2019-09-17 Special Meeting with Ada County CommissionersEIDIAN
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CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL
MEETING AGENDA
City Council Chambers
33 East Broadway Avenue
Meridian, Idaho
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 at 3:30 PM
1. Roll -Call Attendance
A. Meridian City Council
X Anne Little Roberts Joe Borton
4:03pmTy Palmer X Treg Bernt
X Genesis Milam X Luke Cavener
X Mayor Tammy de Weerd
B. Ada County Commissioners
X Diana Lachiondo 3:4opm Rick Visser
X Kendra Kenyon
2. Discussion Topics
A. City of Meridian: Meridian Comprehensive Plan Update
B. Ada County: Best Practices and Emerging Trends - Managing
Growth Through Comprehensive Plans, Area of City Impact
Agreements and Title VIII and Title IX Agreements
Meeting Adjourned at 4:32 PM.
Meridian City Council - Ada County Joint September 17, 2019.
A Meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 3:32 p.m., Tuesday,
September 17, 2019, by Mayor Tammy de Weerd.
Members Present: Tammy de Weerd, Luke Cavener, Genesis Milam, Ty Palmer, Anne
Little Roberts and Treg Bernt.
Members Absent: Joe Borton.
Item 1: Roll-call Attendance:
Roll call.
A. Meridian City Council
X__ Anne Little Roberts _ _ Joe Borton
X__ Ty Palmer X__ Treg Bernt
__X___Genesis Milam __X___Lucas Cavener
__X__ Mayor Tammy de Weerd
B. Ada County Commissioners
__X___ Diana Lachiondo __ X___Rick Visser
__X____ Kendra Kenyon
De Weerd: I would like to begin our meeting by welcoming everyone in attendance.
Thank you for joining us. Sorry about that. Are you good now? Okay. Thank you for
joining us. For the record it is Tuesday, September 17th. It's 3:32. We will start with roll
call attendance, Mr. Clerk.
Item : Adoption of Agenda
De Weerd: Thank you. And I do want to start out the -- our agenda has the discussion
topics. I will ask in a moment for approval of the agenda. It was not too long ago I met
with Commissioner Kenyon about coordinating our growth plans. This is something that
we did a number of years ago in working in collaboration with the county and our
surrounding cities and she called a meeting that three cities were in attendance at. It's
nice to see that someone with an agenda actually follows it. So, thank you for that.
Kenyon: And kudos also to Commissioner Lachiondo for locking arms and right there
with me every step of the way.
De Weerd: That's awesome. We appreciate you being here and starting a dialogue with
the Mayor and City Council. We greatly appreciate it. Greatly. Okay. Council, I do want
to ask for a motion to approve the agenda.
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Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: I move we approve the agenda as presented.
Milam: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion a second to approve the agenda is printed. All those in favor
say aye. All ayes.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. TWO ABSENT.
Item 2: Discussion Topics
A. City of Meridian: Meridian Comprehensive Plan Update
De Weerd: Okay. Our first item under discussion topics is an update on our Meridian
Comprehensive Plan. I will turn this over to Caleb. As he makes his way up to the podium,
we did have a dinner last night as a debrief with the committee -- the steering committee
that has been working on this 14 month process. So, I want to first give my kudos to staff.
This has been a very comprehensive community outreach and I did want our county
commissioners that -- we submit this plan for your approval as well and -- and I think it's
important you know the steps that have been taken to do community outreach, to involve
our public members and -- and the steady work of our steering committee. They have
met every week for the last 14 months. That's -- that's pretty incredible and we appreciate
that the county had a representative as well on that steering committee. So, thank you
for the representative you lent us for his participation and I will turn this over to Caleb.
Hood: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, Commission Members. I
should just let you keep going, Mayor. That was pretty good and you touched on some
of the things Brian and I are going to --
De Weerd: I don't want to take away your thunder.
Hood: So -- so -- so, we do want to provide you an update, as you well -- the Council
knows and the commissioners may or may not know, you have had representation on this
process -- throughout this process. Mitra started out and, then, handed the baton to David
here in the last quarter or so and like the Mayor said, we have had 14 steering committee
meetings, but we meet in between those, too, and talk technicalities outside of the
steering committee meetings and -- and continue to coordinate some of the things we will
talk about and -- and what shows up in the -- in the -- in the current draft of the
Comprehensive Plan. So, in those discussions we thought it would be appropriate to
bring everybody up to speed on where we are at in that process. So, I know there is only
two items on your agenda, but they are pretty weighty items. We will try to do this as
quickly as possible and still cover all the pertinent information. Please feel free to interrupt
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if need be. So, the current plan -- and this is mainly for folks in the audience. I think most
everyone can understand what a comprehensive plan is, but maybe just a little bit of
background. It is a visioning document for the city, how we intend to grow and develop
over -- generally a 20 to 25 year time period. Meridian has grown quite rapidly since the
current comp plan was adopted or at least most of the policies that were in the current
plan was adopted. So, the City Council about 18 months ago directed staff to accelerate
what we typically do every ten years or so, to move that up a couple of years and really
go out to the community and understand who the people that are living and working here
now, what their vision is for our community. So, that's what we have done, again, over
the past 16, 18 months. The City of Meridian in our -- our current document -- and we
envision this playing forward post adoption of a new plan, really has those forward looking
vision statements into the body of the Comprehensive Plan and the things that talk about
who we are as a community and what we call our existing conditions report. So, as our
demographic information -- how many police stations we have or police officers and fire
stations, parks, those types of things that are kind of backwards looking and, then, the
meat of the plan is, again, the things that drive where we want to go as a -- as a community
into the -- into the future. So, that process -- the city did hire a consultant to help us with
this, Logan Simpson that's out of Fort Collins. They also had some subcommittee
members. So, Leland and Associates and, then, Kittelson, who is -- who has some folks
here in their Boise office to look at transportation corridor analysis. A lot of what they did
-- what Logan Simpson helped us with was public involvement and a website that was
developed and used throughout the process. Not only did they help track those
comments and respond and draft the plan, but they also helped set up the steering
committee agendas, came to maybe two-thirds of those and facilitated those discussions.
We heard some comments last night in our dinner, kind of wrap up from the steering
committee, how they really appreciated -- the members really appreciated having that
point of contact and -- and keeping us on schedule and on track with those agendas.
They -- the steering committee knew what they were to accomplish in the next month,
what their goals were to keep -- keep us on this timeline that -- that had been established.
So, they were great at facilitating and setting up those agendas. The steering committee
-- again, as the Mayor has mentioned there is some points on the slide here with 22
members. I will also note we do have a handful -- or at least a few of them in the audience
tonight, so thank you for your service and -- and -- and attending this afternoon.
