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THE ARTICLE. LET'S TRY IT ONE MORE TIME. WELCOME TO THE IDAHO FALLS REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
[1. ACTION ITEM: Modifications, Additions, Changes to the Agenda]
NOVEMBER 20TH, 2025. ARE THERE ANY MODIFICATIONS OR CHANGES TO THE AGENDA? HEARING NONE WILL[ 2. ACTION ITEM: Approval of Minutes: October 16, 2025]
GO TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. FROM THE OCTOBER 16TH, 2025 MEETING. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SO MOVED. SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE.OPPOSED? SAY NAY. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE
[3. ACTION ITEM: Approval of Expenditures and Finance Report]
FINANCE REPORT FROM AS OF NOVEMBER 20TH, 2025, 100. IT HAS A NUMBER OF FEW EXPENDITURES. 137 50 TO REBECCA FOR HER WORK ON THE MINUTES. $1,155 TO BRAD KRAMER FOR HIS WORK ON. ON THE CLOSEOUT OF THAT PROJECT. RIGHT. AND $10,750 TO EVELYN BURKE FOR LEGAL SERVICES AND $700 TO THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FROM THE EAGLE RIDGE FUND. $75 TO ELLENSBURG FOR LEGAL SERVICES AND THE JACKSON HOLE FUND. $50 FOR LEGAL SERVICES TO BURKE AND $200 TO SEE IDAHO FALLS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT. AND THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON THE FINANCE REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE FINANCE REPORT OR THE BUDGET TO ACTUAL REPORT THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED THAT CASSIDY HAS PROVIDED FOR US? ALL RIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINANCE REPORT? SO MOVED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. I ALSO OMITTED TO MENTION. WE WELCOME HERE TODAY WITH US IN PERSON, LIVE AND IN OUR PRESENCE. MEGAN CONRAD FROM EDMUND BURKE AND SO MUCH APPRECIATE YOU, MEGAN, FOR BEING HERE. AND WE APPRECIATE HER EXPERTISE, WITHOUT WHICH NONE OF THIS COULD HAPPEN. SO WE VERY MUCH APPRECIATE MEGAN AND EVELYN BURKE FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF OUR OUR ORGANIZATION.[4. ACTION ITEM: Approval of Rudd & Company Audit Engagement Letter]
THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF THE RUSSIAN COMPANY AUDIT ENGAGEMENT LETTER.MEGAN, WE LOOKED AT THIS LAST MONTH. I DON'T THINK WE HAD TERRY'S INPUT. YOU DID. WE DID RIGHT. BUT WE HAD MEGAN. MEGAN LOOKED INTO IT A LITTLE BIT WITH SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED LAST TIME, AND HAS DONE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK AND HAVE HER REPORT ON WORK. SHE DID. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS REALLY APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE IN PERSON TODAY. I THINK WE LOSE A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE'RE ALWAYS ON SCREEN. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY AND FOLLOW UP TO THE MEETING LAST MONTH. WE WERE UNDER A LITTLE BIT OF A TIME CONSTRAINT TO RETAIN THE AUDITOR TO PERFORM THE AUDIT. WE HAD SOMEONE ENGAGED IN THESE DISCUSSIONS IN AUGUST, WHERE AT THE TIME THE CITY INDICATED IT WAS SELECTING A DIFFERENT AUDITOR, AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON RETAINING OUR CURRENT AUDITOR AND MOVING FORWARD ON THAT ROUTE. THEREAFTER, THE AGENCY RECEIVED AN ENGAGEMENT LETTER AND CONSIDERED HIS APPROVAL AT THE LAST MEETING THERE DURING THE. AT THAT TIME OF APPROVAL, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE AUDIT FEES SPECIFICALLY, AND IT IS HIGHER. IT'S IT'S DOUBLE, ACTUALLY WHAT IT WAS IN THE PRIOR YEAR. AND SO HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO CATCH UP WITH TREASURER STAFF AND, AND AND TO TRY AND FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND THERE WAS A FEW ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN MISS ORTON AND THE AUDITOR'S OFFICE TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING AS TO WHY THE FEE INCREASE WAS SO MUCH, AND REALLY WHY THERE WASN'T A SPECIFIC NOTIFICATION OF THAT FEE INCREASE AT THE TIME OF DELIVERY. THE AUDIT LETTER, AND ALSO TO SEE IF, BECAUSE OF THE LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP, THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF WILLINGNESS TO REDUCE THAT RATE. SO I THINK WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED IS THAT THESE TYPES OF SERVICES ARE GREATLY IN NEED AND ARE NOT A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING THESE TYPES OF SERVICES IN THE AREA. AND THE THE COST IN GENERAL ARE INCREASING ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE, INCLUDING OWNING AND MANAGING A BUSINESS AND PERFORMING THE TASKS. SO THAT'S SOMEWHAT
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UNDERLIES IT. WE'RE SOMEWHAT TOO LATE IN THE CYCLE TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT FOR AN RFP, TO RETAIN A NEW FIRM, OR EVEN TO TEST THE MARKET AS TO WHAT THE PRICING MAY BE OUT THERE. AND SO I'M JUST COMING BACK TO YOU WITH TWO POTENTIAL OPTIONS WITH RED MOVING FORWARD. SO THE FIRST IS A ONE YEAR CONTRACT FOR THE STATED PRICE, WHICH IS THE $15,500 FOR THE AUDIT FOR THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2025. AS NOTED, THIS AT THIS FEE IS EXACTLY DOUBLED FROM THE FEE FROM LAST YEAR, AND IT WOULD ONLY BE A ONE YEAR ENGAGEMENT. THE OTHER OPTION IS THERE'S A TWO YEAR ENGAGEMENT WITH RED. FOR 2025, THE FEE WOULD BE 12,500, AND THEN FOR 2026, THE FEE WOULD BE 16,000. SO CHOOSING THE OPTION TO WOULD BE A TWO YEAR ENGAGEMENT. SO WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO JUST DO THE 12,500 AND THEN GO OUT FOR AN RFP FOR THAT 20 2020, 2026. SO THOSE ARE THE CLARIFICATIONS AND THE OPTIONS THAT ARE PRESENTLY BEFORE YOU. IT'S NOT SPECIFICALLY A RECONSIDERATION OF THE RETENTION OF RED. IT'S IT'S MORE OF CLARIFICATION OF THE TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT. AND MISS MISS HERE AS WELL, WHO HAS HAD MORE DIRECT CONVERSATIONS WITH THE AUDIT FIRM. AND BOTH OF US WOULD BE WILLING TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT.VERY GOOD. THAT'S GREAT. LET'S. CASSIE, DO YOU HAVE WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO ADD? I, I DON'T THINK I HAVE MUCH TO ADD OTHER THAN I KNOW BASED ON OUR PRIOR CONVERSATIONS A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO THAT THE AGENCY WAS LOOKING AT GOING WITH RED FOR ANOTHER YEAR AND THEN POTENTIALLY GOING OUT AND LOOKING FOR MAYBE A NEW AUDITOR. SINCE WE'VE BEEN WITH RED FOR SO LONG TO TO KIND OF CHANGE IT UP AND HAVE DIFFERENT EYES. LOOKING AT OUR AUDIT MOVING