-0048)
by Lasher Enterprises, Located on the East side of S. Meridian
Rd., approximately 114 mile South of E. Victory Rd.
H. Final Order for East Ridge No. 1 (H-2019-0041) by Devco
Development, LLC, Located on the North side of E. Lake Hazel
Rd., West of S. Eagle Rd.
I. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law for Knighthill Center
Subdivision (H-2019-0043) by JRW Construction, Located at
6343 N. Linder Rd.
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J. Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law for Stapleton Subdivision
(H-2018-0129) by Stapleton, LLC, Located at the SW corner of S.
Meridian Rd./ SH 69 and W. Harris St.
K. Fire Department: Memorandum of Understanding between IAFF
Local 4627 and the City of Meridian
L. License and Indemnity Agreement with Coastline Equipment for
Mini Heavy Equipment Rodeo
M. Program Year 2018 Community Development Block Grant
Agreement with the Public Works Department for a Not -to -
Exceed Amount of $50, 000
N. Program Year 2018 Community Development Block Grant
Amendment with The Jesse Tree of Idaho for a Not -to -Exceed
Amount of $25,000
0. Development Agreement for ICOM Parking Expansion (H- 2019-
0019) with Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine, LLC
Owner/Developer), Located at 885 S. Locust Grove Rd.
P. Award of Change Order No. 8 to The Ewing Company, Inc. for
the WRRF Headworks Expansion" Project for a Not-To-Exceed
amount of $292,860.38.
Q. Professional Services Agreement for Artwork for Traffic Box
Community Art Project with Brian Schreiner for Not -to -Exceed
300
R. Resolution No. 19- 2141: A Resolution Of The Mayor And The
City Council Of The City Of Meridian Authorizing The City Clerk
To Destroy Certain Semi -Permanent And Temporary Records
Of The
S. Resolution No. 19-2142: A Resolution Revising The Public
Works Design Standards For The City Of Meridian.
T. AP Invoices for Payment - 05/ 10/ 19 - $ 154,300.44
U. AP Invoices for Payment - 05/ 15/ 19 Special - $2, 075,535.01
V. AP Invoices for Payment - 05/22/ 19 - $ 1, 709, 577.61
De Weerd: Thank you. Okay. Item No. 8 is our Consent Agenda.
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Borton: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Borton.
Borton: There were no changes to the Consent Agenda as published, so I move that we
approve the Consent Agenda, for the Mayor to sign and Clerk to attest.
Cavener: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve the Consent Agenda. Mr. Clerk, will
you call roll.
Bernt, yea.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Item 9: Items Moved From The Consent Agenda [Action Item ]
De Weerd: There were no items moved from the Consent Agenda.
Item 10: Community Items/Presentations
A. Ada County Highway District: Chip Seal Presentation
De Weerd: So, we will move to Item 10-A, which is a presentation from Ada County
Highway District about the beloved program. Chip seal. Thank you for joining us.
Nicholson: Thank you, Madam Mayor. For the record, Tim Nicholson, Ada County
Highway District Deputy Director. Our address is 3775 Adam Street in Garden City. And
it's a pleasure to be in front of you again, once a year at least, unless we have a whole
bunch of snow, which we haven't had for a couple years, which we are all thankful for.
De Weerd: Yes, we are.
Nicholson: Yes. So, I will talk to you about the 2019 chip seal season that ACHD is about
ready to embark on. I would like to start with a brief video if I could. So, I think it's all on
the -- on the computer itself. Thank you. Well, maybe we won't do the video, but it was
really cool.
De Weerd: I will have to believe you on that.
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Nicholson: Yeah. Well, it shows kind of the old way of doing things and now the new --
new way of doing things. So, trust me, it was really good and there was good songs with
it and everything, so --
De Weerd: I think that's the best argument you can have, Tim, is bring one, hope it doesn't
work and, then, say what it -- okay.
Nicholson: Justin will vouch for me. It was spectacular. He got to see it today. So, we
will just go back over here to this. So, why do we chip seal? The reason that we chip
seal I think is evident in this shark fin curve that you can see in front of you. As you can
see over time, over roughly 13 to 14 years, the life cycle of asphalt pavement goes down
dramatically after about year ten. So, ACHD's preventative maintenance concept is to do
the chip seal roughly every six years on the arterial and collector roadways and by doing
this you can see that the cost of our chip seal operation is about 22 cents per square foot.
When compared to a mill and overlay about seven times more expensive and
reconstruction, which is about 33, 34 times more expensive. So, there is a huge benefit
to the taxpayers and the citizens to keep the roads in very good condition using the chip
seal process and it can ultimately extend the life of the pavement significantly when
compared to doing nothing or even a mill and overlay where you can see -- you have that
huge investment and it really doesn't extend the life of your pavement terribly much
longer. The other reasons why we chip seal -- our asphalt oxidizes and becomes brittle
and ultimately develops cracks. So, in doing the chip seal process it provides a new
wearing surface for the public that increases the friction between the road surface and
the tires, keeping drivers safer during inclement weather, as well as helps waterproof and
seal up those cracks in the road, preventing further degradation of the base and,
ultimately, the entire road. This is a map of our six chip sealed zones. The seventh zone
you see is in downtown Boise where we don't do chip sealing, we do other preventative
maintenance treatments for those roads specifically. But as you're well aware, we are
going to be working in zone two this year and due to the fact that we had an extravagant
amount of lane miles to cover, we are splitting zone two up into two years. You're more
than aware of the amount of growth that's happening in your city here and zone two has
grown tremendously since we have been -- been in this area the last time. So, there was
too many lane miles for our crews to adequately complete this year, so we are going to
split zone two up between 2019 and 2020. We will get into that here a little bit further with
a more detailed map. The current goal, like I said, is to do every arterial and every
collector roadway in the zone every six years, along with half the residentials. So, the
residentials are going to get completed every 12 years on average. As far as dollars and
matrix go, we are looking at spending about seven million dollars. This is ACHD's largest
maintenance activity that we do on a yearly basis. It involves about 25,000 team hours
over 45 days. We are planning to do about 424 lane miles this year, which is about an
average year for us. The target for us is about 450 miles a year. So, that involves, again,
6,800 tons of liquid asphalt and roughly 47,000 tons of chips. This is an overview of our
chip sealing train or process. As you can see out in front we have a lead vehicle and we
have traffic move -- moved around. You can see on the right side of the picture that the
far most right lane has already been chip sealed and is open to traffic. Leading up to this
we had already swept the road. You can see the distributor truck in the front of the train
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spraying down the hot oil, followed by the chip spreader. Usually a train of dump trucks,
anywhere between ten to 15 dump trucks, followed up by three rollers or four rollers,
depending on how many we need for that particular roadway and that's -- it's a fast
moving, very dynamic process and if you have ever gotten a chance to go out and see it,
which I would encourage any of you if you would like to come out and be a part and either
ride on the chipper or run the distributor truck, you're more than welcome to do that, just
give me a call and we would be happy to arrange that. We will be right in front of City
Hall at some point. So, they will be close to home. But it's an orchestrated dance,
essentially, is what it is, to -- to move the traffic along, to keep the train moving and keep
the production up. This is a picture of the fog seal operation. So, after we place the chips,
the road, again, is immediately opened up the traffic. We will come back through a couple
days later, sweep the bolt chips out of there, do a final sweep another two or three days
later and, then, do the fog seal and what this allows is it allows our traffic team a blank
canvas to do new line painting and markings on the street and also if they want to change
any of the lane configurations or add a bike lane, it gives us that opportunity to be able to
do that as well. So, this process is not just -- we wind this thing up in May and start in --
in late May and early June, it's a very involved process that starts back in December and
January with our maintainers get -- going over all the equipment, inspecting things,
repairing our equipment, making sure it's all ready to go and, then, there is a lot of other
outreach that goes along with it and as you can see we have spoken with the Ada County
Sheriff's Office dispatch team, we have already mailed out postcards to everybody in the
affected chip seal area. We had a presentation with the Meridian and Boise police
departments, shared it with our commission about a week ago and here with you all
tonight to share with the Meridian City Council. After that the show begins on the 28th,
the day after Memorial Day. We will do our refresher training with all of our crews and it
will be our soft start date, assuming that the weather cooperates with us and if it's cool,
like it's been these past couple days, then, we are probably going to have to postpone
that a little bit until we get some warmer temperatures, but we plan to start with what's
called an auto seal, which is a little different than a chip seal and it's used more on rural
roads. As you can see, we will be out on South Cole Road doing that and, then, our other
group -- our Adams team is going to be in the Eagle Island State Park doing a little joint
venture with Idaho Parks and Recreation Department. We are going to chip seal the
entrance road. What this allows us to do is to calibrate our equipment, make sure that
everything is working properly, get the crews trained up in areas that aren't so full of traffic
and really get going the following week. We won't be chip sealing at all during the July 4
holiday week. This allows us time to go through our equipment and do some more
maintenance and evaluate the process and see where things are going well, see what we
need to tweak. Plus it also keeps us out of the way for everybody's plans for travel over
the holidays and -- and their barbecues and everything else that's going on. So, we plan
to be done in late August and have a chip seal victory party with our team members the
middle of September. Again, communication is a big part of this operation. Like I said,
we have sent postcards out to everybody. We will be posting daily updates on our web
page. We will update the Ada County Sheriff's Office and RITA is our internal program
that's roadwork in the area. It's also on our website. We have an interactive public facing
map on our website that will show what we have completed, what's in progress and -- and
where we are kind of headed next, so you can kind of follow along through that. And, of
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course, our communications folks will be posting a lot on our various social media outlets.
Again, this is a map of the area that we are going to be doing. The green area on the left-
hand side of the map is our Cloverdale crew. The pink area, red area on the right side of
the map is Adams operation, so -- and we are pretty heavy on the residential side this
year. We are doing all the residential roads in this area this year. So, with that, I would
stand for any questions or comments.
De Weerd: Thank you, Tim. Council, any questions? That was a very thorough
presentation. We appreciate that and it is a long, onerous program. Do you coordinate
with our public safety team on what sections -- how you start rolling it out?
Nicholson: You know, I don't know if we specifically spoke with them. I would be happy
to do that, though. We -- the plan is to start in the northwest quadrants of both maps and,
then, kind of work easterly and, then, southerly from there and end up in kind of the
southeast corner of both those maps.
De Weerd: I think it is helpful and you have a contact over with Lieutenant Stokes.
Nicholson: Be happy to do so. Thank you.
De Weerd: Thank you. We appreciate you joining us.
Nicholson: Thank you.
Item 11: Action Items
A. Meridian Dairy and Stock Show Request for Cost Share for
Annual Dairy Days Parade
De Weerd: Okay. Item 11 is under our Action Items and tonight we will first start with 11-
A, which is a presentation from our Meridian Dairy and Stock Show. We just call it the
Meridian Dairy Show Board. Thank you for joining us. And this is about the upcoming
Dairy Days parade and activities. Thank you for joining us.
