Ordinance 20-1881 City Summary
NOTICE AND PUBLISHED SUMMARY
OF ORDINANCE PURSUANT TO I.C. § 50-901(A)
CITY OF MERIDIAN ORDINANCE NO. 20-1881
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MERIDIAN, APPROVING
THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE MERIDIAN REVITALIZATION PLAN URBAN
RENEWAL PROJECT, WHICH FIRST AMENDMENT SEEKS TO DEANNEX CERTAIN
PARCELS FROM THE EXISTING MERIDIAN REVITALIZATION PROJECT AREA;
WHICH FIRST AMENDMENT AMENDS A PLAN THAT INCLUDES REVENUE
ALLOCATION FINANCING PROVISIONS; AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO
TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION
TO THE COUNTY, AFFECTED TAXING ENTITIES, AND STATE OFFICIALS;
PROVIDING SEVERABILITY; APPROVING THE SUMMARY OF THE ORDINANCE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
SUMMARY OF FIRST AMENDMENT
The First Amendment (the “First Amendment”) to the Meridian Revitalization Plan Urban
Renewal Project (the “Plan” or the “Downtown District Plan”) was prepared by the Agency
pursuant to the Idaho Urban Renewal Law of 1965, Chapter 20, Title 50, Idaho Code, as
amended (the “Law”), the Local Economic Development Act, Chapter 29, Title 50, Idaho Code,
as amended (the “Act”), and all applicable laws and ordinances and was approved by the
Agency. The First Amendment seeks to deannex certain parcels from the Downtown District
Plan Project Area (the “Existing Project Area”). The First Amendment being considered for
adoption contains a previously adopted revenue allocation financing provision pursuant to the
Act that will continue to cause property taxes resulting from any increases in equalized assessed
valuation in excess of the equalized assessed valuation on the parcels remaining in the Existing
Project Area as shown on the original base assessment roll as of January 1, 2002, that will
continue to be allocated to the Agency for urban renewal purposes.
The general scope and objective of the First Amendment is the deannexation of certain
parcels from the boundaries of the Existing Project Area.
The First Amendment shall deannex the following parcels from the Existing Project
Area consisting of approximately 16 acres of underdeveloped land and right-of-way near the
City’s downtown core and is generally bounded by E. Idaho Avenue to the north, E. Third
Street to the east, a portion of the railroad right-of-way to the south and N. Main Street to the
west, and as more particularly described in Attachment 1A to the First Amendment and
generally depicted in the map below.
EXHIBITS TO THE ORDINANCE
Exhibit 1 First Amendment to the Meridian Revitalization Plan Urban Renewal Project.
Exhibit 2 Notices Published in the Meridian Press on April 24, 2020, and in the Idaho
Statesman on May 1, 2020.
Exhibit 3 A Resolution of the Planning and Zoning Commission for the City of Meridian,
Idaho, Validating Conformity of the First Amendment to the Meridian
Revitalization Plan with the City of Meridian’s Comprehensive Plan.
Exhibit 4 Ordinance Summary.
This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage, approval, and
publication, and shall be retroactive to January 1, 2020, to the extent permitted by the Law and
the Act, with the remaining Existing Project Area maintaining its base assessment roll as of
January 1, 2002.
Upon the effective date of this Ordinance, the City Clerk is authorized and directed to transmit
to the County Auditor and Ada County Assessor, and to the appropriate officials of Ada County
Board of County Commissioners, City of Meridian, Ada County Highway District, Joint School
District No 2, Ada County Ambulance/EMS, Meridian Cemetery District, College of Western
Idaho, Meridian Library District, Mosquito Abatement District, the Western Ada Recreation
District, and the State Tax Commission a copy of this Ordinance, a copy of the legal
description of the boundary of the deannexed area, and a map indicating the boundaries of the
parcels to be deannexed from the Existing Project Area.
A full text of this ordinance and the Plan are available for inspection at City Hall, City of
Meridian, 33 East Broadway Avenue, Meridian, Idaho.
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City of Meridian
Mayor and City Council
By: Chris Johnson, City Clerk
First Reading: 5/26/2020; Second Reading: 6/02/2020; Third Reading: 6/09/2020
STATEMENT OF MERIDIAN CITY ATTORNEY AS TO ADEQUACY OF SUMMARY
OF ORDINANCE NO. 20-1881
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. 20-1881 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 May, 2020.
William. L.M. Nary, City Attorney