[Call to Order] [00:00:03] WHAT IS IT? WELCOME TO THE MEETING OF THE IDAHO FALLS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ON THURSDAY, MAY 5TH. THURSDAY, MAY 15TH, 2025. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? NOW WE'LL [2. 12:00P.M. ACTION ITEM: Approval of Minutes: April 17, 2025] LOOK AT THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING ON APRIL 17TH, 2025. ARE THERE ANY ARE THERE ANY CHANGES TO THE MEETING MINUTES THAT BECKY'S PREPARED FOR US? NONE. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM APRIL 17TH, 2025. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS THE [3. 12:00P.M. ACTION ITEM: Approval of Expenditures and Finance Report] APPROVAL OF THE FINANCE REPORT. WE HAVE THE FINANCE REPORT AND A REPORT ON BUDGET TO ACTUAL BEFORE YOU. THERE ARE ONLY A FEW EXPENDITURES THIS MONTH. $50 TO REBECCA THOMPSON FOR THE MEETING. MINUTES FROM THE RIVER COMMONS FUND, $5,501.50 FOR BRAD KRAMER FOR HIS WORK ON RIVER COMMONS, $1,250 TO JACKSON HOLE PROJECTS AND HOLD CHUNK TO THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND THEN $200 EACH TO THE CITY OF LITTLE FALLS FROM EAGLE RIDGE AND JACKSON HOLE. FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FINANCE REPORT? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINANCE REPORT FOR MAY 2025? SECOND, ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. THE MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM IS THE APPROVAL [4. 12:00P.M. ACTION ITEM: Approval of Task Order #9 Authorizing Brad Cramer to Prepare an Eligibility Report for the Proposed Riverwalk Urban Renewal District] OF TASK ORDER NUMBER NINE, AUTHORIZING BRAD KRAMER TO PREPARE AN ELIGIBILITY REPORT FOR THE PROPOSED RIVERWALK URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT. RIVERWALK IS THE. RIVER IN IT. WE'VE GOT RIVER. RIVER IN IT AGAIN. YES. YEAH. YOU CAN CHANGE IT. I GUESS I'LL. I'LL TALK TO THE WALKERS ABOUT THAT. YEAH, IT IS CONFUSING. SO. LET'S SEE WHO WANTS TO PRESENT THIS. WADE, TELL US WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE. ACTUALLY, THIS ONE WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST FOR BRAD. OH THAT'S RIGHT, THAT'S RIGHT. BECAUSE YOU'RE OUT OF RIVERWALK. BRAD, TELL US ABOUT THIS TASK ORDER. BRAD KRAMER, WHO WE'RE AUTHORIZING TO DO THE ELIGIBILITY REPORT. YEAH, THIS ONE IS A LITTLE BIT INTERESTING. SO IT'S JUST A YEAH, A TYPICAL TASK ORDER TO WRITE THE ELIGIBILITY REPORT FOR THE MAP THAT YOU JUST SAW. YOU ALSO SEE IN YOUR PACKET YOU HAVE THE DRAFT ELIGIBILITY REPORT. SO JUST VERBALLY HAD SOME CONFIRMATION TO GO AHEAD AND GET GOING ON IT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IF THE LANGUAGE IN THIS IS RETROACTIVE, BUT IT'S JUST AUTHORIZE THAT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. AND IF WE NEED TO CHANGE THE NAME I'M HAPPY TO APPROACH THAT. WE JUST WE JUST GET A WE GET A D FOR CREATIVITY. ON NAMING BUT OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE REVIEW OF THE ELIGIBILITY OF RETAINING BRAD KRAMER TO PERFORM TO PREPARE THE ELIGIBILITY REPORT FOR THE RIVERWALK URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT? THE MAP IS ON THE BACK THERE, I DID I DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE MAP. MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT WE WERE JUST GOING TO LOOK AT THE NORTHERN SECTION. THAT WAS KIND OF ALREADY NEAR THE HOTELS. AND, AND I KIND OF THOUGHT THAT WAS WHERE WE WERE HEADED THE LAST TIME. WE JUST OUR FIRST APPROVING THE TASK ORDER TO HIRE HIM TO DO THAT THOUGH, RIGHT, RIGHT TO. BUT IT'S WITH THE MAP. THAT'S WHAT I WASN'T SURE ABOUT. SO LET'S DO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN UPDATE ON THE RIVERWALK ELIGIBILITY STUDY IS ITEM SIX OKAY. SO LET'S LET'S PUT THAT DISCUSSION. OKAY. THAT'S FINE OKAY. SO FIRST THE QUESTION SHOULD WE HIRE BRAD TO EVALUATE THIS AND THINK ABOUT IT. YEAH OKAY. SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE. SO IS THERE IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE TASK ORDER NUMBER NINE WHICH WOULD AUTHORIZE BRAD KRAMER TO STUDY THE ELIGIBILITY OF THE AREA. I MOVE TO APPROVE TASK ORDER NINE, AUTHORIZING BRAD KRAMER TO PREPARE THE ELIGIBILITY REPORT FOR PROPOSED RIVERWALK FOR MONROE. OKAY. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. TO EXCUSE [00:05:07] MYSELF. OVERRIDE I DON'T YOU DON'T HAVE A FINANCIAL INTEREST. IT'S JUST THAT YOU'RE IN THAT YOU'RE CLOSE TO THAT AREA. I DON'T OKAY. IS THE PROPERTY. HI. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION PASSES. I THINK TERRY IS JUST EXPRESSING THE CONCERN. SHE OWNS PROPERTY THAT'S NEAR THAT. NOT IN AREA, BUT NOT IN THE AREA. WELL, I WOULD DISPUTE THAT, BUT IT WOULD BE A VERY SMALL PORTION. OKAY. WE CAN TALK. YEAH, YOU CAN TALK TO MEGAN ABOUT THAT TOO. OKAY. I PROBABLY [5. 12:00P.M. ACTION ITEM: Consider Resolution Approving the First Amendment to the River Commons Urban Renewal Plan (De-annexation)] SHOULD HAVE GOT THESE REVERSED IN THE ORDER. SO ACTION ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE RUBRIC COMMONS URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, WHICH IS ANNEXING A PORTION OF THE RIVER COMMONS. TERRY, CAN YOU CAN YOU SHARE THIS PORTION OF THE MEETING AND. AND I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF ON THIS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU CHAIRMAN. SO ACTION NUMBER ONE OF FIVE ON OUR AGENDA IS TO CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF US, WHICH IS RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 506, APPROVING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE RIVER COMMONS URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, WHICH IS THE PLAN OF DE ANNEXATION. AND I THINK, AS WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST, UNLESS WE HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS, WE