2020-07-15 David Yorgason BCASWI
Adrienne Weatherly
From:Bill Parsons
Sent:Thursday, July 16, 2020 3:21 PM
To:Chris Johnson; Adrienne Weatherly; Charlene Way
Cc:Caleb Hood
Subject:FW: 2020 UDC Text Amendment (Phase 1)
Hello City Clerk Team,
Below are comments submitted for the 2020 UDC Text Amendment application. Please upload to the public record.
Thank you,
Bill Parsons, AICP | Planning Supervisor
City of Meridian | Community Development Dept.
33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 | Fax: 208-489-0571
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From: David Yorgason <dyorgason6@gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 5:04 PM
To: Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org>
Cc: Bill Rauer <brauer@bcaswi.org>; Dave Yorgason <dyorgason6@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: 2020 UDC Text Amendment (Phase 1)
Mr. Parsons,
Thank you for providing the BCA an opportunity to review the proposed changes to the UDC, which will be heard by the
Planning and Zoning Commission on July 16th. The BCA recently reviewed the proposed changes and has the following
comments or concerns.
First, we recognize there will be additional costs and/or time to process applications due to some of the recommended
changes. We hope these changes will provide the benefit the City is seeking for its residents, and not just increasing the
costs of development.
Second, we ask that the City consider changing the proposed written response deadlines. Occasionally, we have
previously seen delays in the development process due to last minute written comments and testimony provided to the
City that has caused the City Council or P&Z Commission to delay making a decision because they did not have adequate
time to review prior to the public hearing. And with last minute comments, the public can feel frustrated that they don’t
have adequate time to review as well. We are concerned that allowing written comments only 1 day prior to the
hearing will not be sufficient to avoid unnecessary delays with public hearings. We request that written comments by
applicants and the public be limited to 2 business days prior to the public hearing. The new deadline for written
comments for the P&Z Hearing would be Tuesday, and City Council would be Friday. We believe the additional
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business day will provide a more reasonable and adequate amount of time for everyone, including the public, applicant,
the P&Z Commission and City Council members, to have sufficient time to review the staff report and applicant and
public comments.
Lastly, we understand the need for the proposed UDC changes in an effort to improve communication for all involved
during the public hearing process.
Thank you for your consideration.
Dave Yorgason
BCASWI Government Affairs Representative
On Jun 19, 2020, at 5:09 PM, Bill Parsons <bparsons@meridiancity.org> wrote:
Good Afternoon All,
I hope you all had a great week. Before I start my weekend, I wanted to inform you all that the City has
transmitted the phase 1 of this year’s UDC text amendments. The public hearing is scheduled for the
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July 16 P/Z hearing. Please click here to review the table of the proposed changes. After you all have
had a chance to review the proposed changes, please feel free to send comments to Caleb or me. If
some of the changes require a bigger discussion with the group, I am happy to facilitate a go to meeting
to discuss them in more detail with the team. A second round of UDC changes is slated for the later part
of this year. The City would like to facilitate a virtual meeting sometime towards the end of July to start
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those discussions. I am targeting the afternoon of July 29 to kick-off the second phase. If this amenable
to the group please let me know via email, so I can invite those of you that can attend and schedule the
meeting. If this date doesn’t work for most of you, I am happy to send out a doodle poll with additional
dates and times. As always, I look forward to working with all of you on the upcoming UDC text changes.
Have a great weekend,
Bill Parsons, AICP | Planning Supervisor
City of Meridian | Community Development Dept.
33 E. Broadway Ave., Ste. 102, Meridian, Idaho 83642
Phone: 208-884-5533 | Fax: 208-489-0571
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