Mattison: Thank you. Jerry Mattison. 1892 West Hendrix Court in Meridian. I'm
secretary-treasurer of the Meridian Dairy and Stock Shows.
Bruijn: And Hans Bruijn, president, Meridian Dairy Board. And, first of all, Madam Mayor,
I want to thank you for your support all these years. It's going to be strange when we
come back next year and somebody else be sitting in your seat.
De Weerd: It will be strange, not weird right? Sorry, that --
Bruijn: This year the big chance is that after many years of suggestions from Council,
Meridian Police, ACHD, we have moved the parade from Friday to Saturday. It will be
Saturday, June 22nd at 6:00 p.m. The reason for the evening parade is Saturday morning
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and early afternoon is when our -- we have our dairy -- cattle and dairy goat show, which
is one of our main reasons why we put on Meridian Dairy Days. So, we have to make
sure that's all done before we can start a parade and I think everybody is very excited
about seeing the parade move into Saturday. However, it does change a little bit of the
cost, since we have gone from a work day to a weekend. As you're well aware of Specialty
Construction will do all our traffic control and their quote has gone up quite a bit, because
of a Saturday parade. This year the quote was about 5,900 dollars. In addition, we have
also taken the advice from Meridian police in crowd control and trying to have caution
tape along the entire route of the parade along Main Street for safety reasons, which also,
you know, adds to the -- to the cost. Did you have anything that you --
Mattison: That is not included in the -- I believe you guys have accounts with a copy of
the bid from Specialty?
De Weerd: Yes.
Mattison: And the caution tape is not included in there.
Bruijn: So, basically, what we do is -- what we have done in the past is request support
of the City of Meridian to cover the cost of Specialty Construction. Is there any questions?
De Weerd: Council, any questions? So, Hans, I'm excited that it's moved to Saturday
and I think your community and public are really appreciative that you moved it to
Saturday, because, of course, the timing of the parade was always when everyone was
trying to go home from work and that was kind of a recipe for a lot of frustrated drivers.
So, this is -- this is good news. So, you're asking for the fifty-eight nine -- 5,898.75, in
addition --
Mattison: I don't know how much Specially charges for that tape and I don't know how
many feet we need of it, but I understand it's relatively expensive through Specially. I
don't know how to put that politely.
Bruijn: And in addition there may be a few more man hours on the -- for the flaggers.
They will try to stay a little later so we can get our cleanup crew to follow -- follow the
parade to make sure that we leave the streets in better shape than when we started.
De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. Council, any questions?
Bernt: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd Mr. Bernt.
Bernt: Just a question for the Police Department. Officer Stokes. A reason why the
additional cost for the tape this year as opposed to last year.
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Stokes: I may not be the best expert on this, but, typically, with parades it's the challenge
of keeping the pedestrians that are on the sidewalk -- to keep them on the sidewalk and
not in the parade route and I don't think we have candy thrown and that kind of thing as
much as we used to. I do think it's a -- it's a reasonable safety measure. As far as caution
tape goes, I don't know the exact cost, but like our police line tape that everybody's
familiar with, it's relatively inexpensive and I don't know if we are talking about the same
thing, like a plastic line, but that should not be a significant cost. It should be a couple of
hundred dollars I would guess.
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: Quick look on the old Google machine shows $3.79 for a thousand foot roll.
Mattison: I have looked it up on Amazon and it's not cheap, but I understand that Specialty
marks it up a little bit.
De Weerd: Well, maybe we need to order through Amazon.
Bruijn: We -- we did try to sell -- find a sponsor, you know, maybe put their name on -- on
the caution tape. However, the expense of that is way past anybody's budget.
Borton: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Borton.
Borton: Maybe I didn't track it correctly. Is the caution tape a request that we have put
upon you or you're asking us to do or --
De Weerd: We have put upon them and they are asking us to cover it.
Mattison: We are asking you to pay for it. Yeah. It was -- you know, in the last couple of
years we haven't had any of that tape up and down the road and there has been quite an
issue with people coming out and I know McCall, when they do their winter carnival
parade, they use the caution tape and they said it works great and I just think it's worth a
try. You get -- the safety is -- is more important than the cost I think.
De Weerd: And particular where it starts to split and -- and that's always been kind of a
conflict where that tape is essential for sure. I'm not sure it's going to keep the kids out
of the street, because not all candy makes it to the curb.
Mattison: No. I was jokingly saying I feel bad if a piece of caution tape works better than
me standing there trying to keep kids back, but I hope it does.
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De Weerd: We will -- we will see. We will look forward to the report next year. Council,
any other questions?
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: I assume there is an action that we need to take on this. I know we don't
necessarily have a budget amendment, but I'm -- I'm comfortable with doing what we did
I think last year, which was to approve a not to exceed amount based on the estimate that
we have here and it sounds like some -- some additional unanticipated costs.
Nary: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Nary.
Nary: Madam Mayor, I did check with Finance before today's meeting to see if they
already have budgeted some funds towards this expense and they have budgeted 4,900
dollars based on last year's amount. So, that's already in your budget. So, anything
above that would, then, need a budget amendment. But there is at least 4,900 that was
already planned in our budget and, then, I did check with the departments and I didn't get
a response from police, but I did for Parks and there is some that's already programmed
in their budget is the reservation fees for Storey Park that we have traditionally waived
That's $964.60 and that's already planned. There is overtime hours that are already
programmed into their budget as well. They planned 93 total hours of overtime for that.
So, that -- that's already been planned for in the expense. So, it really is the 4,900 and,
then, in addition to that.
De Weerd: And so those -- those costs are detailed in the memo that Emily provided.
Nary: Yeah.
De Weerd: And the only -- it sounds like the only thing that has changed is the bid that
we received and the addition of the caution tape.
Cavener: Oh, Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: I will move that we approve the Meridian Dairy and Stock Show request for
cost share for a not to exceed amount of 6,000 dollars and, then, I guess, Madam Mayor,
quick -- legal to just bring a budget amendment for the 1,100 bucks?
Nary: We can do that.
Milam: Second.
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De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second to authorize up to -- you said 6,000
dollars?
Cavener: Correct.
De Weerd: Any discussion? Mr. Clerk, will you call roll.
Bernt, aye.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
De Weerd: So, we will just look for your after event report and we will see how the
numbers fall.
Mattison: Great.
Bruijn: Thank you.
B. Final Plat for Keep Subdivision ( H- 2019-0053) by Jarron
Langston, Located at the SW Corner of S. Eagle Rd and E. Lake
Hazel Rd.
De Weerd: Thank you for joining us. Okay. Item 11-B is a final plat for H-2019-0053.
This applicant has requested a continuance to May 28. Council, any -- any concerns or
do you need any background information on them? If not, I would entertain a motion to
continue Item 11-B.
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: I move that we continue Item 11-B, H-2019-0053 to May 28th.
Cavener: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to continue 11-B to May 28th. All those in favor
say aye. All ayes.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
C. Public Hearing for Orchard Creek Pump House ( H- 2019-0052)
by OA+D, Located on the north side of Lake Hazel Rd., East of
S. Eagle Rd.
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1. Request: Variance from the dimensional standards of the R- 8
district listed in UDC Table 11- 2A-6 to allow for the construction of a
350 square foot structure within the required setbacks and street
landscape buffer.
De Weerd: 11-C is a public hearing for H-2019-0052. I will open this public hearing and
for those that are new to this process, we have staff give an overview of the application
and, then, the applicant will come forward, discuss the project details. They have ten
minutes to do this and this is timed. It's timed -- the timer is on the podium on the screen,
so you can track the amount of time where you're at. After the applicant presents a
project, we will take public testimony. Public testimony is a three minute timeframe for
each of those that have signed up to provide testimony. Then the applicant has an
opportunity to stand for final comments, to answer any questions raised during the
testimony, and to provide any additional information to Council. At that point Council will
ask questions of staff, applicant, or those that provided testimony and, then, close the
public hearing. So, with that I will turn this over to staff to -- for their comments on Item
11-C.
Holmes: Madam Mayor, Council Members, thank you. The item before you is the
Orchard Creek Pump House variance application. The site consists of a common lot on
2.2 acres of land, zoned R-8, located just north of East Lake Hazel Road and east of
South Eagle Road. In 2014 this property was annexed and preliminary platted as Hill
Century Farm. In 2018 that section was final platted as Bicentennial Farms No. 1 with 47
single family homes and 11 common lots on 19.29 acres of land that is currently being
marketed under the name Orchard Creek Subdivision. So, the applicant is requesting a
variance to deviate from the dimensional standards of the R-8 district to allow for the
construction of a 350 square foot structure within the required setbacks and street
landscape buffer. The proposed structure will serve three purposes, primarily a pump
house for the subdivision irrigation equipment. It will also be a covered structure for a
dog park entrance and it will also be a subdivision entryway feature. On the corner of the
property installed the well and irrigation equipment at this location without the approval of
the city, so that approved construction documents for Bicentennial Farms No. 1 do show
this facility farther to the north. In any case, an order for Idaho Power to supply power to
the irrigation pumps, they do require them to be enclosed in a permanent structure. This
proposed building is encroaching approximately eight feet into the 35 foot landscape
buffer here on Lake Hazel Road, which is designated as an entryway corridor. You can
see in this exhibit the site is constrained by a number of features, including multiple
events. We have ACHD and the City of Meridian water easements as well and, you know,
the Ten Mile Creek on the west and, then, Lake Hazel Road to the south. So, staff does
believe that there is sufficient space to place this structure in a location outside these
areas. For example, just shift it slightly to the west. However, it is staff's understanding
that this is not feasible at this time. As the irrigation facility is currently providing water to
the development. In addition, the applicant would have to further subdivide the property
to place the irrigation facility on a separate dedicated lot as required by code. So, staff is
supportive of the multi-use nature of the facility and finds that as a whole it is -- would be
a benefit to the residents of this subdivision. In addition, the appearance of the building
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emulates other design features found in the subdivision and is more visually attractive
and interesting than the majority of pump houses built. But based on the required findings
in the staff report, staff does recommend denial of the variance request. Staff will stand
for any questions.
De Weerd: Thank you. Council, any questions? Thank you, Kevin. Is the applicant
here? Good evening. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record.
Garrett: Brian Garrett. 210 North 6th Street, Boise, Idaho.
De Weerd: Thank you.
Garrett: So, as staff -- staff mentioned, there is a couple of small corrections. The pump
was actually placed by the development prior to the final plat being approved. It was not
necessarily the previous owner, however, it was -- it was prior to roads and much other
infrastructure going in and there were some clarifications made as well that Kevin made.
