Dec 12, 2024 City Council Meeting

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ALL RIGHT, OUR

[1. Call to Order.]

GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO THE IDAHO FALLS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, FOR, UH, 12 12 24.

UM, WE HAVE, UM, ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE, BUT NEVERTHELESS, AS WE CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER, WE'RE GONNA ASK OUR CITY CLERK TO CONDUCT THE ROLL.

COUNCIL.

PRESIDENT HAW HERE.

COUNCILLOR ER PRESENT.

COUNCILLOR ZIMAN.

HERE.

COUNCILLOR FREEMAN.

HERE.

COUNCILLOR FRANCIS.

HERE.

COUNCILLOR LARSON HERE.

YOU HAVE A PARTNER.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

UM, SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, IF WE MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, AND OH, BY THE WAY, IF YOU DON'T HAVE A COPY OF THE AGENDA, SOMETIMES WE HAVE PAPER COPIES AND I SEE SOME OVER THERE, UM, FOR YOU TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH.

UM, BUT IF YOU WOULD PREFER AN ELECTRONIC COPY, UH, WHICH GIVES YOU THE EXTENDED VERSION OF THE AGENDA, UM, YOU CAN USE THAT QR CODE THERE ON THE TABLE, AND YOUR PHONE WILL PULL UP PAGES AND PAGES AND PAGES, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE AGENDA HERE.

UH, BUT WE, UH, AS YOU'LL SEE, THE NEXT ITEM IS OUR, UH, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

UM, THIS EVENING I HAVE INVITED, UM, KEIN WILDE TO, UH, UH, LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.

AND I DID SO BECAUSE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, I, UH, DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ORDER, UH, OF THE TRANSITION HERE, BUT, UH, AS YOU ARE AWARE, UH, RIN WILD IS, UH, MOVING INTO A DIFFERENT ROLE IN THE CITY.

SHE'LL BE LEAVING THE CLERKS OFFICE AND MOVING INTO OUR HR DEPARTMENT, UH, TO FULFILL AN IMPORTANT ROLE THERE.

UM, THIS IS THE LAST TIME THAT SHE WILL OFFICIALLY, UM, RUN, UH, THE, THE MEETING AS THE CLERK.

UH, NEXT WEEK WE'LL HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CLERK, WHO WILL BE, WHO WILL BE STEPPING UP INTO, TO FILL THOSE DUTIES.

AND THEN IN, UH, JANUARY WE MIGHT SEE HER, BUT SHE'LL BE, UH, JUST ON LOAN TO DO SOME TRAINING, UH, WHEN WE DO, IF WE DO SEE HER IN THIS MEETING.

SO THIS IS THE LAST TIME THAT SHE'LL SIT.

THIS PARTICULAR ROLE.

I GET EMOTIONAL BECAUSE SHE'S BEEN OUTSTANDING IN THIS ROLE.

SHE'S BEEN VERY CONSCIENTIOUS, VERY QUICK TO, UM, MAKE IMPROVEMENTS WHEN SHE FELT THAT THEY WERE NEEDED OF HER OWN INITIATIVE.

SHE'S BEEN RESPONSIVE WHEN THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES UP TO THE LAST SECOND.

SHE'S TRIED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THEM WORK.

UH, SHE'S BEEN, UH, HAD THAT FIDELITY TO EVERY POINT OF THE LAW WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR MEETINGS WERE, UH, ADVERTISED AND, AND NOTICED IN A TIMELY MANNER.

UH, SHE'S JUST BEEN, JUST, AS I SAID, AN INCREDIBLY CONSCIENTIOUS, BEEN A MISS HER.

SHE'S, UH, ALSO A VERY POSITIVE, POSITIVE AND UPBEAT PERSONALITY.

SHE'S ONE OF THE BEST PEOPLE THAT PAM EVER HIRED.

AND, UM, SO WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE HER.

YES.

PERSONAL POINT.

YES.

YES.

CLAP YOUR MIC.

I WOULD, YES.

PLEASURE.

AND NOW WE'RE GONNA MAKE YOU STAND UP AND LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.

IF YOU DON'T MIND, PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE.

IP TWO FIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TWO, THE THREE REPUBLIC FOR WAGE STANDS.

ONE NATION, GOD, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALRIGHT.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA,

[3. Public Comment]

AND THIS IS WHERE WE INVITE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE, UH, WANTING TO SHARE, UH, CONCERNS WITH, UH, THOUGHTS AND CONCERNS WITH THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, TO DO SO.

UM, WE HAVE ON THE SECOND PAGE OF OUR AGENDA A, UM, LIST OF GUIDELINES, UH, FOR MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT.

UM, AND, UH, IF YOU WANNA COMMENT, BUT YOU HAVEN'T READ THESE, I'LL JUST TELL YOU, IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS, BE NICE AND TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE RELEVANT TO WHAT WE CAN, UH, WHAT WE CAN DO.

BUT, UM, ANYWAY, WE'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO, UH, UH, EXPRESS YOURSELVES, UM, IN WAYS THAT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR, UH, ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WATCH THESE MEETINGS, UH, INCLUDING SCHOOL KIDS.

UM, AND SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, UH, TO COME UP FORWARD.

STATE YOUR NAME, UM, UH, LIMITED TIME.

SO IS THERE ANYBODY YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU? LET US KNOW IF YOU'RE A CITY RESIDENT TOO.

JACOB MOWER.

I LIVE IN BONNEVILLE COUNTY.

AND SHAME ON YOU.

YOU DIDN'T LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES WHEN YOU ATTACKED THE VETERANS OVER THE P-L-W-M-I-A FLAG A COUPLE YEARS AGO.

NOW YOU'RE TRYING TO EXPAND 65TH SOUTH AND YOU'RE THE ONE LEADING THIS CHARGE IF YOU TIME THE LIGHTS IN YOUR CITY LIKE THEY DO IN ALL THE OTHER MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREAS.

SO YOU CAN CASCADE RIGHT THROUGH TOWN AT THE SPEED LIMIT.

WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE TRAFFIC ISSUES WE DO, BUT YOU THINK BY BUILDING A ROAD SOUTH, THE TOWN IS GONNA ALLEVIATE THAT.

PLUS YOU WANNA PUT ROUNDABOUTS

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DOES ANYBODY IN THIS TOWN KNOW HOW TO DRIVE THROUGH A ROUNDABOUT? NO, THEY DO NOT.

BECAUSE IT IS NOT TALKED HERE.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY WRECKS HAVE ALMOST HAPPENED? WHERE I'VE BEEN RUN OVER BY A SEMI-TRUCK, THE ROUNDABOUT THAT WAS PUT IN OVER 17TH OR FIRST STREET CLEAR OVER ON CROWLEY, THE SEMI-TRUCK DRIVE OVER THE TOP OF IT.

HALF THE TIME LINCOLN ROAD, THEY END UP GOING UP ON THE CENTER OF THAT ROUNDABOUT TRYING TO GO ROUND IT.

