Nov 05, 2025 Planning Commission

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TOTAL IS. 6000FT■S. ALL RIGHT. I SHOW 7:00. SO THERE'S NO REASON TO COME EARLY AND START LATE.

WELCOME TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025. WELCOME, ALL OF YOU, FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR PUBLIC

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THANKS SO MUCH. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE LAST MONTH'S MINUTES? THANKS, COMMISSIONER.

MINA. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 7TH MEETING, AS AMENDED, TO RECOGNIZE THAT MR. BECK WAS PRESENT. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. EITHER IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? TIFFANY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

[1. ANX25-001: ANNEXATION AND INITIAL ZONING of LC, Limited Commercial for approximately 18.396 acres in the North ½ of Section 25, Township 2 North, Range 37 East. Located north of Event Center Drive, east of Snake River Pkwy, south of Whitewater Drive, and west of the Snake River.]

I'M A I'M A 21, 94. SO MY NAME IS. I'M WITH HORROCKS, LOCATED AT 2194 STANFORD PARKWAY, SUITE 205, IN IDAHO FALLS. I'M HERE REPRESENTING OUR CLIENT, WHICH IS IN THIS CASE, RIVERVIEW PROPERTIES FOR ANNEXATION. INITIAL ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY EIGHT AND A HALF ACRES. UP THERE ON THE MAP. I CAN RUN THIS, BUT YOU'LL SEE THIS IS THE AREA IN HATCHED AREA IS THE AREA THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ANNEX, WHICH IS SURROUNDED BY CITY PROPERTY ON ALL SIDES.

THIS IS AN INFILL ANNEXATION. THERE IS AN ITEM IN THERE. THERE'S A LITTLE SMALL AREA PARCEL THAT POINTS THERE AND HAS NOT BEEN ANNEXED AT THIS TIME. THAT'S A SEPARATE PROPERTY OWNER AND THAT WILL HAVE TO BE ADDED IN THE FUTURE IF YOU EVER DECIDE THAT. SO THAT'S A SLIGHT THAT'S AN EXEMPTION FROM ANNEXATION ORDINANCE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.

THE INITIAL ZONING IS LC, AND I BELIEVE WE'RE ALSO INSIDE THE AIRPORT OVERLAY WHICH WILL BE ADDED TO THAT AS WELL. HERE. SO THAT WAS THE ZONING MAP THERE. SO WE'RE LC ON THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST WITH ACROSS THE RIVER HAS INDUSTRIAL ZONING. AND SO THE LC WE ARE MATCHING ALL THE NEIGHBORING ZONING AS WELL. SO IT'S PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD I GUESS THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DETAILS THAT GO INTO IT, OTHER THAN WE'RE TRYING TO FILL IN THIS SPACE TO MAKE IT PART OF THE CITY. SO FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, SEPARATE, YOU KNOW, NO PLANS IN THE FUTURE AT THE MOMENT, BUT JUST PREPARING THE SPACE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. I KNOW THROUGH THE STAFF REPORT, ALL THE LINING WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THIS ZONING OBVIOUSLY DID NOT HAVE THESE ENCLAVES INSIDE THE CITY HAVE TO BUILD THEM LATER.

SO I THINK IT'S A THAT THE CITY BRINGS TO THE CITY AT THIS POINT AND ALLOWING REDEVELOPMENT. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.

OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WILL NEXT HEAR FROM STAFF. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT.

COMMISSION. SO THIS IS AN ANNEXATION OF 18.554 ACRES. YOUR STAFF REPORT SAYS 0.396 ACRES. THAT'S JUST A STAFF REPORT. AND TONIGHT'S MEETING, A NEW A NEW EXHIBIT CAME IN WITH AN UPDATED ACREAGE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU MIGHT SEE THAT DIFFERENCE ON THERE. THE REQUESTED ACTION TONIGHT IS TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ANNEXATION AND INITIAL ZONING OF LC LIMITED COMMERCIAL AND AIRPORT OVERLAY ZONE CONTROLLED DEVELOPMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO THIS ANNEXATION WAS REQUESTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. IT IS IN THE AREA OF IMPACT AND IS CONTIGUOUS WITH CITY LIMITS ALONG ALL PROPERTY LINES, AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LISTS CENTERS AND CORRIDORS. AND

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IS MILLIGAN ROAD A COUNTY ROAD OR CITY ROAD? SO IN THE PARTS THAT ARE IN THE CITY, THE MILLIGAN ROAD UP HERE, THESE PARTS ARE NOT CURRENTLY IN THE CITY BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY ANNEXED. AND THEN THE ROAD WOULD CONTINUE DOWN HERE. AND AS THESE PROPERTIES DEVELOP, THE PLAN WOULD BE PLATTED THAT RIGHT AWAY WOULD BE PLATTED. BUT THE ENTIRE RIGHT OF WAY INCLUDED WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT. IT'S INTENDED TO ULTIMATELY BECOME A CITY ROAD, THEN, I GATHER, CORRECT? YES. ONE OTHER QUESTION, SOMEWHAT RELATED. THERE'S ANOTHER WHAT APPEARS TO BE A ROAD JUST TO THE SOUTH. IT'S KIND OF A QUARTER CIRCLE THAT THIS ONE HERE? YEAH. IS IT A NAMED ROAD OR IS THAT JUST PRIVATE ROAD THAT'S CURRENTLY SHOWN OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD? I BELIEVE IT'S PROBABLY A I BELIEVE IT'S PART OF THE PARK, THE PARKING LOT, THE PARKING LOT, PARKING LOT. SO THEN THE ACCESS TO THIS PARCEL IS GOING TO BE SOLELY THROUGH MILLIGAN ROAD. THEN, IF I'M UNDERSTANDING THAT CORRECTLY. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? WE REVIEWED A NEW URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT AT OUR LAST MEETING THAT WAS CONTIGUOUS TO THIS LAND. IS THIS MAYBE SOMETHING WE COULD EXPECT TO BE ONCE IT'S ANNEXED, BROUGHT INTO THAT URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT AS WELL? I AM NOT SURE IF THAT'S A PART OF THE YES, YES, YES, YES, I'M JUST CURIOUS. IT'S ALSO ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

GREAT. SORRY, I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BOUNDARY PART. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. APPRECIATE THE REPORTS FROM THE APPLICANT AND STAFF. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS ITEM. AS YOU HAVE DESIRED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. WE INVITE YOU TO COME UP TO THE PODIUM HERE, UP FRONT, IF WE CAN. LET'S KEEP OUR COMMENTS TO 1 TO 2 MINUTES, IF POSSIBLE. AND IF SOMEBODY BEFORE YOU SAYS SOMETHING THAT YOU AGREE WITH, WE DON'T HAVE TO HEAR IT A SECOND TIME. IT'S OKAY. YOU CAN SAY DITTO TO WHAT WAS SAID BEFORE, IF YOU WILL. WHEN YOU GIVE YOUR COMMENTS, PLEASE SHARE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND WE WILL BEGIN THE PUBLIC MEETING OR HEARING PORTION OF THIS ITEM. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT? OH DARN. I THOUGHT YOU ALL WERE HERE FOR THIS. OKAY, GIVE IT ANOTHER SECOND OR TWO.

THANK YOU. THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY STAFF COMMENT OR. I'M SORRY, ANY COMMISSION CONVERSATION OR QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION. I DON'T SEE ANY BIG ISSUES HERE.

IN THE REQUESTED ANNEXATIONS. THOSE ARE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. I'LL TAKE A

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[2. ANX25-002: ANNEXATION AND INITIAL ZONING of R2, Mixed Residential for approximately 1.5 acres in the SE ¼ of Section 30, Township 3 North, Range 38 East. Located north of E 65th N, east of N 5th West, and west of N 5th East.]

I'M OF 6935 EAST THIRD STREET, IDAHO FALLS. 8328341. I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE ENTRANCE OF SIX LAKES GOLF COURSE OFF OF 65TH NORTH TOWER ROAD. IT'S A ONE AND A HALF ACRES, AND MY INTEREST IS TO ACCESS CITY SERVICES AND GO THROUGH THE ANNEXATION PROCESS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT RIGHT NOW? THANK YOU. WE MAY CALL YOU BACK. WE HEAR FROM STAFF. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A REQUEST OF ANNEXATION 1.5 ACRES. INITIAL ZONING OF R-2 MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND AN AIRPORT OVERLAY ZONE OF APPROACH SURFACE. AND SO THE REQUESTED ACTION IS TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THIS ANNEXATION WAS REQUESTED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER. IT IS IN THE AREA OF IMPACT AND IS CONTIGUOUS TO CITY LIMITS ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE. THE RIGHT OF WAY IN FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY ON EAST 65TH NORTH HAS ALREADY BEEN INCLUDED IN A PREVIOUS ANNEXATION. SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING JUST THE PARCEL ON THIS ONE AND THE PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO R-2. SO ALL OF THIS IS R-2 ALREADY. SO ARCHIES SURROUNDS THE AREAS.

IT'S A PROMINENT ZONE IN THE AREA. THE PROPOSED ZONE IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE GENERAL URBAN. SO R-2 IS COMPLEMENTARY TO GENERAL URBAN.

FOR THE TRANSECT, THE R-2 ZONE IS CHARACTERIZED BY IT'S A RESIDENTIAL ZONE BY SMALLER LOTS AND MORE COMPACT AND DENSER RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THE AIRPORT OVERLAY ZONE FOR THIS ONE IS AN APPROACH SURFACE. SAME THING WITH THE ONE BEFORE. THIS IS NOT INCLUDED IN THAT USE TABLE. SO THAT'S WHY YOUR USE TABLE IS NOT INCLUDED INTO THE STAFF REPORT. LET'S SEE I THINK THAT'S YEAH. SO STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE ANNEXATION FOR THE INITIAL ZONING OF R-2. AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE ANNEXATION INITIAL ZONING. ANY QUESTIONS? I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? I THINK WE'RE GOOD.

THANKS SO MUCH. ANY COMMISSION DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? NO. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. OH, OH I APOLOGIZE. WE HAVE TO DO THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. WE WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. ANNEXATION, INITIAL ZONING. PLEASE FOLLOW THE COMMENTS REQUESTS PREVIOUSLY INDICATED. THIS ONE EITHER. OKAY. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING. WE WILL HAVE ANY COMMISSION DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM. UNDER ME. SURROUNDED BY CITY PROPERTY OR, CITY BOUNDARIES. ALL RIGHT. WANTS CITY SERVICES. I DON'T SEE ANY PROBLEM. YEAH. NO, I SUSPECT THE REST OF IT WILL COME SOON. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT ANNEXATION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION. THANK YOU. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO. FOR THE ANNEXATION OF 1.5 ACRES. WITH THE INITIAL ZONING OF R-2, MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND AIRPORT OVERLAY OF APPROACH SURFACE TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SCOTT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, I ANY OPPOSED?

[3. RZN25-013: Amendment to replace the 2021 Capital Improvement Plan and Development Impact Fee Study with the 2025 updated plan and study. The proposed land use assumptions and a copy of the proposed capital improvements plan are available for public review at the Planning Division Office, address listed below. Any member of the public affected by the capital improvements plan, or this amendment have the right to appear at the public hearing and present evidence regarding the proposed capital improvements plan or amendment. ]

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THAT'S CORRECT. JUST GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION. APPRECIATE COMMISSIONERS BEING HERE AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING IS FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND WHAT IT IS IS IT'S AN UPDATE OF THE IT'S AN AMENDMENT TO REPLACE THE 2021 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY WITH A NEW IMPACT FEE STUDY. THE 2025 UPDATED IMPACT FEE STUDY, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. THE IMPACT FEE STUDY WAS COMPLETED BY TISCHLER BICE OF BOISE, IDAHO, AND WAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS ON OCTOBER 7TH. THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY IS TO UPDATE THE IMPACT FEES FOR PARKS AND REC, TRANSPORTATION, POLICE AND FIRE EMS. THE REPORT PROVIDES METHODS, METHODOLOGIES, AND CALCULATIONS TO GENERATE CURRENT LEVELS OF SERVICE AND MAXIMUM SUPPORTABLE IMPACT FEES.

JOINING US THIS EVENING IS CALL IN FROM TISCHLER BICE, WHO WILL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU JUST THAT BRIEF BACKGROUND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS HEARING IS TO PROVIDE PUBLIC INPUT FOR THE IMPACT FEES STUDY. IT ALSO TO ALLOW FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH THEN WILL BE FORWARDED ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL. ONE THING TO NOTE FROM THE IMPACT FEES STUDY IS THERE IS A REQUEST TO CHANGE IT FROM USE TO SQUARE FOOTAGE AND HOW IT'S CALCULATED. SO JUST BE COGNIZANT OF THAT. I'M SURE COLIN WILL SHOW THAT. SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER. I KNOW COLIN IS JOINING US REMOTELY, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE HE'S COMING IN. 000 THERE YOU GO. I'LL SIT DOWN. SO THANK YOU. YEAH, YEAH. GOOD EVENING. THANKS EVERYONE. AND I'M GOING TO TRY AND SHARE MY SCREEN. IF THIS ALLOWS. SHARE.

ARE YOU ABLE TO SEE MY SCREEN. YES. YEAH. OKAY. WONDERFUL. WE WERE FOR A MOMENT. WAS THAT NOT THIS. THIS IS HIS SCREEN OKAY. YEAH. DID YOU SEE THAT? YEAH. YEAH, YEAH. GOOD EVENING. YEAH.

CALL VICE COLINA. I AM HERE IN BOISE, IDAHO. WE WANTED TO PRESENT SORT OF HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF THE UPDATED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. JUST TO GIVE YOU A SORT OF INTRODUCTION HERE OF THE FIRM, WE'VE BEEN DOING IMPACT FEES IN IDAHO FOR PROBABLY 20 SOME YEARS NOW. AND YOU'RE SEEING A SORT OF WIDE VARIETY OF CITIES, COUNTIES, FIRE DISTRICTS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND REALLY IMPACT THESE. YOU KNOW, IMPORTANTLY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SEE OUR EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO YOU CAN SEE THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPACT FEES THROUGHOUT THE STATE TO HELP AT LEAST FUND A PORTION OF THAT COST OF GROWTH, YOU KNOW? RIGHT. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THAT INFRASTRUCTURE COST WHERE IMPACT FEES CANNOT FUND FUND OPERATING COSTS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO SOLVE AT LEAST A PORTION OF THE PIE. AND THAT PIE IS EVER GROWING AS OUR COMMUNITIES GROW. SO I WANTED TO GIVE A HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY OF IMPACT FEES FIRST, JUST SO EVERYONE KIND OF UNDERSTANDS WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY AREN'T. THESE ARE ONE TIME FEES THAT NEW GROWTH PAYS TO OFFSET THEIR NEW DEMAND ON INFRASTRUCTURE. WHEN WE'RE THINKING INFRASTRUCTURE, IN THIS CASE THIS IS EXPANDING ROADWAYS, FIRE STATIONS, PARKS AND THE POLICE STATION. THIS IS TYPICALLY PAID WITH A BUILDING PERMIT, IS PULLED FOR THAT NEW SUBDIVISION OR NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. EXISTING HOMEOWNERS, YOU KNOW, ARE GOING TO RECEIVE A FEE BILL IN THE MAIL FOR THIS. EXISTING BUSINESSES WON'T EITHER. THIS IS ON A NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S NECESSITATING THE NEED TO EXPAND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND THESE OTHER DOLLARS. TO HELP DO THAT, WE PUT TOGETHER A NEXUS STUDY THAT HITS ON THREE THINGS NEED BENEFIT PROPORTIONALITY. FIRST, WE HAVE TO SHOW THE NEEDS OF OUR GROWING COMMUNITY. THERE'S THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THIS CIP, THAT HAVE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS THAT ARE GROWTH RELATED. AND SO THERE'S A NEED TO COLLECT IMPACT FEES. WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S A BENEFIT TO THE PROGRAM.

IMPORTANTLY, IN IDAHO, THE DOLLARS HAVE TO BE SPENT WITHIN EIGHT YEARS. SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS CAPITAL PLAN, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS, YOU KNOW, ALLOCATING DOLLARS IN A TIMELY FASHION. WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO JUST SORT OF BE STOCKPILING CASH. WE WANT TO

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SO IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE THINKING IMPACT FEES. IT IS REALLY ONLY FOR INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANDING SORT OF BRICK AND MORTAR FACILITIES OR PAYING FOR FIRE ENGINES AND POLICE POLICE CARS NOT TO GO INTO MAINTENANCE OR REPAIRS. A LEAKY ROOF OR, YOU KNOW, A RUSTY SLIDE WASN'T BECAUSE OF NEW FOLKS THAT THAT MOVED INTO TOWN. AND SO THOSE THOSE SORT OF COSTS HAVE TO BE FUNDED THROUGH OTHER REVENUE SOURCES. AND THEN ALTHOUGH WE'RE GROWING, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO HIRE MORE FIREFIGHTERS OR POLICE OFFICERS. AND THERE'S AN OPERATING COST THERE. SO LET'S SEE WHAT THAT GROWTH JUST FOLLOWING STATE STATUTE IS. WE CAN'T FIND ANY OF THOSE COSTS AS WELL WITH IMPACT FEES. GAVE AN EXAMPLE HERE FOR PARKS. YOU KNOW. SO NET NEW PLAYGROUNDS WE'RE BASICALLY EXPANDING THE CAPACITY OF THE PLATE THAT THE PARK WOULD BE IMPACTING ELIGIBLE. THAT SORT OF REPLACEMENT OF THE RUSTY SLIDE SCENARIO WOULDN'T BE. AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SCENARIOS WHERE THERE'S SORT OF MIXED FUNDING ARRANGEMENT WHERE IN THIS CASE, IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE REPLACING AN EXISTING PLAYGROUND FOR EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT, EXPANDING THE CAPACITY OF THAT PLAYGROUND, A PORTION COULD BE IMPACT. BE ELIGIBLE. WHILE WE NEED TO FUND OTHER PORTION AND NON-GROWTH RELATED PORTION, WHICH WITH OTHER REVENUES. JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE STATE STATUTE. THESE IMPACT FEES ARE KEPT IN SEPARATE SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS THAT ARE INTEREST BEARING. SO AS YOU DIVE INTO THE CITY BUDGET, YOU WOULD SEE A PARK IMPACT FEE, A POLICE IMPACT FEE, STREETS AND FIRE IMPACT FEE HAVE TO BE SETTLED WITHIN EIGHT YEARS. THE STATE STATUTE DOES SAY 11 YEARS IN EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES. BUT BUT AGAIN, WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, SPENDING THESE DOLLARS IN A TIMELY FASHION. WE NEED TO HAVE AN IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

AND THAT COMMITTEE MEETS FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. THEY SHOULD BE MEETING ONCE A YEAR TO REVIEW A FINANCIAL REPORT OF THOSE IMPACT FEE FUNDS. SO ESSENTIALLY THE DOLLARS COMING IN AND IF THOSE DEPARTMENTS ARE SPENDING THOSE DOLLARS THAT THEY'RE SPENDING IT APPROPRIATELY, BUT THEN THEY ALSO MEET SEVERAL TIMES TO REVIEW THE UPDATES OF THESE STUDIES. THESE STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE EVERY FIVE YEARS, AND SO MET WITH THEM FIVE YEARS AGO FOR THE FIRST STUDY AND NOW MEETING AGAIN TO REVIEW A BUNCH OF ASSUMPTIONS AND SORT OF ALL THE INPUTS INTO THE INTO THE CIP AND IMPORTANTLY TO THAT, THE REASON WHY WE'RE COMING TO YOU TODAY IS THAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS ALSO LIVE WITHIN THE COMP PLAN. SO YOU WOULD SEE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHERE WHERE EXACTLY APPENDIX. YOU KNOW, G LET'S SAY IT'S, YOU KNOW, BE MUCH FURTHER DOWN. BUT BUT FOLLOWING STATE STATUTE THESE CIPS DO GET ADOPTED WITHIN YOUR COMP PLAN. SO WE GO THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING AS WELL. DURING THESE ADOPTION PROCESSES. IMPACT. YOU KNOW ELIGIBLE INFRASTRUCTURE HAS TO HAVE A TEN YEAR USEFUL LIFE OR LONGER. SO ALSO NOT JUST OPERATING COSTS. BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY JUST DESKS AND CHAIRS, BUT REALLY SORT OF THOSE LARGER ITEMS THAT ARE PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, A LARGE SORT OF, LET'S SAY, SERVICE OR BENEFIT TO THE THE RESIDENTS OF IDAHO FALLS AND CAN'T NECESSARILY COLLECT IMPACT FEES FOR EVERYTHING UNDER THE SUN. IT'S MORE SPECIFICALLY FOR UTILITIES, ROADS, PARKS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRE AND EMS. IN THIS CASE, WE'RE SORT OF COLLECTING FOR THOSE BOTTOM THREE THERE PARTICULAR PARKS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AND FIRE. A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE OR DFAST. JURISDICTIONS THAT COLLECT IMPACT FEES NEED TO HAVE THIS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

WE NEED AT LEAST FIVE MEMBERS, A FEW OF WHICH HAVE TO BE WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRY.