But, yeah, we are -- we are proposing to take what is necessary utility, an existing pump
and existing pump pad and beautify it and make it into an amenity for the -- for the
community or a development. The well -- or the pump station, it was placed prior to
completion of the final plat. It's regrettable that the placement does -- is in the setback.
However, it is not in the vision triangle. There is no public safety or welfare concerns.
Moving the pump would be at great expense and we don't believe that moving it -- sliding
the pump over would necessarily be beneficial to the community or public safety or
anything else like that, it would just be a marginal push of something that was
unfortunately placed where it is. Staff has been -- and as mentioned that they are in
support of the overall idea of utilizing this existing structure as a minority for the
community and we would ask that Council approve the variance and allow us to create
this amenity for Orchard Creek.
De Weerd: Thank you, Brian. Council, any questions? Okay. Thank you. Mr. Clerk, are
there any signups?
Johnson: Madam Mayor, there were no sign-in on this project.
De Weerd: Okay. So, Council, any additional information needed from staff or our
applicant's representative?
Borton: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Borton.
Borton: It doesn't sound like there is any, so I will move that we close the public hearing
on Item 11-C, H-2019-0052.
Milam: Second.
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De Weerd: I have a motion and a second, but I would like to ask the applicant if there
were any final comments he wanted to make.
Borton: Motion withdrawn.
De Weerd: Thank you.
Garrett: In -- Century Farms has a -- an amenity that is also about a quarter mile up Eagle
Road from this development. It's within -- it -- we haven't taken a tape measure to it, but
it's much closer to the public road than this is. There is existing pump houses on -- in
other developments that are also very close to the road. We do not feel that this is out of
line with those locations, even though it wasn't necessarily set intentionally to violate the
setback.
De Weerd: Thank you.
Garrett: Thank you.
De Weerd: If there are no further questions, I would entertain a motion to close the public
hearing.
Borton: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Borton.
Borton: Move that we close the public hearing on Item 11-C.
Milam: Second.
Cavener: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to close the public hearing on Item 11-C. All
those in favor say aye. All ayes.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Borton: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Borton:
Borton: Kevin, welcome. I think the analysis is spot on, but I think it highlights something
that we have struggled with a little bit more recently with our variance and three prongs
versus two. I'm supportive of the request -- the variance request. I think the -- the findings
with regards to the undue hardship on the characteristics of this site with regards to the
relocation of the structure elsewhere on the property wouldn't be feasible. The irrigation
facilities currently supply water to the development. There is not additional land area to
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place the irrigation facility -- do to site specific undue hardships on this site that by granting
the variance doesn't necessity -- necessarily provide a special privilege. I think it's those
unique characteristics that warrant granting it and you're finding, which I agree with as
well, but it doesn't -- approving it wouldn't be detrimental to the public health, safety and
welfare. It makes it appropriate in this context under these facts, to grant this specific
variance and, then, we are working on the three prongs of our variance in trying to clarify
that for applicants going forward that there is really effectively two prongs to what we have
to provide to grant a variance and we haven't yet done that. So, I still think the intent of
that is supported by the facts, so I'm supportive of the variance request.
De Weerd: Thank you, Mr. Borton. Any other comments? Do I have a motion?
Borton: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Borton.
Borton: Based upon that reasoning I move that we approve the various request in H-
2019-0052.
Milam: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve the variance for H-2019-0052. If
there are no discussions, Mr. Clerk, will you call roll.
Bernt, aye.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
D. Public Hearing for Pollard Subdivision (H-2019-0021) by
Brighton Investments, LLC, Located NE Corner of SH -16 and W.
Chinden Blvd.
1. Request: Annexation and Zoning of 77. 33 acres of land with
R-8 21.95 acres) and C-
2. Request: a Preliminary Plat consisting of 75 building lots, 7
common lots and 4 other lots on 71.3 acres of land in the R-
8 and C-G zoning Districts
De Weerd: Item 11-D is a public hearing for H-2019-0021. I will open this public hearing
with staff comments.
Bernt: Madam Mayor?
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De Weerd: Mr. Bernt.
Brent: Before we continue, I -- I'm in -- I'm in the flooring business and I do a little bit of
business with the applicant, along with another builder, who follows them and their -- and
their builder team that build in different subdivisions and so I -- I directly could potentially
benefit from this -- from this application if it is approved and so, therefore, I would need
to recuse myself from this conversation.
De Weerd: Okay. Thank you, Mr. Bernt.
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: If -- I apologize to everyone here. Can we just take a quick five minute break
before we jump into this? I want to make sure we have got plenty of time. It's been
brought to my attention maybe we may have a time concern for another Council Member
tonight and I want to make sure that we are all on the same page in light of that recusal
from Mr. Bernt. If we could have maybe a five minute recess to make sure that we are
going to be fine to hear this thing in its entirety tonight before we begin. I think it's
important for the people that are here that there is going to be a change with a Council
Member having to leave that would prevent a quorum, that we are pretty direct with that.
De Weerd: Okay. We will reconvene at five after 7:00.
(Recess: 7:00 p.m. to 7:06 p.m.)
De Weerd: Okay. I will go ahead and call this meeting back to order. Thank you. We do
have a Council Member that has to leave at 8:00 and so we do have a hard stop at 8:00
o'clock, so I will go ahead and ask for staff comments at this time.
Allen: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council. The applications before you
are a request for annexation and zoning and a preliminary plat. This site consists of 71.3
acres of land. It's zoned RUT in Ada county and is located on the north side of West
Chinden Boulevard and State Highway 20-26 west of Black Cat Road. The
Comprehensive Plan future land use map designation on this property -- there is three
different designations. Medium density residential. If you look at the map on your left
there, which is the yellow area, it is three to eight units per acre. Mixed use interchange,
which is the lower left area, the hatched area, and mixed use community, which is the
brown area. The applicant is requesting annexation and zoning of 77.33 acres of land
with R-8 zoning, which is 21.95 acres and C-G zoning, which is 55.38 acres, consistent
with the associated future land use map designations. A conceptual site plan was
submitted as shown. The proposed development will be anchored by a medical campus
consisting of a medical office building, which will eventually include a surgical center,
emergency department and a hospital. There are four professional office buildings
proposed and is down here in the southeast corner. Two flex space buildings and those
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are kind of central to the development on the east end, one of which is anticipated to
house a police substation. Retail with a convenience store, multi-tenant retail office, a
health club and conventional single family residential homes, single family residential
independent living homes and assisted living facility along the north boundary. A
preliminary plat is proposed consisting of 75 building lots, seven common lots, and four
other lots, consisting of two private streets, one common driveway and one future right of
way lot on 71.3 acres of land. The plat is proposed to develop in three phases as shown
on the phasing plan in the lower right. One full access is proposed via Levi Lane. I will
just flip back to that plan here. Levi is a collector street from State Highway 20-26. A
traffic signal with an emergency vehicle preemption will be required at the Levi-State
Highway 20-26 intersection. An east-west collector street, Waverton Drive, will provide
access from the east via Black Cat Road through Fairbourne Subdivision and it will
intersect with Levi Lane in accord with the master street map and extend to the west to
Pollard Lane providing access to the Franklin Sensors property and the rural residential
properties to the north on the rim and will serve as a backage road providing access to
the properties fronting the state highway. This street will replace the east-west street that
lies approximately 530 feet to the south of their proposed location that currently aligns
with the driveway to the Franklin Sensors building. This neighbor is against the proposed
location -- relocation of the street to the north, although ACHD has approved their
proposed location contingent upon vacation and exchange of existing right of way. Two
stub streets are proposed to the north boundary for access to the resident -- rural
residential properties from Old School Lane. Pollard Lane abutting the west boundary
the site north and the existing driveway to Franklin Sensors property is required to be
improved as half of a 40 foot street section with curb, gutter and sidewalk. A 35 foot wide
street buffer is required along State Highway 20-26 with a ten foot wide multi-use pathway.
A 25 foot wide landscape buffer to adjoining residential uses is required along the east
boundary of the commercial portion of the site. Qualified open space and site amenities
are proposed within the residential portion of the development in accord with UDC
standards. A pedestrian circulation plan was submitted as shown that provides for
pedestrian interconnectivity within the site and to the main building entrances in the
commercial development. Public plaza areas are also depicted on the plan as required
in mixed use designated areas. Staff recommends more central connected plaza and
outdoor gathering areas are planned adjacent to buildings with development of each
commercial area. Those depicted on the site plan do not qualify toward the minimum
requirements. Conceptual building elevations were submitted for the hospital as shown
and medical office buildings, flex-tech buildings and the assisted living facility and single
family residential attached and detached homes. The Commission did recommend
approval of this project to the Council tonight. Madam Mayor, would you like me to go
through the summary from the Commission hearing? It's rather lengthy. I'm not sure if
you want to spend the time tonight or not. It is contained in the staff report that you should
all have had for your review.
De Weerd: I think Council's good. If they have questions and they can --
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Allen: Thank you. And, then, I will just add written testimony has been received from
Keith McGregor and David Dorrough from Franklin Sensors since the Commission
hearing. Thank you, Madam Mayor.
De Weerd: Okay. Thank you, Sonya. Any questions from Council at this point?
Borton: Madam Mayor, one quick on.
De Weerd: Okay.
Borton: Sonya, in the staff report there is reference to the two roads stubbing to the north,
concern that they were intended to be private streets, wanting them to be public. Is
that --
Allen: That is correct. Uh-huh.
Borton: Is that still an issue or is that resolved?
Allen: The city is requiring them to be public streets, as is ACHD, so no issue.
Borton: Okay.
Allen: They agreed to that.
De Weerd: I guess it depends on who you ask. Okay. Is the applicant here this evening?
Good evening. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record.
Wardle: Good evening, Mayor, Council Members. Jon Wardle with Brighton. 2929 West
Navigator Road in Meridian. 83642.
De Weerd: Thank you.
Wardle: Thank you for your time tonight. I will be brief given the time constraints we have
tonight. Just want to note that the ACHD commission did approve this project on April
10th and there was unanimous commission approval sent to you for recommendation for
approval on April 18th. It seems like your system just shut down.
Borton: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Borton.
Borton: Just to be clear for the applicant and the public, the concept of a hard stop for
8:00 o'clock, which happens every now and then, doesn't -- doesn't mean that there has
to be a decision by 8:00 o'clock. There may or may not be depending what questions
come up and what testimony there is, but if it necessitates continuing it, that -- that's what
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would occur. It's not a -- no one should feel forced to shorten any comments or
presentation.
Wardle: Let me just open that back up again, Sonya. Maybe I can -- let's try if there --
well, let me just talk a little bit about the project while we are waiting for that to come back
up. When we started looking at the project, Pollard Subdivision Central Valley, we looked
at the overall plans that the city had. There was a strong desire for a backage road system
north of Chinden and not putting all those trips that may be able to go a different direction.