25TH.

SAME THING.

YOU DID NOT IMPROVE ANYTHING WITH DOING THAT.

AND NOW YOU WANT TO TAKE MY LAND THAT I WORKED MY TAIL OFF FOR.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

JUST BECAUSE I'VE GOT THREE ACRES.

YOU WANT TO COME IN AND TAKE IT SO YOU CAN WIDEN YOUR ROAD DOWN THROUGH THERE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA ALLEVIATE 2% OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE NOW.

TWO BLOODY PERCENT.

THAT'S RIDICULOUS.

YOU ARE A JOKE.

YOU OUGHT TO RESIGN FROM YOUR POSITION.

YOU CAME HERE, YOU'RE PUSHING YOUR CRACKED ASS IDEAS.

AND THAT NEEDS TO END.

IT NEEDS TO END.

THANK YOU.

CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? JACOB MOWER.

GREAT.

YOU M-O-W-R-E-R-R-R-E-R.

THANK YOU.

UM, I'M GOING TO, UH, NOT OFFICIALLY RESPOND, BUT I WILL PROVIDE INFORMATION.

UH, THAT IS THAT, UM, THE, UH, IT IS THE BONNEVILLE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION THAT IS, UM, WORKING ON THE, WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT THEY CALL THE, UM, I CAN'T EVEN COME UP WITH THE RIGHT WORD.

THE HIGH CAPACITY ROADWAY STUDY.

AND SO IT'S NOT A CITY FUNCTION, ALTHOUGH THE CITY PARTICIPATES AS PART OF THE BONNEVILLE COUNTY METROPOLITAN ATION.

THEN WHY ARE YOU THE LEAD OF THE COMMISSION? I'M NOT.

AND SO I, AGAIN, I'M NOT GONNA RESPOND BECAUSE THIS IS A TIME FOR US TO HEAR AND WE'VE DEFINITELY HEARD, UM, THE THINGS THAT YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE IS AWARENESS THAT, UH, THAT WHAT WE CALL THE BMPO IS THE ENTITY, UH, SEPARATE GOVERNMENTAL HOST IN ANY MEETINGS OUT THERE.

EITHER THEY'VE BEEN PLAYING THIS IN THE DARK AND NONE OF US IN THE COUNTY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS.

WE FINALLY HAD SOMEBODY LET US KNOW ABOUT THESE MEETINGS.

ALRIGHT, MR. MARROW, YOU'VE HAD YOUR MOMENT AND WE'VE HEARD WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY.

UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM WHO CAN PROBABLY GIVE YOU BETTER INFORMATION THAN I.

AND SO, UM, IF YOU WANT TO LEAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, UM, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE, UH, MY STAFF HERE, BUT, UH, WOULD, UH, WHAT, THERE, THERE'S A DIRECTOR IN THE CORNER THERE.

I'M SURE ONE OF THEM WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE YOUR PHONE NUMBER OR YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS, AND WE CAN, UH, HOPEFULLY GIVE YOU A LITTLE BETTER DIALOGUE.

UM, THEN WE'RE HAPPY HERE.

UM, BEYOND THAT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE NEXT.

HI, MY NAME'S BRAD HOLDMAN.

IT'S H-O-L-D-E-M-E-N.

I LIVE ON EAST 65TH SOUTH.

UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON MY PLACE FOR THREE YEARS.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT $50,000 A YEAR ON IT, TRYING TO GET MY RANCH FARM, MY RANCH.

IT, UM, I LOOKED AT THOSE PLANS AND IT'S A JOKE AND YOU PUT A BUNCH OF SIGNALS UP THERE.

PEOPLE AIN'T GOING TO USE THAT ROAD.

THEY HATE SIGNALS.

WHY DO YOU THINK 40 UM, 49TH IS SO WELL USED.

IT'S BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO STOP AT SIGNAL AND WAIT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A JOKE THAT IT, YOU GUYS ARE WASTING MONEY, TIME AND EFFORT.

AND I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

I MEAN, YOU KNOW, MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW IS ALMOST ON THE ROAD AND NOBODY DOES THE SPEED LIMIT.

THERE IS 35 MILES AN HOUR.

AND I GOT PEOPLE GOING 65 AND 70 MILES AN HOUR.

I CALL VILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE HAS.

THEY ALWAYS TELL US AND TRYING TO SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC.

THEY DON'T DO A DANG THING.

THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE VILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T ANY THE MONEY.

IT GOES ALL THE VILLE COURT SYSTEM.

SO WHY WOULD THEY WANT TO WASTE THEIR TIME WRITING TICKETS WHEN IT DON'T EVEN GO TO THEM? IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.

IT NEEDS TO BE ENFORCED.

I ALMOST GOT TWO WRECKS TODAY.

ONE GUY RAN A RED A STOP SIGN.

HE DIDN'T EVEN STOP.

HE JUST WENT RIGHT THROUGH IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.

AND I HAD ANOTHER GUY THAT PULLED OUT AS YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SLOW TRAFFIC STARTS SLOWING DOWN, THEY MAKE A OPENING SO SOMEBODY COULD GET THROUGH.

WELL, THE TRAFFIC ON THE FAST LANE WAS LIKE HALF A MILE UP.

SO I WAS GOING UP 'CAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TO SLOW DOWN.

AND THAT GUY PULLED RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, ALMOST GOT IN ANOTHER WRECK, TWO WRECKS IN ONE DAY.

THIS PLACE IS RIDICULOUS.

I'M FROM VEGAS, AND I TELL YOU WHAT, NEVADA COPS ARE 1,000 TIMES BETTER THAN THE COPS HERE.

THEY WRITE, I MEAN, 12 DEMERITS.

YOU LOSE YOUR LICENSE, YOU RUN A STOP SIGN.

IT'S FOUR DEMERITS.

YOU RUN IT THREE TIMES.

YOU LOSE YOUR LICENSE FOR A YEAR.

THAT'S THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.

THAT'S THE WAY THIS WHOLE PLACE SHOULD BE.

THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN SO POORLY POLICE ENFORCEMENT AND MY WHOLE LIFE.

IT'S RIDICULOUS.

AND IT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.

IT NEEDS TO BE.

AND I TALKED TO, WE GOT

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I KEEP COMPLAINING ABOUT IT.

BUT SHE GOES, WELL, BRETT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DOWN 10 COPS, SO, YOU KNOW, JUST GIVE 'EM A BREAK.

I SAID, NO, THEY'RE NOT.

I SAID, THEY'RE DOWN 30.

AND I SAID, WITH ALL THIS TRAFFIC AND ALL THESE APARTMENTS COMING IN HERE, ALL THIS, EVERYTHING YOU GUYS GOT GOING ON HERE IS RIDICULOUS.

AND YOU GUYS, POLICE DEPARTMENT, HE'S 50 TO HANDLE THIS PLACE.

AND IT'S RIDICULOUS.

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO, BUT YOU GUYS NEED TO DO SOMETHING IF YOU GUYS CAN.

