2020-12-03 Joint Meeting with Ada County Commissioners
BOARD OF ADA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AND
CITY OF MERIDIAN MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
JOINT MEETING AGENDA
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2020
2:00 P.M.
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I. OPEN SESSION
- Area of Impact Renegotiation Discussion
II. RECESS
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Item#3.
Meridian City Council - Ada County Commission Joint December 3, 2020.
A Joint Meeting of the Meridian City Council and the Ada County Commissioners was
called to order at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 3, 2020, by Chairman Diana
Lachiondo.
Meridian City Council Members Present: Robert Simison, Joe Borton, Luke Cavener,
Treg Bernt, Jessica Perreault, Brad Hoaglun and Liz Strader.
Ada County Commissioners Present: Diana Lachiondo, Patrick Malloy and Kendra
Kenyon.
ROLL-CALL ATTENDANCE
MERIDIAN
Liz Strader _X_ Joe Borton
_X_ Brad Hoaglun _X_Treg Bernt
X Jessica Perreault _X Luke Cavener
_X_ Mayor Robert E. Simison
ADA COUNTY
_X_ Diana Lachiondo _X_ Patrick Malloy _X_ Kendra Kenyon
I. OPEN SESSION
Area of Impact Renegotiation Discussion
Lachiondo: We are on the record. Okay. Well, good afternoon, everyone. Today is --
don't actually know. December 3rd. Is that correct? Today is Thursday, December 3rd,
at 2:00 p.m. and the Board of County Commissioners is in session to meet with our friends
in Meridian and we are excited to have this conversation. I know I'm especially excited
to have a non-COVID conversation this week. So, thank you all. We have Commissioner
Malloy with me from the board. I will name who we have in the room and, then, I will
name who we have on. We have Mark Perfect. We have Jason Boat. Richard Beck here
from our Development Services team and if I can just name off everybody. I will go -- oh,
Commissioner Kenyon joined us. It looks like we have Mayor Simison. We have --
looking for --we have Council Member Strader. Council Member Bernt. Council Member
Borton. And, then, Council Member Perreault. And, then, we also have on Bridge with
us we have Brent Moore, Steve Rutherford, Bill Nary, David Corcoran, Brian McClure,
David Miles, Chris Johnson. Oh, we also have Council Member Hoaglun. Hi, Council
Member. And Caleb Hood. Did I miss anybody? No.
Simison: No. I think you're good. And for -- Mr. Nary, Mr. Clerk, is that for -- calling our
meeting to order with our roll call attendance?
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Nary: Yes.
Simison: Okay. So, we are good to go.
Lachiondo: Okay. Well, with that who -- Richard, who is kicking us off today?
Beck: Madam Chair, I will kick us off, if that's okay.
Lachiondo: Okay. Great.
Beck: So, Madam Chair, Mr. Mayor, Members of the Board and Council, thank you so
much for tuning in today for this joint meeting this afternoon. Appreciate your patience as
we leverage technology to keep this effort moving forward. For those who don't know
me, my name is Richard Beck, I'm the -- the new director of Ada County Development
Services and I guess our primary purpose today is to continue what a state code I guess
would call renegotiation of the city's request to update the area of impact boundary and
the applicable ordinances and plans and standards within the City of Meridian area of city
impact. And for the benefit of the Council just real quick, I would like to introduce the
county project team if that's okay. Our primary planner who will be walking your requests
through the necessary process with our Planning and Zoning Commission, as well as our
Board of County Commissioners, will be Brent Moore. We will hear from Brent a little bit
more very soon. We also have David Corcoran, who is our transportation guru, he has
been assisting Brent with some of the analysis on the comp plan and will continue to do
so. We also have Mark Perfect, who has been introduced. He's our Planning and Zoning
administrator. Mark is currently overseeing our effort to update the Ada county zoning
ordinance and he will be prepared to answer any questions that may -- may come up with
--with that effort and the potential to add specific standards that are Meridian specific into
our zoning ordinance. And, then, we also have Jason Boal, the Deputy Director of
Development Services, and Jason is currently overseeing our investigation into the
potential to adopt development impact fees for the Ada county jail, Ada County Coroner,
and Ada County EMS Services. And also Jason, I'm sure, could give us an update on
that effort as well. So, again, our -- our goal is to provide both -- both governing bodies
an opportunity to discuss the -- the request update. The city staff did have the opportunity
to meet several times in advance and we are prepared to -- to kick things off with a brief
overview of these requests provided by city planning staff, followed by a -- just a brief
analysis of the request by planning -- county planning staff and, then, beyond that just a
really open format for -- for discussion. So, if that sounds acceptable, we could proceed
in that manner.
Lachiondo: Okay. So, with that, if you are not speaking if you wouldn't mind putting
yourself on mute, just so we don't get that feedback, because we have a lot of -- a lot of
folks on and, thank you, Richard, and it sounds like we are looking to our friends in
Meridian to kick us off. So, who will be taking us away? Is that you, Caleb?
Hood: Yes. Thank you, Madam Chair, Members of the Commission, Mayor, Council.
