5.A.1) Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Idaho Falls and Idaho Falls Firefighters Union Local No. 1565.

[5.C.2) Public Hearing on Idaho Falls Civitan Club’s request for a variance to City’s location restrictions for dispensing beer within three hundred (300) feet of any public school, church, or any other place of worship.]

CARRIES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT, DIRECTOR HOLM, YOU HAVE ANOTHER ITEM COMING BEFORE THE COUNCIL. AND I WILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS WHEN YOU GET DONE WITH YOUR PRESENTATION. SO GO RIGHT AHEAD. PERFECT. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN. YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT IN MAY, MAY 23RD OF LAST YEAR, YOU GUYS HAD THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A THE ADDITION OF THE RIVERWALK STAGE ON MEMORIAL TO THE LIST OF 12 OTHER LOCATIONS IN IDAHO FALLS WHERE EVENTS CAN BE PERMITTED TO SERVE AND CONSUME, DISPENSE AND CONSUME BEER AND WINE. YOU MAY ALSO REMEMBER THAT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY. YES, YOU MAY ALSO REMEMBER THAT THAT THIS WAS IN PREPARATION OF THE CIVITAN CLUB MOVING ALIVE AFTER FIVE FROM DOWNTOWN IDAHO FALLS TO THE RIVERWALK. TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM TO GROW, HAVE SOME SHADE, BE ON ON A NICE LANDSCAPED PROPERTY. THERE ARE BUILT IN RESTROOMS BUILT PERMANENTLY THERE SO THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO BRING IN PORTA POTTIES. WE SEE THIS AS A AS AN OVERALL GREAT THING FOR NOT ONLY FOR THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, BECAUSE WE WON'T HAVE A WEEKLY ROAD CLOSURE DOWNTOWN. THAT THAT IS MULTIPLE HOURS, AND IT'S ALWAYS A HEADACHE TO GET CARS MOVED AND TO GET PARKING CARS THAT ARE PARKED DOWNTOWN OUT OF THAT EVENT AREA. AND SO THIS, I THINK, IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL MOVE FOR BOTH THE CIVITAN CLUB AND THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. TONIGHT, THERE IS A PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED, AND IT IS THE LAST STEP TO MAKE THIS CHANGE HAPPEN. AND THIS MOVE PER CITY CODE 437 AND 447, NO PERSON SHALL SELL OR DISPENSE BEER OR WINE FOR CONSUMPTION ON THE PREMISES AT ANY PLACE WITHIN 300FT OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHURCH, OR ANY OTHER HOUSE OF WORSHIP. SO WITH THAT, THE RIVERWALK STAGE ON MEMORIAL IS WITHIN 300FT OF BOTH THE LDS STAKE CENTER. THERE ON ON RIVER DRIVE, AS WELL AS THE IDAHO FALLS UNITARIAN FELLOWSHIP. AND SO WITH THAT COUNCIL MAY WITH GOOD CAUSE GRANT A VARIANCE FOR THIS PROVISION. TO DO THAT, THE CITY MUST HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AFTER GIVING WRITTEN NOTICE TO OWNERS OF ALL PROPERTIES WITHIN 300FT OF THE EVENT BOUNDARIES. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE GIVEN 15 DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE OF THE HEARING. NOTICE SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN GIVEN UPON THE DEPOSIT IN THE US MAIL ADDRESSED TO THE OWNERS OF THE ADDRESS LAST SHOWN ON THE BONNEVILLE COUNTY PROPERTY TAX ROLL, SO

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THAT IN YOUR PACKET THERE WAS A LETTER, AS WELL AS A MAP SHOWING A 300 SHOWING CIRCLES AROUND THE PROPERTY TO SHOW WHERE THAT 300 FOOT MARK WAS. AND SO YOU HAVE THOSE PROPERTIES. WE DID SEND THAT LETTER THAT'S IN YOUR PACKET TO SIX RESIDENCES AND LET THEM KNOW ABOUT TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING, ABOUT THE EVENT AND ABOUT THE INTENT TO TRY TO MOVE THAT EVENT DOWN TO THAT LOCATION. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL PASS IT BACK TO YOU, MAYOR, AND HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. SO I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CITY ATTORNEY. TYPICALLY, THE EXPLANATION THAT DIRECTOR HOLM JUST GAVE WOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE HEARING. I NEGLECTED TO CALL THE HEARING OR TO OPEN A HEARING BEFORE HE SPOKE. IS THERE A WAY TO BASICALLY JUST DIRECT THAT THIS TESTIMONY BE CONSIDERED A PART OF THE HEARING AND, AND OPEN IT NOW? OR HOW WOULD YOU ASK ME TO PROCEED? I THINK WHEN YOU OPEN THE HEARING, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT DIRECTOR HOLMES STATEMENT SHALL BECOME PART OF THE RECORD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO AS EXPLAINED IN THAT EXPLANATION THAT DIRECTOR HOLM GAVE, WE DO NEED TO HAVE A HEARING THAT HAS BEEN ONE HAS BEEN NOTICED THIS EVENING. AND SO WE WILL ASSUME THAT THIS IS NOT A QUASI JUDICIAL TYPE OF A HEARING. IT IS JUST A PUBLIC HEARING. AND SO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU'RE ALL ELIGIBLE TO BE A PART OF THIS. SO WE'LL DECLARE THE HEARING TO BE OPEN AND INVITE ALL OF THE TESTIMONY GIVEN TO BE A PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD. IN ADDITION, THE STATEMENT GIVEN BY DIRECTOR HOLM WILL ALSO BE CONSIDERED A PART OF THE RECORD DIRECTOR. TYPICALLY, WHEN WE HAVE A HEARING AND WE GET AN EXPLANATION FROM STAFF, COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN IT FOR TESTIMONY. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO KICK OFF THE Q&A BY ASKING YOU IF, AFTER THE HEARING CLOSES, THE LANGUAGE IN THE MEMO THAT YOU WROTE ASKS US THEN TO APPROVE A VARIANCE, BUT THERE WAS NO ATTACHMENT OTHER THAN THE LETTER AND THE MAP, YOU KNOW, SHOWING WHAT WHAT YOU'D EXPLAINED. BUT IS THERE ANY PARTICULAR. PIECE OF DOCUMENTATION THAT THAT IS NEEDED IN ORDER FOR THAT VARIANCE TO BE GRANTED? ALSO, THERE WAS LANGUAGE SAYING APPROVE A VARIANCE. AND THEN IN ANOTHER PLACE TALKING ABOUT A TEMPORARY VARIANCE. AND SO I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND IF THERE WAS A TEMPORARY NATURE TO THIS OR IF THIS WAS GOING TO BE SO LONG AS, AS THE SUMMER, THIS YEAR, SUMMER SEASON WENT BY, OR IF IT WAS GOING TO BE FOR SO LONG AS THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT, CIVITAN WAS, WAS HAVING A LIVE ACTIVE ACTIVITIES FOREVER UNTIL THEY STOP OR WHAT THE NATURE OF THE TEMPORARY WAS.

SO I NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE POST HEARING ACTION BETTER. I'LL PROBABLY TAKE THAT ONE. MAYOR.

THANK YOU. THE CITY CODE IS FAIRLY SILENT ON THE VARIANCE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING TONIGHT.

AND SO IT DOESN'T STATE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE IN WRITING, THAT THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE AN ORAL VARIANCE AND GIVE THE REASONS FOR THE VARIANCE. IT IS A VARIANCE THAT'S ATTACHED TO A PARTICULAR PERMIT, WHICH IS THE SUMMER SEASON PERMIT THAT THEY'LL THEY'VE REQUESTED TO SERVE FOR THEIR EVENTS THROUGHOUT THIS SEASON. SO IT'S TEMPORARY IN THE SENSE THAT THEY AREN'T GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO OPEN A BAR ON THE CITY PROPERTY. THAT WILL THAT CAN CONTINUE FOREVER, BUT IT WILL ATTACH TO THIS PERMIT. IT WILL MEAN THAT COUNCIL SHOULD EXPECT ANOTHER VARIANCE HEARING NEXT YEAR, WHEN THEY COME AND PULL THEIR PERMIT TO DO A LIVE AFTER FIVE FOR NEXT SUMMER. PERFECT. THAT TEACHES ME A LOT AND ANSWERS ALL MY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COUNSELOR DAIMON, DIRECTOR, HOME. THE APPLICATION THAT THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS FILLS OUT IS BASICALLY IS IT THE ALCOHOL CATERING, NOT FOR PROFIT PERMIT REQUEST? IS THAT THE NAME OF THE DOCUMENT THAT THEY CHARITABLE AND BENEVOLENT? EVENT. YEAH. AND IS THIS A IS THIS A DIGITAL FORM THAT THEY DO ONLINE. IT CAN BE DONE ONLINE. YES. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S PRIMARILY THE WAY THAT IT IS EXECUTED. SO I THINK THAT MAYBE, PERHAPS THAT DOESN'T LEND ITSELF TO THE SAME DOCUMENTATION THAT PERHAPS A. IN PERSON PAPER. PLUS IT'S A MULTI-DAY EVENT.