De Weerd: I'm sorry. First, for the record, Mr. Visser -- Commissioner Visser joined us
and I would like anyone that was on the steering committee, if you would raise your hand.
Okay. A great number of them. Thank you for being here with us tonight.
Hood: And it really was the steering committee makeup while there was varied
backgrounds and expertise and experiences and some folks that were newer members
of the community and some that were lifelong residents, it was a great mix of professional
experience and residents and realtors and just everybody. I mean I -- part of the
conversation -- and we don't need to rehash everything we talked about last month or
through that process, but just, again, a variety of perspectives and the passion, though,
that everybody had for our community to want to move it forward into the next generations
was just -- it was exciting. So, school district was also there and -- and -- and Ada County
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Highway District. I think those are two key critical pieces, along with -- with county and
other stakeholders, but they were also there. I didn't know if -- I don't know if Carl raised
his hand or not there, but he represented COMPASS in that -- in that process. We took
some of those members, then, and broke out into some focus groups and this is where
we got a little more technical in some of those elements that we were hearing from our
community in some of the early phases that were most important. Community design,
economic development, housing and transportation. So, again, they dug in a little bit
deeper, had a series -- I think most of those groups met three, maybe one of them four
times to really get into some more of those details. They had a packet and, again, some
things that -- they were really charged with looking at policies for the city going forward.
The draft plan that was submitted last week for the Planning and Zoning Commission's
consideration really is the steering committee's recommended plan that is based on our
community's input. So, that's what we will be going through, that -- that public hearing
process here next month. Public outreach. We tried -- we really did and I think we are
pretty successful. We tried to get the word out. We worked with our communications
folks in the Mayor's Office to tweet about it, put it on Facebook and NextDoor and in
newsletters and our website and everywhere we could. We went to -- I don't know, Brian,
off top of your head -- I don't know how many events -- 20 events maybe and in parks all
last summer, into this summer, try to go where the people were at, so we could engage
with them, point them to the website if they couldn't make it out, but we really did try to
understand from people what their values were, what their vision for the community is
and, then, give them some choices and opportunities and really kind of understand that,
again, as we translate that into some policies and a draft plan. I will just point out -- I
mean the Council was great in the early phases saying, staff, you need to do this, go hire
a consultant and go and we did have Treg -- Councilman Bernt and I saw him raise his
hand. He has been an ex officio member on the steering committee this last quarter, but
aside from that, the Council has largely been not involved in this. This is a community
driven plan that isn't, you know, the Council Members and the Mayor saying, boy, this
better be in the plan and I will even -- to Councilman Bernt's -- he hasn't really said that
either in this, said, boy, that plan better include this. So, it really is our community
members plan as best we can tell thus far. So, we tried to go out to the public quite a bit.
Timeline. I don't know that I will spend a whole bunch of time on this slide. I will just point
out, again, we did values first and, then, vision and that concluded with -- in November of
2018 a vision document. So, this document includes just kind of what we heard for the
first couple of phases of planned development. It's -- you know, it's a little more -- it's not
policy, it's a little -- a little more pie in the sky if you will. But it's things we heard from --
from folks. I think they are achievable. So, maybe it's not pie in the sky. But just some
more clouds, maybe that's what I was thinking of -- of sky. But this document that really
says, you know, what -- where do we want to go as a community and, then, we are coming
up to the finish line here. October 17th is actually when the first public hearing before our
Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled.
De Weerd: Caleb?
Hood: Yeah.
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De Weerd: The document you just showed, if you can e-mail that to the county we can
get it to the commissioners, so you can see those.
Hood: So, again, I didn't spend much time on the timeline, but since May of 2017 we
have been -- we have been going and -- and our directive was to basically have it done
by the end of this year, because that's my elected officials now and that will change
beginning in January. So, we had that direction. My Meridian vision -- again, here is that
document. That's a lot of what I will e-mail to you all are these five themes that were --
that were -- that came about through that and these -- all of those elements, then, that
you see at the -- at the bottom of this slide are the state required elements that each
comprehensive plan address. So, we have -- we have housed those and each one of
these themes. All the elements are -- are considered that the state requires and they fit
nicely into one of those themes, although some of them kind of cross over themes, like
pathways can be in connected and it can also be in livable, because it's part of our park
system, too. So, there is a little bit of that. But -- but for the most part we think it's
organized well and pretty understandable for the public, but I guess time will tell and the
public will tell us how we did with some of that. So, I'm going to let Brian, who just kudos
to Brian, he's -- he's been our -- our de facto -- I shouldn't say de facto -- unofficial project
manager. He's really kept this thing on track, along with Logan Simpson, making sure we
stay on -- on task and moving this project forward. So, thank you, Brian.
McClure: One minor note on the previous slide. The 17 elements that are required under
the -- under the state guidance that aren't on that list are addressed in the ECR which
Caleb previously mentioned, the existing conditions report. So, airports, for example,
which we don't have and we don't want one and the ECR says that. So, one of the things
we are doing in the new plan is a new format. We will, of course, have the required pdf,
because we need to have that sort of record copy and some people just like to print it off.
But the thing we are doing that's different and new and modernizing is a web based
version of that plan. It's entirely live text, live images, live GIS. You can -- it works on a
phone, it works on a tablet or a computer, any format you want to use it on. Feel like it's
going to be pretty engaging. Policies are interactive. You can search by them, sort by
them, look by chapter. You can really play with it that way if you're looking for something
and we are, honestly, quite excited about it. So, that's the big thing with the -- with the
new format. Another thing that we are doing with the new -- with the new plan and why
we have our Board of County Commissioners here is some changes to the area of city
impact. The notable one here you see on your screen relates to our southern boundary
with Kuna. Since the '90s we have had some push and pull down there and we hope that
this new plan that we will have to kind of put that to rest and move past it. So, you can
expect a concurrent application with the city of Kuna to the county after we adopt the plan
for you to adopt it as well. So, we really hope that will be -- that will be finished. I guess
one other note there is we do have some smaller changes kind of around the other edges,
with Boise most notably. We have worked with them to identify those and draw those,
so --
Hood: So, one of the tools we asked the consultant team to develop for us -- and this
won't be part of our Comprehensive Plan, but it will help us understand a little bit better
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maybe the timing and implementation of our Comprehensive Plan, is a -- what we call a
service impact tool. So, it took a lot of the infrastructure, either planned or existing
infrastructure and mapped it out, so you could see on a parcel by parcel basis in our area
of city impact the readiness of any one parcel to develop. I'm not going to list all the things
that this will basically tell you are available or adjacent to, but things like pathways, water,
sewer, schools and roads. But, again, it's not comprehensive. So, it doesn't say, you
know, power loads or -- or electricity, how close that is or your irrigation water or those
types of things. But it does help the city at least understand where development maybe
should happen or could happen, because those things that make that next development
happen are either right there or are pretty close. So, you can kind of see in a heat map
and, yeah, there is schools close by, the roads are improved and you got sewer and water
in front of the property. Look for any undeveloped or un -- undeveloped or
underdeveloped properties in this general vicinity to develop soon. It's -- and we should
point this out, because this was a point at our steering committee meetings. It doesn't
help the Council or elected officials, appointed officials, determine if a project is
appropriate or not for our community. Again, it's meant just to share information and data
about where those services are or if they are in, for example, ACHD's five your work plan,
hey, that road is planned to be widened in the next two or three years. So, maybe it is
okay to approve this project, because there is, you know, relief for that roadway coming
or things like that. Or we have in our CIP as a city to build a new park there or those
types of things. I do want to use the last two bullets here. It could help the city define
where it may grow next and where those opportunities exist. One of the things we heard
from the public going out, again, to parks and these other things was -- I don't know that
too many people use the word chaos, but it -- but there is just a lot of development
happening everywhere all the time it feels like in Meridian and to some degree that's true.
