City Council - Regular Meeting

Council will call the meeting order for the record is July 7, 2026 at 4.30 p.m. We'll begin this afternoon's work session with roll call attendance.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, Councilman Cavanaugh, Councilman Taylor, Councilwoman Strader, Councilman Whitlock, Councilwoman Little-Roberts, Mayor Simison.

Next item up is adoption of the agenda. Councilwoman Little-Roberts.

Mayor, I move that we approve the adoption of the agenda as published. Second. Second.

I have a motion and a second to approve the adopted agenda. Is there any discussion? If not, all in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. The ayes have it and the agendas agree to. Next up is the consent agenda. Councilwoman Little-Roberts.

Mayor, I move that we approve the consent agenda for the mayor to sign and the clerk to attest.

I have a motion second to approve the consent agenda. Is there any discussion? If not, all in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed, nay. Ayes have it. And the consent agendas agree to. There were no items moved from the consent agenda, so we'll move on to our first department report item, which is employee benefits trust update. And we'll turn this over to Christina Barney. Thank you for hustling to get here. I know you were concerned you weren't going to make it in time, but you're here, so you got to go home early.

Well, Mayor, Council, thank you for having me this evening. I did try to hustle over here so I could give this presentation. But I wanted to give you all an update on the trust. So the trust has been looked at by the DOI, and you were provided those final findings. So as we talked about the previous meeting, the reason that we didn't give the preliminary findings was because not everything made it to the final. So we'll walk through what that looks like today. If I can get this to work. Okay. So as I said, we'll look through those audit findings. We'll also look through our financials through quarter one of 26 and then give a survey summary from our employee benefits survey. What you will not see on this presentation is the market analysis that is being finalized as we speak. As soon as that is finalized, we will bring it back before you. Okay, so on the audit findings, the one thing that I want to point out here is the financial result. So there were no adjustments in the audit findings that impacted the trust's net report assets. So they looked through all of the information that we provided them for the trust January 2nd of 2020 through December 31st of 24. and then subsequent events through the finalization of that audit. They used a modified risk-focused examination approach, looking at conditions, governance, controls, and records. So the important thing to also note is the department noted a high level of cooperation through that process while identifying governance process compliance improvements for the trust. So we were very responsive in getting them records and also responding to their findings. Some of the findings that came out of that DOI audit was the minimum surplus. You all are aware that we have to maintain that minimum surplus at all times. So that was one of the findings that came out through that through the year of 2025. We were in a deficit that entire year. The other thing that came out is the premium tax filing was not filed timely in the very beginning portions of the trust at that time where we were not aware that we were subject to that tax filing. Once we became aware of it, we have since been on top of that and the timeliness of that filing. Just that subsequent event, just making sure that we're staying above that surplus at all times. And again, having these conversations with you, bringing that before you and what that financial risk is and asking to get any infusions that we may need to maintain that surplus. So what the trust is focusing on is moving for more reactive corrections to providing these types of updates so that we can be proactive in getting the funds that we may need should we fall into a deficit. The management letter that was provided by DUI did identify some governance, vendor controls, compliance, and actuarial controls that we needed to improve. Again, we were very responsive to DUI and how we were going to go about that. Majority of that is amending either our bylaws or our practices during our meetings. One of the points that I want to make sure that I highlight is there was some concern about the bank and unsecured funds. That has since been resolved with the bank. We are considered a government account, and so all of the funds in that account are now protected. Moving on to our current financial status. So this slide, I wanted to provide the information. It can be a little deceiving, so I am going to walk through some of the information I have some notes on. So the $3.18 million is our assets, and that accounts for cash on hand and on deposit, uncollected contributions, prepaid expenses, and rebates receivable. The $2.55 million required surplus does increase as our contributions increase. So if you'll remember, we put in place a 17.5% increase this last year. That obviously increases that minimum surplus. Any increase we incur this year will, again, increase that minimum surplus that we have to maintain.

And then... Councilman Strader.

Is it okay if I ask a quick question as you're going? So is the cash included in the total assets or is that like in addition to, like are the required surplus amounts, is that like in addition to the total assets or is it included within that? It's included within that. Okay. Okay.

Good question, thank you. And then, so if you take the two of those, our total net income through quarter one is 203.6 thousand. So looking at the reserve adequacy, which is something that the board takes very seriously and something that we monitor on a monthly basis, if you take that surplus against the minimum requirement, we are at a $25,000 shortfall come the end of quarter one. However, there was a legislative change January 1 of 26 that requires all plans to move to a traditional RX rebate. So basically what's happening is instead of the Blue Cross being able to see the claim and the rebate that's associated with the RX and then just crediting us, they have to wait for the manufacturer to provide that refund, and then they can provide it to us. So it is causing about a six-month lag in that. We have communicated that to DUI. They are aware, and they are working with us on that. Had we received that rebate in a timely manner, we would not be in a deficit at this point. We are continuing to monitor that. We will continue to monitor that as we go forward. And then our cash on hand, which we already discussed, is 2.1 with our ending net from our operations at just over 108.

Mr. Mayor.

Councilor Schroeder.

This might be more of a question for finance, I'm not sure, but I'm curious, going forward, because we have this, you know, reserve requirement that needs to be met, and it's kind of a moving target, right? And we've just been really close on it, and we have this timing issue, which is a lag. And I know ongoing monitoring is definitely part of the solution, but I'm also curious, like... Is it a situation where we just, we need like a bigger financial buffer of some kind to kind of keep us out of that, you know, like orange light zone where we're like 1% off and we're getting dinged. And even if we monitor it quarterly, we might have that happen on a pretty regular basis. Like, is there an answer around our reserves that needs to change to help us with that? Or I'm just curious kind of what people are thinking in terms of an answer to that besides monitoring. Yeah. Sure.

So my personal take on this is as we go through our renewal process, building that in, knowing that we're going to have that lag so that we can maintain that minimum surplus. And that's the requirement of DOI. This legislation, as I understand it, came out very late. And so we didn't have the opportunity to do that when we were looking at plan designs and the renewals for last year. So we want to take that in account for this coming year so that we don't, you know, enter into this again. Any other questions, Mr Mayor.

that's been locked and, as I understand it, the flip side of the coin is while there's a minimum amount, you have to have they won't let you exceed a maximum amount either so.