SO THERE'D BE HOMEBUILDERS OR REALTORS, BROKERS, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS, JUST SO WE'RE GETTING THEIR INPUT, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THEIR SIDE OF THE COIN AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE FEES AREN'T OVERBURDENING THAT GROWTH. THEY CAN GET THEIR INPUT THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS. AS I MENTIONED, THEY ASSIST AND SORT OF THE GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE PUT

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IN THIS CASE, ONE, IF THERE'S AN EXISTING FUND BALANCE IN THE IMPACT FEE FUNDS THAT ARE GOING TO THAT CIP, YOU MIGHT SEE A CREDIT REDUCING THE THE TOTAL FEE AMOUNT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ONLY COLLECTING FOR THE REMAINING BALANCE. BUT THEN ALSO IF THERE'S A BOND IN THIS CASE BEING PAID FOR THE POLICE STATION, THAT NEW HOMEOWNERS PAY AN IMPACT FEE, BUT ALSO THE FUTURE PROPERTY TAX THAT WE WANT TO REDUCE THAT IMPACT FEE A LITTLE BIT, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOUBLE CHARGING THAT FUTURE HOMEOWNER. ONCE WE SORT OF GET THAT TOGETHER, WE CALCULATE THE FEES, PUT TOGETHER. THIS BIG NEXUS REPORT. THEN WE GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND ANY OTHER STAKEHOLDERS. AFTER WE SECURE THEIR RECOMMENDATION, WE HAVE TO GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GET THE CFP ADOPTED COMP PLAN AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR FINAL AUDITS AND FORMAL ADOPTION. SO WE DO HAVE IDAHO FALLS DOES HAVE IMPACT. PROGRAM IN PLACE, BUT WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE. AND SO THERE'S BEEN SOME CHANGES TO TO THE PROGRAM. REALLY THE MOST THE MOST SORT OF MEANINGFUL ONE IS ADDRESSING THE FEE SCHEDULE ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE, KIND OF WHAT I ALREADY MENTIONED, BUT ASSESSING THE RESIDENTIAL IMPACT FEE, NOT BASED ON THE TYPE OF THE HOME, BUT THE SIZE OF THE HOME. WE LOOK AT LOCAL CENSUS DATA TO SAY, OKAY, WELL, SMALLER HOMES HAVE ON AVERAGE LESS PEOPLE THAN THE LARGER HOMES, THAT THE FEE SHOULD BE PROPORTIONATE TO THAT DEMAND. AND SO THAT ALLOWS US TO SORT OF JUSTIFIABLY COLLECT THOSE SMALLER IMPACT FEE ON THOSE NEW SMALL HOMES COMPARED TO, YOU KNOW, AVERAGE OR LARGER THAN AVERAGE HOMES. WE ALSO NEED TO UPLIFT AND BRING CURRENT ALL THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS LIKE FIRE ENGINES, POLICE STATIONS, ROADWAY COSTS. AND SO WE EVALUATE ALL OF THAT WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE UPDATES, EVALUATE THOSE THOSE CREDITS, AS I MENTIONED SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THOSE CHAPTERS OF THE REPORT, ON THE PARK SITE, WE ACTUALLY REMOVED THE NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND INDOOR RECREATION CENTER PORTIONS OF THE COLLECTION, JUST TO REALLY SORT OF NARROW THE SCOPE AND ONLY BE COLLECTING FOR COMMUNITY PARKS AND CIVIC PARKS. THERE'S OTHER REVENUE SOURCES POTENTIALLY OUT THERE FOR THOSE, TOO. AND SO WE WANT TO JUST TO SORT OF HONE IN ON, YOU KNOW, IMPACT FEE PARK IMPACT FEES ARE GOING TO COMMUNITY AND CIVIC PARKS AND NOT MAYBE A LARGER SPECTRUM OF PARKS WITHIN IDAHO FALLS DID A LITTLE BIT OF SORT OF METHODOLOGY UPDATE IN THE TRANSPORTATION SIDE OF THINGS, ALSO UPDATED THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, AND THERE REALLY WERE NO OTHER NOTABLE CHANGES FOR FIRE, EMS AND POLICE COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS STUDY. I'LL GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF THE CALCULATIONS. I DON'T WANT TO BORE YOU TOO MUCH, BUT THESE ARE THE FINAL RESULTS. I KIND OF CIRCLED THE FINAL WORK BACKWARDS AND THEN AND THEN SHOW YOU THE FINAL AGAIN. SO WE HAVE THOSE FOUR CATEGORIES PARKS, TRANSPORTATION, POLICE AND FIRE. EMS BROKEN THAT DOWN BY RESIDENTIAL ON THE TOP PORTION OF THIS FIGURE BY SQUARE FOOTAGE EVERY 500FT■!S. THERE YU CAN SEE A HIGHER IMPACT FEE RELATED TO NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND VEHICLE TRIPS ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE LARGER HOMES BELOW THEIR SORT OF SECOND HALF NONRESIDENTIAL FEE SCHEDULE.

RETAIL, OFFICE. INDUSTRIAL. INSTITUTIONAL. THOSE FINAL FEES ARE PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENT OF SORT OF, YOU KNOW, BRICK AND MORTAR SPACE. SO OVERALL, SORT OF SUMMING THOSE UP IN THE GREEN GETS US THE MAXIMUM SUPPORTABLE FEE AMOUNT, LET'S SAY, FOR 20 500

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AND THEN WE SORT OF FOLLOWING THAT SORT OF CALCULATION THERE. WE GET A COST PER PERSON IN THAT CASE. THEN WE MULTIPLY THAT BY THE DEMAND FACTOR FOR THAT LAND USE OR OR HOME NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER HOME TO GET THE MAXIMUM SUPPORTABLE FEE AMOUNT. AND REALLY THAT WHAT THAT METHODOLOGY DOES IS IT ENSURES THAT TODAY'S LEVEL OF SERVICE IS CONTINUED AS WE GROW. AND SO REALLY THE COMMITMENT BY THE CITY IS TO SAY, HEY, AS THESE NEW SUBDIVISIONS COME IN, NEW NEW EMPLOYERS BUILD OFFICES HERE, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TODAY'S LEVEL OF SERVICE INTO THE FUTURE. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE DEPRECIATING OUR LEVELS OF SERVICE AS WE GROW. HERE'S SORT OF BIG FIGURE SUMMARY OF THE PARK'S TEN YEAR IMPACT FEE CIP. SO THIS RANGES FROM 2026 ALL THE WAY THROUGH 2034, 2035. YOU SEE AN IMPROVEMENTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK AND INDOOR RECREATION CENTER BECAUSE THOSE WERE BEING COLLECTED PREVIOUSLY. AND SO THERE'S ACTUALLY DOLLARS IN THE BANK FROM THOSE PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED IMPACT FEES THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE USE. AND THEN THE SOLE FOCUS WILL BE ON EXPANDING COMMUNITY PARKS AND CIVIC PARKS.

SO REALLY FOCUSING ON WHAT IS THAT SANDY DOWNS AND HERITAGE PARK AND THEN MUCH FURTHER ALONG, PURCHASING SOME LAND IN THE NORTHERN AREA OF THE CITY. TOTAL CIP HERE, $10 MILLION.

PROJECTED REVENUE OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS AT THESE IMPACT LEVELS IS 9.3. SO THERE'S A LITTLE REMAINING BALANCE THERE THAT THE CITY WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO GENERATE WITH OTHER REVENUES TO COMPLETE CIP. THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA A LITTLE BIT MORE SORT OF GRANULAR OF HOW THOSE IMPACTS CAN IMPACT FEES ARE CALCULATED. SO YOU HAVE SORT OF THE TOP PART OF THIS FIGURE BREAKS DOWN THAT COST PER PERSON BY PARK TYPE. SO YOU HAVE COMMUNITY PARKS AND CIVIC PARKS THERE. YOU CAN ALSO COLLECT FOR THE FEE STUDY ITSELF. AND SO A SMALL AMOUNT BUT BUT HELPS ALLEVIATE THAT PRESSURE ON THE GENERAL FUND. AND THEN ALSO WE'RE GETTING A CREDIT HERE AT 11.5% BECAUSE OF THE PORTION OF THAT CIP IS ALREADY BEING COLLECTED. WE ALREADY HAVE THAT IN THE BANK. SO WE WANT TO REDUCE THE IMPACT FEE ACCORDINGLY. SO ULTIMATELY THAT GETS GETS US TO $523 PER PERSON. AND THEN MIDDLE RIGHT OF THAT FIGURE. SO $523 PER PERSON IS THEN MULTIPLIED BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ON AVERAGE BY HOME AND THE SIZE OF HOME.

SO THAT THAT'S THE SMALLEST OF HOMES UNDER 1000FT■S HAVE JUST ABOUT ONE PERSON ON AVERAGE.

AND SO THE $232 MULTIPLIED BY THE 0.99 PEOPLE TO GET $518, THAT'S THE MAX AS WELL. THAT'S ONE THING I MENTIONED IS THAT'S THAT'S MAX CITY COUNCIL CAN CAN ADOPT LOWER THAN THAT. WE JUST THEY JUST CAN'T ADOPT HIGHER THAN WHAT OUR STUDY SUPPORTS. AND SO YOU'RE SEEING PROBABLY A TREND HERE WHERE THOSE SMALLER HOMES ARE GOING TO SEE A DECREASE. AND REALLY ANYTHING ABOVE 3000 WE'LL SEE SOME OTHER INCREASE. TRANSPORTATION PLAN HERE. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE A LITTLE VARIATION BECAUSE YOU KNOW THESE DEPARTMENT HEADS, SOME OF THEM LIKE PARKS CAN SORT OF PROJECT OUT TEN YEARS. TRANSPORTATION IS A LITTLE HARDER TO GO THAT FAR OUT. SO

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BUT FOR THE NEXT FIVE, SIX YEARS AFTER THAT, 15.5 LANE MILES ARE IN THIS PLAN, OR $25 MILLION, THAT LANE MILE IS ESSENTIALLY ONE ONE MILE OF ONE LANE. AND SO IF YOU HAVE A FOUR LANE ROAD THAT GOES ONE MILE, THEN THAT'S FOUR LANE MILES. SO THE TOTAL COST HERE, $25 MILLION IMPACT FEE REVENUE AT THE MAX, WE GENERATE ABOUT 15.8 MILLION. AND SO THERE'S A NEED HERE FOR FOR THE CITY TO GENERATE OTHER REVENUES, SPECIFICALLY FEDERAL GRANTS.

THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD COMMIT TO SECURING ABOUT 25% OF THEIR CIP THROUGH FEDERAL GRANTS. AND SO THAT'S ABOUT $9 MILLION THERE. YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SIMILAR SORT OF FEE SCHEDULE HERE, WHERE WE GET THAT NET COST FOR EMT, WHICH IS A DEMAND INDICATOR HERE FOR TRANSPORTATION. THAT'S VEHICLE MILES OF TRAVEL. A COUPLE THINGS TO NOTE. ROADWAY COSTS IN THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS HAVE INCREASED BY 47%. SO WHAT WAS, I THINK ABOUT A MILLION BUCKS TO CONSTRUCT. LANE MILE IS $1.5 MILLION NOW AND THEN. WE DID HAVE SOME CREDITS THOUGH, 25% FOR THAT FEDERAL FUNDING AND THEN 11% FOR THE EXISTING FUND BALANCE, TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE, FUND BALANCE, SIMILAR SORT OF PATTERN, ACTUALLY. SO YOU SEE DECREASES IN HOMES LESS THAN 20 500FT■!S. THOSE MUCH LARGER HOMES ARE GOING TO GOING TO HAVE INCREASES HERE. SO UP TO ABOUT $1,300 PER HOME. AND THEN ON THE NONRESIDENTIAL SIDE, I'M ACTUALLY SEEING A DECREASE FOR RETAIL. THAT'S $3,300 PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF DEVELOPMENT, DOWN TO $874 PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. JUST MOVING ALONG. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE MORE SLIDES, AND THEN WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. PLEASE. CIP HERE SMALLER YOU MAY REMEMBER ABOUT FIVE, 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO, THEY ACTUALLY EXPANDED THEIR POLICE STATION AND THEY EXPANDED THE STATION TO ALLOW FOR, GOSH, I THINK IT WAS 20 OR 30 YEARS WORTH OF DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR, MAYBE 20%. I THINK IT WAS UP TO 30 YEARS, BUT 20 YEARS OF DEVELOPMENT. AND THEY ALSO ISSUED DEBT TO CERTIFICATE OF PARTICIPATION AND IMPACT FEES CAN SERVICE THE GROWTH PORTION OF DEBT THAT WAS ISSUED FOR EXPANDED FACILITIES. AND SO WE'RE DOING JUST THAT HERE. SO OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS THERE'S ABOUT $9 MILLION IN TOTAL COST FOR THAT COPY FOR THE POLICE STATION EXPANSION, 1.6 IS PROJECTED IMPACT FEE REVENUE. SO THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE OTHER REVENUES TO THE TUNE OF $8.3 MILLION, WHICH IS BEING RECOVERED THROUGH PROPERTY TAX RIGHT NOW. AND THEN ALSO WHAT WE'VE DONE, CONTINUING TO KEEP POLICE VEHICLES IN THE CIP HERE THAT DOES FOLLOW THE STATE CODE OR PUBLIC FACILITIES HAVE TO HAVE A TEN YEAR USEFUL LIFE OR LONGER, AND CITY COUNCIL IS COMMITTED TO USING THESE POLICE VEHICLES THAT ARE PURCHASED WITH IMPACT FEES FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS. AND THIS HAS BEEN SORT OF A YOU SHOULD WANTED TO NOTE THIS, THAT THIS HAS BEEN SORT OF POINT OF CONCERN FOR THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THAT THAT TEN YEAR MARK, THEY FEEL LIKE THAT'S A BIT TOO AMBITIOUS FOR FOR SOME OF THESE VEHICLES. BUT RIGHT NOW CITY COUNCIL IS SORT OF HOLDING TRUE TO, TO THE TEN YEAR USEFUL LIFE. HERE'S THE FINAL PIECE TABLE FOR POLICE. YOU SEE THOSE NET TOTAL OF GROSS TOTALS UP TOP. AND THEN REDUCING THAT FOR TWO OTHER REVENUE SOURCES. SO THE CREDIT FOR THOSE DEBT PAYMENTS THAT THE IMPACT OF THE PROPERTY TAX IS GOING TO THE COP. SO WE HAD TO REDUCE THE IMPACT FEE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOUBLE COLLECTING THERE. WE ALSO HAVE AN EXISTING BALANCE FOR FUTURE VEHICLE PURCHASES THAT TOTALED $188 PER PERSON. ACTUALLY, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER HOME AGAIN, AND SORT OF MAXIMUM IN THE GREEN AGAIN, INCREASES FOR OR DECREASES FOR HOMES BELOW 20 500FT■S. AND ACTUALLY ON THE NONRESIDENTIAL SIDE, WE'RE SEEING DECREASES ACROSS THE BOARD. LAST SIP I HAVE HERE IS FIRE EMS. SO WE HAVE A NUMBER OF STATIONS AND FIRE ENGINES IN HERE. SO STATION SIX ON YELLOWSTONE AND HIGHWAY 26 SLOTTED TO SORT OF BE COMPLETED THIS YEAR. THAT WAS ABOUT 7000FT■!S, $3 MILLION, ALL OF WHICH IS GROWTH RELATED. TO BE ABLE TO FULLY FUND THAT WITH IMPACT FEES, THEN WE HAVE TWO

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WE'RE EXPANDING CAPACITY OF OUR FIRE RESPONSE, EMS RESPONSE, ALL OF THAT BEING IMPACT B ELIGIBLE AND ACTUALLY BEING ABLE TO COLLECT IMPACT FEES OVER TEN YEARS FOR FOR THAT FOR THOSE PROJECTS. THEN THERE ARE A FEW HERE THAT ACTUALLY ARE SORT OF EXCEED THE REVENUE PROJECTIONS. SO FURTHER DOWN YOU SEE FIRE STATION EIGHT TO BE DETERMINED. THAT'S EIGHT YEARS OUT FROM NOW, SEVEN YEARS OUT FROM NOW. AND BASED ON THE METHODOLOGY AND THE LEVEL OF IMPACT FEES AND MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF GROWTH THAT WE'RE PROJECTING, WE ACTUALLY DON'T THINK THAT WILL BE FUNDED WITH IMPACT FEES. SO THE CITY WANTS TO FUND STATION EIGHT WITHIN A TEN YEAR FRAME. THAT WOULD HAVE TO GENERATE OTHER REVENUES OR DELAY THAT AND WAIT UNTIL THEY HAVE A CASH BALANCE. IMPACT FEES. HERE'S THE MAXIMUM AMOUNTS FOR FIRE EMS THAT WAS VERY SIMILAR. WE ACTUALLY HAD VERY GOOD FIRE EMS CALL DATA, SO WE ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO LOOK AT HOW MANY CALLS ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO RESIDENTIAL LOCATIONS, HOW MANY ARE GOING TO RETAIL, HOW MANY IS GOING TO OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL. SO REALLY ABLE TO SORT OF DRILL DOWN INTO THAT PROPORTIONALITY. THERE STILL SOME DECREASES FOR THOSE SMALL HOMES AND SLIGHT INCREASES ASIDE. SO HERE'S I GUESS MY LAST SLIDE. JUST TO GIVE A SUMMARY. ONE THING TO NOTE TOO, IF YOU BUILD, LET'S SAY A FOUR PLEX, YOU WOULD PAY FOUR IMPACT FEES FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL UNITS JUST BASED ON THE SIZE. BUT BUT IT WOULD BE BASED ON SQUARE FOOTAGE OF EACH DWELLING. NOT NOT THE FULL STRUCTURE. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S MY LAST SLIDE.

