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From YouTube: Boise City Council - Work Session
Description
February 8, 2022
A
We've
got
a
packed
agenda
with
an
executive
session
that
we
had
to
add
on
so
I'm
going
to
be
moving
us
along
a
little
bit
more
quickly
than
anticipated
and
council.
President
pro
tem
is
remote
for
the
work
session
we'll,
but
we'll
be
here
for
the
evening
meeting
with
that,
I'm
going
to
call
the
meeting
to
order
clerk.
Will
you
call
the
roll.
D
C
A
A
E
For
being
here,
thank
you
so
much
mayor
council
for
the
record,
andrea
tuning
with
the
planning
and
development
staff.
I
am
joined
by
the
project
team
for
the
zoning
code
rewrite
we
have
deanna
dupuy
lindsay
moser
as
well
as
lena
walker.
Here
today
we
are
excited
to
share
a
little
bit
about
where
we
are
in
the
process.
Some
of
the
big
changes
that
we're
proposing
as
module
2
and
some
of
our
community
outreach
efforts.
E
E
E
F
F
The
first
change
is
an
update
to
dimensional
requirements,
specifically
around
minimum
lot
sizes.
Our
proposal
recommends
that
minimum
property
sizes
for
a
single
family,
duplex
or
townhome
can
be
that
it
can
be
built
on
is
now
smaller
in
most
residential
zones
allowing
more
homes
to
be
built
over
the
same
amount
of
land.
F
Smaller
lot
sizes
encourages
multiple
housing
types,
income
diversity
in
neighborhoods
and
reduces
sprawl.
Boiseans
will
still
have
the
option
to
build
and
live
on
larger
lots.
This
change
simply
allows
future
development
to
fit
more
homes.
On
limited
lamp
change,
2
recommends
removing
the
density
calculation
requirement
for
all
zones
in
our
existing
zoning
code.
F
Change
three
adds
neighborhood
protection
standards
requiring
transitions
between
zones.
These
protection
standards
create
additional
requirements
for
apartments
and
commercial
buildings
in
areas
next
to
single-family
homes.
These
protection
standards
seek
to
provide
existing
residents
predictability
about
the
impacts
of
new
development.
F
Change
four
creates
new
zoning
incentives
in
exchange
for
energy
and
water
saving
improvements,
blueprint
boise
and
the
city's
climate
action.
Road
map
have
very
ambitious
goals
for
reducing
environmental
impacts
of
new
development,
so
we're
recognizing
that
these
improvements
can
be
costly
and
difficult
for
a
developer
to
incorporate
in
certain
projects.
The
parking
parking
reduction
is
a
low-cost
way
for
the
city
to
encourage
further
adoption.
F
F
So
then,
change
number
six
ensures
broadens
our
design
requirements
across
the
city.
So,
instead
of
just
applying
those
to
parcels
that
are
within
a
certain
area,
we
believe
that
all
areas
in
our
city
should
be
high
quality
and
designed
to
the
best
standards,
and
so
that's
why
we're
proposing,
instead
of
just
our
major
streets
like
vista
and
downtown,
that
all
new
development
would
be
required
to
follow
these,
and
this
would
reinforce
pedestrian-friendly
design
and
create
special
places
for
all
of
our
residents
to
promote
accessing
connectivity.
G
Thanks
deanna
I'd
now
like
to
present
the
community
engagement
for
module,
two
of
the
zoning
code,
rewrite
we
learned
from
module,
one
that
it
was
important
for
us
to
focus
on
the
quality
of
the
conversations
with
the
community,
and
if
that
means
taking
our
time
to
come
up
with
a
strategic
community
engagement
plan,
then
we
should
do
so.
Zoning
is
a
technical
and
confusing
topic
and
can
be
difficult
to
understand.
So
we
needed
to
break
down
the
zoning
code
and
finding
a
way
and
find
a
way
to
have
meaningful
and
personal
conversations
with
boiseans.
G
In
anticipation
of
the
release
of
module
2,
our
team
put
together
several
documents
that
were
included
in
your
packet
and
that
are
available
to
the
community.
The
first
is
how
to
read
module
2..
We
know
that
not
everyone
or
many
will
pick
up
the
400
page
document
and
read
it
from
cover
to
cover.
We
created
this
document
to
be
a
guide
for
residents
to
use
as
they
navigate
module
2..
We
provide
helpful
tips
as
well
as
common
questions.
The
community
might
ask
such
as
what
are
the
parking
requirements.
G
How
should
a
building
look
and
feel
and
what
are
the
implications
for
my
neighborhood?
We
help
direct
you
to
the
specific
sections
where
you
can
find
those
answers
in
the
document.
In
addition,
we
recognize
that
dimensions
are
mentioned
a
lot
throughout
module.
2
and
not
everyone
can
picture
what
5
feet.
20
feet
or
50
feet
might
look
like
we
put
together
a
table
that
was
idaho,
focused,
giving
you
references
to
think
about
when
we
say
5
feet,
think
the
length
of
a
mountain
bike
or
20
feet
think
the
length
of
a
white
water
raft.
G
We
imagine
members
of
the
community
keeping
this
document
handy
as
they
peruse
module,
2
and
hope
these
helpful
tips
make
module.
2
seem
more
approachable
for
the
community
to
read
the
second
deliverable
that
we
provided
was
the
executive
summary
of
module
2..
This
is
really
the
sounding
board
of
our
community
outreach.
It
reminds
us
of
where
we
have
been
and
where
we
are
now,
including
keeping
blueprint
boise
present.
In
the
conversations
we
put
together,
the
eight
major
changes
found
in
module
two
and
describe
them
in
everyday
language
for
the
community
to
understand.
G
The
third
deliverable
is
the
conversion
map.
This
is
interactive
map
using
the
gis
system
to
navigate
the
entire
city
and
see
the
current
zones
next
to
the
proposed
zones.
This
map
is
color,
coordinated,
has
a
legend
of
view
and
allows
you
to
zoom
in
type
in
your
address
and
access
any
address
within
the
city.
This
map
is
also
available
in
pdf
format,
with
a
legend
to
use
as
well.
G
Community
engagement
for
module
2
begins
today,
we'll
be
headed
to
the
central
bench
at
five
o'clock
and
we'll
run
through
early
april.
We're
headed
out
to
each
of
the
seven
planning
areas
to
talk
specifically
about
the
proposed
changes
in
those
neighborhoods
we're
encouraging
residents
to
sign
up
for
their
neighborhood
planning
area
meeting.
In
addition,
we
are
also
hosting
four
community
conversations.
G
Two
of
these
events
are
in
conjunction
with
housing.
During
our
winter
housing
outreach
zoning
continued
to
come
up,
so
we
thought
it
was
appropriate
to
bridge
the
gap
between
these
two
topics
and
host
them.
In
one
conversation,
I'd
like
to
highlight
that
these
events
are
just
the
public
facing
events.
We
have
several
other
smaller
events
scheduled
with
more
of
the
technical
users
such
as
the
american
institute
of
architects,
urban
land
institute,
idaho,
walk
bike
alliance
and
others
that
we're
continuing
to
schedule
in
the
coming
months.
G
One
of
the
biggest
things
we're
trying
to
accomplish
is
connecting
the
zoning
code
rewrite
to
the
larger
picture
of
the
strategic
initiatives
of
the
city
and
the
work
the
city
has
already
done.