FORWARD. BUT I, I JUST WANT TO ECHO WHAT MEGAN HAS SAID, THAT I THINK AT THIS POINT IT'S KIND OF NARROWING DOWN THE TWO OPTIONS, KIND OF WHAT THE BOARD FEELS IS BEST AT THIS TIME AND HOW WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. IF THE BOARD DOES SELECT OPTION TWO, I'M GOING WITH A TWO YEAR ENGAGEMENT. I WILL NEED TO REACH BACK OUT TO RED TO PERFORM TO GET A NEW ENGAGEMENT LETTER WITH THOSE NUMBERS. SO IF THAT'S THE PREFERENCE AND IF THAT'S CHOSEN, GREAT, I CAN REACH BACK OUT TO THE AUDITOR AND GET A NEW ENGAGEMENT LETTER, AND WE CAN GET THAT SIGNED AND GET THAT BALL MOVING ON THAT. SO OKAY. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION FOR MEGAN I PROBABLY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THIS, BUT ARE WE OBLIGATED TO HAVE A FULL AUDIT EVERY YEAR OR WE ARE. NO, NO, NO REVIEWS IN THE INTERIM. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS, I BELIEVE YOUR EXPENDITURES ARE SUCH THAT WE EXCEED THAT THRESHOLD YOU OFFERED. AND THEN SO 15 THIS YEAR VERSUS 12 AND THEN 16. SO TWO TIMES 15 IS 30. SO IS THERE A CHANCE THAT IN THE SECOND YEAR OF A YEAR TO YEAR CONTRACT, THAT IT'S GOING TO GO UP ABOVE 15? WHAT ARE WE CHASING HERE WITH OUR WITH THE TWO YEAR AGREEMENT. YES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS, I THINK THE TWO YEAR AGREEMENT AND MISS ORTON CAN CERTAINLY SPEAK TO THIS BETTER, BUT IT SEEMED TO BE MORE OF A CONCESSION TO RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WAS SUCH A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE. AND SO THIS WAS PRESENTED AS AN OPTION. BUT I THINK IT'S CLEAR THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE FEES UP INTO THAT RANGE AND CONTINUE TO KIND OF INCREASE FROM THAT AMOUNT GOING FORWARD. BUT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE MARKET. I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. VERY GOOD.
THANK YOU. ONE QUESTION WHO'S THE CITY USING RIGHT NOW? LISA. DO YOU KNOW WHERE THAT STANDS.
OR AND OR MOSS ADAMS. MOSS ADAMS. AND THEY'VE BEEN USING MOSS ADAMS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS. RIGHT. THE SECOND. YEAH. SECOND OR THIRD YEAR. SECOND. BEFORE THAT IT WAS I'D BAILEY.
OKAY. AND I WILL MAKE NOTE THAT WE A FEW MONTHS AGO OUR FINANCE TEAM REACHED OUT TO MOSS ADAMS TO SEE WHAT IT WOULD TAKE, HOW MUCH MONEY IT WOULD COST FOR IPRA TO JUST COMBINE WITH THE CITY'S AUDIT. AND IT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY MORE MONEY. IT WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS AROUND 25 TO 30,000 THAT THE AGENCY WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE PAID FOR THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE, THEY CHANGED THEIR NAMES, THEY'VE BEEN. YEAH THAT'S FINE. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. TERRY.
