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2019-11-19 Regular C I T Y C OUNCI L R EGU L A R M EET I NG AGENDA C ity Council Chamber s 33 E ast B roadway Avenue M er idian, I daho Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 6:00 P M 1. Roll-C all Attendance X A nne L ittle R oberts X J oe Borton X Ty P almer X Treg B ernt Genesis Milam X L uke Cavener X Mayor Tammy de Weerd 2. P ledge of Allegiance 3. Community Invocation by T im P usey of Valley S hepher d C hur ch of the Nazarene 4. Adoption of Agenda - Adopted 5. Announcements 6. F uture M eeting Topics - Public F orum (Up to 30 M inutes M aximum) Signing up prior to the start of the meeting is required. This time is reserved for the public to address thei r elected officials regarding matters of general interest or concern of public matters and is not specific to an active land use/development application. By law, no decisions can be made on topics presented under this public comment section, other than the City Council may request that the topic be added to a future meeting agenda for a more detailed discussion or action. The Mayor may also direct staff to further assi st you i n resolving the matter following the meeting. 7. Action I tems Public Hearings for Land Use Applications follow this process: Once the Public Hearing is opened, City staff will present their report. Following the report, the applicant is allowed up to 15 minutes to present their application. Members of the public are allowed up to 3 minutes each to address council regarding the applicati on. If a person is representing a large group such as a Homeowner's Association, indi cated by a show of hands, they may be allowed up to 10 minutes. Following all public testimony, the applicant is then allowed 10 additional minutes to respond to comments. Once the public hearing is closed, no additional testimony will be received. The City Counci l may move to continue the item for additional information or vote to approve or deny the i tem with or without changes as presented. The Mayor is not a member of the Ci ty Council and pursuant to Idaho Code does not vote on public hearing i tems, unless to break a tie vote. A. P ublic Hearing for New C ompr ehensive P lan (H-2019-0101 C PAT & C PAM ) by M er idian Planning D epartment – Continued to November 26, 2019 (Written Testimo ny and Staff Comments may still be received) 1. R equest: To replace the existing Comprehensive P lan (the Plan) for the C ity with a new long-range planning document. T he application includes but is not limited to the following: 1) approval of new text, both background and policies; 2) adoption of a new F uture L and Use Map of the C ity, including A rea of C ity I mpact boundary changes; and 3) accepting new goals, objectives and action items of the P lan, by Meridian P lanning Department. 8. O rdinances A. O rdinance No. 19-1861: An O rdinance (H-2019-0088 Idaho F ine Ar ts Academy) F or Rezone O f A P ortion Of T he S E ¼ Of S ection 18, Township 3 North, Range 1 E ast, B oise M eridian, Ada C ounty, Idaho; E stablishing And D eter mining T he L and Use Zoning Classification F rom I -L (L ight Industr ial) Zoning D istrict To C -G (G eneral Retail And S ervice C ommer cial) Zoning D istr ict In T he M eridian City C ode; P roviding T hat C opies O f T his O r dinance S hall B e F iled With T he Ada C ounty Assessor, T he Ada C ounty Recorder, And T he Idaho S tate Tax C ommission, As Required B y L aw; And P roviding F or A S ummary O f T he O rdinance; And P roviding F or A Waiver O f T he Reading Rules; And P roviding An E ffective D ate. - Approved 9. F uture M eeting Topics Meeting Adjourned at 11:15 pm Meridian City Council November 19, 2019. A Meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, November 19, 2019, by Mayor Tammy de Weerd. Members Present: Tammy de Weerd, Joe Borton, Luke Cavener, Ty Palmer, Anne Little Roberts and Treg Bernt. Members Absent: Genesis Milam. Also Present: Chris Johnson, Bill Nary, Caleb Hood, Brian McClure, Kyle Radek, Berle Stokes, Joe Bongiorno and Dean Willis. Item 1: Roll-call Attendance: Roll Call. A. Meridian City Council X__ Anne Little Roberts X_ _ _Joe Borton X__ Ty Palmer X__ Treg Bernt ______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 City Council regular meeting and this is -- meeting is totally dedicated to our Comprehensive Plan. Thank you for your interest and thank you so much for joining us this evening. For the record it is Tuesday, November 19th. It's 6:00 o'clock and we will start with roll call attendance, Mr. Clerk. Item 2: Pledge of Allegiance De Weerd: Item No. 2 is our Pledge of Allegiance. If you will all rise and join us in the pledge. (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. Tonight we will be led by Pastor Tim Pusey with the Valley Shepherd Church of the Nazarene. If you will all join us in the community invocation or take this as an opportunity for a moment of reflection. Pusey: Thank you. Heavenly Father, we begin tonight by thanking you for the way you have blessed this wonderful community and the way in which you have made Meridian to Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 26 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 2 of 88 be such a good place to live and we pray, Lord, for your continued guidance and watchcare over our city. Your Word instructs us to pray for those in authority over us and so we rightfully take a moment to -- to pray for our City Council and for our Mayor as we begin this meeting tonight. We pray for wisdom and guidance for them and we recognize that there is some important matters on the agenda tonight and so we trust you, Lord, to go before us all in that, for the -- for the good of this community and, Lord, we would pray that you would be with our city in these important days of transition as our Mayor and several of our Council Members pass the baton to others, may you continue to bless and guide this community and, Lord, may Meridian always be a place that recognizes the needs of people and may it always be a great place of compassion, in Christ's name we pray, amen. Thank you. Item 4: Adoption of Agenda De Weerd: Thank you. Okay. Item 4 is adoption of the agenda. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: I move we adopt the agenda as published. Cavener: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to adopt the agenda as published. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 5: Announcements De Weerd: Item 5 under announcements. Just that we will be closed for Thanksgiving and -- both Thursday and Friday -- the Friday following Thanksgiving. And City Hall is closed tomorrow for an all employee meeting. So, with that any other announcements from Council? Item 6: Future Meeting Topics - Public Forum (Up to 30 Minutes Maximum) De Weerd: Okay. Item 6 under future meeting topics. Mr. Clerk, any signups? Johnson: Yes. Madam Mayor. We have one sign up. Colleen Carrera. Carrera: I didn't know I was going to be first. De Weerd: Good evening. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 27 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 3 of 88 Carrera: The whole street, too, or -- De Weerd: No. Just your name and your address. Carrera: Colleen Carrera. 1133 North Caucus Way, Meridian. De Weerd: Thank you. Carrera: So, shall I go ahead and start? De Weerd: Yes, please. Carrera: Okay. This has happened to me or I have seen it happen in the last two months. It has to do with people selling puppies alongside the road and I live by the Walmart store down Records Way and the first time I saw it was in the summer and the couple had come from Emmett and were selling their Husky puppies and, then, two weeks ago on a Sunday on the grassy area there was another group of people -- I never asked them where they were from, but they were also selling Husky puppies and so I don't know if they kept breeding the mother dog or what, but, anyway, I asked the girl do you have any documentation showing that these puppies have been vaccinated? Oh, no. But the doctor said, you know, they are healthy and the reason I'm so passionate about this and so concerned is I had to recently put my German Shepherd down. She had many many anxiety issues and I got her at a German Shepherd puppy mill and I had to deal with this for six whole years. Her anxiety issues culminated in physical trauma and arthritis and I had to put her down. So, I asked the little girl further -- well, how come you don't have any documentation? Well, we left it at home. And I went up and talked to these people and I said you may want to pull back from buying any of these puppies, because they don't have any documentation and because I got my dog at a German Shepherd puppy mill, not knowing what it was, because I had never acquired a puppy in my life, they were always grown -- grown dogs. So, after Heidi and seeing all these anxiety issues and how these people in a huge puppy mill knew who the mama and the daddy was , there was probably a lot of inbreeding and so I highly believe Heidi was a product of inbreeding. Well, this could be the same thing with these Husky puppies. The people are coming into our area -- it could be anybody coming anywhere and selling puppies alongside the road. But I think, you know, you see a puppy and people go, oh, how cute. Well, they don't realize what's involved and what the background could be and they just go ahead and buy a puppy and, then, deal with the -- the aftermath of -- of a dog like this. So, I'm -- I'm wondering if you folks could think about this and maybe pass some kind of law or something that would say that people are not allowed to be selling puppies alongside the road. De Weerd: Thank you for joining us and -- and what I will ask is if you could perhaps leave your phone number with our city clerk, we can have someone give you a call and follow up -- Carrera: Yeah. That would be great. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 28 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 4 of 88 De Weerd: -- and chat with you further about that. Carrera: Okay. De Weerd: Okay. Carrera: Thank you. Item 7: Action Items A. Public Hearing for New Comprehensive Plan (H-2019-0101) (CPAT & CPAM) by Meridian Planning Department 1. Request: To replace the existing Comprehensive Plan (the Plan) for the City with a new long- range planning document. The application includes but is not limited to the following: 1) approval of new text, both background and policies; 2) adoption of a new Future Land Use Map of the City, including Area of City Impact boundary changes; and 3) accepting new goals, objectives and action items of the Plan, by Meridian Planning Department. De Weerd: Thank you for joining us. Okay. Item 7 is our Action Items. Item 7-A is a public hearing for our Comprehensive Plan and because this is a big item and a big issue, we will look at a different format. I just wanted to first have a conversation with you on that. Our Comprehensive Plan is our vision document and it is a blueprint and a guideline for how we anticipate to grow. This is not the code and there is a difference and I think that staff will -- will discuss where we have come and how we have gotten to this point. To date we have had a great deal of participation and if you are sitting in our audience and you have participated in this process, thank you for that. I see a couple of our steering committee members as well. There has been a lot of time and talent put towards this effort. So, tonight we ask you to be courteous and kind and the decorum is to be respectful and providing an atmosphere that people feel comfortable providing their comments. We do want to hear everything that people have to say and we do expect that there is probably spokes people in the audience tonight that are here representing an HOA or a large group of -- of people that have a special issue that they would like to share. So, before I open this public hearing I would ask for those spokespeople if you would stand up and I'm going to ask you who you represent and your name. We will ask you individually to come to the podium and offer that information, so our clerk can call on you first. So, when I asked you to come forward I will also ask those to raise their hand if this person is representing you and , then, I will explain the process from that point on after we get through that. So, for those spokes people, if you will, please, stand up. And I will ask you individually to come forward and offer your -- your name and area you are representing. So, we will start on this side of the room. If you will just state your name and the area that you represent. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 29 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 5 of 88 Overton: My name is John Overton and I will be the spokesman for the HOA for the Woodbridge Subdivision. De Weerd: Okay. And -- no -- no applause. Now, I just gave you the respectful dialogue. Okay. Well, be the example. For those that he represents will you, please, raise your hand? Okay. Thank you. Thank you, John. And, then, sir. Good evening. Hatch: Good evening, Mayor de Weerd, fellow Council Members. My name is Jeff Hatch. I'm representing the Venus Development and it's a light industrial area just west of Cloverdale on Franklin. De Weerd: Thank you very much. And do you represent a group then ? Hatch: Ye s. De Weerd: Are they with you tonight? If you could raise your hand. Thank you very much. Thank you, sir. Yes. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. If you will, please, state your name and the areas that you represent. Ward: My name is Kenzie Ward and I represent Rock Range Estates in southwest Meridian. De Weerd: Thank you. And those you represent here tonight raise your hand. Okay. Thank you. Good evening. Webb: Thank you. My name is Wendy Webb and I represent the Southern Rim Coalition tonight. De Weerd: Okay. Thank you, Wendy. Can the Southern Rim members, please, raise your hands? Okay. Thank you. Sir in the very back. Now we will work front. Good evening. Claiborne: Good evening. My name is David Claiborne. I will be representing Locust View Heights Subdivision. De Weerd: Thank you, sir. And those that are with you tonight if you will raise your hand. Thank you very much. Ma'am. Good evening. Rinehimer: Good evening. De Weerd: If you will talk into the microphone. Rinehimer: Our representative Mindy Lin for Stetson Estates, she's on her way. She's going to be late. De Weerd: Okay. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 30 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 6 of 88 Rinehimer: Just wanted to let you know. De Weerd: Well, that -- that's helpful. We appreciate that and those that -- and what was the area? Rinehimer: For Stetson. De Weerd: Stetson? Rinehimer: Uh-huh. De Weerd: Those that are here for -- from that area if you will raise your hand. Okay. Thank you very much. Rinehimer: My name? Carol Rinehimer. De Weerd: And it's for Mindy Lin. Okay. Thank you. And, then, in the back. Good evening. Byam: Madam Mayor, City Council Members, my name is Jane Byam. I live at 6050 El Gato Lane and I represent the residents of -- on El Gato Lane, Pine Lane and Puma. De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. And those that she is the spokesperson for if you will raise your hand. Okay. Thank you very much. Sir. Good evening. Manwaring: Good evening. My name is Ryan Manwaring and I'm representing a group of Meridian residents, 150 individuals who had signed a petition about preserving some agricultural land in Idaho -- in Meridian. De Weerd: Okay. Thank you. And anyone here that is represented by this gentleman? Okay. Thank you. Any -- any other spokesperson I haven't had a chance to recognize ? Good evening. Pond: Gilbert Pond. I live on El Gato Lane with other people there. I just wanted to say a few things just after they are done. De Weerd: We will -- after our spokes people are called on we will take individual testimony and we will ask that the individual testimony not repeat what has already been said, but if you have to add to it we -- we welcome your comments. So, with that said, Mr. Clerk, were you able to record all those names and -- you got it? Johnson: Yes, Madam Mayor. De Weerd: Okay. Very good. Well, the staff will present an overview, as I mentioned, and talk about how we got to this evening. We will do the large group presentations. They are allowed ten minutes each and on the podium there is a computer screen that Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 31 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 7 of 88 has the time allotment on there and you will see it ticking down. We also have a sound indication. Mr. Clerk, will you play that. When you hear that your time is up and so we will ask that you summarize or -- and, then, allow the next person their -- their equal time. So, with that we will go ahead and I will open this public hearing and ask for staff comments. Hood: Thank you, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council. It's my honor and privilege to present -- De Weerd: Caleb, I just have one more thing. Hood: Okay. De Weerd: I know there is a full house. I don't want you to have to be here all night. So , I did talk with the Council President and if Council will allow, we would like to take testimony tonight and if -- if the hour is reasonable and Council feels that they have heard all the testimony, they can close it. But we are not looking for a decision this evening. So, we will ask for action next week if -- if that's appropriate for Council. Any issues with that at this point? Okay. And I -- I will call the -- we are not taking public testimony yet. If it gets too late it -- we don't want the Council making a decision after 11:00. I don't know -- and what -- we would like to respect your time, so you can offer your testimony. You can leave and not think that something's going to happen when you are not here. So, it's best to do this next week, unless Council thinks otherwise. Okay. Mr. Nary. Nary: Madam Mayor, because I don't know what the gentleman is holding, nothing the city has produced said you would make a decision tonight. So, I don't know what information he had, but the city hadn't provided anything that required the Council to make a decision today. De Weerd: You know -- and, Tim, really we -- we try to make decisions in a timely fashion, but this is -- this is an 18 month process and we don't want to -- we want to -- the Council to be able to contemplate what they have heard this evening , have a chance to sleep on it and have further discussion next week. I -- we certainly understand that and you can tune in online for next week and -- and watch the discussion, too. Okay. I'm sorry, Caleb. I did want to make sure people were informed on that . Hood: No problem. Madam Mayor, as you just alluded to, this is a huge project and it's -- it's my honor to present to you tonight for your consideration and potential adoption -- in the near future, anyways, a new Comprehensive Plan for the city. My name is Caleb Hood, I'm the planning division manager. I have been part of this process for a little over two years now. You are right. And, then, 18 months we have actively been doing this project or thereabouts, but for over two years we have been communicating and getting direction from Council to -- to go forth and do this project. Brian McClure is an associate city planner with the city. He's been the project manager on this, been involved all along the way. And, then, Bruce Meighen is our consultant that will also be kind of co-presenting tonight. So, we are not going to pass the baton back and forth too many times, but we all Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 32 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 8 of 88 have pieces that we would like to cover this evening. And, again, it is a larger project, so a couple of -- just kind of clarifications for you. We are going to stay sitted -- seated here, if that's okay. Bruce may go up to the podium. A little more comfortable if we can work here and look at some of our notes and things, if that's okay. And it is a little bit longer presentation than we typically give. There is a lot to cover here. Some of that is even hopefully educational. We hope you find this beneficial to set the -- explain the process that we have gone through the last couple years . What a comp plan is and those types of things. So, hopefully, you bear with us and this information, hopefully, is -- is educational, beneficial to folks about this process. So, with your blessing I will just go forward into our -- our presentation. So, I thought we better start at the beginning with what is a comprehensive plan. It is a state mandated planning document. It guides our growth and development. It's not a blueprint for that growth, but it does paint a picture for our community, what we want it to be and how services will be provided to all portions of future city limits and we will talk more about that. But at a basic level the comprehensive plan is some texts are words and there is multiple exhibits and maps, but the main was a future land use map or FLUM or FLUM you might have heard it referred to as those different things. So, those are the biggest tools or elements of a comprehensive plan. Those policies, again, direct how we change and grow over the next couple of decades or so. So, what's included and not included? And this is something that does get a little bit of confusing. It was not code. Madam Mayor, you alluded to that in your opening remarks. It does not include development standards. It does not include things like thou shalt provide a certain amount of open space. It can't do th at. It doesn't do that. But it does set the foundation for those codes and in Meridian our code is the Unified Development Code, Title 11 of the Meridian City Code is where those standards are that say thou shalt provide that amount of open space or streets that do this. But, again, included in the plan is text. So, the way the text is organized is we have background that kind of tells the story and leads up to the policies and the policies are largely referenced as we are reviewing new projects, whether they be city-initiated projects or development- initiated projects for change, but those policies, then, again, guide and direct that growth. Our implementation plan with some new policies. So, we are calling this a new plan, although we didn't throw out all of the existing plans. We looked at all of them, but we retained some of them, too. There is some good stuff in there and we changed, modified, tweaked some of that stuff , so it met -- met today's needs of the community. But largely this is a new plan. Another element of the plan -- so, the text and the map. The other one that we aren't touching and that's why it's not highlighted in this bullet, is the existing conditions report. That -- that looks backwards. It's who we were and are as a community. It's got demographic information, how many fire stations we have. But, really, it's who we were and are as a community versus the text and the map is who we aspire to be going forward. So, that's kind of the difference there. There is 17 components that are required that be addressed in state code. I will go through those a little bit more here in another slide or two. We are proposing also to revise our area of city impact. So , that is our -- what we envisioned to be our ultimate city boundaries. It's our planning boundary. So, we work with the county and other cities to establish that and, then, what land uses occur in there and who provides what services within those areas. Again, just to highlight what's not included -- code. We can't change the code with this, but it does, again, influence the code and sets us up for success in the code to get what the vision states that we want to Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 33 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 9 of 88 be as a community. This does not annex or rezone any property. That's a big one. I know it gets confusing with the future land use map there is designations, talking about residential and commercial. That is not zoning. This does not zone anyone's property. It doesn't annex anybody into the city. It sets that up for the future and it's used to plan for with -- when and if those properties propose to annex into the city, what zoning we would consider as a city to annex them and the development that would, then, go along with it -- with any future request. And the third bullet really is more for staff and Brian will touch on this a little bit as we get into the map, but we didn't propose anything -- a change to the future land use map that would conflict with anything that's directly on the ground. So , if there is an industrial use we wouldn't make that a school say. So, a lot of -- in fact, just the opposite. A lot of it was clean up to kind of do the opposite. And, then, what it also doesn't include is any locations for any proposed roads. We have other tools that do that and other plans. The master street map. We have other working with our transportation agencies on where collectors should go and the width of arterials and front and backage roads. So, this plan is not -- the map does not include -- or the text doesn't include exactly where roads are going to go, it doesn't get to that level of detail in the plan. There are a couple of policies that say explore, for instance, a Linder Road overpass or a connection downtown using Broadway or Idaho to get through to Locust Grove . There are others -- there are some policies like that. But, again, it's not so down to the neighborhood level of where roads are laid out and collectors and arterials. There are other tools that do that. So, those are some kind of common misconceptions about what's included in the plan. Again, there is a -- there is a relationship with a lot of those things and other plans, but that is not -- not the plan. So, we -- we hope that this plan does represent Meridian's future and it's something that we can aspire to be over time. Housing types for -- housing is a big deal right now and we envision will continue to be. So, having a diversity of housing stock on different lot sizes, neighborhood identity, building on the quality neighborhoods we already have and experiencing more of those into the future. Districts being engaging places. So, quality, livable places to recreate, to live, to work. Supporting parks, recreations, and open space. So, the Parks Department has a master plan. This, again, works in conjunction and supports the Parks and Recreation master plan, including pathways and all that. So, it is lockstep with that plan. Meridian's historic and community character. So, strengthen that. Lay on that, to some degree preserve that, and I'm sure we will talk some more about that, what -- what is our historic and community character. But, basically, a family friendly, small town feel. Those are some of the things we have heard from the community that they want to strengthen or preserve . Mobility. So, being able to get around from different places via different modes. Walking. Biking. Buses. Driving. All different modes. And, then, partnerships. Are they public-private partnerships or working with developers or other agencies to have a thriving economy is also part of the plan. And, then, finally, tools that help us get there. So, we like to say, you know, the right project in the right place at the right time. So , realizing that through the right tools and implementing the plan. So, real quickly -- I'm not going to -- I'm not going to dwell on this too long. Our current plan for most communities 2002, you can probably get away with using the same plan you adopted in 2002. Our community has changed so much in the past 17 years and even with a major reformat that we did, an update in -- in 2010 -- it was adopted in 2011. But it was largely -- a lot of the work was done in 2010. Our community's changed so much and, again, this isn't -- Council understands that and most Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 34 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 10 of 88 everyone in the audience I'm sure understands that, too. We are not the same community that we were at the turn of the decade and that's why we are developing these plans. But these plans for most communities can last ten, 15, 20 years. But, again, you authorized us to go forward with this sooner to really understand what this community's needs and wants and visions are for the next couple of decades. I won't touch on the second part of that too much more, as I think I have -- I have hammered that in, that there is text and -- and the existing conditions report. Just maybe a little bit more on why we plan and I jokingly say because we have to. I mean the state says we have to, but just because it's mandated doesn't mean that necessarily it's a good idea. We do it because it's mandated, but we also do it for other reasons. We plan because I believe we want to control our own destiny to some degree. I mean we want to be forward thinking and ensure that we are providing for the services and the land uses that we want and if you aren't -- don't have a comprehensive plan you are likely to get whatever comes in your door. So, this should -- again, I hate to be a broken record, but guide growth and development strategically into the future and part of that is going to be working with our agency partners. As you can see the 17 state required elements that are addressed in our Comprehensive Plan, that means working with others. We can't do this as a city organization in and of ourselves. We have many many partners to make our plan come together. Again, to make -- we don't control our own destiny, if you will, on some of those areas, like schools and roads. So, we need to work with those service providers and make sure that our plans and their plans drive together and we are rowing in the same direction. Again, I won't read to you the slide, but just trust that these things are addressed in the plan as required by state code. So , the general scope of work, where we started. We audited what we already had. So, the current plan, looking at our policies, looking at water and sewer master plans, ACHD's plans, seeing, again, what's still valid, maybe what needs to be updated and other studies that other agencies have done. COMPASS. VRT. Making sure we understand kind of the -- the foundation we are going to be building on and, then, really jumping into -- and the second part of that first bullet -- understanding the value and the vision of the community. We spent a lot of effort in doing that and we will talk a little bit more about that as -- as this presentation goes on. We focused on early and these are some of the things we have added through you as we look ed to hire Logan Simpson for an assist to co-develop this plan with us. Strategic growth management and looking at our public services. So, looking at where -- again, what levels of service and where we need to expand our services into the near, middle, and longer term and what are those impacts of growth. Again, a lot of this has to do with coordination and communication. We are not the only one that provides those public services. We have Idaho Power, again schools, roads, and making sure that we are -- we are all growing together, coordinating and communicating and transportation and economic development was the other kind of key focus area that we wrote into our contract with Logan Simpson as far as scope of work goes. What we -- what we realized I think fairly early on was the intense land uses. There is a need for that. There is also a need for less intense land uses. So, where do those more intense land uses make more sense and so that was part of what the overall steering committee, as well as a focus group, so kind of moving down the slide a little bit on the transportation and housing focus groups really looked a little bit more about that. What corridors make sense for potential future transit corridors. We aren't going to run a public bus up and down every road in Meridian. We don't have the Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 35 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 11 of 88 density. We don't want the density. But there are -- there is a need for some density in some areas. Some activity centers and some corridors that make sense to connect them. And, then, you could, again, have some -- maybe alternate for those that want to take a bus, they could locate along those -- those areas. So, we looked at that. And, then, there was -- there are some specific area concepts that we developed and Brian will touch largely on these as we move forward. But that was looking at these area s early on we knew we needed to touch and understand if what we currently had adopted for their future is really the future that is envisioned , again, 20, 25, 50 years from now. So, we spent some time in those areas as well. There is the public involvement. Again, planned development. The market analysis was done by a sub consultant that was part of the Logan Simpson team. Leland came to town and interviewed some stakeholders early on and the first couple of phases of our project to understand from som e of our major employers what the market -- market really looked at. We looked at some past studies we had done as a city and even other agencies in our area and looking at some of what the future holds in the Treasure Valley and what Meridian's role is in that. So, looking at that market analysis. And, then, the transportation corridor analysis was also done largely by Kittelson and Associates, but also Leland. Again, some of -- looking at some of those -- what land uses can and should we support a nd -- and transportation simultaneously. So, we really had four phases and I will touch on that as well kind of moving forward. I think I want to spend a little bit more time here on the steering committee. There were 22 committee members -- actually had a couple that came off and a couple that came on, but regularly we had about 22 members and these were not only stakeholders in the outcome, but a vast majority of them -- somewhere in the neighborhood of 18 or 19 of those 22 were Meridian residents, as well as subject matter experts. So, they are either in the housing industry, a developer, banking, finance, just different groups, right, but they also lived here. It wasn't just that they did that, that's not why they were asked to serve, it was because they also have another hat they wear and that's as a Meridian resident or -- and/or business owner. So, we had a really good diverse group. Some of those meetings were -- we didn't always agree all the time on everything, but -- but they were productive and really appreciated that time together. But we had , again, varied experience and knowledge from folks that were , again, from residents to folks that have been lifelong residents of the city on that group. And, then, we broke up into some focus groups. I already mentioned that. Not everyone in the subcommittee served on a focus group, but we tried to have the core of the focus groups be on the steering committee , so they could relay some of that information back to the -- the overarching steering committee on whatever may have come out of those focus group meetings. And , then, I would just highlight that the application that staff submitted about two months ago is largely the application that the steering committee recommended. There were some changes and even the Planning and Zoning Commission last month made a couple of changes, but it's largely the plan that this group of 22 recommended for approval tonight. That's largely what you -- is before you tonight. You know -- and I don't think I will spend a whole lot of time on this slide, but just to reiterate that we did coordinate with others that play a role in the success of our community into the future. And, then, we reached out -- I mentioned, you know, Brian and I last summer were at a lot -- I don't know what the number was, but we were at a lot of different parks and events and town halls and coffees and just different things. So, we tried to get the word out. We did everything we knew Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 36 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 12 of 88 how to to let people know this was happening and to be involved and so we are pretty proud of that. We got some kudos, actually, from people I wouldn't have expected that from. Like, hey, I heard about this, you know, wow, way to go. The comp plan isn't the most exciting thing, but I heard about it. So, that kind of makes me feel good, anyway, that we -- we tried to engage. Now, we got roughly 120,000 people in our community. Again, is the plan representative of everybody's view and vision for our community, no, I'm not here to represent that, but we at least tried to engage and understand from those that would engage what -- what they value and reflect that's in this plan. I will just note - - move to other things like -- that didn't show up there just kind of informally. The Chamber, the Kiwanis, the BCA, other neighborhood meetings and associations , you know, HOA meetings, those types of things. So, we are -- again, we tried to get out there, so -- I'm not going to -- I'm not going to land on this slide too long either, but just -- here is the timeline. Again, roughly 18 months, you know, in earnest we really started in May of '18, maybe a little bit before that, but that was our first public involvement meeting. It was a Coffee with the Mayor. We kicked it off then. But we had been working, again, well in advance of that to kind of put the scope together and we have hashtag there as some of our social media outreach, but it also represents the phases. So, it's four phases in what we did from crafting the vision to the values and bringing on the move and plan development and the plan has been on the project website since basically the 4th -- well, I don't remember the exact date, but it was the first week of July and iterations there forward have been on our website and available to review. So, those are the five overarching themes that emerged from the -- really the first two phases. So, the values and the vision document, these are -- this is what kind of came out of that and you will see this even come through in the final document and how the structure of the document is organized. These value -- with value themes and the statements that support them and the vision statements in the next slide. So, you can kind of see -- again, the introduction doesn't really have a lot of that, but it even explained some of what I'm talking about, how the plan is structured and how we engage with the community to come up with this plan and, then, it jumps into -- in blue you see below those are, again, the state required elements that are addressed in each chapter that nicely tie in with overarching theme or -- or chapter there. It was kind of a nice cheat sheet, if you will. If you are looking for transportation, connected may not be the first thing you think of, but it's -- it is there. So, there are roughly 500 policies. I think Brian said somewhere around 504, somewhere in there, 506. Not here to read them to you tonight and it's a little bit of a shame, if you will, that there is, essentially, this one slide that paraphrases them. There is a lot of good information there. There is a lot of things, again, that guide growth and development in our -- of our community. But that's not what a lot of people want to talk about and you will -- you will see that tonight. So, again, I take some pride in this. It's not perfect. I'm not saying that it is. It could always be improved on. But I think we have got it largely right tonight. Just to kind of summarize some of those -- and, again, this isn't exhaustive of all the policies, but there is quite a good dialogue about, yes, Meridian is a family friendly city, but we are multi-generational, too. So, it's making sure that we accommodate for the needs of everyone from infants to elderly and everythin g in between of all ages and abilities throughout the community everywhere all the time and so we really tried to have that come through in a lot of the policies that the -- a traditional family isn't necessarily, you know, our target, if you will, that it is, again, Meridian is -- is friendly to everybody. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 37 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 13 of 88 Steps. This one might take -- might take a little bit of explaining. The currently adopted Comprehensive Plan allows a step up or down in density based on your designation. For example, if your property has a medium density designation , a developer could request to step up to medium high or down to low without doing an amendment to the map. That's just a request. You have to validate -- you have to request why, but it's almost a given. We took a lot of scrutiny, particularly the last few years on that. It had been used quite a bit and we were hearing a lot of the feedback, well, what's the value in having a medium density designation, which, by the way, allows between three and eight dwelling units, right, and I can step up to 15 -- eight to 15 is medium high or down to zero. So, now zero to 15 -- that's everywhere. That doesn't give -- that's no type of a guide. That doesn't tell you what to expect as a nearby resident or even as a property owne r. It says you can do some type of residential and if you are between zero and 15 we are open to it. So , we have -- we have gotten rid of that. What the current plan says is your designation is your designation. Now, if you have two parcels and they have different designations, you can use part of some of that designation, because you -- you are -- you -- you own that property in whole. The plan still isn't parcel specific. It tries to use roads, it tries to use property lines, but those things change. So, it's generally to show how land uses will transition and change from area to area, but not necessarily parcel to parcel, if that makes sense. But, again, the main -- main point there is we don't allow a step anymore, you got to do a comp plan map change. If you want to go from the medium to high -- or medium high or down below in that same example you would have to apply for a map amendment. I haven't heard anybody say don't do that. Everyone is supportive of this change, so -- and to that end, too, we have defined density in our comp plan. You would get some that would propose 3.4 dwelling units per acre. Well, if the range was 0 to 3, is 3.4 above three? Well, yeah, it is, but you can't have .4 dwelling units. You're either a dwelling unit or you aren't. So, we have clarified that. If you are 3.4 we will round you down to three. If you are 3.5 or 3.51 and above, we round you up to four. So, that's clear anyways. Again, does everybody agree on that? No, but it's clear in the text that that's how we are going to do it in Meridian, we round to the nearest whole number and we have -- have included sample zones in the text as well. So, for example, again, in the medium density, which allows three to eight dwelling units per acre, sample zoning that now explicitly lists in the text -- sample zoning is R-4 and R-8. Those are the zonings we expect you to ask for when you have that designation. You ask for these zones that generally reflect the future land use map when it's time to request annexation in the zone in the city. So, hopefully, those, kind of in conjunction, clarify and give a little more -- still allows some flexibility, right? Three to eight is medium. That's still quite a bit of flexibility, but at least narrows down what the expectation is. Again, if I'm a property owner and an adjacent property owner. Sorry to spend so much time on that, but that's a big one. That's a big one that we -- we have heard about over the past few years. Need for improved public involvement and neighborhood meeting process and increased collaboration , not just with the city, but this is really about have new projects coming in, having them in our process in the planning department, talk with neighbors earlier and often in the process, not just five days before submitting an application, but working with the adjacent neighborhoods to understand what their concerns are or needs are in a project and so this isn't directly part of the Comprehensive Plan, but there are policies in the Comprehensive Plan that we plan to initiate if you adopt this plan that we will change our policies that say here is Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 38 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 14 of 88 the new expectation, you meet with them 30 days before you meet with us or whatever that is. We have got to develop that policy, but that's the intent is that we would make it a more collaborative process and not so contentious. Hopefully when it gets before you there is very little issues. Everybody's been communicating, understanding or maybe it's down to one or two issues, but not big issues when it gets to Council. So, that's a lot of the -- the thought there with some of the policies in the draft plan. Identifying and strengthening neighborhood identity. There is a lot to this, too. And this is loaded and not fully developed. We have talked about everything from districts, so -- and I know Council talked about this, too. Assigning seats to different areas of town. It could be that. It could also be empowering neighborhoods as associations. So , independent or on top of the district idea I just talked about. Could be just saying we recognize the Southern Rim say as an example. We will recognize that area and develop a plan and adopt that plan as part of the city's plan, so that there is consistency in when new projects come in and change and change happens in those areas , there is an expectation for the development committee and those that are already there about what to anticipate as far as development standards go and we haven't developed those standards yet, but that's what the policies in the plan say. Hey, explore establishing these associations, but, then, hopefully, make that process smoother. And, then, specific area plans and we will talk about this a little bit. I think Bruce actually is going to talk about this a little bit at the end of the presentation, about next steps and the specific area plans to get into the detail. Ten Mile specific area plan is a good example. That one's a little bigger than maybe what some of these are, but it is getting down to the details of we envision two story buildings on this roadway. It's the roads that I mentioned aren't in the plan, but with the specific area plan and we can do those -- that level of planning. And, then, strategic growth. This is one another kind of next step one that there is policies kind of ingrained throughout the chapters of the draft plan about improving our coordinate -- I can't tell you how many times -- you know, everyone generally that I talked to likes -- loves living in Meridian, playing in Meridian. Proud to be in Meridian. But traffic and school overcrowding and even the rate of growth were the things that I heard of most concerned folks when we were talking with them. So, what we have got in the plan is we need to improve our coordination with -- and this is sort of a -- we knew it and -- and we are really going to document that solidly and, as you know, we have been talking with the ACHD and ITD and even Ada county on -- we need you to come alongside of us and we need to talk with you and make sure that this plan -- we can -- we can realize our full potential. But improving that coordination with primarily schools and roads , but not just schools and roads. Those are the big ones. And, then, exploring targeted growth in certain areas. I mentioned the right projects in the right place at the right time and so some of that we will talk about a little bit more kind of going forward or even with the next Mayor and Council that concept a little bit about targeting growth, not just responding to growth, but really directing growth. Where can we put our services , even including schools and roads, where can we plan to put that infrastructure necessary so we are ready for that growth , not just responding to where ever growth happens and trying to catch up, but have a plan for where we want that infrastructure. So, more to come on those. Again, those aren't -- I don't have all the answers to all that. Those are the -- the concepts, the policies that say go do this. Doing it, though, is going to take some more work. And, then, premier. I mean this is -- this is raising the bar. Again, most people are proud to be in Meridian. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 39 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 15 of 88 They don't want to see us take a step back. They want us to , in fact, raise the bar and this is even, again, next steps. We recognize our current open space and amenities requirements in the UDC are lacking. It's not as simple as saying we are ten percent and it will be fixed. It's just -- unfortunately it's not that easy. But we have heard that , we are getting ready to work on that. That is one of the next things we are going to try to address. But that takes collaboration, too, and understanding and -- and working together to solve that. And, then, just finally what I would say on this slide is f ollow the plan; right? I mean we have -- you have taken flack for this. I know that I have. You got a plan where we have invested over lot of resources, time, money, energy, blood -- well, I don't if any blood -- sweat and tears into this plan. Follow the thing. You know, this is -- there is a lot of effort that went into this. It's not perfect, but we shouldn't be changing this every other month, you know. It really should be respect it, follow it, make as few changes as possible to the thing. So, I think with that I -- that's -- that's generally the process, the background and I tried to cover the text there, too, but we really didn't focus in on any of the policies. But I just wanted to make sure we are on the same page. If you have any questions on that stuff we are going to jump into some map stuff here in a second, but I just wanted to pause and make sure we are tracking okay. De Weerd: Thank you, Caleb. Council, any questions at this point? Thank you. McClure: Mayor and Council, so I'm going to be discussing the future land use map. Most of the map has not changed. Many changes that have been made are cleanup. Some examples of that are things like ACHD real property, such as stormwater ponds and facilities. De Weerd: So, Brian, we got used to Caleb speaking directly into the mic, so you want to pull that over. McClure: Closer? De Weerd: Yes. McClure: Okay. Schools, churches, subdivisions approved previously with steps and those types of changes, so we kind of consider those cleanup, because they -- they, basically, already exist as something else. We have also been updating the existing and future facility icons on the map. That includes coordination with West Ada School District, Fire and Police. Some of the other changes were consolidation of similar types. An example would be civic Ten Mile in the Ten Mile plan, we just made that civic. So, imagine citywide. The legend already says to see that plan for details on those designations in that area. All these changes in the application were reviewed by consultants and vetted through the steering committee. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended two changes to Council, which we will detail later. I'm not going to claim that this map is perfect or that this is the only way you can get to a place , but the aggregated totals in this are very important. We have had a lot of transportation, market analysis done, that -- that we basically need these sorts of that diversity of uses in the city to provide the opportunities we are looking for in the future. They have had an extensive amount of Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 40 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 16 of 88 analysis done to market, transportation and service utility. Some of that is vocational and some of it's not. So, I'm not saying there is not room for changes, but we need to be careful about where we make those changes at least off the cuff. Lastly -- and before getting into some of the details, keep in mind that the future land map -- future land use map is a 100,000 foot view tool to help implement the plan. Again, Caleb said there is 500 policies and all that text, that's really the heart of the plan. The map is how we -- helps us to implement that. It is not a specific plan. It is not a master plan. It is not a pathway plan. It's none of those things. It's a future land use map and it's a really high level. Anything warranting a -- kind of a closer dive is probably one of those things Caleb mentioned, such as a specific plan, a general -- a master plan or just a neighborhood plan. But, really, further detail requires further planning. This is a summary of changes and change types to the future land use map. You can see that the AAOC removal there at the top and general changes make it a significant area, but the vast majority, as I previously said, remains unchanged as you can see there. Caleb will touch more on AOCI changes later, the area of city impact. Cleanup changes or language changes to match existing conditions, again, where the use is not likely to change in the next ten to 20 years. I won't go through that again, but mostly to reflect what's existing. Just briefly, the neighborhood center overlay called out there, that is an overlay. So, it was applied over mixed use neighborhood and mixed use community. It had some additional requirements as to what could go in that area. It did not allow any additional allowances. That's being removed. It has not worked well historically and that type of development is also incredibly hard to incentivize when you have commercial on the hard corners just a half a mile away. But you won't see the neighborhood center overlay anymore, but the underlying land uses aren't changed unless they were called out as a change. General changes are the biggest section here, other than the area unchanged. Most of these are within the staff initiated areas. I will touch on that in a minute. But we also have some changes proposed by the steering committee a nd, then, by proper donor request. So, major examples include changes within The Fields area. Again, I will go over that. Overland and Eagle area. I will go over that. Rustler Place area. I will go over that. Amity and Eagle mixed use areas. Black Cat and Cherry and the railroad area. I will go over that. The Waltman area. The Discovery Park area. And the West Overland corridor. Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: Sorry. Brian, before you go on to the next slide, can you go back and your note at the bottom, can you give me a little bit further explanation about what that note is trying to designate? McClure: Council -- Mayor -- Mayor Tammy, Councilman Cavener, yeah, definitely. So, the area of city impact is our growth boundary area. Within that area we have land uses -- future land uses. Those land uses do not cover every square inch of the plan , because we have some significant areas, such as the rail corridor and the interchange corridor and even portions where the State Highway 16 is starting to come in where we don't have Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 41 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 17 of 88 land uses applied there, because they are just basically not land uses, they are huge piece of infrastructure. Cavener: Okay. De Weerd: Any further clarification needed? Cavener: Madam Mayor, sorry, yeah. De Weerd: Uh-huh. Cavener: The lined areas with applied FLUM designation is less. I guess I'm not tracking with what -- what you are suggesting with that. McClure: Councilman Cavener, my -- my apologies. So, the area of city impact is 37 -- 37,000 square acres. The areas with future land use designations are less than that, because they don't cover things of right of way and railroad, those things. Cavener: Great. McClure: Does that help? Cavener: That helps tremendously. Thanks. I appreciate it. McClure: Briefly I just wanted to cover some -- a few general changes that we made throughout. These are -- account for a significant area, so I just want to kind of highlight a few. The -- on the left you see what the adoptive plan is and, then, on the right you see what the proposed plan is. In this case it was a -- a school that has been developed there and we are just reflecting that. So, we all have our parks and all of our schools, after they go in, if they are not already -- have a civic designation applied to them, we apply it to them, so -- these are a few more changes. This is within the Ten Mile interchange specific area plan. In the new -- in the new plan we have consolidated the civic Ten Mile, as I previously noted. We have also consolidated the gas pipeline land use designation, because we only applied it within the Ten Mile area and it wasn't citywide before and because the Northwest Pipeline prefers it not be shown in great detail anyways. So, that's being removed. We also removed the -- for example, that park area citywide. We use that -- we use civic for that. In this case also the pathway plan addresses this area and the pathway plan is actually different and, then, also the entitlements here are different as well. So, the pathway is going through there, but it's not as shown and because it's inconsistent with the civic designation we just consolidated all those. So, all those changes that you can see we just basically applied the land use that was adjacent to it for the whole area. The civic Ten Mile there in pink, that was a school site that had been initially contemplated there and they are no longer going there. That site has entitlements already, which includes a concept that is not the school. So, it's -- it's already entitled. Real quick before I get into some of the bigger changes, we wanted to touch base on the Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility, the sewer plant there on Ten Mile and Ustick. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 42 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 18 of 88 We have heard from a number of stakeholders that that area there designated around the facility, the mixed use nonresidential, is too large and that they feel like it encumbers our property and there is better uses there. In hindsight, having a nonresidential designation behind residential isn't necessarily the best idea either. For example, you don't want industrial driving through residential traffic to get to the industrial. So, we recognize that some changes are needed in this area. However, the -- the facility is currently undergoing a significant upgrade. Public Works has committed to doing an assessment after the upgrade has been completed to understand the impa ct. So, noise and odor primarily. And, then, to determine what changes may be appropriate and what other -- what the city might need to do to better plan for that. So, we are going to look at this area in the future, we just don't have enough information to do that properly right now. So, I just throw that out there. De Weerd: So, Brian, essentially, you are keeping it as is until the area of specific activity happens. McClure: Madam Mayor, that is correct. Yes. But there is -- there is a certain stigma when you have an adopted plan and, then, you want to change the adopted plan and we don't want to fall within ourselves, we are just trying to put that out there now, so we -- no one points a finger at us later. The Fields area here was one of four areas we had gone into the plan knowing we wanted to study. The other three were southwest Meridian, the Southern Rim, and the Magic Bridge area. These areas -- these areas had some significant changes, so just briefly kind of covering each of those and some others. This area is generally north of Ustick Road, east of Can-Ada, south of State Highway 26 and west of McDermott and the future State Highway 16 extension. A workshop with the stakeholders and the proposed plan attempts to mesh diverse opinions, while providing an opportunity for a unique sense of place. A significant consideration for the future land use designations in this area with the Intermountain Liquefied Natural Gas Plant. You can see there on the left and the right the gray area and on the right you will see the arrow pointing to the -- where the tank is effectively at. Is important that this critical infrastructure be considered in regard to separation of land uses and quality of life impacts related to light, noise, and other impacts. Intermountain wanted a one quarter mile or approximately one thousand foot buffer around that facility. The topography out there and the actual location of the tank, the canals generally make a good break point for that, so you will see in the right the -- the kind of color lines around that are canals. The exception there would be south of it where that buffer also fell was on the property. Similar to the comments I just made about the wastewater treatment plant, we don't want to put nonresidential behind residential, so that entire area there we designated with mixed use nonresidential. That would allow anything but residential. State Highway 16 is also worth calling out . This area is generally separated by a highway or by a future highway with grade separated underpasses and interchanges. That's the dashed line pink and white there west of McDermott Road. It will feel unique for the rest of Meridian. And so one of the conversations and requests we had was to have their own neighborhood commercial center. With commercial on State Highway 20-26 and commercial that naturally wants to go around high schools, that's a little easier said than done. What you are seeing here is an attempt to preserve a core kind of condensed area, rather than stripped commercial Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 43 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 19 of 88 along the arterial roadways and, then, per a market analysis the rooftops have been increased within this area to support that desired commercial center. Staff is not proposing any revisions to the steering committee or to the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation, which is what you see here. We just wanted to put you on notice that this is one of the areas that may be prioritized for additional work. So, we discussed potentially doing a master plan, specific area plan, neighborhood plans, things of that nature, to fully realize this area. It would -- we should probably do some more work here in the future to identify parks, specific roadway alignments, pathways and even drill down into where some of the uses go. Bernt: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bernt. Bernt: Sorry to interrupt, Brian. Thank you. Quick -- just real quick question. In the steering committee we spoke about these more specific areas that were highlighted in discussion. We were going to provide some type of a way in which people or developers or future applicants would know that there is more specific -- like a -- more of a specific plan in regard to this area. Are you still going to continue to do that or do something different to make -- make sure that future developers know that we are looking for certain items going on here? McClure: Madam Mayor, Councilman Bernt, we don't have -- so we can do that. So, for example, the Ten Mile plan has a red dashed -- red dashed outline around it. We could do something like that. We are not contemplating that here, because for development to really take off here west of what's already been improved requires some significant infrastructure improvements and we feel like we have some time before that kind of flushes itself out and takes place. Bernt: Madam Mayor, follow up. Without getting into the weeds, just -- just -- just so people will know -- just like how -- just so they know in the future we have -- the city has a more specific plan going on here for this land use. That's all I'm saying. McClure: So, the proposal you have before you tonight does not reflect that, but you are certainly welcome to propose that as part of how we move forward or next week. As I mentioned, transportation, parks, and pathways all need a deeper dive and some master plan -- specific area plan to ensure that they meet the larger vision would be helpful. I should note some of that might not be land use changes . Some of that might just be architectural standards, open space -- specific types of open space, things of that nature. As much as -- this area, much like south Meridian, will be disconnected from the rest of north Meridian and may benefit from additional design architectural standards to ensure it retains a sense of place and, then, a commercial center is an anchor and attractor and a destination. So, this is the Overland-Eagle area. Obviously, east of Overland -- north of Overland Road, west to the Ridenbaugh Canal and south of I-84. Not all areas in this section, while contemplated change to the future land use map, the subject area generally applies to be -- what's known as the Rolling Hill and Jewel Subdivisions in unincorporated Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 44 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 20 of 88 Ada county. Essentially, the light green area on the left is an enclave of count y stuck between annexed areas of the city of Boise and the City of Meridian. Staff is supportive of this change and the Planning and Zoning Commission did recommend this forward to City Council. However, given the rapid speed of development of the commercial property, speculation and acquisition and high visibility and traffic in this area, there is some concerns with the proposed mixed use regional land use designation absent of some additional planning work. There is a high degree of opportunity for fragmented services -- services and development that could exacerbate transportation issues on Overland Road, which is a planned seven lane road in ACHD's capital improvement plan. The area should be considered as a whole and access maintained to all properties without one-off access onto Overland Road. The city -- the city should not be put in a position where access to Overland Road -- Road must be provided simply because some property takes longer or redevelops first. If approved please expect staff to recommend and prioritize some additional review to consider transportation and connectivity, services, and threshold -- thresholds for phased implementation of improvements. Changes -- if you have been out here, change is rapidly occurring in this area, so -- in summary, there is no changes here. What you are seeing is the steering committee and Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation on the right. We just need to do some more work sooner than later. This is the Southern Rim area and was one of the four areas of study I mentioned before. There is lots of changes in here. Most of them were to the mixed use areas or to existing and entitled areas. An example would be the Tuscany and Reflection Ridge areas. These were identified on the future land use map as low density residential, but developed as medium density residential. So, that was one of the kind of , quote, cleanup changes we made to the area. Aside from the area adjacent to the Mary MacPherson Elementary School, neither the consultants or staff were able to identify any additional view opportunities for low density residential, which had been an original goal. So, what I mean by view -- view is southern rim is -- is -- has a -- has a great view and we were hoping that maybe we could provide some opportunities for additional estate kind of CEO home locations, but if you kind of look at the gray lines on this map, so you can see a huge amount of -- it's already basically developed, either in the county or in this city. This area remains distinct nonetheless and there is a great deal of opportunity for next steps and other work may benefit additional architectural guidelines , open space considerations, neighborhood districts and more, some of those things that Caleb discussed earlier. Our policies for some of that -- and we will have to prioritize that with other work as part of next steps if the plan is approved. One other note, but on the left is the adopted plan. What you are not seeing there, because of the labels, is some of the existing neighborhood center overlays. So, some of those that exist in this area currently, they are not being shown simply because they don't fit, but they are there. The Planning and Zoning Commission did recommend this -- did not recommend any additional changes in this area and what you are seeing on the right is their recommendation to you. I do want to stress the areas being shown here or described, the highlighted areas in kind of that teal and aqua green color, those are the areas I'm speaking to you right now. There have been some other changes contemplated as part of the staff recommendation, as part of the steering committee recommendation to you, outside of this area. So, the Planning and Zoning Commission did not make any changes within the highlighted areas, but there are some changes outside of that and those will be discussed later. And to cut Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 45 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 21 of 88 to the chase, the Rustler Lane -- the Rustler Lane area on Ten Mile and Amity is one of them. This area -- we have been folding referring to it as Magic Bridge. It is the Magic View and Locust View and Woodbridge area. Most of the area you see there on Franklin -- or I guess you don't see it on Franklin, but most the area just south of Franklin is developed. This area is diverse in land use and age of structures and infrastructure. It, however, suffers from extremely poor connectivity among city and county subdivisions . Other neighborhoods is this area is the Locust View Heights neighborhood, which includes several smaller subdivisions there along Locust Grove. This is an older county subdivision and it has no vehicular outlet towards Eagle Road or connectivity to Woodbridge, the subdivision to the north. The land use consists of largely one acre lots in this area and each have their own well and septic systems. This neighborhood fronts both I-84 and Locust Grove, which has signalized access on Bentley Drive. Early on in the plan development process staff had hopes the neighborhood, like some other older county subdivisions, would be interested in redevelopment long term , maximizing the location visibility and potentially selling for higher values. Also the stakeholders were interested in providing written and verbal comments. The majority of residents -- and I will underscore majority -- did not buy into this concept. This is a unique situation with a secluded estate size lot county subdivision in the heart of the community. There is lots of nearby development on major -- on a major interstate and bookended by local arterials, namely, Locust Grove and Eagle. This property being located in the area of city impact , we need to plan for providing urban level services, an opportunity to address service issues, to improve connectivity, and to provide these opportunities to capitalize on synergies with healthcare related education and employment was explorative with the residents, consultants and stakeholders. From the services standpoint the important concern here is how the subdivision will become part of the city someday. Individual well and septic systems in such a close geographic area is not sustainable long term or in anyone's best interest. Maintaining these systems on only one acre and in such close geographic density is a long term liability. Residents in Locust Heights were mostly opposed to any future change to the future land use services or the current way of life. It's easy to understand why they want to remain insulated, but there is limited recognition of long term service issues for the city's responsibility to plan for such services for future liability and risk of failing services or for increasingly stringent requirements with septic systems. Without commitment and plans to address services in the future, staff believes that this neighborhood and the larger community is at risk if conditions slip and there is not an action plan to provide critical utilities. The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the concept on the right to City Council. This recommendation will allow for the property owners -- this -- this recommendation will allow for the property owner to do long term development for all portions -- for all or portions of this neighborhood, which would have to pay for remediation of the existing well and septic systems, new services, and provide for greater connectivity in the area. In exchange greater intensity of uses near the interstate would be allowed while transitioning -- transitioning to the less intensive adjacent uses. Areas not redeveloped could not excluded or nonconforming if some redevelopment were to make services more available to them and the properties chose to annex and hook up in the future. This area might also benefit from further master planning if a greater vision was desired along this corridor. This area encompasses -- this Black -- Black Cat, Cherry, and the railroad area and I think it's over by McDermott Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 46 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 22 of 88 Road, west of Black Cat and north of the railroad tracks. Staff believes that the future extension of State Highway 16 and planned industrial uses to the west and south in Canyon county will drastically shape the look and feel of this area long term. From the industrial plant in Nampa along the railroad is heavy industrial and impact of those facilities may extend much further than the property lines . An alternative to the steering committee and staff proposed recommendations in the staff report was discussed and recommended forward by the Planning and Zoning Commission. So, this is one of the changes I mentioned that wanted to change that I mentioned earlier. The concept previously recommended to the steering committee by the project consultants reduced the overall industrial area. The industrial area in this concept -- you will see it on the right -- was pulled down and basically in line where Pine would be extended to the west if it were to be extended, below the Skyview ranchettes along El Gato Lane and effectively bound between what would be Pine Avenue to the extension to the west and the railroad tracks to the south. The Planning and Zoning Commission -- the Planning and Zoning recommendation would increase industrial opportunity where it was currently planned and allow for rail access, which is a rare opportunity in the city. There is a need to designate more lands in Meridian -- in Meridian's area of city impact for future industrial uses. Even today industrial land is in short supply. The city often struggles with missed employment opportunities due to limited availability. Industrial lands with rail access is even more limited. Ultimately this Comprehensive Plan is tasked with planning for the future needs of the city and a well balanced land use portfolio is important for the long term health of the community and a balanced and diverse job market . And all concepts of mixed use area was relocated to the inner city mixed use area on -- along the Cherry Lane was relocated to the west in alignment with the civic designation there. That is a future regional park and, then, that will also, then, be on a hard intersection corner where commercial typically prefers to occur. Part of that justification -- there was also some property on our request. Again, the recommendation you see on the right is the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation to City Council. I'm going to turn this back over to Caleb now. Hood: So, all of the map changes that -- that Brian just went through were vetted through the steering committee. The one I'm going to talk about here for just a minute actually was a late add, a late request that came in, but really makes a lot of sense from staff 's perspective, but I just want to disclose that this one wasn't vetted through the steering committee. I know there is some -- some neighbors in the audience tonight, but you can see from adopted future land use to the P&Z Commission recommendation -- and I believe a lot of you -- probably all of you received some e-mails probably about a month ago, six weeks ago, the past month from a lot of these residents. There is a potential development -- it hasn't been submitted to us, but we have been talking with them -- kind of where it says medium density residential on the northwest corner of Linder and Amity, I think that -- they are going through a neighborhood meeting or having conversations at the same time this was and so I started to talk with neighbors out there and this came up and I said, yeah, you know what, low density really makes sense for your properties, because of what they are and what we envision them being even into the future medium density doesn't make sense. So, this was one that -- again, that wasn't on staff's radar, but certainly makes a lot of sense from our perspective and the Planning and Zoning Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 47 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 23 of 88 Commission concurred last month. This also ties in with some of the rural estate designation that I will -- that I will talk about kind of concurrently -- a little bit different, but it -- but it's all kind of inner -- interlinked. So, we know -- we knew going into this project that we needed to amend our area of city impact with Kuna. Kuna has annexed some properties in our planning area, so you can see it on the exhibit on the right-hand side everything that's white there is non -Meridian. So, in -- kind of where it says southwest Meridian and south of that, Kuna has annexed large portions of that into their city. To that point, if you look to the exhibit on the left, we had planned for a large portion of those properties to be rural estate residential. So, we currently have on our map a rural estate residential designation. My opinion it has not served the city well thus far. All it does is, basically, push those that want to develop with that designation to another city that will provide them sewer and water service. It doesn't -- we can't preserve those lands as rural. You are going to have some of those folks over time -- I'm not saying this generation, it may not even be the next generation -- sometime down the line they are going to want to develop that property. Unless they get compensated for that we really don't have any other tools to preserve, protect ag land. We are exploring things, so kind of a little bit of a tangent. This plays in with open space a little bit. We are trying to understand from our community members what open space means to them and maybe what they would be willing to pay for. Take example the Foothills Levy in Boise. If you really value ag land you are going to probably have to buy it and so is -- how much do we value ag land. We are about to find out, but to just put it on this map doesn't preserve it. We can color it whatever color, it doesn't make it happen in reality. We are going to push it to Nampa or down to Kuna or if you want to use The Fields area example, Star. Star is encroaching in our area of impact now. So, if you want to designate some of those good farmland that's up there, they are going to want to develop it and they will go to Star, because they will provide the sewer and water service for them. So -- you know, we are planning for a city here. I like to eat food , too. I get it. We need to -- we need to have some food to eat and I like it to be close as well and Bruce will talk a little bit about this. It's just so difficult, we don't have the tools in our toolbox to really preserve large land holdings of rural -- for agricultural purposes anyways -- properties. So, there is really kind of three different issues going on here and that's one, right, is -- is agricultural purposes. In other words, open space. Some people kind of say they want, you know, larger estate lots for the open space field and that's something that we can accommodate I think with our low density residential designation, which, again, the density range in there is zero -- a five acre -- you can do a five acre lot, you can do a three acre lot -- ten acre lot if you wanted to -- up to roughly a third of an acre lot . I mean three dwelling units per acre; right? That's -- that's what that designation is for. So, open space estate lots and agriculture kind of all get lumped into some of the same dialogue sometimes and we ca n address some of that and others makes it a little bit more difficult. But if we don't either buy those properties or compensate -- buy their development rights or something -- to just color properties on a map rural estate or designate them agricultural doesn't make it so. We need to follow that up, then, with -- with some -- a real tool. And we do have policies -- and, again, I mentioned that even in my opening remarks about increasing the amount of open space and making it usable and even the ameniti es package, increasing that. So, that is something that we -- we concur with -- what we are hearing from the community members. Let's step up our game, raise that bar or whatever you want to say Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 48 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 24 of 88 there, when it comes to new -- new projects and open space and amenity packages. So, the Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation, again, is highlighted there in the southwest Meridian and south rim areas. What you don't see in this one, again, is the one I showed you on the previous slide, which is the Rustler Lane properties going to low density as well. So, there is changes to both the map and the legend here. That's -- this is trying to show -- the other thing that the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended -- and I'm going to jump to the next slide -- is they heard -- they heard public testimony and imagine you will hear more of this evening -- that the city should plan to preserve, again, the agricultural heritage and maintain or enhance additional rural land uses. The Commission's response was to recommend Council consider an ultra-low designation and/or to look at transitions and existing rural neighborhoods that will likely not significantly change or redevelop over time. So, again, I think the properties on Rustler are a good example of that, where you could see some lot splitting going on , but you are not going to see wholesale development out there. You might see another home on a ten acre parcel to have two fives or even a five maybe even being split into a three and a two, but you aren't going to see those houses razed and new subdivisions go in. So, in response to the Commission's action and the public testimony, staff, in conjunction with our consultant team, proposes the following additions to the low density residential designation and what you see in underline is what is new that we believe addresses what the Commission, essentially, charged staff or requested Council to look at properties and come up with an ultra-low designation. I don't know if now is the appropriate time to get into all the reasons of why maybe staff doesn't support that , but just suffice it to say we believe we -- for now we -- that we believe that this designation as enhanced really promotes the more estate residential within low density and the transition, too, to respect those that have larger lots as you develop next to them to transition appropriately to those, whether it be through open space, but your overall design and density. So, that's -- it's just one more point on that. Our -- our low density has a pretty narrow density range. I mentioned before medium is three to eight. So, five dwelling unit variation within that designation. Medium high eight to 15. Seven dwelling unit variation per acre and that doesn't -- this is zero to three. That's a pretty small window. I realize that -- that can be a big difference; right. If you did a ten acre lot and you did a third of an acre lot, those are way different sizes, but the zero to three really isn't that much of a range when it comes to a range of densities in -- relatively speaking to our other density. If you go after medium high, that's eight to 15. Fifteen to 40, that's a huge variation; right? So, you know, we are pretty -- no, that's a good chunk of Meridian. Three to four dwelling units per acre is a typical Meridian subdivision. So, I just want to make that point, too, that that's pretty narrowly focused in -- in the realm of -- when it comes to density that's -- that's pretty narrow. To come up with another one that's even smaller than that, again, we just don't necessarily think that that's needed. And, again, in conjunction with some of the other policies we have about transitioning and respecting things. I don't want to dwell too much on this. Again, this is just another exhibit that, essentially, shows the same thing. That post adoption we will be submitting an application to Ada county to recognize our planning boundary changes, as well as the new -- new plan in and of itself and we will be likely jointly filing with the city of Kuna, since we are currently on the same page with them on this boundary. So, that's just to reiterate that we have been coordinating with them on this boundary. Okay. So, those are the map -- at least the map changes we generally Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 49 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 25 of 88 know about tonight or that have been through Planning and Zoning Commission. So, again, we are going to pause. It may be more appropriate to hear public testimony and, then, do more questions, but if you have any initial questions we would certainly pause and try to answer those. De Weerd: Okay. Council, any initial comments or questions? Okay. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: I do. Just -- just some initial comments. Thank you, Caleb and Brian, for the -- for the background. I think some added context for the public here and whoever might be watching on YouTube, I think kind of the -- the methodical process of walking through this is really important. We have got 300 -- I think 367 letters in the last 60 days, which we have gone through all of them, and each of them hit on a lot of the elements that we have heard and one of the -- one of the components of the Comprehensive Plan to make it successful necessitates that we, in one sense, go slow to go fast and what I think that process means and where it might -- or the basis for receiving everything today, contemplating, considering it, in addition everything in writing, and addressing and maybe a decision if it's next week -- or sometime soon is one of the key elements that -- that this plan has with it is the action that happens after it and we have got lots of great comment we have all read from many of you that talks about once the plan is adopted there are some short term and -- and, then, longer term UDC amendments to code to implement and to ensure that some of these principles are captured. Those take some pretty careful thought and consideration. So, as we go through it and all of the detailed testimony that you have provided to P&Z and in writing and here today, there is some great value in taking -- just to take your time and chewing on that , because we are going to launch this with action soon thereafter. So, I think one of the reasons, Madam Mayor, that your idea of -- of having a hard stop at 11:00, receiving all this testimony and considering it and discussing it without feeling compelled to -- to rush and act and go, is for a particular purpose and I think it's going to make it more effective long term. Some -- just for the public that is testifying, some of the more overarching themes that I saw in all of the -- the written testimony concerns what both Caleb and Brian referenced and I think maybe your comments might hit on it, too, is that low density concept, low density, ultra-low density, rural and if we all understand from our staff and from your comments and the give and take of what that designation means, but we -- this plan has been developed by you all and we have stayed out of designing it, try and let the public design it. So, I think that's one of the principles we have heard -- at least get it to the stage in a lot of the writings and I have heard staff trying to incorporate that , capturing that low density designation potential and the other one is open space and the importance of open space and -- and understanding that when this plan is adopted there will be some relatively swift action to our UDC to try and ensure those principles are captured quickly. That's what we heard you all tell us is really important. Those are -- there is many other provisions, quite frankly, that -- that you have all raised, but we have captured that from the 300 and some odd letters that's extremely valuable to this process. So, I just thought it might be helpful -- if Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 50 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 26 of 88 it helps frame some of the testimony that might come, we -- we have read it loud and clear. Among those principles those two are pretty important and we are going to make sure the -- the comp plan and the UDC addresses those as well. I think Councilman Bernt's idea -- Bernt's idea of -- of noting on the map makes great sense, too. We will work on that. I think that's -- will provide some -- I guess some heads up to developers and landowners that we are going to -- we are going to identify these specific areas. So, again, it's not a question necessarily, but it provides some context for our review of the process and kind of the reason that we are going through it in this fashion. It might seem a little slow to do it over the course of two hearings , but I think there is valuable purpose in doing so. Hood: And, Madam Mayor, if I can. Sorry that we have taken so long to get us to this point and we are just about ready to hear, you know, public testimony, too. But I do -- again I hope that this is valuable information to set the foundation f or where we are at. You can take it where ever and go with it, but we thought the things we have shared thus far are important. I will just quickly -- we have about -- just a handful of slides more before we are finally done. So, I appreciate it -- everyone's patience tonight, those in the audience, at the dais, for just bearing with us tonight, so -- De Weerd: Well, I hope that our public also finds value in -- in seeing all of this roll out and the rationale behind it. So, I think it helps to inform the testimony as well. Borton: Madam Mayor, just -- just one other point. During one of the breaks our clerk made additional copies of the map that you are seeing on the screen that I think are on the table in the back. So, if you need -- want to grab one and look at it while we are going through this, it might be easier than trying to see it up on the TV screen, so -- De Weerd: Well -- and as we bring up the larger groups I will ask if the clerk can -- or planning can put it up on the screen what area we are looking for -- at. So, Caleb, did you say you had a few more slides before we start taking test imony? Hood: I did. Just -- just a handful of slides here. So -- so Brian -- we are just going to spend just a minute on what this document, then, will look like online. It's an interactive document. We just wanted to kind of give you a little bit of a taste of what it's going to look like post adoption. So, obviously, it's not adopted, this isn't live. It's not -- not there yet, but we wanted to spend just a minute -- Brian kind of walking you through that. McClure: So, one of the things we heard, particularly in line with comments like the -- the step up concept, was just transparency and people being able to understand the Comprehensive Plan. So, one of the -- the key objectives of the scope of work and what we wanted to accomplish was a plan that was more transparent and was more accessible. So, this is not done, so we would love feedback if you have any and that's why I'm telling you now. Generally, though, this is the landing page. You can see the themes, along with the elements, so people understand where they need to go to find the topics they are interested in. There is also a quick links down here to the policy statements. So , for example, if we click on parks and pathways, you will be taken to a page that has all the Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 51 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 27 of 88 policies related to parks and pathways. You can view them in bite size or all of them. They are sortable and searchable. So, it's completely on the fly. So, increase -- these are all the policies that are related to parks that have the words increase. So , it's meant to be there on your fingertips. This also does work well in mobile format, so you sit down, you can see now -- this is how it would look on your phone as a collapsible menu. The map is interactive. De Weerd: Not while you are in your car. McClure: Not while you are in your car. Yes. You have to pull over. The -- the themes are here. So, if you go to -- for example, this is all of our land use stuff. This is other resources. The map. Currently we have an interactive version of this, but we have maintained that and we are also trying to create a better correlation and link with other agency plans, such as ACHD's master street map. You can get that information from here as well. So, just super briefly. Please consider looking at this over the next coming weeks before -- preferably before we move forward to a resolution of some sort and, then, we can, then, go live with any changes or requests you guys might have. So, I guess lastly for me there are a few other changes I wanted you to be aware of moving into a resolution that apparently won't be denied, but next week or weeks after, if you -- if you all appreciate the new plan, the -- the resolution document will include some additional consistency -- consistency improvements in formatting. So, some things will look more similar, some things -- the colors. They will be more readable. Just things like that. They are not substantive changes to text or policies, just touch and fill. There is a few revised photos. Some of the photos in the current plan are not very good quality and we had a better quality, so we replaced the photo. And, then, there are a few fun relevant quotes in some of the -- in some of the sections, such as economic development or community design. And, then, also removing a few old quotes that seemed a little weird, like Confucius or something. So, just -- if you have any concerns with those and we have those itemized, I will be happy to provide them, but none of them are text related and none of them are policy. Just mostly -- a few next steps for the -- for the website. We plan to add more hyperlinks, so to our specific area plans, such as destination downtown, Ten Mile plan we will -- we have got those hyperlinked and we have those indicated early on , but we will add more of them everywhere. We also plan for -- to update additional resources. Our cut sheets are incredibly popular. We plan to update those to bring them in alignment with a new plan and we also plan similar to the website to have interactive versions as those are available in mobile format without having to downloa d a PDF and, then, lastly, something I really like to have as a compound specific search function. So , when you search in another comp plan it doesn't go off two parks, but that's not there yet. Something we hope to do in the future. Hood: So, Madam Mayor and Council, I mean Brian's been great throughout this project, but Cat Roebuck up in IT and Brian and the website is -- it's -- it's going to be awesome. I know we ran through it real quick there, but I think it's just -- they have been just -- crazy to watch some of the e-mails back and forth and what they are doing. So, I'm -- I'm really excited for how user friendly this is going to be once the final version gets adopted and we are out there. So, anyways, just big kudos to him and -- and Catherine for -- for Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 52 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 28 of 88 working on it thus far. So, really cool. And, then, in conclusion, Bruce is going to kind of cover the last couple few slides here. So, Bruce Meighen with -- with Logan Simpson. Meighen: Hi. Good evening. De Weerd: Good evening. If you will state your name. Meighen: Yeah. Bruce Meighen with Logan Simpson. Well, I want to thank you for having me up here and -- and the good news for yourselves and the audience behind me is I'm closing with three slides. So, we are almost to the end. But I can tell you to start off with this has been a great journey. It has been 18 months. I know that, because I turned 50 during that 18 months and my two twin daughters turned 21. So , I can tell you it's been a little while. But I want to first by -- first start by thanking the community steering committee, staff, Planning and Zoning, as well as the public for their dedication. It is not easy to plan for a city of this size and this c omplexity, something that's grown this fast. So, it is a labor of love and a labor of commitment that you are doing this and the members behind me, the community and staff has dedicated their last two years to making sure that this is a great place. To start off with, it is clear that you are at the center -- center of the valley, center -- center of the nation in terms of where you -- where you are located and that's just the reality that you live in. It's a blessing for some. For others, you know, it's something that you have to think carefully on. You are also one of the top five growing cities in the U.S. Not of a certain size -- not of a small town, but have a large city. So, you are a city. I think more importantly is you are rated the top pla ce to live. So, this is the place to live all across the country and the reason you are is because of the amenities you provide, the affordability that's provided, the housing diversity, and the access to jobs and that's very important to recognize where you stand and why people care so much and why the -- this plan is so important. Also something that people may not realize is you are a city beside a big city and why that's important is people are seeking out places that are not large large cities, they are looking for places that have access to a huge city, but are not a large city. Places where you can have the amenities, the parks and open space and a little bit more space for your families. Places where you can start here, have the housing diversity to live your life and, then, age in place. That is extremely attractive not only to everyone in this room, but, more importantly, it is what our young folks -- our millennials and now as I know back to my -- my kids, Gen Z is what we should be talking about -- are seeking out -- are these edge areas where there is urbanity, but there is also a little bit more room to breathe. The result is that Meridian will continue to grow and, therefore, a thoughtful plan like this one that really stresses our values are very important. Now, the key to making sure that this works are livability and amenities and making sure that we preserve this place for everyone in this room , our whole community, but also thinking for our next generations and sometimes that's hard to do for the people who are going to come after us and making sure that they have a place to start their lives, to raise a family, and to retire in a place that they love and I think most importantly is there is a lot of great things in this plan, but this -- the work really starts now and I actually put this as a call to action, because the words are in there for open space, for transitions, for how we move, for how we play and live and so on and those words are in this plan, but they have to be followed up with the next steps and that's where the real work begins and that's Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 53 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 29 of 88 making sure that we place the codes, the plans, the design guidelines, the neighborhood plans and other standards necessary that really results in true implementation and really fulfills the wishes of our community. On that note thank you very much and I appreciate working on this project. De Weerd: Thank you. Council, any questions? Okay. Thank you. Okay. Nothing further from staff at this time? We will move into our public testimony and I will ask the city clerk to call up our first -- first spokesperson. Johnson: Thank you, Madam Mayor. Our first is David Claiborne. De Weerd: Good evening. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record. And staff is pulling up the area that you are referencing. Claiborne: Okay. Thank you. De Weerd: And that's on the screen in front of you. And, again, the time will be in the upper corner, so you can keep track of your time as well. Claiborne: Okay. Thank you, Madam Mayor -- De Weerd: Thank you. Clairborne: -- Members of the Council. My name is David Claiborne. I am an attorney with Sawtooth Law Offices. Our address is 1101 West River Street, Suite 110, Boise, Idaho. 83702. And I'm here this evening representing a group of homeowners within Locust View Heights Subdivision, which is shown on screen. It is that area northeast of Locust Grove and Interstate 84. So, it's approximately a 50 acre subdivision, currently in unincorporated Ada county, but within your area of impact. It has been singled out in -- for special attention by staff in their report and in the P&Z recommendation and they are calling it the Magic Bridge area as you see there. I would note that through the public processes -- and I -- you know, I -- these comprehensive planning processes are always long processes for every community and it involves a lot of public engagement and a lot of public work. This one I'm hearing tonight was an 18 month process and what you are seeing on the right-hand side here, this P&Z recommendation, is something that didn't come along until month, what, 16 in the process after the steering committee had -- had made its recommendation and suggestions that this neighborhood maintain a low density character. So, through all the -- the public processes that staff championed -- and I applaud them for that -- this -- this concept you are now seeing and being asked to approve is not what the public was engaged on throughout the 16 months of this process and I think that's important to take note of and important to step back and pause before you -- before you act. So -- and I don't think it was fairly presented that the steering committee recommendation -- the application here for this area was a request that this neighborhood remain in low density character. So , Locust View Heights is -- it's an estate style subdivision. It was platted and developed in the early 1970s and by I think -- I think there is an understanding, but by estate style I mean that the lot sizes around one acre Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 54 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 30 of 88 and it's currently zoned by the county as R-1. They are primarily residential dwellings with individual wells and septic. A neighborhood of this character and style is fairly unique in our growing urban areas and one that ought to be preserved. It gives an opportunity for those that would enjoy open space in their living area, fresh air, quiet, low traffic and a place where they can have larger animals. It's a -- this place -- this neighborhood is a place where families have grown, expanded, and lived for generations. There is multi- generational families in the neighborhood and it's a neighborhood with a character that provides habitat and buffer between the freeway and more dense development and I think it's fair to say that this type of -- that demand for this type of a neighborhood can be expected and housing of this nature can be expected to continue in the future and it would not decrease in the face of urbanization . I think there will still be a high demand for this type of living in the city on somewhat of a country -- country type feel. So, the homeowners within Locust View Heights, they oppose the -- what you see on the right, which is the P&Z Commission recommendation. They, of course, favor the application as filed by the steering committee that would maintain the low density designation. So, essentially, the -- what we are here to talk about is that FLUM, the F-L-U-M. I don't think that the neighborhood as a lot have concerns with the text of the Comprehensive Plan. It centers really around the FLUM as amended by P&Z upon staff recommendation and I think we can all recognize that -- and I think it was mentioned today -- that adoption of the plan -- it's not annexation, it's not rezoning, but the concern of these neighbors is still not something to be taken lightly. The Comprehensive Plan creates a roadmap, a guide for the future growth and development and where you intend to go with this -- with these people's homes. As Council Member Borton mentioned, that -- that he would expect you would take swift action implementing this thing and as we all know when you look at applications for rezone or applications for annexation, one of the boxes you have to check is whether or not the proposed use is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. So, the -- the -- the FLUM is important as we move forward. The steering committee recommendation was the area remained low density and that had public support and I assume that's why they recommended it. The staff has recommended otherwise , suggesting segregation of the neighborhood into new uses. There is three of them I'm seeing now. A medium density, a mixed use neighborhood and commercial and that was also the P&Z recommendation. Not quite sure fully why it's recommended to change it into these three uses. There are other low density residential areas along the I -84 corridor, even in the FLUM as recommended by staff that has adjacent commercial areas and they are not suggesting to change that from low density residential. So , this area is being pointed -- you know, especially pulled out. The statement is made in the staff report -- heard it here -- here again today that somehow this neighborhood poses a liability or a long term liability. It's -- it's not safe or it's unhealthy in some way and the neighbors -- the homeowners in here they take exception to that com ment. There is no -- the statements made without any supporting reference. So, I don't know where they get their data that there is something unhealthy or unsafe going on in this neighborhood. Yes , they have wells. Yes, they have septic systems. Lots of communities do. They are still safe to live in. Septic systems are designed to dispose of waste in a safe way. So , just saying that people have septic systems makes their property unhealthy and unsafe, this neighborhood takes exception to that. There is nothing -- no soil studies or anything to suggest that anything unhealthy is going on in the neighborhood. We would ask the City Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 55 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 31 of 88 Council to resist the temptation to let staff make its policy, defer to the steering committee that worked for 16 to 18 months to develop community based policy. The desired future use -- it would fundamentally alter where this neighborhood would go in the future allowing incompatible uses with -- incompatible to the -- the one acre style use that's there now. The -- if -- and I understand tonight that there may not be action taken -- a vote taken, but, you know, one thing we wanted to ask was that -- and take note of was that if you are not prepared to -- to reject the Planning and Zoning recommendation on this area, if you are not prepared to adopt a Comprehensive Plan that's consistent with the application made by the steering committee, that perhaps the action be tabled. We understand the city's in -- in a transition nature right now with a new Mayor and new Council Members expected soon and they may have a different feel and a different vision and it would be a shame if we bound the city to a new Comprehensive Plan without their input, particularly where the new Mayor was part of the steering committee that recommended that this subdivision remain low density in character. So, thank you for the opportunity to present the comments. I would, of course, take any questions that anyone might have. Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you. Council, any questions? Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: This is more of a process question for us for tonight. Beginning of what I expect to be a significant amount of public testimony, heard from -- this individual is representing a group, has posed some questions. From a process standpoint are you wanting us to collect those questions and, then, give staff the opportunity to respond at the end, a significant amount of closing responses, or are we wanting to maybe take them as each piece of testimony is presented? De Weerd: I think it's very beneficial if you have questions at this time to ask those of the spokesperson. Cavener: Madam Mayor, then, I guess a couple of questions for -- for Caleb and/or Brian. For me there is two. This individual referenced the change was made at month 16, maybe giving Council some understanding as to why that change was made and, then, the concern about -- the basis of your concern around the health and safety because of these county residents using a septic and well system, what's the basis of your concern, why did you decide to share that with us. Hood: So, Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, we actually reached out in February to the neighborhood and had two or three different concepts -- that's what I was trying to pull up was the concepts we shared at the meeting that was held here in conference room A-B. It didn't look exactly like what you see on the right, but it was really, really close. There were some more details, like roadways and potential open spaces. So, we kind of tried to dress it up a little bit, so it kind of brought some reality to it, because this is pretty Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 56 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 32 of 88 dry when you just look at browns and yellows on a map, so we tried to kind of color in, but, essentially, those concepts were developed in February and shared with the neighborhood. Quite frankly, the steering committee went back and forth between adopted and leaving the subdivision low density and a concept on the right , although, again, there were some versions of that of where do you transition the commercial and the mixed use neighborhood in there, but this -- it isn't necessarily new and it has been vetted through the steering committee. The last vote that the steering committee had -- and just, by the way, the steering committee didn't really vote on the se things, but generally there was consensus on -- on everything that the -- that the steering committee did. This one, though, we talked about several times throughout our 14 different meetings and the last time we talked about it was what was presented on the left , essentially. The leave -- leave it alone. But the concept, again, wasn't -- it didn't just come about a couple months ago, it's been on the table, so to speak, for at least since February. Regarding the -- and I haven't read that. I think the -- the intent that what we are trying to really call out -- and maybe if Brian wants to address the second part of that question. Yeah, septic systems and wells are designed to function. Over time, though, being in the middle of a city, if it's going to be an all planning area, we are charged by state code with planning to provide services to those properties. So, at some point in time we envision those not drilling new wells, not putting in new drain fields, but instead hooking up to city service -- services. Water and sewer. So, we aren't trying to mischaracterize that there is a -- today a life safety health issue out there, but really saying that over time our job is to plan for serving this area with some level of the size of pipe and so if it's going to be just for single family homes, that's one size of pipe. If it's going to be for mixed use and more intense uses, that's a different size of pipe. So, I'm sorry if we offended anybody in that analysis and I haven't read it just now. That -- that certainly wasn't the intent. But like with Meridian Heights, over time you just can't keep drilling and putting in septic drain fields when those services are so close and DEQ and others say, hey, the service is relatively close, it's time for them to hook up and if we haven't planned for that, then, we are going to be stuck in an emergency situation and so -- I don't know if Brian has anything to add, but, again we weren't trying to insinuate or even explicitly say there is an imminent safety health threat, but just that over time the more reliable service would be city services. De Weerd: Well -- and -- and certainly we have experience with that and other county subs that we have had to provide city services to when their systems have failed. So, yes, there is a reason we have to plan long term. Brian, did you have additional information? McClure: Madam Mayor, yes. So, this goes back to the DEQ and their requirements. They don't permit new septic systems -- existing ones are different. But they don't permit new septic systems under five acres for a reason. It's because every time you drill in there -- every time you provide a new seepage bed and you add a well or septic system, you are increasing the opportunity for something to go wrong, something to happen. They -- DEQ -- they want these properties to become integrated into our services someday. There is a health safety concern there. That's why they do have those requirements. We did have neighbors out there -- some of the ones who were on the fence and some of the ones who did testify that are having well and septic issues out there now. Septic issues Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 57 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 33 of 88 is the ones coming to mind right now, but some of them -- you know, one of them shared the story with the county that they don't let their -- they don't let their kids use -- flush paper anymore, because they are running out of room for seepage beds and a lot of the neighbors out there told me their systems are in good condition. So, there is -- there is a variety of things out there. The concern is an aggregated total -- all them at some point having an issue like Meridian Heights and the city having to -- at the last minute basically provide this service for them and not necessarily being compensated for all the things , including staff time, that goes into doing that. So, that was the thought that went into that there. Certainly -- yeah, I can tell you honestly -- and some of the neighbors out there say they have brand new systems out there and they are functioning very well. It's a long -- the staff report does say that's long term consideration and concern. De Weerd: Thank you, Brian. Anything further? Okay. Well, thank you for your testimony this evening. Claiborne: Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you. Mr. Clerk. Johnson: Thank you, Madam Mayor. Next is Kenzie Ward. De Weerd: And so we are taking this in the order of how people signed up , instead of how they came forward to say their names. So, we wanted to respect those that signed up earlier. If you are wondering why it's in a particular order. Johnson: Madam Mayor, I did just the -- the HOA reps first. Did you want -- De Weerd: Right. Johnson: Oh, you did. De Weerd: Yes. Johnson: All right. Thank you. De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes. Borton: If anyone in the back can't hear -- we mumble sometimes. Just raise your hand and we will -- De Weerd: And we will ask them to speak louder. So, thank you. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 58 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 34 of 88 Borton: Thanks. De Weerd: Thank you for joining us. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record. Ward: Okay. My name is Kenzie Ward. My addresses 4605 South Rock Ranch Lane and I'm representing Rock Ranch Estates. So, I'm a resident of Southwest -- west Meridian in a rural neighborhood surrounded by families with five to ten acre properties who all enjoy small scale agricultural practices and love living in our area of Meridian, because of the wide open spaces and the beautiful view sheds of the Boise range. I'm here representing my neighbors of Rock Ranch Estates and sharing our concerns with the new Comprehensive Plan and the future land use map. First off we just want to say a huge thank you to all the people who have spent so much time and effort into building this plan and providing a vision for the future of Meridian. The foundation of this plan being built on surveys from Meridian stakeholders was exactly where it needed to start. However, we felt like somewhere along the way the visions and wishes of these residents have been kind of buried deep down in this plan. So, our goal tonight -- and I think the goal that we all have is to help bring the wishes of the people of Meridian back to the forefront of this plan. I have lived in the Treasure Valley since I graduated from high school, but before that I grew up on a dairy and have ridden horses my entire life and have always dreamed of continuing on that rural lifestyle for my family and my children. Five years ago my husband and I purchased a five acre lot in the outskirts of southwest Meridian to build our forever home and have literally put blood, sweat, and tears into that place, have done all the hard labor by ourselves. So, very few people have this opportunity to grow up with enough open space to have livestock and horses . So, one of our biggest concerns with this draft of the comp plan is the elimination of the rural designation, which makes our rural lifestyle that we love impossible for future families in Meridian. The comp plan itself has objectives indicating that Meridian needs a rural designation to preserve prime farmland, especially in the area of impact as stated in Objective 4.5.3, which states to preserve prime farmland within the area of city impact to maintain rural character and to provide opportunities for local produce and continuing farming operations. Eliminating the rural designation for large lots and farming operations is also the elimination of the future of our farming operations, large and small, in Meridian. A rural -- a very low designation needs to be kept in order to protect our open space and agricultural practices. Our biggest concern with the future land use map is that it sorely misidentifies the rural area of southwest Meridian and our neighborhood off of Amity as medium density. This area is composed a brand new custom built five to ten acre rural estate properties that will be around for many many years to come. The city planners which have been awesome, they recommended to change Rock Ranch, as well as our neighbors at Stetson Estates to low density, which is greatly appreciated and a huge step in the right direction for us. However, a designation that could still include three houses an acre, meaning as many as 15 to 30 houses on one of our five to ten acre properties is still a huge misrepresentation of our current use and is not in line with the Objective 3.6.1A, which states to maintain the future land use map to reflect existing facilities. Even a low designation of up to three houses an acre is not accurate for our existing uses and we feel our area should be re-designated to stay rural, so that we continue our freedom Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 59 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 35 of 88 and small ag practices. According to the draft comp plan it states as part of the city's vision more neighborhoods should emphasize diverse open spaces and amenities to start engaging places and identities and Meridian's strong historic character and charm. It also states in Action Item 4.5.1F to preserve, protect, and provide open space for recreation -- recreation, conservation, and anesthetics. The preservation of parks and open space is also one of the key topics of land use according to the Meridian resident surveys. We feel that one of the best ways to accomplish protecting our open spaces is to require a higher percentage of open space in all new developments. The minimum requirement of ten percent right now in the UDC is not nearly enough. In order to really help Meridian preserve our rural heritage and remain a premier community, that number should be immediately increased for all new developments. We feel it should be a high priority item by updating the UDC as soon as possible to make sure that higher open space requirement takes effect immediately. We also agree with the residents of the community outreach survey and the importance of preserving neighborhood character and sustainability and support making residential design standards and aesthetics p riority items when it comes to future neighborhoods. Our area of southwest Meridian has a distinct rural identity composed of families who love having space to garden, raise livestock, ride horses, grow crops and have distance from our neighbors. We woul d like to keep this area rural and support the creation of a neighborhood district identity in southwest Meridian to provide design future land use guidelines to help implement -- implement Action 2.2.2F to ensure that new development within existing residential neighborhoods is cohesive and complimentary in design and construction. We would also like to see more language and policies that require adequate transitions between different -- adjacent zoning designations, both between commercial, residential, and varied residential densities. Language that requires adequate -- adequate landscape buffers and large setbacks should be a part of this comp plan to protect existing neighborhood identities from encroaching developments and more dense neighborhoods. With that we urge you to follow the wishes of the stakeholders as indicated in the surveys and bring their desires, as well as ours, back to the forefront of this plan. Most importantly, bring back the rural designation to preserve what is left of the rural lifestyle of Meridian. Increase the required open space for all new developments. Development distinct neighborhood identities and require proper transitions between adjacent zoning designations to help keep Meridian the city that we are proud to be part of. Once again, we are all here because of our love of Meridian and concerned enough about our future here to share our thoughts of how we wish to see this plan improved to help guide our city in the future. You as our Mayor and our City Council Members are the only ones able to set a higher bar for the future of our city and to tweak this draft plan to keep Meridian the charming place that we all fell in love with. And thank you for your time. Borton: Thank you, Mrs. Ward. Appreciate your comments. Council, any questions? Bernt: One question. Borton: Mr. Bernt. Bernt: Was it Kenzie? Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 60 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 36 of 88 Ward: Yeah. Bernt: Thank you, Kenzie. Ward: Thank you. Bernt: So, in your -- in your -- when you were talking you mentioned, obviously, you want the rural designation to stay, but you also mentioned an ultra-low designation. Would you also support that? Ward: I kind of feel like those are the same. I guess I'm not sure what ultra low versus rural would be, but I guess in my mind -- Bernt: Depending on what the definition would be. Ward: Right. Bernt: Okay. Borton: Any other questions? Cavener: Mr. President? Borton: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: Not another question, just a comment, maybe a request. Kenzie, I hope that when the City Council passes a comprehensive plan, whatever it looks like, your comments about a neighborhood or district identity I think is important, something that many years ago when I worked for the city and we really tried to engage the public on and didn't get a lot of support. Hearing from the public that's something that we want gets me really excited and I hope that when we get to that place that you come back and re - engage in the process. We need people specifically in your part of our community to really be a voice. So, I appreciate that. Maybe a question from that. I'm just spit balling here now that I'm on my soapbox. What's -- what's -- what's your opinion in terms of how big those districts should be? I mean are they -- we do four kind of quadrants of Meridian? Is it -- Ward: I feel like it's -- it's going to be different, depending on the area of Meridian you are in. I feel like southwest Meridian we are not technically right in the lines of southwest Meridian, but I feel like our area -- we are right next to Rustler Lane, which was shown on the map earlier. I feel like our area of southwest Meridian would be fairly large, because there is fewer people, but I think I would group them as similarities of large lots or similarities of different housing types I guess in different areas of the city. Cavener: Thank you for your testimony. Appreciate it. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 61 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 37 of 88 Ward: Ye ah. Thank you. Bernt: Madam Mayor, follow up? De Weerd: Mr. Bernt. Bernt: What would you define a large lot to be in your opinion? Ward: I would go like one to ten acres is my feeling. De Weerd: Any other questions or comments from Council? Ward: Okay. Thank you guys. De Weerd: Thank you so much. Okay. Mr. Clerk. Johnson: Thank you, Madam Mayor. Next is Wendy Webb. De Weerd: With the Southern Rim Coalition. Webb: Good evening. Do you need me to restate my name and address ? De Weerd: Yes, please. Webb: Okay. Wendy Webb and my address is 2299 East Lodge Trail Drive in Meridian. Tonight I'm speaking on behalf of the Southern Rim Coalition. We encompass several neighborhoods in the southern area of Meridian and have quite an outreach of members. Tonight we are asking and requesting for a creation of a rural or very low residential zoning designation as stated in the last testimony to support the intent and the values of the new Comprehensive Plan. The stakeholders asked the city to preserve and protect our semi rural and estate properties and the comp plan specifically includes language that states these housing types will be provided. The draft comp plan also includes goals to protect our rural and semi rural properties. However, we believe the FLUM doesn't provide adequate protection for agricultural uses or transition to those existing uses. Although the low density residential zoning allows for rural and very low density properties , the range of LDR, low density resident designation, will be far too broad as we have heard already, allowing for a home -- one home on 20 acres or 3.4 homes per acre. It's just way too broad. South Meridian has numerous enclaves of five, ten, 15, 20 acre rural estate properties. To plan medium density residential zones adjacent to such properties is to encourage inappropriate adjacent transition. The current low, medium, and medium high residential zoning designations have a far tighter range. So , another request as -- as a revision, we request a revision to the FLUM for south Meridian to accurately reflect existing uses, what's already there in place, and to ensure appropriate transition as the vast acres of raw land in our residential districts are developed. The proposed -- the proposed zoning designations for southwest Meridian do not accurately reflect numerous existing uses. Therefore, proposed zoning and contiguous areas next to those areas are Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 62 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 38 of 88 planned for higher density than is appropriate. So, in addition the Southern Rim also supports -- strongly supports the creation of districts to help us preserve and protect our existing role identity and, then, two, we also strongly appropriately support the immediate adoption of a minimum standard and I say minimum, that's just a starting spot, a 15 percent of qualified open space in most residential districts, with an increased set aside for the city's high density districts and a 25 percent discount if a development is within a quarter mile of a public park. We support this initiative, because we believe open space is a critical component of a community's livability, community attachment, and economic development. In comparison Meridian currently only requires ten percent open space, compared to Eagle, which requires 18 percent, with increased aside for higher density. Idaho Falls requires 25 percent. Nampa requires 20 percent in planned unit developments. Salt Lake City requires 20 percent, with a 25 percent discount if they are within a quarter mile of a park. We know that in collecting information from the residents of the community open space was a really big concern, that we wanted to preserve our open space and the rural feel of Idaho. We know that it's been shown in study after study -- multiple studies -- you just Google it online and the pages -- there is numerous pages of studies showing how open space is a large part of creating sustainable communities . The World Health Organization stamps it right on their main page, green -- green space to maintain great communities like we already have. We are losing the fields that we -- we built forts in when we were children. We are losing the canal banks that we had grand adventures on. We are losing the empty lots that we used to play baseball and our children and the adults in our community still need green space to maintain a great life. So, in conclusion we are asking for a rural, very low residential zoning designation, revisions to the draft FLUM for the south Meridian to accurately reflect the existing uses and the immediate adoption of a minimum standard, a 15 percent qualified open space in most residential districts. Thank you so much for your time and your patience in listening to our testimonies. We appreciate it. De Weerd: Thank you, Wendy. Council, any questions? Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: I feel like this is going to come up a lot, so I'm going to -- I'm going to jump over to staff again, maybe giving the public and Council some historical background about why the removal of the rural piece in light of such strong community survey response in favor of that -- that rural element and I think we received a lot of correspondence about that. I think it's the second of two testimonies that we have heard about that and I think it would be maybe beneficial for us as Council and the public to hear the process that the steering committee and staff went through for that removal. Hood: Yeah. Madam Mayor, Members of the Council -- and I will -- I will start I guess. There is other members of the steering committee that could chime in. This was something that early on staff had identified for discussion. Again, largely because of what has occurred on our southern boundary near Lake Hazel and how we didn't believe that Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 63 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 39 of 88 the rural estate designation was serving us well. To clarify, that designation in the text talks about these minimum five acre lots, where we would not be providing sewer and water. It's -- it's not dense enough for it to pencil out or to pay long term to extend services of something that -- that's of those densities. So, that really is the main difference, then, between the existing rural estate designation and the low. Everything else is essentially the same. Again, you can -- yes, you can do up to three, but it also allows you to do a ten. No developer is going to do a ten acre subdivision and bring sewer and water. You are just not going to make any money on that. You might do it for your family, right, if you are planning on living there as your own place, but you are not going to develop it for a lot. So, the process really was early staff proposed that to the steering committee and vetted that. Quite frankly, a lot of this conversation about -- and I don't want to mischaracterize this, because some of the things we heard kind of throughout the process was, again, our agricultural heritage and some of those things , but as far as the rural estate designation, a lot of that is brand new -- that we didn't hear until after it had been submitted for adoption and approval. We didn't get comments on the website saying don't get rid of the rural estate designation. Again, that's -- that's been in the last couple of months, if you will, type of a thing that has come up. So , essentially, it was -- it went through that process and we are hearing about it more now through the public hearing process. Does help the -- De Weerd: Yes. Just to -- to give you a little bit more historical perspective, we have listened to the neighbors in the southwest portion of our community and that is why in our last Comprehensive Plan you saw low density residential and it was the rural density and, then, the same neighbors that wanted that designation started annexing into Kuna, because the state does not allow us to plan for an area of impact and -- and give a vision that is solidified, because a property owner can decide to step out of an area of impact that has planned to serve them and choose another that might give them a better density. So, I think staff is just trying to bring a plan that we can plan for, plan our sewer to, and our Police and Fire and Park services, because it's not just all about sewer and water, it's about designing a community. But because the Local Land Use Planning Act that the state has makes you plan for your area of impact, but gives you no regulation that that is going to be the area that you will serve long term. It's -- it's a balancing act and -- and as you can see what is the right answer, it's -- it's hard to plan when a property owner can just step in and change the complexion of a long term vision that will impact others around them. But we didn't have any say in that. Another elected body and another city did. Cavener: So, Madam Mayor, maybe to that question -- Wendy, I kind of want to jump into the weeds with you, because the Southern Rim has been such an active and engaged group and like -- like you I grew up here and built forts in those fields and don't tell my mother, I played in those ditches, I -- De Weerd: I did, too. Cavener: I have been to far too many of a ribbon cutting where I would go pheasant hunting as a kid in Meridian. It's hard to believe that's what we used to do. So, part of me is someone who has seen those farm fields develop. I struggle with -- because Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 64 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 40 of 88 Meridian is not the community of my youth, but because I have seen so many of those farms develop and homes emerge, I see that just because something is rural today, doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be rural tomorrow. So, is it -- is it the Southern Rim's kind of belief that these areas that kind of have rural areas should remain rural forever? I mean that's -- that's somewhat counter to how our community has grown and changed. I'm just -- Webb: You know, that's a complex question, one that I have thought about a lot myself. I have thought about those people who are retiring and they have been planning on se lling their ten acres to fund their retirement and is it fair that we have designated their land, you know, as such that a developer wouldn't be interested in their property and might not be as highly valued and I -- and I asked myself that and I think is that fair and I know some of those people and when I think of -- I lived in England for a couple of years and I know in their country they have set aside farmland that can only be farmland and it's been a sacrifice, but for the future generations it's been a blessing and so I think we have to think about the next 20 years versus the next 50 and really dig in and think about what we really want. When I think about this rural land designation, maybe we could put it as one home per acre and that's certainly different than 3.4 homes per acre. It really is, so -- but yet I don't know if the one home per acre would save Kuna from coming in and taking it. I don't know. But those are more complex questions that I have thought a lot about . Yeah. Cavener: Madam Mayor, I appreciate it. I have no doubt that's something you have thought a lot about and your group has. I think like we as the Council, we -- we wrestle with this, especially those of us who have lived here and seen this community change so much -- Webb: Right. Cavener: -- it's hard to say -- to your point we know -- but I know most -- many a farmer who have worked very very hard, has made the decision that they want to leave and go do something else and to tell them no forever, it's something I just philosophically struggle with and so that -- I hear I think where you are coming from and where I think many of the folks are coming from. There is nothing wrong with -- we want to keep our land that way today and this document is a visioning piece and -- Webb: Right. Cavener: -- so is it going to be that way in 50 years? Because Meridian looks so much different even today than it did 20 years ago. It's a hard piece for everyone. So , I appreciate your feedback. Thank you. Webb: Any other questions? De Weerd: Any other questions? Webb: Okay. Thank you. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 65 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 41 of 88 De Weerd: Thank you. Johnson: Madam Mayor? Madam Mayor, next is John Overton. De Weerd: Thank you for sticking with us. If you will, please, say your name and address and the area so we can pull it up on the map. Overton: Madam Mayor, my name is John Overton. 1922 East Bowstring, Meridian. Representing Woodbridge as the HOA president tonight. And just a little bit about history first before I go on this and I won't use all ten minutes. When I moved here I was 13. I have lived in Idaho 42 years. St. Luke's was pheasants . Just a field. I haven't seen pheasants in years. There was an old county subdivision across the street from where I grew up, which was Green Hills Estates, which is next to the subdivision I live in now. That subdivision that was across Eagle Road is now Buffalo Wild Wings, Portico, and most people that live here don't even know that that was an old county subdivision. De Weerd: Magic View. Overton: Things change. Eagle Road was a two lane road with a stop sign at Fairview. I mean it was a whole different world. But we are in a city that changes. It changes on us drastically. So, I'm going to stick to this, because I can go off script and blow the time. De Weerd: We know. Overton: Yes. I know. Madam Mayor, Members of Council, city staff, Caleb and Brian, thank you. We appreciate the efforts you guys have put into this whole process. You have worked very well with our development. We have been that squeaky wheel over the last several years for good reason. You know, not every subdivision is built perfectly. We were built with a situation where we ended up becoming the go to, go through subdivision between Locust Grove and Eagle Road. With all the land to the east of us we became highly concerned on each and every project on how those were going to develop and we were part of this process. City staff brought us in. I -- I sat on one of the focus groups, I believe it was transportation as a matter of fact, and another board member sat on another one. We have been part of this since the very beginning to try to be as involved as we could be as an HOA and the city was very good to us. We knew we had trouble years and years ago. We modified our -- or monitored ACHD with traffic counts, traffic coming through. I was going to put in here some stuff about the old way the city used to talk about live, work, raise a family, but I put it tonight is just designed for living safely, because that's really what we are all about in Woodbridge and when we talk about the Magic Bridge map and what we are here tonight to support is the P &Z Commission I think has made the right choice f or Woodbridge on the designations on this Magic Bridge parcel. I think it gives us the best development with the lowest amount of impact, with lowest amount of additional traffic counts compared to what we were faced with fighting every time a development came into our area. It allows us a buffer of medium density around us. It designates mixed use neighborhood , which we would much more prefer the mixed use community. We believe mixed use neighborhood is a better fit for Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 66 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 42 of 88 that area. We believe it should be more like what it is now, where we are seeing a lot of the senior type developments. We are seeing the assisted living, medical, all of those things that support -- if anybody remembers -- and I know several of you do -- the vision -- the vision for the medical corridor, which this whole area was supposed to be years and years ago. Well, we haven't forgotten and we are still hoping that that remains a focus of that area. We believe that these developments will impact Woodbridge traffic less than other higher density and more intense developments. We know that they are going to bring traffic, but we are trying to support growth, but also support the growth that's going to bring the least traffic counts through our subdivision in the future at the same time and I think what's been brought here in this plan through Planning and Zoning and through the Commission and now in front of you, is probably the best plan we have seen to do that. We would like to request Council approve this future land use map for Magic Bridge. I understand it's, obviously, not unanimous. There is still some concerns from other subdivisions. But for the portion that affects Woodbridge and how this would work for us, we think the city's done a great job and we would like to see it approved. I would stand for any questions. De Weerd: Thank you. Any questions for Lieutenant Overton ? I can't -- I can't call you anything other than that. Any questions? Cavener: Thanks for serving on your HOA board. De Weerd: Yes. Thank you. Johnson: Madam Mayor, next is Mindy Lin. De Weerd: With Stetson Estates. Lin: Good evening. I'm Mindy Lin. Sorry I wasn't here earlier to introduce myself and I want to all -- first of all appreciate all of you taking time this evening to hear all of us. De Weerd: Mindy, if you will give us your address. Lin: Oh, sorry. We went through this last time. Can I give -- is it okay if I give my business address again? Okay. 12336 West Overland Road. De Weerd: Thank you. Lin: Ye ah. Absolutely. I am a resident of Stetson Estates off of Rustler Road, which you have heard -- Rustler Lane that you have heard a lot of testimony about this evening. Again, I want to thank you all for this evening and taking the time to hear us all. I know it makes for a long evening for all of you , so I don't envy any of your positions. And Caleb and Brian even less envy your position this evening. Mr. Borton, I just wanted to thank you for the comments you made earlier this evening about taking time and just having regard for the process and the amount of time that it takes and I think that the -- the slow down to hurry up is the right approach and so I just wanted to commend you all for having Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 67 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 43 of 88 that strategy and be willing to do that. My husband and I moved to Idaho in 2005 to escape crime and start a family where we could lay roots, to build a foundation that would allow a balance of working hard and having space to enjo y rural living. We now do that in driving distance to our corporate headquarters and we don't mind the drive one bit to escape to our rural gem with our children. We purchased a ten acre remote and rural property in Stetson Estates with a breathtaking view of the valley and an unobstructed view shed of the Boise range. We have cattle, chickens, and grow our own produce. We are proud to create jobs in the valley and honor to employ and expand as we grow. We have 30,000 people that have joined our mission across all 50 states and yet there is no other state that we have chosen to headquarter this all within , nor has there been a better community than Meridian to offer to our employees as a great place to live. We are neighbors to our closest friends, who also own multiple businesses in the valley and our children ride back and forth to each other's properties every single day with peace of mind in the remote safety that we all have here. We live and work in paradise and understand entirely by why federal law states that we are entitled to peaceful enjoyment of our property. However, I can confidently tell you that we believe this peaceful enjoyment is gravely at risk. After attending a recent neighborhood meeting for a much higher density development adjacent to ours and realizing that our rural neighborhood is labeled medium density on Meridian's future land use map as you have heard this evening and as has been raw land that is being pursued currently. A medium density development next to ten acre real properties cannot provide adequate trans -- transition and it will -- will devalue our neighborhood. The plan that we learned of -- myself and my neighbors learned of and the collector roads that are attached to it would devastate the life that many of us have built here. Our ten acre farm property could be dissected by a collector road that would run directly next to our cattle and chickens. That plan ned collector road would continue passed our property and run right through our neighbors, chopping their land in half, separating them and their children from their livestock and pasture. We would overlook the 357 rooftops and have two story homes on 70 foot lots adjoining our property, thereby dropping the value of the properties that we have all worked so hard for. Some of our neighbors would be in even worse shape with upwards of 16 homes running along their property line. I find it hard to believe this in any way, shape, or form aligns with the spirit of the Comprehensive Plan and the city's goals of appropriate transition and I just want to clarify we keep saying rural, but these are incredibly beautiful executive homes on those properties and we have -- my two closest neighbors are building million dollar homes right now on five acre lots. These are brand new homes that are under construction. They are going to back up against ten, 12, 15 homes right up against their fence line. Many of us have sent you lots of photos through your e-mail, but understand that coming out and seeing this is truly the only way for you to best understand how sacred it is and that absolutely comes with a sincere invitation for each and every one of you to come and learn and see for yourself. I think one of the reasons it's so important we slow down this process is because that due diligence has not been done to the point that we are misdesignated on the future land use map and I hear you when you say get involved in the process, be part of it. I wish I was here and a resident at that time when that was happening and a lot of my neighbors it's the same situation. Yes . Sorry. Recently built rural custom and sit upon acreage ranging from five to ten acres. Our properties cannot be subdivided into smaller than five acres and most of us that you -- our homes are Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 68 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 44 of 88 situated in the middle of our properties. That's not even feasible. Please hear the concerns of myself and my neighbors and demand comp plan revisions and a rural , very low density future land use map designation for those of us fighting to sustain and protect Meridian's rural identity, the identity of a rural homesteads and the very lifestyle our stakeholders value and ask to be protected. Please understand, although we live in your area of impact, as rural neighbors of executive homes, we are invested in Meridian and appreciate the opportunity to be heard and to support and encourage the city however we can in preserving both Meridian's identity, as well as our peaceful enjoyment of it. We respectfully ask that our neighborhoods be designated rural, very low density, and the adjoining parcel will also be designated as low density residential as well. Thank you . I will stand for your questions. De Weerd: Thank you. Council, any questions? Little Roberts: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mrs. Little Roberts. Little Roberts: Madam Mayor. Mindy, thank you so much. You mentioned -- you said misdesignated, but I didn't quite understand if that was an opinion or if there was an actual error somewhere. Lin: We were designated as medium density and Caleb and Brian spoke about that earlier and it wasn't until we were in the process of a developer trying to come in that we went and looked and we -- we saw -- how did they think these -- this is an appropriate transition to put 16 homes up against -- up against another. Well, if you look at the FLUM Rustler is designated as medium density. It's not at all and you will see that in the picture that we sent. It's absolutely rural and so that's where we met with the city and the city said, no, this is definitely misdesignation. You guys are -- we can definitely see that you are low rural and that was brought up at the Planning and Zoning. One of the Commissioners had made the point -- well, should the property adjacent to it even be labeled as medium density, because it makes sense if they thought ours was medium of course they would think next would be medium or not. We are not even -- not even close. Little Roberts: Thank you. Lin: Uh-huh. De Weerd: Thank you for your testimony. Lin: Absolutely. Thank you. Johnson: Madam Mayor, next is Jane Byam. Byam: Good evening. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 69 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 45 of 88 De Weerd: Good evening. Thank you for joining us. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record. Byam: My name is Jane Byam. I live at 6050 El Gato Lane. De Weerd: Thank you, Jane. Byam: Madam Mayor and City Council Members, thank you for allowing me to speak on behalf of the residents of the El Gato , Puma, and Pine Lane area. I would like to echo Kenzie's comments and description of the Rustler neighborhood. Our neighborhood consists of homes on five or more acres. Small -- small farms. Many -- many of the residents there have livestock and large gardens. The houses there consist o f homes that have been there since the inception of the Skyview Ranchette Subdivision in the early '70s to a few brand new homes and the residents consist of people who have been there since the '70s, to a few young families who have recently moved into the area with the hopes of raising their families on small hobby farms. Many of my comments this evening -- for many of my comments this evening I would like to reference comments submitted in writing by Mr. Chuck Sundby and his wife Gloria Beatty of 6155 West El Gato Lane. Mr. Sundby represented our neighborhood at the October 17 Planning and Zoning meeting, but he is unable to be here this evening and has asked me to take his place . In response to the FLUM contained in the Comprehensive Plan a petition was submitted on October 7th to the city clerk by Gloria Beatty and Chuck Sundby on behalf of and in cooperation with the residents of El Gato , Pine, and Puma Lanes, designated as the affected area in the petition and in my comments forthwith. The petition has 81 signatures and clearly states the opposition of the signatories to the proposed change to the future land use map designation from the affected area -- of the affected area from low density residential to general industrial. The petition identifies five specific areas of concern which conflict with the core principles of the comprehensive -- the draft Comprehensive Plan. One, does -- it doesn't consider existing development. Two, it doesn't protect private property rights. Three, it doesn't preserve existing farmland. Four, it doesn't address public comments submitted in response to the Comprehensive Plan survey. And, five, it doesn't consider more suitable parcels for the transition to industrial. I might suggest that a more suitable area might be up near that Intermountain gas storage area to take up some of the slack for the industrial area that's needed, since that area is already zoned industrial. The petition identifies -- or sorry. Supporting information is provided for each of those concerns in that petition. Additionally, numerous public comments were submitted by individuals in and near the affected area, both prior to the petition submittal and the subsequent Planning and Zoning hearing held on October 17th. All comments expressed opposition to the proposed general industrial land use classification for lands within that affected area. On October 17th additional comments were submitted to the city clerk by Chuck Sundby for further consideration by the Planning and Zoning Commission at the public hearing held on October 17th. These comments in part reflect information contained in the Planning and Zoning staff report published on October 11th. As a designated representative of the residents in the affected area, Mr. Sundby testified at the hearing and emphasized points expressed in the written comments. While not contesting the conclusion of the planning team as to the future need for additional Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 70 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 46 of 88 industrial land use in the Meridian area of impact, the point was made that there are six significant impediments to this industrial land use occurring in the affected area in the foreseeable future. A lot of the future land use planning being done is in consideration of the future extension of Highway 16 and the ease of freeway access from the proposed industrial area when the project is complete. It should be noted that the four to five hundred million dollars needed to complete that project has not yet been obtained and the state has yet to determine when the project will actually begin , whether it will be completed in sections, and, if so, where they will start, north at Chinden coming -- north at Chinden coming south or at I-84 heading north. It's highly probable that the Comprehensive Plan update will be necessary prior to this demand for property designation as industrial materializing. There will, however, be immediate negative impacts to the residents in the general industrial area use classification -- can be expected to adversely impact current marketability as low density residential properties . The presidential -- or the preservation and protection of the current way of life for the residents in the affected area of El Gato, Puma, and Pine Lanes and the avoidance of adverse impact to existing agricultural small -- small acreage properties is a key element of the Comprehensive Plan. While we recognize and understand that the FLUM is not code and is currently -- and we are currently governed by the county of Ada, the area of impact -- we would prefer that nothing beyond record showing that the city proposes to change our neighborhood to industrial as that will immediately caused a detrimental effect upon our property values. Multiple residents of the affected area attended the public hearing to demonstrate support for Mr. Sundby's statement, as well as provide additional comments supporting retention of the current low density residential use for this area. There was no public testimony given that evening in support of the proposed general industrial land use designation. We are grateful that the following -- that following the discussion, during which key elements presented in public comments were acknowledged by individual members, the Commission and staff concluded that a reasonable compromise is to retain the low density residential use classification north of Pine and impose the general industrial land new south of Pine Lane and the Purdum Drain. This removes the El Gato land parcels from the industrial area. However, it excludes six properties -- six of the eight properties that are residential parcels along Pine Lane. This compromise is depicted on the map shown on the top of page 20 in the staff report prepared by the City Council hearing. From a standpoint of residents along El Gato Lane, this compromise presents a reasonable and acceptable solution. However, we would, please, urge the City Council to consider the arguments and rationale presented to the Planning and Zoning and its applicability to those existing properties along Pine Lane, assuming these residents express the desire to retain their current land use. This could be accomplished by using the Purdham Drain to delineate the boundary between general industrial and low density residential. In this case the land designated as future industrial is limited to undeveloped agricultural ground with rail and highway access and makes for easier access directly off Black Cat along the railroad tracks, as opposed to coming in on El Gato to where Pine Lane currently takes off heading to the southwest. Additionally, we would like to express our concurrence with and support of the staff r ecommendation presented in item three, outstanding issues for the City Council on page 28 of the staff report. Section two relating to low density residential and estate lots. This appears to be a positive approach, in addition to the updated Comprehensive Plan and we would like Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 71 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 47 of 88 this consideration for the El Gato area as well. In summary, we support Planning and Zoning recommendations for revision to the FLUM for the existing residential parcels on El Gato, but respectfully request that the City Council reconsider the change in land use classification additionally for the six existing residential parcels found on Pine Lane. Thank you, Mayor de Weerd and City Council Members. De Weerd: Thank you. Council, any questions? Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: Just one. You referenced and I didn't catch it, the name of the drainage that you kind of -- Byam: Purdham. Purdham Drain. Cavener: Thank you. De Weerd: I had that same question. Cavener: And -- Madam Mayor, follow up if I can. My -- my -- oh, it's like Council -- or it's like staff is reading my mind. That's exactly what I was going to ask about. So, where the staff's moving the arrow, that blue line that kind of runs right to the word general industrial on the right-hand side -- Byam: Yes. Yes. Cavener: That's the drain? Byam: That's correct. Cavener: Great. I appreciate that. Thank you very much. Byam: Okay. De Weerd: Okay. Thank you so much. Byam: Thank you. Johnson: Madam Mayor, next is Ryan Manwaring. Cavener: Madam Mayor? Manwaring: Madam Mayor? Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 72 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 48 of 88 Cavener: Sorry. Before -- before you begin your testimony, I just want to say thanks for joining us tonight. Appreciate the groups that you recommend -- or that you represent. I think your work as an advocate is to be commended. I'm just -- I'm going to ask you -- I had the opportunity to watch the Planning and Zoning Commission. Would just ask that you keep this conversation neighborly, refrain from any type of aggressive comments or conversation directed to staff. I think that we are all here for the same reason and hope that you could -- can join us in that joint effort. Manwaring: All right. Cavener: Great. Thank you. Manwaring: Thank you. Madam Mayor and City Council, I'm representing a group of Meridian residents who signed a petition about preserving some agricultural land in -- in Meridian and let me tell you a little bit about the population that I'm here to speak for. These are individuals who are from various racial ethnic minorities, some with children with developmental disabilities, and some individuals who can't necessarily -- don't have the means to just, you know, buy some -- some land and -- and enjoy some space and, you know, the agricultural lifestyle that comes with that and so they -- they turn to a lot of us for some respite and ways to kind of get out and be among farm -- you know, play with the farm animals and have some space. Many of these kids do 4-H and they -- they need places to be able to, you know, raise animals and many of them just love coming and , you know, picking fruit and -- and we have, you know, many of these individuals, you know, several times a week just from the community just asking to come and, you know, hang out on the farm and we love having them. I want to point out a specific group that is not here tonight, but is very much a part of our community in -- in Meridian and I'm not sure if you are aware, there are about 7,500 residents in Treasure Valley who are -- have gone through the resettlement process. So , these are refugees from places like Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan -- there is a very extensive list and so that's 7,500 and Meridian is a big -- a big central piece of this resettlement process. Many of them -- they have come from pretty war torn areas, they have experienced, you know, pretty horrific torture and abuse, some unspeakable things. They suffer from trauma, mental illness, and as I visited with -- with some of these individuals, you know, one of the saddest things that I have heard from them is that it's been difficult in their transition . Mind you here they are in a totally new culture, totally new language and totally new rules of survival. They have to kind of like figure this all out , meanwhile trying to, you know, recover from some of the things that they -- they have experienced and one of the interesting things about that that they say is that we are -- we are farmers and they -- you know, they come to these places and, you know, they are doing the best they can to survive, but they live in areas that have, you know, HOAs and all these CC&Rs and, you know, granted, they can't -- they can barely afford to -- you know, to live in some of these areas with the rising cost, but also they can't -- they can't even have like, you know, a chicken or something and that's just like really foreign to them and that is something that is -- is challenging and if you think back, you know, 20 years ago there was a meeting where, you know -- Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 73 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 49 of 88 De Weerd: So, Ryan -- Manwaring: Yes. De Weerd: I don't -- I just want to redirect you to your testimony as it relates to the Comprehensive Plan. I understand what you are saying and certainly the population you represent, but how can we apply your testimony to the Comprehensive Plan? Manwaring: So, we would recommend that you -- the particular area that's of concern we have, you know, a low density area here in El Gato that is being labeled as -- for future use as industrial. That's so different than, you know, even mixed use, that's totally, you know, opposite what the land -- you know, with the residents and what this community of people who enjoy coming to this area enjoy about it and so what I'm -- Madam Mayor, you know, we have heard that this is a plan that, you know, it's going to carry out over 20 and 20 -- you know, several years down the road and so I'm pointing out how the choices that we make now affect refugees and many people that are going to live here 20 years from now. De Weerd: So -- Manwaring: I'm pointing out some of the situations that individuals are in who have been resettled here and it starts in a planning meeting that happened, you know, many years ago, certain land is labeled for a future use and they say follow the plan and once we are committed to it you can't get out, it's going to be that way for the next, you know -- you know, until the land is developed and that's it and we are here now to speak and oppose that. So, it does apply here. This is important and this does affect people who are going to be resettled here down the road and maybe you might say, well, how -- you know, we are trying to increase the amount of housing, right, and maybe that benefits them. Well, it doesn't because any developer who buys this land is going to try and get the most money out of it; right? A quote here earlier was a developer -- so, someone isn't going to buy the land if they can't make any money on that. They are not going to develop it. And so what typically happens is, you know, these parcels are -- are bought, they are developed for -- you know, with the future use of whatever -- you know, industrial or mixed use and, then, even if it does go to housing for -- to increase, you know, options for people, like who were homeless, guess what, they are not exactly charging, you know, very low rates. They are brand -- these are brand new places and, you know, they are charging as high as they can and it actually causes this -- it adds to this inflation; right? Property taxes just keep going up. Who all pays for this in the end, all this -- these up steps -- stepping up and all the -- the zoning here? It's the people who are in poverty that pay for it. The most the price gets passed down to them . People who are homeless, whether mentally ill, people who have been resettled, they are the ones who pay -- pay at the most and so, you know, the whole argument of, oh, we are just trying to, you know, increase, you know, housing down the road. It doesn't really measure up if you look at other cities that have done similar plans, you know many years ago, and they follow the plan just like they were supposed to and everyone did what they -- well, I mean look at Salt Lake, they -- they have got one of the, you know, biggest homeless crises on their hand -- on their Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 74 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 50 of 88 hands because none of that actually served our most vulnerable populations. You know, it's -- it serves the -- the developers and, you know, wealthy people coming out of state, hey, look at the land, I can get -- sell this for industrial use, I can develop it, and they -- and they -- and they cash out on that and so we are not asking you to -- to go out of your way to just, you know, preserve this for us, but just to make it a little bit easier -- you know, for one, don't hold, you know, signs over us saying that it could be -- could go industrial, because that affects who is going to buy it; right? And all it takes -- so, it starts with a sign being held over -- over an area that directly influences who is going to be buying it in the next five, ten years and the purposes they have for it, so -- and, then, a few more, you know, people come and buy that. All it takes is a few people to come and change , you know, the CC&Rs and, you know, create HOAs where you can't have any, you know, farm animals anymore and I'm -- I'm saying that that really does affect people who -- this is their way -- this has been their way of life and -- and we can relate a little -- well, not in many ways. We had -- we have -- we are totally -- we are out of touch with, you know, everything they have experienced, you know, but some of the common ground we have, you know, we are -- you know, we are farmers, too, that's what we love about Meridian and, you know, we can kind of, you know, bond over this -- this -- this commonality, this is how humans have been living for thousands and thousands of years and it's pretty integral to survival to have some land and -- and we can keep pushing it out farther and farther by just continually stepping up things into more increased density, but at what cost? We get a little bit extra tax revenue. Yeah, sure, we -- we create, you know, more jobs and that's great and everything, but -- but what's the cost, you know, 20, 30,40 years down the road to -- to these -- De Weerd: So, if I -- if I can ask you your -- your group would like to keep the designation the low density residential and not include the general industrial. Manwaring: Correct. From Cherry Lane down to the train tracks as low density residential. De Weerd: Okay. I just wanted to make clear that that is what your request was. Manwaring: Yes. Yes. And at the beginning of this meeting you asked me who I represent and I hope I have done a good job trying to represent a group of people that maybe not have been able to make it to this -- maybe they don't even -- they don't understand enough English to be able to get on here and understand what's going on and how it's going to affect them ten years from now and now I'm going to ask all of you respectfully, City Council and Madam Mayor, who do you represent. Who do you represent tonight? Do you represent developers 20 years down the road who are going to want to -- to purchase this, people out of state, or do you represent the people who live here now -- De Weerd: We represent 115,000 people. That's who we represent, so -- Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 75 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 51 of 88 Borton: If I could dovetail on that. I was going to ask you the same -- Manwaring: Well, hold on, I'm not done. Borton: Wait a second. I'm talking. De Weerd: Your time is up. Manwaring: Well, you -- but you interrupted -- you did ask me a question during my time. De Weerd: Okay. But for now I'm going to let Mr. Borton -- Manwaring: Okay. De Weerd: -- continue his question and, then, I will ask you to respond. Manwaring: Okay. Borton: Thank you, Madam Mayor. I just wanted to know who you represented in the context of were there individuals -- like some of the other groups where they said, hey, Ryan, I can't make it to the meeting, but on behalf of our organization would you show up and provide testimony for us or was it something less concrete than that? Manwaring: Yeah. No. Very concrete. Yeah. It was very concrete. Yeah. I work with -- with people in pretty vulnerable population and, yes, I have spoken with -- Borton: Okay. Manwaring: -- with individuals who have asked this. Borton: They said, Ryan, come and talk on my behalf, I can't be there. And the reason I ask -- I wasn't tracking the testimony with regards to this property adjacent to the rail corridor and El Gato and how that would correlate to future opportunities for future refugee location here. It didn't -- I couldn't connect any of the dots there and I didn't find anything in the record that connected any of the dots, so that was the reason why I asked if anybody specifically said our community group is interested in preserving this property near El Gato for future refugee relocation. I find -- Manwaring: I'm not saying it's for future refugee relocation, I'm saying it's -- it's an opportunity for them to -- whether or not to just -- to come out there and to be close to something that is a lot more familiar to them. Borton: Okay. That's helpful. Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you for your testimony. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 76 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 52 of 88 Johnson: Madam Mayor, next is Jeff Hatch. De Weerd: Good evening, Jeff. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record and -- and I believe you had mentioned you're on the east side off of Franklin -- if you will indicate the area. Hatch: Good evening, Madam Mayor. Jeff Hatch with Hatch Design Architecture, representing Venus Development and the industrial area west of Coverdale. Because this hasn't been presented in -- in the graphics that were in -- in the presentation, we felt that it was necessary to bring a presentation to kind of explain what our rationale is and get, hopefully, meaningful feedback from City Council. We had a pre-application meeting in late summer for this property and at that time the staff instructed us to present to you and get feedback as far as -- if this is something of value for consideration. So, our presentation this evening is for the purpose of consideration of the light industrial area. De Weerd: Jeff, if you will hold on. Mr. Nary, it looks like this is about a specific application or -- Nary: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, I -- I'm not sure if this is about a specific property designation that is currently in the -- Hatch: It's for -- it's for the zoning of the MU, mixed use regional area -- Nary: Right. Hatch: -- along Franklin. Nary: But this is not -- this is -- this is the whole Comprehensive Plan, not one -- I guess I'm not sure what staff told you, but I'm not sure if this is appropriate for this hearing. It sounds like evidence for a specific application you want to make. If you already had a pre-app, then, you're talking about filing an application to develop some property, what I'm guessing what you're saying is the current comp plan designation doesn't match what you want. Hatch: Correct. Nary: Okay. That's an application for a completely different thing. That's not what this is about. Hood: Well, Madam Mayor, Mr. Nary, maybe if I can clarify. So, we don't have an eminent pending application; right? And I wasn't at the pre-app meeting, but what we have been telling folks as we are going through this process and after we adopt a new plan we are not likely to change anything in the next six months , a year, two years. We are going to respect the plan, so -- De Weerd: So, we are not talking about one specific property, but more the area -- Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 77 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 53 of 88 Hood: Yeah. There is multiple parcels here -- De Weerd: Okay. Hood: -- but there is a pre-app -- a development potentially, but, again, they are kind of late to the game, but earlier than adoption, so that you are probably not real receptive to changes in March; right? So, I think that was probably some of the direction given. De Weerd: I just wanted to make sure you weren't talking about a specific piece and a potential application in the process. So, thank you for allowing me that -- that clarity. Hatch: Okay. Thank you. And I knew this was going to be kind of unique , because Bill was like just go talk to them, but you are kind of late in the game. So, I do apologize, but, you know, yeah, this -- this came to pass and we have been working very actively the last couple months to try to present some evidence and just wanted to get feedback as far as if this is something that fits within the Comprehensive Plan as you see it or -- or if it's something that you would consider. So, thank you -- De Weerd: Thank you. Hatch: -- for your time. Along Franklin we have a light industrial area that kind of U shapes around a regional use -- or a mixed use regional area and to the west of us we have Auric Energy. We have an Albertsons distribution center also to the northwest. To the northeast we have an overhead door company. Horizon Distribution, an AC distribution company. And, then, to the east we have FedEx and -- and also a moving company. So, a horseshoe amount of industrial light areas around this mixed use regional area. Directly south of us we have residents which are separated by a canal and so if we look at the Comprehensive Plan, which is what we are here to discuss, we have these parcels that are designated as mixed use residential -- or regional and the intent of the mixed use regional is to promote, you know, residential above commercial or office, high density residential, retail shops -- it kind of encompasses a range of different uses. One of the key factors of that mixed use regional is the residential use should compromise -- or comprise a minimum of ten percent residential use and we feel that, you know, being adjacent to a railroad that these parcels have an opportunity for an industrial use that surrounds them that isn't being taken advantage of and versus having the railroad as something that could be a hindrance, to something that's mandating residential use, we would like to use that as a promotional piece to enhance the value of these properties and to -- to utilize a commodity that's relatively limited in our valley and with that we have an industrial area to the west of this -- it actually has a road that is designated to go through these parcels and, then, connect back onto Franklin and so do we really want to promote residential or high density or commercial over that adjacent to railroad tracks where you have an industrial use that's going through that connected area and really wanted to express that it's a unique feature and we wanted to utilize that versus having it as a hindrance. As a consideration we did go out and meet with the property owner that is directly to west and also has some of the property that is in that RU zone and they gave us a letter of support of this -- yeah, presentation if we want to call it that, but we do have Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 78 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 54 of 88 a copy of that signed letter, which we can give to staff or if you guys want to see a copy we can certainly do that. De Weerd: Hand it to Mr. Clerk. Hatch: So, with that we are really just looking at that -- that area as the mixed use and is that really the best and most intended use for this area as far as what's around it and what could be utilized. We do have a developer who is interested in using this for an industrial use, but we would also like to just get feedback from Council as far as can we consider this as an amendment or is it something that we could present an application, even after the fact, based on your feedback. Well, we -- you know, in talking to staff they said, you know, run it by Council and I agree with them that, you know, you have -- you have spent a long time working very hard on this and so you want to follow that plan and so we wanted to present this to you to get that feedback and see if this is part of that plan or not. De Weerd: Thank you. Hatch: Any questions? De Weerd: Council, any questions? So, your request is to -- instead of the MU regional, that you have it designated as industrial. Hatch: Light industrial. De Weerd: Okay. Hatch: Such as what's -- De Weerd: Council, any questions? Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: Is that a designation that the city of Boise has on the property just to the east? Hatch: The city -- or the property to the east is actually Ada county and they are all industrial uses. Borton: Yeah. I apologize. In the Boise comprehensive plan they probably have that covered -- do they have it planned as being light industrial do you know? Hatch: I -- unfortunately we had our blinders on just Meridian, since we were focusing on Meridian. So, you know, those -- those are already developed as industrial uses -- De Weerd: But we can ask them -- Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 79 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 55 of 88 Hatch: -- a distribution facility. De Weerd: Caleb, do you know the designation? Hood: Yeah. Madam Mayor, if I can, just use the pointer a little bit, so you can see this access road -- actually, it's Ada County Highway District owns these properties. It's in Boise's area of impact and actually zone d in Boise. You actually have another letter this evening from Engineering Solutions that talks about the other half of this property. So, ACHD owns property that's bisected, part of it in Boise, part of it in Meridian. It is industrial, so the request tonight would -- would be consistent both with what's in Meridian to the west and with what's in Boise on the other side. But I just want to kind of tie that in with some other testimony you are likely to hear tonight and just put that in the context that Mrs. McKay is representing ACHD, which is this part -- again, ACHD owns all of this here. So, just to kind of remember that as -- as she speaks later tonight, so -- De Weerd: Very good. Any other questions? Thank you. Hatch: Thank you. And apologize for the last minute impromptu kind of format. De Weerd: That's all right. We just needed a little bit more clarification. Hatch: Okay. Thank you. De Weerd: I'm going to call a ten minute break and, then, we will ask for the individual testimony and we will -- we will continue it in ten minutes. Thank you. (Recess: 9:04 p.m. to 9:23 p.m.) De Weerd: Okay. I will go ahead and call this meeting back to order. Well, we have had a chance to hear from the spokes people and I did ask for people to raise their hand if they were represented by any of the spokes people and so what we are going to do is go by area and ask for any additional testimony that the spokes people did not cover the residents felt needed to be stated, but first we do have a couple of members from our steering committee and I wanted to allow them an opportunity to give their three minutes of testimony as well. So, I will ask Mr. Clerk to recognize them as a group and have them first and, then, we will go to Locust View Heights and Woodbridge. I thought they are the same area, so we will lump them together. We will, then, go to Rock Ranch and Stetson Estates and, then, get to Southern Rim and El Gato. Johnson: Thank you, Madam Mayor. De Weerd: And, then -- and, then, the rest. Johnson: Thank you, Madam Mayor. That's Sally Reynolds, Susan Karnes and Denise LaFever. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 80 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 56 of 88 De Weerd: And we won't just limit to you a minute each, you get each three minutes. Reynolds: Thank you so much. We appreciate that. Karnes: You know us pretty well. Reynolds: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, Sally Reynolds. 1166 West Bacall Street in Meridian. So, we will be respectful of your time this evening, because we have already submitted a 14 page very detailed report, which we hope you will get time to read. First thank you so much for the honor of being part of the Meridian plan steering committee. It was an honor to be a part of this drafting process for the last 18 months. I thought it was only 15, but even longer. So, a special thank you to city staff, especially Brian McClure and Caleb, who guided us from the beginning. They have put in countless hours to facilitate coordination among the committee consultants and the public . So, thank you. Now, at the beginning of this process the city wanted to make sure that the plan was stakeholder driven. So, we feel that as residents on the committee we are responsible to ensure that the plan and the FLUM reflect resident input and will provide a clearly articulated guide for strategic growth over the next ten years. So, what did stakeholders say -- excuse me -- was most important to them. So, in the public outreach document here are the five statements and they can be summarized by connected pathways, trails and open spaces, sustainable development, quality community services, buy-rent places and gathering spaces, smart transportation management and, then, they also value multi-generational living opportunities, building on Meridian's identity, managed growth that complements or enhance the quality and character of our neighborhoods, responsible land stewardship and a downtown renaissance and preserving, protecting, and enriching Meridian small town historic character and charm. Now, that's a lot to tackle and synthesize over 14 or 18 months, but I think this draft is almost there. There are some important issues that should be addressed before its adoption as you have heard tonight. Two of those were submitted via petition with hundreds of signatures on it, namely, the creation of an ultra-low zoning designation and defining open space. Susan will speak to those points. Also there are some issues regarding the FLUM as you have heard tonight and Denise will talk briefly about those. So , I know I'm short on time, so I wanted to end with my one main ask is to consider what UDC changes and revisions could be implemented simultaneously with this plan to give your body the legal foo ting to carry out the stakeholders request that I referred to earlier. As you know we have been pretty active in land -- land use applications going on three years now. So, we understand the common issues that arise during hearings where the plan says one thing, but the UD code -- the UDC code says another. So, we would urge you to look at our previously submitted document that outlines some of these very specific ways that the U DC code can be changed to support and give teeth to this Comprehensive Plan and really make it a reality. And I will stand for any questions. De Weerd: Thank you, Sally. And we appreciate you being so concise and -- and also for all three of you for your service on the steering committee. You were strong and needed voices and we appreciate what talent and -- and view that you brought to the group. Council, any questions for Sally? Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 81 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 57 of 88 Karnes: Going to step all over me. Good evening. I'm Susan Karnes. I reside at 5556 South Graphite Way and I will echo Sally's comments. Thank you for the honor and privilege of sitting on this steering committee and kudos to staff. I mean talk about above and beyond and herding cats adeptly if you ever need that done. In my humble opinion this Comprehensive Plan marks an existential moment for Meridian. Who are we as a community and where do we want to be in ten years. It's important that we get this right and build a community that future generations will enjoy as a place in which to live, work, and thrive. During this multi-month process as we read land studies and case studies and researched successful communities across our nation, one powerful fact became clear to Denise, Sally, and me. The residents of Meridian we are asking for the very assets that urban planning experts tell us are essential to vibrant economically successful communities that are defined by a strong sense of community attachment. For example, a distinct community identity. Our residents tell us that the Meridian they hope for will forever be defined by generous pathways, parks, open spaces, amenities and gathering places. They want distinctive development and diverse housing options , so we do not become anywhere USA, but rather a charming Main Street USA community. Shared values and vision. Our residents truly cherish our agricultural roots and heritage and value those livability factors that are unique to small towns , safe neighborhoods, friendly people and the preservation and even enrichment of our story or history. We are on the cusp of a truly great Comprehensive Plan, one that is stakeholder driven, but we are not quite there. We believe further refinements will ensure that we fulfill that vision and reflect the values of our stakeholders among them. We feel that we need stronger language to protect neighborhood identities, require orderly development, and offer respectful buffers, berms, and transitions. Why do we support a rural, very low density designation? Well, to support language in the comp plan about aligning our code with the comp plan. 2.02.01A and 2.01.01C and 2-4 and to protect, preserve, and promote a rural, semi-rural and estate properties. It may be eventually that we will be an urban community, but we think it's premature, especially when the stakeholders so strongly value our existing agricultural and semi-rural properties to bundle them under low density and I'm just going to step aside and tell you that in the southern rim we are dealing with this right now. We have had two neighborhood meetings on developments that will go adjacent to estate properties, but they are zoned medium density and they are coming in with 80 foot wide, five foot side setback, ten percent open space neighborhoods. That's not appropriate transition. De Weerd: Susan, I need you to summarize. Karnes: Yes. Okay. At the very -- and, then, we would like immediate interim UDC ordinance amendments to elevate the open space standards and amenity standards as well and to clearly define open space and amenities. We believe these refinements, along with those mentioned in our submitted testimony, are justified and encouraged. By urban planning experts from the Urban Land Institute project for public spaces and more. De Weerd: Thank you. LaFever: Hello. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 82 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 58 of 88 De Weerd: Hi, Denise. LaFever: Denise LaFever. 6706 North Salvia Way. When it comes to the FLUM this is a deal breaker for me as a resident -- resident representative. Why? Between 160 and 200 land use changes were submitted by individual landowners largely with development interests. I think it was a really prime example of the change in design and the staff's desire to go back and come to the Council the way they did. The public outreach focused on Fields, South Rim, Magic Bridge and a small scale southwest. This failed to be a complete Comprehensive Plan for Meridian. With that said, a deeper dive into the plan for southwest, southeast, Fields, downtown, Overland, Eagle and Magic Bridge needs to be further developed. A -- a specific action plan for each of these areas should be developed to address the values of our stakeholders. That would be our residents here in our community. A focused effort to identify areas for large lot designations, commercial -- commercial and high density needs to be specifically placed on the map to ensure proper transition and successful integration through our community. Basically I'm going to say the same thing that -- that Susan said. I think we really need to go back and look at restricting land use changes to March or September, which was in our letter, and in addition that we need to give two weeks before a public meeting to make sure that staff reports and all the documents needed to be reviewed by the public needs to be in there and I would like to give the last minute for Susan to wrap up. Karnes: In closing I would just like to say that residents, partner agency reps, staff and our fellow steering committee members invested 18 months of heart, thought, and debate in this proposed plan. We believe it's only appropriate and, therefore, applaud your decision to take the appropriate time to thoughtfully consider public testimony and this plan. Let's get it right. We believe this deliberative process will ensure that this comp plan and its FLUM are the best possible tools to serve as Meridian's next planning guide and vision document. If they are carefully and solidly built , we will have assured the integrity of this plan in the FLUM. Further, given the fact that our residents have elected a new Mayor and three new City Council Members, we respectfully ask that this Council consider is it fair to our newly elected officials to be responsible for a guide in which they have had no voice or is it fair to the public who elected them to represent their interests through a democratic mandate. We, therefore, ask that you apply your experience and expertise to deliberate and recommend refinements and revisions, but consider deferring the final approval to the new council in January. I stand for questions. De Weerd: Thank you. Council, any questions? Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: First I think this is the first time we have had all three of you up here together. So, I want to say thanks for your service. I know that your group and our City Council aren't always in agreement about decisions, but I just want to say I appreciate your service to our community. You guys are here a lot and you are definitely a watchdog fo r what's Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 83 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 59 of 88 going on within our community, so I want to thank you for that. My question was, Susan, you touched on something that kind of resonated with me, which is that we one day will be an urban community, but not today. So, I'm curious, does the Southern Rim Coalition or do you have a threshold for when we do become an urban community ? Is it population based? Is it employment based? I mean what -- what would be your basis -- Karnes: I think it's evolutionary. I think, for instance, let's use Rustler Lane as a case study. There are two new custom homes under construction. These are all recently built properties on five to ten acres. They are estate properties. They are enduring. And that's one reason why we support an ultra-low designation, even if it's just to identify existing uses, this is important to our stakeholders that we protect our rural heritage and our existing rural uses. That's something that will likely be in place for decades to come and in the Southern Rim submitted testimony you will see under footnote some of what we believe are mis-identified enclaves, especially in south Meridian. We have so many of them that are similar to that, but we also have some aging enclaves that are semi-rural and as Wendy Webb testified, she's aware of someone with a ten acre property, that's their retirement. That's their 401k. So, I think that we have to be open to the evolution of that, but also protect those enclaves, those neighborhoods, those districts that seem secure for the life of this comp plan and -- and I think the stakeholders have -- have stated very clearly they value not only our rural heritage and history, but they want to protect and respect those existing uses. Does that make sense? Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: It doesn't. I guess. Sorry. I appreciate -- I appreciate you sharing kind of some philosophy, but you are quick to say we are evolving and we are changing. Karnes: Yes. Cavener: But I guess I was just looking for us -- as a group who has been very active and engaged in our community, I appreciate acknowledging that we are growing, we are changing and that we one day will be an urban community were the words you used. I guess I just was still looking from your group as to what -- when would you say that we have arrived at that place? Karnes: Madam Mayor, Councilman Cavener, I think it's going to be your call and I think, in effect, you're being challenged to make a decision with people asking for ultra-low density. This is your opportunity to draw the line and tell your residents and your -- your stakeholders, we have now crossed the line and we are now going to be a community that low density is 3.4 homes per acre and I think the residents if -- if that is the consensus of Council, I think the residents deserve to know that and have that clarity. The Southern Rim Coalition does not believe we are there yet. We believe that there is a place in a -- in a community that has a Comprehensive Plan that states we offer diversity of housing and clearly includes in that description estate and rural, then, we need the appropriate Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 84 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 60 of 88 designation to support that and part of the reasoning of that is to allow for appropriate transition. I mean, you know, one thing we heard in steering committee meetings time and again is the developers and the residents all want the same thing, we want clarity, we want to understand what are the rules of the road and I think this is a juncture where you will provide it and it's -- it's important to us. But to have five to ten acre estate agricultural use properties and identify it on the FLUM as low and, then, place medium next to it -- no, we don't agree with that. We think it should be designated ultra low and the buffer to it, it should feather out too low and, then, to medium. That would be appropriate transition and part of that is we have also a mandate to create a premier community and distinctive neighborhoods and if we are careless or insensitive in our transitions, we risk devaluing some of our most desirable districts and I come from a background of affordable housing and I'm speaking to a very specific thing right now. I don't want you to think my heart isn't in it also for high density and affordable housing and so on. I think there is a place for all of that. De Weerd: Susan, I would agree with you. It wasn't too long -- well, it was a lot -- a while ago, but I did ask a developer who does estate lots why don't you do that product in Meridian. Well, because they don't have the protections via our Comprehensive Plan and our UDC to protect that kind of investment, that they put those kind of resources into developing an upscale estate subdivision and have a not compatible subdivision next to it, it devalues their investment and -- and those who buy into it and so I understand what you're saying. We don't have those tools today to do that and I think that's what the steering committee has really struggled with and grappled with and -- and I understand that. Karnes: And I would like to correct the record, because in the steering committee meetings I think I was pretty clear in my request that we maintain a very low density designation. De Weerd: I think you were very clear. Karnes: Yeah. De Weerd: From what I understand. Karnes: I just wanted to clarify that. De Weerd: Well, I'm in agreement. You were. Bernt: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Yes. Bernt: In my time as a city councilman I have thoroughly enjoyed having conversations with residents where I agree to disagree, where we have constructive conversation, and if there are three people that I have had those discussions with is you three and I Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 85 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 61 of 88 appreciate it, because you bring a different perspective to what we do and you are very passionate and engaged and whether we agree, whether we disagree, whether you like it or whether you hate it, that's what community is all about. So, you said something about character and identity. You spoke about clarity. I think these are all three things that we need to really talk about and we need to figure out a way in this Comprehensive Plan to make it -- to make it beneficial to all who live here in this great city, because Councilman Cavener spoke on his Sunday evening podcast on Facebook -- I don't know if you guys watch this very often, but I sure do. Every Sunday. And he said this meeting is probably the most important meeting that we -- that we have had all year long and I could not agree more -- Karnes: Yes. Bernt: -- and it's because of the character and identity and clarity that you speak of and so I just wanted to say thank you. Karnes: Thank you very much. De Weerd: Any further conversation? Questions. Thank you. Karnes: Thank you. De Weerd: And, again, thank you for the time that you have dedicated to this. Greatly appreciated. Karnes: Thank you very much. It was a wonderful experience. De Weerd: Okay. We will -- first we had David Claiborne and John Overton provide representation for Locust View Heights and Woodbridge. Are there members of our community in those -- in those areas that wish to provide testimony that was not covered by the spokesperson? Okay. I will kind of start from this side of the room and go to that side. Sir. And remember if you can provide, you know, something that -- that the spokes people did not bring up. We would appreciate everyone's use of time. Thank you. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record. Shaw: Of course. Nathan Shaw. 955 South Well Street. De Weerd: Thank you. Shaw: Thank you, Madam Mayor. And if I may say thank you so much for your 15 plus years of dedicated service and the wonderful things you have done with this city. De Weerd: Thank you. Shaw: And thank you to members of the Council. First and foremost, I would like to extend a huge thank you to the staff , the steering committee, and the countless other Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 86 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 62 of 88 team members who have worked to develop this plan. Let's see if I can get a mouse here. So, my property sits -- let me get my bearings here. My property sits essentially right here. It's a five acre piece of property. So, it's right in the heart of all this discussion around the Magic Bridge area. Mixed use neighborhood is what's been proposed for my property and I would like to voice my strong support for that land use designation. I know there is a choice point on the table for Locust View Heights between what's currently proposed in mixed use neighborhood and what some have proposed, like the attorney gentlemen at the beginning by taking that to low density residential and I'm going to s tay a million miles away from that debate, but what I would like to -- the point I would like to make is that if you do decide to move Locust View Heights to low density, please, don't take this area around Wells with it. This -- we need this mixed use neighborhood designation here to provide a buffer and a transition point between some of the residential neighborhoods, like our Woodbridge friends to the northwest, and many of the office and commercial applications around that area, like the hotel just next door to my property and of the office buildings right across Wells. So, I like that designation and if you do decide to cut this off at Locust View Heights and move this to low -- low density, I would like to request that you leave mixed use neighborhood in this area around Wells, as it does provide a nice transition point as the lieutenant from Woodbridge commented earlier. De Weerd: Thank you very much. Shaw: Okay. All right. Thank you. De Weerd: And now this section. Good evening. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record. Newby: My name is Ryan Newby. I live at 1710 Bentley Drive. It's in the Locust View Heights Subdivision. De Weerd: Thank you. Newby: Appreciate your time. Want to quickly mention -- we are in agreement with the steering committee to have low density designation in our neighborhood and we desire that greatly for a lot of reasons. I'm going to try to hit environmental, financial, and safety reasons in three minutes, so -- with two minus. I want to quote Mitra Mehta-Cooper, the current Ada county and regional county planner for strategic planning managers who spoke at a Meridian City Council meeting on September 17th. She said we need wide open spaces to provide quality of life that are safer families, provide housing options that are less than a half hour away from all. Providing natural rural locations among the growth is challenging, but much needed and our neighborhood is hopeful that this will be the case. I loved some of the words that Treg used -- or, excuse me, Councilman Bernt used with regard to character and we believe that our neighborhood embodies some of the character of Meridian and some of the things that -- what Meridian represents. My wife was born into that home and they have had three generations there and we love it and our kids are learning some of the great blessings of being there as well. With regard to finances, we had our house appraised recently and we learned that city taxes, HOA fees, Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 87 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 63 of 88 higher interest rates, variables, differences from one home time -- one home -- one time homeowner exemption, when we compare that to houses in the area with similar square footage and acreage that we have, it would double our monthly -- or our monthly house payment and these aren't alleged, these are houses that were in the same years and so on and so forth and we can't absorb that, we have other people in our neighborhood who have fixed incomes, who are retired military, retired educators, who would be in the same position -- real similar straits. With regard to safety, we love that we have a neighborhood that doesn't have through streets, collector or connector roads. We would love to continue that. We don't want to have the problems that Woodbridge has and we understand that, you know, stated before that Woodbridge would like to pass that over to us. We don't want it for the same reasons they don't want it and people coming through, it would devalue our -- our community and make it much less a place to be where we have kids in the streets and enjoying running back and forth to grandmas' and grandpas' homes. We hope that the City of Meridian, who is known for being a family friendly place , would protect our chosen lifestyle by saving and preserving our neighborhood the way that it is now and -- and to save what we feel Meridian represents, the diversity that we offer in our neighborhood, the buffer we -- we provide between the freeway and Woodbridge . The green space that we provide. We have people walking in through our neighborhood all the time. They enjoy it from the district service center from West Ada and all sorts of other places that we have horses and places that represent Meridian. Just the way it is. And that was a very cryptic three minutes, but if you have any questions I would appreciate it. De Weerd: I think you did a very fine job in getting that all in three minutes. Newby: Thank you. De Weerd: Council, any questions? Thank you. Newby: Yep. You're welcome. And our septic tanks are fine, by the way. We don't need help from the city to handle that. So, we appreciate it. De Weerd: Ma'am. Rennison: I think if -- I am Pat Rennison and I live at 990 Mustang Street in Locust Grove Heights Subdivision. De Weerd: Thank you, Pat. Rennison: And I think all evening -- I know we all want to go like this, but we have all spoken the same thing. Our neighborhood is what everybody else would love to have and has talked about tonight. We are a neighborhood that has open space , low density, family encouraged -- we are encouraged by families, because we have three generation families. We have four -- four or five of them there and the neighborhood has been there for 50 years. Okay. Now, I will give you my -- my written part. Our Locust Grove Heights Subdivision has been dealing with the Meridian City Council since February 2019 about zoning changes. There appears to be conflict of interest with former and present Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 88 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 64 of 88 authorities with bias in favor of developers instead of individual property rights. Many of the developers in the valley are here for financial gain and not the welfare of the community on the -- in the long run. Some are in favor of urbanizing Meridian, which is in direct opposite of Meridian's advertising and goals to be family friendly. In recent survey, an overwhelming majority of homeowners valued larger lots, less urbanizing. Our subdivision provides the buffer zone to the north of the f reeway with mature trees and with wildlife and so we are buffering your Woodbridge. You don't have to deal with all of that. Bernt: I moved last week. Rennison: You did? We ran you out? No. Past mistakes by the city of not placing a through street through Woodbridge Subdivision as originally planned helped the developer gain financially and now by rezoning our subdivision, the city's hoping a developer will put a through street down Cadillac Stree t. By shifting the responsibility of that mistake to us, it is destroying a family centered neighborhood. It will also lower many of our property values significantly after the first few sales. Individual property rights are being ignored by this type of rezoning. As the majority of owners choose to remain R-1 zoning with no changes. As county residents -- citizens we have no voting rights per city decisions. For over 50 years we have supported financially the Meridian schools, fire departments, churches, community events and community morals. That's it. Okay. Our -- I would also like to say thank you that I hope that you will help our neighborhood remain intact, because dividing it into three sections will totally destroy it. De Weerd: Thank you. Yes. You will need to speak into the mic. Oyama: I thought maybe I spoke loud enough. Greg Oyama. Live at 2038 Cadillac Drive. Lived there for 35 years. De Weerd: Thank you. Oyama: My big concern here is the revenue loss to the Meridian Irrigation -- Nampa- Meridian Irrigation District. If this is turned into multi-use, the revenue that is not paid to the Nampa-Meridian Irrigation District -- I pay 90 dollars a year. It isn't much. But if you multiply it out by the 50 acres that are affected here over the next 40 years it's 250 ,000 dollars. Meridian Irrigation -- Nampa-Meridian Irrigation District operates and -- and maintains the ditches around this area and a lot of other areas, so it's really important to them that they keep this revenue and you are going to knock that revenue down . When multi-use comes in they don't have to pay Nampa Irrigation District. The other thing I'm concerned about is there is an aqua fill underneath our land. It's gave us water for the 70 acres that are there now -- right now. Are you aware that one inch of rain over an acre of land is over 27,000 gallons of water. We get ten inches of rain in Meridian. That's a lot of water that is not going to go into that aqua fill and one inch of even -- equally distributed snow over one acre of land is 2,700 gallons of water. We get close to ten -- 11 inches of snow each year. That's a lot of water that's not going into this aqua fill. That aqua fill does not -- not only supports my family and everybody in this subdivision, but I don't think Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 89 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 65 of 88 anybody has researched where this water also goes to. Do you know where the aqua fill actually spreads out to? Is it going to affect other people? If we don't fill this aqua fill up we are in trouble. We don't need to take away the water that is used for other things besides our families. Drinking water. Bathing water. So, this is one thing I want you to consider when you change this to a multi-use area. The other thing I want you to consider is when you take 50 acres of land, you can increase the number of families by over a thousand families. Every family has right at, according to the 2008 polls, 1.9 children under the age 18. You are increasing a number -- a lot of people into the school districts that you all know is all crowded right now. Every one of you can't deny it. Not any one of you can deny that these schools are overcrowded. Well, I think you need to build more schools before you build more housing. Let's plan for the future and I don't know if anybody here knows multi-use, what is going to go in this land. Does anybody know here? No, we don't. So, how can you plan for the future if you don't know what's going to go there. De Weerd: Gregory, if you can summarize. Oyama: So, that's all I have to say to you is think about what you are doing here. Think about the aqua fill and the environment that you are destroying by allowing housing and pavement to cover up the amount of water that enters that aqua fill, which is more important than anything you can imagine, because you don't know where that aqua fill goes and what else it serves. You are going to dry up the city. Thank you. De Weerd: Any additional in this section? I saw some -- yeah. John. Thank you for joining us. Forsberg: John Forsberg. 2320 East Cadillac Drive, Meridian. I like everybody else here, would like you guys just to leave us alone. Low density residential would be great with us. Okay. But this -- this FLUM takes all of the houses -- the house that I live in and all my neighbors on the north side and leaves us to look across our street at this MU development and to me that's the most egregious part about this -- this comp plan is, you know, we become the buffer for Woodbridge. I mean our entire neighborhood being the buffer for Woodbridge is -- is a good thing, but just our properties are single properties, being that buffer is -- is really a pretty egregious thing I think. I mean if you -- if you take part of it it seems like you ought to take it all. That's all I got. De Weerd: Okay. Thank you, John. Forsberg; Any questions? De Weerd: No. Forsberg: Thanks. Hoogland: My name is Pim Hoagland. I have a property at 1625 Bentley. Do you need my current address or not? Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 90 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 66 of 88 De Weerd: That one works just fine. Hoogland: Good. I like the P&Z Commission recommendation. The mixed use -- I'm not a hundred percent sure on that. I had the property that borders Locust Grove. I have a road on three sides of my property. Some of you have been out to my house for dinner 25, 30 years ago and you know what it was like when we had the big trees and it was shaded and it was a nice place to be. You don't want to go there to dinner anymore. It is nothing but noise and it is terrible to be there. We are not -- my property is not -- is not in the Locust Grove View Heights. That is behind me. So, I would like to see it -- oh, I did something there. But, anyway, I would like to see it be a commercial use, rather than a residential, because it's a lousy place to live. It's -- the quality is gone. It's not there anymore. I mean it just isn't. So, it needs to change. Even low density housing would not be desirable in that location. Bordered up against Locust Grove, Bentley, and Truss. I have -- I have roads on three sides of my property now. That's not the way it used to be. My kids grew up riding their bicycles and learning to ride skateboards and we had soccer games in the middle of Locust Grove. In the middle of it. It was a dead end street. Once that overpass came in it was done. It was over. I moved . Quality life is not here. I was part of COMPASS back in the '70s and '80s and we had a meeting at the United Heritage Building. I said come on over here to the window and take a look at your quality of life or what it's like on the interstate. Back in those days everybody drove through Meridian, didn't live here. That's changed. Now everybody's starting to live here. So , I would like to see a P&Z Commission recommendation from Truss to Locust Grove, from Bentley to the Interstate as a commercial use or a buffer zone. No housing there , because it's -- I have a house that sits vacant. It just sits there. I can't get people to rent it. It's not desirable at all. And if I do rent it I don't get very desirable people in there. So , it needs to be moved. I would also like to make a recommendation that we mo ve on this and get a vote done. Not knowing what's going to happen to your property is worse than knowing what's going to happen. I mean whenever you propose d the overpass I wasn't for it. I didn't like that. But once I knew that you were going to put an overpass in, I could move on with my family. I would like to thank the City Council for their time. Tammy de Weerd. Mayor Tammy. Twenty-five years you're retiring. That's great. Also Caleb and Brian has also been great help when I have asked questions. They have been wonderful also . But I would like to remind everybody that I am not in the subdivision. The subdivision starts on the backside of my property. It's been mentioned twice here that I am -- that the subdivision goes clear to Locust Grove and it does not. De Weerd: Thank you. Hoogland: Thank you. Any questions? De Weerd: We will get this gentleman and, then, we will ask -- Daly: Good evening. I'm Robert Daly. 1155 South Torino Avenue. And out of the Locust Grove Heights Subdivision. It appears on the -- the one individual here that lives in that section that is -- so, to Pim's earlier point, growing up in Meridian it was big news in the 1980s when we had 6,000 people. That's 40 years ago. Twenty years ago I bought my Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 91 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 67 of 88 house. Hey, 25,000 people. Four times the growth. Oh, my God. Here we are again 20 years later, four times the growth. We are at about 110,000 people. This is like a pattern or trend sort of thing; right? And growing up 6,000 people, we didn't have folks that were doing things like what they were doing, developing, spending 18 months -- you all have invested 18 months and a strategy and a plan. I love that. It's wonderful. In the '70s, '80s we had cows. That's it. We didn't have a plan. No city plan. No one ever expected we were going to hit 100,000 people. To Pim's point -- oops. That home used to be at the end of a, you know, two lane dead end road. I-84 was a lot smaller. We have a wonderful lovely home, but this being said, if you go outside -- if you were to have a City Council meeting in my backyard you wouldn't be able to hear each other unless you had bullhorns. It's not livable. We strongly support -- in fact, the -- to counter point the earlier statement from the attorney, we saw this plan on the right back in February. Tweaked a variant of it and we supported it then . We support it even more strongly now. All of my neighbors in this area that I have spoken to support it as well. So -- or those of us that do live in that red area, we encourage it and hope that you and /or your successors do vote for it. So, again, thank you all for your support and the time tha t you have invested in actually strategy and planning. Wonderful. De Weerd: Thank you. Daly: We are good. De Weerd: Thank you for joining us. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record. Valdez: Barbara -- Barbara Valdez at 2220 East Continental in Meridian. De Weerd: Thank you. Valdez: Mayor, Councilmen, I am here to object to the future land use map change and zoning for Locust View Heights Subdivision from low density residential to mixed use and the separation of the northern edge of the subdivision from the rest of the land. I have responded on three previous occasions to the request for input . Once in February after a road was proposed. Again in August and before the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting in October. I have lived at 2220 East Continental Drive since 1972. I'm now 80 years old and care for a disabled son, a Vietnam veteran. Living on this affordable acreage in this subdivision enabled me to raise three children, teach at Boise State University for 27 years. The proposed plan jeopardizes my intention for our properties and that of the majority of my neighbors. That vision was based on our success in achieving unique, affordable, congenial, healthy safe and sustainable community over a period of years. Meridian has changed around us. So much is changing of what we have created here. People depend upon having the space, fresh air, quiet and no traffic for raising children, stay healthy and safe. Pursue your hobbies. Care for animals. To conduct their home based businesses. By contrast , this just opens the door for more change, cancelling our hopes for a continuation of opportunity for others to espouse this lifestyle, as well as casting our future property values into doubt. Although the claim is Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 92 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 68 of 88 made that such change will be likely to occur far in the future, the pressures that exist that city government want to change a 50 acre stretch of land, has no intrinsic value beyond an expanded mindset. I have four additional points. I have well water. I have adequate space for drain fields. Have no problems with that. We were never included in the focus group. We already have what others want, such as the Southern Rim and I think there is a mismatch -- mismatch or contradiction between saying that a rezone to change things tomorrow down the road versus saying that septic tanks long term are a problem, especially given the previous years and filtering and the geology of the area. De Weerd: Ma'am, can you summarize. Valdez: Thank you very much. De Weerd: Thank you. We appreciate your testimony. Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Valdez: Oh, I'm sorry. Cavener: Sorry. A couple things. One, I hope -- you rock 80s -- like well done and I think it's really awesome that somebody who is 80 years old, has lived in our community for as long as you have, are here talking about the future of Meridian. I just wanted to commend you for that. Valdez: Thank you. Cavener: Also I didn't want you to -- I know that we are -- kind of the time is near, but I wanted to make sure that all of your points you felt like you had the chance to convey and so I heard three and I didn't know if -- if -- if there -- if there was a fourth or if maybe a couple of them got combined. Valdez: You know, there is a lot of talk about transition and to go from an R-1 to mixed use seems like that isn't a very brief transition. I don't understand the zoning , though. But that was just an impression that I had. And I think I have -- I think I have been able to express all my thoughts. Cavener: Thank you. Valdez: Thank you very much. De Weerd: Thank you. Was there any further comment on the Woodbridge and Locust View Heights? Okay. So, we will move to Rock Ranch and Stetson Estates. Any additional testimony? Yes. And, then, we will -- Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 93 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 69 of 88 Connelly: Good evening. De Weerd: Good evening. We will let him get that loaded up. Connelly: While he does that I will give you my name. Paula Connelly. I live at 3878 South Rustler Lane. De Weerd: Thank you. Connelly: And have been there for ten years. Thank you. I'm part of the Stetson Estates community and I support what's been said and I know you have heard a lot about agricultural practices, but what does that really mean? I'm here to -- to implore upon you that you really look at the FLUM and when transitions between what are low or agricultural uses currently match up with maybe a medium density, because these agricultural practices are an everyday way of life for me and I want you guys to understand what it means before you put, you know, a medium or a medium high density in next to us, because what that really means to us as homeowners is , you know, we have noisy animals, we have chickens, we have roosters. They crow in the morning. They squawk all day long. We have barn cats running around. We have a donkey that can often be heard braying in the neighborhood. During the spring and the fall our pastures are being tilled, cut, and baled. That means noise. That means dust. That means when the manure is spread as fertilizer it stinks for days. Now, that's my way of life. I don't expect it to be everybody's way of life. Okay? I don't want to live in a condo or in an apartment building, but somebody else may want to. It's about diversity. While these agricultural practices -- you know, most people can get used to and live with, there is one practice a lot of urban people may find offensive and that's the one I have the pictures of. I will tell you that I tried to be very respectful in how I took the pictures, because this is not about being grotesque, this is about what it means to live in an agricultural area. Every year in the fall my steers that I raise and our neighbors also raise -- there are about half of us that practice agriculture. This is what happens. We have somebody come out , our cows are killed in the pasture and they are stripped down, they are, you know, hauled off to be cut and wrapped. Okay. The steers are shot with high powered rifles in the pasture. They are decapitated. They are skinned. I don't want some little kid standing on a play structure right behind my house as part of a 300 house subdivision , you know, running in the house screaming to her parents or his parents that, hey, guess what just happened in the field over here and they are terrified. Okay. It is really about transition. I don't want a call from the sheriff saying I had an irate parent because somebody was shooting a gun in the -- in the field and, then, this is what was happening. You know, it's -- it's kind of like the person who moved in next to an airport and, then, it's all of a sudden too noisy and they want it to go away. So, I will wrap up with -- I respectfully request that the City Council consider our agricultural area and make it a well thought out and planned community. There are communities throughout the United States from Massachusetts to Texas to Oregon that are called community supported agriculture and in those communities of one, two, three, five acre, ten acre parcels, they are providing local products to farmers markets, which we have a growing one here in Meridian. Food to local food banks and small businesses while -- you know, these can be preserved -- Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 94 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 70 of 88 De Weerd: I'm sorry you -- Connelly: -- as communities. De Weerd: -- need to wrap up. Connelly: And I respectfully ask that you look at the transitions that happened between these type of communities that aren't going to go away. They are there. Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you. Bernt: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Bernt. Bernt: I got to tell you, Mrs. Connelly, this has to be the most frank presentation -- Connelly: I'm about realism. Bernt: I can tell. In fact, I wish my hunt cam had pictures like this. We got skunked and -- De Weerd: I'm just glad you didn't include the decapitated part. Bernt: No, but you did -- all kidding aside, I -- it -- this makes it real. I mean this really puts like a -- this is Idaho -- Connelly: Yeah. Bernt: -- if you ask me. This is -- this is -- this is what we do. This is what this -- this is what puts money in our pockets -- a lot of people's pockets and so it -- I -- you made me think of it in a completely different way than I ever -- don't think I ever would have. So, I appreciate that. Connelly: Thank you. Questions? Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: To that point of maybe a question for -- for staff. I can't recall -- do we prohibit cows within the city limits? I remember when I worked for the city we -- we had a thing about you were allowed hens, but no roosters or maybe no cows. I -- I can't remember where we are on that and I think that's important as we frame this -- Connelly: I live in the county, so I'm in the city impact -- Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 95 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 71 of 88 Cavener: I know you're in the county, but I think -- Connelly: Okay. Cavener: -- and, Madam Mayor, I think the point is even with a -- let's say we created a rural designation, it complicates the conversation about it, because even -- as I understand it, this type of use would be prohibited if somebody were to choose to buy five acres, annex into the city, pay for the sewer and they want to raise their cows in this manner, our current code would prohibit this use. Is that -- is that accurate? De Weerd: That's correct. Cavener: Okay. Connelly: No. But they could still grow produce and stuff for your local farmers market. Cavener: And I appreciate -- I appreciate, again -- I'm a farm kid, I -- it's a way of life. Connelly: Okay. Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you. We are dairy. I didn't get to see that. Rinehimer: Thank you, Paula, for the images. Have to go home and watch cartoons now. My name is Carol Rinehimer and I live at -- well, I don't live yet, but 4182 Rustler. Just one of the houses that is currently being built. I would like to thank all of you for listening to our position on the future land map. Just over 20 years ago and newly married, my husband and I moved to Idaho , because we knew we could not raise our future children in California. Yes. California. Both of our daughters are native Idahoans and love that -- all that our amazing state has to offer. One is currently attending BSU and is a member of the Blue Thunder Marching Band. Both girls were raised in a rural area not far from here. Eagle. However, with the growth within the last five years, especially the past year, resulted in us wanting to purchase acreage and build a new home in another rural setting. Our five acres on Rustler Lane, surrounded by other five, ten and larger lots and farms perfectly fit our dream. We are currently building our forever dream home. One other home is being built and two others have moved into the Rustler Lane within the last year. Young families. Our youngest daughter with special needs will reside in permanently with us in our home. Living there will enrich her daily life with experiences of being able to live and work our land, raise -- raise cattle. Her own chickens for eggs. Witness birds of prey soaring through our yard and even landing on our current house that's being built and able to do all of this in a safe , open area that is vital to her well being, as much as ours. Finding solace on one's land void of encroaching civilization is truly what every individual that lives in such a rural -- rural area longs and works hard for. This is Idaho and what makes us a desirable state. They say build it and they will come. As witness to the growth underway around us, it is sadly true. However, this does not mean that the integrity and uniqueness of Meridian needs to be lost or simply blend seamlessly into its surrounding cities. This is an opportunity for Meridian to maintain and Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 96 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 72 of 88 enhance its rich farming and rural living communities and make it a prime location to live within close proximity of our capital city. As it stands now, our subdivision Stetson Estates on Rustler Lane, is currently listed as medium density and we are asking that it be designated appropriately to rural, very low density and that the adjoining rural land be designated to low density to protect our Idaho heritage, lifestyles, and ensure an appropriate future transition that is unescapable. Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you, Carol. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. If you will, please, state your name and address for the record. Randall: My name is Andrew Randall. I live on 4570 South Rock Ranch Lane. I didn't plan on coming up here today at all, but just came to -- to support our friends and the people here that live in Rustler and, then, Rock Ranch where I live. I'm a business owner. I own over six different businesses. Most of them actually in -- in Nampa and Caldwell. I choose to live in Meridian, because I feel like it's a premier place to live. I love the city. We have a large home and I'm not the guy with like horses and cows. I don't have chickens. But I love having a premium piece of property and it's beautiful and so when we are talking about the ultra low or like the low, I also want to just say that the people with larger homes that -- and the concern of, you know, where are we going to be in however many years and, you know, being an urban community, I don't know when that is either, but I would -- I would be concerned, because I won't want to live there where I live today if it's surrounded by a massive amount of homes. I live there because I love the ultra amount of property and the beautiful homes and I don't want to have to go and live in Eagle. Pardon me. But I love where I live and I love that Meridian gives that and there is a place to live for everybody. So, if there is any way to consider the fact that there is not just a place for ultra low being rural or -- I think a lot of people will think of farms, but also a premier or executive homes and properties, because a lot of it seems a little bit fearful that Kuna may encroach on our area where we are and maybe there would be a quick decision made that instead of being thoughtful , that there are people that want to spend a lot of money and have premier and executive homes in the area and if -- if we are surrounded by medium density -- a comment was made in the Planning and Zoning, but if -- if there is the option for three to eight acres -- or homes per acre a developer is not going to choose three if they can take eight. I know that as a business owner it just doesn't make sense. It pencils a lot better if they can put more homes on it. So, I guess I'm just asking for definitely considering the low or ultra low and not just for farming or ag land, but just to consider the fact that there could be an area for premier homes as well. De Weerd: Questions? Bernt: Yes, please. De Weerd: Mr. Bernt. Bernt: Madam Mayor, thank you. Andrew; right? Randall: Yes. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 97 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 73 of 88 Bernt: Andrew, how do you feel about having homes around your property that are acre lots? Randall: I would be much more -- I would be a lot happier if -- even if it was one acre. Currently there is, you know, development that's got a plan and the first -- the first one we saw, just against my -- I have six acres currently and it -- and it had I think eight or nine homes against my one property line on one side. So, one acre would be -- that would be amazing, you know, and I'm not against development, I think that it's -- it's going to happen no matter what, but when we are talking about feathering -- it's so important. I think that it doesn't make sense to see these really amazing communities have, you know, two story, you know, three to eight homes per acre lots right next to us. I would just love to see there be a much better transition for that. Bernt: Thanks, Andrew. De Weerd: Any other questions? Thank you. Randall: Thank you. De Weerd: Okay. Any other testimony on this area? Okay. Then we had Southern Rim. Any testimony in -- in the Southern Rim area? Okay. El Gato. Sir. Well, see, you got to spend your whole evening with us. Pond: That's right. Half of my -- De Weerd: Well, thank you for being here. Pond: Some of my families that I'm talking about tonight a little bit have gone home, because they have had kids to take care of, so -- De Weerd: Well, thank you hanging in there. Pond: Anyway, if you could bring up the El Gato Lane Subdivision. I'm Gilbert Pond. I live at 5507 West El Gato Lane and if I can get this thing to work here I will show you where that's at. As soon as he gets to it. There we go. You had it there. I'm approximately right there. I bank on -- my back property banks onto the drain ditch there on Pine Lane. There is -- talking about Ernie and Lonnie Sams, who own -- live right here. I have got Stephanie and Don Dwyer, building contractor, lives right there. And J.C. Brown and -- J.C. and Susan Brown live right over here. And Earl and Fran Jorgensen live right here. Pat stood a few minutes ago. Told about his experience with Locust Grove and his home and the -- the sister that stood and talked about her slaughtering cows and that taken care of in her lot, that happens on my property. That happens on all of these people's property behind me and I'm -- heard a lot of talk from our great people here who have got great education and gone and been trained and I have heard a lot about percentages and we need this much percentage of commercial, we need this much percentage of residential and so on. I think they need to throw that book out the door and take a look Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 98 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 74 of 88 at what's actually taking place, because what's going to happen to my area is just what's going to happen -- what has happened to the gentleman on Locust Grove and the encroachment on this gal's property here with general industrial on Pine Lane and stuff, I'm going to be looking at those people that have those lots and that kind of construction someday down the road. It probably won't happen in my lifetime, but I have got 20 more years I plan on staying there and I'm 68 -- 68 coming March and I plan on being there. I built my home to stay there and I built it for a long time. I built it to last out of brick and all of the -- my neighbors that live there are planning to do the same thing. They are all on five, four and a half acre lots. Just a little history. This property right here used to be owned by my father-in-law Kim Barney. Some of you may remember him. He -- he died sometime early and he developed that. That was his farm. Vern Higginson lived on the other end and he -- Kent helped him develop his and the five acre subdivision. They were foresight enough to see ahead of time that the five acre subdivisions -- there is a couple of three acre lots on there -- are a viable product. As soon as we have some put up for sale it's gone. I mean the houses sell that fast and I don't understand why we are trying to cram so many houses -- I'm a plumbing contractor, a mechanical contractor, I don't understand why we got zero lot line homes and two -- two stories and all of this crammed into the area. I have got two subdivisions across Black Cat and I have got the apartments coming in and big time there on Ten Mile and they are moving this way. All of those people have got to go somewhere. They like coming down El Gato Lane and walking at all hours of the day and night. I have seen them there at 4:00 a.m. in the morning when I head off to the Meridian temple and there is a number of places -- a number of things I see, so I can't understand why P&Z can't allow the railroad tracks to be a buffer. It just needs to be flatly a buffer to anything industrial and I don't think we need to have -- I think Puma has a subdivision there. I know it's getting to the end of my time. De Weerd: No, it is the end of your time. Pond: It is the end of my time. But Puma -- they have nice homes. They are on a little bit larger lots and it's an ideal situation. And so I just think it's highly recommendation that the City Council vote in favor of removing that general industrial and making the railroad tracks the dividing line and, then, work hard. Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you, Mr. Pond. Any additional testimony? Well, we will -- I will let you two fight it out. Good evening. Anson: Good evening. My name is John Anson. I live at 6220 El Gato Lane. I have been there for a very short 40 years. I'm here to tell you I support Jane -- all the information Jane Byam provided and Gilbert Pond provided. The P&Z suggestion is much -- is definitely an improvement over the original idea of taking -- taking the whole area as industrial. My preference, however, would be -- would be the adopted future land use and using the railroad tracks as the buffer, as Gilbert was suggesting. If that's not done, at least use the Purdham Drain as the -- as the area for the buffer and the -- and take away that -- that industrial area. Dumping all that traffic onto our road on El Gato Lane for access both directions, that road is not designed for the traffic, especially when we put it -- it goes industrial and it's not designed for the heavy trucks, it's not designed for all the Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 99 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 75 of 88 traffic, it just -- it's just not big enough to do that and that's, you know, running all that right through the middle of a rural neighborhood is -- is -- is just poor planning on our part. I -- you know, the -- I also support trying to bring -- use the light -- add the light industrial area over by the natural gas plant as some additional land. We do need jobs for the people that are here and that area makes a lot more sense by the natural gas plant with the expansion that was discussed earlier by Mr. Hood. We -- I want to appreciate your thoughts and thank you for looking at our area for the open space. That helps turn our whole city and as a -- and maintain the premier status that we -- that I think we are trying to achieve. The -- our road El Gato Lane is used so much as a walking -- walking path bicycle path, it's -- for all the people in the subdivisions nearby is another one mile extension. On that area I have a horse ranch right now. We have up to 16 horses and a lot of the other people have horses in our neighborhood. We have a national champion dressage horse. We have national champion endurance horses. We have some of the top quality sheep that are being raised. All by different people, not just on my place. And, then, we support all of Meridian and this is -- by leaving us with the open -- with the open space and low density or preferably the ultra low or -- and proposed ultra low and proposed -- proposed rural designations, this is -- by having us there this is some of the things that we do that -- to help support and makes Meridian into a premier -- premier operate -- premier city. Just want to thank you very much. Those are the areas I support and I want you to know some of that, too. Thank you. De Weerd: Thank you so much. Anson: Any questions? De Weerd: Thank you. Anson: Thank you. De Weerd: Good evening. Sams: Good evening. I'm not prepared as well as everybody's been this evening, but I have enjoyed this. My name is Lani Sams. I live at 5457 West Pine part time. 755 Ostwich, which is a -- a Corey Barton house part time. So, I'm the piece of property that they are all talking about, whether we do the train or whether we do the river. I'm just going to say that I'm from Orange county, California. I'm 65 years old. Disneyland was started when I was a baby. We used to have farmland around our house. It was lovely. So, I grew up with agriculture and homes. I now moved to Meridian, which was a lifetime dream to have property. I'm married to a builder. When we moved here we lived in BridgeTower with green belts around us and we thought this is great. There is green land. Well, we saw this piece of property and we bought the piece of property. Now, I go down Black Cat and this is my complaint or my -- what I want just a minute to say is the builders are coming in here and nobody's supervising them. They are -- they are building houses -- today I just saw -- why are they taking the dirt away on these main streets, instead of building up fences and berms? Corey Barton, I'm just -- when I get a hold of him -- I own one of his homes, but when I get a hold of him -- why can't you make homes beautiful for Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 100 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 76 of 88 our city. This is a beautiful city we live in that's -- that's getting all torn down with these houses and I know that people need to live in them. I live in them. But why can't they be well thought out and I'm asking you as the Council why are you allowing them to build houses that are right next door to each other. You could spit on your next door neighbor they are so close and there is no parks around these houses. W here are these children going to go? They are coming. They are moving in as babies and they are -- they need land. Where are they going to go? So, that's my biggest -- biggest concern as a grandma. So, that's why I bought land so my grandkids will have land. But what are we going to do about these fences that are four foot high in Meridian that we can see into people's yards as we drive down the road. You are the Council, you are in charge, or is the builders in charge? They get to build whatever they want. That's my big question of the evening. Okay. Anybody have an answer please? Nobody has an answer? Bernt: Definitely not on the record. De Weerd: Yeah. There is -- we would be more than happy to have staff talk with you about our ordinances that -- that talk about our open spaces and our fence requirements and all of that if -- but this is not a place to have that two way dialogue. Sams: I totally understand that. But what I'm concerned about is that these people that are coming up -- I have only been here eight years, but these people have lived a lifetime here to see that land and to see the -- the beauty of Meridian that's going down very quickly. I don't know if any of you drive on Black Cat , but just drive down Black Cat and you will see the difference of what beautiful Meridian used to be and what it is now and if you guys are in charge of making it more like that, this beautiful Meridian is going to go from number one, two, and three down to 85 with everybody coming here and building these houses that are ugly. Just ugly. De Weerd: Thank you. Sams: Thank you. Sorry, I didn't mean to be so funny. De Weerd: Any further testimony? Okay. Additional testimony? Yes. Good evening. Yorgason: Good evening, Madam Mayor, Members of Council. Dave Yorgason, representing the Building Contractors Association of Southwestern Idaho. My address is 14254 West Battenburg Drive, Boise, Idaho. I'm a Meridian High -- High graduate. Went through all the schools -- the West Ada schools. I am from here. And I just want to give a couple quick comments. First of all I want to thank you -- thank the staff for your diligence for being thorough in the process, for being fully inclusive. Very impressed with the process and your willingness to listen to the community tonight. I have a couple of comments. The building contractors support the process and we really don't have a lot of comments. We are not getting into parcel specific comments that you have heard a lot of those tonight and I won't address any of those. I recognize the staff will be moving forward in the city -- moving forward with further defining or clarifying usable open spaces or maybe changes in open space will be determined here in the city. I have offered up Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 101 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 77 of 88 my personal services or talking to the staff here they have said they will reach out to us. We look forward to working with the city in that regard and I just want to make that public statement for you as well. Lastly, I became aware of recently some questions regarding matching the zones within the residential land uses and maybe I have a couple questions with regard to that. I know under the medium density there is ranges of three to eight dwelling units per acre and I think the proposed zones are not going to achieve that. You might want to look at that. I would be happy to offer some suggestions, but I think you are missing one zone there. Likewise, medium to high density, eight to 12 dwelling units per acre. You are not going to achieve that also with the proposed zones that are written in there and I can offer those suggestions tonight as well. Those are my comments . Stand for any questions you have. De Weerd: Okay. Council, any questions? Have you written a letter? I don't -- Yorgason: Madam Mayor, we did not write a letter. We made public statements and making those to the P&Z and doing so again tonight. De Weerd: Okay. Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: I will bite. What are those suggestions, Dave? Yorgason: Madam Mayor, Council Member Cavener, I think you are missing the R-8 zone under the medium density. I think it only says R-2 and R-4. You might get three units per acre. There is no way you are going to get between three to eight units per acre with an R-4 zone. So, I think you're missing R-8. Medium to high density. So, eight to 12 dwelling units per acre. I'm not sure I have the best answer for that one, but it says R-8 and R-15. So, R-15 will get you at least eight. I'm not sure -- you might need more comments, because I actually don't do as many developments in that area. I think there will be public outcry if you hear R-40 underneath that label, but that's the only other option under your current code, so I don't know if I have a suggestion for that one, Council Member Cavener. Again, you are shooting for your range and your densities, if you want to carve them out you want to make sure they apply. Just a suggestion. De Weerd: Thank you. Yorgason: You're welcome. Thanks again. Conger: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, Jim Conger. 4824 West Fairview Avenue. First I wanted to start by giving my appreciation -- I was invited to be on that stakeholder group through the whole Compensation Plan update process. So, very much appreciated being part of that -- part of that. Your -- your city staff, the two you're looking at mainly, countless -- probably a thousand hours and your consultant out of Colorado Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 102 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 78 of 88 has been amazing from the pre-interviews that we had all the way through the entire process. So, I cannot say enough about the process of how amazing it was. You know, during our entire time -- I guess 18 months. I guess it dated all of us. I thought it was 14, but we lost count. But lots of involvement, your staff and the consultants. So -- so, continue amounts of involvement, work sessions within the involvement, the sub groups that we had some of my -- my employees be on -- you know, in the subgroups. Obviously, there was a bit of agreeing to disagree as you can hear from tonight , even in our own stakeholder group. I think I have heard, you know, Mayor Tammy say it before as well, at some point there is nobody happy with the plan, we must be somewhere near a workable document, because if one group is extremely happy, another is going to be tremendously unhappy. So, you know, much -- much to echo what Dave said, we are -- have no -- no comments on the FLUM. There are certain areas that we -- we didn't quite become satisfied with, but there are other areas that -- that we did. But I guess the only thing -- and I will pick up where Dave left off -- after 18 months I heard Caleb say tonight -- I think for the first time that there will be allowable zoning codes attached and I wrote it down , so I'm listening -- to the comp plan under each land use designation . So, no, we didn't provide written testimony because we were going to come spe ak and how wonderful and transparent everything is. So, we -- we tore through the comp plan and found -- is it possible to put up the evolving community section, Caleb, for me? Page 3-10 and I will answer the question that -- that I believe you somewhat asked Dave and -- and we believe that it's just -- just possibly an error. If you have low density, you have medium density, medium high and the high, that is the same as the previous comp plan when it talks about, you know, what the comp plan does and what we all know it does, it defines the density and the uses that are allowed. We have never before attached zoning codes in a comp plan. So, A, I believe the last sentence on every one of those paragraphs should just be removed, but if we don't remove the last sentence of every paragraph, we should -- you know, R-2 and R-4 on low density, but when we go to medium density we reuse the R-2 and R-4. That's missing R-8 and R-15, which R-15 and medium density will produce six to seven and a half homes per acre. R-8 will produce four and a half to five homes per acre. So, we believe that sentence should be struck. We did not know it was there. So, you know, shame on us. We did go back through what was at P&Z and this was at P&Z. We don't believe it was on the version before P&Z. So, we need to now take a minute and go back and reread the entire document, because items like this are a big deal. So, if you go to the medium high, it's R-8, R-15. Just to -- and I won't -- I will quit driving the nail down with the -- and quit beating a dead cow, but if you take the medium high density residential, it has eight to 12 dwelling units. I believe we heard Caleb say earlier it was eight to 15. The previous comp plan in the entire 18 months I have been on it was eight to 15, so I don't know where the 12 came from. But that's not even my point. But I don't know where the 12 came from. But if you look at the eight is the minimum you can do in a medium high, you go down to the bottom and you have R-8 and R-15. I can't produce eight homes per acre barely with an R-15. So, the two zones that are there won't get you there. And I -- De Weerd: Your time is up. Conger: Oh, well, then -- then my time is up and I just appreciate the process -- Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 103 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 79 of 88 De Weerd: Thought Mr. Cavener might even ask you a follow-up question that will allow you to talk a little longer. Conger: Well, you know what, I'm certain I have got the answer for it. But I can work with Caleb offline. We will provide a written letter if public testimony isn't closed. If it is closed we won't. De Weerd: Okay. Any questions? Palmer: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Palmer. Palmer: I think I said it so many times I just was driving people crazy, but I tried for two years to get the -- the zoning letter numbers changed to something that makes more sense, because when it changed -- or when it became dimensional standards, as opposed to number of units per acre, it confuses the heck out of every single person that ever stands before us, because if you -- like -- like exactly what you pointed out, R-8 does not mean you are putting eight units per acre , but that's exactly what all the citizens believe and so when they see all R-8 and -- you can't put that in medium density, because you can't have eight -- eight units in a -- in an acre and call that medium density. Well, that's not the reality and so I'm -- this is the -- the saddest part to me is that in 18 months of this whole process that -- and all the effort that went into it, that we didn't put forth the effort to -- to rename the zones to something that makes more sense. So , if we are not going to rename them, then, they ought to fit within the -- the -- the density titles that -- that we are calling them. Otherwise, this -- this makes no sense to me. So, I was hoping somebody was going to bring it up. I'm glad you did, because I don't know how this makes sense. Conger: Well, Madam Mayor, Council Member Palmer, I actually did spend 1,800 dollars on an application to modify the code of the naming. We made it to staff and we made it to the Planning and Zoning Commission and it was denied and kicked back and not allowed to move forward and we never appealed it, because we -- we don't need that kind of attention, but -- but we -- I think the discussion was there will be an opportunity when the code gets reviewed over the next year process or however that would be the appropriate time to name it. The Comprehensive Plan, quite frankly, probably shouldn't even have the zones in it, but it is not the place to rename the zones, because it's in the city ordinance and code, not in the Comprehensive Plan is what I have been told. De Weerd: Any other questions? Thank you. Conger: Thank you very much. McKay: I have got to get up here before I go to sleep. De Weerd: Good evening. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 104 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 80 of 88 McKay: I'm getting old. Can't stay up this late anymore. Becky McKay. Engineering Solutions. Business address 1029 North Rosario in Meridian. I have been a planner in the Treasure Valley for 30 years, believe it or not, and I remember the first time I ever came to the Meridian planning department there was a little sign on the counter, said population 9,000 and some odd people. De Weerd: Six hundred. Nine thousand six hundred. McKay: Nine thousand six hundred. And -- and to think now we have 115,000 is remarkable. I mean this city has seen a 92 percent increase in population over 30 years and I have -- I have been around when Mayor Kingsford, Mayor Corrie, Mayor de Weerd, and many council members have come and gone and the one thing that's always been constant is the commitment of all of you people and your predecessors and the ones that will come after you, to be a good steward of this city and -- and you should be proud of yourselves. There were -- there were times in the '90s when people said, oh, Meridian is just a bedroom community of the city of Boise. Well, the city leaders had a greater vision for this city and they forget their own way and they built an exceptional community that a lot of the cities look at and go, wow, we wish we were Meridian. We wish we had the economic base that they have, the diversity that they have, and so you guys should be proud of yourselves and I'm proud that I have been a part of it for these -- all these years. I'm here tonight as a consultant to Ada County Highway District. They are looking to purchase two parcels of land that is located on the north side of Franklin Road, just west of Cloverdale, right on the periphery of your area of city impact. One of the parcels is a little over three acres. It's already in the city of Boise, zoned M-1, which is industrial, and the other parcel, which is about 3.8 acres is in the City of Meridian's impact area, but yet in the county, zoned RUT and R-1. Ada County Highway District already owns two parcels located north of these parcels that they currently have storm drainage facilities on. Yep. There it is. Right there. And they have an access drive that goes back to them . They have retained me and my firm to help them with their due diligence , to figure out how to develop this property. It is their desire to have a future traffic operations facility located on these properties that adjoin those storm drainage lots. So, they would like to be able to develop under one jurisdiction and so we want the Council to consider the possibility that this could be removed, that 3.8 acres, out of the area of city impact, so that they could annex into Boise and be developed under one jurisdiction. And lastly -- I know my time is up, but -- I'm hurrying. Lastly, my office located out at Rosario that is in the Gem Tone Center, that has been designated light industrial for many many years. We have a lot of offices. We have Scentsy. We have Blue Cross. De Weerd: Okay. You need to summarize. McKay: In the proposed Comprehensive Plan they want to change that to mixed use and we would like it to either stay light industrial or be mixed use , nonresident, because the covenants do not allow for residential and we had a meeting with Blue Cross , Scentsy, Petra, all of the lot owners and we would like that area to stay commercial. We have got the residential component that Dennis Baker's building to the west and we would like that to stay there. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 105 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 81 of 88 De Weerd: Thank you, Becky. McKay: Thank you. De Weerd: Council, any questions? Cavener: Becky? I'm sorry. Madam Mayor. putting the cart before the -- Becky, thank you. So, if I'm hearing you correctly for that piece over there by your office, you are saying all the landowners within that area -- McKay: Yes. Cavener: Are kind of -- they are all united in -- in that designation request? McKay: Madam Mayor, Councilman Cavener, yes. The -- the covenants for the Gem Tone Center do not allow for residential uses and it allows for office, commercial, churches, retail, light manufacturing and so we kind of have a combination medical office -- we kind of see that area as kind of a -- you know, an area that the -- the medical office area by St. Luke's is filling up, it may migrate down to this area. We just don't feel that multi-family or residential is an appropriate fit and we had a lot of owners meeting just a weeks ago and everyone was in agreement that we would like it to stay either light industrial or mixed use nonresidential. Cavener: Madam Mayor. Maybe a request. Becky, would you be willing to convene a joint letter of those lot owners to send onto the city on all their behalf? McKay: Yes, sir. Cavener: Kind of being a united piece. McKay: Yes, sir. Cavener: It sounds like we are going to -- we are going to noodle on this for a while. If you could submit that I would appreciate it. McKay: Yes. Yes, sir. Sam Johnson with Scentsy is our lot owners president, so I will send him an e-mail and, then, we will -- we will prepare a letter. Cavener: Thank you. McKay: Thank you. De Weerd: Okay. Leonard: My name is Joshua Leonard. 251 Front Street in Boise. And I know we are getting close to the time we all turn into pumpkins, so I will be really quick. My comments Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 106 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 82 of 88 tonight focus on property at the northwest corner of Locust Grove Road and McMillan Road. Currently designated mixed use neighborhood and it's zoned neighborhood business. It's already within the city. We respectfully request that the designation at that location be changed to commercial. During the Planning and Zoning Commission's discussion that followed it's October 17th public hearing, staff mentioned that our client likely could achieve a workable development at this location by simply filing an application for a change to the development agreement that exists there and the problem with that is that neither the development agreement, nor the zoning could be changed there until we get the use designation changed, because any zoning change must be in accord with or must comply with or must be in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan and future land use map. This -- this -- this area, this little site, is far too small to be a mixed use with any kind of a residential component. Following the October 17 th Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing it seemed like Commission Members were generally in agreement with the size and the configuration of this site, that it would be -- it would be difficult to get the type of mixed use and the type of scope of use here to qualify it for -- for development under its current designation. Staff, however, wanted to see a development application, which is -- is understandable and as a result the Commission opted not to make our requested change. As I mentioned, the problem with that is we can't make the requested change until the land use designation changes. Like Mr. Hatch, who -- who testified -- I guess it was quite a while ago now, our client was told that staff likely won't be willing to support changes to the -- the future land use map here for the next little while. It's kind of what I called amendment fatigue , because they have been going through this process for so long. We are amenable to modifying the zoning and also changing that development agreement. But, again, it's only possible if we change that to commercial and we respectfully request that that happen. Bernt: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: What is it currently zoned? Isn't -- I mean that's where the Maverik -- Leonard: Yes. De Weerd: Is that a Maverik? Leonard: Yes. Right behind there. Yeah. That's exactly right. It's -- and correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe it's zoned neighborhood business. Bernt: Madam Mayor, aren't they -- isn't there a retail commercial building being built on it currently? Leonard: This -- yeah. And I'm just talking about the side that's -- that's located right behind that. You're right, there is a multi-use retail building that's going in there. Bernt: Because you're wanting like behind -- like further north than that. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 107 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 83 of 88 Leonard: Yeah. But not quite to the piece that's still in the county. There is a little enclave parcel back -- Bernt: Right. Leonard: -- there that still hasn't -- hasn't come into the city. That's not owned by our client. Bernt: Okay. De Weerd: Can you circle it on the -- Leonard: You bet. Borton: So, Madam Mayor, is it -- De Weerd: Or are you talking about the brown box? Leonard: I need to see down a little bit. Just -- yeah. The brown box. You can see where it cuts over and, then, also the -- let's see. Where is that -- that's a ditch right there to the -- right above that to the north and along Locust Grove. You can -- you can't really see, I guess, where the -- I guess you can kind of see where the current multi-use retail is going in behind the Maverik. Where he is at right now. De Weerd: So -- but it's in this brown box? Leonard: Yes. Yes. McClure: Madam Mayor, the zoning is currently C-N. De Weerd: And -- and that -- is that your request is to keep it C-N? Leonard: The zoning we can change once the land use designation on the property on the future land use map has changed and currently that designation is -- is mixed use neighborhood. We would like to make that so it's not -- doesn't have the mixed use element, just make it straight commercial. De Weerd: Okay. Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: Josh, what's the size of that -- what's the size of that brown box? Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 108 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 84 of 88 Leonard: That's a really good question. The brown box itself I think is just under an acre, like .79. Is that right? Or is that with -- that may be my calculation based on looking at the -- the buildable envelope. Borton: It's not very big. Leonard: No, it's not. It's very small. Cavener: All right. Thanks. De Weerd: Okay. Any other questions? Thank you. Leonard: Yeah. You bet. De Weerd: Okay. Is there any further testimony? Okay. Council, we are a few minutes after 11:00. We can ask for comments from staff addressing some of the testimony at the beginning of the next meeting and in the meantime if you wanted to close the public hearing for public comment, but allow any letters to be entered into testimony or -- Borton: Written submissions. Makes sense. Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: We are all kind of mumbling to ourselves in agreement of what you are suggesting, but I think for the benefit of everyone here and those still watching online , I think that's appropriate. I think the message needs to be clear to our community, we are still open to receiving comment or thoughts, recommendations, suggestions, but to receive that via letter, e-mail, that can be added to the public record. But I would be supportive, at least for now, closing the public hearing and give Council time to deliberate on the public testimony that we have heard tonight and the ample letters that we have received throughout this process. De Weerd: I might want to suggest maybe keeping the -- the hearing open for written testimony and staff's remarks, because they may enter something that has not been talked about and I hate to close the public hearing and have new -- new testimony. Cavener: Madam Mayor. Agreed. So, I -- for me when I -- when I talk about closing the public hearing it is, yeah, related to -- to public testimony, but feedback from staff to me I think is -- is welcome and encouraged. So, that at least for me is kind of encompassed -- of my thoughts. Madam Mayor, if I can, you know, just food for thought for those that are here and for Council -- first, thanks to staff. You know, 18 months ago, barely, we charged you to bring us a plan before the end of this year and you guys did that in spades and to hear for the most part public feedback from people who are either in favor or opposed to this to commend you is an understatement. You guys have been kind of a Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 109 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 85 of 88 short staffed department for way too long and to be able to produce such a compelling document for our community is something that's really remarkable. For me , Madam Mayor, because the amount of time that staff , community stakeholders, Planning and Zoning, have put into this, I don't want us to -- to rush into this and to say we are going to make a decision next week. Maybe we will, perhaps we will not, but I think it's important that the public understands that the Council's taking this plan seriously and we are going to put the time to make sure that whatever decision we render is best. Madam Mayor, an additional comment if I may. And this is something just I think for Council to -- to noodle on. Because it was suggested multiple times throughout the night -- and, frankly, it's something that I have thought about a lot over the past two weeks -- is when we began this process 18 months ago we didn't know that come January we would have a brand new Mayor and three new City Council Members. This body is going to change dramatically and I at least try to put myself in a new Mayor and new Council's shoes about inheriting a plan that maybe you didn't have the opportunity to weigh in on and I know that we have heard written testimony from at least one Council Member elect, but because so much of the work that comes to this is in terms of policy, I think there is a benefit for having that new Mayor and new Council the ability to weigh in on it and so I know this body has really resisted continuing any item for a future Council, but I would at least hope that as a current body we would maybe consider that as an option related to this, to continue the deliberative process, to continue I think as has been recommended to maybe make potential recommendations for changes, but not to adopt this new plan until we have a new Mayor and new City Council to see it. De Weerd: Okay. Other comments or -- we are looking for direction. Borton: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Borton. Borton: Moving it to -- or continuing this as described to next week, so that as to the first part of the comments, it makes good sense. That date is relatively light at 6:00 p.m. on the 26th, but we will see. But I take it that's where you were going on a date to continue this. The 26th makes good sense. And, Madam Mayor, as to whether or not we act on it on the 26th, I think of this plan less is one that the seven of us have designed and implemented, rather than one that hopefully we set out a process over 18 months that allows stakeholder input to be compiled and vetted and -- and received and -- and kind of objectively run through a fair process to culminate with us making an ultimate decision , so long as that process is fair and thorough and complete I think we can make a decision the same as new electeds. If -- and if there is any comment that -- that newly electeds want to provide, by all means, provide it. I think it's fantastic to hear that as well. But if we -- if we act or we don't act, I think the most important part is the process utilized to get us to this point. So, that's kind of how I'm looking at all of the data, the information that we have heard today and what we have read to -- to help make an informed decision, if that happens this year. Bernt: Madam Mayor? Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 110 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 86 of 88 De Weerd: Mr. Bernt. Bernt: I appreciate the comments of Mr. Borton and Mr. Cavener. I agree with them. I think this is a process that we need to take our times on -- or take our time on and really gnaw on this a little bit and different quadrants for our city, make sure we are making sound, wise, prudent decisions. As far as the newly electeds are concerned -- can you hear me? Okay. As far as the newly electeds are concerned, we have heard from Council Woman elect Strader. I would love to hear -- you can't of hear me? Oh. Is that better? It's way better, isn't it. So, I love to hear from other Council -- elected -- newly elected officials as well, so -- but I would also like to see how this plays out to a certain degree as well. So, I mean I'm open to that, but I would like to see where this -- where this goes next week and -- and see if we can nail this out sooner than later, but if we have -- if it goes -- if we need to extend it out, then, I'm open to that discussion. I'm not opposed to it. Sorry, Dean. Can you hear me now? Did you make a motion? Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: I think you are still chairing the meeting. I think a question was posed if I have made a motion and -- and I have not. I guess this has been more of a -- I think a free form conversation a little bit before any motions are made. Unless anyone is standing up to provide any additional comments, I'm -- I'm happy to make a motion that we close the public hearing on Item 7-A, the Comprehensive Plan, H-2019-0101. Bernt: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to close public hearing. Nary: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Nary. Nary: Madam Mayor, Members of the Council, I guess what I heard before is your intention to close the public testimony, but still take other matters? Because the court considers it all a hearing. So, I thought you -- your attention was really to close the public testimony. Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Cavener: Mr. Nary, as always, does a good job of very gently reminding me where I have screwed up. So, yes, what -- what Mr. Nary has stated is my intent. I guess from a process standpoint is it just, then, to continue the public hearing, but to close public testimony in terms of a motion -- so, Madam Mayor, if I could revise my motion, which is Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 111 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 87 of 88 to continue the public hearing for the Comprehensive Plan to next Tuesday, November -- do we have it here -- 26th. Thank you, Council President Borton. But to close the public testimony portion of this hearing, if the second would agree. Bernt: Second agrees. The second agrees. De Weerd: And that would include written testimony to be allowed and staff comments. Cavener: Correct, Madam Mayor. De Weerd: Okay. Cavener: And the rest of my comments, that's accurate. De Weerd: Thank you. Okay. The motion is to continue this public hearing, to accept written testimony and staff comments. Any discussion? If not, all those in favor say aye. Any opposed? Okay. We will hear this again next week. MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 8: Ordinances A. Ordinance No. 19- 1861: An Ordinance (H-2019-0088 Idaho Fine Arts Academy) For Rezone Of A Portion Of The SE 1/ 4 Of Section 18, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise Meridian, Ada County, Idaho; Establishing And Determining The Land Use Zoning Classification From I-L (Light Industrial) Zoning District 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, As Required By Law; And Providing For A Summary Of The Ordinance; And Providing For A Waiver Of The Reading Rules; And Providing An Effective Date. De Weerd: Ordinance 8-A is 19-1861. Mr. Clerk, will you, please, read this by title. Johnson: Thank you, Madam Mayor. It's an Ordinance H-2019-0088, Idaho Fine Arts Academy, for rezone of a portion of the SE 1/4 of Section 18, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise meridian, Ada county, Idaho; establishing and determining the land use zoning classification from I-L (Light Industrial) Zoning District 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, as required by law; and providing for a summary of the ordinance; and providing for a waiver of the reading rules; and providing an effective date. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda December 3, 2019 – Page 112 of 296 Meridian City Council November 19, 2019 Page 88 of 88 De Weerd: We are still meeting. Johnson: Would you like that again, Madam Mayor? De Weerd: No. I heard it. Council, if there is no further information you need on this, would entertain a motion to approve this ordinance. Cavener: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Cavener. Thank you so much for being president. Cavener: No problem. I didn't know if we wanted to be here all night. Have a slumber party. I move that we approve Ordinance No. 19-1861 with suspension of rules. Little Roberts: Second. De Weerd: Have a motion and a second to approve Item 8-A. Mr. Clerk, will you call roll. Roll call: Borton, yea; Milam, absent; Cavener, yea; Palmer, yea; Little Roberts, yea; Bernt, yea. De Weerd: All ayes. MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. Item 9: Future Meeting Topics De Weerd: Anything under Item 9? This is where I really would like -- Palmer: Madam Mayor? De Weerd: Mr. Palmer. Palmer: I move we adjourn. Cavener: Second. De Weerd: I have a motion and a second to adjourn. All those in favor say aye. All ayes. MOTION CARRIED: FIVE AYES. ONE ABSENT. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 11:15 P.M. (AUDIO RECORDING ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS) MAYOR TA DE WEERD DATE APPROVED ATTEST: O�Q0RpSED AUGof GST� CHRIS JOH SO - CITY C E K �� �.�Y[ E�,iIIDIAN�- ( j c ieX�ne ecL l�rl DeC'�Cr� IDAHO , SEAL EIDIANn-- �J CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA November 19, 2019 Agenda Item Number: 6 Item Title: Future Meeting Topics — Public Forum (Up to 30 Minutes Maximum) Signing up prior to the start of the meeting is required. This time is reserved for. the public to address their elected officials regarding matters of general interest or concern of public matters and is not specific to an active land use/development application. By law, no decisions can be made on topics presented under this public comment section, other than the City Council may request that the topic be added to a future meeting agenda for a more detailed discussion or action. The Mayor may also direct staff to further assist you in resolving the matter following the meeting Meeting Notes: 11/19/2019 City of Meridian - Public Hearing Sign In Form Tools Details and Signatures For Public Hearing Hearing Date: 11/19/2019 Hearing Type: Public Forum Active: Signature Name Discussion Topic Sign In Date/Time Colleen carrera Roadside selling of puppies 11/19/2019 5:53:57 PM Go Back To List Export To Excel © 2019 - City of Meridian, Idaho http://internalapps/SIGNINFORMTOOLS/SignlnFormDashDetails?id=369 1/1 k i V Changes to Agenda: • Item #5A: Goddard Creek Townhomes (H-2019-0068) – Applicant has submitted a request for continuance to Oct. 24th due to failure to submit a notarized Affidavit of Posting to the City within the required 7 day timeframe prior to the hearing as set forth in UDC 11-5A-6D.4. Item #5B: Inglewood Place (H-2019-0090) Application(s): ➢ Annexation & Zoning ➢ Preliminary Plat ➢ (2) Conditional Use Permits Size of property, existing zoning, and location: This site consists of 8.84 acres of land, zoned RUT in Ada County, located at the NEC of S. Eagle Rd. and E. Victory Rd. Adjacent Land Use & Zoning: North: (1) SFR rural residential/ag property, zoned RUT in Ada County East: SFR (Sutherland Farm Sub.), zoned R-4 West: S. Eagle Rd. and SFR, zoned R-8 and R1 in Ada County South: E. Victory Rd., commercial and SFR, zoned C-C and R-4 Comprehensive Plan FLUM Designation: MU-C Summary of Request: Annexation and zoning is requested of 10.29 acres of land with C-C (3.76 acres) an R-15 (6.53 acres) zoning districts. A conceptual site plan was submitted showing how the site is proposed to develop with a mix of commercial retail (3 pad sites) and office (12,300 s.f.) uses, a nursing/residential care facility and senior age restricted (55+) cottages (i.e. multi-family) consistent with the MU-C FLUM designation. A preliminary plat is proposed to subdivide the property consisting of 8 building lots & 1 common lot; the plat is proposed to develop in 2 phases with the residential portion developing first on the east side of the site. One (1) right-in/right-out access is proposed via S. Eagle Rd. and one (1) full access is proposed via E. Victory Rd. with the provision of a new north/south local public street which will stub to the north boundary for future extension & interconnectivity. Staff recommends the access via Eagle Rd. is only allowed on a temporary basis until such time as the property to the north redevelops and an access driveway can be constructed in alignment with E. Moon Dipper St. on the west side of Eagle Rd. At such time, the driveway access should be removed and the landscape buffer along Eagle Rd. extended. Additionally, an access easement should be provided to the property to the north and the driveway along the east side of the retail pads extended to the north boundary for future interconnectivity and access via Eagle Rd. through the property to the north. A 25’ wide street buffer along Eagle & Victory Rds. & a 25’ buffer to the residential use to the north on the C-C zoned portion of the site is required. The McDonald Lateral crosses the SWC of this site and is proposed to be piped. There is an existing 15’ wide ingress/egress easement that runs along the northern boundary of this site benefitting the adjacent property owner that is required to be preserved. An attached sidewalk exists along Eagle Rd. and along Victory Rd. on the portion of the site nearest the intersection; a detached sidewalk is proposed where none exists along the remainder of the frontage along Victory to the east boundary. In mixed use developments, public/quasi-public spaces & places are required to make up a minimum of 5% of the development area; none of these types of spaces are proposed. Therefore, Staff is recommending as a DA provision that these spaces are provided within the commercial portion of the development with buildings arranged to create common usable area such as a plaza or green spaces in accord with the Comprehensive Plan. A CUP is proposed for a MFR residential development consisting of 14 dwelling units on 1.91 acres of land in the R-15 zoning district - (7) duplex style single-level structures are proposed for age restricted 55+ independent living senior cottages. A minimum of 0.10 of an acre of qualified open space is required to be provided within the development; a total 0.29 of an acre is proposed, exceeding UDC standards. Site amenities are proposed consisting of a gazebo & BBQ area in accord with UDC standards; this development will also have access to the amenities located in the adjacent nursing/residential care facility. Off-street parking is proposed in excess of UDC standards – a total of 14 covered spaces & 11 uncovered spaces are required; 14 garage spaces, 14 driveway spaces & 25 surface parking spaces are proposed for a total of 14 extra spaces. Another CUP is proposed for a “nursing or residential care facility” on 3.48 acres of land in the R-15 zoning district consisting of 86 dwelling units. The proposed structure varies in height from 2 to 3-stories and will house 46 independent living, 30 assisted living and 10 memory care units. Parking is proposed in excess of UDC standards – a minimum of 43 spaces are required, a total of 84 spaces are proposed consisting of 23 garage spaces & 61 surface/uncovered spaces. Conceptual building elevations were submitted for the residential care facility which varies from 2 to 3 stories in height & the single- level duplex-style senior cottages. Conceptual elevations for the 12,300 s.f. 3-story office structure & the commercial retail pads proposed along Eagle Rd. were also submitted. The commercial structures are required to incorporate some of the same or similar design elements and construction materials as the residential development to unify the development. All structures on the sit e are required to comply with the design standards listed in the Architectural Standards Manual and obtain Design Review approval with the CZC. Written Testimony: • Jon & Juanita Sharp (property owners directly to the north) – they have a 15’ wide ingress/egress easement for access to the east end of their property that lies on the subject property along the north boundary; they’re requesting the easement area be free of any curbing and landscaping and that all buildings, berming & landscaping be set back so as not to interfere with their easement. The landscape plan depicts a driveway on the west end of the site to the Sharp’s garage, corral & field but depicts landscaping & a pathway within the remainder of the easement area to the east boundary; a fence is also depicted along the north boundary of the site which will interfere with their access. To ensure this easement & access is not affected by development of this site, Staff recommends condition of approval #A.3e in Section VIII of the staff report is modified as follows: “Depict the existing 15-foot wide ingress-egress easement along the northern boundary of the site free of trees and bushes (grass is allowed) and pedestrian walkways; fencing shall not restrict access to the easement and its purpose.” • John Carpenter (Applicant’s Representative) – in agreement w/staff report Staff Recommendation: Approval with the requirement of a DA & the conditions in the staff report. Notes: Possible Motions: Approval After considering all staff, applicant and public testimony, I move to recommend approval to the City Council of File Number H- 2019-0090, as presented in the staff report for the hearing date of October 3, 2019, with the following modifications: (Add any proposed modifications to conditions) Denial After considering all staff, applicant and public testimony, I move to recommend denial to the City Council of File Number H-2019- 0090, as presented during the hearing on October 3, 2019, for the following reasons: (You should state specific reasons for denial) Continuance I move to continue File Number H-2019-0090 to the hearing date of (insert continued hearing date here) for the following reason(s): (You should state specific reason(s) for continuance) Comprehensive Plan November 19, 2019 City Council Meeting What Is A Comprehensive Plan? •Meridian’s vision for the future –A guide for long- term growth •Establishes citywide goals and policies •Includes Text (policies) and a Map (Future Land Use Map) –The policies direct change over the next couple of decades –The FLUM shows the City’s ultimate boundaries and land uses What is Included (and not) Not included: –development standards (it is not code); –annexation or rezone of any property; –proposed future land use designations that conflict with any existing approved use; and, –any new, proposed roads planned to be constructed or prioritized with public funding. Included: –Text (new) •Background and Foundation for Policies •Fresh Policies (Implementation Plan) –Future Land Use Map (new/updated) (Implementation Tool) –Existing Conditions Report (2017) •Retains Adopted Existing Conditions Report (ECR) •Addresses all 17 components required by State Code –and more! •Revised Area of City Impact (ultimate City limits; planning boundary) A Plan that Represent the Meridian’s Future 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 approx. every 3-years –retained with new Plan) Why Plan? Community Good (Police Powers)Required Components (IC §67-6508)•Local Land Use Planning Act (LLUPA)1975 –Protect private property rights –Ensure adequate public facilities –Protect economy –Protect natural resources –Encourage urban development in cities –Ensure that development is compatible with the land •Community Visioning –Public involvement –Quality of Life / Livability –Jobs-Housing Balance –Distribution of land uses –Support and alignment with other plans (such as Parks and CIP) ▪Property Rights ▪Population ▪School Facilities ▪Economic Development ▪Land Use ▪Natural resources ▪Hazardous Areas ▪Public Services ▪Transportation ▪Recreation ▪Special Areas or Sites ▪Housing ▪Community Design ▪Agriculture ▪Implementation ▪National Interest Electric Corridors ▪Public Airport Facilities Scope of Work –Audit, review existing plans and studies including other agencies and service providers; understand values and vision from community –Key focus elements and areas: •Strategic Growth Management and Public Services –Determine where future services be expanded in the near, mid and longer term; and comprehensive impact of growth •Transportation and Economic Development –Alignment of more intense land uses on transportation corridors with services. –Develop Master Mobility Map –current, future and long-range; multiple modes and existing infrastructure shown and identified for the future –Transit, rail, freight, bike, pedestrian, commuter •Specific Area Concepts (Fields, SW, Southern Rim, MagicBridge) –Focus groups: Transportation, Housing, Economic Development & Community Design and Character (Set-up stakeholder and focus group meetings, packets, technical analysis) –Engage the community from beginning to end –Comply with Idaho Code requirements for Comprehensive Plan Plan Development •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 feedback and draft plan –4 Phases -Foundation/Values; Vision; Opportunities & Choices; and Draft Plan •Steering Committee (SC) –22 community members; monthly meetings with project oversight –Stakeholders have 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 (application) is the SC recommendation Plan Development (continued) •Department Coordination –City Attorney’s Office, Community Development Department, Clerk’s Office, Fire Department, Information Services, Police Department, Parks and Recreation Department, and Public Works Department •Agency Outreach –ACHD –Idaho Power –School District –Nampa, Kuna, Star, Boise, Ada County Plan Development (continued) •Public Outreach –Participation at many public events, held town halls, and several workshops –Project Website served as a portal for engagement at each phase –Lots of social media engagement with surveys and polls •5,500+ participants –1,200+ at events –7,600+ website visits –1,000+ downloaded the draft (on project website, more on City website) 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 #MyMeridian 2018, Nov Completed #MyMeridianVision 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) #MeridianOnTheMove 2019, May -July Draft Plan Development 2019, July -Aug Public Review of Draft Plan #MyMeridianPlan 2019, Sept -Now Changes to Draft Plan based on public review; SC review and endorsement; Public Hearings Premier Evolving Livable Vibrant Connected #MyMeridian •Community Driven Process Throughout •5 Value Themes emerged, with supporting Vision Statements •Plan organized by original Value Themes #MyMeridianVision Introduction (Chapter 1) Overview, Plan Purpose and Scope, #MYMERIDIAN Vision, Plan Structure, Community-Driven Plan, PREMIER (Chapter 2) A vibrant, diverse, clean, safe, and secure community in which to live, work, and thrive. Housing, Education |Community Services |Economic Excellence EVOLVING (Chapter 3) A community thoughtfully adapting to changes. Growth and Population |Land Use, and Utilities |Infrastructure LIVABLE (Chapter 4) A community of family-friendly, healthy, and engaging places. Parks & Pathways |Stewardship |Public Safety VIBRANT (Chapter 5) A community strengthened by historic character and vibrant activity centers. Character, Design, and Identity |Historic Preservation |Arts and Culture CONNECTED (Chapter 6) A community of safe and efficient transportation. Transportation and Streets #MyMeridianPlan Roughly 500 policies •Multi-generational, not just raising a family •No Steps; density defined (rounding) and transitions; sample zones in text •Need for improved public involvement/neighborhood meeting process (collaboration) •Identify and strengthening neighborhood identity (Districts/Associations/Plans) •Strategic Growth –Improved coordination with other agencies and service providers (roads and schools) –Targeting growth in certain areas •Premier –raise the bar (open space/amenities/gathering spaces/pathways) •Follow the Plan Pause Future Land Use Map •Most of the Map has not changed •Many changes that have been made are cleanup. Examples: –Existing ACHD and School facilities as well as entitled/built subdivisions •Icons for existing and future facility locations adjusted to reflect latest plans •Future land use designation consolidation •Informed by market and transportation analysis –Aggregated totals are important for a well balanced future with diverse opportunities •Potential changes vetted by SC and consultant Adopted Future Land Use Map Changes Change Type Acres 1.AOCI Removal (mostly Rural /Estate Residential designation)1,155 2.Cleanup Changes 509 3.Consolidation of Designation Types 55 4.General Change (staff initiated and by property owner request)5,758 5.Neighborhood Center (N.C.) Overlay removed (but no change to underlying Mixed Use designation)384 6.No Change 31,196 Future Land Use Area (Adopted)39,058 Note: Actual proposed AOCI is 37,903 acres. Areas with applied FLUM designations is less. Future Land Use Map Changes New School Future Land Use Map Changes Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility Area Adopted Future Land Uses P&Z Commission Recommendation Fields Area Adopted Future Land Uses P&Z Commission Recommendation Overland & Eagle Area Adopted Future Land Uses P&Z Commission Recommendation (highlighted areas) Southern Rim Area Adopted P&Z Commission Recommendation Magic Bridge Area Black Cat –Cherry –Railroad Area Adopted Future Land Uses P&Z Commission Recommendation Adopted Future Land Uses P&Z Commission Recommendation Rustler Place Area Adopted Future Land Uses P&Z Commission Recommendation (highlighted areas) Southwest Area & Rural / Estate Acknowledges our Variety of Neighborhoods Low Density Residential “This designation allows for the development of single-family homes on large and estate lots at gross densities of three dwelling units or less per acre. These areas often transition between existing rural and urban properties. Developments need to respect agricultural heritage and resources, recognize view sheds and open spaces, and maintain or improve the overall atmosphere of the area. The use of open spaces, parks, trails, and other appropriate means should enhance the character of the area.Density bonuses may be considered with the provision of additional public amenities such as a park, school, or land dedicated for public services. Sample zoning include: R-2 and R-4.” Area of City Impact Changes Pause Modern Format •Single document PDF –Single download availability –Landscape works well on large screens and in print •Web Based (Interactive) –Responsive: Large screens and mobile friendly –Policies: Sortable and searchable on the fly –Interactive Mapping –Updated, responsive land use cutsheets (after adoption) New Features •Final Document –Some additional consistencies and improvements in formatting –Some revised photos (a few aren’t print quality) –A few new fun/relevant quotes •Website –More internal hyperlinks to references –Additional resources such as updated cutsheets –Would like a Comp Plan specific Search function Fostering a City Known for It’s Quality of Life Next Steps After Adoption, the real work begins… •Incredibly important to have the Comp Plan text for next steps •Prioritization of policies/projects by new Mayor & City Council as recommended by P&Z Commission –Review and updates to City Code (UDC), plans, programs and other standards (like open space) to reflect vision –Consideration/feasibility/implementation of: neighborhood districts, sub-area plans/refinement, sub-area architectural guidelines, and much more… •Application with Ada County for adoption (Title 9) QUESTIONS Website: www.meridiancompplan.com (~Q/�E IDIZ IAN,+=- �J CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA November 19, 2019 Agenda Item Number: 7 A Item Title: Public Hearing for New Comprehensive Plan (H-2019-0101 CPAT & CPAM) By Meridian Planning Department Meetinci Notes: I TEM SHEET C ouncil Agenda I tem - 7.A . 