That is correct. it's it's. Trying to thread the needle for sure correct okay. Okay, moving on to the employee benefits survey. So we opened the survey in April 6th of this year, and then we closed it April 14th. It was sent to about 650 employees. 217 participated in the survey, so it's roughly a 33%, which is fairly decent. I mean, we always want to see more, but it's fairly decent for a survey like this. Some of the high-value benefits that came out of that is people rated medical, retirement, vacation, sick leave, and vision very highly, so that is very important to them. Some of the pain points is the medical plan design, and we'll get into more of that in the next slide. The deductibles, out-of-pocket, remote work opportunities, vendor experience, and claims and Rx complexity. The trust is currently looking at, through this market analysis, what can we do to address some of these pain points as we look at plan design for next year? So the overarching theme is the employees want choice, clarity, and cost control, as we all do. One of the things that came out of that, if we're looking at that pain point, is they want more control over their medical plan. And so what we're seeing is that there are some that want a higher premium and lower deductible and others that want a higher premium and a lower deductible. So looking at two different plan design options and possibly reintroducing the high deductible plan, we had it multiple years ago, There wasn't a whole lot of difference between the two plans, and so we didn't have a large shift in the employee population. Looking at what we learned from that past experience and applying it forward, if we decide to go this direction, there will be a difference between those two plans to drive some of that consumerism. So what the trust will be working on over the next 12 months, so if you're looking at zero to three, we're looking at that market analysis, which is that claims and vendor performance analysis, reserve monitoring, plan option monitoring, and benefits communication plan. Over the next three to six months, finalizing those plan design options, revamping our benefits hub and how-to guides, so getting information into employees' hands, into spouses' hands, so that they know where their benefits are, what they look like, and how to utilize them. And then preparing open enrollment tools. Six to 12 months is implementing approved plan changes, tracking enrollment shifts, If we do offer that high deductible plan, what is that looking like? Monitor satisfaction and then report outcomes. And I'll stand for any questions.

Thank you. Council, any questions?

Mr. Mayor.

Councilman Little-Roberts.

Mayor, Christine, thank you so much. I wanted to say thank you for the presentation and thank you for your service with the trust because I read your resignation letter and appreciate all that you've done the last six years. I do have a question, though. I was curious about you saying we pay taxes on the premiums. Yes. So we're a government entity. We collect premiums from the employees, and then we pay taxes on them.

And I don't understand all the nuances of all of that, but I'm happy to get that information back to you. But the trust, again, being a separate entity, and although government funds go into it, I don't think it applies in this situation. But we have had it legally reviewed, and we are making sure we're compliant with that requirement.

I totally understand that, but I would love, just out of curiosity, to know how much the taxes that we pay are.

I want to say it's roughly $2,000 a year. Yeah.

Well, thank you.

Mr. Mayor.

Councilman Taylor.

Christina, thank you, and thank you for all your work on the trust. Just a quick question. When you surveyed the employees, Was there an interest in like a plan that included like a health savings account as well with the high deductible plan? Or is that something the trust has looked at as an option yet? Or do you maybe anticipate looking at that as an option?

Typically, when you offer a high-deductible plan, it's paired with an HSA, and that's part of the driving factor. Not only do you have a difference in plan design, you have a difference in your contribution structure, and part of that contribution goes to an HSA to help offset that high deductible.

Maybe to piggyback off of that, one question. Did we ask any demographic questions to know... in the respondents, was it young employees want one version and older employees want another? Or was it blind and we have no idea what type of person replied in the survey?

It was a blind question.

Okay.

Mr. Mayor?

Councilman Kavanaugh.

Can you provide the survey results to the council for us to review and read?

I believe so, yeah.

might be helpful just to glean any additional insight out of that. So I appreciate it.

That's my Taylor.

Just one last question. Did you ask like the overall satisfaction? Like, was it, were you pleased with, with what people thought about the plan overall? Were there concerns that you may be picked out from that? I'm not sure if you asked any of those questions, but I was kind of curious if you had a general sense of what employees thought.

I don't believe we framed the question in that fashion, it was more about what do you find more valuable what you find more important, so that that gives the trust tools to be able to maneuver the levers that we have to try to. You know, contain costs, but also provide the benefit that our employee populations looking for be able to recruit and retain our employees.

See no additional questions. Thank you. And again, appreciate your service.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

Okay. With that, we'll move on to item 25, which is the electronic bicycle presentation and discussion. And I see the captain looking like he's drawn the straw. I won't call it short or long, but he was leaning forward. So...

Sorry about that. Mr. Mayor, council members, good evening and thank you for having me tonight. So tonight I'm going to talk about our e-bike and e-motorcycle safety initiative. It will be a brief overview of the initiative. I think if I went into full detail, it would probably go over an hour. We are holding a meeting next week where it will go over an hour with multiple presenters. But today I try to highlight some of the main points and facts and then really open it up for any questions or concerns that you may have. So why we're here? Obviously, you've heard from community members that the e-bikes and e-motorcycles have been a growing popularity within our city, within the Valley, and really nationwide. From the police standpoint, it has come with a lot of different challenges for us. So some of those were obviously concerns and complaints about unsafe riding behaviors. The safety risks they present within neighborhoods, roadways, and the pathways. Really difficulty for some people understanding the laws and distinguishing between a bicycle, an e-bike, or an e-motorcycle. And then lastly, the danger and the risk to our youth, which I think one of the main driving factors for this is really reaching the parents and really getting an understanding from them as far as, hey, this is a dangerous thing that we've been dealing with. So why this matters? This obviously matters because it is a community safety issue. But I think more importantly, We have been dealing with the heavy users are going to be the youth, typically from we've seen the youngest at two or three years old, all the way really up to 16, 17 years old. And so we really want to protect our youth. And that was a driving cause for really moving forward with this initiative. So as I said, most riders are juveniles. Many of them are operating the vehicles. Most of them are e-motorcycles, which travel at rates similar to that of a motorcycle. Also, there have been serious injuries here in the valley, obviously a recent one, throughout the nation, and we are seeing traffic collisions involving e-bikes also within our city. Like I said, parents often don't realize or they choose not to realize the dangers of the e-bikes. And some of them don't understand the laws as well as they should. And so as we were talking kind of within our groups internally as we're planning, one thing that we kept coming back to was the fact that most of these children, they really don't understand law. the consequences of a decision that's made in a split second while they're going 25, 45, or 55 miles per hour. But as adults, as police leaders, as community leaders, and really as parents, we obviously do or we should. And this is really why this matters to us and why we're here today. So how we got here. From hearing the concerns and the complaints, we obviously realized we needed a plan. We needed a solution to move forward. We took the lens from listening before acting. Obviously, from the first complaint, from the first calls of service regarding or related to e-bikes, we were there. We'd been enforcing from the beginning. But as far as a strategy to move forward, we really wanted to... I guess take really the overview approach to see what other people were doing and to make sure we're aligned before we actually release something out. So luckily for us, the city and the mayor and the leadership teams actually took the first step and they created the e-bike website, which has been a great reference for us and we use it often. Internally, what we did as we planned this was we formed an e-bike community that discussed all things e-bikes, problems, concerns, and solutions. And then really at that same time, we had promotional testing for our lieutenants as part of one of the testing processes. We had them put together an e-bike proposal or a plan for a solution. So we had seven candidates, we had seven proposals, and we took a lot of the information from those proposals and incorporated it into this initiative. Our partnerships with the Ada County law enforcement agencies, we obviously talk with them. They are facing the same problems. We talked about some of their solutions and we wanted to kind of stay aligned as best as we could with what they were doing because we're seeing the problem all throughout the valley. And so that has been fruitful for us as well. We also didn't want to reinvent the wheel. We looked at other communities across the nation who have been dealing with this issue for some two to three years. We took ideas from them and found things that we thought would work well for us. So partnerships, we realized early on that this wasn't a problem we were going to be able to enforce our way out of. We don't have the staffing and we don't have the resources to do it. So ideally, this was a community policing issue where we needed community input, community buy-in, and community participation. We knew education was going to be at the forefront of that, so we collectively tried to figure out, hey, what partnerships are going to help us reach the most people and give us the platform we need to get our educational information out there. So some of them are obviously the city leadership team, our own police department. We've been working hand in hand with West Ada School District, our crime prevention unit, who has access to a lot of our community members and community groups. The community members themselves, we spent hours on phones and emails, I'm sure you have as well, hearing their concerns and hearing their solutions as well. And then our community risk reduction team, we actually met with them last week. We were kind of late in the game to connect with them, but we're glad we did. They kind of specialize in a lot of these campaigns, and so we look forward to kind of getting their input and insight and what they can offer to enhance this. So our plan is very basic. It's really two phases to it. The educational portion, which is the foundation of it, and then our enforcement portion, which supports it. So we kind of went through six steps, right? The community concerns, which we went over, our education and community partnerships, which we are doing right now. Our first goal is really voluntary compliance. Can the information we provide to parents and riders reduce the risk and encourage them to make safer choices? Targeted enforcement. We have operations planned, and we do have a dashboard, a data dashboard, which kind of tells us what's going on, where it's going on, for our officers to really take a look at and see where we need to pay more attention to. And then overall, our goal is a safer community. Collectively, our efforts leading to safer streets, pathways, and parks. If not, we're going to have to take a look at the plan and kind of adjust as we go. So the first piece is education and public awareness. Our thought with this is let's come up with a plan with information we're going to put out there and really get it to as many people in the community as possible. And so, as I said, the partnerships help with that. Our first step was our social media campaign, which I think we've had about two messaging posts go out already within the past week. And our PIO, Jordan, is really the forefront of this with the content. We help her out with it. she's already got planned uh content coming out for really the next two months and so um we're going to run with that our community presentations we obviously have one next week we have a few more planned uh teaming up with our crime prevention unit to get the information out but also to answer any questions that the community may have of us partnerships with west ada school district a big part of this is really reaching the parents and the students and getting through their communication channels which My kid goes to West Ada, so I get the emails and the text messages of everything that goes on. So realizing that, they are on board for that, and we look to partner with them and get the message out. We have an educational flyer, which is probably going to be everywhere, so you're going to see it a lot. There's basic information on the laws, e-bikes versus e-motorcycles, where you can ride, where you can't ride, and it's one page. And so our plan is to hand those out at events, also to hand them out when we provide a citation or a warning. And then it has a QR code on there, which links directly to our city's e-bike and e-motorcycle webpage for further information. I talked about crime prevention. We're teaming with them. They have a lot of outreach events that they do, so we're going to make sure we're present and actually producing that information regarding this initiative. And then our risk reduction team, which we're going to have more communication with them. We're planning on meeting, I think, next week to see what they have to offer, which I think will be a lot for us, some new ideas. So the second phase of this is our enforcement phase. And really, we're going to continue enforcing the Idaho law. And our belief is that accountability is essential in this initiative. So these are kind of two guidelines that we have and we've trained our officers in. They can access both of them from their phones or from their computer. The one on top basically provides information on kind of the most common codes for e-motorcycles and then e-bikes. And so they can refer to this if they need to. A lot of them already have it memorized because we've been dealing with this for a couple months now. But it's there if they need it. The second one we have is basically kind of our enforcement guidelines. If you read through it, it kind of sections it out to if you contact an adult versus a juvenile, parents and a guardian, and then some tow policies or some tow knowledge if they're going to tow the e-bike or e-motorcycle. So this has evolved over time. I think initially we were like, if you get this, you're going to do this. If you get this, you're going to do this. But we realized the importance of giving our officers discretion, that every situation isn't the same, and for them to make that decision on their own. They understand the intent of this initiative, and so I think they're going to make the right decision whenever they come into contact. Next, we are, like most things we do, we're data driven. So this is a small picture of our e-bike and e-motorcycle dashboard. It kind of tells you everything you need to know regarding data, where we've had contact, what time, what time of day, what day of week, the ages, and then some of those hot spots there where we've had the most complaints or where we've written the most citations. So our officers have access to this, and when in their free time, when they're patrolling around, they can focus on some of these areas. Also, when we plan on doing directed patrol, we will use this as really our driving force when we do that. Some of the last pieces of this is our SRO involvement. So they obviously have access to a lot of the youth at their schools. In the past couple months of school, they've already been enforcing some of the e-bike, e-motorcycle laws on campus and providing education. So we're going to continue with that. Our plan is really for the first day of school. for them to have a stack of flyers and hang out by the bike racks, hand those out, and make sure people are complying with the laws that govern e-bikes and e-motorcycles. So our strategic enforcement operation is basically our directed operation. We're going to have operations. We have two planned right now, pretty much through August and September, where we are going to have a team of people focused just on e-bikes during specific hours, going out, making stops, giving warnings, providing citations. And then lastly, but most importantly, just continue evaluation through this process. Is what we're doing working? Are we seeing success or do we need to adapt as we move forward? And then pretty much lastly, really our commitment. We can't eliminate every crash, can't prevent every bad decision, but we can control what we can control. And for us, that is to educate, which we have been doing and will continue to do. We will partner with parents and community members, which we have been doing and will continue to do. And we can hold riders accountable, which we have been and will continue to do. For us, we think if we continue with this initiative that we will find success. And for us, if we can prevent just one, I think there'll be many more, but if we can prevent one phone call to a parent saying that their child has been seriously injured or worse than all of this, the campaigning, the community meetings, you know, the partnerships will be more than worth it. And that's really our goal is to keep our community safe and keep our youth safe. So we are excited to push forward with this initiative and we're confident that we're going to have success with it. So with that, that's the end of my presentation and I'll stand for any questions.

