Apr 10, 2025 City Council Meeting

THAT OUR SYSTEM HAS GONE LIVE. WE ARE NOW BROADCASTING LIVE STREAMING, SO WE'RE GOING TO

[1. Call to Order.]

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THEY ARE ACTUALLY PARTICIPATING IN A ON CITY BUSINESS RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE AT A LEGAL PROCEEDING REPRESENTING THE CITY THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON ALL DAY LONG. OUR CITY ATTORNEY IS THERE AS WELL.

AND SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY DIDN'T CALL IN BACKUP BECAUSE HE PROBABLY THINKS THEY'LL BE HERE SOON. SO WE'RE GOING TO BE OPTIMISTIC THAT THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS. BUT WHEN YOU SEE THAT THE ROLL IS CALLED AND THEY DON'T ANSWER, THEY'RE STILL DOING GOOD WORK. SO THEY'RE SOMEWHERE ELSE DOING THAT. SO CITY CLERK COUNCIL PRESIDENT BURTENSHAW HERE. COUNCILOR RADFORD. PRESENT. COUNCILOR. DINGMAN. ABSENT. COUNCILOR.

FREEMAN HERE. COUNCILOR. FRANCIS. ABSENT. COUNCILOR LARSON HERE. AND AS THEY WALK IN, WE'LL ASK YOU TO NOTE THOSE AS EXCUSED. TARDIES OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. AND WITH THAT, I WILL ALSO JUST POINT OUT A FEW THINGS. THE FIRST ONE IS THAT ON THE TABLE OVER THERE IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM, THERE IS A QR CODE. AND IF YOU PUT YOUR PHONE TOWARD THAT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN A FULL COPY OF THE AGENDA WITH ALL ITS PAGES.

AND SO THAT IS AN OPTION IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME OF THE BACKUP MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AGENDA ITEMS. IF YOU'RE JUST INTERESTED IN SEEING AN AGENDA AND FOLLOWING THE MAIN LINE OF BUSINESS. THERE ARE SOME COPIES OF THE AGENDA IN THE LITTLE POCKET BY THE DOOR TO THE ENTRANCE AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE ROOM. AND SO IF YOU WANTED TO FOLLOW ALONG THAT WAY. WE DON'T HAVE WE HAVE ABOUT 25 ITEMS ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. THEY WON'T NECESSARILY TAKE A LONG, LONG TIME, BUT THIS WON'T BE OUR SHORTEST MEETING. MY GUESS IS THAT WE'LL BE HERE FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR. HOPEFULLY NOT MORE THAN TWO IS MY. IF I WERE BETTING THAT'S WHERE I WOULD LAND.

ANYWAY, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO TELL YOU IS THAT. AS WELL. NO, LET'S JUST MOVE ON AND START THE MEETING AND I'LL ANNOUNCE THE NEXT THING AS WE. THE NEXT THING THAT NEEDS TO BE ANNOUNCED IS WE GET TO IT. IT IS OUR TRADITION TO BEGIN OUR MEETINGS WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

IF YOU ARE INCLINED TO JOIN US, WE WOULD INVITE YOU TO STAND TONIGHT. THE PLEDGE WILL BE LED BY OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, PJ HOLM. AND WE SALUTE THE FLAG UP HERE AT THE FRONT OF THE ROOM. THANK YOU PJ. THANK YOU MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, BOB. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. PETER. ALL RIGHT. WE MAKE TIME IN OUR COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANT TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL TO COME AND TAKE A TIME AT THE PODIUM TO SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS. WE HAVE SOME GUIDELINES THERE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE COVER PAGE. SO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND WE GIVE SOME GUIDELINES THERE THAT KIND OF IDENTIFY THE SIDEBOARDS THAT WE HAVE ON ON THE EXERCISE OF FREE SPEECH HERE AT PODIUM. WE ASK THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT YOUR COMMENTS BE RELEVANT TO SOMETHING THE CITY IS INVOLVED IN. WE ASK THAT YOU USE. HIGH, HIGH MINDED LANGUAGE. WE HAVE MANY SCHOOL CHILDREN WHO OBSERVE OUR MEETINGS, EITHER SOMETIMES IN PERSON OR ONLINE, AND WE'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A GOOD IMPRESSION OF HOW THE CITY IS RUN AND HOW GOVERNMENT WORKS IN OUR COUNTRY. AND SO WE ASK YOU TO REFRAIN FROM VULGARITY. WHEN? WHEN IT'S POSSIBLE. WE ALSO. WELL, ANYWAY, I HAVE OTHER RULES, BUT I'M GOING TO ASK FIRST, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN MAKING PUBLIC COMMENT TONIGHT? OFTENTIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN OTHER HEARINGS OR WANT TO WATCH SOMETHING ELSE. ALL RIGHT. SO IT LOOKS AS THOUGH PUBLIC COMMENT DOESN'T NEED ANY MORE AIRTIME HERE BECAUSE NO ONE'S HERE FOR THAT. SO WE'RE

[4. Consent Agenda.]

THERE ARE SEVERAL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. BUT WE HAVE HAD A REQUEST FROM A COUNCILOR TO PULL ITEM NUMBER FOUR FOR LET'S SEE, B1. SO B1 IS COMING TO US FROM MUNICIPAL SERVICES. AND IT IS CONSIDERATION OF THE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SOFTWARE CONTRACTS THAT WE NEED TO HAVE FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TONIGHT. AND SO WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL THIS DOESN'T

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THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE NINE ITEMS NOW ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FROM THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, APPOINTMENT OF LONNIE MULBERG TO THE GULF ADVISORY BOARD, AND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF JEFF NEWGARD TO THE WARBONNET ADVISORY COMMITTEE FROM PUBLIC WORKS. WE HAVE A BID AWARD FOR STORM IMPROVEMENTS.

FOR $583,182 TO SUN ROCK CORPORATION, DBA DUPACO. IDAHO FALLS POWER HAS THEIR POWER BOARD MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025, AND A BID AWARD FOR TRANSFORMER INVENTORY FOR $315,406.40 FROM THE AIRPORT. WE HAVE MINUTES FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING ON FEBRUARY 28TH, 2025 FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL FOR THE DOWNTOWN PARKING MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING. AND FROM THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK. WE HAVE A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM DECEMBER 19TH, 2024 AND JANUARY 9TH 30TH. FEBRUARY 13TH AND 27TH, 2025. ALSO, A REQUEST TO APPROVE THE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MINUTES FROM JANUARY 27TH AND FEBRUARY 18TH OF 2025, AND A REQUEST TO APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE FEBRUARY 21ST, 2025 CITY COUNCIL BUDGET RETREAT. THANK YOU. I WOULD MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE, ACCEPT OR RECEIVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED. SECOND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CITY CLERK, WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE. PLEASE. BURTONSHAW. YES. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. AFTER HAVING TAKEN THAT FIRST VOTE, I'LL JUST POINT OUT THAT STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT YOU HAVE A QUORUM TO CONDUCT BUSINESS. AND FOUR OUT OF SIX IS CONSIDERED A QUORUM. IT'S MORE

[5.A.1) Playground equipment at Willowbrook and Antares parks.]

THANK YOU. MAYOR. AS COUNCIL KNOWS, THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TRIES TO REPLACE A COUPLE OF OUR PLAYGROUNDS THROUGHOUT OUR PARK SYSTEM EVERY YEAR. WE DO BUDGET FUNDING FOR THAT. EACH YEAR DURING THE BUDGET PROCESS AT THIS POINT, WE DID DO WE DID PUT OUT AN RFP FOR NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT AT WILLOWBROOK PARK AND IN TERRACE PARK. WE DID RECEIVE THREE PROPOSALS, AND WITH BIG T RECREATION, WHICH IS OUT OF DRAPER, UTAH, BEING THE MOST RESPONSIVE TO THE CRITERIA SET BY OUR OUR RFP. BIG T RECREATION WILL BUILD AND INSTALL THE PLAYGROUND. IN BOTH OF THESE PARKS, AND THE TOTAL COST FOR BOTH PLAYGROUNDS AND INSTALLATION IS $99,165. WE SEEK FOR YOUR GUYS'S APPROVAL, AND WE'LL GET GET THOSE PURCHASED AND THE PROCESS STARTED. AFTER THAT, I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FIRST, IF YOU DON'T MIND. AND THAT IS YOU MENTIONED YOU LIKE TO REPLACE TWO OF THEM A YEAR. AND AT THAT RATE, WHAT IS OUR REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE? ANOTHER WAY TO SAY IT IS HOW MANY PARKS WITH PLAYGROUNDS DO WE HAVE AND HOW OFTEN ARE WE LOOKING AT REPLACING THEM. SO WE HAVE 26 PLAYGROUNDS IN IDAHO FALLS. SO TAKE US ROUGHLY 13 YEARS. RIGHT NOW THIS YEAR WE ACTUALLY ARE REPLACING THREE.

ONE OF THE PLAYGROUNDS THAT THAT WE ARE PURCHASING AT THIS POINT IS FROM A DIFFERENT COMPANY AND UNDER THE THRESHOLD TO BRING IT TO COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. AND SO IF WE MOVE AT THAT RATE, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL WE'LL BE A LITTLE QUICKER THAN 13 YEARS. I'M HAVING A MOMENT OF DEJA VU.

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I WAS WANTING TO KNOW THAT, AND I KNOW THAT THE DEPARTMENT FOR A TIME DIDN'T REPLACE THEM ON AS REGULAR OF A SCHEDULE. AND SO THERE WAS A TIME THERE WHEN WE REALLY NEEDED TO CATCH UP WITH A GOOD REPLACEMENT SCHEDULE. SO YOU BET. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THE MANAGEMENT. YOU HAD A COMMENT, COUNCILOR? JUST GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE TAKING MAINTENANCE. IT'S SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO SPEND BIG DOLLARS ON MAINTENANCE. RIGHT. AND YOU HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES IN PARKS AND REC. I KNOW THAT YOU WOULD ALSO WANT TO DO. BUT IT TAKES DISCIPLINE AND FORESIGHT TO DO THIS. BECAUSE IF WE DON'T, THEN IT WILL. WE WON'T HAVE USABLE PLAY EQUIPMENT. AND WE KNOW HOW GREAT IT IS FOR EVERYONE TO GET OUTSIDE AND MOVE AND DO THOSE THINGS. SO, AND I'LL BE HONEST, THE TOURIST PARK THAT'S UP BY THE ART MUSEUM THAT YOU ALSO DID THAT RECENTLY, WHICH HAS BEEN CAPITAL, SOUTH CAPITAL. SORRY. YEAH WE DID, AND IT'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE SUCCESS. RELOCATING IN THE PARK, DOING A LITTLE BIT OF DIFFERENT LANDSCAPING, KIND OF CHANGING THE WAY IT FIT INTO THAT PARK. IT IS BEING PLAYED ON AND USED EVERY TIME I DRIVE BY. I JUST ON MY WAY TO THE COUNCIL MEETING THIS EVENING, THERE WAS PROBABLY 13 OR 14 KIDS PLAYING ON THAT PLAYGROUND AS WE PLAYED.

I WILL SAY ONE THING THAT YOU COULD START LOOKING FOR AS YOU REPLACE THESE. I JUST READ THE BOOK ANXIOUS GENERATION AND THE RESEARCH AROUND DANGEROUS PLAY AND. WE'VE HAD THIS MOVEMENT TO GET SO SAFE THAT THERE IS SOME MOVEMENT BACK, TO LOOK AT THINGS THAT KIDS HAVE TO DO, THINGS THAT ARE KIND OF SCARY, THAT HELPS THEM BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE. AND THE RESEARCH IS SUPPORTING THIS. AND SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS IF YOU START SEEING THOSE EMERGE, LIKE THE SPIDER WEBS AND THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THE OLD DAYS WHERE WE WENT DOWN THE METAL SLIDES AND, AND HAD THE MERRY GO ROUNDS THAT WE ALL KIND OF GOT HURT ON. EVIDENTLY THAT MADE US A LITTLE MORE CAPABLE OF RESILIENCE. SO IF YOU REMEMBER THE METAL SLIDES FROM PARK BACK IN THE DAY, WHERE KIND OF WHERE YOU WERE ABOUT 55FT TALL AND NO RAILINGS, THEY WERE THEY WERE SPEED. YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. BUT THAT THAT IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ROPE CLIMBERS THAT YOU SEE NOWADAYS ARE KIND OF PUSHING TOWARDS THAT. IT ALSO HELPS ATTRACT MAYBE SOME OF THE OLDER KIDS THAT DON'T WANT TO PLAY ON A, ON A TOT LOT OR A YOUNG PLAYGROUND, YOUNG, YOUNG CHILD PLAYGROUND GIVES THEM A LITTLE BIT OF THAT THRILL FACTOR. ACTUALLY, AT SOUTH CAPITOL PARK, WE THOUGHT THEY HAD MAYBE MADE A MISTAKE WHEN THEY WHEN THEY INSTALLED IT.

THERE'S A KIND OF A LADDER THAT CLIMBS UP THAT ALMOST KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A ROCK CLIMBING LADDER, AND THERE'S A GAP ABOUT MAYBE TWO FEET BETWEEN IT AND THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE. AND WE THOUGHT, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOMETHING MISSING, OR THEY POURED THAT TOO FAR AS WE WENT BACK AND LOOKED. IT IS ABSOLUTELY PART OF THE PLAY, AND IT'S KIND OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT THRILL TO STEP OVER OR JUMP OVER THAT GAP. AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WOULD ADD IS I WOULD LOVE FOR US TO KIND OF LOOK AT A FEW PLACES TO SEE WHERE WE COULD DO SOME OF THE SENIOR PLAYGROUNDS WHERE BALANCE, IT'S JUST A FEW FEET. THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS AS WEL, OF HOW USEFUL THAT IS FOR OUR SENIORS IN THE 60S AND 70S TO HAVE SOME OF THOSE KIND OF PLAYGROUNDS THAT ARE KIND OF UNIQUE. I'M PRETTY SURE SENIOR MEANS 80S AND 90S. YEAH. OR 90S IN A HUNDRED. I'M APPROACHING IT. REMEMBER WHEN I WAS ALMOST READY FOR THE SENIOR HOUSING? WE APPROVED? I GUESS I'M GOING TO SAY ONE LAST THING ABOUT SOUTH CAPITOL PARK IS WHERE WE DID TAKE THAT PLAYGROUND OUT. THAT IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS KIND OF A SENIOR AREA. SENIOR GATHERING PLACE, SPOT THERE WHERE WE CAN MAYBE PUT SOME CHESS TABLES. BUT IT'S A LARGE ENOUGH SPACE THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO PUT MAYBE SOME TYPE OF. YEAH, IT'S REALLY SIMPLE. IT'S LIKE A GYMNASTIC BALANCE BEAM, BUT IT'S JUST ONLY LIKE INCHES INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, TALL. SO IT'S KIND OF AMAZING STUFF THEY CAN DO. THANK YOU. PROBABLY THERE'S NO GOOD WAY TO KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, BUT I'M CURIOUS. THE KIDS THAT ARE USING THAT IS IT ASSUME THAT THEY COME FROM THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE EAST JUST ACROSS CAPITOL. OR DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEL FOR WHERE THEY

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[5.A.2) 2025 Idaho Falls Zoo Proposed Fee Increases]

BECAUSE IT'S A. I CAN'T EVEN TALK. YOU ARE WELCOME TO ASK QUESTIONS IF YOU WOULD LIKE.

JUST BECAUSE WE CAN BE INFORMAL. TYPICALLY WE'RE NOT AS INFORMAL, BUT. AND THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING ONCE WE'RE SURE EVERYBODY'S QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED. AND THEN WE'LL PROCEED TO HAVING THE COUNCIL CONSIDER THE FEE INCREASE. KNOWING THAT THEY ALREADY RECEIVED THE PUBLIC INPUT THAT THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ON THAT. SO WITH THAT, DIRECTOR HOLM WILL INVITE YOU TO TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE INCREASES AND WHY THEY'RE NEEDED, OR WHY YOUR DEPARTMENT IS REQUESTING THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR. THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE NOW, INSTEAD OF THIS BEING INCLUDED IN OUR BUDGET PROCESS, IS IN PARKS AND RECREATION. ONE OF THE HARDER THINGS FOR US TO DO IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE START PLANNING OUR BUDGET ALMOST 18 MONTHS IN ADVANCE. WE LIKE TO GET THROUGH THE SEASON. WE TRY TO WE TRY TO ESTIMATE WHERE THOSE FEES, THOSE FEE INCREASES THAT MIGHT NEED TO BE REQUESTED. WE TRY TO WE TRY TO INCLUDE THOSE IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. BUT SOMETIMES AT THE END OF A BUDGET SEASON OR, EXCUSE ME, A SEASON, WHETHER IT'S IN OUR GOLF COURSE OR WHETHER IT'S AT THE ZOO, SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE YEAR AND KIND OF WHAT OUR, OUR CHANGES OR OUR PRIORITIES OR EXPENSE. YOU KNOW, DIFFERENCES FROM ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. AND SO THIS YEAR, AS WE WERE LOOKING AT OUR FEES, ONE OF COUNCIL'S PRIORITIES FOR US WAS RIGHTSIZING USER FEES AND SCRUTINIZING RELATIONSHIPS WITH NON-CITY USERS OF OUR FACILITIES. AND WITH THAT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAD WE LOOKED AT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RESIDENT FEES TO COME INTO THE TO THE ZOO AND NONRESIDENT FEES, AND IN TYPICAL YEARS, WHAT WE'VE DONE IS SOME OF OUR COURSES ARE THE AT THE GOLF COURSES AT THE ZOO. THEY HAVEN'T REALLY LIKED TO CHARGE A TWO DIFFERENT PRICES. SO THEY

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AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET THAT CARD AND GET THEIR, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS AND VERIFIED. AND BUT I THINK WE SHOULD CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THIS, BECAUSE WHAT WE OFFER THERE IS PRETTY AMAZING. AND IT'S A IT'S A TREE CANOPY, BEAUTIFUL PLACE WITH ANIMALS AND EXPERIENCES. AND WE I THINK SOMETIMES WE UNDERVALUE SOMETHING WHEN WE DON'T CHARGE THE RIGHT AMOUNT AND WE DON'T SHOW THE SIGNIFICANCE OF HOW AMAZING IT IS. SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT WE'RE MAKING THIS STEP, AND THE ZOO TENDS TO GET BETTER. SO YOU TEND TO GET MORE VALUE OVER TIME THAN THAN YOU DID IN THE PAST. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN THE CHAIR WILL STAND OR SIT FOR A MOTION. I'M

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OKAY. AND I WOULD SECOND THAT. OKAY. YOU HAVE A SECOND. CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CONDUCT A VOTE? BURTONSHAW. YES. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. BRADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. THANK

[5.B.1) Consideration of Resolution Approving 2025 Idaho Falls Regional Airport Master Plan]

IT WAS A 737, 700 PLUS PAGES. IT ACTUALLY DIDN'T JUST SLOW THE SOFTWARE. IT PRETTY MUCH JUST STOPPED IT FLAT OUT. I WON'T SAY IT BROKE IT, BUT ONCE WE BACKED THAT OUT AND OUR SOFTWARE IS DESIGNED TO TAKE OUR MEMOS AND THE ATTACHMENTS AND COLLATE THEM SO THAT A NICE, BEAUTIFUL PACKET COMES OUT AT THE END. WELL, IT WOULDN'T ACCEPT THAT. WE LEARNED THE LIMITS OF THIS SOFTWARE AND IT'S NOWHERE NEAR 700. IN FACT THE WHOLE PACKET ITSELF WAS OVER 1400 PAGES. SO ONCE WE BACK THIS OUT, THE REPORT, THE MASTER PLAN AND ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS FOR IT, WE STILL HAD OVER 700. AND THAT'S WHY ON THE WEBSITE YOU'LL SEE OUR TONIGHT'S AGENDA BROKEN INTO TWO ENTRIES ON ON THE WEBSITE. SO ANYWAY, IF YOU WANT TO REFERENCE THE PLAN, THE MASTER PLAN AND THAT OTHER TRICKY DOCUMENT, IT WILL. IT IS AT THIS TIME AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, THE AIRPORT WEBSITE. AND SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO FIX WHATEVER I SAID THAT DIDN'T WORK THERE. BUT ANYWAY, THE MASTER PLAN IS NOT AT ANYBODY'S FINGERTIPS IN THEIR PACKET TONIGHT, BUT IT IS ON THE WEBSITE IF YOU WANT TO REFER TO IT. COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE HAD ACCESS TO IT FOR A LITTLE OVER A WEEK. SO, DIRECTOR TURNER, IT'S ALL YOURS. THANK YOU. MAYOR COUNCIL. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU DOES, CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE 2025 IDAHO FALLS REGIONAL AIRPORT MASTER PLAN.

AND AS THE MAYOR SAID, IT IS NOT IN YOUR PACKET. IT'S LOCATED IN TWO PLACES ONLINE. ONE IS IF AIRPORT EMPLOYEES, WHICH IS THE MASTER PLAN WEBSITE. THAT IS NOT A PERMANENT HOME FOR IT. THE FINAL DRAFT IS CURRENTLY SITTING ON THE AIRPORT WEBSITE AT IFLY EBAY.COM. YOU CAN HOVER OVER AIRPORT BUSINESS AND SELECT AIRPORT DOCUMENTS AND PROGRAMS, AND YOU CAN FIND THE MASTER PLAN THERE. THAT IS THE LOCATION WHERE THE FINAL DRAFT. ONCE ALL THE SIGNATURES ARE COLLECTED AND AFFIXED TO THE DOCUMENT. THAT'S WHERE THE PLAN WILL LIVE FOR THE PUBLIC. THIS PLAN WAS STARTED BEFORE MY TIME WITH THE CITY, ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS PRIOR TO MY ARRIVAL. AND SO IT'S BEEN QUITE SOME TIME COMING. AND WITH THAT, I THINK THE BEST PERSON TO PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN IS WAYNE RYDER FROM OUR GROUP. HE IS JOINING US VIRTUALLY FROM COEUR D'ALENE, WHICH IS WHERE HIS OFFICE IS, AND I WILL LET HIM SPEAK TO THE MASTER PLAN AS HE READY TO GO. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO DO WE HAVE VISUAL? ALL RIGHT. OUR CITY CLERK WILL BRING THAT UP ON THE SCREEN. NO, WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE VISUAL, JUST AUDIO. YEAH. ALL RIGHT.

WELL. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS WAYNE ONLINE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY. WE CAN SEE IT, TOO. YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE DOING A RADIO BROADCAST. OH, EXCELLENT. YEAH, IT LOOKS GREAT. WELCOME. WELCOME TO OUR MEETING. AND WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. ALL RIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. AS IAN MENTIONED, MY NAME IS WAYNE RYDER. I AM THE PLANNER WITH ARDURA AND THE LEAD PLANNER FOR THIS MASTER PLAN PROJECT. THE PURPOSE OF AN AIRPORT MASTER PLAN IS TO MEET THE AVIATION DEMAND AT AN AIRPORT SAFELY AND EFFICIENTLY. THE PLANNING HORIZON IS NORMALLY 20 YEARS, AND THEY USUALLY TAKE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO COMPLETE. WE BEGIN THIS MASTER PLAN IN 2021, WHICH MEANS IT HAS TAKEN ALMOST FOUR YEARS TO COMPLETE. THIS IS DUE PARTLY BECAUSE OF HOW COVID IMPACTED THE INDUSTRY, AND WHEN WE STARTED THE PROJECT, THERE WAS STILL A LOT OF TURMOIL GOING GOING ON IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY AND THE AIRPORT INDUSTRY. AIRPORT MASTER PLANS FOLLOW A STEP BY STEP PROCESS THAT LEADS TO A CONCLUSION. WE START WITH AN INVENTORY, THEN DO A FORECAST OF AVIATION DEMAND, ASSESS THE NEEDS, THEN DEVELOP ALTERNATIVES TO ADDRESS THOSE NEEDS. A PREFERRED ALTERNATIVE IS SELECTED AND AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IS CREATED THAT TURNS THE

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OKAY. THERE'S NOTHING. NO, NO CHERRY ON TOP THERE THAT YOU WANT TO ADD? NO, NOT FOR ME AT THIS MOMENT. ALL RIGHT, WELL, THIS IS VERY CLEAR. MR. MR. RYDER WAS CLEAR, BUT THE PROCESS INCLUDED SEVERAL OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC. AND I MYSELF WAS PERSONALLY AT SOME OF THOSE. I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE TO SOME OF THE CONVERSATION WAS SPIRITED AND THERE WAS A GREAT DEAL OF CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WERE BEING CONSIDERED AND SOME OF THE PARCELS THAT WERE BEING CONSIDERED. SO CAN YOU JUST BRIEFLY, ONE OF YOU, EITHER WAYNE OR IAN, COULD YOU GIVE AN OVERVIEW OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT THAT'S INVOLVED IN A MASTER PLAN? I CERTAINLY CAN. SO THERE'S TWO PRIMARY PIECES OUTSIDE OF THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE CITY COUNCIL AS THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT THAT ACT AS THE AIRPORT SPONSOR TO THE FAA.

THERE'S A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT INCLUDED AIRPORT STAFF AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND SEVERAL OTHER DEPARTMENTS OF THE CITY. SOME TENANTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.

THEY MET, I THINK, FIVE TIMES, MAYBE FOUR. WAYNE'S GOT THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, AND THOSE ARE ALL THOSE NOTES ARE CONTAINED IN THE MASTER PLAN. THEN THERE'S A PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDED A 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD AT THE START OF 2024, AND I THINK FIVE SEPARATE PUBLIC MEETINGS. IN ADDITION TO THE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU RECEIVED AS COUNCIL TONIGHT. ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT, WAYNE? DON'T YOU GOT IT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR OUR EXPERTS HERE? COUNCILOR FREEMAN, JUST ONE QUESTION. AND I JUST THE FACT THAT WE'RE 15 YEARS SINCE THE LAST ONE WAS DONE, AND THEY RECOMMENDED TO BE DONE EVERY 5 TO 10 YEARS. CORRECT? CORRECT. FOR MASTER PLAN UPDATE. SO THIS IS A THIS WAS A FULL MASTER PLAN. THIS IS A FULL REDOS. OKAY. MASTER PLAN UPDATE. OKAY. SO HOW OFTEN DO YOU REDO AND GET THE FULL PLAN. AND HOW OFTEN DO YOU DO THE UPDATES THAT I THINK WOULD SUBSTANTIALLY BE

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THANK YOU. COUNCILORS. CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CONDUCT A VOTE ON THE PLAN? BURTONSHAW. YES.

FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. FANTASTIC. CONGRATULATIONS,

[5.C.1) International Fire Code Ordinance]

ALSO CHANGES SOME STANDARDS ON ENTRY. ONCE YOU GET TO A RESIDENCE OR COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, HOW WE ACTUALLY ACCESS THAT PROPERTY WITH OUR HOSE LINES OR WITH OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES, WITH OUR AMBULANCES JOURNEYS. AND THERE'S ALSO SOME THINGS THAT DISCUSS HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT WE CAN USE STANDPIPES OR DIFFERENT STRUCTURES AND SYSTEMS IN PLACE

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SO, JOHN, MY COMMENT DOESN'T FIT THAT WELL. I THINK MY COMMENTS MIGHT SUFFICE, JUST BECAUSE WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS NOT THE MOTION, BUT THE PARAGRAPH ABOVE THE MOTION THAT SAYS ADOPTION OF THE MOST CURRENT ADDITION. THAT ISN'T TRUE. THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND SO IT IS THE MOST CURRENT EDITION THAT THE STATE HAS. YEAH. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M, THAT'S I JUST WANTED THE RECORD TO SHOW WE'RE NOT ADOPTING THE MOST CURRENT EDITION. I THINK BEYOND THAT, YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT. THE MOTION I THINK IT'S FINE. AND IT'S PROBABLY UNDERSTOOD BECAUSE I DO UNDERSTAND THE FLEXIBILITY. MAKES SOME SENSE TO. I JUST WANTED TO UNDERSTOOD. IT'S IN THE RECORD. YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. AND SO IF ANYBODY IS LOOKING AT THIS, THEY WILL SEE THIS DIALOG AND OR HEAR THE DIALOG OR READ THE DIALOG. THIS WILL BRING US IN LINE WITH THE STATE STATUTE AND CDS THAT IS ADOPTED THE 2018 CODE. THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING THAT, COUNCILOR. OTHER QUESTIONS. COMMENTS THEN COUNCILOR FREEMAN. YES. I JUST LIKE TO PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THIS HAS BECOME APPARENT WITH ALL THE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING PARTICULARLY, BUT OTHER THINGS ALSO. BUT BECAUSE OF ALL THE MULTIFAMILY HOUSING WE'RE HAVING BUILT IN IDAHO FALLS AT THIS TIME AND THE GROWTH WE'RE SEEING, THE DEVELOPERS ARE TRYING TO SQUEEZE AS MANY UNITS INTO A PIECE OF PROPERTY AS THEY CAN AT THIS TIME, AND IT'S BECOME DIFFICULT FOR US TO KEEP THE ROAD WIDTHS AND KEEP ENOUGH SPACE TO GET BIG TRUCKS CLOSE ENOUGH TO THESE BUILDINGS THAT ARE CLOSE TO EACH OTHER, THAT IT'S A REAL FIRE HAZARD AS FAR AS AS EXPOSURES AND SO FORTH.

AND SO JUST GETTING IN AND OUT OF THESE, YOU ALL ARE YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THEM AROUND TOWN. SO, YOU KNOW, WE JUST GET SO DENSE THAT IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET THE BIG TRUCKS IN. SO WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND JUST PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE BECAUSE DENSITY IS CAN BE A GOOD THING RIGHT. IT CAN MEAN THAT YOU'RE EFFICIENTLY USING THE PROPERTY. AND THERE ARE SOME FOLKS WHO DON'T VALUE, YOU KNOW, HAVING A BIG BACKYARD OR BIG FRONT YARD. THEY JUST WANT A PLACE TO LIVE THAT THEY CAN AFFORD. AND SO HOW DO YOU RECONCILE THE TWO? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE TOO CLOSE TOGETHER, YOU HAVE FIRE SAFETY ISSUES. IF YOU'RE TOO FAR APART, YOU'RE PAYING FOR PROPERTY YOU MAY NOT USE. AND THAT THAT DEFEATS THE IDEA BEHIND AFFORDABILITY. SO THERE IS A BALANCING. AND IT HAS TAKEN OUR PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND IN OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO COME TOGETHER AND KIND OF HAMMER OUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE WHERE'S THE GIVE AND TAKE POSSIBLE HERE. AND COUNCILOR FREEMAN HAS BEEN A FORMER FIREFIGHTER, HAS BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN WANTING THIS TO BE EVERYTHING WE APPROVE, TO BE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE. AND YET COUNCILOR RAFFERTY HAS BEEN A VOICE. I MEAN, NOT THAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOESN'T HAVE A VOICE, BUT YOU'VE BEEN A STRONG VOICE FOR. LET'S MAKE SURE WE HAVE SOME DENSITY. AND THEN I'M THINKING, WELL, WHY? WHY DOES IT HAVE TO BE EITHER OR? THERE ARE MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY. BUT THINK ABOUT THOSE OF US WHO'VE NEVER LIVED IN NEW YORK CITY SEEN ENOUGH SHOWS. WE KNOW THAT THEY HAVE FIRE ESCAPES AND OTHER THINGS TO MITIGATE FOR BEING SO CLOSE TOGETHER THAT WE DON'T HAVE HERE, TYPICALLY. AND SO THERE IS SOME REAL IMPORTANT THERE ARE SOME DIALOGS THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN, AND WE'VE HAD THEM. AND I'M VERY PLEASED WITH THE WAY

[00:45:01]

AND WE'LL LEARN MORE AT MY CHIEFS CONFERENCE NEXT MONTH. BUT THERE IS DISCUSSION THAT THEY WILL SKIP 2021 AND MOVE TO 2024, AND THAT HASN'T BEEN DECIDED BY THE STATE YET. IS IT THE LEGISLATURE THAT MAKES THAT DECISION? THEY THEY MAKE THAT DECISION BASED ON THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL'S RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE NUMBERING OR THE WAY THEY LABELED THOSE BY YEARS IN THE PAST IS CAN CAN BE A SOURCE OF CONFUSION FOR SURE. SO IF YOU WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WELL THEN WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OKAY, MAYOR.

THANK YOU. I WOULD MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION SEVEN, DASH TEN, DASH ONE THROUGH SEVEN, DASH TEN, DASH FIVE. ACCORDING TO ADOPTING THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, UNDER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES REQUIRING THREE COMPLETE AND SEPARATE READINGS AND REQUEST THAT IT BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY SUMMARY. SECOND. OH, SORRY, I'M IN THE WRONG DEPARTMENT HERE. I'M NOT. SO I WAS JUST ASSUMING SOMEONE. WELL, WE HAVE A SECOND. WE'LL ASK THE CITY CLERK TO CONDUCT A VOTE ON THIS ONE. BURTONSHAW. YES. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES.

RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. VERY GOOD. NOW, BECAUSE WE ARE AMENDING AN ORDINANCE, LAW REQUIRES THAT THIS BE PUBLISHED BY TITLE. IT SHOULD BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY SUMMARY.

SO IT WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE ONCE IT'S PUBLISHED IN THE NEWSPAPER, WHICH WILL BE TUESDAY PAPER.

IT'LL BE TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. OKAY. I MEAN, THE NEXT PAPER IS SUNDAY, BUT THEIR DEADLINE WAS LAST NIGHT. SO IT WILL BE, AS SHE SAID TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY. SO WITH THAT, WE NEED TO READ IT BY TITLE AND I'LL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK FOR THAT. THANK YOU. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, PROVIDING FOR THE AMENDMENT OF TITLE SEVEN, CHAPTER TEN OF THE IDAHO FALLS CITY CODE TO PROVIDE FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE 2018 EDITION, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, PUBLICATION BY SUMMARY, AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU SO

[5.D.1) Graffiti Ordinance Update]

OKAY. OH MY GOODNESS, I TOTALLY MISSED THIS ONE WORD IN IT. I SHOULD HAVE FOUND IT. AND THE REALITY IS I SENT HIM THIS UPDATE AND I MISSED THIS WORD. SO IT'S A CLEANUP OF WHAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU A FEW WEEKS AGO IN THAT GRAFFITI REMOVAL ORDINANCE. THERE IS AN EXEMPTION WHICH SAYS THAT IF THE REMOVAL OF THE GRAFFITI IS IN CAUSE IRREPARABLE HARM TO THE TO THE PROPERTY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMOVE IT. AND IN THAT CURRENT ORDINANCE, IT SAYS THAT THE CITY REMOVES IT AND IT'S GOING TO CAUSE IRREPARABLE HARM. SO THIS JUST DELETES CITY. AND JUST SAYS REMOVAL BECAUSE WE WOULD BE DOING THE REMOVAL AS THE PROPERTY OWNER DOING THE REMOVAL. BUT IF IT WOULD CAUSE IRREPARABLE HARM, THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD NOT HAVE TO REMOVE THAT GRAFFITI. OKAY. WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE CHIEF? OKAY.

IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY EASY CHANGE. YEAH. TWO WORD CHANGE. THERE WE GO. SO THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.

IF THERE ARE NO COMMENTS, THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILOR FREEMAN. I WOULD MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE ORDINANCE UPDATING CITY CODE, TITLE FIVE, CHAPTER TEN, SECTION SIX. UNDER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES REQUIRING THREE COMPLETE AND SEPARATE READINGS, AND REQUEST THAT IT BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY. SUMMARY. SECOND. THANK YOU. CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CONDUCT A VOTE? BURTONSHAW. YES. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. BRADFORD. AYE.

MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. SO MOVING ON, THEN, TO PUBLIC WORKS. EXCUSE ME. AND

[00:50:11]

SEVERABILITY. CODIFICATION. PUBLICATION BY SUMMARY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE.

[5.E.1) Bid Award - Water Meter Box Installation 2025 Phase II]

LARSON. YES. BRADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM FOR PUBLIC WORKS IS

[5.E.2) Negotiated Contract - Elevated Water Supply Line with JM Concrete Incorporated]

COUNCIL, WOULD YOU BE WILLING THEN TO MAKE A MOTION. YES. TO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL

[00:55:05]

MOTION CARRIES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THE NEXT ITEM BEFORE US COMING FROM PUBLIC WORKS IS A.

[5.E.3) Cooperative Agreement and Resolution with the Idaho Transportation Department for City of Idaho Falls Lighting Upgrades]

BUCKETS OF MONEY VERY CLEAR BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL PAID FOR BY SERVICES. SO YOU DON'T HAVE THE ELECTRIC UTILITY. SO IT'S AMAZING STREET DEPARTMENT, SO ON AND SO FORTH. CONVERSELY, SO THE CITY STREETS DEPARTMENT DOESN'T SUBSIDIZE THE STATE HIGHWAYS THAT RUN THROUGH TOWN. SO IT'S THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THOSE. SO WE ALSO HAVE A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT WITH IDAHO FALLS POWER WITH THE STATE TO MAINTAIN THEIR STREET LIGHTING AND ALSO THEIR TRAFFIC SIGNALS, TOO. IF YOU'LL NOTICE, WHEN YOU GO DOWN, YOU'LL SOME HIGHWAY TOWARDS LIKE MAVERICK OR AND CARRIE THE YOU'LL SEE THESE YOU KNOW METAL OVERHEAD. STREET LIGHTS WITH OVERHEAD DUPLEX WIRE RUNNING ON THEM WITH LIKE A LITTLE INSULATOR. SO THOSE ARE SOME REALLY GOOD TEMPORARY CONNECTIONS BECAUSE ALL THAT ORIGINALLY WAS ALL UNDERGROUND. AND YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH OF THAT ELECTRICAL WIRE HAS FAILED OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS. AND THOSE WERE TEMPORARY FIXES TO PUT OVERHEAD LINES RUNNING TO ALL THOSE. SO IT GOES TO THE STATEMENT OF THERE'S NOTHING MORE PERMANENT THAN A TEMPORARY FIX. SO HERE WE ARE PROBABLY 20 PLUS YEARS LATER. WE'RE GOING TO UPGRADE ALL OF THAT. WE'LL GET NEW NEW LIGHTS, NEW POLES, NEW BASES. ALL THAT WILL ACTUALLY GET PUT BACK UNDERGROUND. AND NEW CONDUIT, NEW WIRE. AND IT'LL REALLY CLEAN UP THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR, NOT HAVE ALL THOSE WIRES RUN EVERYWHERE AND GET SOME NEW UPDATED AND INCREASE MORE EFFICIENT LIGHTING, WHICH ALSO WILL HAVE THE NEW NEW LIGHTING STANDARDS AS MORE DOWNTOWN AND STUFF, WHICH ALSO HELPS WITH LIGHT POLLUTION. SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED AND THERE'S ENOUGH FUNDING IN THIS TO BE ABLE TO DO, YOU KNOW, ALL THE YELLOWSTONE WE THINK AND THEN CONTINUE TO DO SOME OTHER AREAS AROUND TOWN. SO WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HOW FAR THIS FUNDING CAN GO.

THAT WAS A GREAT PINCH HIT. WE HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED TO RECEIVE AND THIS HAPPENS EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE. LETTERS FROM PUBLIC ON OR REQUESTING THAT WE, YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION TO LIGHT POLLUTION. AND SUPPORT THE DARK SKIES YOU KNOW, MOVEMENT. AND SO IT'S NICE WHEN WITHOUT EVEN BATTING AN EYELASH, IT'S ALREADY BEING CONSIDERED BY THE PROFESSIONALS. YEAH. ALL OF OUR STREET LIGHTING WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR MANY YEARS IS, YOU KNOW, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, YOU KNOW, DARK SKIES INITIATIVES. AND IT HAS SHROUDING AND TRYING TO PUT THE LIGHT WHERE WE NEED IT, WHICH IS DOWN ON THE GROUND IN THE AREA, IS NOT, YOU KNOW, BROADCASTING IT WIDELY. AND SO WE'RE USING THE BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY FOR THAT. IT IS INTERESTING. I GUESS SIDEBAR WE ALWAYS GET KIND OF PUSH AND PULL ON THAT. PEOPLE LIKE LEAD STREETS BECAUSE THEY'RE EASY TO NAVIGATE, EASIER TO NAVIGATE, EASIER TO SEE. PEOPLE FEEL SAFER. BUT THEN SOME PEOPLE WANT

[01:00:04]

SO WISH I HAD DARK STREETS. ALL RIGHT. GO. I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT IN THE AGE OF. THERE JUST SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIKE TO BEAT UP ON GOVERNMENT AND HOW WASTEFUL WE MIGHT BE OR NOT BE. BUT I LOVE THESE KIND OF SITUATIONS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LABOR AND WE CAN DO IT WELL, AND WE KNOW OUR CITY AND I-T-D IS USING THEIR MONEY EFFICIENTLY, EFFECTIVELY, AND EVERYONE WINS. AND I THINK IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT SOMETIMES WHEN WE POINT OUT WHEN GOVERNMENT WORKS WELL TOGETHER AND WE USE TAXPAYER MONEY WISELY. YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I HAD MENTIONED BACK TO US ON THIS WITH THIS FUNDING IS THE AMOUNT THAT WE FORECAST WE CAN GET UP FOR LIGHTING IS WAY MORE THAN THEY COULD DO WITH GOING TO OTHER PRIVATE CONTRACTORS AND, AND DOING THAT BECAUSE WE, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THE SYSTEM. IT'S OUR ELECTRIC SYSTEM, OUR EFFICIENCY TO GET IT DONE. AND WE'RE ANOTHER BENEFIT OF PUBLIC POWER THAT'S NOT FOR PROFIT. AND WE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, KEEP OUR ELECTRIC PRICES REASONABLE AND OUR CITY FEES. AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT THERE IS A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS EFFORT MADE TO BE SUPER CAREFUL ABOUT WHERE THE DOLLARS COME FROM, HOW MANY, YOU KNOW, COUNTING FOR THEM PERFECTLY. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERY TRANSACTION WE CONDUCT WILL STAND UP IN A COURT. IF IT WERE EVER SUBJECT TO SUBJECTED TO THAT KIND OF SCRUTINY, WE DON'T EXPECT THAT IT WILL BE. BUT WE TRY REALLY HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WE DO IS CLEAN. AND HIS EXPLANATION DEFINITELY REFLECTED WHAT GOES INTO THAT. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE'RE READY FOR OUR MOTION. I WANT TO I WANT TO ADD ONE MORE QUICK THING. JUST I'M VERY EXCITED FOR THE WORK THAT'S BEING DONE ON YELLOWSTONE. WE'RE GOING TO GET THE SIDEWALKS ALONG YELLOWSTONE. YOU KNOW IT. THERE ARE PLACES WHERE YOU ENTER THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS THAT NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE AND ATTENTION. AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE LOCATIONS THAT WE HAVE SOME NICE ENTRANCES. THIS WAS NOT ONE OF OUR NICEST ENTRANCES. AND SO I'M REALLY EXCITED FOR THE STREETS AND THE NEW LIGHTING AND PATHWAYS AND ALL THE CONNECTIVITY THAT WILL HAPPEN ALONG YELLOWSTONE BETWEEN PANCARI AND. WHAT'S THAT? YEAH. YEAH. THE NICE NEW URBAN RENEWAL. I'M EXCITED TO SEE THIS CORRIDOR BE PART OF THE LOOK AND FEEL OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS THAT WE WANT SO WELL. AND IT IS IMPORTANT IF YOU'RE IF YOU EVER WANTED TO HAVE A REAL, REAL EXPERIENCE, TRY NEGOTIATING YELLOWSTONE IN A WHEELCHAIR. YEAH. AND YOU WILL FIND THAT THESE UPGRADES ARE NEEDED. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. DO YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION AND I'LL. YEAH. GO AHEAD. I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT AND RESOLUTION OF THE IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. I FOR THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS LIGHTING UPGRADES PROJECT. AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. THANK YOU, CITY CLERK. WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE. BURTONSHAW. YES. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. BRADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

[5.F.1) Bid IF-25-018, 2025 Water Line Concrete and Asphalt Surface Repair for Public Works]

AND OUR ITEM THIS EVENING IS, IS A BID F 20 5-018. IT IS THE 2025 WATER LINE. CONCRETE AND ASPHALT SURFACE REPAIRS. THERE'S A VARIETY OF QUANTITIES, AS YOU SEE ON YOUR BID TABULATION. WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF TWO BIDS AND IT INCLUDES VARIOUS UNITS OF CURB AND GUTTER CONCRETE REBAR PLANT MIX. AND IT IS SUPPORTING THE 2025 WATER LINE SURFACE REPAIR PROJECT FOR PUBLIC WORKS, THE WATER DIVISION. THE TOTAL ESTIMATE OF $776,595. TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER JM CONCRETE. WAS BASED ON A THREE YEAR HISTORICAL UNIT QUANTITIES FOR WATER LINE SURFACE REPAIR PROJECTS. ALL RIGHT. HERE'S ALL THE TECHNICAL BACKGROUND YOU COULD EVER WANT.

COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR ALEXANDER? ALL RIGHT. THE CHAIR WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE THE COUNCIL, ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE BID RECEIVED FROM THE LOWEST RESPONSIVE AND RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, JM CONCRETE, FOR THE ESTIMATED TOTAL OF $776,595.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. CITY CLERK. WE HAVE A MOTION WITH A SECOND. WOULD YOU CONDUCT A VOTE? BURTONSHAW. YES. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. BRADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY

[4.B.1) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software Contracts]

[01:05:02]

ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND EXPLAIN THIS PROJECT THAT WE'RE TAKING ON BACK IN JANUARY, WE CAME TO YOU AND ASKED FOR AN APPROVAL ON A PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE CITY'S CURRENT FINANCIAL SYSTEM, OR ERP SYSTEM AND ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING. AND TO UPGRADE TO TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY ON ON FINANCES. AND THIS REPRESENTS A LOT OF WORK THAT THE TEAM HAS PUT TOGETHER OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO GET TO THIS POINT. AND WHAT WE'RE OUTLINING TODAY IS JUST WHAT'S CHANGED FROM WHEN WE FIRST APPROVED THE PROJECT TO WHAT WE ARE NOW. AND SO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE IMPROVING UPON FROM THE INITIAL BID IS ADDING SOME FUNCTIONALITY, ADDING SOME DATA AND SOME INTEGRATIONS WITH OUR, SOME OF OUR CURRENT SOFTWARE.

AND SO THE SOME OF THE FUNCTIONALITY THAT WE ARE ADDING IS SOME GRANTING SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS US TO TRACK AND MONITOR OUR GRANTS. WE'RE ADDING AN EXPENSES MAPPING SOFTWARE FOR THE SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS US TO TRACK AND MAP REIMBURSEMENTS AND EXPENSES TO EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS REPLACE PAY CASH IN MY OUR EQUIPMENT. OF MINOR CHARGES AS WELL AS WE ARE ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL FOR HR. SO WHEN WE WENT TO THE SOFTWARE PROVIDER AFTER WE RECEIVED THEIR BID, AND WE'RE GOING THROUGH WITH THEM ALL THE THINGS THAT WE NEED AND EXPLAINING THE THINGS WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, THEY ADDRESSED THAT THERE WERE SOME ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONALITY THAT WOULD HELP US IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE CITY, AND THAT'S HOW WE GET TO THIS POINT OF ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONALITY. THE OTHER PIECE THAT WE NEED IS WE NEED MORE DATA SO THAT WE CAN MAKE BETTER DECISIONS. SO INSTEAD OF CONVERTING JUST 1 TO 2 YEARS OF DATA WHERE WE ARE MAKING POCKETS OF DATA THAT NEED TO BE CONVERTED SO THAT WE CAN KEEP HISTORICAL INFORMATION TO MAKE GOOD AND PRUDENT DECISIONS. LASTLY, ON INTEGRATIONS, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE SELECTED WORKDAY AS OUR OUR PROPOSAL IS THAT THEIR ABILITY TO INTEGRATE WITH OTHER SOFTWARE AND MAKE IT MORE EFFICIENT, THAT WE CAN CHOOSE BEST OF BREED AND SOME SPECIFIED AND SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GET AN ALL IN ONE SOFTWARE. THIS ALLOWS US TO INTEGRATE AND TO MAKE THE DATA MORE EFFICIENT, TRANSPARENT AND ACCESSIBLE. AND SO OVERALL, THIS IS A BIG WIN FOR THE CITY. THIS IS A PROJECT THAT EMBRACES ALL OUR ASPIRATIONS AND EMBRACES DATA. ONE CITY, ONE TEAM. WE ARE THINKING ABOUT THE PUBLIC OF PEOPLE MATTER. AND SO THIS IS ALL ABOUT MAKING THE CITY, YOU KNOW, BETTER ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AND BE ABLE TO MAKE THE DECISIONS. IT'S NOT AS EXCITING AS A POLICE STATION OR A FIRE STATION OR A PEAKING PLANT. BUT FOR US ACCOUNTANTS, IT'S SUPER EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO GET TO YOUR DATA AND USE IT AND MAKE PEOPLE'S LIVES MORE EFFICIENT AND BETTER. SO WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP THROWING PEOPLE AT TRYING TO GET A PROJECT DONE WHEN WE CAN JUST USE SOFTWARE. AND TO BE DEFINITELY TRANSPARENT AND ACCESSIBLE. SO THE TOTAL CHANGE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS ABOUT 525,000. AND. WHICH DOESN'T IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT, BUT IT IS WORTH EVERY PENNY TO GET THAT. THOSE THINGS THAT YOU NEED TO MAKE YOUR LIVES BETTER. AND THAT'S WHAT WE THAT'S WHAT I ASPIRE TO DO HERE, IS THAT IT WASN'T JUST ABOUT, HEY, HERE'S SOMETHING NEW AND FLASHY. WE REALLY ANALYZE THE DATA AND SAY, THIS IS WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE OUR LIVES BETTER AND MAKE OUR CITIZENS LIVES BETTER. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE COME TO YOU WITH THESE CHANGE ORDERS TO GET THAT FUNCTIONALITY, DATA ADDED TO THE CONTRACT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE HAVE LEARNED OVER THE YEARS THAT THE SOFTWARE IS NEVER

[01:10:04]

IT'S NOT A ONE TIME INVESTMENT. THIS SOFTWARE WORLD, WE DO HAVE TO DO WHAT THE MAYOR JUST SAID.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO KEEP UP AND WE HAVE TO DO THIS. WHAT I HOPE IS THAT BY DOING THIS AND GETTING INTO THE MODERN ERA, IT WON'T BE SUCH A JUMP ANYMORE. RIGHT NOW, WE CAN PAY THOSE SMALLER DELTAS THAT JUST TO INTEGRATE ON TOP OF THE NEXT SECTION OF THE SOFTWARE. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORT ON IT. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR RADFORD. I THINK YOU DID SOME GREAT EXPLAINING THERE. WE'RE GOING A LITTLE SLOW BECAUSE HOPING THAT OUR COLLEAGUES WILL JOIN US, IF YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED. BUT WITH THAT I THINK WE ARE READY WITH COMMENTS BEING MADE READY FOR A MOTION. SO COMMENT OR QUESTION. WELL, MR. HAGEDORN, BECAUSE IT WAS PULLED OFF OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE DON'T HAVE A NECESSARILY A MOTION THAT'S READY FOR THE ACTION. WE KNOW WHAT WHAT WE ARE HERE IN THE MEMO. SO IT REALLY IS FROM THE FEBRUARY 20TH MEMO. THAT'S WHAT WAS IN OUR PACKET. YEAH. SO OKAY. SO I AM I AM READY THEN WITH THIS. SO THAT THAT IS CORRECT. THE MEMO WAS CREATED I SHOULD SAY THE MEMO WAS STARTED BACK IN FEBRUARY AND WAS COMPLETED JUST RECENTLY. THAT IS THE ONLY MEMO OKAY. OKAY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE THAT WAS A LITTLE WAYS BACK AS I WAS SCROLLING THROUGH EVERYTHING. OKAY, SO. I MEAN.

SWITCH THIS OUT, CORRECT? OKAY. COOL. OKAY. OH, THERE WE GO. OKAY. SO I WOULD MOVE THE COUNCIL, APPROVE THE STATEMENT OF WORK CONTRACTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW ENTERPRISE RESOURCE SOFTWARE BY STRATA AND SPRY POINT AND LUCK CONSULTING GROUP, FOR A TOTAL OF $4,372,551 AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND.

OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CONDUCT THE VOTE? BURTONSHAW. YES. FREEMAN.

[01:15:07]

[5.G.1) Amendment to Naming Rights Agreement with Frontier Credit Union]

AND THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT THAT YOU HAVE THIS EVENING IS RELATED TO AN ADDITIONAL DONATION OR ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION THAT THE FRONTIER CREDIT UNION WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TOWARDS THEIR NAMING AGREEMENT THAT THEY HAVE WITH THE CITY. THE CURRENT AGREEMENT IS FOR A 40 YEAR NAMING OF THE FRONTIER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. THIS AMENDMENT ACTUALLY ADDS AN ADDITIONAL TEN YEARS ONTO THE AGREEMENT. AND WITH THE REASON FOR THAT IS THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED. THE CREDIT UNION WAS VERY INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING TO THE LOBBY EXPANSION THAT WE HAVE GOING ON AT THE FRONTIER CENTER. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SEEN THE CONSTRUCTION FENCE WAS PUT UP EARLIER THIS WEEK. THEY ARE ARE OFFERING TO AMEND THE CONTRACT FOR AN ADDITIONAL TEN YEARS FOR AN ADDITIONAL $900,000 TOWARDS THE FRONTIER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS LOBBY EXPANSION AND FOR THE PUBLIC PURPOSES, THE LOBBY EXPANSION IS ACTUALLY GOING TO BE INSTALLING ADA RESTROOMS AND MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EVENTS THAT ARE GOING ON AT THE FRONTIER CENTER. THIS AMENDMENT WOULD, AS I MENTIONED, WOULD EXTEND THE TERM OF THE NAMING RIGHTS AGREEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL TEN YEARS. SO THAT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF A 50 YEAR AGREEMENT FOR A NAMING AGREEMENT. AND IN EXCHANGE, AN ADDITIONAL $900,000 TOWARDS THE RIGHTS FEE. THE TOTAL NAMING AGREEMENT FOR THE 50 YEAR PERIOD IS $4.4 MILLION.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL. BURTON, DO YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR INSIGHTS AS WELL? YEAH, JUST AS COUNCIL KNOWS, WE'VE HAD A FEW WORK SESSIONS AROUND THIS AND. WE'VE WE'VE JUST GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH THE ARCHITECT AND THEN, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE NAMING RIGHTS FOR FRONTIER AND THEN TO HAVE THE BIDS COME IN A MILLION OVER WAS JUST DEMORALIZING BECAUSE IT WAS JUST LIKE WE WERE SO CLOSE.

MY, MY, MY PERSONAL BIGGEST CONCERN ON THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE ADA BATHROOMS. AND I'VE WATCHED PEOPLE JUST STRUGGLE TO GET ACCESS TO THE RESTROOMS. AND THEN ALSO WHEN WE'RE ABLE TO OPEN THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEN I'M ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT THE. THE SAFETY OF HAVING A PUBLIC BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO A RIGHT, YOU KNOW, CONNECTED TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO I'M REALLY, REALLY EXCITED. AND JUST THRILLED THAT FRONTIER WAS ABLE TO COME FORWARD WITH THIS ADDITIONAL MONEY TO HELP US GET OVER THE FINISH LINE WITH THE WHOLE LOBBY EXPANSION AND THE ACCESS THAT THIS WILL PROVIDE. SO I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION. BUT IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS COMMENTS. YES. AND HOPEFULLY PAM, I'M HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HELP ME WITH THIS. HELP ME UNDERSTAND. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY GENEROUS DONATION, BUT IT'S OVER 50 YEARS. HOW DID THE PAYMENTS WORK? WELL, THE PAYMENTS WORKS AS THEY'VE ALREADY ARRANGED TO GIVE US $700,000 A YEAR UP TO THE 3.5 MILLION THAT WAS ORIGINALLY PLEDGED. AND IN IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT, THE CITY IS ACTUALLY PAYING FOR ADVERTISING AT THE IDAHO FALLS REGIONAL AIRPORT, AND THAT IS UNDER UNDER $5,000 A YEAR. WITH WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT ADVERTISEMENTS THEY PUT IN. SO THE CITY HAS TO PAY FOR THAT AND ACTUALLY COMES OUT OF OUR PRINTER CENTER BUDGET, OPERATING BUDGET. THE OTHER PIECE TO IT IS ACTUALLY PUTTING ON THE OUTSIDE AND ON SOME OF THE PARKING SIGNS THAT YOU SEE OUT AT THE FRONTIER CENTER, THAT NAMING AS WELL ON THE SIGNAGE. AND SO THAT WAS THE FIRST PART OF THE 3.5. THE 900,000 IS ACTUALLY OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD. THAT FRONTIER CREDIT

[01:20:03]

[5.G.2) Ordinance Repealing the City's Daycare and Childcare Worker Licensing Regulations in Chapter 3, of Title 6, of the City Code.]

