Council members.

Yeah.

Where's our sound, guys?

Where's our sound?

We're gonna call the meeting to order.

We'd appreciate it if we could get counsel on the bench.

Thank you.

Council uh we would appreciate uh the members uh returning to the dais and we want to be able to uh begin a meeting that was regularly scheduled and planned.

It's just uh council president.

Yes, sir.

Uh before we start, sir.

Um IT has my laptop, so all I have is this right here.

Luckily I read it and studied it, but uh I'm waiting for that laptop to be returned and I can get in the things here.

Okay.

Sorry, I'm still making the transition.

Okay, regularly scheduled uh meeting of City Council, April twentieth.

Uh, we're gonna call the meeting to order.

Clerk will call the roll.

Yes.

I saw a cold call to order.

Sorry.

Please pray for us.

Okay, folks, Dan Manjak.

Faster Dan.

We're gonna have an invocation, Pledge of Allegiance, and then we'll call the role.

For your patience.

Yes.

We pray for clarity of mind, unity of spirit, integrity in every discussion and decision.

Help them pursue what is good, what is just, what is beneficial for all people in this community, and make Nampa be truly a community of unity.

And as you say in Jeremiah, we are called to seek the peace and prosperity of our city.

May that calling guide every action taken here today and going forward.

Let this council be a place where respect is placed, where differing perspectives are heard with grace, and where common good remains the highest goal.

May this community be marked by compassion, cooperation, and a shared desire to care for one another.

We pray for families, we pray for churches, for schools, for businesses, and all organizations to prosper in you.

Lord, grant these leaders courage to do what is right, even when it's difficult.

We pray, Lord, for your spirit, the spirit of truth to lead our city, our council in all truth, and give them the humility to listen and the strength to lead with integrity.

We entrust this meeting to you, asking your blessing and your guidance in all things.

In Jesus' name we pray.

Amen.

One nation under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all.

Thank you.

Pastor Dan, don't leave just yet.

Uh President.

I have an announcement to make.

Okay.

Pastor Dan is going to be in a document worldwide documentary, religious plus community-minded unity of the north side of Nampa.

So they will be here on the 24th.

That they will start shooting.

And it's a what an honor.

This is yeah.

Would you like to talk about it a little bit more?

No, thank you so much.

It's in cooperation with my alma mater NNU.

And I'm honored that they would even consider me.

I'm just trying to be faithful serving for a community.

And and I know uh uh uh president uh uh you also was in beginning this whole process with community church or uh yeah the good news community church uh back years ago when they were started the the the building and started the the food bank and so it was because of that that the north side has changed from crime infested to to poverty stricken and and we and and they decided through NNU to make Dan that example of of who brings together the community now the north side where it is now is all uh basically uh crime free and because of this man right here and what he's done to our community.

So I want to thank him and hopefully we get to see that.

Yeah, no, and obviously the you know our police, we have the best police force in America, if not the world.

They're they're awesome.

Yes.

So there you go, sir.

Thank you.

Thank you, Pastor Dan.

We thank you, sir.

And so um we're gonna do roll call.

Gog, present.

Kingula, here's Reynolds here, Rodriguez here, Griffin.

Here all present.

So uh we're gonna have a couple of things uh for clarification here in a moment.

Right now, uh we have a two proclamations to uh to cover.

Uh let's see, proclamation, it's the office of the mayor, and whereas April 2026 marks the 58th anniversary of the passage of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, popularly known as Federal Housing, Federal Fair Housing Act, the Idaho Human Rights Commission Act has prohibited discrimination in housing since 1969.

And whereas the commission promotes equality of opportunity for all, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin, is a fundamental goal of our nation, state, and city.

Access to housing is an important and as fundamental as the right to education.

And whereas housing choice impacts our children's access to education, our ability to seek and retain employment options and the cultural benefits we enjoy, only through continued cooperation, commitment, and support of all Idouans can barriers to fair housing be removed.

Now, therefore, I David Bills, Council President of the City of Nampa, do hereby proclaim April 2026 as Fair Housing Month.

Matt Jameson.

By doing so, uh, what what I get oftentimes are uh outside entities that are looking to develop housing and direct resources to our community to actually call me to confirm that we actually have something like that proclamation on file.

And so that helps us direct additional resources to our community to help uh further get housing created.

So it's kind of a win-win for us.

We support it and it helps uh possibly build some housing in our community.

Matt, thank you.

I uh personally uh I grew up uh being able to watch the movie It's a Wonderful Life.

There's a scene there where uh Jimmy Stewart is able to get some folks into a house into a new development instead of living in Potter's run-down neighborhoods, if you recall the movie, and he uh brought bread that they would never be hungry, that they would have a house to live in and their goals something to the effect that their goals would be uh realized.

I think housing is a crucial thing.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I purposely try to avoid those things, but that didn't work.

Don't let you have another proclamation that's been prepared, and Adam Mancini.

Is Adam here?

Yes.

So whereas in 1872, Jay Sterling Morton proposed the Nebraska Board of Agriculture that a special day be set aside for planting of trees.

And whereas the holiday called Arbor Day was first observed with the planting of more than a million trees in Nebraska, and whereas Arbor Day is now observed throughout the nation and the world, and whereas trees can reduce the erosion of our previous topsoil by wind and water, lower our heating and cooling costs, moderate, moderate the temperature, clean the air, produce oxygen, and provide a habitat for wildlife.

And whereas trees are a renewable resource, giving us paper, wood for our homes, fuel for our fires, and countless other wood products, and whereas trees in our city increase property values, enhance the economic vitality of business areas and beautify our community.

And whereas trees, wherever they are planted, are a source of joy and spiritual reward.

Now, therefore, I, David Bills, Council President of the City of Nampa do hereby proclaim April 24th, 2026 in the city of Nampa as Arbor Day.

So we appreciate what is done and what comes forward.

And uh we uh we think the city of trees is beyond just uh Les Bois, far as Boise, it's throughout the valley in the state of Idaho.

So Adam, we appreciate uh what's done and so forth.

We're gonna hand that and do another picture.

Council uh Bills.

Yes, please, Council President Bill's quick, just take a quick minute.

Yes and council.

Uh I wanted to thank you very much for honoring and designating Friday the 24th as Arbor Day, as you may know.

And I look forward to seeing a couple council members at our Arbor Day celebration at Liberty Park.

Um we'll be celebrating it in conjunction with CWI.

Uh CWI has the Arbor, uh Tree, I'm sorry, the Tree City or the Tree Campus Higher Learning designation.

And they'll be celebrating their fourth year.

NAMPA will be celebrating its 28th year as a tree city USA.

So it'll be my honor to celebrate the 10th year with the City of Napa on Friday.

So thank you very much.

Adam, thank you.

Some of the park staff here.

Thank you.

The next on our agenda is the typical uh which we've resumed there for a couple of meetings.

We had suspended just to get through the uh length of stuff.

Uh is the uh public forum.

Is there anybody signed up for the public forum?

Council President, there is not.

Nobody's she sent a seat.

So come forward.

Okay, my name is Melissa Sue Robinson.

Uh I live at 15 Fifth Street North, Unit 210 here in Nampa.

This uh speech, a future worth fighting for that I wrote.

My friends, neighbors, and residents in Nampa.

I'm not running.

I'm standing here to ask for you uh for your appointment to serve some other time.

I realize this time's not going to be the time.

Because NAMPA is at a breaking point, and you feel it.

You see it every time you pay your rent or your mortgage and wonder how much higher it'll go.

You feel it's sitting in traffic that gets worse every single year.

You hear it when people say that's just growth.

Well, let's be honest with each other.

This isn't just growth.

It's growth without a plan.

It's leadership that reacts instead of leads.

And it's families, good hardworking people being quietly pushed out of the city they built.

This is not the NAMPA we believe in, and I refuse to accept that as our future.

Um I'm asking for any uh city appointment I can get in any boards it opens up because I believe in a different path forward.

A NAMPA where if you work here, you can afford to live here.

A NAPA that builds opportunity, not just apartments.

And there's a lot of them, that's for sure.

A NAMPA that stands on its own, not in the shadow of Boise, but as a strong independent city with its own identity, its own jobs, and its own future.

Because right now, too many decisions are being made without you in mind, and that has to change.

If developers profit NAPA, they should invest in NAPA.

If our city grows, our infrastructure should grow with it, not yours behind it.

And if government stops listening to its people, then it's time for new leadership that will.

So today I'm asking for your appointment down the road.

Your trust and your belief in what uh NAMPA can become.

Not a city people are priced out of, but a city people are proud to call home.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Well, not signed up.

Is there anybody else who wants to speak on any topic?

Not seeing any hands, we'll move on.

Is there any proposed amendments to the agenda?

Hearing none.

Move that uh we uh adopt the agenda as prepared.

Second.

Any discussion?

All in favor say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Council uh need to do a quick housekeeping item, and so I've asked uh Preston to address I was uh I was gonna do the housekeeping item before the consent.

Uh questions come up and sometimes it's been ambiguity, and so I thought we we needed to do the clarity and just a two-minute reminder of uh and clarity, especially when we go into public uh meetings.

Um has to do with texting.

Uh any texting to uh a council member uh during a meeting is uh inappropriate uh because it's not a part of the public record unless uh the phone yours or ours is submitted into the public record.

And so we want to just do a quick reminder.

Thank you.

Yeah, thank you, Council President.

I'll try to be brief and stay within that two minutes.

Uh this is just a housekeeping reminder.

Um you recall we adopted bylaws about two or so months ago, and to President Bill's point, um section 106 is a reminder that any communications that happen as part of city business, whether it be here at the bench or outside, that's in writing, whether it be electronic or handwritten, um, would probably be deemed a record, a public record, subject to potential disclosure.

And so just exercise caution as we put in our bylaws to ensure that those communications comply with our transparency legal requirements.

And when it comes to public hearings, um section 103D, and I know you know these bylaws by heart by now, right?

They're near and dear to us.

Uh but just as a reminder, 103D, during public hearing items, we keep all those comments stated verbally on the record or in the documents.

And so that's an extra uh I guess strong reminder um that no sidebar discussions, private conversations, non-verbal communication.

We'll have some hearing items tonight, and so um that's all I have.

I think I'm within my time, but just a quick housekeeping reminder.

Thanks.

Appreciate that.

Thank you.

And so now for a motion to adopt the agenda.

So moved.

Consent, I'm sorry, consent agenda.

So moved.

Second.

Any discussion?

All in clerk will call a roll.

Voice vote.

All in favor, say aye.

Aye.

Aye.

Parks and recate.

Good evening, City Council.

Cody Swander, City of Napa Parks and Recreation Director.

I'm here with two staff communications tonight that I am actually helping for some uh hoping for some direction from uh from you as uh as uh help in moving forward with two different projects.

Number one uh is the Orabrandt pickleball court lighting project.

This was approved in the fiscal year 26 budget.

And as I was new to my position, and as we move forward, we did follow up with getting quotes to get um lighting um installed for that pickleball facility, and uh, we did find one quote that was within budget utilizing a um cooperative purchasing style um uh uh procurement system.

Um, but as I've been in this position longer and longer, I am personally having um reservations about following through with this project.

Namely, um I recognize some of the concerns that our neighboring communities have experienced with pickleball um courts and their lighting and noise that those facilities generate, and um not that we have had any complaints from our neighbors, but we are uh within 150 feet of some neighboring homes in that facility.

And uh my concern is that inviting play later into the evening hours after dark could bring complaints from the community.

So I'm coming to you to let you know that we could move forward if with this project if uh if that's the what the city wishes to do.

Um being in my position for the full year now, I just wanted to relay some concerns that I've realized um through some research and looking at um what other communities have faced when um taking criticism for pickleball play.

Do we really want to invite an after hours um element for that sport?

I think in the meantime we've had several private pickleball facilities open within our community that might give folks that want to play after dark hours an opportunity to do so in those environments, and um I'm not seeing uh a lot of interest or of verbal interest has not come to my office on um from our pickleball users.

I think the courts get used heavily during the daylight hours.

I haven't heard a lot of demand for after hours or after dark hours play.

So that is topic number one that I would like some direction, a head nod or something to take whether we want to continue with this and and potentially shoulder some criticism from noise and light that may generate from this.

Um we are gonna have if we do go in that direction, we're gonna have to look at City of Nampa Code.

City of Napa Code currently does not allow use in the parks after dark without an uh special exception from the parks and rec director.

Wouldn't want to do that every night, so we would need to probably set up some new um terminology in the city code so that play could be allowed and how that looked.

I'm I'm open to so that is topic number one.

Some sort of a response would be appreciated.

Thank you.

We we appreciate you bringing the the issue forward, uh Councilman Griffin.

Thank you.

Cody, we've been in conversations about this issue and plenty of other parks related.

I haven't received any kind of correspondence regarding or brand.

I have for Midway.

Uh so I don't want to correlate the two uh completely the same.

I think there would be desire at Midway Park to have lighting there when we ultimately have full authority and control of that facility.

In terms of if we move forward with this project, my mindset would be we should have lighting and the hours should be limited to the same as the latest they would be in the summertime.

So if mid-July, our parks are open until 9 30, 10 o'clock at night, because that's when the light shows.

That should be the park hours year-round.

That way there's continuity where some people might be out late in June, July, because there's daylight.

They can expect the same in the winter time when we have a New Year's Eve where it's 42 degrees outside and somebody wants to go play pickleball at 6 o'clock in the evening and it's pitch black.

So I think just having a unanimous time schedule when lighting's implemented.

Obviously, we can't have the parks open till 10 o'clock at night right now in December because they're not lit.

So we don't want that activity going on.

So that's just my thoughts regarding the subject holistically.

I've never heard anybody say they want or brand lit, but I have had multiple people say they want to have midway lit.

Thank you for the fees, Councilman.

Yes, Councilman.

This is my area, and Councilwoman Scog, I don't know if she might have some input as well, but I have had constituents reach out and want to have lighting in that or a branch.

So I would be interested in moving forward with it.

Um just making sure that our city codes are adequate as far as the lighting and stuff, and we don't want to put PD in in a bad situation or parks.

Um so but I'm interested in moving forward.

Thank you.

Other comments?

Council President.

Yeah, I agree um with Anjangula that um it you probably aren't hearing a lot because it's not available, but I think that if it was, we would have people out there.

And um I guess maybe the noise is would be the only issue I can think of because the lighting, especially at Aura Park, there's a few houses around there, but there's a lot of distance between the houses and the pickleball court um pretty well.

So I think it'd be a good idea to um go forward if you can.

Yeah.

Yes.

Cody, follow up to that.

Are those lights do they turn off when there's no one there or are they just on all the time?

Um Council President, um, Councilman Jengula, they can be uh programmed several ways.

Um I imagine we can put a firm final diet time, like if 10 o'clock PM is the final they can hit the button all they want and the lights wouldn't come on.

And also if there's not activity, I think there's a time limit.

You can run them for 20 minutes or 30 minutes or however long you set the timer and then they'll automatically shut down.

And if you want to fire them back up, you have to hit the button.

So if there is no play, the lights would be off.

Perfect.

Thank you.

Other comments.

Okay.

Council President, thank you very much for this feedback.

It's very helpful and appreciate that.

We'll plan to continue going through the right.

I think we I think we keep trying to move forward and uh and be proactive on it.

Realizing if it's uh well received, the community is gonna probably want to see some softball fields lit and et cetera.

So we are first uh step into lighted facilities.

So thank you.

Okay, um topic number two is um regarding the um welcome to NAMPA signage project that was approved in the fiscal year 26 budget for uh City of Napa Parks Department.

Um I a couple of uh members of the city council are part of our our focus group that has been looking at some signage and what we wanted to do.

Um we mocked up uh the idea of kind of a Hollywood style, but it says the words NAMPA on the bluff there at exit thirty near exit 38 on Interstate 84.

Um we made them in a size that's approximately eight and a half feet tall, and our committee kind of stood back and looked at a mocked up version of that, and it was determined that it just wasn't large enough to um to make the impact that we would really want to make among the community, especially interstate travelers.

And so we went back with uh request for quotes on larger size, doubling the size, unfortunately more than doubled the budget and and put it outside the scope of the 160,000 dollar budget that was approved.

Um in the middle of my wrangling of what do I do, what do I do?

Um, I received a very nice call from our uh director of transportation from public works.

Uh Crystal had said that she has been working closely with ITD on um the highway 16 interchange and has um some assurances from them that there's going to be locations for public art in that in that location.

So um if there's questions regarding that, um I'm sure she could speak to it.

But um one of the directions I thought maybe we would could go with this project, rather, I mean we could choose to just kind of let it not happen because we I don't want to spend the money on something that's not impactful and uh serving the need of the whole the the thought behind the project is maybe we um wait for a future year when highway 16 is complete and um let the transportation director and her team um perhaps uh uh address the welcome to NAMPA um signage or or um lighting or whatever that that might be at that time.

So that is some new uh come to light information before uh since I put this packet together.

But I guess I would stand for any comments or suggestions from council that that you that you may have.

Council, any feedback, comments?

Councilman Bills?

Yes, myself and Councilman Griffin are on that committee, and so I I I'm fine tabling it to see what um Crystal has to come forward there.

I still love the project.

I think it's awesome and it's gonna look great, but I agree when we stood back and looked at it.

Um it just didn't have the impact that we were hoping for.

So I'm fine tabling it until uh we have a budget for it.

Thank you.

That's President Bills.

Yes.

Uh I'm also fine tabling.

Uh I think I'm in agreement that we should do it and we should do it well and we should do it right.

Uh the idea, I originally gave the Darren three and a half years ago, so I'll keep with it.

I would encourage you if we're able to connect maybe with planning and zoning or uh the development team is reaching out to some of the big time developers that frequent the city of Napa and see if they might be willing to kick something over as a generous contribution to the community that they're working very, very well in and continuing on for lots of years if they'd be interested in supporting something like that.

Um that's where I don't know that we'll necessarily be able to chalk up another 180,000 for this project or however much is allocated now times two.

But if we show the city's willing to do a 50-50 match with some of our public-private partners, I would like to further that conversation.

I can give you some contacts, and I'm sure we have contacts available uh to see this through.

I think something that would our water tower was a big part of that, and we don't have it anymore.

Uh we have the new water holding uh facility, but it's not the same.

So something that lets everybody know when they come for state competitions, coming to spend money in Nampa, coming to stay in Nampa, know that they're in NAMPA.

So uh we can continue further on with that discussion.

Thank you, Councilman.

Um Councilman President, I had a uh just a question of um possibly maybe just for the public also, but um the artwork that you were talking about that Crystal had mentioned.

Um is that donated art projects rather than the city paid for projects of art?

Um council um council president and councilwoman Scogg, I believe it's just agreements with ITD for artwork to be located upon their right-of-way areas rather than an actual project.

Okay, thank you.

Goldie, thank you.

Okay, council, thank you.

This has been very helpful.

I appreciate the feedback.

Rodney.

Thank you.

Council President and Council Rodney Ashby, planning and zoning director for the record.

Um, I need I have two two items today.

So I'll report on planning and zoning commission meeting action items, and then I'd like to give you a quick update on the comprehensive plan and uh get a little bit of feedback, uh essentially head nods for uh where we go from here.

Um so the first one is the planning and zoning commission meeting held last week.

Uh the first uh couple of them were not even they were just on consent, but they were extensions of uh a final plat and a preliminary plat.

Those were for Sunnyvale East number one and Wilson Landing, and both of those were approved for extension.

One one year extension.

And then uh the two public hearings I'd like to report on is a conditional use permit for a reflections edge.

That's at the corner of Happy Valley and Railroad Street, and um they're doing commercial buildings with uh flex flex space buildings um with the ability there they were requesting the ability to have some outdoor storage of equipment and product, and so that one was uh approved.

And then the next one is an annexation and zoning, uh planned unit development and subdivision preliminary plat for Oaks Landing.

This one is at the uh northwest of Carter Road and and North Middleton Road.

It's for 85 single family detached dwelling units and 10 common lots.

And um that one was recommended for approval, and that will come before you on May 18th.

So that's all I have on planning and zoning commission meeting.

Um, but then I want to give you a quick update on the comprehensive plan.

Um we have convened a steering committee uh early this year and made up of uh citizens of um interested parties of staff members and that group of people convened and then were divided into these subgroups, so they are focused groups that are focused on seven specific elements that we heard from the public outreach we did last year.

And so we we took each of those groups individually and they held their own meetings.

So they've met at least three times.

Um most of them have met four, actually.

Um and so that's seven times three, twenty-one, you know, getting close to twenty-five.

I I've been told I should never do math in public setting, but um you can see that a lot of work has been done, and and this has been a couple of time, a couple of hours for each of those focus groups, and um they've really dug into the details, and so they they um requested information, they looked at data, they um asked for feedback on uh or details about the public um involvement and the public input that we received.

They analyze that, and then now they've drafted uh recommended policies to put into the comprehensive plan.

This is kind of the the most important policies for guiding where uh the city of Nampa goes with our comprehensive plan.

Um so that's all been done.

Plus, we had one more group that we asked of of um citizens who were regular attendees here at our city council meetings who expressed some strong interest in in participating in the planning process.

So we convened them twice, those were both over two hours long, and um they gave us some some of this uh some input as well and drafted some policies that we'll we'll um we'll have to present back to the steering committee.

So essentially where we're at is we need to come before you and work through these policies and and share with you what those policies are so that you can give a uh a thumbs up to us to continue.

Um I don't want to move along this process without having an assurance that we're going a direction that the city council feels comfortable.

So um I was looking for workshops over the past uh workshop dates over the past month and month or two actually, and um unfortunately we have every Thursday scheduled out, every third Thursday scheduled out for months to come.

Um we really need to get this done before mid-June, and I know you've got uh budget hearings and meetings coming up.

So I I guess I'm just looking for your direction.

Can is it okay for us to try to schedule uh a couple hour workshop, whether that's early in the morning and we have breakfast or maybe over lunch or even at the end of the the work day.

I I just need to get confirmation that this is a good direction to go.

Um I'm seeing some head nods.

Is there is there any um specific time that works best?

Rodney So council members uh possibly a need to schedule a special meeting and uh it might be best to do it on a Monday, but on the off week from our normal first and third.

And I would propose the second as opposed to the fourth.

And so if that's doable, don't have a calendar right in front of me at the moment to be able to say, but I think we could work with staff and see what we could put together for uh possibly the second uh Monday of June May or June, June or May is uh so I'm trying to Okay.

Thank you for that direction.

That really helps me.

Let's think about that, and then we'll get it confirmed.

Thank you.

Okay.

Mornings work best for me.

It would be trying to do a morning meeting, so similar to our budget workshops of either seven or seven thirty on uh May 12th.

Say again, May 12th, no I think it's June 8th, that's where we're looking.

7 a.m.

Council President.

Just to confirm, Shar will be sending this out as a notice and calendar invite correct.

Correct.

Thank you, Shar.

Yep.

No, it'll come out as a regular scheduled meeting and so forth.

Thank you.

So we have one more uh John Spencer regarding public work communication.

Crystals up.

Some points is on deck.

Good evening, uh Mr.

President, Council.

Uh my name is Crystal Craig, Director of Transportation for the Public Works.

I'm actually gonna defer my time to Tomas Chavez to bring up and speak to you about our equipment rodeo.

Tomas is a general equipment operator, and he volunteered to run our equipment rodeo this year.

Excellent.

Thank you, Crystal.

Uh Council President, Council members.

Um, as you all know, we have uh hosted a equipment rodeo the last three years at the streets uh division.

Um it's been a successful event, it's fun, it's open to all the public works, and uh I would like to formally invite you guys to our fourth annual heavy equipment rodeo that'll be held uh Thursday, May 7th.

Uh this is excuse me.

This is a good opportunity for you guys to come out and watch the guys hone their skills.

Uh and also see firsthand some of the training that will be provided to some of our newer uh operators.

I know your presence would mean a lot to the guys as they show off their skills.

Um I know some of you have been present in the past and just know how much fun this event is.

Um as always, we encourage you guys to come out and jump in some of the equipment, drive the course and just see how much how challenging it is.

Um also at the conclusion of the event, we will be naming our first place winners for the competitions.

Uh that would be first place loader, first place skister, first place uh snowplow, and first place overall.

Uh these individuals will uh get the opportunity to attend this year's national snow and ice uh rodeo in Loveland, Colorado.

Uh we don't see this just as a reward for the performances, but um also a opportunity to uh attend specialized training and classes that uh will directly benefit the street division and bringing uh world-class innovation to our local streets.

Um also I believe you guys must have uh received or should have received a daily agenda of the day events.

Um we look forward to having a good time and seeing you all out there.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I'd also like to call up John Spencer, director of uh water resources to finish off the staff conference public works.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Uh Council President, Council members, uh John Spencer, director of water resources.

Um I'm just here to give you a very brief update on the Eustach or Pertom sewer replacement or uh project, sorry.

Um so this is the deep sewer project that's going on in Ustick near tree line.

Uh work package two uh one began in January.

Um and since that uh start date, they've gotten about 375 feet.

That was the day of this draft of this uh this communication.

They've obviously continued, they're probably closer to 400, 420 feet by now.

Um and uh it is a slow-moving project, but they're they're gaining steam and and working uh towards getting that pipeline in.

Work package two should be coming toward to council on May 4th.

Um that will follow behind work package one pay view stick road um and then continue on the the sewer from uh the mill miller lateral to 11th uh work package three will come in uh later this calendar year.

Um so um that's kind of where we're at, and we'll have continual updates um throughout the progress of this project just to keep you guys uh informed of how the progress is going.

So with that, if there's any questions or comments, John.

Thank you.

Uh any questions for John?

Appreciate the update.

Thank you.

Council, we're past our public hearing notification time, so we're gonna suspend new business and move to the public hearings.

And uh as we begin uh the public hearings, uh if you uh plan to testify, uh we doing sign-ups.

I need a little so if you plan to testify on a particular public hearing, there's the opportunity to sign up back on the table, and we would ask that you would sign in.

If you're here to listen and then you later want to speak, that can be an option, but our preferred is is to have folks uh sign up if they're going to speak to a public hearing item.

With that, uh our first public hearing is uh an action item, and it's to allocate uh 2026 community development block grant funding for administration and planning public service, non-public service activities as presented.

Matt Jameson.

Thank you.

Uh good evening.

Um Council President Bills uh and council, sorry about that.

I can you hear me if it's just down here?

Uh thank you.

That's great.

Uh yes, today we're here to talk about our uh community development block grant um annual allocation process.

Um that will be uh all the funds currently available to commit to activities, we will ask you to allocate into those uh funding categories.

This will be the 2026 annual action plan.

There will be funding today, um, which is our fifth year in our in our five-year consolidated planning process, uh, which will all be carried out beginning in the 2027 fiscal year.

So uh this is something that will be upcoming.

Uh we'll still need to create and submit a plan to HUD for approval.

Uh but today we'll be asking you to fund uh funds available to commit to activities into three categories.

Uh first being administration and planning, uh the second being public services, and the third being non-public service activities.

Uh the funding that uh we have available uh today to commit um our current allocation that we received in this current this upcoming fiscal year was 649,360.

Um just a slight decrease from last year, but uh actually a lot better than we've seen in prior years as far as a decrease year over year.

So that was good.

Uh and then we have 370,240 seventy-three in prior year funds uh that are available to commit that were from uh under spent activities, which is good on a lot of construction that came in under budget, things like that.

So we now can move it into uh the current plan.

Uh that brings us to a total of 1 million 2024 1,20,240 and 73 cents.

Uh the funding categories, as I mentioned before, um, will be administration planning.

We will ask you to fund that at 129, 872.

It's a 20% admin cap.

We will actually be using a significant portion of those in the the next planning uh phase to start our next consolidated plan.

So we typically hire a consultant to help with those.

Um and we will ask that you fully fund the public service at the 15% cap, and then the remainder is gonna be in the non-public service activities at 792 964 73.

Uh just a reminder about what the admin and planning uh activities sort of funded.

That is Hanna and I staff positions.

Um we're just in charge of of preparing our consolidated plans, our action plans, our end of year reporting, um, all of the construction Davis Bacon, Section 3 Baba, things of that nature, monitoring uh subrecipients for compliance, and then all of the um quarterly and semi-annual reporting that HUD requires.

So uh that is just what the admin dollars helps support.

Uh for the public service um category.

Uh that is one that is limited uh by HUD, and and like I mentioned before, we can fund 15% of our grant allocation each year.

So of the 649, 649,000, we can we can fund 15% of that.

So that right now fully funded is at 979 8630.

That's what we'll recommend you fund that level at.

Um, and we did receive eight applications this year.

It's the most we've ever received.

Um we were excited to see all those come in.

Uh it's great that we're uh our program is becoming more accessible to more entities.

But due to staff capacity and the amount of funds we have to distribute, we typically recommend funding for, which will give each one around 24,000, which will not fully meet all of their budgetary requirements, but will meet a few.

But it at least get them some funding to help them towards their budgetary need.

This is uh some data over our five-year consolidated plan to date.

Uh again, we're starting in our um, we're in our uh fourth year now, and we'll be we'll be allocating to our fifth year.

Uh but of the four years so far, um, we've been able to serve 513 um individuals uh experiencing domestic violence, um 355 experiencing homelessness, and uh 250 that we prevented from becoming homeless, and uh senior services, things like homebound seniors getting access to food.

We helped 731.

Um, and these are all the categories as we've defined them in our five-year plan.

Two of the categories we have not yet been able to have any traction in was substance abuse and mental health and youth services.

We just haven't had an application come in yet.

Uh we have two today, or excuse me, three total applications that qualify today that all meet the risk and criteria necessary.

So we all of those have moved forward today.

So we do have three candidates that can meet those needs, but they've been previously unmet so far in our plan.

Um this is just uh a summary of the dollar amounts funded to activities over the last four years.

Um I won't spend a lot of time on this.

The after Inc.

Boys and Girls and SIRCC are all would all be new recipients, so they have hadn't had any funding prior.

That's why those are zero.

Uh the others are just funds, ones that we've funded throughout the year.

Uh non-public service activities.

So that is the remainder.

It's where uh HUD allows us to spend the most money.

This is typically uh funds are spent on city projects like infrastructure, uh, facility improvements, um, things of that nature.

We received a total of four from uh city departments uh with three from parks and forestry for a total of 238,208 72.

I've listed them here uh on the slide and in your packet in their order of priority.

So the Sunset Oaks Park or Plague Unreplacement and Lions Park were their first and second priority.

Based on the funding available to commit, we've in order to fund everything else fully.

Uh Hunter's Park is the only one that was slightly underfunded.

Um, but I so I'm asking today you'll fund it at the level we've provided.

I do anticipate at the end of this program year we'll have funds that did not get spent.

I already know a couple that are under coming in under budgeted amounts.

So we will make up that difference when we close out these activities.

I'll come back and ask you to fully fund hunters.

So we should be able to get all three done uh next fiscal year.

Um public works, uh, they had a request for Stanley Creek and Roosevelt Avenue.

That one is uh an ADA ped ramp and um uh crossing improvement, and that was at 1910 two.

That one has uh was funded as uh budgetary as requested.

Um and so that one that's the only application we had from them, and so we anticipate that when we'll move forward in fiscal year 27.

The housing affordability.

Um today I'm just gonna ask you to allocate the 100,000.

We typically do that amount every year.

It allows us to react to applications coming in for like city match on LITEC tax credits or things of that nature.

It allows us to uh entities can then direct those capital funds to build affordable housing in NAMPA.

Uh but if we if we don't have it in our plan, uh then we have to ask them to wait till the next year or amend the plan.

So this just gives us the ability to move if somebody applies.

We did have an applicant for this current application round that it wants to do some um down payment assistance.

It was LEEP uh housing and they have some homes and so it's I think it's a good potential to carry out that type of activity, but I want to come back to you uh in May with a regular action item.

So today I'll just ask you to fund 100,000 here, and then I want to see if council will be willing to take the funds we have set aside this year that are available to spend now instead of next year's, and we will move on the money we have today with their application rather than wait.

If it's successful, we can always come back and reload next year's money in and continue on if it's working well.

Uh but I'll be back in May to ask you to fund some current funds to that.

So today I just ask you to put the placeholder in of 100,000 that we can put in our plan and give us the ability to move soon something come up next fiscal year.

And then finally is the home repair loan program.

That when we funded a little bit less than we did last year, it was 264,926.

We tried to just get it as close as we can to anticipated number of households we'll serve.

Um we're again hoping to hit uh somewhere between 8 and 12, just depends on the dollar cost of those activities, but that is a zero interest forgivable loan to make um on owner-occupied households make improvements like water sewer line repairs, um furnace and AC if they're if they've gone out and uh other what we consider critical home repairs on on folks at home, but they don't have any other way to pay for that.

It just helps keep people uh in in the homes they're gonna currently right now.

That program has been operating since 2012, and we have 58 forgivable loans in our portfolio.

Uh I'm just gonna I'm gonna run through um just highlight these things again.

I just wanted to cover that we right now we're discussing today that we have 1,020,240 to allocate to activities today.

Oops, clicked on their own thing.

Uh today we'll ask you to fund in our motion 129-872 to admin, 97404 to public services, and 792 964 73 to non-public service activities.

Um with the exception today.

Um public service.

I think we intentionally designed it to just fund the amount today.

And uh I'll plan to come back in either the first or second meeting in May to do the actual allocation to the public service activities, so we'll hear from them all today.

Uh but we'll come back and allocate it a different meeting.

If you feel like you're ready to vote on that, of course that's your prerogative.

You're welcome to um vote if you all feel like you think you know what you want to vote for.

Um but we figured it would be a busy night, so we decided maybe it was best to come back and just have a standalone action item to fund at a later date.

Uh but I'm open to uh if that council wishes to vote on that tonight, they're more than welcome to.

And then we will at that point have a motion.

So I'm guessing I'll probably pause and let anyone that wants to testify testify before I switch to the motion.

Yes.

Thank you.

We need to take public testimony.

Yes, thank you.

President, yes, councilwoman.

Matt, on the in our packet on page 359, the same table that you have here.

Yes.

The Sunset Oak Playground replacement is a different number.

Oh, it was what does it have?

It's just slightly different.

Ours says $36,708.

I just didn't know which one we have.

Oh, um, 35 would be right.

You said the Hunter's Park was 36.

36, 7.

Uh I think the 35 would be right.

I think the one I'm pulling off for this presentation.

I think I had to make a slight modification.

Um to ensure that we had uh the others all fully funded.

I I wanted to make sure the others were good, and I think we I made a slight adjustment.

My apologies, I don't think I realized that.

That's okay.

I just wanted to confirm.

Yeah, this the 35 would be the correct correct amount for the motion.

Other questions for Matt.

Matt will just keep you at the podium.

At this point in time, we're going to offer uh and accept public testimony on this matter.

If there's anybody signed up.

Excellent.

Paul, thank you.

Council President, we do have two people that have signed up in advance.

Our first speaker is Marie Haberfield.

Please state your name and address for the record.

Okay, Marie Haverfield, 7103 Power Butte Lane, Melba Idol.

Okay.

All right.

So I am the executive director of After Inc., which is a nonprofit after school program that serves middle school students in our community as well as fifth graders because we want to catch them early.

Um our mission is to provide a safe space for kids to be empowered to uh find belonging, growth, and hope.

Um and the way we go about that is we believe that kids find empowerment when they are given what they need, invitation and access to what they need, but also our challenge to grow.

So a lot of what we do provides both of those things for them.

Um every session we begin with a snack around a table to emulate a family dinner.

And this is a time where kids grow in empathy, they learn to use their voices, they learn to ask good questions and be good listeners.

Um we also invite in community members to come and teach whatever passion they might have.

Anything that the kids might find interesting.

Um, just as a way to get them excited about different things that they might never have heard about before.

So we've had people come teach cooking or sports or arts to them as well.

Um we also partner with refuge counseling and interns come and provide um group counseling sessions for our kids every week, just as a way for them to learn how to process hard feelings.

Um funds for this program will go directly to help support kids in programming and um just really open up a lot of opportunities for us to to provide those opportunities for our kids.

Um I just wanted to highlight real quick some of the ways that we've seen growth in our program over the short three years that we've been in operation.

Um we have kids who are returning who have graduated because they're in high school now to come back weekly to be mentors.

They're finding their voice, they're finding belonging in the community, um, leaning into their gifts, holding each other accountable.

Uh a local SRO refers families to us now because he sees the value in what we do.

Uh finding space for kids to find belonging.

Um, and also having that support that they need to grow.

Um then through all of this, we know that once kids find empowerment, they also begin to find hope.

So that's really just the driving force of everything that we're doing.

We're pretty new, and um yeah, I just appreciate you for listening.

Thank you.

So Marie, help us out again.

Yeah.

On the name of the organization that you're representing.

After Inc.

Say again.

After Inc.

After Inc., yeah.

Council President.

Thank you.

Councilman Rodriguez.

Thank you, sir.

Marie, right?

Yes.

Okay, Marie, what is your standard?

Or no, not standard, what is your budget?

Our budget.

Yes.

So for a year, it has been about $60,000 for complete operation.

Yeah.

Is that through the NAPA school district?

No, this is independent.

Oh, it is.

Yeah.

Where is your office located?

So we don't have an office like View Church of the Nazarene provides space for us for free currently.

Oh, okay.

So this 30,000, does it go to administrative costs or does it go to equipment, supplies?

Yeah.

Um whatever we're allowed to use it for.

I would use it for the kids to have those opportunities, maybe do more field trips that we haven't been able to take because of cost and um finding supports or people that can come teach lessons.

Um because we've been pretty limited lately in what we can offer.

Um but then it also frees up a lot of our funding is mostly from donations, so it would free up that for the overhead cost.

Sound like it's a mentorship program.

Is that is that what it is?

Sort of, yeah.

I am the only employee currently.

Oh, you're the only employee.

Yeah.

Oh.

Thank you.

Thank you for what you do with them too.

Yeah, thank you.

Council president.

Yes.

Maria, I had one question that I I didn't catch, and you maybe said this.

Um it's after school program, correct?

Yes.

And then so are you helping the kids with homework as well, or are you focusing on other activities?

Yeah, we it's an option to do homework if they want to.

I mean, they don't usually want to, but um, I was a teacher, so I'm able to help them with that uh and provide support.

We have a lot of free time, uh, free choice time, so they can do that as well.

But it's really focused on um helping them find new passions and and really just discovering who they are and leaning into their giftings.

Okay, thank you.

Yeah.

Any other questions?

Marie, we appreciate you coming forward and sharing.

Thank you.

At this time, nope.

Mr.

Chair, we actually have had several other uh people that have done advanced sign-ups.

So our next speaker is Deedra Schmelzer, and on deck is Jeannie Stromeyer and Melissa Gentry.

And if you will, state your name and address for the record.

Good evening.

My name is Dietra Schmelzer.

Yes, thank you.

Uh 4300 East Flamingo Avenue.

Um I am here representing Meals on Wheels with St.

Alphonsus.

Um, and so I'd like to take a moment and share the impact of our program uh because it's so much more than just delivering food.

During our last grant year from October 2024 to September 2025, we've served an incredible three 32,838 meals.

Already this year we've delivered 10,287 meals and counting.

Behind each of these numbers is a person, someone who depends on us, not just for nutrition, but for connection and care.

Right now we're serving 173 participants within the community this fiscal year alone.

We've welcomed 78 new participants, and notably 69% of them fall into the extremely low-income category.

That means for many, the service isn't just helpful, but it's essential.

Our reach growth continues to grow.

We currently deliver meals to eight different trailer and RV parks within the city of Nampa, including Leo's Landing and Silver Crest, as well as 12 apartment complexes such as Maryland Village, Van England, Nampa Housing Authority, Canyon Terrace, and Sky Ridge.

These aren't just delivery stops, they're communities where we build relationships and provide consistency.

What makes our program especially unique is that we are the only hospital in this region offering a Meals on Wheels program.

Even more we prepare and package every meal on site.

While mo many programs rely on outside vendors, we take pride in ensuring it freshness and care in every single meal we send out.

And none of this would be possible without our volunteers.

Which we appreciate the hands on.

And so we operate this program almost entirely volunteer run with just myself and a cook who are paid employees.

Because at the end of the day, we're not just delivering meals.

We're delivering wellness, checks, uh offering companionship and proper supporting proper nutrition and simply providing a friendly face and sometimes a moment of connection that might be the highlight of somebody's day.

Thank you.

Welcome, President.

I you're gonna get tired of me tonight.

I don't know why I'm talking so much.

But I I love this um program.

I delivered meals for over nine years for meals on wheels a few years ago.

And I I do agree that it's it's great that you're taking a meal, but I've helped several people up off the floor that have fallen and couldn't get up on their own.

And helped them just with simple things, you know, how I can't get this is stuck in my door, and I can't get my door closed.

And so it's so essential that we're reaching out and touching these needy elderly, usually elderly people that um otherwise would never get a visitor.

So thank you.

Yes.

Thank you, Debbie, because I feel the same way.

And I'm gonna tell you right now, folks, 24,000 isn't enough.

And I'm gonna be splitting that up with others so you can have more because our our seniors are difficult times right now.

Thank you for what you do.

Council President.

Yes.

Councilwoman Scogg is talking and I'm crying.

So welcome to the women of the council.

So can you repeat that amount of meals that you said that you guys did last year?

The 32,000 numbers.

Yes, 32,838.

Yes.

Thank you so much.

Any other comments from council?

No tears.

Well, I do appreciate this program.

Very much.

Whether it's meals on wheels or other organizations, this community is very generous and has a compassion for those who are in need and those who don't get a meal, but sometimes only one meal a day.

And uh, we're appreciative to you who are participating and helping that need.

So indeed, thank you very much.

Mr.

Chair, our next speaker is Jeannie Stromeyer, and on deck is Melissa Gentry and Alison Struck.

Welcome, Jeannie.

Thank you.

You got my address, Jeannie Stroweyer.

My address is 2109 Rock Creek Drive in Nampa, Idaho.

So good evening.

Thank you so much, Council President Bills and Council members uh for having me today and allowing me to speak.

Um I'm here to request funding for our housing specialist position at the Nampa Family Justice Center.

Let me share a brief story that highlights the impact of our housing specialist.

Her name is Crystal.

Crystal has worked with a survivor who escaped an abusive relationship with her four children.

When she first came to us, she was fearful and overwhelmed with her main concern being where her family would where would her family sleep safely.

Crystal guided her through the process of entering a shelter, even navigating the challenge of finding a place for her older sons over time.

And with Crystal Support, their surviv this survivor.

Sorry, my glasses are.

I need to get closer to me.

This survivor secured a RV and a safe parking spot.

Despite health setbacks, she focused on building a better life for her children.

Today she's in her second year of college and is actively working with a realtor to buy her first home recently.

She returned to the center, not in crisis, but to express her gratitude to Crystal for her unwavering support.

This is the power of our housing specialist.

She is an expert in safe and sustainable housing, working directly with victims to secure emergency shelter and develop step-by-step housing plans.

She builds relationship with property managers, shelters, and housing programs to advocate for victims facing barriers like past evictions or financial struggles.

As a bilingual specialist, she ensures that language is not a barrier to safety.

We are not just serving victims at the Family Justice Center.

We are protecting the next generation.

Violence does not end on its own.

Without intervention, trauma is passed from one generation to the next, creating tomorrow's victims, perpetrators, and burdens on our community.

The NAPA Family Justice Center breaks that chain.

We break cycles, protect families, and put our next generation on a trajectory of giving back and thriving in our community, making NAMPA a safer and healthier place to live.

This the need for this work is urgent.

In Idaho, domestic violence is the leading cause of homelessness.

Survivors often leave their homes suddenly without financial resources, facing a challenging housing market.

Last year, Crystal assisted nearly 300 victims and their families.

The NAMPA Family Justice Center relies on grant funding to provide this service at no cost to victims.

Safe housing is essential for rebuilding lives free from violence.

By funding this position, and this is a portion of the position, a third of the position, by funding this position, you're helping survivors move from crisis disability, from fear to safety, and toward a hopeful future.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Council President, thank you.

Yes, Councilman.

Yes, I have to do that.

Do you work with CADS of Canyon County and the other one, Jesse's Tree?

We do.

We um often call them.

We work together.

Yes.

Okay, so isn't this kind of redundant?

Right.

Well, so what happens is people come into our center when they're fleeing domestic violence, and then we have to help them find give applications and make the referrals and all that.

So without having that person, um, it's a real challenge to mine through that because some people will go to catch, some people were gonna put in an emergency shelter, some people were going to connect right into a domestic violence shelter, or so there's all these different avenues of um where people can go, and so we are helping them mine through that.

Okay, thank you.

Yes.

Any other questions?

Jeannie, we always appreciate you sharing.

Thank you.

Appreciate you guys.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chair, our next speaker is Melissa Gentry, and on deck is Alison Struck and Evan Stewart.

Good evening, City Council.

My name is Melissa Gentry.

I'm the CEO of the Boys and Girls Club's at Canyon County addresses 6211 Sunrise Avenue.

The Boys and Girls Club is primarily a after school program, but I say that really lightly.

Um we have a before school program and after school program, and now with the Nampa School District going to four-day school week.

We have an all-day um Friday program as well.

We're open 7 a.m.

till 6 30 p.m.

We have gym where we now have triple play, which is our sports league.

Each site has their own team where they travel.

Our first basketball game this year.

We had over 95 parents come to watch that game.

We do education programs where we hire teachers to stay late and tutor kids.

We have a tween program, the games room, and also we serve healthy snacks every single day.

We call them suppers because they're a heavy snack.

86% of our kids currently qualify for free or reduced rate.

Last year that was 96, and I expect that to go up as we go.

As the needs arise, um, so do the needs of our families.

Currently, um, when we wrote this grant, we had over 70 um applications for scholarships for kids.

Currently, as when I left the club today, we have 101 scholarships for kids representing 47 families.

Um we charge 25 dollars per child per year, and we fundraise the rest.

The only additional fee we have is a summer 25 program fee to help us with some of the supplies.

And then on those full days, like Christmas, spring break, summer, um we charge $5 per child per day.

If they come before 11 30, after 11 30, it's um part of that membership fee because we want to make sure we get them there for lunch and supper.

Um we try to scholarship as many um kids as we can, um, but we're seeing that number continue to increase of what those kids need.

Um, and so with over a hundred um kids now on that list, it's getting harder and harder.

So, our ask today is to um have you guys help with offsetting those fees for our families.

If they came every single day, it's just over $500 a year for a kid to come.

If they came every morning before school every full day, um, and um it's just getting harder for the club to continue to fundraise as the need continues to rise.

Our parents bring in less than 3% of our annual budget every year.

So every penny counts, um, especially right now.

Um, and as we expand into centennial and that full Fridays, if we did not expand on Fridays and kept our um normal operations at our one location, it would have cost the club an extra 200,000 a year in food and staff alone.

Um, and now we've um expanded into Centennial as well.

We just also started a new robotics club.

Um, we're super excited about and proud to announce our youth of the year, just was named the state youth of the year, and we'll be going to regionals in a couple of months and couldn't do it without the community support.

So thank you.

Thank you.

Council, any questions?

I did have a comment.

So, how did the how did the girdles do in Florida with their speech?

So, Florida, um, so our plan is to send eight youth from our key club, which is our leadership program, and four staff to Florida.

It's in July, so they're currently working hard.

Um, we just partnered with the Nampa Housing Society because as part of that, they have to each each group, so Centennial and Help Install have to get 400 community hours.

So we just did a cleanup at the NAMPA housing, and they just last week hit their 400 hours each club, so over 800 hours, service hours, and they're hoping to go the end of July.

So they're still fundraising hard.

Um, so you'll see them out with bake sales and car washes and all the things.

So much you get 14,000, right?

Um, so each site is about 14,000.

It's 2500 per kid and staff to go.

Um, so they're trying to take eight of our, so it's our president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary of those leadership groups to go.

Um, and they're working super hard.

So thank you for all you do.

And by the way, 30,000 ain't enough.

Other comments, questions.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chair, our next speaker is Alison Struck, and on deck is Evan Stewart and Margie Potter.

Good evening.

Council, President, and Council.

My name is Captain Allison Struck.

My address is 18401 Hush Creek Way, Nampa.

I am representing tonight the Salvation Army of NAMPA, specifically our emergency cold weather family shelter.

We, for a variety of reasons, with the changing landscape in our nation, the salvation army this year will not receive any government funding for any of our programs.

We've had to make some decisions around government funding and who it allows us to serve.

And um, the Salvation Army has had to take a step back from government funding.

So this funding would be the only government funding that the Salvation Army receives of any kind in the next fiscal year to fund our emergency programs.

It doesn't matter if it's 80 degrees outside or 40 degrees outside or negative five degrees outside.

Families should not sleep in cars.

Families should not sleep in RVs with no power.

Children should not be deciding if they should go to work or go to school.

And that's what happens when families are homeless.

And some shelters do excellent work, but it requires the family to be split.

The Salvation Army shelter allows families to stay together and work on case management together, work on employment together.

One of the stories that I'm the most excited about, and I I share this story with permission is David and Courtney.

Last year in February, it was snowing outside, and they came into our church service, and they'd been sleeping in their car with their two-year-old son, and she was pregnant.

We were able to immediately get them into our family shelter.

And then through the rest of the programming, they got into an apartment, and this month, they are the first in their family in three generations to not receive any kind of government assistance at all.

We're very, very excited for them.

And those are the kinds of stories of transformation and hope that people find.

Thank you.

Questions Mr.

Chair, our next speaker is Evan Stewart, and on deck is Margie Potter.

Council Pres Council President, Council members, my name's Evan Stewart.

I'm the executive director of Jesse Tree.

We have an office located at 1007 South Elder Street.

Jesse Tree is an eviction and homelessness prevention organization, meaning that we help keep our neighbors housed.

And we primarily serve low-income renters going through the eviction process.

And we offer supportive services, which includes budgeting, financial literacy, housing stability planning.

We provide uh direct services for community resources and temporary financial assistance.

I mean, what we're seeing in the community is that families are really just one financial emergency way from losing their housing.

That's a parent who just lost their child care.

That's a uh an elder who lost, you know, some of their income.

That is also a person whose vehicle broke down.

These are just many of different scenarios that we see on a daily basis with the families that we're seeing seeing uh going through the eviction process, with 90% of evictions uh being caused for a temporary inability to pay their rent.

Um what Jesse Tree does is we provide timely financial assistance.

We serve primarily and exclusively low-income renters and primarily working class families, uh also known as uh considered asset limited, income constrained, and employed.

Uh we have a strong partnership with many different organizations in NAMPA and in Canyon County, um, not just the social service agencies, but also the landlord and property management community as well.

We receive the majority of our referrals from our landlord partners across Canyon County.

Um and um just just some external data that I have for you guys as well, is over the last few years, we've seen rent explode by over 40 percent across the Treasure Valley.

Uh in Nampa alone, we've seen rent exceed the state average by 11 and a half percent.

Forty-seven percent of Canning County households are considered rent or cost burden, and over there's over 10,000 rentals uh units in NAMPA alone.

And uh just from data that Jesse Tree is also collected internally, uh there are over 655 evictions filed in Canyon County.

That's the highest um year on record, um, because we're seeing the need increase exponentially um across the Treasure Valley and also in NAMPA and Canyon County as well.

We received 570 applications from families in NAMPA needing timely rental assistance and case management services to prevent them from going through the eviction process.

Uh, just based off the volume that we see at Jesse Tree, we serve families across the Treasure Valley, including Ada and Canyon County.

Um, out of the 570 applications we receive for assistance, um Jesse Tree was able to serve 165 of those households.

Just shows that the need is care time.

Oh, sorry.

Sorry about that.

Um anyway, I I stand for questions.

Finish your sentence if you do.

Okay.

Uh the other thing I was just gonna say is that 72% of the households we serve are at that 50% area median income or below.

Council questions.

President, I've got one.

Yes.

When you say families, what what is the criteria for families?

Is that two people?

Is that someone with kids?

What does that look like?

People with kids.

So most of our families uh that we serve have children.

So 48% of the NAMPA applicants that we've received uh be considered a single parent household.

Thank you.

Council President.

Yes.

Um when you were speaking to you said there's over 10,000 rental units in NAMPA alone.

Um when you say that, do you mean that are available or aren't available or are full, or what do you mean by the 10,000 rental units?

I'm asking this.

Oh, yeah.

Uh just that there's there's a lot of renters in NAMPA.

Okay.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Yeah.

But proportionately across the valley.

Similar numbers.

I mean.

Yeah.

I mean, most of the people Boise has about 30,000 plus.

Yeah.

Um we serve a lot of people in Boise, but we're serving people across the Treasure Valley, and NAMPA is about the I think the third highest uh city that we see in terms of need.

So people going through the eviction process.

Council President.

So then the 650 evictions, was that in the NAMPA area?

Uh in Canyon County.

Yeah.

And then are those are all rentals?

Yeah, it's for uh unlawful detainers, expedited proceedings.

Yeah.

And uh 90% of those uh were just for non-payment of rent, so a temporary inability to get caught up on their bills and their rent.

I follow up.

Yes.

I apologize.

Um so when you're saying that um they're having a hard time, is this due to the rents going up in um because I know I've heard that I've I've had children, actually my kids that have had to leave apartments because the rent was hiked up so much year after year, and then pretty soon it's out of their range.

Is that what the problem is, or is it just all as a whole financial issue?

Uh very complex.

Um, what I would say that we see the most is that rents have gone up quite a bit in a short amount of time, uh, whereas cost of living has also increased for a lot of families and wages.

Um, you know, unfortunately just haven't caught up with just that trajectory of of how fast rents have climbed.

Okay, thank you.

Yeah.

Any other questions?

Thank you, sir.

Okay, thank you.

Mr.

Chair, our next speaker is Margie Potter, and on deck is Brian Woodward.

Good evening, Council President and Council.

Thanks for your time this evening.

Um Margie Potter.

Uh 204 9th Avenue, South in Nampa is uh the Southwest Idaho Recovery Community Center, so I'm here representing tonight.

Uh sorry, I'm short.

Uh so it's pretty simple goal that we have.

We help people in our community get stable, get back to work, and stay on track.

What we're seeing in NAMPA and across Canyon County is that a lot of people who are willing to work and do the right thing still can't find stable housing.

Rent is high, availability is low, and for folks trying to rebuild, whether that's after a tough financial stretch, uh time in recovery or coming back into the community, it's hard to get that footing.

At SIRCC, we try to fill that gap in a practical way.

And just this last year, we've worked with over 3,000 individuals.

We've helped over 80 people get into housing or sober living, and we've supported over 75 people coming out of incarceration, and that's in NAMPA, those numbers.

Uh we help people all over through Canyon County.

Uh so they have a plan when they get back to NAMPA.

That's why we do that.

We also provide basic supports like food, transportation, phone access, budgeting, parenting classes, family support, acquiring documents, etc.

All those things because sometimes those are the small things that keep someone moving forward instead of slipping backward.

Uh one thing we've learned quickly is that this work is really about relationships.

People come back to us not just when things go wrong, but before they do.

That's important because it means we're helping people stay sober sob stable, sorry, just not responding to a crisis situation when it comes up.

This also benefits the community as a whole.

When people have a place to live, they're more likely to keep a job, support themselves, and contribute locally.

We work with NAMPA employers, landlords, and community partners to make sure people aren't just getting housed at their staying housed and becoming part of the workforce here.

What we're asking for with this program is pretty straightforward.

Right now it's a housing specialist.

It's something that all of our staff try to do.

They try to house people, all the uh recovery coaches and everything, and so that um spreads them pretty thin.

So we're asking for a dedicating housing specialist part-time that would allow us to be more efficient, build stronger relationships with landlords here in NAMPA, and help more people find stable housing faster.

It would also free up our recovery coaches to spend more time working directly with clients in the underlying issues like employment, recovery, and long-term stability that help them stay housed.

At the end of the day, this is about strengthening our local community, helping people live, work here, and stay here.

Uh this isn't about creating dependence, it's about creating stability, accountability, and a stronger NAMPA for all of us.

Thank you.

Anyone have any questions?

Marjorie, thank you.

Any questions?

President.

Margie, what was the um organization that you're speaking on?

I didn't catch that.

Southwest Idaho Recovery Community Center, and it's SIRCC.

So CERC, that's what Chat GBT calls it too.

So I thought that was kind of funny.

I everybody started calling it CERC, and I was like, Circle.

So uh yeah, let's see what that is.

Anyone else?

Any other questions?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chair, our final speaker is Brian Woodward.

Brian.

Good evening, Council President and Council members.

I'm Brian Woodward.

I live at 2314 North Bruins Avenue in Boise, Idaho 83704.

I am here on behalf of Leap Housing as its COO.

We are an Idaho-based 501c3 nonprofit, and we develop and preserve affordable community housing.

We primarily complete our mission by building multifamily apartments for low to moderate income households, but we are unique among our peers because we also create affordable home ownership opportunities.

And these are all for income limited households.

To that end, LEAP is requesting that the city allocate funds to support home buyer education and down payment assistance to create affordable homeownership for 18 households, which would be about 50 NAMPA citizens throughout NAMPA in two communities, specifically at Trinity New Hope, uh located near Trinity Lutheran Church, and two brand new housing opportunities at First United Presbyterian Church off of Lake Lowell.

Though it has become easy to become numb to the ubiquitous challenges of housing affordability, it's important that we continue to lean forward looking for practical solutions.

Leaf is fortunate in that we continue to surround ourselves with partners and advocates that when combined can actually create lasting change and windows of hope when housing stability seems like it could be a thing of the past for so many.

Today, just under half of Idaho's population is considered at or below 80% area median income, according to HUD.

HUD's definition of low income is 80% area median income or below.

Local real estate data also shows that the median housing price in NAMPA for purchase would be about 439,000 as of December 2025, a 6.5% increase over the previous year.

Also, as we all may recall, between 2000 and 20 and 2023, median home prices increased 30% in our area.

But wages did not.

So LEEP intends to sell three-bed, two-beth homes at Trinity New Hope for $300,000.

That's a number that is rarely seen in NAMPA today.

And we can do that because of our partnerships with organizations like the Go West Foundation, who supports credit unions that want to produce affordable housing throughout our state.

We have a partnership with ICCU, who is providing 3% mortgages to low to moderate income households who are purchasing LEAP homes.

And we also need additional funds through donations through charitable partners as well as subsidy coming in the form of CDBG funds.

Our goal is always to get people as close as possible to the 30% household income ratio.

I stand for questions.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

With that, that uh concludes our public testimony.

And Matt, any closing comments, remarks?

Uh yeah, I have a couple.

Um first I guess just something I will say is uh all of these uh applicants you heard from today are just amazing organizations.

I get to work with their staff, not in just the capacity of allocating funds, but in all of the things I do out in the community for the city or on behalf of the city, whether it's related to food access or housing um committees that are working on these issues, uh most of these organizations are part of that conversation and they're attending and coming out whether they have funding from us or not.

So I just want to say thanks to all of our applicants.

Um they do amazing work.

Hanna and I oversee funds, uh, but they actually are out helping people, and it's it's really great to get to work with them.

I go home every day feeling feeling good about what I do.

So um just wanted to thank them all while they're here.

Uh unfortunately we have limited funds uh in that category of public service, we're capped at 15 percent.

So uh on average we can fund about four of you.

Great organizations, but just know that every year I ask to increase the percentage uh but they don't listen.

So uh one year they might, and we'll be able to give everybody or maybe fund a few more of you.

Um but uh for now um I guess we're just back uh to me in the motion.

If anyone has any specific questions for me, I just wanted to cover quickly again.

We had the the 1,020,240 73 to allocate today.

Uh um and we'll we'd want to fund the 1298 72 to admin and planning, 97,404 to public service, and the 792 and 96473 uh for that same total.

Um again, as I mentioned, I plan to come back to allocate to public services, but if you feel like you want to fund them today, you're welcome to.

I just thought it might be easier to do it in a different meeting.

Uh, this has gone by fairly efficiently, but uh it's entirely up to you guys.

Uh but right now I would recommend all of the city run projects um be funded at the levels we've requested, and then the only thing outstanding would be um the housing affordability and the public service.

But if we follow the motion today, it would just be to fund it as it's uh as we stated in the presentation.

If you want to delegate um recipients of those public service funds, that would be great.

Um, but I would still ask that the housing affordability just be a pool of funds that we can access at another point in time.

We'll come back and and talk over some specific options for those funds.

So maybe I'll make a motion, sir.

Yeah, let's let's be clear on if we close it.

Can we hear can we continue hearing about excuse me?

I I no, I I erred not to make a motion.

We ask a question.

Ask a question.

Thank you, sir.

Um I I I agree to the amount, but I don't agree to the amounts given to some of the uh recipients.

So today we're just gonna agree to the amount, and we as the council will change those amounts as needed.

Correct.

Well, that the total is something we don't get to control.

The only thing you could do there is give them less.

But we've we've taken the most we can get that Huddle allows to give to public services, so I've asked you to fund that level.

Um we just need to divide it amongst four applicants.

Uh there are some applicants that have only asked for 24 and some change, and so what in general we don't recommend uh funding more than the request.

Um if somebody says they need 24,000, that's typically what we try to fund because that's what they've told us the need.

Um and that would if we funded more than they requested and then show and didn't give more to others.

I I always I always fall on the side of give what they've requested and not um So the public service would be 97,440.

Yeah, and we would divide that amongst four.

I think um I can pull up a I can pull up a another spreadsheet that just might make it easier to visualize this.

Council President Wiley's pulling that up.

Matt, do you also have the rankings of how you personally have viewed their applications and would recommend allocation?

I know we've last year we argued who's had it multiple times, and you you ranked it all up that we didn't we didn't rank them this year.

Um we this year what we uh what we did was we scored every applicant and we reviewed them for uh risk, I guess for compliance risk, and then we reviewed them for eligibility, meaning they meet the national objective and their project we could put into an eligible activity, and then um we've just we brought all of them forward to be able to provide testimony on their own behalf, and then what I what I would say instead of a score of an application, because that is sometimes subjective, but also sometimes uh you might have somebody that's is the first grant they've ever written versus somebody else, so they would score higher by nature, but also um I would focus as as much on the accomplishment and things that we've funded or not funded is where I would lean, but just because we have in our consolidated plan that we've been trying to we wanted to make headway in this category, but we there's some we haven't made headway in.

Um but all of them are meeting a need in our community that's really urgent uh in most cases.

But no, we did not necessarily rank them this year.

Thank you.

Comments?

President?

Yes.

Matt, question for you.

Usually when I look at these every time they come before us, I like I like to link them so that it makes sense that one will snowball and catch the other and maybe catch the other.

So um, in your experience, because I'm seeing I'm seeing a lot of housing stuff.

Which one would work the best, or have you seen in your experience with the Salvation Army?

What's the best relationship out of these candidates?

To to pair with the Salvation Army.

Yeah, just just for funding, as far as like working together.

Have you seen do you know?

If you don't, that's fine.

I'm just curious your perspective.

I I and I correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I think in a lot of circumstances, if somebody's in a homeless shelter, they often get referred to their own rapid rehousing if they have that program this year, or they they kind of all get routed into um access point.

I knew I was gonna forget the name of it, but that is a place anyone that's um experiencing homelessness gets routed into this one access point through it's uh kind of established and overseen by Idle Housing and Finance, and so that that tries to streamline everything into one location to make it easier for people experiencing homelessness to get the things that they need to eventually get connected with somebody that has resources to get them housed.

So I right now I think they they would refer it into access point.

Is that yeah the only thing that can I just add the only thing that I would add is people oh sorry you're gonna speak?

You gotta be up the microphone, please.

Okay, can I come up?

We close public hearing.

Oh, sorry.

I don't think we had a motion.

That's uh it's okay.

That follow up questions for them as well.

Well, that makes things difficult.

I think that answers my question.

So there's a network essentially that they all work together, so they would get referrals and they would get uh.

Yeah, and I would imagine they also communicate.

I think they gave testimony that they communicate with with others as well.

Um but like I said before, a lot all those organizations are they're all coming to the same things that I'm attending, and so they're they're all connected with each other and understand what they're all working on.

They're also all members of our Region 3 housing coalition, um, which is they meet every other month, I believe now.

Um, and they're talking through these things or identifying the issues they're facing.

And so they're they all stay really well connected.

So I think any one of them would be able to provide whatever support salvation army might need if somebody needed housing funds.

So thank you, Matt.

Council president.

Yes, I'll speak through you because I just need a follow-up because now I'm trying to do my own ranking system here, and as um object not objectively as I can just based off the information as objectively as I can.

How many people will the Jesse tree plan serve with the funds they requested?

Because that's the only organization that did not list the amount of individuals that they plan to serve.

Did I not put that in the summary?

Apologies.

Uh while you're pulling that up, you can look for that.

I just have explanation to council where I'm going, the direction I'm going.

I pulled every application and showed them the impact that they'll have in the ranking order and Nampa Family Justice Center 260.

Meals on Wheels, 250.

CATCH, 75.

Boys and Girls Club, 70.

CERC, 60.

Salvation Army, 14 families.

How many is that?

The summary was 75 for Jesse Tree, is what I had in the summary page for them.

How many heads?

14 families now what?

For the uh Salvation Army, it says 14 families.

How many individuals would we anticipate?

I I on average, I think the others that I've seen come through have been somewhere between two and three estimated members of a fan household.

So 42 individuals, if we go with three based times 14 is what I'm adding up.

It could very well be more though.

I think that's that's just a an estimate.

Thank you.

Council President.

Yes.

To clarify that, Matt, that's 14 families at one time though.

So that not within that duration of time, it's 14 families.

It's many more families, just 14 at one time.

Well, the funds would assist 14 families.

The total amount of funds would support 14 families.

14 total for the duration of what were we would be allocating?

They had in their application that that estimated would be a hundred individuals served.

Okay, thank you.

In their summary.

So moved.

Second.

All in favor?

Aye.

Any further council discussion.

What's uh council president?

I have a question for staff.

Okay.

Um Matt, um doesn't look like for the last four years we've funded uh boys and girls club at all.

Can you tell me can you remind me about that?

I'm sure you probably told us last year, but I don't remember.

Uh yeah, they I in the past uh we actually we allocated some funds to them and and in the course of sort of working through what we might write up as an agreement.

It was first some facility improvements.

Um but in when we consulted our HUD rep, they advised us that they were gonna have to change their program.

Um significantly enough that in the end we we both just elected to not cause that change at the time.

Uh and at this point, I think um they've looked at modifying slightly the way they intake some of their clients, which would allow them to do the income piece that we need them to do to stay compliant with the grant, um, and then offer those scholarships, which will help um, I guess with their overall budgetary need, um, but it allows them to scholarship families that want to participate have to provide some additional information.

So they've modified their sort of operating procedures and and at that point uh would be become eligible for us to provide public service support and and feel confident they'll meet that requirement.

So they've just modified their process a little bit to receive these funds now because of the need, I suppose.

I suspect.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

Are we s council discussion?

Council president, just for clarification.

Do we necessarily need to assign these dollar amounts today?

Are you needing that direction, or just we got the review, now we have to think about it and come back?

Yep, and I can um I and the plan was to come back uh in May.

I was just gonna check with um staff to see which which meeting was the most appropriate to add an action item to you.

Um but the plan was to come back and have you allocate those funds as a as a regular action item.

Now that we have the information, I in between now and then we can provide uh the I guess the score rank um for the applications or the the average scores that were received for those if you if that would be helpful to you.

Um but we certainly can come back uh at the that's what we plan to do already.

Yeah, I think I think that'd be helpful.

Okay.

And uh at this point, I don't see an action that we have to take other than we come back at another posted time and have a chance to uh study the breakout with the information that we've received tonight that we're I would just ask um if it's possible.

Um, at which point we can begin working on our action plan, but we will come back and specifically fund the total amount given to public service to four recipients or three if you choose uh to four recipients uh most likely.

And then we will just include that additional information into the plan when it's completed.

But it uh unless that poses an issue uh for process.

Council President.

Yes.

Uh just a clarification and then a motion.

These funds are not general gov, they're grant dollars, correct?

These are all uh community development block grant dollars.

Um a combination of what we received currently plus prior years that have been unspent.

Council President, I move that we approve the budget as described with the option of coming back at a future date to allocate the public service dollars specifically, whether that be for three or four programs.

We have a motion and a second.

Is there a discussion?

Clerk will call a roll.

God, yes.

Jingula.

Yes.

Bills.

Yes.

Reynolds.

Yes.

Rodriguez.

Yes.

Griffin, yes.

All in favor, motion carries.

Uh thank you, counsel.

I'll see you in May.

We're going to uh take a five five minute recess.

I need to go restroom.

Seven twenty-five.

I'm trying, not hard here.

I don't know.

I don't know why they proposed everybody.

We should have just ready to go.

Shar this next one.

I'm gonna fly for make promises and keep that.

I'll keep them going.

I'll keep myself accountable.

Yeah.

Crystal.

Crystal Craig.

I just want to explain her.

Crystal Craig.

I don't think so.

No texting.

No, that was me.

I'm not texting the call.

I was texting words.

Oh my god.

So we're going to talk about this.

Okay, we're going to continue with our public hearing.

Item number six dash two.

Item six dash two is a action item.

It's a zoning map amendment from RS six single family residential to BC community business zoning district at eleven eleven eleventh Avenue North.

The origin it's for Ricoel Pedraza.

And the original concept is mechanic and auto repair, materials and office for mobile auto repair service and no customers to visit property on approximately point four six acres.

Is the applicant here?

Would you come forward please?

And for the record, I need uh both of you to state your name and address.

Okay, hi, good evening, everyone.

Um I'm advocating for Raquel Pedrosa, so I'll do it.

My home address.

My home address or the address of the property.

No, home address, where eleven seventeenth Avenue, South Nampa.

Okay.

And your name?

Cecy Amarias.

All right, thank you.

And who's with you?

Hi, my name is Raquel Pedraza.

I'm living in the twenty-seven twenty-four East Pennsylvania Avenue, and I'm by Idaho.

All right.

Thank you.

Okay.

Hold that microphone just a little further closer.

Yep.

Thank you.

Uh so there is something we did want to correct because uh the form does say mechanic and auto repair, and it's not mechanic.

Uh so I'm gonna be reading this on behalf of Raquel.

I am requesting a rezoning of my property in order to operate a mobile auto repair business with limited low impact use of the site.

The proposed use is specifically for storage of tools, equipment, and automotive parts, as well as the preparation and dispatch to off-site service locations.

The business will operate strictly as a mobile service.

No customers will visit the property, and no on-site customer services will be provided.

All vehicle repairs and customer interactions will take place at the customer's location wherever their vehicle is situated.

The property will not function as a traditional auto repair shop open to the public.

Business related travel will consist solely of departing the property to service customers and returning upon completion of service calls.

And a shop located on the property will be used only for storage of tools, equipment, and parts, as well as maintenance and preparation related to the mobile repair services.

The existing residents on the property will not be used for customer activity or retail purposes and will be utilized solely for storage of office files, records, and administrative materials related to the business.

This proposed use is intended to be quiet, low impact, and compatible with surrounding properties with no anticipated noise, parking, or traffic issues beyond what is typical for a residential property.

The rezoning request will allow the business to operate in compliance with local regul regulations while maintaining the character and integrity of the area.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Yes.

I just want to make it known that I was speaking the with uh the office during the break and and uh more about the interfaith church center more than this particular project.

So I just want to make that clear.

Conversation, but not directly related to this public hearing.

Yeah, that's correct, sir.

Okay, thank you for the clarification.

Bringing that up.

That's good.

That was okay, right?

We want to end the yeah, question mark of conflict of interest or something there.

There's no consequences whatsoever.

Uh any questions for the applicant at this time.

We'll probably have you back here as we close out the public hearing.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

Yep.

Christy, good evening.

Good evening.

Thank you, Council.

Christy Watkins, principal planner for the city of Nampa.

The request before you this evening is for a rezone from RS6 to BC at 1111 11th Avenue North to allow the operation of a modal mobile auto mechanics business.

Um in February of 2026, the planning and zoning commission recommended approval of this request.

A home occupation registration for a residentially zoned property does not allow for automotive repair.

So since this property is proposing to provide a shop to store inventory for a mobile vehicle repair service, they were directed to pursue a rezone of the property to accommodate their proposal for use long term.

So the property is in a medium density residential designation on the future land use map, but there is commercial to the northwest that can be stretched onto the property.

The surrounding properties are IL and RS6.

City utilities are currently existing in the area and to this lot, so no changes will be made there.

The site access will be appropriate for this location.

So these are the uses that are outlined in 1032.

So a dwelling combined with a business is a permitted use in the BC zone.

Automobile parts and accessories is a permitted use in the BC zone, and automobile truck repair is a conditional use permit.

They are not proposing truck repair on site at this time.

Depending on how they move forward with this, if they do decide to convert the property in the future, they will need to meet building um requirements and provide parking.

So the building department has stated that it is not to be utilized solely, it is only to be utilized for the storage of tools and equipment.

If they go any further, they will need to meet building code.

Co-compliance initially with planning and zoning had some um violations on the site, but those have been satisfied, so that condition will be removed.

Um the NAMPA Fire District does not oppose this application, and engineering just had some comments about the right-of-way frontage improvements and other things should it be converted.

Where are we at?

Oh, switch that around.

Sorry about that.

Um there are facts for rezoning.

There are um three criteria that need to be met.

The property is currently designated in the comprehensive future land use map as medium density residential, but is allowed to stretch commercial, so it does meet the comprehensive plan.

The uses that have been proposed are compatible with adjacent uses, and uh it is in the interest of the public because it um will provide a service to the community as well as promote small business within our city limits.

So these are the proposed conditions of approval.

Um the sorry why these are not showing up right.

That second one that says correct the violations occurring on the property as noted.

Um that will be the one that will be removed because they have satisfied that condition.

These are your potential motions, and I'll stand for any questions.

Christy, thank you.

Council, any questions of Christie?

Council President.

Yes, sir.

Just looking, and I saw your notation on there that the property then northeast is a non-conforming, likely commercial use.

That has in no way is dealing with the application that's before us today.

That's just a standalone issue.

They're not dealing in that, they're not a part of that happening, correct?

Thank you, Councilman Griffin.

They are not a part of that.

That is um a non-conforming use currently.

Is that being taken care of by code compliance?

Um I believe that our building department has reached out to them to try to correct their action, but I don't know that there's been any response back.

But no, it is not a part of this application.

Thank you.

Other questions for the applicant or not questions, I'm sorry.

For Christie.

Hello.

Thank you.

Okay.

So we have a public hearing, and is anybody signed up?

No, Mr.

Chair.

We have nobody signed up on this uh public hearing, but we'll uh open it if there's somebody here who didn't sign up but would like to speak to this issue seeing nobody raising a hand or coming forward.

Uh we would give the applicant the opportunity if there's any follow-up that you want to give, or if you're okay with what you've spoken.

Okay.

Thank you.

Council President.

With that, uh would make a uh request for closing the public hearing.

So moved.

We have a motion and a second.

All in favor?

Aye.

Aye.

Council President.

Discussion.

Or motion.

Council President, I move to recommend approval of the zoning map amendment as stated on the screen with all recommended conditions of approval and proposed findings.

Second.

We have a motion and a second.

Any discussion?

Clerk will call the roll.

Gog.

Yes.

Jingula.

Yes.

Bills.

Yes.

Griffin.

Yes.

Rodriguez.

Yes.

Reynolds.

Yes.

All in favor.

Motion carries.

You received approval.

So continue to work with staff.

We appreciate it.

Wish you well.

Next is uh 63.

It's an action item.

It's a variance for NCC 10-12-4.D, maximum lot size of 9,000 square feet in an RMH multifamily residential zoning district at 204 18th Avenue South.

For Michael Morales, representing Alonso Morales.

The original concept is convert the basement of a single family home into a separate dwelling unit to make the building a duplex.

Is the applicant here?

If you will state your name and address, and I need both if both are gonna speak.

My address is 204 18 uh 18th Avenue South NAMPA.

Okay.

Hi, members of the council.

My name is Michael Morales, and uh uh my address is 22754, Channel Road on Cal Right.

Thank you.

And then the reason that we're here today is to go ahead and uh grant permission for uh lot variants.

Our lot is a little bit bigger than uh what is needed for a duplex.

Um with that said, that's that's the reason where we're here.

So you went in for a building permit on a duplex to convert the basement to a living unit?

That is correct.

Okay.

And you were held up because it doesn't meet because it's single family zoning, is that correct?

Yeah, it's a multifamily area, so we are allowed to do uh a triplex there.

Because our lot is uh over 9,000 square feet.

So in order we talk to the planning and zoning or building department in uh in order that was their advice to apply for a variance for for um so they can allow us to do a duplex in a 10,000 square foot lot instead of it needs to be 9,000.

If it's over 9,000, it needs to be a uh triplex or or greater.

Okay.

Uh so we're gonna let you have a seat for a moment.

Okay.

We're gonna hear from staff.

Terry, thank you.

Thank you, Council President and Council members.

Um, my name's Terry Friend, associate planner with the City of Nampus Planning and Zoning Department.

So the application isn't kind of your typical variance.

What we're asking for today is a variance to the maximum 9,000 square foot lot size for a duplex in an RMH zone.

That's multifamily residential, um, in order to allow for the basement to be converted to a separate dwelling unit on a lot that's 10,002 square feet.

So a little bit backwards from what you were thinking, maybe.

Uh the subject property and the surrounding neighborhood is in an area designated high density residential on the comprehensive plan, future land use map.

And the property and the surrounding neighborhood to the north, south, east, and west is all zoned um multifamily RMH.

This is the application site, which is a well-main which is in a well-maintained neighborhood in an area of NAMPA that was platted in 1893.

Canyon County assessor records indicate that this house was built in 1905.

Um the area is two blocks from central NAMPA or downtown, and is bicycle and pedestrian friendly.

The property is adjacent to 2nd Street South, which is a minor arterial, and other properties on the same block and nearby have lots of various sizes, but most of them have the general appearance of a single family um detached dwelling, although some have also been converted to multifamily dwellings.

So again, the reason for this variance is because the parcel is too large for a duplex in the RMH RMH zone.

We're trying to maximize multifamily housing.

And so for a duplex, the lot size would be between 6,000 to 9,000 square feet.

So this parcel exceeds that allowed square footage for a duplex.

Um, but the owner is wanting to um increase the residential allowance in this residence without having to do new construction.

So this is gonna give a modest increase in density while maintaining the existing appearance of the property and that residential structure.

Here are the um uh regulations related to variances.

Um we're looking for an undue hardship um for this property, a special characteristics that would apply be applicable to the site, which would deprive it of privileges commonly enjoyed by other properties in the same zone, and um the variance is not too conflict with the public interest.

So we're looking for that hardship.

So on this site, the special characteristic is really that historical um circumstance on it, which would be special for this request.

These are the variance criteria.

Uh literal interpretation and enforcement of the code results in a hardship, inconsistent with the intent of the code.

There are extraordinary site characteristics that don't generally apply to other properties.

Literal interpretation and enforcement of the code will deny the property owner privileges that would be enjoyed by similar properties.

Um it isn't granting a special privilege, and the variance is not detrimental to public health, safety, welfare, or potentially injurious to other properties in the vicinity.

Nothing from the public.

The building department didn't have any objections, but did state that they're gonna have to comply with all the city codes.

And they did detail some of the complications with converting the basement to a duplex um unit.

And NAMPA police had no objections but provided standard details regarding recommended staffing.

Here are applicable facts for um this request.

These are included in your staff report and a second page of those.

I did want to draw attention to just the last three facts listed on this slide as they relate to the variance approval criteria.

So granting this variance would allow for a modest increase in density while maintaining that original appearance of the property and the residence, which we've noted is historic.

Um due to RMH zoning, other properties in this area would be eligible to increase the number of units based on their parcel sizes.

And in converting the basement to a dwelling, the appl, the applicant's going to have to follow all the building codes as well as other city codes policies.

So doing so is gonna mitigate any concerns related to being detrimental to the public health safety or welfare.

And here are the conclusions for this um application on the screen.

These are also included in your staff report.

They do indicate that it meets the variance request approval criteria.

The recommended conditions of approval are shown on the screen, and council may add any others if they deem necessary, and there are your potential motions.

Terry, thank you.

Some questions I'm gonna start off with is uh what has there been any outline of drawings submitted yet to the city on ingress, egress, and that part?

Thank you, Council Bills.

Um not that I saw not that was part of this application, but they do have a driveway and it has enough parking already to qualify for the two units.

Okay, so that that helps.

That was the second question, trying to see.

And then uh this lot potentially would it qualify for an ADU multifamily housing at the moment does not qualify for an ADU.

Okay, so it's zone multifamily, but can't add additional units.

Thank you, Councilman Bills.

Um, yes, it's zone mental multifamily, it would be eligible to up to a triplex.

The applicant just doesn't want to do that additional construction at this point.

So they're going for the easy duplex.

Easy, maybe um duplex by reutilizing that basement facility.

Um did that answer your question?

It does.

I'm just seeking clarification on it.

Yeah.

So council members, do you have questions for Terry?

Yeah, remember to look right.

Okay, no questions.

Thank you, Terry.

At this time, uh, we're going to open up for public testimony.

If you wish to comment on this, uh, do we have sign-ups?

No, we do not.

No one has signed up.

Is there anybody here who would like to speak to this issue?

Not seeing anybody.

Uh applicant, any follow-up comments.

Yeah, just in the will, you say the if uh we submitted any um drawings.

So we meet up with the building department, so these houses already uh is terrifying outside with agrees into it.

And uh three acres windows.

So the basement is pretty much set up for a duplex already.

From the last owner, so that's what we talked to the building department, and they agree was uh a good project that we wanted to do with as well.

We moved forward to you guys.

Okay.

Yeah, I'm I think that's all.

Thank you.

So at this time uh take a motion to close public hearing.

outside with with that agreement to it in uh three acres windows so the basement is pretty much set up for a duplex already from the last owner so that's what we talked to the building department and they agree what's uh a good project that what we wanted to do with as well we move forward to you guys okay yeah um I think that's all thank you so at this time uh take a motion to close public hearing so moved have a motion and a second clerk will call no all in favor say aye aye aye council discussion or motion council president I move to approve the project as shown on the screen for approval second we have a motion and a second any other discussion clerk will call the role God yes Bills yes Reynolds yes Rodriguez yes chingula yes Griffin yes all in favor motion carries so you received approval for your request best wishes on your endeavors okay you're welcome next is uh six four on our public hearing it's an action item so annexation and zoning to RS4 and RS6 single family residential and BC community business zoning districts at zero north franklin boulevard with corresponding road and canal right away potential development agreement and subdivision preliminary plat approval for high line estate subdivision for Osamundi holdings LLC original concept is 355 single family detached dwelling units 33 common lots and one commercial lot on approximately 93.75 acres and right away is the applicant here and for the record name and address please thank you council president conor lindstrom with KM engineering 5725 North Discovery way Boise Idaho I work for the engineering firm that's representing um Asmendi holdings we've had the property owner here tonight this application before you uh it's for High Line Estates subdivision that's a request for annexation and zoning into the city of Nampa and we also have a preliminary plot uh to subdivide the property uh we went through uh planning and zoning commission with a recommendation of approval and um I'll jump into it here so the property uh it's roughly 93 acres uh we're directly across Lyndon Road from Ridgevie High School and Warhawk Elementary there uh you have Madison Road on the west franklin road on the east and then you got this funky the the parcels split um in two by uh the the 15 mile creek and the High Line Canal feeder in total just over 200 uh 200 feet of of right of way width for the the creek and the feeder that cuts the property in half and the property is in the pioneer irrigation districts so this is from the highway 2026 specific area plan uh the city of NAMPA has adopted uh within their comprehensive plan it designates the property as um residential mixed use or RMU um cities looking for uh a mix of housing types and that is exactly what we are proposing um uh in here's existing zoning map as you can see the properties in the county but to the south we have RS 8.5 uh to the east is some RML RS6 RS4 small chunk of a BC there at the corner but we are proposing um a mix of zones so we have RS6 zoning um to the north that's around 33 acres uh of zoned area um the actual you know once right of way dedication takes place uh we're at about 31 acres and then we have RS4 zoning um 66 or so acres of zone area that actual gross acreage though for development is 54.44 and then we have the BC zoning designation we're just proposing one commercial uh BC zone lot 6.51 acres um so in total uh you're looking at um dwelling dwelling units ranging in size in that RS6 from about or I'm sorry not dwelling units but actual lot size ranging um around six to eight thousand square feet or at about a seven thousand square foot average and then the RS4 you're looking at a an average of five thousand square foot lots I go forward here this is the proposed layout um that we have we've got access um in a few different locations on the east we have one access point coming off of Franklin uh on the west we have a few different access points on Madison and then we have uh an access on the south off of Linden and we did have to uh prepare well my firm did not prepare but we uh the property owner hired a traffic engineer to prepare a traffic impact study that was submitted and accepted by the city uh that traffic impact study lays out a framework for various uh

On the east, we have one access point coming off of Franklin.

On the west, we have a few different access points on Madison.

And then we have an access on the south off of Linden.

And we did have to uh prepare.

Well, my firm did not prepare, but we uh the property owner hired a traffic engineer to prepare a traffic impact study that was submitted and accepted by the city.

Uh that traffic impact study lays out a framework for various um mitigation efforts that have to be made uh by the by the developer.

So we're looking at uh an eastbound um left turn lane into the site off Linden, so that would be um right across from the high school there.

There would need to be a northbound left turn lane into the site on Franklin, and then some upgrades that need to be made to uh the Linden and Franklin intersection at the southeast corner, which is actually off of the the property owners you know site there, but that those upgrades would need to be made.

Yep.

There's also uh a need for improvements to be made at the intersection of Madison and Highway 2026, which ITD has in their current plans to do.

It looks like construction is slated for 2029.

Um perhaps Daniel has some more detailed information, but that's the information I was provided by ITD.

Uh with this development, we're also showing uh a few different amenities.

Uh, it is a requirement that um 15% of the site um or the overall development be set aside for open space, uh which we are complying with.

That's a total of 14.35 acres.

Um in uh phase one of the development, we're showing a tot lot pavilion and some seating, and then in a future phase in the southeast corner of the site, there's some additional pavilion and seating and grassy area.

We also have pathways throughout and a multi-use pathway along 15 mile creeks provided.

Uh with the planning and zoning commission, we did show um a pedestrian bridge across 15 mile creek and the the feeder canal, which the property owner um was hoping to do, but just uh the effort that had to be made with the pioneer irrigation district to cross that canal and creek, and and the cost was a little more exorbitant than we uh originally planned for.

So that has been removed, but there still is as you see on the the picture on the right, there is a way to get across um at least a portion of the canal in the creek to the southwest corner of the property, so you could walk to the commercial area.

This is that phasing plan that we had to submit with our application here.

So in general, phasing is gonna be dependent on um utilities to the site.

Um right now we're showing phase one, it's kind of in the in that yellow there on the west side that it does include that top lot and pavilion, some open space, and then um yeah, yeah.

Each phase generally has about 50 to 60 lots, is what we're proposing.

Uh the first phase would probably not be slated until you know at least a year, year and a half from now would be the soonest.

And then as developed, you'd see generally about a phase every year, year and a half.

So you know, this is a multi-year project that would span over over time.

And then just the this shows some layout changes um in working with the property owner to the kind of the northeast there.

They requested some lower density lots that we're providing.

Mr.

Chairtime.

You got a couple short comments.

I'll I'll finish right now.

This is just it just shows that change um where we went from 50-foot wide lots to 60 foot wide lots there up against Mr.

Riggs's property.

That was a request of him and the property owner agreed to that change.

Okay.

And here's some conceptual building elevations, and I'll stand for questions.

Okay, so uh we're gonna have several questions for you.

I would anticipate.

So council members, uh questions or comments, or I can start us off with questions.

Okay, I'm gonna start us off.

And and uh staff uh may you know be able to assist with some of this, but observation is that uh with with the drain and canal uh dividing uh the two sides of the acquisition.

Um it appears to me that some of the common areas being shown are more for storm drainage lots than they are for public use.

Um it looks like uh so you have a couple of spots there, and then my concern is is location, and we had a plat uh a few months back that uh we asked for some modifications on the plat to provide the green space in a lower more a little more central and usable area of the plat.

So on the south side of the drain, in my opinion, the lots that are east of the commercial center and fronting on what appears to be a main road, uh very little common area, and that one triangle area looks to be more of a storm drain.

Don't know for sure, not seeing the engineering drawings.

So I'm concerned that uh potentially in the spirit of the ordinances is to encourage the landscape, greenscape, and to have uh easy accessible uses.

And I think you are showing that on the north side of the drain canal, but uh not so much on the south side.

And I'm a little concerned we're a little over dense on that uh southeast area.

So those are my comments, let you respond or thank you.

Let me know because we're not we don't get to see all the detail.

You know, you're your the drawings aren't showing what is it, you know, to give answers.

So thank you, Council President Bills.

Um I guess two parts here.

You are correct.

There are some drainage areas that um where we show some open grassy areas that could be counted towards open space.

Uh specifically on the south side though, um, keep in mind that right across the street we have two public schools, the high school and the elementary school.

So that's why we have the the densest area in that corner adjacent to those schools where you know there's easy access to to get across the street to potential more open space as needed.

Um, you know, as far as the open space calculations, you know, we are complying with code, um, but you know, if if there are additional recommendations that you'd have, we'd we'd be open to hearing hearing out the the council.

So yeah, sometimes it's compliance with the code, but no, maybe not the spirit of the code.

Fair.

And so um and if our neighborhood uh ordinances are to provide green space within the plat, uh relying on getting across the busy road to the schools, uh it's not necessarily an option in in our code.

So um I think that's an issue.

We'll let staff uh respond as well.

But that's that's what I saw coming up, and uh again almost feels while it's connected because there is no connectivity uh essentially it's really seems like it's two projects or two, certainly two plates.

Um my initial comments.

So councilman, council counselors, any buddy have comments or questions?

President Bilts?

Yes.

I for one like functional green space.

I strongly dislike totlots just because they don't serve the majority of the people that live there.

Oftentimes when you drive through neighborhoods, you just see them quite vacant.

Um so I want more functional spaces for the people that live there.

I recognize that you know it's close to schools and there's fields and everything, but a lot of times my kids go to high school, go to school at Ridgevie, so I know that that school is used the fields all the time, like year-round.

There's always stuff going on there, and so and if I was a parent of littles, I wouldn't want them necessarily leaving the neighborhood to go across the street to the school to go play.

I want them to have a space here.

Teenagers, I'd probably rather them just leave.

But as far as it goes for teen littles, I would rather them stay there.

So if you can create some sort of um more functional space where they can kick soccer balls or you know, um pickleball courts are popular right now, we're seeing a lot of those.

That's something that I really like.

So when you have this many that are are all dense together, I want to see amenities that that provide that for citizens there.

Thank you, counselor.

Councilman Mills.

Yes, council.

Uh thank you for your presentation.

Councilman Mills yes thank you for your presentation um I so I'm looking at I'm I think I'm looking at the phase one is the the top portion of the drawing that you have there on that layout the proposed layout yeah let me go to the phase the phasing plan so yeah the per the purpley color yep okay so how many uh units are in that first phase uh yes counselor let's see we have 55 units in that phase okay 55 units and you said that's supposedly within a year and three years yes so uh counselor scog is that correct Scoggs that's fine yeah yeah um so generally as as we see it at Cam engineering when as we're working with developers um and keep this in mind this is not every developer but most developers move at a rate of generally one plat per year um once you you know once you get your preliminary platu takes quite some time to get through construction drawing approval um getting plaque signatures so that usually takes about a year and a half to two years and then after that it's more of a set of year at a time that we see each phase develop so when you're um when you're plating this or when you're starting to build your phases and the first phase goes in are you already going to have the road situation under control on that in that section by the school and that sort of thing yes counselor yeah so it is I'm gonna interject here I need to let Rodney give us a clear sorry I I just wanted to correct something it looks like that's phase four that's the fourth phase that's four um so the first one is the yellow area that is oh okay so that's where the 50 homes thank you um that makes more sense to me okay so um sorry I'm I'm just talking as to if I keep asking questions right so uh to answer your question though on on improvements uh to the roadways yes so it is a requirement uh that with the first phase of development road improvements would have to be made uh around the entirety of uh the development and I'm sure that Daniel can speak to that correct me if I'm wrong okay so I I also heard that the city has upgrades in that area that are projected at 2029 on the roads and the infrastructure yes that we assume yes counselor so the 2029 um uh the highway 2026 chinden those improvements are slated to start construction in 2029 um as for other uh improvements by the city i i can't speak to all all of those and those dates all right thank you yeah council president yes it just for clarification I know you mentioned it in your presentation is there going to be any sort of beacon or crosswalk or anything along those lines to allow access for those students coming out of the neighborhood and other neighborhoods to be able to get to the high school that's a that's a great question um I was asked to speak quickly yes by a very important staff member so I'm going to try and do so well thank you um I actually am not certain off the top of my head I I believe the traffic impact study speaks to that I know that there is a turn lane required across from the school into the development but as for a crosswalk I'm not certain um it might be stated in the staff report sorry Daniel um so the traffic impact study does not identify any required crosswalks there will be there are crosswalks or would be crosswalks at the uh intersection of Madison and um Linden but there would not be mid-block crosswalks along there at this point.

And will that crosswalk be a beacon or will it just be a simple crosswalk with a four-way stop?

So at this point it would likely be a crosswalk with a four-way stop that will that intersection will ultimately be signalized um though I don't have a time frame of when that will happen um that's something that's a background traffic issue so that's something that the city will have to do um and it's not currently in the five year plan so we're we're looking at some point after that to signalize the intersection we could look at um an RRFB at a a stop signed intersection would is not necessarily the appropriate um treatment um but if you know if we were to look at a desire for another crossing location we would want to do a warrant analysis specific for that to determine if that's an appropriate place for that and then the appropriate treatment for it council president can I continue?

Could we take the opportunity from the developer to be able to put in something like that?

A beacon or what have you at that four-way stop now?

Because I can imagine with the amount of homes and development that'll go around it.

It can be a very important intersection that these kids are crossing across, and depending on the time of day, it might be important that they really do see that somebody's getting across there.

So we would have to look at um what would be an appropriate treatment there, but again, an RFB um beacon at a four-way stop.

I don't believe would be an appropriate treatment there.

I'll let Crystal speak to that.

I think she has some feelings, obviously, as well.

I know at the one Amaron with the Hubble and the CBA each off of Flamingo.

You didn't recommend it there either.

So I don't want to keep pushing your force of the envelope on these issues, but I think just where there's going to be high kid traffic, it's important that we're thinking about it.

Yeah, mayor and councilman Griffin, Crystal Craig, Director of Transportation for the Record.

Um the manual for uniform traffic control devices specifically states that RFBs are any sort of flashy crosswalk of some sort is not appropriate at all ways stop locations.

However, looking at it further down mid block would be an appropriate out action.

Uh the city where we have always stops near a school like this, we have installed flags that people can carry across to have additional visibility.

That might be something of consideration, or just right on that outtake off of North Stockyard Avenue going directly into the school might also be of consideration.

I don't know how much of distance that is to Madison and if it's too close to be able to have warranted a stop or back out.

And we would want to specifically look at that to see because that will have traffic considerations for how that operates with the stop sign and other interactions there.

Thank you.

Other questions.

And uh after we hear from staff and the public.

So thank you, Council President.

Thank you.

Council President and Council uh Rodney Ashby, planning and zoning director for the record.

Um we've we've hit on quite a few of the topics that I was gonna highlight, but um I can I can still go through a few things here.

Again, just the original concept was 355 single family detached dwelling units, they're all single family detached.

Uh none of them are connected.

Uh 33 common lots and one commercial lot.

That's that larger commercial lot on the south uh southeast.

Um the applicants stated, oh sorry.

Well right, there we go.

The applicant stated uh purpose was a mixed use development.

You've seen that uh concept there, and uh what was presented to the planning and zoning commission was actually uh with that crossing uh across the two waterways, and um it was acknowledged at that point, however, that that might not be a possibility.

So it was it was clearly um stated that in in the public hearing that that was a potential that that would be removed.

Um so here's the the drawings or excuse me the potential um elevations planning and zoning commission did recommend approval.

Um they also added a um a condition that I've removed from your packet because they've met it.

That condition was prior to city council hearing applicant shall provide a revised preliminary plat that ensures all RS4 zone buildable lots are within the lot size range required by code.

And um they have re-submitted that plat and it does comply.

So traffic, you've you started to address some of these concerns already, but um, as was stated, the uh TIS or the traffic impact study did state that Franklin Boulevard and Linden Road will need to add eastbound right turn lane and two-way left turn lane on the north approach, and then Franklin Boulevard and and the site access, northbound left turn lane will be required.

Access and layout.

This is all in your packet, and probably Daniel could speak to these best, but happy to go over these if if you have specific questions.

Sorry, my computer's being really slow.

All right, uh so in this area.

We've this is uh an area that is developing, as you can see here on the screen.

The uh mixed use residential is the designation for the comp plan.

And then the zoning uh has as has been stated is RS6 around it, uh BC RML, which is a multifamily uh zoning to the to the east.

Um, and then I just wanted to highlight a couple of these uh developments that have occurred over time.

The first one is the Ridgeview High and the Warhawk Elementary, second is the Cherry Grove subdivision.

That was a zoned RS 8.5 with a development agreement, but they got a PUD on that and revised their development agreement so that they could have the smaller lots in that development.

So even though it says RS 8.5, it's a little bit smaller lots than you would typically see in an RS 8.5 zone.

Um next is the Haltham Heritage Mixed Use Master Plan Community, and that was approved in 2023.

Next is uh resting rock single family homes annexation was denied because of no commercial on that development, and that was required by our comprehensive plan.

Next was in December 2024, the pre-app uh for single family homes in this location, and then in 2025, Ridgevie North single family and townhouse subdivision was approved by council.

And then last of all, in 2026, we have an annexation request for single family homes in these two locations just north of the project, and um those will be coming to you in the near future.