We
want
the
community
to
see
the
connection
between
the
pathways
plan,
the
climate
action
roadmap
and
our
housing
needs
analysis
and
how
the
zoning
code
rewrite
connects
all
these
to
tell
the
story
of
our
why
in
a
more
holistic
way,
we
also
know
that
blueprint
boise
is
still
very
relevant
and
we
are
using
these
principles
and
policies
to
guide
these
changes
in
module.
G
G
Within
each
of
our
planning
area,
meetings,
we're
providing
a
more
localized
approach
by
showcasing
a
commercial
and
residential
example
that
residents
might
recognize
shown
are
two
examples
that
are
provided
from
a
local
architect.
Will
then
showcase
different
call
outs
on
these
examples,
highlighting
some
of
these
changes,
such
as
building
heights
street
trees,
front
loaded
garages,
etc.
G
The
last
portion
of
our
community
engagement
is
our
surveys.
We'll
have
two
surveys:
one
is
technical
that
is
tailored
towards
the
people
who
use
the
code
on
a
more
regular
basis,
such
as
developers,
home
builders
and
architects.
The
second
survey
is
the
community
survey.
We
took
the
technical
survey
and
broke
it
down
into
community,
focused
language
to
understand
and
provide
feedback.
The
survey
will
also
be
available
in
spanish.
G
G
In
conclusion
of
today's
presentation,
here
are
major
upcoming
events
and
key
dates.
We'd
like
to
encourage
council
to
attend
a
few
of
these
community
outreach
events
to
hear
what
the
community
is
saying
and
feeling
about
the
zoning
code.
Rewrite
we'll
be
back
in
front
of
you
as
a
conclusion
to
module
two
and
on
what
we
heard
from
the
community,
and
with
that
we
will
stand
for
questions
and
comments.
H
H
And
I
I
see
a
lot
in
here
that
doesn't
allow
us
to
maybe
make
the
accommodations
that
we've
been
thinking
about
making
as
we've
made
those
decisions
over
the
last
couple
of
years-
and
I
you
know-
I
don't
think
it
does
a
lot
of
good
to
get
into
deep
specifics
today.
But
I
think
just
broadly
as
an
example
there's
still
a
15
foot,
backyard
setback
with
no
accommodation
for
a
detached
garage
that
might
sit
differently
or
a
detached
garage
that
might
today
sit
on
a
lot
line.
H
There's
no
accommodation
for
zero
lot
line,
even
if
the
full
development
is
done.
That
way.
So
you
end
up
with
five
foot
side
yards
instead
of
ten
foot
side
yards.
For
instance,
and
even
in
the,
although
there's
accommodation
for
co-housing
and
cottage,
I'm
a
little
unsure
how
it
fits
given
the
other
dimensional
standards
that
we're
requiring
so
just
some
of
those
details,
I
hope
that
over
the
next
few
months
we
can
dig
in
and
begin
to
understand
to
me
the
only
other
thing.
H
The
the
other
thing
that
sort
of
stood
out
to
me
is
that
the
mixed
use
activity
centers
great
idea,
I'm
not
sure,
we've
got
the
scale
of
those
right.
Yet
I
think
that
there
are
a
number
of
places,
especially
on
the
edge
of
downtown,
that
would
be
better
served
by
more
of
a
downtown
mixed
use
than
the
activity
center
mixed
use,
or
maybe
something
in
between
so,
for
instance,
maybe
take
a
look
at
that,
and
even
the
dimensional
standards
in
the
mixed
use.
H
I
was
surprised,
for
instance,
to
see
a
10
foot
to
20-foot
setback,
a
20-foot
setback
on
parking
and
I'm
not
really
understanding
where
that
came
from.
So
those
are
the
kinds
of
things.
Those
are
the
kind
of
details
that
I
think
will
make
your
jobs
easier,
my
job
easier
and
hopefully
result
in
the
kind
of
community
we
want
so
not
criticism
just
saying
that
we
need
to
dig
into
some
of
those
details
and
make
sure
we're
going
to
get
where
we
had
wanted
to
go
with
them.
I
So
a
message
I've
received
from
a
constituent
is
they're
they're,
wanting
specific
information
about
how
these
changes
might
impact
the
overlay
in
their
neighborhood.
So
they're,
specifically
asking
about
the
sycamore
and
big
sky
overlay
they're
very
concerned
about
how
these
changes
may
affect
the
agricultural
feel
to
their
neighborhood.
So
you
may
want
to
be
prepared
to
answer
questions
like
that.
I
The
other
was
very
blunt.
They
wanted
to
know
what
the
city
is
paying
clarion
and
associates
for
their
consulting.
So
again,
you
may
want
to
be
prepared
to
answer
questions
like
that
as
you
move
forward
into
the
community,
and
so,
but
I
greatly
appreciate
that
those
conversations
are
going
to
happen
and
I
think
you
will
have
a
lot
of
participation.
J
E
J
Go
ahead,
I
want
to
join
the
council
president
of
being
very
grateful
for
this
massive
document.
That
actually
was
the
highlight
of
my
weekend
and
I
spent
a
lot
of
time
with
it
and
it
really
is
a
huge
undertaking
in
a
busy
pds
department
with
a
lot
of
moving
pieces
and
a
lot
of
community
engagement,
and
I'm
just
so
grateful
to
see
the
material
that
we
got
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
more
to
come.
Some
of
my
comments
are
similar
to
the
council.
Presidents.
J
I
have
some
technical
questions
and
then
some
broader
policy
questions,
and
but
I
think
that
you
know,
one
of
the
important
things
to
understand
is
that
this
is
a
draft
and,
as
the
engagement
process
goes
forward,
moving
into
module
three
and
then
to
a
final
product
before
the
planning
and
zoning
commission
than
us.
Many
of
these
things
are
up
for
grabs
quickly.
We'll
call
out
that
I
noticed
the
lot
line
issues.
J
The
council
president
did
some
other
similar
lot
sizing
issues
where
I
think
there's
more
work
to
be
done
with
the
community
and
and
with
all
the
various
stakeholders
who
are
interested
in
this.
But
I'm
excited
to
dive
in
and
help
tackle
those
in
the
coming
months
and
through
the
summer,
because
it's
headed
in
the
direction
that
we
want
it
to
go.
J
The
one
piece
of
sort
of
additional
guidance
that
I
would
offer
that
didn't
it
didn't
leap
out
from
this
document
to
me
is
that
we
do
a
lot
of
business
by
exception
or
excusing
a
requirement
or
hearing
an
individual
issue
and
then
conditioning
it
in
ways
to
make
it
work.
And
there
were
various
places
where
I
saw
sets
of
rules
that
really
didn't
comply
with
our
pattern
and
practice
like
if
you
take
kind
of
together
as
a
glob.
J
The
way
the
city
council
tends
to
handle
one-off
issues,
there
were
places
that
I
didn't
think
that
that
sort
of
philosophy
or
guidance
from
the
past
practice
is
reflected
in
the
new
code,
and
I
just
call
attention
to
it,
because
that
type
of
issue
sets
us
up
for
having
to
continue
to
treat
cases
as
one-off
cases
in
the
future.
So
I
have
a
list
of
those
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
sitting
down
and
talking
with
people
about
ways
that
I
think
we
can
make
this
even
better.
J
K
Yeah
I'll
kind
of
follow
up
on
some
of
that
excitement.
It
is
really
exciting
to
see
this
plan
moving
forward
and
I
love
community
outreach
and
I'm
excited
to
see
kind
of
how
that
shapes
some
of
the
discussions
going
forward,
because
I
think
that
that
will
point
us
in
a
lot
of
the
directions
that
were
already
identified.
K
But
I
just
think
that
if
we
could
get
that
list
of
dates
as
soon
as
possible
over
to
amanda
and
council
leadership,
it
would
be
great
to
make
sure
that
we
could
get
council
representation
as
at
as
many
of
those
as
possible,
while
also
kind
of
navigating
the
district
issues
and
making
sure
that
people
can
be
at
once.
Where
they're
represented.
K
There's
a
few
small
things
in
there
that
you
know
I'd
love
to
kind
of
take
a
look
at
the
bike
parking,
of
course,
being
one
of
them,
which
is
tied
to
the
pathways
master
plan
and
some
area
where
myself
and
some
others
have
some
expertise.
But
I
was
really
excited
to
see
it.
The
navigation
at
the
beginning,
I
think,
was
helpful
kind
of
pointing
you
where
to
go,
and
I
think
that
this
outreach
process
is
really
going
to
help
us
identify
some
of
those
gaps
or
areas
that
we
can.
You
know
make
it
better.
D
For
the
mayor,
yes
go
ahead,
hi.
Thank
you.
First
of
all,
thank
you
again
I'll
echo.
What
everyone
has
said.
This
is
council
lemon
willetts.
This
is
a
heck
of
a
lot
of
work
and
I
can
tell
that
a
lot
of
thought
was
put
into
it
and,
from
a
communications
perspective,
what
a
great
way
to
show
the
different
dimensions.
I
really
really
like
that,
and
in
fact
I
have
it
in
my.
I
have
it
my
binder
here
and
I
was
going
back
and
referring
to
it.
D
I
have
some
more
meteor
questions
I'll
reach
out
separately
on
because
we
don't
need
to
take
the
time
in
this
meeting
for,
but
I
I
do
have
two
overarching
questions
that
I
think
will
help
us
as
a
council
and
also
the
community.
So
the
the
first
question
is,
we
always
hear
low
density,
medium
density,
high
density.
D
E
E
D
That's
super.
That
would
be
very,
very
helpful.
Madam
mayor,
one
more
question:
all
right:
I'm
gonna
echo
what
council
man
halliburton
said
about
neighborhood
outreach,
and
I
noticed
that
you
have
several
community
meetings.
I
think
that's
great.
It's
important.
It
has
the
future
of
boise
and,
as
councilwoman
sanchez
said,
here's
here's.
What
I'm
trying
to
understand
is
that
it
looks
like
the
neighborhood
meetings
were
done
by
neighborhoods
like
there's
the
west
bench,
not
necessarily
by
council
districts.
D
Can
you
educate
me
on
how
you
decided
when
to
where
to
do
those
meetings,
and
is
there
some
previous
work
that
you've
done
and
that's
how
you've
you've
cut
them
up?
Because
I
was
just
looking
at
my
district
and
both
one
and
two
are
within
one
one
meeting,
so
I'm
trying
to
get
a
sense
of
kind
of
where
people
should
go
and
how
we
should
look
at
that
community
outreach.
G
Madam
mayor
councilwoman
willits
the
way
that
we
thought
through
the
community
outreach
was
divided
into
the
neighborhood
planning
areas
which,
within
there
you
have
neighborhood
associations
as
well.
So
if
people
aren't
sure
of
what
neighborhood
planning
area
they
live
in,
that's
on
our
website
as
well.
We
provide
that
and
really
it
that
was
the
way
we
decided
was
the
best
way
to
divide
the
city
up.
You
know,
and
andrea
can
speak
more
closely
on
this
on.
G
E
No
lindsay
did
a
great
job.
We
did
identify
the
planning
areas
consistent
with
what
we
find
in
blueprint
boise.
So
our
comprehensive
plan
has
those
specific
areas:
they
identify
certain
demographics,
and
so
we
are
able
to
evaluate
some
of
our
other
demographics
as
well
as
some
of
our
key
features
and
characteristics
that
are
occurring.
E
C
I
had
a
question
regarding
the
slide
where
it
had
examples
of
different
types
of
housing.
There
was
one
that
had
it
looked
like
multi-family
housing
and
then
one
that
was
more
like
town
homes
and
I'm
going
to
risk
sounding
like
a
broken
record,
because
I
often
talk
about
garage
placement
in
fronts
of
homes
and
how
sometimes,
especially
on
on
the
town
home
one
in
particular,
how
sometimes
having
garages
that
protrude
from
the
front
face
of
a
home
will
often
lead
to
a
little
bit
less
pedestrian
feel
in
housing.
C
If
we
want
things
to
be
really
approachable
from
the
street
for
pedestrians
and
bicycles,
we
might
think
about
bringing
doors
forward
and
garage
doors
back,
because
it
does
create
that
more
walkable
feeling
in
housing.
So
just
something
to
kind
of
keep
in
mind,
I
think
other
than
that
like
go
forth.
I
really
look
forward
to
what
our
community
has
to
say
and
I
look
forward
to
their
feedback.
C
I
share
council
president
clegg's
concerns
on
the
dimensional
standards,
because
those
are
often
things
that
come
to
us
for
variances.
I
think
it's
important
to
look
at
what
we
see
in
variances,
where
we
grant
variances
and
ensure
that
our
new
zoning
code
will
help
to
minimize
some
of
those
variances
coming
forward
where
we
know
what
how
we
want
our
land
to
be
used
and
ensure
that
people
can
do
that
in
a
little
bit
more
streamlined
way
than
they
have
been
able
to
do
in
the
past.
So
thank
you
so
much.
A
Well,
thank
you
all.
I'm
going
to
recommend
taking
the
feedback
that
you
got
today
and
it
sounds
like
several
council
members
would
like
to
have
further
discussion
with
you
to
get
into
some
of
the
nitty-gritty.
So
if
anybody
on
council
wants
to
do
that,
let's
work
to
reach
out
to
staff
so
that
that's
done
in
a
way
that
is
coordinated
and
organized
and
then
you'll
also
be
sharing
the
schedule
through
the
council
office,
with
the
outreach
dates
great.
Thank
you.
H
More
thing
yeah,
so
city
council
has
has
recently
reformed
the
growth
management
team.
I'll
make
a
suggestion
that
those
of
us
on
the
team
collect
comments
from
our
fellow
council
members
and
try
to
work
through
staff
work
through
that
process
with
staff
on
some
of
these
details
and
who's
on
that
committee,
who's
on
that
committee,
council,
member
bajit
and
myself,
gotcha.
L
L
So
what
neighbors
united
is
is
a
collaborative
network
across
boise,
that's
sponsored
by
the
idaho
office
for
refugees
and
the
city
of
boise,
and
we've
been
going
strong
for
over
12
years
now.
The
mission
of
neighbors
united
is
to
envision
and
empower
boise
as
a
diverse,
inclusive
and
equitable
city,
in
which
all
residents
have
an
equal
voice.
L
That
includes
resettlement
organizations
such
as
my
office
and
our
two
resettlement
agencies
in
boise
international
rescue
committee,
an
agency
for
new
americans,
and
that
also
includes
people
who
came
to
idaho
through
the
refugee
resettlement
program
and
includes
several
civic
partners
such
as
the
library
valley,
regional
transit,
ada,
county,
the
city,
businesses,
hospitals,
nonprofits
and
community
volunteers,
and
many
more
so
just
a
quick
look
at
how
neighbor
season
9
started.
So
refugee
resettlement
has
been
a
heritage
for
idaho
for
our
state
and
for
boise
for
almost
five
decades
now
officially,
but
around
2008
2009.
L
L
L
L
L
L
Some
important
highlights
are
interpreter
development
among
healthcare
providers.
Also
for
a
time
there
was
a
curbside
care
van
that
brought
care
directly
to
people.
In
more
recent
years,
that's
looked
like
a
mobile
vaccine
clinic
we've
partnered
with
saint
ows,
injury
care,
ems
and
others
to
bring
cover
vaccines
to
people's
neighborhoods
or
just
to
answer
their
questions
if
they're
not
ready.
Yet
in
the
job
section
we've
worked
with
idaho
department
of
labor
and
others
to
offer
apprenticeship
programs.
L
Cwi
has
been
an
amazing
partner
too
offering
training
that
is
language
focused
and
job
training
focused
at
the
same
time,
in
the
transportation
sector,
village
van
has
been
an
initiative
to
work
with
employers,
so
they're
contracting
a
bus
to
get
their
people
out
to
their
business.
That's
happening
in
cuna
right
now,
for
example,.
L
So,
as
I
mentioned,
we've
held
at
least
nine
mobile
vaccine
clinics
that
have
gone
to
people's
neighborhoods
and
provided
education
as
well
as
coveton
flu
vaccines
and
with
schools
closing
throughout
the
pandemic.
We
have
also
sponsored
youth
programs
to
make
sure
that
kids
still
have
the
support
and
mentoring
that
they
need.
L
Over
the
past
year,
idaho
has
seen
an
increase
in
new
arrivals
and
many
have
come
from
afghanistan,
where
they
had
to
suddenly
up
and
leave
their
lives,
and
so
the
boise
community
has
really
come
together
to
support
and
care
for
them.
That
may
look
like
a
warm
meal
facilitated
by
city
of
good
and
local
restaurants.
L
L
So
I
want
to
introduce
joel
ryman,
he
chairs
our
housing
task
force
and
joel
used
to
be.
I
know
joel
when
he
was
the
men's
basketball
team
captain
at
nnu
when
he
played
with
my
brother
and
I
have
to
say
he
carries
that
same
energy
to
what
he
does
on
our
housing
task
force.
So
I'm
excited
to
introduce
bill
raymond.
M
I
want
to
piggyback
on
that
holly's
been
incredible,
you're
just
so,
grounded
you
and
have
such
a
powerful
voice,
because
you
see
the
whole
thing,
I'm
joel
and
I'm
honored
to
get
to
represent
the
voice
of
you
know
our
little
committee
and
I
hope
to
just
embody
what
our
the
heart
of
what
our
message
has
been
and
our
effort
really
practically
there's
just
for
the
sake
of
time.
There's
really
two
two
words
that
come
to
mind
that
I
believe
embody
this
effort,
the
first
being
creativity
and
the
second
one
being
hospitality.
M
So
this
is
my
first
first
season
being
with
neighbors
united
and
it's
I'm
not
blowing
it
out
of
proportion.
It's
significantly
impacted
me,
and
so,
with
that
momentum,
we've
just
tried
to
streamline
the
effort
to
get
people
housed
with
our
current
crisis,
of
having
200
plus
afghans
in
hotels
rooms
with
babies
coming
back
to
hotel
rooms,
the
issue
is
real,
and
so
we
we
didn't
want
to
mess
around,
and
so
we
created
a
website
that
would
hopefully
become
a
container
a
landing
place
called
how's
your
neighbor
dot
org.
That
could
be
a
funnel.
M
M
So
that's
taken
us
into
congregations
and
the
likes
to
have
this
conversation,
and
we
hope
to
have
many
more
going
forward
to
be
able
to
articulate
this
with
people
who
you
know
who
have
come
as
refugees
and
can
speak
into
the
heart
of
that.
So
we're
really
optimistic.
Even
looking
at
you
know
the
current
situation,
which
is
somewhat
dire.
We
just
absolutely
love
your
participation
in
it
and
your
support
and
we
won't
stop
until
we
get
everybody
housed
thanks.
So
much.
L
Thank
you
joel
and
something
that's
really
impressed
me
about
the
housing
task
force
is
the
range
of
creative
conversations
that
we've
been
able
to
have
with
not
just
faith
groups,
but
a
ton
of
community
members
reached
out
to
us
in
august
september
when
they
saw
what
was
happening.
Afghanistan
wanting
to
help
and
then
at
that
compassion.
Momentum
has
just
kept
going
forward.
So
there's
also
strategic
talks
going
on
with
you
know:
property
owners
developers
thinking
big
picture
going
forward.
L
Next
I
want
to
introduce
my
colleague
weiss
weiss
is
a
case
manager
at
the
international
rescue
committee
here
in
boise,
and
he
himself
knows
what
it's
like
to
come
to
boise
and
resettle
as
a
refugee,
and
now
he
in
turn
helps
others
who
are
going
through
that
process.
So
I
wanted
to
give
him
a
chance
to
share
his
story
with
you.
N
Thank
you
very
much
hello,
I'm
honored
to
be
here
with
you
guys,
and
so
thanks
for
the
opportunity
given
to
me
thanks
ali
for
inviting
me
right
here.
So
my
name
is
twice
muhammad
last
night,
last
name
arab,
I'm
originally
from
afghanistan,
and
I
used
to
work
with
the
military
in
afghanistan
for
12
years
with
u.s
forces
and
its
allies
started
working
from
2006
until
august
2019.
N
N
It's
been
three
months
and
exactly
it
was
the
right
time.
It
was
needed
for
me
to
be
there
since
we
are
overwhelmed,
so
we
have
a
lot
of
new
arrivals
from
afghanistan.
So
what
happened
on
august
2021
with
afghan
parolees
who
were
coming
into
the
united
states,
and
we
have
seen
a
lot
of
them
here
in
boise.
N
So
I'm
really
thankful
and
appreciate
all
the
community
members
that
they're
involved
and
helping
all
the
refugees,
because
it's
going
to
remind
me
the
days
when
I
was
here
in
boise
on
2019,
so
me
my
my
four
kids
and
my
wife,
because
we
had
a
really
bad
situation
in
afghanistan
since
I
have
had
the
military,
because
I
had
really
bad
days.
I
was
unwelcome
in
my
own
community
with
my
four
kids,
and
so
since
we
moved
here
at
boise
as
soon
as
the
plane
landed,
I
talked
to
my
wife
and
now
joe
feel
free.
N
It's
a
your
opportunity
go
for
it.
There
is
no
fear
and
no
one
is
coming,
knocking
the
door
and
no
one
will
run
after
us
to
assassinate
or
kidnap
us.
So
when
we
got
here,
we
were
kind
of
lost
because
we
didn't
have
anything,
but
we
did
receive
a
lot
of
support
from
the
community
and
from
the
resettlement
agencies,
including
housing
donation,
school
enrollment,
medical
screening,
peer
support
to
the
community
and
a
lot
of
things.
N
So
that's
outstanding,
that's
great
and
I
can
see
it
so
far
which
really
helps
our
newcomers
and
give
them
encourage
to
be
self-sufficient,
as
I
can
see
nowadays
and
it's
getting
more
and
more
from
the
community.
All
of
our
newcomers
here
are
really
happy
and
enjoying
from
the
live.
I
do
really
enjoy
my
working
with
them
because
since
I'm
providing
services
and
since
they
don't
know
the
language,
it's
a
language
barrier
and
resettlement
agencies,
all
the
community
members,
anyone
that
they're
involved
helping
all
the
newcomers
and
refugees.
N
B
N
N
L
So
just
to
recap,
1975
was
the
year
the
idaho's
resettlement
program
officially
launched,
and
we
can
see
how
this
program
has
strengthened
our
state
and
our
city
through
the
skills
and
innovation.
That's
coming
through
the
relationships,
the
friendships,
the
culture
and
diversity.
It
just
builds
a
stronger
community
all
around.
L
L
L
So
in
the
year
ahead
for
neighbors
united,
our
top
focus
areas
will
be
housing.
Health
care,
as
we
continue
to
respond
to
the
pandemic.
We
are
planning
a
community
conversation
around
vaccines
and
then
having
a
clinic
after
that
in
march,
and
connectivity
also
helping
new
arrivals
be
able
to
feel
connected
empowered
to
get
to
their
new
job
empowered
to
get
to
where
they
want
to
go
and
to
pursue
the
kind
of
job
and
education
they
want
and
make
those
relationships
within
the
community.
L
I
wanted
to
point
out
some
things
that
are
working
well
and
in
large
part
because
of
the
city's
leadership,
so
boise
police
department
for
many
years
has
had
a
refugee
liaison
officer
currently
officer
jessica
nar,
which
couldn't
love
her
more
she's,
so
supportive
and
incredible
and
helpful.
So
that
model
is
very
positive.
L
L
L
So
that's
a
very
important
resource
and
just
I
know
that
many
of
you
have
come
to
our
events,
world
refugee
day
in
our
conference
and
others,
then
that
does
mean
a
lot
and
the
city's
sponsorship
of
neighbors
united
continues
to
be
a
vital
partnership,
and
also
I
saw
that
you're
hiring
a
language
access
program
manager
which
maybe
you
already
had
one.
I
don't
know,
but
that's
that's
great.
I
was
really
happy
to
see
that
and
we're
really
excited
to
get
to
know
that
person.
L
I
Met
amir,
yes,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
holly.
That
was
a
very
inspiring
presentation.
Thank
you
so
much.
I
really
appreciate
the
perspective
of
mr
mohammed
and
I
think
it's
something
that
is
vital
as
we
move
forward
in
our
community
and
we
make
space
for
more
people
whether
they
come
from
afghanistan
or
they
come
from
california.
I
And
so
I
just
I
just
want
to
thank
you
not
just
for
helping
boise,
have
that
reputation,
but
also
to
provide
the
example
for
folks
who
come
to
our
community
and
to
recognize
that
that
is
the
type
of
community
they're
entering
and
what
it
means
to
actually
be
a
refugee
people.
Throw
around
that
term
lately
in
a
way.
That's
very
flippant,
and
I
very
greatly
appreciate
mr
mohammed
sharing
the
reality
of
what
is
behind
that
term,
and
I
am
so
very
grateful
that
he
is.
D
D
Those
folks
has
been
something
that's
been
really
important
to
my
family
and
myself,
because
we
we
have
found
that
our
association
with
people
who
are
different
than
us
has
really
enriched
us
and
we've
had
the
opportunity
to
have
refugees
live
in
our
neighborhood
and
it's
been
a
phenomenal
opportunity
to
get
to
know
a
situation
that
we
were
pretty
oblivious
to.
So
thank
you.
I
have
a
question.
What
what
can
we
do
to
help
you?
D
L
M
That's
a
great
question
honestly
as
we're
in
the
conversation
with
finding
units.
If
we
had
a
magic
wand,
it
would
be
direct
contact
relationship
bridge
to
property
managers,
people
that
we
could
be
in
com,
real,
real-time
conversation
with
about
the
situation
and
then
how
we're
supporting
you
know
those
who
will
be
there.
You
know
the
applicants
or
renters
we've.
You
know,
there's
a
big
game
plan
there,
but
oftentimes
people
aren't
given
the
chance
to
even
apply
partly
because
there's
not
a
need
and
because
they
don't
have
credit
history.
M
Any
litany
of
you
know
numbers
of
things
so
being
able
to
have
contact
with
the
right
people
who
have
sway
in
some
of
these
areas
and
we're
working
on
that.
But
you
know
perhaps
your
network,
those
you
might
know,
and
then
even
bridges
into
your
community,
whether
it's
your
faith
community
or
it's
your
neighborhood
association.
M
M
B
M
B
K
K
K
This
group
got
67
people
vaccinated
in
one
day
at
civic,
plaza
apartments
and
that
wasn't
just
the
refugee
community.
That
was
everybody
at
that
apartment
complex.
That
was
facing
barriers
so
as
they
broke
down
those
barriers
that
was
able
to
translate
to
benefit
everyone
in
our
community
and
ultimately
saved
lives.
So
I
just
want
to
say
thank
you
one
more
time
for
the
important
work
that
this
group
does
and
if
we
have
ability
other
council
members
other
folks
to
give
them
input
on
how
they
can
relay
this
message
to
other
leaders.
A
B
C
About
a
mayor,
jen's
getting
that
set
up,
can
I
just
give
a
couple
of
comments,
of
course
real
quickly.
So
as
the
downtown
boise
association
liaison
for
city
council,
I
was
able
to
participate
in
their
strategic
planning
process
gosh.
I
can't
even
remember
when
it
was.
It
seems,
like
everything
just
runs
together
these
days,
but
it
was
very
well
run.
They
had
a
lot
of
wonderful
input
and
engagement
from
board
members
who
are
business
owners
all
over
downtown
folks
who
work
downtown
and
folks
who
use
downtown,
and
so
I'm
really
excited
that
jen's
here.
C
A
O
O
I'm
just
here
today
to
kind
of
share
what
we
have
been
doing:
what
happened
in
2021
at
the
organization,
a
few
new
developments
and
some
feedback.
We
got
on
those
and
then
just
a
quick
glance
at
what's
to
come
this
year.
In
a
note
that
this
year
is
the
35th
anniversary
of
downtown
boise
association.
O
O
O
Superfly's,
first
thursdays.
I
hope
some
of
you
saw
these.
These
ran
from
may
to
september
in
2021.
This
was
our
answer
to
not
being
able
to
do
a
live
after
five
or
the
car
show.
Instead
of
our
traditional
first
thursday,
where
the
businesses
are
the
only
attraction
we
added
up
to
seven
roving
musicians,
dancers,
performers,
painters,
all
sorts
of
performances
and
artists
per
evening-
and
these
were
such
a
success,
we
had
a
really
good
response
to
them,
so
we're
going
to
be
able
to
continue
them
in
2022..
O
O
A
O
There
was
a
magical
moment
at
that
one.
When
a
viola
player
looked
at
a
dancer
and
said
I
can
play
star
trek,
can
you
dance
to
it
and
the
dancer
said
sure,
and
they
just
went
for
it,
and
people
were
captivated.
It
was
wonderful,
so
we
also
now
have
the
501c3,
so
dba
is
a
501c6,
a
membership-based
organization
which
doesn't
allow
us
access
to
many
grants
and
corporate
giving.
O
So
now
we
have
the
c3
that
will
run
our
public-facing
events,
giving
us
access
to
those
grants
and
corporate
giving
dollars,
because
one
of
the
things
that
we
heard
in
the
strategic
plan
as
I'll
mention
next,
is
really
that
the
community
wants
us
to
mature
and
up
the
quality
of
our
events,
as
our
city
grows
all
right.
The
strategic
plan
we're
really
excited
about
this.
As
holly
mentioned,
it
was
a
really
in-depth
process.
We
kicked
it
off
in
june
of
2021..
O
We
were
purposeful
in
building
the
project
team
around
this
for
the
strategic
plan.
We
had
an
artist
and
arts
advocate
on
the
team,
a
younger
boise
native,
with
ties
to
boise
state,
a
downtown
restaurant
bar
manager,
a
small
business
owner
in
the
basque
community
and
then
a
couple
of
professional
representatives,
and
then
the
larger
team
was
all
of
dba
staff
and
all
of
our
board
members.
O
A
quick
overview
of
the
process
in
july
of
2021
the
project
team,
released
a
survey.
We
were
really
surprised
when
we
released
this
survey.
We
hoped
to
get
a
thousand
responses.
We
pushed
really
hard.
We
got
over
2600
responses
from
people
in
the
community
and
all
of
those
people
spent
over
12
minutes
on
this
survey,
so
we
captured
an
audience.
They
had
something
to
say
and
we
have
437
pages
of
open-ended
comments
as
a
result,
through
a
board
retreat
held
in
september,
we
then
developed
five
goal
areas
with
related
projects
or
actions
directly
referencing.
O
O
O
I
won't
read
these
word
for
word
for
you,
but
we
heard
a
lot
about
transportation
and
infrastructure
around
bikes,
taller
buildings,
people.
We
had
quite
a
few
comments
about
people
who
don't
want
one-way
streets
anymore.
They
want
two-way
streets,
they
want
to
be
able,
like
we
a
lot
of
focus
on
pedestrian
and
biking
and
less
focus
on
cars.
O
O
And
then,
if
we
looked
at
the
improvement
notes
internally
for
our
organization,
there
was
a
lot
of
comments
about
people,
not
knowing
quite
what
we
are.
What
we
do
so
we
took
that
in
there
was
a
desire
for
more
variety
in
our
downtown
retail
restaurant
services
establishment.
You
know,
entertainment,
more
activities
that
are
family
friendly,
have
live
music,
hands-on
components
and
cultural
offerings,
and
then
there
were
quite
a
few
comments
saying
while
we
grow
and
as
we
change,
we
have
to
keep
an
eye
towards
accessibility
and
mobility
issues.
O
And
so
we
have
all
this
feedback.
We're
really
excited.
We've
got
a
lot
going
on,
so
I
just
wanted
to
quickly
share
what's
happening
this
year.
We,
of
course
will
keep
covered
19
in
our
minds.
Are
the
health
and
safety
of
our
community
is
first
priority,
but
we're
hoping
to
bring
back
all
of
our
events
this
year
last
year,
as
I
mentioned,
we,
the
only
ones
we
weren't
able
to
do
were
alive
after
five
and
the
father's
day.
O
Car
show
our
biggest,
but
we
hope
to
bring
those
back
this
year,
while
we're
also
supersizing
first
thursdays,
and
then
we
have
something
that
we
might
be
announcing
for
the
holiday
season,
we're
very
excited
about.
We
just
can't
quite
talk
about
it,
yet
so
there's
a
lot
going
on,
that's
it.
That
is
what
I
have.
A
My
sense
downtown
and
from
talking
with
merchants-
and
you
touched
on
it-
is
that
we've
really
they've
done
they've
done.
Okay
and
we've
stayed
busy
and
I've
noticed
there
are
more
days
during
the
week
where
you
know
we're
a
reservation
downtown
now
than
when
we
weren't
before.
But
all
that
is
kind
of
qualitative
experiential.
I'm
wondering
if
you
have
data
or
feedback
from
our
businesses
about
how
this
last
year
looked
compared
to
pre-covered,
or
they
could
compare
it
to
last
year
too.
If
they
wanted
to
I'm
just
curious
about
the
numbers.
O
A
O
The
lunch
places
are
still
lacking
because
of
the
lack
of
office
workers,
our
bodegas,
those
sorts
yeah
and
then
there's
just
very
specific
retail
that
maybe
is
doing
okay,
but
not
as
good
as
they
normally
would,
because
again
they
rely
upon
an
office
worker
or
a
person
who
is
dressed
not
in
a
work
from
home
way
yeah.
But
we've
gathered
a
few
comments
and
most
of
the
retailers
I
have
talked
to
it's
been
interesting
and
2020.
They
might
have
done.
O
Okay-
and
you
know,
the
uptick
in
online
sales
might
have
offset
or
partially
offset
what
they
lost
in
person
in
2021,
they've,
seen
a
decrease
in
online
sales,
but
a
increase
in
in-person
sales
at
more
than
makes
up
for
it.
This
holiday
season
was
especially
good
down
here.
I
have
a
business
down
here.
A
retail
business.
That's
been
around
for
20
something
years.
Who
told
me
that
small
business
saturday
in
2021
was
the
busiest
day
they
had
ever
had
and
we've
had
multiple
businesses
tell
us
that
2021
was
better
than
2019..
O
H
You
so
jen
really
excited
that
you
guys
got
the
strategic
plan
finished
and
that
you're
going
to
bring
back
the
events
during
that
planning
period.
Was
there
any
discussion
about
balancing
union
downtown
and
is
there
anything
more
that
we
should
be
aware
of
as
a
city
that
may
be
coming
before
before.
O
That
late
night
time,
I
know
that
we've
had
a
few
comments
about
sound
levels
at
alive
after
five
we
are
addressing
those
this
year,
but
I
would
say
that
we,
outside
of
that,
we
haven't
really
addressed
the
impact
to
residents.
We
did
get
a
small
amount
of
residents
that
responded
to
the
survey
and
we
do
keep
in
contact
with
dvna,
so
we'll
keep
talking
to
them.
K
Thank
you,
madam
mayor.
Thank
you
jennifer
for
the
presentation
congrats
on
the
strategic
plan.
That's
huge
and
then
2
000
people
over
2
000
people
in
a
survey
is
just
absolutely
incredible
and
and
really
probably
pretty
valuable
and
and
I'm
wondering,
and
if
you
don't
have
time
for
it
right
now,
we
can
talk
later.
But
if
there's
any
key
things
that
we
could
pull
transportation.
P
O
A
P
So
today
I
want
to
spend
some
time
just
kind
of
defining
what
is
innovation
and
performance?
What
do
I
mean
when
I
say
innovation
and
performance,
and
I'm
really
excited
to
share
with
you
some
of
the
projects?
I've
worked
on
and
completed
over
the
past
six
months
or
so
and
then
also
some
upcoming
projects.
I
have
in
my
pipeline
over
the
next
six
months.