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SUBJECT: H-2019-0101 Comprehensive Plan (CPAT, CPAM) LOCATION: Citywide Planning Area I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The City of Meridian Planning Division submitted an application for a Comprehensive Plan Text (CPAT) and Map (CPAM) Amendment that proposes to replace the current version of the Comprehensive Plan (the Plan). Items addressed with the subject application include the following: 1) new text and format of the Plan, 2) new policies for the Plan, and 3) new/updated Future Land Use Map (Map). While the current version of the Plan was consulted and some of the existing text was used to develop the subject Plan, this Plan has several original policies and other unique elements and is thus considered a new Plan. II. OVERVIEW Project Summary Background During the spring of 2018, the Meridian City Council approved the scope of work for this project. Shortly after, Logan Simpson, consultants on the project, supported by two sub-consultants, Leland Consulting Group and Kittleson & Associates, who performed additional market and transportation analysis, began working on the project. Work by the consultants was overseen by a 22 person Steering Committee (SC) made up of a diverse range of residents, stakeholders, and agency partners most of which are Meridian residents. On June 5, 2018 the first SC meeting was held. After numerous public involvement meetings, more than a dozen SC meetings, and a month-long informal draft Plan public review, the new Comprehensive Plan was submitted in September of 2019 for formal review and approval. STAFF REPORT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 4 of 146 Page 2 This Plan is the collective recommendation of the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee and represents a broader community vision informed by public involvement throughout Plan development. The Plan is anchored by the consultant’s expertise and analysis, and by local knowledge and experience. The City Attorney’s Office, Community Development Department, Clerk’s Office, Fire Department, Information Services, Police Department, Parks and Recreation Department, and Public Works Department have all actively provided resources to the development and review of this Plan. Further, agency partners from the Ada County Highway District (ACHD), the West Ada School District, Idaho Power and other service providers were actively involved in Plan development. Purpose The City’s Comprehensive Plan is a visionary document that contains text, goals, objectives, and action items that encourage and promote a well-designed and sustainable community. Since the 2002 Plan was adopted Meridian has almost tripled in size and population with changing (aging) demographics and an array of new and planned commercial services and employment areas. The purpose of the subject project was to develop a new vision for the community that guides growth and development consistent with its values. Comprehensive Planning generally involves many interests; everything addressed is important to someone. Many elements appear innocuous to most but may have immense importance for others. Planning staff have heard from many stakeholders and there have been a lot of great ideas. While these ideas (and concerns) are important, the Comprehensive Plan is not the right document to address all ideas about how the community should grow and change. The Plan includes high level policy statements and a Future Land Use Map (FLUM) that guides growth and development; it does not create standards or establish code and is not the vehicle to annex or develop properties. For those that may still have questions or concerns about what the Plan is and does, and said here for the public’s benefit, no part of the subject application includes: • annexation or rezone of any property; • establishment of development improvement standards such as how much open space and amenities a residential development shall provide or how a commercial building shall look; • proposed future land use designation changes that conflicts with any existing approved use(s); and, • any new, proposed roads planned to be constructed or prioritized with public funding. Plan Development The Plan was developed in four phases. In phase one, an audit of the existing Comprehensive Plan and associated documents performed, a communications and stakeholder involvement plan developed, and a public outreach plan established to understand what the community cares about. This phase was branded #MyMeridianValues. In phase two, the values obtained from phase one were built upon to form vision statements and themes that would drive the policy statements of the Plan. Phase two culminated in a summary document dubbed #MyMeridianVision. Phase three, #MeridianontheMove, was a mostly technical phase where opportunities and choices were evaluated. Strategic growth management, areas of change and stability, market demands and analysis, transportation, zoning, utility and service provisions, and housing were all evaluated to develop policy statements and potential changes to the Future Land Use Map. Phase four included taking everything from the first three phases and putting that into one, user-friendly document. The #MyMeridianPlan was then shared with the public, with refinements being made by the consultant team and City staff, with Steering Committee input and oversight. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 5 of 146 Page 3 A project website was established early on (www.meridiancompplan.com). The website was set up to be interactive where information was shared and comments could be made. The Bang the Table platform was used for the website, which allowed for consolidated location of news and materials, and for interactive tools. The most common of these were an idea wall where stakeholders could post and share ideas, interactive mapping for posting location specific comments, and integrated surveys with review materials. This was implemented with a focus of community outreach. Four focus groups, looking at Economic Development, Transportation, Housing and Community Design were established. These elements were identified early on as critical to the long-term success of our community. Community Design was also determined to be an important topic and added on by request. The Economic Development Focus Group included technical economic development and market analysis. Market research included an inventory of the types of land uses in the City’s current portfolio, analysis on the general location, and forecasting for the land area the City would likely need for general uses in the upcoming decades. This work concluded with recommendations for this Plan that are informed by data, interviews with economic development stakeholders across the region, and best practices. This effort was led by Leland with input from the Economic Development Focus Group. Corridor analysis was also part of the Plan development. This technical and market review was conducted to evaluate whether identified corridors have existing and planned land uses with the right mix and scale to support transit in the future. This analysis aimed to ensure that land uses provide enough potential ridership to support transit investments in planned areas where feasible, while also leveraging each unique corridor’s development context. The Transportation Focus Group reviewed the analysis prepared by Kittleson and Associates. The third focus group, Housing, evaluated topics that included the general location, density, priorities, and affordability of homes in Meridian near and long-term. This diverse group of stakeholders helped to develop many of the housing related policies found in the Plan and drove some of the future land use designation changes. The fourth focus group, Community Design, reviewed policy topics and made recommendations that included open space, pathways, design aesthetics, and general livability factors of the community. Four specific areas with opportunities for future change and redevelopment were identified early on. These areas include: the northwest (aka Fields); southwest; Southern Rim; and MagicBridge (Magic View-Woodbridge-Locust View Heights area). For these opportunity areas, concepts were developed to generate ideas and for stakeholders to review and comment on. In these areas special attention was made to engage with stakeholders. Opportunities for stakeholders to engage in-person as well as on- line occurred. Public Involvement Public involvement was the cornerstone of work in developing this new Plan. Work began with public outreach, and will conclude with a series of public hearings. Public involvement was performed using many methods including postcards, social media, online forums, workshops, town halls, and participation at community events. So much work went into public involvement that a Vision document was created as a midpoint check-in, just to verify with the public that the Plan was heading in the right direction. There are almost 300 pages summarizing themes, polls, surveys, ideas, and comments from thousands of participants, in Appendix E of the Plan. Stakeholder interviews began the public involvement process. The project consultants interviewed and discussed with community partners what the City was doing well, what the City needed to work on, and what their individual vision for the community was. The consultants talked with engaged residents, neighborhood representatives, agency partners, business leaders, the faith community, healthcare partners, and members of the development community. This early feedback helped to Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 6 of 146 Page 4 inform initial public outreach at events across the City. Planning Staff and Steering Committee volunteers attended dozens of public events all over the City to meet residents and stakeholders where they were. Saturday markets, Concerts on Broadway, Meridian Business Day, CableOne/Sparklight Movie Night and other events played host to engagement efforts for this Plan. Traditional town halls were also held at several points during the project, and workshops occurred throughout areas of the City. Social media also took on a new outlet for public engagement, not only for simple notification of events, but to also engage with and understand stakeholder sentiment. Facebook, Nextdoor, and Instagram all played host to surveys and polls and general comments. The City’s first-ever telephone town hall also occurred, connecting with stakeholders not otherwise plugged-in online or able to attend other public events and activities. Hundreds of postcards were sent, notifying property owners of potential Map changes and asking for their input. Key also to development of the Plan was context and decision making based in reality and subject matter expertise. While not every idea and comment can be incorporated into such a broad planning document, especially when there is push and pull in conflicting ideas and requests and over 115,000 residents with different ideas, every effort was made to hear and act on feedback. Staff is not aware of any opposition to the proposed text, and believes that the proposed Plan provides a more relevant and improved vision plan for the City. Staff is aware of some additional Map amendment requests that are not currently reflected in the application (several of these areas are overviewed in the analysis below.) However, by and large, and for a project of this scope and scale, Staff believes the proposed Map provides a wide cross-section of land uses that will meet the City’s needs for a sustainable community moving into the future. Community Metrics The Steering Committee-recommended Plan contains approximately 500 policies and a proposed Future Land Use Map depicting an Area of City Impact (AOCI) that is 38,352 acres (59.93 sq. miles). This area includes large portions of right-of-way, such as I-84 and the railroad, which do not have future land use designations. The total coverage of all areas with future land use designations is 37,903 acres. With existing Meridian city limits totaling 22,286 acres, the remaining area not annexed and within the AOCI is 16,066 acres (41.9% of the AOCI). In 2002 when the last Comprehensive Plan was adopted, Meridian city limits were only 8,862 acres (approximately 1/3 the size it is today). In the last 17 years Meridian has consumed 35.0% of the proposed AOCI land area. Similarly, the population has also increased from 44,943 in 2002 to 114,680 in 2019. Despite all the growth, development and change, and an extremely diverse range of scales in both residential and commercial project types, the City has generally maintained the same overall density. In 2002, the overall persons per acre was 5.07, with a low in 2006 of 3.97, a high in 2019 of 5.47, and an average of 4.60 persons per acre in the last 17 years. These numbers considers an adjustment for the large south Meridian annexation in 2015, which remains largely underdeveloped. Themes The community’s vision of the Comprehensive Plan is comprised of five themes and states that, “Meridian is a premier, evolving, livable, vibrant, and connected community.” Each of these five themes has an associated vision statement:  Premier: A vibrant, diverse, clean, safe, and secure community in which to live, work, and thrive;  Evolving: A community thoughtfully adapting to changes;  Livable: A community of family-friendly, healthy, and engaging places; Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 7 of 146 Page 5  Vibrant: A community strengthened by historic character and vibrant activity centers; and  Connected: A community of safe and efficient transportation. With dramatic changes to the community since the last Plan was developed, 17 years ago, and even since the last major update 8 years ago, this renewed vision is not just a collection of pithy words. It is the stories that the Comprehensive Plan team heard over and over again at every phase of public involvement about what the community should look like in the future. In-conjunction with the text and policies of the Plan, and the Future Land Use Map, the proposed document is relevant to the Meridian community today, and for their vision of the future. III. APPLICANT INFORMATION A. Applicant: Caleb Hood, Planning Division Manager, 33 E Broadway Ave, Meridian, Idaho 83542. B. Owner: Not applicable. C. Representative: Not applicable. IV. NOTICING Planning & Zoning Posting Date City Council Posting Date Public Service Announcement 9/24/2019 10/29/2019 Newspaper Notification 9/27/2019 10/28/2019 Nextdoor Posting 9/24/2019 10/29/2019 V. STAFF ANALYSIS A. Comprehensive Plan (text and policies): Staff has briefly updated relevant text and exhibits (as applicable) at the end of each of the following sections, with summary recommendations from the Planning and Zoning Commission. See sections titled Planning & Zoning Action and formatted in purple with a wavy-underline. The greatest case that can be made for this new Plan is the community-vetted vision that is not said just once, but articulated from beginning to end and making up the very framework of the Plan. The vision and vision statements are described in the Executive Summary, in the Introduction, continued at the beginning of every chapter, and then reinforced in the text and policies themselves. Aside from a Steering Committee revision to one statement, with an aim to be more inclusive, the same vision and vision statements included in the published Vision document produced mid-project are the same as those in the proposed Plan. The language in the text and policies is progressive and visionary, describing a desire to do and be better, and not just simply a list of wants or even needs. There is nothing necessarily wrong with the adopted Plan vision. However, the adopted Plan has not received the input or support of the community today, and some of the themes reiterated to staff and the Steering Committee over and over again are not adequately addressed in the adopted Plan. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 8 of 146 Page 6 In addition to reflecting the community vision, and that process, it is also important that the Plan meet State requirements. State Statute 67-6508 outlines the planning duties required of a Comprehensive Plan. It says, It shall be the duty of the planning or planning and zoning commission to conduct a comprehensive planning process designed to prepare, implement, and review and update a comprehensive plan, hereafter referred to as the plan. The plan shall include all land within the jurisdiction of the governing board. The plan shall consider previous and existing conditions, trends, compatibility of land uses, desirable goals and objectives, or desirable future situations for each planning component. The plan with maps, charts, and reports shall be based on the following components as they may apply to land use regulations and actions unless the plan specifies reasons why a particular component is unneeded. The proposed Plan addresses all of the State-required duties and processes; either in the proposed text, in the Existing Conditions Report (ECR), or in both documents. The 2017 version of the ECR is adopted by reference in the Comprehensive Plan (CP) with text and policies directing regular updates. The 17 State-required components to be included in a comprehensive plan are addressed individually below: Comprehensive Plan Required Elements/Components: Element Document Chapter/Section Reference Summary Property Rights CP CP: Appendix C, Regulatory Takings Checklist. Also, Chapter 3, Growth and Population, Property Rights. Regulatory worksheet on takings, and also general text and policies to be respectful throughout. Population CP and ECR CP: Chapter 3, Growth and Population, Property Rights. ECR: Chapter 2, Population and Demographic Characteristics. Generally throughout both documents: CP forward thinking and ECR existing today (2017). School Facilities CP and ECR CP: Chapter 2, Education, Health, and Community Services; FLUM, Existing and Future Facilities. ECR: Chapter 4, Education. Generally throughout both documents: CP forward thinking and ECR existing today (2017). Economic Development CP and ECR CP: Chapter 2, Economic Excellence. ECR: Chapter 2, Economic Development Generally throughout both documents: CP forward thinking and ECR existing today (2017). Land Use CP and ECR CP: Chapter 3, Future Land Use, and Future Land Use Map. ECR: Chapter 3 How is the Land in Meridian Developed? Generally throughout both documents: CP forward thinking and ECR existing today (2017). Natural resources CP and ECR CP: Chapter 4, Stewardship. ECR: Chapter 3, Preservation and Restoration of Natural Resources, and Livability and Quality of Life. Generally throughout both documents: CP forward thinking and ECR existing today (2017) or past work. Hazardous Areas CP and ECR CP: Chapter 4 in multiple sections. ECR: Chapter 5, Hazardous Areas. There are a few proactive elements in CP, but mostly addressed in ECR (the City does not expect more). Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 9 of 146 Page 7 Element Document Chapter/Section Reference Summary Public Services CP and ECR CP: Addressed heavily throughout, but more notably in Chapter 3 Evolving Community. ECR: Addressed throughout, but more notably in Chapter 4, Public Services. Generally throughout both documents: CP forward thinking and ECR existing today (2017) or past work. Transportation CP and ECR CP: Addressed throughout, but more notably in Chapter 6, Connected Community. ECR: Addressed most notably in Chapter 3, Transportation Generally throughout both documents: CP forward thinking and ECR existing today (2017) or past work. Recreation CP and ECR CP: Addressed heavily throughout, but more notably in Chapter 4 Livable Community, Parks and Pathways. ECR: Addressed heavily throughout but most notable in Chapter 4, Recreation, Parks and Pathways. Generally throughout both documents: CP forward thinking and ECR existing today (2017) or past work. Special Areas or Sites CP and ECR CP: Primarily addressed in Chapter 5, Historic Preservation. ECR: Most notably addressed in Chapter 5, What are the Physical and Cultural Features of Meridian. There is a Historic Preservation section in the Comp Plan and several policies throughout, but addressed mostly in the ECR. Housing CP and ECR CP: Addressed heavily throughout, but most notable in Chapter 2, Premier Community, Housing, and Chapter 3, Evolving Community, Future Land Use Map. Generally throughout both documents: CP forward thinking and ECR existing today (2017) or past work. Community Design CP and ECR CP: Addressed throughout, but most notably in Chapter 5, Vibrant Community, Character, Design, and Identity. ECR: Addressed in Chapter 3, Community Design. Generally throughout both documents: CP forward thinking and ECR existing today (2017). Agriculture CP and ECR CP: Chapter 4, policy to support appropriate agricultural operations as a source for local food. ECR: Chapter 5, What are the Physical and Cultural Features of Meridian? The City is planning for urban services and is transparent on this. The City would like to support local food. ECR has analysis on agricultural land consumption. Implementation CP CP: Chapter 2 through 6 contain policies (goals, objectives, and action items) and together represent Implementation. Implementation is a critical component of the Comp Plan. Some elements of the ECR address policies in the Comp Plan, such as demographics and tracking of data, but there is no implementation assigned in the ECR. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 10 of 146 Page 8 Element Document Chapter/Section Reference Summary National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors CP and ECR CP: Chapter 4 policy to work with Idaho Power to ensure one does not traverse Meridian. ECR: Chapter 5, National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors, provides some text regarding history on this topic. The City does not have and does not want a National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor through the City. Public Airport Facilities ECR Chapter 3, Mobility Management, Public Airport Facilities There are several airports near Meridian, including Boise, Nampa and Caldwell and we do not intend to build another. Notes: a CP reference means the topic is addressed in the Comprehensive Plan, and an ECR reference means the topic is addressed in the Existing Conditions Report. 1. Proposed Policies Summary There are several new and substantially revised policies proposed in the subject Plan. Again, these policies reflect the communities’ priorities and vision for the future. This section will not address all proposed policies, see the Plan itself for those, but rather Staff wants to highlight a few of the more significant policy changes. The amount of change and growth the City has experienced over the past 15 years, and which is anticipated to continue, was a huge topic. There are many new policies that try to address how the City should grow more strategically. Traffic and school over-crowding concerns were the most prevalent concerns heard with regard to the rate of growth and development approval. Collaborative growth management and improved communication with other agencies and service providers is better highlighted in the new Plan. Identifying areas where growth and development is encouraged, and where it should not occur yet, is another new policy in the Plan. To help define these areas, the Service Impact Tool, which was developed concurrently with the Plan, will be used. This tool helps to identify parcels that have services, utilities and amenities in close proximity. Defining priority growth areas will required coordination and collaboration. Neighborhood identity was important to many and therefore there are policies included in the Plan that address community design, architectural design, the importance of creating places that people want to congregate, and potentially establishing neighborhood districts or associations that define sense of place are in the new Plan. Related, open space and amenities like parks and pathways are important. There are policies in the new Plan that call for the City to address its current development standards for open space and amenities in new subdivisions as well as prioritizing community-connecting pathways. Similar to neighborhood identity, many in the community want to preserve the historic and cultural heritage of Meridian. There are policies addressing the agricultural heritage of the community and being good stewards of natural resources. In the current Plan, a “step” up or down in residential density is allowed without amending the Future Land Use Map. Many have complained about this policy; it is removed from the current Plan. Related, the new Plan explicitly defines the residential density range for each designation. Post adoption of the Plan, it is anticipated that several of the ideas and concerns raised about growth and development in Meridian will be further addressed through other mechanisms Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 11 of 146 Page 9 such as amending City Code, including tactics in the Strategic Plan and executing more detailed land use planning efforts. Staff intends to discuss with the Planning & Zoning Commission and the Mayor and Council what policies are the highest priorities and then implement them as quickly as possible. Planning & Zoning Action: The Planning & Zoning Commission did not make any explicit changes to the proposed policies of the Plan, but one of the general requests/recommendations for City Council was to potentially explore transitions required between estate sized lots and regular City sized lots. For more details, see Section VI. 2. Proposed Text and Policy Revisions to Steering Committee Recommendation: Staff wish to respect the text of the Plan as proposed by the Steering Committee. However, there are a few areas where Staff believes changes are appropriate. These changes to the submitted proposal/application are detailed in this section in underline (green) and strike- through (red) from what was submitted (Staff analysis in italics). (From Executive Summary) Since 2011, when the last Comprehensive Plan was adopted, the City of Meridian has changed significantly. While much of this change has been positive, the City faces must plan for the challenges in accommodating additional growth. This Plan sets forth the framework necessary for orderly growth and development reflecting the communities values today, while anticipating the needs, wants, and desires of later generations. Without guided growth and development, overcrowding, congestion, safety, community identity, and an overall deterioration of the current quality of life and living may result. A year-long planning process resulted in a Comprehensive Plan document that continues to elevate Meridian as a major population and employment center within the Treasure Valley and one of the most desirable places to live in the nation. This updated Comprehensive Plan (select revisions):  Is inspired by a grass-roots, and citizen-based and collaborative process  Defines approaches to areas of growth and change  Supports a diversity of housing types and for all income groups (From Chapter 1) Implementation of the Plan will take hard work and dedication from the entire community. Many of these actions have already started based on community input. After adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, one of the first steps will be to prioritize the action items listed in the Plan. City Departments and other stakeholders will be part of the process to determine which action items are immediate, intermediate, or long-term priorities. This consolidated list of the action items will be referred to as the Implementation Plan of the Comprehensive Plan and it will establish both an action item lead and support, including all City departments or civic organizations that need to be involved in completing each action. After staff consensus on priorities, the draft policies will be shared with the Mayor and City Council for approval and allocation of any resources needed to execute the highest priorities. The intent of the Implementation Plan is to provide transparency to the community and ensure timely execution of the Comprehensive Plan’s action items through assigned responsibilities and priorities. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 12 of 146 Page 10 (From Chapter 2) 2.6.1E Focus on developing industries that tend to exceed the living wage, such as technology, healthcare and other similar industries. (From Chapter 4) 4.1.1D Evaluate impact fees for public open space to ensure development is paying the full allowable appropriate fee. 4.7.1B 4.5.2.F Support construction projects that demonstrate an innovative and effective approach to stormwater management and Low Impact Development. This policy does not relate to the goal of reducing energy conservation; move under goal that relates to protecting surface water quality. 4.11.3.D Locate new fire stations in areas that meet response time needs today and into the future. Planning & Zoning Action: The Planning and Zoning Commission recommendation was to include staff proposed revisions and they did not make any additional changes in this area. B. Future Land Use Map (FLUM): 1. Citywide Overview The proposed Plan includes significant changes to the adopted Future Land Use Map. Many of these changes are “cleanup”, to reflect recent entitlement and existing developments, such as parks and schools, or are being made to be more consistent with previous approvals. There are also some areas with significant changes (by land use area). Large areas of Low Density Residential (LDR) were changed to Medium Density Residential (MDR) for example, because a subdivision was approved with a step, and MDR is literally what exists now. Other changes were made to treat two similar uses the same, such as churches, which may have had identical zoning and were adjacent to each-other, but had different future land uses. While the Map depicts future land uses, in Meridian today more of the Map is existing than future, as few areas are expected to see wholesale redevelopment within the lifespan of this Plan. Note: The tables below reflect the Steering Committee recommended version of this Plan, and not recommendations or alternatives by Staff (see Additional Recommendations section below). Table of Future Land Use Change Types: Change Type Acres 1. AOCI Removal 1,155 2. Cleanup Changes 509 3. Consolidation of Designation Types 55 4. General Change (staff initiated and by property owner request) 5,758 5. NC Overlay removed (but no change to Mixed Use designation) 384 6. No Change 31,196 Total Future Land Use Area 39,058 Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 13 of 146 Page 11 The Table of Land Use Coverage Comparison below breaks down the adopted/current land use designations by area and compares it with proposed land use categories. It is important to understand however that these are not necessarily apples to apples comparisons. There are some significant changes looking only at area, but the context is important. Some land uses change significantly, but the backstory not shared for example, is that some change was due to a prior approval for a “float” or “step”. Many of these are already built and existing. Another example is the “Rural / Estate Residential” designation being removed, but the correlation not shown in the table is that a significant area of this was removed from the City entirely, and not changed to a more intensive designation. Another example is cause and effect. There is more “Med-High Density Residential” now, largely due to proposed designations in the Fields area. To support a desire for more centralized community commercial opportunities in the Fields area, analysis determined that more rooftops were required to support it. The backstory on every FLUM change cannot realistically be described in this report. However, analysis went into each and every one of the proposed changes and collectively they are presented with thought, reason, and analysis. Large areas, or sub-areas, of the City were also reviewed as part of corridor and market analysis. If an area or parcel was not specifically reviewed due to opportunity, need, or request however, it was still considered as part of aggregated totals and support for the larger vision. It is reasonable to expect that some land uses will be questioned in the future, but caution should be taken as to whether or not a location is the highest and/or best use; the designation and aggregated total is still important to the larger whole, and while some areas may not be the highest or best, there may be other reasons for the designation. Table of Land Use Coverage Comparison: Designation Adopted Proposed Low Density Residential 9,926 8,014 Medium Density Residential 15,165 16,889 Med-High Density Residential 670 902 High Density Residential 573 662 Commercial 1,548 1,610 Office 343 314 General Industrial 1,047 1,336 Civic 1,503 1,638 Old Town 336 336 Mixed Use -Neighborhood 1,014 1,007 Mixed Use - Community 1,475 1,954 Mixed Use - Non Residential 499 369 Mixed Use - Regional 1,553 1,566 Mixed Use - Interchange 270 294 Low Density Employment * 97 97 High Density Employment * 75 77 Mixed Employment * 520 518 Mixed Use - Residential * 68 68 Mixed Use - Commercial * 194 251 Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 14 of 146 Page 12 Designation Adopted Proposed Rural/Estate Residential 1,967 - Park * 34 - Lifestyle Center * 73 - Pipeline Easement * 9 - Civic Ten Mile * 91 - Total 39,051 37,903 * Denotes a Ten Mile Interchange Designation 2. Specific Area Highlights: There are a number of geographically centered changes of note, which are discussed in the following text: i. Ten Mile Interchange Specific Area Changes: The proposed FLUM includes some consolidation of future land use designations in the Ten Mile Interchange Specific Area Plan (Specific Plan). These designations are not being removed from the text of the Specific Plan, but they are being zeroed out on the Map and removed from the legend. By leaving the designations in the text of the Specific Plan, references in Development Agreements will not be upset and they could potentially be used in the future should more work be done. The Civic designation, the Green Space/Park Land, and the Pipeline Easement designations have all been removed from the legend of the FLUM. The Civic land use designation was duplicative with the city-wide Civic designation, and has been merged. The Park designation was duplicative with how the Civic designation is used city-wide, and some areas were also inconsistent with other planning documents, most notably the Master Pathways Plan. Another issue is the use of the parks designation on private land, without any specific Plan for public-private partnership or purchase. One area was reduced in size, but because it represents the last greenfield opportunity for a rail corridor transit oriented development (TOD), it was left on the map with a smaller Civic designation and associated TOD future facility icon. The Pipeline designation was inconsistent in that the pipeline easement is not shown elsewhere in the City, and generally something that the Williams Northwest Pipeline Co. prefers not be shown with great accuracy. In addition to consolidation, the Lifestyle Center land use designation is absent from the new Map as well. A large portion of the Lifestyle Center area had been previously changed to Commercial in 2012, through an approved Comprehensive Plan Map amendment. A request by the property owner for the remaining area, to remove it from their property and designate it Commercial, was supported by the Steering Committee and therefore leaves no remaining area with this designation. The text for this designation will remain in the Ten Mile Interchange should another opportunity arise for a change elsewhere, but typically anything that could be developed in a Lifestyle Center could also be done in a Commercial designation. An existing development agreement also references the designation in the Specific Area Plan. Staff is supportive of this change as the areas north and south have not realized the planned intensity to support such a center, the area remaining after other approved zoning is a fraction of the area contemplated in the Plan, and there is no planned Transit Oriented Development or regional transit system to support the area, as is contemplated in the Plan. A lifestyle center contemplated in the Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 15 of 146 Page 13 Specific Plan is something like the Gateway in Salt Lake, or like the Village at Meridian built-out, but with integrated high density housing. All of the Ten Mile Interchange residential designations with names identical to the city- wide land use designations have also been removed from the legend of the Map. These designations still exist, but a note on the Map already refers to the Ten Mile Plan for direction rather than the Comprehensive Plan. Lastly, staff is proposing a change to the roadway network depicted in the Specific Plan. This revision functionally results in no change in a future road, but has been requested by neighbors who fear there is going to be a future road bisecting their properties. The road alignment is flexible, and construction of the road would only occur when neighbors decided to sell and development is approved. However, there is some fear of eminent domain or other aggressive government action. Staff would not normally support a change such as this due to cost and time of the effort, but when run concurrently to the larger application it is easier to facilitate. The image below depicts this change, but if approved several maps would need to be modified on page 3-18 and 3-22 of the Specific Area Plan. Planning & Zoning Action: The Planning and Zoning Commission did not recommend any additional changes in this area. Ten Mile Road Network Revision: ii. Rural / Estate Residential In 2012 the City evaluated land use designations for South Meridian. In direct response to stakeholder requests at the time, the City identified a new future land use designation to set aside lands for more actionable agriculture and/or open space preservation – Rural / Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 16 of 146 Page 14 Estate Residential. This Rural / Estate Residential designation capped dwelling units at 1 unit per 5 acres, and was geographically located in the furthest south-west Area of City Impact. The Rural / Estate designation was intended to support clustered residential nodes to develop in key areas and with services, but adjoining lands “behind the homes” would be cut-off and without infrastructure capacity (sewer and water) to service. In this way some preservation of agricultural and open space lands could occur while still allowing for some low-density development within the City, much in the way Ada County has approved numerous non-farm subdivision within Meridian’s Area of City Impact. As is the case with long-range planning efforts, circumstances change, people change, and property owners change. With Meridian services still some ways off from the southwest, and with other agencies allowing for more density, some property owners now prefer to redevelop instead of remaining rural. Some of these parcels have annexed into other jurisdictions, undermining Meridian’s efforts to sustainably plan and preserve. Planning for urban services is an important element and requirement of State Code and cannot be overstated. Meridian spends a great deal of time and money planning for services. Infrastructure being built today must be sized appropriately or it becomes excessive and costlier to both install and maintain, if planned densities are not realized. Because a city, by definition, is urban and not rural, the Rural / Estate designation is being removed from the Plan. Areas with a Low Density designation may still develop in larger estate clusters, but the City will require service extensions (sewer and water) to and through all properties, and analysis will need to verify that service areas can be maintained sustainably. Planning & Zoning Action: The Planning and Zoning Commission did not disagree with the reasons for removing the Rural / Estate designation, but did recommend that Council either consider an ultra-low designation to better highlight existing estate sized lots in the County, and/or to look at improved transitions to these areas. Part of the recommendation also asked for the door to remain open on these changes in the future. For more details, see section VI below. 3. Additional Staff Recommendations: As stated above, Staff wish to respect the Steering Committee’s proposed Future Land Use Map. However, there are a few areas where alternative recommendations or requests are hereby proposed by City Staff. These changes to the submitted proposal/application are detailed in this section. Some of the Staff-recommended changes are the result of active neighborhood participation and requests, after the Public Draft and Steering Committee involvement. Other changes are being proposed largely because Staff believes circumstances warrant an alternative recommendation that is more feasible and in alignment with the overall vision and responsibilities of the Plan. In most of these cases, these areas are on a tipping point, where existing land uses are one thing considered, public sentiment varies, realistic expectations are diverse, long-term needs are expressed, and market forces are suggesting or requesting change. Staff has tried to keep all of that in mind; being respectful of what is on the ground today while also planning for the future, when proposing the following alternative FLUM designations. i. Magic Bridge Area (Magic View/Woodbridge/Locust View Heights) Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 17 of 146 Page 15 The “Magic Bridge” area is generally the area east of Locust Grove Road, north of I-84, west of Eagle Road, and south of Franklin Road. This area is diverse in land use, age of structures and infrastructure. It suffers from extremely poor connectivity among City and County subdivisions. There are a number of proposed FLUM changes on the eastern portion in this area, which staff is generally supportive of, but there remains one area of specific concern that staff believes should also be addressed in the Plan. One of the neighborhoods in this area is the Locust View Heights neighborhood (which includes several smaller subdivisions). This older County subdivision has no vehicular outlet towards Eagle Road or connectivity to Woodbridge Subdivision to the north. The land uses consists of largely one-acre lots, each with their own well and septic systems. This neighborhood fronts both I-84 and Locust Grove Road, which has signalized access at Bentley Drive. Early on in the Plan development process Staff had hoped that the neighborhood, like some other older County subdivisions, would be interested in redevelopment long-term; maximizing their location and visibility, and potentially selling for higher values. While some stakeholders were interested in this and provided written comments, the majority of residents did not buy-in to this concept. This is a unique situation with a secluded estate- sized lot County subdivision in the heart of the community, with lots of nearby development on a major interstate (I-84) and bookended by local arterials (Locus Grove Rd. and Eagle Rd.). With this property being located in the City’s Area of City Impact, we must have a plan for providing urban-level services. An opportunity to address service issues, to improve connectivity, and to provide new opportunities to capitalize on synergies with healthcare related education and employment was explored with residents, consultants and other stakeholders. From a services standpoint, the important concern is how this subdivision will become part of the City someday. Individual well and septic systems in such a close geographic area is not sustainable long-term, or in anyone’s best interest. Maintaining these systems on only one acre and in such close geographic density is a long-term liability. Staff does feel it would be right, fair, or in the City’s best interest for existing residents and rate/tax payers to subsidize the cleanup and connection of these properties sometime in the future; a plan for services should be made. Residents in Locust Heights were mostly opposed to any future change to land use, services or their current way of life. While Staff can understand stakeholder concern, and the difficulty in contemplating change that may be several property owners down the line, there was limited recognition of long-term service issues, for the City’s responsibility to plan for said services, for their own liability and risk with failing services, or for increasingly stringent requirements for septic systems. Staff believes this neighborhood and the larger community is at risk if conditions slip and there is not an action plan to provide critical utilities. Staff is proposing a revised concept for this area which reflects the consultant recommendation to the Steering Committee. This recommendation would allow for the long-term redevelopment of this neighborhood, which would have to pay for remediation of existing well and septic systems, new services, and provide for greater local connectivity in the area. It would be imperative that with any redevelopment, that a collector type roadway convey traffic from the signal at Locust Grove and Central Drive out to Wells Street. In exchange, greater intensity of uses near the Interstate would be allowed, while transitioning to the less intensive adjacent uses. Parks and trails would Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 18 of 146 Page 16 need to be considered after adoption, and the area might benefit from further master planning if a greater vision was desired along this corridor. Long-range redevelopment, which may be a distant future, is the only option staff can transparently support that addresses services and concerns for the long-term health, safety, and welfare of the public, at least without subsidies. With that said, if the stakeholders in this neighborhood are able to collectively work to address these concerns, then Planning staff could be supportive of revising the map in the future. This would be a missed economic development opportunity, but estate sized lots are also important, in demand, and could be valuable to the community if health, safety, and service concerns were resolved. Planning & Zoning Action: Instead of the Steering Committee recommendation, the Planning & Zoning Commission endorsed the Staff Recommendation concept. Magic Bridge Area Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff Recommendation: Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 19 of 146 Page 17 Magic Bridge Area Adopted Plan (for reference): Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 20 of 146 Page 18 Magic Bridge Area Steering Committee Recommendation (submitted with application): ii. Black Cat - Cherry - Railroad Area This area encompasses an area south of Cherry Lane, east of McDermott Road, west of Black Cat Road, and north of the railroad tracks. The current proposal is to change a substantial amount of lands planned for Low Density Residential to Industrial; to move the Mixed Use Neighborhood from the mid-mile on Cherry Lane to the south-east corner of McDermott and Cherry; and to change the Map to reflect the existing medium density subdivision and adjacent property from LDR to MDR. Staff is proposing a tweak to the future land use concept in this area (see Concept below). While staff is generally supportive of the Steering Committee (SC) recommendation in this area, and the reasons for them, some additional adjustments can help to better facilitate ideal transitions and allow for additional redevelopment opportunities. This area is difficult and contentious as the existing County subdivision on El Gato is strongly opposed to the Industrial future land use change, and have expressed a desire to remain Low Density Residential, long-term. Staff believes that the future extension of SH-16 highway and planned industrial uses to the west and south in Canyon County, will drastically shape the look and feel of this area long-term. Some of the industrial planned in Nampa along the rail is heavy industrial, and impacts of those facilities may extend much further than their property lines. Ultimately the recommendations below may reflect a change for this area, but it’s entirely possible that it may be decades from now. These properties are and will continue to be zoned in the County, they may still be bought and sold as single-family homes (and they are in demand), and the property owners have the final say on timing. There is a need to designate more lands in Meridian’s Area of City Impact for future industrial uses. A Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 21 of 146 Page 19 change to the Map in this area reflects the opportunity to be something else in the future, if and when “higher and better” market forces suggest industrial/commercial opportunities. Sewer for most of this area is planned to come down the McDermott trunk line on the western edge of the area/County line. Similarly, it is expected that most commercial traffic servicing the area would come from McDermott Road and the future SH-16 / Franklin Interchange, just west of the County line. The staff recommendation includes some additional transitional offices along Black Cat into the Industrial area. This makes better use of existing topographic features while providing opportunities for ancillary employment and residential supportive land uses. In both the Staff and Steering Committee recommendations, the large mixed use area is reduced in overall size and moved to McDermott and Cherry, across from a future regional park. Consultant analysis supported a smaller commercial area and was requested by property owners. This would also locate any residential, possible medium to medium-high density in the mixed use area, closer to the park. There is a need to designate more lands in Meridian’s Area of City Impact for future industrial uses. Even today, industrial land is in short supply and the City often struggles with missed employment opportunities due to limited availability. Industrial land with rail access is even more limited. Ultimately, this Comprehensive Plan is tasked with Planning for the future needs of the City, and a well-balanced land use portfolio is important to the long-term health of the community and a balanced and diverse job market. Planning & Zoning Action: An alternative to the staff proposed recommendation was discussed and recommended by the Planning & Zoning Commission. This concept, which was previously recommended to the Steering Committee by the project consulted and staff, reduced the overall Industrial area from what the Steering Committee recommended. The industrial lands planned in this concept was reduced down to below the Sky-view Ranchettes (along El Gato Ln), and effectively bound between what would be a Pine Ave extension to the west, and the Railroad tracks. This left some Low Density Residential in the area of Puma Ave, to buffer existing residential there, which has a roadway stub for additional residential to the west, and without any sort of landscape or land use transition. This alternative concept is shown in an exhibit below. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 22 of 146 Page 20 Black Cat – Cherry – Railroad Planning & Zoning Commission Recommendation: Black Cat – Cherry - Railroad Staff Recommendation: Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 23 of 146 Page 21 Black Cat - Cherry – Railroad Adopted Plan (for reference): Nampa Future Land Use Map Exhibit (for reference): Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 24 of 146 Page 22 Black Cat - Cherry – Railroad Steering Committee Recommendation (submitted with application): iii. Rustler Place Area The Rustler Place area is generally located between Amity Road and Victory Road, ¼ of a mile east of Ten Mile Road, and approximately ½ mile west of Linder Road. No changes in this area were contemplated by the Steering Committee as the petition for change came later in the process (post application submittal.) Staff is recommending additional changes to this area from the Steering Committee recommended Plan. Rustler Place is a private road on the south side of Victory with some existing and under construction estate-style homes on large acreage parcels. The swath of land on both sides of this road and extending all the way down to Amity Road is currently designated Medium Density Residential (MDR) on the Future Land Use Map and has been since the 2012 South Meridian project. Neighbors in this area were not involved in earlier efforts with the Comp Plan, but became engaged after some development interests arose on the northwest corner of Amity and Linder. A request was received from these neighbors to change the land use designation for this area from MDR to Rural / Estate Residential, after the Steering Committee recommendation had already been made. As mentioned earlier in this report, the Rural / Estate Residential designation is proposed to be removed; therefore, Staff is recommending a change in this area to Low Density Residential as shown in the exhibit below. The number and configuration of larger estates in this area, with more under construction, would be unlikely to intensify or redevelop as anything other than Low Density Residential. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 25 of 146 Page 23 Planning & Zoning Action: The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended the Staff Recommendation to City Council for approval, at a minimum, as shown below. See Section VI, for more related information. Rustler Place Area Planning & Zoning Commission and Staff Recommendation: Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 26 of 146 Page 24 Rustler Area Adopted Plan (for reference): iv. Overland and Eagle Area This area is generally east of Eagle Road, north of Overland Road, west of the Ridenbaugh Canal, and south of I-84. Not all areas in this section mile contemplate changes to the Future Land Use Map. The subject change largely applies to the Rolling Hill and Jewel subdivisions in unincorporated Ada County. Staff is supportive of the Steering Committee recommended changes in this area. However, given the rapid speed of development, commercial property speculation and acquisition, and high visibility and traffic in the area, there are some concerns with the proposed Mixed Use Regional land use designation absent additional planning work. Staff is concerned with County enclaves, transportation network expansion and access, service and utility expansion and connectivity, potential provision and identification of other services such as parks and pathways needed to support higher intensity uses, and with general redevelopment equity. There is a high degree of opportunity for fragmented services and development that could exacerbate transportation issues on Overland Road, which is planned for 7-lanes in ACHD’s Capital Improvement Plan, and for impacts to the busiest interchange in the State at Eagle Road/I-84. The area should be considered as a whole and access maintained to all properties, without one-off access onto Overland Road. The City should not be put into a position where access to Overland must be provided, simply because some property take longer to redevelop or goes first. Staff recommends that post adoption of the Plan, a more detailed look at this area be performed addressing service and transportation needs. Until this exercise is completed, additional annexations with development entitlements should be limited. A change to the Future Land Use Map to Mixed Use Regional will still provide the Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 27 of 146 Page 25 overall framework for future development and confidence for real-estate investments, knowing that the City expects and plans for an area to redevelop. As part of that process, work should be explored with stakeholders to try and identify timing of redevelopment, so that clear and transparent expectations may be had for existing stakeholders. Staff will recommend that a specific area plan be one of the highest priority implementation projects for 2020. Planning & Zoning Action: The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the Steering Committee recommendation to City Council for approval. v. Fields Area This area is generally north of Ustick Road, East of Can-Ada Road, South of SH-20/26 (Chinden), and west of McDermott and the Future SH-16 extension. Staff is not proposing revisions to the Steering Committee Recommendation, but would like to stress that there is some additional work required in this area to meet the intended vision of the Plan. Transportation, parks, and pathways all need a closer review to ensure they meet and support a larger vision. Additionally, this area may benefit from next steps contemplated in some of the policies in the Plan. This area, much like South Meridian, will be disconnected with the rest of North Meridian and may benefit from additional design and architectural standards to ensure it retains a sense of place, and that its commercial center is an attractor and destination. This area was identified in the original scope of work as requiring some extra analysis and outreach. A workshop was held with stakeholders and the proposed Plan attempts to mesh some diverse opinions while providing an opportunity for a unique sense of Place. In additional to the future SH-16 extension, a significant consideration for the future land use designations in this area was the Intermountain Liquefied Natural Gas Plant. It is important that this critical infrastructure be considered with regard to separation of land uses, and quality of life impacts related to lights, noise, and other impacts. Planning & Zoning Action: The Planning and Zoning Commission recommended the Steering Committee recommendation forward to City Council for approval. vi. Southern Rim Staff is not proposing revisions to the Steering Committee Recommendation, but wanted to call this area out due to analysis done as part of the Scope of Work. The Southern Rim is the defined largely by the ridge that runs north-west to south-east south of I-84. The ridge begins near the Ten Mile Interchange and ends near the Boise Ranch Golf Course. Early on in the process, it had been requested that some extra effort be put into the Future Land Use Map analysis in this area, largely to see if there were additional opportunities for large-lot estate densities. Through consultant review and Staff analysis it was found that most of this area with view opportunities have been previously developed in the County or entitled with the City, with limited large or specific opportunities identified for more Low Density Residential. There are some notable changes in this area, but most changes are either cleanup to reflect that which is built or entitled already, or to areas adjacent to the rim. A couple of notable changes are to the Simplot property on Amity and Meridian Road and some lands Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 28 of 146 Page 26 around Mary McPherson Elementary School. Parcels in this area may benefit from next steps with policy work. There are a number of proposed policies, which if prioritized and acted on, could help to identify and establish a sense of place for the larger Rim area. Entryways and mixed-use areas especially underscore some of the opportunities. Policies related to sense of place and heritage could be explored as they relate to site design, open space, and architecture (see the Proposed Policies Summary above for more information.) Planning & Zoning Action: The Planning and Zoning Commission did not recommend any additional changes in this area. vii. Waste Water Resource Recovery Facility Area Staff is not proposing revisions to the Steering Committee Recommendation in this area, but wanted to call it out as being likely to change in the near future. As part of the project outreach and public involvement, the City received several requests for revisions to the future land use designations in the area around the Waste Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) located near Ten Mile and Ustick roads. The adopted designations in this area vary, but properties immediately adjacent to the WRRF facility are designated Mixed Use Non-Residential. The facility has been undergoing a massive upgrade and the full offsite impacts are not well understood today. The Public Works Department has verbally committed to doing a review of the installation after the upgrade is completed, to better understand where the noise, odor, or other offsite impacts are most severe. After this review is done, the City will re-examine the adopted land use designations and work with the adjacent property owners to determine if other designations may be appropriate, or if other mitigation measures are necessary. The Steering Committee, project consultants, and City staff agreed that this wait-and-see approach was most appropriate. It should be noted that some of the designation changes requested were for residential, because non-residential uses have not been viable in this location. The City’s Comprehensive Plan does not guarantee timing or paths of annexation. Many of the areas to the southwest, west, and northwest of the WRRF have not yet developed in the City, and many rooftops that could support non-residential uses in this vicinity do not yet exist. The City still has to plan for having a full suite of both diverse types and locations of uses, and orderly growth has not necessarily occurred in this area, to include the extension of utilities such as sewer, ironically. Future analysis will help determine the best and most appropriate mix of land uses in this area. Planning & Zoning Action: The Planning and Zoning Commission did not recommend any additional changes in this area. C. Area of City Impact While most of the adopted planning area or Area of City Impact (AOCI) remains the same, there are a number or proposed revisions, which are mostly minor and reflecting corrections to errors or previous changes agreed upon by the City and its neighbors. There is one significantly large change on the City’s southern planning boundary worth noting. To better plan for services and improve transparency, the City has removed all of those areas which the City of Kuna has previously annexed within Meridian’s AOCI. Additional lands nearby, already planned to be serviced by Kuna, or cost-prohibitive or impossible to now be serviced by Meridian are also being removed from Meridian’s AOCI. This boundary was established in coordination with Kuna leadership, the Mayor’s Office, and the appropriate city Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 29 of 146 Page 27 staff members. Meridian Public Works and Planning staff has worked to identify new service areas that Meridian can still reasonably service and released the remaining areas to Kuna or Ada County for planning; these areas are reflected in the new Future Land Use Map. Consistent with Ada County Code, Title 9, after the new Comprehensive Plan is adopted the City will work with Ada County to adjust the Area of City Impact (as well as adopt the rest of the Plan). Planning & Zoning Action: The Planning and Zoning Commission did not recommend any additional changes to the AOCI. VI. DECISION A. Staff: Staff recommends approval of the proposed Comprehensive Plan with the recommended revisions described in Section V of this report. NOTE: Staff will provide an updated Future Land Use Map that incorporates the changes explained and shown in Section V to the October 17th meeting. B. Commission: The Meridian Planning & Zoning Commission heard this item on October 17th, 2019, and moved to recommend approval of the subject CPAT and CPAM. 1. Key Issues of public testimony. Below is a brief summary of some of the testimony provided during the October 17th Commission meeting. Public testimony was robust. Please see the Commission meeting minutes or searchable documents/laserfische for complete transcripts. See also Appendix E of the draft Plan for additional public participation summaries and comments from the process. Key issues largely involve areas of both the adopted and proposed FLUM. i. Magic Bridge Area (Magic View/Woodbridge/Locust View Heights): Testimony varied with some support for change, but most stakeholders in the Locust Heights Subdivision want to retain the current Low Density Residential designation. ii. Black Cat – Cherry – Railroad Area: Neighborhood testified to retain the Low Density Residential, not Industrial. iii. Rustler Place Area & Rural / Estate Residential: Testimony for stronger preservation and transitions to estate-sized homes from planned urban densities. 2. Commission Changes to Staff Recommendation. The Planning & Zoning Commission recommended the following additional revisions and considerations to the Staff recommendation: i. Explore the creation or evaluation of an “Ultra-Low Residential” density future land use designation. ii. Provide an opportunity for staff to evaluate low density subdivisions in southwest Meridian that should be reflected on the future use map accordingly. iii. In the southwest Meridian area, explore transitions between land uses and potentially consider alternative land use scenarios; at a minimum incorporate the staff recommendation of Low Density Residential around Rustler Lane (Amity/Ten Mile/Victory). iv. In the Black Cat – Cherry – Railroad area, incorporate the staff alternative concept discussed during the public hearing that shifts the Industrial designation to the area between the alignment of Pine Ave and the railroad. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 30 of 146 Page 28 3. Outstanding Issue(s) for City Council i. There were a handful of development related requests for changes to the Future Land Use Map that were either not supported by the Steering Committee, or were submitted late in the process of Plan development. The Commission was supportive of seeing some of these proposals/projects come back as part of development application proposals in the near future. While the process of developing a new Plan is comprehensive, and Staff believes the Plan will serve the community well for years to come, there may be a few areas that could warrant changes in the near future. If Council supports this direction, any future public hearing development applications discussed in hearing should reference the meeting minutes to avoid stigma of altering a new Plan. ii. Members of the public testified that the City should plan to preserve the agricultural heritage and maintain or enhance additional rural land uses. The Commission’s response was to recommend Council consider an “Ultra-Low” designation and/or to look at transitions in existing rural neighborhoods that will likely not significantly change (redevelop) over time. In response to Commission action and public testimony, staff proposes the following additions to the “Low Density Residential” designation (underline is new): “This designation allows for the development of single-family homes on large and estate lots at gross densities of three dwelling units or less per acre. These areas often transition between existing rural and urban properties. Developments need to respect agricultural heritage and resources, recognize view sheds and open spaces, and maintain or improve the overall atmosphere of the area. The use of open spaces, parks, trails, and other appropriate means should enhance the character of the area. Density bonuses may be considered with the provision of additional public amenities such as a park, school, or land dedicated for public services. Sample zoning include: R-2 and R-4.” Staff believes that this additional text addresses both the Commission’s and community’s desire to preserve existing, and plan for additional, estate lots, maintain and enhance rural neighborhood identities, all while planning to provide urban level amenities and services. iii. Several policies within the new Plan will require additional work by the public and/or City staff. Prioritization of these projects, identifying resource needs and level of effort will be important next steps post adoption of the Plan. C. City Council: Enter Summary of City Council Decision. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 31 of 146 Page 29 VII. CITY/AGENCY COMMENTS & CONDITIONS No additional comments have been received, prior to publishing of this Staff Report. Any subsequent comments may be found on the Laserfische/Searchble Documents website here: http://weblink.meridiancity.org/weblink8/0/fol/176760/Row1.aspx. VIII. FINDINGS A. Required Findings from the Unified Development Code 1. The proposed amendment is consistent with the other elements of the comprehensive plan. The new Plan contains all seventeen (17) elements required by Idaho State Statute. The Commission finds the new Comprehensive Plan to clearly define the vision, need, or want for each of these elements, independently and together, provides the necessary guidance for development and review, or to initiate new work and projects by the City to better meet the community vision. 2. The proposed amendment provides an improved guide to future growth and development of the city. The Commission finds that the proposed Plan provides an improved and more relevant guide to future growth and development with the City. The Plan is also more accessible to more people, and with improved tools for research and analysis. 3. The proposed amendment is internally consistent with the goals, objectives and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. The Commission finds the proposed policies are consistent with the goals of the Comprehensive Plan, as the text and policies have been crafted in unison, and after the policies have been audited through an iterative process by the project consultants, agency partners, the Steering Committee, and by Staff. 4. The proposed amendment is consistent with this Unified Development Code. The Commission finds the proposed Plan provides the necessary guidance to effectively administer the requirements of the Unified Development Code (UDC), and to direct work to maintain and modify the UDC to remain consistent with the proposed vision. 5. The amendment will be compatible with existing and planned surrounding land uses. The Commission finds the proposed Plan will be compatible with existing and planned surrounding land uses. 6. The proposed amendment will not burden existing and planned service capabilities. The Commission finds that the proposed Plan will not burden existing and planned service capabilities. Analysis of the proposed Plan has been considered with existing and planned services to ensure that utilities can be provided and maintained in a sustainable fashion. Efficient services are a recurring theme in the proposed text and policies, as is alignment with other plans and studies. 7. The proposed map amendment (as applicable) provides a logical juxtaposition of uses that allows sufficient area to mitigate any anticipated impact associated with the development of the area. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 32 of 146 Page 30 The proposed Plan, including a new Future Land Use Map (FLUM), is not associated with any particular development; no development is concurrently proposed. The FLUM provides for a variety of uses throughout the City’s planning area, allowing sufficient area for all anticipated uses. Development proposals in the future, will need to be consistent with the proposed Map and will be reviewed on a case by case basis. 8. The proposed amendment is in the best interest of the City of Meridian. The Commission finds the proposed amendment is in the best interest of the City because it is current, more relevant, has been vetted by professionals, relevant topical specialists and stakeholders and because it includes the necessary policies for achieving the vision. Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 33 of 146 �hO From: Cognito Forms <notifications@cognitoforms.com> �utrU v\O_T ( n Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2019 3:10 PM Q RvUO To: MIDNAinfo@gmail.com; Meridian City Clerk; mayortammy; Genesis Milam; Anne Little Roberts Subject: Meridian Comprehensive Plan - Seth Murray External Sender - Please use caution with links or attachments. MIDNA Meridian Comprehensive Plan I respectfully petition the Meridian City Council to revise the Comprehensive Plan/FLUM to include the following two items: 1. The creation of a Rural/Very Low residential zoning designation. Rationale: a. During the visioning survey for the Comprehensive Plan, stakeholders asked the city to "preserve, protect and enrich Meridian's strong historic charm and character." However, a rural designation is not included in the Future Land Use Map. b. Such a designation is needed to support our community's values, and provide for a variety of housing types and densities varying from large estate or semi -rural lots. c. Meridian has numerous enclaves of 5-, 10- and 15-, and 20 -acre rural estate properties. To plan MDR zones adjacent to such properties is to encourage inappropriate adjacent transition. 2. A minimum standard of 15% qualified open space in most residential districts. Rationale: In response to the stakeholder survey responses for open space, pathways, amenities and sustainable development, we request the immediate adoption of a minimum standard of 15% qualified open space in most residential districts, with an increased set aside for the City's high density districts, and a 25% discount if the development is within 1/a mile of a public park. Entry Details NAME Seth Murray I Candice Andrus Carmen Westover Carolyn Allen Carolyn Allen Carrie Fleming Carrie Hovey Cassie Hedrick Cathy Woodward Cathy Woodward Celeste Fox Chander Sawh Charles Boyd Charles Fuqua Charles Ray Charles Webb Chase Liljegren Cheri Tarlini Chris Rood Christina Mackey Christine Herwy Christine Webb Christopher Loveland Christopher Voth Chrysanthe Eastman Clark Robinson Clifford Langlois Collin Connelly Cynthia Arrington Cynthia Arrington Daniel Shelton Danielle Fleck Darci Day Dave Dean David Boan David M Walters David Morgan David Ward David Wyler Dawn M Walters Dawn Murphy Dawnice Murray Dawnice Murray Dean Kidd Ingrid Wells Jaime Hardin Jake and Amy Anderson Jake and Amy Anderson Jame Orton James Beehn Jami Connelly Jami Connelly Jamie Claiborn Janel Alonzo Janel Hafen Janelle Barney Janelle Munson Jenna Rovig Jennifer Oeschger Jennifer Pouslon Jennifer Robinson Jennifer Schildgen Jennifer Smith Jennifer Zanelli Jenny Kyser Jeremy Lucas Jessica McKinstry Jimmy Lin Jo Hedeman Joanne Agonias Joe Baldwin John Ambrose John May John May John May John Rinehimer John Sguilera Jonathan Knapp Joseph Carroll Joseph Re3ger Joseph Reger Josh Roslund Joy Blomberg Judith Atkinson Judy Bauer Julie Duran Julie Langlois Lori Smith Louanna Shelton Madlen Tarlton Marcella White Marci Rood Margaret Hopkins Maria Freitas Marie Money Mark Clingee Mark Freeman Mark Munson Mark Nero Marvin Ward Mary Enscoe Mary forman Mason Burk Matt Eberhard Matt Smith Matthew Connelly Matthew Connelly Matthew Pond Matthew Pond Matthew Skefich Maureen Chadwick Melinda Stave Melinda Stave Melissa Johnson Merilee Andrew Michael Lange Michael Moore Michael Savage Michael W. Walters Michele Bjornson Michelle Burk Michelle McUmber Michelle Moore Mike Hampton Mindy Lin Miren Yows Modena Allen MoIIY Jollyu Nancy Freutel Natalie Marti Seth Murray Seth Murray Seth Murray Shanah Tafoya Shayna Randall Sidney Krall Stephanie May Stephenie Clingan StephenPerkins Steve and Angie Stieger Steve Robinson Steven Lucht Summer Brasher Susan Karnes Suzanne Going Sydnee Clingan Terra Inman Terry Johnson Theresa Pedigo Theresa Rademacher Thomas Manning. Tiffani Clinger Tina Dean Tonay Haustveit Tonya Chandler Tonya Chandler Tonya Fleener Tracey Hocevar Trevor Tafoya Tricia Ciaccio Tyler Langlois Tyson Mack Valarie Hruza Vonnie Allen Warren and T.L. Cays Warren Cays Wayne Martin wayne martin Wendy Tripple Whitney Lasher William Carrico William Prolsdorfer Yahiza Waller. n \ n � � VO\ Charlene Way From: Sally Reynolds <sally_a_reynolds@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2019 10:00 PM To: Joe Borton; Treg Bernt; Luke Cavener; Ty Palmer; Anne Little Roberts; Genesis Milam; mayortammy; Meridian City Clerk Subject: Meridian Comprehensive Plan Resident Petition Attachments: Meridian Comprehensive Plan Petition.xlsx External Sender - Please use caution with links or attachments. We respectfully petition the Meridian City Council to revise the Comprehensive Plan/FLUM to include the following two items: 1. The creation of a Rural/Very Low residential zoning designation. Rationale: a. During the visioning survey for the Comprehensive Plan, stakeholders asked the city to "preserve, protect and enrich Meridian's strong historic charm and character." However, a rural designation is not included in the Future Land Use Map. b. Such a designation is needed to support our community's values, and provide for a variety of housing types and densities varying from large estate or semi -rural lots. c. Meridian has numerous enclaves of 5-, 10- and 15-, and 20 -acre rural estate properties. To plan MDR zones adjacent to such properties is to encourage inappropriate adjacent transition. 2. A minimum standard of 15% qualified open space in most residential districts. Rationale: In response to the stakeholder survey responses for open space, pathways, amenities and sustainable development, we request the immediate adoption of a minimum standard of 15% qualified open space in most residential districts, with an increased set aside for the City's high density districts, and a 25% discount if the development is within 1/4 mile of a public park. Respectfully, (see attached document for signatures) Following list was provided by Sally Reynolds on 11-17-2019 Petition Alexander Carpenter Alicia Lowry Alicia Muhlestein Alicia Muhlestein Allison Cottrell Allyson Gozart Alyssa Dockery Amanda Disbrow Amanda Donkersloot Amber Miller Andrea Shelton Andrea Tlucek Andrew Peterson Angela Riley Angelina Goncharenko Ann Koga Ashley Rood Avi Dhakal Barbara Badigian Barbara Bohne Ben Shelton Beth Amar Brian and Melody Garland Brian Connelly Britt Boudreaux Cadie Hisel Caleb Barker Candice Andrus Carmen Westover Carol Rinehimer Carolyn Allen Cassie Hedrick Cathy Woodward Charles Boyd Charles Fuqua Chase Liljegren Cheri Tarlini Christina Mackey Christine Herwy Christopher Loveland Christopher Voth Chrysanthe Eastman Clark Robinson Clifford Langlois Collin Connelly Cynthia Arrington Daniel Shelton Danielle Fleck David M WALTERS David Morgan Dawn M WALTERS Dawn Murphy Deanna Johnson Deborah Boyd Denise Nielsen Douglas Rose Duanne Bohne Dyan Loya Elise Poulson Emily Shelton Eric Cormell Eric Schey Eric Stave Erin Ebright Ethan Brand Ethan Mangeac Evelyn Johnson Farrah Storli Gary Benscoter Gary Benscoter Georgette Hobson Greg Kummer Greg Reynolds Heather Doidge Heather Galm Heather Gardner Heidi Allen Heidi Klapstein Ingrid Wells Jaime Hardin Jake and Amy Anderson Janel Alonzo Janel Hafen Janelle Barney Jenna Rovig Jennifer Oeschger Jennifer Poulson Jennifer Robinson Jennifer Schildgen Jennifer Zanelli Jeremy Lucas Jessica McKinstry Jo Hedeman Joanne Agonias John Ambrose John May John Rinehimer Joseph Carroll Joseph Reger Julie Duran Karena Gardner Karlie Brand Kathleen Schmidt Kathy Kornberg Kayla Arasim Kelli Fuqua KELLY BISS Kelly Guenthner Kenneth Allen Kenzie Ward Kim Moss Kim Nero kimberly barker Kimberly Hudson Kristin Beaufort Kyndrah Armstrong Laddie Tlucek Lani Wageman Larry Chandler Larry Chandler Laura Carrico Lawrence Rust Leah Morgan Loretta Roslund Lori Jorgensen Louanna Shelton Madlen Tarlton Marie Money Mark Freeman MARK NERO Marvin Ward Mary Forman Matthew Pond Matthew Skefich Maureen Chadwick Melinda Stave Merilee Andrew Michael Moore Michael Savage MICHAEL W WALTERS Michelle Bjornson Michelle Moore Mike Hampton Mindy Lin Miren Yows Modena Allen Molly Jolley Natalie Marti Nicholas Grant Nichole Claiborn Noelia Estrada Nora Joan Ritchey Owen Barnes Ozzie Schmidt Paul Aristo Paula Bryant Paula Connelly Peggy Hodson Peggy Lucht Pete Knox Renee Keller Rick Allen Robert Carrico Rodney Larkey Rosalie Skefich Rulin Hawks Sadie Grant Saige Connelly Sandy Singletary Savannah King Scott Borchardt Sergey Kashubin Seth Murray Shanah Tafoya Sidney Krall Stephanie May Stephen Perkins Stephenie Clingan Steve & Angie Stieger Steve Lucht Steve Robinson Susan Karnes Suzanne Going Sydnee Clingan Terra Inman Terry Johnson Theresa Pedigo Theresa Rademacher Thomas Manning Tiffani Clinger Tiffany Grant Tonya Chandler Tonya Fleener Tonya Haustveit Tracey Hocevar Tricia Ciaccio Tyson Mack Vonnie Allen wayne martin Wendy Tripple Whitney Lasher William Carrico William Karcher IV Yahiza Waller Zaynah Almaaita Zayne Sedrick E!GINEERING planning and engineering communities for the future planning November 19, 2019 Honorable Mayor Tammy de Weerd and Meridian City Council 33 East Broadway Avenue Meridian, ID 83642 RE: Meridian Comprehensive Plan Draft Dear Mayor and City Council: 1029 N. Rosario Street, Suite 100 Meridian, ID 83642 Phone: (208) 938-0980 Fax: (208) 938-0941 E-mail: beckym@engsol.org I write today as a consultant to the Ada County Highway District (ACRD) and as a property and business owner in Meridian, Idaho. We have reviewed the Draft Meridian Comprehensive Plan and request the following modifications. Our client, ACHD, currently owns and operates drainage facilities at the easterly edge of the Meridian Area of Impact on E. Franklin Road. The District plans to acquire an additional 3.879 acres within Meridian's Area of City Impact and the adjoining 3.34 -acre parcel, which is currently within the Boise City limits and zoned M-1 for a future traffic operations facility. The City's current designation for this parcel is Mixed -Use Regional. It is ACHD's desire, based on the availability of services, to remove the property from Meridian's Area of Impact and be included in Boise's Area of Impact. Boise City sewer is adjacent to the 3.34 -acre parcel, and Suez Water is in Franklin Road. It is our understanding the City of Meridian will be connecting a 12 -inch water line to the Suez facilities in the near future. We respectfully request that Parcels Nos. S1109438931 and 51109438940 be removed from the City of Meridian's Area of Impact and relinquished to Boise. The two parcels are depicted on the attached map. The second area of concern is the proposed change in designation of the Engineering Solutions property and the surrounding area from industrial/commercial to mixed-use community. The area surrounding the Eagle/Pine Road intersection is inundated with traffic at certain times that leads to a virtual standstill at this intersection. My business partner and I purchased this lot specifically because of the complementary land uses that were managed by an Architectural Control Committee. We respectfully request that the designation be changed to Mixed Use — Non -Residential to meet the purpose of the PUD in place for this property. Our property, located at 1029 N. Rosario Street in Meridian, was included in a planned development for industrial and commercial uses on 320 acres in Meridian located south of Honorable Mayor and Boise City Council November 19, 2019 Page 2 Fairview and east and west of Eagle Road. This PUD initially did not propose any residential. The Crossroads Subdivision was proposed for approximately 100 acres of the PUD, far more than the 20% typically allowed in a PUD for residential uses in an I -L zone. History of Gemtone Center When the original PUD for this area was approved, it was approved with a 20% allowance for residential use. A significantly higher percentage of the area was taken up by Crossroads Subdivision alone, a poor use of highly valuable commercial property. Covenants for the Gemtone Center Subdivision specifically prohibit residential use, and all uses and designs are subject to review by the Gemtone Center Owners Association. Please consider the needs and desires of the surrounding existing businesses and either leave the property as it presently is, zoned I -L (Light Industrial) and developed with compatible uses, and modify the change to the Meridian Future Land Use Map from Mixed Use Community to Mixed Use Non -Residential. Thank you. Sincerely, EN VINEERING SOLUTION LLP Becky McKay Chief Planner/Partner bm:ss Attachments M% 0- 0 O r+ cn cn CD U) cn O 1 ❑❑ ❑❑LI I iD 9 © ❑ ❑ Q o P o v i! if it II II ll II (I o v cs r O (D 0 M% 0- 0 O r+ cn cn CD U) cn O 1 je�� 446k HATCH I I 1 I —2-0)9 DESIGN ARCHITECTURE 6126 w. state st., Boise, idaho 83703 • phone 208.475.3204 • fax 208.475.3205 • entail info@hatchda.com October 4, 2019 Comprehensive Map Amendment Request Dear property owner: The property owner near your property on E. Franklin Road in Meridian, Idaho is proposing a comprehensive map amendment to their property at parcel number S1109438871. The current zoning of their parcel is RUT and the Meridian Comprehensive Plan has the land in this area designated for Mixed Use Regional. The comprehensive map amendment we are proposing would request the current Mixed Use Reginal designation to change to Light Industrial. We feel the size and adjacent uses around your property is complimentary to the Light Industrial designation. If you are in support of the requested comprehensive map amendment from Mixed Use Regional to Light Industrial please acknowledge your support below. mm ( Q / _ � � � �) �i CPn � /�trC-2 � bo wP S fo Name: / f ' i (� q e / /C(h r� flZ `1 WI E/riwc ld 7' Address: 901 rt, � p (3 371-- I am in support of the request to amend the current Mixed Use Regional designation on my property and change the designation to Light Industrial. Signature:JWY`f_. Date: Please contact our office with any question. Sincerely, 1* Jeff Hatch, AIA LEEP AP HATCH DESIGN ARCHITECTURE November 11,2019 To whom it may concern: Our Locust Grove Heights Subdivision has been dealing with the Meridian City Council since February, 2019, about zoning changes, etc. There appears to be conflict of interest with former and present authorities with bias in favor of developers instead of individual property rights. Many of the developers in the valley are from out of state. They are here for financial gain and not the welfare of the community in the long run. Some are in favor of "urbanizing" Meridian which is the direct opposite of Meridian's advertising and goals of being family friendly. In a recent survey, an overwhelming majority of home owners valued larger lots and less urbanizing. Our subdivision provides the buffer zone to the north of the freeway with mature trees and wildlife. Past mistakes by the city of not placing a through street through Woodbridge Subdivision, as originally planned, helped the developer gain financially. Now by rezoning our subdivision, the City is hoping a developer will put a through street down Cadillac St. By shifting the responsibility of that mistake to us, the city is destroying a family centered neighborhood. It will also lower many of our property values significantly after the first few sales. individual property rights are being ignored by this type of rezoning, as the majority of owners choose to remain R1 zoning with no changes. As county citizens, we have no voting rights for city decisions. For over 50 years we have supported financially Meridian schools, fire department, churches, community events, and community morals. Our neighbors are military, business owners, teachers, skilled craftsmen, clergy, engineers, and other contributors to society. We are not a welfare area. We are all taxpayers who feel our rights are being infringed upon. Thank you for your consideration of the wishes of this neighborhood to remain intact. Sincerely, November 19, 2019 Mayor Tammy DeWeerd City Council Members City of Meridian in Idaho Greetings, What is driving the change in zoning of Locust View Heights Subdivision in the FLUM of the Comprehensive Plan? What is so compelling as to project the displacement of over 40 families from their 50 -year old neighborhood, holding over their heads the threat of sale of their community to the highest bidder? Is it a road to divert traffic from another subdivision? How much traffic actually goes through Woodbridge. Have there been any traffic studies to demonstrate the need. Is it a road to connect with another subdivision when one can drive around the corner to reach Eagle and not contribute to the congestion in the intersection at St. Luke's Hospital. Is it room for medical offices? Medical offices are already clustered across the freeway south of Overland; a medical center is planned at Ten Mile and near the freeway south of St. Luke's itself. There is bare land for sale all around us and empty space for rent without destroying a subdivision. One subdivision has already been destroyed for medical purposes near St. Luke's, and bare land still exists there. Is it an appeal to get rid of septic systems-- like thousands across the country and continuing to be included in home construction? Our wells have been rated 2-3 on a scale of ten for purity. The acreages themselves provide land for drain fields, and the geology of the land encourages a filtering and hardpan block to seepage. There is enough controversy to warrant further study and documentation. Is it an impetus toward urban rather than rural life? Are the air and noise pollution and crowding in cities conducive to the psychological and physical health of people that we would want to emulate that, opening the doors further to those conditions? What are the costs to people and to the habitat which we find sustainable. Residents of our subdivision have recovered from cancer or lived longer here with it. If connectivity is the current emphasis, our connectedness based on years together transcends road building, which would scatter the unity and empathy we have for one another. Meridian Comp Plan November 19, 2019 TOP FIVE PRIORITIZED STATEMENTS Via Public Outreach Document 1. Connect pathways, trails, greenways, and bike routes to create safe and walkable neighborhoods. 2. Manage Growth by ensuring that development pays for itself and maintains the quality and character of its neighborhoods. 3. Provide a sustainable, 21st century quality of life by ensuring access to healthy and nutritious food, quality health care, schools, police, and other community services. 4. Provide innovatively designed parks, preserved open spaces, and diverse recreational opportunities. 5. Accommodate all modes of transportation by planning, designing, and building facilities for pedestrians, bicyclists, transit riders, and vehicle drivers. RESIDENTS ALSO VALUE Multi-generational living opportunities Building on Meridian's identity Manage growth that complements or enhances the quality and character of our neighborhoods Responsible land stewardship (especially in relation to high-density housing) Downtown renaissance (promoting Downtown as a destination) Preserve, protect and enrich Meridian's small-town historic character and charm Hatch DesignArchitectur e Vicinity Map E Franklin Rd.November 19, 2019 Comprehensive Map Amendment Request Hatch DesignArchitectur e Comprehensive Plan Map E Franklin Rd.November 19, 2019 Proposed Rezone Comprehensive Map Amendment Request Hatch DesignArchitectur e Map Amendment Letter E Franklin Rd.November 19, 2019 Comprehensive Map Amendment Request Thank you for your time. Questions? Hatch DesignArchitectur eNovember 19, 2019E Franklin Rd. Comprehensive Map Amendment Request EIDIAN,+- DAJ CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA November 19, 2019 Agenda Item Number: 8 A Item Title: Ordinance No. 19-1861 An Ordinance (H-2019-0088 Idaho Fine Arts Academy) For Rezone Of A Portion Of The SE '/4 Of Section 18, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise Meridian, Ada County, Idaho; Establishing And Determining The Land Use Zoning Classification From I -L (Light Industrial) Zoning District 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, As Required By Law; And Providing For A Summary Of The Ordinance; And Providing For A Waiver Of The Reading Rules; And Providing An Effective Date. Meeting Notes: I TEM SHEET C ouncil Agenda I tem - 8.A . Presenter: Chris J ohnson Estimated Time for P resentation: 2 minutes Title of I tem - Ordinance No. 19-1861: An Ordinance (H-2019-0088 Idaho F ine Arts Academy) F or Rezone Of A P ortion Of T he S E ¼ Of Section 18, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, B oise M eridian, Ada County, Idaho; Establishing And Determining T he L and Use Zoning C lassification From I-L (L ight Industrial) Zoning D istrict To C -G (General Retail And Service C ommercial) Zoning D istrict In T he M eridian C ity Code; P roviding T hat Copies Of T his Ordinance S hall B e F iled With T he Ada County Assessor, T he Ada County Recorder, And T he Idaho State Tax Commission, As Required By L aw; And P roviding F or A S ummary Of T he Ordinance; And P roviding F or A Waiver Of T he Reading Rules; And P roviding An Effective D ate. I daho F ine Arts A cademy R ezone Ordinance C ouncil Notes: AT TAC HM E NT S: Description Type Upload D ate I daho Fine A rts Academy O rdinance Ordinance 11/13/2019 I daho Fine A rts Academy - Exhibit A E xhibit 11/13/2019 I daho Fine A rts Academy - Exhibit B E xhibit 11/13/2019 I daho Fine A rts Academy S ummary Ordinance 11/13/2019 RE V I E WE RS : Department R eviewer Action D ate L egal.J ohnson, Chris Approved 11/14/2019 - 10:10 A M L egal.A lbertson, Michelle Approved 11/14/2019 - 10:11 A M Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 141 of 146 ADA COUNTY RECORDER Phil McGrane 2019-116567 BOISE IDAHO Pgs=5 BONNIE OBERBILLIG 11/21/2019 10:17 AM CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO NO FEE CITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO. 19-1861 BY THE CITY COUNCIL: ,. • i • , • PALMER, • ROBERTS , ; • AN ORDINANCE (H-2019-0088 IDAHO FINE ARTS ACADEMY) FOR REZONE OF A PORTION OF THE SE/40F SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 3 NORTH, RANGE 1 EAST, BOISE MERIDIAN, ADA COUNTY, IDAHO; ESTABLISHING AND DETERMINING THE LAND USE ZONING CLASSIFICATION FROM I -L (LIGHT INDUSTRIAL) ZONING DISTRICT 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, AS REQUIRED BY LAW; AND PROVIDING FOR A SUMMARY OF THE ORDINANCE; AND PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF THE READING RULES; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SECTION L That the following described land as evidenced by attached Legal Description herein incorporated by reference as Exhibit "A" is within the corporate limits of the City of Meridian, Idaho, and that the City of Meridian has received a written request for re -zoning by the owner of said property, to -wit: West Ada School District and .Idaho State University. SECTION 2. That the above-described real property is hereby re -zoned I -L (Light Industrial) Zoning District to C -G (General Retail and Service Commercial) Zoning District in the Meridian City Code. SECTION 3. That the City has authority pursuant to the laws of the State of Idaho, and the Ordinances of the City of Meridian zone said property. SECTION 4. That the City has complied with all the noticing requirements pursuant to the laws of the State of Idaho, and the Ordinances of the City of Meridian to re -zone said property. SECTION 5. That the City Engineer is hereby directed to alter all use and area maps as well as the official zoning maps, and all official maps depicting the boundaries and the zoning districts of the City of Meridian in accordance with this ordinance. SECTION 6. All ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, rescinded and annulled. SECTION 7. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, approval and publication, according to law. RE -ZONE ORDINANCE — IDAHO FINE ARTS ACADEMY - H-201.9-0088 PAGE 1 OF 2 Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 — Page 142 of 146 EXHIBIT A Idaho Fine Arts Academy H-2019-0088 Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 144 of 146 SECTION 8. The Cleric of the City of Meridian shall, within ten (10) days following the effective date of this ordinance, duly file a certified copy of this ordinance and a map prepared in a draftsman manner, including the lands herein rezoned, with the following officials of the County of Ada, State of Idaho, to -wit: the Recorder, Auditor, Treasurer and Assessor and shall also file simultaneously a certified copy of this ordinance and map with the State Tax Commission of the State of Idaho. SECTION 9. That pursuant to the affirmative vote of one-half (1/2) plus one (1) of the Members of the full Council, the rule requiring two (2) separate readings by title and one (1) reading in full be, and the same is hereby, dispensed with, and accordingly, this Ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage, approval and publication. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this tCt't"'hay of 2019. APPROVED BY THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, IDAHO, this P*'day of IVoV2.�Y1bPl�, 2019. , �QOaPZED AUGUST, AVOIR TAMMY de WEERD ATTEST: a 01V or w �E IDIAN�-- IDAHO C JO SO TY C RK SEAL STATE OF IDAHO, ss: County of Ada ) On this 10day of NOVeh QK, 2019, before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public in and for said State, personally appeared TAMMY de WEERD and CHRIS JOHNSON known to me to be the Mayor and City Clerk, respectively, of the City of Meridian, Idaho, and who executed the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that the City of Meridian executed the same. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official seal the day and year first above written. L) CHARLENE WAY COMMISSION #67390 NOTARY PUBLIC STATE OF IDAHO MY COMMISSION EXPIRES 3/28/22 M1t&W&)0111_ Notary Publicfio Residing At: �� My Commission ExpireN3- `�;? ",�ZU a a RE -ZONE ORDINANCE — IDAHO FINE ARTS ACADEMY - H-2019-0088 PAGE 2 OF 2 EXHIBIT B Idaho Fine Arts Academy H-2019-0088 Meridian City Council Meeting Agenda November 19, 2019 – Page 145 of 146 NOTICE AND PUBLISHED SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO I.C. § 50-901(A) CITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO. 19-1861 PROVIDING FOR RE ZONING ORDINANCE An Ordinance (H-2019-0088 — Idaho Fine Arts Academy) For Rezone of a portion of the SE 1/4 of Section 18, Township 3 North, Range 1 East, Boise Meridian, Ada County, Idaho. This parcel contains 19.49 acres more or less. Also, this parcel is SUBJECT TO all easements and rights-of-way of record or implied. As in attached exhibit `B" and is not based on an actual field survey. A full text of this ordinance is available for inspection at City Hall, City of Meridian, 33 East Broadway Avenue, Meridian, Idaho. This ordinance shall become effective on the day of K1fttPlrnYwr .2019. Mayor and'City Council By: Chris Johnson, City Clerk First Reading: 11-19 '2 CO % / Adopted after first reading by suspension of the Rule as allowed pursuant to Idaho Code 50-902: YESNO Second Reading: N ,a Third Reading:l4- STATEMENT OF MERIDIAN CITY ATTORNEY AS TO ADEQUACY OF SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 19-1861 The undersigned, William L.M. Nary, City Attorney of the City of Meridian, Idaho, hereby certifies that he is the legal advisor of the City and has reviewed a copy of the attached Ordinance No. 19 -1861 of the City of Meridian, Idaho, and has found the same to be true and complete and provides adequate notice to the public pursuant to Idaho Code § 50-901A (3). DATED this _� day of NoveXYMbeV- , 2019. William. L.M. Nary City Attorney RE ZONE ORDINANCE SUMMARY- IDAHO FINE ARTS ACADEMY - H-2019-0088 PAGE 1 C IDIAN*,----- �wlIZI DAJ CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING AGENDA November 19, 2019 Agenda Item Number: 9 Item Title: Future Meeting Topics Meeting Notes: