Council - Regular Meeting

Thank you.

Oh, I know. We were going to make you delegates.

I know you were. Oh, you're the one.

Oh, yeah.

Well, Ivan, Ivan was pushing hard. I said, it's going to be great.

No, I, who's going to be delegates?

Me and Tyler. It's quite the diversity of... Well, there's a lot of diversity there. Yeah. Well, that's good.

Oh, you did?

Well, District 4 is finally coming up.

And I'll help. I'll do what I can.

Yeah. Yeah. And then did you see the flyer for the town hall? Yes. I'm getting 300 of those printed. Okay. They'll put them on the mailboxes and each in the neighborhood.

Well, give me some and I'll do it too. Because I've been sending it to other people. Yeah. Well, give me... I'll put some money in. Oh, he is? Oh, cool. OK. What's that all about? How you doing?

Good, how are you?

You're doing all right.

Good evening. June 1st, 2026, City of Nampa City Council regular meeting and call that meeting to order, this meeting to order. And our invocation tonight is Pastor Gabriel Rinder. If you'll stand with us for the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance.

Ladies and gentlemen, pray with me. Father, we come before you this evening recognizing that if we do not have you build the house, we labor in vain that seek to build it ourselves. Lord, these civil magistrates that are called your deacons in your own word are appointed to rule and to rule justly and to rule wisely. So Lord, I pray this evening that the proceedings would do just that, that they would proceed with wisdom as they recognize that you have called them to more than simply running a city, to simply managing the resources entrusted to them by the people and the citizens of our town. But Lord, that you've called them actually to a holy work. You call them your deacons, just as you would an officer of our own churches. So God, I pray that they would take this mantle with responsibility and with and with the burden that they bear, that they would seek to put their hand to the plow and to do rightly by their people, that they would seek not their own gain, but seek the gain of their people, that they would invest wisely the talents that have been entrusted to them, Lord, we know that righteousness will exalt a nation, but that sin is a reproach to any nation. So Lord, I pray that we would be here in Nampa, a people who are moral and upright before you. Lord, again, I call these men and women, and I charge them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit to execute justice, to walk wisely and not haughty and arrogantly. Lord, that they would have equal weights and equal measures in applying our constitution and our laws rightly before you, that they would uphold justice, that they would promote the good and that they'd be a terror to evil. So Lord, we. I pray in your name this evening that these proceedings would go forth in just that manner, that these men and women would bear that responsibility with humility, that they would hear the needs of their people well with open ears, that they'd be slow to speak, quick to hear, knowing that frustration and anger do not produce the righteousness of God, but rather with meek and gentleness, I pray that they would seek your word and receive it, the implanted word which is able to save. and promote life. Lord, I pray for the city of Nampa that we would be a city that is an example and a city on the hill to the rest of our state, that we'd be a city among cities that leads its people well, cares for the needs of our community well, and that we'd be a place that would continue to thrive and stand against wickedness and perversion. Lord, I pray that this city would do its right with restraining evil in all its forms, in all its ways, even when others fall short and make excuses. So I pray for the men and women of this council and for every other servant of this city, that they would take the responsibility well, that they would deal with it with the severity that it requires. And Lord, that the proceedings of this meeting would honor you, that even in the discussion of budgets and policies, that we would give you due glory because we know that there is no such thing as an amoral law. All laws will promote the good or promote the evil. So, Lord, may we be a city that promotes good. We pray this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen. Let's turn and pledge allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands,

Pastor, thank you. Tonight we have a proclamation to be read and so, thank you. Clerk will call the roll.

Gogg. Here. Cengula. Here. Dills.

Here.

Reynolds. Here. Rodriguez. Here. Griffin. Here. All present.