So, we really took that to heart and thought, well, let's have a conversation, then, with our
Council about strategically growing in areas where, again, our response times for fire and
police are adequate, where we have parks, where we have school capacities, those types
of things. We haven't taken it to that degree, but this tool, with some tweaks, could help
you define an area, then, and say this is where we should grow next and grow that out to
a certain percentage and, then, grow to this area next. So, those are some of the future
conversations we are likely to have. Again, this tool doesn't get you there, but it can help
inform some of those conversations and we are having some similar conversations
countywide with others -- other cities in the county about how -- what -- we don't really
like to use the term smart growth, but strategically growing. Again, let's -- let's do this, so
we are not stretching all of our resources in different directions simultaneously. Let's try
to maybe even develop incentives. I know it sounds a little crazy with how much we are
growing now, but incentivize developing in these areas and maybe some disincentives in
other areas that we aren't necessarily so excited for those areas to grow. So, more to
come on that, but that's -- that's one of the things that, again, we heard from the
community. And, then, in the similar vein coordinating those service needs with not only
the county, but with ACHD and the schools. Hey, if we all get on the same page and say
let's grow -- grow over here, can you build your next school there? Can you widen the
roads over there? We are looking to grow and extend our services, sewer and water, et
cetera., out there. So, again, that's not part of the plan necessarily, but that's some of the
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things that are -- there is some policy statements to say explore those types of
opportunities.
De Weerd: Commissioner.
Lachiondo: Quick question. Thank you. Just sort of in stark relief here -- and I don't want
to go too far down a rabbit hole, but could you give me a flavor of how many enclaves
you have within Meridian city limits?
Hood: Commissioner -- Mayor, Commissioner, I -- I didn't do a count. There are several
though. Do you have an idea, Brian, what the number is? I mean there is -- there is
whole subdivisions that are within -- that are enclaves surrounded by city limits in
Meridian.
De Weerd: Caleb, I think we did a presentation to the county commissioners a couple
years ago that we could get you that PowerPoint presentation. It shows you a lot of that
information and some of the challenges that we have had, too.
Lachiondo: Thank you.
De Weerd: Mr. Bernt.
Bernt: I need to clarify for those who weren't part of the steering committee, this is -- this
is a document -- or this is a tool that will be used internally only. This is not something
that someone can log onto and see on the internet -- or it's available for developers or
builders or customers.
Hood: Correct. Madam Mayor, Councilman Bernt, yeah, we envision using this,
essentially, for Council Members. The table that you see in your staff reports now would,
essentially, have the same information, which is for a pretty picture up here, but,
essentially, it will tell you how far your sewer line is away or how far your water is, what
the nearest park is, what the nearest school capacity -- you know, schools are with their
capacity and those types of things. So -- correct. It's an internal tool, although some of
that information will be shared externally. So, yeah, it's available. Any other questions
on this tool?
De Weerd: Commissioner Kenyon?
Kenyon: Madam Chair -- or Madam Mayor, thank you. Is there a fiscal component to
this?
Hood: So, good question, Madam Mayor, Commissioner. So, no, not directly anyways.
We have worked with our Finance Department in looking at fiscal impact of approving
certain types of development, looking at densities and, again, what would those services
be in -- in the near term and in the long term. This does not tell you -- although we get
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from the county values of property, does not tell you what you can anticipate as far as
revenue or expenditures, but you could build some of those things into this.
De Weerd: And, Commissioner, I believe that the county is working on such a tool and
we are excited to -- to see what that is and how we can play a part in it. I think it will be
useful for all of us.
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: Caleb, back to the surface impact tool. I'm curious. Is there a reason why we
aren't making this available to the public? Is it a technological limitation or is there another
reason why we -- I don't feel like that's our intent to keep the door shut --
Hood: No.
Cavener: -- to the public and so I'm just trying to wrap my head around as to why they
wouldn't be able to access it.
McClure: Mayor, Councilman Cavener, so the big reason there is a lot of information in
there can't be shown by state code. So, address information, property information, that's
limited. The other thing is it runs on our servers using the full load of all that data and we
just can't make it available.
Cavener: Thank you.
Hood: And I should clarify. I mean we can share this type of information, you just as a
public can't log in and look at this like in realtime the same information that we can look
at and manipulate and -- and interpret. So, it's still available, but it's not -- not to the same
degree staff has it available.
Cavener: Madam Mayor. And, Caleb, I think that we were getting to the same place. I
just wanted to make sure that we were clarifying it wasn't a case of, sorry, public, you're
not allowed to see this, there are many extreme circumstances and the bulk of the
information that's shared in this tool the public wouldn't have ready access and availability.
Hood: Right.
Cavener: Thank you.
Hood: Okay. So, next steps. And I have already mentioned this, but our Planning and
Zoning Commission hearing is scheduled for October 17. We envision that, then, moving
on to city -- a City Council hearing shortly thereafter and, then, we get to work. I mean
this has been work, it's been -- there has been some fun times in there, too. But it's -- we
have been busy. But implementation is going to be -- I mean, right, you don't build a plan
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and, then, throw it up on the shelf, you got to work the plan and so we will be getting to
work and working the plan over the next several years, so -- and that includes updating
other plans Brian mentioned or renegotiating our Title 9 agreement with the county, some
of the areas of city impact changes, but just that you recognize this plan as well and, then,
as I said, the prioritization of those policies and looking at specific area plans, reviewing
our code, maybe even some of the county code changes that help us get to where we
would like to be as a -- as a community. So, I think -- anything else, Brian?
McClure: No.
Hood: So, that's -- that's what we had on our new Comprehensive Plan and we will stand
for any questions.
De Weerd: Okay. Commission or Council, any questions?
Visser: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Yes, Commissioner Visser.
Visser: Thank you, Mayor. Caleb, you stated in your presentation a little earlier that
you're going to use incentives and disincentives. Could you go into that in a little bit of
detail or possibly give us an illustration of that?
Hood: Yeah. That was in the context of -- Madam Mayor, Commissioner Visser. Yeah,
that -- that was in the context of potentially establishing areas where we would encourage
growth or development to occur and where we aren't quite ready to see growth and
development occur. Carrots and sticks -- incentives, disincentives. And we haven't
developed them. I don't know what that even looks like. We have got a -- you know,
there is some state code there we got to be careful with. Impact fees. We can't use those
types of tools. And so it may be one or the other. It may just be incentives. Maybe it's
something we do through our review process that says, hey, we can fast track you if you
grow in this area, because we really want that in-fill to happen. I don't really know what
disincentives look like. Just quite frankly we have talked about that even in our downtown.
What can we do to get -- to incentivize growth where we want to see it happen and it's
something we have struggled with developing a list of what is something that -- yeah. So,
I don't know exactly where that goes, but I use that just to kind of show what -- what can
we do. If we are going to draw these areas and say we want to grow there, well, that's all
fine and good, but unless you can actually attract people there or detract developers
there, it doesn't do any good to say, yeah, we would prefer it, but we don't bring anything
to the table to partner with you. So, that's kind of TBD on -- on where that will go. TBD.
B. Ada County: Best Practices and Emerging Trends - Managing
Growth Through Comprehensive Plans, Area of City Impact
Agreements and Title VIII and Title IX Agreements
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De Weerd: Any other questions? Okay. Thank you so much for your presentation. We
appreciate your work. Okay. Item 2-B is through the county presentation on best
practices, emerging trends, et cetera. Good evening. If you will, please, state your name.
And you can pull those together or pick one or the other or whatever you would like.
Mehta-Cooper: That way we get -- is my voice better. Especially with my Indian accent.
Good afternoon, Madam Mayor, Members of the Meridian City Council. Madam Chair,
Members of Ada County Board, yes, this presentation looks a little different than what you
may have seen. And that is because we are trying to simplify the message a little bit for
people that are viewing it online. So, please, pardon me for changing a little bit of the
content here and there, but it is -- the content is exactly the same. It's -- the look is a little
different. So, my name is Mitra Mehta-Cooper and I'm the strategic planning manager
with Ada county and with me today is David Corcoran. He is the community and regional
planner, as well as -- for Ada county, as well as Carl Miller, who is principal planner at
COMPASS. And so you heard from Meridian city staff how wonderful they have done on
the Comprehensive Plan that they are updating currently and some of the struggles that
they went through in managing growth, in making sure that the growth is happening in a
more strategic manner where services are available. So, what we want to do today is
broaden that discussion a little bit to first Ada county and, then, in Carl's presentation --
that presentation will be brought into Treasure Valley a little bit. So, we want to talk about
what we believe -- why we need to talk about growth, because we feel that growth is going
to occur. I think some of your earlier steering committee meetings people talked about it
that, you know, it's -- it's inevitable. We live in an open society and people are going to
have kids and move in and things would happen -- those will happen. We need to be just
prepared to manage it in a strategic manner. So, I'm going to go over that a little bit. After
me David will talk about where are we now, where is Ada county now when it comes to
all service challenges and our service portfolio and what should we do to get ahead of
that, rather than stay behind and always be reactive in our approach to growth. Next Carl,
as I mentioned, COMPASS staff, they have done an excellent job in educating the region
about growth. He is going to talk about how they are doing -- what new things they are
doing and -- as part of their Communities In Motion process in 2050 that's going to take it
to the next level for our region. And, then, of course, if you so elect there will be public
comments after that. So, why are we here? What -- why are people moving to Ada county
or why -- why is there such a draw to Ada county. We believe that there is a quality of life
in Ada county that is very unique and people are drawn here and one of the major
components of that quality of life is actually our open spaces here. Half of Ada county is
in federal and state open spaces that encompasses our foothills, our greenbelt,
everything that we all cherish about this area and also more than 8,000 acres in Ada
county are dedicated for active recreation. That's something. You know, that makes it an
exciting place to live. That defines quality of life. The second thing that makes Ada --
Ada county so lucrative for people to live in is it's a safe environment to raise families in
Ada county and I'm sure city plays a huge role in making sure that that safety and that
safe feeling is insured through a series of employees that cities provide, as well as the
county provides, and you can see our sheriff employs more than 700 people as of today.
EMS similarly, 150 or so. This is -- all defines the quality of life and sometimes we fail to
recognize the juvenile courts and services are important piece of all this and let's not
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forget the coroner, which is also part of -- very important part of all of our life cycles and
safety. And the last piece that defines our quality of life in our mind is our housing options.
You can live in a ten story condo in downtown Boise and you can live on a ranchette in
Star or Kuna and everything is within half a mile -- half an hour distance from each other
and that makes it such a wonderful region as -- from a planner's perspective this is what
we look for and underlying all this are the roads. We will not be able to serve all our
communities if our roads were clogged up. We will not be able to go from our home in
Star to work in downtown Boise if our roads were clogged up. We will not be able to enjoy
our open spaces as much as we do if our roads were clogged up and you can imagine
how the residents of Ada county feels as they are experiencing the growth that we have
experienced in the recent years, as roads, as I mentioned, are getting fairly busy and our
open spaces are getting chopped up into subdivisions, interspersed with agriculture and
open space users in between and that is really creating a unique challenge for Ada county
and we all know by now that our state's legislation on area of impact and annexation are
such that sometimes it is really challenging to decide where the growth is going to be.
The location and timing of growth is really challenging for us as a region to define and
that's where I think some of our service provision challenges that we will be discussing
later comes into play. So, Mayor Tammy, you were absolutely right, COMPASS has
issued an RFP for fiscal impact analysis at the request of Ada County Board and many of
its member agencies. We would want to look at the overall service portfolio of the entire
region. What is it today and what is it going to be in the future and how we can pay for it.