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YEAH. I MEAN, I'LL AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT THAT OUR LIMITED FIRMS THAT DO THIS KIND OF WORK IN THIS AREA. AND THAT'S VERY TRUE. I WOULD LIKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO BID THIS OUT, BECAUSE I DO KNOW OF SOME OTHER LOCAL FIRMS THAT DO THIS WORK. SO I WOULD BE WILLING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH ONE YEAR CONTRACT, BUT NOT THE TWO YEAR. THAT'S KIND OF MY THINKING, BECAUSE I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT OTHER COMPETITIVE FEES ARE OUT THERE. I DON'T THINK THIS AGENCY'S BOOKS ARE VERY COMPLICATED. NO. SO I, I KIND OF LIKE TO SEE WHAT WE COULD DO.AND THAT'S A PROCESS THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY START SOONER RATHER THAN LATER. I MEAN, WE CAN START THAT AS EARLY AS THIS NEXT YEAR, JANUARY OR FEBRUARY. SURE. STARTING TO LOOK SO JUST MAKES SENSE. I DO AGREE WITH TERRY. I THINK WE SHOULD TEST THE MARKET AND SEE WHAT WHAT WHERE WE'RE AT. I AGREE, I THINK BACK IN AUGUST WE ACTUALLY MADE THAT KIND OF A CALENDAR ITEM FOR DECEMBER TO LOOK AT PUTTING THIS OUT AS AN RFP, WE TALKED A YEAR, A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO ABOUT WE'VE BEEN WITH RED AND COMPANY FOR A LONG TIME. IT'S PROBABLY GOOD PRACTICE TO SWITCH AUDITING FIRMS PERIODICALLY TO. SO I THINK A ONE YEAR IS PROBABLY THE PATH TO PURSUE. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION? AND THIS IS WHAT THE ONE RIGHT IN FRONT OF NOW IS THE ONE YEAR 15,500. YES. SO WE HAVE TO USE THAT RIGHT. YES. YOU ACTUALLY ALREADY PROVED THAT LAST TIME. BUT I THINK JUST CONFIRMATION THAT. YES, APPROVE THE ENGAGEMENT FOR THE ONE YEAR CONTRACT FOR 15 FIVE. AND ALSO DIRECTION STAFF. I THINK WE NEED TO START LOOKING AT ANOTHER. OKAY. WELL, EXCUSE ME, MR. CHAIR. I MOVE THAT WE BY A SHOW OF HANDS THAT WE REAFFIRM OUR OUR VOTE TO APPROVE THIS EXISTING ENGAGEMENT LETTER AND THAT WE KEEP IN MIND TO PURSUE. AN RFP FOR COMPETITIVE BIDS FOR THE NEXT YEAR AFTER THAT. OKAY. I'D SAY CAN I JUST CHANGE THAT TO REDIRECT STAFF TO DO THAT SO THAT IT'S ACTUALLY CORRECT? DIRECT STAFF? YES. WITH THAT, WITH THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND AND AT THE 15,500 FOR ONE YEAR IS WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SECOND OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AMENDED. AND SECOND, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAY NAY. AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THAT. CASSIE AND
[ 5. ACTION ITEM: Consider Approval of the Confirmation of Reimbursement #1 for Public Improvements Regarding the Owner Participation Agreement with Eagle Ridge Project, LLC]
MEGAN. ALL RIGHT. THE NEXT ACTION ITEM IS CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE CONFIRMATION OF REIMBURSEMENT. NUMBER ONE FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS REGARDING THE OWNER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH EAGLE RIDGE PROJECT, LLC. MEGAN, YOU HAVE THAT. I DO. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS. SO, AS YOU RECALL, AS PART OF THE EAGLE RIDGE PROJECT AREA, AND THIS IS SEPARATE FROM THE ANNEXATION ACTION THAT OCCURRED, BUT WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA, THERE WAS ANOTHER MULTIFAMILY PROJECT THAT CAME BEFORE YOU FOR CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.AND AS PART OF THAT, THERE WAS AN OWNER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT THAT WAS ENTERED INTO WITH. AND I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE THEY ALL KIND OF HAVE SIMILAR NAMES HERE. EAGLE RIDGE PROJECT LLC, THE WORK HAS BEEN PERFORMED. THIS WAS THE WORK ON PIONEER AND. WAVE SOUTH UTAH.
