5.C.3) Public Hearing and Consideration of Proposed 2026 Capital Improvement Plan and Development Impact Fee Study, and Amendments to City Code, Title 10, Chapter 8, City Development Impact Fees

[5.C.3) Public Hearing and Consideration of Proposed 2026 Capital Improvement Plan and Development Impact Fee Study, and Amendments to City Code, Title 10, Chapter 8, City Development Impact Fees]

ALL RIGHT. OUR NEXT ITEM IS A PUBLIC HEARING. ALL OF OUR JUST FOR THE FOR PUBLIC INFORMATION, ALL OF OUR AGENDAS ARE PUBLISHED. BUT HEARINGS ARE SPECIAL HEARINGS HAVE BEEN NOTICED. AND SO TONIGHT WE ARE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE PROPOSED 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY. THAT'S THAT WHOLE SENTENCE IS ONE PART OF THE HEARING, AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY CODE, TITLE TEN, CHAPTER EIGHT, AND I AM GOING TO DECLARE THE HEARING NOW OPEN AND ALL TESTIMONY WILL BE ENTERED INTO THE RECORD. DIRECTOR ALEXANDER, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS TO US.

YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I HAVE A FEW SLIDES. AND THEN I ALSO BELIEVE I HAVE COLIN, OUR CONSULTANT ON TEAMS. I'M GOING TO DO A FEW COMMENTS, AND THEN I'M GOING TO TRANSITION IT OVER TO HIM BECAUSE HE IS THE PERSON THAT CREATED THIS POLICY OF THIS STUDY. HE DID ALL THE FORMULAS AND THE MATH AND ALL THAT FUN STUFF WITH IT. SO BUT WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO START WITH A COUPLE OF THINGS. I FIRST, I CAN CHANGE MY SLIDE. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. SO I DO WANT TO DO SOME APPRECIATION FOR THIS WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY. AND WE DO

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HAVE OUR IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS THAT ARE LISTED HERE. AND JUST A REMINDER TO THE PUBLIC THAT THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS, THESE COMMITTEE MEMBERS, THEY GIVE OF THEIR TIME PERSONALLY, THEY ALL HAVE FULL TIME JOBS. THEY ALL WORK COLLECTIVELY IN DUE DILIGENCE WITH THE IMPACT FEE PROCESS. AND THEY'VE SPENT COLLECTIVELY OVER A YEAR ON THIS PARTICULAR STUDY. AND SO THEY'RE LISTED THERE ABOVE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR TIME AND THEIR EFFORT AND THEIR FEEDBACK. WE DIDN'T HAVE 100% CONSENSUS ON EVERYTHING, BUT WE DID TAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THIS COMMITTEE, AND COUNCIL WAS VERY OPEN TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE ITEMS THAT WERE RECEIVED AS RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SO THEY'RE LISTED UP FRONT. AND THEN I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION CITY STAFF. WE HAD QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY, A LOT OF PEOPLE WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES ON THIS. WE HAD OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OUR DIRECTOR CENTER. HE CAME TO A LOT OF THE IMPACT ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND ANSWERED A LOT OF QUESTIONS. HE WAS ALSO VERY HELPFUL IN OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT WE HAD, AS WELL AS TAG TEAMING WITH ME ON SOME OF THE DATA RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT THAT HIS TEAM LOOKS AFTER, AND THEN JUST SOME OF HIS STAFF THAT HELPED US BEHIND THE SCENES. AND THEN WE HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEYS, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, ZACH, WHO'S SITTING HERE, AND THEN ALSO ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY JACOB BECK. THEY WERE ALSO VERY HELPFUL WITH US AND AS WELL PARTICIPATED WITH THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS. AND THEN WE HAVE PUBLIC WORKS, OUR DIRECTOR FREDERICKSON, AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CHRIS CANFIELD. WE DO HAVE A TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT THAT'S INCLUDED IN THIS IMPACT FEE STUDY, AND DIRECTOR FREDERICKSON AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CANFIELD WERE VERY HELPFUL IN THEIR CAPITAL PLANS. THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB. I THINK THEY WERE THE FIRST ONES TO GET THEIR DETAILED PLANS TURNED IN. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. THAT MADE MY JOB A LOT EASIER AND COMPILING THE CAPITAL PLANS, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, THAT WOULD BE CHIEF BRYCE JOHNSON AND DEPUTY CHIEF JEREMY GALBREATH, OUR FIRE, OUR CURRENT CHIEF CHIEF JOHAN OLSON. HE HASN'T HAD A LOT OF INPUT, A LOT OF INPUT ON THIS PROCESS.

BUT OUR FORMER FIRE CHIEF, DWAYNE NELSON WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THIS. HE IS RETIRED NOW. BUT I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, ACKNOWLEDGE HIS TIME AND ENERGY HE PUT TO THE FIRE CAPITAL PLANS, AS WELL AS DEPUTY CHIEF PAUL RADFORD, OUR PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, PJ HOLM.

HE HAS DONE A REALLY GREAT JOB AT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON THE PARKS PLAN, WHICH HAS BEEN VERY WELCOMED AND VERY APPRECIATIVE BY THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE. WE ALSO GOT SOME OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS HAD COMMENTED ON THAT PLAN AS WELL, THAT IT WAS VERY DETAILED AND THEY REALLY APPRECIATED THE TIME THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT TOOK TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPITAL PLAN. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE, OUR CHIEF OF STAFF, AND OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATOR, CATHERINE. THEY WERE INSTRUMENTAL ON A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, UPDATING THE WEBSITE, BEING SUPPORT. IF THERE WAS ANYTHING THAT WE NEEDED FROM THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, THEY WERE THERE TO HELP. AND THAT WAS AWESOME. AND THEN OF COURSE, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AND THEN ALSO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, OUR CONSULTANT, THAT'S COLIN OVER AT THE VICE. POINTER. THERE WE GO. OKAY, SO THE NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS EVENING WAS NOTICED IN THE POST REGISTER TWO CONSECUTIVE FRIDAYS IN A ROW. I BELIEVE THAT THE REQUIREMENT IS ONLY 115 DAYS PRIOR, BUT WE WENT AHEAD AND DID TWO JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON THIS EVENING. SO THAT WAS BOTH. FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD AND FRIDAY, APRIL 10TH IN THE LEGAL SECTION OF THE REGISTER. AND THEN JUST GOING OVER REAL QUICKLY, THE DEVELOPMENT FEE IMPACT FEE REQUIREMENTS. AS A REMINDER, THE STUDY MUST BE UPDATED AT LEAST EVERY FIVE YEARS. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY IN STATE STATUTE 678206 OF THE IDAHO CODE. AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS MUST BE UPDATED AS WELL. AND THAT'S ALSO IN STATUTE 678208 K TWO.

THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES THAT WE'RE WE'RE WORKING ON RIGHT NOW WERE IMPLEMENTED JUNE 1ST OF 2022. AND TRANSPORTATION WAS LISTED AS 100% OF THE MAXIMUM SUPPORTABLE FEE AND FIRE EMS, POLICE, PARKS AND RECREATION WAS 75 OF THE MAXIMUM SUPPORTABLE FEE. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN OPERATING UNDER CURRENTLY. AND THEN THE THE PROCEDURE FOR THE IMPOSITION OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES IS STATE STATUTE OR IDAHO CODE, IF YOU WILL, 678206-6 THAT TALKS ABOUT THE PROCEDURE THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING THIS EVENING AS WELL. SO A TIMELINE MANY PEOPLE MIGHT NOT REALIZE. WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.

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SO THESE ARE SOME DATES, SOME MILESTONE DATES THAT WE HAD. WE HAD THE FIRST CONVERSATION ABOUT THIS IMPACT FEE STUDY UPDATE ON FEBRUARY 28TH IN THIS ROOM WITH THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS, SOME OF THE MEMBERS ARE OFF THE COMMITTEE. AND THEN WE'VE GOT SOME NEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS. BUT SUFFICE TO SAY, LAST FEBRUARY OF 2025, WE HAD OUR FIRST MEETING TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPACT. THE ADVISORY COLLIN WAS OUR CONSULTANT WAS ACTUALLY PRESENT AT THAT MEETING, AND WE WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE SOME OF THE BASIC TENETS OF IMPACT FEES. AND SO THAT WAS THE DATE THAT WE HAD FOR THAT. AND THEN THEY ARE ALL LISTED HERE. WE'VE HAD A VARIETY OF COUNCIL WORK SESSIONS, A VARIETY OF PRESENTATIONS BY OUR CONSULTANT, AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH, WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING DECEMBER 11TH AND GOT A LOT OF REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL. WE WANTED TO COUNCIL WANTED US TO GO BACK AND DO A LITTLE BIT MORE WORK. WE ALSO GOT A REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM OUR PLANNING COMMISSION THAT WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 5TH OF 2025. AND SO THEN WE WENT BACK AND WE DID SOME MORE WORK WITH OUR COMMITTEE AND WITH OUR CONSULTANT, AND DID A FEW MORE COUNCIL WORK SESSIONS. AND SO THESE ARE THE ONES THAT ARE LISTED HERE. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE DID THE PUBLIC NOTICE APRIL 3RD AND APRIL 10TH. WE HAD OUR PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING ON APRIL 7TH RECEIVED REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE ONE COMMENT THAT THEY MADE WAS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN A RED LINE VERSION OF THE 101 PAGE STUDY, BUT SUFFICE TO SAY THEY THEY FELT REALLY APPRECIATIVE THAT THE COUNCIL WENT BACK AND HAD A COUPLE WORK SESSIONS WITH MEMBERS OF THE IMPACT ADVISORY T WAS A REAL POSITIVE PROCESS THIS YEAR THAT HADN'T BEEN DONE IN PREVIOUS YEARS. AND THEN, OF COURSE, WE'RE HERE ON APRIL 23RD WITH OUR PUBLIC HEARING. SO JUST A LITTLE GRAPHIC OF THE MILESTONES. THAT'S PROBABLY A LITTLE HARD TO SEE, BUT ON ON THE LEFT HAND COLUMN IS THE DIFFERENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, COUNCIL CAPITAL PLAN, STUDY, UPDATE, PLANNING COMMISSION. AND SO THESE ARE JUST SOME DATES JUST TO KIND OF WITH EXES OF, OF THE DIFFERENT INVOLVEMENT. AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, FOUR, FIVE, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW WITH THIS PROCESS. SO WITH THE STUDY UPDATES, SO THESE ARE JUST A LITTLE GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE LONG LIST OF DATES I GAVE YOU ON THE LAST COUPLE SLIDES. SO WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO HAND IT OVER A LITTLE BIT TO COLIN TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE METHODOLOGY OF THIS STUDY. AND I THINK, IS HE ON CITY CLERK? ALL RIGHT, COLIN, YOU'RE ON.

GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME, CAM? YES WE CAN. YES. OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. YOU GOT AN INTRODUCTORY SLIDE UP THERE INTRODUCING THE FIRM TO GALENA BASED HERE OVER IN BOISE. I THINK I'VE MET ALL OF YOU A FEW TIMES NOW. IS THIS SORT OF. PAM WAS DETAILING THE SORT OF ITERATIVE PROCESS WE'VE HAD WITH WITH THIS IMPACT FEE STUDY. YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THOSE THAT ARE JUST WATCHING THAT IMPACT FEES HAVE BEEN AROUND IN IDAHO FOR A FEW DECADES NOW. YOU'RE SEEING OUR EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHERE IMPACT FEES ARE BEING COLLECTED THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THIS IS A GROUP OF AT LEAST 70 COMMUNITIES, CITIES, COUNTIES, FIRE DISTRICTS THAT HAVE ALL SEEN THE NEED OF IMPACT FEES TO HELP OFFSET THE GROWTH RELATED DEMAND ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO EXPAND. EXPAND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE TO ENSURE THAT GROWTH IS PAYING ITS FAIR SHARE. I ONLY HAVE A FEW SLIDES, BUT IF YOU MOVE TO THE NEXT ONE, PAM, THIS LAYS OUT AND I THINK PAM DID A GREAT JOB OF SORT OF GOING THROUGH ALL THE OUTREACH AND SORT OF INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED, BUT REALLY, THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF IMPACT STUDIES IS LOOKING AT GROWTH, UNDERSTANDING THE LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS OF, OF WHAT'S OCCURRED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS AND WHAT WE CAN PROJECT OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS. WE LOOK AT DIFFERENT DEMAND INDICATORS TO ENSURE THAT THE FEE IS PROPORTIONATE BASED ON THE LAND USE. SO YOU SEE RESIDENTIAL FEES, BUT ALSO COMMERCIAL FEES BROKEN DOWN BY BY A FEW CATEGORIES. WE WORK WITH DEPARTMENTS THE FIRE CHIEF, THE POLICE CHIEF, THE, YOU KNOW, PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR, PUBLIC WORKS TO UNDERSTAND THE CAPITAL PLANS THAT ARE IN PLACE, FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION TO ACCOMMODATE THAT GROWTH THAT WE'RE PROJECTING. THERE'S DIFFERENT SORT OF METHODOLOGY APPROACHES THAT WE EVALUATE CREDITS TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE NOT DOUBLE CHARGING ON GROWTH AND ONLY COLLECTING THE REMAINING COST THAT THE CITY IS

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GOING TO PAY FOR. SO WE REDUCE THE FEE ESSENTIALLY TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE THOSE ITEMS, CALCULATE THAT FEE, THEN GO THROUGH THE REVIEW PROCESS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE DFAC, AND AS WAS DESCRIBED, THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN SIPS, WHICH HAVE TO BE ADOPTED FOLLOWING STATE CODE WITHIN YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMP PLAN. AND SO WE GO THROUGH PLANNING AND ZONING TO DO JUST THAT. AND THEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND INFORMAL ADOPTION FROM CITY COUNCIL. I HAVE IN THE NEXT SLIDE, A REAL HIGH LEVEL SUMMARY ON THE CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE COLLECTING FOR THE SERVICE AREA, THE APPROACHES THAT WE'VE TAKEN, AND HOW WE ALLOCATE THOSE COSTS. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO YOUR 2021 2022 STUDY, WHICH I COMPLETED WITH THE CITY AT THAT TIME. SO WE HAVE PARKS AND RECREATION, TRANSPORTATION, POLICE AND FIRE, ALL OF WHICH ARE LOOKING AT A CITY WIDE INFRASTRUCTURE. SO EVERYONE SORT OF CHIPPING IN TO, TO EXPAND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BENEFITING EVERYONE ON THE PARK SIDE. THAT'S COLLECTING FOR COMMUNITY AND CIVIC PARK EXPANSION. TRANSPORTATION IS ARTERIAL ROADWAY CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS. SO THOSE ARE THE BIG THOROUGHFARES THROUGH TOWN POLICE IS IS ACTUALLY HELPING PAY OFF THE DEBT THAT WAS ISSUED TO FUND THE LARGE OVERSIZE POLICE STATION. AND THEN FOR FIRE AND EMS. IT'S THE STATIONS AND APPARATUS AND ALSO THE TRAINING CENTER THERE. 1.2 IS THIS DID REMOVE THIS UPDATE, REMOVE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, INDOOR RECREATION CENTERS AND POLICE VEHICLES, ALL OF WHICH JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE CONSISTENT WITH CAPITAL PLANS. THE POLICE VEHICLES WAS, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDED BY THE IMPACT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE TO TO REMOVE THAT BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T FEEL LIKE IT MET THE THE THRESHOLD FOR ELIGIBILITY UNDER STATE STATUTE. MY NEXT SLIDE THEN JUST GIVES A DETAILED SUMMARY OF, OF THE MAXIMUM SUPPORTABLE FEE AMOUNTS THAT WE CALCULATE BASED ON ALL THAT, YOU KNOW, ALL THOSE INPUTS, THE CALCULATIONS, YOU KNOW, AND ANALYZING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. CURRENTLY, YOUR FEE SCHEDULE ASSESSES THE RESIDENTIAL IMPACT FEES BY THE TYPE OF HOME. BUT THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BOTH WITH COUNCIL, BUT ALSO PLANNING AND ZONING AND IMPACT THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WE ACTUALLY CHANGE THAT ASSESSMENT BASED ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE HOME AND SO ON. THE SORT OF TOP HALF OF THIS FEE SCHEDULE, YOU'RE SEEING RESIDENTIAL FEES BY THREE GROUPS UNDER 1500FT■S, 1500 TO 2900, AND THEN 3000 AND ABOVE. WE USE LOCAL CENSUS DATA TO UNDERSTAND THE DEMAND FROM THOSE HOMES TO GET A PROPORTIONATE FEE. AND YOU CAN SEE THOSE THAT ARE SMALLER, THE SMALLEST OF HOMES END UP WITH A FEE OF 3100 PER UNIT. MIDSIZE HOMES, $4,900 PER UNIT, AND THEN THE LARGEST HOMES $6,460 PER UNIT. COMPARING THIS TO WHAT'S BEING COLLECTED RIGHT NOW, IT'S ALMOST A NET NEUTRAL CHANGE FOR THOSE SMALLEST OF HOMES. ACTUALLY, A DECREASE HERE FOR THOSE MIDSIZE HOMES, WHICH IS INTERESTING. AND THEN BASED ON THAT, YOU KNOW, PROPORTIONALITY AND OUR ANALYSIS INCREASE ABOUT $1,200 FOR THOSE LARGEST HOMES. ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE, WE'RE NOT ASSESSING PARK IMPACT FEES FOR FOR COMMERCIAL. THOSE ARE SORT OF GENERATING JOBS, NOT NECESSARILY POPULATION, BUT THEY DO GENERATE TRIPS ON OUR ROADS, CALLS FOR SERVICE FOR POLICE AND FIRE. AND THOSE FEES AND THE MAXIMUM GREEN COLUMN OR BY THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF STRUCTURED SPACE. AND SO THAT'S WHAT, 15, $4,500 PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL, DOWN TO ABOUT $1,000 PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, ACTUALLY SEEING A DECREASE THERE, ABOUT 20% DECREASE FOR RETAIL AND INCREASES FOR OFFICE, INDUSTRIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, WHICH IS YOUR HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION DEVELOPMENTS. IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS SORT OF THE MAXIMUM SUPPORTABLE AMOUNT, BUT BUT THAT'S BASED ON CAPITAL PLANS AND YOUR CURRENT LEVELS OF SERVICE, NOT ELEVATING LEVELS OF SERVICE, BUT IN A SENSE, AS THE COMMUNITY GROWS, THIS IS WHAT WOULD HAVE TO BE COLLECTED ON EVERY NEW HOME AND NEW BUSINESS TO CONTINUE WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING TODAY TO OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY THE LAST SLIDE. I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS. COUNCIL MAY HAVE IT. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR CONSULTANT? I WAS GOING TO JUST CALL YOU BY FIRST NAME, BUT WE DID A LITTLE MORE FORMAL TONIGHT. OKAY. IF I COULD ADD

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JUST JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS. AS A REMINDER, I, I MADE A STATEMENT EARLIER ABOUT THE, THE CONSENSUS AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE CONSENSUS ON THE POLICE VEHICLES, CONSENSUS ON THE CAPITAL PLANS. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE TIME JUST TO READ WHAT I SHARED WITH COUNCIL BEFORE. AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, THE IMPACT FEE. THIS IS FROM A MEETING DATED TUESDAY, MARCH 10TH, 2026.

THE IMPACT FEE ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ADOPTING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY DATED MARCH 6TH, 2026. WITH ONE EXCEPTION, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS AGAINST ADOPTING A DEFINITION OF SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT INCLUDES UNFINISHED BASEMENT. SO RIGHT NOW, THIS TABLE. DOES DOES NOT INCLUDE UNFINISHED BASEMENTS, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION. AND THAT WAS THE ONLY THE ONLY RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS NOT TAKEN UNDER ADVISEMENT BY COUNCIL. THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT ABOUT THIS, BUT THE CONSENSUS, AT LEAST FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND AS OUR CONSULTANTS UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT COUNCIL IS NOT ADOPTING THAT THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COUNCIL, FROM THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE DIRECTOR ALEXANDER, WILL YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? DID YOU SAY THIS TABLE DOES NOT INCLUDE. I WE JUST JUST REPEAT IT. IT DOES. OKAY. PARDON ME. YEAH. I WAS GOING TO GET A LITTLE AHEAD OF MYSELF BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE DID THIS VERBATIM. OKAY.

BUT THIS DOES THIS. THIS IS FOR TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE. CORRECT. AND IF WE CALL, WE WE DID HAVE ABOUT TEN CATEGORIES AND WE'VE LIMITED DOWN TO THREE. SO IT MAKES IT MUCH MORE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOUSING DWELLING SIZE. WE HAVE THREE CATEGORIES OF THAT AS AS COLIN HAD MENTIONED. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO, THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO POINT OUT, AND I DON'T ■RECALL WHAT IT WAS.

BEFORE I FORGET, THOUGH, THIS 101 PAGE DOCUMENT HAS BEEN ON OUR WEBSITE. IT HAS BEEN AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW, AND I WANT TO THANK OUR MAYOR'S OFFICE PARTICULAR AREAS FOR GETTING THESE UPDATED. SO WE DID HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THEM. IT WAS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC NOTICE OF WHERE YOU COULD GO TO REVIEW THE STUDY. AND WITH THAT, I BELIEVE I AM DONE WITH ANYTHING UNLESS YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME BEFORE WE. NO, NO QUESTIONS. NOW, THERE MIGHT BE SOME QUESTIONS AFTER PUBLIC COMMENT. SO THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION, DIRECTOR ALEXANDER. OKAY, NOW IT'S TIME FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO COME AND GIVE PUBLIC TESTIMONY. IF YOU YOU DON'T NEED TO GIVE YOUR ADDRESS, BUT IF YOU WOULD JUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS AND WELCOME ANYBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME AND DISCUSS THE. THIS PARTICULAR HEARING, WHICH IS CONSIDERING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY.

AND THE CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AARON CANNON. I DO NOT LIVE IN THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. I REPRESENT COMFORT CONSTRUCTION. WE HAVE BEEN BUILDING IN THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY SINCE 1998. SO WE DO KIND OF HAVE A STAKE IN THE CITY. SO I JUST WANTED, FIRST AND FOREMOST, TO ACKNOWLEDGE ALL OF THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS STUDY. I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE A LOT OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS, AND I WANT TO ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE FEEL LIKE THERE HAS BEEN A LOT MORE CONSIDERATION AND LISTENING TO THE STAKEHOLDERS. SO I'VE KIND OF BEEN HERE SINCE 2021, AS SEVERAL OF YOU. SO I KNOW I'M NOT AN UNFAMILIAR FACE, BUT IN THAT VEIN, I JUST WANT TO STAND AND ASK YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME. AND IN THAT VEIN, I JUST I HAVE TWO POINTS. I WANT TO MAKE TWO THINGS THAT I JUST DISAGREE WITH AS FAR AS THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. ONE IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IS THE METHODOLOGY. AND I'M JUST GOING TO GIVE YOU A QUICK EXAMPLE.

I'M JUST FINISHING A HOME THAT'S ABOUT 4000FT■S AND TWO PEOPLE LIVE THERE. AND SO UNDER THE OLD PLAN, THEY PAID 52 AND SOME CHANGE, RIGHT, 5200 FOR THEIR IMPACT FEES. I ALSO HAVE A 55 PLUS COMMUNITY THAT I'M BUILDING SEVERAL HOMES IN RIGHT NOW. AND I HAVE A PLAN THAT IS ABOUT 1480FT■S, RIGHT? SO I'VE ALREADY PAID IMPACT FEES ON THAT AND IT'S 5200 AS WELL. AND