Do we have a deficit as a region or do we have surplus to pay for these services. So, we
are very happy that COMPASS is working with her partnering agencies in development
of fiscal impact analysis. In addition to that, Ada county commissioners recognize what I
think Caleb and Brian outline for your comp plan, fiscal impact analysis or the service
impact tool is not be all end all, we need to take the growth discussion to the next level
after that fiscal impact analysis is available and Ada county commission has committed
significant resources in fiscal year '20 to further that goal, allowing us a couple of
additional positions, so I can do my job in a more effective manner, as well as some
budget to make sure that we can continue these growth conversations. We are meeting
with every city in this region and making sure that we are having these one-on-one
dialogues with them and understanding what challenges they are facing when it comes
to growth and how we can facilitate that as part of this growth conversation and to take it
to the next level on October 16th I'm sure some of you may have received the invitations
and some of you may be receiving soon -- we are going to have a coordinated growth
conversation where we have invited region leaders, business development community,
elected officials, state legislators and so on and so forth to have a meaningful
conversation and say let's look at what we are doing and let's see where we need to go
going forward to manage this growth in a fiscally responsible manner. So, with that I'm
going to hand it over to David, who is going to talk about, you know, our realities when it
comes to fiscal realities of service provision and --
De Weerd: Thank you, David. And let the record note that Mr. Palmer has joined us.
Corcoran: Good afternoon, Madam Mayor, Madam Chair, Commissioners, Council
Members, David Corcoran, community and regional planner with Ada county here just to
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talk briefly about the county's facilities and how growth has kind of impacted that process.
So, what you have got in front of you on the -- on the screen there is a map of county
facilities, where they are located right now. You can see they tend to be mostly located
more towards sort of where Ada county used to have most of its development and it was
moving to the west at a pace. The one thing that's interesting to me is some of the
services that the county actually provides everybody, including city residents -- so, you
know, when you call 911 that actually goes to the county no matter where you are within
Ada county, what city you're in. The county provides all the drivers licensing. We provide
sheriff patrols, even in the incorporated cities with their own police departments. We run
the ambulance. We do weed, pest, mosquito abatement. We are responsible for the
entire court system, basically. We run spaces, crisis center. The county elections. As
Mitra mentioned, the county coroner, as well as the clerk, assessor and even the landfill
for the county is all provided by the county no matter which --
Kenyon: Don't forget the fair. You missed the fair.
Corcoran: And the fair. Most importantly the county fair.
De Weerd: And I just want to remind everyone in the room that city residents are county
residents, so there is no difference.
Kenyon: County residents or city residents.
De Weerd: No, they're not. They just use city services.
Corcoran: So, where are we at right now. So, I will walk you through this map, and it
should also be on your screen here. What this shows is sort of how the county's grown
over the last 20 years. The purple number represents the current 2019 estimated
population of every city in Ada county. The orange shows when COMPASS did their CRM
process, what they initially expected the population would look like in 2040. The black
shows where we are actually right now, where we expect the population to be in 2040.
You can see a big difference there. So, Meridian has, obviously, grown quite a bit faster
than was expected. Kuna is already blown past where we expect them to be in 2040 and
so -- so, their, you know, population projection was almost doubled in that time. But what's
really interesting is the -- the green at the bottom, which is the comprehensive plan build
out population. So, you know, every city in the county and the county have a
comprehensive plan that allocate some land use of every single inch of dirt in the county
right? And so if you were to fill all of that up with the estimated population of each of those
zones or designations, what you would end up with is that our comprehensive plans are
actually speculating a population of about a million and a half people. So, even though
we have 700,000 right now, we are almost planning in a way that -- or from a land use
perspective that will accommodate 1.4 million. And just to show that in a table form, you
can see we are growing faster than we had initially expected. But what does that mean?
Right? So, these six maps here COMPASS put together as part of the CIM process and
the top row there is population. The bottom row is employment density. The maps on the
left show back in 2010 this is what we expected the density situation to look like. In the
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middle shows when COMPASS initially did the CIM 2040 process that was kind of how
they expected growth to occur between 2012 and 2040. The map on the right shows
what would happen if we built out every comprehensive plan to its fullest extent. So, you
can see some pretty significant differences between the middle and the right column in
terms of where density is. You know, as the 2040 growth forecasts were developed they
assumed, you know, a certain level of density and then -- and, then, the comprehensive
plan build outs assume, you know, something a little bit different. COMPASS definitely
takes into account the comprehensive plans, it's just the development that's actually
occurred has looked a little bit different than maybe initially speculated. That impacts
county services, though right? So, as Mr. Hood mentioned we have -- right now we have
got about 1,800 employees. We estimate that in order to accommodate the sort of 2040
build out projection we would need about 320 million dollars in county facility investment
to get to that 2040 population projection on the 2040 growth. If we end up with the
comprehensive plans all the way built out and we have a million and a half people in Ada
county, to get from here to there and provide the same level of service we estimate it
would cost around 690 million dollars. Well, some of these services are growth
right? You know, no matter where growth happens in the county you're going
to need roughly the same number of coroners right? It has no impact on where exactly
within the county the development happens. But for the sheriff and the EMS especially,
there is kind of some impact here right? So, the more the development is less dense
and it happens in a way that is sort of scattered, that's potentially more sheriff resources,
more ambulance resources that would need to come out and have a potential impact for
driver's license facilities needs to go, how many patrols need to go out and various things
of that nature. So, what should we do about all this? This is our current regional planning
process and so you can see what we have got right now is the city and county land use
plans, they are developed, and that informs COMPASS as they go through the hard work
of putting together these growth projections and, then, they also calculate up the land use
projections if, you know, the comprehensive plans were built out. These are happening
at a slightly different pace. But, functionally, what's happening is that the county makes
its facilities planning decisions and ACHD actually determines its capital improvements
plan based on what is expected to happen in 2040, since that's the best we have in terms
of immediate growth right? The land use plans may speculate, you know, they are
planning for a potential of one and a half million people, something that's, you know, far
later than -- than 2040. And I just want to turn over to Gallatin county, Montana, real quick
which is where Bozeman is. They a few years ago experienced similar growth pressures
to what we are seeing now. They are a -- they are a much smaller county, but -- but
similar idea and they went through and they looked at a few different land use scenarios
right? So, they said, okay, we can keep doing what we are doing, which is, basically, you
know, allowing almost anything to happen or we can start to look at some different options
for development and what they found, actually, was that they could cut their road and
sheriff budgets in more than half if they, you know, with a slightly different development
scenario. So, you know, Bozeman is -- is not Ada county right? Ada county is urbanizing
at a much faster rate, but the same idea applies right? If we start to look at what the cost
of actual development are and move forward from there, maybe we can, you know, come
up with some ideas that could potentially, you know, still allow for that wonderful mix of
housing and residences that everybody wants, but in a way that is, you know, a little bit
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more cost effective. And so with that I will turn it over for discussion. But, then, pass it
on to -- we have got Carl here and he can talk a little bit more about the fiscal impact
analysis process and how COMPASS is working on that. With that I can stand for any
questions or pass it over. Thank you.
De Weerd: Thank you, David. Council, any questions or Commissioners?