THIS IS ONE IT'S A MULTI-DAY EVENT, MULTI WEEK EVENT. AND IT YES IT THE VARIANCE CAN BE NOTED ON THE PERMIT THAT THE CLERK ISSUES, WHICH IS ANOTHER WAY TO DOCUMENT THAT THERE'S BEEN A VARIANCE. GRANTED. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT COUNSELOR LARSON I MAY BE GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF OR SHOWING MY DAY, BUT HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN OR ORAL COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THOSE FOLKS

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YOU SENT THAT LETTER TO? I HAVE NOT WE HAVE. WE MADE VERBAL CONTACT WITH A COUPLE OF THE OWNERS AS WELL, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BEFOREHAND, SO THAT WE MAYBE WOULD HAVE AN IDEA OF IF THERE WAS GOING TO BE ANY SUPPORT OR ANY ANY CONCERNS WITH THIS THAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS BEFORE YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. SO THAT I HAVE A QUESTION. HOW WOULD IT SEEMS LIKE WHEN I LOOKED AT THE MAP, WE WERE PRETTY CLOSE TO 300FT AND WOULDN'T NEED THIS VARIATION EVERY IF WE CHANGE THE RULE TO 250FT, OR DOES THE STATE LAW 300FT IS MY QUESTION. IF THERE'S A STATE LAW FOR LICENSES TO SERVE ALCOHOL AT RETAIL OR OFF SITE. SO THE BEER AND WINE LICENSE THAT YOUR CONVENIENCE STORE MIGHT HAVE AS AN OFF PREMISES AT RETAIL LICENSE, THE ONE THAT YOU GO TO THE RESTAURANT ON IS BY THE DRINK. RIGHT? SO THERE IS A STATE LAW FOR 300FT FOR THOSE FOR THE CHARITABLE EVENT PERMIT. THAT'S A CREATURE THAT'S UNIQUE IN OUR CODE. IT'S NOT MANDATED BY THE STATE CODE. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COUNCIL COULD REEVALUATE AND CHANGE. BUT AS WE WERE WORKING WITH THE CURRENT CODE, I THINK THIS MAKES SENSE. BUT IF THIS TURNS OUT TO BE A GREAT VENUE, THEN I THINK IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO MAYBE LOOK AT THIS AND GET IT TO THAT NUMBER THAT WOULD MAKE THAT MAKE SENSE, SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS EVERY YEAR. IF THIS BECOMES THE SPOT FOR A LIVE AFTER FIVE. I ALSO WAS WONDERING IF ACTUALLY WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SAY IS, WHOEVER MAKES THIS MOTION, IS THAT GOING TO BE JIM FRANCIS? JUST REALIZE THAT THE ACTION ITEM SAYS DISPENSE BEER AND DOESN'T SAY AND WINE, BUT I THINK IT'S MEANT TO BE BEER AND WINE. THAT'S FINE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND SO THAT YEAH, WE ARE GETTING AHEAD OF OURSELVES BECAUSE WE STILL NEED TO HAVE THE PUBLIC TESTIMONY AS, AS YOU HAD REFERENCED. BUT I ALSO JUST WANTED TO ASK ONE MORE QUESTION, WHICH WAS YOU SAID THAT YOU LOCATED SIX ADDRESSES THAT THIS NEEDED TO BE SENT TO. YOU SAID SIX RESIDENCES. DID WE NOT DO WE NOT HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO ALSO SEND TO THE TWO CHURCHES? NO, THEY THEY'RE INCLUDED. YES, I MEANT I MEANT ADDRESSES. YEAH.

OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO OPEN THIS UP FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS AT THIS POINT DON'T HAVE ANY MORE IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS, ALTHOUGH SOME MAY ARISE OVER THE COURSE OF THE HEARING. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK TO THIS PARTICULAR ACTION, WHICH IS FOR THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THIS VARIANCE FOR SERVING ALCOHOL DURING A LIVE AFTER FIVE AT THE RIVER WEST STAGE? SO WHAT DO WE CALL FOR RIVERWALK? RIVERWALK STAGE? TESTIMONY. YOU'RE WELCOME TO THE PODIUM AND SHARE THAT THOSE THOUGHTS. AND WE WOULD ASK FOR YOUR NAME. AND I THINK THAT'S ALL WE NEED FOR THE RECORD. YEAH. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS NATE MATLACK. I'M A MEMBER OF THE IDAHO FALLS CIVIC CLUB, AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE FIVE. HAVE BEEN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS. YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'VE KIND OF GROWN OUT OF OUR OF OUR EXISTING SPOT THERE. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH PARKING AND CARS TOWED AND, YOU KNOW, BOTHERING BUSINESSES ABOUT MOVING CARS AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL THAT, THIS THIS MOVE MADE SENSE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PJ FOR A COUPLE YEARS AND HIS OFFICE, THEY'VE BEEN AWESOME TO WORK WITH. AND SO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY ALL HAVE ABOUT ABOUT THAT VENUE. AND IF APPROVED AND THIS BECOMES A LONG TERM VENUE, THE CLUB HAS 50,000 SET ASIDE TO DO SOME IMPROVEMENTS TO THE STAGE AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE MAY NEED LIKE POWER AND THAT SORT OF THING. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BATTLE-AX. I THINK COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE GOOD. DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BUT APPRECIATE YOU TAKING TIME TO COME TONIGHT. ANY OTHERS WHO WISH TO OFFER TESTIMONY THIS EVENING? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBERS, SEEING THAT WE MAY BE AT THE END OF TESTIMONY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR STAFF? OKAY. WELL, THEN WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE HEARING AND THEN I WILL TURN IT TO COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ANY DELIBERATION COMMENTS YOU WANT TO MAKE BEFORE YOU CAST A VOTE, NOTING THAT THAT MOTION NEEDS TO BE SLIGHTLY AMENDED FROM WHAT'S PRINTED. BUT BEYOND THAT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR CONCERNS? YEAH, I'LL JUST START. WE MIGHT ALL HAVE SIMILAR THOUGHTS, BUT I AM JUST EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR

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ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, ALL THE PLAY EQUIPMENT THAT WE SEE AROUND TOWN AND THE SUPPORT WE'VE SEEN OF SO MANY THINGS. BUT IT JUST REMINDS ME THAT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION AS A COMMUNITY AND AS A CITY COUNCIL AND AS A CITY TO BUILD AND CREATE SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME BE TOGETHER AND BE NOT ISOLATED. AND SO MANY ARE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND SO MANY ARE LOST IN THEIR SCREEN TIME AND EVERYTHING THAT WE READ, ALL THE RESEARCH THAT I SEE IS SO CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE BUILD THESE KIND OF THINGS WHERE WE GET TOGETHER AND WE DO PROJECTS THAT WE SOLVE PROBLEMS BY GETTING TOGETHER, AND WE RAISE MONEY AND WE BUILD THINGS. AND THE HERITAGE OF THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT SOCIETY AND REBECCA MITCHELL AND KATE CURLEY PARK AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY DID TO FARM A FIELD FOR FOUR YEARS, TO BUILD THE FIRST PARK AND TO START BUILDING SIDEWALKS. THAT'S BECAUSE OF PEOPLE LIKE THE CIVITANS. AND WHEN WE ALL DO THAT TOGETHER, WE BUILD TRUST IN GOVERNMENT AND BUILD TRUST IN EACH OTHER THAT WE CAN SOLVE HARD PROBLEMS. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT AND GRATEFUL TO HELP WITH THIS. NOT THAT ALCOHOL IS MY THING, BUT I GET THAT IT ALSO HELPS GET PEOPLE TOGETHER AND ENJOY LIFE A LITTLE. AND I'M APPRECIATIVE OF THAT AND VERY WELL SAID. THANK YOU. OTHER COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS. WELL, I'LL JUST SAY THE WORD OUTGROWN. THE CURRENT LOCATION SUMMARIZES WHY THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT MOVE. COUNCIL. COUNCIL. I'LL JUST COMMENT THAT I DID SERVE AS A PRESIDENT OF THE CIVITAN CLUB. WHAT FEELS LIKE MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AND SPENT MY I SPENT QUITE A BIT OF TIME NOT ONLY VOLUNTEERING ELECTRIFIED, BUT HELPING SET UP THIS EVENT. AND WHEN WE LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT A VARIANCE MAKES SENSE, I THINK THERE'S SEVERAL ANGLES THAT COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER. ONE OF THEM IS, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THESE SIX INDIVIDUALS OR REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, SOME OF THEM RELIGIOUS, SOME OF THEM NOT RELIGIOUS. AND THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE PROTESTING THIS, I THINK SAYS A LOT TO ME, AND I THINK ALSO REPRESENTS THE REPUTATION THAT A LOT OF FIVE AND SEVEN CLUB HAS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. I WORKED MANY, MANY A IN A LIVE AFTER FIVE AND FOUND IT TO BE A VERY PLEASANT EXPERIENCE FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS. AND I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THIS IS A WONDERFUL MOVE FOR THE CITY TO SUPPORT.

AND I KNOW THAT I TRUST DIRECTOR HOLM AND THE ENTIRE EVENTS COMMITTEE STAFF TO, YOU KNOW, ENSURE THAT ALL THE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS THAT WE WOULD EXPECT TO BE IN PLACE, THAT THEY ARE IN PLACE, AND THAT THIS REALLY BECOMES A VIBRANT LOCATION FOR FUTURE EVENTS. THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT? DIRECTOR. EXCUSE ME, COUNCILOR RADFORD SAID LIVE AFTER FIVE IN THE PAST HAS EVEN GONE SO FAR AS TO HIRE YOUTH. MY DAUGHTER WAS ON A SWIM TEAM.