Thank you. Counsel, any questions?

Mayor.

Council Administrator.

Thank you so much. My district is a big red dot on your map and there is an absolute uproar right now in District 2 in North Central Meridian and it's really we have a lot of kids and teenagers that are not using their e-bikes and e-motorcycles responsibly. They're scaring people. They're scaring seniors and We have a lot of parents that are reaching out for guidance. I think there's a lot of confusion about what is technically legal and illegal right now. I thought it might be a great starting point just to kind of go back and understand these definitions better. So it looks like the way the law is written, or at least the way that you displayed the information, there's a differentiation between an e-bike and an e-motorcycle around the wattage that goes into the device. But my question to you is going to be, what are the potential speeds? Like what are the real life speeds that you could see coming out of these two different devices?

That's a great question. So for the e-bikes, really they can't go above 28 miles per hour. As far as the e-motorcycles, I've heard ones that can reach up to 70 miles per hour.

Mr. Mayor, that's insane.

And so I guess part of the concern, obviously, it looks like if you have an e-motorcycle, that's treated like a motor vehicle. Like if you're driving one and it's not licensed and you're a juvenile, that should be illegal. Is that right? That's correct. But we still have a situation where we could have a kid going 28 miles an hour on an e-bicycle. And I just, I want to understand, what does the law say around the e-bicycle specifically? Like, is it legal for a juvenile to drive an e-bicycle at different speeds? Is it a gap in the law? Like, help me understand where that piece sits.

Mr. Mayor, Councilwoman Strader, I'll answer, but if I need more clarification, I'll ask the Lieutenant. But as far as the law states, to my knowledge, so the classifications for e-bikes are broken into three different tiers. And each tier basically says the wattage and how much the speed can go. It does not say anything in there specifically about children and how old you have to be to ride the e-bike, though.

Mr. Mayor. Council Chair.

And I think where I'm struggling, and I think other people will too, I love that we're educating people and we're having a campaign. I love that we're listening and learning before we legislate. I don't think that we're a city council that loves to just create new laws. But I'm just looking at this like this feels like a huge gap to me around our public safety. And I do think this is a newer technology. And it is shocking to me that we could have a situation where we have a child who could be going, you know, 20, even 20 miles an hour without a helmet on in a neighborhood. And it just feels to me like this kind of tier one, tier two, tier three thing is confusing. Like, I'm wondering, is there a loophole? Like, do we need to create legislation or an ordinance that's very simple that says something like, Kids can't go more than whatever, whatever we think is reasonable, five miles an hour, 10 miles an hour, on any... Anything. I don't want to see you on a motorized unicycle. I don't want you to create a rocket ship in your backyard. I don't know what is coming in the future, but it just seems crazy to me that we have these kids that are really their lives are in danger and they're going extremely fast. And I so I think I totally support the effort in the campaign. I just think I'm worried it's not going far enough, I guess, is my my initial comment.

Mr. Mayor, Council Administrator, I think that's something that we could discuss with the Chief. I know there's some people who do agree with you on that. That's just kind of what the law says right now as far as.

Thank you.

Councilman Catterer.

I appreciate, and I wasn't aware of the website. I had a lot more questions that were answered in that FAQ on the website, so I appreciate you kind of bringing that to my attention. I think some of my questions lie right now are about enforcement and how the department is equipped to handle current enforcement. So I'll offer it. I was looking up, we have an e-scooter in our home. I've had it for five years. I've only put 55 miles on it. So it's not really being utilized in part because it goes too fast. It was 45 miles an hour, which is why we don't use it. Right. But that's a scooter that has the ability to go at a speed higher than a lot of these bikes and a lot of these other emotos. So how are you and your team, if you see somebody on an e-bike or an e-motorcycle or Mr. Kavanaugh on his e-scooter, how are you able to tell that this is how much this particular device is able to go? I mean, there are all sorts of these manufacturers, both domestically and a ton internationally, foreign-based. It's got to be a challenge to say, oh, this is Bob's e-scooter. That's going to go 20 miles an hour. But the... Bob's e-motorcycle can go 50. How are you able to discern what a device is able to do when it comes to enforcement?

Mr. Mayor, Councilman Kavanaugh. So for the most part, they talk about pegs and pedals.

Okay.

So the e-bikes, they have pedals. Yep. The e-motorcycles, they don't have pedals, but a lot of it is also our officers. We basically have a guideline of these pictures of what the e-bicycles look like. So a lot of them have them kind of memorized in their head. But for the most part, we do rely on the pegs versus pedals.

Okay. Mr. Mayor, a couple quick follow-ups.

I think Chief may have another addition to that.

The other thing is, just for clarification, for any stop we do, we have to have reasonable suspicion. So we can't just look at a bike and go, oh, let's stop and see what the wattage is. There has to be a reason that we're actually making that stop legally.

All right. Thanks, Mr. Mayor. I want to ask about citations and kind of what the repercussions are for a 14-year-old or a 15-year-old If they receive a citation, is it just a fine? I recall at one point, if you were cited as an unlicensed driver of a motorcycle or a vehicle, you're not able to get your driver's license until you're 18. Is that still the case in Idaho law? And if we cite somebody at 14, is there a fairly lengthy repercussion for that action?

Mr. Mayor, Councilman Kavanaugh, I'm actually going to refer that question to the Lieutenant because I want to make sure we're clear on this.

Good evening. How are we all doing? Well, thanks. So looking at the laws with those particular ones, there's going to be infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies that are all going to apply based on those. So obviously your felony is going to be generally leaning towards an arrest or a filing within the juvenile system. Same with the misdemeanor portion of it. The infraction, it kind of depends on what it is, but it'll generally be through the juvenile prosecutor's office that'll look at that. I would have to look at kind of seeing what some of the repercussions are and how they are going to affect the driving side of that. And that's something that we definitely can get back to you on as well.

Mr. Mayor, if I may, just a couple more.

Yes, Mr. Governor.

What has been the, has there been any collaboration with any of our state lawmakers? Again, we're not the only jurisdiction that's, you know, trying to figure out the most appropriate way to solve this challenge. But as we often see is if a local jurisdiction passes some law and the state is looking at this, they then will pass their own law. And I think to Council Member Schroeder's point, the last thing I want to do is create more confusion And my hope would be is that if we're aware that there are state lawmakers that are pursuing some action come January, that we're working in collaboration with them so that we're kind of hitting the nail on the head for what the state would want to do, as opposed to us pass an ordinance that changes dramatically a year from now. Can you give me any flavor for that?