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: Appreciate it. A couple questions for you. Do we know on average how many
households or what that population is that's moving to Ada county from outside the
county? What does -- what does that number look like? I mean quick math when I was
-- with the charts it looks like from 2010 to 2017 the most recent is about 187,000 new
people, assuming that everybody who moved Ada stayed in Ada county, just curious if
you guys have metrics on households or numbers of people that are moving from outside
our county into our county.
Corcoran: Yeah. Madam Mayor, Councilman Cavener, I don't know that I know that
number off the top of my head. I feel like that number has been produced, so we can look
into getting that for you.
Cavener: Yeah. I have be interested in seeing that. And, then, Madam Mayor, an
additional question. The projections are startling I think probably for all of us. One that I
kind of keyed in on was the growth in the sheriff's department. Obviously, as Meridian
has grown we have built a pretty stellar police department and don't have to rely on the
sheriff's department for police services like we did in the '80s. One would assume as
other municipalities grow that reliance on the sheriff's department would also lesson. So,
that number goes up is that related to the jail? Is that related to just growing the sheriff's
department as -- along with growth? Help me understand that.
Corcoran: Yes. Absolutely. So, Madam Mayor, Councilman Cavener, so what that would
look at is primarily things like driver's licensing, 911 dispatch, the jail, those are all still
operated for the county. In terms of patrols, you know, it would depend on -- this is sort
of the net cost assuming the current situation right? But if more cities went to police
departments, they could potentially take some burden off the county, but it would put that
burden back on those cities right? So --
Cavener: Madam Mayor. Sorry. Can we -- can we go back? Can you just pull up that
slide, if you don't mind? I think that would be helpful. Thanks. Madam Mayor. The
projection is, then, that -- that 2,000 -- I guess that a thousand additional employees for
the sheriff's department. In your mind, the majority of that is DMV, non-sworn officer staff.
That's what we are --
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Mehta-Cooper: So, when we did the Ada county master facilities plan a couple of years
ago what we did is we broke down all the operational pieces of each office and department
and kind of started understanding how much of per thousand population need is
generated for -- for example, the driver's license or for jail or for -- you know. And at the
end of the day, as Idaho State Code is written, police departments are not -- we are still
at the end of the day sheriff still has to provide the services throughout the Ada county
incorporated and unincorporated territory is my understanding. So, all the projections are
based on our existing trend, how we were trending between 2009 and 2017 in terms of
per thousand population, what -- what we need for each operation of the sheriff and so
these numbers were derived directly out of that and so the assumption is that some of the
cities will continue to build their own police forces, but it will be at the same level as it is
today. So, level of service, in other words, is similar.
Palmer: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Palmer.
Palmer: I hope that if at full build out we are still having driver's license services at a
building, that there is no hope for the country as it is. So, hopefully, we are able to figure
out new technologies and whatnot to avoid having to have all these people in a DMV at
full build out.
Mehta-Cooper: Councilman Palmer that is an awesome question. I think we struggle --
grappled with that as we work in the master facilities plan and our -- we have, you know,
worked with 19 members all elected officials, as well as department heads, in grappling
with technology and some of the new things that will change things and so our growth
projections per thousand population actually starts showing some shifts after 2025 and
so you are -- we have called for that, in other words. So, yes, you're absolutely right and
we grappled with that as we were looking for technological advancements and other
things that would impact the service provision portfolio.
Palmer: It warms my heart to hear that that's being anticipated. Thank you.
Lachiondo: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Commissioner Lachiondo.
Lachiondo: So, if you don't mind -- and, then, we will -- we will keep going, but I wanted
to give you just a little bit of flavor in terms of how we got to this place. So, we are a newly
constituted board as of January and one of the very first pieces that we had the
opportunity to get educated on was the really two year process that the county undertook
to create a master facilities plan that encompassed all of the elected officials, department
heads, et cetera, and as you know county government is a little bit different in that we
have an additional six elected officials who we work with who run their own offices and
we were handed these very large black binders that contained all of this myriad of really
stark needs that we have for the county, but alongside that was not necessarily a
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corresponding financial plan for how to pay for it. So, this board is now in the process of
how do we grapple with that and when I look at what we are facing in terms of our three
top priorities right now being a new jail pod, new coroner's office and a courthouse
expansion, all very necessary issues, we are struggling with how we are going to pay for
that in and of itself. So, for us really kick starting this conversation is about understanding
what are the current costs of our growth projections and if we are fine with those costs,
both as a county, as well as our partner cities, then, we will all be along our merry ways,
but I think at least at the county level we know we are going to have to work really hard
to meet those and so we want to engage the conversation around is there a fiscally
different way to grow. Perhaps a more fiscally responsible way to grow that would allow
us all to save money for our taxpayers. So, that's really where we started from, just
looking at our own budget, but quickly realized that, obviously, ACHD is in the mix, the
school district, et cetera, et cetera, and we needed to bring everybody to the table to have
that conversation.
De Weerd: Thank you. And I know your accounting team has been visiting our Finance
Department and learning more about our comprehensive financial plan and our capital
improvement plan. So, we love the collaboration and working together. So, thank you.
David, I have one more question for you. You talked about an area in Montana. Montana
has different land use laws that dictate -- I'm not sure our land use laws and our current
code to maybe achieve the same thing. Have you done some comparisons in -- in how
theirs stands and how they have been able to -- to change the course?
Corcoran: Absolutely. So, Madam Mayor, the goal of the Gallatin county sort of example
is not necessarily to look at the policy changes they have made. Obviously, at some point
down the line that's going to have to be researched --
De Weerd: That's a big piece.
Corcoran: Yes. Yes. Right now the goal is to focus on -- or at least our focus was on the
way in which they quantified the cost of their development as it stands.
De Weerd: Okay.
Corcoran: And the way in which they used that money to look at different scenarios.
De Weerd: I appreciate that.
Mehta-Cooper: And, Madam Mayor, if I may add, so for October 16th growth
conversation, we have invited a couple of national experts that will help us understand
some toolbox that are available in front of us and that we can think about as a region and
say, yeah, this is something we should think about as a region to achieve the fiscally
responsible goal -- our growth goal for all of us. So, we have invited a couple of national
experts that will help us kind of understand what other people that are in similar situation,
including some in Idaho, have done or have envisioned doing.
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De Weerd: So, part of that toolbox will it be -- have some policy suggestions to it? I know
we have gone to the legislature with some policy suggestions and they haven't even been
heard. So, will those be part of -- of that discussion in October?