THEY HIRED THE SWIM TEAM TO HELP WITH THE SETUP AND TAKEDOWN, AND SO THE SWIM TEAM MEMBERS WORKED PRETTY HARD, MADE SOME MONEY THAT THEY USED FOR THEIR VERY WORTHWHILE ACTIVITIES, TEAM ACTIVITIES. BUT THEN THEY ARE VOLUNTEERS, THEY'RE CLUB MEMBERS, AND THEY COME TOGETHER TO DO THE CREATE THIS ACTIVITY. THEY SELL SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WANT IN A FESTIVE ATMOSPHERE.

AND THE PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP ARE NOT JUST INTENSE. AS COUNCIL MEMBER POINTED OUT, IT BECOMES A SOCIAL EVENT. I KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE WHO LOOK FORWARD TO THIS AND THE MUSIC IS A DRAW AND IT IS A SOCIAL TIME THAT IS REALLY PLEASANT TO SEE PEOPLE JUST ENJOYING THEMSELVES. THAT'S THAT'S AN IMPORTANT THING TO HAVE HAPPEN. AND SO AND IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER BASED. WHAT DO THEY DO WITH THE MONEY? THEY TURN AROUND, PLUG IT RIGHT BACK INTO THE CITY. A LOT OF PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT THAT SOME OF SOME OF THESE CHILDREN OR GRANDCHILDREN HAVE PLAYED ON IN THIS COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN PROVIDED BY THE CITY. SO IT'S JUST A GREAT FORMULA THAT BENEFITS THE COMMUNITY ALL THE WAY AROUND. THERE'S NOBODY TAKING A PROFIT HOME. IT'S ALL BEING PLOWED INTO TO IDAHO FALLS. SO I AM PERSONALLY VERY GRATEFUL. AND THAT THEY'VE OUTGROWN SOMETHING IS SUPER POSITIVE. THAT MEANS MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE SUPPORTING THE ACTIVITY. SO I JUST WOULD ADD ONE COMMENT HERE. I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY, BUT MICHELLE REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING, AND THAT'S JUST THAT WE FOUND A WAY TO GET TO YES ON THIS, BECAUSE THERE WAS PROBABLY PLACES IN THIS COUNTRY THAT WAS 300FT WHERE WE'RE NOT DOING THE VARIANCE RIGHT. AND SO I APPRECIATE THAT. WE FOUND A WAY TO FIND A WAY FORWARD. SO I'M GRATEFUL FOR THAT. BUT ALSO ANOTHER LITTLE JOINTS OF HANDS. JOIN ROTARY. GO DO JOIN SOMETHING. BECAUSE I LOOK AROUND IN THIS ROOM AND SO MANY LEADER, I'VE SEEN YOU IN THESE POSITIONS. SO IT DOES HELP GROW OUR LEADERS IN OUR BASE AS WELL. VERY GOOD. COUNCILOR FRANCIS, I THINK IT'S ALL YOURS TO TAKE

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THIS ON. I WANT TO MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT, PLEASE. WHEN I READ YOUR THE MAYOR'S PROCLAMATION FOR SUB TEN MONTH RECENTLY, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF THIS PROCESS AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT NUMBER OF HOURS, BUT THE MENTIONED HUNDREDS OF HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK TO MAKE THIS GO ALL SUMMER LONG. HUNDREDS OF HOURS, AND I'M PROBABLY LOW. OKAY, I'M READY, BUT I'M GOING TO MODIFY THIS A LITTLE BIT TO TRY TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT I HEARD ABOUT SPECIFICS. IF IT DOESN'T PASS LEGAL MUSTER, I WILL REVISE IT. I MOVE COUNCIL APPROVE A TEMPORARY VARIANCE APPLYING TO THE PERIOD MAY 20TH 8TH TO AUGUST 27TH, 2025, ON WEDNESDAYS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF FIVE AND 730, TO PERMIT THE IDAHO FALLS CIVITAN CLUB TO DISPENSE BEER AND WINE WITHIN 300FT OF A PUBLIC SCHOOL, CHURCH OR ANY OTHER PLACE OF WORSHIP. ALL RIGHT. IT'S I'M SEEING NODDING FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY, AND SO DOES THE MOTION. HAVE A SECOND? I WOULD I'M JUST I WASN'T PREPARED TO VOTE ON WEDNESDAY. I'M NOT I'M CONCERNED I'M CONCERNED THAT THEY MAY I'M CONCERNED. YEAH. THAT SOMETIMES THERE THERE ARE SITUATIONS THAT HAPPEN LIKE WHERE THERE'S A RAINSTORM AND WE'LL SAY WE'RE CANCELING IT TONIGHT AND WE'LL MOVE IT TO TOMORROW, AND WE WORK WITH THE CITY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I WOULD I THINK THAT'S A LITTLE TOO SPECIFIC FOR WHAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT. I WAS JUST KEYING OFF THE LETTER. SO YEAH. SHOULD WE TAKE I THINK THAT'S JUST THE PERFECT WORLD. APPLYING TO THE PERIOD MAY 28TH TO AUGUST 27TH. I'D RATHER I'D RATHER ASK DIRECTOR HOME IF THERE HE SEES ANY ISSUES WITH THAT. AGAIN, JUST BECAUSE INCLEMENT WEATHER DOES HAPPEN. I KNOW THAT THESE NUMBERS HAVE BEEN PUSHED AROUND A LITTLE BIT, BUT OF COURSE THEY WORK WITH THE CITY TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S OKAY. YOU KNOW, I THINK TYPICALLY WHEN I'VE SEEN CANCELLATIONS, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S KIND OF CANCELED FOR THE WEEK. AND SO I THINK YOU COULD ALMOST READ IT THAT WAY. BUT TO GIVE MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE LENIENCY, POTENTIALLY FROM 5 TO 7 ON THOSE DATES FROM MAY 28TH THROUGH THE THROUGH AUGUST, WHATEVER THE DATE. YES. SO 5 TO 730. YEAH. CAN I, CAN I ASK I BEFORE I VOTE. DOES THAT MEAN OTHERS COULD COME FOR THIS VARIANCE THOUGH. I MEAN ONCE WE CREATED THIS ORDINANCE TO TRY TO USE THIS SPACE. AND SO I HESITATE TO JUST SAY FOR THIS THING, FOR THIS PERIOD, BUT IF IT WAS NECESSARY TO DO THE VARIANCE EVERY TIME FOR EVERY VENDOR, THEN I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO EITHER WAY. SO THEN I'LL JUST VOTE FOR THIS ANYWAY. YES. SO THIS THIS APPLIES TO THIS PERMIT. AND SO IF THERE'S ANOTHER ORGANIZATION THAT WOULD LIKE TO USE THE RIVERWALK STAGE AND HAVE ALCOHOL AT THEIR EVENT, THEY WILL NEED TO PULL A PERMIT. AND THAT WILL ALSO REQUIRE COUNCIL TO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING TO REVIEW IT. SO THE FIX TO MY QUESTION IS JUST TO CHANGE THE FEE. PROBABLY EVENTUALLY IN THE ALCOHOL ORDINANCE. AND YOU CAN DO THAT. YOU'LL NEED TO DO THAT SOME OTHER NIGHT. YEAH. SO THE MOTION WILL WORK IF I LEAVE OUT WEDNESDAYS, BUT LEAVE THE TIME PERIOD FOR THAT. THIS APPLIES. I MEAN, FROM MAY 28TH TO WELL, IF THAT INFORMATION IS INCLUDED IN THE PERMIT, IT PROBABLY DOESN'T NEED TO BE SPECIFIED HERE INCLUDED IN THE LETTER. I MEAN, LIKE YOU SAID, THERE'S NO ACTUAL. WELL, NO, BUT BUT BUT OUR ACTIONS TONIGHT ATTACHED TO THE PERMIT THAT HAS BEEN FILLED OUT AND THE PERMIT SPECIFIES THE DATES, THE TIMES AND, AND THAT KIND OF THING. SO THE PROBLEM BEING THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT ELECTRONIC PERMIT APPLICATION IN FRONT OF US RIGHT NOW. SO YOU I YOUR MOTION IS PROBABLY JUST FINE. ALTHOUGH THERE WAS THIS REQUEST TO REMOVE THE DAYS. WELL, IF ANYONE'S GOING TO VOTE. NO, I I'M NOT, I'M NOT. I WAS JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY THE TIME PERIOD FOR THE PUBLIC. ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GO AHEAD, LET'S HEAR FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY. SO I DID JUST VISIT WITH OUR CITY CLERK WHO HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT AS WELL.

