[1. Call to Order & Roll Call]
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          CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22ND, 2026. IF OUR CITY CLERK WILL PLEASE GIVE US A ROLL CALL AND ESTABLISH OUR QUORUM, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL PRESIDENT FRANCIS HERE. COUNSELOR RADFORD IS ABSENT. COUNSELOR. ZEAL DINGMAN HERE. COUNSELOR. 
          FREEMAN HERE. COUNSELOR LARSON HERE. COUNSELOR LEE HERE. THANK YOU. MAYOR, YOU HAVE A QUORUM. 
          THANK YOU. I HAVE ASKED CARRIE HAMMOND TO LEAD US TONIGHT IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO JOIN ME, PLEASE STAND. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. 
          ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. I DON'T 
          [3. Staff responses to prior public comment and other updates]
BELIEVE WE HAVE ANY STAFF RESPONSES FROM PRIOR MEETINGS. I DIDN'T CHECK ON THAT BECAUSE I WAS PRETTY SURE WE DIDN'T. SO WE WILL THAT ITEM NOW. NOW IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. I WILL 
          [4. Public Comment]
NOTICE THAT THERE IS ONE HEARING TONIGHT FOR THE AMENDMENT TO TITLE 11, WHICH IS TO ALLOW DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE LC ZONE. IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT PIECE OF THE AGENDA, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU WAIT. WELL, YOU WOULD BE REQUIRED TO WAIT UNTIL THAT PART OF THE AGENDA. BUT IF NOT, NOW IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME AND TALK ABOUT ANYTHING ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA, COUNCIL WON'T GO BACK AND FORTH WITH YOU, BUT WE WILL ALWAYS LISTEN TO YOU. AND THEN ONE OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WILL CONNECT WITH YOU EITHER TONIGHT OR AT A LATER DATE. WE WOULD TYPICALLY ALLOW THREE MINUTES. SO PLEASE BE WELCOME TO THE PODIUM. COPY THAT. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS COLBY HOUGHTON. I AM A RESIDENT OF IDAHO FALLS AND I AM HERE REPRESENTING STRONGER IDAHO FALLS, ONE OF THE FOUNDATIONAL BOOKS TO THE NEW URBANISM MOVEMENT WAS THE 2005 BOOK THE HIGH COST OF FREE PARKING BY DONALD CHU. EVERY PARKING SPACE BUILT IN A CITY HAS AN INVISIBLE BUT VERY REAL COST. 
          DEDICATED PARKING SPACES COST ROUGHLY $5,000 EACH. ASSUMING WE'RE FOLLOWING THE US AVERAGE, WE HAVE ABOUT THREE DEDICATED PARKING SPACES FOR EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT OF THE CITY. THOSE COSTS ADD UP FAST. THE HIDDEN COST OF EXCESSIVE PARKING ARE REFLECTED IN HIGHER PRICES FOR EVERYTHING SOLD IN IDAHO FALLS. AFTER ALL, THAT MONEY DOESN'T COME FROM NOWHERE. IT REQUIRES HIGHER BILLS AT RESTAURANTS, HIGHER GROCERY PRICES, AND LOWER REVENUE FOR BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. IN ADDITION TO THE DIRECT COST OF BUILDING AND MAINTAINING PARKING, THERE'S ALSO THE OPPORTUNITY COST THE MOST VALUABLE LAND IN THE CITY. DOWNTOWN IS BEING USED TO STORE PRIVATE PROPERTY FOR FREE. THAT'S LAND NOT BEING USED FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES OR HOUSING OR PARKS, EXCESSIVE MANDATORY PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND CITY CODE ALSO FORCES OUR CITY TO SPRAWL OUT, FORCING THOUSANDS MORE PARKING SPOTS THAT WOULD NORMALLY BE ALLOCATED IN A FREE MARKET, FITTING ALL PARKING REQUIRED IN OUR CODE FOR RETAIL BUSINESSES FORCES THEM TO SPREAD FURTHER APART, WITH GIANT PARKING LOTS SCOURING THE LANDSCAPE THAT MAKES IT. THIS MAKES IT BOTH IMPRACTICAL AND UNPLEASANT TO WALK AND CYCLE, WHICH IN TURN LEADS TO MORE DRIVING, MAKING MANDATORY PARKING A SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY. WE HEAR A STRONGER IDAHO FALLS STRONGLY ENCOURAGE CODE REFORM TO DRAMATICALLY REDUCE OR EVEN BETTER, ELIMINATE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IF A BUSINESS WILL NEED PARKING, THEY KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE REQUIRED BY REMOVING THE BARRIER PARKING. WE ENCOURAGE SMALLER, MORE LOCAL BUSINESSES, BETTER LAND USE AND MORE SUSTAINABILITY, BOTH ENVIRONMENTAL AND FINANCIAL. IT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST CITY AND ONE OF THE GREATEST IMPACTS THE CITY COUNCIL COULD MAKE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HATTON. HELLO, JAY. REPRESENTING THE IDAHO FALLS DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION. I'M HERE TO TALK TONIGHT ABOUT THE MOU TO SIGN WITH THE IFDC AND HOW I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT THE COUNCIL REEVALUATE THAT DECISION AND POTENTIALLY INVESTIGATE SOME OF THE THINGS GOING ON DOWN THERE. BUT IF TDC'S MAIN TENETS ARE PROMOTION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNANCE AND DESIGN PRESERVATION, ALL OF THOSE CENTERED AROUND WORKING WITH DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS AND MAKING DOWNTOWN A BETTER PLACE TO BE. THROUGHOUT THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, I HAVE SEEN THAT DRAMATICALLY DECREASE. TWO YEARS AGO, WE HAD 21 EVENTS DOWNTOWN. NOW WE HAVE SEVEN. 
          NOW I WILL SAY THAT AS A BAR OWNER, THE ONES THAT GOT CUT DON'T AFFECT ME. IN FACT, THE 
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ONES THAT STAYED ARE MOST BENEFICIAL TO ME. HOWEVER, THEY ARE DETRIMENTAL TO THE OTHER BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN AND MY NEIGHBORS BY CUTTING IT DOWN TO SEVEN. THREE OF THOSE ARE DRINKING EVENTS. THAT LEAVES FOUR EVENTS FOR OTHER PEOPLE. IF WE TAKE OUT THE ARTS COUNCILS, THAT LEAVES ONE EVENT. THEY'VE CUT LADY SHOPPING DAY. THEY'VE CUT ALL OF THE DOWNTOWN SHOPPING DAYS TO A MINIMUM. THEY FIRED THE EVENT COORDINATOR THAT WAS DOING A GREAT JOB AT PROMOTING THESE EVENTS AND MAKING SURE THEY WERE GOING OFF WELL. THEY'VE STRIPPED THEIR STAFF DOWN TO THREE PEOPLE. THERE'S ONLY THREE OF THEM. ONE OF THEM IS COMPLETELY DEDICATED TO PARKING. THERE ARE OTHER TENANTS, ORGANIZATION, GOVERNMENTS. THEY SHOULD BE THEY SHOULD MAINTAIN A STRONG ADMINISTRATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE THROUGH STRATEGIC FUNDRAISING, VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT STAFF SUPPORT, FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND PROGRAM OVERSIGHT. NONE OF THAT IS HAPPENING. THEY ARE SPENDING $63,000 A YEAR ON FLOWERS, AND ALL WE KEEP GETTING TOLD IS, OH, WE'RE GOING TO REEVALUATE THAT CONTRACT. WE'RE GOING TO REEVALUATE THAT CONTRACT. PLUS, THERE'S AN $11,000 ROUGHLY LINE ITEM FOR LEGAL FEES THAT NOBODY CAN EXPLAIN WHERE IT WENT OR WHERE IT CAME FROM. I THINK THAT A FULL AUDIT OF THE IFD NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO FIGURE OUT, NOT ONLY ARE THEY VALUABLE, ARE THEY NECESSARY, AND DO THEY EVEN DESERVE TO EXIST? THEY'RE NOT WORKING WITH MERCHANTS. 
          THEY'RE NOT HELPING MERCHANTS. THE MERCHANTS ARE ALL UPSET. IF THEY WERE WORKING WITH THE MERCHANTS, THE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION WOULD NOT EXIST. THE REASON WE ALL BANDED TOGETHER AS MERCHANTS IS BECAUSE WE WERE TIRED OF THE WAY THE IFDC WAS DOING THINGS, MAKING DECISIONS, JUST NOT CONSULTING ANYBODY. THE LATEST FIASCO WAS AT THE OCTOBERFEST EVENT, WHEN THEY HAD A CRYSTAL VENDOR SET UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF A CRYSTAL SHOP. SO WE HAVE A VENDOR WHOSE STOREFRONT IS DOWNTOWN, WHO HAS SOMEBODY OUT IN FRONT OF THEIR STORE SELLING ROCKS OUT OF A GAZEBO. HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? AND WHEN ASKED ABOUT IT, AND WHEN EVERYBODY WAS UPSET, NOBODY COULD FIND ANY OF THE IFDC STAFF BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY THREE OF THEM. ONE OF THEM IS PARKING AT LEAST TWO OF THEM RUNNING A MASSIVE EVENT THAT RAN TWO CITY BLOCKS, AND NO EVENT COORDINATOR THAT ANYBODY COULD CALL OR GET AHOLD OF. THANK YOU. MR. THANK YOU. 
          KERRY HAMMAN, I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF IDAHO FALLS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, AND WE HAVE A ONE SHEET THAT WE'D LIKE TO HAND OUT. I'LL DISTRIBUTE THAT. CAN WE GIVE IT TO EACH OF YOU? YES, YOU CAN GET THAT. CAN YOU PLEASE? OKAY. THIS HAS FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT IFDC AND OUR OPERATIONS. SO THE IDAHO FALLS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, SINCE I BEGAN TWO YEARS AGO, HAS HAD TWO EMPLOYEES, A EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND AN OPERATIONS MANAGER, AS WELL AS A PARKING AMBASSADOR. THAT REMAINS THE SAME TODAY. WE ALSO HAD AN EVENT COORDINATOR WHEN I FIRST BEGAN. THAT WAS A CONTRACTED POSITION THAT WENT AWAY IN MARCH. I'VE BEEN DOING THE EVENT COORDINATION SINCE THAT TIME, BUT WE DO HAVE INTERVIEWS IN PLACE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH GETTING ANOTHER EVENT COORDINATOR IN PLACE, BUT WE HAVE HAD MYSELF DOING EVENT COORDINATION SINCE THAT TIME, SINCE ABOUT MARCH OR APRIL, APRIL. WE ACTUALLY HAVE 13 EVENTS AND PROGRAMS THAT WE RUN THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING PATTY'S DAY ON PARK TREE LIGHTING AND HOLIDAY MARKET, KIDS SCAVENGER HUNT SHOP, SMALL. 
          SATURDAY, WE HAVE A NEW HOLIDAY SHOWCASE THAT INSTEAD OF DOING THE LADY SHOPPING DAY, WE BROUGHT TWO NEW EVENTS THIS YEAR, INCLUDING THE HOLIDAY SHOWCASE AND A HOLIDAY SHOPPING GUIDE THAT IS SPECIFIC TO RETAIL BUSINESSES. AS FAR AS BEAUTIFICATION, WE ARE IN ACTIVE NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT NOW FOR BEAUTIFICATION EFFORTS AND THE BUDGET, AND THEN ALSO WE HAVE DONE A COUPLE OF SURVEYS, ONE WE'VE ALREADY RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC TO GET TO THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO GET FEEDBACK. AND WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A SURVEY THAT'S SPECIFIC TO EVENTS SO THAT WE CAN GET INFORMATION FROM THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS, AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE EVENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE NEXT YEAR. SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WHEN I FIRST STARTED WAS THAT THE EVENTS WERE TOO FOCUSED ON ALCOHOL, AND THAT WE WERE TAKING AWAY ALCOHOL SALES FROM FROM THE BUSINESSES THAT THEY SHOULD BE SERVING. SO WE NO LONGER SERVE ALCOHOL. INSTEAD, WE ALLOW THOSE THAT WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN SAINT PATTY'S DAY ON OCTOBERFEST TO NOTIFY US, THEN SERVE ALCOHOL THEMSELVES BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT HAVE GONE ON AND SOME OF THE OVERSIGHT OF THE ALCOHOL SERVING, THAT WAS TOO MUCH OF A LIABILITY ON IODBC. SO WE TURNED THAT BACK OVER SO THAT THE SALES OF ALCOHOL COME DIRECTLY FROM THE DOWNTOWN BARS AND RESTAURANTS, AND THEY GET TO INTERACT WITH 
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THEIR CUSTOMERS DIRECTLY. SO THAT EXPLAINS THAT CHANGE. THIS ONE SHEET, WHICH I, WE CAN PROVIDE TO OTHERS TO IN THE AUDIENCE ALSO REVEALS OR HAS INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IT DOES AND WHERE THE EACH, ALL THE DOLLARS THAT GO. THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT SINCE 2017 HAS ONLY INCREASED BY 18%. WHILE THE COST OF LIVING IN IDAHO FALLS HAS INCREASED 38%, SO AM I AT TIME. THERE'S MORE INFORMATION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTERWARD AT ANY TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS HAMMOND. I MATT JACOBSON, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD FOR DDC. I DO AGREE THAT THE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION WAS FORMED BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS WEREN'T GOING ON. WHETHER THEY LIKED IT. MOST OF THAT WAS THE PARKING SITUATION, WHICH HAS ABSOLUTELY BEEN STOPPED, KILLED, DONE, EVEN THOUGH IT KEEPS GETTING BROUGHT UP. THE ASPECT OF THE MERCHANTS ARE NOT BEING ARE NOT HAPPIER. THE DDC ISN'T REACTING TO WHAT THEY NEED. I DO THINK IS NEEDS TO BE, I GUESS LOOKED AT SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. THERE ARE CHANGES BEING MADE, SUCH AS KERRY JUST MENTIONED, TRYING TO DO MORE FAMILY EVENTS, DO THINGS LIKE THAT THAT AREN'T REVOLVED AROUND DRINKING THERE. THERE WAS A HOLIDAY GUIDE TRYING TO GO OUT AND VOLUNTEERS GO OUT TO DIFFERENT SHOPS TO SHOWCASE PRODUCTS OR SALE OR SOMETHING. YOU WANT TO DO THIS HOLIDAY, AND WE DON'T GET MUCH RESPONSE ON THAT. I DO KNOW THERE'S A LETTER THAT WAS OR AN EMAIL THAT WAS READ INTO THE RECORD LAST CITY COUNCIL MEETING THAT I WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND TO, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS HOLIDAY HOUSE, AND I'VE REACHED OUT PERSONALLY TO THEM THREE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS TO TRY TO TALK TO THEM, TO UNDERSTAND HOW CAN WE DO DIFFERENT, WHAT CAN WE DO BETTER? ALL THOSE KIND OF THINGS. WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE CHANGES. WE ARE TRYING TO DO THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, AND A LOT OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE IS THAT EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENS DOWNTOWN IS A LONG TERM PARKING AND DOWNTOWN WASN'T A DESTINATION A LONG TIME AGO. I DIDN'T GROW UP HERE, BUT FROM MY FRIENDS AND EVERYTHING I USED, THEY CALLED IT SKID ROW AND IT'S TURNED INTO SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL. AND THAT TAKES TIME AND CONSISTENCY AND FLOWERS PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT, YES, THEY ARE OVERPRICED. AT THIS POINT. WE ARE TRYING TO WORK AND FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THEM DOWN, BUT ANYBODY THAT'S BOUGHT OR SOLD A HOUSE UNDERSTANDS CURB APPEAL. YOU WANT BEAUTIFUL, YOU WANT TO COLOR AND VIBRANCY AND EVERYTHING. IT'S SOMETHING ENJOYABLE WHEN YOU COME DOWN VERSUS JUST CEMENT AND BRICK. AND THE BIGGER THING THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE I DON'T THINK REALIZE WITH THE DIFFERENT EVENTS THAT DO HAPPEN DOWNTOWN, IT'S NOT AN IMMEDIATE SALE THAT HAPPENS TODAY. I'VE RAN INTO A TON OF PEOPLE THAT CAME DOWN FOR AN EVENT AND SAID, I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD AN INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORE DOWNTOWN, AND NOW WILLIAM MOSS IS GETTING MORE CLIENTS BECAUSE SOMEBODY CAME DOWN MAYBE AT A NIGHTTIME EVENT AND SAW THAT THERE WAS A BOOKSTORE, AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BARNES AND NOBLE ANYMORE. AND THOSE ARE THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE. WE HAVE A. 181 OF THE BAR RESTAURANTS DOWNTOWN. 
          WE'VE BEEN OPEN FOR YEARS, AND PEOPLE STILL DON'T REALIZE YOU WERE THERE, OR WE SELL FOOD AND IT JUST TAKES TIME. AND IT'S THAT CONSTANT TENSION IN FRONT OF PEOPLE TO GET PEOPLE TO BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON DOWNTOWN. AND THAT'S EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. THE BIGGEST THING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS GET THAT ENGAGEMENT AND REACH OUT FROM THE MERCHANTS TO SAY, HOW CAN WE HELP? WHAT CAN WE DO DIFFERENT? HOW CAN WE BE BETTER? BUT THAT TAKES THE MERCHANTS ALSO COMING TO US. AND IN A WAY TO SAY, LET'S HAVE POSITIVE CHANGE. AND THAT'S THE ASPECT WHERE I THINK THE DDC AND RENEWING THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT CAN HAVE THAT GOOD IMPACT. AND TO SOME OF THE NEW EVENTS THAT CARRIE BROUGHT UP IS SHOWING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES. WE'RE GOING TO SUCCEED WITH EVERYONE. NO, WE'RE GOING TO FAIL. YES. BUT THAT'S WHERE YOU LEARN. YOU LEARN FROM THOSE FAILURES. YOU LEARN HOW YOU CAN DO BETTER. AND WE JUST NEED THOSE MERCHANTS TO COME AND HELP AND PROVIDE IDEAS. SO THANK YOU. SORRY, IS THAT THAT LAST PART? IT SCARED ME MORE THAN ANYONE. 
          WELL, THEN I'LL BE DONE. HI, I'M TERRY IRELAND AND ALSO A RESIDENT OF IDAHO FALLS, AND I'M HERE TO GET TO SHARE WITH YOU SOME OPINIONS THAT I'VE GATHERED FROM THE MERCHANTS. 
          I'D LIKE TO PREFACE THIS BY SAYING THAT MOST OF THESE MOST OF THE CONTENTION IS HISTORIC. 
          DDC HAD NO EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TO SPEAK OF FOR 3 TO 5 YEAR PERIOD. AND SO IT KIND OF WENT 
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AWAY IN OUR MIND AND THEN CAME BACK. SO I DID SEND YOU AN EMAIL. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GO OVER A COUPLE OF THOSE TOPICS THERE. RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A, THERE'S A CONSENSUS THAT THERE'S LITTLE TO NO TRUST. AND SO WHEN DDC DOES EXTEND AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE, FOLKS ARE UNWILLING TO I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BRIDGE THAT GAP. I'M A MEMBER OF BOTH ORGANIZATIONS, AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CARRY THE ENERGY OF BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME. SO A COUPLE OF QUICK QUESTIONS OR THINGS I JUST WANT TO SAY THE THE OUTLINE IN EXHIBIT A ON PAGE 274 FOR PARKING MANAGEMENT DOES NOT MATCH THE BOUNDARIES OF THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY. SO MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN GET BACK TO ME. WITH THAT ALSO STATED IN SECTION 1.4, IT SAYS REVENUES WILL BE USED FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OR TO ANY CITY, STREET OR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, ETC. AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHY THAT WOULD BE EARMARKED TO BE USED FOR ANY OF THOSE THINGS RATHER THAN DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC. 