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S, IT'S PITIFUL.

IT'S REALLY PITIFUL.

WE APPRECIATE, UH, YOU, UH, FOR TAKING TIME TO COME AND SPEAK.

WE APPRECIATE THE BOTH OF YOU FOR SHARING YOUR CONCERNS.

SORRY.

WELL, YOUR EYE FALLS.

IF THERE ARE ANY OTHERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK AND, AND SHARE THEIR CONCERNS WITH THE COUNSEL, WE, UH, WE'RE DUTY BACK TO LISTEN.

ALRIGHT.

SEEING THAT WE'RE, WE'RE THERE, WE'RE AT THE END OF THAT.

SO WE WILL, UH, MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA.

UM,

[4. Consent Agenda.]

UM, WE'RE GOING TO INVITE THE, UM, UH, CITY COURT TO READ THE CONTENTS OF THE CONSENT AGENDA INTO THE RECORD.

AND THEN, UH, WE'LL OUR COUNCIL PRESIDENT WILL MAKE A MOTION.

ALRIGHT.

THERE ARE EIGHT ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

MUNICIPAL SERVICES HAS ONE ITEM, TREASURER'S REPORT FOR OCTOBER, 2024.

PUBLIC WORKS HAS FOUR ITEMS. BID AWARD, PARK, STORM SYSTEM, MONTHLY UPDATE BID AWARD, COMMUNITY PARK, SURFACE WATER CONVERSION BID AWARD, MEL ERICSON PARK SERVICE, WATER CONVERSION BID AWARD, IF 25 DASH ZERO SIX.

PACKAGED PUMP STATIONS FOR CITY PARKS, IDAHO FALLS POWER HAS ONE ITEM.

IDAHO FALLS POWER BOARD MEETING AGENDA, OFFICE OF THE CITY PARK HAS TWO ITEMS. MEETING MINUTES IS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AND LICENSE APPLICATION.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

UM, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I WOULD MOVE THAT THE COUNCIL ACCEPT, APPROVE, OR RECEIVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED SECOND.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ANY DISCUSSION? CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CONDUCT THAT ROLL CALL.

VOTE BRADFORD.

AYE.

FREEMAN? YES.

HAW.

YES.

FRANCIS.

AYE.

DINGMAN? YES.

LARSON? YES.

MOTION.

CARRIE.

THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT.

UH, SO THAT TAKES US TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, A FEW DEPARTMENTS BRINGING ITEMS FORWARD.

THE FIRST IS OUR MUNICIPAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

UH, PAM ALEXANDER, UH, THE DIRECTOR OF THAT DEPARTMENT IS HERE.

AND,

[5.A.1) Purchase of Replacement Mowers for Parks and Recreation Department, Pinecrest Golf Course]

UH, IT'S JUST, UH, APPROVAL TO PURCHASE, UH, SOME LAWNMOWERS.

DO YOU WANT TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHY THIS IS, UM, BEFORE US TONIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

SO THIS ITEM IS ACTUALLY TO REPLACE FOUR MOWERS OVER AT THE PINECREST GOLF COURSE.

AND THE REASON WE HAVE IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A LITTLE OVER $200,000.

AND WE WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS.

UM, WE ARE, UH, ANTICIPATING USING A, WHAT THEY CALL A COLLABORATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT.

THAT IS WHERE THE, UM, BIDS ARE ALREADY, UH, PUBLICLY OPENED AND ALL THAT WITH OUR VARIOUS AGENCIES THAT WE HAVE IN TOWN.

UM, THESE ITEMS, THERE'S, AS, AS I SAID EARLIER, THERE'S FOUR UNITS.

UM, THEY HAVE REACHED THEIR USEFUL LIFE.

AND ACTUALLY WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE, UH, THESE FOUR REPLACEMENT MOWERS FROM, UM, AN EQUIPMENT SHOP OR EQUIPMENT, UH, VENDOR IN TWIN FALLS FOR A TOTAL OF $266,277 81 CENTS.

ALRIGHT, SO, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ITEM, THE MOWERS, THE, UH, UH, COOPERATIVE PURCHASING AGREEMENT, ANYTHING ALONG THOSE LINES? ALRIGHT, WELL THEN, UH, WE DO HAVE TWO LIAISONS TO THIS DEPARTMENT.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL PRESIDENT HAW AND COUNCILOR, UH, KIRK LARSON.

I BELIEVE THAT, UH, COUNCIL LARSON WILL, UH, LEAD OFF HERE.

I MOVE COUNSEL, ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE OF FOUR REPLACEMENT MOWERS FROM THE SOURCE WELL COOPERATIVE PURCHASING CONTRACT FROM JOHN DEERE STOKES EQUIPMENT OF TWIN FALLS FOR A TOTAL OF $266,277 AND 81 CENTS.

AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

SECOND.

THANK YOU, CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CONDUCT OUR VOTE? DINGMAN? YES.

RADFORD AYE.

FRANCIS AYE.

BRADSHAW? YES.

LARSON? YES.

FREEMAN? YES.

MOTION TO.

ALRIGHT.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

UM, ALL RIGHT.

THE NEXT ITEM IS, UH,

[5.A.2) Public Hearing for, and Consideration of Proposed Fees for Police and Public Works Departments]

UM, LAW REQUIRES THAT WE HOLD A HEARING.

UM, BUT BEFORE WE CAN HOLD THE HEARING, THE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE NOTICE THE HEARING, WHICH THAT HAS BEEN DONE.

UH, IT'S BEEN, UM, PUBLISHED TWICE.

UM, AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS DONE IN THE, UH, POST REGISTER, WHICH IS THE, UH, NEWSPAPER WITH THE LARGEST CIRCULATION

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AND SO IT IS BEEN PUBLISHED TWICE THERE.

UM, AND SO WE ARE NOW TAKING THE STEP OF HOLDING THE HEARING.

UM, SO THIS IS THE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN.

AND, AND, UH, I'LL ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO CHECK ME, BECAUSE I DON'T, DON'T DO THESE HEARINGS OFTEN ENOUGH.

AND I FORGOT TO REVIEW, YOU KNOW, THE RULES ON THIS PARTICULAR HEARING.

SO IF I GET IT WRONG, HE'LL TELL ME.

UM, BUT, UH, WE'LL OPEN THE HEARING, UM, AND WE WILL HEAR FROM STAFF, WHICH IS, UH, DIRECTOR ALEXANDER.

UM, AFTER SHE EXPLAINS, UH, GIVES BACKGROUND, UH, THAT SHE WANTS TO, TO PROVIDE AND THAT SHE FEELS THE COUNCIL NEEDS, UM, THE HEARING IS FOR THE COUNCILS AND, UM, FOR THEM TO GATHER INFORMATION SO THEY HEAR FROM HER.

THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANNA GIVE TESTIMONY ABOUT THE FEES, UH, THE PROPOSED FEES.