FORTUNATELY, TONIGHT, WE HAVE A GREAT MANY OF US WHO ARE PREPARED TO TALK ABOUT THIS.

WHEN THE LEGISLATURE IS IN SESSION, WE HAVE THE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEY'RE CONSIDERING, BECAUSE IN MANY CASES, IT HAS AN IMPACT ON CITY OPERATIONS. THIS WAS THE CASE OF CHILD CARE WAS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE WE WERE WATCHING CAREFULLY. AND IN FACT, THE STATE LEGISLATURE PASSED TWO BILLS. HOUSE BILL 243. A MEANING, AS AMENDED. AND HOUSE BILL 312. AND THEY BOTH IMPACTED THE WAY THAT CHILD CARE WAS PROVIDED. 243 DID PULL CITIES OUT OF THE BUSINESS OF BEING HAVING THE AUTHORITY, HAVING THE LEGAL AUTHORITY TO MONITOR CHILD CARE WITHIN CITIES. THEY PULLED THAT BACK, AND ONLY THE STATE NOW WILL BE REGULATING CHILD CARE AS OF JULY 1ST. BUT YOU CAN'T JUST INSTANTLY WAVE YOUR HAND AND HAVE EVERYTHING CHANGE. BETWEEN JULY 30TH AND JULY 1ST, JUNE 30TH AND JULY 1ST. AND SO DURING THAT TRANSITION PERIOD, IT HAS BECOME NECESSARY FOR THE CITY TO TAKE ACTION. AND THIS IS WHERE I WILL STOP TALKING AND LET COUNCILOR RADFORD CONTINUE ON EXPLAINING THE ACTION WE'RE GOING TO TAKE. AND THEN WE'LL ALSO INVITE OUR CITY CLERK TO FILL IN, BECAUSE THIS IS AN AREA WHERE SHE AND HER STAFF MEMBERS HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY INVOLVED IN MONITORING AND OVERSEEING THE LICENSING OF OUR CHILD CARE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS BE A TEAM EFFORT TODAY INSTEAD OF JUST RELYING ON OUR CITY ATTORNEY. COUNCILOR RADFORD. YEAH. THIS HAS BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE FOLLOWED CLOSELY, AS YOU SAY. AND IN SOME WAYS, IT WILL ALLEVIATE SOME EFFORT FROM OUR CITY CLERK OFFICE. AND SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MIGHT BE A SMALL VICTORY. BUT WE DO WANT TO ENCOURAGE PARENTS TO CONTINUE TO, YOU KNOW. SURVEY AND FIND WAYS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR DAYCARES ARE SAFE AND WELL REGULATED. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD JUST SAY THAT WE'RE APPROVING A REPEALING OF AN ORDINANCE, WHICH IS KIND OF UNUSUAL. WE DON'T I THINK THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN A DECADE OF ON COUNCIL TO DO THAT. I MIGHT BE WRONG, BUT ANYTHING YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD, EMMA? NO, NOT THAT HASN'T ALREADY BEEN SAID AND WOULDN'T PROBABLY BE PERTINENT TO THIS. ANY COMMENTS BEFORE I MAKE A MOTION? YEAH, I WOULD JUST COMMENT ON THE FACT THAT OUR ORDINANCES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MORE STRICT THAN THAN THE STATE ORDINANCE HAS BEEN. I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, HONESTLY, THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE KIND OF PREEMPTED THE CITY FROM FROM REGULATING THIS AND THE WAY WE CHOOSE. WE HEAR A LOT FROM THE STATE ABOUT HOW THEY DON'T LIKE BEING PREEMPTED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND THEN THEY PREEMPT THEIR OWN CITIES.

AND SO, YEAH, I AM UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THIS. I UNDERSTAND THE NEED THAT WE HAVE TO ROLL THIS BACK ON THIS VOTE TONIGHT, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I LIKE IT. AND I WOULD JUST ADD THAT FOR FAMILIES AND PARENTS AND PEOPLE WHO FEEL, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE AN IMPACT HERE, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO INFLUENCE THE LEGISLATION AT THE STATE LEVEL AND HOPEFULLY ADD THE THINGS THAT MAYBE WE HAD IN OUR ORDINANCE. AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A LOT OF OPPOSITION TO THAT, POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, TO TRY TO GET THERE. SO HOPEFULLY THAT'S TRUE. OKAY. THERE WAS A SPIRIT OF WANTING TO DEREGULATE AND, YOU KNOW, REMOVE ALL THE ONEROUS REGULATIONS PLACED ON

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SO I WOULD JUST SAY THAT IF YOU ARE DROPPING CHILDREN OFF AT DAYCARE, YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY AND A RIGHT TO BE AS THOROUGH AS YOU NEED TO BE IF YOU WANT TO BE, BECAUSE THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO BE YOUR PARTNER IN THAT ONE ANYMORE. AND THE STATE'S A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY.

SO DEFINITELY BE VIGILANT. ASK AS MANY HARD QUESTIONS. AT THIS POINT. THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE TO PUT UP A THEIR CERTIFICATE OF LICENSE ON THE WALL. SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, YOU NEED TO ASK TO SEE IT. BUT IF YOU ARE A PARENT, BE BE AS INQUISITIVE AS YOU FEEL YOU NEED TO BE. AND I IN THIS CONVERSATION, I HOPE THE PUBLIC DOESN'T THINK THAT DAYCARES ARE UNREGULATED. I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE. IF YOU'RE A IF YOU'RE A WORKER IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION IN THE STATE OF IDAHO, YOU HAVE TO PASS AN ENHANCED BACKGROUND CHECK. AND PREVIOUSLY, OUR BACKGROUND CHECK WAS JUST FOR THIS HERE IN THE STATE. BUT THE ENHANCED BACKGROUND CHECK IS FOR ANYWHERE. THEY HAVE LIVED IN THE UNITED STATES. AND SO IN A LOT OF WAYS, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT THING. AND THEN THE OTHER PIECE IS THE STATE OWNS THIS LIABILITY NOW AND OWNS THIS LIABILITY THAT THEY ARE PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN. SO THAT'S JUST THE AGENCY TO GO TO TRY TO MAKE CHANGES NOW. SO AND WE DO HAVE , A LARGE HANDBOOK CALLED IDPA THAT DEFINES A LOT OF THINGS.

AND SO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE PARENTS LEAVE THIS CONVERSATION THINKING THIS IS JUST AN UNREGULATED WORLD NOW. BUT I WILL SAY THAT WE DO NEED TO BE CAREFUL THOUGH. AND WE NEED TO TRY TO ALWAYS PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, OF COURSE. SO WITH THAT, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.

ACTUALLY, OUR CITY CLERK HAS SOME INPUT. SHE'S IT'S HER OFFICE HAS BEEN MANAGING THIS.

AND IF YOU COULD ADD TO YOUR COMMENT HOW YOU HAVE NOTIFIED PROVIDERS IN TOWN IN OUR CITY.

OKAY, SO FIRST LET ME START OFF WITH ONE COMMENT. AND THAT IS TO CLARIFY THAT US REPEALING THIS ORDINANCE IS NOT CHANGING ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH BUILDING. OKAY, SO JUST TO BE CLEAR, YOU STILL HAVE OUR, YOU KNOW, PLANNING, PLANNING, ZONING, FIRE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD APPLY JUST AS ANY OTHER BUILDING IN THE CITY WOULD NEED THOSE THINGS. SO THAT DID NOT GO AWAY WITH THE THIS CHANGE. OKAY. SECONDLY, AS THE MAYOR MENTIONED, WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATION TO OUR 59 DAYCARE FACILITIES LICENSED THROUGH THE CITY HERE IN IDAHO FALLS. THE LETTER WAS DATED APRIL 1ST AND WENT OUT LAST WEEK ALONG WITH A FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SHEET, WHICH WAS TWO SIDED. WE TRIED TO COVER AS MUCH AS WE COULD WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE AT THE TIME. BUT THE LETTER WAS JUST INFORMING THE FACILITIES OF THE CHANGE DUE TO THE PASSING OF THE BILL, SPECIFICALLY HOUSE BILL 243 A, AND THEN GIVING THEM ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS. AND WE'VE ALSO MADE THAT QUESTION AND ANSWER SHEET AVAILABLE HERE TO THE PUBLIC, BECAUSE WE DO GET A LOT OF WALK INS AND PHONE CALLS REGARDING CHILD CARE LICENSING FOR BOTH THE FACILITY AND THE WORKERS. SO WE DO HAVE THAT AVAILABLE HERE FOR ANYONE THAT NEEDS IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY FINAL COMMENTS? I KNOW COUNCILOR RADFORD IS READY. OH, COUNCILOR FRANCIS. YEAH. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT I DO WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT WHEN WE. RESCIND THIS ORDINANCE, THREE BASIC BACKGROUND CHECKS FOR ALL CHILD CARE WORKERS WILL DISAPPEAR. AND THAT WOULD BE MISDEMEANOR ASSAULT, MISDEMEANOR BATTERY, AND VIOLATION OF THE CIVIL PROTECTION ORDER. THOSE ARE ADDITIONAL SECTIONS OF DISQUALIFICATIONS THAT THE CITY HAD IN PLACE THAT WILL DISAPPEAR TONIGHT. AND I THINK THE PARENTS

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ALMOST 20 YEARS IN THIS BUSINESS. AND SO PLEASE FORGIVE FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE ROLLING YOUR EYES THINKING, WHY ARE WE SPENDING 20 MINUTES TALKING ABOUT CHILDCARE? IT HAS BEEN A ROLLER COASTER AS WE'VE WATCHED THIS PARTICULAR ISSUE WORK ITS WAY THROUGH THE SYSTEM. STRONG FEELINGS. BUT HOPEFULLY, AS JOHN SAID, THERE, THERE ARE PROTECTIONS AND YOU JUST HAVE TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THEM. AND IF YOU WANT MORE, YOU CAN TALK TO LEGISLATORS. IT'S NOT HARD TO FIND THEM. WE CAN HELP YOU LOCATE WHO THE RIGHT PEOPLE ARE TO TALK TO. YEAH, I AGREE WITH JIM. BE AWARE AND THEN TRY TO FIGHT FOR THAT TO IMPROVE. IF THE LEGISLATURE AND THEY COULD BE ADDED EASILY. I THINK TO THIS IF THEY IF WE CAN FIND CONSENSUS. OKAY. WITH THAT I WOULD THEN DO THE MOTION IF NO ONE PLEASE. OKAY. I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE REPEALING THE DAYCARE AND CHILD CARE WORKER LICENSE REGULATIONS FOUND IN CHAPTER THREE OF TITLE SIX OF THE CITY CODE, UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES REQUIRING THREE COMPLETE AND SEPARATE READINGS AND REQUESTS THAT IT BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY SUMMARY. SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. COUNCILOR. SORRY. SORRY. SORRY. SORRY. CITY CLERK. WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE.

BURTENSHAW. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS. AYE. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. RADFORD. AYE.

MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NOW, AS SILLY AS IT SOUNDS, THIS ORDINANCE TO REPEAL IS AN ORDINANCE. AND SO WE HAVE TO READ IT BY TITLE AND PUBLISH IT. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, REPEALING CHAPTER THREE OF TITLE SIX TO REPEAL THE CITY'S REGULATION OF DAYCARE FACILITIES AND WORKERS, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION, PUBLICATION BY SUMMARY, AND ESTABLISHING

[5.H.1) Final Plat, Development Agreement, and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards, MK Simpson Center Division No. 3]

THE GANG'S ALL HERE WITH THAT. I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION. GOT IT. I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR MK SIMPSON CENTER DIVISION NUMBER THREE, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION WITH THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN THAT AGREEMENT. SECOND CITY CLERK, WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE ON THAT MOTION. BURTENSHAW. YES.

DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A LEGISLATIVE HEARING. WE NEED TWO MOTIONS.

THAT'S RIGHT. I'M SORRY. THERE'S THE AGREEMENT. AND THEN WE HAVE THE TWO OTHER ATTENDED MOTIONS.

I AM SO SORRY. COUNCIL. I MOVE THAT COUNCIL. COUNCIL ACCEPT OR APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR MK SIMPSON CENTER DIVISION NUMBER THREE, AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, CITY ENGINEER AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN THE SAID FINAL PLAT. SECOND. OKAY. CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CONNECT THAT REPORT? BURTENSHAW. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS A. FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. RADFORD A MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY. AND THEN THE FINAL MOTION IS THE RECENT STATEMENT. I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE REASON STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR M K SIMPSON, CENTER DIVISION NUMBER THREE, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CONDUCT THE VOTE? BURTENSHAW.

