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AGENDA
City Council Chambers
33 E. Broadway Avenue, Meridian, Idaho
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
1. Roll-call Attendance
X_ Tom O'Brien _X_ Steven Yearsley
X_ Michael Rohm _X Joe Marshall
X Scott Freeman -Chairman
2. Adoption of the Agenda Approved
3. Consent Agenda
A. Approve Minutes of December 15, 2011 Planning and Zoning
Commission Meeting Approved as Amended
4. Action Items
A. Public Hearing: PP 11-012 CenterCal Subdivision by Meridian
CenterCal, LLC Located Northeast Corner of E. Fairview
Avenue and N. Eagle Road Request: Preliminary Plat Approval
Consisting of 15 Building Lots on 80.1 +/- Acres in a C-G
Zoning District Recommend Approval to City Council
B. Public Hearing: CPAM 11-003 Gibson Comprehensive Plan
Amendment by Sable, LLC Located South of E. Fairview
Avenue, East of Venture Street, on East Side of N. Mount Hood
Avenue Request: Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to
Remove Property from the Future Land Use Map and the Area
of City Impact Recommend Approval to City Council
Adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
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Meridian Planning and Zoning Meeting January 19, 2012
Meeting of the Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission of January 19, 2012, was
called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Michael Rohm.
Members Present: Chairman Scott Freeman, Commissioner Michael Rohm,
Commissioner Joe Marshall, Commissioner Steven Yearsley and Commissioner Tom
O'Brien.
Others Present: Machelle Hill, Ted Baird, Pete Friedman, Sonya Wafters, and Dean
Willis.
Item 1: Roll-Call Attendance:
Roll-call
X Steven Yearsley X Tom O'Brien
X Michael Rohm X Joe Marshall
X Scott Freeman -Chairman
Freeman: Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. At this time I'd like to call to order the
regularly scheduled meeting of the Meridian Planning and Zoning Commission on this
date of January 19th, 2012. Let's begin with roll call
Item 2: Adoption of the Agenda
Freeman: Okay. Next we need to adopt the agenda. I don't have any changes to the
agenda this evening, so could I get a motion?
O'Brien: So moved.
Marshall: Second.
Freeman: Okay. We have a motion and a second to adopt the agenda. All those in
favor say aye. Opposed? Motion passes.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Item 3: Consent Agenda
A. Approve Minutes of December 15, 2011 Planning and Zoning
Commission Meeting
Freeman: The next on the agenda is the Consent Agenda. We only have one item,
that's the approval of the minutes for the December 15th, 2011, meeting. Could I get a
motion?
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Yearsley: Mr. Chairman, before we do that, I would like to make some changes to that.
I had a chance to review that and I was actually not present at that -- present at that
meeting --
Freeman: Oh, did we have you marked as present on that?
Yearsley: Yeah. It shows me as being present and I would like to make a proposal that
we change that I was not there at that meeting.
Freeman: And since you weren't there I'm guessing that's the only change you want to
make.
Yearsley: That's the only change.
Marshall: Mr. Chair?
Freeman: Commissioner Marshall.
Marshall: I move that we approve the Consent Agenda with the appropriate changes to
the minutes.
Rohm: Second.
Freeman: Okay. We have a motion and a second to approve the Consent Agenda as
modified. All those in favor say aye. Opposed. Motion carries.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Freeman: Okay. We have two items to hear tonight. Two action items. Before we
open the first one I just wanted to review the process a little bit for everybody in
attendance. We will open each item individually and we will begin each item with the
staff report. Staff will give us their findings regarding the Comprehensive Plan and
Uniform Development Code and their recommendations on the item. The applicant,
then, will get the opportunity to come forward and present their application, defend it,
whatever you would like to do with that time. You have 15 minutes to do so. And, then,
we will take public testimony. There are sign-up sheets in the back if you're here and
wish to speak on any of the items it's helpful if you put your name on the list in the back
and I'm going to first go through that list on each item. If you're not on the list, if you
come in late, somebody does, you will still be given the opportunity once I go through
that list to offer public testimony and we will give you ten minutes -- or three minutes to
do so. After public testimony the applicant will have another opportunity for ten minutes
to come up and address anything that you have heard, any additional things you want
us to know. Then we will close the public hearing. The Commissioners will deliberate
and, hopefully, we can come up with a recommendation for City Council.
