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OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING. LET'S START OFF WITH. THE ETIQUETTE FOR THE MEETING. THE CHAIRMAN.
I MYSELF WILL OPEN THE HEARING FOR PUBLIC TESTIMONY. THE APPLICANTS WILL THEN PRESENT THEIR APPLICATION. STAFF WILL THEN GO OVER. STAFF REPORT. NEXT, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT ON ANY AGENDA ITEM. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE BOARD WILL NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT MAY ANSWER THEM DURING THE REBUTTAL PERIOD OF THE MEETING. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION WILL BE CALLED ON TO SPEAK FIRST. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK NEUTRAL WILL BE CALLED ON NEXT, AND ANYONE IN OPPOSITION WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. ONCE CONCERNS OR COMMENTS ARE STATED. IT IS ON THE RECORD. IT WILL BE CONSIDERED AND DOES NOT NEED TO BE REPEATED. FINALLY, THE APPLICANT WILL BE INVITED TO REBUT ANY COMMENTS OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS BROUGHT UP BY THE PUBLIC. THEY WISH TO DO SO. THE BOARD MAY ASK QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS TO GATHER INFORMATION OR TO CLARIFY STATEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE. I WILL THEN CLOSE THE MEETING TO THE PUBLIC AND WE WILL DELIBERATE OVER THE APPLICATION. FIRST, WE'LL DO THE MEETING. OH, YOU HAVE CELL PHONES. IF YOU COULD PLEASE.
[Minutes: October 28, 2025 and October 29, 2025]
SOUNDS TO THOSE I'D APPRECIATE IT. RIGHT NOW WE'LL DO THE MINUTES. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CHANGES OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE MINUTES FROM LAST? BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MEETING? MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES AS DRAFTED. OKAY, I'LL SECOND IT.THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES AS THEY ARE DRAFTED, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MINUTES PASS. IS THAT FOR BOTH SETS? 28TH AND 29TH, 28TH AND 29TH. SO TWO SETS OF MINUTES TO GO OVER. YES. OKAY. LET'S DO LET'S DO ANOTHER MOTION STATE FOR ONE OF THE MINUTES ON THE 29TH. NOW TO CLARIFY, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES OF THE 29TH, AND I'LL SECOND THAT. THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 29TH, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE, AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY MINUTES PASS FOR NOVEMBER 29TH.
AGAIN. ANOTHER MOTION FOR THE DECEMBER MINUTES OR SO. OCTOBER 28TH. YOU GUYS TABLED THE MEETING TO OCTOBER 29TH. SO THERE'S TWO SETS. CAN I GET ONE FOR OCTOBER, PLEASE, MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL ALSO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER MEETING AS DRAFTED. AND I WILL SECOND THAT AS WELL. THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. MINUTES PASS FOR OCTOBER IS OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS THE. IT'S
[CUP25-017: Conditional Use Permit for expansion of Little People's Academy]
THE. CUP APPLICATION. SO THE. APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THEIR APPLICATION I APPRECIATE IT. SO THIS APPLICATION IS FOR LITTLE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY AND CHILDCARE CENTER. I'M SORRY.REAL QUICK I SHOULD HAVE SAID CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AS WELL? MY FIRST ADDRESS. WHICH ONE DO YOU NEED? IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS SUZANNE ONE, THE OWNER OF LITTLE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY. 543 NORTH RIDGE AVENUE, IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO. 83402. SO OUR APPLICATION IS FOR TWO OF OUR BUILDINGS TO BE USED AS CHILDCARE. WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 48 YEARS. WE STARTED WITH ONE BUILDING. WHEN WE HAD OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING, AND WE HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THAT FOR THE WHOLE TIME WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS, AND WE REALLY WORK TO ADDRESS THAT. WE HAVE CREATED A WHOLE PARKING LOT ON ONE OF THE LOTS AND EXTRA PARKING EVERYWHERE. IT'S THE NUMBER THREE, NOT THE NUMBER THREE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE SMALL STREETS. AND SO WE KNOW THE PARKING IS IS AN ISSUE.
WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT ISN'T IN THE ISSUE. AND SO WHAT ELSE DO YOU NEED? AS FAR AS THE APPLICATION IS JUST TO USE THE ADDRESSES FOR THOSE
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BUILDINGS ARE 5 TO 7 AND FIVE, FIVE, SEVEN NORTH MANAGE ALL OF OUR. WE HAVE SEVEN BUILDINGS IN THERE ALL TOGETHER. WHAT'S IN BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS? WHAT'S BETWEEN THEM? FIVE, FOUR, THREE NORTH RIDGE. THAT'S OUR MAIN CENTER. OKAY. YEAH. OH, YEAH. THERE. YEAH. THAT'S THE.SO THE BUILDING IN BETWEEN IS THE MAIN CENTER, THE ONE ON THE SOUTH RIGHT THERE, SOUTH IS PARKING LOT AND PART OF IT IS PLAYGROUND RIGHT THERE. SO THAT'S PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE IS TWO OF OUR BUILDINGS. AND THEN THE ONE RIGHT ON THE CORNER THERE IS AN INSURANCE OFFICE THAT IS NOT OURS, BUT THE ONE DIRECTLY BEHIND IT IS ONE OF OUR ON THAT SAME BLOCK.