So, when we started looking at the project we looked at the way that it fit in the context of
the overall plan the city had for the north Meridian area and this gives you a demonstration
of what that idea was, that there would be connections north of Chinden Boulevard. In
this case with the construction of Waverton we will be connecting to Levi, which would be
a signalized intersection. To Black Cat, which also would be a signalized intersection and
over to Tree Farm and this provides east-west mobility without connecting -- or without
having to get onto Chinden Boulevard, which was a strong desire that the city had. We
have worked a lot with the neighbors to the north. We didn't initiate this planning process
haphazardly, but we had been talking with them for some time and how we would develop
the buffers between us, them to the north, and how those connections would be. To
answer the question regarding private versus public roads, we are proposing public roads
connecting to the north. Those property owners may not be ready to develop at this time
and so like most public roads there will be signs up to say in the future this road will be
extended and that will be at their choice when that connection would happen. But until
that happens Old School Road, which services those homes, will continue to exist and
will be their access and can be until they make a decision on that. There were some
issues or questions that were raised that we addressed at Planning and Zoning
commission regarding quasi-public open spaces. We do agree with staff that they do
need to be more centrally located between buildings and when we come through the CZC,
DR process for those buildings there are a number of locations different than what we
proposed that could be those quasi areas to satisfy that question and we are ready to do
that in the CZC DR process. One of the other issues was the setback or buffering from
future Fairbourne. We had worked with that property owner. We have also worked with
the staff. Originally we had proposed a setback of 90 feet with a three story building. In
consultation with that property owner and with staff, we have rotated that building -- it's
moved a hundred to 160 feet, so 70 feet more. We do have a 25 foot landscape buffer
on our side and it's our understanding of the Fairbourne Estates Subdivision will also have
a 23 foot landscape buffer on their side and so there is a very sizable landscape area
between those two projects. We will be providing a future lift station -- sewer lift station,
which is part of the city's plans at this location, which allows this area to develop per the
city's plans and provide services not only to the future development of the north when that
occurs, but also to the rest of Franklin Sensors to the west and there is an out parcel,
which eventually will lose all of its access with the widening of 20-21 -- 20-26 and we will
accommodate the future cross-access for that as well and there was another item that --
at the city Planning and Zoning Commission about buffering of flex office space adjacent
to that roadway. We will also pick that detail up in the CZC DR approval. However, we
have increased the room for additional buffering to create a berm, plus a fence, so that
any doors would be sufficiently screened from that public roadway. There has -- one of
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the items that was raised at the ACHD meeting and also at P&Z was access to the
property owner to the west. We have had a variety of conversations -- when I say we,
BVA, who is -- will be developing the hospital site here -- has been discussing that access
with Franklin Sensors, along with and allowing for by license agreement access through
that site eventually. Tom Peterson, BVA, has met with them, has discussed that with
them and we continue to state that we will work with them to provide that access through
license agreement. So, there will be some discussion about that, but I just wanted to put
that out there that we -- we are committed to doing that and BVA will continue that
processes as they bring their plans forward for that hospital and the development of that
project. One of the other items on -- for your consideration this evening is in the city code
there is a requirement that a hospital take direct access to an arterial. There are arterials
that are specifically planned through the city, through COMPASS, through ACHD. Levi
Lane, although it is a collector road, is being built as a five lane road connecting directly
to the only point of access that will be allowed on 20-26. So, functionally, Levi Lane will
act as an arterial, although it's designated as a collector and this gets to a signalized
access, which will have the preemptive control on it as well. We have spent a lot of time
planning this project. This is a -- it takes into consideration a lot of things. First was the
-- the transportation planning, the connecting east to west of that desired backage road
system. We are also extending sewer, water, and other public utilities to an area that
currently doesn't have them and installing a future lift station for the sewer. The project
in and of itself is -- is unique, because we have a variety of mixed uses, which is the
designation for this area that comply within the context of the comp plan. Hospital. Office.
Flex office. Residential. Even public services such as a police substation and connecting
the pedestrian connection east-west in a corridor which is also very important. So, we
have looked at all these and have put together a plan for you that we feel does address
the concept in the context of a mixed use community at this location. Finally, as we -- I
will stand for any questions. We do request your approval for this project in that we have
looked at the context of the Comprehensive Plan, we are providing a mix of uses here,
both for employment, needed services in an area that currently doesn't have these
services. Connectivity both for automobiles and pedestrians and bicyclists and extension
of public services to an area which currently does not have those. We request your
approval of Pollard Subdivision, also known as Central Valley Plaza and I stand for any
questions you might have this evening.
De Weerd: Thank you. Council, any questions? Okay. Thank you. Mr. Clerk, if you will
read those names who have signed up to testify.
Johnson: First we have of Robin Hayes.
De Weerd: Thank you for joining us. If you will, please, state your name and address for
the record.
Hayes: My name is Robin Hayes. We live at 7100 North Pollard Lane, Meridian, Idaho.
83646. We actually get into our property -- we have two parcels off of Old School Lane
that amount to 11 acres and so we come around from Pollard onto Old School Lane and,
then, access our piece of property to the north. I just wanted to make a comment that
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Brighton has very -- been very good to work with. We have been working with them
probably six, seven years on the development of this approximately 80 acres there. It's
changed its composition over the years and what it was going to be and what -- what was
going to happen, but they have been in constant contact with us. Every time we had a
question or a suggestion or an idea or could you do this or how will we do that, they have
responded and have I think addressed our needs very well. In general we don't really like
to see what's happening in Ada county and the City of Meridian, but it is what it is. But
we do support this project. I don't know if you can see on the map where our property is.
We are kind of right smack dab in the middle of it. So, it really does impact us. But we
have had full and easy access to them, writing letters, notes, calling, text messaging, e-
mails and they have been very good in responding to us immediately. I don't know how
to let you know where --
De Weerd: You need to pull it back.
Hayes: Yes.
De Weerd: There you go.
Hayes: Yeah. How do I show you on here? Oh.
Allen: You can --
Johnson: You have control of the mouse.
Hayes: Oh. Okay. Great. Okay. And this is one parcel right here and this is the other
parcel right here. It's a total of 11 acres. We have been there for 35 years, raised three
kids, a lot of horses, a lot of great dogs and have really loved it. So, we are supporting
the project and look forward to continuing to work with Brighton on any of the questions.
They are doing a privacy fence for us along here and a berm and have really worked with
us and are going to stub in utilities for us for the future.
De Weerd: Thank you, Robin. And we appreciate you joining us. Council, any questions
for Mrs. Hayes? Thank you.
Hayes: Thank you.
Johnson: Madam Mayor. Next is Tamela Paxman. Jay Paxman.
De Weerd: So, it sounds like there is a spokesperson and we will see who all is giving
their minutes and he will have up to ten.
Johnson: Owen Barnes. David Dorrough.
Dorrough: I would like to request that I --
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De Weerd: Good evening.
Dorrough: I'm David Dorrough. I would like to request if I could use three extra minutes
from Jay Paxman, who just yielded his minutes, if that's okay.
De Weerd: No. I'm sorry. You will have three minutes.
Dorrough: Three minutes?
De Weerd: Yeah.
Dorrough: I will talk really really fast.
De Weerd: Oh, you are the --
Dorrough: I was going to talk really really faster. There is a lot of stuff that we --
De Weerd: You will have ten minutes, then, to provide your testimony.
Dorrough: Okay.
De Weerd: We -- if -- that's not how it works. Everyone says I will give you mine.
Dorrough: Can he come up and stand next to me while we talk together?
De Weerd: No.
Dorrough: Can I talk while he --
De Weerd: You will have ten minutes as the spokesperson.
Dorrough: Okay. This is going to be hard. Well, we will see what we can do. This is our
time to -- this is our vision, would be an upscale -- instead of just the west of the project.
We will have upscale office buildings is our vision. We want -- that's kind of what we are
-- you know, this is our first building. It has very -- very big windows. We made it very
nice. We made very big drive aisles. I can't do this. But this is -- when we -- when we
got that -- when we got the property this was the access that we had. This is how we
understood. We understood we were a landlocked piece of land. We understood that
this was the land -- this was -- this was a piece of land that was -- an access road that
was there. We understood this when we got ahold of the contact -- got a hold of the
contact, we understood exactly what was going to happen and we went and got zoned
for this piece of land -- got zoned accordingly. We lined up our building with -- we lined
up our complex with this piece of the land. Shortly after we got our zoning approved --
came back and wanted to change the road. We were all lined up with the road, we were
trying to make it perfect, we can make an asset to the community and got a new road
location and we went back and we went through zoning again a second time, so we could
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be lined up. We got through that zoning and, then, Brighton changed it a third time and
so we -- we went back and we wanted to do it right, we went back a third time, so we
could do it right. It's kind of frustrating, because now we have built everything -- the roads
been built, it's all been understood that it's a deeded land and now we have a fourth
location and this is where it is -- where the green one is. You kind of see there is a history
of what we have gone through. This is kind of what happens to our access. We thought
we would have the red access and now we have this -- kind of this jumbled -- actually, we
have to go up and around. It's not -- it's not a nice -- nice access. It does depreciate the
value of land and when you talk to -- access is everything. This happens everywhere --
around a lot of places in Meridian -- Meridian. There is a lot of places that have this sort
of thing happen. This is one near -- this is where I live. It's -- you have -- you have -- you
have an access road, everyone builds -- I believe is a public road, everyone understands
public roads are there to stay. We understood that. If this -- if someone would have come
along and said I want to put a hypothetical hospital right there in the middle of your road
you would have people all the way out here complaining about that, because they
believed and understood it was a public road and we understand public roads stay and I
would hope that that happened. You got to say, well, let's try and figure out a way to not
have to upset a public road that someone has built around and trusted. So, I like to like
stand back and like look at this project and say, okay, if we -- this project has kind of
evolved, there has been lots of -- lots of iterations since last September when it got
published in the paper and we are going to take this site and try and -- and try and -- start
from scratch, knowing that's a public road, these are the buildings you want to put in, you
want to put in a hospital cluster and there somewhere you want to put it all together,
obviously to do it, but the hostel on the other side, you don't have to upset anyone's pub
-- anyone's road never want to be happy. So, that's I think it's worth considering that very,
very seriously because it's -- and they would apply it, offer a lot of -- lot of benefits. You
group the medical doctors together, you could get together it would be a much better
design of the city, much better flow if we would, you would have a right hand turn into your
hospital, if I'm having a stroke or heart attack I definitely want that right-hand turn. It would
be a better way of doing it. Our conclusion is this really -- we -- we count on this road.