          THE MOU FOR THE B I'D. AGAIN, WHEN I BROUGHT THE CORE OBJECTIVES AND THE GOALS AND KEY PRIORITIES TO THE MERCHANTS, I WAS MET WITH DISBELIEF. SO THERE ISN'T ANY ANY CONSENSUS THAT THE. THAT THE EDC IS WILLING TO HELP US. AND IN FACT, SOME THINK THAT IT WANTS TO HARM THE MERCHANTS. AND SO THANK YOU FOR READING MY EMAIL. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. AND ONE OTHER THING I DID WANT TO MENTION IS THAT. THE MERCHANTS WOULD DESIRE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO EVENTS DOWNTOWN THAT INVOLVED STREET CLOSURES. AND SO EVEN MY OWN EVENTS WOULD HAPPEN WOULD ALSO PUT IN. AND SO THAT IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? HELLO. I DON'T THINK I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF READING ANY OF YOU. I'M FROM WHERE I AM, FULL TIME CITY MANAGER FOR THE KANSAS CITY JOB, AND I ACTUALLY GREW UP IN WYOMING, AND WHEN I MOVED HERE, SOMETHING I LOVED WAS COMMUNITY. AND THE IDEA OF DOWNTOWN IDAHO FALLS. I GREW UP IN ROCK SPRINGS. THERE WAS NOT A DOWNTOWN COFFEE SHOP AT ALL. NO ONE WAS EVER THERE. AND SO AS WE HAVE THIS MEETING TONIGHT, AS WE DISCUSS, I JUST WANT TO IMPLORE EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, PLEASE DO NOT FORGET WHY WE'RE HERE. WE NEED THE PEOPLE AND THE PEOPLE. I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD SHOW UP IF THEY DIDN'T NEED US. SOMEONE I SURE LOVE A GOOD BOOKSTORE AND OBVIOUSLY I LOVE MY SHOP. I LOVE BEING HERE. I HOPE THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF US BEING HERE. AND THAT IS COMMUNITY. WE ALL WANT TO BE UNITED. WE ALL WANT TO BELONG. SO LET'S, LET'S MAKE THIS AN A SPOT WHERE WE CAN ALL GO. WE HAVE IDAHO FALLS, WE HAVE IONA, WE HAVE AMMON, BLACKFOOT. WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM REXBURG. PLEASE, LET'S WORK TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I APPRECIATE THIS MEETING. AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN HAVE OPEN COMMUNICATION AND LISTEN TO EACH OTHER. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. IT IS IT IS ON OUR AGENDA TONIGHT. AND AND COUNCIL WILL BE DISCUSSING 
          [5. Consent Agenda]
IT. SO NEXT WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA. IF WE CAN HAVE THE SPEAKER PLEASE READ THOSE ITEMS IN FOR US. THANK YOU. THERE ARE SIX ITEMS TONIGHT FOR CONSENT. THERE IS ONE FROM MUNICIPAL SERVICES FOR THE THIRD QUARTER IMPACT FEE REPORT. PUBLIC WORKS HAS THREE ITEMS THERMOPLASTIC CITYWIDE 2026 CHANGE ORDER FOR $46,409. THEY HAVE A WATER INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT FOR A TOTAL OF $1,247,771, WITH 846,665 IN GROUP ONE AWARDED TO CORINNE MAIN AND $401,106 IN GROUP TWO TO FERGUSON WATERWORKS. THEIR THIRD ITEM IS AN ANNUAL PURCHASE OF CHLORINE AND SODIUM BISULFITE, FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT OF 535,622.80, WITH 244,862, 80 AWARDED TO THATCHER COMPANY AND 290,760 TO ADELE WAY. THERE ARE TWO ITEMS FROM THE OFFICE OF 
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THE CITY CLERK. THE FIRST ARE THE SEPTEMBER 26TH LICENSING, WITH 54 NEW BUSINESS LICENSES AND PERMITS, 109 RENEWED LICENSES AND SEVEN NEW AND RENEWED CONTRACTOR LICENSES, AND THEN UTILITY BOARD MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 9TH. CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 21ST AND 24TH AND MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 5TH. THANK YOU. BEFORE ANYONE MAKES A MOTION, I. A COUPLE THINGS TO SAY JUST ON 26. 416. THE LOWEST BID WAS THE REASON THAT THAT ONE WASN'T ACCEPTED IS JUST BECAUSE THEY HAD PRICED IT INACCURATELY. AND SO WE ALLOWED THEM TO RELEASE THEIR BID BECAUSE THAT WAS IT WOULD HAVE DONE A LOT OF DAMAGE TO THEIR COMPANY HAD WE HELD YOU KNOW, YOU CAN'T HOLD SOMEONE A LOT OF TIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL TAKE THEIR BOND. BUT IN THIS CASE, WE JUST RELEASED THEM FROM THAT BID. AND THEN ALSO, I WANT TO THANK THE CITY CLERK, CITY CLERK'S OFFICE, ALL OF THOSE RENEWALS. SO MUCH WORK GOES INTO HELPING OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH THEIR ALCOHOL LICENSING. AND IT STARTS WITH CALLS IN AUGUST AND THEN LETTERS AND EMAILS, AND THEY JUST KEEP TRYING TO HELP BUSINESSES SO THAT THEY DON'T GET OUT OF COMPLIANCE. I DIDN'T REALIZE JUST HOW MUCH CUSTOMER SERVICE WAS REALLY BEING OFFERED IN THAT. IT'S KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE JUST LET IT GO. AND THEN IF SOMEONE WOULD HAVE SHOWN UP, ACTUALLY THE OFFICER WOULD GO OUT FROM THE SHERIFF AND, AND SHUT THEM DOWN. RIGHT. BUT OUR, OUR CITY CLERK'S OFFICE JUST REALLY KEPT ON PEOPLE. THERE WERE VERY FEW PEOPLE WHO DID NOT HAVE THEIR ALCOHOL LICENSES READY TO GO IN OCTOBER. SO A HUGE THANK YOU BECAUSE THERE WAS A IT'S A LOT OF WORK ON THEIR BEHALF. SO OKAY, NOW WE ARE READY FOR A MOTION. THANK YOU. I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO APPROVE OR ACCEPT RECEIVE ALL ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ACCORDING TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED. SECOND. LARSON. YES. FREEMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. DINGMAN. YES. 
          LEE. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NEXT WE ARE ON TO THE REGULAR AGENDA, AND THIS 
          [6.A.1) IFDDC Parking Program MOU]
ONE IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO US TONIGHT BY CHIEF OF STAFF MARGARET WINBURN. SHE'S GOING TO BRING FORWARD THE EDC MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS. GOOD EVENING. I AM PLEASED TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO BRING YOU THE UPDATED BOTH THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT AND THE PARKING MOU WITH IFDC. THESE TWO AGREEMENTS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND ARE RENEWED EVERY YEAR AS WE WORK TOGETHER TO TRY AND ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A VIBRANT, ENERGETIC DOWNTOWN ON THE AGENDA. THEY'RE LISTED AS TWO DIFFERENT ITEMS, SO I'M GOING TO SORT OF ADDRESS THEM ONE AT A AT A TIME. BUT OVERALL, THE FOCUS OF THESE UPDATES WAS JUST SOME GENERAL CLEANUP. WE ALSO MADE SOME CHANGES TO TRY AND STREAMLINE THE REPORTING PROCESS AND HOW BILLS AND INVOICES ARE, ARE PAID. AND THEN ALSO TO KIND OF BETTER ALIGN THE CALENDARS SO THAT THE REPORTING AND THE REPORTS TO BOTH THE MERCHANTS AS WELL AS THE CITY COUNCIL, JUST WORK A LITTLE BIT BETTER WITHIN THE CALENDAR. I DO WANT TO THANK MISS HAMMOND AND ALSO MR. JACOBSON FOR WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THEIR BOARD TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH THESE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT AGREEMENTS. SO THE FIRST ONE THAT IS ON THE AGENDA IS THE IFDC PARKING PROGRAM MOU. 
          FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, THE IFDC HAS MANAGED THE PARKING IN IN DOWNTOWN FOR AN ANNUAL FEE FOR THE UPDATES THAT WERE MADE IN THIS AGREEMENT WAS TO ADDING A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL IN SECTION 1.4 ON HOW THOSE PAYMENTS WOULD BE MADE AND WHEN THOSE PAYMENTS WOULD BE MADE. THERE WAS THERE WAS JUST NOT ANY DETAIL ON ON SORT OF WHAT THAT SCHEDULE LOOKED LIKE. WE ALSO MADE SOME CHANGES IN SECTION 1.6 TO ADDRESS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT INDEMNIFICATION. IN SECTION 1.7, WE MADE SOME ADJUSTMENTS TO INCLUDE A SPECIFIC PERIOD FOR THAT REPORTING PARKING REPORT. 
          AGAIN, IN THE PAST THERE JUST WASN'T ANY DETAIL AROUND THAT. AND THEN WE ALSO STREAMLINED THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. WE DISCOVERED AS WE AS WE WORK TOGETHER AND AS WE, AS I TALKED TO SORT OF DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY, THERE WERE SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE WERE ASKING FOR THAT THAT WEREN'T REALLY BEING USED AND WEREN'T NECESSARY. SO WE TRIED TO STREAMLINE THAT 
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PIECE AS WELL. AS FAR AS THE ISSUES THAT WERE RAISED REGARDING THE THE BOUNDARIES AND THEN JUST THE SPENDING, I THAT HAS BEEN PART OF THIS AGREEMENT FOR, FOR SOME TIME. 
          AND I THINK WITH THE PARKING, IT'S JUST SORT OF THE AREA. SO THERE ARE SOME LOTS THAT MAYBE DON'T ALIGN, BUT I WILL DO SOME ADDITIONAL RESEARCH ON THAT AND GET BACK WITH, WITH, WITH MISS IRELAND. BUT THOSE ARE THE HIGHLIGHTS TO THE, THE PARKING MOU. THERE WAS ONE OTHER ITEM THAT WE DID MAKE A CHANGE TO THIS AFTERNOON. GOING FORWARD, THE NOTICES WILL GO TO MUNICIPAL SERVICES RATHER THAN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. I APPRECIATE COUNCILMAN FRANCIS BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT GOT MISSED IN THE FINAL EDITS. BUT WE HAVE MADE THAT FIX, SO THAT SHOULD BE READY TO GO. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS I HAVE. AND THEN I KNOW MISS MISS HAMMOND OR MR. JACOBSON WOULD BE WILLING TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS TO. COUNCIL. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PARKING PROGRAM? OKAY. ANY COMMENTS? YES, COUNCILMEMBER. YOU'LL LEAD THE DISCUSSION. WELL, I'LL JUST SAY, SINCE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT TOOK OVER PARKING, IT IS A LOT MORE EFFICIENT AND MORE EQUITABLE THAN IT WAS BEFORE. MAYBE NEVER PERFECT, BUT I REMEMBER THE DAYS WHEN WE HAD THE POLICE DOING IT, AND IT WAS JUST A BURDEN TO THE POLICE AND NOT EFFECTIVE BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULD MOVE THEIR CAR THREE FEET, AND THEN THERE WAS AN ENTIRE PARK ANYMORE AND IT WAS GONE. 
          SO I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE ALL THEY HAVE DONE FOR PARKING. AND I WAS SPEAKING TO A COMMENT THAT WAS MADE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT. I BELIEVE THAT WHEN IT CAME TO THE HEAD OF PARKING LAST YEAR, COLLABORATION, THAT LED TO A MAJOR CHANGE THAT MANY OF US WHO DRIVE DOWNTOWN HAVE NOTICED THAT THERE ARE PARKING PLACES, AND I BELIEVE THERE ARE FEWER EMPLOYEES. AND A LOT OF THAT PARKING ON THE STREET FOR A LONG TIME. AND THE RESULT OF THAT IS CUSTOMERS HAVE PLACED A PARK AND FEEL COMFORTABLE COMING DOWN. AND THAT IS BECAUSE PEOPLE GOT TOGETHER AND SAID, WE CAN DO THIS, WE CAN TALK TO OUR PEOPLE, WE CAN DO THIS. WHEN THEY SAW THE NEED. 
          SO I JUST APPRECIATE WHAT HAS HAPPENED WITH PARKING OVER THE LAST MANY YEARS UNDER TOWN DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THAT I WOULD JUST NOTE THAT THE THE AGREEMENT WITH IFDC TO MANAGE THIS PARKING ISN'T RELIANT UPON A BID WHATSOEVER. SO I THINK THAT THERE'S SOME CONFUSION AS TO I, I MEAN, IT COULD BE HALF THE CITY IF WE WANTED IT TO BE. IT'S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BID. SO THE FACT THAT IT MOSTLY ALIGNS WITH THE BID IS NOT ACTUALLY RELEVANT TO THE AGREEMENT. NO, I, I APPRECIATE THAT, CLAIRE. VERIFICATION. THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT. IT IS A SEPARATE STANDALONE AGREEMENT TO, TO TRY AND MANAGE THAT MORE EFFICIENTLY AND TAKE THE BURDEN OFF SO WE COULD EXPAND IT IF WE WANTED IT TO. IT COULD BE SMALLER IF WE WANTED TO. IT IT'S NOT DEPENDENT UPON THE THE BID OR ITS PARTICIPANTS, BUT THAT'S WHY IT WAS TWO SEPARATE MOTIONS AND TWO SEPARATE AGREEMENTS. YEAH. CORRECT. OKAY. 
          LOOKS LIKE WE ARE READY FOR MOTION. I'M READY WITH EMOTION PLEASE. OKAY, I MOVE COUNCIL APPROVE THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE IDAHO FALLS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO MANAGE DOWNTOWN PARKING. AS THE DOWNTOWN ENFORCEMENT ORGANIZATION AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. I'LL SECOND. YES, FRANCIS. HI, LEE. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FREEMAN. YES. THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. NOW. 
          [6.A.2) IFDDC Management Services Agreement]
YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD. THE SECOND ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS THE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AGREEMENT, AND THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT RETAINS THE ABILITY TO FDC TO PROVIDE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT. AGAIN, THIS AGREEMENT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR SOME TIME, AND MOST OF THE CLEANUP OR THE UPDATES THAT WERE DONE IN THIS AGREEMENT, AGAIN, WERE DESIGNED TO ADD SOME CLARITY AND THEN ALSO SOME CLEANUP. IN SECTION THREE AND FOUR, WE ADJUSTED THE TIMELINE FOR WHEN IFDC WILL COME TO THE CITY AND THE COUNCIL TO REPORT OF THEIR OF THEIR WORK DURING THE YEAR. AND THEN WHEN THEY HOLD THEIR ANNUAL MEETING BEFORE THAT WAS SORT OF FLIPPED IN THE CALENDAR JUST DIDN'T WORK VERY WELL. SO WE WORKED WITH IFDC TO BETTER ALIGN THAT IN SECTION SEVEN. WE UPDATED THE LANGUAGE AROUND ASSESSMENTS, CONNECT COLLECTIONS, AND PAYMENTS. THERE WAS JUST SOME, JUST SOME 
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OF SOME OF IT WASN'T CLEAR AS FAR AS THE PAYMENTS WERE BASED ON WHAT WAS COLLECTED OR WHAT WHAT THE ASSESSMENTS WERE. SO WE WORKED WITH FINANCE TO CLARIFY THAT. SECTION NINE, WE JUST UPDATED THE RESPONSIBILITIES FOR SUBMITTING THE ASSESSMENTS FOR THE BID TO VULNERABLE COUNTY. AND THEN I DO WANT TO MAKE A REFERENCE TO THE ATTACHMENT A THAT HAS BEEN REFERENCED IN PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT IS ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE WITH THE IFB IFDC THAT THEY PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. BUT I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A DRAFT, AND I THINK THERE'S SORT OF SEVERAL REFERENCES TO THAT WITHIN THE DOCUMENT. IFDC IS WAITING FOR MORE ENGAGEMENT AND MORE INPUT FROM THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS AND MEMBERS OF THE BID TO TO REFINE THAT. AND ONE OF THE SPECIFIC AREAS THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON AND IS HAMMOND MENTIONED THIS WAS AROUND THE AROUND THE EVENTS OF WHAT THAT EVENT CALENDAR LOOKS LIKE AND WHAT THOSE ARE. SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THAT AS, AS WELL. BUT THAT'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE, THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT WE LOOKED AT AT THE, FOR THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT. AND AGAIN, I'D BE HAPPY TO STAND FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR TO. WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION THEN. NO, I HAVE A COMMENT. OH, YOU DO HAVE A COMMENT. OKAY. I DO WANT TO COMMENT ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I, YOU KNOW, I CAN TELL PEOPLE ARE UPSET ABOUT THINGS, BUT WE GET CONFLICTING INFORMATION FROM PEOPLE. YOU KNOW, WE HEAR THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY EVENTS FROM SOME WE HEAR THERE TONIGHT. I HEARD THERE'S NOT ENOUGH EVENTS. I THINK THEY HAVE A GREAT TRACK RECORD THAT WE'VE BEEN REALLY PLEASED WITH THE WAY THINGS HAVE GONE WITH THE REVITALIZATION OF DOWNTOWN. AND I, YOU KNOW, I REMEMBER WHEN DOWNTOWN WASN'T REVITALIZED AND IT WAS AND IT WAS WE DIDN'T LIKE TO GO DOWN THERE VERY MUCH. I HEAR PEOPLE SAY THE FLOWERS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE OR THEY'RE NOT WHATEVER. BUT THEN THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE WHO TELL ME THAT, GOD, THE FLOWERS DOWNTOWN ARE SO GREAT. I LOVE GOING DOWNTOWN FOR THE FLOWERS. SO, SO LIKE I SAID, WE KEEP GETTING CONFLICTING INFORMATION. I THINK THE DOWNTOWN HAS A REAL FEEL OF COMMUNITY. AND SOMEBODY MENTIONED THAT EARLIER ABOUT ABOUT WE WANT TO HAVE COMMUNITY. I, I REALLY FEEL THAT AND I'VE LIVED HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND I KNOW THAT IT'S BETTER THAN IT HAS BEEN EVER. SO THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER. I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS. FIRST, I'D LIKE TO THANK MISS WINBURN. WORKING THROUGH ALL THESE AGREEMENTS AND GETTING THOSE THINGS. THAT WAS NOT SIMPLE. IT ALWAYS SOUNDS SIMPLE WHEN THEY JUST SAY THIS AND THAT AND IT'S LIKE, OH, THAT WAS OURS. SO ALL GOOD ON THAT RESPECT. THE OTHER THING IS, AND I DO WANT TO MENTION IT WAS A GREAT COLLABORATION WITH ICBC AS WE SORT OF WORK THROUGH THAT, LOOKED AT WHAT WORKS AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. I WAS COMING BACK TO COLLABORATION. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE SAID THIS IN MANY MEETINGS, INCLUDING AT A DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS MEETING. THE IMAGE OF EVERY CITY IS THE DOWNTOWN. AND I ALWAYS TELL PEOPLE, LOOK AT THE SPORTING EVENTS AND WHEN YOU'RE IN A CITY, THEY SHOW THE PICTURE OF THE DOWNTOWN. THEY DO NOT SHOW THE PICTURES OF THE SUBURBS. 
          THEY SHOW THE DOWNTOWN. SO THIS DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT IS HELPING TO BUILD OUR IMAGE AND TO KEEP IT GOING AS A CITY, AS A COMMUNITY. AND THAT CAN'T BE REPLACED. AND WHEN I LAST MEETING OF THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS, I MADE THE COMMENT THAT THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN REPLACE WHAT DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CAN DO. AND A LOT OF THAT IS RIGHT HERE AND WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE A NEED FOR COLLABORATION? THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NEED FOR COLLABORATION, AND WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT. AND IT'S ANOTHER COMMENT I MADE AT THAT MERCHANTS MEETING THAT THAT'S WHAT WILL MAKE THIS WORK. ONE OF MY OTHER POINTS IS A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAME UP AT THE LAST MEETING OF THE DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS THAT WERE CONCERNS ABOUT DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT. EVERY ONE OF THEM THAT I TOOK NOTES ON, EXCEPT FOR ONE, IS PERFECTLY RESOLVABLE UNDER THIS DOWNTOWN. AND DIRECTOR HAMMOND IS READY TO WORK ON THOSE THINGS. THEY'RE ALL SOLVABLE. SO I'M STRONGLY SUPPORTING RENEWING THIS AGREEMENT. AND I'M READY WITH A MOTION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE HE MAKES THAT MOTION? OKAY. COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS. OKAY, I MOVE COUNCIL APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH THE DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION TO PROVIDE MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. DINGMAN. YES. LARSON. YES. LEE. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. 
          [6.B.1) Final Plat, Development Agreement, and Reasoned Statement of Relevant Criteria and Standards, Arbor Estates Division No. 1.]
THANK YOU. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THANK YOU, MISS WINBERG. OUR NEXT ITEM IS COMING TO US 
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TONIGHT FROM COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. IT IS A FINAL PLAT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, REINSTATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR ARBOR ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER ONE. AND IF. IF? BECAUSE IT IS A FINAL PLAT. IF ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE TO. IF THERE AREN'T ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT IT THAT COUNCIL IS SEEING, I DID ASK MR. SANDER TO SPEAK TO TWO THINGS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT. OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. YES. THE ITEM THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS BROUGHT UP WAS FIRST WAS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, SPECIFICALLY A REQUEST TO MODIFY SC 5.0, WHICH IS BACK AN EXHIBIT, EXHIBIT A, AND IT'S JUST THE CRITERIA THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THE DEVELOPMENT THERE WAS IN THE LANGUAGE THAT STATED IN. THERE WAS REGARDING UTILITY TRENCHING FOR ONE YEAR, THE POWER DEPARTMENT, IDAHO FALLS POWER, I SHOULD SAY, REACHED OUT TO THE DEVELOPER AND THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS AGREED TO MODIFY THAT SC 5.0 TO A NEWER LANGUAGE THAT REQUIRES A TWO YEAR WARRANTY. THE INTENT OF OF STAFF AND THE DEVELOPER IS THAT THAT IT WOULD BE APPROVED. AND THEN WE WOULD BRING THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW LANGUAGE. 
          THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO REVISE THAT AGREEMENT. AND THEN BEFORE THE MAYOR SIGNS THAT THEY WOULD AGREE TO THAT. SO THERE'S THAT MODIFICATION. AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION THAT COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS ASKED, DO YOU MIND WOULD YOU MIND THE TWO YEAR. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAD AGREED UPON, OR THAT WAS JUST SOME. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT JUST GOT MAYBE WE WERE JUST BOILERPLATE IN HERE, BUT THEN JUST DIDN'T END UP IN ALL OF OUR. THAT WAS EXACTLY RIGHT. 
          THIS ONE WAS A BOILERPLATE. SOME OF THESE DEVELOPER DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS REALIZE SOMETIMES THEY CAN TAKE A WHOLE YEAR TO A YEAR AND A HALF. AND SO IT WAS BOILERPLATE LANGUAGE. 
          BUT COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS IS CORRECT. THE NEW AGREEMENT IS FOR TWO YEARS. YES. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD JUST BE SOMETHING TO START CATCHING. IT IS CORRECT. YES, YES, YES. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'VE COMMUNICATED THAT TO PUBLIC WORKS AND POWER, AND WE'RE BOTH ON BOARD WITH CHANGING THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WASN'T COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS WHO WAS SAYING, OH, I JUST WANT A YEAR AND A HALF. SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I WANT TO INCREASE IT TO TWO YEARS ON THIS ONE. AND IT WAS LIKE, NO, THAT'S BECAUSE IT WAS JUST A MISTAKE IN THE LANGUAGE. IT USED TO BE YEAR AND A HALF. NOW THE POLICY HAS CHANGED AND THAT'S CORRECT. THE OTHER ITEM, LINDA, DO YOU MIND PULLING UP THE PRESENTATION? JUST REAL QUICK, I JUST WANT TO SHOW THE FLAT. THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS REGARDING. THE. GO AHEAD AND ADVANCE IT. SORRY. 
          YES, THERE WERE QUESTIONS. THE PLAT HAS TWO PARTS. IT'S IN YOUR PACKET. THIS IS A 70 LOT SUBDIVISION. IT'S AN R-1. IT'S RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF HOLMES, JUST TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF HOLMES IN 65TH SOUTH. JUST TO ORIENT YOU WHERE WE ARE, THE QUESTION THAT AROSE WAS IN REGARD TO THE DEDICATION OF RIGHT OF WAY ON HOLMES, AS WELL AS. DO YOU MIND CLICKING IT ONE MORE AS WELL? THE DEDICATION ALONG 65TH STREET. THIS. THIS PLAT IS PROPOSING FROM CENTERLINE, A 50 FOOT DEDICATION. PART OF THAT WOULD INCLUDE, AS THERE'S A TRAFFIC STUDY THAT ARE DONE WITH THESE. AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE RIGHT TURN LANES, THE PROPER WIDTH FOR THE ARTERIAL. SO ALL THAT HAS BEEN ENCOMPASSED AS PART OF THIS PLANT. SO JUST TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IT DOES ACCOMMODATE FOR THE FUTURE WIDENING OF HOLMES AS WELL AS THE FUTURE WIDENING OF 65TH SOUTH AS WELL. WHATEVER THAT PROPERTY RUNS TO, WHICH IS STANDARD PRACTICE FROM PUBLIC WORKS. SO DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS? OKAY. THIS WENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION. JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, YOU HAD IT IN YOUR PACKET ON THIS ONE WENT ON. YEAH, JUNE 6TH OF 2026. NO PUBLIC COMMENTED IN THAT PUBLIC HEARING AND IT PASSED UNANIMOUSLY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANKS. COUNSELORS. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR. MR. WE WERE JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE SIZE OF LOTS. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS 2.3 LOTS PER ACRE. YES. 
          THE IT IT IT'S GENERAL IN THE SIZE OF THE LOTS CORNER LOTS TEND TO BE BIGGER. SO THE 
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SMALLEST LOT IS 8000, APPROXIMATELY 8400. BUT SOME OF THE LOTS ARE 21,000. SO THEY'RE JUST AROUND A THIRD OF AN ACRE. THERE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT WITH THIS. ONE IS THERE'S A LOT THIS BIG PIECE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS ACTUALLY SET ASIDE FOR A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION. AN LDS CHURCH WILL BE BUILT THERE. AND THAT SORRY, CAN YOU ADVANCE IT ONE LITTLE BIT? AND THEN THE OTHER LARGE LOT IS TO ACCOUNT FOR ALL THEIR RETENTION RIGHT HERE. BUT IN GENERAL, THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS FLUCTUATE BETWEEN THAT. SO AND THAT EQUATES OUT TO ABOUT 2 TO 2 MINUTES PER ACRE. AND I WOULD ADD THAT THIS RIDDLE WAY IS CONNECTING TO A PARCEL THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OWNS. AND WE CONTINUE TO TALK TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ABOUT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AS WE WORK WITH THEM, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THEM TO REALLY CONSIDER WHAT THEIR LONG TERM PLANS ARE. BECAUSE OF THE ACCESS MANAGEMENT, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL HAVE NO ACCESS ONTO 65TH, AND THEIR ONLY ACCESS WILL COME FROM THAT, THAT RIDDLE WAY. AND THEN FROM POTENTIALLY OFF OF HOMES UP AT THE VERY TOP OF THAT BORDER OF THE PROPERTY LINE. SO WE DO CONTINUE TO REACH OUT TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT WHAT WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND THEM, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A THE TWO PARCELS OFF OF 65TH. THIS MIGHT BE ONE THAT THEY WOULD WANT TO GET RID OF, BUT THIS IS A COMPLETELY UP TO THEM. SO ANYWAY, IT HAS JUST FOR COUNCIL'S REFERENCE, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM A COUPLE OF TIMES ON THIS. OKAY. IF WE'RE READY FOR A MOTION. YES, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR ARBOR ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN SAID AGREEMENT. SECOND. V YES. 
          DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. MOTION CARRIES. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE FINAL PLAT FOR ARBOR ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR, CITY ENGINEER AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN SAID FINAL PLAT. SECOND. DINGMAN. YES. 
          FREEMAN. YES. FRANCIS I. LEE. YES. LARSEN. YES. MOTION CARRIES. AND I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE RECENT STATEMENT OF RELEVANT CRITERIA AND STANDARDS FOR THE FINAL PLAT FOR ARBOR ESTATES DIVISION NUMBER ONE, AND GIVE AUTHORIZATION FOR THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. SECOND. FREEMAN. YES. LARSEN. YES. DINGMAN. YES. LEE. YES. FRANCIS I. MOTION CARRIES. 
          [6.B.2) Amendment to Title 11, Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance, Sections 11-2-2: Allowing Drinking Establishments in LC, Limited Commercial Zones as a Permitted Use.]
