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1978 01-16u Meridian City Hall - Planning and Zoning January 16, 1978 Meeti g called to order by the P eside t, Willard Rowley Membe s Present: Don Shar , Jim Kling Lee Mitchell Anne a uric an ur ip in came in a e Other Attending: Max Boe 'ger; Lee R Stucker; Gene lJrigh ; Nii e Fro ; Steven 4 . os ; o man u er; u ers ns Curin the pre-hearing disc ussio the one ch~utge of R-4 to D-2 iscus ed which wou ow you ry proces. ing. The f eling of the ommiss' 1. No Central Sewer n wa ails a le is s o e enie 2. Water supply if p Surroundin r e 'vate 'es would ake t be questionable i t o of use unacc tab e 4. Present structures Prover h t tan not a d ccent would ble b rd to et if ossi le at all. 6. Roadway access wo d be on a ain thorofare (Locus Gro e Roa ) Mr. W lliams c c f rev enue f matchin funds T~;r. L to cover industrial s van stated that he i udie tte for n he Community. ut toeetk to ' es f th area d how to prepare fo Indu trial growth. The M: reeue tion was made by Bur t that the City Counc Pipk ' n and u~t seconded by Don Shar F tha s Qf the Secti ommission n 04 of Publi Econ 'dorks and Economic 'c e t of •_MMer 1965 di~tl ~o be used for the p nose of fu thering M t' n ~_ It wa explained that this as a State and Local h'.atch prog am 20~ would be taken p by the S ate 5% by City f ds. Mike of th rost, representing N Sunn br ok F Max Boesi er, presented the fi st s age d velopment _ __ _ _ _ lJest ~ Th f the Nyborg Propert for Chic anne , the Glenn ~ field Manor Subdivisi g n. _ ~___ _ incre The ~ nts. This is the f' ans are for D~ line st s age p esentation. ?st nkc Ann_e_t e Hinrichs stated th t the Commi Sion is concerned ab ut t e nee for __ Schoo up in land, Fire Station the long~an.e lann' uture n land hese d all the other pro riteria are not set lems s e that und.e _ an come a Comprehensive Plan. olic It is hard to be fa' es later. r to 1 de elopers to grant pro osal now d set Mr. S a rp pointed out that the ennfi ld Alanor had s_et asi e a arcel for a Grade would _ School. Its size wi appear that another 1 con chool ume a site proximately '70;v of t ould then be needed e sc ossi ools 1 wi apacity. It hin the _ same This ection of land. roposal is considere for in 1e famil resident. Mr. B esiger, the land own r, st s_ ted t at what he is most i tere ted i v-- o is getting her land use. Homes of $45,000 to $50,000 value. nt-..i Ai sn Plan ni nv and 7.nniri¢ .2. January 16, 1978 Vari ces from the Ordinan a of latti g were requested: 1. That 4' sidewalk be a prove rather than the S' idew ks r uired, 2. That Blocks 3, 5 and 7 be ap roved with maximum 1 r ~ ngth d in e k ess of - 2 ' 3, That Misty Place ulde ac be approved with a 450' leng h rat er than the 4. That the streets e au_ roved with 50' right-of-wa s wi h 5' asements on each si e ra .er an i rigi -o -ways. Lot front minimum of 36 residences to the 5 fe acre. t Mr. S arp pointed out that he fe t tha new developments sh uld omeho bear the costs suppr of the problems they ssion etc.). How Great this fin s to cially and otherwise e accomplished is th uti pro i ies lem, sc oo s, ire Mr. B esi er stated that h' s lap exte ds throu h to Ustick Th' s Ann xation will possi land ly extend for five et aside for school ye rom h s. 's ro Ie would not object t osal at some later d the te. schoo purchasing Mrs. inrichs had asked ho the malle rirouosals could sh e in solvi g School land use ong with the larger evelo er, Jirn in stated that he h d con ersed with the School Sup' wh riroj cted that in the f s uar tore time to come, mile. No student s ound ould Ieridi ave t one Grade School w walk more than 1 2 uld ile be nee o sch ed in each ol. There is one lop street w' t_h a uldes c iFiist Place that is 1 n er han Ordin ces allow. Mr. P kin is reluctant to a~ ro e the entire. lap he woul be illin to approve this nitial stage o£ deve opmen . P1ike rost agreed that he ould horte up this Culdesac, The M tion was made by Jim in and s conded by Don Sharp that he Co imission