WOULD HAVE MEGAN READ THE RESOLUTION BY TITLE. WE HAVE TANYA HERE IF YOU WANT. DO YOU WANT TO SHARE THIS? SOMETHING FOR MEGAN TODAY? SO YEAH. YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE MEGAN. SORRY, I CAN YEAH, RIGHT. MAYBE A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO THE ANNEXATION PROCESS IS SPECIFICALLY ALLOWED AND AUTHORIZED BY STATUTE. THE PROCESS NOW IS PRETTY WELL ACCEPTED AND LAID OUT BY THE TAX COMMISSION. AND THE ANNEXATION IS A PLAN AMENDMENT. THEREFORE, IT HAS TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THE NORMAL PROCESS CONCERNING MEETINGS, PUBLIC HEARINGS, ETC. IT WON'T IMPACT THE 2004 PLAN IN TERMS OF ANY BASE RESET, BECAUSE THE STATUTE SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS THIS TO HAPPEN. MEGAN HAS BEEN WORKING WITH BOTH THE TAX COMMISSION AND HORROCKS CONCERNING THE MAPPING AND THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION, SO THERE MAY BE A SLIGHT DIVISION FROM WHAT YOU SEE IN YOUR PACKET TODAY. BUT WE'RE PRETTY CLOSE. THE TEXT OF THE PLAN. AMENDMENT, ALTHOUGH IT HAS SEVERAL PAGES, ESSENTIALLY WE'RE JUST CHANGING THE MAPPING. THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. AND THEN WE ARE MODIFYING ATTACHMENT FIVE, WHICH IS THE FINANCIAL ANALYSIS. AND THAT'S. BRAD'S WORK PRODUCT IN TERMS OF HOW THIS ANNEXATION WILL IMPACT THE FINANCES FOR THE THEN REMAINING PORTION OF THE DISTRICT. AS BRAD'S POINTED OUT, THIS WILL NOT AFFECT INDIAN RIVER BECAUSE THE OPA WITH ABANDONED RIVER SPECIFICALLY SAYS THEY RECEIVED TAX INCREMENT REIMBURSEMENT ONLY FROM THE TAXES GENERATED BY THE PROJECT. AND THEN, AS IT RELATES TO THE REST OF THE PROJECT AREA, AS BRAD HAS INDICATED, THERE'S REALLY NO SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL IMPACT BECAUSE THESE PARCELS HAVE NOT BEEN DEVELOPED AND WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF YEARS LEFT IN THE PROJECT AREA. ASSUMING THE BOARD APPROVES THIS RESOLUTION TODAY, THAT IT WILL BE FORMALLY FORWARDED TO THE CITY, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. THE OTHER TAXING ENTITIES WILL BE NOTIFIED AND THE PROCESS WOULD GO FORWARD. SO THAT'S IT. I CAN READ THE RESOLUTION BY TITLE WHENEVER WE'RE READY, AND I WOULD TURN IT OVER TO BRAD TO ADVISE YOU AS TO HIS WORK PRODUCT ON ATTACHMENT FIVE. YEAH, OKAY. THANK YOU RYAN. BRAD, DO YOU WANT TO COMMENT ON THIS AT ALL OR ONLY IF THERE'S QUESTIONS? OKAY. HANNAH, HOW ABOUT AN INPUT FROM YOU ON THIS AMENDMENT? I THINK IT'S PRETTY CLEAR. SO OKAY. ANY CONCERNS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE REST OF THE BOARD? OKAY. I AM NOT HEARING ANY QUESTIONS OR INPUT. SO RYAN, [00:10:03] WILL YOU GO AHEAD AND READ THE RESOLUTION? SURE. READ THE RESOLUTION BY TITLE BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY, BY THE FALLS, IDAHO RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, ALSO KNOWN AS THE IDAHO FALLS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, RECOMMENDING AND ADOPTING THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE RIVER URBAN RENEWAL PLAN, WHICH FIRST AMENDMENT SEEKS TO DE-ANNEX CERTAIN AREA FROM THE EXISTING RIVER COMMONS PROJECT AREA, AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR, ADMINISTRATOR, AND THE SECRETARY OF THE AGENCY TO MAKE CERTAIN TECHNICAL CHANGES AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CHAIR, VICE CHAIR ADMINISTRATOR TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION PROVIDING FOR THIS RESOLUTION TO BE EFFECTIVE UPON ITS PASSAGE AND APPROVAL, AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO WE NEED A ROLL CALL? VOTE ON THIS. RESOLUTION. RYAN. YEAH, PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA. AND MOTION SHOULD BE TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2022506, RECOGNIZING POTENTIAL MINOR CHANGES TO THE MAPPING AND THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH MOTION. IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THIS RESOLUTION AS RYAN OUTLINED? YES. I MOVE TO ACCEPT RESOLUTION 2020 506 AS PRESENTED SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND IF YOU WANT TO CONDUCT A ROLL CALL, VOTE. JUST LISA. YES, CHRISTOPHER HARVEY. YES. CHRIS PALKO. YES. TERRY. YES. MOTION PASSES I THANK YOU. I'LL TURN IT [6. 12:00P.M. DISCUSSION ITEM: Update on Riverwalk Eligibility Study] BACK OVER TO OUR CHAIR. THANK YOU. TERRY. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ITEM IS NOW THE UPDATE ON THE RIVERWALK ELIGIBILITY STUDY. SO, BRAD KRAMER, CAN YOU GIVE US A DRAFT OF YOUR ELIGIBILITY STUDY? AND YOU'VE GIVEN US THE MAP. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE MAP AND ELIGIBILITY STUDY. SURE. THANK YOU. YOU'LL NOTICE I DIDN'T PROVIDE A CLEANED UP COPY. I DIDN'T PROVIDE SLIDES. PART OF THAT WAS JUST IN RECOGNITION THAT THE TASK ORDER WAS STILL PENDING. PART OF IT WAS BECAUSE OF THE MAP. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS CLEAR THAT I DIDN'T GO TOO FAR OR TOO MUCH FURTHER, FOR WITHOUT MAKING SURE THAT THE MAP WAS WHAT THE BOARD WANTED TO SEE. SO LET ME JUST GIVE YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT MAP AND WHAT CONVERSATIONS I'VE HAD WITH THE APPLICANT THAT WAS ANNOUNCED THAT WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN TO ME. PRIOR TO STARTING THE REPORT. WHAT I, WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IS THAT THE CONVERSATION WITH THE WALKERS BEFORE I GOT INVOLVED WAS TO IDENTIFY THE SITES. IF YOU REMEMBER, THEY HAD THE WHOLE TAYLOR CROSSING AREA, AND THE QUESTION THAT WAS POSED TO THEM WAS, LET'S LET'S IDENTIFY THE SITES THAT ARE MOST LIKELY TO SEE DEVELOPMENT HAPPEN WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. OR AT LEAST SOMETHING STARTED. SO THESE ARE THE SITES THAT THEY IDENTIFIED. WE TALKED THROUGH THEM. THE ONE ON THE NORTH, THERE IS A HOTEL PENDING. THEY'VE DEVELOPED THE SITE PLAN, WHICH I HAVE SEEN. THEY'RE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH WOODBURY. COULD, YOU KNOW, ALL THINGS CAME TOGETHER. IT'S LIKELY IT COULD BE READY TO GO THIS YEAR IF THE DISTRICT WERE IN PLACE AND THINGS WERE READY TO GO. THE OTHER TWO SITES DON'T HAVE SPECIFIC PARTNERS IDENTIFIED YET, BUT THEY FEEL CONFIDENT THAT WITHIN THREE YEARS THEY WILL BE READY TO GO. NOW TO THE SITES ON THE EAST, THOSE VACANT SITES ALONG THE RIVER. WE DID TALK ABOUT THEM. THE WALKERS AGREED THAT IT'S UNLIKELY THOSE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS, AND WE WANTED TO BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT INCLUDING LAND IN A DISTRICT PREMATURELY WITH THE SHORTENED TIME FRAMES. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THINGS WERE READY TO GO. SO THESE ARE THE THREE PARCELS THAT SORT OF CAME OUT OF THAT EXERCISE. AND THAT'S WHAT THE REPORT IS BASED ON. I ALSO TRIED TO AT LEAST LOOK A LITTLE BIT BROADLY, SO THAT IF IN THE FUTURE ANY OF THESE OTHER PARCELS DO COME FORWARD, WE AT LEAST HAVE SOME BASE INFORMATION TO START WITH, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT QUICKER AND MORE COST EFFECTIVE TO CONSIDER THESE OTHER LANDS IN THE FUTURE DISTRICTS. BUT THAT'S THAT'S HOW THIS MAP WAS CREATED. I DIDN'T CREATE IT, BUT I TRIED TO VERIFY IT, IN OTHER WORDS. AND SO I DON'T HAVE A FULL PRESENTATION, I WOULD SAVE THAT FOR THE NEXT MONTH. BUT IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THAT REPORT AND HAD ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT ELIGIBILITY OR ANYTHING YOU SAW IN THERE THAT YOU'D LIKE ME TO TRY AND CLARIFY FOR THE FINAL DRAFT, I'D BE HAPPY TO, BUT I WON'T HAVE A FULL PRESENTATION TODAY OTHER THAN, I GUESS, TO SAY THAT IT DOES MEET A COUPLE OF THE [00:15:01] CRITERIA. NOT A LOT, BUT IT IS ELIGIBLE. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRAD BEFORE WE HAVE A DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. LET'S LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS. SO LISA YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS. YEAH I MEAN I GUESS HE HE ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS AND I JUST HADN'T SEEN IT IN THE ELIGIBILITY THAT THERE WAS POTENTIAL FOR THESE TO BE BUILT OUT WITHIN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS. I THINK WE HAD KIND OF TRIED TO LIMIT. IN OUR LAST CONVERSATION THAT THOSE AREAS THAT WE FELT LIKE WOULD REALLY, TRULY HAVE SOMETHING. I THINK THAT'S THE WAY WE STUCK AROUND THE RIGHT THERE BY THE CURRENT HOTEL, BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE THERE WAS A PARTNERSHIP WITH WOODBURY. IF THE DEVELOPER DOES FEEL LIKE THESE OTHER PARCELS. HAVE POTENTIAL TO HAVE THAT DEVELOPMENT COME IN SOON, THEN I'D BE WILLING TO LOOK AT THE AREA THAT THEY'VE MAPPED OUT. I JUST HADN'T SEEN THAT SPECIFICALLY IN THE REPORT THAT THERE WAS POTENTIAL HERE FOR THAT TO PROGRESS THAT QUICKLY. YEAH, THAT SOUNDS SOUNDS GOOD. I THINK FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD, IT'S LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THIS HOTEL GOING THIS THIS YEAR. SO WE'LL GET A HOTEL THERE. ARE THERE PLANS TO PUT ANY KIND OF ROADWAY ACROSS THE CANAL? YOU KNOW, I DON'T I DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T THINK AND THE CITY, AS FAR AS I KNOW, HASN'T ASKED FOR A ROAD THERE. DOES ANYBODY KNOW? THE. I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T REALLY LOOKED AT ANYTHING SUBSTANTIAL THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT RECENTLY. HAS THE HOTEL BEEN PLATTED? IS THIS ONE LOT BEEN PLATTED YET? HAVE THEY GOT ANY PERMITS OR ANYTHING? NO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. BRAD KRAMER, DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THAT QUESTION FROM TERRY? I DO. THERE ARE NO PLANS, AT LEAST FROM THE WALKERS THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF, TO GO ACROSS THE CANAL WITH ANY ROADWAYS BETWEEN BRIDGEPORT AND RIVERWALK. THAT SEEMS TO BE SUFFICIENT FLOW. THE INFRASTRUCTURE THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUILD IS TO CONNECT THE PATH THAT CURRENTLY ENDS BEHIND THAT PARKING LOT THAT'S JUST SOUTH OF THE HOTEL SITE AND CONNECTED UP TO RIVERWALK. THAT'LL TAKE COORDINATION WITH THE CANAL COMPANY. ALL OF THE LOTS ARE PLATTED. THEY'RE NOT PLATTED A SINGLE LOT, BUT THEY ARE. MIKE. SORRY YOU'RE TALKING TO IT. IT IS ON. I'M JUST NOT. THAT'S RIGHT, THEY ARE. YEAH, THEY ARE. THEY ARE ALL. ARE ALL PLATTED. LOTS. THE HOTEL FROM WHAT I WAS JUST REVIEWING, MY NOTES WILL TAKE UP ALL BUT ONE OF THOSE LOTS. SO THERE WILL STILL BE ONE VACANT SPOT ONCE THE HOTEL IS BUILT. NO, NO PLANNED ROADWAYS ACROSS. SO DO. DO WE KNOW THAT A TRAFFIC STUDY IS NOT NECESSARY OR WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON DOING? I GUESS MY CONCERN, OF COURSE, IS THE HOTEL THAT WAS JUST BUILT STILL IS AN OCCUPIED OR THE APARTMENTS. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO PUT A HOTEL HERE AND THEN WE HAVE PLANS FOR HIGH DENSITY HOUSING. SO AT WHAT POINT DOES THIS ACTIVITY TRIGGER A REQUIRED TRAFFIC STUDY BY THE CITY? PROBABLY IS THE QUESTION. YEAH. TYPICALLY. SO PREVIOUSLY IT WAS IF THE IF DEVELOPMENT WAS GOING TO GENERATE 200 OR MORE PEAK HOUR TRIPS IN THE EVENING, THAT WOULD THAT WOULD TRIGGER TRAFFIC STUDY. WHEN I DID MEET WITH CITY PUBLIC WORKS PARKS AND REC TO TRY TO ASK ABOUT THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES, OF COURSE, THERE ISN'T A STUDY IN PLACE. THE ONLY CONCERN RAISED ABOUT TRAFFIC WAS THE INTERSECTION OF PANCARI AND UTAH THAT WILL EVENTUALLY NEED SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHTNING. IT'S NOT INCLUDED WITHIN THIS BOUNDARY. SO THIS THIS DISTRICT WOULDN'T ASSIST IN THAT. BUT THAT WAS THEIR ONLY THE ONLY CONCERN THEY RAISED. AND THAT RIGHT HAND TURN LANE AT PANCARI IN UTAH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. I THINK THERE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS CURRENT CONSTRUCTION HAPPENING TO MAKE THAT RIGHT HAND TURN HAPPEN. SO, YEAH. DOES IT TRAFFIC STUDY, CONSIDER CUMULATIVE IMPACTS I GUESS LIKE THIS HOTEL IS ONE PIECE OF IT. THERE'S POTENTIAL FOR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS THERE. DOES THE TRAFFIC STUDY REQUIREMENT JUST GO PIECE BY PIECE. OR AT WHAT POINT DO WE ACCOUNT FOR LIKE OH, THERE'S FIVE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE ALL INDIVIDUALLY BEEN BELOW A THRESHOLD, BUT CUMULATIVELY OR LARGER. YEAH, I'D PROBABLY FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF THE CITY ANSWERED HOW THEY CURRENTLY DO THAT PROCESS. IT CERTAINLY CAN BE DONE THAT WAY. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN IN THAT WAY, BUT YEAH, WHY DON'T WHY DON'T WE HAVE WADE OR BRIAN? CAN ONE OF YOU KIND OF EXPLAIN WHERE LIKE WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AS FAR AS THIS HOTEL COMING? IT'S GOING TO GET SOME [00:20:02] PERMITS. HOW'S THIS IS TRAFFIC IS EVER GOING TO BE ADDRESSED FOR THIS HOTEL. SO, I MEAN, WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANY NEW CLADDING. WE DON'T HAVE A CURRENT NEW PRELIMINARY PLAT. THERE WAS A PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT WAS CREATED WHEN THIS. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE ORIGINAL PAPER DISTRICT AND THIS LAND WAS PLATTED AND THAT WOULD HAVE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE TRAFFIC PLAN AT THAT TIME. RIGHT. AND SO THE ROAD NETWORK THAT EXISTS THERE, BASED ON THE USES THAT THEY WERE PROPOSING AT THE ORIGINAL TIME, WOULD HAVE TAKEN ALL OF THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. AND IT DOES DO A CUMULATIVE LIKE IT. IT LOOKS AT EVERYTHING BUILT OUT RIGHT, LIKE LET'S DEVELOP THE LAND, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A CRYSTAL BALL, RIGHT? SO MAYBE IT DOES NEED SOME REVISITING. I THINK THAT WILL THAT CERTAINLY CAN CAN COME UP AND WE CAN TAKE YOUR CONCERNS. AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL, THEN THOSE CAN BE ADDRESSED AND OR BROUGHT BEFORE THE STAFF. SO HOW'S THAT PROCEDURALLY GOING TO WORK? I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO THEY HAVE THEY'RE GOING TO COME AND GIVE SOME BUILDING PERMIT PLANS, I IMAGINE FOR THE HOTEL IS THAT THAT'S NOT GOING TO INCLUDE THAT, IS IT. WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP THAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO. SO WHAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO NEED TO HAPPEN IS WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY CURRENTLY LOOKS LIKE, AND THEN THE CITY ENGINEER IS GOING TO LOOK AT IT AND CAN MAKE A COMPARISON, LIKE, I HAVEN'T BEEN AWARE OF ANY CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE ASSOCIATED WITH TRAFFIC AT THIS POINT IN TIME. RIGHT. SO WILL THAT HAPPEN WHEN THEY BRING THEIR BUILDING PLANS IN, OR WHEN WILL THAT WHEN WILL THAT WHEN WILL THE ROADS LOOK AT THAT. I THINK WE'LL VISIT ABOUT IT AFTER THIS MEETING AND WE'LL FIGURE OUT A PLAN TO GO FORWARD WITH IT. AND THEN WE'LL TAKE IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND OR THE CITY COUNCIL IF IT'S DEEMED NECESSARY. RIGHT. MY, MY SUSPICION IS THAT THE ROAD NETWORK THAT EXISTS THERE IS ADEQUATE TO HANDLE THE TRAFFIC LOADS THAT WERE ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AND PROPOSED. RIGHT. SO I SO WE'RE STILL NOT SEEING THE FULL BUILD OUT OF THIS AREA YET EVEN IN THIS. DISTRICT. RIGHT. EVEN IF THIS WERE ALL OF THESE VACANT LOTS, WE WOULD STILL HAVE THAT ENTIRE LONG LENGTH. AND WHEN THEY BROUGHT IN THEIR ORIGINAL PRELIMINARY PLAT, A TRAFFIC STUDY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE. I CAN GO AND DO SOME RESEARCH. I HAVE NOT LOOKED AT THAT. I WAS NOT PREPARED FOR THIS QUESTION. OKAY. THAT'S HELPFUL. THANK YOU. FRANK. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH, I KNOW, BUT IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU DETERMINE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THE ORIGINAL STUDY INCLUDED HIGH DENSITY HOUSING AND A HOTEL. AND IN ADDITION TO THE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING BEING PROPOSED ON THE ROAD, THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT FOR US TO UNDERSTAND, RIGHT? YEAH. AND WE'LL I'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IT. I SUSPECT THAT DIFFERENT USES WERE PROPOSED. YEAH. RIGHT. SO IT VERY WELL MAY BE TIME TO REDO THE TRAFFIC STUDY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO AND LET'S SEE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT THE MAP OR THE OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MR. YES. RYAN. MR. YES. MR. CHAIRMAN, JUST ONE SLIGHT ISSUE HERE. IS THAT THE WAY THE PROCESS WORKS IN TERMS OF THE ELIGIBILITY STUDY AREA? YOU CAN LOOK AT A BROADER AREA NOW AND AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, YOU COULD REDUCE IT ALONG THE WAY. YOU JUST CAN'T DO IT THE OTHER WAY. SO YOU HAVE A LOT OF DISCRETION, BOTH HERE AT THE AGENCY LEVEL AND AT THE CITY COUNCIL, AS TO WHAT THE EVENTUAL PROJECT AREA UNDER THE GENERAL TITLE WILL BE. SO THERE'S NOT A PROBLEM WITH LOOKING AT A BROADER AREA NOW AND REFINING IT AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO AND LET ME LET'S PULL UP PULL UP THE MAP AGAIN JUST TO GO THROUGH WHERE WE'VE BEEN ON THIS. INITIALLY WHEN THE WALKERS CAME IN THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT THE LOT THERE ALONG THE RIVER THAT'S NOW NOT INCLUDED. THE EMPTY LOT, THAT LONG GREEN STRIP, THAT EMPTY LOT RIGHT THERE. THEY WERE GOING TO INCLUDE THAT IN IT. AND WE ALSO THOUGHT ABOUT GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO PANCARI ALONG THE CANAL, ALONG THE ROAD, SO THAT WE CAN DEAL WITH THAT PAN INTERSECTION ISSUE. I, YOU KNOW, WE PUSHED THEM HARD ON THE [00:25:04] QUESTION OF, YOU KNOW, ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH WHATEVER YOU'RE GOING TO DO ON THAT RIVERFRONT LOT? ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT NOW? BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE PUTTING IN PLACE THE 20 YEAR TIME CLOCK AND YOU MAY NOT WANT TO DO THAT. AND YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, LAUREN, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT. LAUREN AGREED TO KIND OF SCALE IT BACK THEN. OF COURSE, WE GOT THESE TWO OTHER LOTS. THE ONE THAT'S UP BY CULVERS AND THE ONE THAT'S BY THE MEDICAL BUILDING. THOSE ARE BEING INCLUDED BECAUSE THEY JUST STILL HAVEN'T DEVELOPED. THERE'S KIND OF A PIT AND A BUNCH OF ROCKS ON THE ONE TO THE SOUTH THERE, AND IT DOES HAVE, YOU KNOW, IT STILL HASN'T DEVELOPED. AND THE ONE BY THE MEDICAL BUILDING HASN'T DEVELOPED. AND OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT THE HOTEL THAT WILL WILL DEVELOP WHEN WE GET IT TO COME IN. AND WE ALSO WANTED TO INCLUDE THE ROUNDABOUT IN CASE WE NEEDED TO EXPAND CAPACITY OF THE ROUNDABOUT AT ALL. SO SOME OF THOSE TRAFFIC ISSUES HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED TO TRY TO AT THAT INTERSECTION. SO I THINK WHAT THIS IS DOING TO ME, THIS SEEMS LIKE THE RIGHT MAP. OH, I SHOULD ADD ANOTHER THING IS THAT CONSULTATION WITH THE CITY PARKS AND REC KIND OF ALSO WOULD REALLY LIKE US TO INCLUDE AND THE WALKERS WOULD LIKE US TO INCLUDE THE UNDEVELOPED PORTION OF THE RIVER GARDENS THAT'S THERE. JUST. GOT MY DIRECTIONS WRONG. THIS IS THE WEST BANK BY THE UNDEVELOPED PARCEL. YEAH. CAN YOU SHOW THE UNDEVELOPED PART OF THE RIVER GARDENS A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN? I'M SORRY. YEAH. RIGHT THERE. THAT'S UNDEVELOPED. AND ALSO THE RAILROAD BRIDGE IS GOING TO NEED SOME WORK. SO PARKS AND REC WANTED US TO KIND OF EXTEND THIS SO THAT WE COULD USE SOME OF THE MONEY FROM THIS STUDY TO DO THE FINISH. RIVER GARDENS, THAT ONE UNFINISHED SECTION, AND ALSO MAYBE GIVE SOME HELP TO THE RAILROAD BRIDGE, WHICH HAS NOW BEEN ABANDONED. I, I SAID, LET'S NOT PRESENT THAT, LET'S NOT LOOK AT THAT. BUT THAT IS OPEN FOR PRESENTATION AND WALKERS WOULD DO IT. PARKS AND REC WOULD LIKE US TO DO IT. THAT SEEMS TO ME. SO I WOULD LIKE SOME COMMENT ON THAT. SO IT WOULD JUST EXTEND DOWN THE ONE RIGHT OF WAY THAT GOES THROUGH THAT. THAT GOES RIGHT BY THE. UNIFORM THAT WOULD GO DOWN, â– AND IT WOULD THEN GO O RIVER COMMONS, UNDEVELOPED PORTION OF RIVER GARDENS, AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE RAILROAD BRIDGE. I'M JUST TRYING TO SEE. YEAH. SO TO ME, THAT WAS KIND OF LOOKING LIKE WE WERE JUST EXTENDING THE AREA TO INCLUDE PROJECTS WE WANTED. IT WOULD COME DOWN TO THAT AND THEN. RIGHT. AND THEN IT WOULD GO THE UNDEVELOPED PORTION OF RIVER GARDENS RIGHT THERE, AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO THE RAILROAD BRIDGE. TO ME, THAT SEEMS LIKE A BIT OF AN EXTENSION AND A BIT OF A REACH, JUST TO GET FUNDING FOR A CITY PROJECT, BUT THAT WOULD JUST ME. SO I WANTED THAT IS SOMETHING WE COULD THROW INTO THIS ELIGIBILITY STUDY. IF YOU GUYS WANT TO DO THAT. WHAT DOES EVERYBODY THINK ABOUT THAT? ARE THERE OTHER GRANTS AVAILABLE FOR THAT TYPE OF WORK? NO, THERE'S REALLY NO OTHER KIND OF GRANTS. I FEEL LIKE I MEAN, ONE PERSON'S OPINION. RIGHT. BUT I DO FEEL LIKE EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT DEVELOPED IN THE SAME WAY THAT THE RIVER GARDEN IS DEVELOPED, I FEEL LIKE THE PATH IS STILL VERY ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THAT AREA. I DON'T FEEL LIKE UNLESS MAYBE YOUR PARKS AND REC AND YOU RECOGNIZE LIKE, OH, THIS IS LESS DEVELOPED. I FEEL LIKE IT'S A I FEEL LIKE IT'S ADEQUATE. I'M SURE PARKS AND REC WOULD LIKE IT TO, TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE'RE BETTER OFF TO SPEND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MONEY FURTHER IN. SNAKE RIVER LANDING. THAT'S MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION, IS THAT THAT THIS AT LEAST HAS A TRAIL THROUGH IT AND, AND HAS CONNECTIVITY TO THE REST OF THE RIVER, WHEREAS I THINK DOWN ON MILLIGAN, OTHER PARTS OF THE RIVER HAVE A GREATER NEED THAN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. I DON'T I AM IN THIS AREA 3 OR 4 TIMES A WEEK, AND I UNTIL THIS VERY CONVERSATION, I DID NOT REALIZE IT WAS A QUOTE UNQUOTE UNFINISHED PROJECT. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, AS A USER, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS CONSIDERED UNFINISHED. YES, RIGHT. IT'S GOT THE LIGHTING, AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS DESIRE TO GET WORK OVER THAT BRIDGE. I THINK THAT THERE'S POTENTIAL FUNDING FOR THAT AS WELL. SO I'M NOT AS CONCERNED. I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THAT AREA CAN GET DEVELOPED IN THE TIMELINE PROPOSED. AND SO I WOULD I WOULD LEAVE I WOULD LEAVE IT ABOVE THIS, THIS ROAD [00:30:07] AND NOT BRING IT DOWN TO THE RIVER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD BE ADDRESSED. WE'VE SEEN THE ROTARY CLUB DO WONDERFUL THINGS ALONG THE GREENBELT AND CERTAINLY COULD BE PART OF THE PROJECT AS AS OTHER TO THEM. I AM IN AGREEMENT THAT THIS AGENCY SHOULD FOCUS ON OTHER PARTS. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T INCREASE THE TAX BASE AT ALL. SO AGAIN, I'M HESITANT TO GO. CHRIS. YEAH, I THINK I AGREE. LIKE I THINK THERE HAS BEEN VALUE EVEN FROM A LIKE NOT INCREASING THE TAX BASE PERSPECTIVE, LIKE SOME OF THE DOWNTOWN IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DID ALONG THE SIDEWALK AND THINGS LIKE THAT WERE, WERE REALLY VALUABLE. I'M NOT I'M NOT THERE 3 OR 4 TIMES A WEEK. I CAN'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THE UNIMPROVED AREA LOOKS LIKE OR WHAT WOULD BE NEEDED WITH THE RAILROAD BRIDGE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE WITH THE WITH THE HOTEL GOING IN, WE HAVE AN ANCHOR OF TAX BASE TO HELP DEVELOP THESE OTHER PARCELS. AND I THINK THOSE WE WERE KIND OF QUESTIONABLE ABOUT THOSE OTHER PARCELS TO BEGIN WITH, ABOUT WHETHER THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET THAT DEVELOPED ON THE RIGHT TIMELINE. AND I DO AGREE THAT SHOULD BE THE PRIORITY THERE. SO KEEPING IT TO WHAT'S ON THE MAP HERE, I, I AGREE WITH I WOULD ALSO INTERJECT THAT WE STILL HAVE ALL OF THIS PROPERTY RIGHT ON THE RIVER, WHICH WOULD BE RIGHT CONGRUENT TO THIS OTHER SECTION THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO IF THIS COMES BACK BEFORE THE COUNCIL, IT COULD BE A NATURAL EXTENSION. IF WE HAVE A DESIRE TO DO THAT. LOOKING AT THAT, THAT DEVELOPMENT, IT SEEMS AWKWARD IN THIS PARTICULAR ONE. OKAY. CHRIS, DID YOU EVER KNOW. OH YEAH. I JUST I JUST WAS SAYING THE SAME THING THAT AS A USER, I WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THAT WAS CONSIDERED UNFINISHED. OKAY. OTHER THAN OBVIOUSLY THE RAILROAD BRIDGE, WHICH IS VERY DETACHED FROM THE PROJECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE GOT IT. SO WE GOT A CONSENSUS ON THAT. I MEAN, I CAN UNDERSTAND PARKS AND REC KIND OF ASKING FOR IT BECAUSE THE HOTEL WILL GENERATE SOME EXTRA FUNDS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KEEP THOSE FOR OTHER THINGS. AND SO LET'S AND IT JUST DOES SEEM LIKE A BIT OF A REACH. SO OKAY. SO THEN THAT WITH THAT DISCUSSION I THINK THAT'S ALL WE NEED. WE DON'T NEED ANY MOTION OR ANYTHING ON THAT BECAUSE BRAD SOME DIRECTION AND I THINK WE'RE [7. 12:00P.M. DISCUSSION ITEM: Presentation by Austin Fitzgerald Regarding a Proposed New Urban Renewal District on Latah Avenue] WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT DISCUSSION. GOOD BRAD OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PRESENTATION BY AUSTIN FITZGERALD REGARDING A PROPOSED NEW URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT ON LATTA AVENUE. AND I HAVE HELPED AUSTIN ON A FEW THINGS. SO I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF ON THIS. BUT I'LL ASK TERRY WHETHER SHE CAN IF SHE CAN TAKE THE CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN. ALL RIGHT. YOU ARE AUSTIN FITZGERALD. YES. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND TELL US WHAT YOUR WHAT YOUR VISION IS FOR THIS NEW DISTRICT? YEP. SURE. YEAH. SO THANK YOU COUNCIL. GOOD AFTERNOON. AWESOME. MR. GERALD WITH ANGELO DEVELOPMENT. WE'VE GOT SOME RIVERFRONT PROPERTY HERE IN IDAHO FALLS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO TURN INTO A NEW DISTRICT. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THE SITE IS, IT'S. SO THIS IS FREMONT STREET, HIGHWAY 20 AND HIME RIGHT HERE. SO THESE PARCELS, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES HERE WEST OF LATTA, ABOUT 14 ACRES SOUTH OF HIGHAM. THE CURRENT ZONE, OF THE IS R-2, WHICH IS MEDIUM DENSITY HOUSING. AND EVERYTHING HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK IS CURRENTLY ZONED LIMITED COMMERCIAL. JUST FOR HERE. SO SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE EXPERIENCED TO THE SITE, THERE'S BASALT PRETTY MUCH ALL THROUGHOUT THE PROPERTY, PARTICULAR DOWN IN THIS SECTION, THERE'S WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF BLASTING THAT WE'D HAVE TO DO TO BRING UTILITIES TO THE SITE AND MAKE THE PARCELS DEVELOPABLE. A LOT OF THESE STREET LAYOUTS WERE FROM THE OLD HIGHLAND PARK EDITION, SO IT'S KIND OF YOUR TRADITIONAL GRID STREET PATTERN, 25 BY 125 LOTS. THE CITY LIKE KIND OF WENT HIGHWAY 20 CAME THROUGH, REALLY CHOPPED IT UP. SO THESE LOTS ARE [00:35:01] WHEN WE ACQUIRED THE PIECE THERE WAS LIKE 17 DIFFERENT PARCELS AND ABOUT A DOZEN DIFFERENT LANDOWNERS THAT WE HAD TO WORK WITH. MANY OF THEM WERE OUT OF STATE, WEREN'T EVEN AWARE THAT THEY OWN A PROPERTY IN IDAHO. MOST OF THEM ARE LANDLOCKED BECAUSE JUST, YOU KNOW, ONE LANDOWNER, FOR EXAMPLE, OWNED WHERE THE ROAD ACCESS SHOULD BE. AND SO ALL THESE PARCELS DIDN'T HAVE ANY ROAD ACCESS, SO SITES JUST REMAINED UNDEVELOPED FOR THESE CHALLENGES. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN LATAH WAS DEVELOPED, I DON'T KNOW WHICH PREVIOUS DEVELOPER, HOWEVER THAT'S DONE. BASICALLY ONLY HALF OF LATAH WAS ONLY THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD WAS. THOSE IMPROVEMENTS WERE DONE, SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS DEVELOPMENT, CANDIDLY, WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS. IN HINDSIGHT, WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE TWO YEARS AGO BEFORE WE BROKE GROUND ON THIS, BUT WE HAD TO BASICALLY WIDEN OUT LATER TO BE A FULL 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY AND IMPROVE THE WEST SIDE OF IT. SO ANYWAY, THESE CHALLENGES HAVE JUST KIND OF LEFT THIS SITE. IT'S KIND OF LEFT IT BEHIND. MOST DEVELOPERS HAVE OPTED TO GO TO THE OUTSKIRTS OF TOWN WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE THESE TYPE OF CHALLENGES, AND IT'S AS A RESULT, IT'S JUST KIND OF REMAINED INFILL. SO SOME OF THE VISION AND THE IDEAS THAT WE HAVE WENT TO THE WALKABLE CENTER STUDY THAT WAS DONE BY UTAH STATE IN FALL OF 22, THAT THE CITY PAID FOR. AND IN THAT REPORT, THE UTAH STATE, THEY TOOK A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND KIND OF THEIR UTOPIA VISION, I GUESS, FOR WHAT IT COULD BE, THIS PROPERTY WAS FELL IN THE LETTER STREETS DISTRICT. AND SO THEY ENVISIONED INTERSTATE HOUSING FOR THIS AREA, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT LCC ZONE, AND ALSO OUR VISION FOR WHAT WE WANT TO BRING TO THE SITE. THIS IS WHAT SOME OF THE VENDORS THAT UTAH STATE DID FROM, AGAIN, FROM THEIR STUDY THAT YOU SEE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. SO THEIR PROPOSAL IS ESSENTIALLY A HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING, YOU KNOW, INTEGRATED WITH THE GREENBELT PATH HERE. SO WE COULD CONNECT IN THIS CONNECTS INTO