SO WANT TO STAND FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT OR THE PRESENTER? YES. COMMISSIONER SCOTT. I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF YOUR NUMBERS ON PAGE 19. THE POPULATION GROWTH. CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT I RECOGNIZE. IT'S BASED ON A, A AN AVERAGE YEAR TO YEAR GROWTH. BUT CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT THAT IS BASED ON.

IS THAT LIKE A NATIONAL NUMBER OR IS THAT BASED ON PAST GROWTH AND IDAHO FALLS. YEAH. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. BASED ON PAST GROWTH. YEAH. YEAH. SO WE EXAMINED BUILDING PERMIT TRENDS OVER THE LAST FIVE, TEN YEARS AND ASSUME THAT TO CONTINUE INTO THE FUTURE.

OKAY. SECOND QUESTION. THE HOUSING UNITS ON THAT SAME PAGE. IS THAT NEEDED HOUSING UNITS.

IS THAT WHAT YOU PRESENT? OUR GUESSING ARE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE. WHAT IS THAT NUMBER REPRESENT? YEAH, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. YES. THE BASE YEAR HOUSING UNIT NUMBER IS OUR ESTIMATE OF HOW MANY HOMES ARE ON THE GROUND TODAY. AND THEN WE'RE PROJECTING GROWTH, YOU KNOW, ADDING NEW UNITS. AND SO THAT WOULD BE AN ESTIMATE OF OF, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING STOCK IN THAT YEAR. OKAY. ONE ONE LAST QUESTION I HAD ON THE VEHICLE, MILES TRAVELED IS A TRIP ONE WAY. FOR INSTANCE, IF YOU GO FROM YOUR HOUSE TO A STORE, THAT'S A TRIP. WHEN YOU GO FROM THE STORE TO THE BACK OF YOUR HOUSE, THAT'S ANOTHER TRIP. IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, YEAH, THOSE ARE GREAT QUESTIONS, ACTUALLY. YES. VEHICLE. YEAH. VEHICLE TRIP IS VERY SIMILAR TO VEHICLE MILES OF TRAVEL. BUT THE VMT VEHICLE MILES OF TRAVEL IS IS EXAMINING THE TOTAL DISTANCE OF THE TRIP BECAUSE ACTUALLY THE THE PURPOSE OF THE TRIP INFLUENCES HOW LONG THE TRIP IS ON AVERAGE. AND SO I THINK IT IS LIKE A SHOPPING TRIP THAT ACTUALLY IS LESS SHORTER DISTANCE THAN A COMMUTE TRIP. AND SO SORT OF THAT, THAT RETAIL TRIP LENGTH IS INFLUENCED BY THAT COMPARED TO THE OFFICE TRIP LENGTH. AND SO AND THAT GIVES US JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW, NUANCE IN SORT OF THAT DEMAND. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER SCOTT, I WAS CURIOUS. I KIND OF CUT MY TEETH VOLUNTEERING WITH THE CITY ON THE ORIGINAL IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND SET IN ON THE REPORT FIVE YEARS AGO. I LOOKED FOR IT, BUT I GUESS I THREW IT AWAY. I'M CURIOUS HOW MANY HOW CLOSE YOUR GROWTH ESTIMATES WERE FROM THE EXPECTATION FIVE YEARS AGO VERSUS NOW, AND WHAT TRENDS YOU

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SO WHEN WE WERE DOING THAT IN 2120, 2021, WE STILL WERE LOOKING AT PREVIOUS GROWTH. BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE EVERYONE IN THE ROOM, YOU KNOW, REALIZE THAT I WENT THROUGH THIS HUGE GROWTH SPURT, ESPECIALLY ON THE MULTIFAMILY SIDE, SOMETHING THAT NO ONE I THINK WOULD HAVE PREDICTED. AND SO I BELIEVE OUR GROWTH HOUSING GROWTH ASSUMPTIONS WERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 30 OR 40% LESS THAN WHAT ACTUALLY WAS BUILT JUST BECAUSE THERE WAS THIS HUGE BOOM. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STATE OF IDAHO TO, YOU KNOW, NO ONE REALLY KNEW, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS COMING. AND SO WE ACTUALLY TOOK THE SAME APPROACH TO THINKING THAT'S GOING TO CONTINUE FORWARD IS ACTUALLY WE'RE AT SORT OF A NEW, NEW STATE, YOU KNOW, STATES AND STABILIZED. YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE. WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY AT THE PEAK, BUT WE'RE NOT AT 2015 LEVELS ANYMORE. RIGHT? WE'RE AT AN ELEVATED LEVEL COMPARED TO THAT.

THANK YOU. AND YOU'RE SEEING JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT YOU HAD SAID, I BELIEVE THAT WITH A FOURPLEX, IF WE HAVE A LARGE MULTI-UNIT PROPERTY AND EACH OF THOSE UNITS IS 600 OR 800FT■S, THEY'RE THEY'RE BEING FACTORED INTO YOUR SQUARE FOOTAGE SIZE OF IMPACT FEES. SO IF IT'S UNDER 1000FT■S, BUT WE HAVE 42 UNITS WHERE ALLOCATING THOSE FEES APPROPRIATELY FOR THAT TOP LINE, CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. YEAH. YEAH 42 TIMES. YEAH. OVER THERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER STEWART? YES. I HAVE ONE QUESTION YOU HAD MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION.

DEDICATED FUNDS. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING IN THE DRAFT PLAN SPECIFICALLY ADDRESSING DEDICATED FUNDS. AND MY QUESTION IS, IS IT CONTEMPLATED THAT EACH OF THESE RESPECTIVE FEES BE DEPOSITED INTO DEDICATED FUNDS WITH THE CITY? OR DID I JUST MISS THAT IN YOUR IN YOUR PLANNED STUDY? E E IF DO YOU MEAN DO YOU MEAN ACTUAL SORT OF SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS SO IT DOESN'T GO TO THE GENERAL FUND? IT IS A SPECIAL ALLOCATED FUND. RIGHT. BUT WHAT ARE WE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE DEDICATED FUNDS. GOT IT. SO ONE FOR PARKS, ONE FOR ROADS, ONE FOR FIRE, ONE FOR POLICE. THAT'S CORRECT. I JUST NEED THAT CLARIFICATION. YEAH YEAH YEAH. THERE'S SEPARATE. YEAH. BANK ACCOUNTS. THAT'S ANOTHER ANOTHER TERM. YEAH. WHICH ALLOWS WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE DON'T THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW WAYS THAT THERE ARE PROJECTS THAT THESE IMPACT FEES CAN GO TOWARDS. AND IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL FUND WHICH CAN GO TO, YOU KNOW, ANY NUMBER OF THINGS. SO REALLY DON'T WANT THOSE TWO FUNDS, THOSE $2, YOU KNOW, BUCKETS TO, TO INTERMINGLE. BUT THEN ALSO FOLLOWING STATE STATUTE IS IN THE CITY IS DOING A REALLY GOOD JOB OF THIS IS EVERY YEAR THEY PROVIDE THIS FINANCIAL REPORT OF EACH ONE OF THOSE FUNDS, EACH ONE OF THOSE BANK ACCOUNTS, PARK, PARK AND RECREATION IMPACT FEE, YOU KNOW, TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE. AND THEY, YOU KNOW, REVIEW THAT WITH THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT BOTH THE COLLECTION BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY THE USE OF THOSE DOLLARS. SO THEY SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO YOU KNOW, WE'RE SCHEDULING THIS TO GO TOWARDS THIS PARK IMPROVEMENT. THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE WOULD, YOU KNOW, SEE THAT AND WEIGH IN ON THAT. AND THE REASON I ASKED THAT QUESTION, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT DEDICATED FUNDS BE CREATED SO THAT WE ENSURE THAT EACH OF THESE FEES ARE NOT CROSS-SUBSIDIZING ANOTHER FEE. OTHERWISE, IF IF THERE'S CO-MINGLING THOSE FUNDS, THEN A LOT, AT LEAST IN MY THINKING, YOU GOT A REAL POTENTIAL FOR INVALIDATED, INVALIDATING YOUR BASIS FOR THE FEE BECAUSE THE FIGURES AREN'T ACCURATE IN THE SENSE THAT YOU ALLOW CO-MINGLING OF THOSE THOSE FEES. SO I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THAT THERE BE DEDICATED FUNDS SET UP FOR EACH OF THOSE FEES SO THAT WE'RE NOT USING EACH OF THOSE FUNDS SO THAT WE'RE NOT USING THE FUNDS FOR ONE FEE TO SUBSIDIZE THE OTHER. SO I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT. DID I JUST MISS SOMETHING IN THE COMMISSIONER SHAW, I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND. MY NAME IS PAM ALEXANDER. I WORK FOR THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. I'M THE MUNICIPAL SERVICES DIRECTOR, SO I OVERSEE OUR FINANCE DIVISION. AND YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

AND ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY REPORT ON THOSE FEES SEPARATELY AS DESIGNATED FUNDS ON OUR

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IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN HELP YOU WITH? THANK YOU. THAT I THINK ADDRESSES. AND I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT, BECAUSE TO ME, IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT THAT THOSE FUNDS NOT BE COMMINGLED AND SOMEWHERE THAT NEEDS TO BE SPELLED OUT SPECIFICALLY, THAT DEDICATED FUNDS BE CREATED SO THAT WE DON'T GET THE COMMINGLING OF THOSE VARIOUS FUNDS. AND THAT REALLY THEN VALIDATES THE ANALYSIS THAT THAT IS SET FORTH IN THIS, THIS IMPROVEMENT.

ABSOLUTELY. AND IF I COULD ADD ONE MORE PIECE OF INFORMATION IS WHEN WE DO OUR ANNUAL AUDIT, WHICH WE DO THROUGH A COMPANY CALLED, THEY JUST CHANGED THEIR NAME. I JUST MISS ME, BUT WE'VE WORKED WITH MOSS ADAMS AND THEY ACTUALLY DO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. AND MAKING SURE THAT THOSE FUNDS ARE STAYING SEGREGATED BASED ON THE DIFFERENT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IMPACT FEE FUNDS. AND SO WE DO DO AN AUDIT OF THAT AS WELL. GOOD. I'LL ADDRESS THAT TO COMMISSIONER STIR. THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE HAS REVIEWED THAT ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. YEAH I DON'T KNOW THAT IT NEEDS TO BE PART OF THIS REPORT. HOWEVER, IT IS PART OF THE CITY'S FINANCES. WELL, IN SOME SENSE, FASHION, THOSE DEDICATED FUNDS NEED TO BE SET OUT. THEY ARE. AND THAT'S IN PLACE FOR FIVE YEARS ALREADY. THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE. AND THOSE ARE THAT WAY. SO THEY'RE ALREADY THERE. OKAY. THAT'S TO ME IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ADDRESS IT IN THIS REPORT. IT ALREADY EXISTS IN THAT FORM FROM THE ORIGINAL SET UP. I THINK THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE THEN SUBMITS THOSE REVIEWS, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO KEEP THOSE REVIEWS SEPARATE. PERFECT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF OUR PRESENTER OR STAFF COMMISSIONER. GO AHEAD. THANKS FOR THE PRESENTATION. I FOUND THE REPORT VERY THOROUGH. THERE'S A SPOT WHERE IT ADDRESSES BASICALLY WHAT COUNTS AS SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THESE CONCERNS. AND IT'S THE CLIMATE CONTROLLED SQUARE FOOTAGE. RIGHT. AND WE AND THE CITY, IN A VERY FORWARD THINKING MANNER, CHOSE TO INCLUDE UNFINISHED BASEMENTS IN THERE SO THAT WE DON'T INCENTIVIZE FOLKS TO BUILD AN UNFINISHED BASEMENT AND THEN NOT GET A PERMIT LATER WHEN THEY IMPROVE THE PROPERTY.

I'M CURIOUS ABOUT ADUS, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND HOW THOSE FACTOR IN HERE. IT'S A LOT HARDER TO BUILD ONE OF THOSE WITHOUT A PERMIT THAN IT IS TO FINISH A BASEMENT, BUT I DON'T SEE IT ADDRESSED IN THE REPORT. DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER THAT AGAIN, PLEASE? YEAH.

YES, YES. THIS IS A GREAT, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN THIS ROUTE WHEN YOU LOOK AT SQUARE FOOTAGE IS IT ALLOWS, YOU KNOW, THOSE ADUS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THAT SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT THAT WILL BE OCCUPIED AT CERTAIN PARTS AT LEAST OF THE YEAR. HOPEFULLY A BUILDING PERMIT IS BEING CALLED FOR THAT. BUT THEN THEY WOULDN'T BE ASSESSED, YOU KNOW, LIKE A, LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR MULTI-FAMILY. IT WOULD BE ASSESSED UNDER THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. AND SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, SEE THAT DECREASE THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE UNDER THIS SORT OF NEW FRAME HERE. OKAY. THERE ARE A COUPLE MORE. GO AHEAD. I'LL JUST KEEP GOING. I HAVE A COUPLE MORE. WHEN WE CALCULATE THE EXPECTED TRIP MILES OR NUMBER OF TRIP ENDS THAT HOUSEHOLD IS GOING TO MAKE, I NOTED THAT THE REPORT EXPECTS AN IDAHO FALLS RESIDENT TO MAKE MORE TRIPS THAN THE AVERAGE US RESIDENT. CAN YOU GO INTO WHY THAT'S FACTORED IN HERE? YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. WE GET INTO THE WEEDS. GOOD QUESTION. SO WE FIND THAT THE TRIP END BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE HOME BECAUSE THERE'S THERE'S AN INSTITUTE OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERS, IT'S A, YOU KNOW, THE GOLD STANDARD FOR FOR RESOURCE FOR ALL THESE TRIP SURVEYS. AND SO THEY HAVE THESE DIFFERENT FORMULAS THAT WE CAN PLUG IN AND SAY, OKAY, THERE'S THIS MANY PEOPLE. AND SO THAT AT LEAST MANY HOUSING UNITS. AND SO BASED ON THOSE INPUTS, WE CAN GET A NUMBER OF TRIPS PER, PER HOME. BUT THEN WE CAN ALSO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES IN THE HOME AS WELL.

SO THEN WE LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES IN THE HOME USING THOSE FORMULAS. AND THEN WE TAKE THE AVERAGE OF THOSE TWO. AND YOU KNOW, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, JUST WORK THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND OTHER OTHER STATES TO THERE'S RELATIVELY HIGH ON AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN HER

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ALL RIGHT. PERFECT. WELL WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THIS MEETING. OUR OUR PURPOSE TONIGHT IS TO SIMPLY REVIEW THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. THE UPDATES AS HAS BEEN INDICATED, THIS IS A DOCUMENT THAT EXISTS. IT'S JUST BEING UPDATED FOR THE FIVE YEAR STUDY. WE'LL GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT'S PRIMARY PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING IS SO THAT WE CAN GATHER PUBLIC COMMENT, WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HEAR AS THEY REVIEW THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IN A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. SO WE WILL INVITE YOU TO THE PODIUM ONE AT A TIME. IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE SHARE YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS AND IF WE CAN, TRY TO KEEP COMMENTS RELATIVELY BRIEF. AND IF YOU AGREE WITH SOMETHING THAT WAS SAID PREVIOUSLY, WE'LL WELCOME THAT. DITTO. SO THANK YOU. I'M TJ 656 JACKSON LANE AND I'M ACTUALLY ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO I WANTED TO GET ON THE RECORD TONIGHT. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT'S KIND OF GLOSSED OVER ON THE IMPACT FEE SCHEDULE AS A COMMITTEE, WE'RE TRYING TO TO LOW, LOWER COSTS IN THE CITY. RIGHT? IDAHO FALLS SEEMS TO HAVE AN AFFORDABILITY PROBLEM. AND ONE OF THE ONE OF THE MAIN THINGS AS A COMMITTEE, AS A CONSENSUS WE CAME UP WITH WAS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE PRICING, THE FEE SCHEDULE ON SQUARE FOOTAGE. WE LIKE THAT. BUT WE WE CAME UP, WE WE SAID THAT UNFINISHED SQUARE FOOTAGE SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED AS PART OF THE FEE SCHEDULE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PROVE THAT THAT IS AN IMPACT AT THAT POINT IN TIME.