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Item 4: Action Items
A. Public Hearing: PP 11-012 CenterCal Subdivision by Meridian
CenterCal, LLC Located Northeast Corner of E. Fairview
Avenue and N. Eagle Road Request: Preliminary Plat Approval
Consisting of 15 Building Lots on 80.1 +/R Acres In a e-G
Zoning District
Freeman: So, with that I'd like to open the public hearing on PP 11-012, CenterCal
Subdivision, beginning with the staff report.
Wafters: Thank you, Chairman Freeman, Members of the Commission. The first
application before you is a preliminary plat for CenterCal Subdivision. The site consists
of 80.1 acres of land. It's currently zoned C-G and is located on the northeast corner of
East Fairview Avenue and North Eagle Road. The adjacent land use and zoning. The
property to the north is rural residential property, zoned RUT in Ada county. And vacant
land approved for apartments -- apartments, Regency at River Valley, zoned R-40. To
the east is vacant property, conceptually approved for multi-family residential and office
uses, zoned C-G up at the southeast. And Kleiner Memorial Park, which is in the
development process and directly to the east, zoned C-G. To the south are retail uses
in Meridian Crossroads Shopping Center, zoned C-G. And to the west across Eagle
Road is vacant land conceptually approved for office and retail uses, zoned C-G. A little
history on this property. It was annexed with a development agreement in 2007 as part
of the Meridian Town Center project. A variance was approved in 2009 that allows the
access points to and from the site via State Highway 55 and Eagle Road as shown on
the plat. Modification to the development agreement was approved in 2011. That
included a revised conceptual development plan and changes to the text of the
agreement. The proposed preliminary plat consists of 15 building lots on 80 acres of
land in a C-G zoning district. A conceptual development plan was previously approved
for this property and is included in the development agreement. Access to this site is
proposed via two right-in, right-out accesses and one right-in, right-out, left-in access to
and from North Eagle Road as approved with the variance. And one right-in, right-out
access to and from East Fairview Avenue. All of these access points have been
approved by Ada County Highway District and the Idaho Transportation Department.
Right of way is in the process of being dedicated for East River Valley Street, Records
Road, the quarter mile access road, and Eagle Road. The applicant states this should
be done prior to recordation of the final plat. A ten foot wide multi-use pathway is
required to be constructed along North Eagle Road within a public use easement and
pedestrian lighting and landscaping consistent with the Eagle Road corridor study and
the lighting specifications listed in the UDC is also required. The Comprehensive Plan
future land use map designation for this property is mixed use regional and the
development is in compliance with the comp plan and the Unified Development Code.
Written testimony has been received from John Gordon, the applicant, in agreement
with the staff report. Staff is recommending approval of the proposed preliminary plat
with the conditions in the staff report. Staff will stand for any questions the Commission
may have.
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Freeman: Thank you, Sonya. Any questions of staff? Okay. Would the applicant like
to come forward. And when you get to the microphone would you, please, state your
name and address for the record.
Russell: Mr. Chairman, thank you. Commissioners. My name is Doug Russell, I'm with
The Land Group, Incorporated, 462 East Shore Drive, Eagle, Idaho. 83616. And we
are the project engineer for this project, representing CenterCal this evening. And all
we would like to say tonight is we appreciate staff working hard with us. It's been an
easy process and we appreciate their help and we are here for any questions that you
may have for us.
Freeman: Okay. Thank you. Are there any questions at this time? Okay. No
questions at this time. Thank you.
Russell: Okay. Thank you.
Freeman: It's coming. Okay. I don't have anybody on the list indicating they wish to
speak to this item. Is there anybody in the audience that does wish to offer some public
testimony this evening? No? Okay. Well, with that I guess I'm looking for a motion to
close this public hearing so we can deliberate.
Marshall: Mr. Chair?
Freeman: Commissioner Marshall.
Marshall: I move -- I move that we close the public hearing on PP 11-012.
Yearsley: Second that.
Freeman: Okay. We have a motion and a second to close the public hearing on PP 11-
012, CenterCal Subdivision. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Motion carries.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Freeman: Any comments? Questions?
Rohm: Must be pretty straight forward. There is nobody in opposition and staff is in
support of the changes, so I think we should move this down the road.
Freeman: I agree. It's good to see this moving forward.
Yearsley: Absolutely.
Freeman: Can I get a motion then?
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Yearsley: Mr. Chairman?