So tonight we are reading a proclamation referencing elder abuse awareness month. And so from the office of the mayor, whereas older adults deserve to be treated with respect and dignity to enable them to serve as leaders, mentors, volunteers, and vital participating members of our communities. And whereas in 2006, the international network for prevention of elder abuse in support of the United nations international plan of action, proclaimed today to recognize the significance of elder abuse as a public health and human rights issue. And whereas the city of Nampa and the Nampa Family Justice Center recognize the importance of taking action to raise awareness, prevent and address elder abuse. And whereas 2026 marks the 20th annual World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, its recognition will promote a better understanding of abuse and neglect of older adults. And whereas our population lives longer, we are presented with an opportunity to think about our collective needs and future as a nation. And whereas ageism and social isolation are major causes of elder abuse in the United States, and whereas recognizing that it is up to all of us to ensure that proper social structures exist so people can retain community and social connections, reducing the likelihood of abuse. And whereas preventing abuse of older adults through maintaining and improving social supports like senior centers, human services, and transportation will allow everyone to continue to live as independently as possible and contribute to the life and vibrancy of our communities. Now, therefore, I, David Bills, Council President of the City of Napa, Idaho, do hereby proclaim June 26, 2026 to be Elder Abuse Awareness Month. from Justice Center. Yes, thank you.

President, Councilman Bills, and City Council, we are so thankful that you guys are recognizing June as Elder Abuse Awareness Month. And as you said that older adults, they are living longer. And there's a statistic from the United States Census Bureau that says right now in the United States, in 11 states, older adults, 65 and older, actually outnumber children for the first time in history. So if you stop and think about that, our generations are getting older and older. And unfortunately, elder abuse is just going to continue to get worse. This last year at the Justice Center, we helped over 300 older adults. And then Patrice is just going to say a quick word.

Yes, I'm Patrice Harris, and I'm the elder project coordinator. And so in that role, we train law enforcement and community members about how to observe and report elder abuse. Many of the services we do hands-on, and so the clientele that we serve are involved in human trafficking, domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, stalking, domestic violence and you hear that thinking younger people, but I've had cases, several cases on each one of those categories with elders. And so it is in our community and they deserve help and support and that's what we do.

Well, we appreciate that you do that and that you're an advocate for those who need that assistance. We should be, shouldn't we? Pitcher.

Amy, I'm sorry.

Public forum, we offer the opportunity for up to five people to share for three minutes. Is there anybody signed up?

Council President, we have two people requesting to speak. And our first speaker is Melissa Robinson.

City Council, members and fellow citizens of Nampa. My name is Melissa Sue Robinson, 15 Fifth Street North, Unit 210, Nampa. Okay, now my speech is about renaming Liberty Park off of 12th Avenue Road to Rick Hoganbaum Park, honoring the legacy of service and community. Tonight I come before you with a proposal that is about more than changing a name on a sign. It's about recognizing a person whose dedication, leadership, and commitment helped shape our community. I respectfully ask the city of Nampa to consider renaming Liberty Park as Rick Hogan Baum Park and establishing a memorial within the park to honor his contributions. Communities are built not only through roads, buildings, and development projects, but through the efforts of individuals who dedicate themselves to serving others. When someone invests years of their life working to improve the quality of life for residents, that service deserves to be remembered. Naming a public space after such an individual creates a lasting reminder for future generations that leadership, compassion, and civic engagement matter. A memorial in Rick Hoganbaum's honor will serve as a place of reflection and education. Visitors could learn about his service in Napa and the role he played in helping our city grow and prosper. Children playing in the park today may one day ask who Rick Hoganbaum was. In that question lies an opportunity to teach the values of public service, community involvement, and dedication to one's hometown. As Napa continues to grow, it is important that we preserve the stories of those who helped guide that growth. New residents arrive every day, and many may never know the individuals who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make Napa the city it is today. A park and memorial would ensure that this history is not forgotten. Some may ask why we should rename an existing park. My answer is simple. Public spaces should reflect the people and values that have made our community stronger. While the name Liberty Park carries meaning, honoring a local leader who devoted years of service to Nampa and Canyon County provides a direct connection between our city's history and its future. The memorial could include a plaque detailing Rick Hogenbaum's accomplishments, a landscape reflection area, and perhaps public artwork celebrating civic service. Such a project could become a point of pride for residents and visitors alike. This proposal is not about politics. It's about gratitude. It's about recognizing a life of service and ensuring that future generations understand the importance of giving back to one's community. I encourage the city council to begin discussions with citizens, community leaders, and members of the Hobomba family regarding the possibility of...