recom Sunny en o e i y oun rook Farm proposal f i ist s ~t age o apnrove~~pre imi develoument request ary of a a o proxi e ately un and p ss an~grant~ e vari eviously recited in ances hese as re inute .ues e in eir e t and on file with th r a se m e nutes nary , and that -h• _ ge e ma a in e o Motion pass g u esac ringing i ack to e t, Jim K _ Mr. 5 acres eve }}osak presented This is to include he rt two idian f the Greens partial devel ine olf fairwa s an pmen re prop ns• sal of 36.5 sin le ami some ots; zero lot 1 f which will be zero ne, lot .proxi ne. ately 75 x 105 feet 'n to size single family Appro hlr. ;} imately 3. acres ar sak stated that basi plai all ed as '~ Town Houses. _ This evelopment will be p aced n a m and central sewer sy tem. A Cit own water line to the w ter wer uld supply the potab a wa er su ply at the ~9eridian Pl annine and Zonin[? .3. January 16, 1978 It wa thought by Mr. iiosak that this roject would need to have ity c ntral sewer o it pr pe y eyo s - ere allow s o e s ree The developer needs to c ange his. The m in thorofares are to e 60 ~ som are being proposed s 50~ with foot easem n s n e si e. Culde ac of Country 'ierrace Golf fairw nurse will not be mad swill be rased in unt at t 1 the is ti 3rd Phase of constru e. tion. e uture The G if Course will be own d b the 1 t owners in this dev lopm t. The o erall ro oral when c m le ed: 288 single family 58 'Caro lot lines 1 Total units 161 Acres total 5.07 miits per acre a to open pace The M recomm tion was made by Don end t the Cit Counc harp '1 th and s t_th_e conded by Annette Hi acce t the relimin rich d that veld the Commission ant lam First Cit Phase, of the hieridia ouncil of th lon C Gre desa ns pr rov posal~ subject to th din. ad.eruate turnin app rad' oval us. f the Motion assed: A12 ea Dir. H sak stated that a fi sta ion c uld be oLaced in the vici it o the _ Club k ouse if one is neede in t e fut ue. hir. F ller spoke to the Co issi n to oint out that Commer ial d Zn ustrial were This eing su si ize o s rocess should not be por llow e o d to er segments o e each a point of date axe ring socie locat' y. on in our comet i y. - - The_r_e being no other burin ss to come before the Commissio the meeti stood adjourned. CHAIRMAN attar _- -_ i y er - cc: D:ayor & Cowicii;P&L Commis ion•H in•~' - - ; itzgerald; Hamilton;Chief Green;AIC;APA;ACHD;Ada Zoning Director;Ada Commissioners; Central kiealth;iJampa-I•'.eridian Zrri~;ation;Minutes;Industrial Study~Community Devel B5-13) Sunnybrook Farms;Tderidian Greens.; Minutes. p J ~ 2 L ~ .. '-~ C -~ P l ~ - ~ ~ 6 ~ ~ L e ? ,'J S ,~ w w T Y ti n `• ~ r .c = T T ~ a ~ nT F ~ ay ^.. _ _ ~^ ~.~-. ^'~~J .. m ~ dm r UJ -. t C_ r.. ..~ '. i y~} n .y ..7 ~ eb C ... r~ ~ ,`- > ~ a ~ ~. C C F C- N ~~ p z s Y = ~ ~i =.'`y ~~r a~ r~ o m _ ~ T ' C mac^~s- 7Y 37 X .C" o n m ?.£ ~I.°7 ~s~ ^+R c~ z 3° ~ n: C ~,m ~ 5 ~ ~ c ~. 8 ~ n o n ~~ ~- ~~ ~ r ~-~ f i n ? 0. G Vj- e °'~°~~~m yC ~'- nm~°S3. w~. yy F ~ y ~ Li .. S ~ (ti. Ap~~NrnT ' - ~ G a'-'~' m ~ ~:-~ O- ~ ~ ~ ~ O ~ ~. ~ ~n ,d ~~ c ~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~O.cx ~. =gym jAS, w~.~SA Or Cl. '2_~C wy~ 9~0. 1 ~ ~ _ 6 ,. ~ F t~< r C~~ ~ LL C ~`N a~ do.~n,,,w~c~_ c a°. ~Aw '° a~~~~'v v°`~r7, =gyp:-°,~m'~o °x' ~ ~ ~ ~ j ~ ~ ~ O d y ~ m ~ ~ ~ ~D m r+ pY _ ~ am ~.°a~-<f obi rtc ~'~oif m 2 v °-5 ~^.m N.w w ,n»,1.a v; o F c c ^ omm ~c r ~ =io co - ~~ :w2 ~. "jN Sic r`-' 6nwoo'~ ~ ~ c~_ rt e~ S'y~C]4T~P~r° °y.-5r~ GP ~~ Ei ~' i F ate.