AND, UM, THEN AFTER WE'RE SURE THAT, UH, EVERYBODY IS HAVING A CHANCE TO SPEAK THAT NEEDS TO, AND AFTER WE'VE TAKEN ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY HAVE, UH, FROM, UH, OF STAFF, THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE TO LETTING THE COUNCIL DECIDE HOW THEY WANT TO VOTE.

UM, AND SO I THINK THAT THAT'S GREAT.

ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, WE'LL DECLARE THE HEARING TO BE OPEN, UH, AND WE'LL INVITE, UM, ALL MATERIALS AND TESTIMONY, UH, MATERIALS SUCH AS THE SLIDES, UH, AND TESTIMONY TO BECOME PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD.

UH, AND SO, UH, DIRECTOR ALEXANDER, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE SHARE WITH US WHAT YOU PREPARED? SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

SO THIS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRES A, A 14 DAY ADVANCE PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE PUBLISH, UH, IN THE PAPER, AS MAYOR MENTIONED, IT ACTUALLY WAS IN THE DATES OF, UH, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, UH, SORRY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27TH AND WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 4TH.

SO WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UM, THAT OTHER NOTICE PERIOD HERE.

SO, UM, OCCASIONALLY, UM, WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE WORK ON OUR BUDGET? AND, AND THEN I WANNA MAKE A NOTE HERE BEFORE I FORGET.

I'M GONNA READ IT HERE.

UM, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE RECORD.

SO THE ANNUAL, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 24 25 SCHEDULE OF FEES OCCURRED ON AUGUST 8TH, 2024 WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE FEES ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 22ND, 2024, THROUGH RESOLUTION 24 DASH MARK FIVE.

SO THE REASON WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING IS WHAT WE FIND SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEARS, WE FIND THAT WE MAY HAVE MADE A COUPLE OF ERRORS IN THE ACTUAL FEES THEMSELVES.

SOMETIMES THEIR DESCRIPTION IS INCORRECT.

OR SOMETIMES WHEN WE START CONSOLIDATING THE INFORMATION, UM, ONE OR MORE FEES ROWS MIGHT FALL OFF.

UM, A PARTICULAR REPORT THAT WE ACTUALLY, UH, PUBLISHED.

AND SO WITH THAT THIS EVENING, THE ONES THAT WE HAVE, I CAN'T CHANGE THE SLIDE.

CAN YOU PUT THE THING ON THE THING? THERE YOU GO.

AWESOME.

ALRIGHT.

SO THE, UM, THE NEW FEES OR FEE INCREASES, OR EVEN ANY REVISED FEES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE THESE TWO CATEGORIES.

IT'S OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICALLY OUR ANIMAL CONTROL ADOPTION FEES, OUR ANIMAL CONTROL CREMATION, BOTH A CITY RESIDENT AND A NON-CITY RESIDENT.

RATE.

THE CITY CODE VIOLATIONS FOR INFRACTION FINES, THE CITY CODE VIOLATIONS FOR ANCE, UH, NOISE VIOLATIONS.

SO THOSE ARE ALL ENCOMPASSING FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

WE'RE PROPOSING THAT TO BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2025.

THE NEXT CATEGORY IS THE CATEGORY THAT WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF, UM, SOME, SOME MISTAKES ON SOME OF THE DESCRIPTIONS, AND I'M GONNA GO OVER THOSE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL.

UM, AND SO THOSE WHO WE'RE PROPOSING TO BE EFFECTIVE, UH, DECEMBER 16TH, AND THIS IS FOR A WASTEWATER DIVISION.

SO I'M GONNA RUN OFF A COUPLE OF THOSE FOR YOU.

UM, JUST TO KIND OF EXPLAIN, SO A COUPLE OF THE, UM, ITEMS THAT WE HAD HERE, WE HAD THE WRONG, UM, DESCRIPTION.

INSTEAD OF SAY IT SHOULD BE, UM, UM, PER CONNECTION PER MONTH, UM, FOR THE, UM, FEE NOTED ON 10 DASH 11 B CITY OF AMON MONTHLY, IDAHO, TEQ WASTEWATER FEE.

UM, SO THAT WAS LISTED AS AN INCORRECT, UM, DESCRIPTION.

ON THE ACTUAL UNIT OF MEASUREMENT, WE HAD ANOTHER ERROR ON OUR USUAL, UH, UNIT OF MEASUREMENT, UM, ON 10, UH, UH, PERIOD 11 D UM, IDA IONA BONNEVILLE, UH, SEWER DISTRICT, THE MONTHLY IDAHO DEQ WASTEWATER FEE.

UM, AGAIN, IT SHOULD BE PER CONNECTION PER MONTH.

IT WAS NOT CORRECT IN THE ORIGINAL FEE SCHEDULE.

UM, WE ALSO, UM, ADDED, UM, THE SERVICE CONNECTIONS FOR YUKON WASTEWATER CONNECTION FEE.

AND THOSE WERE INADVERTENTLY, I THINK, CON CONSOLIDATED IN SOME OF THE ROWS.

SO THEY WERE NOT IDENTIFIED ON THE RESOLUTION THAT WAS PASSED BACK ON THE, UM, AUGUST 8TH PUBLIC HEARING.

AND SO WITH THAT, I WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS IN THIS HEARING SETTING, UH, OF

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YEAH.

COUNCILOR FRANCIS.

ACTUALLY, COULD CHIEF JOHNSON EXPLAIN WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE IN, UM, MOST LIKELY.

OKAY.

AND YOUR MIC IS ON.

IT'S JUST NOT VERY LOUD, IS IT? OKAY.

UM, SO, UH, COUNCILOR FRANCIS HAD, HAS ASKED IF THE CHIEF CAN COME FORWARD AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INFRACTIONS.

SO WITH THE, THE INFRACTIONS AND ALSO THE NUISANCE WISE VIOLATION, THE IDEA IS YOU HAVE A GRADUATED FEE SCHEDULE.

UM, THE, THE, THE GOAL IS ALWAYS HAVE VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES SOCIETIES WORK BEST, IS, IS, UH, THERE'S VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE AND WE RELY ON THAT IF SOMEONE DOES HAVE A VIOLATION, THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME SORT OF DETERRENT.

SO YOU START BUT LOWER THAN IF PEOPLE CONTINUOUSLY VIOLATE AN ORDINANCE, THEY NEED A HIGHER LEVEL OF, UH, DETERRENT.

AND SO THAT, THAT WOULD GO UP AS THERE'S MORE AND MORE VIOLATIONS.

AND WHEN WE DID THE NOISE ORDINANCE, WHEN WE DID THE NOISE ORDINANCE, WE DECIDED THAT THAT WOULD BE WITHIN A CALENDAR YEAR OR DID WE HAVE IT LONGER THAN THAT? LONGER THAN THAT.

OKAY.

A THREE YEAR PERIOD? YES.

OKAY.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

YEAH.

OKAY.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, WELL, WITH THAT, WE'LL TURN OH, THE TIME OVER.

THANK YOU.