Okay. We're there at time. I appreciate you bringing it up because we've had those discussions.

Good idea.

And, uh, so at first, uh, some of the discussion and, and while we haven't all had it as a collective deal, cause I've postponed waiting to get past next week, uh, we, I'm going to say currently the flavor is to name a ballpark instead of just a park or a street. It was possibly to have a street and so forth, but with Rick's involvement in baseball, we think it will be fitting to take some of the field areas in one of our parks and name the ball fields. That hasn't been pitched before council that council that's new information to some of you, some discussion amongst a couple of three. And so we are on track for that. We just haven't taken the action yet.

Okay. I'm not a person that leads in that listen to the council meeting because I'm very interested, but I'm losing my voice and I got, I have things I got to really have to get to. Thank you for sharing that information about the baseball.

Is there, these are comments available to folks, non-public hearing. So is there somebody else who has signed up? Okay.

And that would be Tyler Rogers.

Hello, city council. My name is Tyler Rogers. I live on 91 South Sky Drive here in Nampa. I sent you guys an email just a few minutes ago. I don't know if you can open it up. It's a PowerPoint. But I live by West Middle School. It used to be West Middle School. Every time they're at the ballpark there, every time there's a tournament going, whatever, there's not, I'm guessing there's not enough parking because there's people parked in the grass. And so I have some photos on the PowerPoint since you guys, and a proposed additional entrance to the parking or into the parking lot and additional parking. And then it'll, This entrance will allow easier access to the park for cars and pedestrians on the south side of the park. With that additional entrance, that'll cause a lot more traffic on Sky Drive where I live, and I would propose that if if we were to add more parking and another entrance, that we'd put some speed bumps down Sky Drive. We already have an issue with cars driving too fast down Sky Drive anyways. And that's about it.

Council President, may I ask a question? Tyler, where is SkyDrive? Is it on the south or north?

It's the old Bonnie Bray subdivision on the south side of the park.

Yeah, that's a great idea. Thank you for that.

Yeah, the only access right now is on the north side of the park.

Council President. Yes. Is Cody able to address this at all? I know he wasn't prepared for it, but just looking through this presentation regarding, has any damage come from the parking on those facilities? Is that coordinated by the parks department or is that something that they're doing on their own accord? I thought I saw you walk in. Sorry, Cody. It's your lucky day.

Cody Swander, Napa Parks and Recreation Department Director, Council President and Councilman Griffin. The parking for these tournaments are really at the discretion of whoever's holding the tournament. So we had a private tournament over the weekend that was very busy. We do not encourage parking on the grass. In fact, when they signed the agreement, it says that they should not park on the grass. We expect them to fill the lot and public parking along the streets, but we do know that it spills over into the neighborhoods.

Great, thank you. Anybody else signed up? No other persons have signed up, but is there anybody here wishing to address the council three minute limit? Not seeing anybody, we'll move towards, is there any amendments to the agenda council? So need a motion to Adopt the so move agenda. We have a motion and a second. All in favor say aye. There's a change to our agenda, so I'm going to pause for a moment in case folks are here for our public hearing. The public hearing that's been noticed is The applicant has requested this meeting to be postponed until July 20th. And so when we get to that part of the agenda, we will open it, and then we will have a motion and a second and a vote to postpone it to July 20th. So if anybody's here for that public hearing dealing with a variance on a freestanding monument signs light industrial, just want to give you the heads up. that change is going to take place. You're not sitting here longer than you may want to. Okay. Back to consent agenda. Need a motion to adopt the consent agenda? So moved. Second. We have a motion and a second to adopt the consent agenda. All in favor say aye. Aye. Moving forward, Public Works. Tom? Staff Communications.

Good evening, Council President and Council. Tom Point, Senior Public Works Director for the record. So I'm going to introduce Kelly Black, our communication manager, to give you a report out on some of the communications she's done on our water initiative. She's doing a really good job of getting the word out on all the different one water things that we've got going on in Nampa with storm water, irrigation water, groundwater, and now reuse water. And so I do want to point out that we've done a lot of work to communicate out the importance of reuse in the past, you know, to get the project over the finish line and get it filled, but we're, we're never done. We're not done. It's a constant education to the community on the value of this water and the safety of the water. And it's very important, especially this year with a pending drought that we have 5,000 acre feet, of water to work with, which is 15% of our total demand in our irrigation system. So it's significant. So Kelly's been doing a good job of talking about the project and other water initiatives. So I'd like to turn some time to her. Thank you, Tom.

Council President, Councilors, as Tom said, I'm Kelly Black. I'm the Public Works Communication Manager. And throughout the year, Public Works gets to engage students in various ways. We really enjoy that, not just in comms, but across the whole Public Works team. One of my favorite things as Communication Manager is to watch our staff in Public Works relate to students, because they do such a good job connecting. And we think of future leaders in Public Works, as well as all the STEM education, things like that. So we're gonna show two videos today, just so you can get a glimpse into some of the great things we're doing with students. The first is for water education days. We had 650 students, fourth and fifth graders come over the course of two days. We talked to them about like, where does your water come from? And surprisingly, quite a few said the sewer. So we got to do some education from there and talk about the aquifer, groundwater, surface water. We also talked about how to protect and conserve our shared water resources. And then we also had water safety focus. So Crystal's going to play this video for us. I think one thing really exciting about the Water Ed Days is we have partners from across the Treasure Valley. So on your council write-up, you'll see that we listed all out, but Idaho Power, Canyon County Sheriffs, I mean, just a whole group of really neat people that came out and were a part of that. So there were nine different booths. A huge shout out to Parks. Thank you for letting us use use Lakeview Park, and it was a really, really great date. So come join us next year if you can, if you're available. The other one we just had is our Public Works Activity Fair. We run that during Public Works Week. We had 115 students, fourth and fifth graders, from Central Elementary this year, which was really neat. And I think what's exciting on this one is, again, students get some ideas for careers, and they get the chance to really talk and interact with our staff. So we just want to give you a taste of that event as well.

Good job you guys!

You can do it. Why do you have to do it like this, man?

So that's our communication for today. Any questions or anything?

Kelly, very good. Very well done.

Well, thank you. It's a wonderful team to be a part of.

Any questions? Yep. A good reminder to have what's going on behind the scenes and different areas of the city and all that's happening. Rodney. Rodney.

Sorry I don't have a video. Yeah. So last week Planning and Zoning met and had several items before them that I'd like to report on. The first one is a conditional use permit for a non-commercial daycare for up to 12 children. This was at 17050 North Gwinnett Avenue and this was denied by the Planning and Zoning Commission over concerns about safety. The next one was a conditional use permit for duplex in an RS-6 zone at 2212 Aries Drive. And this was a conversion of a non-compliant, non-compliant triplex to a compliant duplex with the CUP. And this was approved. And then the next one was annexation and zoning to RA zoning and RS7 zoning for the Grace Bible Church. And this was over by Midway Road and Lake Lowell Avenue. And this was recommended for approval to you. This will come before you on July 20th. And then last of all, it was a conditional use permit for the Amazon prime air integration. And this was drone delivery. I'm sure you've seen it in the, in the paper. This was approved by city council or excuse me, planning and zoning commission.

Council president. Yes. On that final item. If I could ask a follow-up question. Yes, sir. I'm seeing conflicting opinions. opinions, is it coming before council or is it not coming before council? Boise Dev says it's come before council. Other outlets say it was done and final with PNZ. So can you clarify for us, please?

I sure can. Yeah. A conditional use permit is approved or denied by the Planning and Zoning Commission. However... An interested party can appeal within the two weeks. I think it's 15 days. They can appeal that decision. And if it was appealed, they would need to come and apply for that appeal, pay the fee, which is a $350 fee, and then it would come before the city council for a decision. And that's a de novo, so it basically starts it over. So all the information that was presented at Planning and Zoning would be the same opportunity you would have here. But for now, it's done until that passes or somebody applies for the appeal. That's correct.

Council President, may I ask a question? Rodney, I had somebody come up to me and tell me that, and I don't know if this is accurate for sure or not, but you're the person to ask, for the Grace Bible, the rezoning on that, is that with the current comp plan, the rezoning on that, or is the old comp plan being applied to that?