YES. YEAH, UTAH. THAT WORK AND THOSE IMPROVEMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. THEY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE CITY AND ACCEPTED BY THEM. THEY SUBMITTED ALL THEIR COST DOCUMENTATION TO THE AGENCY FOR STAFF CONSIDERATION AND REVIEW. IT ACTUALLY CAME IN UNDER THE DO NOT EXCEED AMOUNT IN THE OPA. SO THIS CONFIRMATION OF REIMBURSEMENT FORM IS JUST AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE AMOUNT. AND ONCE ALL OF THE TRIGGERS ARE MEANT FOR REIMBURSEMENT UNDER THE OWNER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, THEN THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT WILL BE REIMBURSING AGAINST FROM THAT SITE. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE REIMBURSING 1.419. WHAT WAS AND THERE WAS AN AMOUNT THAT WE AUTHORIZED UP TO ABOVE THAT IT WAS I APOLOGIZE I DON'T HAVE A NUMBER WITH ME RIGHT AT THE MOMENT. OKAY. I DO HAVE SOMETHING TO ASK MEGAN ABOUT THIS. AND FOR
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STAFF AND I, I'VE BROUGHT IT UP BEFORE. AND THEN WHEN I SAW THIS COME BEFORE US, I TRIED TO GET IN WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR. THE CITY ALSO HAS A REIMBURSEMENT FOR WORK DONE ON ARTERIAL ROADS THROUGH IMPACT FEES. I'M NOT SURE AS LONG AS THE CITY STAFF, I MEAN, ARE WE OBLIGATED TO THEM AND THEN THE CITY IS OBLIGATED TO THEM FOR I WORRY ABOUT A DOUBLE DOUBLE DIPPING, DOUBLE REIMBURSEMENT THERE, RIGHT? IT'S LIKE THE CITY OBLIGATED. CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT AT ALL? I CAN SPEAK TO THE FACT THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE A DOUBLE. OKAY, OKAY. BUT IF THE CITY PUBLIC WORKS SIDE, I CAN LOOK. THAT'S WHY WHEN YOU SAID THAT THE CITY STAFF APPROVED IT, IT'S LIKE, WAS THAT JUST THE INSPECTOR OR IS THIS AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF THE DIRECTOR KNOWING THAT THIS AGENCY AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY HIS AGENCY, IS ALSO REIMBURSING FOR WORK? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS, THAT THAT'S A GREAT POINT. YOU KNOW, TO THE EXTENT THERE'S A SEPARATE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AND AGENCY, THERE'S AND THERE'S REIMBURSEMENT FROM IMPACT FEES, THOSE SHOULD REALLY COME OFF THE TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT THAT THE AGENCY'S REIMBURSING. THE DOUBLE DIP IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS PERMITTED. WHEN I MEANT THE CITY HAD REVIEWED AND ACCEPTED, IT TRULY WAS, I THINK FROM THE INSPECTION STANDPOINT BECAUSE OF THIS PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. SO I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON ALL OF THESE MOVING FORWARD. IF THEY SIT WITHIN A REDEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO KNOW WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT HAS AGREED FOR REIMBURSEMENT FROM THE CITY. I THINK THIS MIGHT BE THE FIRST ONE THAT YEAH, I DON'T I DON'T KNOW OF ANY OTHERS WE HAVE. WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THEM THAT INCLUDED REIMBURSEMENT, THAT COULD HAVE. YEAH, I'VE ALREADY SAID WHAT I THINK MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED. SO WHO WHO DID THE REVIEW OF THESE COSTS AND INVOICES AND SUCH IS THAT. AND STAFF WAS IT FOR THE OPA YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YEAH. FOR THE OPA. YEAH FOR THE OPA. THIS 1.419 THEY SUBMITTED INVOICES AND WE LOOKED AT THEM. RIGHT. YES. SO THEY SUBMITTED A COMPLETE PACKAGE OF DOCUMENTATION THAT DID A REALLY GOOD JOB OF IDENTIFYING WHICH AMOUNTS WERE USED SPECIFICALLY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, AS OPPOSED TO THEIR PROJECT. THEY ALSO HAD WAIVERS THAT WERE IN THERE. WE ACTUALLY GOT ON THE PHONE. WE YEAH, WITH THEM TWO WEEKS AGO WITH BRIAN, AND THE THREE OF US WERE ON THE CALL AND THEY ACTUALLY WALKED US THROUGH EVERYTHING AT THAT TIME. OKAY. TO YOUR TO YOUR SATISFACTION, TO ALL THREE OF YOUR SATISFACTION ON THAT. YEAH THAT'S FINE OKAY. OKAY. SO I WILL I WILL WORK TO HUNT THAT DOWN AND MAKE SURE THAT I CAN DO THAT. OKAY. I'LL TRACK DOWN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR IT. YEAH. AND I CAN SEND YOU. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW THAT WE TALKED ABOUT THAT BEFORE THAT THERE WAS HELP. THIS IS SOME OTHER HELP FOR UTAH THAT WE WEREN'T INVOLVED WITH. WAS THAT.YEAH. YEAH. THE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT TYPICALLY COMES IN THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION AND THAT MANAGED BY PUBLIC WORKS. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS AFRAID OF, THAT THERE WOULD BE TWO AGENCIES THAT MIGHT ONLY BECAUSE I, BECAUSE WHERE I SIT IN, IN THE, IN THIS AGENCY AND PUBLIC WORKS AND CDS THAT I THINK LIKE THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THERE IS A, AN IMPACT FEE REIMBURSEMENT AVAILABILITY TO THEM. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT AND WE DON'T ALWAYS REVIEW THEM. IN CDS. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO DEPARTMENTS THROUGH. IT GETS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. SO YEAH. YEAH. AND I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE DEVELOPER AS WELL.