AND IT DOES HAVE SPECIFIC DATES ON THE PERMIT AND SPECIFIC TIME PERIODS. SO YOU CAN DO THAT. BUT IT'D BE A LITTLE BIT OF A BELT AND SUSPENDERS TO MAKE SURE THE VARIANCE IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT YOU'D BE SAYING IN YOUR VARIANCE. YOU'VE DONE A NICE JOB OF MAKING IT SPECIFIC, BUT YOU CAN'T GET ANY FARTHER OUT THAN WHAT'S ALREADY ON THE PERMIT. THE PERMIT IS ALREADY WHAT YOU'VE EXPRESSED. SO IF THEY HAVE AN EVENT THAT THEY NEED TO CANCEL, THEY WOULD NEED TO PULL A NEW PERMIT PERMIT TO HAVE BEER AND WINE ON A DIFFERENT DAY. THAT'S NOT ALREADY ONE THAT THEY HAVE PERMITTED. AND IF AND IF WE READ IF WE APPROVED A GENERIC MOTION WHERE IT JUST SAYS WHERE WE APPROVE A VARIANCE OF THE PERMIT IF THEY WERE TO HAVE TO CHANGE A DATE, FOR EXAMPLE, AND PULL A NEW PERMIT, WOULD THE GENERIC LANGUAGE THEN COVER THEM? I YOU COULD. IF NOT, THEN WE'LL JUST GET REALLY SPECIFIC. AND THEN IF THEY HAVE TO CALL A NEW PERMIT, THEN WE'LL JUST HAVE

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TO BRING IT BACK BEFORE COUNCIL. I'LL TELL YOU I WAS JUST TRYING TO GIVE A VARIANCE ATTACHES TO EACH PERMIT. IT IS PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT WE OUGHT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IN OUR CODE. THIS IS THE FIRST ALCOHOL VARIANCE THAT COUNCIL'S TAKEN UP SINCE I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY. SO THAT'S TEN YEARS. YEAH. AND IT MIGHT BE TIME TO JUST TAKE A LOOK AT OUR ALCOHOL ORDINANCE AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY. BUT. I SUPPORT THIS. THE WAY THAT THE CODE IS WRITTEN RIGHT NOW IS THEY ATTACH TO A PERMIT. SO IF THEY HAVE TO CANCEL AN EVENT AND THEY NEED A NEW PERMIT, MY LEGAL ADVICE WOULD BE THAT ANOTHER HEARING NOT BE HELD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN THEY WOULD. SO THEN IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER IF IT'S GENERIC OR SPECIFIC BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO BEFORE COUNCIL ANYWAY. SO AND I'M AGREEING LIKE I THINK I DIDN'T SEE THIS AS PERMIT SPECIFIC WHEN I WAS ASKING THAT QUESTION. SO I THINK IT'S PART OF THE REASON I WANTED TO READ IT THIS WAY IS FOR THE PUBLIC TO HAVE THE RECORD IN THE MINUTES THAT WE HAVE A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD THAT IS TEMPORARY PERMIT FUNCTION, AND THEY HAVE TO GET A NEW 1 IN 2026. SO TO STRENGTHEN IT, BASICALLY A LOT OF THIS CONVERSATION STRENGTHENS COUNCILOR RADFORD'S CONTENTION THAT IT MAY BE TIME TO CHANGE OUR CODE, BECAUSE A RAIN DELAY WOULD MEAN YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND PROBABLY HAVE THE ACTIVITY THE NEXT NIGHT IF THE STAGE WAS OPEN, BUT YOU COULDN'T SERVE ALCOHOL BECAUSE YOU'D NEVER GET TWO WEEKS NOTICE ON A RAINED OUT ACTIVITY. TO HAVE THAT HEARING PUBLISHED AND NOTIFIED AND HELD. SO IT JUST WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T BE PRACTICAL. SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE THAT MOTION AS YOU SPECIFIED. I GUESS WE'RE WAITING FOR A SECOND. I'LL SECOND ASK THE CLERK TO TAKE OVER WEDNESDAYS OUT IN CASE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE TO ANYBODY WHO'S GOING TO VOTE. IT'S FINE NOW. YOU'RE OKAY NOW THAT IT'S SPECIFIC TO THE PERMANENT, I'LL LEAVE IT. SO WE HAVE I'LL TAKE I'LL SECOND IT. WE HAVE TWO SECONDERS, BUT WE HAVE THE MOTION. AND THEN WE HAD COUNCILOR DAMON SECOND, AND WE ALSO HAVE COUNCILOR RADFORD SECOND, BUT WAS FIRST. AND TO CLARIFY, WE'RE LEAVING WEDNESDAY IN THE MOTION. IT'S FINE. OKAY. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, ARE YOU PREPARED THEN CITY CLERK TO CONDUCT OUR ROLL CALL VOTE. AND THANK YOU. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS, A FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN.

YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THIS GROUP IS NOTHING IF NOT THOROUGH. RIGHT. SO WE WILL MOVE ON. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR. HOME TO THE NEXT DEPARTMENT WITH BUSINESS BEFORE THE COUNCIL. THIS WOULD BE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AND THE FIRST TWO ITEMS ARE TYPICALLY ONES THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HANDLE THEMSELVES AND DO NOT REQUIRE THE DIRECTOR TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN. BOTH OF THESE INVOLVE THE APPROVAL OF A FINAL

[5.E.1) Final Plat, Development Agreement, and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards, River Hollow at Sage Lakes Division No. 1]

PLAT. AND SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT TO COUNCILOR RADFORD TO INTRODUCE THESE ITEMS AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOUR COLLEAGUES MIGHT HAVE BEFORE MAKING MOTIONS. YOU BET. SO ATTACHED IS THE APPLICATION FOR THE FINAL PLAT AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND REASON STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE RIVER HOLLOW AT SAGE LAKE. SAGE LAKES DIVISION NUMBER ONE. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THIS ITEM AT ITS DECEMBER 3RD, 2024 MEETING AND UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT. SO ANY QUESTIONS OR IF NOT, I'LL MOVE AHEAD. OKAY, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE FINAL PLAT FINAL PLAT FOR THE RIVER HOLLOW AT SAGE LAKES DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN SAID AGREEMENT SECOND. ALL RIGHT, CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE? DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS A FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. RADFORD. AYE.

MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. TWO MORE MOTIONS RELATED TO THIS VERY SAME ITEM. I WOULD I WOULD MOVE TO ACCEPT THE FINAL PLAT FOR RIVER HOLLOW AT SAGE LAKE, DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY ENGINEER OR CITY CLERK TO SIGN THE FINAL PLAT. SECOND.

THANK YOU, CITY CLERK. WILL YOU CONDUCT THAT VOTE? DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS, A FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN.

YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN OUR RECENT STATEMENT, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE RECENT STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR RIVER HOLLOW AT SAGE LAKES DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. OKAY. CITY CLERK, WILL YOU PLEASE VOTE? DINGMAN. YES, FRANCIS A FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

[5.E.2) Final Plat and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards, Fairway Estates Division No. 30.]

AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER FINAL PLAT THAT ONLY HAS TWO MOTIONS. YEAH, I WOULD JUST INTRODUCE IT AS THE APPLICATION FOR THE FINAL PLAT AND REASON STATEMENT. RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR FAIRWAY ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER 30. AND THEY CONSIDER THIS AT MARCH 4TH AND UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL. ANY SECTIONS. NO SORRY I JUST JUST INTRODUCING THE

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BACKGROUND QUESTIONS OKAY OKAY. THEN I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR FAIRWAY ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER 30 AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, CITY ENGINEER AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN THE SAID FINAL PLAT. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, CITY CLERK, WILL YOU CONDUCT THE VOTE? DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT. AND OUR REASON STATEMENT, I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE REASON STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR FAIRWAY ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER 30, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND CITY CLERK, WE'RE READY FOR A VOTE. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. RADFORD. AYE.

MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW, MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THESE FINAL PLATS. SOME MAPS AND SUCH ARE IN THE CITY COUNCIL PACKET THAT ANYBODY WANTED TO SEE IT. AND YOU CLICK

[5.E.3) Public Hearing for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) PY 2024 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER).]

ON THAT QR CODE OVER THERE, YOU WOULD GET IT. SO WITH THAT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO THE NEXT ITEM NUMBER THREE ON OUR AGENDA FROM THIS DEPARTMENT. AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE RELATED TO OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT. AND ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THAT GRANT IS THAT FROM TIME TO TIME WE HAVE TO HAVE A. CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT FILED. AND THAT REPORT REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING. AND THAT IS TO FACILITATE THE RECEIPT OF PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WE GATHER AND TURN IN AS A PART OF THIS REPORT. AND SO I'M GOING TO DECLARE OUR CDBG COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CAPER REPORT OR HEARING TO BE PAPER, SORRY, CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT, HEARING TO BE OPEN. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL INVITE LISA FERRIS TO PROVIDE SOME INTRODUCTION ON THIS PROCESS, THIS HEARING, AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO PUBLIC COMMENT.