P
So
I
know
both
innovation
and
performance
can
sound
kind
of
like
buzz
words,
but
really
dozens
of
cities
have
been
doing
innovation
and
performance
for
the
past
15
or
20
years,
and
before
I
came
to
boise
in
2017,
I
worked
for
the
city
and
county
of
san
francisco
for
a
number
of
years
doing
this
work.
So
this
is
innovation
and
performance
is
neither
unique
to
boise.
Nor
is
it
new
a
new
thing
right,
which
is
great
because
it's
tried
and
true
at
this
point.
P
We
know
it
impacts,
organization
and
really
organizations
in
a
really
positive
way.
But
what
is
innovation
and
performance
or
what
are
innovation
and
performance?
I
went
back
and
forth
about
whether
that
should
be
an
is
or
an
r.
So
I'm
going
to
stick
with
is
they're
they're
two
separate
functions,
but
that
are
highly
interconnected,
so
innovation
innovation
is
based
on
this
idea
that,
of
course,
as
an
organization
we
should
be
pursuing
best
practices.
We
should
be
pursuing
evidence-based
policy.
P
We
should
be
doing
things
that
we
know
that
work
wherever
we
can,
but
also
we
have
to
acknowledge
that
cities
are
increasingly
tackling
more
complex
challenges.
Things
like
housing,
affordability,
things
like
climate
change.
These
are
challenges
that
nobody
has
all
the
answers
to
right,
and
so
in
those
spaces,
it's
really
incredibly
important
that
we
carve
out
some
space
some
time,
some
resources
to
try
new
things
and
even
to
try
things
that
might
not
work
but
could
be
game
changers.
P
We
find
low-cost
low-risk
ways
to
test
things
so,
rather
than
spending
a
year
and
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
trying
to
get
a
program
perfect
and
then
launching
it
and
hoping
it
works,
hoping
people
actually
want
to
do
it.
I'd
much
rather
spend
a
day
and
fifty
dollars,
creating
a
simple
prototype,
getting
feedback
from
residents
and
iterating
on
that
and
learning
from
that,
so
that
we
can
get
to
a
point
where
we
have
enough
information
to
say:
hey.
P
P
So
how
can
we
harness
the
smarts,
the
creativity
of
our
staff
of
the
community
to
solve
problems
together,
and
then
the
performance
analytics
side
is
really
based
on
this
idea
that
we
should
be
using
data
to
get
better
as
an
organization
every
day
right
and
to
do
that
we
have
to
first
have
a
clear
and
shared
definition
of
success.
So
what
are
our
goals?
What
are
we
trying
to
achieve?
What
would
good
performance
look
like?
We
have
to
have
easy
access
to
data
that
tells
us
how
we're
doing.
P
How
are
we
performing
relative
to
those
goals
we've
set
for
ourselves,
and
then
we
have
to
use
that
data
to
take
action
right
if
we're
seeing
areas
where
we're
not
achieving
the
outcomes
we
want
to
see,
we
need
to
take
action
to
get
better
and-
and
there
are
those
two
functions
are
really
intertwined.
Well,
because
any
good
innovation
work
requires
a
lot
of
data
and
a
lot
of
measurement
and
a
lot
of
metrics
right
as
you're
trying
and
testing
new
things.
P
You
really
have
to
integrate
data
to
understand
the
problem
to
see
if
something's
working,
so
innovation
and
performance
can
vary
a
bit
from
city
to
city,
but
there's
some
common
sort
of
approaches
that
cities
use
and
those
are
in
the
bullet
points
at
the
bottom
of
the
slide.
I
don't
have
time
to
go
over
all
of
them,
but
I
want
to
highlight
the
bolded
ones,
because
those
are
areas
where
we've
done
work
over
the
past
six
months,
so
human
center
design
is
using
techniques
like
ethnographic
interviewing
and
observations
and
prototyping
for
co-design.
P
So
what
I
mean
by
co-design
is
really
deeply
engaging
residents
in
every
step
of
the
solutions
process,
from
understanding
the
idea
to
generating
new
ideas
to
testing
those
ideas,
process,
innovation
uses
tools
like
lean
and
six
sigma
and
typically
how
that
works.
Is
you
train
and
coach
city
staff
in
those
tools
and
methods,
and
then
you
empower
them
to
make
small
innovations
in
their
day-to-day
work,
so
things
that
might
cost
no
money
that
are
really
easy
to
do.
P
They
have
control
over
that
each
little
innovation
might
not
have
a
huge
impact,
but
if
a
lot
of
people
are
doing
a
lot
of
innovations,
then
it
can
have
a
huge
impact.
Denver
was
the
first
city
to
launch
a
program
like
this
and
over
the
past
10
years
I
think
they've
saved
the
city
about
50
million
dollars,
five
zero.
So
we
know
this
work
is
impactful
and
then
innovation
challenges
are
about
collecting
new
ideas
from
the
organization
or
the
community.
P
P
You
have
performance
management,
which
is
the
backbone
of
this
work,
which
is
that
really
that
piece
about
setting
goals
measuring
progress,
using
data
to
take
action,
open
data
which
is
very
much
about
transparency
and
sharing
our
progress
towards
goals
with
the
community
and
then
data
academies
which
are
focused
on
skill
building
around
this
to
make
sure
our
staff
have
the
skills
they
need
to
do
this
work
all
right,
so
an
update
on
some
of
the
innovation
work.
I've
been
doing.
P
From
their
perspective,
we
held
several
co-creation
sessions,
which
we
invited
residents
to
come
brainstorm
ideas
with
us,
and
we
got
more
than
500
ideas
through
that
work,
and
then
we
tested
a
few
of
the
most
promising
ideas
alongside
residents
and
based
on
that
work.
The
city
is
planning
to
pilot
a
couple
of
housing
programs
that
I'm
really
excited
about.
The
first
one
is
around
movable
tiny
homes,
so
these
are
really
small
under
400
square
feet,
they're
on
a
trailer,
so
they
can
be
moved
from
one
site
to
the
next.
P
You've,
probably
seen
them
on
instagram
or
any
number
of
cable
television
shows
and
they're
not
currently
allowed
in
city
limits
unless
you're
in
an
rv
park,
and
so
the
idea
we
heard
from
the
community
was.
Could
this
be
a
viable
low-cost
housing
option?
What
if
the
city
did
allow
them,
and
so
the
plan
for
the
pilot
is
to
allow
them
temporarily
at
five
or
six
locations
throughout
the
city
and
then
evaluate
the
impacts
to
see
if
they
work
right?
What
do
neighbors
think
about
it?
Are
they
actually
low
cost?
P
How
do
homeowners
feel
about
having
somebody
living
in
their
backyard
and
the
second
pilot
we're
doing
is
around
accessory
dwelling
units?
These
are
also
called
in-law
units
or
granny
flats
or
casitas
up
to
700
square
feet,
and
they
are
currently
allowed
in
city
of
boise
limits.
But
the
idea
the
community
had
was
well
what,
if
the
city
offered
a
package
of
incentives
and
assistance
to
homeowners
to
build
an
adu
in
their
backyard.
P
Our
two
in-person
sessions
were
sold
out
and
we
got
a
lot
of
really
really
positive
feedback.
People
are
really
excited
that
we're
doing
this.
We
are
planning
to
fund
an
organization
to
manage
the
two
pilots,
so
we
have
a
request
for
proposals
out
on
the
street
and
that's
due
february
23rd
and
our
hope
is
then
march
will
select
that
organization
and
they
can
start
work
immediately
and
then,
based
on
the
success
of
that
bloomberg.
Harvard
work
public
works.
Ask
that
I
replicate
that
process
around
the
geothermal
system
and
the
question
we're
tackling
there
is.
P
How
might
we
expand
that
geothermal
system,
given
that
we
have
a
goal
to
be
carbon
neutral
by
2050?
We
have
this
amazing
asset
and
renewable
resource,
the
biggest
and
oldest
municipal
utility
in
the
country
that
does
geothermal,
and
so
you
can
see
a
picture
here
of
a
co-creation
session
we
held
about
a
month
ago
in
city
council
chambers,
with
about
30
residents,
which
was
really
fun.
People
got
excited
about
it
and
we
were
able
to
generate
more
than
700
ideas
from
that.
Some
of
them
are
really
practical.
P
P
This
was
biff
jones
in
the
department
of
finance
and
administration,
who
was
part
of
the
bloomberg,
harvard
harvard
team
and
really
liked
the
approach
that
we
did,
and
so
he
brought
it
back
to
his
department
to
tackle
a
challenge
that
they're
facing
around
city
hall
parking
right
now
on
any
given
day.
Parking
at
city
hall
is
about
half
empty,
because
so
many
of
our
staff
are
telecommuting.
P
Next
around
process,
innovation
so
last
fall.
I
pulled
together
a
cohort
five
cohorts
of
staff
from
different
divisions,
and
you
can
see
those
divisions
there
to
get
some
training
and
coaching
and
process
improvement
and
those
staff
did
more
than
50
innovations
through
that
work.
I
think
one
great
example
is
the
util
utility
building
staff.
P
P
So
there's
a
lot
of
these
calls
every
year,
there's
something
like
15
or
16
000
of
these
calls
a
year.
Well,
they
did
some
simple
process,
improvements
and
process,
streamlining
it
cost.
Nothing
was
really
easy
and
through
that
they
were
able
to
get
that
average
call
time
from
down
from
15
minutes
to
eight
minutes,
so
they
almost
cut
that
time
in
half,
which
is
huge
so
collectively
over
the
course
of
the
year
that
saves
our
customers
1900
hours
of
their
time.
P
It
saves
utility
billing
staff
960
hours
of
work,
which
is
equivalent
of
like
half
an
fte
right.
So
basically
for
no
money,
they
were
able
to
add
a
half
fte
for
their
staff
and
reduce
their
errors
by
66
on
the
performance
analytics
side.
So
you
know
we,
I
think
we're
all
well
aware
that
there's
a
deficit
of
affordable
housing
in
our
community,
but
one
of
the
things
we
haven't
always
known
is
whether
or
not
the
market
is
producing
those
units,
those
units
that
we
really
need.
P
P
I
also
hired
a
harvard
fellow
last
summer
to
do
some
research
for
us
around
housing
preservation,
which
we
thought
was
a
big
need
in
the
community.
But
we
didn't
know
a
lot
about.
It
was
really
great
research.
It
was
really
instrumental
in
the
city
developing
that
goal
of
preserving
a
thousand
units
of
housing.
P
The
fellow
also
provided
a
lot
of
great
recommendations
that
we're
exploring
now
and
then
dashboards
are
a
really
great
tool
to
be
able
to
look
at
that
data
in
a
simple
way
right
for
any
staff
in
the
city
to
be
able
to
look
and
see
how
we're
doing.
But,
unfortunately,
a
few
staff
right
now
in
the
city
have
the
skills
to
build
those
dashboards.
P
So
I'm
bringing
in
a
trainer
to
do
a
four-day
training
with
analysts
in
our
organization
to
develop
that
skill
set
and
as
part
of
that,
the
analysts
will
be
also
developing
some
dashboards.
That
will
be
used
by
the
economic
development
initiative
and
the
housing
initiative
and
then
finally,
around
open
data
over
the
past
year,
or
so,
we've
launched
a
couple
of
tools
for
the
public
to
use.
P
One
is
boise
open
book,
which
is
a
budget
transparency
tool,
so
any
resident
can
see
details
about
how
the
city
spends
their
money,
how
they
budget
etc,
and
then
a
couple
of
police
dashboards
we
launched
as
well.
So
residents
can
look
at
police
incidents
in
their
neighborhood
and
emergency
response
time,
and
things
like
that.
So,
on
the
upcoming
project
side,
I'm
really
excited
about
what
we
have
going
on
over
the
next
six
months.
P
Another
really
important
kind
of
goal
of
that
is
really
to
get
staff
engaged
in
our
strategic
initiatives
to
make
them
feel
like
they're
part
of
it
and
give
them
a
way
to
be
impactful
in
those
initiatives
and
then
a
challenge
with
the
community
as
well,
where
we
invite
them
to
come
up
with
ideas
for
how
the
city
could
improve
we'll
do
a
second
round
of
that
process.
Innovation
work
on
the
performance
side,
I'm
really
excited
to
work
on
a
housing
data
website
right.
So
we
have
all
these
dashboards
now
internally.
P
That
tell
us
how
we're
doing,
but
we
should
be
sharing
that
with
the
public
as
well,
so
we're
working
to
develop
a
website
that
will
do
that
and
provide
data
to
the
public,
also
developing
some
economic
development
dashboards.
Of
course,
they
have
their
strategic
planning
process
that
was
complete
recently
and
that
will
show
some
of
their
goals
and
metrics
and
then
also
developing
some
goal
teams.
The
idea
there
is
gathering
staff
together
around
say,
housing
to
look
at
the
data
on
a
quarterly
basis
and
talk
about
how
they'll
take
action
to
improve
performance.
H
Madam
well,
thank
you
kyle.
It's
really
great
to
hear
this
and
it's
been
a
while
since
since
you've
presented
to
us,
it
makes
me
think
that
there
are
city
council
initiatives
that
could
use
your
help
and
I
wonder
if
you
guys
have
thought
about
say,
for
instance,
if
the
vision,
zero
task
force
comes
out
with
a
set
of
recommendations,
but
we're
not
exactly
sure
how
they'll
get
implemented.
If
that
would
be
a
candidate,
if
you
will
for
the
crowdsourcing
innovation.
P
A
Kyle
thanks
for
this
presentation,
you
know
we
often
joke
wait.
Where's
kyle,
oh
he's
downstairs
in
that
corner.
What's
he
doing
well,
you're
doing
a
whole
bunch
of
stuff
with
a
whole
bunch
of
people
really
appreciate,
seeing
it
all
in
one
place,
and
I
know
that
from
the
employee
experience
and
where
we've
under
your
leadership
pulled
different
people
from
different
levels
of
the
organization
and
from
different
departments
themselves
into
these
challenges.
A
They
really
enjoyed
it
and,
as
evidenced
by
the
survey
feedback,
you've
gotten
from
residents
and
all
the
feedback
you
got,
especially
in
the
housing
initiative
questions.
The
public
really
enjoys
it
too.
So
look
forward
to
seeing
more
of
this
and
doing
more
of
this
because
it
saves
residents.
Money
saves
us
time
and
it
creates
opportunities
for
new
ideas
that
can
be
great
solutions.