Freeman: Commissioner Yearsley.
Yearsley: After consideration -- considering all staff, applicant, and public testimony,
move to recommend approval of the City Council -- excuse me. I move to recommend
approval to the City Council of file number PP 11-012 as presented in the staff report for
a hearing date of January 19th, 2012, with no modifications.
O'Brien: Second.
Rohm: Second.
Freeman: Okay. We have a motion and a couple of seconds to approve PP 11-012.
All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Motion carries. Thank you very much.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
B. Public Hearing: CPAM 11-003 Gibson Comprehensive Plan
Amendment by Sable, LLC Located South of E. Fairview
.Avenue, East of Venture Street, on East Side of N. Mount Hood
Avenue Request: Amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to
Remove Property from the Future Land Use Map and the Area
of City Impact
Freeman: With that we will open the second item on our agenda, which is CPAM 11-
003. Gibson. And we will begin with the staff report.
Wafters: Thank you, Chairman Freeman, Members of the Commission. The next
application before you is an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan future land use
map and the site consists of 2.7 acres of land. It's currently zoned RUT in Ada county
and is located south of East Fairview Avenue approximately a quarter mile west of
Cloverdale Road. The amendment proposes to remove a 2.7 acre parcel of land from
the future land use map and area of city impact. No development is proposed at this
time. A little background on this. An amendment to the Comprehensive Plan future
land use map was recently approved through the city of Boise on the adjoining property
to the east to change the future land use designation to high density residential.
Because the subject property is contiguous and under the same ownership, the property
owner also requested an amendment to the area of city of impact to include the subject
parcel in Boise's area and future land use map, with a high density residential land use
designation. Approval of the amendment will allow development of the property to take
place and be serviced under one city's jurisdiction, rather than two. The city of Boise
consulted the City of Meridian on the request and City Council considered the
application at their regular meeting on October 11th, 2011. After review, the Council
concluded the request was reasonable and was not opposed to the property being
removed from the Meridian area of city impact. The change to the area of city impact
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boundary will take place once the City of Meridian approves the subject application to
remove the parcel from the area of city impact and Ada county approves the request.
The current Comprehensive Plan designation is high density residential and it's not
going to change in the city of Boise. Written testimony was received from Peter Oliver,
the applicant's representative, in agreement with the staff report. Staff is recommending
approval. Staff will stand for any questions.
Freeman: Thank you, Sonya. Any questions of staff?
O'Brien: Yeah. Sonya, just curious. I was reading in the staff report about the -- the
schools that -- that that area would serve is mostly just Meridian schools and being able
to go into the Boise district. Does that changes anything?
Wafters: Commissioner O'Brien, I don't believe it changes the school district boundary,
but I'm not positive.
O'Brien: Okay. I was just curious how that worked, because -- thank you. That's all
have.
Freeman: Commissioner Marshall?
Marshall: If I might. Quick question of clarification, which I think I already know the
answer that might help Commissioner O'Brien. I believe the -- please correct me if I'm
wrong. The Meridian School District already serves that section of Boise -- large
section of Boise, used to serve Kuna, sections of Eagle. The Meridian School District
goes well beyond the boundaries of the City of Meridian. I believe that's correct, is it
not?
Wafters: To my knowledge it doesn't follow the city boundaries.
O'Brien: I wasn't quite sure. Thank you very much for clarifying.
Freeman: Any other questions of staff? Okay. At this time would the applicant like to
come forward and, please, state your name and address for the record when you reach
the podium. Thank you.
Oliver: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Members of the Commission. My name is Peter
Oliver. I'm located at 250 South 5th Street, second floor, Boise, Idaho. 83702. I'm
representing Tim Gibson, he's the owner of the property, and I don't have any
comments. I'm in agreement with everything. This is just to simplify things for a future
service to the property for future development, so --
Freeman: Okay. Thank you. Are there any questions? Okay. Thank you very much.
Oliver: Thank you.
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Freeman: Again, I don't have anybody signed up to offer public testimony. Is there
anybody in the audience that wishes to testify on this item? No? Okay. Well, with that,
I'm looking for a motion to close the public hearing.
O'Brien: Mr. Chair?
Freeman: Commissioner O'Brien.
O'Brien: Move to close public hearing CPAM 11-003.
Yearsley: I will second that.