Mehta-Cooper: It will be a collaborative conversation release and Commissioner --
Lachiondo: And we are just getting started. So, I think the opportunity right now is to first
start with the fiscal impact piece and if, as the region, as the county and all of our entities,
we decide we want to continue to pursue that, then, it would be the opportunity to link
arms and if need be go to the legislature. I hear you. I know how difficult that is. But I
think we have to get on the same page as a community first.
De Weerd: So, you can tell the fiscal impact story first. That's great. Well, I appreciate
your -- your help with that. Carl.
Miller: Good afternoon.
De Weerd: Good afternoon.
Miller: My name is Carl Miller. Madam Mayor, Meridian City Council, Ada County
Commission, thank you for inviting me to participate in this conversation. I'm with the
Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho or COMPASS and we are the
metropolitan planning organization for Ada and Canyon county. Before I talk about fiscal
impact I did want to point out, Commissioner Cavener, that we do track a lot of the growth
and development trends, as well as migration. I will share that information with your staff
and they can share that with you if that's all right. So, fiscal impact. A little bit about what
it is and, then, how we are going to be using it. It's really an analysis of the financial
bottom line of land use in the county. All the revenues that come in through development
fees and impact fees and taxes and property taxes and, then, what we commit to when
we approve development as far as the different public expenditures that we have through
public transportation, public education, municipal services, county services, public works
and so forth and it really helps to identify and quantify the value and to tell a story about
does growth pay for itself. Looking at how much revenue comes in with different types of
development patterns, how much revenue is expected based on those development
patterns and types of uses, as well as what's the relationship between revenues and costs
based on where it is in the county, where it is located in the city. A lot of the work that
your city staff has done about the relationship between where services already exist and
the amount of cost that it would take to -- to serve those things and, then, be able to
answer that question should development be incentivized or disincentivized based, again,
on location, what type of development it is and so forth. Again, fiscal impact is more of
an informational tool, but it really needs to lead to that implementation tool to be an
effective policy. And, then, it can also answer those things like how will demographic
shifts change the expected revenue and cost for a community as -- as people change
over time they will expect different housing types and land use patterns. Does that
change the amount of money coming in and out of a community. It really all comes down
to the bottom line of does growth pay for itself. COMPASS has recently worked with your
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staff, both at the county and the city, as well as stakeholders across the region and we
are working to hire a consultant to do that fiscal impact analysis for us as we -- as the
metropolitan planning organization work on the long range transportation plan,
Communities In Motion, this one will be called Communities In Motion 25. As we look out
over the next three decades about what are the transportation infrastructure needs and
services that we have in the valley we will also want to tell the story about what those
different land use patterns and preferred growth scenarios -- what will that mean to our
financial bottom line as -- as communities, as cities and counties and -- and to the people
that we serve. So, as we look at that preferred growth scenario this fiscal impact will help
tell the story of what is the cost, what are the revenues generated with those different
lands these patterns. That will be the first step upon that, if successful, we will move into
what will that cost be as to communities and even at different sites, specific land use
proposals. But really looking at first what does that mean to a regional preferred --
preferred land use scenario. So, again, this is work that we have just started on. We will
be hiring a consultant later -- actually next month. Working with your -- your staff and
other stakeholders to really help identify those costs and moving forward so we can tell a
more compelling story about what is the financial impacts of land use patterns. That's all
I have for you. Any questions for me?
De Weerd: Thanks, Carl. I think you're -- you're launching a mammoth program or project
and we appreciate your leadership on this. Council and Commission, any questions?
Thank you.
Miller: Thank you.
De Weerd: Okay. Well, the -- mentioned at the very end of that was Title 8 and 9
agreements and -- and just want to make sure -- or want to make sure that we have that
on your radar, that we would like to have a discussion and it will follow a lot of the
discussion that we had with the Ada County Commissioners a couple of years ago with
the PowerPoint that we will send you and so we will work with your team to set up a follow-
up meeting to discuss it that as you talk about fiscal impacts and cost to growth, the
growth in our areas of impact and what -- what design criteria they have with impact fees
and those kind of things. That -- and in-fill. Those are areas that we would like to have
further discussions on.
Kenyon: Thank you so much. And thank you so much for having us here and participating
in the -- not only discussion, but I think, you know, we all are committed at least at this
board sitting up here moving forward and working together and having these
conversations is really critical. Having us look at what is the common vision. If we can
begin with the end in mind -- I think we had a high number at -- at COMPASS based on
our current comprehensive plans that build out -- what was it 1.4 or 2.4 million? So, is
that really where we want to be? And so I think for me having all of us sitting at the table
and talking about what's that common vision at the end of build out and, then, working
backwards towards that and, then, also agreeing on the core values and I think that we
all share those core values and they just maybe haven't been articulated as well as they
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could have been in the past and I really appreciate the community engagement that you
have had with your community here. You really set the standard and set the bar high.
De Weerd: Well, thank you for picking this up and -- and running with it. We appreciate
that leadership. And if there isn't any further business in front of these two bodies, I would
entertain a motion to adjourn our special meeting.
Cavener: Madam Mayor?
De Weerd: Mr. Cavener.
Cavener: I move we adjourn our special meeting.
Milam: Second.
De Weerd: I have a motion a second to adjourn. All those in favor.
MOTION CARRIED: FOUR AYES. ONE ABSENT.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 4:32 P.M.