It's the current comprehensive plan.

Okay. Thank you.

Other questions for Rodney? Appreciate it. So new business. We're going to move to 5.1. This is an action item. Matt, you're going to be presenting, I assume, and we'll have some discussion. So this is not a public hearing, but it's a presentation and discussion. The item is to allocate $97,404 Community Development Block Grant funding for public service to the activities selected. And so it's in our packet as to the various possibles. And council, as you may recall, need to have discussion and allocate funds or confirm the allocation that's been presented to us.

Uh, good evening council president and council, uh, Matt Jamison, economic and community development department. And yeah, we are here tonight. Um, to finish the process we started at the previous public hearing and finalize the recipients of our public service funds. We've already successfully applied funds to administration planning and non-public service and we just held off on the allocation portion of the public service till tonight. Staff will ask council as a recommendation to allocate to four of the eight eligible applicants and applying an equal share of 24, 351 to each of them, because for the majority of them, they all ask for more than we have to give on an equal share. This is for two reasons, funding constraints. We just want to make sure we can give a meaningful amount that will help meet the needs of their budget and also our capacity to administer and monitor those activities as they move forward for the program year. And then due to HUD's guidance, we've also gonna this year ask just to apply a fifth, identify a fifth applicant that we can hold in our plan as an alternate to the four that will receive funding in case for some reason an applicant is unable to proceed with an activity as funded. that will allow us to just quickly pivot and move the money to somebody additional. That's something that HUD has asked us to do in most of the things we do now, just have an alternate in mind. Just as a quick summary of the public service applicants, those were all presented in the public hearing. their activities and a summary was provided in this packet, but this particular graph is just kind of highlighting our five-year consolidated plan and what we funded within it so far. This is going to be our 2026 program year, which is the last year of our five-year consolidated plan. In this particular chart, you'll see that we've We've funded areas in similar color are meeting a similar priority need identified in our plan. We've got the yellow is for youth services, purple was for homelessness assistance, blue was homelessness prevention, and then domestic violence assistance, senior services, and then substance use and mental health. So far to date, we've been able to reach three of those categories, four of those categories, excuse me, through various years of funding, but we have not so far had qualifying applicants come forward in youth services and in substance use and mental health. So this year we have three applicants that met those needs. And so I just wanted to highlight the level of funding that have been received over the years and the ones that have not. Again, similarly in the level of accomplishments, we've been able to achieve accomplishments in areas of homelessness assistance, homelessness prevention, domestic violence, senior services, but not in youth services and mental health, which are all part of our identified priority needs in our outreach to the community at the beginning of this five-year plan. And so this is just kind of a listing of the accomplishments that have been achieved so far today. And finally, this is what should have been in your packet. It is slightly organized differently. I grouped them again by the priority need they're meeting, just so it's easier to see what we're funding. But this is... I guess the level of funding that the applicant has requested, the applicant's score and the review process, and then the number of beneficiaries that they'd be assisting. And then highlighted in yellow, it indicates the activities that we have not funded previously and then the ones that have. So the substance use and mental health support and youth services, again, we have not been able to have an applicant that met the qualifications we needed. And this year we have three. So we have an opportunity to fund those. But at this point, I think if anyone had any questions or if you had something you'd already know how you'd like to fund. Council President.

Councilman Griffin. Thank you. Could you just explain to me, please, Matt, from my mind, and this might not be the majority's opinion, I'd like to find at least three programs fully just based off their demand and what they're expected to produce. And I'm curious if the fourth is only able to get a portion of that. After I look at the numbers, I'm looking at giving Nampa family justice center, the full 30,000 meals on wheels, the full 24,000. which is the next Salvation Army, the full 30,000, and then that leaves the remainder 13,404. Would that be sufficient for Jesse Tree to be able to implement anything on their end? Because if it's not, I would be interested in then passing that 13,000 to the Boys and Girls Club of Napa, Kenyon County.