-`~~,30~9" .. cti m,o Yy ~D` \' ~l i ~ `. ry~C 1 .. ,' ' t,.. • `, commentary • I~olic~ changes could sloes do~u our destructive rate of growth by Walt Minnick Slowing mnaway population growth is THE environmental issue of the future in Idaho. A strong statement? Without question. But, perhaps, not far off the mark. After four decades of low growth and, in some years, no growth, Idaho in the 70s has been "discovered" by footloose industry and an increasingly mobile American population covetous of clean air, friendly people, unspoiled outdoor recreation and low crime urban centers. The state as a whale is now adding people at a rate of 2.5 per cent per yeaz, three times the national average, and every year that rate of increase seems to nudge upward. Six counties, Blaine, Jerome, Madison, Kootenai, Boise and Ada, are literally exploding at five to seven times the national rate. The im- plications are revolutionary. Ada County, for example, at the pre- sent rate of increase will become a sprawling metropolis of close to half a million people by the end of the cen- tury, a date little more than two decades distant. The entire state's population could easily double in the same 23 years. The impact of this mass influx of people, seeking the qualities of life cherished and enjoyed by native Idahoans for generations, will be totally self-defeating for both the newcomers and present-day residents. How many coal-fired and nuclear power plants would be requited to satisfy the booming energy require- ments of an affluent, industrial based Idaho double the present population? Even if the energy can be made available from somewhere, its Cosa, which must be borne disproportionate- ly by the small user under the anti- quated utility rate stmcture, will cause severe hardship. Eastern Idaho residents have already been forced to accept a 100 per cent in- crease in Utah Power and light's rates during the past seven years as a direct consequence of Utah's fast growth policies. Continued fast growth in Idnbn wnul~{ ^rcan a tr+rrtinuiuH Lar- ~, _ ~. - ,. _ ~ ~., -~ .~'..-"' .I ~~: _ .. ~"' Number of cars on Boise streets would more than double by the end of the century with present population growth rates. s "The impact of this mass influx of people, seeking the qu¢lities of life cherished and en- joyed by n¢tive Idaho- ans for generations, will be totally self-defeating for both the newcomers and present-day residents. " rem of price doublings every seven years of less. How much wildlife and how many quality streams and fisheries can we ex- pect to retain when our already heavily logged state is subjected to the combin- ed onslaughts of a Forest Service res- ponding to industry pressures for ever more lumber and twice as many in- creasingly affluent residents seeking outdoor recreation? The "models" for the kind of our-of-doors we may be- queath to our children are already with us: overflowing campgrounds in the Trinities; Priest Lake with more ski boats than trout and Redfish chuck-a- blockwith RVs on aJuly 4 weekend. We have just about used up the rec- reational capacity of our forest and river resources. Additional population can only diminish the quality. Reservations now have to be made a year in advance ro IL+ar thr Middle Pork of rhr tialnuro, dne of our relatively few remaining wild rivets. Do we really want to inten- sify people pressure to the point where the wait is two, three or five years? The Fish and Game Depatunent repotted that 37 per cent fewer deer and 54 per cunt fewer elk veto taken during the 1976 hunting season than in the preceding year. Even with more restric- tive limits, will there be any teal big game hunting by the erid of the cen- tury? Poor air quality in the fTcqucnfly stagnant p«kcrs in which most of Idaho's major cities are located is already, at existing population levels, pushing us into the air pollution big leagues. Boise, surrounded on three sides by hills and mountains, recorded a carbon monoxide Icvcl of 19.7 patts per million last November 15. This reading exceeded the 1960 era five-year highs repotted by such major urban centers as Cincinnati, St. Louis, Oakland and San Francisco. It is halfway to the extreme emer~cncy level at which police permission a required to drive and only hospitals, grocery stores and drug stores ate allowed to re- main open. Carbon monoxide levels in down- town Boise exceeded allowable Federal Clean Air Act standards an astounding 84 days this past winter and average readings are now close to two thirds of those repotted in Los Angeles. With over 300 days of inversion