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SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
September 17, 2019
Agenda Item Number: 2 A
Item Title: City of Meridian: Meridian Comprehensive Plan Update
Meetinci Notes:
Comprehensive Plan
September 17, 2019
Joint Meridian City Council and
Ada County Commissioner Meeting
Caleb Hood, Planning Division Manager
Brian McClure, Comprehensive Associate Planner
Current Plan
Adopted in 2002
•Population in Meridian has tripled
•Major reformat and update in 2010/2011
•Updated annually, but policies regarding
growth and development are largely the
same for the past 17 years
Two Documents, One Plan
•Comprehensive Plan –Text, Policies
and FLUM (Current effort)
•Existing Conditions Report (Updated
every 3-years or so –retained with new
Plan)
Plan Development Process
•City hired Logan Simpson to consult on project
–Market Analysis, by Leland
–Transportation Corridor Analysis, by Leland and Kittleson
–Public involvement and website engagement; track and draft plan
•Steering Committee
–22 community members; monthly meetings with project oversight
–Includes stakeholders with varied expertise, knowledge and backgrounds –technical
and non-technical
Focus Groups –Essentially sub-committees focused on: Community Design,
Economic Development, Housing and Transportation
–Draft Plan is their recommendation
•Public Outreach
–Multiple in-person and online events over 18 month period
–Website engagement at each phase
–Close coordination with Communications Staff
Project Timeline
2017, May Staff directed by Council to initiate project for FY2018
2018, May City Council approved Scope of Work & Logan Simpson Contract (including Kittleson and Leland)
2018, June First Steering Committee meeting
2018, June -Sept Public Involvement began with stakeholder interviews, c ontinued with city-wide activity and events
focused on Values and Vision
2018, Nov Completed #MyMeridian Vision Document
2018, Oct -April Outreach to Focus Areas
2018, Nov -May Community Design, Economic Development, Housing, and Transportation Focus Groups met
2019, Feb -May Market and Transportation Analysis (Technical phases)
2019, May -July Draft Plan Development
2019, July -Aug Public Review of Draft Plan
2019, Sept -Now Changes to Draft Plan based on public review; SC review and endorsement; Public Hearings
Premier
Housing,
Education &
Community Services,
Economic Excellence
Evolving
Growth and Population,
Land Use,
Utilities & Infrastructure
Livable
Parks & Pathways,
Stewardship,
Public Safety
Vibrant
Character, Design, and
Identity,
Historic Preservation,
Arts and Culture
Connected
Transportation and
Streets
#MyMeridian Vision
•Community Driven Throughout; Beginning, Middle, and End
•5 Value Themes with supporting vision statements
•Draft Plan organized by original Value themes
Modern Format
•Single document PDF
–Single download availability
–Print
•Web Based (Interactive)
–Responsive: Large screens and
mobile friendly
–Policies: Sortable and searchable on
the fly
–Interactive Mapping
AOCI Changes
Service Impact Tool
Broadly considers parcel readiness for
development/re-development
•Parcel based geospatial tool
•Looks at City utilities and key services
relative to parcel location
•Considers life safety (ie –response times)
and quality of life (ie –pathways)
•Considers timing and plans for service/utility
expansion
•Is not a decision making tool for approving
development
•Could help define where the City may grow
next and areas where
opportunity/(re)development potential exists
•Can help coordinate service needs with other
providers
Next Steps
•Planning &Zoning Commission hearing in October
•City Council hearing in November or December*
Then the real work begins…
•Application with Ada County for adoption (Title 9)
•Updates to other City plans
•Prioritization of policies/projects by new Mayor & City Council
–Review of City Code, UDC, and other standards (w/ stakeholders)
–Consideration/feasibility/implementation of neighborhood districts, sub-
area plans, sub-area architectural guidelines, and more
*Date pending P&Z Recommendation
QUESTIONS
Website:
www.meridiancompplan.com
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SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
September 17, 2019
Agenda Item Number: 2 B
Item Title: Ada County: Best Practices and Emerging Trends - Managing
Growth Through Comprehensive Plans, Area of City Impact
Agreements and Title VTI and Title IX Agreements
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September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
Ada County –City of Meridian
Joint workshop of Board of County Commissioners and City Council
Mitra Mehta-Cooper, Ada County Strategic Planning Manager
David Corcoran, Ada County Community and Regional Planner
Carl Miller, COMPASS Principal Planner
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
Why are we here? –Mitra Mehta-Cooper, Ada County
Where are we now?
What should we do? –David Corcoran, Ada County
Discussion by Board of County Commissioners and Meridian City
Council
Fiscal Impact Analysis –Carl Miller, COMPASS
Discussion by Board of County Commissioners and Meridian City
Council
Public Comments
Ada County –Meridian
Joint Workshop Outline
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
https://parksandrecreation.idaho.gov/parks/eagle-island
https://rootsrated.com/stories/a-doggone-good-adventure-the-best-dog-friendly-trails-in-boise
Total Ada County (~acres) –
678,400
Federal lands: 320,869
State lands: 41,357
Recreational Areas: 8,139
Why are we here?
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
32 Locations
1850 Employees
Sheriff: 675
EMS: 150
Courts: 120
Juvenile: 80
Coroner: 28
Why are we here?
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
https://www.forrent.com/id/meridian/the-regency-at-river-valley/yl49ctv
Why are we here?
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
“We find that a majority of respondents
(72%) feel that the Treasure Valley is
growing too fast.”
Third Annual Treasure Valley Survey Boise State University
Idaho Policy Institute
https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/our-changing-idaho-how-growth-boise-and-beyond-impacts-you#stream/0
Why are we here?
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
County Services that are provided to City Residents:
-911 Dispatch
-Drivers Licensing
-Sheriff Patrols (3)
-Emergency Medical Services
-Weed, Pest, and Mosquito Abatement
-County Prosecutor and Defender
-Trial Court and Services
-Juvenile Court and Services
-FACES
-Elections
-Coroner
-Clerk/Assessor
-Landfill
-Others
Where are we now?
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
Where are we now?
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
ADA COUNTY POPULATION
PROJECTIONS
2010 2017 2025 2040 R5 2040 LU Buildout
383,470 446,219 539,730 668,932 679,199 1,449,662
Increase:16%41%74%77%278%compared to 2010
21%50%52%225%compared to 2017
2%117%compared to 2040
Where are we now?
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
$320M Capital Cost
2600 Employees
Sheriff: 950
EMS: 220
Courts: 180
Juvenile: 110
Coroner: 40
$690M Capital Cost
5600 Employees
Sheriff: 2050
EMS: 480
Courts: 390
Juvenile: 245
Coroner: 81
Where are we now?
32 Locations
1850 Employees
Sheriff: 675
EMS: 150
Courts: 120
Juvenile: 80
Coroner: 28
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
What should we do?
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
Fiscal Impact Analysis of Gallatin County, Montana
What should we do?
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
What should we do?
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
Discussion
Fiscal Impact
Analyses
for CIM 2050
What is Fiscal Impact?
Analysis of cash flow to the public sector
Capital costs and operating expenses
Public infrastructure and services:
•Public education
•Public safety and emergency services
•Open space and parks
•Public works
How is it used?
What is the
relationship
between land
use and
infrastructure
costs?
What is the
relationship
between land
use and
municipal
revenues?
What is the
locational
relationship
between of
costs and
revenues?
Should
development
be
incentivized?
How will
demographic
shifts change
costs and
revenues?
Is growth paying for itself?
Communities in Motion 2050
Working with stakeholders and
public on preferred growth scenario
What are the values and
preferences of the community?
What will it cost to serve?
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
Ada County’s Commitment
COMPASS has issued an RFP for the Fiscal Impact Analysis
and a RTAC Subcommittee will be assisting their staff in
reviewing the proposals and the Consultant’s work
Ada County Board of County Commissioners has allocated
funds in FY20 to further guide these growth conversations with
regional partners including ACHD, partner cities, and COMPASS
Ada County is in the process of meeting with each city and other
partnering agencies
October 16, 2019 –Coordinated Growth Conversation #1
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
Discussion
September 17, 2019
Ada County –City of Meridian Joint Workshop
Thank You