MAYOR, JUST AN UNUSUAL REQUEST. I JUST WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING. AS BEFORE, PEOPLE HEAR THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S RELEVANT. THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK IN THE MEDIA AND IN THIS COUNTRY ABOUT USING FEDERAL FUNDS AND HOW THEY'RE USED, AND IF THERE'S OVERSIGHT AND IF THE OUTCOMES ACTUALLY BENEFIT TAXPAYERS. AND I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THE WORK THAT ACTUALLY DOES GET DONE AND HAS BEEN HAPPENING. AND IF WE AS CITIZENS PAY ATTENTION, THE MONEYS ARE VERY WELL CARED FOR AND INSPECTED AND INVENTORIED. AND SO WITH THAT, I THINK YOU'LL LOVE WHAT OUR WHAT LISA WILL SHOW US TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MR. FERRIS. THIS IS ONE OF THE REPORTS I'D LOVE TO DO, BECAUSE IT DOES. IT DEMONSTRATES TO THE PUBLIC HOW WE USE THE FUNDS IN 2024. SO THIS IS THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THAT YOU APPROVED PREVIOUSLY. SO GOING THROUGH THIS, ALL OF OUR, OUR PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES HAVE TO BE ELIGIBILITY THROUGH. SO WE HAVE TO HAVE THEM BE AT LEAST MEET ONE OF THREE NATIONAL OBJECTIVES, MEANING THEY BENEFIT LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS. OR THEY PREVENT AND ELIMINATE CONDITIONS OF SOME OF LIGHT OR MEET AN URGENT NEED. THEY ALSO HAVE TO BE AN ELIGIBLE ACTIVITY. AND I'LL SHARE SOME EXAMPLES WITH YOU AS WE GO THROUGH THE SLIDES. AND THEY HAVE TO BE A PART OF THE CURRENT FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN, AND HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE ENVIRONMENT PLAN. SO OUR CURRENT BALANCES THIS IS AS OF TODAY. SO WE'VE BEEN IN THE PROGRAM FOR 21 YEARS. THIS IS OUR 21ST YEAR. WE BECAME AN ENTITLEMENT CITY IN 2004. WE'VE RECEIVED OVER 8.4 MILLION IN HUD FUNDS ANNUALLY, AND WE'RE NOW OPERATING ON 2023 AND 2024 PROGRAM YEAR FUNDS FOR A BALANCE OF 342,900 TO 49. WE ARE ABLE TO SPEND OUR FUNDS IN OUR THREE US CENSUS TRACKS. SO DURING OUR PLAN YEAR, WHICH RAN FROM APRIL 1ST OF 2024 TO MARCH 31ST OF 2025, WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE 39 PROJECTS. AND SO THEY'RE LOCATED IN THE RED DOTS. IF YOU NOTICE, THERE'S ONE DOT JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CENSUS TRACT THAT WAS AN AGENCY THAT PROVIDED DAYCARE VOUCHERS TO LOW MODERATE INCOME FAMILIES LIVING WITHIN THOSE CENSUS TRACTS. OR OUR 2024 FUNDING YEAR. WE RECEIVED 434 124. WE SPENT 149 FIVE 5972 WITH A BALANCE OF 284, 564, 28. SO EIGHT OF OUR 12 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS CENTER HAS ASSISTED 812 LOW INCOME CLIENTS THROUGH THEIR ABUSE RECOVERY PROGRAM WITH CASE MANAGEMENT. I KNOW LEGAL AID HAS HELPED 41

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VICTIMS WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND CLUB INCORPORATED WAS ABLE TO ASSIST TEN LMI. EXCUSE ME, LOWER INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES WITH CASE MANAGEMENT AND HOMELESSNESS SERVICES, AND PROMISED BRIDGE WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE 33 FAMILIES WITH EMERGENCY SHELTER. SALVATION ARMY WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE RENT AND UTILITY ASSISTANCE FOR 20 LOW AND MODERATE INCOME INDIVIDUALS. UNITED WAY WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE SIX DAYCARE VOUCHERS FOR FAMILIES, AND I KNOW PAUL SOUP KITCHEN WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE 50,276 MEALS. THAT'S INCREDIBLE. AND THAT'S THE ONES THAT ARE SERVED IN-HOUSE. AND WITH THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO USE OUR ADMINISTRATIVE FUNDS FOR ONE FULL TIME EMPLOYEE TO ADMINISTER THE CDBG PROGRAM, INCLUDING THE ACTION PLAN, THE CAPER, FINANCIAL REPORTING, AND MANAGING ALL CDBG PROJECTS. WE ALSO WERE ABLE TO CO-SPONSOR AND SUPPORT FAIR HOUSING TRAINING IN 2024 WITH OUR PARTNERS IN POCATELLO AND SUPPORT THE HOMELESS. STAND DOWN ON NOVEMBER 19TH AND SUPPORT THE POINT IN TIME COUNT, WHICH WAS HELD JANUARY 24TH OF 2024. SO THERE IS A LINK BELOW SO YOU CAN VIEW THAT FULL REPORT, THE 2024 IDAHO HOMELESS REPORT, FOR SOME REALLY GOOD DETAILS. THERE'S A LOT OF DATA IN THAT REPORT. OKAY. SO WITHIN OUR PLAN YEAR, WE SPENT 383 ONE 1665. AND THAT INCLUDES FUNDING FROM PROGRAM YEAR 2023 AND 2022. SO THERE'S A BREAKDOWN HERE THAT YOU CAN SEE. SO WITH OUR 2023 FUNDS WE'RE ABLE TO ASSIST 21 PROPERTIES WITH CURB VETERAN SIDEWALK IN HIGHLAND PARK AREA. WE'RE ABLE TO FINISH PHASE ONE OF TWO FOR THE YMCA. THEY'RE DOING EXTERIOR PROJECT THERE. WE DO A PORTION OF A SIGN FOR PARK A IN ITALIA AND AWNING AT LINZ. ASSIGNMENT OF DOMAIN AND ASSIGNED FOR HIGH DESERT BUILDERS. AND THEN WITH THE 2022 PLAN, FUNDS WERE ABLE TO INSTALL FLASHING PEDESTRIAN LIGHTS AT MEMORIAL AND V AND MEMORIAL D TO SAFELY GET VISITORS AND PATIENTS PATIENTS. VISITORS AND CITIZENS TO THE DOWNTOWN SAFELY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE TRIED TO CROSS AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS, AND I AND I USE IT MYSELF, SO IT'S A BLESSING TO HAVE THAT THERE. AND THEN AT A STREET SIGN AND BORN AGAIN BOOKSTORE SIGN AND PORTIONS OF SIGN COSTA PARK IN ITALIA, AND THEN THE CENTER THEATER SIGN AT THE NORTH HILLSTONE PILOT SITE. STATUS OF OUR 2024 FUNDING AND 23 FUNDING.

SO WE HAVEN'T QUITE STARTED OUR PROJECT. IT'S DUE TO START JULY 28TH AND END BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, SO WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO TAKE SOME UNSPENT FUNDS FROM CLUB TO PUT THAT TOWARDS THIS PROJECT SO WE CAN GET 1 OR 2 MORE PROPERTIES. THEN FOR IDAHO FALLS RESCUE MISSION AT THE HAVEN, THE INTERIOR MINOR REPAIRS THERE. THEY'VE BEEN STARTED SINCE APRIL 9TH, AND THEY SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP AROUND MAY OR JUNE. THAT'S GOING TO REPAIR UP TO TEN UNITS. IF THEY'RE READY FOR OCCUPANCY. AND THE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY IDAHO FALLS PROJECT, THEY'RE DOING EXTERIOR PAINT AND REPAIR FOR LMI NEIGHBORHOODS THAT STARTS IN MAY, AND THEN DDC FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. CURRENTLY, I'M WORKING WITH STAFF STAFF TO RESEARCHING ELIGIBLE PROJECTS AND ESTIMATES FOR THE DOWNTOWN AND FOR THE PROGRAM YEAR 2023. PHASE TWO THE YMCA PROJECT FOR THE PERGOLA AND THE SUNSHADE TO THE DAYCARE SPACE IS IN PROCUREMENT RIGHT NOW, AND AGAIN WITH DDC FACADE IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS. AGAIN, WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER WITH STAFF TO RESEARCH POTENTIAL PROJECTS AND ESTIMATES FROM DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES. AND THEN I WOULD ADD THAT PROJECT SCOPES FOR SIGNS, AWNINGS AND FOCUS ON PROJECTS ARE PENDING FOR SEVERAL BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.

HERE'S AN EXAMPLE OF A COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. THIS IS CURB, GUTTER, AND SIDEWALK AT JEFFERSON AVENUE. THIS IS PCN THREE REHAB TO THE YMCA. THIS IS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WITH THE SIGN FOR HIGH DESERT BUILDERS. AND PARK IN ITALIA. SIGNAGE FOR A GREAT HARVEST. SIGNAGE FOR THE OREGON BOOKSTORE. AND HERE'S THE CENTER THEATER SIGN ON THE PYLON BUSINESS SIGN ON YELLOWSTONE.

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HERE'S OUR FLASHING PEDESTRIAN SAFETY LICENSES. MORALLY, STREE. AND THERE'S MEMORIAL STREET.