Uh the city maintains uh utilities in the area, 27-inch sewer trunk in the intersection of Madison and Linden, 21-inch sewer main in Linden Road, and 18-inch sewer main in Franklin Boulevard.

A 12-inch water main in Linden and Franklin, and a 12-inch pressure irrigation main in Linden and Franklin.

So here's the preliminary plat.

Um I think we've addressed this enough so you can see the layout there.

Um I'll skip to the next slide since it's a little more detail here.

Um the density is 4.14 dwelling units per acre, which is well within the comprehensive plan designation.

Um the percentage of qualified open space exceeds that required by code.

And as has been noted, uh our code does allow for um seepage beds to be used as your qualified open space if designed for that, so that there's not um standing water on the property.

So it is well within your uh rights to require uh specific treatment of those kinds of uh of drainage facilities.

Um 355 residential lots, 29 common lots, and one commercial lot.

Uh here's the layout of the or excuse me, the description for the zone lot sizes, and originally they were just not compliant with those lot sizes.

They redid their uh layout, and they are now they are now compliant.

So here's the preliminary platen space that they've highlighted there in green.

Um a 20-foot landscape buffer is required.

Uh parking will be assessed at the time of development, but it's pretty clear two per dwelling unit on a single property.

And one of those needs to be covered for both the RS6 and RS4 zone.

The BC zone will be dependent on the land use when that comes in.

Um you've seen the comments from engineering.

I'll kind of skip through these.

Forrester identified some tree species that needed to be revised.

This new one is new from the Planning and Zoning Commission.

Is NAMPA parks and grounds indicated the need for the 20-foot wide permanent easement to be given to the city of NAMPA along the creek, and then a pathway to be developed to our standards.

NAMPA police department standard comments about the need for planning for the police officers and support staff as we increase in population.

And the specific area plan and the land use map.

And then Valley View School District indicated that if approved, students living living in the Highline Estate subdivision would attend Warhawk Elementary School, Summit View Middle School, and Ridgevie High School, and they expressed concerns that the school district isn't keeping up with the approved growth.

Just a note from staff, several projects.

The school district listed as being approved by NAMPA were actually considered by the city of Caldwell, not the city of NAMPA.

Not that we shouldn't consider Caldwell and all the development going to those schools.

We do need to do that, but I just wanted to be clear about that.

And one of those was the those that were for the city of NAMPA was denied.

And so we just have to take all those factors into consideration.

Right now overall for the school district.

Different schools have different capacity rates.

But overall, they're about 80 or 81%.

And that's what the city of Caldwell provided me.

And Compass made their comments.

But that fiscal impact analysis tool is based on what's existing today without it being developed out.

So they look at it and say, hey, is there sidewalks on this property or connecting to this property?

And since no development has occurred, it doesn't meet that criteria.

So then it scores lower because of it.

So that's I've expressed my concerns about this approach with them.

I think we need a better tool than what we're using for the fiscal impact analysis that Compass does.

But they did indicate that it would break even within seven years of the development going.

But traffic impact study was done, so addresses most of those comments.

Nampa Fire District outlined the need for compliance with standard regulations and then indicated their need for increased officers.

Fire do you say officers?

Chiefs or firefighters.

Firefighters, there we go.

Yeah, there you go.

NAMPA Engineering Division outlined the utilities that we've already highlighted and the drainage.

And then their conditions.

I've incorporated those conditions into your proposed conditions.

We did receive a public comment by Christine Thomas at 1988 North Franklin Boulevard.

She requested a denial and expressed concerns about traffic about vehicular accidents in the area and concerns over the PZ commissioner impartiality because of commissioner professions that they have working in real real estate or building.

So that was her comments.

And then we did receive two other comments just over the weekend, and then this even today, one of them today.

And I wasn't able to analyze those, but they are before you on your on your desk.

Here are the proposed conditions.

Essentially, I've taken the comments from each of the agencies and incorporated them into the conditions.

Here's the last of those, and then the proposed findings.

Um I I don't think I need to go through this.

I just it for the criteria for annexation, it meets the state criteria.

Um but you have lots of flexibility to deny an annexation if you choose.

Um then for zoning, uh the criteria listed at the top, it meets our comprehensive plan.

It's consistent with other zones in the same area.

Um there's the conclusion.

I'm not going to read that.

Umless you tell me to.

Uh the preliminary plat, I've highlighted how it complies with code already.

So this is just outlining those specific facts to show that it does meet code.

And here is a couple of motions for your consideration, and I would stand for questions.

Rodney, thank you.

Uh council, any questions?

Council member, council president.

Not necessarily it kind of is regarding this, but just in the future, I think this will be the second or third time.

Can we please bring a code or ordinance forward not allowing drainage fields to be a part of our green space?

I just don't feel that they're something that can be actively used and used in the manner that the green space code is intended to be used for.

So it doesn't pertain to this per se, but requesting that again if we could have a maybe even a dialogue about it, future council.

Uh, but I know this is the second or third that we've discussed or it's been brought up and needs to be discussed.

Well, response just having uh use storm drainage if it was underground with the proper system put in, we put a basketball court on top.

So there's it fits the race, sure.

There's options versus but the least cost option is to just put a sunken area and and then only the amount of drainage is needed.

So there's gonna need to be a little clarification on this one and for me, but just letting you know.

Thank you.

Other comments from council council president.

I I just want to be clear.

I am I bringing back something to you with proposed changes, or do we need to have that discussion about changes to our code, or do we handle that on a case-by-case basis?

Well, I uh I think uh there may be a reason to add a little modifier to the code from the standpoint of what we've seen uh at different times.

We got several plats forthcoming, and yeah, and versus us trying to rehit the same issue.

Um it's there's green space and there's usable green space.

And so you have the green space where it gets mowed every week and green, but it's really not usable.

Um, and and then you have the green space where it's truly set up for usability, and not everybody's looking for the tot lot, some of it's for other activities, and we've we've seen some master plan communities or large developments come in with a multitude of uh improvements, not just meeting the green space, but also showing here here's an area that's got a seating area, pavilion type setup, uh other areas uh in within the development has the tot lot, a couple of tennis courts or pickleball courts, uh so forth.

So I don't think it should be the reason for the potential uh correction, that's not the right word.

Modification would be uh if we're only asking for green space and no other improvements in a large development similar to this that uh is bounded by multi uh arterial streets, then it is difficult for the uses that we would anticipate in this size of a development not being available.

Um so I'm I'm just looking at um, yeah, we're we're meeting green space, but I'm not sure if we're meeting usable green space.

And uh so I'm going back to midway in Iowa and the plat that was approved there that we asked for some modifications to the plat, asked for it to come back before we would sign off on the annexation and zoning.

Uh the developer was willing to do that.

Um this particular one I look at and I see from my side uh it'd be uh I think it's uh lock 15.

No, it's next to lot 15 block six yeah, that triangle you were speaking about.

Yeah, I see where potentially lots uh 16 and 17 would be modified.

I mean, to me the green space to the west and adjacent to the to the uh drainage area.

That's gotta be a storm lot.

I would have I would anticipate.

And uh, you know, it's one thing, but you know, that's not an area that's gonna be for play next to that large drain.

Yeah, you might have fencing and all that ball goes over the fence.

I you know, I mean we gotta be practical with what how life is lived.

And and so you take 16 and 17 away, now you got a larger user space uh, you know, that's a little more central.

I think I think from the standpoint of similar to what we did before, we wanted to make sure that we had those things.

Okay.

And and so I'm I'm inclined to receive the public testimony and get the feel of the public, but I it it just feels like there's a little bit of modification that should be happening.

And then whether the code addresses that, you know, because green space, green space, or usable green space, making sure that we're clear on that.

Thanks, President.

I I I agree.

I think we can move forward and you can give direction where you think is necessary for this specific project.

Right.

Um for the code.

I think what I I'd uh maybe like to do is just send out the the code um for your review, and then maybe we can talk about it where it needs to be tweaked.

Um we do distinguish between qualified space and just common space, open space.

Um, we also require two amenities, and so maybe that language needs to be um it improved a little bit so that we discuss where that um that drainage where drainage facilities could be um used as qualified open space.

Um but there are some engineering standards that say, you know, here's what you can do to make it qualified open space.

Um they also don't want too many amenities on that for the drainage purpose, right?

Because you fill up that, then it doesn't act as a a good drain.

And depends on how the storm beds right.

So I I think what I'll do is I'll just send that information to you, and then we can have a discussion about that.

Yeah, I think that'd be helpful.

I just think uh we need to try to be somewhat consistent between project to project and what gets offered and what isn't offered and so forth.

Uh yeah.

Okay, thank you.

Thank you.

So Shar, do we have folks signed up?

Uh Mr.

Chair, we have 10 people that have signed up.

Okay.

And our first speaker is John Wong, and on deck is Mary Speck and Ryan Cantlon.

We have John Wong here.

Okay, he did sign up as being opposed to this.

Okay.

Do we have Mary Speck?

Okay.

She did sign up and she was opposed to this.

Do we have Ryan Cantlon?

Okay.

He signed up and he was in support.

Shelly Montclair.

Please state your name and address for the record.

Thank you.

My name is Shelley Montclair.

I live at 1972 on Madison Road, Nampa.

Excuse me, would you repeat your address again, please?

Sorry.

19721 Madison Road.

Um Mr.

Chair.

I believe uh Ms.

Montclair uh requested um extended time uh for reasonable accommodation.

So we are going to um uh modify her time to five minutes.

Okay.

Thank you.

Good evening, Council members, and thank you for your time.

Our area is experiencing rapid growth.

And we at this point have over 26,000 lots in various approval around us.

While growth is expected, the pace that this developing, that this development is exceeding is the capacity of is not supporting the infrastructure.

Because of this, I respectfully request that there be some surveys taken that we review, I believe it's called the feasible analysis and community sentiment survey.

As some of you have said, you're familiar with this area.

And I we all have one to 15 acres in this surrounding area.

So putting 200 to 700 because there's more property coming next week.

Homes in that area, maybe we should talk about what the community around that area wants.

Although I know there is a city development plan.

Sometimes it's easier to make the city be um just more concise and more happy with the fact that if maybe we can negotiate a little bit and get a little bit more green land.

Um the growth raises several man several concerns for us that live around that area.

Obviously, the traffic with 2026 not being done until or worked on until the 2020 area out there, like none of us will turn left off of 2026 because it's too dangerous.

Turning on to Madison Road from 2026 is extremely dangerous.

I've almost been killed twice.

Um the impact of this is not it's just not feasible for the the families and the schools around us.

Um as we talked about, and you guys already heard the schools are impacted, but they also there's I would not let my teenager walk across the street to Ridgeview if she went there.

Um we also are concerned about water resources conducting conducting development without clear sustaining planning risks over use and long-term impact of our local water supply is a big issue.

We've read that recently from Scott Brock, but we've also seen it throughout the valley, and we are all all in wells.

Additional, we want to keep the um we want to be clear and preserve what what it looks like today or existing today.

Like this is our way of land of living.

We chose this way of living, and NAMPA is looked at as a rural way of living.

And um, unlike what P and Z told us, where that we should just learn to live a different way, that hurt.

Um, I personally have a farm and children, and we love it, and we want that.

And so putting all of these homes around us is really painful, but it's also not like that's not what our city wants.

And if you read and look at what the city wants, sorry, maybe not the city, but the people of the city want, they want a little bit more land.

So why not have we're not in city limits, we're outside of city limits.

So instead of annexing into city limits, uh Linden is the end of city limits.

Why not start sprawling as we go there and do a little bit less of building instead of high density right up to Chinden?

Maybe you can still do commercial right up to Chindon, but let's spread it out a little bit and keep it the feel of what we want and what the community wants.

With this in mind, I respectfully uh ask that the council to consider postponing or deferring the annexation and additional building provided approvals, sorry, additional building approvals in this area until critical infrastructure, particularly along Northside Franklin and Madison.

Um 2026, and that we have more safety in that area for the growth because it's going to be pretty hard once there's growth in 2026 is not done.

Thank you for your time and thank you for the extra time.

Thank you.

Mr.

Our next speaker is Robert Monclair, and on deck is Thomas Hartley and Jim Blake.

Please state your name and address.

Yes, sir.

Robert Montclair, 19721 Madison Road.

Good.

Okay.

Thank you very much for your time this evening.

As my wife brought up, we are we chose a certain way of life.

And yes, PNZ told us specifically that we have to change our way of life.

And I'm sorry, I did not fight for this country for 20 years and deploy multiple times to combat situations to have somebody tell me how I'm gonna live.

At that being said, that's something also that we're telling Mr.

Asamundi to say is you can't sell your land.

That is not what we're asking for.

What we are asking for is we do not want the high density that is coming in.

You have multiple homes, multiple areas, including Mr.

Riggs, who is also a plotting for annexation for that property, but he requested to have not as dense around his place.

So why does it have to be so dense and to continue moving denseward up into 2026 when each house, I'm on 1.76, my neighbors on 1.46, my other neighbors on seven, the one beside him is on 11.

He just sold some, so there's another four-acre lot.

We've got a one-acre lot, and then across the way on Drinker Lane, you got five-acre lots.

So why the comprehensive plan hasn't really met what it needed to be.

The increase in population, as I stated to B and Z, plain and simple, they're at 2% below what that was expected in 2020.

We're in 2025.

We're in 2026.

Thank you.

Um, so it things can change.

Things can be fluid.

Nothing has to be set in stone, such as the green zone.

You know, I mean, yeah, we got green space, great, but it's flooding's gut mosquitoes because there's too much water because the drainage is not great.

So things can change, they can move.

So instead of having mixed the condensed stuff where we got kids walking across the street at Linden going to Ridgeview, you got this little tiny shop.

You're gonna have a lot of congestion.

And yeah, we've spoken about traffic multiple times, and I talked to Highway uh District 4, and yeah, IDT's not starting, starting the Middleton to star until 2029, and we saw how fast the Caldwell section happened.

So I'm just saying that with the time and everything that's coming in, it growth's gonna happen.

I'm not against growth.

I dig for a living.

But at the same time, the amount of growth and the density, that's not what I see on all the pictures in NAMPA.

I see open spaces and stuff like that.

But I do believe that the pulse of the people do not want high density in this area.

It can stop at Linden.

There's plenty of subdivisions that are still not fully developed yet.

I thank you for your time.

Have a good evening.

Excuse me.

Uh I have a question for you.

Yes, sir.

Would you show me on the map where your house is your farm?

You have a farm, right?

Yeah, it's uh I mean, if you want to, it's nothing like what they got, but yes, I I do grow things and I have animals.

It's literally so from the corner of Linden and Madison, I am 0.6 miles north on the right or on the left, and I'm exactly uh half mile from the intersection of Madison, south on the right.

That is where my 1.7 acres is.

That's where I'm at.

Show me, show me there.

Uh 2026.

So if you zoom, oh crud.

I need glasses, so I'm getting old.

Um nine seven two one Madison Road.

Uh thanks, baby.

Wait, this is public.

Stop.

No, I'm good.

1972.

Yes, sir.

So if you zoom in on there, that right where that little hooyah is right there.

That next one over.

That's my little spot.

That's your spot.

Yes, sir.

Okay.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

I know.

Right?

It's highlighted.

Yeah, right there.

Okay, I got you.

Yes, sir.

Oh, good.

Thank you.

Is that it, sir?

I just wanted to make sure I knew where it was.

Are you coming over, sir?

Is there any other questions?

I thank you very much for your time.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chair, our next speaker is Thomas Hartley, and on deck is Jim Blake and Paula Bonds.

Thomas Hartley, 19225, North Franklin Boulevard nearby.

Now I see no sense in what's being discussed here at all.

That's why we bought out there is because we were out in the open and didn't have a lot of traffic.

Now you have nothing but traffic, nothing but noise, and you got kids running up and down Franklin on these electric scooters at dusk.

And not a cop one out there.

They don't even come out.

I don't know that they know where it's at.

And then you have people that want to sell it.

Because they want the high dollar.

All the magazines I read have got that same article in there.

And the average farmer right now is over 57 years old.

Now what, and then besides that, the people that's working for this man, ask me where in the hell are you gonna get the food to eat selling all the land for housing?

Can anybody answer that one?

Because I can tell you one thing, this garbage we're getting in the food store is not good.

So I say it, don't go unless you're at least five of six acres.

Six acres, period.

We we understand your comments.

We appreciate Mr.

Chair.

Our next speaker is Jim Blake, and on deck is Paula Bonds and Emma Huskitt.

I my address is 195 Madison Road.

Mr.

Lake, can you restate your name?

You're walking up to the Oh, I'm sorry, Jim Blake.

Blake.

Blake, B-L-A-K-E.

Thank you.

I'm going to pretty much right now, I'm gonna read you your comprehensive plan that you guys did to through 2050.

If you ever look at the comprehensive plan, I agree with it 100%.

Because it says low density where we are, and it also says mixed residential use.

It does not say medium use.

It says RS3, not RS45 or seven.

And uh and on your comprehensive plan 3.1 point one, it states in bold NAPA should seek a plan to develop patterns that are supported by infrastructure, reduce driving time to commercial services, and conserve agricultural land and open spaces.

That's your that's your plan.

Mixed use is basically 5.6.3.

Mixed use development is divided into two uh types.

Residential mixed use, which is on the south side of this project, says residential mixed uses, which has a lower density residential focus with existing neighborhoods, commercial services available within one quarter of a mile walking distance, and community mixed use, which has regional commercial area.

It's RS32.

So and and the low density, which is also on your plan, it's already there.

The definition of low density is residential dwelling units in land use designations should be single family detached development should be required to be compatible with the character of the area.

High and median density development should not be allowed to be used in this property.

That's your plan.

I agree with your plan.

They want to change your plan.

You need to look at your own plan.

That's all I have to say.

Where my property is on the very north of this development that they're doing.

And then we're talking about everybody on the left-hand side that has property.

I have everybody has horses.

Every single property has horses.

Some properties have cows.

I mean uh goats and pigs.

I have nine acres of agricultural land.

I'm not moving.

They're not moving.

If your plan said in 2050, that you guys approved.

Please continue with your plan.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chair, our next speaker is Paula Bonds, and on deck is Emma Heskett and Stacey Driscoll.

Good evening.

I'm Paula Drinkard Monds.

I live at 8080 East Drinkard Lane.

I agree with what they have said.

We are on six acres ourselves.

And I represent actually a lot of people that haven't been able to make it tonight.

So there's a few of us that are still willing to come and put our time.

Brentwood Village 24, Cambridge Estates 29, Cherry Grove, 271, Connor Crossing 3, 18 townhomes, East Canyon, 1,153, Franklin Village North, 354, Halton Heritage, 286.

Lakido Village 36, Midland Meadows, 242, Murphy, 100, 1,492, Northland, 226, East Ridgeview Estates, 54.

Springshore is common 63, Ridgevie North, 235, Turtle Creek, Trestle Creek, excuse me, 235 Vassar Heights, 156, Prescott Creek, 1,140.

That equals another 6,324 housing units, residentials, um, duplexes, and then and in this um superintendent that wrote this letter.

Our greatest concern in Ridgeview High School, which is approaching its design capacity of 1800 students.

So already they are, I believe, closer than what the person said before, the 80 percent.

I think we're closer than that.

Um I just want to really reach out to you guys and let you know all of us that live out there love our space.

We're trying to preserve that for like someone said earlier.

We want the kids to be able to come and know how to do things, how to be instead of on their phones and on their electronic devices.

Um I know that Caldwell and some of the other areas have talked about the moratoriums and things like that.

I I really wished we would really look and pay attention to more of a healthy environment for our kids and all these condensed little houses that are bringing.

So, anyways, yes, thank you for your time and um consideration with that.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Mr.

President, I have a question for yes, ma'am.

Paula, we have a question for you.

Sorry.