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THERE'S TWO PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT HOME AS WELL. SO THE DIFFERENCE IN THE NEW PLAN, RIGHT? MY 1480 SQUARE FOOT PLAN WOULD BE 3109. RIGHT. AND MY CUSTOMERS THAT ARE LIVING IN THE 4000 SQUARE FOOT PLAN WOULD BE PAYING $6,460. SO I HAVE A HARD TIME COMING TO TERMS WITH THE IMPACT, RIGHT? SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PAYING FOR ITSELF AND THE IMPACT. AND SO I JUST DON'T THINK THAT USING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE AS THE METHODOLOGY IS A GREAT WAY TO APPROACH IT. THE OTHER THING THAT I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH IS THIS IS CREDITS FOR EXISTING BALANCES. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS BEEN DISCUSSED. I'VE WATCHED YOUR WORK SESSIONS AND I JUST HAVEN'T HEARD THAT THIS HAS COME UP MUCH. BUT I JUST WANTED TO MENTION, ESPECIALLY PARKS AND REC, I KNOW THAT THERE'S A. IN THE NEW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THERE IS A BIG CREDIT FOR THE EXISTING BALANCES. SO PART OF THE STATE STATUTE, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, IN 67, 82, TEN AND 67, 82, 11 IS ESSENTIALLY YOU HAVE EIGHT YEARS TO SPEND THESE FEES. SO IF YOU CHARGE SOMEONE FOR THEIR IMPACT IN 2022 AND NOW YOU'RE CREDITING SOMEONE UNDER THE NEW CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. AND THAT IS BASICALLY ALLOCATED, LET'S SAY, OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, LET'S SAY FROM 2026 TO 2031, HOW CAN YOU LEGALLY ENSURE THAT THAT FEE THAT YOU'VE COLLECTED WAS EXPENDED? DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO UNDER THE STATE STATUTE, IT BASICALLY SAYS IF YOU DON'T USE THOSE FEES, THEY HAVE TO BE REFUNDED TO THE PERSON WHO PAID THEM AND THE OWNER OF RECORD AT THAT TIME. SO IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME THAT THAT YOU'RE USING THESE CREDITS FOR EXISTING BALANCES. IT'S LIKE, IF I CHARGE THIS NEIGHBOR FOR THE SIDEWALK AND THEN I DON'T END UP ACTUALLY HAVING TO PUT THAT MUCH SIDEWALK, SO I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT MONEY AND I'M GOING TO CHARGE THIS GUY OVER HERE, HIS NEIGHBOR. IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO HAVE THOSE CREDITS FOR EXISTING BALANCES. AND I REALIZE THAT WILL MAKE THE NUMBER GO UP. BUT I JUST THINK THAT IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEGALITY OF THE CREDITS, THAT THE EXISTING BALANCES, THAT IS AN ISSUE WITH YOUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. SO I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I. THANK YOU. SORRY. I'VE TAUGHT WHERE I LIVE AT 1057 TRAVERSE RIDGE. SO I AM NOT A CITIZEN OF. CITY OF IDAHO FALLS RESIDENT, BUT I'VE BEEN BUILDING SINCE 1990. I BUILT SEVERAL HOMES. I DON'T BUILD HARDLY ANY IN IDAHO FALLS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT LOTS AVAILABLE FOR ONE AND TWO. THERE'S. I BUILD A LOT OF. I TRY TO HELP THOSE PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO GET INTO A NICE HOME AT A GOOD PRICE. AND WHEN WE KEEP INCREASING IMPACT FEES, IT AFFECTS WHAT WE DO. RIGHT NOW, WE ARE IN A SLUMP OR A DOWNTURN IN HOUSES THAT ARE OUT THERE. AND I HAVE ALL THESE KIDS THAT COME TO ME AND THEY CAN'T GET A HOUSE, THEY CAN'T LIVE IN THEIR HOUSE, THEY CAN'T EVEN AFFORD ONE. AND THE CHEAPEST HOUSE THAT I CAN SEE OUT THERE, HOW MUCH? 359 TO 3, 70, DEPENDING. 350 TO 360. CAN ANY OF YOUR KIDS AFFORD THAT? AND I THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING DONE, AND I DON'T THINK IMPACT FEES ARE GOING TO SOLVE EVERYTHING AND BRING ALL OF THOSE THINGS BACK. IT WAS ALSO PUT IN BECAUSE H.R. 389 WAS GOING TO CAP ALL THE CITIES AND ONE. IT ONLY AFFECTED ONE COUNTY IN THE TIME WHEN THEY DID THAT. AND I AM PRESIDENT OF THE HOME BUILDERS ASSOCIATION THIS YEAR. AND I ALSO WAS LAST YEAR. I HAVE SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN THE LEGISLATURE BEGGING AND TALKING AND WORKING WITH THOSE GUYS, TRYING TO DO SOMETHING WITH 389, AND THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME THROUGH AT THE END OF THE SEASON THIS YEAR, AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK TO GET THAT BACK SO THAT IT WORKS BETTER FOR YOU GUYS. I DON'T FEEL LIKE THAT'S GOING TO STOP THE IMPACT FEES, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT OUR KIDS. I DON'T THE ONLY REASON MY KIDS HAVE HOUSES IS BECAUSE I BUILT THEM FOR FREE. AND I FINANCED HALF OF IT. AND THAT'S THE ONLY WAY THEY HAVE A HOUSE. SO IF WE KEEP UP, I HAVE PEOPLE THAT I HAD A GUY COME TO ME AND WANTED ME TO BUILD HIS HOUSE, AND I SAID, WHAT? WHY AREN'T YOU BUILDING YOUR HOUSE? HE LIVED IN CALIFORNIA, AND WHEN THE FIRES WENT THROUGH, IT TOOK OUT HIS HOUSE. AND I SAID, GO BUILD ON YOUR HOUSE. YOU'VE GOT

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YOU'VE GOT A NICE PLACE IN CALIFORNIA. YOU'RE UP ON A HILL AND EVERYTHING. AND HE WAS LIKE, DID YOU KNOW IT COST ME A HUNDRED, OVER $100,000 JUST TO GET A, A PERMIT? AND THAT IS BECAUSE OF ALL THE IMPACT FEES AND THE FEES AND THE BEES THAT GO ON THEIR ACCOUNT. AND WHEN I CAME IN HERE IN WHAT WAS IT? WHEN DO WE START? WHEN DID THEY. 22 WHEN 22 CAME IN, WE BEGGED NOT TO DO IT. AND WE'RE TRYING TO INCREASE ACCORDING TO THIS, IT'S SAYING 5% OR GREATER. AND I'M JUST ASKING YOU GUYS, LET'S NOT LET'S GO BACK. LET'S LOOK AND SEE IF THERE'S A DIFFERENT WAY AND COME WITH SOMETHING THAT WOULD SAVE MONEY. AND LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO GET OUR KIDS IN HOUSES, NOT LOTS OF OTHER THINGS. SO THANK YOU. AND I DO KNOW THAT YOU GUYS DO A GOOD WORK. YOU TRIED TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN, AND I KNOW ALL THESE CITIES STUDIES GO THROUGH. TJ TELLS US A LOT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS. AND SO THANK YOU FOR TRYING TO DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE. BUT LET'S PLEASE NOT DO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NATE CLARK. I WORK FOR ROCKWELL HOMES AND I AM NOT A RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF FALLS. I USED TO BE. SO LET'S START WITH WHERE I SHOULDN'T HAVE. WHEN I SAY THAT IT'S IT'S SIMPLY BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO GIVE THEIR ADDRESSES. SO I DON'T I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO NOW GIVE THEIR ADDRESS ON THE PUBLIC RECORD, BUT IT ISN'T TO MAKE SHAME OR DO ANYTHING TO ANYBODY WHO'S NOT ACTUALLY A RESIDENT OF IDAHO FALLS. SO TO, TO ALL THREE OF THOSE, IT IS NOT. I FEEL ASHAMED. I AM NOT DOING THAT. IT IS SIMPLY. I DON'T THINK YOU. I KNOW YOU DON'T NEED TO GIVE YOUR ADDRESS. YOU DON'T NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE. NO, I FEEL OSTRACIZED. SO IT'S A GOOD WAY TO START. SO IN 2018 I GRADUATED COLLEGE. MY, MY, MY WIFE AND I DID. AND FROM WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY IN OGDEN, UTAH. AND I STARTED LOOKING FOR JOBS AND WE WANTED TO BUY A HOME, RIGHT? THAT WAS THE DREAM. I GREW UP IN, RIGBY. THE DREAM WAS TO BE A HOMEOWNER, HAVE A YARD, YOU KNOW, RAISE A FAMILY. THE AMERICAN DREAM. WE LOOKED FOR STARTER HOMES IN OGDEN, UTAH, AND WHAT WE COULD FIND THAT WAS THE CHEAPEST. THAT WAS SOMEWHAT INHABITABLE WAS 330,000. THAT WAS FOR A 1960 RANCH STYLE HOME IN OGDEN, UTAH. AT THAT TIME. FIRST OFF, I DIDN'T HAVE A JOB, SO I COULDN'T AFFORD IT. BUT LOOKING WHAT WHAT I COULD AFFORD IF I GOT A JOB WAS ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE PAYING, WAS ABOUT $60,000 A YEAR JOB AND MAKING $60,000 A YEAR AND TRYING TO AFFORD A MORTGAGE ON A $330,000 HOUSE WITH A 7% INTEREST RATE. BACK THEN, IT JUST DIDN'T WORK. SO WE STARTED TO BROADEN OUR HORIZONS, AND WE LOOKED TO IDAHO AND WE FOUND THE EXACT SAME STYLE HOME, EXACT SAME YEAR. AND THE CITY LIMITS OF IDAHO FALLS FOR $163,000 WITH AN UNFINISHED BASEMENT. IT WAS BUILT IN 1960. THEY RAISED A WHOLE FAMILY AND NEVER FINISHED THE BASEMENT, WHICH IS CRAZY. SO WE WE BOUGHT THAT HOME AND WE MOVED HERE. I TOOK A JOB AND I WAS TOLD THAT I COULD MAKE 60 GRAND AT THIS JOB. A YEAR WENT BY AND AT THE END OF THAT YEAR, I MADE $38,000. IN 2019, WORKING FOR A COMPANY IN THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. I COULDN'T AFFORD MY MORTGAGE. MY WIFE HAD JUST QUIT HER JOB AS A NURSE.

SHE WAS PREGNANT, AND I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO. I DIDN'T COME FROM MONEY. MY FAMILY COULDN'T SUPPORT ME, AND I, I GOT TO A POINT WHERE I SAID, HOLY CRAP, IT'S ABOUT TO HIT THE FAN. I SHIFTED JOBS AND I WAS ABLE TO FIND A GOOD JOB IN THE REAL ESTATE MARKET WITH THE BALL FAMILY. AND I WATCHED THE REAL ESTATE MARKET CONTINUALLY INCREASE. SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY, AFFORDABILITY OF A HOME FOR SOMEBODY WHO'S YOUNG, WITH YOUNG KIDS AND A WIFE THAT WANTS TO STAY HOME AND RAISE THE CHILDREN IN THE HOME. AND THAT'S WHAT MY WIFE WANTED, AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED. AND WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT BY MOVING TO THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. AND AS AN EMPLOYEE OF ROCKWELL HOMES, ROCKWELL'S BEEN DOING THEIR VERY BEST TO KEEP HOMES AFFORDABLE IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO SINCE THEY STARTED IN 1997. AND WE'RE CONTINUALLY TALKING ABOUT THAT ON A DAILY BASIS AS WE DEVELOP OUR GROUND.

HOW DO WE KEEP OUR LAND COSTS, OUR DEVELOPMENT COSTS, OUR PRESSURIZED IRRIGATION? HOW DO WE KEEP THESE DOWN SO WE CAN THEN SELL THE LOT AT THE CHEAPEST AND BUILD A CHEAP,

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AFFORDABLE HOME FOR YOUNG FAMILIES, WHICH IS ALWAYS WHAT WE'VE DONE. AND IT'S BECOMING NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN REAL ESTATE PRICES, LAND PRICES AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS ACROSS THE US. SO BASED ON THIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PLAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SQUARE FOOTAGE BEING THE BASIS OF HOW WE CAPTURE IMPACT. ROCKWELL HOMES HAS ALWAYS DONE UNFINISHED BASEMENTS SINCE THEY'VE STARTED, RIGHT? THAT'S THE BEST THING THAT THEY'VE SEEN FOR PEOPLE TO GET INTO A HOME THAT THEY CAN AFFORD AT THE TIME. AND THEN AS THEIR INCOME RAISES AND AS THEIR FAMILY GETS BIGGER, THEY CAN LATER FINISH THE BASEMENT. SO WE, WE FEEL, AND I FEEL THAT TRYING TO CAPTURE ALL THE SQUARE FOOTAGE RIGHT NOW ISN'T PROPORTIONATE TO WHAT THE IMPACT IS IN THE COMMUNITY, THE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY OF RESIDENTS, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THAT HOME AND PEOPLE LIVE IN FINISHED SQUARE FOOTAGE. SO IMPACT IS SHOULD BE BY RESIDENTIAL, RESIDENTIAL PERSON IN THAT HOUSEHOLD IN IN HABITABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE WHICH WOULD BE FINISHED. I THINK IF WE CAN RELOOK AT THAT THIS AND REALIZE THAT THE PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF IMPACT CAN BE CAPTURED BY FINISHED SQUARE FOOTAGE AND STILL BE ABLE TO HELP THE CITY MANAGE THE GROWTH AND PAY FOR THE IMPACT THAT RESIDENTS ARE MAKING. I THINK THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS HAS A HUGE CURVE ON THE MARKET IN SOUTHEAST IDAHO OF KEEPING AFFORDABILITY. AS ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES THAT OTHERS ARE NOT ABLE TO DO, JUST STRICTLY BECAUSE OF HOW UNAFFORDABLE LIFE IS. THE CITY OF AM IS STRUGGLING WITH IT SO MUCH BECAUSE MAJORITY OF THEIR FUTURE GROUND IS IN FEMA FLOODPLAIN. AND TO DEVELOP A FEMA FLOODPLAIN IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE. SO THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS IS GOING TO SEE A HUGE CRUNCH OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS, BECAUSE ALL THE GROWTH IS GOING TO FORCE BACK HERE, BECAUSE YOUR GROUND'S NOT IN FLOODPLAIN GROUND. AND I HOPE WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT THIS AND UNDERSTAND THAT AS A COUNCIL, YOU GUYS CONTROL AFFORDABILITY, NOT JUST FROM IMPACT FEE STANDARDS, BUT FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT STANDARDS FROM THE CITY OF FALLS. AND I HOPE YOU LOOK AT THIS AND REALIZE THIS IS ONE WAY AS A CITY, WE CAN CONTROL THE IMPACT FEE AND TO KEEP HOUSES AT AFFORDABLE RATE FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LOOKING TO LIVE AND GROW A FAMILY HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CLARK.

ANYONE ELSE HERE LOOKING AROUND AT THE FEW FACES TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYONE SPECIFIC WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE TONIGHT? OKAY, DIRECTOR ALEXANDER, IF YOU CAN COME UP AND IF IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, CAN CAN YOU OR OUR CONSULTANT PLEASE ADDRESS THE CREDITS AS THEY STAND ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND HOW THOSE HOW THOSE CREDITS, WHY THOSE CREDITS ARE APPLIED. I KNOW THAT I I'LL JUST TURN THAT QUESTION BACK TO YOU. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE THE CONSULTANT TO GO THROUGH THAT, BECAUSE HE IS ACTUALLY THE ONE THAT CALCULATED ALL THE CREDITS AND THE WHOLE MATHEMATICS, MATHEMATICS AND METHODOLOGY BEHIND IT. SO ARE YOU WILLING TO DO THAT? YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND DISCUSSING THE WHY WE HAD TO PUT THE CREDITS ON THE STUDY, WOULD YOU WOULD YOU MIND ADDRESSING THAT AS WELL? YEAH, SURE. YEAH. THANKS, MAYOR. FOR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. I AM NOT A CITIZEN, A RESIDENT OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, BUT SHAME ON YOU. SHAME ON YOU. BUT YEAH, IT GETS BACK TO, YOU KNOW, JUST SORT OF THE HIGH LEVEL POINT I MADE ABOUT THEM IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIC TO PARK, LET'S SAY THAT THEIR PLAN I'M LOOKING AT THE REPORT IS $9.3 MILLION IS THEIR CAPITAL PLAN FOR FOR, YOU KNOW, EXPANSION OF PARKS. BUT THE CITY ALREADY HAS A MILLION BUCKS IN THEIR IMPACT FEE FUND AT THAT TIME. AND SO WE ALREADY COLLECTED THE CITY ALREADY HAD COLLECTED 11.5% OF THAT PLAN, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. AND SO WE WERE, IN A SENSE, ONLY TRYING TO SOLVE FOR THE REMAINING $8.3 MILLION. AND SO TO ENSURE THAT THAT WE'RE NOT OVERCOLLECTING, WE REDUCE THE IMPACT FEE, IN THAT CASE, 11% TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ONLY COLLECTING FOR THE REMAINING CIP AMOUNTS. AND I BELIEVE THAT EXAMPLE THAT COLIN JUST DESCRIBED IS ON PAGE 37 OF THE STUDY. IT SAYS PARKS AND RECREATION IMPACT FEE CREDIT ANALYSIS, FIGURE 21. GOES THROUGH THAT METHODOLOGY THAT HE JUST DESCRIBED. SO, COLIN, WOULD IT BE FAIR TO SAY THAT IF WE HAD SPENT THOSE IMPACT FEES ON, YOU KNOW, FROM DAY ONE THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE THAT CREDIT HAD WE? I MEAN, I KNOW WE ARE GIVEN EIGHT YEARS

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WITH AN EXTENSION OF THREE. BUT HAD WE GONE AHEAD AND EXPENDED THOSE, THEN WE WOULDN'T WE WOULD NOT HAVE THAT CREDIT. AND THOSE IMPACT FEES WOULD BE AT A LARGER AMOUNT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE OVER A TEN YEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. AND THIS KIND OF THE NATURE OF IT, BECAUSE IN 2022, YOU WERE JUST STARTING TO COLLECT THE DOLLARS, RIGHT? AND SO YOU NEED TO GET ENOUGH IN THE IN THE BALANCE, RIGHT TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. AND SO I'M SURE IN THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR OR TWO, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT THE PLAN, THOSE DOLLARS THAT FIRST CAME IN, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS IN THE PAST WILL BE THE FIRST ONES USED. AND THEN THE DOLLARS COLLECTED TOMORROW WILL BE THE NEXT ONES USED FIRST IN, FIRST OUT. OKAY. AND, AND. SO, I MEAN, I CAN SEE HOW WE HAVE TO DO THIS PLAN EVERY FIVE YEARS. WE HAVE EIGHT YEARS TO SPEND. SO IT REALLY IS A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT WE DON'T JUST START COLLECTING IMPACT FEES, HOLDING ON TO THEM FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. THEY REALLY ARE INTENDED TO BE SPENT ON CURRENT IMPACTS. OTHERWISE IN IN ESSENCE, WE GET, I DON'T USE THE WORD DINGED, BUT WE ARE PENALIZED FOR NOT SPENDING THEM TIMELY. I MEAN, EVEN EVEN IF WE DON'T FOLLOW TIMELINESS. WHEN I SAY I MEAN, WE HAVE EIGHT YEARS, BUT YEAR IN, YEAR OUT, WE REALLY NEED TO BE SPENDING THE IMPACT FEES IN ORDER TO NOT HAVE THESE CREDITS IN OUR NEXT STUDY. WOULD THAT IS THAT ACCURATE AS WELL? YEAH. YEAH, EXACTLY. RIGHT. YEAH. AND YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY TO ENSURE THAT YOU'RE NOT OVERCHARGING ON GROWTH, RIGHT? WE'RE REDUCING THE IMPACT FEE TO ONLY ACCOUNT FOR THE REMAINING REMAINING NEED. AND SIMILARLY, IF THERE IS ANY OTHER DEDICATED REVENUES THAT LIKE A HOMEOWNER WAS PAYING A DEDICATED PROPERTY TAX THAT WAS ALSO GOING TO PARK EXPANSION, AND WE'RE COLLECTING AN IMPACT FEE FOR PARK EXPANSION, WE WOULD REDUCE THE IMPACT FEE TO ACCOUNT FOR THAT AS WELL AS ANOTHER ANOTHER CREDIT. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS FOR DIRECTOR ALEXANDER, DIRECTOR ALEXANDER.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW WE ACCOUNT FOR EVERY IMPACT FEE THAT IS PAID TO THE CITY? OH, ABSOLUTELY. MAYOR. SO EACH OF THE IMPACT FEE CATEGORIES FIRE, POLICE, TRANSPORTATION, THEY ALL HAVE WHAT WE CALL A SPECIFIC REVENUE, COSTCO. AND WHEN THE FEES COME IN AND THEY'RE PAID THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THOSE OUR SYSTEM ACTUALLY BREAKS IT OUT. SO IF SOMEONE COMES IN AND FOR, SAY, FOR EXAMPLE, OR HAVE A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND THEY'RE PULLING A PERMIT ON THAT, THE COST FOR EACH OF THE MAXIMUM FEES ACTUALLY GO DIRECTLY INTO A DEDICATED COST CODE. SO ONE WOULD GO, THE FEE WOULD GO INTO TRANSPORTATION, THE FEE ON THE SCHEDULE WILL GO INTO FIRE, EMS, POLICE AND PARKS AND RECREATION. AND SO AND THEN THE SYSTEM ACTUALLY WE USE A SYSTEM CALLED CITY WORKS.

AND WE ARE REQUIRED BY STATUTE TO DO A QUARTERLY REPORT ON IMPACT FEES, AND THAT I HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SYSTEM WHERE I PULL REPORTS OFF OF THAT SYSTEM. I PULL IT INTO A CSV FILE, AND I COMPARE AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S THERE AREN'T ANY ABNORMALITIES. AND SO I'M ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT WAS CHARGED FOR THAT QUARTER AND WHAT COST CODE THAT WENT TO.

AND THEN I'M ALSO ABLE TO VERIFY IT THROUGH OUR GENERAL LEDGER, WHICH IS OUR FORMAL FINANCIAL RECORD OF OUR ORGANIZATION. AND THAT IS ALSO THE FINANCIALS ARE ALSO AUDITED BY OUR EXTERNAL AUDITOR FOR FERTILITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS FOR COLIN OR FOR DIRECTOR ALEXANDER COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS? YEAH, AND I KNOW I'VE RAISED THIS ISSUE BEFORE, BUT I THINK THE TABLE IS SOMEWHAT MISLEADING IN ONE RESPECT, BECAUSE THE CURRENT FEE, REMEMBER, REPRESENTS ONLY 75% OF THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE IN THREE OF THE CATEGORIES. AND SO THE CURRENT FEE AT 100% WOULD BE HIGHER THAN THAT CURRENT FEE.

SO IF WE COMPARE 200% TO INCREASE WOULD BE MUCH SMALLER. CORRECT. AND THAT'S OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. CORRECT. SO I THINK THAT I THINK HONESTLY CAN I MAKE A COMMENT AS WELL. WELL, OKAY, WE CAN MAYBE AS PART OF DELIBERATION. IS THAT OKAY? COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS, I CAN BE CONVINCED OTHERWISE, BUT OTHERWISE LET'S HAVE IT. DURING OUR DELIBERATION. COUNCIL MEMBER RADFORD JUST WONDERING AND MAYBE THIS IS FOR COLIN, BUT BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE APARTMENTS. DID DIFFERENTIATED HAS ANYONE RUN WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS GOING TO BE? YOU KNOW, PAST YEARS, WHAT WE COLLECTED VERSUS WITH THIS MODEL, IF WE ADOPTED THIS MODEL,

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WHAT WOULD BE THE DIFFERENCE IN THE COLLECTIONS? WAS THAT FIGURED COLIN. YEAH, I COULD TACKLE THAT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THE HARD NUMBERS, BUT BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR THE MOST PART, A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, THEY ARE GOING TO BE ASSESSED BY UNIT IN THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THAT UNIT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S TEN UNITS AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL UNDER 1200FT■S, LET'S SAY THEY WOULD BE ASSESSED THE 3100. THEY'RE THE MAXIMUM IF ADOPTED AT THE MOMENT, THE CURRENT SCHEDULE IS 2900. AND SO, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR THE MOST PART, THOSE UNITS O BE CAPTURED IN THAT LOW THE SMALLEST GROUP. AND SO WE WOULD SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE, $366 PER UNIT. AND IF I COULD ADD TO THAT, WE DID DO A COMPARISON AND WE WENT OVER AT A WORK SESSION, A COUPLE WORK SESSIONS, AND THEN OUR CHAIR, TJ NELSON, ALSO DID A COMPARISON AS WELL, USING SOME OF THE DATA THAT HE RECEIVED FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT THAT ANALYSIS. I DON'T HAVE THAT SPREADSHEET AVAILABLE IN THE ACTUAL STUDY ITSELF THOUGH. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ANY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THEN WE WILL HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. YES. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO KIND OF ANSWER AARON'S QUESTION ABOUT HOW WE HOW DO WE DEFEND THIS WHEN THE TYING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIKE. I THINK THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION WITH COLIN HERE TOO, BECAUSE THE POINT IS WELL TAKEN. YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO PEOPLE IN A 4000 SQUARE FOOT HOME AND THEN, YOU KNOW, ONE PERSON IN A 55 PLUS, YOU KNOW, MOVING IN TO A 40, 1400 SQUARE FOOT HOME, HOW DOES THAT HOW HAS THAT PLAYED OUT, COLIN, IN TERMS OF COURT CASES AND HOW THAT IMPACT IS. THAT WONDERFUL QUESTION.

COUNCIL MEMBERS IS, YOU KNOW, IMPORTANTLY IS WHEN WE'RE THINKING ABOUT IMPACT FEES, IS THAT WE SHOULD BE CAPTURING THE IMPACT, THE DEMAND FROM THAT HOME OR FROM THAT BUSINESS OVER THE LIFE OF THE HOME. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST PEOPLE THAT MOVE IN, YOU KNOW, INTO A FOUR BEDROOM HOME AND THERE'S TWO OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOING TO BE INSTANCES LIKE THAT. BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE A MOMENT IN TIME WHEN THAT FOUR BEDROOM HOME IS GOING TO BE OCCUPIED BY BY MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY, ESPECIALLY IN A COMMUNITY LIKE YOURS. BUT, BUT REALLY, I WOULD SAY THAT FROM A DEFENSIBILITY, THE MORE GRANULAR YOU GET, THE MORE CATEGORIES YOU INCLUDE HERE. IT'S ACTUALLY MORE PROPORTIONATE AND MORE DEFENSIBLE THE PROGRAM BECOMES BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY DIVING INTO LOCAL CENSUS DATA BUILDING TRENDS TO UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY, WHAT ARE THE DEMANDS THAT THOSE THAT THOSE THRESHOLDS? AND IF I COULD ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THAT, ACTUALLY ON PAGE 99 OF THE STUDY, IT GOES THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT COLIN PROVIDED A HIGHER LEVEL SUMMARY ON, BUT IT DOES HAVE A SECTION IN THERE THAT TALKS ABOUT PERSONS BY DWELLING SIZE AND THE USE OF THE US CENSUS BUREAU WEST REGION, ALONG WITH PUTTING THESE CALCULATIONS INTO A LOGARITHMIC.

AND SO, AS COLIN HAD MENTIONED, THERE ARE STANDARDS, IF YOU WILL, BASED ON CENSUS DATA OF HOW MANY PERSONS ARE IN PER HOUSING UNIT BY DWELLING SIZE. AND THERE'S A TABLE THAT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT WITH SOME FOOTNOTES ON PAGE 99 OF THE STUDY. YEAH, I THINK IT'S FASCINATING BECAUSE THOSE CENSUS FIGURES ARE PROBABLY INTERESTING BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH THE HOUSING CRISIS BY LIVING TOGETHER. SO I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE INTERESTING OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS JUST BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE DIFFICULT. THE AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN BONNEVILLE COUNTY NOW IS OVER $100,000. AND THAT'S NOT WHAT ONE PERSON MAKES, BECAUSE THE AVERAGE SALARY IS NOT NEARLY THAT. SO IT'S A FASCINATING KIND OF LOOK. COUNCIL, DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THEN I WILL DECLARE THE HEARING CLOSED. THIS WAS ALSO IN OUR PACKET. WE DIDN'T DISCUSS IT, BUT THE AMENDMENT TO THE CITY CODE TITLE TEN, CHAPTER EIGHT. IT'S ALSO PART OF PART OF THIS HEARING AND IS PART OF THE PACKET THAT NO ONE NO ONE SPOKE TO IT THERE. THE CHANGES JUST REFLECT WHAT ARE REPRESENTED IN THE IMPACT FEE STUDY AND THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS. WE DID TAKE OUT OTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE PART OF A TAXING DISTRICT WITHIN THE CITY. THEY ARE. THEY WOULD BE ADDRESSED USING DEVELOPMENT FEES, DEVELOPMENT

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AGREEMENTS, EXCUSE ME, NOT DEVELOPMENT, BUT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS, SO THAT IF A SCHOOL OR ANOTHER TAXING DISTRICT IS BUILDING WITHIN THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, OBVIOUSLY BONNEVILLE COUNTY DOES THEIR OWN PERMITTING WITHIN THE CITY. BUT FOR SCHOOL, FOR EXAMPLE, WE WOULD WORK WITH THE SCHOOL TO USE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS FOR THEIR IMPROVEMENTS AND THE CHARGES THAT THEY WOULD BE BILLED FOR THOSE IMPROVEMENTS. SO THAT'S ONE THAT WAS TAKEN OUT. AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING WAS REMOVED. AND I THINK THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OF WHERE WE LEFT OFF IN THE ORDINANCE. THAT'S CORRECT. THANK YOU. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. SO THE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND IT IS TIME FOR COUNCIL TO GO AHEAD AND DEBATE OR DISCUSS DELIBERATE. THANK YOU FOR THE RIGHT WORD. THE OTHER THREE D WORDS DELIBERATE AMONGST. I NEED TWO MINUTES. OKAY. YES, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM, BUT COUNCILMEMBER LARSEN NEEDS TO STEP OUT FOR JUST A MINUTE. WELL, ARE YOU READY? YOU GO AHEAD. OKAY. MEMBER. FREEMAN, DO YOU WANT TO LEAD OUT? SURE. I AGREE THAT IT IS DIFFICULT FOR KIDS TO BUY A HOME THESE DAYS. I, I WENT THROUGH THIS WITH MY OWN CHILDREN AND ENDED UP HAVING TO HELP THEM, BUT THEY DID FINALLY GET INTO ONE. AND IT'S IT'S WORKED OUT VERY WELL FOR THEM. I DON'T, I DON'T THE IDEA THAT, YOU KNOW, TWO PEOPLE LIVE IN A BIGGER HOME OR SMALLER HOME, THE IMPACT FEES ARE A ONE TIME FEE, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S THAT. SO IT'S NOT WHO'S LIVING IN THE HOUSE AT THAT TIME. IT'S OVER THE LIFE OF THIS BUILDING AND THIS THIS HOUSE IS GOING TO BE HERE 100 YEARS, RIGHT? THAT YOU'RE BUILDING, WE HOPE, RIGHT? WE BUILD HOUSES FOR THE LAST 100 YEARS ANYWAY. SO, SO OVER THE LIFE OF THAT, OF THAT STRUCTURE, THERE'S GOING TO BE SIX PEOPLE LIVING IN IT. THERE MIGHT BE ONE PERSON LIVING IN IT. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOING TO CHANGE ALL THROUGH THE TIME. SO IT'S ONE TIME FEE. IT HAPPENS AT THE TIME THAT IT'S BUILT. SO THE POINT THAT THERE'S FEWER PEOPLE LIVING IN A, IN A 4000 SQUARE FOOT HOME IS JUST AN EXAMPLE.

BUT IT'S NOT. I DON'T THINK IT'S A TREND. I DON'T AGREE WITH, INCLUDING THE UNFINISHED BASEMENTS I, I STATED THAT AT THE WORK SESSION, BUT I DON'T IT'S NOT A DEAL BREAKER FOR ME BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO REVISIT THIS AGAIN SOON. IT'S A STATE STATUTE THAT WE HAVE TO REVISIT THIS ORDINANCE EVERY FIVE YEARS AT THE MINIMUM. SO SO I'M I'M OKAY. I'M OKAY WITH IT. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. I DON'T THINK THERE'S THAT MANY. THAT GET FINISHED. THAT DON'T GET THAT DON'T, DON'T COME IN AND ASK FOR A PERMIT WHEN THEY DO THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE THAT, THAT IT'S GOING TO BE A THING THAT REALLY SKEWS THE NUMBERS. I ALSO WANT TO CONGRATULATE THE COMMITTEE AND, AND OUR STAFF BECAUSE THEY HAVE WE'RE NOT JUST THROWING DARTS AT A BOARD AND COMING UP WITH NUMBERS. RIGHT. I MEAN, THESE THIS HAS BEEN DUE DILIGENCE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS FOLLOWING BEST PRACTICES, STATE STATUTE, AND GIVING THE PUBLIC MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO WEIGH IN AND TESTIFY. BUT I WILL I WANT TO MENTION AGAIN ABOUT THIS IS A WORKING DOCUMENT. IT IT'S MEANT TO BE ADJUSTED AS TIME GOES ON. AND I THINK WE'RE AT A POINT RIGHT NOW THAT I CAN SUPPORT THIS THE WAY IT'S WRITTEN. SO THANKS. COUNCILMEMBER FRANCIS, DID YOU HAVE. WELL, THE REASON THAT I ASKED THE QUESTION THAT I DID IS I THINK THAT IF WE LOOK AT THAT TABLE AND WE COMPARED MAXIMUMS, AFFORDABLE FEES IN THIS STUDY COMPARED TO MAXIMUM SUPPORTABLE FEES IN 2021 OR 22, WHEN I TOOK IT BACK, THAT THAT DIFFERENCE THAT SHOWS THE CHANGE WOULD BE SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER. AND SO THE REASON THAT I SAY THAT IS I THINK THAT IN DOING THIS WHOLE PROCESS, WE'RE TRYING TO BE AWARE OF THIS IS A COST FOR BUILDING, BUT IT'S ALSO A COST FOR HOW THE CITY PAYS FOR ITS FUTURE. AND WE CANNOT SAY THAT ALL THE TAXPAYERS NOW PAY FOR THE COST OF THAT GROWTH. THAT'S THE WHOLE PURPOSE FOR IMPACT FEES. AND WE DO DISAGREE ON UNFINISHED BASEMENTS. WE'VE BEEN THROUGH IT. I DO BELIEVE A

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ONE TIME FEE IS THE RIGHT WAY TO GO. SO ON THAT WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, BUT I THINK THAT IT'S POTENTIAL LIVING SPACE. AND I WILL ALSO ADD, WHICH I'VE SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN, NO ONE'S ANSWERED MY QUESTION. WHAT ABOUT AN UNFINISHED SECOND STORY, WHICH WE KNOW IS GOING TO BE LIVING SPACE? AND NO ONE SAID, WELL, WE'RE GOING TO EXCUSE THAT TOO. WE KNOW THAT IF SOMEONE DOESN'T FINISH THEIR SECOND FLOOR, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CHARGED. AND IT'S THE SAME FOR A BASEMENT. SO THAT'S MY VIEW AND I'M SUPPORTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, EVEN THOUGH, I MEAN. IT'S A COST, BUT THE PAYBACK TO THIS WHOLE CITY IS DEFINITELY MAKING THAT COST WORTH IT. YEAH, I'D JUST LIKE TO, I THINK, ECHO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER FREEMAN SAID IN TERMS OF THANKING THE COMMITTEE FOR, YOU KNOW, ALL THE TIME AND EVERYONE WHO WORKED ON THIS, THIS IS A VERY, VERY THOUGHTFUL APPROACH TO IMPACT FEES AND HOW THEY. SHOULD BE APPLIED TO HELP PAY FOR GROWTH. DEVELOPED IN SEVERAL COMMUNITIES, YOU KNOW, ALL OVER. AND I FOUND I FEEL LIKE THIS STUDY IS HAS BEEN MORE THOUGHTFUL THAN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY THAT I'VE AT LEAST WORKED IN. SO I'M VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE THOUGHTFULNESS THAT WENT INTO THIS AND THE AMOUNT OF DELIBERATION THAT OCCURRED, BOTH WITH THIS BODY AS WELL AS WITH EVERYONE ELSE WHO WORKED ON IT, INCLUDING THE THE COMMITTEE. SO. COUNCIL MEMBER, BRADFORD, A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, I MY PROFESSION DEALS WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

AND SO IT'S DISAPPOINTING THAT THAT'S NOT BEING DEALT WITH HERE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT I THINK IN THE AMENDMENT RIGHT. THAT I WISH THAT WE COULD HAVE FOUND A WAY TO FUND THAT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A LOT OF MONEY. AND HUD GRANTS ACTUALLY DEMAND THAT CITIES FIND SOME FUNDING SO THAT THEY ARE COMPETITIVE. AND IF WE HAVE HUD BUILDERS THAT WANT TO BE HERE FOR OUR WORKING CLASS, 15 TO $20 WORKERS, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO DO OURSELVES A DISSERVICE BY NOT HAVING SOMETHING IN PLACE. AND THAT'S CRITICAL. SO I THINK SOMEHOW WE'VE GOT TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THAT GOING FORWARD. AND, YOU KNOW, AFFORDABILITY ACROSS THE BOARD IS SOMETHING THAT'S. IT'S IT'S DISAPPOINTING, RIGHT, THAT OUR MARKET HASN'T STAYED THE SAME. BUT AT THE SAME TOKEN, THE COST OF THE CITY'S GROWTH HAS TO BE BORNE BY SOMEONE, RIGHT? SO IF WE DON'T CHARGE IMPACT FEES, THEN THE COSTS ARE GOING TO BE BORNE BY AUNT MAY ON SEVENTH STREET. RIGHT. AND HER PROPERTY TAXES. AND SO WE HAVE TO FIND AN EQUITABLE WAY TO DO THIS. IF, IF WE DO IMPACT FEES IN THE MOST THOUGHTFUL WAY, THEN THEY'RE DEFENSIBLE, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT IS ULTIMATELY IMPORTANT. AND I ALSO DON'T THINK THE COST OF ROADS, PARKS AND THE EMPLOYEES THAT WE PAY, THAT'S ALL GONE UP 20 TO 30% OVER SINCE 2020. AND SO THESE NUMBERS AREN'T A 20%. SO WE AREN'T EVEN KEEPING UP, I DON'T THINK UNFORTUNATELY IT'S. THE COST PROBLEMS IN AMERICA ARE LARGER THAN WHAT WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE IN THIS ROOM. BUT I WOULD JUST TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY PUBLICLY TO SAY THAT REGULATION. IS A PROBLEM, AND THAT WE HAVE TO FIND ANSWERS TO THE COSTS THAT WE'RE ADDING TO PEOPLE'S LIVES THROUGH REGULATION. AND WE'VE GOT TO FIND WAYS TO DO THAT SAFELY SO THAT THE REGULATIONS DO KEEP US SAFE, BUT THAT THEY DON'T MAKE US COST PROHIBITIVE BECAUSE WE CAN'T BUILD A SOCIETY LIKE WE BUILT AMERICA IN THE 1800S UNDER THE REGULATIONS WE HAVE NOW. WE JUST COULDN'T. RIGHT.

AND THE COST OF BUILDING A HOTEL OR A MOTEL OR TRYING TO I MEAN, THERE'S JUST SO MANY OF THESE THINGS THAT MAKE IT DIFFICULT. SO I THINK THERE'S MORE WORK FOR US TO DO AROUND REGULATION. AND AS MUCH AS WE CAN DO THAT AS A CITY LEVEL, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD TAKE ON TO TRY TO HELP WITH THE PRICE OF HOMES. AND I'M SUPER INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT FROM THE CONTRACTORS AND THE BUILDERS WHERE THEY THINK WE CAN BE ABLE TO CUT COSTS AND STILL BE SAFE AND STILL BE EFFECTIVE. LIKE THOSE ARE THOSE ARE HIGH STANDARDS, BUT IT'S A HARD THING, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE TO TRY TO FIND. I ALSO AM GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION TONIGHT TO WITH THE ONE CHANGE OF EXEMPTING THE UNFINISHED BASEMENTS AND JUST SEE WHERE

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THAT VOTE GOES. AND SO WE MAY HAVE TWO VOTES IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THIS DONE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO AS THE PERSON WHO'S GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION AS IT LAYS ON, BECAUSE I WANT THAT TO GO ON RECORD THAT THERE WAS SOME OF US THAT THOUGHT THAT THAT WASN'T WORTHWHILE, THAT WE I DON'T THINK THERE'S AN IMPACT IF THERE'S NOT A LIVABLE SPACE.