RIGHT. I GET THE CONCERN OF UNFINISHED BASEMENTS AND PEOPLE FINISH THEM. BUT AS A AS THE BUILDER IS, IS BUILDING IT NOW, THAT 1500 SQUARE FOOT STARTER HOME IS GOING TO BE FEE SCHEDULED AT 3000FT■S, RIGHT? SO THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY GETTING THE FEE STRUCTURE IS NOT FROM A SMALL HOUSE PERSPECTIVE. IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE DOING IT ON THAT SCALE, I GUESS WAS AND WE CAME TO AN AGREEMENT THIS THE CITY ATTORNEY WROTE UP A DEFINITION OF WHAT WOULD BE FINISHED VERSUS UNFINISHED, WHAT WOULD CLASSIFY THAT WE ALL CAME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THAT ON THE MEETING ON OCTOBER 7TH, WHEN THE NEW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN CAME OUT. THAT WAS WHEN WE FIRST FOUND OUT, I'M SORRY, THE 14TH. WE GOT IT ON THE SEVENTH. WE HAD A MEETING ON THE 14TH. THAT'S WHEN WE FIRST FOUND OUT THAT THEY HAD CHANGED TO SQUARE FOOTAGE AND INCLUDING THE UNFINISHED PORTION OF IT. AT THAT POINT IN TIME, WE SAID, LISTEN, THIS IS A HUNDRED PAGES. LIKE, I'VE BEEN ON THE IMPACT FEE COMMITTEE FOR FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS, AND THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION. YOU CAN'T GO THROUGH IT IF YOU DON'T. IF YOU DON'T REALLY STUDY IT. SO WE WANTED TO STUDY IT AND THEN COME BACK AND HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING AND TALK ABOUT IT AND SEE WHAT WE THOUGHT THAT THAT NEVER HAPPENED. I MEAN, WE'RE SCHEDULED TO HAVE ONE IN NOVEMBER, BUT I GUESS I'M CONFUSED AT WHY WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH THIS FAST. WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH THIS THROUGH WITHOUT FULLY EXHAUSTING EVERYBODY HAVING THEIR SAY IN WHAT'S GOING ON. AND THAT'S FRUSTRATING TO THE BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE. I CAN I CAN TELL YOU THAT THEY WERE FRUSTRATED WITH THE FIRST ROLLOUT OF IMPACT FEES, AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THERE'S A LAWSUIT GOING ON WITH THE CITY. THESE DON'T HAVE TO BE UPDATED UNTIL JUNE 1ST, 2027. SO MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO TAKE A PAUSE AND LET DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. IF CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO TO CHANGE STUFF, THAT'S FINE. BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING PEOPLE IN TO BE PART OF AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND GIVE THEIR OPINIONS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO TAKE IT. BUT IF WE'RE JUST THERE TO CHECK A BOX, JUST TELL ME. I'M THERE TO CHECK A BOX,

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YOU'RE GOING TO SEE AN INCREASE OF THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT THAT I FEEL IS, IS IS OVERWHELMING THE CITY RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THE APARTMENTS AND THE LARGE, GIGANTIC BUILDINGS THAT WE HAVE ALL OVER THE CITY THAT ARE IMPACTING THE CITY GREATLY IN TRANSPORTATION, IN PARKS, AND OVERWHELMING OUR CITY IN A WAY THAT THAT THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP GOING TO GOING TO BE ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO WITH THESE IMPACT FEES, YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKEN AWAY. SOME OF THE SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, RIGHT? IT'S SOMETHING THAT MR. MAYOR JUST SAID. RIGHT. ONE THING THAT THIS BUILDING IN THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS DO IS, IS BUILD THEIR SMALL LITTLE PLAYGROUND WITH THE SMALL, LITTLE BASKETBALL COURT. THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LIVE IN, FAIRWAY ESTATES, AS IT HAS EXPANDED, STILL DOESN'T HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, AND WE NEVER WILL. AND SOMETHING THAT WE'VE DEMANDED FOR FOREVER FROM THE ORIGINAL BUILDER THAT THIS WAS NEVER, EVER PLANNED. RIGHT. BUT THESE SMALL LITTLE APARTMENT BUILDINGS THAT YOU BUILD ALL HAVE THEIR OWN LITTLE PLAYGROUND, BUT BUT NEVER NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, RIGHT? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THESE ADDITIONAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS WITH TONS AND TONS OF CARS AND TONS AND TONS OF TRAFFIC AND AND ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT COME WITH THEM, CRIME AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT NOTHING ELSE. MR. HOWARD CAN SIT THERE AND SHAKE HIS HEAD, AND HE AND OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE SAID IT TO ME BEFORE, BUT BUT THESE APARTMENTS, WHAT DO THEY DO? WHAT HAVE YOU GUYS SAID TO ME IN THE PAST? THEY PAID FOR ALL THE GROWTH. THEY PAID FOR EVERYTHING ELSE. BASED ON YOUR ADDITIONAL FEE SCHEDULE RIGHT HERE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR ABOUT ANYTHING. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YEAH. JARED.

DOMINIC 144 383401. JUST LOOKING AT THE THE BREAKDOWN, IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE INCENTIVIZED AND YOU'RE SUBSIDIZING THE SMALLER HOMES AT THE EXPENSE OF LARGER HOMES.

AND THEY'RE THEREFORE DRIVING INTO HIGHER DENSITY SITUATIONS OR PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH DENSITY VERSUS PROMOTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OR LARGER HOMES. SO I KIND OF LIKE TO ALSO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE POPULATION. WE TALKED ABOUT THE POPULATION YOU LOOKED AT. YOU TALKED ABOUT THE POPULATION OF PERMANENT GROWTH. HOW DOES THAT CORRELATE TO ACTUAL POPULATION GROWTH? THAT'S A QUESTION. YEAH. OKAY. THIS IS A PERSON. WE'RE NOT HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE PUBLIC COMMENT. YOU'RE TO GIVE COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL TAKE THOSE TO THE COUNCIL THAT THEY CAN ADDRESS OKAY. SO THE PERSON THAT WAS GIVEN THE PRESENTATION CAN'T RESPOND.

CORRECT. OKAY. SO YEAH I'D LIKE TO KNOW HOW THE PERMIT GROWTH RELATES TO ACTUAL POPULATION GROWTH, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A VAST GROWTH OF PERMITS, BUT NOT A VAST GROWTH

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PERFECT. THANK YOU. HI, I'M ANDRE JORGENSEN. I LIVE AT 1004 GRIZZLY AVENUE HERE IN IDAHO FALLS. I GUESS TWO COMMENTS. ONE WOULD BE, I THINK IT WOULD BE PRETTY HARD PRESSED TO FIND ANY POLICE VEHICLES THAT LAST THAT FULL TEN YEARS. IT'D BE INTERESTING TO SEE THAT INFORMATION AND AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT COST DOES MATCH THE REQUIREMENTS LAID OUT HERE. AND THEN I ALSO WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, THE GROWTH IS HERE AND COMING AND THE ANY INCREASE IN IMPACT FEES DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTS LOCAL DEVELOPERS AND INVITES, WELL, MAKES US LESS COMPETITIVE WITH OUT OF TOWNERS WHO CAN COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE THOUSAND BUCKS PER UNIT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO THEM. AND THEY CAN AFFORD IT.

OR AND IT JUST SHIFTS MONEY OUT OF TOWN RATHER THAN KEEPING IT TO LOCAL DEVELOPERS WHO PERHAPS OWN A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND HAVE BEEN BUILDING TOWARDS A, YOU KNOW, A A SENSIBLE AND CAREFUL DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT WOULD BENEFIT OUR COMMUNITY AND KEEP OUR MONEY LOCAL. AND SO THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR RESEARCH AND FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. BASKETBALL 39 POINT SIDE. I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD THAT I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING THAT THESE MEETINGS WILL START WITH AT LEAST THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. YOU HAVE FLAGS POSTED AND YOU DON'T EVEN OPEN WITH THE PLEDGE STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE CITY UNDER GOD. WE ARE BASED UPON THAT. MY OPINION I'M STARTING TO NOW THAT'S OFF MY CHEST. MY DAD STARTED OUR CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN 1958. I'M SECOND GENERATION, MY SON'S THIRD GENERATION, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE FOURTH GENERATION WORKING GROUP. SO I AM ONE OF THOSE LOCAL DEVELOPERS. THERE'S A RUMOR THAT GOES AROUND THAT DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T PAY FOR ITSELF. AND ONE OF THE PRESENTATIONS WAS ON THE GOLF COURSE, NORTHTOWN. WE HAVE A TWIN HOMES SUBDIVISION GOING ON OUT THERE, AND WE PUT IN 2 TO 3 MILES WORTH OF WATER SEWER. WE DEVELOPED OUR SIDE OF THE ROAD.

THE CITY DIDN'T REQUIRE US TO PUT A PARK IN, SO WE DIDN'T DO THAT. YOU'RE GOING TO BE COLLECTING 110 EACH PROPERTY TAXES. AND SO DEVELOPMENT DOES PAY FOR ITSELF. THE I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE CITY IS IN A LAWSUIT OVER THIS. AND I THINK IT'S A HUGE MISTAKE FOR THIS TO MOVE FORWARD WITHOUT THAT LAWSUIT BEING SENT. AND I GUESS THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. HI. MY NAME IS AARON CANNON. I LIVE AT 1148 NORTH 900 EAST IN SHELLEY AND REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY THAT I'M A PART OF

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THAT'S ONE THING THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT. THE OTHER THING IS. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE SPECIFICALLY THE PARKS AND REC PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE SPECIFIED. I JUST THE COSTS THAT ARE SHOWN IN THAT PLAN IS CRAZY. I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE SPENDING THAT MUCH MONEY. IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT I WAS DOING AS A DEVELOPER, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN HALF THAT COST, IF NOT MORE THAN 25%. IT'S JUST CRAZY. SO I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GETTING THOSE NUMBERS. AND I BELIEVE THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAY HAVE EVEN ASKED FOR THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS PROVIDED. SO I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT.

AND THEN ALSO THE GROWTH AND SOMEBODY BROUGHT THAT UP. BUT I PULLED OFF THE WEBSITE, THE CITY WEBSITE, THE POPULATION THAT'S BASICALLY GROWTH OVER THE LAST I THINK IT WAS FOUR YEARS FROM 2020 TO 2024, AND IT WAS FROM THE CITY'S WEBSITE. IT SAID THEY'RE GROWING 1.4% YEAR OVER YEAR. SO ALL OF A SUDDEN NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS PLAN. IT'S BASED OFF, I BELIEVE, 21% OVER TEN YEARS. SO THAT'S DOUBLE WHAT WE'RE SEEING. AND I CAN TELL YOU AS A BUILDER AND A DEVELOPER, IF YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE MARKET, THAT JUST MEANS WAY OUT OF LINE. I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE 20% GROWTH OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS BASED ON THE OTHER EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT FOUR YEARS AGO, WE SAT DOWN AND THOUGHT THIS PRETTY DANG HARD. AND AND ULTIMATELY, THE BUILDING COMMUNITY IS NOT NECESSARILY A GOOD PRACTICE. I JUST WANT TO GO ON RECORD, BUT WE WANT THEM TO BE EQUITABLE AND FAIR, AND WE WANT TO BE A PART OF THE PROCESS. AND WE WERE ASSURED THAT WE WOULD BE PART OF THE PROCESS. AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN EVEN ON HERE. I BELIEVE IT SAID SOMETHING ABOUT MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS, AND I CONSIDER MYSELF AS A DEVELOPER TO BE A PRETTY BIG STAKEHOLDER. AND WE WEREN'T CONSULTED. SO THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. DON'T HAVE TO BE SHY. I WON'T CUT IT OFF EARLY. MY NAME IS BRETT RASMUSSEN, 3433 GROVE LANE, IDAHO FALLS. I HAVE A DIFFERENT ISSUE I'D LIKE TO BRING BEFORE THIS GROUP. I RECENTLY WATCHED A DEBATE BETWEEN SOME OF THE MAYORAL CANDIDATES, AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE COLLECTION OF THESE IMPACT FEES, AND DURING THE DEBATE, THEY MENTIONED A NEW DEVELOPMENT WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING IN LIKE 1000 UNITS.

THEY'RE JUST SOUTH OF THE HOME DEPOT, AND THE FEES THAT WERE BEING COLLECTED THERE FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT WEREN'T NECESSARILY GOING TO BE SPENT TO SUPPORT THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT NEEDING TO PUT IN A PARK BY A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT OUT BY SANDY DOWNS. AND SO I THINK THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH REGARD TO IF YOU COLLECT THESE IMPACT FEES FOR A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, THAT THE MAJORITY OF THOSE FEES SHOULD BE SPENT ON ISSUES RELATED TO THAT DEVELOPMENT AND NOT REDIRECTED SOMEWHERE ELSE BECAUSE THERE'S NO ACCOUNTABILITY. IF YOU COLLECT ALL THIS MONEY WITH A 1000 UNIT APARTMENT, THE MONEY COULD BE SPENT IN TEN DIFFERENT PLACES. THAT'S A LOT OF SAID THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JAY MILLER. I LIVE AT FOUR, EIGHT FIVE DALE DRIVE. FOR THE RECORD, I AM NOT A DEVELOPER. I KNOW VERY LITTLE ABOUT ANY OF IT. I'M ACTUALLY HERE TRYING TO LEARN SOMETHING, BUT I DID WANT TO GO ON RECORD AS A VERY CONCERNED CITIZEN. A COUPLE OF THESE HAVE BEEN ECHOED, BUT I

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AND SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY START OFF AS A DEVELOPER OWNER ASSOCIATION. THEY HAVE IDEAS AND THINGS TO BUILD, BUT THEN IT GETS TURNED OVER TO HOMEOWNERS WHO HAVE NO INTEREST AT ALL. WE CAN'T EVEN GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TO COME OUT AND VOTE ON ANYTHING ON THE HOMEOWNERS, AND YOU CAN'T FIND OUT ANYTHING. YOU THINK THE FUNDING IS MIXED UP HERE. TRY TO FIND OUT WHERE. HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION FEES ARE GOING UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY DO IS THEN TURN IT OVER TO A. CORPORATION THAT RUNS IT. AND THAT'S WHERE YOU GET THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN AND THEY DON'T LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY DON'T CARE, AND THEY TELL YOU THAT YOU'VE GOT THE WRONG THING HANGING UP AND THIS AND THAT. BUT I THINK IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A HOMEOWNER, I FEEL LIKE I'M TAXED DOUBLE. I PAY FOR A PARK THAT IS MAYBE GOING TO BE BUILT.

I PAY FOR THINGS HERE, AND THEN I PAY MY TAXES FOR THESE PARK SYSTEM, TOO. I THINK THE CITY OWNS THE PARKS. I THINK IT'S A COMMUNITY DEAL. WHEN I GREW UP, WE HAD NEIGHBORHOODS, ROADS TO THEM. YOU COULD LIFT HOUSE TO HOUSE TO HOUSE, ALL THESE ENTRANCEWAYS AND ALL THAT OTHER STUFF COSTS MONEY, TAKES WATER, A LOT OF USAGE. I JUST NEED A HOME WITH NEIGHBORS WHO STAY ON THEIR SIDE OF THE FENCE. I'LL STAY ON MINE. WE JUST ALL GET ALONG AND I DON'T NEED ALL THAT FANCY STUFF. BUT THEN I END UP AND YOU CAN'T BUY A HOME IN IDAHO FALLS. IN MOST OF THESE NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT YOU'RE NOT GETTING ENGAGED IN HOMEOWNERS. I THINK IT'S JUST NEEDS TO BE A HOMEOWNER AND NOT SOMEBODY ESTABLISHED BEFORE THE HOMEOWNERS ACTUALLY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DECIDE. THANK YOU. OKAY. CHRISTIAN ASHCRAFT, 1065 AUBURN DRIVE. I GUESS I

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THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I'M THERESA DOMINIC, 144 FIFTH STREET, IDAHO FALLS 83404 I'D LIKE TO REITERATE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SPOKE ABOUT BY PROJECTING OUT THE THE IMPACT FEES FOR MULTI-DWELLING UNITS, THE NUMBER OF MULTI MULTI DWELLING UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT RATHER THAN THE 1.6 1.7% ACTUAL POPULATION. INCREASE. YOU'RE ARTIFICIALLY INCENTIVIZING MORE OF THESE BUILDINGS TO BE BUILT, AND IT DOESN'T REALLY SUPPORT THE ACTUAL POPULATION GROWTH, WHICH IS 1.6 TO 1.7 PER YEAR SINCE 2021. ALL RIGHT. GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. THANK YOU. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING.

APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED. WE'VE MADE NOTE OF THOSE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSION? BEFORE WE MOVE ON HERE? PLEASE.

THIS ONE'S TOUGH. I MEAN, I HEARD A LOT OF VALID CONCERNS TONIGHT. AND SO TO ME, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, START NITPICKING AND ARGUING THE IMPACT FEES. BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS PURELY JUST A MECHANISM TO GET PUBLIC COMMENT. AND THE REAL BATTLE SHOULD BE DONE WITH CITY COUNCIL OR THE REAL, YOU KNOW, NEED OF IT SHOULD BE DONE WITH CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE A WAY BETTER IDEA OF THE MEETINGS THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED OR DIDN'T HAPPEN OR THE SCHEDULE OF IT. THEY HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF, YOU KNOW, THE TIMING AND A LOT OF THE PUBLIC'S QUESTIONS. AND I JUST I FEEL LIKE I CAN'T, YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY NO TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN AND THE COMPREHENSIVE, YOU KNOW, INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, JUST SIMPLY BECAUSE I JUST DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. AND THIS WAS THIS IS PURELY JUST FOR ACQUIRING A VALID AND I THINK, VERY USEFUL PUBLIC COMMENT. AND SO AS MUCH AS I WANT TO ARGUE THIS AND DEBATE IT, I JUST I DON'T THINK I WOULD AS ME, MYSELF AND OTHER COMMISSION. I DON'T HAVE A PLACE FOR THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU.

I THINK THERE WERE VALID QUESTIONS RAISED. I APPRECIATE THOSE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP. I THINK THEY ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY THE COUNCIL AND AND HOPEFULLY WITH THE PUBLIC COMMENT THAT WAS MADE TONIGHT, THAT DIFFERENT COMMENTS FROM THE DIFFERENT PARTICIPANTS, THOSE THINGS ARE RECORDED AND THOSE THINGS WILL BE LOOKED AT BY THE COUNCIL AND ADDRESSED. SO WE YOU KNOW, I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I TOOK NOTE OF, HOW CLOSE WERE THE ORIGINAL STUDY PROJECTIONS? HOW DOES PERMIT GROWTH RELATE TO POPULATION GROWTH, SUBSIDIZING SMALLER HOMES? I THINK THAT WAS A VALID QUESTION. IF WE HAVE AN UNFINISHED BASEMENT THAT WE'RE COLLECTING AN IMPACT FEE FOR NOW, DOES THAT GET ASSESSED AGAIN? IF THE HOMEOWNER DOES GO AND DO THE RIGHT THING AND GET A BUILDING PERMIT WITHOUT JUST FINISHING THE BASEMENT THEMSELVES. SO THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT I THINK THE COUNCIL

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WE HAD REQUESTED THAT AS A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ITEM TO TO FIND OUT WHAT THINGS ARE BEING CURRENTLY WORKED ON ROAD WISE, WHERE THE ROAD IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMING AND HOW THAT LOOKS GOING FORWARD. SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO STAY FOR THAT IF THAT'S OF INTEREST TO YOU.