UH, DIRECTOR ALEXANDER.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

UM, ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE TO OFFER TESTIMONY ON THE PROPOSED FEE CHANGES? THAT WOULD BE THE, SOME ARE GOING UP, SOME ARE GOING DOWN AND SOME ARE BEING ADDED.

OKAY.

UM, LAST CALL.

ALRIGHT.

THERE'S NO TESTIMONY.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, IF THERE'S NO MORE, UM, UH, NO MORE THAT YOU, UH, NO MORE.

IF THERE, IF YOU HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING AND I'LL TURN THE TIME OVER TO, UH, FIRST OUR LIAISONS FOR THIS DEPARTMENT, UH, IF THEY HAVE ANY, UH, COMMENTS THEY WANT TO MAKE.

AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU CAN MAKE COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE TO, UM, COMMENTS OR DELIBERATION BEFORE WE MOVE TO ANY, UH, MOTIONS.

ANY INTEREST IN THAT? I, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY I, I THINK THE CHIEF AND HIS FOLKS HAVE WORKED VERY HARD, PARTICULARLY ON SOME OF THOSE ANIMAL ITEMS TO TRY TO, TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE AND NOT THAT THE OLD DIDN'T, BUT JUST TRY TO LOOK AT 'EM AND SAY, OKAY, WHAT, WHAT MAKES THE MOST SENSE FOR CITY RESIDENTS, FOR NON CITY RESIDENTS, GIVEN WHAT IT COSTS TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES? SO I THINK THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.

UM, YOU, YOU KEEP, MAKE ME THINK OR MAKE ME REMEMBER THAT WE'VE TRIED PRETTY HARD.

UH, STATE LAW SAYS THAT AT NO TIME SHOULD THE FEE THAT YOU CHARGE COST MORE OR BE HIGHER THAN WHAT YOUR COSTS ARE.

UM, AND SO IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, HAVE THE FEE EQUAL TO YOUR COSTS, THAT'S, THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE THEN THERE'S NO, IT IS JUST AN EVEN CLEAN TRANSACTION.

BUT OFTENTIMES, UH, YOU, THE LAW WILL ALLOW YOUR FEE TO BE, UM, LOWER THAN YOUR COSTS.

UM, BUT THAT JUST MEANS THAT THE MONEY'S GOTTA COME FROM SOMEWHERE AND IT USUALLY COMES FROM TAX DOLLARS.

SO WE TRY REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SERVICES WE OFFER WITH A FEE, UM, THAT WE HAVE REAL TIGHT RELATIONSHIP TO, TO, UH, WHAT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE CHARGING SO THAT WE DON'T, UH, HAVE TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZING PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE SERVICES.

IT'S, UH, SOMETIMES AS MUCH ART AS IT IS MATH.

AND SO, UM, I THINK THAT WHEN THE DEPARTMENTS PUT THEIR BINDS TO IT, THEY, THEY DO A GREAT JOB.

SO THANKS FOR MENTIONING IT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MAY I HAVE? YES.

ON THE PUBLIC WORK SIDE, I THINK IT, IT MIGHT BE ODD WHEN THE PUBLIC LOOKS AT IT AND GO, WELL, WE'RE CHARGING FEES TO ENTITIES OUTSIDE IDAHO FALLS.

BUT THAT'S BECAUSE WE TAKE THEIR WASTEWATER IN THESE, UM, FROM THESE PARTICULAR PLACES AND RUN 'EM THROUGH OUR WASTEWATER PLANT.

SO THIS IS A FEE THEY PAY FOR A SERVICE, WE PROVIDE FOR THEM A BENEFIT FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF GREATER IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY.

EXCELLENT POINT.

ALRIGHT, WELL THEN I'LL, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

JUST A HEARING.

NOPE.

UH, THERE'S AN APPROVAL AS WELL, UH, TO CONDUCT THE HEARING AND TO APPROVE.

AND SO IF YOU WANT, UH, MAKE A MOTION, IT WOULD BE TO APPROVE THAT THE SCHEDULE HAS PROPOSED.

DOES SOMEONE FROM PUBLIC WORKS WANT TO MAKE THAT OR I, I'M HAPPY TO MAKE IT.

IT COULD BE POLICE PUBLIC, IT COULD BE ANY THERE'S RULE.

OKAY.

READY TO DO IT THEN.

THANK YOU.

UM, I WOULD MOVE THAT COUNCIL, APPROVE THE NEW AND REVISED FEES AS LISTED, UM, IN OUR PACKET.

SECOND.

THANK YOU.

CITY CLERK.

I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO FOR VOTE FREEMAN? YES.

FRANCIS.

AYE.

LARSON? YES.

BRADFORD.

AYE.

WE'RE IN SHOCK.

YES.

DINGMAN? YES.

MOTION CARRIED.

I'M SORRY.

I DO RECOGNIZE MAYOR THIS WEST MUNICIPAL SERVICES AND SO WE JUST, JUST NOT EVEN, I WAS LIKE WAITING FOR PUBLIC WORKS FOR POLICE TO DO IT AND I REALIZED, I'M SORRY, IT IS UNDER MUNICIPAL SERVICES, BUT THAT IS JUST A PROTOCOL THAT WE FOLLOW FOR FUN.

IT'S NOT THE RULE.

THE RULE SAYS ANY COUNCIL MEMBER CAN MAKE MOTIONS.

SO WE'RE,

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THANK YOU.

UM, ALRIGHT.

[5.B.1) Final Plat and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards, LB Development Division No. 1]

UH, DIRECTOR SAN IS HERE.

UM, BUT I'M GUESSING HE'S NOT GONNA STAND FOR THIS FIRST ITEM.

UM, HAD OH, HE IS? OKAY.

APPARENTLY YOU'RE GONNA BE CALLED FORWARD, UH, DIRECTOR SANNER, UH, TO ANSWER A QUESTION.

UH, BUT, UH, THIS FIRST ITEM, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION IS A FINAL CLASS AND REASON STATEMENT.

UH, NORMALLY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE, UM, READY TO, TO MOVE RIGHT THROUGH WITH THOSE.

OUR, OUR TWO COUNCIL LIAISONS TO THAT DEPARTMENT ARE COUNCILS, REDFORD AND LARSON.

AND SO, UM, COUNCIL LARSON, DO YOU WANNA LEAD OFF WITH, UH, ANY EXPLANATION FOR YOUR COLLEAGUES? WELL, THIS IS, THIS IS SIMPLY SPLITTING AN EXISTING LOT TO FACILITATE TWO NEW HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN NARROW BUT REALLY FED.

AND IT'S AN INFILL, WHICH I THINK IS, IS A VERY POSITIVE THING.

IT DOESN'T GENERATE AN ADDITIONAL SEW LINES OR ELECTRIC LINES OR ANY OF THAT KIND OF STUFF.

IT'S ALL EXISTING.