This is Caleb Hood, I'm the Planning Division Manager for the City of Meridian. I was part
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of the team that worked together to -- to put together the -- the Comprehensive Plan and
the changes to our area of impact that we have requested through the letter that was sent
to you earlier this year. Brian McClure, Cameron Arial, had a huge role in this, as did your
staff. I think David Corcoran was on the -- on the call as well. But we have been working
with your staff pretty closely throughout this project and we would appreciate you
recognizing the Comprehensive Plan, including, again, some of the changes to the area
of city impact that are part of that. I'm just going to walk you through -- I'm not going to
read this slide. Late last year the -- the city did adopt a new Comprehensive Plan. This
effort was community based, as you can see in the first bullets there. We had quite a bit
of participation from members of our community. We are pretty proud of that effort and
the outcome. It is the document that's before you today. There are two documents and I
won't get into this too much, but the Comprehensive Plan itself, which is the meat and
potatoes of-- of the document, it includes the text and policies and, then, again, that future
land use map with some changes to our city impact boundary, as well as some of the
policies within our urban growth boundary as well and, then, we have an existing
conditions report that really is a little bit more about who we are today. So, that kind of is
-- is looking at today and backwards and, then, our comprehensive plan is a visionary
document that -- that looks forward more. This really shouldn't be a surprise to most of
the commissioners. Commissioner Malloy, I recognize your weren't part of the joint
meeting last year, but we did have a joint meeting with -- with the county commissioners
prior to adoption, just to make sure we were generally on the same page with you all. So,
I appreciate your time in that and, again, your staff's time and effort as we developed our
Comprehensive Plan and even as we are petitioning to amend our Title 9 agreement with
you. So, thanks to --
Malloy: And just so you know, given that Meridian is my hometown, I'm not unfamiliar
with the plan as well.
Hood: Thank you, Commissioner. But thanks again to -- yeah. Just the support from the
commission and staff. Brent, Richard, Jason, Mark, David have all been great to work
with thus far and looking forward. It really has been a team effort and we look forward to
working with you all kind of through this -- this project. Brent, if you wouldn't mind going
to the next -- to the next slide, please. So, I won't dwell on this too much, but I just -- this
just kind of proves the point that it was a -- a quite involved -- a long long effort. You know,
we talked to our community about what -- what they valued, what their values were and
what their vision was and -- and through that -- we -- we came out with a document that,
again, I think really reflects where our community wants to grow into the future. Not
everybody wants to grow, but it's -- it's happening and so what can we do to mitigate some
of those concerns I think is -- concern is contained in this document and will help our
decision makers and our appointed officials make solid decisions going forward on -- on
change in our community over the next couple of decades. That's really the lifespan of
this. We are hoping to get, you know, at least several years out of it before we have to
update anyone. We will touch it from time to time. We are an ever evolving community.
But we have spent a lot of effort on this to really reach out to our citizens, our business
community, other stakeholders to just make sure we are on the right path with what the
vision for our community should be. So, I don't -- again, I won't dwell on this too much.
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Brent, if you can go the next one that would be great. And this is my last one and this
really just summarizes the letter that was sent to you. What we are asking of you today
and even into the future -- again time permitting and it sounds like Jason might -- might
go into some of those other changes that are forthcoming, but the tip of the spear right
now, the current request really is to amend those couple of sections in Title 9 of Ada
county code, which has to do with our area of city impact, as Richard just mentioned, and
some changes to -- well, it's the ordinance that would, then, recognize our current
Comprehensive Plan and, then, I think we might talk a little bit about the other Title 9
changes in 9-4-4-C1 and expanding the role of the city's jurisdiction when properties are
contiguous and eligible for annexation and having the city be a lead agency on that and
not just a commenting agency on some of those projects. So, there really is just at a high
level what our -- what our immediate request is and, then, working with you as time goes
on to a Title 8 change even and maybe even Title 10 in the Ada county code for just
stronger accommodations for future urban services in our planning area. So, with that
pretty high level I will let the letter essentially speak for itself, but just an outline of our
request and with that I will turn the mic -- I believe Mr. Moore is going to speak next.
Moore: So, I will just comment just from the county side. I just first of all wanted to touch
on the area of city impact boundary adjustment that was proposed. Just say it is probably
uncommon for a city to request to shrink their area of city impact. I just wanted to say we
really appreciate Meridian working with their neighboring cities to -- to come up with some
agreeable boundary lines, you are negotiating with your neighboring city, so I would just
-- we appreciate that. And just regarding the Comprehensive Plan update, we do know a
lot of time and public outreach, a lot of work went into this -- this update. We did review
it, found that it contained all the necessary components of state statute for a
comprehensive plan. I think a fairly well done plan. And you can see in a lot of ways it
kind of builds on that -- that previous plan we have adopted. The land use plan states
fairly -- fairly consistent from the last plan we have adopted and, then, here are the
proposed Title 9 amendments. So, in addition to adopting the area of city impact
boundary, the comprehensive plan and land use map, we are proposing to adopt Meridian
City Master plans for wastewater, water, pathways, and parks and recreation and this is
just to help ensure any future development we have in the county isn't going to interfere
with your -- your long term plans when it comes to wastewater, water, pathways, parks
and rec. And, then, as -- as Caleb mentioned, currently applications for rezones,
subdivisions, and planned unit developments that are contiguous to Meridian city are
required to request annexation into Meridian. So, I'm -- in working with staff we are
proposing to add several more applications to that list. You can read them here.
Conditional uses, master site plans and also site plan modifications, one time divisions,
private roads and expansions or extensions of nonconforming uses is just to help ensure
new development contiguous to your city limits is compatible with -- with your plan. And,
then, lastly we would like to include an agreement for Meridian to collect Ada county's
development impact fees for jail, coroner, and EMS. We are currently developing our
impact fees. We are in the process of creating that ordinance, but, hopefully, that will be
done within the next several months. And, lastly, here is the timeline for--for the adoption.
There is general agreement today. We can meet again with Meridian staff to finalize the
language. The application submitted in December to go to the planning and zoning
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commission in February and, then, potentially onto the board for final approval in April
and so with that we stand for any questions or open it up for discussion.
Kenyon: Madam Chair?
Lachiondo: Yes, go ahead.
Kenyon: This is Kendra. So, Caleb referred to some language that moves the city into
the -- called the lead agency. So, can you just kind of walk us through what that actually
looks like in day-to-day operations?
Moore: Would you like to take that one, Caleb?
