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From YouTube: Boise City Council - Evening Session
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February 15, 2022 @ 6:00 PM
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F
There
is
the
cover
picture
for
the
green
belt
and
I'll
just
get
right
in
to
the
revenues.
Just
give
some
hit
some
of
the
high
points
with
revenues,
property
tax
there's
only
a
little
bit
there,
75
000,
because
that
comes
in
during
the
second
quarter
about
almost
60
percent
of
the
budget
amount.
Nearly
100
million
came
in
in
january,
as
it
normally
does
with
sales
tax.
The
number
there
is
actually
a
year-end
accrual
that
did
not
reverse
properly
in
the
first
quarter.
That
will
be
fixed
in
the
second
quarter.
F
F
F
And
if
this
trend
continues,
we
will
exceed
budget
if
we
even
match
last
year's
amount
we'll
be
over
budget
by
almost
2
million
dollars.
So
we'll
monitor
that,
but
lots
of
activity
there,
lots
of
revenue
and
development
fees,
franchise
fees.
Again
we
have
a
couple
of
year-end
accruals
which
didn't
reverse
there.
So
a
little
bit
of
noise,
but
from
some
of
the
amounts
I've
looked
at
for
garbage
and
water
they're
up
water
was
up
more
again.
We
will
monitor
this.
F
That
may
have
been
a
reading
just
due
to
the
the
hot
summer,
without
a
lot
of
precipitation
water
use
may
have
been
up
and
shows
up
in
our
franchise
fees.
Liquor
tax
is
up
two
percent
2.1
percent
over
last
year.
The
quarterly
payments
departmental
revenue
is
interesting.
We
are
up
in
public
safety
due
to
some
additional
police
revenues
in
parks.
The
revenues
are
doing
well.
F
F
F
Moving
on
to
expenses,
one
of
our
biggest
expenses
is
people,
and
if
you
look
at
the
personnel,
subtotal
you'll
see
a
22
percent
as
a
percent
of
budget
that
actually
should
be
23.
We
need
to
adjust
that
a
little
bit
up
in
our
health
care
costs
the
way
those
costs
are
booked
and
payrolls
fell.
We
had
one
of
those
six
payrolls
for
the
quarter
that
fell
into
second
quarter
again.
F
The
other
thing
to
note
there
is
our
overtime
is
up
slightly
due
to
vacancies
and
public
safety,
and
that
overtime
also
includes
the
constant
staffing
and
fire.
So
there
is
personnel
moving
on
to
maintenance
and
operations.
Expenses,
repairs
and
maintenance
usually
run
high
early
in
the
year.
Just
due
to
the
timing
of
software
maintenance,
maintenance
and
license
costs
which
are
front
loaded
in
the
year,
supplies
and
materials,
there
is
some
apparent
under
spend.
It
is
early
in
the
year.
F
Professional
services
are
largely
driven
by
projects
that
is
also
low.
Again
it's
early
in
the
year,
so
mno
does
look
similar
last
year
with
some
savings.
There
may
well
be
savings,
but
it's
early
in
the
year.
We
will
see
if
the
year
evolves
like
it
did
last
year
or
if
we
can
execute
more
projects
and
expense.
F
Some
of
those
expenses,
the
other
lines,
major
equipment
early
in
the
year
again-
and
there
may
be
some
supply
chain
issues
with
our
ability
to
get
certain
things
other
that
includes
our
contingencies
and
those
that
generally,
those
aren't,
have
not
been
spent.
In
recent
years.
Grants
are
near
our
benchmark
and
then
our
transfers
out
as
high,
because
we
paid
off
14.3
million
of
debt
after
year
end.
F
And
just
to
summarize
again,
revenues
largely
is
expected
parking
and
fines
and
forfeitures
are
still
below
our
pre-pandemic
levels.
Parks
fees
are
doing
well,
but
the
composition
is
what
we're
looking
at.
There
still
are
some
restrictions
with
programs
and
number
of
participants
and
social
distancing
and
things,
but
all
in
all
those
are
doing
better
than
than
they
have
sales
tax
without
an
unexpected
growth
of
1.3
million
and
then
development
fee.
The
trend
of
those
revenues
would
exceed
budget
and
then
our
expense
savings.