SO IT, IT'S A GREAT THING TO HAVE INFILL HAPPEN.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL LET US, I'LL JUST ADD THAT THIS IS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE ADOPTED THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD CODE AND, UH, THESE ARE THE EXACT KIND OF THINGS WE WANTED TO SEE FROM THAT EFFORT.

AND NOW WE GET TWO RESIDENCES INSTEAD OF ONE WITHOUT CREATING THE DENSITY THAT WE HEAR SO OFTEN THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SEE THE HIGH RISE OR, SO THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I THINK WORKS WELL.

I WAS SO CURIOUS AS TO WHY IT WAS THE SKINNY TOO SKINNY LOTS INSTEAD OF, UH, TOO SHORT OR CHUBBIER LOTS.

AND SO, UH, I'M GONNA BE REALLY CURIOUS AS I DRIVE BY TO SEE WHAT'S ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED THERE.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE AN EXAMPLE, THE SAME BUILDER HAS ALREADY BUILT ON BOULEVARD AND IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING DUPLEX.

SO IT'S BUILT AS ONE UNIT, BUT IT'S OWNED BY TWO PEOPLE AS TWO LAW.

SO IT'S, YEAH, I GUESS I MISSED THAT, BUT WHEN THAT ONE HAPPENED, SO INTERESTING.

OKAY.

UM, COUNCILOR FRANCIS.

WELL, THE REASON I WANTED TO DIRECTOR, SENATOR TO SPEAK A LITTLE BIT IS PARTLY BEEN EXPLAINED ALREADY BY THE TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS, BUT THIS IS AN INTERESTING USE OF TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

SOMETHING WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH MORE HOUSING IN THE CITY, UM, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY.

AND IT SPLITS THE LOT IN HALF, AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED.

UM, I JUST WANTED HIM TO PROMOTE THE CONCEPT.

WELL, WELL YOU'RE UP THERE.

UM, MAYBE YOU CAN ALSO JUST SORT OF EXPLAIN WHAT EVERYBODY'S REFERENCING.

TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS NOT JUST A, A WAY OF TALKING ABOUT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S ACTUALLY A BENEFICIAL DESIGNATION.

AND, AND BEFORE I FORGET, UM, THE REASON STATEMENT IN FRONT OF YOU, THERE WAS AN ERROR ON THE BOTTOM.

IT REFERENCED R THREE IN THE PACKET.

AND SO I HAD, UH, ANN IN MY OFFICE, SHE DRAFTED A NEW ONE AND IT SAYS TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE BOTTOM, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

THAT'S WHY THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU.

YEAH.

SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD ZONE DISTRICT, UH, WHAT THEY DID IS THEY LOOKED AT THE OLDER PORTION, THE KIND OF THE ORIGINAL PORTION OF IDAHO FALLS AND THAT ZONE DISTRICT WAS CREATED AS COUNCIL MEMBER BRADFORD SUGGESTED.

AND THEN WE WENT BACK AND JUST THROUGH, UM, INPUT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, THEY WANTED US TO SEE HOW WE COULD DO MORE INFILL INTO THAT ZONE.

'CAUSE THERE ARE PROPERTIES THAT KIND OF GREW, THE CITY GREW AROUND.

AND SO WE CHANGED THE SETBACK STANDARDS.

UH, WE MADE SMALLER LOTS, UH, 3000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUMS AND THAT ALLOWED FOR THE INFILL.

AND, AND, UH, COUNCILMAN FRANCIS ASKED BEFORE, WELL, WHY AREN'T A LOT MORE DOING THAT? AND UH, YEAH, WE WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT.

SO , YOU CAN, YOU CAN SPLIT 'EM AND JUST AS LONG AS IT'S WITHIN THE ZONE DISTRICT AND THE TN NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE ALLOW FOR THIS INFILL DEVELOPMENT THERE.

AND THIS IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE, JUST SO THAT YOU CAN GET THIS LOCK SPLIT IN A DUPLEX AND WE GET MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE CITY.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING MORE YOU'D LIKE ME TO SAY.

WELL, DOES THE LINE GO RIGHT THROUGH THE BUILDING THEN? MM-HMM .

OKAY.

YEAH.

AND THERE'S AN EXAMPLE AS COUNCIL MEMBER RATFORD SAID IN YOUR PACKET OF WHAT THE PRODUCT THAT, UH, THIS DEVELOPER HAS DONE.

AND SO, YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I DIDN'T READ THIS PART OF MY PACKET 'CAUSE I READ IT IN REGISTRAR AND I DIDN'T CLICK ON ALL THE LINKS.

I ONLY CLICKED ON THE MAP.

AND, UH, ANYWAY, YEAH, THAT'S ME.

YEP, I SEE IT NOW.

VERY INTERESTING.

THANK YOU.

YEP.

ALRIGHT.

UM, SO IF ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE THAT PICTURE, UH, IT'S IN MY PACKET.

WE CAN CAN SEE IT AFTER THE MEETING.

UM, BUT I THINK THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN, UH, MOTIONS AT THIS POINT.

YES.

I MOVE THAT COUNCIL ACCEPT FOR APPROVAL.

WAIT A SEC.

WE DO HAVE ONE COMMENT FIRST.

I'M SORRY.

COUNCILOR GREEN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

I, I'VE JUST, I I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEING THE OLDER PARTS OF TOWN AND, AND IN THEIR, IN THEIR PACKET.

THIS PROPERTY WAS PLATTED IN 1887 AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL EAGLE ROCK TOWN SIDE.

SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE.

THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT.

THANKS.

YES, I DID SEE THAT, THAT PART I DID SEE THE OTHER DAY.

THANK YOU.

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WE'RE OKAY.

I MOVE THE COUNCIL, ACCEPT OR APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR LB DEVELOPMENT DIVISION NUMBER ONE AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, CITY ENGINEER AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN.

SET.

FINAL PLAT.

SECOND.

ALL.

THANK YOU COUNSELORS, CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CONDUCT THE VOTE? FRANCIS? AYE.

DINGMAN? YES.

FREEMAN? YES.

LARSON? YES.

RADFORD.

AYE.

? YES.

MOTION TAKE.

VERY GOOD.

ALRIGHT, NOW WE, UM, UH, HAVE THE NEXT, UH, WE HAVE ANOTHER MOTION RELATED TO THIS THAT'S APPROVAL OF THE RECENT STATEMENT, UMBRELLA WITH CRITERIA AND STANDARDS.

UM, AND AS, UH, DIRECTOR SANDRA MENTIONED THERE IS A DIFFERENT COPY THAN THE ONE THAT'S IN THE PACKET OR ON THE, UH, THAT YOU GET WITH THE, UH, WITH THE CODE OVER THERE.

SO ANYWAY, ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE IT? I'VE GOT MY COPY HERE.

YOU CAN GET IT FROM ME AFTER THE MEETING.

AND WITH THAT, MAYBE I MOVE THE COUNSEL, APPROVE THE REASON STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR LB DEVELOPMENT DIVISION ONE, AND GET AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

SECOND.

VERY GOOD.