Hood: Well, I -- I can. Commissioner, I think that was probably more directed at Ada
county staff, but I don't know that. I mean a property owner or a potential developer
contacts either one, the city or the county, I think it's just getting on the same page with
-- if they come to the county that they refer them, then, to the city to say this isn't a county
project, this will be a city project, go talk to city planning and development services.
Moore: Yeah. That's -- yeah, that's correct. So, yeah, a property owner with one of those
applications made to the county, we would, of course, refer them to Meridian, if they need
to go through Meridian, unless Meridian declines to process it, then, we could process it.
We are also -- for properties that aren't contiguous, we have been inviting Meridian to our
pre-application meetings, so that Meridian has an opportunity to weigh in as well on
developments that may not touch their boundaries, but they would like to come on.
Kenyon: Thank you.
Lachiondo: But -- sorry go, ahead commissioner.
Kenyon: Oh. But I just wanted to just thank everyone for the great teamwork and
tremendous time and effort that's gone into this. We have started this, like you said, over
a year ago and have been meeting all along the way and walking hand in hand through
the process and really also appreciate the work and effort on your community
engagement in outreach. You know, that's a tremendous amount of people that you have
come in contact with and listen to and I know that takes a lot of -- a lot of effort and
patience. So, just wanted to thank you and your team on both sides.
Lachiondo: Brent, would you mind flipping back to the timeline.
Moore: Yeah.
Lachiondo: Okay. Great. So, I -- if I may just start out with some -- some kudos and
comments. I would just echo Commissioner Kenyon and -- and, you know, as I'm recalling
last year when we, you know, kind of did a roadshow with all -- all six cities in Ada county
back when that was a thing, we -- I was just so impressed by the level of understanding
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that your staff has and in terms of being able to direct growth to places where it was going
to make the most fiscal sense for the city and it became very apparent to us as we went
through the cities -- really through -- through no fault of any city, just more from a lifecycle
standpoint in terms of where they were in their development, that that level of
sophistication wasn't there. So, I first want to thank you for really having that
understanding. But it also spurred for us this real need for that fiscal impact analysis that
I think is going to be a great tool for some of our smaller cities. So, as I look at this project
timeline one of the key things for me is that, you know, simultaneous to your process
COMPASS has done their own surveying of the whole Treasure Valley about what people
would like to see and as I have shared with my fellow commissioners, you know, one of
the things that I think the public gets frustrated about is when they are surveyed on things
and, then, they don't see the results or how it impacts things. So, we have asked that
with all of the area of impact agreements that come through that COMPASS takes the
results of that survey, takes the results of CIM 2050 and really kind of runs it through that
lens as well. I think it's going to do well, but -- but I think it's going to be really important
for us collectively to share out to the community that we are taking that feedback into
account as well, if that makes sense. Are there any other comments and questions from
either Ada county or from our -- from our Meridian Council?
Malloy: Yeah. Madam Chair, Commissioner Malloy.
Lachiondo: Go ahead.
Malloy: I -- I definitely agree with your last comment. I guess the one additional comment
I would make is to make sure that we are careful as well that COMPASS looking at the
entire Treasure Valley doesn't overarch the fact that each of these individual city
communities might be looking for their own flavor of growth in things as well. I don't want,
you know, what the people in Star are desiring to affect what the people in Boise desire
and, then, what the people in Eagle are desiring. So, I definitely agree that we need an
overarching look, but I also don't want to squelch the -- you know, they had a very large
amount of employees in the study. I don't want to squelch what they are looking to do by
having too much of the total, you know, valley vision by those participants affecting it.
Lachiondo: Yeah. And that's the balance. So, I think we will wait and see what it looks
like and how we -- how we collectively review that.
Malloy: Yes. And, then, I just -- I'm sure Meridian is aware, you know, looking at the final
approval timelines and things, two of us will no longer be holding the seats when you guys
come back before the board for final approval, so I'm sure you -- you are aware of that,
you have considered that, but I just, you know, want to reiterate that, that what is -- what
is go ahead and go forward today I hope we will get that to go ahead and go forward that
that will continue to be the case with the two new onboarding commissioners.
Lachiondo: And I believe Mr. Beck here has already had some onboarding conversations
with our two new commissioners and as anybody who has sat on a land use board knows,
it's -- when something works it's challenging and fraught -- things we all get to partake in.
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So, any other comments or questions from --from the board or from our Meridian friends?
Strader: Madam Chair?
Lachiondo: Yes.
Strader: I was just curious what your timing is for the transition to collecting those
additional impact fees.
Lachiondo: Jason, do you want to talk through that?
Boat: Sure. Thank you, Madam Chairman, Commissioners. So, as you may be aware
-- hopefully are aware, Ada county is working through the process of developing impact
fees and a development impact fee program. We have hired a consultant back in August
and we have been working with the consultant, we have identified and created a
development impact fee advisory committee and we are hoping within the next two weeks
to have a draft of an impact fee study and capital improvement plan as our consultant has
been working with the different departments, divisions, in Ada county to create those
things and so we will be starting our review staff and the impact fee advisory committee,
with hopefully making recommendations to the board, which -- next month and, then,
working through that process of a comprehensive plan amendment. At the same time of
coming to the cities and presenting the findings to the cities and seeking that support and
approval from the cities as well. So, quite honestly, we anticipate the approval of this
agreement and the -- hopefully the approval of the agreement for the development impact
fees really running in parallel and wrapping up hopefully around -- in May -- late March or
April.