FREEMAN PARK RIGHT HERE. AND THEY WANT TO SO WE WANT TO BEAUTIFY AND CONNECT ALL OF THAT INTO THE DEVELOPMENT AND REALLY INTEGRATE IT. THIS SHOWS HIGHER HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING THROUGHOUT, YOU KNOW INCORPORATING SOME SOME COMMON SPACES, SOME PARKS, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. ALSO SOME COMMERCIAL AREAS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS FOR EVERYDAY USE, GROCERY STORE, THINGS LIKE THAT FARMERS MARKET. SO HERE'S SOME OF OUR CONCEPTS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH THIS SITE. THIS IS VERY PRELIMINARY. AS WE GET FURTHER INTO DEVELOPMENT, WE'LL IRON IT OUT AND MEET WITH OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS PUBLIC WORKS, TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING FITS AND IS CONGRUENT TO THE ZONING. BUT OUR GOALS AND OUR VISION WITH THIS SITE IS TO BRING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, WHETHER THAT'S CONDOS, WE HAVE PROPOSAL FOR TOWNHOMES UP HERE THAT WE'RE MEETING WITH CITY. WE'VE ALREADY HAD A FEW PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS AND THOSE ARE GOING WELL. WE WANT TO BRING HIGHER DENSITY INTO THESE SOUTHERN PARCELS. WE WANT TO ADD CONNECTIVITY INTO THE GREENBELT ALONG HERE. AND ALSO MAYBE SOME LIMITED COMMERCIAL SPACES WHERE WE CAN HAVE POTENTIALLY RETAIL SHOPPING AND JUST OTHER BASIC SERVICES TO SUPPLEMENT THE RESIDENTS THERE. AND ALSO POTENTIALLY PARTNER WITH A HOTEL IN THE AREA. WE HAVE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS. AGAIN, THIS IS PRELIMINARY, BUT WE THINK THAT THAT COULD BE ANOTHER GOOD USE FOR THIS SPACE, GIVEN THE PROXIMITY TO ENO AS TRAVELING PROFESSIONALS COMING TO THE AREA. AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE AIRPORT IS ALSO FAIRLY CLOSE TO THE SITE AS WELL. SO THOSE ARE KIND OF OUR VISION FOR THE SITE. THOSE ARE THE CHALLENGES THAT WE'VE HAD WITH IT. AND YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO LISTEN TO THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. SO IT'S JUST KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GO FOR. JUST FOR MY OWN PERSPECTIVE HERE. CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT MAP? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER IS THAT JOHN'S BRIDGE? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING DOWN HERE? YES. I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF IT. YES. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD WHERE WE WERE LOOKING. YEAH. THANK YOU. OUT OF THE NORTH WIND. YEAH, YEAH. NORTH WINDS. NORTH WINDS RIGHT HERE. YES. OKAY. THAT MAKES SENSE. HAVE YOU. HOW DOES THIS [00:40:06] FIT INTO THE NEW PLANS TO REROUTE THE. I'M 20. YEAH. THANK YOU. THOSE THOSE EGRESS. ARE THOSE RAMPS STILL GOING TO STAY THERE. THE STATE OWNS THE LAND ON EITHER SIDE OF FREMONT FREEMAN. IT LOOKS LIKE. YEAH. GREAT QUESTION. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THEY'VE PRETTY MUCH DECIDED ON ROUTING HIGHWAY 20 NORTH. AND SO THIS WOULD BE DEEDED BACK OVER TO THE CITY AND BECOME ESSENTIALLY ANOTHER ARTERIAL. SO THIS OVERPASS UNDERPASS WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE DROPPED AND WOULD BECOME A TRUE FOUR WAY SECTION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THESE ON RAMPS AND OFF RAMPS. I DON'T KNOW. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE VACATED. AND I DON'T I DON'T KNOW. SO WE HAVE A MEETING WITH IPD COMING UP WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS TO CONTINUE TALKING ABOUT THIS. IT'S PART OF THE OVERALL PLAN TO GET THE ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY FINISHED IS TO TALK ABOUT THESE. YOU KNOW, WHAT TO DO AS A CITY. WE DON'T WANT TO INHERIT THIS. SO THERE WILL BE SOME YES. YOU KNOW WE DON'T NEED THAT IN THE CITY. BUT BUT I THINK I THINK THERE'S GREAT PLANS FOR CONNECTIVITY TO REESTABLISH CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE DIVIDED AT ONE POINT BY THAT US 20. SO, I MEAN, I'M ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PART OF TOWN AS A CITY FOR CONNECTIVITY. AND JUST TO THAT POINT ON CONNECTIVITY, I SPOKE TO WADE LAST WEEK, I THINK, OR TWO WEEKS AGO, AND HE SAID THAT THEY HAD A MEETING ON RIGHT NOW, THIS WALKWAY, THERE'S THE BRIDGE THERE THAT'S TEMPORARY AND THEN HAS TO GET TAKEN OUT, HE SAID. THERE'S BASICALLY SOME IDEAS TO REROUTE IT. SO THAT WOULD BE A MORE CONTINUAL PART OF THE GREENBELT, WHICH WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT, OBVIOUSLY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. CARROLL? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. NEXT STEPS, MR. ARMBRUSTER. WELL, WE'RE JUST OUT OF DISCUSSION, BUT I'M ASSUMING. WE'LL HAVE SOMETHING ON A FUTURE AGENDA REGARDING THIS. YEAH. MADAM CHAIR, I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, DO YOU WANT TO DIRECT STAFF TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT GROUP AND COME BACK WITH SOME IDEAS CONCERNING NEXT STEPS? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO IS THAT A YES CONSENSUS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL WANT OUR STAFF TO WORK WITH THIS GROUP TO WORK TOWARDS THE NEXT STEPS IN GETTING THIS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN GET MORE INFORMATION ON AND GET IT TO A ELIGIBILITY REPORT AT SOME POINT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE PROPERTY. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS POINT. THEN I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO OUR CHAIR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. NEXT ON THE [8. 