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[5.H.2) Legislative Hearing: Consideration of an Ordinance approving Snake River West Urban Renewal District]

AND I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DECLARE THE HEARING TO BE OPEN. MAYOR, I'M GOING TO EXCUSE MYSELF. THIS IS THAT SAME ONE THAT WE KEEPS COMING BACK TO BITE US EVERY TIME. OKAY. SO I WILL RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS ONE AND I WILL TAKE A SEAT IN THE AUDIENCE. BUT I WILL REMAIN FOR THE OTHER COUNCIL ITEMS. THANK YOU. COUNCILOR OR COUNCIL PRESIDENT. AND BECAUSE THIS IS A LEGISLATIVE HEARING, THERE IS SHE'S DOING THIS OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION TO AVOID ANY APPEARANCE OF, YOU KNOW, BEING TAINTED IN HER VOTE. BUT. WE APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED, AND I DIDN'T THINK TO ASK. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO DECLARE THE HEARING TO BE OPEN. AND IN ORDER THAT ALL MATERIALS PRESENTED IN THE HEARING, WHETHER IT'S WRITTEN IN OUR PACKET ON SCREEN OR GIVEN AS TESTIMONY, ALL OF THAT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THIS HEARING. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I THINK YOU HAD SOME BACKGROUND. THIS IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE STARTED AT THE LAST MEETING AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS SOME THERE WAS SOME PAPERWORK MISSING FROM THE PACKET THAT HAD BEEN PUBLISHED. SO WE'RE PICKING IT UP AGAIN TONIGHT. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE WE WERE. SO WE'RE KIND OF JUST STARTING COMPLETELY OVER. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? OKAY, SO WITH THAT I'M GOING. SORRY. WE WILL WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC IF THERE IS PUBLIC TESTIMONY, BUT WE WILL START WITH THE PRESENTATION FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO DIRECTOR SANNER. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS IS ME PUTTING ON MY OTHER HAT FOR THE IDAHO FALLS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. I'M JUST GIVING A LITTLE BIT OF AN INTRODUCTION HERE. AS YOU SAID, THIS ITEM CAME BEFORE CITY COUNCIL TWO WEEKS OR YOUR LAST MEETING. AND WE FOUND THAT THROUGH THE TRANSFER. SOMEHOW THE ELIGIBILITY STUDY WASN'T INCLUDED IN THAT PACKET. AND SO NOW THAT'S WHY IT'S IN TWOS. SO WE MADE SURE THAT WITH AS BIG A FILE AS THAT WAS THAT IT'S IN THERE. WE ALSO IT ALLOWED US I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE PREEMPTIVE. WE IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE A LETTER FROM KITTY. SAY WHO'S THE PROPERTY OWNER? DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE EAST. KIND OF NORTH EAST OF THIS REDEVELOPMENT. PROPOSED URBAN URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT WITH THE PIONEER ROAD IN FRONT OF IT. IT ALSO ALLOWED US TO HAVE SOME TIME TO TALK WITH HER STAFF, HAS TALKED WITH HER TWICE, AND SHE ACTUALLY JUST SENT ME AN EMAIL THIS AFTERNOON. SHE WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT. AND SO SHE WAS JUST SAYING WITH HER LETTER, SHE'S SHE'S OKAY MOVING FORWARD AND DOESN'T HAVE OPPOSITION TO IT. SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT PRELIMINARY WORK. PUBLIC WORKS DID A GREAT JOB WORKING WITH HER. THE CONSULTANT, BRAD KRAMER ALSO, AND HER AND I WERE ABLE TO TALK AND WE WERE ABLE TO RESOLVE SOME OF HER CONCERNS. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD JUST JUST MAKE A SMALL COMMENT. AND THAT IS I BELIEVE HER LAST NAME IS PRONOUNCED C C. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S GERMAN, BUT YEAH. THANK YOU. WITH THAT, WE HAVE BRAD KRAMER HERE TO PRESENT THE ELIGIBILITY STUDY.

AND THEN ALSO ON THE LINE WE HAVE MEGAN CONRAD WHO'S OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATION FOR IFRAH.

SO UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO TURN THE TIME OVER TO BRAD. BUT WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT, DIRECTOR OR EXCUSE ME, FORMER DIRECTOR. KRAMER, NOW CONSULTANT. KRAMER, WE WELCOME YOU TO THE PODIUM TO GIVE US YOUR REPORT. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY MIGHT HAVE. IF MEGAN IS ON THE LINE, SHE MIGHT WANT TO START. OKAY. MEGAN CONRAD, WOULD YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH US? FIRST, WE NEED TO COORDINATE OUR STEPS. OKAY. YOU KNOW, BRAD, WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND KICK IT OFF, AND THEN I'LL. I'LL TRAIL WITH QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY THAT COME UP. THANK YOU. GOOD ENOUGH. SO MY NAME IS PUBLIC HEARING RYAN KRAMER, REPRESENTING PERSPECTIVE PLANNING AND CONSULTING, 1742 AVALON. MY ROLE IN THIS PROJECT OR THIS FOR THIS PLAN YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT WAS TO CREATE AN WRITE A FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY STUDY.

THAT'S ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE STATUTE. WHEN THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN IS BEING ADOPTED. SO THAT THAT'S WHAT I HAD PREPARED. LET'S SEE IF THIS WILL WORK FOR ME. THESE ARE

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SO I'M JUST GOING TO READ UP HERE. SO THE PURPOSE OF THAT STUDY IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE REQUESTS THAT A DEVELOPER MAKES WHEN THEY'RE CREATING AN URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT TO SEE WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED FOR. URBAN RENEWAL CREATES TAX INCREMENT FINANCING. I CAN CERTAINLY EXPLAIN HOW THAT WORKS. IF YOU NEED ME TO OR WOULD LIKE ME TO. BUT IT'S USED FOR ELIGIBLE EXPENSES SUCH AS BUILDING PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, PREPARING A SITE THAT MIGHT NEED REMEDIATION, SUCH AS ROCK BLASTING OR CLEANUP THAT YOU WOULDN'T WANT IN A GREENFIELD SITE REALLY TO HELP LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD. SO AN ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY LOOKS AT THOSE REQUESTS IN A DOLLAR AMOUNTS, LOOKS AT THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE BUILT WITHIN THAT DISTRICT, AND LOOKS AT THE ANTICIPATED TAX INCREMENT FINANCE REVENUES TO SEE IF THOSE REVENUES WILL COVER THOSE THOSE COSTS. THE WAY THE IDAHO FALLS URBAN RENEWAL. EXCUSE ME, THE IDAHO FALLS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY HAS HANDLED THESE IN THE PAST, IS THAT THEY HAVE ALLOWED THE DEVELOPER TO TAKE THE RISK. SOME AGENCIES WILL PASS BONDS TO PAY FOR THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND USE THE TEXANS TO REIMBURSE THEMSELVES. WE ARE IN IFA'S CASE. THEY HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD DEVELOPER PAY UPFRONT AND THEN THE RISK IS THEIRS IF THE PROJECT DOESN'T PERFORM. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE IF A. IF A STUDY SHOWS THAT IT'S NOT FINANCIALLY FEASIBLE, WHICH THIS WOULD, IS A SPOILER ALERT. IT IS FEASIBLE THAT RISK IS STILL ON THE DEVELOPER. SO IT'S INCUMBENT UPON THE DEVELOPER TO GET IN AND GET BUILDING REALLY QUICKLY AND PUT THOSE THOSE PROJECTS ON THE TAX ROLLS. I AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE SOME OF THESE SLIDES. SO DO YOU WANT DO YOU WANT IT BACK? YEAH. IF YOU COULD. SORRY, I JUST REALIZED THERE'S A COUPLE OF MAPS THAT WILL STILL BE HELPFUL. IT'S JUST NOT THEY WON'T HAVE THE NUMBERS, BUT YOU HAVE THE REPORT IN YOUR PACKET. SO JUST A SECOND. WHILE THAT'S COMING UP, THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A UNIQUE CASE BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THIS FIRST SLIDE, MOST OF THIS AREA WAS WITHIN THE EAGLE RIDGE DISTRICT. IT WAS ANNEXED AS PART OF THIS EFFORT. THE DRIVERS WERE THESE TWO VACANT PARCELS THAT YOU SEE KIND OF IN BETWEEN THE RED LINES. THERE'S AN ANTICIPATED APARTMENT COMPLEX THERE, BUT MOST OF THE ASSISTANCE COMES THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT OF PIONEER ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE. UTILITIES CURB THEIR SIDEWALK. SO IN ORDER TO HAVE VALUE THROUGH THE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING, THAT ROAD NEED TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS DISTRICT. SO THE ROAD AND THE PARCEL ON SOUTHWEST WERE ANNEXED. AND THEN INCLUDED IN THIS NEW STREET OVER WEST BOUNDARY. BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME ANNEXATION HAPPENING. THIS WAS REVIEWED ASSUMING THAT THERE WOULD BE A BASE VALUE RESET ON THAT SOUTHWEST PARCEL. AGAIN, I CAN EXPLAIN WHAT THAT MEANS IF YOU NEED ME TO. WE LOOKED AT I LOOKED AT TWO SCENARIOS. ONE THAT JUST ASSUMED THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AS PROPOSED BY THE DEVELOPER. THE SECOND SCENARIO ALSO ASSUMED A HOTEL ON THAT SOUTHWEST PARCEL. THAT WAS A CONCEPT THE DEVELOPER SAID THEY MAY BE PURSUING. SO I'LL WALK THROUGH BOTH OF THOSE. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE ONLY ONE THAT WORKS, BUT WE'LL WE'LL SEE. SO ON THAT, ON THAT SITE THAT YOU SEE THERE OUTLINED IN YELLOW THOSE TWO VACANT PARCELS, THERE'S A PROPOSED 272 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX. AND AGAIN, THE HOTEL WOULD ACCOMMODATE APPROXIMATELY 140 UNITS. THERE ARE ROUGHLY $5.5 MILLION IN REQUESTS FROM THE DEVELOPER, INCLUDING THE BUILDING OF PIONEER ROAD, RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS. BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHITEWATER BRIDGE AND WHITEWATER STREET IMPROVEMENTS AS WELL. A COUPLE OF THE ASSUMPTIONS JUST TO BE AWARE OF IS, AS I BUILT A MODEL TO LOOK AT THE FEASIBILITY, THESE ARE TYPICALLY DONE VERY CONSERVATIVELY. IN THE EVENT THAT THINGS DON'T PERFORM. AND SO SOME OF THESE NUMBERS WILL SEEM LOW. AND THAT'S INTENTIONAL. SO THIS ASSUMED THAT THERE WOULD BE A TOTAL VALUATION INCREASE OF 2% PER YEAR WITH NO CHANGE TO THE BASE.

THE BASE DOES ADJUST A LITTLE BIT OVER THE YEARS, BUT NOT NOT ENOUGH TO SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THE STUDY. IT ASSUMED A TAX LEVY TO THAT WOULD DECREASE 1% PER YEAR AS THE CITY'S VALUE INCREASES, AND THEN USE THE NUMBERS FROM THE PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPERS. AND IT ASSUMED THAT THE FULL 20 YEARS ALLOWED BY STATUTE. SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR YOUR PACKETS AND YOU LOOKED AT SOME OF THE TABLES IN THAT STUDY, YOU WOULD SEE THAT IN SCENARIO ONE, JUST LOOKING AT THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT THE TAX INCREMENT REVENUES WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO AT A BACKUP. THIS

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BUT YOU SAID AN EXTRA 3 MILLION OR TOTAL 3 MILLION. IT IS. IT WAS AN EXTRA 3 MILLION. SO YOU WANT A HIGH VALUE HOTEL ON THAT SITE. WITH THAT. SO THE CONCLUSION REALLY IS THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT REVENUES TO FUND THE NECESSARY PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED AGENCY OPERATIONAL COSTS. AND SO THE PROJECT IS ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THE STRUCTURE OF THE PLAN. I THINK MEGAN WOULD COVER, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON HOW HOW THE REST OF THAT COMES TOGETHER. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME? LET ME GO BACK AND ASK OTHER QUESTIONS THAT MAY ARISE. SO THANK YOU. SO WITH THAT, MISS CONRAD, IS THERE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL THAT YOU WOULD FROM YOUR UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE AS COUNSEL FOR OUR URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY? IS THERE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR. COUNCIL MEMBERS. I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO START WITH THE ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY, AS THAT REALLY IS THE DRIVER OF THE PLANNING EFFORTS MOVING FORWARD. BUT TAKING A STEP BACK, IT IS ONE ELEMENT THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE STATUTE TO BE INCLUDED WITHIN AN URBAN RENEWAL PLAN. AND JUST FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, THE PLAN ELEMENTS ARE SET FORTH IN 50 DASH 2905. THERE ARE EIGHT ELEMENTS, AND THERE'S A STATEMENT DESCRIBING THE BASE ASSESSMENT ROLE AND THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE WITHIN THE MUNICIPALITY. IT'S WHAT WE REFER AS TO THE 10% VALUATION TEST. THERE'S THE REQUIRED STATEMENT LISTING THE KIND OF LOCATION OF ALL THE PUBLIC WORKS OR PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THE AREA, AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY, A DETAILED LIST OF ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS, THE FISCAL IMPACT STATEMENTS SHOWING THE IMPACT OF THE REVENUE ALLOCATION AREA ON THE OVERLAPPING TAXING DISTRICTS. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD OF FINANCING PROJECTS AND TERMINATION DATE, AND THE DESCRIPTION OF THE DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY AT TERMINATION OF THE DISTRICT. AND EACH ONE OF THOSE ELEMENTS HAS BEEN ADDRESSED AND IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN NARRATIVE ITSELF, OR THE ATTACHMENTS THERETO. IN TERMS OF A PROCESS, THIS THIS PLANNING EFFORT, AS MR. KRAMER INDICATED, HAS BEEN TIED TO A ANNEXATION EFFORT OF REMOVING PARCELS FROM THE ORIGINAL EAGLE RIDGE DISTRICT, AND AS A FUNCTION OF THAT, IT HAS HAD A LONGER PROCESS AND IT HAS HAD A LOT OF TOUCHES THROUGH, YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCESS. ALL OF THOSE STEPS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THIS PLAN, STARTING WITH THE ELIGIBILITY STUDY, WHICH WAS ACCEPTED BY THE AGENCY AND REVIEWED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH THEN DIRECTED THE PREPARATION OF THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN. AND THEN THE AGENCY BOARD CONSIDERED THAT THIS PLAN AT ITS MEETING ON NOVEMBER 21ST. THIS HEARING WAS ORIGINALLY NOTICED IN MARCH, AND

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SO JUST WANTED TO AND ALSO AS PART OF THE NOTICING PROCESS, THE PLAN AND THE AGENCY RESOLUTION AND THE MAP AND LEGAL ARE ALL TRANSMITTED TO THE OVERLAPPING TAXING DISTRICTS.