Lachiondo: Thank you. So, I think -- if I may, I think that, you know, all of us are critically
aware of this, but I think sometimes the public maybe less so. People hear impact fees
and sometimes assume that it's going to cover the full cost of whatever item needs to be
developed. In our case, you know, we have got over a -- over a 40 million dollar jail pod
expansion that is being maybe relooked at and I don't think we would be able to collect
more than what -- about a million four a year countywide in -- in jail impact fees. So, I
guess I would just -- as you are having conversations -- I know you all do with your
constituents -- you know, keep in mind that it is one additional pool of funds that would
help offset the cost to taxpayers, but it would not be able to, you know, mitigate -- fully
mitigate that cost and -- and certainly when we are -- as Mayor Simison knows, because
I sent him the -- the jail capacity numbers, we are kind of facing a real challenge over
here with our jail capacity issues.
Kenyon: Madam Chair?
Lachiondo: Yes.
Kenyon: This is Kendra again. I just have kind of a general question around economic
development and this would really be directed to Meridian staff. I'm really interested in
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hearing what types of conversations, if any, that you are having or have had with your
neighboring cities around like industrial hubs, what economic areas, you know, make
sense, what type of industry collaboratively you may be looking at. I know transportation
is, you know, the number one challenge, you know, for everyone and on -- on everyone's
mind and as -- as we continue to get more strategic about this, you know, how do we --
how do we collectively collaboratively set up these -- these hubs, if you will, so it's not just
each city having to do it individually, because certainly we don't need everyone driving --
having to drive into Boise all the time. So, I would just really like to hear your thoughts on
that.
Hood: Yeah. Madam Chair, Commissioner Kenyon, maybe I will kick it off. Cameron,
I'm going to kind of put you on the spot to maybe follow up, if you don't mind, a little bit on
this, but at a high level, even as we developed our comprehensive plan, we worked with
other cities -- Nampa in particular, just because there is so much more of an opportunity
in Canyon county to kind of grow together. Our boundary with Boise is pretty set. There
is not a whole lot of opportunities to establish those business parks and some of those
opportunities. But even the common -- common thread throughout our comprehensive
plan is -- well, I will use the analogy that the rising tide floats all boats. We really don't
look at this as -- as such a competitive market to, oh, we need that corporation or that
business to come to our community. It's let's get these businesses to come to the
Treasure Valley and really work together on that front. So, we don't have any master
planned projects that way, but we certainly do coordinate through BVEP and some of our
other partnerships with all the other various cities and their economic development
partners. Kuna, for example -- well, one of Kuna's economic development is one of our
planning and zoning commissioners. So, there is -- there is this collaborative effort going
on between the various cities and even amongst the counties to coordinate. You
mentioned transportation. That's a biggie. But the rail corridor, the interstate, even those
impacts on arterials and local roads are coordinated particularly at the boundaries and
Meridian being in the middle of a lot of that and touching a lot of these other cities, there
is a lot of effort going on and I don't know how much time you really want to spend on that
and, again, I'm putting Cameron on the spot, but maybe a little bit finer touch on some of
the things we are doing. I'm not as involved and our economic development coordinator
isn't here, but if -- if you want a little bit more on that Cameron Arial can probably get a
little more detail anyways.
Lachiondo: I would love to put Cameron on the spot.
Arial: Madam Chairman and Commissioner Kenyon, thank you for the opportunity.
Cameron Arial, Community Development Director for the City of Meridian. Really good
to be on with you and really appreciated Caleb's response. I think that that's -- that's very
accurate. We really do strive to be valleywide and, as you all know, we have great
partnership organization via, you know, BVEP and the -- the coordinated efforts there. As
far as it goes as it pertains to land use and coordination of land use, I think there is a
common thread there. We do work extensively with our neighbors as we develop the
plan. We do want to be a good neighbor and make sure we are coordinating efforts to
the extent we can, but as far as, you know, coordinating hubs and things of that nature,
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we did not take it to that extent. That's certainly something that, you know, could have a
future partnership with the county and I think that that could be some logical synergy and
collaboration there. But, you know, overarching we definitely, you know, look at this -- our
economic development efforts more on a regional valleywide effort.
Lachiondo: Thank you, Cameron. And I just wanted to point out -- I had a conversation
with Clark Krause a couple weeks ago and he identified a real gap that he saw in the
county and that is with zoning for industrial and industrial hubs. So, we have gotten back
in touch with --with Clark, I presume. I think I turned that over to Richard Beck. But those
are the sorts of conversations that I would love for us to be having collaboratively. So,
we can look at where is the -- you know, the best spot to put some of these industrial
spots and how does that change zoning, et cetera, especially as we are going through
our rewrite -- rewrite on our zoning code. I think these conversations are really critical.
Arial: Yeah. Madam Chair, as Commissioner Kenyon agreed, I think that that's something
we would love to -- to partner on and, you know, again, as Caleb noted just kind of as the
-- the realistic center of things Meridian would -- would love to partner on that. We are
short in industrial zoning. That was something that was evident in our plan and through
the discussion. So, you know, if -- if there is -- we would -- we would love to engage in
that.
Hood: And, Madam Chair, if I can just piggyback real quick on that.
Lachiondo: Go ahead.
Hood: And Council Woman Perreault can attest to this a little bit as well. It's in her
neighborhood. But we did look for opportunities through this current plan to up our
industrial portfolio for the future and, quite frankly, we have got some pushback from the
people that live there or were farming that ground and -- and we listened to those
concerns and -- for the most part and we -- and we had to scale back some of that, even
though it would have made more sense if you are looking at things in 2D on a flat piece
of paper to make them more industrial along the rail corridor and along the county line
where Nampa has all these industrial uses, people were living there on five acres and
they -- and they were concerned about the future land use being industrial and so we did
scale that back, but we are aware and will look for those future partnerships and -- and
continue to collaborate with those property owners, other cities, to look for more of that.
But we did put forth an effort and we did have some success. We did -- some people
were agreeable to that, but we didn't get maybe as much as we were -- as the market
showed we -- we needed, but, again, we -- we -- to Council's benefit they listened to that
testimony and thought this isn't in our best interest at this time to make those changes.