12:00P.M. DISCUSSION ITEM: June Meeting Date] AGENDA IS THE JUNE MEETING DATE. IS THERE A QUESTION ABOUT THE. YEAH, IT'S SCHEDULED FOR THE 19TH, WHICH IS JUNETEENTH AND THE CITY IS CLOSED. SO WE'RE SUGGESTING A DIFFERENT DATE. AND MEGAN DID TELL US THAT ON THE NEXT THURSDAY SHE WOULD BE GONE. AND SO WAS WADE. CAN WE MOVE IT UP A DAY WITH WEDNESDAY. HOW DOES WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18TH WORK FOR EVERYBODY? I WON'T BE HERE, BUT BUT I'M SURE THERE WILL BE OTHER PEOPLE. THAT'S FINE. OKAY, I AM JUST CHECKING. IS THE SPACE AVAILABLE ON THAT DAY? I'M SORRY. IS THE IS WEDNESDAY AND AVAILABLE TIME TO USE THIS SPACE? YES. I WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE. WAS CHRIS ME CHRIS. DID DID THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GET THE UPDATED EMAIL FOR THIS MEETING? YES OKAY OKAY. AND IS IT CARL CASPER? THEY HAVEN'T LET ME KNOW OKAY. LET'S GO AHEAD AND TRY FOR WEDNESDAY. GRANT CAN BE HERE OKAY. AND. THIS WOULD YOU [00:45:04] BE AVAILABLE FRIDAY? I'M NOT AVAILABLE THAT WEEK. I MEAN I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO THINK THURSDAY. SO LET'S TRY LET'S TRY THURSDAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. CAN YOU SEND AN EMAIL OUT THERE RIGHT AWAY. YES. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS I WOULD I WOULD ADD THAT IT SEEMED LIKE JOHN WALKER WAS DEFINITELY WILLING. SO MAYBE I WILL REACH OUT TO HIM SPECIFICALLY AND JUST SEE, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THAT CONNECTION GETS MADE AGAIN AND THAT THEY GET THE INVITATION. SO OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. OKAY. THE NEXT ITEM IS THE NEXT ITEM IS THE RA LEGISLATIVE UPDATE. RYAN, [9. 12:00P.M. DISCUSSION ITEM: RAI and Legislative Update] IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO KNOW? JUST BRIEFLY, WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE LEGISLATION THAT ALLOWS EMS AND FIRE DISTRICTS TO WITHDRAW CURRENT PLANS, THE DEADLINES OF DATES ARE COMING, AND WE KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL REQUESTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR WITHDRAWAL, AND WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THOSE. RYE HAS A MEETING NEXT WEEK, AND WE'LL HAVE THIS ON THE AGENDA TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S ANY KIND OF CONSISTENT OR UNIFORM APPROACH TO THOSE REQUESTS. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. RYAN. CHAIRMAN, CAN WE ASK WHAT THE PURPOSE OF DOING THAT IS? YEAH. RYAN TERRY ASKED, WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THAT? WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE BEHIND THE LEGISLATION? WELL, THAT THE LEGISLATION WILL ADDRESS A NUMBER OF ISSUES, BUT THAT NEEDS OF LEGISLATION WILL RESPOND TO CERTAIN FIRE DISTRICTS WHO ARE ASSERTING THAT THEY'RE LOSING OUT ON VALUATION, ASSESSMENT AND TAXES FOR PROJECT AREAS, AND THAT THEY WANT THE OPPORTUNITY TO WITHDRAW. THE LIMITATION ON WITHDRAWAL IS THAT THE AGENCY DOES NOT HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THE WITHDRAWAL IF THERE'S OUTSTANDING DEBT OR OBLIGATIONS WITHIN THE EXISTING URBAN RENEWAL AREA. SO IT'S KIND OF AN ARITHMETIC EXERCISE AS TO WILL THEY REALLY BENEFIT BY WITHDRAWING VERSUS JUST STAYING IN FROM THE REST OF IT ON A GOING FORWARD BASIS, OR ANY FUTURE PLANS THAT ARE PROPOSED? WE WILL NEED THE CONSENT OF THE FIRE DISTRICT AND EMS TO INCLUDE THEIR LEVIES IN THE REVENUE ALLOCATION AREA. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. DO THEY IF THEY WITHDRAW, DO THEY GET THE ORIGINAL BASE VALUATION OR DO THEY GET THE FULL THE NEW MODERN THE NEW UPDATED VALUATION? YEAH, IT'S A COMPLICATED FORMULA. IF THEY WITHDRAW TO GET THE NEW CONSTRUCTION VALUE OF 80% OF THAT VALUE. BUT THAT'S STILL BEING WORKED OUT AS FAR AS HOW THAT ARITHMETIC WORKS AND WHAT THE REAL DOLLARS WOULD BE TO A PARTICULAR FIRE DISTRICT OR EMS. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT WHAT THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS IS PLANNING TO DO? I THINK WE'RE A DISTRICT THAT WOULD THAT INCLUDE THE CITY THAT WOULDN'T INCLUDE THE CITY ON FIRE DISTRICTS? IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE CITY. IT JUST INCLUDES A FIRE DISTRICT, WHICH HAS ITS OWN MONEY AUTHORITY AND AMBULANCE DISTRICTS. EMS, WHICH ALSO HAVE THEIR OWN LEVY, BUT IT DOESN'T INCLUDE THE PROJECT AREA, IS TOTALLY SERVICED BY A CITY DISTRICT DOESN'T APPLY. OKAY, WE HAVE THE BONNEVILLE COUNTY FIRE. YEAH. SO YEAH. SO I WOULD SAY THIS. SO. CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, WE COLLECT THE PROPERTY TAXES AND THEN OUR FIRE IS FUNDED THROUGH THE GENERAL FUND. SO THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED THE SURROUNDING AREA OF BONNEVILLE COUNTY. THEY ARE ALL PART OF A FIRE DISTRICT. AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BOARD THAT'S ELECTED AND CAN SET THEIR LEVY RATE AND DO WHAT THEY WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. SO THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE. SO WE HAVE SOME DISTRICTS THAT HAVE SOME PARCELS THAT ARE IN THE COUNTY THOUGH. YEAH. SO THERE IS, THERE IS THAT POTENTIAL THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE PART OF THE FIRE DISTRICT THAT THEY COULD WITHDRAW PARTS OF THAT. SO BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD YET WHETHER AND I'M TRYING TO THINK WHETHER ANY OF THOSE WE DO HAVE SOME AREAS THAT ARE IN THE FIRE, THE BONNEVILLE COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT. BUT I KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY BUILT OUT THAT WOULD HAVE ANY INCREASED VALUATION THAT WOULD HELP THEM AT ALL. SO I'M NOT SURE WE HAVE ANY INCENTIVE TO DO THAT. DOES THAT? YES. THAT HELPS TREMENDOUSLY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT [10. 12:00P.M. Next Meeting: June ?, 2025] MEETING WILL BE JUNE 18TH AT LEAST. WE'LL TRY FOR JUNE 18TH AND TRY TO GET THAT ON THE SCHEDULE. WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? OKAY I MOVE TO ADJOURN. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR [00:50:10] SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.