UH, CITY CLERK, WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE.

LARSON? YES.

BRADFORD.

AYE.

FRANCIS.

AYE.

DAYMOND? YES.

BURTENSHAW? YES.

FREEMAN? YES.

MOTION CARRIED.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, UH, THEN

[5.B.2) Legislative Hearing for Consideration of an Ordinance approving Yellowstone Square Urban Renewal District]

UH, THIS ONE IS ALSO A LEGISLATIVE HEARING, UM, FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING THE COUNCIL BACKGROUND INFORMATION THAT WILL, UH, POTENTIALLY HELP THEM MAKE THEIR DECISION.

UH, AND SO THE HEARING IS ON, UM, WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THEY SHOULD VOTE TO APPROVE, UH, OR PASS AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD, UH, CREATE THE YELLOWSTONE SQUARE URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT.

FORTUNATELY, JUST LIKE THE OTHER HEARING, WE HAVE A STAFF REPORT.

AND SO ALL THAT MUMBO JUMBO I JUST SHARED WILL TURN INTO AN EXPLAN OR WILL BE EXPLAINED, UH, BY THE DIRECTOR.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE'LL UM, OPEN THE HEARING, WE'LL INVITE ALL, UH, TESTIMONY AND, AND INFORMATION PRESENTED TO BECOME PART OF THE RECORD OF THE HEARING.

AND, UH, INVITE, UH, DIRECTOR SAND FORWARD TO GIVE A STAFF REPORT.

UM, AFTER THAT, UH, I THINK WE'LL BE HAPPY TO HEAR FROM ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISH TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS.

YEAH.

THANK YOU MAYOR.

UM, I'M COMING TO YOU A LITTLE BIT IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY.

I, I WEAR TWO HATS IN THE STUDY.

ONE OF 'EM IS THE CDS DIRECTOR AND THE OTHER ONE IS THE DIRECTOR OF THE IDAHO FALLS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND THE IDAHO FALL REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.

AND THEY USE WHAT A TOOL CALLED TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.

AND TO UTILIZE THAT TOOL THAT'S SAYS STATE, UH, IT'S ACTUALLY GRANTED TO US FROM THE STATE STATUTE.

AND IN ORDER TO UTILIZE THAT TOOL, UH, THE CREATION OF URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICTS HAVE TO BE DONE FOR US TO USE THAT TAX TOOL.

UH, TYPICALLY AT THIS POINT, I TURN THE TIME OVER TO, UH, SOMEONE ELSE TO PRESENT, BUT WE WERE CONCERNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TECHNOLOGY AND SO THE CONSULTANT HAS ACTUALLY ASKED ME TO PRESENT.

SO THIS IS MY FIRST GO AROUND DOING THIS.

SO, UM, I BELIEVE OUR CONSULTANTS IS, HAS HER IN THE MEETING, BUT MAYBE DOESN'T HAVE PERFECT AUDIO.

YEAH, I DUNNO FOR SURE.

AND THAT WOULD BE A DEAR FRIEND TO THE CITY.

YEP.

UH, RENEE MCGEE, UH, SHE ACTUALLY WORE THE, UH, OR HAD THE POSITION THAT, UH, MR. SANDER DID WHEN HE WAS, WHEN SHE, UH, 2, 2 2 PO.

TWO PEOPLE AGO.

YEP.

RIGHT.

YEP.

AND SO, UH, ANYWAY, SHE, UH, IS HIGHLY QUALIFIED TO PREPARE THESE REPORTS.

SHE IS, YEAH.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE MEGAN CONRAD ON, SHE'S THE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR FRA FOR THE ITEM FALLS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND SHE'S REALLY THE EXPERT OF ALL THIS.

SHE'S THE BRAINS OF THE OPERATIONS.

WELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US.

SO I'LL, I'LL TRY TO PRESENT THIS AS BEST I CAN.

AND, UM, YEAH, IF THERE'S ANY CORRECTIONS, I'M SURE MEGAN WILL CHIME IN ON ME.

SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO, UH, TO DISCUSS, WE'RE AT THE LAST POINT OF PROPPING UP IN URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT.

AND THIS URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT IS WHAT WE CALL THE YELLOWSTONE SQUARE.

AND I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE IT'S LOCATED.

IT INCLUDES APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRES.

IT IS GENERALLY REFERRED TO THE OLD, UH, FRED MEYER SHOPPING CENTER SITE.

UH, IT IS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF ANDERSON STREET AND YELLOWSTONE HIGHWAY, WHICH IS DOWN HERE IN THE CORNER, AND THEN IT'S BUFFET, OR IT'S, UH, BORDERED ONTO THE EAST BY THE HAMMER DRIVE.

AND THEN AT CITY PROPERTIES, THESE ARE, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH AND THEN TO THE WEST ARE SOME PROP AS A PROPERTY THAT'S UNDER THE COUNTY JURISDICTION.

AND THERE'S, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND OF, OF HOW WE GOT HERE.

SO ON SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2023, THE AGENCY ABORTED, UH, AGENCY BOARD, SO IF A ADOPTED RESOLUTION, 2023 DASH 17, ACCEPTING THE YELLOWSTONE SQUARE ELIGIBILITY STUDY PREPARED BY OUR CONSULTANT RENEE MCGEE.

ON OCTOBER 26TH, 2023, CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023

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AND IN ESSENCE, CREATING THE URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT.

ON JUNE 20TH, 2024, AGENCY REVIEWED THE INITIAL DRAFT PLAN AND PROVIDED FURTHER DIRECTION AND INPUT, UH, FOR THAT URBAN RENEWAL AREA.

ON SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2024, THE AGENCY BOARD ADOPTED RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 DASH NINE, APPROVING THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE YELLOWSTONE SQUARE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, AND RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AND DIRECTING, TRANSMITTAL THE PLAN TO THE MAYOR, CITY AND CITY COUNCIL, AND TAKE NECESSARY ACTIONS TO START CREATING URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT.

ON NOVEMBER 12TH, 2024, NOTICE OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING, UH, NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED, AND IT WAS THE PLAN WAS SUBMITTED TO THE AFFECTED TAXING DISTRICTS.

A SECOND NOTICE WAS POSTED ON THE 26TH OF NOVEMBER, AND THEN THIS ITEM WENT ON DECEMBER 3RD, 2024, TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION WHO ADOPTED RESOLUTION NUMBER 12 DASH 20 20 24.

FINDING THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, UH, CONFORMS TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THE PLAN ELEMENT SUGGESTS TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT, AND NOTHING'S MORE EXCITING THAN GOING THROUGH STATE CODE, BUT JUST TO SHOW THAT THIS IS , WE DO HAVE TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THIS.

SO, UH, IDAHO CODE 50 DASH 29 0 5 IS, UH, IS IDENTIFIES THE INFORMATION THAT THE PLAN HAS TO INCLUDE.