Kenyon: Thank you, Caleb. And I certainly understand that. Meridian really has, you
know, nice prime agricultural farm land. Where I think where you can help and all of the
cities can help is for us as a county to maybe identify some of the best spots for some of
these hubs within the county that may be more, appropriate that are maybe out towards
Micron, close to the freeway, you know, so we are not crowding out, you know, good
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farmland and -- and open spaces that, you know, should remain that way. So, any input
that you can help and give us in our process of rewriting the code would be really helpful.
Thank you.
Lachiondo: Okay. Well, I have a couple other items I would love to speak to and, you
know, not being a planner myself I'm not going to use the correct code, so Mr. Perfect will
correct me over here, but, you know, as I look at our maps across our cities, you know,
one thing that really strikes me looking at Meridian is just the number of unincorporated
islands within the City of Meridian and there is a lot of history there and now there is some
-- some state code that also makes it difficult, but, you know, one of the things I'm really
appreciative of and grateful for is that this does kind of put the emphasis on annexing into
the city. One of the things that this board has really tried to emphasize is that we are not
a city, we have other responsibilities. We -- you know, we -- as you well know we have a
landfill and we have courts, we have a jail, and we really need our cities to be taking on
that role of-- of managing those communities. So, I'm appreciative of where this is going
with the AOC, but I'm also sort of interested in, you know, what your thoughts are around
how to address some of those islands, some of them may be particularly thorny, but, you
know, certainly citizens, while they may not always appreciate it in the moment, they will
get better service ultimately by being, you know, within that contiguous area. So, is that
something you can speak to, Caleb?
Hood: Certainly, Madam Chair, Members of Commission, Mayor and City Council. Yeah.
I have got a spreadsheet of all those enclave properties. We look at them quite regularly.
I'm not prepared today to go through that entire list, but we are aware of them and we
understand the efficiencies of service. If -- you know, these -- these properties that
basically have Meridian police going right by, as well as sheriffs office, that doesn't make
a whole lot of sense. So, to kind of paraphrase that -- that spreadsheet, quite frankly, a
lot of those properties are code enforcement type of properties that are nonconforming
and to annex them in are to annex in a headache, just to put it kind of frankly. They are
going to be almost -- and that's why they stay enclaves is because they are junkyards,
they have multiple property -- you know, multiple dwellings on a single property. They
have outstanding code violations. That's probably three-quarters of them. Some of the
other ones service availability is difficult and for us to annex a property typically that
comes along with hooking up to sewer and water service and sometimes those services
aren't just readily available to those properties. So, we are -- we are aware, we track, we
do it, you know, the best we can, but it -- but it is a team effort with our legal department,
with our code enforcement police division, even working with your staff sometimes in
particular code enforcement to see when it makes sense. So, again, we are not trying to,
you know, have a dual service burden, if you will, on those properties. We do want it to
be most efficient. We do look at that for, you know, the pros and cons there and -- and
tackle those kind of on an individual basis and we do try to clean those up. To your point,
though, I think -- to your first point, I think some of the changes to Title 9 that Brent went
through I think will help this into the future. It doesn't help those ones that are kind of in
our core now, but it should avoid the perpetuation of these into the future generations.
So, if these nonconforming uses and rezones and all that come to the City of Meridian,
we should avoid this for future generations. So, it's not perfect, may not be even the
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answer you want to hear, we are aware and we try to clean those up. I don't have a silver
bullet, though, and -- and to annex them in is -- it's just, again, quite simply difficult on our
side.
Lachiondo: And we are well aware of that. I think that's why I am grateful we are trying
to start to address the sins of the past, but to prevent them for the future and as we look
at our development code, our zoning code as we move forward, this is one of the
questions that I keep asking of our staff as we are just at the beginning of this process. I
think you guys are well aware that we have the RUT zoning code, the rural urban
transition code that is the -- are those five acre lots that can make it really difficult when
-- when you get to a place where you guys need to be able to put in services. So, I -- I
would just like us to be a lot more proactive and, again, I'm going to set sail here on my
new journey, but -- but would prefer to -- you know, for the county to be a county and --
and to be thinking about those types of lots really need to be more -- more in a city
situation.
Malloy: Madam Chair?
Lachiondo: Yes, sir.
Malloy: To that end, Caleb -- if I may, Caleb. I'm when a -- when a land -- when land that
is like that that is a county property changes hands and development happens, does that
typically get annexed in? And I will give you an example. There was -- I know the family
that owned the properties south and west of Meridian Road and Ustick that is now multi
-- it looks like multi-family dwelling, two story units in there. Has that area -- has that little
island now been annexed in and is that typically what happens?
Hood: Correct. Yeah. Chairman and Commissioner Malloy, yeah, that is -- it's basically
when -- when something comes in and requests annexation of the City of Meridian, there
is typically a development agreement that runs concurrent with that application and,
basically, all the county codes then -- and that the sins of the past, if you will, right, or
approvals of the past even, are null and void and it's -- you are starting from scratch with
the City of Meridian.
Malloy: Okay. So, it would often -- it would often take a -- the county getting hard nosed
on code enforcement issues and violations to clean up those ones that are out there or it
almost takes a generation sometimes when maybe the kids now own it and they want to
liquidate it and have the money from that asset that it changes over. Okay.
Hood: And, essentially, that's kind of where we are at. We are waiting for those properties
to be a higher and better use, come into the city because they need our sewer and water
service or other services and annex and, basically, we say, well, then, you have got to
clean your property up, you have got to -- you want to do that, you have got to change
this.
Lachiondo: Yep. I just realize I may have referred to us as sinners and you guys as
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saints, but I think -- I think you will be okay with that, so --
Beck: Yeah. Which -- which -- I'm sorry, Caleb. Which would make Commissioner
Lachiondo's favorite phrase that the juice has to be worth the squeeze.