OKAY. WELL, THE KINDERGARTEN RIGHT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE INSURANCE OFFICE IS ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS. AND THEN ACROSS THE ALLEY THAT IS ALSO ONE OF OUR BUILDINGS. AND WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT OURS. YEAH. THAT IS AND THAT'S GOT OUR. SO, SO THIS YEAR LOOKING TO EXPAND INTO ONE OR JUST USE WHAT'S ALREADY THERE, USE WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. THE TWO BUILDINGS. DO YOU WANT A LITTLE HISTORY? I WOULD LOVE SOME. OKAY. SO SO THE OTHER THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT WERE APPLYING TO GIVE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT WERE PURCHASED. ONE OF THEM WAS MY MOTHER'S HOME. SHE PASSED AWAY THREE YEARS AGO, AND WHEN SHE PASSED AWAY, WE DECIDED TO USE IT FOR CHILDCARE INSTEAD OF SOMETHING ELSE. AND SO ACTUALLY WE DID CALL THE CITY, TOLD THEM WHAT WE WERE GOING TO BE DOING, ASK THEM WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO. THEY SAID NOTHING. YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. SO WE DID IT. THE ONE ON THE OTHER, THE FIVE, FIVE, SEVEN, IT WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED, IT WAS IT STARTED OUT AS A RENTAL. AND THEN AFTER WE DECIDED WE DIDN'T WANT LANDLORDS, WE DECIDED TO EXPAND AND USE THAT FOR CHILDCARE ALSO. AND THE SAME THING, THE CITY CAME OUT AND LOOKED AT THE ZONING AND WE HAD PERMITS TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF INTERIOR REMODELING, AND WE THOUGHT WE WERE GOOD. WHEN THE STATE TOOK OVER THE DAYCARE LICENSING THIS YEAR, THAT'S WHEN IT CAME TO LIGHT THAT WE WE DID NEED TO CHANGE THIS. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE APPLIED FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. HOW MANY PATRONS DO YOU SERVE? OUR ENROLLMENT RIGHT NOW IS 195. IN THE BUSINESS A LONG TIME I THINK WE RUN AN EXCELLENT CENTER AND WE PROVIDE A REALLY HIGH QUALITY, GOOD SERVICE TO THE FAMILIES IN IDAHO. OKAY.
THANK YOU. SO WITH THE RENOVATIONS THAT ARE BEING DONE TO THIS HOME, TO KIND OF MAKE IT AS PART OF YOUR FACILITIES, WHAT KIND OF RENOVATIONS ARE YOU LOOKING AT GOING FORWARD? YEAH. YES. OKAY. SO WE HAVE AN ARCHITECT WHO HAS COME AND DONE. WHAT DID SHE DO? SHE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. SO THEN WE WENT, WE GOT A ARCHITECT AND A ENGINEERING AND A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER. SORRY, THAT ARE WORKING WITH HER AND WITH US TO FINALIZE WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO WITH THOSE BUILDINGS, TO BRING THEM UP TO COMMERCIAL STATUS. EXCELLENT. GREAT. SO YOU WILL BE REMOVING LEAD AND ASBESTOS. YES. YES. OKAY. IS THERE ANY SORT OF CAP ON HOW MANY CHILDREN ARE ALLOWED IN ONE STRUCTURE? YES THERE ARE.
AS PER STATE LICENSING. DO YOU WANT TO KNOW FOR EACH BUILDING OR. I DON'T KNOW IF IT REALLY APPLIES TO US. SO YEAH. NO THERE IS THERE'S A CAP ON EACH ONE OF THE BUILDINGS. THE MORE SPACE YOU HAVE, THE MORE KIDS YOU CAN TAKE. AND SURE. YEAH, BUT YEAH, I'D BE INTERESTED IN THAT TOO WITH THESE ADDITIONAL ONES. WHAT WOULD THAT BE ABLE TO DO? OKAY, SO THE ONE AT FIVE, TWO, SEVEN THE OCCUPANT LOAD WAS. 3030 AND THE ONE AT 527 WAS 25, I BELIEVE I BELIEVE IT WAS 25. I'M SORRY I DIDN'T COME PREPARED WITH THOSE NUMBERS. I CAN GET THEM TO YOU IF YOU WANT ME TO. THE REASON I WAS ASKING IS JUST BECAUSE I WAS CURIOUS HOW MUCH THIS APPROVAL WOULD
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INCREASE YOUR OCCUPANCY. OKAY, SO LET ME LET ME EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT. IT WILL NOT INCREASE OCCUPANCY THAT MUCH BECAUSE THE CHILDREN THAT WILL BE GOING INTO THOSE BUILDINGS ARE ALREADY OUR CLIENTS. THEY'RE ALREADY IN OUR OTHER BUILDINGS, ESPECIALLY OUR BIG BUILDING, THE ONE THAT IT HAS 110 CAPACITY. SO WE HAVE WE HAVE ABSORBED THOSE INTO THE OTHER BUILDINGS. AND WHEN WE GET THOSE TO READY, THEN THEY WILL MOVE IN THERE. OKAY. SO WE DON'T HAVE 30 CHILDREN THAT WILL BE GOING IN THERE OR 25, 12 AND FIVE, FIVE, SEVEN. AND WE HAVE CURRENTLY 12 THAT WILL GO IN 5 TO 7. SO THERE WILL BE 12 CHILDREN THAT WE WILL LOOK INTO EACH ONE OF THOSE. WE HAVE TO GO BY STATE RATIOS. RIGHT. SO IT WILL BE THE 25 AND THE 30.THAT'S JUST. THE OCCUPANT OF THE BUILDINGS. THE QUESTION THAT I WOULD HAVE HAD FOR YOU PERTAINS TO AN EMAIL THAT WE GOT FROM A LOCAL RESIDENT, WHICH I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN AS WELL BEFORE I ASK YOU THAT, I GUESS I WOULD WONDER IF THAT RESIDENT IS HERE. OKAY. I WOULD PROBABLY RATHER HEAR FROM HIM FIRST AND THEN MAYBE ASK YOU SOMETHING AFTER THE FACT IF THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? SORRY. IS THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC PORTION OR THE PUBLIC BEING ABLE TO SPEAK. THERE'S ANYBODY IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION. THEY'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK NATHAN I'M SORRY. CAN WE GO BACK TO STAFF? STAFF FIRST FOR STAFF REPORT. COLBY. GOOD EVENING. BOARD. THE REQUEST IS TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING CHILD CARE CENTER THAT WILL BE CALLED ACADEMY, INTO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HOMES LOCATED ON LOTS EIGHT AND TEN OF THE ORIGINAL EAGLE ROCK TOWNSHIP.
