Minutes - 2008 - City Council - 05/20/2008 - Regular
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EAGLE CITY COUNCIL
Minutes
May 20, 2008
PRE-COUNCIL AGENDA: 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
I. Presentation by Ada County Assessor Robert McQuade. TWO THINGS that makes it
different this year. The last two years values have increased about 18% annual throughout the
County. This year the assessed value increased about Y2 percent. New Construction has
increased 50% per year for the last two years. This year it is down by 50%. Distributes the City
of Eagle PrimalY Roll Assessment Notice SummalY and discusses the same. Commercial doesn't
seem to have the peaks and valleys as residential. The Urban Renewal area in Eagle is valued at
$18,743.00. This area should have about a 4% decrease in property values. General discussion.
Assessment Notices will be sent out this week end.
2. Blueprint for Good Growth Presentation: Karen Dohel1y, BGG, provides a power point
presentation and provides a history of BGG and where is BGG going to go. General discussion.
Dan Friend, Chief, Eagle Fire Depal1ment, today the water is stable and the water level should be
dropped at the end of the week.
Dan discusses the e-mail received today from Dorene and Frank Boydston. I talked to then this
morning and he was concerned about the environment. Last evening we had some training where
they were blowing water into Dry Creek. It is not the practice of Eagle Fire Depal1ment to do
training at 9:30 p.m. in the evening. Displays some pictures of DIY Creek and discusses the
erosion. The erosion will be taken care of and the issues have been resolved to evelyone's
satisfaction.
3. Mayor and Council's Report: Moved to end of Agenda
4. City Engineer Report: Moved to end of Agenda
5. City Clerk/Treasurer Repol1: Moved to end of Agenda
6. Zoning Administrator's Report: Moved to end of Agenda
7. City Attorney Rep0l1: Moved to end of Agenda
REGULAR COUNCIL AGENDA: 7:30 p.m.
I. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Bandy calls the meeting to order at 7:45 p.m.
2. ROLL CALL: GUERBER, HUFFAKER, SHOUSHT ARIAN, SEMANKO. All present. A
quorum is present.
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Robel1 Grubb leads the Pledge of Allegiance.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT: Frank Thomason, discusses the broadcasting of the meetings over
cable television. I understand that the Ada County Highway District broadcast their meetings.
General discussion.
5. CONSENT AGENDA:
. Consent Agenda items are considered to be routine and are acted on with one
motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless the Mayor, a
Councilmember, member of City Staff, or a citizen requests an item to be removed
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from the Consent Agenda for discussion. Items removed from the Consent Agenda
will be placed on the Regular Agenda in a sequence determined by the City Council.
. Any item on the Consent Agenda which contains written Conditions of Approval
from the City of Eagle City Staff, Planning & Zoning Commission, or Design
Review Board shall be adopted as part of the City Council's Consent Agenda
approval motion unless specifically stated otherwise.
. A. Beer and Wine license for Pinnacle Coffee LLC.: Pinnacle Coffee LLC. dba:
Tully's Coffee located at ISO E. Riverside Dr. Ste. 100, is requesting an alcohol
license for the sale of beer and wine for on premises consumption. All appropriate
fees and documentation have been submitted. (SKB)
. B. Beer and Wine license for Madhuban Indian Cuisine LTD: Madhuban Indian
Cuisine L TO dba: India Place located at 600 S. Rivershore Ln. Ste. 170, is
requesting an alcohol license for the sale of beer and wine for on premises
consumption. All appropriate fees and documentation have been submitted. (SKB)
. e. Approval of City network infrastructure purchases: (SKB)
. D. East Hills 1MG Reservoir Payment Request No.9: (VB)
. E. Minutes of May 13,2008
. F. Ea!!le Rodeo Open Container Permit
. G. Noise Ordinance Waiver
Semanko moves to add to the Agenda as #5F. Eagle Rodeo Open Container Permit and
#5G Noise Ordinance Waiver under the Consent Agenda. Seconded by Guerber. ALL
AYES: MOTION CARRIES.................
Shoushtarian removes Item #5E from the Consent Agenda.
Council discussion on Item #C and Item #0.
Mayor and Council discussion on having a meeting to discuss water issues.
Vern Brewer, Holladay, Item #0 is the last payment on the tank. There will be other payments
requested.
Guerber moves to approve the Consent Agenda as amended. Seconded by Huffaker.
Guerber: AYE; Huffaker: AYE; Shoushtarian: AYE; Semanko: AYE: ALL AYES:
MOTION CARRIES..............
5E. Minutes of May 13, 2008
Mayor introduces the issue.
Shoushtarian: I have some questions on how we do the minutes of the Council. On the Agenda
Item #9A International Building Code we had last week. We discussed this item and then we
voted on the item. I have noticed that if there is a nay vote there is no explanation of why they
have said nay. In this discussion the Building Department is proposing to pick some of the codes
but not all of them, they wanted to hand pick those. My discussion was on what we choose to
pick. The Motion was to approve what the Building Department has said and I say nay to that
because I thought we should adopt all of the IBe. So how are we going to fix this problem?
General discussion.
Shoushtarian moves to amend the Motion on the Minutes of May 13,2008 to add, "I voted
Nay because I thought IBC should be either approved in its entirety or if there is any
reason why some of them did not get picked I would like to know the reason for it."
Seconded by Guerber. ALL AYES: MOTION CARRIES.................
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6. PROCLAMATIONS and RESOLUTIONS:
A. Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week Proclamation: (ME)
Mayor introduces the issue and discusses the need for the Proclamation and reads into the record
the Healthy Water Recreational Behaviors. General discussion.
Semanko moves to approve the Recreational Water Illness Prevention Week Proclamation
and I would like to add after "not playing in the water features when you are ill", "not
playing in or around irrigation canals or drains." Discussion. Seconded by Shoushtarian.
ALL AYES: MOTION CARRIES.........
B. Resolution 08-14 - Declaration of Surplus Property: (SKB)
Mayor introduces the issue.
Guerber moves to approve Resolution 08-14 - Declaration of Surplus Property. Seconded
by Shoushtarian. ALL AYES: MOTION CARRIES.................
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
A. Ordinance No. 599: Prohibition of the landing of helicopters within corporate city limits,
providing exemptions and penalties. (ME)
Mayor introduces the issue.
Code Enforcement Official Echeita: I talked to FAA today. They have some strict rules on what
they could talk about and release to the Public. The FAA supports the ordinance we are working
on and they think that doing a nuisance ordinance that works with the landing ordinance would
be a great solution to any problems that we might have. There are several cities in the State of
Idaho and throughout the Country who have ordinances in regards to helicopters. FAA did do an
inspection. They took the helicopter up, took the same route, came in and looked it over. They
felt the pad was big enough to land a helicopter. The approach and take off of the helicopter
were not ideal. The FAA has had issues with the approach and take off. FAA wi II not go on the
record in regards to the issue. General discussion.
Semanko moves to remand Ordinance No. 599 to staff with the instructions to bring back a
revised helicopter ordinance and a proposed revised nuisance ordinance for the City
Council meeting on July 8, 2008. Seconded by Shoushtarian. ALL A YES: MOTION
CARRIES.. ...
B. Revocation of solicitor's license No. 368 and No. 371 issued to D&T Sales: (ME)
Mayor introduces the issue.
Code Enforcement Officer Echeita: provides Council an overview of the letter to D&T Sales
dated May 15,2008 and his recommendation for the revocation of the solicitor's license. The
last we heard the company was heading north. Law Enforcement and I believe that this was a
scam. General discussion.
Huffaker authorizes Mr. Echeita to revoke solicitor's license No. 368 and No. 371.
Seconded by Semanko. ALL AYES: MOTION CARRIES.................
C. 200700206-S-V-HD-FP (Ada County Application) - Preliminary Plat for Trailhead at
Prospect Peak Subdivision - Kastera Development. LLC: Kastera Development, LLC,
represented by Ben Haught, is requesting preliminaty plat approval for Trailhead at Prospect
Peak Subdivision, a 119.5-acre, twenty (20) lot subdivision located .25-miles (approximately)
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west of Brookside Lane and .S-miles (approximately) north of Beacon Light Road. This site is
located in the Eagle Area of Impact. (WEV)
Mayor introduces the issue.
Zoning Administrator Vaughn: Provides Council an overview of the request for preliminary plat.
General discussion.
Huffaker moves to direct staff to prepare a letter to the Ada County Commissioners to
approve the Application with the Site Specific Conditions as prepared by staff together
with ACHD conditions and have staff note our concerns regarding the bigger picture of
road way system up there and specifically our concern that higher density developments
would be putting traffic on these roads that are not meant to handle them and would
change the nature of this neighborhood, so we would be recommending that they have
consideration of the impact of future development on this parcel. General discussion.
Huffaker moves to amend his motion to state "if the County chooses to approve this we
recommend the following Site Specific Conditions be included" and that we include all of
the different potential infrastructure impacts to the City. Seconded by Semanko. General
Discussion. ALL AYES: MOTION CARRIES.........
D. Consideration ofVelodrome construction contracts: (SEB)
Mayor introduces the issue.
Robert Grubb, Construction Manager for the Velodrome, tonight we would like to ask that you
approve the Contracts for six contractors on the project and a couple of change orders. We
presented our plan at the April meeting for the first phase and we have worked with the Sub-
Contractors to establish the Contracts and we have issued them Notice to Proceed. We have
updated the budget and we are still on track.
We have updated the budget and we are still on track with the project as to the budget. We are
still working on a few items with concrete and we coming to you at a meeting looking to
projecting those bids as well. Going out to be bid may be our best option.
Project is going well, we are starting to move dirt and you can see the shape of the project. We
had some equipment that rolled over and everyone was safe.
We invite you to our weekly coordination meetings on Tuesdays at II :00 on site near the job
trai ler.
We are on schedule for an end of August completion. General discussion.
ACHD did waive their $10,000 fees for the project.
City Attorney: the list that we gave you in your packet are the contracts that we need to have
approved. There are also two change orders that need to be approved and these are for
reductions.
General discussion.
Huffaker moves to approve the various construction contracts listed on the cover page of
#7D of the Agenda, contracts number 1-8 for the Velodrome project. Seconded by
Shoushtarian. Guerber: AYE; Huffaker: AYE; Shoushtarian: AYE; Semanko: AYE:
ALL AYES: MOTION CARRIES..............
The Contracts approve by the motion are as follows:
1. Agreement between City of Eagle and The Land Group, Inc.
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2. Agreement between City of Eagle and JBBJ, LLC
3. Agreement between City of Eagle and Idaho Sand and Gravel Co.-Bid Package No.
3
4. Agreement between City of Eagle and Cascade Pipeline Corporation
5. Construction Manager Change Order Wright Brothers and Idaho Sand and
Gravel. Co.
6. Agreement between City of Eagle and Idaho Sand and Gravel Co.-Bid Package No.
5
7. Construction Manager Change Order Wright Brothers and GeoTek, Inc.
8. Agreement between City of Eagle and GeoTek, Inc.
8. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None:
9. NEW BUSINESS: None
10. EXECUTIVE SESSION:
Mayor introduces the issue.
A. Pending or Threatened Litigation: 67-2345 (f)
Guerber moves pursuant to Idaho Code 67-2345(1) pending and threatened litigation
regarding the Charney case that we go into Executive Session. Seconded by Shoushtarian.
Guerber: AYE; Huffaker: AYE; Shoushtarian: AYE; Semanko: AYE: ALL A YES:
MOTION CARRIES..............
Council goes into Executive Session at 9: 15 p.m.
Council discusses pending and threatened litigation regarding the Charney case.
Council leaves Executive Session at 9:40 p.m.