Lachiondo: Yes. Yes.
Strader: Madam Chair?
Lachiondo: Yes, ma'am.
Strader: You know, there is -- one thing that I am just recalling right around when I was
running for election the first time and I actually took a picture of it. In our police department
we have our police reporting districts and someone mentioned a comment -- I just
wonder if there is an opportunity for us to have discussions just down the road if there are
county properties that -- that call and need assistance, you know, at some point do we
want to talk about a synergy where, you know, Meridian police make more sense to
respond to a county property if we are not already. I'm curious if there is an overlap of
services. I would hate for both to be providing the same service in the same area, if that
makes sense.
Lachiondo: I -- you know, we don't have any of our police or sheriffs office here, but I --
you know, they do assist each other as it is. I think -- I think the bigger frustration, if I
were sitting in your shoes, is that you have got these enclaves that are getting some of
that assistance, but not paying city taxes and -- and that's an inequity for the rest of your
taxpayers.
Strader: You know, I -- I think it's a good ploy and I -- I guess I -- I am curious if there is
a willingness to figure out, short of annexing properties in, if there is a good way to provide
more efficient service, if you will. It's probably a discussion for another day, but, you know,
if you have multiple government agencies providing the same thing with the same place
or the same area, that seems like an efficiency to me.
Lachiondo: Absolutely. Okay. Well, we are being -- speaking of efficiency, we are being
very efficient with this conversation. So, are there other questions, comments, concerns
from either my fellow commissioners or from our Meridian Council folks?
Kenyon: Madam Chair, this is Kendra.
Lachiondo: Yes. Go ahead.
Kenyon: Hi. Just going back to what Liz was saying, I think those are conversations that
have been ongoing for quite some time, you know, trying to figure that piece out at least
for a decade that I know of and we have a new director Shawn Rayne, our EMF director,
and one of the things that -- what COVID has done is really forced I think all of our
agencies to look at how to do things better together and create some efficiencies to
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provide services that we didn't expect that maybe we would be providing and so I think
the timing is really I think ripe for those conversations and I know on our end we are
certainly open for those.
Lachiondo: Excellent point. I think there is going to be a really great spirit of collaboration
between Shawn -- I know you guys I'm sure are sad to lose Chief Niemeyer, but I think it
opens the door for even further collaboration across the valley to have him over at Boise,
so I think that's exciting. Mayor Simison, any -- any words of wisdom?
Simison: No. In these situations I'm just a fly on the wall. Council has all the power and
the vote, so I'm -- and you took my job of running the meeting, so I'm -- I'm really kind of
just useless here, but --
Lachiondo: Never.
Simison: No. I -- I think I -- all I would like to say is that I -- we do appreciate your staff
working so well with our staff to help move these things forward and these are issues that
we have had out there for us in some cases a half dozen years in terms of things that we
can -- think will provide for better overall development in the Treasure Valley by putting
the onus where the conversation really should be occurring and so we appreciate that
and we will continue to work with you all to move things forward.
Lachiondo: Great. All right. Are there any other thoughts or --
Cavener: Madam Chairman?
Lachiondo: Yes. Yes, sir.
Cavener: Thank you, Madam Chairman. First everyone, apologies for being a little bit
tardy. I think we all know the challenges of being double booked on some of these days,
so apologies for being late. As we wrap up I think we would all just be remiss if we didn't
take a moment to thank two of our outgoing commissioners and I just -- I wanted to thank
Commissioner Malloy. You were really thrust into public service and while we haven't
always seen eye to eye on every issue, I have really been impressed with your pragmatic
leadership across the county and really wanted to thank you for all you have done for
Meridian residents and for county residents as a whole. And, then, boy, I would be remiss
if I wasn't saying farewell to a good partner and friend in Commissioner Lachiondo. I think
you have really done a great job of reminding everyone that Meridian residents are also
county residents and I hope that theme of recognizing that continues with our new
administration. So, just as a -- as a constituent and as a partner, as a friend, I want to
thank you for your service to the county.
Lachiondo: Thank you very much.
Malloy: Yeah. I appreciate those kind words and I can say that this experience has
definitely made me a better Meridian citizen and county citizen as well.
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Lachiondo: And my dad was Luke's principal. We went to high school together. So, he
just has to say nice things about me. All right. Well, I appreciate you all very much. I
think, you know, we are embarking and we, the county, is embarking on really this
process. You guys are first in line. So, good. But -- but with a number of our city's in Ada
county who will be coming in for area of impact negotiations and I can't think of, frankly,
a better city to kick it off, because I think there is such a great working relationship that
our staffs have and, as I said, the really thought and attention and sophistication that is in
your comprehensive plan I think is tremendous. So, thank you all so very much and I'm
sure we will all see each other on some other Zoom call here in the future. And with that
we will be adjourned.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 2:48 P.M.
(AUDIO RECORDING ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS)
12/15/2020
MAYOR ROBERT E. SIMISON DATE APPROVED
ATTEST:
CHRIS JOHNSON - CITY CLERK
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Mayor Robert E. Simison
ER lDIAN �~� City Council Members:
Treg Bernt Brad Hoaglun
Joe Borton Jessica Perreault
Luke Cavener Liz Strader
October 13, 2020
The Honorable Kendra Kenyon
Chair
Board of Ada County Commissioners
200 W. Front Street
Boise, ID 83702
Dear Chair Kenyon.
On December 17, 2019 the Meridian City Council adopted Resolution No. 19-2179, approving a
new Comprehensive Plan ("Plan") for the City. Adoption of the Plan culminates the City's nearly
two-year long planning effort for lands within our Area of City Impact. This process involved
thousands of stakeholders and, in our opinion, the new Plan represents the consensus of the
participants. This Plan not only establishes a new vision for the City and implementing policies,
it also reflects our ultimate planning boundary. We respectfully request County consideration and
adoption of the City's new Plan and associated vision for the future.