ANYTHING ELSE? MR. JUST A COUPLE OF BRIEF COMMENTS. I THINK I SHARE THE SAME SENTIMENT AS THE PREVIOUS TWO COUNCIL MEMBERS OR COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE MENTIONED THAT I DON'T THINK WE, AS A COMMISSION, ARE IN A POSITION TO BE ABLE TO RECOMMEND CHANGES OR IMPROVEMENTS. I DO COMMEND THE PUBLIC WITH RESPECT TO THE QUALITY OF THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. IT WAS EXCELLENT, I THINK, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD, ASSUMING WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL, WOULD TAKE A HARD LOOK AT SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT ARE MADE HERE TONIGHT, BECAUSE I THINK SOME OF THEM DO APPEAR TO HAVE SOME MERIT. CONVERSELY, I DON'T THINK IT'S THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSION NECESSARILY TO DEBATE THE PROS AND CONS OF THOSE PARTICULAR COMMENTS. BUT I DO THINK A GOOD RECORD SHOULD BE KEPT OF THE COMMENTS WERE MADE TONIGHT AND THAT SHOULD BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER THE VALIDITY OF THOSE THOSE COMMENTS. I DO WISH TO MAKE ONE COMMENT RELATIVE TO THE SUGGESTION THAT WAS MADE, THAT THE FUNDS COLLECTED BE TIED TO THIS SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT THAT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION. THAT SOUNDS GOOD IN THEORY, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WAY IN THE WORLD THAT YOU COULD DO THAT. JUST SIMPLY WOULD IMPOSE AN IMPOSSIBLE BURDEN TO BE ABLE TO TRACK IMPACT, TO CORRELATE TO THE FEE. I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING IS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THAT THOSE FEES BE DEPOSITED INTO DEDICATED FUNDS SO THAT YOU KNOW THAT THE FEE IS GOING IN GENERAL TO EACH OF THE COMPONENT PARTS THAT ARE REFERENCED IN THE STUDY. SO THAT COMMENT, I THINK IS, IS ONE THAT I WOULD PROBABLY TAKE

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SO ALL IN ALL, I DO APPRECIATE THESE COMMENTS AND I THINK THEY SHOULD BE PASSED ON TO THE CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD SUGGEST, AND AGAIN, THIS ISN'T MY PREROGATIVE, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MENTIONED IN THIS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY SET FORTH ON PAGE FIVE A INCLUSION OF A COMMENT. THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY IS TO DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE OF THE CITY'S ORDINANCE AND PLAN WITH IDAHO CODE SECTION 8204 OF 6780 204, WHICH SETS FORTH THE MINIMUM STANDARDS THAT THAT THE ORDINANCE MUST INCLUDE AN ADDRESS SO CONSISTENT WITH THAT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE INCLUDED WITHIN THIS PLAN, PERHAPS AS AN APPENDIX, A CORRELATION BETWEEN THE COMPONENTS OF THIS PLAN AND THE STATUTE, PERHAPS, THAT COULD BE SET FORTH IN A TABLE THAT WOULD BE APPENDED TO THIS STUDY, SO THAT IT'S EASY TO CROSS-REFERENCE HOW THIS PROPOSED PLAN, WHATEVER FORM IT MAY TAKE TO CORRELATE TO, MEETS THE PROVISIONS OF THAT SECTION OF THE IDAHO CODE. SO I WOULD AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED SPECIFICALLY, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL IN THE PLAN IF THAT WERE DONE. THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS. IT IS NOT NECESSARILY OUR PREROGATIVE TO AMEND THE DOCUMENT ITSELF. I THINK YOUR COMMENTS STAND THERE, RECORDED AND CAN BE FORWARDED TO THE COUNCIL AS COMMENTS IN THE OF THE PLAN, BUT WE HAVE TO JUST RECOMMEND IT SO THAT THE COMMENTS AND THE PUBLIC HEARING CAN ALL BE HEARD BY COUNCIL. THAT WOULD BE MY WE WON'T DESIRE. THANK YOU. WE WON'T ADDRESS A MOTION WITH THE COMMENTS OR AMENDMENTS, BUT WE'LL ADDRESS A MOTION TO MOVE IT FORWARD AS IS SO THAT THOSE THINGS CAN BE DONE. THANK YOU.

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IS THERE A AND I'M NOT FINDING IT. IS THERE A SET SCHEDULE FOR HOW OFTEN THIS NEEDS TO BE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS IN THE IN THE DOCUMENT. AND WHEN WOULD THAT BE FOR THIS. WHEN IS THE FIVE YEAR ARE WE PUSHING. ARE WE RUSHING THIS. THAT'S THE POINT OF MY QUESTION OKAY. IT'S A VALID QUESTION. AND I THINK THAT THAT WILL BE BROUGHT TO COUNCIL. BUT I JUST WANT TO YOURSELF. YEAH I MEAN I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE ARE ANY TO ANSWER THAT TONIGHT OKAY. OKAY.

SO I'M JUST MISSING IT. IT'S JUST NOT HERE. THERE IS CORRECT. THE DOCUMENT INDICATES EVERY FIVE YEARS, BUT I DON'T SEE THAT DATE IN THE DOCUMENT. OKAY. PERHAPS. COMMISSIONER SCOTT, I COULD JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT OF CLARIFICATION. SO THE STUDY THE CURRENT STUDY IS 2021 STUDY.

AND THE IMPACT THESE STUDIES ARE REQUIRED TO BE UPDATED EVERY FIVE YEARS. AND THE IMPACT OF THE WHEN THE IMPACT FEES BEGAN WERE ACTUALLY IN THE 2021 STUDY WERE JUNE 1ST OF 2022. SO THAT'S THE TIMELINE OF THE STUDY, THE CURRENT STUDY. AND THEN WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS UPDATING THE STUDY TO BE COMPLIANT WITH THE FIVE YEAR REQUIREMENT. OKAY. SO IT CAN BE.

IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE COMPLETED BY THIS. DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? I'M SORRY. BECAUSE OF THOSE DATES IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE COMPLETED IMMEDIATELY. IT DOES HAVE SOME LEEWAY FOR EXTENSION. I BELIEVE SO, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE STARTING THIS NOW. BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT IT, AND THERE'S A LOT OF MILESTONES THAT WE NEED TO MEET IN ORDER TO BRING FORWARD A PRODUCT TO COUNCIL TO VOTE ON, TO BE COMPLETED BY JUNE 2027. OKAY, OKAY. THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ADDRESSING. COMMISSIONER. YOU HAD AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT. DOES ANYONE ELSE WANT TO FIRST? ALL RIGHT. LAST TIME I SPOKE 20 YEARS AGO, IT FEELS LIKE NOW I DIDN'T HAVE ALL MY THOUGHTS TOGETHER, BUT I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO. REALLY? YOU STILL CAN'T DEBATE IT? I'M NOT. OKAY. THEY I IT'S JUST MORE FOR THE RECORD, JUST TO MAKE IT NICE AND CONCISE AND CLEAR FOR COUNCIL. THANK YOU. AND SO I THINK SOME THINGS THAT WE THE COUNCIL SERIOUSLY NEEDS TO CONSIDER. WELL FIRST QUICK QUESTION. WHEN IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL, IS THAT ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING. IT IS OKAY. SO THAT'S ALSO A PUBLIC HEARING. SO I LIKE THE SOUND OF THAT. SO. YOU ALL CAN GO TO THAT AS WELL. AND I'D LOVE TO KNOW HOW IT TURNS OUT.

BUT TO MAKE IT CONCISE FOR COUNCIL, I THINK A FEW THINGS WE THEY NEED TO CONSIDER OR LOOK AT IS THE GROWTH RATE. AS A, YOU KNOW, A NERD WHO LOOKS AT STATS ON HOW THE CITY'S GROWING, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE GROWTH HAS ACTUALLY SLOWED IN JUST THE LAST FEW YEARS, JUST SLIGHTLY. AND WE'RE NOT SEEING THAT CRAZY BOOM LIKE WE DID BACK IN 2021, 2022. SO I THINK WE SERIOUSLY NEED TO HAVE A GOOD LOOK AT THAT. AND I WOULD HIGHLY, HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT. COUNCIL LOOKS AT THE UNFINISHED BASEMENT SITUATION BECAUSE I JUST I THINK THAT'S PERSONALLY LIKE SOME A LOT OF PEOPLE, FROM WHAT I'VE SEEN FROM WITH MY PROFESSION, IS THAT SOME PEOPLE DON'T UPDATE THOSE BASEMENTS FOR A LONG, LONG TIME AND SO THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME HEAVIER LOOK INTO THAT. AND THEN ALSO, I LIKE THE NOBLE EFFORT OF TRYING TO MAKE SMALLER SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ACTUALLY MORE AFFORDABLE BY REDUCING THE IMPACT FEES.

BUT WHAT THAT IS ALSO DOING IS THEN MAKING, I HEARD THE COMMENT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THESE BIG GIANT DEVELOPERS WHO ARE BUILDING THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WHERE IT DOESN'T MATTER TO THEM WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE OR A LITTLE BIT LESS OR EVEN SIGNIFICANTLY MORE OR LESS, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD IT ANYWAY. BUT THESE SMALLER BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS, IT REALLY DOES HURT. AND SO IF WE WANT A, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE LIVING IN THIS IN THE CITY, I THINK IT'S NOBLE TO LOOK AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE RATIO. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. BUT I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT DIFFERENTLY IF WE'RE CONSIDERING APARTMENT BUILDINGS NOW, IF WE'RE TALKING TWIN HOMES AND TOWN OR CONDOS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN A HIGH DENSITY SETTING, BUT YOU CAN PURCHASE IT AND OWN IT, I THINK

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THANK YOU FOR THE CLARITY AND AND THANK YOU FOR THE INFO. INFORMATION ON TIMING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS TO IT. SO I APPRECIATE THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. I APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC'S COMMENTS. I ECHO COMMISSIONER STORY THAT THESE WERE GREAT COMMENTS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE AND YOUR PARTICIPATION TONIGHT. THERE WAS VALID FEEDBACK GIVEN, AND I DO HOPE THAT COUNCIL TAKES SOME OF THESE ISSUES INTO ACCOUNT AS WE LOOK AT THIS PLAN MOVING FORWARD. SO BARRING ANY OTHER. CONVERSATION, THE COMMISSION I WOULD ENTERTAIN ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE AMENDMENT TO REPLACE THE 2021 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY WITH THE UPDATED 2025 PLANNING STUDY, AND THEN FORWARD THAT TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION. COMMISSIONER. SURE, IT'S A BIG MOUTHFUL AND I STRUGGLE WITH HOW TO PHRASE MY RECOMMENDATION THAT I THINK THE MOTION I WOULD MAKE IS THAT THE 2025 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND IMPACT FEE STUDY BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION AND CONDUCT ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AS REQUIRED BY LAW. AND THAT THE THE CITY COUNCIL CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE COMMENTS MADE AT THIS MEETING, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER COMMENTS THAT MIGHT BE MADE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO THE MOTION IS TO MOVE FORWARD ESSENTIALLY. OKAY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL COMMENTS. DOES ANYBODY WANT TO SECOND THE MOTION? THE COMMISSIONER STORAGE MADE OR PROPOSE A DIFFERENT MOTION? I'LL SECOND COMMISSIONER STORES. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION. IN A SECOND. WE'LL TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON ONE OF THE TIME. YES. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL. VOTE. COMMISSIONER CANTU, I. COMMISSIONER PANTER.

SCOTT ISLER, I OGDEN MEEHAN, I STORE I MOTION PASSED. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT YOU HAD DONE THAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NO, SHE'S REFERRING TO ME. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE BUSINESS ITEMS NUMBER FOR FINAL PLAT FOR WILLOWS PLACE TOWNHOMES, DIVISION ONE, REPLAT ABOUT FOUR THROUGH SIX AND SEVEN. BLOCK FIVE SPACE. WE MIGHT TAKE A QUICK BREAK IN. I W WHERE IT IS. TIME TO TAKE CARE. THANK YOU FOR THIS REQUEST TO BREAK. WE WILL MOVE TO ITEM

[4. PLT25-027: FINAL PLAT for Willows Place Townhomes Division No. 1. Replat of Lots 4, 6, and 7 of Block 5, New Sweden Estates Division No. 3. Located north of the Highland Canal, east of Bluebird Lane, south of Plommon Street, and west of S Bellin Road.]

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SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES TO THE WEST AND ACROSS TO THE EAST. AND AS ALREADY MENTIONED, THE SCHOOL TO THE SOUTH. IF YOU TAKE JUST A LITTLE BIT BROADER VIEW, YOU CAN SEE A GREATER VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES. THERE ARE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES IN THE AREA, INCLUDING DUPLEXES AND TOWNHOMES. THERE ARE SOME APARTMENTS, THERE'S A FAIR AMOUNT OF GREEN SPACE AND EDUCATIONAL USES. CIVIC USES. THERE'S A FAIRLY DECENT MIX OF USE TYPES HERE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA. THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE FINAL PLAT. THIS IS WHERE I'LL JUST SPEND A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME ON THE REQUIREMENTS. FINAL PLANS ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN TERMS OF THEIR APPLICATION, WHERE IT'S JUST A IF THEY COMPLY. THE CITY CODE SAYS THAT THE FINAL PLAT SHOULD BE APPROVED, IN THIS CASE AN R1 ZONE. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WOULD POINT OUT. THE PLAT DOES COMPLY WITH THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND ZONING ORDINANCE. THE LOT SIZES. YOU'RE PROBABLY SAYING, WELL, THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE IS 7000FT■S. THESE ARE LESS THAN THAT. THERE ARE AROUND TWO BETWEEN 2 AND 3000. BECAUSE THESE ARE ATTACHED HOMES. THERE IS A PORTION OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE THAT STATES THAT WHEN ATTACHED HOMES ARE BEING DEVELOPED WITH A LOT SIZE, MINIMUMS AND WIDTHS DO NOT APPLY. SO THE ONE THING WHERE THIS THESE LOTS DO NOT COMPLY IS IF THEY FACE A PRIVATE STREET INSTEAD OF A PUBLIC STREET. AND THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE PLANNING OF DEVELOPMENT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT ANY APPROVAL OF THIS PLAN IS CONTINGENT UPON APPROVAL OF THE PD AS WELL. ONE THING THAT I ALSO WOULD POINT OUT, I MENTIONED PRIVATE STREETS. THAT'S ON THE COMMON LOT, WHICH IS LOT 15. SORRY, I FORGOT TO MENTION THERE ARE 15 TOTAL LOTS, 14 BUILDABLE LOTS FOR THE ATTACHED HOMES, ONE COMMON LOT FOR THE AMENITY, THE STORM POND AND THE PRIVATE DRIVE WITHIN THAT PRIVATE DRIVE. OFTEN PUDS. YOU WILL SEE DEVELOPERS WHO BUILD PRIVATE UTILITIES AS WELL. THIS DEVELOPER IS NOT DOING THAT.

THEY ARE BUILDING PUBLIC UTILITIES TO THE CITY STANDARD WITHIN A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT. SO THIS IS. IT'S A POSITIVE THING TO NOTE HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR PLOT. THEY ARE PUBLIC UTILITIES. AND THEN I'M ACTUALLY PROBABLY END ON THIS SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A PHOTO OF THE SITE. THESE ARE I'M BORROWING STAFF'S SLIDES. BUT JUST POINT OUT, AS YOU NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, THAT STAFF DID FIND THAT THIS IS COMPLIANT WITH THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MEETS THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS, AND THEY RECOMMEND APPROVAL. AND WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL AGREE WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH I JUST ALL RIGHT. WE'LL DO STAFF. THANK YOU. COMMISSION THOROUGH PRESENTATION I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TO ADD TO IT. I'LL JUST COME BACK TO THE PLAT AND JUST SPECIFICALLY MENTION STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS. BOTH THE PLANNING OFFICE AS WELL AS THE OTHER REVIEWING DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY. SO FIRE, PUBLIC WORKS, WATER. SEWER, THE THE PROJECT DOES COMPLY WITH ALL OF OUR MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS. WHEN IT IS DEVELOPED AS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. YOU DID TAKE ACTION ON THAT PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT LAST MONTH. SO AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE PLAN, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT WILL PROCEED TO CITY COUNCIL. ALSO SIMILAR TIMES TO ENSURE THAT THAT THE PROJECT DOESN'T MEET ALL OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND ZONING ORDINANCE, AND CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PLAN TONIGHT AND QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FOR ME? OKAY, I DON'T SEE ANY. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU AS A COMMISSION. I WAS ABSENT LAST MONTH THAT ADDRESSED THIS THOROUGHLY WITH THE PB. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS ON THE COMMISSION? OKAY, I WILL

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VERY GOOD. WE'LL TAKE COMMISSIONER MEEHAN'S. HE SPOKE FIRST. WE'LL JUST DO A VOICE VOTE ON THAT. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ANY. THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSES. WE WILL

[5. PLT25-029: FINAL PLAT for Stanger Farms Commercial Addition, Second Amended. Replat of Lots 3-4, Block 1 of Stanger Farms Commercial Addition, First Amended. Located north of E Anderson Street, east of Murphy Way, south of Environmental Way, and west of Hemmert Avenue and N Yellowstone Hwy.]