I'm going to refer this one again or differ to the chief. He'd probably be the best one to answer that.

Mayor, Councilman Kavner.

Couple things. On your first question, also on those misdemeanors and those infractions for juveniles. So number one, if you see, if they're not a repeat offender, they're going to get a warning and the parents will get a written warning as well on behalf of the Meridian Police Department. Also, if they do get a citation, they have the opportunity to work with the prosecutor to attend a live at 25 so that that citation goes away. So they have opportunities, so we're not hammering them right off the bat. So I just want to make sure we got that clarified. And secondly, these will be conversations that the Chiefs of Police Association will be having with our state legislature coming up. I would say this. I would caution this. We have all the tools right now to enforce what we need to enforce. I'm not a fluff guy. I'll just say it right up front. Putting an ordinance on the books just to put an ordinance on the books really doesn't serve any purpose for us and our ability to enforce these laws.

I also want to share. I have a question on that. You bet.

Okay. So let's say that we have a 14 year old and they're riding an e-scooter and they are going, let's say 25 miles an hour. Would that be legal or illegal right now?

On an e-scooter? Yeah. Legal. No different than if they're riding a 10 speed at 20 miles per hour.

Right. And I guess my question would be, at what speed have we reached a point that it's not comparable to a bicycle anymore? It's not comparable to Yeah, I think a bicycle like that, that non motorized bicycle, I guess I would be curious, how does that stack up? Because what I'm trying to get at is like, where's the real safety threshold here around these, regardless of whether you call it a scooter, a bicycle, whatever?

I don't know that necessarily the real the threshold certainly comes to speed at a point. I believe the bigger issue that we're dealing with is the behavior on these bicycles, especially when you see four or five, 10 of them taking up a roadway. And that's that's the issue. That's your safety issue. And we have the laws to enforce that, whether they're going five miles an hour or whether they're going 28 miles per hour.

From a legal perspective, Chief, if they break the speed limit on a scooter on a road, that's the threshold. Yes. Underage or any age, that's the current threshold. Yes. But we don't have a speed on our pathways.

Right.

Which is where you could get into secondary, but then enforcement and everything else that comes in line with that. How do you enforce a speed on a place where you normally don't do enforcement to prove? But right now, it's supposed to speed limit is what they have to stay under. Yes, if they're on the roadway. If they're on the pathway adjacent to the roadway, does that exclude it?

I would say this, and this is where I caution you, it is no different than bicyclists that I have seen on the Greenbelt literally going probably 20 miles per hour as fast as they can. It's the same danger. It's the behavior that really becomes the issue for us.

To answer the question about the speed, if they're on the detached 10-foot pathway sidewalk next to a road, is the speed limit enforceable in any way, shape, or form? No, it is not. I just wanted to level set the understanding for people in that context. Okay.

Mr. Mayor.

Councilman Willock.

You mentioned one scenario where you would have probable cause or an issue with e-bikes or even motorcycles. Can you just give me a sense of other scenarios? I mean, I will occasionally ride a bike and I'm just, I want to avoid you pulling me over. But I mean, what are you looking for in terms of these juveniles? Is it clumps of them together? It can be both, right?

Do we have somebody who's riding a wheelie down the middle of a street causing a traffic hazard? That would be a reason for our officers to stop them on that e-bicycle. An e-motorcycle is easy. If it's got pegs on it, And it doesn't have the proper turn signals, the proper license on it, you're getting stopped immediately because that is a motor vehicle and it has to be licensed on a roadway. It has to be licensed, insured, and driven by a licensed driver.

As well as illegal on our pathways.

Yes, and they are illegal on our pathways.

Mayor.

Councilman Kavanaugh.

For our parks director, we talked about pathways and in our parks. Are our e-bikes or e-scooters allowed on our pump track and our terrain park? Are they prohibited? Are they prohibited by park rules? Are they prohibited by law? Is it a gray area?

E-bicycles are allowed on pathways. E-motorcycles are not. As far as the bike park, they are not allowed, and it's signed already as not allowed. And we have placed signs... Earlier this year in the major parks that motorized vehicles are not allowed on the outside of the parking areas of the parks as well.

Mr. Mayor.

And in Idaho law, there's no minimum age for any of these devices besides the e-motorcycle, right? Because like that's another thing I'm really struggling with. It's like we might have an eight-year-old or a six-year-old that on their own, they just can't go that fast. And now with this device, they are in danger just speeding along and there's nothing in law that stops that besides like obviously good parenting. Yeah.

And that's exactly where I was going to go with that. Unfortunately, what we're dealing with here, more than anything else, this is a parenting issue. And you've talked about it, the community sites and people complaining and all of those things. I would hope that a responsible parent would go, how fast does that go? And when you purchase something for your child, I know that I would look and say, how fast does this device go before I put my child on it? Unfortunately, while there are some laws that deal with bad parenting, not every law covers bad parenting. We can, if it is a child showing risky behavior on a e-motorcycle, there is the opportunity actually to charge a parent under that, under a code, so.

Mr. Mayor, I'm curious, like in your conversations with parents, how are those conversations going too? Because is it, are the parents not aware of how fast they can go? Are they not aware of the behavior? Like I, and I know it's anecdotal, but I'm just really curious, like when you're having those conversations one-on-one with parents, what are you hearing the most?

Some parents are not aware and they decide to do the right thing and not allow their children to write it. Other parents, their response is leave my kids alone, go do real police work, quit chasing kids around and quit being the no fun police. I mean, we see it all over. We see it on our Facebook. We see it everywhere. There's a whole group of parents who quite frankly think freedom means you're free to do anything you want. Okay.

You know, maybe I'm going out on a limb here, but in a lot of ways, that's the Idaho that I grew up in. But it's until it becomes impacting others around you in a negative way where I got no issue when I see kids riding their unlicensed, no seatbelt golf cart gently through the neighborhood. But when you see four of them on there racing with another one in behind, that's where you understand there's a real safety issue.

Yes. Again, it comes back to the behaviors are really the issue that we're dealing with. And we have people that they want us to chase these kids to the end of the earth. Until we chase a kid and they run into into traffic or into a car and get seriously injured. And then the fingers pointed at us, quite frankly, not the parents.

Mr. Mayor. You hit the nail on the head, which is. I don't want us to over-legislate on something to be really cranked down on the 0.001% of bad offenders, where for many kids, these devices allow them to get to and from safely with relative ease. It improves the quality of life. So I just... I recognize there's always going to be a balance. And I know that your job is hard because you hear one parent say, leave my kids alone. You have another parent saying, why aren't you going after them? And both of them think that you're not doing your job. That's a hard place for you to be. And I don't envy that position. I just, I think from account, my, at least my perspective is I wouldn't want us to pursue things that would overly penalize those that are the good actors.