As part of Plan development, the City evaluated our existing and proposed Area of City Impact as
it relates to trade areas, natural features and geographic factors, compliance with COMPASS'
Communities in Motion Plan, as well as other technical, economic and financial analysis. With
the adoption of the new Plan, there are a list of City amendments that require recognition and
adoption by the County in accordance with our Title 9 Agreement, Ada County Code (ACC) 9-4-
5, Renegotiation. As directed by County staff, we have put together the requested documentation
for you to process these requests and proceed with amendments to Title 9 of ACC. The City
believes the information provided within this letter and attached provides justification and
assurances that the City can and will provide urban-level services to all properties within our
planning area.
The official request is to amend ACC 9-4-1A2 and ACC 9-4-3A, recognizing Meridian's
amended City Impact Boundary and our new Plan. The other, associated Title 9 requested change
is to ACC 9-44C1. We request that all hearing-level applications, not just planned
developments, subdivisions and rezones, on properties that are contiguous to City limits be
processed by Meridian.
In addition to the few changes to Title 9 listed above, there are some sections of Title 8 of Ada
County Code we are also requesting you amend. These changes are related to the orderly growth
and development of Meridiann and the development standards of the County. The City is seeking
changes to the way future sewer and water corridors are preserved; provisions for future multi-use
Mayor's Office . 33 E.Broadway Avenue,Meridian,ID 83642
Phone 208-489-0529 . www.meridiancity.org
pathways and streetlights; and additional improvements in commercial areas like parking lots and
street buffers. When amended, these changes to Title 8 should make a seamless transition from
County development to City. The City is not proposing detailed language for these changes
currently. Rather, we wish to work with County staff on appropriate verbiage as these changes
can be addressed as part of your current effort to update your development code.
We look forward to working with you and your staff in moving the matter of Title 9 changes to
completion and working to advance changes to Title 8. If you should need any additional
information or would like to hold a joint meeting between the Board of County Commissioners
and City Council to discuss, please let us know. Thank you in advance for your consideration and
favorable action of our request.
incerely,
Robe E. Si 'son
Mayo
cc: Ada County Commissioners
Meridian City Councilmembers
Steve Rutherford, Ada County Chief Operating Officer
Richard Beck, Ada County Development Services Interim Deputy Director
Jason Boal, Ada County Development Services Interim Deputy Director
David Miles, Meridian Chief of Staff
Cameron Ariel, Meridian Community Development Director
Caleb Hood, Meridian Planning Manager
Attachments
Supplemental Application Information
Geographic Boundary
The proposed Area of City Impact (AOCI) is largely the same as the one previously approved by Ada
County.The overall area is actually reduced down to 59.92 square miles from 61.77.These changes
were made in close coordination with adjacent jurisdictions and service providers. Attachment A
includes an exhibit showing the areas of change.
The largest area being removed from Meridian's AOCI is generally north of Lake Hazel Road, east of
Black Cat, west of Linder, and south of Amity.This boundary meanders due to topography, service
boundaries and the fact that much of this area has been previously annexed by Kuna;the proposed
boundary was determined by agreement between the Mayors' of Kuna and Meridian.
Another area being removed is north of the Chinden Boulevard bench, and on the east side of a future
Black Cat Road alignment.This area has never been recognized on the City's Future Land Use Map, but
had been assigned to the City by Ada County in the past (2008).The area to the west of this is the same
owner(Orme) as the area to the east, with Star Sewer and Water already planned to service.
The largest area being proposed to be added to Meridian AOCI is already annexed and developing in the
City, and previously agreed upon by the Cities of Boise and Meridian at the request of the property
owner.This area, south of Overland Road and west of Cloverdale Road, is easier to service in Meridian
due to the Ridenbaugh Canal.There are several other smaller, "clean-up" type additions and
subtractions to the AOCI shown in Attachment A.
See Attachment A
Service Planning
Municipal Water
The City of Meridian is a utility provider of water service. The City maintains a Water Master Plan which
accommodates the vast majority of the planned Area of City Impact, and envisions a built out City that
considers the efficient provision of services long-term. North of Chinden Boulevard, SUEZ provides water
services to Meridian stakeholders.The next iteration of the Water Master Plan will include updates to
the smaller areas of the new planning area, and where those areas are not already provided through
joint agreement.
The Meridian Public Works Department also maintains a capital improvement plan addressing utility
expansion planned to be conducted by the City.These shorter term plans are focused on strategic City
expansion,and not developer initiated improvements that are in compliance with the larger Master
Plan.
See Attachment B
Municipal Sewer
The City of Meridian is a utility provider of sewer service. The City maintains a Collection System Master
plan which accommodates the entire planned Area of City Impact, and envisions a built out City that
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considers the efficient provision of services long-term.The next iteration of the Water Master Plan will
include updates to the smaller areas of the new planning area. Sewer service is incredibly expensive and
held to increasingly higher treatment standards.
With that mindset,the City's Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility is the most expensive constructed
asset owned by the City, and continually undergoing upgrades and expansions. The planned network of
underground infrastructure is designed to be cost-effective and meet the needs of the community, now
and in the future, by providing services for planned growth. Planned growth anticipates a stable Area of
City Impact with infrastructure improvements made now, sized to accommodate the density and
intensity of future development.
The Meridian Public Works Department also maintains a capital improvement plan addressing utility
expansion planned to be conducted by the City.These shorter term plans are focused on strategic City
expansion, and not developer initiated improvements in compliance with the larger Master Plan.