SO IF YOU'D LIKE, I DO HAVE SOME STREET VIEWS. THIS IS THE 520 SETTING AND AND THIS IS 557.
SO JUST SO YOU HAVE KIND OF A, AN IDEA OF WHAT WHAT'S GOING ON, THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL TOWNSHIP. IT WAS ANNEXED INTO THE TOWN OF EAGLE ROCK IN JULY OF 1889 AND THEN INCORPORATED INTO THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS IN 1901. THE PROPERTY WAS PREVIOUSLY ZONED R3 EIGHT, WHICH IS A MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL ZONE, BUT WAS REZONED TO THE TEN TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN 2018. THE ORIGINAL CUP FOR LITTLE PEOPLES ACADEMY WAS APPROVED IN 1978, AND THERE HAS BEEN A CONTINUAL USE OF THAT SPOT SINCE THEN.
THIS. THE REASON FOR THIS UP TODAY ISN'T SPECIFICALLY CHILD CARE USE. IT IS MORE GENERAL COMMERCIAL USE IN THE ZONE. SO THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD ZONING REQUIRES THAT ANY PROPERTY THAT DOES NOT HAVE FRONTAGE ON L, L AND D STREETS, HOLMES AVENUE, SOUTH BOULEVARD OR LOMAX STREET IS REQUIRED TO GET A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPROVED THROUGH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. SO IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO CHILD CARE. IT'S JUST TO COMMERCIAL USE. SO IT COULD BE ANYTHING THAT WE WOULD STILL HAVE TO BE HERE. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE JUST BARELY MISSING THAT CORNER WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE FRONTAGE ON NORTH BOULEVARD. THE THE CHILD CARE USE IT HAS BEEN BEEN THERE. IT'S AN ESTABLISHED USE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. WE'RE JUST INCORPORATING THESE TWO STRUCTURES BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PREVIOUS WE DON'T HAVE A RECORD OF PREVIOUS CITY APPROVAL FOR THE TWO HOMES. BEFORE THE STATE TOOK OVER, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT LOOKED AT THE COMPLEX AS A WHOLE, THE BUILDING DIVISION, THE COMPLEX AS A WHOLE. BUT WITH THE WAY THE STATE IS DOING THEIR APPROVALS OR LOOKING AT IT NOW LOT BY LOT, AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO BRING THESE TWO LOTS, SPECIFICALLY IN DIFFERENT TYPES OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. AS THE APPLICANT MENTIONED, THERE ARE SEVERAL PARKING AREAS COMING OUT OF THE ALLEY, AND THERE'S A SMALL PARKING LOT ON THE SOUTH END. AND THEN COMMERCIAL USES ARE PERMITTED TO USE ON STREET PARKING ON LOCAL STREETS THAT THEY HAVE FRONTAGE ON. THE APPLICANT DID HOLD A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING ON NOVEMBER 7TH, AND THOSE NOTES
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ARE IN YOUR IN YOUR PACKET WITH THOSE IN ATTENDANCE. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DESIGNATES THE CITY THAT AREA AS AN URBAN CORE. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S SURROUNDED BY URBAN CORE, WHICH IS THE THE OLDEST, MOST CENTRAL PORTION OF THE CITY. AND THAT CHARACTERIZED BY LEGACY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS AND MIXED USE COMMERCIAL, CIVIC, AND COMMERCIAL USES. SAVAGE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION AND FINDS IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CODE AND THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS EP. THAT BEING SAID, ALL THIS DOES IS JUST APPROVED THE USE. IT DOES NOT, AS PRESENTED, DOES NOT WAIVE ANY REQUIREMENTS FROM THE BUILDING FIRE CODE, BUILDING CODE, FIRE CODE, OR THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CODE.SO THEY WILL NEED TO MEET ALL THOSE CODES AS THEY APPLY. AND THAT INCLUDES LIGHTING, EXTERIOR LIGHTING FOR COMMERCIAL USES IS REQUIRED TO BE SHIELDED AND TURNED DOWNWARD TO PREVENT GLARE ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES. SO THAT IS PART OF THE CODE THAT THEY WILL COMPLY WITH. WE'LL SEE HOW THAT CONVERSATION TURNS OUT. BUT JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT IS ALREADY PART OF THE CODE. SO IT WASN'T SPECIFICALLY IN THE IN THE STATEMENT. BUT YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I HAVE ONE YOU DIDN'T MENTION ADA CODE FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT. SO THE THEY WILL NEED TO MEET ALL THE BUILDING CODE REQUIREMENTS AS THEY APPLY IT. SO THE BUILDING OFFICIAL DETERMINES THAT THEY NEED IMPROVED ACCESSIBILITY. THEY WILL NEED TO BE OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T THINK SO. THANK YOU. NOW I CAN MOVE ON TO PUBLIC. SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS APPLICATION, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO DO SO. NOW IF THEY DO, THEY CAN TAKE THE STAND.