Semanko moves that we authorize Legal Council to negotiate a settlement of the Charney
litigation for the original amount of costs and attorneys fees awarded. Seconded by
Huffaker. Guerber: NAY as I feel we should recover the full costs expended out of the
taxpayers pocket in this regard; Huffaker: AYE; Shoushtarian: NAY: that we should not
put the numbers in there and we should have some kind of conversation before be put in
numbers; Semanko: AYE; I feel that this is a fair and reasonable proposal because it is
always in the best interest of the City to put litigation behind us if at all possible; Mayor:
AYE: MOTION CARRIES.................
PRE-COUNCIL REPORTS:
Mayor and Council's Rep0l1:
Mayor: Discusses the flow of the river. I have been getting an hourly report. Project is that it
will start dropping off on Wednesday. Two years ago when we had the flooding it happened
prior to the irrigation season. General discussion.
I went to a Compass Board Retreat yesterday and we discussed the local option sales tax and the
potential of merging Compass and Valley Regional Transit. General discussion.
Huffaker: Reports on the Communication Task Force. They will come before us at Pre-Council.
Guerber: the Task Force will come before us on June loth. They have three items that they will
be looking at. One of the items is the Our Town Informer publication; they will look at the web
site and they wanted a list of the Homeowner's Association. They expanded the group by one;
they added Patricia from the Foothills. They discussed the creation of committee. Eight of the
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original eleven were there last night. Their next meeting is May 2ilt and their next meeting is the
following Monday. General discussion.
Huffaker: When do we get our chance to dunk the Mayor?
Mayor: My stint is 6:00 - 6:30 p.m.
City Engineer Report: No report
City Clerk/Treasurer Repol1: No report
Zoning Administrator's Repol1: No report
City Attorney Report: No report
II. ADJOURNMENT:
Semanko moves to adjourn. Seconded by Huffaker. ALL A YES: MOTION
CARRIES...
Hearing no further business, the Council meeting adjourned at 9:55 p.m.
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CITY HALL
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Eagle City Hall
660 E. Civic Ln./P.O. Box 1520
Eagle, Idaho 83616
(208) 939-6813 (ext.201) fax (208) 939-6827
A memo from the Sr.Deputy City Clerk/Treasurer.
To: Mayor & Council
CC: Sharon Bergmann, Michael Echeita
From: Tracy E. Osborn, CMC
Date: May 19, 2008
Re: Additions to Consent Agenda
Please agenda item:
5F: Ea2Ie Rodeo Open Container Permit: Eagle Rodeo Inc. is requesting an open
container permit to be used on June 12, 13 & 14th in conjunction with the Eagle Fun Days
Rodeo. The rodeo will be held behind Rocky Mountain Fitness. Fees have been submitted,
as well as written approval from Eagle Police Department. Standard conditions of approval
shall apply as well as any event specific conditions established by Eagle Police Department.
Approval is contingent upon the issuance of a catering permit. (SKB)
5G: Noise Ordinance Waiver: As allowed by Eagle City Code 4-9-6(D), the Eagle Rodeo Inc. is
requesting a noise waiver to accommodate Eagle Fun Days Rodeo being held on June 12, 13 & 14.
The rodeo events will be in the open field behind Rocky Mountain Fitness. Rodeo representatives
are requesting that the waiver be extended to midnight on each date listed above. (SKB)
Date:
CITY OF EAGLE
Application for
Permit for Possession and/or
Consumption of Alcohol Beverages
Permit fee (to be submitted with application): $20.00
Name of individual or sponsor: (if the applicant is an association, company or corporation, then it shall state its
name alopyrrith the names f the persons who will be sponsoring the event.)
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Address & telephone number: (both legal and local): /43b E t L r( 94, gre..c /3 C)
Qu' ttities & types of al oholic be Trage products to e used at the event:
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Dates & hours during which the permit is to be effective:
ffez.i. /3 **- S:30 .7)24,a0u.
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Location of event: gte4. 44,0 >t4:1 45ri-LL-r*,
Description of event: ALLO Z
✓The applicant must provide written approval from the Ada County Sheriff's Office signifying they have
reviewed and approved the area in which alcohol is to be served.
_ If the applicant is a non-profit entity. they must provide a copy of the state issued catering permit for
the requested event prior to this application being processed.
Date: 5/i/o
Signature of Applican
********************** ,t***********************,6**********************
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY:
City Council Action: Approved:
Denied:
Date:
3-2D-4: PERMITS:
B. An applicant for such permit shall make application to the City Clerk, remit a twenty dollar ($20.00) fee,
and comply with all rules and regulations related to such use. When the City Clerk determines that the application
is complete, the City Clerk shall present the application to the City Council at its regular meeting for approval.
Such permits shall be at the discretion of the City Council and shall be denied upon the City Council finding the
public health, safety or welfare will be adversely affected upon granting of the permits. (Ord. 323, 5-12-1998)
K. Clerks,Forms\appltcanons\Possession - Consumption Alcohol Application doc
May 9, 2008
Sharon Bergmann, City Clerk
City of Eagle
310 E. State Street
Eagle, ID 83616
RE: Permit Approval for Eagle Rodeo
Dear Sharon,
I have reviewed site plans for the following individual(s):
Person/Group: Eagle Rodeo
Event Date:
June 13, 2008
June 14, 2008
June 15, 2008
GARY RANEY, SHERIFF
Event times: 5:30 PM — 12:00 AM
5:30 PM — 12:00 AM
10:00 AM— 12:00 AM
Event Location: A vacant field at the south end of Plaza, behind the Albertsons
grocery store that is located at 250 S. Eagle Rd.
In accordance with Eagle City policy, I have reviewed the site plans and find no objection
with any of the applicants.
Thank you,
•
Brian Hippe, Chief
City of Eagle Police
7200 Barrister Drive • Boise, Idaho 83704-9217
Tel: 208-577-3000 • Fax: 208-577-3009 • Website: www.adasheriff.org
EAGLE FUN DAYS RODEO
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State Street / Highway 44
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Eagle Rodeo, Inc.
1036 E Iron Eagle Dr, Ste 120
Eagle, ID 83616
(208)939-9448
May 8, 2008
Eagle City Council
310 E State Street
Eagle, ID 83616
To Whom It May Concern:
Reason: Eagle City Code Section 4-9-6(D)
In conjunction with the Eagle Fun Days, Eagle Rodeo, Inc. (The Eagle Fun
Days Rodeo Committee) respectively requests an extension of the noise
ordinance from 10:30 to midnight for the following dates and reasons.
1. June 12, 2008 Slack Rodeo Performance. The Events and after
event wrap-up could extend past 10:30
2. June 13, 2008 The evening rodeo performance and after rodeo
party will extend past 10:30 p.m.
3. June 14, 2008 The evening rodeo performance and after rodeo
party will extend past 10:30 p.m.
Thank you for your consideration. If you have any questions or need any
additional information, please do not hesitate to call me at 939-9448.
Sincerely yours,
TraCice/s7o
L. Bagger
President
Veledrome Budget
Div -1 General Conditions
Project Coordination CM
CM Fee
Field Office
Design
Preliminary trails
Site Engineering
Sleeving
VBP - 1 Survey
VBP - 2 SWIPP
VBP - 3 Sitework
VBP - 4 Utilities
VBP - 5 Pave
VBP - 9 Cast -In -Place Concrete
Extruded Curb
VBP -10 Site Concrete
VBP - 17 Test
Idaho Power
Landscaping/Hydro
Plan Reproductions
Power hook up
ACHD Fees
Contigency
cc- 5-.20-e8'
4/22/2008 5/20/2008
City Council City Council
WBTBC $
WBTBC $
WBTBC $
Land Group $
Velodrome $
Land Group $
WBTBC $
Land Group $
JBBJ $
Idaho Sand $
Cascade Pipe $
Idaho Sand $
CB $
PSI
Marcon $
GeoTech $
$
70,000.00
60, 000.00
2,000.00
25,000.00
25,000.00
5,000.00
8,000.00
18,000.00
20,000.00
242, 815.35
130,550.00
211,987.85
40, 073.00
64,280.00
6,536.00
9,000.00
$ 25, 000.00
$ 70,000.00
$ 60,000.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 25,000.00
$ 25,000.00
$ 5,000.00
$ 10,000.00
$ 24,000.00
$ 20,000.00
$ 242,815.35
$ 127,550.00
$ 227,966.05
$ 40, 073.00
$ 25, 000.00
$ 19,200.00
$ 5,666.00
$ 9,000.00
$ 25,000.00
$ 2,000.00
$ 5,000.00
NO COST
SUB TOTAL $ 963,242.20 $ 970,270.40
$ 36, 757.80 $ 29,729.60
Budget $ 1,000,000.00 $ 1,000,000.00
Current Contract amounts 5/20/2008
Contract Amount Change Orders
VBP -1 Survey Land Group $ 24,000.00
VBP - 2 SWIPP JBBJ $ 20,000.00
VBP - 3 Sitework Idaho Sand $ 242,815.35
VBP - 4 Utilities Cascade Pipe $ 130,550.00
VBP - 5 Pave Idaho Sand $ 316,635.58 $ (88,669.53)
City of Eagle Primary Roll Assessment Notice Summary
As of 5/19/2008
Total City of Eagle Market Value
Total City of Eagle Taxable Value
(taxable values exclude HOE & Urban Renewal)
Residential Market Value
Residential Parcel Count
(residential includes farms & manufactured homes)
Commercial Market Value
Commercial Parcel Count
(commercial includes personal property)
Eagle Urban Renewal
Comparison of Previous Year New
Construction
Residential (including manufactured)
New Residential Count
Commercial (including remodels)
New Commercial Count
New Subs/Change Status
% value increase of existing residential
improved properties
% value increase for existing
commercial improved properties
Residential Property Tax Burden
Commercial Property Tax Burden
(Operating Property & Sub Roll Included in calculation)
Assessment Notice Mailing Date
Number Mailed
2008
City of Eaale Total
(preliminary)
3,457,900,200
2,895,870,902
Residential
2,959,136,200
9,163
Commercial
480, 021, 000
1,364
1 18,743,0001
New Construction
140,774,657
60,950,818
168
33,578,300
37
46,245,539
2007
actual
3, 336, 744, 300
2, 880, 022, 707
2, 947, 875, 700
8,7491
Increase Estimates
3.0% average
3.2% median
12.48% average
6.67% median
388, 868, 600
1,251
cG c--,20_0
5/19/2008
% Change
2007-08
OIN/A
240, 843, 200
109,907,700
343
23, 296, 900
39
107,638,600
14.8% average
13.6% median
14.2% avera
7.8% median
Assessment Notices
5/25/2007
10,5271
2007
85.54%
14.46%
5/25/2007
10,000
3.63%
0.55%
0.38%
4.73%
23.44%
9.03%
- 41.55%
-44.54%
- 51.02%
44.13%
-5.13%
-57.04%
David H. Bieter
Mayor
City Council
President
Dove] Eberle
Council Pro Tem
Moryonne Jordon
Vernon L Brsterieldl
Elaine Clegg
Alan W Shealy
Jim t bbs
Boise City Hall
Third Floor
150 N Capitol Box,lovard
Mailing Address
P 0 Bo, 500
Boise. Idaho 83701 0500
Phone
208.384.4427
Fax
208,384.4420
TDD/TTY
800,377 3529
Web
www utyefbone or g; mayor
Office of the Mayor
May 20, 2008
Mayor Phil Bandy
Council President Steve Guerber
City of Eagle
P.O. Box 1520
Eagle, ID 83616
Dear Mayor Bandy and Council President Guerber:
1 appreciate this opportunity to update you and members of the Eagle City Council on the Blueprint for
Good Growth effort and to request your assistance in continuing the process for the good of Eagle
residents and the entire Treasure Valley.
As you know, the land -use and transportation agencies of Ada County launched Blueprint four years ago
with the goal of improving coordination of land use and transportation planning across our jurisdictions.
As elected officials representing a wide range of constituencies and development patterns, we agreed that
such coordination was essential to ensure that growth is orderly and beneficial for the continued prosperity
and livability of all our communities.