conditions in a "normal" ycaz, what will it be like at the turn of the century with two to 20 Three times as many fact ,homes and autos spewing pollutan s into the same s[agnant air? As residents of cities such as Nampa, Ketchum, Meridian and Pocatello are finding [o thei[ chagrin, rapid growth is as financially devastating as it is destmctive of living quality. Property taxes and user fees skyrocket as local government s[ruggles to provide the new stree[s, utili[ies, schools, fire- houses and ocher services requited by a rapidly growing urban population. These costs raise the taxes of the present residents who are forced to subsidize [he relocation of newcomers and new industry. It is no coincidence that areas experiencing fast growth have rapidly rising taxes. In Boise as growth began ro accelerate between 1967 and 1972, the city budget increased three times as fast as [he population, afrer adjusting for inflation. With the higher taxes come, inevitably, increased crime, traf- fic jams, deteriorating and impersonal government services, more government bureaucracy and loss of the sense of communi[y which distinguishes Idaho from more urbanized regions of the East and Far West. There is almost no facet of Idaho's existing quality of life which will not be seriously eroded or destroyed by the [ype of Tunaway population increases now beginning to take shape. Those in the environmental movement who have labored migh[ily for past victories, such as Hells Canyon, the White Clouds and Pioneer, face the prospect of watching overuse and burgeoning people pollution rapidly reverse those gains and much more. The root causes of Idaho's alarming growth are new, large-scale agricultural development and outside industry which is increasingly choosing to locate in our state because of its living quality, comparatively low wage and tax s[tuo ture, relatively cheap energy (based on a hydro power system that is being eroded by added high-lift pumping), and a conservative pro-development political climate. Every new job created by such development results eventually in five or six new people living and earning a living in our state. Slowing new job-creating agricul- tural and industrial development is thus [he key to preserving a state worth passing on to our children. What can be done and by whom? First, we should stop spending hard- rarncd state and local tax money pto- uwuug lancet gww~L. Nr~rly bolt million dollars is appropriated in the "The regulatory and legislative tools to insure slower, unsubsidized and more orderly growth are available if we only have the will to use them. " state of Idaho's budget for promonng new industry and tourism. It would make much more sense to consign In- credible Idaho and like govecnment- sponsored promotional efforts to the archives and get these same people and dollars applied ro doing something less socially deswctive. A similarly socially responsible reversal of program by local ^ewspapers, chambers of commerce and other businessmen's associations in fast growth areas is just as vital. It rnakes no sense to be giving away publicly-owned desert land at zero or nominal charge under the Desert Land and Carey acts. These projects, if they are fed by pumping from the Snake Rivet, deplete our already over-appro- priated Snake River water supply, reducing summer peak load hydro power generation while adding to peak power requirements. Yet ex-Governor Andrus' Interior Department continues ro process a huge backlog of desert land applications which, if granted in total, threaten to dry up the Snake complete- ly in low water years. The simple solu- non is an immediate moratorium on all plans to take more water out of the Snake for agricultural or industrial uses. We should also be very slow to ap- prove proposals to add new electrical generating capacity in Idaho when the justification is providing a large power supply for future development. This ra- tionale constitutes, to a large extent, a self-fulfilling prophecy. If big new power plans aze