AND I KNOW YOU THINK IT'S A ONE TIME. B, BUT WE DO HAVE A PERMITTING PROCESS TO MAKE THAT ONE TIME HAPPEN AGAIN. SO. COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER LARSEN, THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO REITERATE SOME THINGS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SAID, BUT I JUST WANT TO BE ON THE RECORD. ONE, I APPRECIATE, AGAIN, THE COMMITTEE, THE IMPACT FEE, FOLKS. THOSE KINDS OF COMMITTEES ARE SO IMPORTANT TO WHAT WE DO AS A CITY AND WHAT WE DO AS A COUNCIL, AND I JUST APPRECIATE ALL OF THEIR EFFORTS. THE ISSUE HAS BEEN TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES AND FROM DIFFERENT WAYS, ABOUT HOW WE PAY FOR GROWTH, AND I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER RADFORD MADE A GOOD POINT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF IF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE DOING THE GROWTH DON'T PAY FOR IT, THEN. BUT I THINK YOU SAID AUNT MAY ON SEVENTH STREET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT PAYS FOR IT.

SO THAT'S A THAT'S A BALANCE. THAT'S A DIFFICULT LINE TO WALK. AND I THINK THAT'S IN PART WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG TO GET TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE AT. I GUESS THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE IS I UNDERSTAND BOTH SIDES OF THAT. AND THAT'S OUR JOB, IS TO FIGURE OUT WHERE TO FIND THAT BALANCE. AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK WE GENUINELY TRIED TO DO. AND THEN SPEAKING TO WHAT AGAIN, COUNCIL MEMBER RADFORD SAID ABOUT UNFINISHED BASEMENT, I, I SHOULDN'T SAY THIS BECAUSE I CAN'T BACK IT UP, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEONE TOLD US DURING THIS PROCESS THAT LOOKED IT UP AND ABOUT SOMEWHERE IN THE 80S, PERCENT OF HOMES WITH BASEMENTS WHEN THEY'RE NEWLY CONSTRUCTED HAVE FINISHED BASEMENTS WHEN THEY HAVE A BASEMENT. SO THE NUMBER OF NEW HOMES WITH UNFINISHED BASEMENTS AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE WHOLE IS NOT ALL THAT GREAT. POINT BEING IS.

THIS MAY NOT HAVE AS MUCH IMPACT AS WE MIGHT FIRST THINK. AND THE OTHER THING THAT CONCERNS ME ABOUT TRYING TO COLLECT AN IMPACT FEE DOWN THE ROAD, WHEN THEY FINISH THE BASEMENT, THAT'S JUST ONE MORE MOTIVATION AND I'LL PULL IT UP. AND TO FINISH THE BASEMENT, YOU KNOW, ON THEIR OWN. AND, AND WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY DID ANY STRUCTURAL NEEDS OR ANY ELECTRICAL THAT DIDN'T GET LOOKED AT. AND THE NEXT PERSON THAT BUYS THAT'S GOING TO BUY IT, ASSUMING THAT ALL THAT'S BEEN DONE CORRECTLY. AND I THINK THIS HELPS TO, TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. MORE THING TO ADD. I DO THINK THE REASON, THE OTHER REASON I WANT TO MAKE THE MOTION AROUND THE UNFINISHED BASEMENT IS JUST BECAUSE I DO TRUST THE EXPERTS, THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THIS FIELD, AND THAT'S WHO WE'RE HEARING THIS FROM, IS TO NOT INCLUDE THAT. AND THAT'S WHY ONE REASON I REMEMBER VIVIDLY GOING TO THE A FEW OF THE SIGN INSTALLERS WHEN WE DID OUR SIGN ORDINANCE AND ASKED THEM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE REALLY DEALING WITH? BECAUSE WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LAY LEADERS. WE DON'T LIVE IN THIS WORLD EVERY DAY. AND SO I HEAR IT OVER AND OVER FROM THE COMMITTEE AND FROM NATE AND FROM OTHER PEOPLE. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY IT'S WORTH AT LEAST A VOTE UP AND DOWN ON THAT.

JUST ONE THING IN RELATION TO WHAT YOU SAID. AND I WANT THE PUBLIC TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE WE'RE REMOVING THE AFFORDABLE, THE AFFORDABLE WAIVER IN THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT MEAN WE'RE LEAVING THAT ISSUE UNDONE. WE HAVE SEEN A ROUGH DRAFT OF VARIOUS OTHER APPROACHES FOR AFFORDABILITY, AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF ELEMENTS RELATED TO DEALING WITH AFFORDABILITY FOR HOMES THAT WE CAN STILL WORK ON. THIS WASN'T THIS ISN'T THE ONLY WAY TO GO.

AND IT'S NOT LIKE THAT MONEY DISAPPEARED. IT WAS IT HAD TO BE MADE UP FROM THE GENERAL FUND THE WAY IT WAS ORIGINALLY DONE. SO I THINK WE'RE NOT DONE WITH YOU. AFFORDABLE HOUSING ISSUE IN IDAHO FALLS OR IN THE STATE OF IDAHO. ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT THE LEGISLATURE. SO THAT'S JUST ONE POINT. THAT'S THAT'S AN INTERESTING QUESTION I WOULD ASK, CAN WE ASK A QUESTION NOW AFTER THE HEARING? NO. OKAY. JUST JUST THE QUESTION, I WONDER, IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TOLD IS THAT WE CAN'T USE IMPACT FEE DOLLARS TO PAY FOR AFFORDABILITY. RIGHT. AND I WONDERED IF THAT WAS PART OF THE STATE STATUTE OR IF THAT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT BECAUSE IF YOU COULD SET ASIDE SOME OF THE IMPACT FEES, LIKE 5% OR 1% TO HELP PAY FOR THAT, THE STRUCTURE, THEN THAT WOULD HAVE MADE SOME SENSE. BUT I DON'T

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THINK THAT'S ALLOWED. IT IS NOT ALLOWED. YEAH, I RECOGNIZE MY MIC IS ON. OR DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE, COUNCILMEMBER FRANCIS? NO, BUT I THINK WE SHOULD DO THE MOTION ON THE BASEMENTS COMPLETELY SEPARATELY. NOT AN AMENDMENT IF THAT MAKES SENSE. DO A SEPARATE MOTION. OH, OKAY. IF THAT'S OKAY. I THINK IT'S A CLEANER VOTE. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. I, I RECOGNIZE IT'S A IT'S A ODD NUMBER OF COUNCIL. SO I WILL NOT BE VOTING TONIGHT. SHE DID, BUT SHE DIDN'T JOIN FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE HEARING. AND SO SHE WILL BE INCLUDED ON THE FUTURE PARTS.

SO I, I, I RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT I, I DO FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN PARTNERSHIP IN BUILDING IN THIS COMMUNITY, THE CITY WITH, WITH THE BUILDERS, WITH COMMERCIAL, WITH ALL OF THE CONTRACTORS, WITH THE ENGINEERS. I DO FEEL LIKE WE ARE IN A PARTNERSHIP. AND I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME STICKING POINTS AND I, I FEEL LIKE CONCESSIONS WERE MADE ON BOTH SIDES JUST TO TRY AND, AND MAINTAIN SOME OF THAT RELATIONSHIP AND RECOGNIZE RECOGNITION OF THE RELATIONSHIP THAT WE DO HAVE WITH THE BUILDING COMMUNITY. SO I DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT. I THINK THAT IS WHY THE PROCESS TOOK SO LONG, BECAUSE IT WAS IN ATTEMPTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RELATIONSHIPS ARE EITHER BEING REPAIRED OR CAN CONTINUE IN A WAY THAT KEEPS US COLLABORATIVELY BUILDING IN THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS. SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT, THAT I THINK THAT THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN WELL THOUGHT OUT PROCESS AND HAS REALLY TAKEN IN A LOT OF VIEWPOINTS AND TRIED TO BE COLLABORATIVE ABOUT IT. AND SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM A MEMBER OF COUNCIL. I WOULD MOVE TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PROPOSED 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY, WITH THE ONE CHANGE OF EXEMPTING UNFINISHED BASEMENTS.

I'LL SECOND. THAT MOTION, AND THEN HE CAN MAKE THE MOTION EXEMPTING IT. AND WE HAVE A FIRST AND A SECOND. AND IF SO, IF WE CAN DO A ROLL CALL, THEN IF IT FAILS, WE CAN HAVE A NEW.

BUT LET'S MAKE SURE I KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, BECAUSE IF THIS PASSES, WE JUST THREW OUT THE ORDINANCE. I SAID I MADE A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PROPOSED CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN ON DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE WITH THE APPENDIX. CHANGE OF EXEMPTING UNFINISHED.

EXEMPTING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF AN UNFINISHED BASEMENT. SO DOES MINE. NO. BOTH MEAN. IT WOULD MEAN THAT THAT YOU DON'T SUPPORT THE MOTION TO EXEMPT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE IN AN UNFINISHED BASEMENT. BUT I ALSO VOTED NO ON THE ORDINANCE. THE WAY IT'S WORDED, BECAUSE I REJECT THE WHOLE THING AT THAT TIME. BUT DON'T WE HAVE A VOTE? BUT WHY NOT DO IT AS A SEPARATE MOTION? WELL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY A SEPARATE MOTION? JUST A MOTION THAT WE CHANGE THE ORDER.

WE AMEND THE ORDINANCE SO IT DOESN'T DO SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR BASEMENTS. IT'S ONE OF THE PRIVILEGES OF BEING A MOTION. YOU COULD DO THAT. BUT I MEAN IT LOSES. IT LOSES. THAT PART.

COULD WE FIND I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IN THE FUTURE, ZACH, WOULD WOULD YOU CLARIFY FOR US THAT COUNCIL MEMBER RADFORD'S MOTION REALLY DOES AMEND THE ORDINANCE ADOPTING THAT. THAT IS THE INTENT OF THE MOTION. HIS MOTION WAS TO ADOPT THIS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NOT INCLUDING UNFINISHED BUSINESS. WELL, IT'S THE WE WOULD ADOPT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY AND EXCLUDE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FROM UNFINISHED BASEMENTS. THAT IS. SO THE ONE IS THE ADOPTION OF THE CIP AND THE STUDY. BUT THEN WHEN IT COMES TO THE UNFINISHED BASEMENTS THAT WOULD BE EXCLUDED. THAT'S THE MOTION.

MY QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. JONES, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE'S DIRECT WORDING MENTIONING THE WORDS UNFINISHED BASEMENT, AM I WRONG? I THOUGHT IT WAS LIVABLE, OR I'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT IT BACK.

BUT I DON'T REMEMBER READING THAT ACTUAL WORD. SO HOW DO WE ELIMINATE SOMETHING THAT THAT ACTUAL WORD ISN'T IN HERE? THAT'S A POINT FOR DEBATE. THE MOTION IS I CAN'T CHANGE THE MOTION. I'M NOT A LEGISLATOR. RIGHT? I KNOW THAT, BUT I WANT TO KNOW HOW I'M VOTING. IF YOU VOTE YES, THEN YOU'RE VOTING TO ADOPT THE CIP MINUS WITH ONE CHANGE OR THE CAPITAL

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IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND IMPACT STUDY WITH ONE CHANGE THAT IT WON'T HAVE A UNFINISHED BASEMENTS IN IT. SO THAT'S THE MOTION THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED TECHNICALLY WOULD BE WOULD BE TO THROW THIS WHOLE THING BACK BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REWRITE IT. SO IF YOU VOTED NO, AND IF THERE WERE IF THERE WERE ENOUGH NO VOTES, THEN THE MOTION WOULD JUST FAIL. AND THE FLOOR IS STILL OPEN FOR ANOTHER MOTION. SOMEBODY ELSE COULD MOVE. I MOVE TO ADOPT. NO, I'M WORRIED.

IF IT PASSES, I THINK IT PASSES. WE HAVE TO REWRITE THE ORDINANCE. THE OTHER. THERE'S NOTHING IN THE ORDINANCE THAT USES THOSE WORDS. I THINK IT'S JUST EXEMPTING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE'RE JUST GOING TO REMOVE SQUARE FOOTAGE, SQUARE FOOTAGE, NOT UNFINISHED BASEMENTS. IT'S THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF UNLIVABLE. SO TO THE EXTENT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN OF 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN, TO THE EXTENT THAT IT HAS THE CONCEPT OF UNFINISHED BASEMENTS, IT INCLUDED, THIS MOTION WOULD EXEMPT THAT TO THE EXTENT I DON'T. BUT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF ANYTHING. THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN IS JUST THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS THAT EACH DEPARTMENT WANTS. RIGHT. AND THEN THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE STUDY IS THE STUDY THAT IS THE LEVEL OF SERVICE. BUT THE ORDINANCE IS THEN HOW WE COLLECT THEM. IS THAT ACCURATE? THE ORDINANCE IS WHERE WE HAVE THE DEFINITION OF WHAT CONSTITUTES SQUARE FOOTAGE.