AND THEY'VE NOW HAD THESE DOCUMENTS SINCE ABOUT FEBRUARY 12TH. SO WITH THAT IN MIND, JUST WANTED TO, FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD OUTLINE, THE PROCESS THAT THIS PLAN IS TAKING TO GET TO TODAY. AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT ANY OF THE COMMENTS AND INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN SHARED SO FAR? ALL RIGHT. WELL THEN THE NEXT STEP IS FOR US TO OH GOLLY, THAT IS THE REPORT THAT CONCLUDES IT. SO WE'RE GOING TO GO ON TO PUBLIC TESTIMONY. IF THERE ARE ANY IF THERE IS ANYONE WHO'S ATTENDING THE MEETING TONIGHT WHO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE THEIR OPINION ON WHETHER COUNCIL SHOULD PROCEED WITH THE CREATION OF THIS DISTRICT OR NOT. ALL RIGHT. IT'S LOOKING TO ME AS THOUGH OUR AUDIENCE IS NOT INTERESTED IN THIS AND OR IN COMMENTING ON THIS, I SHOULD SAY. AND SO WITH THAT COUNCILMEMBER MEMBERS, I'M GOING TO TURN TO YOU TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF ANY KIND FOR ANYONE WHO'S PRESENTED, WHETHER THAT'S MR. SANNER, MR. KRAMER OR MISS CONRAD. OKAY. THIS IS IT MAY BE ONE OF THE FIRST TIMES THE ANNEXATION WAS A PART OF OUR UNDERSTANDING WHAT WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST WITH THIS DISTRICT, BUT OTHERWISE, IT'S NOT THE FIRST URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT THAT MOST OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE PARTICIPATED IN IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF FAMILIARITY. IN FACT, TWO OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS SIT OR HAVE SAT, HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE URBAN RENEWAL URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY ITSELF. SO THERE'S A HIGH DEGREE OF FAMILIARITY. SO I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING, AND I WILL NOW TURN IT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR DELIBERATION AND YOUR COMMENTS AND THOUGHTS ON THIS BEFORE WE PROCEED TO A MOTION AND A VOTE. COUNCILOR LARSON, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE SOME YOU JUST YOU JUST TURNED YOUR MIC ON. YOU'RE EITHER READY TO VOTE OR YOU DO HAVE SOME THINGS TO SHARE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE OBSERVATION, THE COMMENTS BEEN MADE ABOUT THE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY DOES IS THEY'RE PRETTY CONSERVATIVE ON THE AMOUNT OF THE INCREMENTAL TAX DOLLARS THAT GETS PUSHED BACK TO THIS, WHICH IS 75%. SO 25% STAYS WITH THE AGENCY TO FACILITATE ONGOING OPERATIONS. AND ULTIMATELY, IF THAT'S NOT SPENT, IT GOES BACK TO THE TAXPAYERS.

SO AGAIN, JUST A COMPLIMENT TO THAT AGENCY FOR THE WAY THEY RUN THE BUSINESS. AND SORRY, I'LL ADD TO THAT, THAT WHEN WE CLOSE THE ORIGINAL. I DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME THE SHILOH IN LINDSAY BOULEVARD THAT DID PAY FOR DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS. WHEN THAT CLOSED OUT, THAT 25% WAS LEFT OVER ABOUT $1 MILLION. AND THAT HELPED US DO SOME AMAZING THINGS TO IMPROVE OUR DOWNTOWN AT THAT TIME. SO THAT CONSERVATIVE APPROACH ISN'T A NEGATIVE. AND WE EVENTUALLY GET THOSE DOLLARS.

SO IT ALL WORKS OUT. SO I LIKE THAT. WELL AND THANK YOU. AND CAN YOU JUST WHILE YOU'RE SINCE YOU RAISED IT, MAYBE MENTION SOME OF THE THINGS THAT THAT MONEY IS NEEDED TO PAY FOR. WHAT ARE THE OVERHEAD COSTS OF THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY? I WOULD I WOULD THINK YOU'D KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT. BUT MISS CONRAD ISN'T FREE. DIRECTOR KRAMER'S STUDY TIME NOT FREE. IT IS NOT DIRECTOR. I MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WHEN WE HIRE SOMEONE TO PREPARE THIS, THAT'S ALL PAID BY THE DEVELOPER. SO WE DON'T PAY FOR THAT. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU CAN ADD TO THAT? I KNOW WE'VE LOOKED AT SOME OTHER PROJECTS WHEN I WAS ON THAT TO DO WITHIN THE DISTRICT THAT THE AGENCY WOULD JUST FUND AND THAT WERE TO IMPROVE THE DISTRICT. SO INFRASTRUCTURE, YOU KNOW, PERMANENT THINGS THAT WOULD STAY IN THE CITY'S OWNERSHIP. BUT I MEAN, THERE'S LEGAL FEES.

THERE'S I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING IT DOESN'T PAY FOR IS LUNCH, BUT IT DOES ALSO PAY FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE MINUTES TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW. IN MOST CASES, ALL THE MONEY IS SPENT IN COMPLIANCE.

YEAH. AND I WAS JUST GOING TO SPEAK TO THE DEVELOPMENT SPECIFICALLY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR THIS DISTRICT. IT WILL BE FOR THE WIDENING OF PIONEER ROAD. AND WE'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE SIDEWALK LANDSCAPING. THE 25% PAYS FOR THAT, OR THE 75% PAYS FOR THAT. OH, SORRY, I WAS I WAS TALKING JUST IN GENERAL. YES. SORRY. ONE THING I'VE KNOWN IS THAT THEY DO USE

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SECOND. ALL RIGHT, CITY CLERK, I THINK WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE ON THE MOTION. DAIMON. YES. FRANCIS A FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. VERY GOOD. AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND READ THE ORDINANCE BY TITLE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, APPROVING THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN FOR THE SNAKE RIVER WEST URBAN RENEWAL PROJECT, WHICH PLAN INCLUDES REVENUE ALLOCATION AND FINANCING PROVISIONS AUTHORIZING THE CITY CLERK TO TRANSMIT A COPY OF THIS ORDINANCE AND OTHER REQUIRED INFORMATION TO COUNTY AND STATE OFFICIALS AND THE AFFECTED TAXING ENTITIES, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, CODIFICATION AND PUBLICATION BY SUMMARY. PROVIDING FOR A WAIVER OF THE READING RULES AND PROVIDING AN

[5.H.3) Quasi-judicial Public Hearing-Rezone from LC, Limited Commercial to I&M, Industrial and Manufacturing, Zoning Ordinance and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards for approximately 9.948 acres in the NE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 7, Township 2 North, Range 38 East.]

WELCOME BACK TO TODAY'S. IT INVOLVES A REZONE. FROM ONE ZONE TO ANOTHER IN OUR ZONING CODE.

AND WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO INVITE DIRECTOR. SANNER TO COME FORWARD AND ADDRESS THE REZONE.

I'M SORRY. NO, WAIT A MINUTE. IN THE IN THE CONTEXT OF THE HEARING. FIRST THING I'D LIKE TO DO THIS IS A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING. IT MEANS THE COUNCIL MEMBERS. WILL NOT HAVE FAMILIARIZE THEMSELVES WITH ANYTHING, OR TALK TO PEOPLE OTHER THAN WHAT WAS IN THEIR PACKET THAT THEY RECEIVED TWO DAYS AGO. AND SO ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO NEED TO EITHER DECLARE SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE HEARD? OUTSIDE OF THAT, WHAT YOU'VE READ SO FAR, AND OR IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO RECUSE THEMSELVES FROM THIS HEARING ALTOGETHER? ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL DECLARE THE HEARING TO BE OPEN. WITH ALL SIX COUNCIL MEMBERS PARTICIPATING. WE'LL ORDER THAT ALL MATERIALS PRESENTED AND TESTIMONY GIVEN AND THINGS IN THE PACKET BE PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. WE'LL FIRST HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT, WHICH I BELIEVE IS EAGLE ROCK ENGINEERING. AFTER THAT, WE'LL TURN TO OUR STAFF REPORT COMING FROM DIRECTOR SANNER. AND THEN THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN. SO WE YOU'RE FAMILIAR FACE, BUT WE'LL ASK YOU FOR YOUR NAME AND WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M JALEN FUHRMAN WITH EAGLE ROCK ENGINEERING. 1331 FREMONT AVENUE, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO 83,402. REPRESENTING IDAHO TRAFFIC SAFETY. WE'RE REQUESTING A REZONE OF APPROXIMATELY 9.95 ACRES FROM LIGHT COMMERCIAL TO INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING. THE SITE IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF EAST ANDERSON STREET AND WEST OF NORTH HOLMES AVENUE. THIS REQUEST ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH DESIGNATES THIS AREA FOR INDUSTRIAL USE.

SURROUNDING PARCELS TO THE NORTH AND WEST ARE ALREADY ZONED IN THE. I'M MAKING THIS A LOGICAL EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING ZONING PATTERN. OUR CLIENT PLANS TO USE THE SITE FOR THE STORAGE AND STAGING OF TRAFFIC CONTROL EQUIPMENT. THIS IS A LOW IMPACT INDUSTRIAL USE WITH MINIMAL TRAFFIC OR UTILITY DEMANDS. A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING WAS HELD IN NOVEMBER AND NO MAJOR CONCERNS WERE RAISED. WE BELIEVE THIS REZONING SUPPORTS THE CITY'S PLANNING GOALS AND ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. FUHRMAN AT THIS TIME, COUNSELOR FREEMAN, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE MAPS, AND I'M. IS THERE MORE THAN ONE ACCESS INTO THIS PROPERTY? THERE WILL ONLY BE THAT ONE ACCESS OFF TO OFF OF HOLMES AVENUE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS

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THERE WAS NO ONE THAT SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO IT. IN FACT, THERE WASN'T MUCH COMMENT EVEN ON IT.

THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY SENT A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION TO YOU, THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YES, COUNSELOR. FRANCIS, JUST WHAT DOES THIS DO TO WHOEVER OWNS THAT ONE ISOLATED PIECE OF WHAT WOULD BE LEFT AS ELSIE? THEY LOOK LIKE. I MEAN, THIS IS I DON'T KNOW, JUST TELL ME WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM AND THIS KIND OF REZONING. YEAH. SO THEY WOULD THEY WOULD REMAIN ELSIE UNLESS THEY REQUESTED IT. THAT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED. SO THEY WOULD BE UNDER THE LCC STANDARDS. BUT YEAH, IT WOULD JUST WHENEVER THEY WOULD REQUEST. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THIS IS ALL OWNED BY THE FITZGERALDS AND THEY'RE SELLING IT TO THIS PROPERTY OWNER. AND SO IT JUST BE THEIR REQUEST TO COME IN. AND SO IN A DIFFERENT WAY, STAFF LOOKED AT THIS, THAT THIS WOULD POTENTIALLY BE PROBLEMATIC. THEY DON'T SEE IT AS A CONCERN JUST BECAUSE IT'S UNDEVELOPED. WE'LL PROBABLY SEE SOMETHING COME FORWARD IN THE FUTURE. THAT WILL PROBABLY SO THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT WHATSOEVER ON IT RIGHT NOW. IT'S JUST A VACANT LOT. BUT ALL OF THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE CHARCOAL TO ME IS IN. YES. ALL THIS TO THE NORTH AND THIS.

YEAH. AND THIS PROPERTY ALSO HAS A CREEK BED THROUGH IT. SO IT KIND OF BISECTS THE PROPERTY AS WELL. IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP, BUT YEAH, IT'LL JUST REMAIN SO WITH THAT DIRECTOR. IF THE FITZGERALD'S NOT DON'T OWN JUST THAT UNHATCHED RED PORTION IN THE UPPER LEFT HAND, BUT THEY ALSO OWN SOME OF THE OTHER I AND M PROPERTIES. SO THIS IS AN ISLANDED LEFT WITHOUT ANY SORT OF ACCESS TO ROADS OR SOMETHING, CORRECT? YES. YES, THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD CLARITY.

YEAH. THIS. YEAH. THE ACCESS IS TOTALLY FINE. WE CAN BECAUSE WHEN WE COME THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, WE WOULD PUT AN ACCESS AGREEMENT ACROSS THE PROPERTY OR THROUGH ONE OF THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH. BUT ACCESS WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GONE TO PLAT YET. IT'S JUST REGARDING THE REZONING, COUNSELOR BRADFORD, IS IT BEST PRACTICE TO REACH OUT TO THIS OWNERSHIP WHEN THAT'S LIKE IRREGULAR AND SEE IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE? OR IS THAT NOT SOMETHING WE EVER WANT TO DO? WE CAN WE CAN REQUEST THERE'S A DIFFERENCE. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CITY INITIATED REZONE AND A PROPERTY OWNER REZONE. AND IN THIS CASE WE CAN REACH OUT AND REQUEST. BUT THEY HAVE NOT DONE SO. SO WE JUST GO WITH WHAT THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER WANTS. BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY LIKE FROM YOUR ACADEMIC CAREER. LIKE WHAT WOULD BE BEST PRACTICE. YEAH IT'S FINE FOR NOW. WE WOULD JUST WE WOULD JUST REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND SAY. THAT, YEAH, WE COULD REACH OUT AND SAY, HEY, THE PROPERTIES AROUND YOU ARE INDUSTRIAL. WE JUST HAVE TO SEE WHAT THEY COME FORWARD WITH. THAT'S. YEAH. THERE'S NO PRECEDENTS. REALLY? YEAH. OKAY.

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YES. SO BASICALLY, THAT WHOLE CHUNK OF LAND IS ALL LAVA ROCK, SO IT'S PRETTY UNUSABLE. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S THE WAY IT IS. AND SO THE APPLICANT, EXCUSE ME, THE OWNER HAD NO EARLY. SO YOU'RE THE APPLICANTS, YOU'RE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OWNER, NO INTEREST IN BUYING IT. AND THE SELLER WASN'T PUSHY ABOUT SAYING YOU NEED TO SQUARE OFF AND BUY A BETTER CHUNK. YEAH, AND HE JUST INFORMED ME THAT TMT ACTUALLY OWNS THAT, NOT HIS TURTLES. BUT YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY THERE. I WOULD THINK THAT IF THERE IS A BEST PRACTICE, IT WOULD BE TO CONSIDER WHAT THE PRIVATE OWNERS ARE BRINGING TO US AND TAKE IT AT FACE VALUE. BUT THAT MAY BE AN OPINION, NOT NOT A STATEMENT. SO I SHOULD MISS THAT. SORRY.

HEARINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE FOR FACTS, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR SHARING THAT BECAUSE I'M NOT TRAINED WITH THAT. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ASK BY WAY OF FACTUAL INFORMATION? ALL RIGHT. I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING AT THIS POINT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'LL INVITE YOU TO DELIBERATE MAYBE FOR CHAIR ORGANIZE MOTION I. ALL RIGHT. NO DELIBERATION. WHO WILL BE MAKING OUR MOTION TONIGHT? COUNCILOR RADFORD? I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. REZONING APPROXIMATELY 9.948 ACRES IN THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION SEVEN, TOWNSHIP TWO NORTH, RANGE 38, EAST FROM LC LIMITED COMMERCIAL TO I AND M INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING. UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES REQUIRING THREE COMPLETE AND SEPARATE READINGS AND REQUESTS THAT IT BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY. SUMMARY. SECOND, THANK YOU FOR THIS ACTION. I WILL TURN TO THE CITY CLERK TO CONDUCT A VOTE. PLEASE.

BURTONSHAW. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. RADFORD. A MOTION CARRIES.

VERY GOOD. LET'S READ THAT ORDINANCE BY SUMMARY, PLEASE. OR EXCUSE ME? READ THE ORDINANCE BY TITLE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 9.948 ACRES, AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE OF THIS ORDINANCE FROM LC LIMITED COMMERCIAL TO IAM INDUSTRIAL AND MANUFACTURING AND PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, PUBLICATION BY SUMMARY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE NEED TO CONSIDER THE REASON STATEMENT. ANYBODY PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION? COUNCILOR, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE REASON STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE REZONE FROM LC TO IAM AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS SIMILAR IN THE SENSE, OH, WE NEED TO VOTE ON THAT REASON STATEMENT. SORRY. ALL RIGHT. BURTONSHAW. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS A. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON.

YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM BEFORE THE

[5.H.4) Quasi-judicial Public Hearing-Rezone from R1, Single Dwelling Residential to R3, Multiple Dwelling Residential, Zoning Ordinance and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards for approximately 2.41 acres in Lots 4-5, Block 9, Lots 3-7, less a portion of lots 5 and 6, Block 10, Lots 10-12, Block 11 of Belaire Division No. 2, plus adjacent right-of-way.]

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YEAH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR IS IT PAIN OR PAIN. PAIN PAIN. SO THERE'S A PAIN AND A PAIN AT CONNECT ENGINEERING. IS THAT RIGHT. BAHM BANE IS THE OTHER ONE. YEAH. THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

AS IN MY RESPONSIBILITIES AS THE LIAISON TO MUNICIPAL SERVICES. WHEN WE SAW THIS COME FORWARD, THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF IT IS PROPERTY THAT THE CITY OWNS. AND SO I JUST TALKED A LITTLE BIT TODAY WITH CDS AND WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT. THIS REZONE CAN BE DONE COMPLETELY WITHIN THIS. THAT EVERYTHING THAT'S EXCUSE ME, EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING TO BE NECESSARY CAN BE BUILT WITHIN THE AREA. YOU'RE ASKING FOR THE REZONE, AND THAT IT ISN'T CONTINGENT UPON ACCESS THROUGH SOME OF THE CITY GROUND THAT IT WOULD BE ABLE IF FOR WHATEVER REASON BECAUSE THAT THAT PROPERTY IS FOR SALE THAT THAT EVERYTHING BEING ASKED FOR IN THIS REZONE IS NOT CONTINGENT UPON SOME OF THE PROPERTY TO THE CITY OWNS RIGHT NOW. IS THAT KIND OF A CLEAR AS MUD QUESTION? I THINK FROM WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THAT BASICALLY WE DON'T NEED ACCESS THROUGH THE CITY PROPERTY FOR OUR ZONE TO BE OPERABLE IN THE R3 ZONE, AND THAT IS CORRECT. WE DON'T NEED ACCESS THROUGH THE CITY PROPERTY. OKAY, WE MAY LOOK TO DO THAT, BUT THAT'S NOT 100% NECESSARY. SO TO WE'RE NOT WE'RE NOT STEERING YOU DOWN THE WRONG PATH BY APPROVING THIS RIGHT NOW AND THEN FEELING LIKE YOU'RE CUT OFF LATER. IF THERE ISN'T ACCESS THROUGH THE CITY PROPERTY. WITH OUR DISCUSSIONS FROM THE CITY, THEY WOULD PREFER IF WE DID HAVE ACCESS TO THE CITY PROPERTY, THOUGH IT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED FOR THE R3 ZONE. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE CITY HAS NOT MADE A DETERMINATION AS TO WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE PROPERTY YET THAT IS TO THE NORTH OF THIS PARCEL UNDER CONSIDERATION. CORRECT? SO IT IS UNDER CONTRACT WITH T.O.K FOR SALE. FOR SALE? YEAH. CORRECT.

YES. ALL RIGHT. OR NO, WE INTEND TO PUT IT UNDER CONTRACT AGAIN. NO. IT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT WITH TOCK. BUT AS WE RENEW AS A LISTING IT'S NOT IT'S NOT UNDER CONTRACT TO BE SOLD.

CORRECT. RIGHT. YES. OKAY. THE LANGUAGE MATTERS. YES. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR OUR APPLICANT AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE'LL TURN TO THE STAFF REPORT AND ASK YOU TO HANG AROUND JUST IN CASE WE COME UP WITH OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND THIS AREA, JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION TO COUNCIL MEMBER SHAW, GREAT QUESTION. THESE ARE PLATTED STREETS COMING UP ON ONTO WEAVER AND ROLAND AVENUE AND ROYAL AVENUE. SO JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THE TWO ACCESS FOR WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED. AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY AGAIN WITH THIS HASH MARK, THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS CITY OWNED AND IT'S ZONED LC. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED R1. JUST TO GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY, THIS AREA WAS ACTUALLY ANNEXED INTO THE CITY IN 1950, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY PLATTED IN 1951. DURING THE TIME OF PLATTING. THEY I CALLED THEM PAPER STREETS. THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE TECHNICAL TERM, BUT THAT'S THE TERM I'VE ALWAYS HEARD THEY WERE PLATTED OF FOR THIS U-SHAPED LOOP TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. THAT STREET WAS NEVER CONSTRUCTED. SO THE STREET IS DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY. BUT OF COURSE, AS THIS SUBDIVIDES AND DEVELOPS, THEN THEY WOULD BE ON. THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL OR TO CONSTRUCT THAT ROAD AT THAT TIME. BUT THE APPLICANT OR THIS UNDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THIS IS UNDER GENERAL URBAN'S. IT'S JUST KIND OF OUR GENERAL.

TRANSECT. AND MULTIFAMILY DOES FALL UNDER THE GENERAL URBAN DESIGNATION. AND THIS PROPERTY, JUST SO YOU KNOW, TWO WAS NEVER DEVELOPED BECAUSE OF THE HIGH AMOUNT OF LAVA ROCK THAT ARE THERE, ESPECIALLY TO THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH. AND SO THE COST OF ACTUALLY DEVELOPING

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UNLESS, OF COURSE, LAVA ROCK BEGS TO BE PAVED. SO I DON'T I DON'T DO CONSTRUCTION TO KNOW IF THAT'S PART OF IT. BUT REALLY, WE CAN SAY THAT THE LAYOUT DOESN'T NEED TO BE REDONE. SO WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT IT'S NOT A QUESTION THAT IT NEEDS TO BE ANSWERED TO BE ANSWERED AT THE REZONING, AND WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO CONJECTURE AT THIS POINT, AT THE SITE PLAN OR THE SUBDIVISION WHERE WHERE THE PLAT IS BEING BROUGHT TO COUNCIL. THOSE ARE THE APPROPRIATE TIMES TO TALK ABOUT THE STREET LAYOUT. THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS A RIGHT TO REQUEST A VACATION AT ANY TIME, AND IF THE ROADS WERE VACATED, IT WOULD GO ONE HALF TO THE ADJACENT OWNER. SO THOSE THOSE ROADS THAT RUN NORTH AND SOUTH WOULD GO TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, THAT WEBER STREET THAT RUNS EAST TO WEST, HALF OF IT WOULD GO TO THE CITY, THE OTHER HALF TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND AT THAT POINT THEY'D NEED TO MEET THE PLATTING REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDE TWO ACCESSES. BUT THAT THAT IS A QUESTION THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE DOWN THE LINE. BUT IT ISN'T. WELL THANK YOU. THESE ROADS THE WAY THEY'RE ARE ARE NOT DO NOT NEED TO STAY THAT WAY. BUT IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE TO DO THAT TODAY. AND THANK YOU. AND YOU MAY HAVE ALSO EXPLAINED THEN THAT THE LITTLE JOG THERE, IF THAT IS A WIDTH THAT HALF OF IT MIGHT. ANYWAY, THIS IS VERY INTERESTING. THANK YOU. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR I ELABORATED ON IT WAS JUST BECAUSE OF THE QUESTION THAT WAS POSED. SO YES, WHEN IT COMES TO REZONE, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT A CONFERENCE. I APPRECIATE THAT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. CENTER AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL ASK IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE HERE TO OFFER TESTIMONY. AND SEEING THAT THERE ARE NONE, I'LL JUST RUN ONE MORE TIME, CHECK WITH THE COUNCIL TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING, ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANT TO ASK ANYBODY. AND, TRAVIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO REBUT ANYTHING THAT MR. SANDERS SAID? NO. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE HEARING AND I'LL TURN IT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ANY DELIBERATION CONVERSATION. NO. LET'S MAKE A BRIEF COMMENT.

FRANCIS, I KNOW THIS ISN'T TECHNICALLY A COUNTY INFILL THAT WE'VE ANNEXED, AND IT'S BEEN SITTING, BUT THIS HAS BEEN SITTING IDLE SINCE 1951. AND NOW WE HAVE A DEVELOPER WHO SAYS, WELL, PAR THREE, WE CAN MAKE WE CAN MAKE IT PENCIL OUT. SO THIS IS, IN MY MIND, A GOOD DECISION TO MAKE TO SUPPORT THE REZONING. AND MY INNER NERD IS DOING A HAPPY DANCE ON THIS ONE. ALL RIGHT. I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE SOME INTEREST OVER IN THIS AREA. I MEAN, IT'S SAT IDLE FOR A LONG

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BLOCK TEN. LOTS TEN AND 12. BLOCK 11 OF BEL AIR DIVISION NUMBER TWO, PLUS ADJACENT RIGHT OF WAY FROM R1. SINGLE DWELLING RESIDENTIAL TO R3. MULTIPLE DWELLING RESIDENTIAL UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES, REQUIRING THREE COMPLETE AND SEPARATE READINGS AND REQUESTS THAT IT BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY SUMMARY. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, CITY CLERK, WE HAVE A MOTION THAT'S READY TO GO FOR A VOTE. FREEMAN. YES, FRANCIS I. LARSON. YES. BRADFORD I BURTENSHAW. YES. DINGMAN. YES. MOTION CARRIES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THIS IS AN ORDINANCE. LET'S GO AHEAD AND READ IT BY TITLE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 2.41 ACRES, AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE OF THIS ORDINANCE FROM R-1 SINGLE DWELLING RESIDENTIAL TO R3 MULTIPLE DWELLING RESIDENTIAL AND PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, PUBLICATION BY SUMMARY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TWO MORE MOTIONS I WOULD MOVE I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE REINSTATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE REZONE FROM R1 TO R3, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND, THANK YOU, CITY CLERK. WILL YOU CONDUCT THIS VOTE? FRANCIS I.

DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. RADFORD. ALL RIGHT. BURTENSHAW. YES. MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OFFER GRATITUDE TO THOSE WHO ARE DEVELOPING WITHIN THE CITY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'D LIKE TO. TODAY. TONIGHT WAS A UNIQUE NIGHT. FIRST, I WANT TO EXTEND GRATITUDE TO THE THOSE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY STAFF AND OUR CITY COUNCIL WHO SPENT THE FULL DAY AND THE BETTER PART OF THEIR EVENING INVOLVED IN A VERY DIFFICULT MITIGATION. WE DON'T KNOW THE RESULTS OF IT, BUT WE'RE GLAD YOU CAME BACK AND THAT YOU'RE HERE. SECONDLY, WHILE YOU WERE GONE, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AND SUCH AS WE PROCEEDED THROUGH THE MEETING WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE, DIRECTOR OR EXCUSE ME, GENERAL MANAGER PRAIRIE STEPPED IN AND GAVE SOME BACKGROUND THAT WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY DIRECTOR FREDERICKSON. PAM ALEXANDER STEPPED IN AND GAVE SOME BACKGROUND THAT OTHERWISE WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY. OUR CITY CLERK STEPPED UP. COUNCIL MEMBER STEPPED UP TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THEY REALLY DO READ THEIR PACKETS, AND THEY DON'T JUST RELY ON CUES FROM ONE ANOTHER. WE ALSO, I WANTED TO JUST MENTION THAT OUR CITY CLERK HAS A NAME. HER NAME IS EMILY GEISLER, AND I ALWAYS CALL HER CITY CLERK AT THESE MEETINGS BECAUSE WE'RE KIND OF SORT OF FORMAL. BUT IN FACT, EMILY, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO YOUR TO YOU FOR YOUR PROFESSIONALISM. WE HAVE THE VALUES IN THIS CITY.

THEY'VE BEEN REFERENCED A LITTLE BIT TONIGHT. THEY'RE NOT PAINTED ON THE WALLS. MAYBE SOMEDAY THEY WILL BE. BUT ONE OF THEM IS ONE CITY, ONE TEAM. YOU KNOW, WE ALL TRY TO WORK TOGETHER AND NOT COMPETE. DEPARTMENT TO DEPARTMENT. ANOTHER IS THAT PEOPLE MATTER. NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN I FORGET DATA. WE EMBRACE DATA AND WE ASSUME POSITIVE INTENT OF OTHER PEOPLE. AND THE LAST ONE, ANYBODY WE'RE COMMITTED TO SERVICE I BELIEVE IS WHAT IT IS OR SOMETHING.

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[6. Announcements]

JUST BECAUSE IT'S TAXING.

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