Well, I would say it. I don't know. They primarily put their assistance towards rent and homelessness prevention. So they're trying to keep someone in housing. And so they're typically providing between one and three months rent assistance, usually getting them out of arrears, plus maybe sometimes a month to get them stabilized. And then moving forward, 15 would probably be used up in two, maybe three households. So I don't know if it would go far enough to be Plus we have a regular, not a regulatory, but an operation sort of guideline that we don't fund under 15,000. So we'd want to meet at least our own internal operating just because that's not enough money to justify our monitoring and staffing that particular. It's a lot of work that goes into making sure they stay on top of things. We want to get as many people as we can. But if that's the route you'd like to go, I'd at least suggest we fund them at 15 and then maybe subtract some from the others. And I can pull up a spreadsheet if you want, and we can do that in real time. So you can see the budget levels and where people would land.

Well, if I were looking at that number, it's $532 from each of the remaining to be able to get that fourth option up to 15,000. So 532 subtracted, but, but that might be the totally different direction than when Kelts is going, I might be in a rabbit hole here. I just see that, uh, especially for my district meals on wheels is a first priority and I want to see them fully funded. So that's why I'm advocating for that. The family justice center, obviously same report, 260 individuals from that budget, unfortunately in the salvation army, a hundred individuals with Jesse tree, they requested $50,000. We're not even going to be able to give them half of that. So the number really would have to be skewed down pretty significantly. And that's why they can go to boys and girls clubs. So, That's where my thought is council. I don't know if anybody has the same appetite or we just.

Can you just restate which ones you wanted to fully fund the three? I apologize.

Nampa Family Justice Center, Meals on Wheels and Salvation Army. My rationale for that being it's the highest impact for our community, 260, 250 and 100.

And so that would, this is what your recommendation now would look like, but we would maybe modify that to $532 from each. Okay. And we can certainly look at that. I don't know if anyone else has any comments or if that sounds good. Yes.

I'll wait to share my thoughts.

I think every year we ponder over this. They're all great programs. And we've spread the money around accordingly to enterprises on various years. I like what staff recommended and I'm for leaving it like it is for staff recommendation.

So. So what's in our packet is blank far as recommendations, so.

Oh, it did come through on that.

So I guess. I'm just trying to see your numbers now. Oh, I see. Compared to the notes. Can you increase the size of what's on the screen? Yeah.

Was there a recommendation of programs that you had recommended as well? I didn't see that.

We did not put forth a specific recipient recommendation for funding this year. I think in the prior meeting you had asked to see the actual scores, so we provided those. For me, I would want to see, if I'm making a recommendation, I would say that I would want to try to address some of the unmet needs that we have not met so far in our consolidated plan at the outset. Those were the five things that were identified by the community as high priority. So youth services and substance use and mental health were among those. we just hadn't been able to reach those yet. So my, my staff recommendation would be that we try to tackle one of those and then and then fund the others as, as you deem appropriate. I would always as in general lead to the kind of the highest scoring in each category, just as a way to be as fair as we can. But yes, my recommendation would be to try to lease fund some of the things I think you might've For instance, Boys and Girls Club or the SIRCC would be my recommendation, but that's just, I'm just, my goal is to try to capture as many of the things the community said we needed as we possibly can.

Do you have a preference between those two? I know one scores higher than the other, and I think Boys and Girls Club often gets a lot of support from the community, so I might lean more towards the latter, but.

They're both, I mean, they're both meeting a need in the community. I think they've, boys and girls have kept their costs low. They've tried to include as many families as they can, but I think that as they try to expand and reach more kids, I think that becomes more difficult. And then SIRCC, same thing. They're trying to reach a housing demographic that maybe a lot of our other housing providers aren't necessarily tapping into where it's, individuals that are coming out of either incarceration or some sort of program where they're needing some kind of housing for sober living or things like that. They may not be addressed by some of the other housing providers. They are meeting sort of a niche segment of the housing market, but they are, again, not my favorite part of the year. All of these are really great programs, and I wish that HUD would increase the funding level for this type of activity so we could fund more, And I apologize. I was in the process of making this bigger for you. Sorry. Council Member Bills.

Yeah. The order that's on the screen is different from the order that's in our packet.