FARMS ORIGINAL WAS PLATTED IN ABOUT 1970. AND WE DID FIRST AMENDED LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AGO. I BELIEVE IT'S THE STARBUCKS STRIP MALL IS NOW, AND THE DEVELOPER IS NOW JUST KIND OF PASSING IT OFF INTO MORE LOTS TO FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT. SO WE DIDN'T DO AN KIND OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS OF STINGER FARMS, AND WE'LL SEE SOME OTHER NEW BUILDINGS GOING UP THERE AS THIS GOES THROUGH, THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE'VE GOT PLENTY EXPRESS BEING UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. THE OLD PIZZA HUT, WHAT THEY CALL IT DOWN ON ANDERSON, IT'S BEEN DEMOED AND PLANS FOR SOME FUTURE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THERE. BUT THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS THIS IS A COMMERCIAL LOT WITH NO PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. ALL THE UTILITIES ARE IN PLACE, ALL THE EASEMENTS ARE IN PLACE, AND WE'RE JUST SIMPLY HERE TO BREAK OUT SOME INDIVIDUAL LOTS FOR PURCHASE OR COMMERCIAL. I'LL STAND FOR QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE. SORRY. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF LOTS ARE. HOW MANY? NINE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND ARE ALL OF THEM BUILDABLE OR IS OKAY? YES. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DO. WE HAVE EXISTING STRUCTURES ON THIS PROPERTY. ARE ANY OF THESE NEW LOT LINES CUTTING UP EXISTING STRUCTURES. RIGHT. SO IF YOU LOOK ON THE SO THERE'S A FEW LOTS ON THE ON THE BIG LOTS. CALL THEM ONE. AS YOU GO TO THE SOUTH. THOSE LOT LINES ARE RIGHT BETWEEN SOME OF THE BUILDING LINES THAT ARE OUT THERE. NOW. WE SURVEYED THOSE BUILDING LINES AND THEY WERE RIGHT BETWEEN THE EXISTING BUILDINGS. SO WE'RE CONFIDENT THAT THOSE LINES ARE THE BUILDING SPLIT BETWEEN THE LOTS. OKAY, OKAY. COMMISSIONER STEWART, JUST CLARIFICATION. YOU HAD MADE THE COMMENT THAT ALL THE. UTILITIES FOR PRESUMABLY WATER AND SEWER ARE ALREADY INSTALLED. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. YEAH. WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK LATELY IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. JUST. MAKING EASEMENTS AND DRAWING UP NEW EASEMENTS. SO WE HAVE WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES WHERE I WAS HAVING DIFFICULTIES. I COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THE PLAT THAT REFLECTED THE LOCATION OF THOSE UTILITY EASEMENTS. I ASSUME THEY ARE INTENDED TO BE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE. WELL, I GUESS IF YOU LOOK ON THIS, YOU CAN SEE ALL THE DASHED LINES REPRESENT ALL EASEMENTS. SOME OF THEM ARE WATER, SOME OF THEM ARE SEWER, SOME OF THEM ARE POWER. YEAH. IT'S BEEN A MESS, BUT WE'RE SLOWLY WADING THROUGH IT. ARE YOU CONTEMPLATING THOSE? BE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE EASEMENTS. THEY'RE ALL PUBLIC. YEAH. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. HEAR FROM STAFF. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. A FINAL PLAT WITH NINE BUILDABLE LOTS AS SHOWN. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE DIVISIONS, SOME OF THE LINES. THE PURPOSE OF THE IS ALSO TO PROVIDE STREET FRONTAGE FOR SOME OF THE REAR LOTS, SO THAT THOSE LOTS CAN ALSO HAVE SIGNAGE AND OTHER THINGS THE SUBDIVISION WILL NEED. IF I GO BACK JUST TO THE AERIAL OF THE SITE. IT IS AN EXISTING SHOPPING CENTER NOW, REDEVELOPING PORTIONS OF IT WITH PAD SITES ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF THOSE. SO THAT IS THE PURPOSE FOR A LOT OF THE ADDITIONAL LOTS. AND IN ORDER TO CREATE THOSE PADS, ALSO TO PROVIDE FOR THE SIGNAGE

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SO NAME THE DESIGNATION. GREAT, GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION AMONGST THE COMMISSION? ANY SERIOUS HEARTBURN. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. DO IT. GO AHEAD. I MOVE THAT THE COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE FINAL PLAT FOR STANGER FARMS COMMERCIAL EDITION. SECOND AMENDED TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A SECOND. I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER CANTY. VOICE VOTE IS FINE. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED?

[6. Resolution validating conformity of the Urban Renewal Plan for the Proposed Riverwalk Urban Renewal Plan with the City of Idaho Falls’ Comprehensive Plan. ]

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO ONCE AGAIN, BRAD KRAMER, PERSPECTIVE PLANNING CONSULTANT AND 1742 OUTLINE IDAHO FALLS. NORMALLY THIS WOULD BE A STAFF PRESENTATION. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE IDAHO FALLS URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY. TYPICALLY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WOULD MAKE THE PRESENTATION. THE REASON THAT I'M HERE IS A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS I DID SERVE AS THE CONSULTANT THAT WROTE THE ELIGIBILITY REPORT AND WROTE THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR THIS AREA. AT THE TIME, IT WAS JUST BEGINNING THE PROCESS. THERE WAS SOME PENDING LITIGATION THAT INVOLVED BOTH THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY STAFF. AND SO I WAS ASKED TO FOR THIS SPECIFIC AREA TO FILL IN AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE. AND ALTHOUGH THOSE SITUATIONS HAVE CHANGED AND FOR THE MOST PART, RESOLVE THEMSELVES, WE DETERMINED THAT I'VE ALREADY SHEPHERDED ALONG THIS FAR. WE'LL FINISH FINISH IT UP. SO WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS WALK THROUGH THE THE PROPOSED URBAN RENEWAL AREA AND ITS CONSISTENCY WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND AS YOU SEE, THE RESOLUTION WE HAVE BEFORE YOU IS TO FOR YOU TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT DOES COMPLY OR IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN. SO I NEED TO SPEND JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME ON THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, JUST FOR THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR WITH HOW URBAN RENEWAL WORKS AND WHAT THE PROCESS IS TO GET TO THIS POINT, THE URBAN RENEWAL LAW IS SET UP BY STATE STATUTE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF STATUTES THAT GOVERN IT, BOTH IN TITLE 50. THERE'S CHAPTERS 36, SECTIONS 20 AND 29, WHICH IS 29 IS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACT. THE THE BASICS OF IT IS THAT WHEN AN AREA IS CREATED, THE THE BASE VALUE OF ALL THOSE PROPERTIES WITHIN THAT DISTRICT CONTINUE TO PAY THEIR NORMAL PROPERTY TAX TO ALL THE TAXING ENTITIES THAT THEY NORMALLY WOULD. BUT THEN AS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS AND THE VALUE INCREMENT IS ADDED TO THAT DISTRICT, THOSE ADDITIONAL NEW PROPERTY TAXES, IT'S NOT A NEW TAX. IT'S A TAX IS GENERATED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT. THOSE INSTEAD GO TO THE IDAHO URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY TO REINVEST BACK INTO THE URBAN AREA. THOSE FUNDS CAN ONLY BE SPENT WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY. AND SO IT'S A REINVESTMENT TOOL FOR OLDER AND DETERIORATING AREAS. IT CAN BE USED AS A TOOL FOR GREENFIELD DEVELOPMENT THAT MIGHT BE EXPERIENCING SOME SORT OF CHALLENGE WITH DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, A LOT OF LAVA ROCK, THE SUBDIVISION YOU JUST APPROVED IS AN URBAN RENEWAL AREA BECAUSE OF LAVA ROCK AS WELL AS DETERIORATING CONDITIONS. SO IT'S A GREAT TOOL WHEN USED APPROPRIATELY, TO HELP REINVEST IN OLDER AREAS TO HELP ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT FOR UTILITIES. AND ROADS

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SO THEN THAT SAME ELIGIBILITY REPORT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN JULY, WHEN THEY ALSO AUTHORIZED THE CREATION OF A PLAN AND ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY. SO THAT THAT PLAN THAT THEY AUTHORIZED, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT TONIGHT, INCLUDES AN OUTLINE OF THE DURATION OF THE DISTRICT, THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED TO OCCUR. AND THEN, AS I MENTIONED, THE THE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDY, WILL THE PROJECTS THAT ARE ANTICIPATED ON THE PRIVATE SIDE, WILL THEY GENERATE ENOUGH TAX REVENUE TO COVER THE ANTICIPATED COSTS TO REMEDIATE SITES, TO BUILD PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, ETC. I SHOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT WHEN I SAY THOSE, THOSE TAX DOLLARS HAVE TO BE REINVESTED BACK INTO AN URBAN RENEWAL AREA, THEY THERE ARE LIMITATIONS ON HOW THAT MONEY CAN BE SPENT. IT HAS TO BE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT AND PUBLIC GOOD. PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE SITE REMEDIATION IS CONSIDERED A PUBLIC BENEFIT BECAUSE IT IT ACTIVATES A SITE THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT HAVE DEVELOPED. SO IN OCTOBER, IF APPROVED, THE PLAN AND WHICH APPROVED HERE TONIGHT, YOUR ROLE, ASSUMING YOU APPROVE THE RESOLUTION, THEN TRANSMITS THE PLAN TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THE TARGET FOR THAT IS DECEMBER 18TH, WHICH IS THE THE FINAL MEETING OF THE YEAR. THIS IS A BUSY TIME FOR URBAN RENEWAL AROUND THE STATE TO TO GET THESE IN PLACE. PART OF THE REASON FOR THAT IS THAT THESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THESE ECONOMIC FEASIBILITY STUDIES, LOOK AT VALUES AND TAX REVENUES BACKWARDS FOR THE FOR THE PRIOR YEAR. AND SO ONCE THE CALENDAR SWITCHES OVER AND NEW REVENUES AND NEW NEW VALUES ARE ASSIGNED, THOSE STUDIES BECOME A LITTLE BIT OUT OF DATE. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THESE ARE A LOT OF THESE DISTRICTS TRY TO WRAP UP BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR. SO YOUR ROLE TONIGHT IS DESCRIBED IN 52,008 THAT YOU'LL LOOK AT THIS PLAN IS WHETHER IT'S IN CONFORMITY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY AS A WHOLE. SO WHAT I'LL BE DOING IS JUST KIND OF WALKING YOU THROUGH WHERE THIS IS LOCATED, AND I'LL WALK THROUGH THE APPLICABLE POLICIES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. SO THIS SLIDE SHOWS YOU THE RIVERWALK STUDY AREA.

THIS IS LOCATED JUST EAST OF UTAH AVENUE AND THE WALMART AREA WEST OF THE SNAKE RIVER.

NORTH OF PANCARI. SOUTH OF BROADWAY, YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE THREE DISTINCT DEVELOPMENT SITES. NOW THIS SITE. THIS PLAN IS UNIQUE IN TERMS OF HOW IT'S SET UP. IT'S VERY SPECIFIC ON SITES THAT IT'S INTENDED TO COVER. I WILL SAY THAT THIS BOUNDARY WAS DISCUSSED QUITE A BIT BETWEEN MYSELF, THE AGENCY, THE DEVELOPER AND THE CITY STAFF TO DETERMINE IF IT SHOULD BE LARGER. ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS THAT IT IS THE SIZE THAT IT IS AND ENCOMPASSES THE SPECIFIC SITES, AND BECAUSE THESE ARE THE THREE SITES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED AS READY TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE NEXT 3 TO 5 YEARS, THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT THESE DISTRICTS CAN ONLY BE IN PLACE FOR A MAXIMUM OF 20 YEARS, AND WHEN THERE'S NO MARKET QUITE YET ON THESE OTHER SITES, WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS YOU'RE REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF POTENTIAL REVENUE THAT CAN BE COLLECTED TOWARDS THOSE PROJECTS AND HELP REMEDIATE THE SITE. SO WE DETERMINED WHAT THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE BETTER TO WAIT ON SOME OF THE OTHER SITES UNTIL THERE WAS MORE IDENTIFIABLE PROJECT. YOU CAN SEE. SO SITE ONE CAN TELL YOU THERE'S THERE'S A THERE'S A HOTEL IN THE WORKS. SITE TWO THERE'S A CONCEPT FOR AN OFFICE BUILDING IN SITE THREE, THERE'S A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT CONCEPT WITH RETAIL OFFICE ON THE MAIN AND RESIDENTIAL ON THE UPPER FLOORS. THE HOTEL IS IS LIKELY TO BE THE FIRST PROJECT TO GET STARTED. I WANTED TO SHOW THIS AERIAL TOO. THIS IS FROM 2000. THIS AREA WAS PART OF WHAT WAS CALLED THE SNAKE RIVER URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT THAT CLOSED BACK IN 2018. IT WAS ONE OF THE CITY'S BIGGEST AND MOST SUCCESSFUL DISTRICT. THE DISTRICTS BEFORE IT CLOSED.

ORIGINALLY STARTING OVER ON THE SHILOH IN SITE, IT CONTRIBUTED TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF

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IF I GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS WILL SHOW YOU WHY IT'S STILL ELIGIBLE IN IN IDAHO LAW, ONCE YOU CLOSE A DISTRICT, YOU CANNOT REOPEN IT WITH THOSE SAME BOUNDARIES. IF THERE ARE STILL DETERIORATING CONDITIONS, HOWEVER, YOU CAN OPEN SITES, REOPEN SITES WITHIN THAT OLD BOUNDARY. AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S CLEAR IT'S OKAY, LEGALLY SPEAKING, THAT THESE SITES WERE PART OF A FORMER URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT AND ARE NOW PART OF A STANDALONE DISTRICT. WHAT THIS MEANT HERE IS REPRESENTS SOIL MAPS THAT SHOW THAT THERE IS SHALLOW BASALT. I MENTIONED EARLIER. WE HAVE A LOT OF SHALLOW LAVA ROCK IN THIS CITY THAT MAKES DEVELOPMENT OF BUILDINGS AND UTILITIES EXTREMELY COSTLY, AND THAT'S REALLY WHY THESE SITES DIDN'T DEVELOP. THEY NEED ASSISTANCE IN BLASTING ROCK AND REMEDIATING THE SITE. SO ALMOST EVERY PROJECT THAT THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY PARTICIPATED IN DURING THE SNAKE RIVER DISTRICT, IN SOME FORM OR FASHION, WAS PAYING TO BLAST ROCK. AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT THE THE MAIN REQUEST IS HERE AS WELL. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT AS WE GO THROUGH THE SLIDES. AS I MENTIONED, THE PRIMARY FACTOR THAT MAKES A SITE ELIGIBLE IS THE SHALLOW BASALT. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THAT ON THE SURFACE HERE IN THESE SLIDES. ON THE LEFT IS SITE ONE WHERE THE HOTEL WILL BE BUILT. ON THE RIGHT IS SITE THREE. YOU CAN SEE CITIZENS COMMUNITY BANK THERE IN THE BACKGROUND. SO JUST OFF TO THE LEFT OF THAT PHOTO YOU CAN SEE CULVER'S RESTAURANT. OTHER REMEDIATION ISSUES INCLUDE ON SITE THREE. AGAIN THIS LOVELY PIT THAT WAS BLASTED AND FILLED WITH ROCK.

YOU CAN ALSO SEE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, SORT OF THAT PEOPLE ARE DRIVING NEXT TO THAT WITH NO PROTECTION OTHER THAN COMMON SENSE TO NOT HAVE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH ALL OF THAT. BUT THIS IS AGAIN A VERY EXPENSIVE REMEDIATION. THIS WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE ESTIMATES FROM THE FOLKS THAT WERE DOING THE BLASTING, THIS SITE WAS BY FAR THE MOST EXPENSIVE TO REMEDIATE BECAUSE OF THAT ROCK. IN TERMS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THIS AREA IS SHOWN AS MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS, WHICH IS BOTH ON THE WITHIN THE STUDY AREA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

THE ZONING FOR THE FOR SITES ONE AND TWO IS CENTRAL COMMERCIAL OR CC, AND SITE THREE IS HIGHLY COMMERCIAL OR HHC. IT'S NOT CALLED HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL ANYMORE. SORRY.

THAT'S THAT'S FOR MY OLD MY VERY, VERY OLD CITY DAYS. BUT HHC NONETHELESS. THE CC ZONE IS REALLY A ZERO SETBACK, MORE OF A DENSE DOWNTOWN TYPE FEEL. HHC IS MEANT TO HAVE SERVICES THAT WOULD, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE FOR THE TRAVELING PUBLIC. IT'S TYPICALLY LOCATED NEXT TO BUSIER STREETS LIKE LIKE BROADWAY, LIKE I-15. SO THE ZONING ALREADY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THAT'S WHY IT'S THERE. THE WAY THAT URBAN RENEWAL IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT PLAN IS THAT IT ACTIVATES THAT DEVELOPMENT. IT ALLOWS IT TO HAPPEN. SO MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS IS DESCRIBED. I WON'T READ ALL OF THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT MAKES IT USES RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, SERVICE, HOSPITALITY. ALL OF THESE THINGS CAN BE FOUND IN MIXED USE CENTERS AND CORRIDORS. IT'S MEANT TO BE CONVENIENT.

IT'S IT'S MEANT TO CONNECT NEARBY HOUSING WITH WITH THOSE SERVICES. ONE OF THE WAYS IT DOES THAT, CERTAINLY THROUGH ROADS WHICH ARE ALREADY IN EXISTENCE, ONE OF THE OTHER WAYS IT DOES THAT IS THROUGH MAKING SURE THAT OUR PATHWAYS AND SIDEWALKS ARE CONNECTED, SO THAT THOSE WHO WANT TO WALK, BIKE OR USE SOME OTHER FORM OF TRANSPORTATION BESIDES AN AUTOMOBILE CAN DO SO SAFELY. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT PROJECT WITHIN THIS PROPOSED DISTRICT.

ON THE LEFT IS LOOKING NORTH JUST ALONG THAT SITE. UNDER THE HOTEL SITE, THE CANAL IS INCLUDED WITHIN THE BOUNDARY SO THAT THIS PATH CAN CONNECT UP TO THE ROAD TO THE NORTH. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT, I THINK IS PROBABLY THE MORE CRITICAL PROJECT IN TERMS OF SAFETY.

THIS IS THE SITE. THIS IS ALONG SITE THREE. YOU CAN SEE THE THE THE NOW FAMOUS FOUNTAIN THERE IN THE BACKGROUND WITH THE WITH THE EAGLES THERE AT TAYLOR CROSSING. AND YOU NOTICE THAT THERE IS NO SIDEWALK. THERE IS SIDEWALK WHERE I'M STANDING WHERE I TOOK THAT PHOTO.

THERE'S A BIG GAP IN THAT SIDEWALK, AND THIS IS A MAIN CONNECTION. IF I GO TO THIS NEXT SLIDE STOLEN FROM GOOGLE MAPS, AND YOU CAN SEE JUST THE VARIOUS LOCATIONS THAT SOMEBODY COULD WALK OR BIKE TO AS RESIDENTIAL CONTINUES TO DEVELOP IN THE AREA CONNECTING THAT SIDEWALK, CONNECTING THAT PATHWAY MAKES IT MORE CONVENIENT TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE SERVICES, WHICH IS A BIG PART OF YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN IMPROVING CONNECTIVITY HERE.