G
Adam
mayer,
yes
go
ahead.
Thank
you
thanks
right,
it's
generally
good
news
here.
I
guess
along
those
that
those
lines,
what
is
the
expectation
with
this
change,
in
our
understanding
of
how
the
tax
commission
is
handling
the
sales
tax
for
end
of
year?
If
that
trend
continues-
and
I
guess
my
bigger
question-
is
what
will
what
will
we
do
in
terms
of
having
a
conversation
about
how
to
utilize
that
money?
F
F
We
may
be
restricted
to
one
percent
growth
on
that,
but
that
would
continue
as
far
as
a
conversation
on
that
we're
looking
to
program
some
one-time
savings
from
this
year
into
the
budget.
So
as
we
go
through
the
budget
process,
that's
where
we're
looking
to
try
to
factor
in
some
of
these
things,
we've
already
identified
and
will
be
farther
along
one
more
point
on
the
sales
tax
too
is
we
see
the
it
is
based
on
per
capita
sales
tax
revenue
and
a
change
in
some
census.
Bureau
information
may
have
driven
that
state.
F
Tax
commission
saw
some
updated
census.
Bureau
information
reran
their
calculations.
We
were
into
that
zone
where
we
got
the
full
growth
by
about
20
cents
out
of
about
an
average
of
like
22
dollars,
thereabouts
so
20
cents
higher.
We
wouldn't
have
gotten
it.
That
range
is
narrowing.
It's
just
going
to
be
tricky
to
predict,
but
we
may
get
another
quarter
or
two
where
we
get
further
growth.
F
G
Thank
you
second
question.
As
I
looked
at
the
overtime,
it
was
hard
to
suss
out
where
that
overtime
was
being
used.
I
can
guess,
but
but
you
know,
if
you
look
at
the
departments
that
are
low
on
staff
and
so
under
budget
on
regular
salary,
but
perhaps
over
budget
because
of
overtime
for
the
staff.
That's
left,
I
just
wonder,
is
that
what
we're
seeing
or
is
there
say
in
the
past,
for
instance,
we've
had
issues
with
contract
employees
and
how
the
overtime
gets
utilized.
Did
you
see
any
patterns
in
that?
F
Council,
member
most
of
it,
is
in
public
safety
and
police
and
fire
there's
a
little
bit
here
and
there,
and
most
of
our
cost
is
in
exempt
employees
who
aren't
overtime
eligible.
So
you
have
non-exempt
employees
throughout
the
organization
that
could
get
over
time
or
there
could
be
some
compensation
time
they
can
convert
and
that
I
believe
I
believe
that
happens
in
december.
So
most
of
it
is
in
police
and
fire
and
there
is
a
vacancy
effect
where
they're
short
staffed,
and
so
they
have
more
over
time
or
in
fire.
F
Okay,
I
will
move
on
to
a
few
slides
on
the
economic
brief.
The
first
slide
here
is
just
unemployment
and
during
the
quarter,
unemployment
rate
went
down
from
2,
which
is
very
low
to
1.6,
which
is
even
lower.
It
cannot
go
a
whole
lot
lower,
but
that's
where
we
are
and
if
we
look
at
our
metropolitan
statistical
area,
we
can
compare
that
across
other
western
cities
and
we
rank
very
well.
F
Other
just
highlights
from
the
economic
brief:
employment
is
tracking
slightly
below
2019
levels,
so
pre-pandemic
and
you
can
see
it
in
the
graph
below
there,
the
line
on
the
right
towards
the
right.
On
top
there
there's
a
blue
line,
it's
a
little
hard
to
see,
but
it
is
just
slightly
below
the
the
green
line,
and
that
shows
where
we
are
we're
tracking.
Similarly,
we've
got
immigration,
but
we're
just
not
growing.
Above
and
beyond
that,
that's
largely
a
factor
of
labor
force.
Participation
is
lower.
F
F
Development
activity
continues
at
a
high
level.
As
I
mentioned
back
in
development
fees,
the
housing
inventory
improved
slightly
particularly
the
middle
last
year,
but
then
it
has
come
back
down.
It's
still
very
low.
The
median
home
sales
prices
are
way
up
last
year
in
the
state
from
december
december.
They're
23
and
in
boise
was
31
percent
the
sales
tax
revenue
sharing.
I
mentioned
this
earlier:
the
the
revenue
the
amount
that
goes
to
revenue
share
is
up
17,
which
is
an
exceedingly
high
number.
Six
to
eight
percent
would
be
good
growth.
F
Real
gdp
adjusted
for
inflation
is
projected
to
grow
five
and
a
half
percent,
this
that
was
21
and
then
4.3
percent,
now
and
22.,
and
so
to
summarize
there
both
the
quarterly
report
and
the
economic
brief.
Our
revenues
have
mostly
returned
to
normal
levels.
Expenditures
are
below
budget
again,
driven
by
significant
vacancies.
F
Our
economic
conditions
are
generally
favorable,
but
concerns
continue
supply
chain
and
we
view
labor
is
now
within
that
realm.
It's
a
supply
chain,
issue,
housing,
affordability
and
availability
are
both
key
issues.
Here
I
mentioned
the
consumer
sentiment:
inflation
is
out
there.
We
watch
that
and
then
there's
also
recent
geopolitical
concerns.
F
A
All
right,
we
will
move
into
the
consent
agenda.
Items
with
an
asterisk
are
considered
to
be
routine
by
the
council
and
will
be
enacted
by
one
motion
will
be
no
separate
discussion
on
these
items
unless
a
council,
member
or
a
citizen
so
requests,
in
which
case
the
item
will
be
removed
from
the
general
order
business
and
considered
in
its
normal
sequence.
D
B
B
Ord-5-22
an
ordinance
car
21-0023
for
property
located
at
914,
west
royal
boulevard
and
917
south
lusk
street
emitting
zoning
classifications
of
the
city
of
boise
city
to
change
the
classification
of
real
property,
particularly
described
in
section
one
of
this
ordinance
from
c-2-d
general
commercial,
with
design
review
to
r-o-d-d-d-a
residential
office
with
downtown
design,
review
and
development
agreement.
Setting
forth
a
reason,
statement
in
support
of
such
zone
change
and
providing
an
effective
date.
A
C
Mayor,
yes,
I
move
that
all
rules
of
the
council,
interfering
with
the
immediate
consideration
of
ord
6-22,
be
suspended,
that
the
portions
of
idaho,
idaho
code,
section
5902,
requiring
an
ordinance
to
be
read
on
three
different
days
twice
by
title
and
once
in
full,
be
dispensed
with
and
that
the
records
show.
It
has
been
read
the
third
time
in
full.
D
B
B
Agent,
yes,
craig,
yes,
halliburton,
yes,
sanchez,
yes,
willits!
Yes,
all
in
favor
motion
carries
ord-6-22
at
an
ordinance
repealing
boise
city
code,
title
2,
chapter
9,
housing
and
community
development
citizens
advisory
committee,
providing
for
a
waiver
of
the
reading
rules
and
providing
an
effective
date.
B
A
E
E
There
we
go
yeah
so
before
you
use
a
request
to
rezone
about
3.2
acres
from
a1
and
r1c
to
m1d
or
light
industrial
design
review.
So
the
subject
properties
shown
here
in
red
on
the
left
are
all
owned
by
the
boise
airport
and
are
located
on
the
south
side
of
victory
road
just
to
the
west
of
the
airport
itself.
E
So
we
are
at
the
edge
of
the
city
here
with
property
zone,
industrial
and
residential,
on
the
county
to
the
south
city
zone
properties,
also
with
an
m1d
designation
to
the
north
and
east,
with
some
a1
zoning
to
the
west.
As
you
can
see
here
on
the
left,
all
four
properties
have
an
industrial
land
use
designation,
which
does
support
the
requested
m1d
zone.
E
A
All
right:
well
now
we
have
the
applicant
amy
schneider
with
the
airport.
Do
you
have
additional
parts
of
the
presentation?
Does
anybody
want
to
ask
because
it's
listed
twice,
I
just
wanted
to
check
you.
It
was
all
part
of
kevin's
presentation,
great
okay,
so
the
neighborhood
association
of
record
is
south
coal.