Mr. Mayor.

Councilman Taylor.

As someone who almost hit one of these kids in my neighborhood about three weeks ago, he came out on one of the electric motorcycles and they clearly didn't know the rules of driving on the road because they were not of age. It scared me to death because we were probably half the distance between you and I. And he came flying out probably 25, 30 miles an hour. And also as a parent who has had two sons try to shake me down to buy them one. And I actually did look into it, and then I learned for myself how fast they are. I think parents just don't know yet. It's such a new thing. I think the education campaign will be very helpful because a lot of parents just don't know. But once... I mean, this is coming to a head in a lot of communities. A lot of my colleagues and neighbors and friends were starting to talk about it and ask questions, and you see them around a lot more, and I do think that's helpful. And I can't help but think of what my grandpa used to always say, you can't fix stupid. And there's a lot of parents who might make some really poor choices, and unfortunately we can't legislate their good behavior as much as we can try to educate them on the dangers of that. So I appreciate it and would hope that as you're going down this road, if there's things that you – identify that the council can do to support sort of a broader public message of education and things that we can do. I think we'd all be very supportive of trying to do that because it's a safety thing.

Absolutely. And the mayor actually brought a great point to us when we initially provided him with our initial draft of this is making sure we're able to bifurcate the difference between the e-motors and the e-bikes and what those differences are for people because they tend to get mushed together.

Mr. Mayor?

That's my mark.

Chief, Captain, Lieutenant, thank you for the presentation and information. It's been very helpful. And Chief, kudos to you as part of the promotion process to reach into the experience of your department and gain from them some insight into how to develop this education and enforcement program. Thanks for doing that and putting your trust in the folks that are out there and understand this problem better than any of us do.

They did an amazing job. And I think by the end of it, the board that was watching the e-bicycle presentations were tired of e-bicycle by the end of that day.

Council, any other questions at this time? All right. Well, we look forward to many more community conversations and interactions and appreciate you all out there trying to help address this issue as best we can. Thank you.

Thank you.

Okay. Next item up is item 26, which is executive session.

Mr. Mayor.

Councilman Little-Roberts.

Idaho Code 74-206-1C. I move we go into executive session.

I have a motion and a second to go into executive session. Is there any discussion? If not, call the roll. Thank you, Ms. Mayor. Cavanaugh? Taylor? Aye. Strater?

Aye.

Whitlock? Aye. Little-Roberts?

Aye.

All ayes. Motion carries. Ayes. Agree to. We will move into executive session.

Thanks, guys.

Do I have a motion to come out of executive session?

Mr. Mayor, I move we come out of executive session. Second.

I have a motion and a second to come out of executive session. All in favor signify by saying aye.

Aye.

Opposed nay. The ayes have it. We are out of executive session. Do I have another motion?

Mr. Mayor.

Council Member Roberts.

Move we adjourn. Second.

Motion to second adjourn. All in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed nay. The ayes have it. We are adjourned. Council will call this meeting to order. For the record, it is July 7, 2026. I have to think of that June and July. At 6 p.m., we'll begin tonight's rigor state council meeting with roll call attendance.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Councilman Kavanaugh. Here. Councilman Taylor. Here. Councilwoman Strader. Here. Councilman Whitlock. Here. Councilwoman Little-Roberts. Here. Mayor Simison.

Here.

Next up is the Pledge of Allegiance. If you'd all please rise and join us in the pledge. We had no one sign up for the community invocation, so we'll move on to adoption of the agenda Council little Roberts no changes to tonight's agenda.

I move we adopt the agenda second

a motion second to adopt the agenda all in favor signify by saying aye aye those day you guys have it and the agenda is agreed to council anything under announcements and recognition

Mr. Mayor.

Councilwoman Schroeder.

I think it's just great for the community to be aware that I believe it's a week from now we're going to be having a town hall meeting about e-bicycles and e-scooters. We had a big work session about that today. So I think that if you care about that topic, those are great opportunities to weigh in and learn more and find out about what we're doing.

Okay. Thank you very much. Anything else? All right. Mr. Crook, I understand we have a few people signed up under public forum this evening.

We do, Mr. Mayor. First is Douglas Hastings.

Okay. When your name is called, you come up and speak for three minutes. And just so everyone is aware, under public forum, it's not a back and forth. You're welcome to speak for three minutes, and we'll take in that information that you provide.

Good evening. My name is Doug Hastings. Thank you for your service to our community. My concerns tonight are about growth, infrastructure, and preparation. In November 2021, Boise Dev reported on these concerns. In part, they said ITD and ACHD recommended a right turn lane from westbound Chinden on to Black Cat in connection with a new development. The city chose not to make this a condition of the development's approval. Black Cat is already operating far beyond its existing capacity. Vehicles turning right onto westbound Chindon block traffic because there's no dedicated right turn lane. Nothing has changed for westbound Chindon traffic turning north onto Black Cat. For at least three more years at McMillan, only single through lanes will exist in each direction. Left-turning vehicles stop all traffic until opposing traffic clears, yet new development continues today. New commercial development will force motorists into inefficient and unsafe routes. Vehicles unable to turn left onto Black Cat will be required to travel through neighborhood streets, pedestrian pathways, and apartment parking lots. A 2017 environmental assessment rated the Black Cat and the Chindon intersection at a level of service F. In October 2024, ACHD staff confirmed the same unacceptably poor rating level of service F. Since then, traffic has only increased. Rock Harbor Church has expanded. Additional commercial development is underway. including the planned Boise Co-op and the St. Alphonsus Medical Campus. Good planning requires infrastructure to lead growth, not chase it. These neighborhoods should be served by large collector roadways capable of safely handling traffic and providing reliable emergency access. Black Cat does not meet that standard today. I respectfully ask the council to not approve additional new development before addressing these transportation deficiencies. The roads are not ready. The infrastructure is not ready. Meridian's residents deserve better planning that ensures roads, public safety and quality of life keep pace with growth. Thanks for your attention. Thanks for your consideration.

Thank you.

Mr. Mayor, next is Kalisha Sherman.

Hi, yes. My name is Kalisha Sherman. I live in Meridian off of 10 Mile and Cherry. Thank you for letting me come up in front of you guys and speak today. I appreciate the forum and the ability to come in front of you and speak about anything that we're concerned about as your constituents. Today, I specifically want to bring up a concern. It's a hot topic right now, but the concern is the mass surveillance cameras that are installed in Meridian City, most popular known as FLOC, although I am aware that Meridian doesn't contract with FLOC anymore. The program being used by the City of Meridian is Axon. Make no mistake, they're the same technology and AI programs. I appreciate, Anne, you did bring forward that this has been addressed or brought forward and addressed before. And it looks like, Mayor, you have addressed that You believe the Axon cameras have been installed in accordance with Idaho State Code Chapter 14, Title 49, 1432. You did state that you own and control the data and it's purged after 60 days unless it's needed as evidence of a crime. And this data is not accessed unless it is related to a crime or a safety concern. It's not sold to any third parties. And we only share our data with agencies with whom we have a memorandum of understanding. Now, for those who don't know, these flock cameras or axon cameras, they are constantly running. No, they're not recording, but they're constantly running, accessible, searchable, and they are always gathering information on the cars that are going up and down the streets, the people that are walking across the streets. going to and from parks, churches, grocery stores, like everywhere that we are going, these cameras are all over the city. And I didn't bring a picture with me, but if you look up, there's an app called Deflock. And if you look that up, it's already mapped out that there's literally over 30, almost 50 cameras just in the city. And so I'm concerned about mass surveillance in this city. I feel like Meridian's an extremely safe place City, I love it here. And I'm not willing to be surveilled 24-7 just for the sake of a little bit of safety. I know that ACHD already has a room full of cameras where they're constantly monitoring traffic and You know, making sure that lights change, and if there's an accident, they get the police out there like those things are already happening. I believe Meridian already had a red light program, but it was potentially shut down due to cost. If I remember correctly, I could be wrong there, but. I mean, we've already had programs. Those programs have been shut down. I'm concerned about safety, about constant mass monitoring. I did want to bring up there was a case in Toronto.

If you can summarize. Your time is up. If you can conclude, because I know we have a lot of other people who want to speak as well.

If I could get a meeting with somebody to discuss this further, I don't want to overstay my time, but I would love to meet. I've met a couple of you on occasion, so I would love to sit down and talk to somebody about this. Thanks.

Thank you. Mr next is melody brown.

Morning neighbor and Council members, thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak i'm a fifth generation, I know girl and I am here to speak about the block. or whatever you guys want to call it i'm here because I have concerns about the growing use of flock license plate reader cameras and meridian. I understand the desire to reduce crime and help law enforcement solve cases. We all want safe communities, but safety should never come at the expense of constitutional freedoms and privacy of law-abiding citizens. Benjamin Franklin is often quoted as saying, those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety deserves neither liberty nor safety. Whether or not every circumstance today is the same as when he wrote those words, the principle is still worth considering. Freedom and security should not have to compete with one another. These cameras don't just collect information on criminals. They collect information on everyone who drives by. They can create a record of where innocent people travel, where they worship, where they receive medical care, where they shop, and who they visit. That raises an important question, where is the balance between public safety and personal privacy? I also think there is an accountability issue. Government agencies are increasingly using technology to monitor the public, yet when citizens record government officials performing their public duties, there have been instances around the country where those encounters have led to conflict or disputes over whether recording was appropriate. Public officials serve the people. I need you guys to remember that. And transparency should always work both ways. If government asks citizens to accept more surveillance in the name of accountability and safety, then government should be held in an equally higher standard of openness and accountability. I would like to know what data is collected. How long is it stored? Who has access to it? Under what circumstances is it shared with other agencies? What independent oversight exists to prevent misuse? How often has the technology directly solved violent crimes in Meridian? These are reasonable questions. Trust is built through transparency, not secrecy. Technology will only become more powerful if we don't establish clear limits now. Future generations may inherit a level of surveillance none of us intended. Please remember that, that people in Meridian value both safety and liberty. We should not have to choose one over the other. Thank you. Thank you.

Mr. Mayor, next is Adam Wurtz. Wurtz.

Good evening, Council, Mayor. Thank you for having me. My name's Adam Wertz. I live off of Locust Grove in Fairview. I'm here in opposition of mass surveillance cameras as well. I didn't write a lengthy speech or anything. This is actually my first city council, and I thought it was an important enough issue to show up and voice my opinion. No matter what softwares uses flock acts on the camera doesn't matter the software doesn't matter I believe that it's a death by a thousand cuts. It's okay. It's just a license plate reader. Okay. Well what's next? AI face tracking. Supposedly these cameras can track if your Bluetooth song. Okay. So now they're tracking your phone. It's not just a license plate reader. It's, it's more than that. And it's like others have said, uh, before me, uh, if you start giving up those rights, it's like, it's a slippery slope. So that's all. Thank you. Thank you.

Mr. Mayor. The last name is Ryan Williams.

afternoon i i also do not have a speech as well written i was unprepared today but um i also was made aware earlier today that is axon and meridian not flock um i do think though that no matter again what what they've said as well no matter what camera system it is um I know a lot of information about flock cameras. I haven't done a whole lot of research on Axon, but I do know that flock is constantly surveilling. They've already made that a point. And so that worries me as well about Axon, as well as I don't think we should be being tracked at all. We already are tracked on our phones. We buy phones. And we choose to be tracked if we buy a device. But taxpayer dollars are being spent on these devices. And I don't think that anybody is being made aware. Everybody I talk to, nobody, half the people I talk to have no idea that there's even cameras up. They don't know who owns them. And they're just going up, it seems like, in secret all over the country. There's over 100 and I think 11,000 cameras up all over the country. And people are being surveillance. That's bottom line. People are being surveillance, whether it's their cars, their faces. I know that there's a company also that is contracting with Flock right now as well, which worries me that it might move on to other companies. It is called Leonardo. And what they do is they put up other devices, their Bluetooth tracking devices. So anybody walks by, drives by, their Bluetooth devices will be picked up by this and will be able to be tracked by their Bluetooth devices. So this is already heading to the point of flock, I believe, I know has been around 2023, I believe, is when they first started getting put up. And it's already to the point of where they're partnering with other companies, which this is a weapons manufacturer that they're partnering with making these devices. And that's exactly what it is. It's a weapon being used against the people, whether it's technology or it's guns. It's still a weapon being used against the people. And it's going to be a silent killer because at the end of the day, We are being treated all as criminals. when the majority of the population is not criminal. And it's really sad that there are police that are defending this tool, that they call it, to stock. There's been cases all over the country of stocking already. In Idaho, Durham County, there was a sheriff that was stocking people using it. There's been about at least 21 that I was able to find cases of stocking so far. And who's to say that there's not more already. Thank you.

Thank you. That was it. Okay. All right.

Thank you for those that came this evening.

With that, we'll move on to our next item this evening, our public hearing. Continue from June 23, 2026 to consider the 80 County Jail Development Impact Fees Ordinance and the 80 County Emergency Medical Service District Development Impact Fees Ordinance authorized imposition of new county-related development impact fees. missionary who's legal did you have any additional comments you'd like to make it this time, sir okay. Scott do we have anyone signed up to buy testimony on this item to mayor, we did not okay is there anybody present who would like to provide comments as part of this public hearing on these proposed impact fees. If you're online, you can use the raise your hand feature. Seeing no one raised raising their hand online or coming forward. Do I have a motion to close this public hearing?

Mr. Mayor.

Council Member Little-Roberts.

Mr. Mayor, I move that we close the public hearing.

Second.

I have a motion and a second to close the public hearing. All in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Opposed, nay. The ayes have it. And the public hearing is closed. So with that, we'll move on to our ordinances. Item number two is the third reading in the board's number 26-2127. Ask the clerk to read this ordinance by title.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This is an ordinance amending Meridian City Code by the addition thereto of a new Chapter 2 to Title 12 called Ada County Emergency Medical Services District Development Impact Fees, providing for short chapter title, authority, findings, applicability, and purpose, definitions, capital improvements plan, the periodic review of the capital improvements plan, intergovernmental agreements with the EMS district, imposition of EMS impact fees and payment, enforcement collection, EMS district impact fee, administrator and city powers to require payment of EMS impact fees. EMS impact fees exemptions, process for individual assessment, extraordinary impacts, developer credits, and reimbursements, EMS impact fee payment mistakes or misrepresentation, fee payer refunds, EMS impact fee capital projects, trust fund, expenditures, budget, audit, and surcharge, appeals and mediation, miscellaneous provisions, punishment for violations, construction of ordinance intent, and providing an effective date.

Thank you. Council, you've heard this ordinance read by title. Is there anybody that would like it read in its entirety? If not, I have a motion. Mr. Mayor. Councilman Taylor.

Move that we approve ordinance number 26-2127. Second.

I have a motion and a second to approve ordinance number 26-2127. Is there discussion on the motion? If not, clear call the roll.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, Kavanaugh, Taylor, Strainer, Whitlock, Little-Roberts.

All ayes. Motion carries. The ayes agree to. Next item up is the third reading of ordinance number 26-2126. That's the clerk to read this ordinance by title.

Thank you, Ms. Mayor. This is an ordinance amending title. An ordinance adding a new Title 12 called Countywide Development Impact Fees to the Meridian City Code and adding there to a new Chapter 1 called Ada County Jail Development Impact Fees. That provides for a short chapter title, authority, findings, applicability, and purpose, definitions, capital improvement plan, periodic review of the capital improvements plan, intergovernmental agreement with Ada County, imposition of county impact fees and payment, enforcement and collection... County impact fee administrator and city powers to require payment of county impact fees, county impact fees exemptions, process for individual assessment, extraordinary impacts, development credits, reimbursements, county impact fee payment mistake or misrepresentation, fee payer refunds, county impact fee capital projects, trust fund, expenditures, budget, audit and surcharge, appeals and mediation, miscellaneous provisions, punishment violations, and construction of ordinance intendant providing an effective date.

Thank you. Council, you've heard this ordinance read by title. Is there anybody that would like it written in its entirety? If not, I have a motion. Mr. Mayor. Councilman Taylor.

Move that we approve ordinance number 26-2126. Second.

I have a motion and a second to approve ordinance number 26-2126. Is there discussion? If not, clerk, call the roll.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Cavanaugh. Taylor. Aye. Rader. Aye. Locke. Aye. Roberts. Aye.

All ayes. Motion carries. The item is agreed to. Next item up is ordinance number 26-2128. Ask the clerk to read this ordinance by title.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. It's an ordinance amending Unified Development Code Section 114318 concerning flex space and providing an effective date.

Thank you, Council. You've heard this ordinance read by title. Is there anybody that would like it read in its entirety? If not, do I have a motion?

Mayor.

Councilman Taylor.

I move that we approve ordinance number 26-2128. Second.

I have a motion and a second to approve ordinance number 26-2128. Is there any discussion? If not, call the roll.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, Kavanaugh, Taylor, Straeter, Whitlock, Little-Roberts, Overton.

All rise, motion carries, and I must agree to. Next item up is item five, which is ordinance number 26-2129. Is there, ask the clerk to read this ordinance by title.

Thank you, Samara. Surgeons related to Skybreak Rim H20260001 for a rezone of a parcel of land being a portion of Government Lot 3 of Section 4 Township 2 North, Range 1 East, Boise Meridian, City of Meridian, Ada County, Idaho as depicted in the map exhibit. Rezoning 6.64 acres of land from R8 Zoning District to the R15 Zoning District in the Meridian City Code. Directing city staff to alter all applicable use and area maps as well as the official zoning maps and all applicable official maps depicting the boundaries in the zoning districts of the City of Meridian in accordance with this ordinance. Writing the 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 and providing an effective date.

Thank you. Council, you've heard this ordinance read by title. Is there anybody that would like it read in its entirety? If not, I have a motion.

Mr. Mayor.

Councilman Taylor.

Move that we approve ordinance number 26-2129. Second. Second.

A motion seconds to approve ordinance number 26 dash 2, 1, 2, 9 is there discussion on the motion. If not, clear call the roll.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Kavanaugh, Taylor.

Aye. Strader.

Aye.

Woodlock. Aye. Roberts.

Aye. Aye. Motion carries. Sam is agreed to. Council, anything under future meeting topics?

Mr. Mayor.

Councilman Strader. Aye.

Yeah, and I think it might be helpful because we had a lot more public comment than we usually get. So I think it's always helpful. We read a preamble before we do it. But I think sometimes it escapes people's attention that for us to discuss something has to be noticed on a public agenda. So that's the reason where if you come and make a public comment, it's not a lot of back and forth like you would hope for. It's like you're saying something, it's going one direction. And my suggestion for future meeting topics, and I think it would be great for us to do a workshop at some point, just to refresh on what exactly is our camera program? What has it helped us with? What are the concerns? What are the guardrails around that program? I know when we set it up, we said we were going to come back to that and visit that on a regular basis. I think we owe it to the community to have that discussion. So that would be a great future agenda item.

Okay. Anything else on the future meeting topics? Then if not, do I have a final motion?

Mr. Mayor.

Councilman Little-Roberts.

Move we adjourn.

Second.

Motion and second to adjourn. All in favor say aye. Aye. Opposed nay.