THERE'S THE IDAHO CLUB RESCUE SINGLE UNIT INTERIOR REHAB. AND HERE'S SOME OF THE WORK IN PROGRESS THAT THEY'RE WORKING WITH. OUR PUBLIC SERVICE PRIORITY ACTIVITIES. WE ASSISTED PROMISE PROMISE RICH FAMILY SHELTER FOR CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES, IDAHO LEGAL AID FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CRISIS CENTER AND TREATMENT. UNITED WAY DAYCARE ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES IDAHO FALLS KITCHEN FOR FOOD AND EQUIPMENT. SALVATION ARMY UTILITY AND RENTAL ASSISTANCE. AND CLUB INCORPORATED CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR HOMELESS. SO OUR SCHEDULE FOR THE 2020 4TH FEBRUARY IS WE WILL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT WELCOME THROUGH THE 24TH OF MAY. AND ANY COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED WILL BECOME PART OF THE PAPER AND BE SUBMITTED TO HUD. WE'LL BE MEETING AGAIN JUNE 5TH FOR COUNCIL RESOLUTION, AND THE 2024 WILL WE SUBMITTED TO HUD ON JUNE 15TH. DUE DATE TO HUD IS GOING ON JUNE 3RD WHEN THEY HAVE TO RECEIVE IT. AND I'LL BRIEFLY, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR OPEN FUNDS AND WHERE WE ARE WITH THOSE. I DIDN'T DO A FULL SLIDE PRESENTATION BECAUSE WE HAD THOSE PROJECTS COMPLETED IN 2024. SO YOU CAN REFER BACK TO THE 2023 PAPER TO SEE PICTURES IF YOU LIKE, BUT NOTHING HAS CHANGED SINCE THEN. WE HAD TWO ROUNDS OF FUNDING. WE HAVE A BALANCE LEFT ON OUR CD. ONE OF 8,023.39, AND THAT'S FOR UTILITY ASSISTANCE. 21 OF THE 22 PROJECTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. AGAIN, WE SPENT NO FUNDS IN 2024 AND THE FUNDS HAVE UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2026 TO BE FUNDED OR RETURNED BACK TO TREASURY. SO THIS IS SOME OF THE ELIGIBILITY AND CRITERIA MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE MADE IN ORDER FOR US TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS AND USE THEM AS WE DID. AND HERE'S THE PROJECTS BROKEN DOWN. I KNOW IT'S KIND OF SMALL, I APOLOGIZE, BUT CD ONE IS THE ONLY CATEGORY OF FUNDING THAT'S LEFT. AGAIN, THAT'S UTILITY ASSISTANCE. LET'S TRY TO GET BACK TO YOUR MAIN PAGE. SO 800. OF THAT THAT CONTACT PAGE I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. COUNCILOR LARSON, DID YOU. JUST COOKIE JUST FOR MY OWN INFORMATION, THE IDAHO FALLS SOUP KITCHEN IS THAT THE FACILITY ON NORTH BOULEVARD ON THE EAST SIDE? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COUNSELOR, REPORT THE COVID FUNDS AND THE $8,000 IN UTILITY. TELL ME MORE ABOUT. AND CAN WE STILL EXPEND THAT OR IS THAT PAST? IF WE CAN CONNECT IT BACK TO COVID, WE CAN. BUT IT'S THE FURTHER WE GO, WE GET FAR AWAY. IT'S HARD TO MAKE THAT CONNECTION. AND SO MANY OF THE AGENCIES RECEIVE FUNDING AS WELL. AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY DILIGENT ABOUT NOT CREATING A DUPLICATION OF EFFORT. SO, YOU KNOW, KEEPING IT OPEN UNTIL 930 OF 2026 IS JUST IN CASE. WE DO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE CAN'T USE IT THAT WAY.

WE WILL. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, AT THIS TIME THEN. WELL THANK YOU.

AND WE WILL ASK IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WOULD LIKE TO OFFER ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATED TO HOW THESE FUNDS HAVE BEEN USED AND ANY, ANYTHING THAT YOU SAW IN THE PRESENTATION. I THINK WE DO HAVE A QUESTION. YOU DO HAVE A QUESTION. ALL RIGHT. LET'S BACK UP FOR A MOMENT.

COULD YOU EXPLAIN OR GIVE AN EXAMPLE OR TWO OF WHAT STILL MIGHT BE RELATED TO COVID? SO IF SOMEONE DECEASED IN A FAMILY AND WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH BILLS THAT WERE, YES, IT COULD BE SOMEBODY WHO HAS COVID SEVERAL TIMES. OKAY. AND NOT BEING ABLE TO WORK, NOT BEING ABLE TO MAKE THEIR RENT OR THEIR UTILITY. SO IT'S A RIPPLE EFFECT ON THEIR LIVING SITUATION. AND WE HEAR ABOUT PEOPLE WITH LONG COVID, THEY CAN'T WORK REGULARLY ANYMORE. THAT WOULD COUNT. YES IT WOULD. WHAT WE'VE RUN INTO THOUGH, IT HAS TO BE WITHIN OUR CENSUS TRACKS. YEAH. SO IT'S NOT OUTSIDE OF THOSE CENSUS TRACKS, RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND WE DON'T HAVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY OR COMMENT, JUST NOTE THAT THERE IS THIS 15 DAY COMMENT PERIOD THAT STARTS NOW. AND AS NOTED ON THE SLIDE, IT ENDS ON THE 24TH, WHICH I BELIEVE IS SATURDAY. BUT IF PEOPLE WANT TO SUBMIT TESTIMONY, THEY SUBMIT IT TO L

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FERRIS AT IDAHO FALLS. DOT AND THAT WOULD BE MISS FERRIS. THAT'S HER EMAIL ADDRESS FOR WORK. AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE EMAIL AND YOU WANT TO PROVIDE TESTIMONY, YOU CAN WRITE IT DOWN AND SUBMIT IT TO HER PHYSICALLY, AND SHE'LL INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE RECORD. AND SO WE INVITE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING AT ALL GOOD, BAD, POSITIVE, NEGATIVE, WHATEVER.

RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND SO WITH THAT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE HEARING AND WE'LL MOVE

[5.E.4) Resolution approving the Historic Preservation Commissions Idaho Falls Historic Preservation Plan.]

ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS THAT COME TO US FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THE NEXT ONE INVOLVES ANOTHER STAFF MEMBER, DIRECTOR SANDER. DID YOU WANT TO INTRODUCE HER? I CAN PRESENT THAT, IF THAT'S OKAY. YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THIS WAS DISCUSSED WITH YOU ON THE MONDAY'S WORK SESSION. THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN, AND. THIS SLIDE. AND THIS IS MORE FOR THE PUBLIC, I GUESS, AS YOU SAW THIS PRESENTATION PRIOR. BUT IN JANUARY OF 2023, THE CITY WAS AWARDED A CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANT FROM THE STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE TO HELP, IN PART TO FUND A HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN. AND HERE WE HAVE THE TIMELINE OF ESPECIALLY UP HERE WHERE WE HAVE THE GRANT WAS APPLIED FOR IN JANUARY 2023, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY DOWN HERE IN SPRING OF 2025. WITH ALL THE WORK THAT WAS DONE FOR THE CREATION OF THIS PLAN, A CONSULTANT WAS HIRED BY THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION. KIRK HUFFAKER PRESERVATION STRATEGIES TO DRAFT THAT PLAN. THIS PLAN IS A TEN YEAR PLAN THAT PROVIDES DIRECTION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND GIVES DIRECTION FOR THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF PROPERTIES INTO THE FUTURE. THERE WAS A NUMBER OF OUTREACH TOOLS AND DATES THAT WERE USED.

OUR CITY'S POP TOOL, WHICH IS OUR OUTREACH TOOL, WAS TAKEN TO SHOW HOW TO BEST OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY. A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED. AN OPEN HOUSE WAS DONE IN JANUARY, AND THEN THE DRAFT OR THE SECOND DRAFT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC IN JANUARY OF 2025. THROUGH THE COURSE OF THIS PUBLIC OUTREACH, THE WE DID GET A NUMBER OF RESPONSE. AND I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT A COUPLE HERE. ONE IS DEALING WITH THE. ONE IS THE DESIRE OF RESIDENTS TO GROW IN THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF HISTORY AND ESPECIALLY LOCAL HISTORY, AND ALSO FOR A FOCUS OF OUR DOWNTOWN AND HOW TO HELP PRESERVE THE DOWNTOWN AS SEEING THAT AS CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT TO OUR COMMUNITY. GOALS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE HISTORIC PLAN WAS TO DESIGNATE A SURVEY OF AREAS OF POTENTIAL HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. SO THINK OF THAT IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOODS OR SPECIFIC STRUCTURES THAT ARE SIGNIFICANT TO US AS AS CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. CULTIVATE A COMMUNITY THROUGH THE EDUCATION AND PARTNERSHIPS IN REGARDS TO EDUCATION WITH REGARDS TO HISTORICAL ASSETS. COORDINATE WITH THE CITY PLANNING DIVISION TO IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVE PRESERVATION POLICIES AND INCENTIVES, AND TO PROVIDE REGULAR AND EFFECTIVE TRAINING TO THE COMMUNITY, TO STAFF, AND AS WELL AS TO THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION. THE GOALS THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN ARE HIGHLIGHTED HERE IN BLUE. SOME OF THOSE GOALS ARE BASICALLY JUST TO MAKE, AND WHEN THEY SAY SURVEY, WE OFTEN THINK OF A MATHEMATICAL SURVEY. WHAT THAT IS GOING OUT AND TAKING PICTURES AND CATEGORIZING IMPORTANT STRUCTURES, AREAS.