FIRST IS A STATEMENT DESCRIBING THE TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION OF THE BASED ASSESSMENT OF THE REVENUE ALLOCATION AREA AND TOTAL ASSESSED VALUATION OF ALL TAXABLE PROPERTY WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY.

SECOND, A STATEMENT LISTING THE KIND NUMBER AND LOCATION OF ALL PROPOSED PUBLIC WORKS OR IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE REVENUE ALLOCATION AREA AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY, WHICH HAS BEEN DONE A DETAILED LIST OF ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS, WHICH I WILL SHOW HERE IN A MINUTE.

UH, AND A FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENT, WHICH FOCUSES ON THE DEFERRAL OF TAXING DISTRICTS.

THE RECEIPT OF A BUDGET CAPACITY INCREASE FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION RULE VALUES UNTIL TERMINATION OF THE RENEWAL AGENCY AREA.

BASICALLY, CAN THIS SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE DOING FISCALLY, UH, THE TAXING DISTRICTS ARE MORE IMPACTED BY BUDGET LIMITATIONS AND THE LIMITED STATUTORY ABILITY TO INCREASE BUDGET.

SO TAXING DISTRICTS CONTINUE TO RECEIVE POTENTIAL BUDGET CAPACITY INCREASES FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION.

SO BASICALLY, AS CONSTRUCTION GROWS, WE GET MORE TAXES FROM, WE ALSO HAVE TO DISCLOSE THE TERMINATION DATE.

SO IF THIS, UH, RENEWAL AGENCY AREA IS ADOPTED, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE TERMINATION DATE.

WE IS DISCLOSED AS 1231 OF 2044.

WE STAND FOR 20 YEARS, JUST SO YOU KNOW.

UM, AND THEN LET'S SEE A TERMINATION DATE.

AND THEN, UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO DISCLOSE THAT, UM, THE PROJECT AREA IS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE CITY BOUNDARIES OF IDAHO FALLS.

THE PROJECT AREA HAS NO AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS ON THE PROPERTY, AND THERE ARE NO OVERLAPPING HIGHWAY DISTRICTS ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL.

UM, SO THIS SHOWS, UH, WE HAVE TO DISCLOSE THE 10% LIMITATION.

THIS IS BY STATE STATUTE.

SO WE HAVE TO SHOW THE, UM, ADJUSTED BASE FOR ALL OUR, UM, URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICTS.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S HERE ON THE LEFT, UH, RIGHT HERE.

THESE ARE JUST NAMES THAT WE GIVE THEM.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT ARBITRARY, BUT THEY'RE JUST, JUST NAMES THAT ARE GIVEN INTERNALLY.

AND THEN THE ADJUSTED BASE.

THE MAIN PURPOSE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS ONE, WE HAVE OUR ASSESSED VALUE FOR THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, AND THEN WE HAVE THE 10% RULE, WHAT THAT WOULD BE.

SO COMING DOWN, EVEN WITH THE CREATION, IF THIS WERE TO BE CREATED, URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT, AH, THERE WE GO.

UH, THE TOTAL ASSESSED BASE IS 75 MILLION AND WE'RE AT POINT LESS THAN 1%.

SO WE ARE OKAY WITH THE 10%.

I DO HAVE TO GO OVER THE FINDINGS.

UH, ASSOCIATED WITH THE SURVEY RENEWAL DISTRICT.

THE TAX INCREMENT REVENUES TO BE GENERATED BY THE PROPOSED PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO REPAY THE DEVELOPER FOR THE COST OF NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS TO REMOVE DEVELOPMENT IMPEDIMENTS AND TO FUND OTHER PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

IN THIS CASE, IT'LL BE UTILITIES AND RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS.

THE DEVELOPER ANTICIPATES APPROXIMATELY $615,000 IN ELIGIBILITY COSTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT.

ADDITIONAL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS WELL.

UH, FOR THE PLAN.

IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT ROUGHLY 2.4 MILLION WILL BE GENERATED IN THE PROJECT AREA USING THE 2023 TAX LEVY LEVY RATE.

SO LET'S LOOK TO GENERATE ABOUT 2.4 MILLION.

AND THE FINANCE FINDINGS, IT IS ASSUMED THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL INITIALLY FUND THE COST ELIGIBLE FOR REIMBURSEMENT

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SO, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WHEN DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN THESE DISTRICTS, WE REIMBURSE ON THE SIDE.

SO THE DEVELOPER PAYS FOR IT UP FRONT.

THE REQUEST OF THE DEVELOPER INCLUDE ASSISTANCE, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS FOR BAAL EXCAVATION.

BASICALLY LAVA ROCK, UH, RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS AND UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE DISTRICT.

THERE MAY BE A NEED FOR ADDITIONAL PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS, SUCH AS IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERSECTION OF ANDERSON LINCOLN ROAD AND YELLOWSTONE HIGHWAY.

AND THIS COULD INCLUDE LANDSCAPING, WIDENING THE SIDEWALK OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROUNDABOUT, UH, POTENTIALLY FOR THE COST OF 1.5 FOR THESE 1.5 MILLION FOR THESE ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.

UH, THIS NEXT, IT'S A LITTLE SMALL OF A CHART.

THIS, UH, THIS IS WHAT I DESCRIBED AS THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED BY THE DEVELOPER.

UM, IF THE, IF THE PROJECT DEVELOPS IS CONTEMPLATED, THE REIMBURSEMENT UNDER AN OWNER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT COULD BE COMPLETED IN YEAR 2034.

THE APPROXIMATELY 1.5 MILLION AVAILABLE TO FUND THE PUBLIC PROJECTS.

AND AS I STATED, THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERSECTION OF ANDERSON LINCOLN ROAD, YELLOWSTONE HIGHWAY, AS WELL AS LANDSCAPING WHITENING SIDEWALKS AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE SIDEWALK OR CONSTRUCTION OF A ROUNDABOUT.

SO THERE ARE ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE MAKE, AND THESE ASSUMPTIONS COME THROUGH THE ELIGIBILITY, UH, SKI, UM, ELIGIBILITY REPORT.

BUT, UM, THEY ARE LISTED AS POTENTIAL WHEN THE C OF O THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WOULD BE ISSUED, AND WHEN THOSE REVENUE DATES WOULD START GENERATING.

I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH THE, THE PHASE, UH, THE FOUR PHASES OF THE ASSUMPTIONS AND THEN SOME OF THE OTHER ASSUMPTIONS THAT HAVE NOT, THAT ARE STILL BEING UNDER REVIEWED.

SO, PHASE ONE OF THE DISTRICT WOULD CONSIST OF A CAR WASH TO BE LOCATED AT THE PRESENT ENTRANCE FROM YELLOWSTONE HIGHWAY AND AN 8,100 SQUARE FOOT RETAIL STORE RESTAURANT CENTER AT THE INTERSECTION OF YELLOWSTONE HIGHWAY AND ANDERSON STREET.

PHASE TWO WOULD CONSIST OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF A WAREHOUSE ON THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE.