City Council Regular Meeting 10/14/2025 06:00 PM City Council Chambers, 33 East Broadway Avenue Meridian, Idaho

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ROLL CALL ATTENDANCE

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

COMMUNITY INVOCATION

ADOPTION OF AGENDA

PROCLAMATIONS [Action Item]

• 1.Crime Prevention Month

• Proclamation.pdf (0.51 MB)

PUBLIC FORUM – Future Meeting Topics

The public are invited to sign up in advance of the meeting at www.meridiancity.org/forum to address elected officials regarding topics of general interest or concern of public matters. Comments specific to active land use/development applications are not permitted during this time. By law, no decisions can be made on topics presented at Public Forum. However, City Council may request the topic be added to a future meeting agenda for further discussion or action. The Mayor may also direct staff to provide follow-up assistance regarding the matter.

RESOLUTIONS [Action Item]

• 2.Resolution No. 25-2540: A Resolution Establishing the Reappointment of Dom Gelsomino to Seat 1 and Jennifer Bobo to Seat 2 of the Meridian Parks and Recreation Commission; and Providing an Effective Date

• Resolution.pdf (0.02 MB)

• 3.Resolution No. 25-2541: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Meridian Reappointing Seoyoon Song to Seat 9 of the Meridian Arts Commission and Divya Danesh to Seat 8 of the Meridian Solid Waste Advisory Commission; and Providing an Effective Date

• Resolution.pdf (0.02 MB)

• 4.Resolution No. 25-2542: A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Meridian Appointing Toren Taylor to Seat 9 of the Meridian Parks and Recreation Commission; James Abdel-Monem to Seat 6 of the Meridian Historic Preservation Commission; Advik Bansal to Seat 4 of the Meridian Transportation Commission; and Providing an Effective Date

• Resolution.pdf (0.02 MB)

ACTION ITEMS

Public Hearing process: Land use development applications begin with presentation of the project and analysis of the application by Planning Staff. The applicant is then allowed up to 15 minutes to present their project. Members of the public are then allowed up to 3 minutes each to address City Council regarding the application. Citizens acting as a representative of a Homeowner’s Association may be allowed up to 10 minutes to speak on behalf of represented homeowners who have consented to yielding their time. The public may sign up in advance at www.meridiancity.org/forum. After all public testimony, the applicant is allowed up to 10 minutes to respond to questions and comments. City Council members may ask questions throughout the public hearing process. The public hearing is then closed, and no further public comment is heard. City Council may move to continue the application to a future meeting or approve or deny the application. The Mayor is not a member of the City Council and pursuant to Idaho Code does not vote on public hearing items unless to break a tie vote.

• 5.Public Hearing for Century Farm Master Association Gravity Irrigation Easement (H-2025-0044) by Brighton Corporation, located at 4884 S. Tavistock Ave.

  Application Materials: https://bit.ly/H-2025-0044

  A. Request:  A Vacation to vacate the twenty (20) foot gravity irrigation easement and replace it with a new easement that will be rededicated through a new instrument number. The new easement is proposed to be ten (10) feet in width, the same as the public utility, irrigation and drainage easement.

• Staff Report.pdf (1.70 MB)

• 6.Public Hearing continued from September 16, 2025 for Latitude Forty Three Subdivision (H-2024-0059) by Rodney Evans + Partners, LLC., located at 675, 715 and 955 S. Wells St.

  Application Materials: https://bit.ly/H-2024-0059

  A. Request: Annexation of 17.27 acres of land with R-8 (13.78 acres), R-15 (2.42 acres) and C-N (1.07 acres) zoning districts.

  B. Request: Preliminary Plat to re-subdivide lots 7, 21 and 22, Magic View Subdivision, Amended into 79 residential lots, 1 commercial lot and 11 common/other lots on 15.97 acres of land in the R-8, R-15 and C-N zoning districts.

• Staff Report.pdf (9.14 MB)
• Minutes from Planning and Zoning Commission.pdf (0.05 MB)

• 7.Public Hearing for Modena Plaza Subdivision (SHP-2025-0004) by Jordan Moorhouse, located at 3147 Belltower Dr.

  Application Materials: https://bit.ly/SHP-2025-0004

  A. Request: Short Plat to subdivide an existing commercial lot in four (4) separate lots on approximately 1.59 acres of land in the L-O zoning district.

• Staff Report.pdf (6.88 MB)

• 8.Public Hearing for Solara Estates Subdivision (H-2025-0013) by Jadon Schneider, Bronze Bow Land, located at 1695 E. Amity Rd. and 4940 and 5060 S. Locust Grove Rd.

  Application Materials: https://bit.ly/H-2025-0013

  A. Request: Annexation of approximately 15 acres across three (3) parcels of land from Ada County into the City of Meridian with requested zoning of R-8 and R-2 from RUT which includes parcel numbers S1132223130, S1132223210 and S1132223320.

  B. Request: Preliminary Plat consisting of 14 single-family lots, including one existing home site to remain and five (5) common lots for a total of 19 lots on 9.72 acres of land (parcels S1132223210 and S113223320).

  C. Request: Alternative Compliance to reduce the landscape buffer along the street adjacent to Lot 11, Block 1 by 50%.

• Commission Recommendation and Staff Report.pdf (3.81 MB)
• Minutes from Planning and Zoning Commission.pdf (0.04 MB)

• 9.Public Hearing for UDC Text Amendment (ZOA-2025-0001) by City of Meridian Planning Division, located citywide.

  Application Materials: https://bit.ly/ZOA-2025-0001

  A. Request: UDC Text Amendment to revise the specific use standards associated with drive-throughs and secondary dwellings in Chapter 4 of the Unified development Code (UDC).

• Draft UDC Changes.pdf (0.14 MB)

ORDINANCES [Action Item]

• 10.Ordinance No. 25-2100: An ordinance (Ten Mile Flex – H-2025-0027) annexing a parcel of land located in the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter of Section 34, Township 4 North, Range 1 West, Boise Meridian, City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho, more particularly described in Exhibit “A”; rezoning 5.545 acres of such real property from RUT (Rural Urban Transition) to the I-L (Light Industrial) zoning district; directing city staff to alter all applicable use and area maps as well as the official zoning maps and all official maps depicting the boundaries and the zoning districts of the City of Meridian in accordance with this ordinance; providing that copies of this ordinance shall be filed with the Ada County Assessor, the Ada County Treasurer, the Ada County Recorder, and the Idaho State Tax Commission, as required by law; repealing conflicting ordinances; and providing an effective date.

• Ordinance.pdf (0.03 MB)
• Exhibit A.pdf (0.51 MB)
• Exhibit B.pdf (0.92 MB)

FUTURE MEETING TOPICS

ADJOURNMENT