How many of those uh subdivisions that you reference are in the county?

You know, when I got this from the superintendent, I didn't even know that many was there, so I didn't have time to look into which counties and I just know they're all in the areas, but I can research that absolutely.

And the second question is uh in your letter to council.

You said they're building moratorium being placed all around the Treasury Valley.

I just no, is it in Caldwell?

In Caldwell, I know they've talked about moratoriums, and I'm thinking if if they're looking at slowing some of this down because we're getting so much high dense that I'm hearing even the kids in school, they're they're over they're overwhelmed, they're not getting the teaching that they needed.

So I'm just hearing that in Channel 7 even talked about the aquifers, how how, and I know somebody said that earlier too.

So I'm trying to go more towards um just give more information on that.

But um, I will I am coming next week too, so I will find out in more detail.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chair, our next speaker is Emma Heskett, and on deck is Stacey Driscoll.

My name is Emma Huskitt.

My address is 8250 Franklin Road.

Um, I have worked with Paula on her farm for about four years now.

Um, I attend Ridgeview High School.

Um, I just wanted to talk about how overcrowded it is and how these neighborhoods will impact that a lot more.

Um it's so overcrowded that kids can't switch out of classes for learning reasons because there's too many kids in other periods.

A lot of classes are too overcrowded to the point where some kids need to work in the library or to be able to focus and to be able to focus and or have to sit on the floor.

Most teachers, especially in the math department, have expressed that they're only there for the experience and to finish school and continue to just assign more work without the teaching part.

Even with new schools, where are you going to get new teachers who actually care about who they're teaching and who's coming into their classrooms following the admin has been so bad.

Multiple kids report them, and there's not enough teachers and staff, so they make excuses and keep them working for the school, leading to more problems with safety.

Um, along with that, there's also so many fights and bullying, whether staff sees it or not.

Um, one day this past month we had about four fights in one day.

Lastly, the bathroom passes, which is a major problem that most kids have reported.

Only allow four minutes, and if you exceed the four minutes, you get in trouble and no more passes the rest of the day due to so many kids.

Most people don't even get the chance to use the restroom because the passes automatically shut off once there's too many kids in the halls.

We shouldn't have so many restrictions in the first place, and this neighborhood is gonna cause even more than there should be.

And schools should have been safe from the start.

And due to the people in charge, do the people in charge actually care about us, or are they just here for more building and money?

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chair, our last speaker is Stacey Driscoll.

Good evening, Council.

I'm Stacey Driscoll.

I'm at 8249 East Drinkard Lane, NAMPA.

I definitely oppose this plan.

On the meeting of the January 27th, our meeting started with Brent Miller, chair of the board, started off by telling everyone that they had seen on social media that people from our community felt like they weren't listened to or knew how we felt.

He assured us that they really do care how we feel and stated that they do really listen and take into account of our comments.

And they read all of our income and letters that are sent in.

I was optimistic that we would have been heard during this meeting.

There was approximately 20 to 25 community members that spoke up about numerous issues, such as the capacity of the school being almost completely to max, especially Ridgeview High School across from where they're wanting to build.

Time waiting at stop signs, especially trying to get onto Chinden, waiting up to several minutes at a time.

Lyndon to Franklin, Madison to Chindon, just to name a few.

The amount of car wrecks on Chinden is at an all-time high.

The water table for those of us with wells.

We are bringing in so many starter homes, they are practically sitting on top of each other, and it's feeling like it's bringing down our property values.

Since 2020, there have been an average of 2500 plus building permits issued per year.

As I looked further into an overview of agriculture land versus development land, it is stated that cities make less immediate tax on revenue from agriculture land compared to development land.

However, development often costs more in services with roads, police, fire stations, schools, etc., making agriculture a more cost effective net positive for our local budgets.

While development yields a higher total tax revenue, it rarely pays for its required services.

Chinden isn't going to expand until 2029, which adds to the problem of our infrastructure.

I had felt like we had a good representation of our concerns and was hopeful for a positive outcome.

When the meeting was at the point where only the committee talked within each other, it didn't seem like they even had any concerns about what we brought up.

They strictly went into their own agenda saying they needed development for more money.

However, none of the money has ever gone to any improvement that I have seen in our area.

They have privilegedly said that it would be.

Everyone on the committee except you is involved in contractor, real estate agent working in the field of building.

It would be nice if everyone was just honest instead of pretending like they're listening to our concerns, and just maybe we could build nicer homes, uh lower density, and keep the values of our um land the same or more.

Thank you for your time.

Thank you.

Yes, sir.

Sorry, I heard later.

Um my name's uh Ruben Asmendi, 23032, highway 20-26, Parm Idaho.

Um I'm uh kind of involved in the my family owns the property.

Uh we are looking to develop this property.

Um I currently farm the property right now.

Um we've owned this property like since oh since the 80s or something.

Um and I remember like being there as a kid with my dad arogating in the ditch at airgating standing there when the drinker lane properties were built.

And I remember my dad being like, these are the people that will fight us to when we go to develop our land.

And so here we are with these people that have came in after us, fighting us to develop our land.

Um one thing about farming, I farm around 4,000 acres.

Um farming in this area is brutal.

I mean, spraying crops next to schools is uh not very convenient.

Um there's huge liabilities that you have kids, everything out there walking around doing that kind of stuff.

Um, we didn't fight the schools when they came in there.

Um we haven't really fought anything.

We just kind of mined our own business and carried on with our way.

Um but now we've come to the point where we cannot no longer like feasible feasibility and continue to farm this land with the traffic and development around it.

Um we look to expand more westward out to the parm area where we currently farm, but that's kind of our plan.

But um that's kind of where I don't know if the council has any questions or anything.

Any questions?

Um I just want to verify something that you said.

Um because of the schools and the building that are surrounding your farm, you it's very difficult to farm.

Is that correct what you said?

Yeah, it's it's more difficult.

Um, I mean, when you're out in rural, like in notice and Parma in that way when you have less densities, less five-acre lots, less one acre lots.

Um, you know, you have less neighbors, you have less.

I mean, we all spray with uh pesticides and herbicides, and we have to be very careful about all that type of stuff.

And more and more when you have more neighbors, right?

Um so just stuff like that makes it more difficult.

I mean, especially when you get pedestrians walking, you got traffic people driving, um just the the whole thing is kind of a mess.

And I mean, we'd love to farm there forever.

I mean, Tom, we've been neighbors forever.

I feel terrible for Tom because he's been there forever.

Um, but I we also are in a terrible position of being in a developing city.

Um that just uh just kind of leaves us to this point where we were looking to move west.

Thank you, guys.

Council, uh the comments there would be similar to a few weeks ago.

Uh Hendrixon's farm and difficulty that they're now facing to be able to continue to farm and the reason they sought for approval.

So this is similar situation that uh is a difficult one.

So is there anybody else who didn't get to testify that wants to testify?

Seeing no one at this time then.

Um I would make a motion to let's see.

Thank you very much.

Sure.

The applicant, you have the opportunity to come back and share any information.

Help us solve the world tonight.

Thank you, Council President.

Oh, I wish I could.

All righty, so um a few things to know.

I don't know, um, Rodney, if you can bring up my presentation again that might help us.

And we'll go from there.

Great.

Thank you.

Back to actually I'll go over here.

So as far as uh some of the comments that were made about usable open space, green space.

Um you mentioned there were a couple of lots there that you'd mentioned perhaps providing some more green space in that area.

I think it was block six, lots 16 and 17.

Um in total, if we remove those two lots there and added them to the existing green space, um, you're looking at about 0.45 acres.

Um so that is something that we would be amenable to is removing those two lots there so we could have additional usable green space to provide you know, space for a field of some kind, or you know, uh folks just wanted to throw a ball around it, what have you.

Um I I think we would be amenable to that.

Uh the next point I wanted to make was about amenities.

Um Rodney kind of spoke to it, but um I think we were required to have two amenities, which we have the top lot pavilion and the seating area.

We also have uh the regional pathway, I believe it's referred to along 15 Mile Creek, it's gonna act as somewhat of a green belt through there.

Um so that's another amenity.

Uh as far as um kind of the the notion of um uh the comprehensive plan and and us not fulfilling it.

Um we're actually at the lower end of the density for what the comprehensive plan would like to see.

Um actually here I'll go back to my one of my first slides.

So the residential mixed use, um it's looking at between two and nine dwelling units per acre.

Um right now, what we're showing is uh 3.58 dwelling units per acre and the RS6 and 4.45 dwelling units per acre.

So I mean we are at the lower end of density for what the city comprehensive plan that's been adopted is is looking for.

Um we have to keep in mind there is a school across the street.

Um I know that there is some uh concerns with overcrowding as development continues to take place, but if we don't have higher density right next to the school, then I don't know where else would be a better place for it, as well as with some commercial there too that the comprehensive plan is is looking for.

So um with with Rubin's property, you know, we're we're requesting to meet the comprehensive plan, we're meeting uh the goals of the zoning code, and we intend to um move forward with the with a high quality product that um the city of Nampa can can be happy with long term.

So if you have any additional questions for me or for um Ruben, we're we're happy to answer them.

Question comment.

If you could go back to your plat.

Yes, sir.

So the entry road that's going out to the midsection uh road, it appeared that you had circled that particular amenity that you built right there, or were would propose to build.

There's a little square further down.

Somewhere you had a little pavilion building or something.

Up to the no I don't know.

Yep, right in there.

So if you go just to the southeast of that, Rodney, um, the next kind of open space area.

That's a little triangle.

Oh, the next one.

Yep.

So just to the south of that, those two lots there, um, I believe are the are the block 16, or I'm sorry, block six, lots 16 and 17 that you were correct.

Um thinking about, you know, those would be a good ones to remove.

What we would be open to that.

Um that that whole area would be a total of 0.45 acres.

Okay, appreciate that.

What I'm looking at is your drawing indicates uh something close to the exit of the subdivision to the east.

Oh, yes, yep.

So in the next yeah, it's a pavilion and seating area.

It'd be like like a picnic um shelter.

Okay.

So from uh observation uh point of view, um a pavilion with no parking, and at the very edge of the development, doesn't indicate that there's gonna be much use.

Understood.

Yeah.

Uh our goal would be that people would walk, not drive, but understood.

So you'd like to see something more central.

Well, to the my experience is is to have those type of amenities somewhat central within the community.

Um our our experience uh in doing the projects.

Sometimes it works to put them stuff on the edge, other times it's a little more usable if it's there and not just an this appears as more of an afterthought than it does, yeah.

How are people gonna live, breathe, et cetera.

So that's what I'm trying to encourage.

I'm not trying to pick on you.

I'm not trying to bring my personal taste into it as much as what makes sense when you look at the plat and the actual amenities that go in.

One thing to check the box and say we've put it in, but is it really functional?

Right.

Is it worth your money?

The other part is not doing the crossing uh is a savings to the uh plates getting across both the drain and the canal.

And so that's a benefit doing the uh pathway.

That's a requirement within the code, I believe.

Um I just look at it that it it doesn't, and so I appreciate that you're willing to do that.

It's just needs a little bit more thought in my mind, what's gonna happen.

So yeah, we're we're open to that as a condition of approval to provide um you know an additional amenity there in this more central location.

Great.

Thanks, sir.

You bet any other questions?

Mr.

President, I have a question.

Yes.

What's all of your phase uh build-out time?

Uh let me hear, go to the phasing plan.

So in total, um we anticipate with normal growth.

We're looking at probably 2032 to 2035, kind of in that window, what would be a full build build out if we're looking at a year to year and a half uh per phase.

I know that's like a three-year difference, but in that window.

About 10 years.

Yep.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

So we okay to move on closing the public hearing.

Second.

Got a motion and a second to close the public hearing.

All in favor?

I agree.

Well, council, there's a couple options I see uh so we can have some discussion on it.

I think there's a modification that's needed to the project.

Certainly we could try to describe it.

We wouldn't see it again.

Uh we could uh table a decision and allow for the modification similar to what we did at uh midland and Iowa, and let the developer come back with those modifications and confirmation of what we want to see annexed and and developed.

Uh one option, the other is is we just communicate it and rely on uh Rodney and team to uh incorporate and have it in the notes when this thing comes forward.

So uh refer to what uh Rodney, what your comments are and uh just uh a reminder that since we close the public hearing, we might want to if we were to continue it and have the applicant come back and speak, you might want to open up the public hearing, continue it to that new date.

I appreciate that.

Uh that was on my mind originally was just to um do a continuance in order to get some things worked out and do it that fashion.

I appreciate the assistance.

Council President?

Yes.

Well, one of those modifications uh it's uh I know it's our direction, but would be for density.

Is that involved in in in your idea?

Well, I I was encouraging that the plat work would get a little bit of modification to get the usability more centralized to the ownerships versus being put on the very edge.

And uh far as the density, they've actually gone lower density.

Yes.

Um what we've seen before us on a couple other plates, this one's in that respect, while it it's a bird to the neighbors and so forth.

This is actually a lower density than we've seen before, so have coming before us.

Um Mr.

President.

Yes.

I have a question for Rodney.

Um Rodney, can you uh uh speak to Mr.

Blake's plan comment?

Um I think he was looking at the wrong designation, uh I believe.

So this is designated as residential mixed use.

That residential mixed use designation has the same density as the medium density residential.

So his comments about low density are in a different location altogether.

I don't think it's even touching this area on the comprehensive plan.

So I think it was just a misunderstanding.

Okay, and then I have one more question for him, Mr.

President.

Um, do you know uh the question that I asked Ms.

Bonds about uh the um Joey Palmer's letter of all the approved stuff?

Do you know how many of those are in the county?

So um Mr.

Chair and uh commission uh councilman, um the uh most of what he has listed are in either in Caldwell or in the city of Nampa that has been approved.

I don't recall that there were any listed that were a county subdivision that was being developed.

I'd have to look at that again, but I think almost I mean 90 percent of them, if not more, were called well, city of Caldwell and City of Nampa developments.

Again, just uh just to be clear, these um may we have had some that have been denied, so one of those was denied.

We have had developments that just don't get developed, and so then those come off the table.

So it's it's really a moving target for us uh in this scenario.

It's really hard for uh me or my staff to guess how many developments are at how many units are actually going to occur.

Um we do have the the density report that we provide you every quarter to give you a sense of that.

You could look back on that.

Um in the last two years, I provided this uh information recent just today.

Um 2800 units were approved in the last two years.

So 2800 for the entire city of Nampa were approved through final plats.

So that might give you an indication of what's being done, but if you look back for years and years and years, there may have been approvals, but then if they expire, they don't move forward.

So again, it's just a really difficult thing to hit the target on.

It's it's just moving all the time.

And uh, Mr.

President, I just have one comment.

Um, so for those of you that live out there, I understand your pain of the having your small farms and your small acreages and having growth around you.

But uh just to clarify, things that are approved in the county are on a well in the septic.

So every every home has a well drilled punching into the aquifer.

Every house has a subservice disposal system, and um when you have them in a city uh subdivision, Caldwell or Nampa, they have city water, city sewer.

So it's different when they're run off of uh a well that's a municipal well.

So uh much uh they talk a lot of talk about aquifer and using it up.

Every time you punch a hole in the ground, that's that's a concern.

So that's one reason for annexation is to not have to punch so many holes in the ground.

And then with your your five-acre lots, the city can't afford to run infrastructure to five-acre lots, it never pencils to run sewer and water to those lots.

Uh and then my uh comment to the landowner, we hear this all the time of farmers that can't farm anymore because of the growth.

Um the farm I grew up on, you couldn't farm it today if you had to.

It's all split up and it's uh there's so many ranchettes around it and things that it just would never work.

So I understand your pain, and uh sorry that you have to go through that.

I think our farm ground is important, you know.

But uh for these farmers uh that can't find.

I had a conversation last year on the AG tour, the Trade Valley AG Tour with a farmer out south of Nampa, and I asked him point blank, I said, What are you gonna do when you uh are ready to retire?

He goes, I'm gonna sell my ground for development.

He said, My kids don't want anything to do with it.

And I thought, well, that was interesting.

He's farming about four or five thousand acres, and he's like, I don't know, like I can't find people that want to do this.

And to me, that's sad because um we need farm ground, but it also for those starting up they can't afford to.

So uh that's something to keep in mind as well.

President?

Yes.

Rodney, is it possible to see how many homes have been approved within like a mile radius of this location?

Um, I don't have I'm sorry, council president and council member Jangula.

Um, I don't have that information ready right now, but I if that's a direction you want to give me, um, if you continue this, I'm happy to provide that back to you.

If it comes back before, will you provide that for us?

Just a mile radius?

Is that what you said?

Yeah, maybe just around the location, just like the imp whatever you feel like would be informative for us to understand the traffic and kind of just what's happening in that general area.

Okay, yeah.

Thank you.

I appreciate that.

And then, yeah, to piggyback a little bit on Councilman Reynolds um Ruben, we do hear this so often, you know, with the way that our city's growing, and I think a lot of times people forget that your land is often time your your retirement, your 401ks, and so property rights are very important.

So we are sensitive to that.

Um, and then just knowing that this is no longer um feasible for you to continue to farm that area.

And I just want to say, Emma, thank you for coming and testifying.

There are so many other things that teenagers want to do on a Monday night, and you're here with us.

So when Paula said that she does horse therapy, I thought of you, and uh it was cool to see your you speak to that.

So thanks for being here.

I appreciate that.

And um as far as this development goes, I I definitely need to um kind of see a reorganization.

I would like a little bit less density, more of a um green space centric.

I just feel like when we put this many things together in one spot, coming with the bare minimum of green space doesn't really work for me.

I know it fits within the criteria, but I would like to see it um come with a little bit more effort in that regard.

So if it comes back before us, those would be my my recommendations council.

I'd make a motion to uh reopen this issue as a public hearing.

Have a motion and a second.

Can I make a statement for a second?

Or are you already?

I'd like to I'd like to know if we're gonna do that, and then we'll continue the discussion.

Oh, go ahead.

Yes.

That's just that's not a roll call, right?

All in favor?

I thank you, Mr.

Chair, just real quickly.

Let me let me defer if you hold for a moment and let councilwoman Scug or I can wait for his okay.

I just wanted to state that if you um want to continue this meeting, the June 15th meeting is the the easiest for us to schedule, and the applicant has indicated their willingness to go to that meeting.

Okay.

Comments?

Okay, just my comment, thank you.

Um this is another one of those situations that we we faced uh a few uh several weeks ago, perhaps even a month, that uh the approval of a subdivision, um, then if you will, causes the death of the farms surrounding it.

And um for some reason, uh the um councils and have have continued to to do this, whether it's in the county, Caldwell here, um, to keep approving, and then we sit back and watch these farms fall when at a time.

And I do understand growing up as a farmer's daughter, how difficult it is to farm if you can't move your equipment around.

And um you really do, you cause the death of a farm.

And this is um heartbreaking because we this isn't the first time we've seen this.

And I've been on council since January, and I've seen this in already, and it breaks my heart to think that the that um saying yes to these housing developments is also you know, we're supposed to um we value property rights, yes, a hundred percent, but I also value the property rights of the surrounding area as well, which are these farms or smaller properties of farm grounds that they do, and that they have so I have concerns about this, um, although I appreciate that there's single family dwellings and that it's not a bunch of apartments, um, which is as you know now, it's my I just really have a hard time with that everywhere.

Um I appreciate that that's that.

I have concerns about the school and the capacities and um the uh the needs that um are already there for the police, and we need more police, but we can't afford more police, and we need more infrastructure.

But as a city, we're we're at max here, and um, we can't keep ignoring the responses of the schools and the police and just approve, approve, approve, and then not have safety and a good place for our children to go to school and the capacity.

And even before the our sweet high school girl um so bravely spoke, I was already thinking when you have a school that is so full of kids, you it's very difficult to learn.

And you're putting those kids in a situation where they have I think she said, go to the library to even think.