1t is important to note that the goal of Blueprint is not and never has been to impose a uniform
development template across all of Ada County. To the contrary, one of the fundamental guiding
principles of Blueprint — affirmed by the thousands of our citizens who have participated in the planning
process — is that we must "provide choices in where to live and work." Such choices cannot occur if
development is homogenous; to the contrary, Bhieprint can succeed only if we preserve the individual
character of our communities. Eagle must be allowed to grow as Eagle wants to grow.
The Blueprint process to date has produced some solid accomplishments, identifying land -use patterns to
address growth, transportation, utilities, schools, and preservation of open space and farmland. Phase II of
the project is no less crucial; already we have succeeded in streamlining the area of impact process — a
priority of the City of Eagle — and have placed open space and farmland preservation at the forefront of
our activities.
Following its initial round of support for the Blueprint for Good Growth, the City of Eagle pledged an
additional S20,000 to move the project forward, contingent upon the participation of the other
jurisdictions. Although a few smaller cities have opted not to participate at this time, all of the larger
entities have reaffirmed their commitment to Blueprint. Given the benefits that this project has already
produced for the citizens of Eagle and the benefits it holds for the future, I hope you will elect to join us.
Sincerely,
David H. Bieter
Mayor
Blueprint for Good
Growth
Eagle City Council
Pre -Council Meeting
May 20, 2008
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COMAIL'NIIIFS IN MOTION
Phase I:
Regional
Agreement
Phase II:
Turning Vision
Into Reality
✓ Area of City Impact Process
✓ Open Space & Farm Land
Preservation
✓ Transit Ready Development
✓ Land Use & Transportation
Integration
✓ Adequate Public Facilities
BLUEPRINT For
Guiding Principles
Provide choices in where to live and work.
Manage growth with fiscal responsibility, discipline
and creativity.
Limit sprawl and promote more responsible
development.
Create attractive and livable neighborhoods.
Create a regional multimodal transportation
system.
Maintain a vibrant central city in Boise and strong
downtowns in all cities.
Protect natural resources of the Treasure Valley.
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Phase 1
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Identify Land Use Patterns
to Address
Growth
: Transportation
Utilities
Public Schools
: Preserving Open
Space & Farm Land
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Phase II — Turning Vision Into
Reality
Activities include:
1. Area of City Impact Modification
Process
2. Open Space & Farm Land
Preservation
3. Transit Ready Development
4. ACHD's Transportation &
Land Use Integration Plan (TLIP)
5. Adequate Public Facilities AU41NTI for
1. Area of City Impact Process
> Creating planning area boundaries
> Sub -area planning
■ Mini -comprehensive plan
■ Multi -jurisdiction and
public involvement
■ Identification / revision of
City Impact boundary
Area of City Impact negotiations
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2. Open Space & Farm Land
Preservation
>Preservation of natural and recreational
open space
>Open space buffers between
communities
>County -wide open space corridors
>Preservation of Farm land
>Ada County Open Space Task Force
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3. Transit Ready Development
Hold forums with developers, business,
neighborhoods, general public, and
local governments
• Develop examples of quality design that works
with transit
• "Do No Harm" to future transit routes
• Identify and reduce barriers
Prepare Communities in Motion's "Implementation
Guide"
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4. ACHD's Transportation & Land
Use Integration Plan (TLIP)
>Livable street designs — fit with
surrounding land use
➢Long-range corridor preservation
>Revised level of service policies
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5. Adequate Public Facilities
Infrastructure available to meet needs of
new development
➢ Facilities in place before development is
approved
• New growth coordinated with capacity
and ability to maintain facilities
➢ Development guided by capacity
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Key Ideas
Regional Cooperation
• Mutually created principles
• Identification of desired growth areas
• Jointly developed implementation tools
Quality of Life
• Protect investments in homes and businesses
• Preserve open space and agricultural land
• Protect air and water quality
• Foster transit ready development
• Integrate transportation & land use
Commitment
• Measure actions against principles
• Everyone has a part to play
BLUEPRINT
for
Good
For more information:
blueprintforgoodgrowth.com