I did that just because I realized that it might be helpful to see them grouped in the same activity style that they're in. So if they're homelessness prevention, I apologize for that. It might have been confusing.

This now helps. Thank you.

Can you see the whole thing? I can't tell.

Okay. Yeah, we can see it.

on my screen, it's all one. We're just going to pause for a couple of minutes so that we can study the order.

Council president question.

Yes, sir.

So Matt, every year, it seems to be that catch and Jesse tree. And at times the family justice center have the same direction regarding homelessness. So I, is it, is it mean it, wrong to assume that they're doing the same thing, working in cooperation with each other?

Yeah, they're not necessarily doing the same thing. CATCH is doing what they would, they call it our path home. It's basically considered a rapid rehousing program, I believe. So they're taking a family that's in a state of homelessness and they're helping them navigate into stable housing and then through case management, helping them become more financially stable and find ways to stay stably housed. Whereas Jesse Tree is on the opposite side of the spectrum. They're trying to prevent a family or household from becoming evicted and becoming household, which creates barriers to them gaining access to housing in the future. So on a cost perspective, they're both doing like something our community needs. I think Jesse Tree, the return on investment is oftentimes a little higher. They can provide two months worth of rent and keep someone in their house who might've just had a medical bill or something happened, a car breakdown, the loss of a job and they're back to work, whatever it might be. prevents them from needing so much assistance on the back end if they're homeless to get them back into housing. It's quite a bit more expensive with deposits, first and last month's grant kind of stuff, and then rent, and then the case management needed to keep them in that house over the course of a year. So the cost on the back end of somebody who's homeless is more expensive than on the front end. So they're kind of addressing different needs of the housing spectrum, but they're both trying to get people and keep people stably housed, but they're not doing the same program. Was there another one you asked about, but I, I would say there's not there. Jesse tree and catch are not performing the same activity, but they're, they're addressing the issues on the opposite sides of the housing spectrum.

Okay. We'll follow up, sir. Yes. So this is what I'm looking at. And in priority, the meals on wheels service, 250 and family justice center, 260 as well. I would like to reduce the family and MP Family Justice Center to 15,000 and give that 15 to Meals on Wheels and the Boys and Girls Club of Canyon County because they serve a lot of others. And that was the other one, Salvation Army. I don't know if any else agrees with me, but I'm going on.

You're wanting to shift the funding from Family Justice Center down to Meals on Meals.

That's correct. And the reason I say that is that if you notice every time the Family Justice Center goes out and they find their grants and they're funded as much as they can get funding from. And these organizations don't have that luxury. That's why I'm saying remove some of that from Nampa Family. I don't want to say that, but I'm sorry I have to.

I know that you already said it, but I was processing numbers. The Jesse Tree with the 15,000, can you tell us how many people that's going to be able to help?

I think their average number of eviction intervention is, I think they range somewhere between depending on the person's rent, anywhere from like 900 to, you know, 1800 per household just depends on if they need one or two months rent, they got to sometimes get them out of the month that they're behind. Sometimes they're two and three months behind. Cause most of their, they oftentimes step in when somebody is at the point of being a big, they've been served a letter, they're being evicted. That's sort of the ones that they prioritize kind of like a triage. They're just the ones that are most at risk of being evicted. They'll step in and, help navigate that. So it just depends on the cost of the rent for the particular household they're dealing with. But I think we would see on average somewhere between, depending on how far behind they are, it's anywhere from nine to probably even 3000 per household. with just the amount of assistance. I think they also get other funds that they can then, that are not restricted by a boundary of the city like ours are. And so they can take those additional funds and they direct them towards our community. So while they might use 1,500 or 2,000 of our dollars, they're also supplementing that with other funds so that the total amount that they're behind, I think they're sort of leveraging all the resources to spread it out and get as many people as they can and also use the others maximize i think the benefit so they're helping somebody but not always all of it is from us i think it's a mix of funding so um it may sound low of having it there it's actionary versus reactionary so i think they go together i think you did i you did a good job thank you council president if i could make a comment

Yes, I'll wait to share my thoughts. Go ahead. No, you please, if you want. I just was going to respond to Councilwoman J. Just for basing it off the dollars, it's about 22 people. From strict numbers, not from your explanation was perfect. I'm just saying from strict numbers from what was proposed and funding requested breakdowns.