We are landlocked. We depended on this road and we strongly appeal that -- you know,
that -- this is a road the Brighton picked. It's their -- it's their location. They picked the
road. They built it. We just designed around it. We are landlocked now. We would
strongly encourage you not to approve this application, because I think it sets a terrible
precedence and personally I don't think it makes a great city and -- Jacob, do you want
to come up next? Yeah. If you don't mind.
Johnson: Madam Mayor, if I may, there were four additional signed up after Mr. Dorrough
and he was representing, I believe, Ms. Paxman, Mr. Paxman and Mr. Barnes. So, it is
your decision how you want to proceed, but there were additional --
De Weerd: Okay. Now -- so you had -- you as the spokesperson had a total of ten
minutes. You have six minutes left. I'm sorry, I can't have a conversation with someone
in the audience. So, Mr. Dorrough, can you tell me -- you don't need the full ten minutes.
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Dorrough: We are going to expect a few more than three minutes, without me taking all
ten minutes. You know, he can use a few more than three if we divide the extra six
minutes among a few other people.
De Weerd: I -- our process is that we give a spokesperson ten minutes --
Dorrough: Okay.
De Weerd: -- to speak for a group. Any other testimony that's accepted has a three
minute limit.
Dorrough: Because I know in the Planning and Zoning they let people -- everyone got to
borrow minutes. I use a few of your minutes -- I mean a lot of people -- everyone was
very common.
De Weerd: We do follow our process. It's -- it -- it is the process that has been adopted
for years and -- and that is --
Dorrough: Okay.
De Weerd: -- the process that I offer you tonight.
Dorrough: Okay. Three more minutes. Shall I take your presentation? Yeah, if we do it
fast.
De Weerd: Okay. So, Mr. Dorrough -- or Dorrough --
Dorrough: Yes.
De Weerd: -- you are -- are done with your comments? Is that what I understand?
Dorrough: You want to come talk to -- I don't -- go ahead, Jacob. Why don't you take the
rest of my presentation. Why don't you finish mine. Can he finish my six minutes? Can
he be the spokesperson? At least one person will get their --
De Weerd: He can finish your six minutes, but we need to -- to continue this and -- you
have six minutes remaining and -- and this will be the rest of your six minutes. Is that my
understanding?
M.Dorrough: Can we just ask a question. We are real new to the procedure -- could we
just ask for clarification. We are a little new to this process and the other commissions
we have been before had different processes. We were --
De Weerd: Well, they -- they do have the same process, but I think you caught them
unawareness and I think they gave you leeway that -- we can't set a precedence, we need
to maintain our record and this is the process that we follow. I announced it at the
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beginning of the meeting that you each have three minutes. If you have a spokesperson,
people yield their time to that spokesperson, that allows ten minutes and that ten minutes
was offered and so -- now we need to move this meeting along.
M.Dorrough: We can't -- we can't present -- like I had three minutes. I can't do my three
minutes, because he started this as the spokesman and --
De Weerd: You will have your three minutes.
M.Dorrough: Okay.
De Weerd: He yielded. We had the three people before Mr. Dorrough that yielded their
time as the spokesperson. Okay. Mr. Clerk, who is next on the list?
Johnson: Jacob Barrett.
De Weerd: Good evening. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record.
Barrett: Yes. My name is Jacob Barrett. Address is 6675 North Pollard Lane, Meridian.
So, I have a couple slides here for you. Just want to take a look. Let's see. Sorry. So, I
was born and raised in Meridian and I currently work next door to the Central Valley Plaza
proposed site. I wanted to talk about some potential legal zoning questions that I have
come across looking at this application and because of them I'm currently opposed to the
proposal as it's currently presented, but I think if there were some changes made and
some -- the proper processes followed, that this proposal could go through. The question
I came across in looking at the future land use map -- obviously, there is the three
designations that were talked about before. The MDR, MU-I and MU-C. The two bottom
ones with the commercial area being the mixed use parts of the development, but when
I looked at the future land use map designation, the -- which, according to the
Comprehensive Plan, it says that the future land use map dictates the types of zoning
that are envisioned for the particular pieces of land. The zonings that are -- show up for
mixed use interchange in this area are the L-O and ME and the zoning that shows up for
the mixed use community are the zonings highlighted there and what I have noticed is
conspicuously absent from this is the zoning that Brighton is requesting here, the C-G
zoning. It kind of looks like they are trying to sneak in a Comprehensive Plan change
through the backdoor of this application and apparently nobody's flagged this legal issue.
The future land use map designations, obviously, in the Comprehensive --
Comprehensive Plan state that according to Idaho Code the zoning districts should be in
accordance with the adopted plans and the city website states in their public information
that requesting land use changes in the City of Meridian is a big deal, because it impacts,
of course, everybody and can change a lot of things and I'm not here saying that you can't
change the future land use map in order to accommodate the development, but nowhere
in the project application, nowhere in the public notices have I seen anything about this
application attempting to alter the land use map, it's just been presented as a simple
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annexation and zoning application and kind of looks like they are trying to get that in
without getting the public scrutiny that might come with having a Comprehensive Plan or
future land use map change. So, I would say that until the legal and proper notice has
been given to the public that this is actually looking at a future land use map change, that
that is what is actually happening here that should be held up until that has happened.
De Weerd: Thank you.
Barrett: Thank you.
De Weerd: Council, any questions?
Borton: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Borton.
Borton: I'm going to ask legal a question and, then, you a question and I will come back
to --
De Weerd: Mr. Nary.
Borton: The question raised is to can this application proceed as presented without the
corresponding comp plan amendment to go along with it in light of the existing comp plan
designation and the requested zoning I think is the question. Can legally proceed. So,
we can answer that one and the question to you, sir, while he's chewing on that is if this
had the -- the comp plan application that you believe needs to go with it before us today,
would you be supportive of the application?
Barrett: I think that if -- if it was properly amended and the public was able to know that
the amendment was happening and could comment on it then -- then that would put it in
a different light.
Borton: And, Madam Mayor, that's the million dollar question back to you. I was just
curious if assuming that the requisite application that you believe had to come along with
it was here today, would you, then, be supportive of the application?
Barrett: I -- I would -- I would not have these questions with -- on that. Yeah. So --
De Weerd: Mr. Nary, I guess there was a question to you.
Nary: Certainly. Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, Councilman Borton, so I'm
reading the staff report. The staff's analysis is that it is consistent with the -- the
Comprehensive Plan. Obviously, ultimately, that's the Council's call on whether you agree
with that analysis, but that is contained within your staff report is a variety of areas where
the mixed use -- and I think there is also a comment in here -- I think on this slide that's
in front of you that talks about emergency services and such. So, whether or not that
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hospital being there qualifies in that is, again, a decision of the Council. But your staff
report from the Planning Department feels it is consistent. There is a request for
annexation. The zoning that's being requested is requested to be done through a
development agreement. So, it is really your decision of whether or not you agree with
the staff's comment. But there is quite a bit of analysis and why they believe it is
consistent.
Borton: Thanks.
De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. And thank you.
Barrett: Thank you.
Johnson: Madam Mayor, next is Michelle Dorrough.
M.Dorrough: Again I apologize for the confusion. So, I will try to be really quick. So --
De Weerd: Michelle, if you will state your name and address for the record.
M.Dorrough: Michelle Dorrough. 3044 West Sugar Berry Drive, Eagle, Idaho. 83616. In
2013 the Martime Group signed an agreement with -- sorry. ITT signed an agreement
with Martime Group to -- how do I do this? I don't know how to do this. I don't know how
to turn this slide -- to change the -- the construction of the road because of the Highway
16 that was being built and, anyway, the agreement we sent to you it stated that certain
qualifications had to be met and there was a deadline of 2016 it had to attain to complete
construction and ACHD approval by that -- that time. A payment was made in the amount
of 463,000 -- a hundred thousand dollars for the purchase of the land and, then,
administrative settlement, in addition to 356,000 dollars for the construction of the road
and it was currently built in November of 2016. ACHD also showed that they believed it
to be a permanent road and a public road by putting a green sign for North Pollard Lane
and -- as opposed to a blue sign, which indicates a private road. It's well understood that
public roads are not uprooted without compelling public reasons. In addition Brighton
requested that we remove -- move the original right of way to a different location, because
they did think it was going to be permanent, otherwise, why would they have moved it.
We had -- we rezoned three different times to match up with Brighton's changes. So, they
-- they thought it was going to be permanent, otherwise, they wouldn't have done that.
On June 15, 2016, they sent us e-mail referring to it as a permanent road and it confirmed
that it would be deeded to ACHD and in November 2016 they said that -- when we
complained they said it should work well with our proposed business park. At the recent
ACHD hearing there was some misinformation that they -- they claimed that it was always
-- in the rebuttal that it was always intended to be a temporary road and because -- we
discovered after that that the paperwork was misfiled with ITD and ACHD confirmed that
it is in the correct location and the road was built in the correct location. The applicant
proposes that because of paperwork that it is now a public error, but paperwork errors do
not dilute their obligation. Can I say anything else or not?
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De Weerd: You can summarize your comments.
M.Dorrough: My comment is with receiving over three quarters of a million dollars of
taxpayer dollars, that should be considered a permanent road and we relied on it in good
faith. We requested it not be approved until they propose a permanent. We use the
current in its location or that they treat us like the other neighbors and come up with a
compromise. We are the only neighbor who has not been worked with very well. We
have had only about two meetings and there has been no written information that's been
guaranteed to us just like the other neighbors. So, that is our first thing.
De Weerd: Council, any questions for Michelle?
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Michelle.
Cavener: Michelle.
De Weerd: If we can ask a question.
Cavener: Your last comment kind of stuck with me, so I know that there was some pretty
significant direction from the Planning and Zoning Commission for the applicant to work
with you, but your comment made it sound like that in your opinion that didn't happen.
M.Dorrough: We have been trying to contact them since December. Recently after the
Planning -- first Planning and Zoning Commission BVA reached out to us and we did have
a very pleasant meeting. Last Tuesday we sent them an e-mail and said if they would
give us something in writing before tonight, we would recommend this project and we
would not oppose it and they did have a -- come and meet with us yesterday and so they
wanted to give us something, but they haven't given us something and because of that
they have given stuff to all the other neighbors and have worked as they said for five to
seven years with them. We have been working with them for about a month. Or we have
been trying to, but that isn't the same treatment in my opinion and it is a public road by all
aspects.
Cavener: Madam Mayor, additional question. Michelle, you will have to help me -- when
you say you want something --
M.Dorrough: Well, we want the public road to remain that we paid over 90,000 dollars in
rezoning three times, because they kept moving it, because it was supposed to be a
permanent road. Thank you.
De Weerd: So, what do you mean by rezoning.