Freeman: Okay. I have a motion and a second to close the public hearing on CPAM
11-003, Gibson. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Motion carries.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Freeman: Any comments? Pretty straight forward.
Yearsley: Yeah. It seems very simple and makes sense.
Freeman: It does. Okay.
O'Brien: Mr. Chair?
Freeman: Commissioner O'Brien
O'Brien: After considering all staff, applicant, and public testimony I move to
recommend approval of file number CPAM 11-003 as presented in the staff report for
the hearing date of January 19th, 2012, with no modifications.
Marshall Rohm: Second.
Freeman: Okay. I have a motion and a second to recommend approval of CPAM 11-
0003. All those in favor say aye. Opposed? Motion carries.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Freeman: That's the last item on the agenda, but before we close out tonight Pete
Friedman asked for the floor or a few minutes, so I'd like to turn it over to him.
Friedman: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Commissioners. Just a couple of dates coming
up that we wanted to inform you about and the first one is Mayor's State of the City
address that's coming up in February and we will provide tickets for our Commissioners,
if I can get a nose count. So, I think Commissioner Yearsley has already indicated his
interest in attending.
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Yearsley: Yes.
Friedman: Any other commissioners that would be interested in attending, so that we
can get -- Commissioner Rohm?
Freeman: I typically attend.
Friedman: Chairman Freeman. Commissioner Marshall?
O'Brien: So, this does not include spouse; right?
Friedman: This is for Commissioners only. The complimentary is for Commissioners
only I'm afraid.
O'Brien: Thank you.
Friedman: Four?
O'Brien: No.
Friedman: Okay. So, I have four. Okay. Thank you very much. The second item is --
as you know, we are embarking on the update of the future land use map for the
southwest Meridian area. We have engaged a consultant to assist us on that. We have
assembled what we are calling a project advisory group, which is primarily key agency
players. We are partnering somewhat with ACHD on this. This is a redo of our South
Meridian land use map amendment from five years ago and we are primarily looking at
that area that we have not applied any color to. As part of the process that we are
engaging -- again, we are going to go out and reach out to the community through a
couple of different interactive workshops. The first one is coming up on the 22nd of
February. Caleb will be sending out invitations to you. This meeting will involve kind of
an overview of the project and, then, we actually have a little interactive exercise that
the participants can engage in called You Are The Map and so we would like to invite
the Commission just for your participation. There is, obviously, no official action to be
taken, but just make you aware of that and that will be, again, on the 22nd of February
at Mary McPhearson Elementary School and I neglected to recall the time. I believe we
are going to kick off at 6:30, but I will make sure that Caleb has all that information when
he contacts you. That will be the first that we anticipate to be three meetings. The
second one we think will be a joint meeting with the Commission -- we are inviting the
Commission and the Council. Again, not in an official capacity, but to, you know, watch
the process, participate in the process. The second meeting we will take the results of
our technical study, as well as our mapping exercise, and come up with three --
believe three. We will come up with some preferred alternatives for discussion and
debate. Based on the information and comments we get that night we will take those
back and refine those into a preferred alternative, which we will present at a workshop
to follow probably closer to the end of May. There had been some talk of making that
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an official Commission meeting, but my perspective is I don't think we want to do the
preferred alternative at a Commission hearing. I think we need to, again, engage and
have kind of deliberative evening that we can, then, move forward for future
Commission action and hearing. So, again, February 22nd, Mary McPhearson
Elementary School and time will be announced to you.
Freeman: The second meeting we don't have a date for that one yet?
Friedman: No. I was talking with Caleb this afternoon, we were kind of going over it.
need to check the Mayor's calendar primarily, but what we are hoping is to do probably
March 29th. It's a fifth Thursday, so depending on your hearing scheduled in March,
you know, you may either have two regular meetings and, then, this third one, if that
works out, or depending on our case load, you may end up having one meeting in
March and, then, a -- this other meeting taking place.
Freeman: Okay.
Friedman: So, that's all I have.
Freeman: Thank you. I think that's it.
Marshall: Mr. Chair, I move that we adjourn.
Yearsley: Second that.
Freeman: I have a motion and a second to adjourn. All those in favor say aye.
Opposed? Motion carries.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
Freeman: We are adjourned.
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PROJECT NUMBER: PP 11-012
ITEM TITLE: CenterCal Subdivision
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PROJECT NUMBER: CPAM 11-003
ITEM TITLE: Gibson Comp Plan Amendment
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