Um, and you know, you don't have the administration, you don't have so we need to re-look at this and um really pay attention to what our police are saying, what our schools are saying, what what are we learning about the roads and the systems?

I've sat there for longer than 10 minutes trying to just turn right on Chindon because people in front of me are trying to turn left.

And it you just you just kick yourself that you didn't remember to go down several more miles to the stoplight, you right, to get out.

So um I think we do need to pay attention to this.

Thank you.

Council President.

Yes.

I was gonna say that.

Thank you.

Councilman's cog.

Um there are four farms there, agland.

I know Addis Mendy, I know you're having a difficult time, but this is the exact problem that we're dealing with, and we can't ignore that problem any longer.

Ag land is a priority to me.

I'll always come first with that.

Development is second.

What's most important is that your property rights as well.

So hopefully we can come up with a better solution, because I'm I'm not in favor of this project until we get back to the square one and figure out what we can do.

And I hope you do.

I hope you do.

Otherwise, I probably won't be supporting this.

Thank you.

I think it'd be helpful to have a motion to continue to 615, but before somebody makes that, if you are willing, uh there's a real balance between property rights uh and we we understand that, and that's the reason for the state of Idaho years and years ago uh to put into motion the requirement of a comprehensive plan map for a city that wants to do things uh or approve projects.

And so that that began 50, 60 years ago, and uh so consequently we get caught into that.

Then you get the aspect of uh private property rights.

One wants to farm, one wants to to develop and sell, and there's no easy answer, and that's the reason for the comp plan.

And so the city has a comprehensive plan.

It uh communicates to uh property owners, here's what the city is open to, and uh and if you meet these certain requirements, then uh our plan says reasonably you could expect to be annexed and approved.

Uh and those go through public hearings, it takes a while to get done, and then we get to this stage.

Um the other side of it is is that uh the difficulty in the property rights side of life uh is what one wants to do and what one doesn't want to do are neighbors, and uh it it puts uh an odd situation in, and that's the reason to try to thread the needle with our plans and public comment uh ahead of that.

Um having experienced it and been a part of it, I I understand the quandaries, but I also understand that um there's a need for us from a you hear the word affordable housing, and it's an oxymoron.

Yeah.

And uh some folks will talk about oh, we need to do this for affordable housing.

Well, what they talk about is subsidies.

Take tax dollars and build something and charge less than the market rent in order to be affordable.

But the reality is is the marketplace, if you s if you dry up the supply and the demand exceeds, which is where we've been for the last five years, marketplace-wise, we've had an excess demand for supply.

That has driven things up.

The demand was so great, there was anywhere from six to twelve offers on any given house.

If any of you know about that, you might recall that buyers were writing letters to the seller choose me.

That was demand that uh above anything that I had experienced.

I was perplexed and surprised by it.

So uh the difficulty is the city puts out a plan for if somebody wants to come in and and uh do.

And so uh balancing that with your comments and what it affects you.

We fully understand that.

We're trying to help in some of that.

At the same time, uh the plat for the most part meets uh the development requirements.

We're asking for some tweaks.

And uh, but I I feel it's important for us to keep the perspective in mind.

Um Shar, help me out.

We want to continue to June 15th.

Did Councilman did we do that yet?

No.

I'll help you with that.

Motion.

Uh one comment first.

Okay.

Um I remind people that uh most of that north nav of land has been sold years ago to developers.

Um it's been sitting there, they've been leasing it out, waiting to develop as growth occurred.

And then the other thing we always hear is protect farm ground, protect farm ground.

So one way we protect farm ground is by density.

So we don't have sprawl.

So then I hear complaints about density.

But we're trying to protect farm ground by density, so you know that.

Um with that, Council President, I would make a motion to continue this until date certain of June 15th.

Is there a second?

Second.

Uh motion with a second.

Clerk.

Uh Councilwoman Jangula.

Council President for discussion on the motion.

Okay.

Uh I'll I have some reservations with the project, but I would like to at least see what they can come back with uh regarding some of the comments that all the council members have made today.

Um I think it's got a ways to go to get a full-blown approval, but I don't want to kill them here and now, so supporting the motion.

We'll be or okay.

Thank you.

Roll call roll call.

Scog.

Oh's yes.

Rodriguez.

Yes.

Yes.

Reynolds.

Yes.

Washing carries.

So we're going to continue and we'll let you work with staff or ask that you work with staff and uh see on June 15th.

Next item is an action item.

It's 6-5.

It's an annexation and zoning to RS6, single-family residential and BC community business zoning districts.

Potential development agreement, plan unit development and subdivision preliminary plat approval for Breckenwood Subdivision Zero Canada and 0 11th Avenue North.

For Todd Campbell Construction representing TBC land holding LLC, original concept 296 single-family detached dwelling units, four commercial lots, 44 common lots.

The applicant here.

Council President, Council members, thank you for your time tonight.

I am here to present Breckenwood subdivision.

Let me make sure I figure out how to run this thing.

Okay.

At the northwest corner.

Oh, this is not a there we go.

Oh, I can.

Just got to use the other one.

Sorry.

Oh, does it not go back?

Okay.

Oh, it doesn't show on the thing.

You're right.

That's what you're telling me.

I'm not as smart as I think I am.

No worries, thank you.

Um, Northwest Corner of Landry and Canada.

Breckenwood is designed with 296 single-family detached homes, four commercial lots on just under 82 acres.

The NAPRA comprehensive plan and future land use map land use map designate this area for mixed use residential residential mixed use with a lot density range between 2.5 and 8 units per acre.

We will be right at 3.6 units per acre with this project.

One of the concerns we hear often in development, and we've heard a little bit of it tonight, is the cost of infrastructure and how those costs are shared.

With Beckinwood, we have taken a deliberate approach to shoulder a meaningful portion of the infrastructure investment needed.

This will reduce burden on City of Nampa and deliver lasting benefits to our surrounding members and our future residents in Breckenwood.

These are not just local project-specific improvements.

They're community focused enhancements, strengthening the area, and these following slides will demonstrate how a little over a year ago, the City of Nampa engaged with us and a few other local area landowners to discuss extending two miles of sewer infrastructure, the Purdom Sewer Project.

We heard a little update on that earlier this tonight.

Under the noble leadership of brother Mr.

Markstoyer.

Mark Stoer, he reached out to us and some other local lake stakeholders and organized an effort, including a request for shared project funding with private parties with this city project.

And we are pleased to partner with the city on this infrastructure initiative.

We have committed 850,000, just under 850,000 of our private funds toward this city project, which will bring the sewer past our project.

In most cases, it is gravity sewer systems are highly preferred over pressurized lift stations due to their long-term reliability and lower operating costs.

We understand that is a priority for the city of Napa to eliminate the existing lift station in our neighboring subdivision, Fairhaven, also known as Canyon Creek.

Our proposal will bring gravity sewer right to the and allow us to be able to reduce or remove the lift station at Fairhaven and allow them to connect to city services, city gravity services.

This image shows the current intersection of Landry and Canada, looking to the west down Landry.

At the current, it is a partially finished 25-foot asphalt, 25 feet of asphalt roadway.

Our project will complete this intersection with turn lanes in both directions, north and south.

And this next slide will kind of shows you the layout of that.

So now this Landry is pointing the other way now.

Landry to the top is going to the east, and then that's Canada going to the north as you go to the left.

And our project will add a D cell right turning lane on the southbound Canada traffic, a middle left turn lane on the northbound Canada Road into our into Landry, and then both options right and left, north and southbound from Landry onto Canada.

These improvements will increase capacity, improve traffic flow, and enhance overall safety in the in the area.

Excuse me.

Can I interrupt you just a sec?

Yeah.

It would help if we could see your overall plat and have you point out what you just explained to us.

See in that particular sketch.

Okay.

So at the bottom right of this screen is where Landry intersects Canada.

Okay.

Oh, sorry, did I interrupt you?

Were you still telling me?

No.

I I just like to have the clarity for all of us.

Okay.

You know, you know what you've you've been on it.

You know where you're at.

We're we have to rely on the drawings.

Okay.

Yeah, bottom right of this screen where the red commercial lot dots are, is where that Canada Landry intersection is.

Okay, so that's the area that uh you're gonna widen the north half of the road.

Yeah, yep.

And we'll also fully improve the Landry intersection so that it's a full collector road, and then both options right and left out on Landry onto Canada.

Okay.

The other part of the transportation, one of your drawings indicates that you're going to connect at the west end as well, right?

No.

That 24 wide is already existing, so you just picked it up on your drawings, or am I misunderstanding?

There was so we do have a parcel of land that does go out to 11th.

It's only 20 feet wide, and it does not allow us to connect to 11th to for with a roadway.

It's not wide enough.

Okay, so when you're done with your presentation, we'll let staff then clarify what we're seeing in our packet.

Okay.

But yeah, we have to had discussions with the other property owners that are adjacent to us, north and south on the west end, and we're working toward an idea of how to connect through to 11th, but it will be require crossing their property, and and when their development application comes through, we'll be able to push that that through all the way to 11th.

Okay, we'll get clarity on that.

Thank you.

Okay.

Let me see which slide was I on.

Okay.

Last of all, we were here before you with a similar project on this property.

At that time you gave us some feedback, asks for some changes for some updates, and I'll go through a few of those updates that we've we've implemented.

Um of your primary requests was to reduce density in our prior attempt before here, we were at 4.5 units per acre.

We've reduced that down to 3.6 units per acre.

So we went from 352 homes to 296 homes.

We've we just heard some discussions about open space.

Our our prior application was we were at 15 percent.

You asked us to increase that.

This current application is 19 percent, just under 19 percent, about 18.9% qualified open space.

You taught you asked us to increase our amenity package as well.

We have done that.

Um we heard a request for we didn't like tot lots, so we swapped out our totlot, and we have put a pool in with changing room and showers and uh it's the same pool we did in recently in a subdivision Eagle that has been very well received and been a nice amenity.

We also have included a uh pedestrian bridge across our 10 mile creek to allow for more connectivity in in the subdivision for our residents, and also attaches us to that Nampa City pathway that we will be building a part of.

Next few slides are just a few pictures of the amenities that we're proposing.

This is the pool area.

The bottom left box, that's the pool that we've actually built in just last year in Eagle, and we plan to do a almost the exact same design here in this subdivision.

This is our the depiction of our crossing of Ten Mile Creek and then our dog park.

Or no, this is the walking path and the fitness loop.

And then here is our community picnic area, pretty central to our our subdivision, and uh the show a couple pictures there of what the dog park might look like Mr.

Chair Time All right.

I I don't have much more to say other than you guys made suggestions.

We tried to listen.

We think we did listen, and uh we have proposed those changes here to you tonight, and we would stand and hope for your approval.

Thank you for coming back and presentation.

So we appreciate you listening.

Yeah, thank you.

Okay.

So Christy.

I know if I give you the page number, it doesn't mean anything to you, but there's I know I know you're gonna do your presentation, but it would help out of the gate if we can define the slide that says proposed zoning map, proposed preliminary plat.

It's a colored slide.

Is that in your packet?

Well, so my slides aren't necessarily the same as the staff report.

Okay.

Oh yeah, Daniel will help us with that there is a reason why I'm jumping in on it.

That's fine.

Daniel, I'm at 548 if you're pulling up that packet.

Yes, sir.

Great.

Oh, I do have that one.

So in the center of the page.

So it may be Daniel's gotta have your input here.

Sorry, Chrissy.

I know we're a little out of order.

It shows a 24-wide road being extended from the southwest corner out to a main road.

So council president council, they own a 24-foot-wide strip that goes all the way out to 11th.

That is not wide enough to install two lanes of traffic, drainage facilities, and that would be necessary to install an actual roadway through there.

Um just because of the width, the need for drainage and the roadway width without acquisition of additional property.

Um that's not feasible.

Okay.

I I can appreciate that.

It seems like it's a little confusing to see that drawn on the indicate to match line and that it's gonna hit a arteriality is that's not what's being proposed.

The the reality is that that will be right-of-way that will be dedicated as part of the plotting actions.

But it won't be improved right there.

But there's not enough room to improve that as a full public roadway.

So that would be payment in lieu of construction dollars, and then as adjacent properties on either side of that develop and dedicate additional right-of-way, though those that improvement would be that roadway would be extended out to 11th Avenue.

Um, our my understanding is that they are working towards um working with adjacent property owners to potentially have a a way out to 11th um north of that, but uh my understanding is as they've talked to adjacent the property owners adjacent to that parcel.

Um there isn't the willingness to um uh allow them to acquire additional room to to install that roadway, and they can speak to that in their rebuttal if I said anything incorrectly.

No, I understand that.

I'm just looking at that drawing and thinking, okay, that's an exit, but it really isn't an exit or at best a fire lane.

Correct.

And uh it seemed like last uh meeting a lot of the issue was density and all that traffic is exiting out one spot.

That certainly was one of the the large um things that the adjacent uh neighbors brought up.

I will say at the planning and zoning commission meeting, and Christy will probably speak to this.

Um they you know the the neighboring uh property owners were much more in favor of this plan, probably speaks to why there are not nearly the the amount of people here for that.

Okay, Daniel, thank you.

I know it's a little out of sync, but I just felt like it's important to understand that for what's being talked about or pitched.

Christy, thank you.

Yes, thank you, Mr.

President and Council members.

Um, Christy Watkins, principal planner for the city of Nampa.

As stated, this is a request for annexation and zoning to RS6 and BC for the um subdivision Breckenwood on Canada Road.

So a little history on this.

Um in June of 2024, we had a pre-application meeting in October of 2025.

The um previous application was denied for all of the reasons that he stated.

And then in March of 2026, they brought the new application back, and the Planning Zoning Commission recommended approval with all those changes.

So this property is located in the residential mixed use designation.

There is Canyon County property undeveloped, canyon county property to the north, undeveloped canyon county county property to the west, um, as well as the Springshore subdivision, which is eight RS 8.5.

To the south, RS7 single family residential, which is Canyon Creek.

To the east is another undeveloped Canyon County parcel and the Murphy development, which is a multifamily development.

There are utilities available to this area when they are able to bring the gravity sewer in down Landry, then it will be available to the entire area, which is in the public interest.

10 Mile Creek has an associated floodplain along which some portions have an undefined floodway.

Both plat and construction drawings shall identify this floodplain and address any applicable impacts or mitigations to or for construction in this area.

A traffic impact study was prepared in May of 2025 for this development.

In the 2030 build-out year, 11th Avenue and Eustach will have a single lane roundabout or a three by three traffic signal.

Landry and Canada will have a northbound left turn lane.

Cherry Lane and Canada will expand to a dual lane roundabout.

Fort Hall Avenue and Landry will construct the North Leg.

Flagstaff Way and Landry will construct a north leg.

Morley Avenue and Landry will construct a north leg.

Landry Street and Canada will do a southbound turn lane.

And site access and landry street will have an unsignalized T intersection with the improvements that he outlined for you.

As far as correspondence, the engineering division had some comments about the preliminary plat that will need to be revised.

Surface water delivery water rights, traffic access, utilities, drainage, irrigation, and the floodplain.

Nampa Highway District said that none of the proposed development is within their district, but the traffic from the new residential and commercial lot is anticipated to negatively affect the safety and capacity on the highway system within Highway District No.

They request that the city mitigate traffic impacts from this and other developments through impact fees and development exactions to address the future needs.

Valley V School District commented that they have concerns over the capacity of the schools, which we've talked about tonight.

NAMPA Fire District has concerns about the general access and made some water supply comments.

GIS has some conditions about changing the street names.

NAMPA Planning and Zoning Landscape Review notes that we need to use the approved city diagram for tree staking.

The police department would like a commitment to fund.89 additional officers and.46 additional support staff.

And Parks and Rec would like a permanent easement along 10 Mile Creek to be dedicated to the city along with construction of a pathway.

So this is the plat that we were just talking about.

So there will be 4.07 acres that are zoned BC and 77.7 acres that are zoned RS6.

So there's four commercial lots, 44 common lots, 296 RS6 residential lots, internal public roadways that will take up about 16 acres that will be dedicated to the city for public roads.

Qualified open space on 11.31 acres, which is 18.9% of the site, with a gross density of 3.62 units per acre.

The allowable lot sizes within this approved PUD are 4,800 square feet to 14,400 square feet that's required.

The proposed lot size ranges from 4807 to 10,137.

All lots meet the lot width and depth required by city code.

So they did request a PUD with this, so to meet that the project is within the acreage size that is required for a PUD.

They do have the amount of BC zoned property that is required for the mixed-use development, which is 5% of the entire development.

The project proposes a pathway throughout the community with a scenic bridge over 10 Mile Creek to connect the two sides of the development and the lot sizes meet code.

So there are four criteria to determine the appropriateness of annexation.

One is that all private landowners have consented to annexation.

Two, the property is contiguous to the city limits.

Three, the comprehensive plan includes this area for annexation, and this project does meet with the agreement between the city and the highway district.

And this project does meet with the agreement between the city and the highway district.

There are three criteria for determining the zoning on a property.

This project proposes a zone that is compatible with adjoining districts.

It proposes a use that is compatible with the joining uses.

And it is in the public interest because it will provide a variety of housing types that comply with adopted city codes, and it will provide city services and utilities to the area.

These are the recommended conditions of approval that are listed in your staff report.

And these are your potential motions.

And I'll stand for any questions.

Thank you.

Council members.

Questions, comments.

Okay.

So we're going to uh take public testimony, right?

Every day I get corrected.

Understandably so.

Right.

I apologize.

I was just so ready to wrap up.

So at this time, uh we're gonna take public testimony.

Mr.

Chair, we have four people signed up.

Our first speaker is Emily Miller.

Kevin Knowle.

Not yet.

I'm sorry, I didn't hear I didn't hear it.

Last.

Good evening, um, Emily Mueller, 839 South Bridgeway Place.

Um, thank you, President and Council members.

Um I'm here on behalf of my client uh Mark Bottles, who owns the adjacent 37 acres to the west of this property.

Um and we have been following this application for a while.

We are in support of this application in support of this community, um, have been following it.

Think that the changes that the applicant made um were are great.

It's gonna be a great community.

Um, you know, as specifically their amenities, including a pool, increasing the open space by you know almost three and a half acres, is I think what that calculation is, adding in um walkways, just everything that they did on top of um it just being a great builder.

This is gonna be a great community in an area that we're all really excited about as the applicant testified.

There have been several developers in this area um being willing to contribute significant funds to bring the sewer out here, um, including this applicant, and we're just yeah, excited for that, excited to see this area of NAMPA develop.

Um, and this is going to be one of the best communities out there.

So we're we're excited about that.

We're in support of it.

Um, and then to speak to um the the question earlier about access.

Um we have been coordinating with the applicant um about two about two access points that we agree where uh connection will eventually be made out to 11th.

Um so I think the phasing could work out well here in terms of when my client's property might eventually uh be able to be developed and and provide those connection points out to 11th.

So we have been in um communication with the applicant and are um excited to uh have that cohesion and make those roadways work.

So with that, if anyone has any questions.

Any questions?

Emily, I do.

Yes.

What's with uh the holdings there to the west, then your client controls the uh ground for widening us road and making the connection to that correct?

President, um not all of it.

So um it my client owns so the 40 acres directly to the west.

Um we own the majority of it, but then there is a three-acre triangle that would prohibit the connection immediately.

Um so we have worked on alternatives that yeah, uh different ways that it could either kind of jog down or jog up.

Um and we're in support of of those, and um the applicant helped us do some lot layouts and and that sort of thing to make sure that it all works.

So we don't own, yeah, we don't own all of it.

You can see that there's a triangular piece there.

Got it.

So to actually make connection to 11th, there's gotta be a jog up or a jog up or jog down.

Yeah, thank you.

Thank you.

Mr.

Chair, um, our next speaker is Mary Speck.