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR HOME ADDRESS. MY NAME IS THERESA STOCKWELL, AND MY HOME ADDRESS IS 2737 WEST OLD HIGHWAY 91, IN INCOME. AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF IDAHO STARS PROJECT. AND WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CHILD CARE PROVIDERS. MY JOB IS A RESOURCE AND REFERRAL SPECIALIST, AND I HELP WITH BUSINESS PRACTICES AND LICENSING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND MY COWORKERS HELP WITH CHILDCARE ISSUES. THEY HELP WITH TRAINING STAFF. AND AND THEN WE HAVE A HEALTH CARE CONSULTANT THAT HELPS WITH HEALTH CARE ISSUES AND WITH THE CHANGES IN LICENSING. THE STATE IS KIND OF BUILDING THE PLANE AS WE FLY IT TO TRY TO MAKE EVERYTHING WORK THE RIGHT WAY, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GUIDANCE FROM THE PEOPLE THAT CHANGED THE LAWS. SO. BEST PRACTICE AND CONSISTENT PRACTICE IS THAT SEPARATE BUILDINGS HAVE TO HAVE SEPARATE, SEPARATE LICENSING INSTEAD OF GROUPED TOGETHER THE WAY THE CITY DID IT. SO THAT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE'VE BEEN HELPING THEM WITH. AND I FULLY ENCOURAGE THE ADDITIONAL USE OF THESE RESOURCES FOR EXPANSION OF THEIR CHILD CARE TO MAKE IT SO THEIR CLASSROOM SIZES ARE SMALLER. WE KNOW THAT THE SMALLER CLASSROOM SIZES BRING HIGHER QUALITY CARE, AND THESE GUYS HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR SO LONG, AND THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH QUALITY CARE IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. AND THEY THEY LISTEN TO SUGGESTIONS, THEY CALL WITH QUESTIONS, THEY INVITE US INTO THEIR PROGRAM, AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THE QUALITY ESSENTIALS PROGRAM, AND THEY TAKE THE AVAILABLE CLASSES, AND THEY'RE JUST A GREAT GROUP OF PEOPLE TO WORK WITH. AND THE BETTER THEY ARE AS A TEAM AND WITH THEIR STAFF, THE BETTER THEY ARE AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS, BECAUSE THEY BRING THAT COMMUNITY, THE PARENTS THAT ARE IN THEIR IN THEIR COMMUNITY TOGETHER. AND WE KNOW THAT IT TAKES A COMMUNITY TO RAISE A CHILD, YOU KNOW? SO AND FROM MY EXPERIENCE ALONE, THE PEOPLE THAT WE MET IN CHILD CARE WHEN MY DAUGHTER WAS BABY ARE THE PEOPLE THAT WE GREW UP WITH IN POCATELLO, RIGHT. SO THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. AND IT BUILDS A STRENGTH IN COMMUNITY RIGHT THERE. AND THE THE LITTLE BUILDING WAS USED AS COMMERCIAL. INDIVIDUAL COMMERCIAL THINGS ARE LOVELY. IT'S REALLY LOVELY TO LOOK AT RATHER THAN SEEING A BIG WAREHOUSE WHERE CHILDREN IT LOOKS LIKE THE WAREHOUSE, THIS LOOKS LIKE THEIR FAMILIES. SO I AM WHOLLY IN FAVOR. EXCELLENT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD? NO. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION? IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK NEUTRALLY ON THE APPLICATION? ANYONE IN
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OPPOSITION? I CAN SPEAK NEUTRALLY. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. IT'S. MY NAME IS MIKE SEUBERT. I'M A RESIDENT AT 495 NORTH RIDGE HERE IN IDAHO. SO IT'S GOING TO BE KITTY CORNER TO THE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY. I KNOW THAT PEOPLE'S ACADEMY, OF COURSE, IS AN ESTABLISHED INSTITUTION HERE IN ALIQUOTS OF THAT 40 ACRES. AND OF COURSE, I FEEL IT IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PART OF THE COMMUNITY. SO I AM THE ONE THAT'S IN MY PARTNER. WE DID SEND AN EMAIL TO YOU GUYS SO I CAN LOOK AT READING THAT AND ADDRESSING THAT. OR IF YOU GUYS ARE READING THAT MOVING FORWARD AND HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD IN THAT REGARD TOO. BUT AS FAR AS I WANT TO PROVIDE CORRECTION, AS FAR AS THE THE MEETING THAT WAS HELD NOT ON NOVEMBER 7TH, IT WAS HELD ON TUESDAY, THE FOURTH ELECTION NIGHT MASSAGE CHAIR ON THE PLEASANT RIVER. SO THERE WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS. SO WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING WHICH IS FANTASTIC. AND THEN THE OWNER FROM THE APARTMENT COMPLEX RIGHT ACROSS THE WAY THAT DOES HAVE THE THE RAILROAD BOULEVARD THERE. SO CONCERNS WE HAVE OF COURSE FOR, FOR PARKING AND THEN OF COURSE EXPANSION. AND SO THINGS THAT WERE NOTED AND WHAT SHOULD I FEEL HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED NOT ONLY BY THE OWNERS AND EMPLOYEES THEMSELVES, BUT MAYBE OF THE STAFF AT THE DAYCARE DO PART. THAT IS NOT IN ITSELF, BUT THIS IMPORTANT CONVERSATION WE HAD, THEY THEY TEND TO PARK IN THE WRONG DIRECTION ON A TWO WAY STREET, WHICH DOES BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD. BUT FROM MY CORONATION AND FINALLY ORDINANCE COMPLAINTS, WE'RE JUST REPORTS WITH THE CITY BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT ADDRESS THE ORDINANCES, IT SEEMS, UNLESS YOU DO HAVE AN ONLINE REPORT, AS I'VE BEEN TOLD ON THE PHONE, TO FILE IT ONLINE AND THEY'LL ADDRESS IT IF THEY DID NOT, AND NOT NECESSARILY THAT THEY ARE ADDRESSING BECAUSE IT IS AGAINST THE LAW. IT IS STATED THAT IT HAS IT WAS IN THE PAST, I GUESS. WELL, THERE JUST ISN'T THAT OUR UNDERSTANDING WAS FORCED TO PARK ALONG THE LINES VIOLATIONS OR LAWS IN THAT THAT OCCURRED. BUT WE'VE I'VE SEEN AN IMPROVEMENT IN THAT. AND PEOPLE ARE PARKING THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT. TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, I GUESS A BETTER WORD. BUT AS FAR AS THE, THE, THE BUILDING THEMSELVES, THEY THOSE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES DO MAKE UP THE MAJORITY OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT TOO. SO THE HISTORIC DISTRICT DOES INCLUDE OUR HOME AND MANY HOMES ALONG NORTH RIDGE, AS WELL AS HOMES ALONG NORTH WATER. BUT THOSE HOMES SPECIFICALLY THAT THE DAYCARES IN MANY, IF NOT ALL OF THEM ARE INCLUDED IN THAT IN THAT PACKAGE. AND WITH THAT, THEY HELP CREATE THE RIDGE HISTORIC DISTRICT. UNFORTUNATELY, AS HOMES DO DO DO MODIFY THOSE HOMES NECESSARILY ALWAYS ON THE INTERIOR. BUT IF YOU EXPAND ON THOSE HOMES AND THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE, YOU START TO LOSE THAT HISTORIC SOUNDNESS ON THE HOMES. AND THEN WITH THAT, WITH THEM LOSING THEIR HISTORIC STATUS, YOU END UP DISSOLVING THE HISTORIC DISTRICT DOWN THE LINE. UNFORTUNATELY, HERE IN IDAHO FALLS AND SURROUNDING AREAS, HISTORIC HOMES AND DISTRICTS ARE NOT PROTECTED TO ANY ANY REGARD, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. SO THERE'S NO STANDARD SET SO ANYBODY CAN COME IN, PURCHASE A BUILDING, CHURCH, THE SCHOOL, A HOME OF HISTORIC STATUS, KNOCKED TO THE GROUND AND BUILD A NEW. THERE'S NOTHING TO STOP THEM AT THIS POINT IN TIME FOR THAT, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE. BUT TO WHAT WAS RELAYED TO US IS THAT THERE IS NO PLAN TO EXPAND THE DAYCARE AND FACILITY, MEANING NO PLANS TO PURCHASE THE DIGITAL PROPERTIES OR TO BUILD UP OR OUT IN THOSE BUILDINGS. AS FAR AS MY UNDERSTANDING. SO AS FAR AS THE CAPACITY OF THE STUDENTS AND THE ENROLLEES THERE, BUT THEY HAVE THIS AT THEIR CAPACITY, WHICH SEEMS DOABLE. MY PARTNER HAS LIVED THERE FOR TWO AND A HALF YEARS, AND, WELL, YOU KNOW, MORNING AND AFTERNOON RUSHES CAN BE CUMBERSOME. WE KNOW, TO WATCH THE INTERSECTIONS BECAUSE NOT ONLY USES A SUBSEQUENT AND WE KNOW TO TO WATCH OUR BACKS, AT LEAST WHEN WE'RE COMING IN AND OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY. SO, I MEAN, TOGETHER WE WE ARE A COMMUNITY AND WE THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GREAT AT, YOU KNOW, HEARING OUR CONCERNS AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT. BUT LIKE IN THE FUTURE, IF THERE ARE PLANS TO[00:25:01]
EXPAND THE FACILITIES OF THE COMMERCIAL TYPE. I, I HAVE TO SAY IN THE FUTURE I WOULD BE OPPOSED TO FURTHER EXPANSION OF THAT BECAUSE WE END UP BEING DESTROYING, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS PART OF THE ORIGINAL DATA SETS AS WELL. AND AS MUCH AS YOU KNOW, I WANT TO SEE ALL PARTIES, YOU KNOW, HAPPY IN THAT REGARD, IT'S SAD TO SEE THAT HISTORY AS WELL. SO MY PARTNER AND I DO LIVE IN A CIRCLE. WE ENJOY THAT ASPECT OF, YOU KNOW, THE HOME WE LIVE IN BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A HISTORY. AND OUR PREVIOUS HOME WAS ALSO IN ONE OF THE PREVIOUS OR IN ONE OR THE OTHER HISTORIC. SO WE WE HAVE A LOVE FOR IT. AND MANY PEOPLE AROUND THIS AREA DO AS WELL. BUT DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR SPEAKERS AS FAR AS IT GOES IN AS FAR AS LIGHTING OR OTHER FACTORS? SO YOU IT SAID IN YOUR EMAIL THAT YOU'VE ADDRESSED THIS WITH THEM IN THE PAST, AND THE PROBLEM NECESSARILY WASN'T DEALT WITH. YEAH. SO WITH THAT IN NOVEMBER, WITH THE TOWN MEETING AND KNOWING, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING PROGRESSING AS IT HAS, THEY POINTED OUT THE STATE COMING IN AND, YOU KNOW, GETTING RELICENSING IN THAT REGARD.THEY WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS MORE READILY. AND THINGS HAVE BEEN PROGRESSIVELY MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT THE EMAIL SAID THAT THE LIGHTING WAS STILL AN ISSUE, SO I WAS THEY DIDN'T KNOW TONIGHT AND THEY THEY CAN ADDRESS IT HERE. THE LIGHT ITSELF, LIKE IT WAS REPLACED OKAY. IT WAS REPLACED IN AUGUST. SO LAST WEEK RIGHT TO THE POINT OF LIKE WE WALK AROUND OUR HOUSE JUST ANYWHERE AND YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE CORNER OF YOUR EYE. IT'S IT WAS IT WAS TERRIBLE. FRANKLY, IT WAS A LITTLE OVERWHELMING. AND OBNOXIOUS TO SAY THE LEAST.
LIKE TO THE EXTENT THAT, WELL, WE COULD HAVE OUR LINES OPEN ON ANY OF THE RECOGNIZE WE FOUND OURSELVES HAVING CLOSER LINES IN OUR ROOMS UPSTAIRS AND OUR SHADES JUST SO THAT WE COULD VISUALLY SEE IT JUST WALKING IN FROM OUR KITCHEN OR OR DOWNSTAIRS. AND OF COURSE, AT THAT POINT THE LIGHT COULD. IT LED HALF THE HALLWAY DOWN THE OTHER BLOCK ON NORTHRIDGE. AND SO SO I KNOW THE LIGHT ITSELF IS ATTACHED TO THE BUILDING. IT FACES DOWN AND AT AN ANGLE HAS BEEN ADJUSTED, SO IT'S FACING DOWN MORE TOWARDS THE BLOCK. BUT OURSELVES, EVEN WITH OUR LANDSCAPE LIGHTING, OUR LIGHTS EITHER FACE DOWN OR TOWARDS THE HOUSE, AND THEY'RE ABLE TO IN TOWARD OUR STRUCTURE, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO WEIGH THE STRUCTURE OR HAS ANY LIGHTING, ESPECIALLY UNDER OR SO. IT SHOULD BE SHIELDED OR FACING DOWN OR TOWARDS THEIR STRUCTURES, NOT OUT AWAY FROM THE STRUCTURES. MY LAST QUESTION FOR YOU. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU, BEING IN AN HISTORIC DISTRICT, HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THAT IF YOU WERE ABLE, IN YOUR OWN PERSPECTIVE, TO GET EVERYTHING THAT YOU WANTED, WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE TO DO, OF COURSE, BUT IN THE EVENT YOU WERE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING YOU WANT, WHAT WOULD YOU BE SEEKING? JUST COORDINATION. IF THERE ARE CHANGES IN THE FUTURE, ESPECIALLY WITH GIVEN THE HISTORY OF THE LITTLE PIECE OF THE COUNTY DOES HAVE HERE, AND I HOPE IF THERE ARE PLANS TO EXPAND THE DAYCARE IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER IT BE SPANNING BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, ADDING CONSTRUCTION TO THOSE BUILDINGS, GETTING THE PROPER PERMITS OR, OR EVEN NOT TO DO THAT BECAUSE AS, AS YOU AS YOU CHANGE THE STRUCTURES, YOU CHANGE THE STRUCTURE ITSELF AND THE THE NATURE OF THE HISTORIC STATUS OF THAT HOME AND INTEGRITY THAT IN WHICH THE HISTORIC SENSE WAS APPROVED ON TO BEGIN ON. SO WITH THAT, I THINK JUST BEING OPEN, KEEPING THAT OPEN COMMUNICATION. AND IF CHANGES DO COME IN THE FUTURE AS FAR AS LIKE UTILIZING CRUCIAL COMMERCIAL STATUS OR CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO A GREATER EXTENT THAN THE STATE THE STATE IS GOING TO AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AND I WOULD HOPE NOT MOVE FORWARD. I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU, JACOB. SO TO MAINTAIN THIS, I MEAN, I GUESS FOR THEM TO LOSE THAT HISTORIC STATUS OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT WOULD EXACTLY HAVE TO HAPPEN? I'LL BE FRANK WITH YOU. I'D HAVE TO LOOK MORE INTO I'D HAVE TO LOOK FURTHER INTO THAT. ON ON WHAT QUALIFIES AS HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHAT KIND OF RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS THOSE CREATE. OKAY, SO I COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION TONIGHT. OKAY. SORRY. AND WITH
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THAT SORRY NEIGHBORHOODS ARE BUILT ON THE HOMES THAT ARE IN NEIGHBORHOOD. SO GENERALLY IT COMES DOWN TO A PERCENTAGE OF THOSE HOMES COMING ALONG. OKAY. SO. WE CAN ADDRESS THAT AS STAFF. SO WE ALSO MANAGE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION AND OUR STAFF WITH THE COMMISSION. THERE ARE SEVERAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS IN THE CITY, THIS BEING ONE OF THOSE, BUT THERE IS NO REGULATORY ARM WITH THOSE DISTRICTS. RIGHT. THE DISTRICTS AND THEIR PURPOSE THERE IS ONLY TO SUPPORT HOMEOWNERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN THE HISTORIC ASPECT OF THEIR HOME. THEY'RE THERE AS A RESOURCE TO OFFER GUIDANCE AND DIRECTION. BUT THERE IS NO AND NO AND THE CITY CODE. THERE IS NO REGULATION THAT WOULD PREVENT SOMEONE FROM MAKING MODIFICATIONS TO THEIR HOME. SO THERE'S NOTHING REGULATORY HERE THAT THE CITY COULD DO IN ORDER TO TO FACILITATE THAT. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD PROBABLY ADD TOO, AS FAR AS OWNERSHIP GOES, THE CITY IS VERY LIMITED ON WHAT IT CAN AND CANNOT DO WITH WHAT INDIVIDUALS CHOOSE TO DO WITH THEIR OWN PROPERTIES AS WELL. RIGHT? SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING YOUR THE LIGHTING SITUATION IS RESOLVED. IT'S GOOD. IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE HAS BEEN ADDRESSING FROM VISUALIZE THAT IT HAS BEEN AS OF LAST FRIDAY. I HAVE BEEN HOME TODAY, SO ADJUSTMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THAT'S FOR ME TO TO DETERMINE. BUT FROM THE SOUNDS, JUST BRIEFLY, AS WE SPOKE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS AND WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS IT, IT'S A LIGHT THAT CAN BE MODIFIED. LIGHTS ARE FANCY THESE DAYS, SO YOU CAN CHANGE THE COLORATION, TONE AND THE ILLUMINATION AS WELL. SO THOSE COULD PROVIDE A SOLUTION TO IT. SO GOOD. THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. SO I ALSO LIVE IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT IN IDAHO FALLS. SO I SHARE THE SAME LOVE FOR OLD HOUSES. AND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAVE A LOT OF HODGEPODGE HOUSES THAT COME IN. SO I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW YOU'RE CONCERNED WOULD BE SUCH THAT IT'S GOING TO DIMINISH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND IT'S. BUT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, SEEING THESE PICTURES AND I'VE WALKED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. RIGHT. IT SEEMS VERY CHARMING. SO FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, WHAT HOW DO THEY SPECIFICALLY MENTION SO IN THE FUTURE, IF LIKE PLANS WERE TO LIKE STAY AT A LEVEL OR BUILD OUT. SO HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU ROOMS OR ADDING EXTENSIONS OR ADDITIONS ONTO THOSE HOMES. THAT'S I FEEL WHERE SO AND THEN CLARIFICATION AS THEY ARE RIGHT NOW LIKE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT BUILDING STILL STANDS FOR THIS NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT.IT'S STILL STILL FLOAT AROUND IN THERE. BUT AS FAR AS LIKE CHANGING OR, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING ADDITIONS TO HOMES, THAT'S WHERE YOU'D START RUNNING INTO PROBABLY LOSING THEIR HISTORIC STATUS AS FAR AS LIKE CHANGING THE ORIGINAL ARCHITECTURE. MORE LIKE BREAKING. SO IT SOUNDS LIKE OVERALL, OBVIOUSLY HAVING A RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH A BUSINESS THERE, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF BUTTING HEADS. BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE BOTH OF YOU HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK OUT ARRANGEMENTS. YEAH, HISTORICALLY THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT. AND YOU HAVE AS WELL. RIGHT? OKAY. AND THAT'S DIFFERENT. BUT OVERALL I FEEL A LOT OF PEOPLE'S DOES PROVIDE A SERVICE. BUT I THINK IT'S JUST A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAVING THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WITHIN THAT RESOLUTION OCCURRED. THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY CAN IN THE CITY IS DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ORDINANCES ARE ARE FOLLOWED BECAUSE THEY ORDINANCES UNFORTUNATELY, WE I FEEL WE NEED TO GET PAST. BUT IT'S GREAT TO PASS AN ORDINANCE. BUT IF IT'S NOT BEING REGULATED, THERE'S, IT'S IT'S ON PAPER THAT'S WHAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO. ONE QUICK THING I DID. MOST OF THE MODIFICATIONS ARE TO MEET INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. RIGHT. RIGHT. SO THE FIRE CODE, THE STANDARDS FOR INFANT AND INFANT ROOMS ARE HIGHER. SO THEY HAVE TO HAVE AN EXIT. SO MOST OF THE MODIFICATIONS ARE JUST MODIFYING IT. SO THEY CAN USE THE ROOMS AS BEST FIT TO MEET INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK
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NEUTRALLY ON BEHALF OF THIS APPLICATION? ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OPPOSING THE APPLICATION? SEEING NONE, THE APPLICANT CAN REBUT. IF YOU LIKE, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. MORE QUESTIONS COME UP FOR YOU ON. YEAH, I MEAN, MAYBE ONE BETTER, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THAT WE HAD WAS A REALLY GREAT MEETING. REALLY GOT SOME DIALOG GOING. I HADN'T MET THE OWNER OF THE APARTMENTS BEFORE. I HAD MET MICHAEL AND HIS PARTNER BEFORE. I ALSO LIVE IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT. I LIVE ON THE NUMBERED STREETS AND JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM WHERE THEIR PREVIOUS HOME WAS. SO.AND THAT WAS MY MOTHER'S HOME. WE LOVE HISTORIC HOMES. WE REALLY DO. TO BE HONEST, IF WE DID NOT HAVE TO MAKE THE MODIFICATIONS INSIDE FOR FIRE CODE, WE WOULD CHOOSE NOT TO.
WE WILL SAY THAT ANY OF THE MODIFICATIONS WE HAVE TO DO WILL BE. WE WILL TRY TO MAKE THEM AS WHAT? IN KEEPING THE HISTORIC FEEL OF THAT AS WELL. YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO COMPLYING WITH THE CODES, YOU KNOW, WE WILL DO THAT. BUT WE HAVE A VERY GREAT BUFFER, HISTORIC HOMES TOO. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THAT THAT MEETING THAT WE KNEW, PARKING, YOU KNOW, PARKING IS, IS TIGHT THERE. BUT ONE THING I WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH MICHAEL WAS THAT ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE A PARKING PASS IN THEIR WINDOW. SO IF HE HAS IF HE HAS A PROBLEM WITH SOMEBODY PARKING AROUND THERE, AND WE TOLD HIM WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE AND HE CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, HE CAN IF HE CAN'T ADDRESS THE ACTUAL DRIVER OF THE CAR, HE KNOWS THAT THEY WORK FOR US. HE CAN COME OVER AND AND WE WE DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO A LOT OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS. AND YOU KNOW HOW THAT GOES. ALSO WITH THE LIKE WHEN HE CAME OVER AND OUR THE LIGHT HAD BURNED OUT AND WE WANTED, YOU KNOW, OUR EMPLOYEES TO FEEL SAFE WHEN THEY WENT OUT TO THEIR CARS, ME INCLUDED. AND SO WE REPLACED IT. AND THEN HE CAME OVER AND SAID, YEAH, NO, IT'S IT'S WAY TOO BRIGHT. SO I GOT OUR FACILITIES MANAGER OVER THERE. HE TURNED DOWN THE I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THE INTENSITY. WHAT? AND MINGLED IT DOWN MORE. AND MICHAEL SHARED WITH ME JUST LAST WEEK, THIS WEEK, LAST WEEK RECENTLY RECENTLY THAT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS STILL TOO BRIGHT. AND SO JUST TONIGHT HE OUR MANAGER TURNED IT DOWN EVEN MORE. YOU CAN ACTUALLY ADJUST THE LIGHTS. SO IT'S NOT A WHITE LIGHT IT'S A AMBER. SO HE DID THAT. HE TURNED IT DOWN AND HE ANGLED IT DOWN. ALSO HE TOLD ME THAT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE MEAN. ANYONE HERE IS AN ELECTRICIAN WITH LIGHTING. HE TURNED IT DOWN TO 2500 K AND 400 L LUMENS LUMENS I DON'T KNOW, BUT I INVITED MICHAEL. YOU KNOW, PLEASE GO HOME AND LOOK AT IT. IF IT NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED, WE WILL DO THAT. EVEN IF IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, WE WILL. WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT. WE WE PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS AND TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO GET ALONG WITH OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO AND I, I GUESS I COULD I CAN QUIT TALKING QUESTIONS. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION. NO, NO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL DELIBERATE OVER THE APPLICATION. COMMENTS CONCERNS. THAT LOOKS TO ME LIKE EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE AT THIS POINT AT THE MEETING, THEY GOT THE FEEDBACK. THEY'RE AGREED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM THAT WAS IDENTIFIED THERE. A LITTLE PEOPLE'S ACADEMY IS AN INSTITUTION IN IDAHO FALLS, AND WE HOPE IT'LL BE HERE FOR A LOT LONGER. IT WILL BE. SO I ALL IN FAVOR? YEAH. I THINK THAT THE BIG THING FOR ME WAS IF THEY HADN'T HAVE ADDRESSED THOSE CONCERNS THAT HE HAD, BUT THEY DID. AND IT SEEMS THAT THEY'VE BEEN READILY ABLE TO DO THAT. I WOULD BE WONDERING, BECAUSE PART OF THE THINGS THAT IT SAID THAT THEY NEED TO COVER FOR THAT, TOO, I NEVER REALLY HEARD THAT MENTION, BUT BEYOND THAT, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CODE ANYWAY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE A CONDITION THAT WE COULD PUT ON THERE. SO, I MEAN, I SUPPORT IT. I AGREE I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF IT. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF MAINTAINING COMMERCIAL STANDARDS AND FIRE CODES, AND THEY'RE. MAKING
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CHILDREN'S SAFETY A PRIORITY. SO IT SEEMS THAT AND AS WELL AS THE CHARMING LOOK OF THAT, THE HOMES, I WOULD BE IN FAVOR. YEAH. AND I THINK IT'S BIG TOO, THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A THEY HAVE A COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY, AND HISTORIC DISTRICT WHERE PEOPLE ARE OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELL-BEING OF THEIR PROPERTY AND QUALITY OF LIFE.AND IT SEEMS THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB ADDRESSING THAT. THEY'RE GOOD NEIGHBORS, IT SEEMS. SO, YEAH, I SUPPORT IT. OKAY. ANY MOTIONS CAN I GET A MOTION FROM MEMBER? MR. CHAIRMAN? I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS CONDITIONAL PERMIT AND I'LL SECOND IT WITHOUT ANY OTHER ADDITIONAL ITEMS. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE APPLICATION, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE AYE AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY NAY. OKAY. THE APPLICATION PASSES. YOU NEED TO ACT ON THE REASON STATEMENT AS WELL. SHOULD BE THE LAST PAGE IN YOUR PACKET. SURE. IT LOOKS. I SAW IT SOMEWHERE. WHERE. WHICH PARTS DO YOU READ IT. EXACTLY.
IT'S THE RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS. YOU JUST NEED TO. THE REASON STATEMENT IS THE ACTUAL WRITTEN DECISION FOR WHAT YOU'RE YOU CITED TONIGHT. SO YOU JUST ALL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT CAPTURES YOUR DECISION MAKING CRITERIA AND THE MOTION THAT YOU MADE. THEN YOU WOULD NEED TO MAKE A SEPARATE MOTION ON THE REASON STATEMENT TO APPROVE THE REASON.
OKAY. THIS IS THE LAST DOCUMENT IN OUR. JUST WANT ME TO READ THE FIRST PORTION OF IT. YEAH THAT'S FINE. THE TITLE, THE REASON STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA STANDARDS, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE EXISTING CHILD CARE CENTER TO PEOPLE'S ACADEMY TO EXPAND IN THE EXISTING HOUSES LOCATED ON LOTS EIGHT AND TEN OF THE ORIGINAL EAGLE ROCK TOWN SITE.
APPLICANT FILED THE APPLICATION FOR THE CUP ON NOVEMBER 7TH, 2025, AND THIS MATTER CAME BEFORE THE IDAHO FALLS BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT DURING A DULY NOTICED, DULY NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2025, AND HAVING REVIEWED THE APPLICATION, INCLUDING ALL EXHIBITS ENTERED AND HAVING CONSIDERED ISSUES PRESENTED, RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS.
AND HAVING MET. IS THAT. DO YOU WANT ME TO READ ALL THE RELEVANT CRITERIA STANDARDS AS WELL? YOU DON'T NEED TO. DO NOT JUST HAVE A MOTION ON IT. OKAY? PLEASE GET A MOTION FOR ACCEPTING THE RECENT STATEMENT AND RELEVANT CRITERIA. STANDARDS. MR. CHAIRMAN, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE REASON STATEMENT OF RELEVANT, RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARD AS PRESENTED. I'LL SECOND THAT. THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. THOSE OPPOSED SAY RELEVANT CRITERION STANDARDS APPROVED. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? THE NEXT MEETING WE'RE PLANNING ON JANUARY 27TH. WE DON'T HAVE APPLICATION YET OKAY OKAY. SO WE'LL LET YOU KNOW IF IT'S IT WILL HAPPEN IF WE HAVE AN APPLICATION. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN. SPEND TIME HERE. APPRECIATE IT.
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