built, that in itself provides a powerful incentive for more industry to move iii-. The Northwest aluminum industry was atxracted to this bauxite barren region because of power supply. If there is no surplus, or if any surplus is problematic, the message to new industry, and par- ticularly heavy industry, is to look elsewhere for the next plant site. Con- servation of energy and the addition of small increments to the supply with low-head turbines or by upgrading ex- isting hydro sires is a wiser energy policy for Idaho than building big coal ..r nurlrur plunro. We must overi,aul our utility race stmcture. Tl~xisting system of declining rates as use increases en- courages waste, encourages industrial use over residential use and encourages rapid growth and developmen[. Every- one is forced to subsidize growth by providing bazgain rates to the new user whose new corporate farm or factory overloads the utility system, making costly expansion necessary. We need incremental rates, which would require the new user to pay his full share of the cost of additional power plans and transmission lines. New coal-fired generating capacity costs over five limes as much to build and operate per unit of electricity than the average rate now charged by Idaho Power Co. A large new industrial custo- mer or new Snake River pump project should thus quite logically be charged a rare five times higher than existing races or be required to deposit for use by the utility their pro rata share of the cost of building the next unit of generating capacity. The alternative of allowing all rates to go up in order to give the new factory lower rates [ban most present customers makes no sense whatsoever and constitutes a direct sub- sidy to promote growth. The principle of forcing growth to pay its own way should be incorporated into out planning and inning and into user fee structures. Why should the oldtimer be forced co pay higher pro- perty taxes to subsidize the cost of the streets, sewers, fire houses, schools and government buildings requrred by the newcomer? It seems only logical [hat a full pro-rata share of the capital costs of government services should 6e assessed to the developer as a condi[ion for go- ing ahead with the project. Legislation is needed at the slate and county levels, along with a commitment by local elec- ted officials to force growth to pay its own way, pazticulazly in the highest growth counties. Most importantly, officeholders and the public as a whole need to be made aware of the consequences of existing growth trends and of the fact that a rapid transformation of Idaho into a high population density, industrial economy is not inevitable. It will hap- pen only if we choose as a matter of public policy to let it happen. The regulatory and legislative tools to in- sure, slower, unsubsidized, more order- ly growth are available if we only have the will to use thorn. IY~alt Minnick it a Baire burinerrman ,rnz! rt nran~h2r rlj Giticanr err ~3ualit~ Lrvirtg. The Idaho Ciriz<n /Number Three 2I J(ls0 5903 Franklin Road - ~~~~~ y ~.J-U-$ ENGINEER~INC`~ ~~ Bolas, Idaho 83705 TNsphons (208) 338.5850 Meridian City Planning 6 Zoning Commission City Hall 728 Meridian Street Meridian, Idaho 83642 Dear Committee Members: January 16. 1978 ~e ~ 5~~,,7 brool~ ~,~.~ A~at~ We request that the following variances from your Subdivision Ordinance be granted: ~. 1. That 4' sldewalka be approved rather than the 5'' sidewalks required. 2. That Blocks 3, 5, and 7 ba approved with maximum lengths in excess of the 1,000' limit. (Block 3-1,150', Block 5-1,175' and Block 7-1,250'.) ' r 3. That Misty Place Culdesac be approved with a 450' length rather than the 400' length required. 4. That the streets be approved oyith 50' right-of-ways with 5' easements on each side rather than with 60' right-of-ways. Your favorable consideration of these matters will be appreciated. Sincerely yours, • J-U-B ENG~I'NEERS, Inc ~/,i,/~'""/ hael L. Frost MLF:dm . 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