A
B
H
The
applicant
is
requesting
approval
of
a
re-zone
of
1.45
acre,
subject:
property
from
r2,
medium
density,
residential
14.5
units,
an
acre
to
r3d
multi-family
residential
with
a
designer
view
at
43.5
units
acre
located
at
1720
28,
south
annette
street.
In
addition,
a
conditional
use
permit
for
residential
plan
development
comprised
of
48
multi-family
units
was
approved
by
the
planning
and
zoning
commission.
H
And,
as
you
can
see
from
this
slide,
the
r3
zone
is
compatible
with
the
surrounding
neighborhood,
since
the
adjacent
properties
are
zoned,
r2
to
the
west
and
north
and
r3
and
pcd
to
the
northeast,
east
and
south.
In
addition,
a
small
portion
of
central
property
is
currently
zoned
r3d.
It
is
also
compatible
with
the
comprehensive
plan,
as
it
designates
the
site
as
mixed
use
on
the
land
use
map
which
it
within
which
the
proposed
r3
is
allowed
and
anticipated.
H
H
Also,
the
proposed
development
would
will
require
design
review
approval
and
the
pedestrian
cross-access
easement
could
be
required
at
that
time.
I
would
note
that
up
in
the
corner,
I
did
show
a
potential
location
of
where
that
cross
axis
easement
could
go
to
the
north
or
to
the
northeast
and
to
the
east
there's
other
locations
along
the
east
property
line.
That
would
also
be
sufficient.
H
Second,
a
condition
of
approval
of
the
plan.
U
development
required
all
the
trees,
be
retained
and
protected
and
mitigated
for,
as
per
the
landscape,
ordinance
prior
to
the
grading
permit.
This
condition
was
included
in
the
pud,
since
a
complete
tree
mitigation
and
assessment
was
not
possible
due
to
the
winter
season,
and
the
health
of
the
trees
could
not
be
assessed
because
they
were
dormant
as
such,
it
was
hard
to
tell
if
the
project
is
in
compliance
with
the
landscape
ordinance.
H
However,
the
tree
mitigation
plan
and
assessment
will
be
completed
for
the
project
and
it
will
comply
with
the
with
the
landscape,
ordinance
and
then
finally,
achc
noted
that
there
is
capacity
on
a
net
street
to
handle
the
amount
of
traffic
generated
from
the
project,
and
a
net
street
will
be
at
its
capacity
with
this
project.
As
such,
further
development
along
a
net
street
would
be
difficult
without
additional
improvements
or
really
a
vehicle
connection
to
the
surrounding
street
network
system.
Since
it
is
a,
it
is
a
only
has
one
axis
in
and
out.
H
These
issues
were
discussed.
These
issues
just
discussed,
are
also
closely
related
to
the
concerns
expressed
by
the
neighbors
and
the
vista
neighborhood
association
regarding
the
project,
their
concerns
focus
on
the
compatibility
of
the
surrounding
neighborhood
in
terms
of
density
and
increased
traffic
along
a
net,
and
to
address
these
concerns,
I
would
note
that
the
adjacent
properties
are
zoned
r3
and
pc
d,
which
anticipate
more
intense
developments.
In
addition,
the
surrounding
properties
along
a
net
street
are
comprised
of
a
mix
of
resident
developments
which
include
multi-family
even
on
the
subject.
H
D
D
G
G
H
G
H
Members
of
the
of
the
council,
that
is
a
possibility
to
provide
that
cross-access
easement
to
the
south.
I
did
not
consider
at
the
time,
particularly
for
the
pedestrian,
only
because
right
now
the
area
is
being
used
for
bus
circulation
and
that
main
bus
route
in
and
out
goes
right
across
that
border
between
the
two
and
I
didn't
want
to
put
anybody
in
jeopardy
for
children,
plus
it's
easy
enough
for
them
to
make
it
back
out
to
net
down
the
street
100
feet
and
then
back
into
the
site.
I
Pretty
simply,
we
had
a
unanimous
approval
by
planning
and
zoning
to
recommend
approval
to
to
this
body.
A
couple
of
things
I
wanted
to
just
touch
base
on
the.
As
you
know,
part
of
the
parcel
one
of
the
parcels
already
has
an
r3
designation
on
it.