JUST MAKE SURE. OKAY. YES. YEAH. VERY GOOD. VERY INTERESTING. OKAY. SO WHAT DO WE DO. WE WANT TO WHAT WOULD BE THE BEST COURSE TO GET APPROVAL OF THIS CONFIRMATION OF REIMBURSEMENT OF THIS 1.419 SUBJECT TO STAFF CONFIRMING THAT THERE'S NO DOUBLE COUNTING THAT. YES I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE. YEAH. AND THEN ONCE THEY CONFIRM THAT I, THAT I'M AUTHORIZED TO SIGN IT. YES. THAT SOUNDS GREAT. YEAH. OKAY. I CAN MAKE THAT MOTION. YES. CAN WE HAVE A MOTION. YEAH, I WOULD APPROVE. THE CONFIRMATION OF REIMBURSEMENT NUMBER ONE FOR PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS REGARDING THE OWNER PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH EAGLE RIDGE PROJECT. UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT THERE IS NOT REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE SAME WORK WITH A UNDER THEIR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. THAT'S GREAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
OKAY. ANY FURTHER? THERE'S BEEN A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT.
ALL IN FAVOR SAY I, I, I ANY OPPOSED SAME NAME. ALRIGHT. THAT MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE
[6. DISCUSSION ITEM: RAI and Legislative Update]
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FORWARD ACCORDING TO THE OTHER ITEM IS IS THERE ANYTHING HAPPENING WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY? I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME MEETINGS THIS PAST MONTH. YES. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS, THE REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION OF IDAHO DID ACTUALLY HAVE A STRATEGIC WORKSHOP TO LINE OUT ITS STRATEGY MOVING FORWARD. AND THE AREAS OF FOCUS, WHETHER OR NOT WE SHOULD REALLY BE CONTINUING TO BE FOCUSED AS MUCH ON LEGISLATION OR WHETHER WE SHOULD PIVOT TO EDUCATION OR TRY AND HAVE MORE BOTH. WE ALSO LOOKED AT WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS THE TIME TO LOOK AT UPPING THE BUDGET TO FULLY FUND LOBBYING RELATED SERVICES, AS WELL AS POTENTIALLY RETAINING AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CREATING MORE OF A WEBSITE PRESENCE. SO ALL OF ALL OF THAT WAS AN EXTREMELY GOOD SESSION. I'D SAY THERE'S MAYBE TEN OR MORE AGENCIES THAT WERE REPRESENTED DURING THAT ROUNDTABLE, BOTH ONLINE AND IN-PERSON. AND SO NOW IT'S JUST THE FOLLOW UP ACTIVITY FROM THAT AND THEN ENGAGING AS WE MOVE NOW TRANSITIONING TO LOOKING FOR THE 2026 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, WHICH KIND OF KICKS OFF WITH THESE MEETINGS UPCOMING IN THE FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER. SO GOOD. MORE[7. Next Meeting: December 18, 2025]
TO COME. ALL RIGHT. VERY GOOD. OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE DECEMBER 18TH, WHICH I HOPE WE CAN MAKE A QUORUM THAT'S EARLY ENOUGH. HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A QUORUM FOR THAT DATE WITH THAT.IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? TO ADJOURN FOR A SECOND? SECOND? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
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