THINK OF THEM AS ASSETS TO OUR COMMUNITY THAT REALLY DEFINED WHO WE ARE AS A CITY. SO TO DO THAT, TO AID WITH PUTTING PROPERTIES, IF THE PROPERTY OWNER CHOOSES TO DO SO, TO PUT THEM ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER, WHICH MAKES THEM BASICALLY GRANTS THEM A I THINK OF IT AS A GOLD STAR, A BADGE THAT THIS STRUCTURE IS SIGNIFICANT TO OUR COMMUNITY AND SHOULD BE PRESERVED. AND I WANTED TO, I WANT TO IT'S BETTER SUMMARIZED IN THE STAFF REPORT. I WAS GOING TO JUST READ THESE. IT SAYS THE PRESERVATION PLAN GIVES THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION

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A TOOL TO HELP PRESERVE THE COMMUNITY'S HISTORIC RESOURCES AND CHARACTER. HAVING A LONG TERM PLAN LIKE THIS HELPS RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL HERITAGE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO THIS IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ALSO INCLUDES ACTIONS RELATED TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND IS IDENTIFIED AS A GOAL FOR THE CITY. THE PLAN WAS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION STAFF, THE CONSULTANT, AND ALSO THE PUBLIC IN SUCH AREAS AS SURVEYS, OPEN HOUSES AND PRESENTATIONS GIVEN TO DIFFERENT GROUPS IN THE COMMUNITY WITH PUBLIC INPUT. THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION HELPED CREATE THE GOALS OF THE PLAN AND IDENTIFIED TASKS TO BE INCLUDED AND HELP SHAPE THE VISION STATEMENT. THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION REVIEWED THIS PLAN IN THEIR REGULAR MEETING ON MARCH 6TH OF 2025.

THEY REVIEWED THE DRAFT OF THE PLAN AND ALSO PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I WANTED TO READ. SOMETIMES WHEN WE LOOK AT HISTORIC PRESERVATION, I DEALT IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION BACK WHEN I WORKED IN UTAH. I AM BY NO MEANS AN EXPERT, BUT IT OPENED MY EYES TO A LOT OF THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORY, AND I WAS RECENTLY BACK WITH MY SON BACK IN BOSTON, AND IT WAS JUST VERY FASCINATING TO BE IN BOSTON. WE WENT TO LEXINGTON AND CONCORD AND AS YOU KNOW, THE MAYOR MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF OUR NATION AND THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION IS NEXT YEAR. AND WE WERE THERE JUST A FEW WEEKS PRIOR. THEY RECREATED PAUL REVERE'S RIDE, SO HE RODE OUT FROM HIS HOME, IF YOU REMEMBER THE TWO BY ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA. AND HE RODE OUT LEXINGTON AND CONCORD ON THE OLD ROAD. BUT IT WAS JUST VERY FASCINATING TO BE THERE. YOU GET SUCH A RICH SENSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF LIBERTY IN OUR COUNTRY, AND OF A SENSE OF WHO WE ARE AS A PEOPLE. AND WHEN I WAS READING THROUGH THE PLAN THIS AFTERNOON, THEY GIVE KIND OF PRACTICAL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO READ THIS SECTION FROM THE PLAN ABOUT BENEFITS OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION SAYS PRESERVING THE UNIQUE SENSE OF PLACE, COMMUNITY, CHARACTER AND HISTORY AND FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY TELLS A COMPLETE STORY THAT BENEFITS IDAHO FALLS BECAUSE ITS HISTORY IS COMPELLING. THE CRAFTSMANSHIP EXPRESSED IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS PROVIDES FURTHER INTANGIBLE AND QUALITY OF LIFE BENEFITS. ECONOMIC BENEFITS INCLUDE INCREASED PROPERTY VALUES, GREATER ECONOMIC STABILITY THROUGH LOWER FORECLOSURE RATES, NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, HERITAGE TOURISM, AND CREATION AND RETENTION OF LOCAL, WELL-PAYING JOBS. THE WALKABILITY OF OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AND DOWNTOWNS PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS THROUGH REDUCED DRIVING, BUT THE OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFIT CAN BE CATEGORIZED AS SUSTAINABILITY THROUGH THE REUSE OF HISTORIC MATERIALS AND RETENTION OF EMBODIED ENERGY WITHIN THE EXISTING BUILDINGS. THIS IS WHY HISTORIC REHABILITATION HAS BEEN DUBBED THE ULTIMATE RECYCLING.

HISTORIC PRESERVATION IS ALSO FISCALLY PRUDENT, AS GOVERNMENT INVESTMENT BY INCENTIVIZE CONTINUED USE AND REDUCING LANDFILL WASTE. I JUST THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION WE OFTEN THINK OF, IT GIVES A SENSE OF WHO WE ARE, BUT THERE IS A PRACTICAL AND ECONOMIC REASON THAT WE IMPLEMENT HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLANS. THIS IS A GUIDE. WE'VE NEVER HAD A HISTORIC PLAN BEFORE, AND IT'S PARAMOUNT THAT WE CAPTURE WHAT WE HAVE OUR PAST SO WE UNDERSTAND WHO WE ARE SO THAT THOSE THINGS ARE NOT REMOVED FROM US AS WE MOVE FORWARD INTO THE FUTURE. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE IN REGARDS TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. I HAVE MY TWO GREAT STAFF ARE HERE AND THEY'RE MUCH MORE EXPERTS THAN ME. CAITLIN'S HERE AS WELL. I KNOW SHE PRESENTED ON MONDAY, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ABOUT THE PLAN OR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THANK YOU FOR THE OVERVIEW. ALL RIGHT. SO ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE TO COMMENTS. I JUST WANTED TO SAY A COUPLE OF THINGS. I'M SUPER APPRECIATIVE THAT WE'RE GETTING THIS OPPORTUNITY. ONE OF MY FIRST MEMORIES OF CITY GOVERNMENT IS THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THE 1978 OR SO IN THIS COMMUNITY. WE TORE DOWN EAGLE ROCK STREET AND WHERE THE LIBRARY IS, AND IT IT WAS OUR HERITAGE. IT LED TO THE BRIDGE THAT THE TAYLOR BRIDGE THAT WAS THE CENTER OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND IT'S TOO

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BAD THAT THAT'S GONE FOREVER. BUT WE DID GET A LIBRARY, SO THERE'S SOME GOOD THINGS. BUT THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION, TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENS IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS IS SOMETIMES WE HAVE MORE AFFORDABLE RENTS, AND THEN WE GET INNOVATIVE RETAILERS WHO THEN BUILD SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES, AND THEY CONTINUE TO GROW BECAUSE THEY CAN TAKE A RISK AT A RENT LEVEL OF 1000 OR A COUPLE OF THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT THEY WOULDN'T TAKE FOR A 4 OR $5000 RENT LEVEL IN A MALL OR IN A STRIP MALL. AND SO I THINK THERE'S COUNTLESS BUSINESSES I CAN THINK OF IN IDAHO FALLS, BUT ACROSS THE NATION, THAT HELPS SO MUCH, TOO. AND I THINK IT'S ANOTHER REASON WHY HISTORIC PRESERVATION MATTERS, BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT UNIQUE EXPERIENCES AND UNIQUE SPACES. AND SO I'M GRATEFUL THAT OUR DOWNTOWN PROVIDES THAT. WE STILL KEPT SOME OF OUR DOWNTOWN. WE DIDN'T LOSE IT ALL, AND GRATEFUL FOR THE BUSINESS OWNERS THAT ARE TAKING THAT AND DOING IT. AND FOR THOSE WHO BUILD AND DEVELOP IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT'S HARD TO REDEVELOP A PROPERTY. SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER TO START FROM SCRATCH. AND SO I ALSO APPRECIATE THAT THEY TAKE THAT RISK IN THOSE. THE TIME TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT COMMENT. I WOULD SAY THAT NOT EVERYBODY THOUGHT IT WAS TRAGIC BECAUSE IT WAS APPROVED AND DID GO THROUGH. AND THERE IS A COMMEMORATIVE STATUE THERE RIGHT OFF THE LIBRARY PARKING LOT THAT NOTES THAT THAT WAS ONCE EAGLE ROCK, BUT. LIBRARIES ARE GOOD. SO THERE WE GO. ANYTHING ELSE THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS WANT TO SAY, OR DO WE MOVE STRAIGHT TO? NO, I JUST WANT TO THANK DIRECTOR SANDER FOR POINTING OUT THAT HISTORY CREATES A SENSE OF PLACE, AND YOU DO SEE IT IN BOSTON. AND THE INTERESTING THING IS, WHEN COUNCILOR RADFORD AND I AND SOME DEVELOPERS AND REALTORS WENT TO GRAND JUNCTION TO TALK ABOUT HOUSING, WE SAT IN A CIRCLE OF THIS REPRESENTATIVE GROUP OF THE COMMUNITY, AND THE FACILITATOR SAID, WHAT IS THE IDENTITY OF YOUR CITY? AND THERE WERE SILENCE. I THINK THIS IS A ROAD.

SO WE CAN START SAYING, YOU ASK US THAT QUESTION, HERE'S OUR IDENTITY AND IT'S RIGHT IN OUR HISTORY. AND I'LL ADD TO THAT, BECAUSE I'LL TAKE ANY OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THIS BECAUSE I FEEL IT PASSIONATELY. OUR IDENTITY IS INNOVATION. AND TAYLOR BRIDGE AND EAGLE STREET WAS INNOVATION ON A PRAIRIE THAT WAS FULL OF NOTHING. AND NOW LOOK AT OUR CITY. A BEAUTIFUL, TREE LINED, BEAUTIFUL SNAKE RIVER. AND WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED HERE IS THROUGH INNOVATION. AND I LOVE THAT MOMENT AS WELL. JIM, THAT WAS A POWERFUL TIME. WELL, I WILL JUST SIMPLY SAY THAT WHEN A PUBLIC MEETING WAS HELD INVITING PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND COMMENT ON THE PLAN THAT THE COUNCIL IS NOW ADOPTING, THERE WAS THIS ROOM WAS FILLED WITH PROBABLY FOUR TIMES THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WERE IN HERE NOW, WHICH IS A LOT FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND THERE WAS A LOT OF, I GUESS YOU'D SAY COMMITMENT AND INTEREST AND PERHAPS PASSION IN THE ROOM ABOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND WHAT, WHAT ITS PAST MIGHT, MAY MEAN TO OUR FUTURE. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT AND ALL THOSE COMMENTS, AND I'LL TURN IT NOW TO COUNCILOR LARSEN FOR A MOTION OR ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT WE MAY NEED TO BE MADE. GREAT. THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE IDAHO FALLS HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND, THANK YOU, CITY CLERK. WE ARE READY FOR A VOTE ON THE MOTION. DINGMAN. YES, FRANCIS, A FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[5.E.5) Quasi-judicial Public Hearing-Rezone from HC, Highway Commercial to LC, Limited Commercial, Zoning Ordinance and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards for approximately 1.46 acres in the SE ¼ of Section 6, Township 2 North, Range 38 East.]