THAT'S CORRECT. AND SO SO IT WOULD BE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT THEN WOULD BE SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD NOT BE CALCULATED ON UNFINISHED BASEMENTS. BUT BUT WE DON'T HAVE A DEFINITION FOR THAT. UNFINISHED. CORRECT. IS THERE ANYTHING IN THE IN THE PROPOSED CODE OR CODE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT DEFINES AN UNFINISHED BASEMENT? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT I THINK NOT DIRECTLY. NO. IS THAT KIND OF WHAT YOU'RE ADDRESSING? I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN. I'M NOT THE ONE THAT PREPARED IT. I HAVE NOT REVIEWED IT IN DETAIL. BUT AS FAR AS THE ORDINANCE, NOT DIRECTLY, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. USES. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER THE PHRASE. IT BASICALLY USES ANY HEATING CONTROLLED OR TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED CLIMATE CONTROL. THAT'S A PHRASE IS CLIMATE CONTROLLED SPACE, RIGHT. AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT WOULD INCLUDE UNFINISHED BASEMENTS THAT ARE CLIMATE CONTROLLED. EXACTLY. EXACTLY. AND THAT'S KIND OF MY POINT IS THAT MOST BASEMENTS, I THINK THAT ARE UNFINISHED PROBABLY HAVE ELECTRIC HEATING, AIR CONDITIONING. AND SO BY THE DEFINITION OF WHAT I THINK OUR CODE SAYS, THEY WOULD BE FINISHED. YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD THAT WOULD BE PART OF THE 1050FT■S OR WHATEVER. AND THE TERM UNFINISHED DOESN'T HAVE A DEFINITION WITHIN THE LAW.

HERE'S MY POINT, COUNCILOR RADFORD. IF IT DOESN'T MATTER, JUST BECAUSE IT DOESN'T, YOU CAN'T FIX IT. THERE'S A THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND THAT'S BROUGHT. WE SHOULD VOTE. YES.

ALL RIGHT. NO. NO. FRANCIS. NO. OKAY. I'M JUST LOOKING FOR THE ANY OF THE DEFINITIONS NOW, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR. WE HAVE WE'RE READY WITH ACCEPTING THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT IMPACT STUDY FIRST AND THEN THE ORDINANCE. YES. NO. YES. CORRECT. OKAY. SO I WILL MAKE THAT MOTION. I MOVE I MOVE. COUNCIL ADOPT THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE PROPOSED 2026 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACTS THAT FEE STUDY. SECOND. OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO ADD CLARITY TO THAT. ONCE AGAIN, THAT IS JUST THE STUDY THAT IS NOT THAT IS THE STUDY THAT SHOWS WHAT WHAT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS AND WHAT THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS ARE. SO WE'VE GOT TWO PIECES THAT SAYS, YES, WE AGREE WITH THE METHODOLOGY THAT WAS GIVEN, AND WE AGREE THAT THESE ARE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS PROPOSED BY OUR DEPARTMENTS, AND THAT WE ARE ADOPTING THEIR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS FOR FOR THE USE OF IMPACT CASES.

THIS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT DIRECTOR ALEXANDER, THE 100 PAGE DOCUMENT. THIS IS THE TITULAR STUDY. THAT IS THE FIRST MOTION THAT WE. THAT IS BEFORE COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION. WE.

YES, FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES, MA'AM. YES. RADFORD. I MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NOW WE ARE ON TO

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ADOPTING THE AMENDMENTS TO CITY CODE TITLE TEN, CHAPTER EIGHT CITY DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES UNDER. YES, THAT IS WHAT NOW I DO. I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE THE MOTION THOUGH. MAYOR, I APOLOGIZE. THERE'S ONE THING THAT STILL NEEDS TO BE DELIBERATED UPON, AND THAT'S THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE. NOW WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S IN THE MOTION THAT THE COUNCIL DELIBERATES ON WHAT AFFECTED BY. BY LAW, IT CANNOT TAKE EFFECT IMMEDIATELY AND HAS TO TAKE EFFECT AT LEAST 30 DAYS AFTER ITS PASSAGE. WE BETTER DISCUSS.

SO THAT IS THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT NOW ON THE ITEM THREE. SO THE EFFECTIVE DATE. AT ONE POINT, I KNOW COUNCIL HAD TALKED ABOUT JUNE 1ST. YES. OKAY. SO WE ARE GOING TO STICK WITH THE MOTION INSTEAD OF WE DETERMINED, OKAY, OTHERWISE IT WOULD JUST BE 30 DAYS FROM TODAY. BUT I THINK THAT THERE IS AN EXPECTATION THAT WOULD NOT BE UNTIL THERE'S A SPOT, THERE'S A SPOT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WE SAY, OKAY, BUT I'LL SECOND. OKAY, I MOVE COUNCIL, ADOPT THE AMENDMENTS TO CITY CODE TITLE TEN, CHAPTER EIGHT CITY DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES UNDER SUSPENSION OF THE RULES REQUIRING THREE COMPLETE AND SEPARATE READINGS AND REQUEST TO BE THAT THE ORDINANCE BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY SUMMARY WITH THE REQUIRED EFFECTIVE DATE OF JUNE 1ST, 2026. SECOND. OKAY. RADFORD. ALL RIGHT. FRANCIS A. FREEMAN.

YES. LARSON. YES. LEE. YES. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS. OH, YES, YOU DO.

YES, YOU DO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, AMENDING TITLE TEN, CHAPTER EIGHT MODIFYING THE DEFINITION FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND AMENDING OTHER DEFINITIONS. AMENDING THAT IMPACT FEE AMOUNTS AND CALCULATION IN LIGHT OF THE UPDATED IMPACT FEE STUDY. REMOVING AFFORDABILITY HOUSING EXEMPTION FOR IMPACT FEES, EXTENSIVE TAXING DISTRICTS FROM IMPACT FEES, PROVIDING SEVERABILITY, MODIFICATION OF PUBLICATION BY SUMMARY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE.

THANK YOU. I DO WANT TO MENTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DINGMAN IS ON THE. I THINK IT'S ON THE TEAM'S MEETING. AND SO SHE IS NOW JOINING US AS PART OF THIS COUNCIL MEETING TONIGHT. AND WE

[5.C.4) Public Hearing and Resolution for the Adoption of the April 2026 Idaho Falls Fee Schedule]

ARE NOW MOVING ON TO OUR PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE RESOLUTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE APRIL 2026 IDAHO FALLS FEE SCHEDULE. AND WE WILL NOTE THAT THE REASON WE HAVE TO ADOPT THIS FEE SCHEDULE MID-YEAR IS BECAUSE OF THE JUNE 1ST ADOPTION OF CHANGE OF THE IMPACT FEE. MAYOR, COULD WE JUST CONFIRM THAT COUNCIL MEMBER DINGMAN IS ABLE TO HEAR US AND SPEAK JUST TO. I HAVEN'T HEARD HER SPEAK YET. OKAY. I CAN HEAR QUITE WELL, ACTUALLY. COUNCIL. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER. DIRECTOR ALEXANDER. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE'RE OPENING WE'RE CONDUCTING A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING TO DISCUSS ANY TO DISCUSS A RESOLUTION TO IMPOSE A NEW OR FEE INCREASES GREATER THAN 5% FOR A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT. FEES FOR PARKS AND RECREATION, POLICE, FIRE, EMS AND TRANSPORTATION. THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE LEGAL SECTION OF THE POST REGISTER ON FRIDAY, APRIL 3RD AND ON FRIDAY, APRIL 10TH. THE FEES THAT ARE LISTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE ARE THE FEES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THIS NEW RESOLUTION FOR. AND IF I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO SO. IF NOT. WE CAN. IF I CAN GET BACK ON THE SLIDE, WE CAN. THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS, WE OPENED THE HEARING. WHEN I ASKED COUNCILOR DINGMAN TO MAKE SURE SHE COULD HEAR.

THAT WAS THE BEGINNING, THE OPENING OF IT. AND SO WITH THAT DIRECTOR ALEXANDER'S EXPLANATION, AND IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE TO GIVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS HEARING, WE WOULD WELCOME IT NOW AT THE PODIUM AS WELL. OKAY. DIRECTOR ALEXANDER, I ASSUME THAT THERE IS NOTHING ELSE TO ADD THE HEARING. NO, MAYOR, I DO NOT HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD.

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THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE HEARING FOR THE FEE RESOLUTION IS NOW CLOSED, AND I WOULD TURN IT TO COUNCIL FOR THE DELIBERATION OF THE ADOPTION OF APRIL 2026, IDAHO FALLS FEE SCHEDULE. WE HAVE A LOT TO DEBATE. YES, I THINK YOU KNOW, IT IS THE. MY ASSUMPTION IS, IS THAT THE PLAN IS TO PUT THE FEES, YOU KNOW, JUNE 1ST AS ACCORDING TO WHAT IT WAS IN THE.

THAT WAS THE THAT WAS THE ONLY PIECE OF IT THAT. OKAY, THEN MOVE TO. YES. I WOULD MOVE TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE APRIL 2026 IDAHO FALLS FEE SCHEDULE WITH AN EFFECTIVE DATE JUNE 1ST TO BE. AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS HERE. SECOND, COULD COULD WE JUST ADD THE YEAR TO THAT JUNE 2026? THANK YOU. THREE YES, DEMON. YES, FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. BRADFORD. AYE.

MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. OUR NEXT ITEM IS COMING TO US. IT IS A IT IS COMING TO US FROM

[5.C.5) Bid Protest - IF 26-006, 2026 Water Line Surface Repair ]

MUNICIPAL SERVICES. BUT IT DOES HAVE TO DO WITH THE WATER LINE SERVICE REPAIR BID, PROTEST.

YES. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. AT OUR LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING. BID NUMBER IF26-0062026. WATER LINE SURFACE REPAIR BID WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL TO THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE RESPONSIBLE BIDDER, JM CONCRETE. FOLLOWING THAT AWARD, WE RECEIVED A PROTEST FROM ACCOMPANIED BY THE NAME OF ROLLING ROCK LLC. SO THIS EVENING WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ROLLING ROCK LLC TO COME UP AND PROVIDE TESTIMONY IN REGARDS TO THE BID PROTEST THAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED. OKAY, WE DO HAVE SOMETHING IN OUR PACKET, BUT WITHOUT REPRESENTATION. YES. INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET WAS A NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS. THERE WAS ALSO A WRITTEN LET ME GET THIS RIGHT, THE RIGHT TITLE TO IT. A WRITTEN DECISION REGARDING THE BID PROTEST BY ROLLING ROCK LLC FOR BID. IF 26-0062026 WATER LINE SURFACE REPAIR. IT LISTED ALL OF THE DIFFERENT FINDINGS BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY, AS WELL AS COLLABORATION WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND OUR PROCUREMENT DIVISION THAT IS IN WITHIN MUNICIPAL SERVICES. IF I HAVE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT WRITTEN DECISION, WE HAVE OUR CITY ATTORNEY HERE TO ANSWER ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THESE ARE NOT MY FINDINGS.

THESE ARE IT'S A PROPOSED WRITTEN DECISION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. I AM HAPPY TO EDIT IT. THIS IS YOUR DOCUMENT. SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO ADOPT IT. I'M HAPPY TO DO ANY SORT OF EDITING TO IT. AND JUST TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL SUMMARY TO IT, THIS WRITTEN DECISION DOCUMENT WALKS THE COUNCIL THROUGH THE DIFFERENT THRESHOLDS AND MILESTONES OF THIS PARTICULAR BID. WE DID INDICATE AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING THAT ROLLING ROCK LLC DID NOT HAVE A CATEGORY A PUBLIC WORKS LICENSE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTE FOR CERTAIN DOLLAR LIMITS ON DEEMED PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION. AT THE TIME THAT THEY SUBMITTED THE BID. AND THAT IS ACTUALLY WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ACCEPT THAT BID BASED ON THE FACT THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE A CATEGORY A PUBLIC WORKS LICENSE WITH THE STATE OF IDAHO. AND SO THE ACTION ITEM REQUESTED ON THIS IS JUST TO DETERMINE WHETHER COUNCIL'S ACTION ON THURSDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2026 IS UPHELD. THAT IT WOULD BE THE THE ACTION THAT THE.