This
is
consolidating
everything
and
getting
it
up
to
up
to
r3.
I
There's
some
concern
about
annette
street
and
and
we
with
achd
they
are
the
body
that
controls
the
streets
and
their
designation
and
in
their
letter,
as
dave
david
pointed
out,
they
recommended
approval,
even
though
the
counts
were
slightly
over
a
thousand
one
of
the
things
that
I
I
mentioned
during
our
planning
and
zoning
hearing.
That,
I
think,
is
interesting
as
a
as
a
point
of
reference.
I
I've
been
doing
this
for
a
few
years
and,
and
we
do
a
lot
of
income,
limited
housing
and
a
lot
of
a
lot
of
market
rate
housing
and
typically
the
counts,
can
go
all
over
the
place
when
you
have
two
and
three
bedroom
apartments
within
complexes,
so
to
have
a
full
complex
of
all
one-bedroom
units,
I
think
reduces
that
tendency
for
traffic,
the
neighborhood
association
and,
if
they're
here
tonight,
they
may.
They
may
comment
on
this,
provided
some
photographs
and
there's
a
lot
of
parking
in
the
on
the
street.
I
The
the
current
parcel
has
all
of
it
has
16
units
on
it
and
it
parks
everybody
in
in
on
the
property,
and
that
is
exactly
how
we
designed
the
new
layout
would
be
to
park
everyone
on
the
property
and
not
spill
out
onto
a
net
street.
So
I
think
again,
another
sort
of
support,
supporting
factor
in
the
notion
of
one-bedroom
apartments
and
the
and
the
limited
stress
on
on
parking
we
still
park
for
the
city
code.
In
fact,
we
park
one
extra
and
we
you
know
everyone
drives
a
compact,
suburban
right.
I
I
The
the
other
thing
is,
I
think,
associated
with
the
traffic
is
that
we
don't
generate
the
traffic
and-
and
we
we
don't
generate
the
traffic
counts.
Achd
does
that
and
they
do
that,
based
on
their
ite
trip
generation,
metrics
and
and
the
data
that
that
they
use.
I
I
put
a
lot
of
faith
in
in
how
how
they
treat
particularly
smaller
neighborhoods,
where
traffic
could
become
a
big
issue.
I
The
only
oh
I
want
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
tree
mitigation
on
the
property
is
the
tree.
That's
I
guess
we
could
get
all
of
us
around
holding
hands
and
around
one
of
the
trees
there's
a
very
big
old
kind
of
tire
tree.
We
can't
you
know
be
because
our
arborist
didn't
tell
us
about
the
the
the
endormancy,
the
health
of
the
tree,
that
when
you
start
to
look
at
your
tree,
mitigating
plants,
you
could
have
one
or
two
trees
that
are
enormous.
I
They
may
not
be
very
healthy,
and
I
think,
as
david
pointed
out
were
our
tree
mitigation
plan
is
slightly
below.
If
you
just
do
a
clear,
simple
diameter
takeoff,
and
I
think
that
we
are
fully
fully
willing
and
will
comply
with
the
mitigation
request
that,
before
anything
happens,
we
have
the
health
of
each
of
the
trees
identified
and
and
worked
into
the
mitigation
plan.
G
I
I
If
you
will
the
I
had
a
just
as
a
sidebar,
I
had
a
discussion
with
one
of
the
neighbors
to
the
property
just
this
afternoon
and
their
they're
planting
trees
across
the
fence
from
our
from
our
clients
property,
where
a
little
aspen
grove
has
sort
of
taken
off
kind
of
a
volunteer.
Aspen
grove
and
one
of
the
comments
I
made
was.
I
We
will
work
very
closely
with
our
landscape
architects
to
preserve
the
aspen
grove,
which
means
removing
some
of
them
to
plant
the
other
required
trees
to
get
to
our
mitigation
dimension-
and
I
think
I
mentioned
this-
and-
and
I
appreciate
the
smile
council
member
clay-
sometimes
the
unintended
consequences
actually
undo
something
that
that
very
naturally
is
taking
shape
and
happening.
So
we'll
work
very
closely
with
with
our
landscape
team,
which
is
a
phenomenal
team
to
to
take
care
of
those
things
that
are
salvageable.
G
Thank
you,
andy.
The
yeah
aspens
can
be
an
interesting
tree
once
they
get
established,
there's
no
stopping
them.
Sometimes
in
terms
of
the
access
agreement.
I
would
not
presume
to
predict
that
you
currently
have
permission
of
the
adjacent
land
owner,
but
I've
found
in
my
time
on
this
council.
If,
if
the
one
development
doesn't
include
it,
when
the
other
one
happens,
then
it
doesn't
it.
It
can't
be
connected
because
the
first
development,
when
it
was
done,
didn't
have
that
thought
in
mind.
G
I
B
A
C
A
G
D
D
It's
a
great
area
that
actually
is
pretty
well
connected
if
you
can
get
over
federal
way,
but
federal
way
is
a
pretty
scary
road
to
be
hanging
out
on.
So
the
less
amount
of
time
is
possible.
We
can
make
people
hang
out
on
federal
way
would
be
great.
So
I
think
it's
it's
great
that
we
can
look
at
this
and
maybe
make
that
just
a
little
bit
easier.
B
A
C
A
A
A
J
Good
evening,
madam
mayor
members
of
the
council,
before
you
tonight
is
a
request
for
a
rezone.
The
project
site
is
2.09
acres
located
at
2801,
west
palouse
street,
approximately
500
feet
west
of
the
intersection
of
vista
avenue
and
palouse
street.
It
is
in
close
proximity
to
both
the
vista
and
overland
community
activity
center
and
the
vista
and
target
neighborhood
activity
center
areas
surrounding
the
subject.
Property
consist
primarily
of
single-family
homes,
condominiums
and
pockets
of
multi-family
development
that
is
scattered
along
vista
avenue.
J
The
subject
site
is
designated
compact
on
our
land
use
map.
The
compact
land
use
designation
does
call
for
a
diversity
of
detached
single-family
homes,
town
homes
and
condominiums,
at
average
density
of
6
to
15
units
per
acre
due
to
its
location
within
two
activity,
centers
and
less
than
500
feet
from
a
principal
gateway
arterial.
J
The
rezone
is
requested
to
accommodate
the
future
development
of
a
30-unit
townhome
project.
The
townhomes
will
have
detached
two-car
garage
and
will
have
additional
on-site
guest
parking
with
several
amenities
included
with
this
rezone
is
a
sorry,
is
a
development
agreement
which
ties
the
property
to
the
submitted
site
plan
if
the
rezone
is
approved,
subsequent
entitlements
would
be
required
to
further
review
the
specifics
of
the
proposal
and
ensure
that
the
design
is
compatible.
J
These
comments
detailed
concerns
with
neighborhood
and
concept
and
comprehensive
plan
incompatibility
increase
to
density
and
traffic
loss
of
open
space
in
trees,
lack
of
parking
and
amenities
and
concerns
with
procedure,
staff
found
the
application
followed
procedure
and
that
the
proposal
meets
findings
for
the
reason
the
da
as
well
as
future
entitlements,
will
help
ensure
that
the
compatibility
is
met
with
the
surrounding
neighborhood
planning,
and
zoning
commission
did
recommend
approval
and
the
motion
is
before
you
this
evening.
Thank
you.
G
Who's
that
sorry,
so
some,
similarly
to
the
previous
application,
this
one
does
not
have
an
approved
pud.
What
we
have
before
us
tonight
is
the
rezone.
There
is
a
development
agreement
that
shows
a
potential
layout
on
that
I
don't
see
good
pedestrian
circulation
and
I
don't
see
any
connections
to
either
palouse
or
potentially
to
lemhi
on
property,
which
it
appears
as
if
this
developer
owns
was
that
ever
discussion
during
the
development
agreement
portion
of
this.
J
J
K
We
have
reviewed
the
neighborhood
comments
and
appreciate
their
efforts
at
this
point
in
time.
The
topic
before
you
is
a
rezone
and
I
think,
maybe
that
their
comments
are
more
germane
to
the
future
applications
where
we
actually
go
in
and
refine
the
development
proposal
for
the
site.
I,
if
I
could,
I
just
want
to
address
councilwoman
clay's
comments
and
the
pedestrian
circulation.
I
I
thought
that
we
had
done
a
pretty
good
job
of
getting
a
sidewalk
connectivity
within
the
site.
K
Pretty
well
dialed
in
the
neighbors
objected
to
any
connection
to
lemhi,
which
is
understandable
because
the
the
connection
to
vista
avenue,
just
a
little
bit
west
of
alumni
is
really
substandard.
It's
an
odd
place
where
right
of
way
didn't
match
the
homes
that
were
built,
and
so
it's
it's
not
a
very
good
connection
to
have
we.
We
skipped
that
mainly
because
of
that
connection,
so
this
site
is
unique.
K
It's
a
unique
opportunity
for
infill
in
that
the
area
is
defined
as
an
area
of
change
in
blueprint,
boise,
it's
within
easy
walking
and
biking
distance
to
a
principal
arterial
with
one
of
vrt's
principal
transit
lines,
two
activity
centers
and
a
wide
variety
of
services,
and
the
project
proposes
four
amenities:
two
car
garages,
an
extensive
network
of
sidewalks
on
the
site,
the
proposed
r2
zone,
is
one
incremental
step
up
from
the
surrounding
r1c
and
complies
with
blueprint.
Boise's
recommendation
for
the
compact
land
use
designation,
because
this
is
a
request
for
rezone.
K
K
K
Interestingly
enough
today,
I
heard
from
some
colleagues
that
the
affordability
of
new
homes
is
now
higher
than
the
affordability
of
existing
homes,
which
is
an
interesting
dynamic.
I
guess
I'm
not
surprised
by
it.
I'm
intrigued
and
probably
want
to
look
at
it
a
little
bit
more,
but
that's
that's
a
unexpected
thing.
That's
happening
now.
K
K
Finally,
well,
not
quite
finally,
a
strong,
diverse
economy
at
a
macro
level.
Excuse
me,
at
a
micro
level,
neighborhood
level
activity,
centers,
add
to
a
strong
economy,
activity,
centers,
add
employment
opportunities
within
neighborhoods
and
complement
the
more
regional
level
economy
that
we
have.
They
work
kind
of
in
tandem.
K
K
G
G
But
my
observation
is
that
they
don't
go
much
of
anywhere
except
to
the
front
doors
of
the
development
within
their
development.
And
so
my
request
is
that
you
figure
out
a
way
to
get
those
sidewalks
out
to
palouse,
and
my
comment
about
lemi
was
not
a
vehicular
connection,
but
a
pedestrian
bike.
One.
K
G
E
C
A
C
D
D
Oh
just
you
know
to
the
applicant
penelope.
Thank
you
for
sticking
with
this
one.
I
know
that
this
came
before
us
a
long
time
ago
and
we
sent
you
back
with
information
on
kind
of
what
we
wanted
to
see,
and
I
think
you
came
back
with
what
looks
like
an
improved
application
and
again,
you
know
same
as
last
time.
Thank
you,
council,
president
clegg
for
bringing
up
some
of
those
pedestrian
access
conversations.
There's
a
street
just
to
the
north
ab
street.
D
That
kind
of
dead
ends
there,
and
this
does
kind
of
have
the
ability
to
make
pedestrian-friendly
streets
mid-block,
which
is
wonderful.
So
again,
just
thank
you
to
the
applicant
for
sticking
with
this
one
and
bringing
something
back
that
is
really
great
to
approve.
Also
thank
you
for
making
home
ownership
possible
within
these
units
as
well.
That's
not
always
something
that
we
see
on
council
and
I
think
it's
exciting
to
see.
G
President,
thank
you
well
I'll
echo
council,
member
hallie
burton.
I
was
going
to
say
that
I'm
going
to
support
the
motion,
because
it
does
in
fact
support
our
comprehensive
plan,
and
particularly
in
this
area,
not
only
does
it
increase
housing
opportunities,
but
increases
it
in
a
way
that
offers
home
ownership
opportunities
in
a
neighborhood
that
hasn't
had
a
lot
of
those
with
new
development.
Recently,
and
given
that,
given
the
location
proximate
to
vista,
given
the
location
proximate
to
the
mixed
use
zone,
it
seems
appropriate
to
approve
this
zone
change.