THIS NEXT ITEM COMING FOR THE COUNCIL IS, AS NOTED IN THE ON THE AGENDA, A QUASI JUDICIAL PUBLIC HEARING. THIS MEANS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS MUST EXERCISE A DIFFERENT STANDARD WHEN THEY MAKE THE DECISIONS. AND AS WE CONDUCT THIS HEARING, A QUASI JUDICIAL HEARING MEANS THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE ACTING ALMOST AS A COURT WOULD ACT, JUDICIAL RATHER THAN LEGISLATIVE. AND SO THEY CANNOT REALLY HAVE ENGAGED IN ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS, THESE MATTERS. THEY CAN'T HAVE GONE OUT AND DONE SOME INDEPENDENT RESEARCH AND QUESTION ASKING ABOUT THIS. EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO MAKING THEIR DECISION NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THE PACKET OF MATERIALS RECEIVED, AND OR THE HEARING AND THE CONVERSATION THAT'S HELD IN THE ROOM THIS EVENING. AND SO WITH THAT COUNCIL MEMBERS, I WILL ASK IF ANY OF YOU NEED TO RECUSE YOURSELF FROM THIS PARTICULAR HEARING. AND SORRY, IT IS A REZONE. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY RESTRICTING HOW SOMEONE CAN USE THEIR PROPERTY. ZONING IS SOMETHING THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. AND THAT'S WHY QUASI JUDICIAL PROCESS IS NEEDED. SO AS WE REZONE THE SORRY, I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN ADDRESS. IT'S 1.46 ACRES IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION SIX, TOWNSHIP TWO

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NORTH, RANGE 38 EAST. SO IF THAT PROPERTY IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE BEEN INTERESTED IN, NOW WOULD BE THE TIME TO RECUSE YOURSELF FROM THE HEARING. ALL RIGHT. I IMAGINE THAT COUNCILOR FREEMAN IS ALSO A PART OF THIS HEARING, BECAUSE HE'S A PART OF THIS MEETING, AND WE'RE NOT HEARING YOU RECUSE YOURSELF. SO YOU ARE DEFINITELY IN. AND COUNCILOR FREEMAN. AND SO WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN THE HEARING. WE'LL INVITE ALL OF THE MATERIALS PRESENTED, TESTIMONY GIVEN TO BE PART OF THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE HEARING. AND AT THIS TIME, TURN IT TO THE APPLICANT, WHO IS, I BELIEVE, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CONNECTICUT, ENGINEERING REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OWNER, AND HE'LL MAKE A PRESENTATION FOR THE COUNCIL'S BENEFIT. AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT TO STAFF TO ALSO MAKE A PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO ANY TESTIMONY. AND SO WITH THAT, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND SHARE WITH US THE INFORMATION YOU WANT THE COUNCIL TO HAVE. THANK YOU. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, BARRY BANE WITH CONNECT ENGINEERING 2295 NORTH YELLOWSTONE, SUITE SIX HERE IN IDAHO FALLS. SO THIS REZONE THAT WE HAVE FOR YOU TODAY RECENTLY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. THAT LOCATION WISE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE LITTLE RED TRIANGLE THERE, THIS REQUEST FOR REZONE IS TO REZONE THIS LITTLE TRIANGLE ABOUT JUST UNDER ONE AND A HALF ACRES OVER BY FISHES. AND JUST WEST OF THAT NEW MAVERIK, JUST OFF THE NORTH. THESE. ON RECYCLE ROAD. THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED H C AND WE'RE SEEKING A REZONING TO ZONE JUST THIS LITTLE TRIANGLE TO THAT LLC. YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE IS H.C, LLC AND M IN THE AREA AS CURRENT ZONES AS WELL AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOWS THIS AS MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS, WHICH THE LC IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATION AS WELL. WE DID HOLD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ON THIS, SENT OUT NOTIFICATIONS, AND NOBODY SHOWED UP TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. THE REASON WHY WE'RE SEEKING THAT, A REASON FOR JUST THIS TRIANGULAR PIECE AND NOT THE WHOLE ENTIRE PROPERTY, WHICH IS YOU'LL SEE THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST OF THIS IS ZONED LC. RECENTLY, THIS LITTLE TRIANGLE HAS BEEN SOLD IN CONJUNCTION WITH SOME OF THAT PROPERTY TO THE WEST. AND SO THE DEVELOPER WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD WITH A PROJECT, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE A CONSISTENT ZONE IN ORDER FOR HIM TO COME FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT. SO FOR THAT REASON, WE'RE SEEKING JUST THIS TRIANGLE PIECE AND NOT THE ENTIRE PROJECT THERE. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY ABOUT IT. I'LL STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. THAT'S SORRY. COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO ANY OF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MR. BANE? COUNCILOR FRANCIS TO VERIFY.

THEN THE LANDOWNER. TO THE WEST IS NOW THE LANDOWNER OF THIS TRIANGLE ALSO. SO IN OTHER WORDS, DID I HEAR THAT CORRECT? YEAH, YEAH. THERE'S A LANDOWNER THAT PURCHASED PART PART OF THIS? NOT THE ENTIRE. YEAH. THAT'S THAT. SO NOT THAT ENTIRE THING. BUT HE PURCHASED PART OF THIS OKAY. AND THAT OKAY. YES, EXACTLY. OKAY. LIKE I SAID THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT ZONES CURRENTLY. SO HE'S JUST TRYING TO GET ALL OF HIS PROPERTIES THE SAME OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

THAT'S HELPFUL. APPRECIATE THAT THAT YOU ASK THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. BANE. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL ASK YOU TO STICK AROUND IN CASE ANY OTHERS COME UP. BUT WITH THAT WE'LL TURN IT TO YOU, DIRECTOR SANNER CITY, THE CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. WELL, YOU CAN TELL HE'S DONE THIS A LOT. EVEN USE MY OWN SLIDES. SO. IT WAS ALREADY VERY WELL COMMUNICATED.

WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED AND WHY? I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT AGAIN, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THE LITTLE TRIANGLE RIGHT HERE IS RIGHT ON THE CUSP OF MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS AND GENERAL URBAN. THIS IS A REZONING TO THE REQUEST FOR THE REZONE IS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE ONLY OTHER THING I WANTED TO SHOW TOO IS THAT THIS IS IN THE AIRPORT COMPATIBLE LAND USE CATEGORY OF CONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT. JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, AS WAS STATED, THEY THEY DID HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING. THIS DID GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION IN APRIL, I BELIEVE IT WAS APRIL 1ST OF 2025. NO PUBLIC TO MAKE COMMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION'S UNANIMOUS RECOMMENDATION TO YOU FOLKS. AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER

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ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DIRECTOR? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. WE'LL ASK YOU TO STICK AROUND IN CASE ANY QUESTIONS ARISE. AND WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT OR TESTIMONY THAT MAY BE COMING. I DON'T SEE THAT WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO'S APPROACHING THE PODIUM. AND SO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THIS WOULD BE YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS OF EITHER MR. BANE OR MR. SANDER. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE THE HEARING AND INVITE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO DELIBERATE. IF YOU HAVE NO DESIRE TO DELIBERATE, WE'LL GO TO THE CHAIR. WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE THE COUNCIL, APPROVE THE ORDINANCE. REZONING APPROXIMATELY 1.46 ACRES IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION SIX, TOWNSHIP TWO NORTH, RANGE 38 EAST FROM HC HIGHWAY. COMMERCIAL TO L.C. LIMITED COMMERCIAL. UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES REQUIRING THREE COMPLETE AND SEPARATE READINGS, AND REQUESTED THAT BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY. SUMMARY. SECOND. ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION. WE HAVE A SECOND CITY CLERK. WILL YOU CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS ORDINANCE? DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS A FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. RADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. VERY GOOD. THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND INVITE YOU TO READ THE ORDINANCE BY TITLE, PLEASE. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, PROVIDING FOR THE REZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 1.46 ACRES AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION ONE OF THIS ORDINANCE FROM HC HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL TO L.C. LIMITED COMMERCIAL AND PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, PUBLICATION BY SUMMARY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THERE IS A SECOND MOTION RELATED TO THE REASON STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA. I MOVE THAT COUNCIL APPROVE THE REINSTATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE REZONE FROM AC TO LC, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND, THANK YOU, CITY CLERK. WILL YOU CONDUCT A ROLL CALL VOTE ON THIS REASON STATEMENT, PLEASE.