M.Dorrough: The original easement with our -- they -- it was originally -- they had that the
road was connected to Chinden. ACHD required them to move the road for safety to --
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De Weerd: Because it was too close to Highway --
M.Dorrough: Yeah. Too close to Highway 16 and then -- so, we originally zoned for -- for
where it was set in 2013 and in 2016, after our zoning, Brighton requested to move the
easement down, because they thought it was going to be a permanent road and -- and
so, then, that was approved. We weren't involved at all in that process. We would have
liked to be. And so, then, we rezoned, so we could align with the new alignment and,
then, shortly when it -- after when they built it they -- I think there was something that they
wanted to remove -- that they might have been required to move it for power poles. Again,
nobody talked with us about it and, then, we went through a third of zoning process and
totaling over the 90,000 dollars and several months of delay on our project and rent cost
as we were waiting to be able to start our project. That alone -- and plus the comments
and e-mail and plus the contracts, which were misrepresented to the ACHD
commissioners, are all evidence to us that in good faith that road should remain and as
David presented, there is a way to do it to where it could work for everyone.
De Weerd: So, you were at the Ada County Highway District meeting.
M.Dorrough: The recent one.
De Weerd: And -- because they really are the ones that set the road infrastructure and
those kind of things and they have made a decision on this application --
M.Dorrough: It was a decision based -- based on rebuttal. We -- we had, again, only ten
minutes and the applicant had more than the time at the beginning and even in the rebuttal
more than the allotted time and in the rebuttal we weren't allowed to respond, but they
threw out a new argument that this was always intended to be a temporary road and that
there is no legal basis for ACHD to deny them the right to move it and in which case I can
understand the commissioners thinking, well, we -- and they even said that, we can't --
we have no legal basis to prevent this and we like Brighton and we don't have anything
against them, too. We think they are a great company. We think they build great things.
We hope that they succeed tremendously with this project, but we would like to not have
a hospital right in front of our grand entrance that we paid a lot of money and time to
develop.
De Weerd: Thank you.
M.Dorrough: Thank you.
Johnson: Madam Mayor, we have Keith McGregor.
De Weerd: Good evening.
McGregor: Good evening. Sorry for talking from the audience. Keith McGregor. 66 -- I
work at 6675 North Pollard Lane. I'm in charge of a lot of the truck traffic and in outbound
logistics, among a lot of other things I do for Franklin Sensors. I'm here to discuss some
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of the negative impacts of the proposed project. So, one of them is it's going to increase
potential for injuries due to a lot of left-hand turns being added, being property damage
and accidents, lives and stuff like that. We have added a significant amount of pedestrian
traffic right next to where they are trying to flow our traffic. As you will notice on Levi Lane
they are going to send us up and, then, across right next to all this -- all these senior
citizens and it's well known that walking is kind of the main form of exercise for the elderly.
Future Meridian Research Park development, we plan on having around 500 employees,
plus a few service trucks coming in and out, all making left-hand turns. Now they have to
make two extra left-hand turns instead of one and both of those left-hand turns coming to
a T intersection, having to check both ways before you turn instead of just one and ahead
of you is adding a lot of danger. It's actually well known that -- or even a fact according
to NHTSA, our National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, that 22.2 percent
of left-hand turns -- or, sorry, pre-crash events happen at left-hand turns versus 1.2
percent happening at right-hand turns. Are we following? I talk really fast. I'm sorry.
De Weerd: Yes, we are following.
McGregor: Okay. We -- it's also well known that access is the number one factor to
determining land value according to Ryan, who is an experienced appraiser and owner
of Zack Ryan Appraisal Services. That's his quote. So, obviously, a preferred entrance
is a nice direct access off the main road. It's attractive and we knew we wouldn't quite
have that, but we did always expect to have direct access. We can see some examples
of the paying here for land value. Your first piece of property, obviously, is closest and
has the most access is going to be almost a third -- you lose almost a third in value going
down to something buried back in a complex. This is Francis Place Professional Park.
Another example -- and probably a better example, really, is this light industrial complex.
You can see down at the very bottom of the screen it's a turn at least twice to get into this
last piece of property and the property value there is $1.95 per square foot versus
properties on the other side where they have direct access of being three dollars a square
foot. So, we believe this could drop our property value by almost a third just because of
the -- just because of the way it's designed and how it's being laid out versus what it could
be. Again, another example you will see the more buried property, which doesn't get good
direct access, is a third less in value of the other properties around it due to the way that
the roads are working. So, we -- and we also talked to a local commercial real estate
expert and he specifically said that this negatively affects the value of Meridian Research
Park's property. So, in conclusion, we just ask that either we get something in writing
from the -- from Brighton that -- that we can agree to as far as an easement that keeps
our value in place and it's safe for everybody or if we can leave the road in the current
position that would be agreeable to us as well. Just in case you're wondering, we get
about three to four trucks a day currently at Franklin Sensors. We make the world's best
stud finders. That's what we are doing now. So, we get some big semis and some UPS
delivery trucks, too.
De Weerd: Thank you, Keith.
McGregor: Thank you.
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De Weerd: Council, any questions? Thank you.
Johnson: Madam Mayor, next is Karen Garcia.
Garcia: Karen Garcia. 6675 North Pollard Lane. Mayor de Weerd, Council Members,
it's a pleasure to be here. I think Michelle did a nice job kind of explaining -- one of the
concerns -- one of the big concerns that we have is we feel that as you're making
decisions based on recommendation from Planning and Zoning and from ACHD, that in
those meetings there were some misrepresentations and because many of those
misrepresentations came during the rebuttal we had no chance to speak to them. So, I
would like to speak to those -- a couple of those really quickly, so that -- that you are
aware of them. One of the myths that they have -- they have said is -- and the reasons
why their project should move -- move forward and why it's necessary is that Franklin
Sensors can't build anymore, that we didn't go through the needed processes. That is
not the case -- that we did go through the Planning and Zoning and that we do have the
utilities needed, not only to build one additional -- we have approved for one additional
building and we have water and we also have sewer capable for five times more sewer
capacity than we are currently using. One of the things they also say is that the road
must be torn up, that whether we were to keep it up and said they have always said this
is a temporary road. This isn't the case, because an existing road is 24 feet and future
road would require a 36 foot wide, so you can easily put those -- those utilities in there for
future use. Also they have said that -- that, really, this is an advantage for us, is the
property -- the Waverton would come directly to the center of our -- our development. If
you look here you can see that if you come up from Levi Lane, that is this road here, and
come over on Waverton that the -- this access is really only accessing this top little portion
and we are -- in fact, our main building is down here. So, there is a very small portion
that is -- the majority is, pardon me, south and is requiring quite a lot of backtrack. The
big issue was that they also said that we didn't have wide drive aisles. I think you can
see here -- pardon me -- that we didn't have very large drive aisles and there was some
Council Members that took that as a very important point, but you can see here maybe it
was because of the scale that they assumed that it wasn't large, but it is quite large and I
think in -- just in summarizing to what Michelle was saying, I think it's very important that
you say that Brighton communicated to ACHD, ITD, Franklin that it was a permanent road.
Also let's skip down to point five, that we moved -- we went through planning and zoning
three times. If it was always intended to be a temporary road, then, why did they -- were
they so adamant that they move the road. If that was the assumption -- because we went
through planning and zoning and -- let me rephrase that. The pain was we went through
it three times and if it was known that it was permanent, then, why did we have to go
through that. So, in summary -- oh, I will also mention that they did not post their time --
their -- their sign in time.
De Weerd: Okay. If you can summarize --
Garcia: Yes.
De Weerd: -- please.
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Garcia: You can look at this date that they did not post it in time and in conclusion we ask
that you do not approve it, because -- until Brighton or BVA proposes a plan that leaves
the road in its current location or that Franklin Sensors receives approval and assigns
equivalent access. So, we have had discussions, but we want something --
De Weerd: Okay.
Garcia: -- in writing. Thank you.
De Weerd: Thank you. So, can I ask for clarification. You went through planning and
zoning with the city or is this -- you're a county sub right?
Garcia: Yes, ma'am.
De Weerd: And -- and when we have county subs that develop before we have annexed
out there, these are the kind of things that happen. We don't get alignment and -- and
this is -- this is one of the things that we like development that happens from the inside
out and when you have something outside it -- it does provide these problems of how
things align once the annexation gets there. The county approved this without the -- the
city process and -- and I think that's one of the reasons why we like to see more of the
annexation line, so that these kind of things are well planned in advance and each parcel
as they start to come on align with that. So, I -- I can -- I hear your frustration and I don't
know how the road process goes, because we do have an Ada County Highway District
and a countywide road process, but I do know that is one of the reasons that we do like
that in -- in to out, so we avoid these kind of things. Thank you, Karen. Okay. So, those
are the -- the ones that signed up. We are a couple of minutes before 8:00, which is our
hard stop, and so, Council, at this point it looks like we need to continue this application
with our apologies. We did not know we wouldn't have that quorum to continue. We
appreciate everyone's time that has come down to provide testimony.
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Yes.
Cavener: You typically -- I know that we are up against a hard stop, but -- and I know that
we just took the people on the list, but I know typically after that you ask if there is anybody
else that's --
De Weerd: I do, but we don't have time and I will at that time those that haven't yielded
their time to a speaker or that hasn't already provided testimony, we would at this time
offer that opportunity, but because we do have a hard stop I don't have that opportunity.
Mr. Nary, I guess Mrs. Milam did ask a question that I would like to ask. Even though we
would not have the opportunity to vote, Mrs. Milam could listen to the tape. We know a
decision can't be made tonight, but additional testimony to be taken with the Council
having the opportunity to listen to the testimony before action from Council.
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Nary: Madam Mayor, I mean, yes, I think you -- I think you can do that. I think the concern
is, again, of the record getting a little jumbled by kind of cutting -- I mean by having people
testify, the people are going to make the decision aren't here, we are going to rely on a
tape later or reviewing transcripts. I don't know how a court will review that. I would be
concerned that the district court would be concerned about, really, the clarity of the
hearing being broken up like that and really requiring one of the voting members to have
to re-listen to it to ensure they have heard it. I -- I'm a little concerned about it. I don't --
I'm not saying you couldn't do it, I'm just a little concerned on how we pose that to a district
court if we were asked that question.
De Weerd: Okay. Again, our apologies for -- for the situation. Okay. We have a little bit
more time. We just bought. So, with that said we have gone through those that have
signed up to testify. Is there anyone else who would like to provide testimony? Denise.
Good evening. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record.
LaFever: I'm waiting for it to get up real quick. All right. My name is Denise LaFever.