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THESE ARE THE SUMMARIES, BUT THESE ARE DIRECT QUOTES FROM IMAGINE IF CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE IDAHO FALLS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO IDENTIFY AND PROMOTE REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. THIS PLAN DOES THAT PROMOTE TAX INCREMENT FINANCING AS A PRIMARY TOOL FOR REDEVELOPMENT? TAX INCREMENT FINANCING IS THAT METHOD THAT I DESCRIBED AT THE BEGINNING WHERE THE INCREMENTAL TAXES GO TO THE AGENCY. SO THIS PLAN DOES THAT AS WELL AND ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS ALREADY SERVED BY PUBLIC UTILITIES, OR WHERE EXTENSIONS ARE LEAST COSTLY THROUGH INFILL INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, WHICH THIS IS SO IT'S. MY RECOMMENDATION AND OPINION THAT THIS PROPOSED URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT DOES COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION. I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. VERY INFORMATIVE. COMMISSIONER STORY. DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? OKAY. MR. SCOTT, CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THIS WORKS? THE, FOR INSTANCE, FOR THE HOTEL, THE $2 MILLION TO CLEAR THE BASALT OBVIOUSLY HAS TO BE DONE FIRST THING. IS THAT DONE ON A REIMBURSEMENT BASIS OR IS THERE UPFRONT MONEY AVAILABLE? YEAH, THAT'S ACTUALLY A GREAT QUESTION. SO I'M I'M REALLY CONSERVATIVE IN HOW IT USES THIS PROGRAM. THE STATE DOES ALLOW FOR THINGS LIKE BONDING SO THAT THERE WOULD BE FUNDS AVAILABLE. IDAHO FALLS HAS NOT DONE THAT HISTORICALLY. SO THE WAY THIS WILL WORK IS THE DEVELOPER WILL PAY ALL OF THOSE UPFRONT COSTS TO BLAST AND REMEDIATE. AND THEN WHEN THEIR HOTEL IS BUILT, THE TAX DOLLARS FROM FROM THAT PROJECT WILL THEN REIMBURSE THEM OVER THE COURSE OF 20 YEARS. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER PRESENTATION OR IS IT JUST A VERY GOOD JUST A MATTER OF HOUSEKEEPING FOR ME, OUR RESOLUTION IS SIMPLY FOR THE DOCUMENT HERE, NOT WE DON'T HAVE A TWO PART TO THIS. IT'S JUST THE RESOLUTION. CORRECT.

AND I DID WANT TO MAKE CLARIFICATION. THE AGENDA INDICATES THAT THIS IS SOMETHING YOU WOULD RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. YOU ARE THE APPROVING ENTITY FOR THE RESOLUTION. RESOLUTION. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I ASSUMED.

THANK YOU. ANY DISCUSSION AMONGST THE COMMISSION? I'LL JUST SAY ONE THING. THIS IS A PRIME PROPERTY IN THE CITY, AND IT'S SAD TO SEE THAT IT HASN'T HAD ANYTHING GOOD ON IT FOR SO LONG. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT THE CITY AND LOCAL PROPERTY OWNERS ARE STILL INVESTED IN THIS AREA, BECAUSE IMPROVING AREAS LIKE THIS IS JUST FURTHER SHOWCASING HOW BEAUTIFUL OUR CITY IS, ESPECIALLY RIGHT HERE NEXT TO THE RIVER. I DRIVE HERE AS A SIDE ROAD SOMETIMES BECAUSE I JUST ENJOY IT MORE, AND I NOTICED THEY CUT ALL THE TREES DOWN ALONG THAT ROAD, WHICH I'M GLAD ABOUT BECAUSE THEY WERE DYING. SO HOPEFULLY THIS URBAN RENEWAL DISTRICT WILL. REINVEST AND HELP CONTINUE TO BEAUTIFY IT. AND SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THIS ONE.

THIS IS URBAN RENEWAL DONE RIGHT. SO I'M ALWAYS FASCINATED AS I DRIVE AROUND AND SEE THESE

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OKAY, WONDERFUL. THEN WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION VALIDATING THE CONFORMITY OF THE URBAN RENEWAL PLAN. AND I'LL LET YOU READ THE WHOLE COMMENT ON NUMBER SIX. I WOULD MAKE THAT MOTION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER STEUER, DO WE HAVE A SECOND TO THE MOTION? SECOND. THANK YOU. MR. ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, I ANY OPPOSED THE RESOLUTION PASSES. DO YOU HAVE A CLEAN COPY FOR ME TO SIGN OR AM I SUPPOSED TO SIGN THIS ONE? THANK YOU. MY KNEE BENT A LITTLE BIT IN THE BACK. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON THE COMMENT AND THE BUSINESS ITEMS. WE HAVE A MISCELLANEOUS ITEM.

[7. Public Works Presentation on Road Construction Projects ]

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR STICKING AROUND TO LISTEN TO THIS. THIS IS THE EXCITING STUFF. SO YEAH.

SO AGAIN, I'M CHRIS CANFIELD. I DO JUST REALIZED I FORGOT TO PUT MY NAME ON THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. I'M THE ASSISTANT PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. I'VE BEEN HERE FOR 12 YEARS, SEEING SOME THINGS LIKE IMPACT FEES, WORK ON THE FEDERAL AID PROCESS, AND JUST A LOT OF PROJECTS WITHIN IDAHO FALLS. SO I WAS ASKED TO COME AND PRESENT ON TRAFFIC PROJECT PRIORITIES. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS AN INTEREST IN THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I TEND TO KIND OF PHONE YOU ON THE METHODOLOGY OF HOW WE GO ABOUT PRIORITIZING OUR PROJECTS, CHASING FUNDING, AND THEN IF THEY'RE MORE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO TRY TO CHASE THAT INFORMATION, AND MAYBE I CAN ADDRESS WHY I ASKED FOR THIS.

WE'RE ASKED OFTEN IN PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT ROADS. WHEN WE HAVE A CITY AND COUNTY DIFFERENTIATION, AND WHAT ARE WE DOING TO WIDEN THE ROAD IF WE'RE GOING TO ALLOW THIS DEVELOPMENT TO COME IN THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. AND SO I FELT LIKE THIS WOULD BE A VALUABLE PRESENTATION FOR THE COMMISSION TO HAVE AND ANY, ANY PUBLIC THAT WANT TO HEAR WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES, WHAT ARE BEING WORKED, ROADS ARE BEING WORKED ON AND WHAT WILL BE COMING DOWN THE ROAD DOWN THE ROAD. OKAY, SO WITH THAT, I WILL SAY THAT OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM UPDATES THAT YOU SAW IN THE IMPACT STUDY, BUT THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE ARE PRIORITIZING OUR PROJECTS. WE PHYSICALLY TRACKED DEVELOPMENT, TRACKED TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDIES, WE USE STUDIES THROUGHOUT THE REGION AND TRY TO GET THIS IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. SO I'LL START MY PRESENTATION AND FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS AS WE GO. SO THANK YOU. FIRST PICTURE I SELECTED THIS IS WHAT SOME PEOPLE MIGHT ENVISION A 17TH STREET IN THE FUTURE.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO AVOID. SO. SO WITH OUR PROJECT PRIORITIES, BASICALLY THE METHODOLOGY BEHIND IT IS CAPACITY FUNDING MECHANISMS AVAILABLE. AND FINDINGS AND STUDIES. AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH. SO I WILL SAY I STARTED MY CAREER IN 1998, IN BOISE, THAT AREA. I WORKED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT ON EAGLE ROAD. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT CORRIDOR. AT THE TIME, IT WAS A RURAL ROAD BETWEEN.

EAGLE AND FAIRVIEW, AND IT WAS A TWO LANE ROAD. FIELDS ON BOTH SIDES. AND PEOPLE ASKED, WHY DO YOU WHY DO YOU FROM TWO LANES TO FIVE? AND THEN NOW WE DRIVE IT. NOW IT'S A SEVEN LANE CORRIDOR THAT'S QUITE EXTENSIVE. SO IT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE THINK ABOUT AS WE THINK THE CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT. SO CAPACITY NEEDS AND TRAFFIC DEMANDS. SO THIS IS JUST A MAP AS RELATED TO OUR WHAT WE CALL OUR BONNEVILLE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION.

BASICALLY THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN. SO THIS IS A FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION MAP. WHAT IT DOES IS IDENTIFY OUR CORRIDORS. WE IDENTIFY ARTERIAL ROADS COLLECTOR ROUTES AND THEN OUR LOCAL ROADS, THE COLORED ONES THE PURPLE AND THE ORANGE AND THE GREEN ARE ARTERIALS. AND THEY RANGE FROM MINOR ARTERIALS TO WHAT WE CALL STRATEGIC ARTERIALS. THE DIFFERENCE IN THOSE IS TYPICALLY THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHAT WE CALL THE ROAD WIDTHS NECESSARY FOR THOSE ROUTES ARE ALL ABOUT EQUAL. IT'S THE ACCESS SPACING IN BETWEEN THEM TO HELP MOVE TRAFFIC THROUGH THEM. AN EXAMPLE ON SUNNYSIDE, WE DO AVERAGE DAILY TRAFFIC MOVEMENT

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WE DO OUR ANNUAL STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET, AND THAT USUALLY YIELDS SEALCOAT AND OVERLAYS. AND THOSE ARE RANGED FROM LOCAL ROADS TO ARTERIAL ROADS THAT WE JUST COMPLETED LAST YEAR. THIS EXAMPLE WE DO COLLECT MONEY FOR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND WE HAVE SPENT SOME MONEY ON DIFFERENT ROUTES, INCLUDING UTAH AVENUE, 65TH NORTH, 4000 SOUTH AND 50 EASTERN HOMES. SO THOSE ARE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED IN 2025. AND THEN WE'VE GOT PLANS IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW FOR SOME PROJECT ON FIFTH WEST, WHICH IS BETWEEN SOUTH 33RD NORTH AND NORTH OF CAMPUS. AND WE'VE GOT PLANS IN PLACE TO EVALUATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF WOODRUFF BETWEEN YELLOWSTONE AND AMS AND THE ROUTE. SO THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR FUNDING IN OUR OUR FEDERAL AID CATEGORIES. AND THAT WAS THE 25% THAT WAS.

REFERENCED IN THE IMPACT FEE STUDY FOR MEETING OUR NEEDS. THERE'S VARIOUS CATEGORIES WITHIN FEDERAL AID. THERE'S THE BRIDGE PROGRAM. SO WE'RE SCHEDULED TO REPLACE THE BRIDGE ON 65TH NORTH THIS WINTER. WE WOULD REPLACE A COUPLE OF BRIDGES RECENTLY LAST WINTER AS WELL. OVER ELMORE STREET AND 12TH STREET WAS WERE RECENT BRIDGE PROGRAM PROJECTS. THE TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM. THOSE ARE BIKE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY UPDATES.

THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE THE CANAL TRAIL THAT WE DID. WE DID BRIDGE CROSSING, AND WE DID SOME CONNECTIVITY WITH OUR IDAHO CANAL TRAIL. AND WE USUALLY GET, ON THE AVERAGE, ABOUT ONE PROJECT A YEAR UNDER THAT, WHAT I CALL THE TAP PROGRAM. THERE'S A SAFETY PROGRAM WHERE WE WILL DO THINGS LIKE SIGNAL UPGRADES, OUR PROGRAMED PROJECT AT. 15TH EAST AND 49TH SOUTH IS CURRENTLY A SAFETY PROJECT FOR THE SIGNAL AT THAT INTERSECTION. WE'VE ALSO GOT A SAFETY PROJECT THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE COUNTY ON AT HOLMES AND 49 SOUTH AS WELL. THAT'S A YEAR IN ADVANCE OF THAT. THERE'S GOVERNOR'S DISCRETIONARY PROJECT FUNDING THAT WE'VE CHASED BEFORE. THOSE LED TO SOME OVERLAYS ON SCIENCE CENTER AND SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR OTHER PROJECTS. AND ALSO THE RECENT PROJECT THAT CREATED ON THAT BRIDGE DECK OVER THE RIVER THAT WE MOVED THROUGH THE LAST YEAR. AND THEN THERE ARE FEDERAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY FUNDS.

THOSE ARE A LITTLE LESS COMMON FOR WHAT WE'RE ABLE TO USE, BUT WE HAVE USED THEM ON ELVIS STREET, AND WE ARE PURSUING THE USE OF THEM. YELLOWSTONE AS WELL. SO SO AS FAR AS PLANNING AND STUDIES GO FOR OUR IMPLEMENTATION, WE DO WHAT WE CALL A LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN WITH. THE BMP. RIGHT NOW IT'S A 2050 LONG-RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN THAT KIND OF GUIDES US ON VIABLE PROJECTS AND GIVES RECOMMENDATIONS UNDER THOSE CATEGORIES, AS WELL AS CAPACITY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS THAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING. AND THEY KIND OF MERGE THE CENSUS AND PROJECTED GROWTH IN THAT AREA, AS WELL AS LEADS ON THE CORRIDORS THAT ARE CURRENTLY. AND THEN WE ALSO LOOK AT AS AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, AND WE DO OUR PRELIMINARY PROCESS. BOTH REQUIRE WHAT'S CALLED THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY IN THAT AREA. AND WE'LL EVALUATE, DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF DEVELOPMENT, INTERSECTIONS IN THE ADJACENT AREA WILL TURN LANES THAT ARE NEEDED OR TURN LANES AT ADJACENT INTERSECTIONS OR CIRCLES FOR THAT, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KIND OF WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY ON WHAT'S NECESSARY TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENTS IN THOSE AREAS. SO.

AND JUST SOME MORE PICTURES. THESE ARE PICTURES OF THOSE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THAT I

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THAT'S AN EXAMPLE. SIMILAR PROJECTS ARE TYPICALLY SAFETY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AS WELL.

SO WITH THAT I'LL ENTERTAIN QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING THAT I CAN HELP SPEAK TO TO HELP INFORM. SO SPECIFICS I DIFFERENT ROADS THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED. YOU TALKED ABOUT WOODRUFF BETWEEN ANDERSON AND AND YELLOWSTONE YELLOWSTONE AND YELLOWSTONE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING. THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY DENSE AREA AT TIMES. WHAT'S THE WHAT'S THE PROJECTED TIMELINE FOR LIKE SUNNYSIDE TO 49TH ON ON HOLMES? I KNOW I'VE HEARD MAYBE IF THE BOND PASSES FOR HIGH SCHOOL DOWN THERE THAT WOULD WIDEN THE ROAD. OR IS THAT A 2030 AND BEYOND PROJECT? WHAT DO YOU FORESEE THAT? BECAUSE I SAW THAT IN THE IMPACT STUDY TO THOSE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THAT. SO CURRENTLY ON HOLMES, WHAT WE DO HAVE AND I SHOULD HAVE SPOKEN THE TIMELINE IN THE FEDERAL SENSE. SO IN THE STP URBAN PROGRAM, THAT'S ABOUT AN EIGHT YEAR PROGRAM. WE DO A PROJECT APPLICATION TO GET CONSTRUCTION. THE SAFETY PROGRAM IS A LITTLE SOONER. IT'S ABOUT THREE YEARS, AND THE BRIDGE PROGRAMS ARE 3 TO 5 YEARS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE A PROJECT SCHEDULED IN FISCAL YEAR 2028 ON HOLMES. STOP AND SAY TO GET TO TAYLOR VIEW HIGH SCHOOL OR CASTLE ROCK ROAD, TO WIDEN THAT ROAD TO THREE LANES AND PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH A BIKE PATH IN 28 THROUGH THROUGH CASTLE ROCK FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. AS THE CURRENT PROGRAM SCHEDULE. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. WHEN YOU SAY THREE LANES, YOU MEAN ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION WITH A CENTER TURN LANE, BUT WITH CURB AND GUTTER SIDEWALKS, STREET LIGHTS, ALL THAT STUFF? CORRECT. NOW, IN THAT PROJECT, AGAIN, YOU HAVE TO WORK WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEN CASTLE ROCK AND SUNNYSIDE. WE'LL HAVE AN EXTENSION WHERE WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH PLANNING TO PROVIDE FOR THAT SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES FOR A DISTANCE TO THE SOUTH. BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STOP SHORT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD AND JUST FOCUS ON THE WEST SIDE. WE'LL GET THE TURN LANE IN AND AND THE THREE LANES EACH DIRECTION AND THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY ON THE WEST SIDE. BUT THERE IS A COUNTY DEVELOPMENT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE PROPERTY AVAILABLE TO CONSTRUCT ANYTHING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT ROAD FOR A GOOD PORTION OF IT. YEAH. OKAY. SO SO WE KIND OF WE'RE CONSTRAINED WITH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OF WAY AVAILABILITY AND THE ABILITY TO GET THE RIGHT OF WAY NECESSARY TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS. THERE IS THAT AGAIN, A SIGNAL PROJECT THAT 49 SOUTH ON HOLMES. AND WE KNOW THERE'S SOME ACTIVITY FOR SOME DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN THE FUTURE. BUT UNTIL WE GET THAT RIGHT AWAY WE'RE KIND OF KIND OF STUFF. SO SO YOU DON'T HAVE A TIME FRAME FOR THE SIGNAL ON 49TH AND HOLMES, THAT ONE IS CURRENTLY PROGRAMED FOR 2027.

OKAY. SO RIGHT BEFORE THE OKAY. YEAH WE'LL SEND UP A SIGNAL. AND THEN THAT PROJECT, THE INTENT IS TO BASICALLY SET THE SIGNAL PULSE FOR THE FUTURE LAYOUT FOR THOSE ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATES. AND THEN WE'LL CONSTRUCT THE LANES AS WE'RE ABLE TO TAP INTO THOSE.

I ALSO HEAR ABOUT WOODRUFF AND 49TH A LOT. ARE THERE ANY PLANS WITH THAT ONE AND TIME FRAME? THERE IS FISCAL YEAR 2028 TO STAND UP A SIGNAL PROJECT. THAT'S A SAFETY PROJECT AS WELL THAT WOULD INCORPORATE. TURN LANES AT THE INTERSECTION FOR ABOUT 3 TO 500FT. WE ARE ALSO WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER IN OUR CIP THAT WAS IN IN THAT UPDATE, THERE'S A DEVELOPER ON THE SOUTH WEST CORNER THAT WE'RE WORKING ON IN DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT TO CONSTRUCT THOSE ROADS ALONG THIS FRONTAGE. SO THAT WOULD GET US ABOUT A HALF MILE SOUTH OF THAT INTERSECTION TOWARDS YORK ROAD. AND APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER MILE TO THE WEST. AND WOULD YOU SAY THOSE IMPROVEMENTS? YOU MEAN THEY WIDEN THEIR SIDE SIDE SIDEWALKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT? YEAH, THOSE ARE BOTH ARTERIAL ROADS. AND SO BASICALLY THE WAY THAT WILL BE STRUCTURED IS THE THE DEVELOPER WILL CONSTRUCT THOSE ROADS AND WE WILL REIMBURSE THEM OUT OF THE IMPACT FEE FUNDS. THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE CFP THAT IMPROVED IN TIME. SO THE 49TH EAST WEST TRANSECT BETWEEN HOLMES AND WOODRUFF, IS THAT A LONGER RANGE WIDENING OR WILL THAT BE AS I MEAN A LOT OF THAT'S STILL COUNTY AS WELL. BUT WE DID APPROVE AS A COMMISSION A YEAR OR TWO AGO, QUITE A DEVELOPMENT THERE AT 49TH. WOODRUFF. SO BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. ARE YOU GOING TO WIDEN? IS THAT A POTENTIAL FOR WIDENING THE WHOLE, NOT JUST THE. WILL, BASICALLY KIND OF CURIOUS, IS IT A MINOR OR MAJOR ARTERIAL? IT'S A MINOR

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IT'S IT'S COMPRISED OF TWO COMMITTEES. IT'S A TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE OF ENGINEERS AND PLANNERS. AND IN ON STAFF FROM THE COUNTY CITY LEVEL FALLS CITY OF HAMMOND ISLAND AND YUKON. AND ALSO REPRESENTED IN THAT BASICALLY TRYING TO GET THE AREA OF THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION REPRESENTED. AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE PUBLIC POLICY BOARD, WHICH IS THE ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT VALIDATE VERIFY THAT. AND THOSE ARE PUBLIC HEARINGS AT THOSE MEETINGS. THANK YOU. THAT'S HELPFUL. SO SO THE PUBLIC COMMENT TIME FRAME TO HELP IDENTIFY PRIORITIES FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, IS THAT USUALLY DONE IN THE SUMMERTIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH IN TANDEM WITH WHEN IT DOES THEIR BIG STATE? ONE. CORRECT. OKAY. YEAH.