See Attachment C
Public Safety
Fire and Police staff and other life-safety resources are some of the City's premier and staple services
provided to Meridian stakeholders.These services are guided by adopted service standards, and
incorporated into the City's Strategic, Comprehensive Financial, and Capital Impact plans. Both future
Fire Stations and Police Sub-stations are reflected on the City's Future Land Use Map.
See Attachment D
Schools
The City of Meridian coordinates with the West Ada School District but is not responsible for the
planning of future education facilities. Future schools sites both owned by the District and where the
District has indicated that they would be interested in acquiring property are shown generally on the
City's Future Land Use Map.
See Attachment E
Park and Recreation Facilities
Parks and Recreation facilities and activities are one of the City's premier and staple services provided
and expected by Meridian Stakeholders. Existing and future park facilities are shown on the Future Land
Use Map.
See Attachment F
Idaho Power
The City of Meridian coordinates with Idaho Power for both the Comprehensive Plan and Existing
Conditions Reports. Meridian also transmits development requests to Idaho Power and coordinates on
future substation and transmission line locations. The attached exhibit is from the City's Existing
Conditions Report 2017 (an addendum to the Comprehensive Plan)
See Attachment G
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Urban Irrigation Facilities
The City requires that irrigation water be used for landscape irrigation when available, and works to
actively discourage the use of potable water application.The City transmits development requests to
irrigation system partners, including the Boise Project Board of Control, Settlers' Irrigation and Nampa-
Meridian Irrigation.
See Attachment H
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AREA OF CITY IMPACT EXPANSION
An Area of Impact Renegotiation request requires the following information from the City.
DESCRIPTION Staff
X 1. A letter from the City Council requesting renegotiation
X 2.A map showing the existing and proposed area of city impact boundaries
X 3. Geographic Information System(GIS)shape and data files for the area of city
impact expansion area.
X 4.Justification pertaining to the proposed area of city impact as it relates to trade
areas(Idaho Code Section 67-6526) through an Economic Impact Analysis
5.Justification pertaining to the proposed area of city impact as it relates to
X geographic factors (Idaho Code Section 67-6526)through a Natural Features
Analysis
X 6. Evidence demonstrating how the proposed area of city impact will
accommodate the 2040 COMPASS growth goals through the future land use ma
7.Technical documentation and financial assurances that urban services will be
provided within five years,demonstrated through Capital Investment Plans,
X Capital Facility Plans and/or Utility Service Master Plans.This should also
demonstrate planned capacity to accommodate the full buildout of the future
land use map.
8.Justification pertaining to the reasonable likelihood that the proposed area of
X city impact will be annexed,and the availability of urban services as listed below,
but not limited to:
X a. Central water
X b. Municipal or central wastewater collection and treatment
X c. City level public safety services such as fire protection,law enforcement
and emergency medical services
N/A d. County level public safety services such as courts,sheriff,jail capacity,
juvenile services,coroners capacity,emergency medical services,etc.
N/A e. Schools
N/A f. Urban standard streets,roads and transportation facilities
X g. Park and recreational facilities
N/A h. Public transportation
N/A i. Libraries
N/A j. Storm drainage facilities
X k. Utility facilities
N/A 1. Urban irrigation systems
X 9.The City should be willing to provide any additional information deemed
necessary by Ada County
NOTE:Items marked N/A are important,but outside of the City's control. Meridian actively works to
coordinate with COMPASS and other public agencies on development applications.
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REV.2019
Topics application meetings. -attend County preIncrease coordination and communication with applicants on what City’s requirements will be; City to •sewer, water and streets)to define
application types this would apply to and exact standards (Co. to adopt master plans/maps for ** Need make RUT 10 acre minimum), if code for easements not option? Alt: Consideration
of minimum property sizes and development philosophy within AOCI (i.e. Trunk examples)McDermott Ranch, bypassed (Rescue plans are not utility master code requirement to ensure City’s
needs per Establish *wire and electric fencing-prohibit billboards, barbed–phasing for master site plans and fire code protection,–restrict/limit access points to arterial roadways
and highways,–requiring public streets (not private) in general with stubs as appropriate and connectivity,–street light infrastructure (conduit) along streets and at intersections
at arterials, –use pathways (or easements for future paths), -ultim–aisle improvements (paving, wheel stops, landscaping) -arking lot and drivep–landscaping buffers along arterials,–,
*line (or easements)-sewer/water dry–“commercial” development in Meridian’s AOCI but not contiguous** reviewed subdivisions and -level improvements for County-urbansomeAmend Title 8
of ACC to include •: Request 2–MSP, CUP, RZ, etc.) included and excluded–egNeed to define by application types (–home daycares, other?-occupation/inadditions, home SFR : Consideration
of exceptions–annexation, directed to City processingapply for contiguous to city limitsAll proposals (not just PUD’s, subdivisions and rezones) on property •: Request 1–:Changes RequestsTitle
9, Chapter 4, Ada County Code •
Topics (mend Title 9 to recognize updated City Comp. PlanA•: County Adoption of City Comprehensive Plan•4:Request •Code changes needed?•Requires legal agreement and standard processes
for transactions•Parks, Fire, and/or Police•:Collection of City Impact Fees for Eligible Services•3:Request •.)con’t
Examples of Issues routes to and through sectionssafe neighborhoods and Lack of vehicular and pedestrian connectivity between •lighting) Substandard streets (private, no sidewalks, stubs,
–development become contiguous to County enclaves.Inconsistent look, feel and function as City limits and –done-years, or master plans have to be retakes many happen, is expensive and
often doesn’t Retrofitting •networkstreet sidewalk, landscaping, sewer, pathway and in aps G–Countyin development Sewer and water infrastructure are “blocked” by –urban services into
the futureneed appropriate transitions and planning/preservation for –effectiveness of providing urban services into the future -costSome developments in County hinder orderly development
and