6706 North Salvia Way. As far as this project goes, I went back through and looked and
I -- one thing that I noticed is that they advertised this project way before the application
went in. You know, they are really excited about it. They have been on TV several
different times and the players that are involved in it are Ball Venture Ahlquist, Brighton
Corporation, and HCH healthcare, which is a 3.87 billion dollar company and all along
they have been advertising 90,000 square feet of space. What you will see here is right
on their site. This is what they are advertising to the public and the investors right here
and in this year this is the schematic that they are advertising to their investors for this
site. In addition, these are the elevations within their site, which are the same elevations
that are in our package. So, that's the elevations that are present. This is a square foot
-- square feet that they are advertising here and 86,000 was just the square feet based
on the calculation, plus an estimate for the first floor. So, the intent is to have a building
over 90,000 square feet. Once again, here is your office plaza. That's the same elevation
that is in the package that we have from the staff that's advertised on their site. That's
45,000 plus square feet. In addition, we have an office flex, which is 36,000 square feet.
Right here the phasing plan, you have a 95,000 square foot building, a 48,000 square
foot building, a 50,000 square foot building and right here this -- and the staff report says
this is a high intensity use. These highlighted areas represent the areas that it doesn't
meet, it doesn't go back through and meet the zoning requirement. This is actually a
Comprehensive Plan change from what I'm seeing. In addition, we have a road right here
that says you have to meet access requirements right here. There was a question in
September 15th if the word existed. It says right here that you can't go from residential
to commercial. This used to be residential and now it's commercial. You can't increase
intensities. Well, right now prior was residential. The FLUM isn't commercial. You also
have a point that's less than a half a mile. It's close, it's .45 miles from center to center,
but it's not a half mile. Here is what the road used to look like right here. Shows
residential. But my biggest concern I have all is the shifting burden. We are allowing the
development to kick up the intensity of the use of this project and shift the burdens back
over to taxpayers. Fire service, page two, there is an aerial device is required. Impact
fees don't cover that. Why aren't we asking the developer to cover that? No impact fees
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collected on state highways. The intensity and use of this -- of this proposed development
is above the FLUM envisioned will impact and access traffic. This will further contribute
to congestion and shift the burden to taxpayers to fix the problem in the future. There is
other --
De Weerd: Denise, can you --
LaFever: I'm wrapping it up. There are other things that they can do to lessen the impact
of the intensity and density on this and -- and the water in here, there is no determination
on pressure of water flow. You know, those kind of decisions in north America -- it's
important with water. Those decisions need to be made. And last, but not least, police
office -- they are asking for a substation benefit -- a substation within the area and they
are going to lease it back to us, which is a -- which is a benefit to the hospital, because a
lot of emergency rooms have police officers in it and yet we are going to --
De Weerd: Denise.
LaFever: -- we are going to be paying for that.
De Weerd: Thank you.
LaFever: I think we need to be asking the developer if they want to have this intensity
and density to kick it up a notch and -- and help pay for some of this, so --
De Weerd: Thank you. Is there any further testimony? Okay. Yes, ma'am. Good
evening. Thank you for joining us. If you will, please, state your name and address for
the record.
Wilson: Hi. Thank you. My name is Lucretia Wilson and I work for Franklin Sensors and
I just wanted to point out, like they explained, that we have went up in front of the board
for three times trying to get this road all taken care, but we have trucks that have to come
through for four deliveries and the way they want to move our road it's going to take our
trucks to where -- it's going to have to go by the hospital and the residents that they are
going to put in for assisted living, which is usually elderly people and our diesel trucks are
going to have to flow that way and try to turn those big diesel's left and go around all of
those and at the same time, you know, if they are out there for their walks, it's not that
easy to stop, you know, if somebody accidentally goes out into the road, you know, where
there is no stop signs and stuff to stop a diesel. I mean everybody knows you cannot
stop a diesel on a dime like you can cars and so the road that we have now that they
fought to get that road is a straight shot for our trucks, so that they just come off of Chinden
and they have this small curve and, then, they go straight into our parking for the deliveries
and like Karen explained, our parking is a big area. I mean these diesels pull up into the
parking and, then, they back down in there for our deliveries and plus we have all of our
employees that go to work and it's going to make us have to -- I know it's just inconvenient
for us, but we are all going to have to go a complete different route that's going to take us
longer to get to work and the same thing, you're going to have all of the different residents
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from them wanting to have the street go out by that assisted living and the hospital, so I
would -- I just wanted to explain and for people to think about how hard it's going to be for
those diesel trucks to make those turns safely with everything.
De Weerd: Thank you. Thank you for your testimony. Any further testimony? Okay.
Would the applicant like to comment.
Turnbull: Madam Mayor and Members of the Council, David Turnbull. Glad to say our
new address is 2929 West Navigator in Meridian. Just a little history and it's going to be
difficult to go point by point on every one of these issues, but I think, Madam Mayor, you
kind of pointed out the crux of my -- what I would like to say. This is what happens when
somebody jumps out in advance with no public services, no planning, no traffic studies,
none of that and plops down a commercial development in an unincorporated zone. So,
a little history. We purchased this property back in about 2007, I believe, and we entered
immediately thereafter into a deep and long recession. So, we became farmers and
aspiring developers at that point. We have talked to the city at length about what they
want to see out in this area. As you know, we have been active in the north Meridian area
for a number of years. We initiated and funded the North Meridian Area Plan. Part of the
key points of that plan was creating jobs where people live and creating backage roads
or collector roads backing and paralleling Chinden. Those are the kind of things we are
-- we are trying to accomplish here. ITD came along with the Highway 16 extension.
They needed to acquire right of way from us for the interchange at that intersection and
also some alternative access to the other property owners, because they were going to
cut off Pollard Lane from access to Chinden. We specifically negotiated in that
agreement, because we had no development plan, we hadn't done any studies, we hadn't
done any traffic studies, that we needed to be able to relocate that road at the time when
we had a development plan in place. That's specifically in the ITD contract. We had to
build the road that's in there now, because at a time certain ITD said we have to cut out
Pollard and we were going to have to build a road there and so that's what they funded.
That was because they were cutting off access to those properties. We were in long
discussions with the people on north -- north of us. They have been delightful to work
with. I even had several meetings -- at least two meetings with Mr. Dorrough before they
started any development plans, pointing out that this is going to a problem. Access is
going to be a problem. I offered to trade him properties for something east of Levi Lane
so we wouldn't run into these issues. I offered to trade him for property somewhere else
that was already serviced with the services. He didn't want to consider that and that's his
right, that's fine, but it shouldn't power us into something that we are handicapped
because they jumped out there in advance, did a development in the county and didn't
do all the things that we are doing, like traffic studies and -- and -- and everything that we
have to go through. If we have time I can let Tom Peterson address the comment that we
only met with them two times. I know that's not true. Tom has been in constant
communication with them. But every time he offers something they want something more
and every time they do that they come in and oppose us. I mean this has got to be a two
way street here. We are bringing annexation path to them. We are providing services to
them. They have a sign out on their property right now that says septic and well. You
know, that's their services. The road that we did for them is a two lane 24 foot road. It
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would have to be torn up to install water, gas and all those utilities. It just would. So,
even if we did that we would have to provide another alternative access to them. We put
in a plan to provide access to that while -- while we build a five lane arterial standard road
on Levi and a commercial collector road on Waverton. They will have superior access to
what they have now. The access that's there now just simply doesn't work from a traffic
study standpoint. The idea that we misled ACHD commissioners -- my goodness, we
have been with ACHD staff and ITD staff and they can tell you -- and Franklin Sensors
has been in there making their point with the same staff members -- they vetted us
thoroughly and they have approved these -- this relocation. So, I think from ITD's
standpoint and ACHD's standpoint we have created a superior traffic pattern. You know,
I can -- I can tell you that we do have a post -- a date stamp posting on the property. I
don't know what Denise was getting into with all her square footage figures. The first
building, the medical office building, is a 90,000 square foot building. That's what she
seems to be referring to as us representing that that's all we were going to build. That's
never been the plan. And in Planning and Zoning Commission, the Commissioners
specifically asked the fire chief -- not fire chief, but one of the fire deputies if they could
service this property and they said, yes, we can service this property. So, all of those
arguments have been addressed. You know, we have done the same thing with your staff
as we have done with ACHD and ITD's staff. We have thoroughly vetted this project.
When we did first came in they said you need to flip this around so that the hospital, the
higher intensity component -- component of this is away from the residential, with the helli
pad, they wanted that away from the residential. They said that was what would fit with
the Comprehensive Plan. So, you know, again, I just think it's a -- the county set a bad
precedence on this. If we invest the kind of money we do to build business parks where
people can come in and get a building permit, you know, and, then, your -- the county or
the city will allow somebody go out in a corn field, buy a piece of property on the cheap,
put in a septic and a well and call that a development and, then, wait for somebody else
to bring in the services, I think that's what causes the problems. Like I said, we have tried
to work with them and, you know, Tom Peterson continues to try to work with them and
he's had numerous conversations and numerous meetings. I don't know if I have covered
all the bullet points here that have been raised, but I would certainly be glad to stand for
any questions if I didn't.
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: I think it was Denise brought up something about an aerial or fire or something.
Do you know anything about that or --
De Weerd: Aerial fire truck.
Bongiorno: Correct.
Milam: Do they get to buy us a fire truck?
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De Weerd: They pay impact -- I mean those are all figured into our impact fees.
Bongiorno: Correct. Yeah. The -- Madam Mayor and City Council, that references to the
-- because it's a multi-story building there will be an aerial device required for -- that will
be needed for that development and at this point the closest aerial device -- our goal is
12 minutes and right now the closest one is 15 minutes away.
Milam: The Eagle one?
Bongiorno: Right. And -- and that was Chief Niemeyer that you were talking to, the fire
chief, and he had mentioned that -- now I just totally lost my train of thought. Oh. Because
these buildings are sprinkled we do have extra time. So, that extra three minutes would
not be a problem and we can service this project.
Milam: Perfect. Thank you. Never mind.
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: Mr. Turnbull, appreciate your comments and thoughts. You addressed my
questions. I did have one that didn't come up. I think it has more to do with -- with the
layout of your project. I just want to make sure that I'm correct. I'm looking at your map
that's here in front of us all. The emergency portion of this medical facility is going to be
accessed off of -- off of Levi? It goes into that kind of roundabout. Is that --
Turnbull: Correct.
Cavener: -- am I seeing that as accurate?
Turnbull: Correct.
Cavener: Thank you. No other questions.
De Weerd: Okay. Any other questions from Council? Okay. Thank you.
Turnbull: Thank you.
De Weerd: So, Council, any questions, follow-up questions for staff, the applicant, or any
of those that testified?
Allen: Excuse me, Madam Mayor. May I -- there is one additional outstanding item. Per
the specific use standards hospitals providing emergency care are required to have direct
access onto an arterial street. The access proposed will be via a collector street from
State Highway 20-26 from which access is prohibited, except at the half mile between
section line roads. The City Council should make a determination on that in their motion
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if they feel it meets the intent of this requirement. If so it should be memorialized in the
development agreement, please.