THE NEXT. OH, SORRY. THE NEXT ITEM IS ACTUALLY A LEGISLATIVE PUBLIC HEARING, AND IT IS TO AMEND TITLE 11 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE, SECTION 2-2 TO ALLOW DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE LC LIMITED COMMERCIAL ZONE AS A PERMITTED USE. I WOULD ASK YOU TO PLEASE COME AND PRESENT THIS. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THIS CAME ABOUT. WE'VE BEEN. AS YOU WERE LOOKING AT REVISING OUR ALCOHOL ORDINANCE AND ONE OF THE ELEMENTS THAT CAME ABOUT FROM THAT WAS IN REGARDS TO THE. SORRY, IT'S JUST A SIMPLE USE TABLE. WE CAN JUST PUT THAT SLIDE UP. NEXT ONE. PERFECT. THIS CAME OUT OF THE ALCOHOL ORDINANCE DISCUSSIONS. AND COME TO FIND OUT THAT WE'VE LEARNED THAT STANDALONE ALCOHOL ESTABLISHMENTS ARE NOT ALLOWED IN THE LC ZONE. CURRENTLY, AS OUR ZONING HAS STANDS, STANDALONE ALCOHOL ESTABLISHMENTS ARE ALLOWED IN THE H, C AND THE CC ZONE. SO OUR FULL COMMERCIAL ZONES, BUT NOT IN THE LC. AND THE INITIAL THINKING OF THAT, JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY, WAS, WAS IT WAS THOUGHT THAT LC WAS RIGHT UP AGAINST RESIDENTIAL ZONED PROPERTIES. AND SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS NOT PERMITTED. HOWEVER, RESTAURANTS THAT DO SERVE ALCOHOL ARE ALLOWED IN THE LC ZONE. AND SO JUST IN DISCUSSION, WE REALIZED THERE'S NO REASON THAT A STANDALONE ALCOHOL ESTABLISHMENTS CAN'T BE IN LC ZONE. THERE'S NO REASON FOR THAT. AND AND SO THAT'S WHAT THIS HAS BROUGHT BEFORE YOU. SO IN TERMS OF CODE CHANGE, IT ACTUALLY IS THIS LITTLE KEY RIGHT HERE. THAT'S CODE IS JGLMNOP. SO THIS TO PLANNING COMMISSION IT WAS OPEN TO PUBLIC HEARING BUT NO PUBLIC SPOKE TO IT. BUT YOU'LL SEE IN YOUR PACKET THERE WAS 
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DISCUSSION FROM IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THEY THEY WERE REALLY TRYING TO GRASP THIS CONCEPT. ONE OF WHY ALCOHOL ESTABLISHMENTS STANDALONE WERE NOT ALLOWED IN THE LC ZONE. 
          FURTHER, THEY SAID, WELL, RESTAURANTS THAT SERVE ALCOHOL ARE IN THE LC ZONE. WHAT. WHY IS IT NOT THAT WAY? AND AND STAFF JUST SAID WHATEVER YOU WOULD LIKE, WE CAN CHANGE. SO BASICALLY IS HOW THAT DISCUSSION WENT ABOUT. THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THIS CODE CHANGE AND THEY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE IT. SO WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. DID WE NOT HAVE AN EPISODE WITH THIS RECENTLY? IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT, THAT WE A YEAR OR TWO AGO, WE HAD A SOMEBODY CAME TO US AND ASKED FOR. THEY WANTED TO I WANTED A ZONE CHANGE ACTUALLY, BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T DO WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO IN THEIR ZONE. 
          YEAH. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER. FREEMAN. SO THERE WAS, IT WAS ACTUALLY A, A CIGAR LOUNGE. SO I'M NOT A SMOKER, BUT THEY WOULD GO AND THEY WOULD SMOKE, BUT THEY COULDN'T DRINK WINE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO. WE ALSO HAD ANOTHER INSTANCE WHERE IT WAS A BOOKSTORE THAT HAD A BOOK CLUB IN THE EVENING THAT WAS IN LC ZONE, AND THEY WANTED TO HAVE THIS BOOK CLUB WHERE THEY WOULD SIT AROUND AND DRINK WINE, AND THEY WERE NOT PERMITTED AS WELL. 
          SO HENCE, THAT'S THE BRIEF, BRIEF HISTORY OF IT. SO WE SHOULD EXPECT THEM TO COME BACK. 
          YES, I ASSUME THEY WOULD COME BACK. AND OF COURSE WITH THE LIQUOR LICENSE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR A LIQUOR LICENSE. THAT WOULD STILL BE THE STANDARD. BUT IN TERMS OF ZONING, WE WOULD NOT BE. PREVENTING THOSE USES. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU. I, I DO APPRECIATE COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS AND SEEING THIS RIGHT AWAY. AND I KNOW IT TOOK A BIT TO GET IT THROUGH HERE, BUT WE MADE IT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND AND WE ARE READY FOR A MOTION. OKAY. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 11 COMPREHENSIVE ZONING ORDINANCE SECTIONS 11-2-2 ALLOWED USES AND COMMERCIAL ZONES TO PERMIT DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS AS AN ALLOWED USE IN THE LC LIMITED COMMERCIAL ZONE UNDER A SUSPENSION OF THE RULES REQUIRING THREE COMPLETE AND SEPARATE READINGS. REQUESTS THAT IT BE READ BY TITLE AND PUBLISHED BY SUMMARY. SECOND. 
          LEE. YES. DINGMAN. YES. FRANCIS A YES. LARSON. YES. MOTION CARRIES. AND I'LL READ THAT IN AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IDAHO FALLS, IDAHO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, AMENDING TITLE 11, COMPREHENSIVE ZONING CODE, SECTION 11-2-4. TABLE 11-2-2. 
          ALLOWED USES IN COMMERCIAL ZONES TO ALLOW DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE LIMITED COMMERCIAL ZONE AND PROVIDING SEVERABILITY. PUBLICATION BY SUMMARY AND ESTABLISHING EFFECTIVE DATE. THANK YOU. OKAY, THIS WAS A PRETTY QUICK ONE. THEN TONIGHT, COUNCIL MEMBER 
          [7. Announcements]
LARSON, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY? NOW, I CANNOT REMEMBER WHETHER I SAID THIS AND WHO I SAID IT TO. SO IF I'VE MADE THIS PUBLICLY, I APOLOGIZE. COUNCIL MEMBER LARSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER LEE ARE SWITCHING THEIR LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS WITH BMP AND THE FINANCE COMMITTEE. COUNCIL MEMBER LARSON IS GOING TO SIT ON THE MPO AND COUNCIL MEMBER LEE WILL BE ON THE FINANCE COMMITTEE AND THAT. I SENT THAT ON TO MPO WITH COUNCIL MEMBER LARSON'S EMAIL SO THAT THEY CAN UPDATE THAT AND THEIR WEBSITE, AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBER LEE WILL BE REACHED OUT TO BY DIRECTOR HAGEDORN TO SET UP WHEN THAT FINANCE COMMITTEE IS MEETING. SO CERTAINLY THAT SWITCH HAS BEEN MADE. OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S IT'S HALLOWEEN AND IT'S A END OF OCTOBER AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL WEATHER. SO IT'S IDAHO FALLS, A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. IT REALLY, REALLY IS. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. AND IT'S A WONDERFUL PLACE TO BE EVEN, YOU KNOW, EVEN OUR DIFFERENCES MAKE US BETTER. IT KEEPS IT A LITTLE MORE VIBRANT AND, AND WORKING TOWARDS BETTERMENT. WHEN YOU GET STALE, THEN YOU START DECLINING. BUT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO FIGHT FOR TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MAKE IT BETTER, IT ACTUALLY DOES MAKE IT BETTER. SO COUNCIL MEMBER FRANCIS, WELL, SATURDAY IS DOWNTOWN EVENT IN THE EVENING CALLED CRAWLING, STARTING IN THE OLD FARRELL'S BUILDING, WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE SOME HISTORICAL PICTURES, ETC. FROM THE MUSEUM OF IDAHO AND THEN WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO GET DISCOUNTS AND ENCOURAGING USE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN. SO KIND OF A DIFFERENT APPROACH AND DEFINITELY FAMILY FRIENDLY. YOUR NEW APPROACH. COUNCIL MEMBER FRIEDMAN, COUNCIL MEMBER LEE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.