AWARDING, THE. WE'VE ALREADY AWARDED THE BID. IT'S JUST WHETHER OR NOT WE ARE GOING TO UPHOLD THE DECISION THAT WE TOOK ON APRIL 2ND. AND I GUESS WE SHOULD ADD TO THAT, THAT WHETHER THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO ADOPT THE WRITTEN DECISION OR MAKE EDITS OR ISSUE A DIFFERENT WRITTEN DECISION, WE JUST HAVE BY LAW, WE JUST HAVE TO SET FORTH THE COUNCIL'S REASONS FOR DENYING OR APPROVING THE BID PROTEST. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY

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QUESTION THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CORRECT LICENSE AT THE TIME OF THE BID. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND AM I CORRECT IN READING THE PROPOSED REASON STATEMENT, BUT ALSO READING THEIR OBJECTION TO BID AWARD, THAT THEIR MAIN ARGUMENT IS IT COULD HAVE BEEN BROKEN UP. AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT. YEAH. SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A COMPLICATED SORT OF BID PROCESS THAT WE HAD. WHAT WE WERE DOING WAS WE DON'T HAVE PARTICULAR PROJECTS AT THIS MOMENT THAT WE'RE BIDDING ON. WHAT IT IS, IS WE WANT AN OVERARCHING CONTRACT THAT SETS THE TERMS FOR A NUMBER OF WORK ORDERS THAT WILL BE FORTHCOMING.

AND WE'VE INDICATED IN OUR BID PACKAGE, THAT WOULD BE SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 150, OR AT LEAST 150. RIGHT. SO IT'S A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL WORK ORDERS. HOWEVER, WE DON'T HAVE THOSE INDIVIDUAL WORK ORDERS LINED UP RIGHT NOW. WHAT THIS IS, IS JUST TO SAY, HEY, WE WILL, WE WANT A LOCKED IN PRICE. AND YOU KNOW, THIS WILL GIVE US YOUR BEST PRICE.

AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL JUST BE SHIPPING YOU WORK RIGHT AND DO A BUNCH OF WORK ORDERS. SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN YOUR TYPICAL CONTRACT. AND SO YES, IF, IF, IF, IF, IF THEY, IF WE HAD WANTED TO, AS A CITY BID OUT EACH INDIVIDUAL LITTLE PROJECT, WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT. AND THEY WOULDN'T, YOU KNOW, FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CONTRACT, IF IT'S UNDER 100,000, THEN YES, THEY WOULDN'T NEED A PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE FOR EACH ONE. BUT HERE WHAT WE DID WITH WITH THE BID WAS WE INVITED WE WANT A LARGE SCALE, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WE'RE PLANNING ON 150, 150 WORK ORDERS. SO GIVE US YOUR YOUR BEST BID THAT WE CAN LOCK YOU INTO FOR A GOOD AMOUNT OF WORK. AND UNDER THE STATUTE, WHENEVER WE CONTEMPLATE AN EXPENDITURE OVER 250,000, WHICH THIS EASILY FALLS INTO, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THIS PROCESS AND TO BID ON THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACT LICENSE. ONE WAY TO DO THIS IS. IF THEY SUCCEED IN THE BID PROTEST AND. BUT THEY'RE SAYING THEY ONLY WANT A SMALL CONTRACT. THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BID WAS FOR. THE BID WAS FOR AN OVERARCHING ONE. WE'RE NOT BIDDING OUT INDIVIDUAL ONES. SO.

IN MY IN MY LEGAL JUDGMENT, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE A PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE. AND IF I MAY ADD TO CITY ATTORNEY THE BID SPECIFICATIONS AND THE BID TAB WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THE TOTAL ESTIMATE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE BID OPPORTUNITY WAS BASED ON A THREE YEAR HISTORICAL UNIT QUANTITY FOR WATERLINE SERVICE REPAIR PROJECT. SO THAT INTENT WAS VERY CLEAR WHEN THIS BID WAS ISSUED AND THE SOLICITATION THEREFORE, YES, COUNCIL, ARE WE READY FOR A MOTION? THANK YOU. SURE. YES. NO ONE IS HERE TO TESTIFY. CORRECT. OKAY. THEN I WOULD MOVE TO UPHOLD OUR PREVIOUS ACTION ON THURSDAY, APRIL 2ND, 2026. WHAT ELSE DID YOU WANT TO INCLUDE IN THAT MOTION? AND IF COUNCIL WANTS TO ADOPT THE THE WRITTEN DECISION AND ADOPT THE WRITTEN DECISION. LEGAL COUNCIL AND PROVIDE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY. DO WE HAVE THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL SIGNING ON? I CAN'T REMEMBER, WE HAVE ALL THOSE. EVERYONE. EVERYONE IS SIGNING TO UPHOLD IT, BUT IT IS JUST PART OF THE. THE DOCUMENT AND I WOULD INCLUDE THAT MY MOTION. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. BEEKMAN. YES. LARSON. YES.

FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LEE. YES. BRADFORD. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OUR FINAL ITEM TONIGHT

[5.D.1) Written Decision Regarding Request for Reconsideration for Planned Unit Development (PUD) for Willows Place Townhomes]

IS COMING TO US FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY. AND ■THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE WILLOW PLACE TOWNHOMES.

PUD. AND THIS IS THE WRITTEN DECISION REGARDING THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION. MISTER JONES ALL RIGHT. SO THIS SHOULD BE PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. WE HAD A WORK SESSION ON THIS JUST LAST MONDAY. YOU WEREN'T THERE. COUNCIL MEMBER LEE. BUT ALL WE CHANGED FROM THE THE DRAFT THAT WAS CIRCULATED BEFORE MONDAY IN THE PACKET. ALL WE CHANGED WAS A MINOR FACTUAL FINDING, JUST TO SAY THAT HALF THE STREET. MORE THAN HALF THE STREET ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE STREET WOULD BE DOMINATED BY PARKING SPACES, GARAGES, THAT SORT OF THING, AND THEN MADE ONE CITATION CORRECTION ERROR THAT I. THAT I HAD COPIED. OTHER THAN THAT, THE DECISION IS THE SAME AS THE DRAFT ON MONDAY. SO IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER. AND AGAIN, I'M ONLY LOOKING AT THE

[01:55:03]

ONES THAT WERE IN THE MAJORITY COUNCIL, PRESIDENT FRANCIS, COUNCIL MEMBER LEE AND REMOTELY COUNCIL MEMBER DINGMAN. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR ANY FURTHER REVISIONS YOU WOULD LIKE ME TO MAKE, HAPPY TO MAKE THEM. WE WOULD NEED TO GET THEM DONE TONIGHT BECAUSE OUR DEADLINE IS MONDAY. OKAY, I MOVE COUNCIL APPROVE THE WRITTEN DECISION REGARDING THE REQUEST FOR RECONSIDERATION. DENYING THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR REAL WILLOWS PLACE TOWNHOMES AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND THE CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. YES. YES, FRANCIS. I. THANK YOU. IT ALWAYS FEELS LIKE WHEN WE

[6. Announcements]

START OUT MEETING. I'M GOT LOTS OF ANNOUNCEMENTS TO MAKE, AND THEN IT'S 830 AT NIGHT. IT'S LIKE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, NO ANNOUNCEMENTS, NO CALENDAR ITEMS. SO WE WILL START WITH.

COUNCIL MEMBER BRADFORD. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD FROM ANY OF YOUR DEPARTMENTS, ANY CALENDARING ITEMS? SORRY. I ONLY HAD THAT. I HAD MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS A FAMILY AFFAIR FROM THE UNITED WAY ON SATURDAY, AND THAT WAS JUST CANCELED. SO THEY AREN'T GOING TO DO THAT THIS SATURDAY. THEY'LL DO IT THE NEXT SATURDAY BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER, IT SEEMS LIKE. I THINK I HAD, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT EVERYONE GET OUT TO THE LIBRARY AND SEE. WE'VE HAD A FEW COOL EVENTS AT THE LIBRARY AND PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THOSE ARE. AND WE HAD AN AMAZING AUTHORS THERE AND SOME AMAZING EVENTS. SO. NOTHING. THANK YOU MAYOR. I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN AMAZING STRUCTURE THAT HAS BEEN ADDED TO AND RENOVATED TO GO TO THE FRONTIER CENTER ON HOLMES. WE HAD A RIBBON CUTTING YESTERDAY. IT IS.

IT IS THE HOME OF THE IDAHO FALLS SYMPHONY. IT'S THE HOME THAT MANY PERFORMING GROUPS HAVE HAD. I COMMEND DIRECTOR ALEXANDER AGAIN PUBLICLY FOR THE WORK, AND CHRIS CANFIELD FOR THE WORK THAT HE PUT INTO THIS, AS WELL AS OUR CONTRACTORS, OUR ARCHITECTS. I IMPROVE SAFETY TO THE HIGH SCHOOL. IT HAS BEEN A SERIOUS CONCERN THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RENT THE. WHAT WAS THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM AND LEAVE IT OPEN TO ACCESS ADA BATHROOMS. THE ADA BATHROOMS WERE NOT PART OF THE PUBLIC TOUR YESTERDAY, BUT EVERY PERSON THAT I TOOK IN TO SHOW THEM WAS JUST WOWED BY HOW MANY STALLS THAT THERE WERE. AND IT FEELS LIKE A TRUE AUDITORIUM. JUST AMAZING. SO. AND YOU CAN GO SEE IT AT THE IDAHO FALLS SYMPHONY ON SATURDAY AND THOMAS HAUSER'S FINAL FINAL NIGHT AS OUR CONDUCTOR AFTER 15 YEARS. IT IS.

I WANT TO THANK THE FOUNDATION. GO AHEAD AND THE YOUTH SYMPHONY. I WANT TO BACK UP A STEP AND SAY, YOU HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE FACILITY AND SUPPORT THE SYMPHONY.

HEUSER'S FINAL BATON AND THE YOUTH SYMPHONY. YES, IT IS A. IT IS A FABULOUS NIGHT. THE RAILINGS OF THE MUSIC, ALL. ALL PIECES OF IT ARE PARTNERS AT FRONTIER, THE FOUNDATION, ALL OF THE PEOPLE WHO. ADDED TO THAT, I JUST WANTED TO. ONCE AGAIN, IT'S A. IT'S A PROJECT THAT I KNOW WE GAVE NAMING RIGHTS TO, AND I DON'T FEEL ONE BIT HESITANT TO KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE 50 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE. THE TERRAZZO, ALL OF IT JUST LOOKS LIKE IT IS A DURABLE STRUCTURE. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE AND TO COUNCIL FOR SUPPORTING THAT PROJECT AS WELL.

I DO HAVE ONE THING TO CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION AT THE WATERFRONT ON SATURDAY, MAY 2ND.

WE HAVE THE COMMISSIONING THIS WEEK OF THE OF THE USS IDAHO, THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE IN GROTON, MASSACHUSETTS. SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH AT 0845. YOU CAN LIVE STREAM THAT. I THINK IF YOU JUST GET ONLINE AND LOOK UP USS IDAHO, YOU CAN FIND THE LINK TO THAT LIVE STREAM AND YOU CAN WATCH THAT CEREMONY. AND MANY OF OUR FAVORITE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE THERE. YEAH.

COUNCILMEMBER LEE RECIPES INCLUDE IDAHO RECIPES LIKE. OH, I DON'T THINK YOU SAID THAT ON THE MIC. SO YEAH, WHEN THEY LAUNCHED THE SUBMARINE FIRST INTO THE WATER, THE BOTTLE, THEY BROKE OVER THE WHOLE OF IT CONTAINED WATER FROM IDAHO, FROM REDFISH LAKE, I BELIEVE SOME OF IT. AND INTERESTING COUNCIL. I WILL NOT BE HERE THE NEXT WORK SESSION, UTILITY

[02:00:04]

BOARD MEETING AND OUR NEXT BUSINESS SESSION. COUNCIL PRESIDENT FRANCIS WILL BE. ARE DOING. I KNOW HE WILL DO A FANTASTIC JOB AND PLEASE SUPPORT HIM THE WAY YOU SUPPORT ME IN REMINDERS. IT IS. IT TAKES ALL OF US TO RUN THIS MEETING. AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU AND WE. COUNCILOR DENMAN HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT. OH, COUNCILOR DINGMAN. I GOT ANNOUNCEMENT. I'M SORRY. I JUST WANTED TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT IDAHO GIVES, WHICH IS OUR STATEWIDE GIVING PROGRAM THAT IDAHOANS PARTICIPATE IN, TO SUPPORT THE NONPROFITS IN THE STATE THAT DO SO MUCH FOR OUR COMMUNITIES IS MAY 4TH TO THE SEVENTH. YOU CAN GIVE ONLINE NOW, THOUGH AT IDAHO GIVES.ORG, AND YOU CAN SEARCH FOR THE VARIOUS NONPROFITS AND WHAT THEIR FOCUSES ARE AND SUPPORT ALL KINDS OF GREAT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE DOING WORK. SO AGAIN, THAT THAT PROGRAM IS STATEWIDE AND I THINK HAS RAISED OVER $1 MILLION EACH YEAR. THAT'S THAT'S HAPPENED. SO MAY 4TH, THE SEVENTH IS THE BIG TIME WHERE THERE'S MATCHING GRANTS AND SOME DIFFERENT THINGS AVAILABLE, BUT YOU CAN START GIVING NOW@IDAHO.ORG. THANK YOU. THAT WAS A GREAT REMINDER.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.

Apr 23, 2026 City Council Meeting

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