WE KIND OF BLOCKCHAIN WITH IT. OKAY. GOTCHA. AND WHERE COULD THE PUBLIC GO OR CITIZEN OF IDAHO FALLS GO TO COMMENT ON JUST OUR LOCAL CITY I GUESS. WOULD THAT BE WOULD THAT BE DONE THROUGH ITD THROUGH THEIR COMMENT SECTION, OR IS THAT DONE SOMEHOW WITH THE MPO, BASICALLY THROUGH MPO. THAT'S WHERE I WOULD RECOMMEND THEY GO WITH THOSE COMMENTS. NOW IT DOES OPEN UP THEIR TRANSPORTATION EFFECT. EXCUSE ME, TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT PROGRAM TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND I WOULDN'T DISCOURAGE THAT AS WELL. AND THEN COUNCIL IS OPEN TO RECEIVING INPUT AND GETTING DIRECTION TO US ON PERCEPTIONS OF THE PUBLIC, OF WHERE IT SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED. OH SORRY, I'M A CHATTERBOX. OKAY, I KNOW THERE'S SOME SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS THAT I'VE SEEN THAT I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, GET CLARIFICATION ON. I KNOW NEXT YEAR, ISN'T THERE THE ELM STREET PROJECT FROM YELLOWSTONE TO BOULEVARD. CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT? WHAT'S ENTAILED WITH THAT? SURE. IN TIMEFRAME. SO YEAH, THAT ONE IS A BASICALLY A PAVEMENT REPLACEMENT PROJECT. IT'S GOT A NUMBER OF OVERLAYS. IT'S KIND OF CREATED A AN ADVERSE CROWN. WE'RE EVALUATING THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY FOR POTENTIAL CONNECTIONS WITH WHAT WE CALL HOLDOUTS AT THE CORNERS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN EXPOSURE AS THEY CROSS THE STREET ACROSS FROM THAT SCHOOL. THAT PROJECT IS FROM BASICALLY WHERE WE LEFT OFF THE ROUNDABOUT BOULEVARD, AND IT GOES TOWARDS JUST SHY OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS. IT'S BASICALLY PAVEMENT RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT. AND WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLE BIKE LANES AND THINGS LIKE THAT ALONG THERE. WHAT ABOUT LIKE UPGRADES TO LIGHTING OR TREES AND STUFF? BECAUSE I'VE NOTICED AND I'VE LEARNED THROUGHOUT TIME THAT WHEN YOU START PUTTING STREET LIGHTS AND TREES AND OTHER THINGS CLOSER, IT STARTS TO NATURALLY SLOW PEOPLE DOWN, WHICH IS A GREAT WAY TO HELP CONTROL SPEED. HAS THERE BEEN ANY CONSIDERATION WITH THAT, OR IS IT MOSTLY JUST LOOKING AT PAVEMENT AND THOSE PULLOUTS? YEAH, WE DO EVALUATE ILLUMINATION WITH OUR OUR ROAD PROJECTS AND THINGS THAT THE CURRENT DESIGN OF THAT PROJECT WILL UPGRADE SOME OF THE ILLUMINATION ON THE CORNERS WHERE IT WAS IDENTIFIED FOR

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AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS 15TH EAST OF WOODRUFF, BETWEEN YELLOWSTONE AND LINCOLN. RIGHT.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT KIND OF PARK THEIR VEHICLES TO DISPLAY FOR SALE AND THINGS LIKE THAT OUT TOWARDS THE RIGHT OF WAY. WE WE'VE REACHED OUT TO FOLKS TO KIND OF NOTIFY HIM WHEN WE SEE A SITE OBSTRUCTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WE'LL WE'LL ADDRESS IT. CURRENTLY, THERE'S A PROJECT TO WIDEN THAT, THAT ROAD THAT IS SCHEDULED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2028 AS WELL, BETWEEN LINCOLN AND YELLOWSTONE. THAT WAS SCHEDULED FOR FISCAL YEAR 2028. SO WE'VE NOTIFIED THOSE STAKEHOLDERS ABOUT THE PROJECT, ABOUT WHERE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS. WE ACTUALLY KIND OF COMMUNICATED WITH THEM AND HAD A MEETING WITH THOSE FOLKS TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE EXTENDED THAT RIGHT TURN LANE UP TO YELLOWSTONE AS WELL. AND WE KIND OF CONSTRUCTED SOMETHING TO TRY TO HELP ALLEVIATE THINGS UNTIL WE COULD GET THE PROJECT TO, TO BUILD THE FULL ROUTE. SO DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, I HAVE ANOTHER ONE. NOW, TALK ABOUT SOUTHERN BYPASS AROUND TOWN. WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THAT? SO WE JUST COMPLETED WHAT WE CALL HIGH CAPACITY ROADWAY STUDY. THAT LED US TO TRANSITION TO WHAT WE CALL OUR ACCESS MANAGEMENT PLAN. ALL THROUGH THESE MPO PLANNING STUDIES THAT I'VE REFERENCED IN THESE DOCUMENTS THAT WE DID COMPLETE THE STUDY, WE DID ADOPT BY RESOLUTION, BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY HAS HAS RECOGNIZED IT. IT BASICALLY KIND OF GIVES US GUIDANCE ON BASICALLY THAT MAP I SHOWED EARLIER TO SAY THESE ARE THESE ROUTES THAT ARE DEFINED AS STRATEGIC ARTERIALS, PRINCIPAL ARTERIALS AND MINOR ARTERIALS. AND THEN WITHIN THAT STUDY, IT DEFINES HOW ACCESSES ARE COMING IN THE RIGHT OF WAYS THAT WE WANT TO ACQUIRE AND THE ROUTES THAT WE WANT TO CONSTRUCT TO AS WE PROCEED FORWARD. SO AS FAR AS THE BYPASS LOOP WITH THAT STUDY, INITIALLY THERE WAS AN EXPRESSWAY CONCEPT THAT WAS PRESENTED, AND IN THE PUBLIC MEETINGS IT WAS ADVERTISED AND WE HAD SOME, I'LL SAY, VOCAL PUBLIC MEETINGS ABOUT IT. AND WE ACTUALLY MADE ADJUSTMENTS BECAUSE AS A RESULT OF THOSE MEETINGS THAT GO WITH THE PLAN THAT WE HAD IN FRONT OF US TODAY. THANK YOU. THIS WILL BE MY LAST QUESTION. THERE'S A MILLION DIFFERENT PROJECTS I KNOW ABOUT, BUT THERE'S ALSO COULD YOU SPEAK TO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE I KNOW IT'S A HUGE CONVERSATION. WHERE'S IT'D THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, BONNEVILLE COUNTY WITH THE I-15 US 20 PROJECT? I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY THE BIG ONE. YEAH.

WE'VE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED THE ROUTE THAT IS BEING STUDIED AND REPRESENTED IN THERE IN THE NEPA PROCESS. IT'S ALTERNATIVE H ONE THAT GOES BASICALLY JUST SOUTH OF FAIRWAY ESTATES AND KILLS OFF FROM I-15 TO TO CATCH US FROM. SOME OF OUR CURRENT DIRECTION WITH INVESTMENTS TOWARDS FIFTH WEST IS TO KIND OF COMPLEMENT THAT PLAN WITH THAT ROUTE IN THE FUTURE. ITD IS COMPLETING THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESS ON THAT. THE NEPA PROCESS, THE THE THEY'VE COMMITTED TO TRY TO GET THAT ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR. THE NEPA PROCESS HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE ON THAT PROJECT. I WILL SAY THAT WE CAN KIND OF WATCHING AND WAITING AND TRY TO WORK WITH THEM AS BEST WE CAN. WE HAVE GETTING LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THAT CONNECTION JUST TO GET THE BYPASS ESTABLISHED AND JUST PURELY FOR THE SAFETY BENEFITS OF WHAT THAT WOULD DO TO WHAT WE CALL GRANDVIEW AND I-15, THAT INTERCHANGE IN THE FUTURE. YEAH.

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ON OUR RECENT SEALCOAT PROJECT, I'VE MET WITH CONTRACTORS ABOUT MY ABILITY TO SAY, RIGHT, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, GIVE PEOPLE RELIEF ON HOMES AS WE WANT TO SEALCOAT THAT AND NOT BE BOULEVARD AND WATER AT THE SAME TIME? BECAUSE HISTORICALLY, WHAT WE LIKE TO DO IS WE'LL YOU'LL SEE US DO AN OVERLAY, AND THEN WITHIN A YEAR OR TWO, YOU'LL GET A LOT MORE LONGEVITY OF PERFORMANCE OUT OF THE PLAN, OUT OF THE PAVEMENT. IF YOU CAN PUT A SURFACE SEALCOAT ON IT TO PROTECT IT. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING WITH IS AS WE'RE ABLE TO IMPROVE PROJECTS, WHAT KIND OF IMPACTS DO WE HAVE IMMEDIATELY TO THOSE? YOU KNOW, ROAD USERS, THE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS? WE'VE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ABOUT TO HAVE AN IMPACT WHERE WE'RE REPLACING THE BRIDGE ON 16TH AT NORTH AT FAIRWAY ESTATES. AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT AROUND THERE ON 65TH NORTH ALREADY WITH IMPACTS TO THAT ROUTE. AND SO WE'VE SINCE CHOSE TO DELAY SOME PLANNED UTILITY PROJECTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO TRY TO GIVE PEOPLE A BREAK WHERE WE CAN. THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS WE CAN CONTROL. IF I'VE GOT A CITY MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, WE CAN KIND OF SAY, ALL RIGHT, LET'S LOOK AT THIS. RETHINK IT. WE HAVE DELAYED ANOTHER EXAMPLE PROJECT. A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE DID FIRST STREET PROJECT, WHERE WE REDID THE WATERLINE AND REDID THE ROAD BETWEEN YELLOWSTONE AND WINCO OR WOODROW. WE ACTUALLY DELAYED THAT PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE IMPACTS OF ADJACENT PROJECTS ON LINCOLN ROAD. WHILE DOING NORTH AND 17TH STREET, SORT OF THROUGHOUT SUB-SAHARAN. WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THIS NOW ON THE WE CAN, LIKE I SAID, WE CAN CONTROL. WE HAVE A LOT MORE CONTROL OVER THE CITY FUNDED PROJECTS, THE FEDERAL PROJECTS.

WE'RE KIND OF IN THE MERCY OF THE SCHEDULE ON THE PROGRAM CAN DO IT, AND WE HAVE TO DELIVER ON THOSE DATES. SO WHERE WE CAN CONTROL IT, WE DO THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE. ALSO THINGS. GOOD. I'LL BE TOLERATING. THERE'S ROADS THAT ARE CHALLENGES IN THE CITY THAT ARE HARD TO IMPROVE, RIGHT. LIKE 17TH STREET GETTING ACROSS TOWN, WE SEE I'VE SEEN SOME THINGS HAPPENING ALONG THE WAY. YOU KNOW, ADDING A CENTER ISLAND TO PREVENT LEFT TURNS THAT BLOCK TRAFFIC. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE SMALL THINGS YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE A ROADWAY THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE SUCH A BIG IMPACT ON TRAFFIC OR WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE OVERALL? SO THAT'S A SAFETY PROJECT THAT YOU REFERENCED ON 17TH STREET. AND USUALLY THAT STEMS FROM THAT ONE IN THAT CASE STEMMED FROM CORRIDOR STUDY AND WHAT WE CALL A ROAD SAFETY AUDIT. SO WE EVALUATED THE CORRIDOR BETWEEN YELLOWSTONE AND 25TH AND THEN.

YOU KNOW, IT CAME OUT WITH SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO HOW DO YOU MAKE THE ROAD SAFER AND IDENTIFY SOME TOOLS IN THE TOOL BOX, LIKE THE MEDIAN CURBS THAT CAN GO IN RELATIVELY QUICKLY? I WILL SAY OUR MAINTENANCE GUYS DON'T ENJOY IT WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR OWN THINGS.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER CHALLENGES WITH THOSE THAT WE NAVIGATE AND WAY OUT. BUT IN THE CASE WHERE IF WE'RE SHOWING THAT IT'S SAFER, THOSE ARE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION AND UPDATED INFORMATION. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL THAT THAT WAS ANOTHER BUSINESS ITEM. SO WE'LL CLOSE THE MEETING AND CHAIR IF I CAN. I JUST HAVE TWO HOUSEKEEPING ITEMS PLEASE. SUPER QUICK I WANTED TO JUST SHOW YOU A NEW FEATURE ON THE CITY WEBSITE RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT'S OCCURRING. OUR OLD SOFTWARE SYSTEM USED TO HAVE A MAP THAT YOU COULD GO SEE SORT OF DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS, AND WHAT WAS HAPPENING WHEN WE CHANGED SOFTWARE A YEAR AGO, THAT SERVICE WENT AWAY. SO WE HAVE BEEN WORKING AT RECREATING THAT AND MAKING THAT WORK, AND IT'S NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE PUBLIC ON THE WEBSITE. SO I JUST WANTED TO QUICKLY SHOW YOU HOW YOU WOULD GET THERE. IF YOU GO TO THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES HOME PAGE AND YOU SCROLL DOWN UNDER QUICK LINKS. IT'S CALLED THE SITE PLAN DEVELOPMENT MAP. AND YOU CAN

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AND THEN THERE'S A VIEW OPTION WHERE YOU CAN CLICK ON THAT VIEW BUTTON AND BE ABLE TO SEE THE SITE PLAN DOCUMENT OR THE PRELIMINARY PLAT OR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DOCUMENT SO PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT'S BEING TALKED ABOUT OR DISCUSSED. IT'S MY FAVORITE WEBSITE. I LOOK AT IT EVERY DAY. I'LL SAY, I DID NOT KNOW THIS HAD COME OUT. IT JUST JUST RECENTLY, LIKE LITERALLY A WEEK AGO, I WAS ONE OF THE THE NERDS WHO WOULD, YOU KNOW, RELOAD IT, TRACK IT EVERY DAY WHEN IT WAS AROUND AND WAS SAD TO SEE IT GO AWAY. SO I WAS A BETA TESTER.

YEAH, I WOULD SAY THIS IS A TREMENDOUS UPDATE TO THE AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC. THIS IS GREAT. AND WE'RE WE CURRENTLY HAVE ALL OF THE SITE PLANS ON THERE, ALL OF THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS. WE'RE WORKING TO GET THE CURRENT PLATS THAT ARE BEING REVIEWED ON ALL OF THAT ON THERE, BUT WE'RE HOPING BY THE END OF THE YEAR TO HAVE IT COMPLETE WITH ALL OF THE CURRENT PROJECTS, PUBLIC WORKS HAS GROWTH. OKAY, QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE WEBSITE THOUGH. I'VE BEEN MESSING AROUND ON IT. I'VE NOTICED THERE ARE SOME PROJECTS THAT HAVE NOW BEEN COMPLETELY COMPLETED, BUT THEY'RE STILL ON HERE. WILL THERE EVENTUALLY BE A WAY TO FILTER BY DATE ON WHEN IT WAS APPLIED FOR? THERE WON'T BE A WAY TO FILTER BY DATE. BASICALLY, AS WE DO OUR FINAL INSPECTIONS OF THOSE PROJECTS ISSUE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THEN THOSE PROJECTS WILL COME OFF OF THE MAP AS THEIR STATUS CHANGES TO COMPLETE. OKAY, SOMETIMES THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT OF ADJUSTMENT. I MEAN, YOU CAN DRIVE OUT THERE, THINK IT'S ALL DONE. BUT REALLY ON OUR END, THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE CALLED FOR FINAL ZONING INSPECTION OR A FINAL FIRE INSPECTION. AND WE'RE STILL DOING SOME SOME WORK ON OUR END. SO SO THAT'S THERE. PLEASE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT. SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE THAT YOU'D LIKE. YOU KNOW, TO TO KNOW THAT IT'S THERE. THE SECOND ITEM THAT I HAVE IS JUST OUR NEXT MEETING IS NORMALLY DECEMBER 2ND. BUT WITH THE RUNOFF ELECTION AND I MEAN, WE WE MOVED OUR MEETING TONIGHT TO TONIGHT BECAUSE OF ELECTION DAY YESTERDAY. THE RUNOFF ELECTION WILL BE ON DECEMBER 2ND. SO THE THINKING WOULD BE WE WOULD MOVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING EITHER TO THE 3RD OF DECEMBER OR THE 9TH OF DECEMBER, WHICH WOULD BE THE THE SECOND TUESDAY RATHER THAN THE FIRST TUESDAY. BUT WE KNOW DECEMBER IS A CHALLENGING MONTH WITH LOTS OF THINGS GOING ON. SO I JUST WANTED TO GET SORT OF A GUT FEEL. IS ONE DAY BETTER THAN ANOTHER AS FAR AS TRYING TO GET A QUORUM, I THINK THE EARLIER THE BETTER. SO THE THIRD THAT'S KEEPING IT THE SAME WEEK. BUT ON WEDNESDAY I'LL GO FOR THE NEXT WEEK. SO OKAY, MAYBE WHAT I COULD ASK YOU TO DO, OR I CAN SEND AN EMAIL OUT TO EVERYBODY ASKING FOR THEIR AVAILABILITY, AND THEN WE CAN JUST MAKE SURE WE GET A QUORUM. AND. THEN IT LOOKS GOOD. OKAY. I WILL HAVE AN SEND YOU AN EMAIL. SO PLEASE LOOK FOR THAT AND THEN JUST RESPOND. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU YOU GUYS.

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