De Weerd: Thank you, Sonya.
Borton: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Borton.
Borton: Sonya, the question goes back to you. We heard comments from Jon at the start
about the specific design of this collector does serve and function in a way that an arterial
would in these circumstances. So, in light of that specific design and application here, do
you believe that it meets the intent of that requirement?
Allen: Staff feels it can meet the intent of that requirement, yes. But Council should be
the decision making body on that.
Borton: Certainly. Okay.
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: I don't know if -- I hesitate to close the public hearing, because that's proven to
be problematic in the past. I will share some thoughts. This was a challenging application
for me on paper. It's hard to visualize that and I'm not -- I don't live in that northern part
of town and I tried really really hard to not be in a place seeking out things that will make
our city attorney mad about looking at areas and so this was one that really having good
testimony from the -- from the public and from the applicant and from staff was really
really helpful for me -- to me. I sympathize with the residents. You moved out there,
you're running your business out there, I think it's amazing to be able to get all these
employees to come out and speak in favor of the company. I work in public policy and I
can't get my coworkers to come testify to City Council things for me, so I appreciate your
passion. When you -- when you look at the outstanding issues and what I heard a lot was
not so much about the project, it was more about the access piece and I am not pretty
enough to play an ACHD commissioner and so I typically yield to our traffic engineers and
our traffic experts and in the staff report it speaks very very clearly and very very directly
about the highway district's decision about where Pollard should be. So, it's hard for me
to question that based on the sufficient information being provided by them. I did have
some questions about the access with the -- with the collector piece off of Levi. I think
staff and the applicant have -- have satisfied that. So, I'm -- I'm one that's supportive of
this application. I think it's a good project for north Meridian. I think it meets what is going
to be a growing demand for services out in that area. I'm really looking forward to having
it in Meridian.
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De Weerd: Any other comment? I agree with Mr. Cavener. Sometimes as you comment
we might find additional need for information from staff or the applicant or any of those
that provided testimony. So, any further comment?
Milam: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Milam.
Milam: I really concur with Councilman Cavener tonight. Reading through the staff report
there was like -- there seemed to be so much -- so many unanswered issues, but I feel
that the applicant pretty much answered most of them with their opening remarks that --
obviously, that -- that your street, Pollard, is a -- it's a big issue and it's a big issue for you
guys and it stinks. This is a really bad situation. But, unfortunately, we need to take the
advice of the experts in that area and to try to change what the road jurisdiction does by
saying we know better. I don't feel that would be an accurate or an adequate thing to do.
It would be like them trying to change what we do on a daily basis. Yeah, if it was life
safety or something else. So, unfortunately, I'm sorry to you guys. I wish we could keep
your road, but the law just doesn't allow for that. So, I'm pretty much in favor of this
application. I feel like most of the questions have been answered as well.
De Weerd: Okay. Thank you.
Little Roberts: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Litter Roberts.
Little Roberts: Madam Mayor, I concur with the two previous council. This was an
application with a whole lot of information and a lot to chew on and I think it's been great,
the process that we have gone through. I concur that it's -- we need to follow the process
and it's too bad that with such a great business we kind of got things out of whack with
something going in the county before the city met that area and I certainly feel for all of
you, but agree that we need to let the experts do what they do and that is roads. That is
not our purview. But I concur that I think this is a good project and appreciate the fact
that it will keep some traffic off of Chinden with the purpose that you have dealt with with
the roads and so I am in support of this project as it's -- as it's worked its way through the
process.
De Weerd: Any further comment? If there is no further comment, I would entertain a
motion to close the public hearing.
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: I move we close the public hearing on Item 11-D, Pollard Subdivision, H-2019-
0021.
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Milam: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to close the public hearing on Item 11-D. All
those a favor say aye. All ayes.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: I move we approve 11-D, Pollard Subdivision, H-2019-0021, to include all staff,
applicant, and public testimony with specific approval that the collector street from State
Highway 20-26 be a sufficient connection to a medical facility -- hospital facility.
Milam: Second.
De Weerd: Okay. I have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Any needed clarity
from staff? Okay. Mr. Clerk, will you call roll.
Rol
Bernt, yea.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT.
Item 12: Department Reports
A. Public Works: Budget Amendment for FY 2019 in the Amount of
208, 190 for Well 20B Rehabilitation (Action Item)
De Weerd: Thank you for joining us. Item 12-A is under Department Reports. We have
our Public Works Department, Kyle Radek, here to present a budget amendment for Well
20-B rehab.
Radek: Madam Mayor, Council Members, this item is a budget amendment in the amount
of 208,190 dollars for Well 20-B rehabilitation. In October of last year routine testing
identified some water quality issues that required investigation. So, the well was taken
offline and since that time assessment activities have identified a number of actions that
are necessary to rehabilitate this well and put it back into service. We typically budget
each year for well assessments where the removal of the pump and cameraing, looking
at the well components, any routine type of maintenance, pump rebuild type stuff, can be
paid for. However, when Well 20-B was -- was -- pumping facility was pulled we got a
significant surprise. There was an extremely corrosive environment in there. All the low
carbon steel components of the well were corroding and they, quite frankly, just need to
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be replaced. The pumping plant needs to be replaced. The pump column needs to be
replaced. So, there is a significant amount of parts that are stainless steel that are going
to have to go in there and a lot of contractor work, some -- some expensive chemicals to
get that thing cleaned up and we really need that well to be back online this summer,
because it's one of our -- one of our higher quality wells. We want to maintain our water
quality level of service this summer. So, with that we are asking Council to approve this
budget amendment for 208,190 dollars and I will stand for any questions.
De Weerd: Thank you, Kyle. Council, any questions?
Little Roberts: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Little Roberts.
Little Roberts: Madam Mayor, seeing no questions, I move that we approve the budget
amendment for the well cleanup for the amount of 208,190 dollars.
Cavener: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 12-A for the budget amendment
as presented. Mr. Clerk, will you call roll.
Bernt, yea.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
Item 13: Ordinances
A. Ordinance No. 19- 1826: An Ordinance (H-2019-0119— ICOM
Parking Expansion) For Annexation Of A Parcel Of Land Being
APN: S1118417268 And The Adjacent Rights-Of-Ways Of
South Locust Grove & East Central Drive, Located In The
Northeast 1/ 4 Of The Southeast 1/4 Of Section 28, Township 3
North, Range 1 East, Boise Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, As
Described In Attachment "A" And Annexing Certain Lands And
Territory, Situated In Ada County, Idaho, And Adjacent And
Contiguous To The Corporate Limits Of The City Of Meridian As
Requested By The City Of
Determining The Land Use Zoning Classification Of 2. 91 Acres
Of Land From R6 To C-G (General Retail And Service
Commercial) Zoning District In The Meridian
Providing That Copies Of This Ordinance Shall Be Filed With
` The Ada County Assessor, The Ada County Recorder, And The
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For A
Date.
De Weerd: Item 13-A is Ordinance 19-1826. Mr. Clerk, will you, please, read this by title.
Johnson: Thank you, Mayor. Ordinance 19-1826. An ordinance, H-2019-0119, ICOM
Parking Expansion, for annexation of a parcel of land being APN:S1118417268 and the
adjacent rights-of-ways of South Locust Grove and East Central Drive, located in the
northeast 1/4 of the southeast 1/4 of Section 28, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise
meridian, Ada county, Idaho, as described in Attachment "A" and annexing certain lands
and territory situated in Ada county, Idaho, and adjacent and contiguous to the corporate
limits of the City of Meridian as requested by the City of Meridian
determining the land use zoning classification of 2.91 acres of land from R-6 to C-G,
General Retail and Service Commercial Zoning District, in the Meridian City Code
providing that copies of this ordinance shall be filed with the Ada County Assessor, the
Ada County Recorder, and the Idaho State Tax Commission
providing for a sum
and providing an effective date.
De Weerd: Thank you. You have heard this read by title. Is there anyone who would like
to hear it read in its entirety? Okay. Council, do I have a motion?
Little Roberts: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mrs. Little Roberts.
Little Roberts: Madam Mayor, I move that we approve Ordinance 19-1826 with
suspension of rules.
Cavener: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to approve Item 13-A. Mr. Clerk, will you call
roll.
Bernt, yea.
De Weerd: All ayes. Motion carried.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
B. First Reading of Ordinance No. 19-1827: An Ordinance To
Amend The Municipal Code Of The City Of Meridian, County Of
Ada, State Of Idaho, Amending Title 10, Chapter 7, Section 12
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(E)( 2), Meridian City Code, Known As The Meridian Impact Fee
Ordinance Fee
The Police, Fire, And Parks And Recreation Impact Fee
Effective Date.
De Weerd: Item 13-B is the first reading of three for Ordinance 19-1827. Mr. Clerk, will
you, please, read this by title.
Johnson: Thank you, Madam Mayor. Ordinance 19-1827, an ordinance to amend the
municipal code of the City of Meridian, county of Ada, State of Idaho, amending Title 10,
Chapter 7, Section 12(e)(2), Meridian City Code, known as the Meridian Impact Fee
De Weerd: Thank you so much. We will have the second reading on our next Council
agenda.
Item 14: Future Meeting Topics
De Weerd: Council, any items Under 14? Okay. With that I would entertain a motion to
adjourn.
Cavener: So moved.
Bernt: Second.
De Weerd: What did you move?
Cavener: Adjourn the meeting.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to adjourn the meeting. All those in favor say
aye. All ayes.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:27 P.M.
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MAYOR TAMMY DE WEERD DATE APPROVED
ATTEST:
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CHRIS JOHNSON - INTERIM CITY CLERK
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(E)( 2), Meridian City Code, Known As The Meridian Impact Fee
Ordinance Fee Schedule; To Provide For An Amendment To
The Police, Fire, And Parks And Recreation Impact Fee
Schedules; And Providing An Effective Date.
De Weerd: Item 13-B is the first reading of three for Ordinance 19-1827. Mr. Clerk, will
you, please, read this by title.
Johnson: Thank you, Madam Mayor. Ordinance 19-1827, an ordinance to amend the
municipal code of the City of Meridian, county of Ada, State of Idaho, amending Title 10,
Chapter 7, Section 12(e)(2), Meridian City Code, known as the Meridian Impact Fee
Ordinance Fee Schedule; to provide for an amendment to the police, fire, and parks and
recreation impact fee schedules; and providing an effective date.
De Weerd: Thank you so much. We will have the second reading on our next Council
agenda.
Item 14: Future Meeting Topics
De Weerd: Council, any items Under 14? Okay. With that I would entertain a motion to
adjourn.
Cavener: So moved.
Bernt: Second.
De Weerd: What did you move?
Cavener: Adjourn the meeting.
De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to adjourn the meeting. All those in favor say
aye. All ayes.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:27 P.M.
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