At the 50,000, it'd be 22. at the 50 000 it would be 75 but if you divide 50 000 by 75 it ends up being 666 times that you ultimately get 22 people yeah so again i think they're leveraging funds so they're it wouldn't be a direct um dollar for dollar but they're they are leveraging other funds so ours are sort of supplemented in that process but so my notes uh

Matt, close to what you have, Matt, with the exception of switching the dollar amounts on Salvation Army and mills on wills. So I had close to, I had the 30 on mills on wills and the 24 on Salvation Army. 15, that's Jesse Tree.

Do you guys?

So, Victor, I understand what you're suggesting is more towards the mills on wills. Yes. Which is what I had up to close to the 30 amount. Okay. If we reverse those two, then we got a pretty even from my perspective, so. And it wouldn't change.

It wouldn't change the amount. That's the total amount that is.

Are we able to give more than what was requested? They requested 24,000. Is it appropriate for us to go to 30? Because I'd love to give them 30.

We can. I think that, and I know just in conversations, I know that they can always use the funding. In most of these cases, our funding goes towards staff time. So if we're helping pay for staff time, we're always freeing up money that they can use to expand their programs. In general, we try to, As just a general rule, we try to fund what they've asked for. I think asking for 24,000, they probably have done the math and realized that an equal share of the amount in our presentation prior was at the application seminar thing we did with all the applicants. They probably realized that was their proportionate share, so they probably asked for that based on that number. And historically, they've asked for more. they've usually asked for closer to 30 in their ask.

Councilman Reynolds. Matt, last year, did we fund Catch or Jesse Tree?

We fund Catch.

Yep.

And then the application review score, typically do you use that for weighting your criteria?

We often do, especially when they're coming from the same activity, so they're trying to meet the same need, we will look at the scores and we would normally rank those by the score. And oftentimes, like in this case, applicants that had not received funding prior, the scoring process gave them a little bump in points. It was an effort to try to make sure that maybe newer nonprofits or ones that hadn't been funded before got a fair run at the funding. But yeah, we typically prioritize the score if they're under the similar activity type and we wouldn't want to ever fund two of the same thing. We can avoid it. And just for, clarity. Did anyone want me to change those numbers to what you proposed so we can see where we're at with that?

Well, I'm going to make a motion to kind of get us off dead center. We reversed the two numbers between Salvation Army and Mills on Wills. So the Mills on Wills would be at the 29-468 and Salvation Army would be at the 23-468. Leave Family Justice as you have it and leave Jesse Tree as you have it. That would be my motion. Question is if there's a second.

Council President, as soon as I can see what that.

I want to look at it.

OK. Council President. Let's hold for a moment.

I apologize. It's zoomed in so much. Oh, I'm going to use this screen. I can actually see all of it on that one. It's zoomed in so much of mine, I can't see the whole thing. I'll use the one you guys are looking at, too. That makes more sense. So I've got 16. I'm just a little 16 long here. So I'm guessing you're wanting to leave that with the larger share, the Meals on Wheels?

Yes, that's correct. The Meals on Wheels would be 500 even, 29.5.

To get to the 15,000, you need to be able to reduce this from the others. Council President. Yes. Could I recommend that we actually swap from Jesse Tree to Boys and Girls Club? And the reason being Matt had also recommended that we either fund Boys and Girls Club or how do I say it, Cirque?

I think so.

SIRCC. He determined that those two are at need for the community that we haven't funded in the past. Jesse Tree has been funded in the past. So maybe rather than Jesse Tree, we give the 15,000 to the Boys and Girls Club who would then be able to support 35 rather than 22.

Council President.

Another option. My concern is that, I mean, it's good that we support Boys and Girls Club. We do that in a certain way as it is. But having had to deal with it back in my early years of career of unlawful detainers and removing people from their homes and the difficulty of that, that I feel it's important that as a city and oversight of these funds that it's important that there is some stopgap measures to assist. Some are chronic and some are truly hit a problem and they need assistance. And so I'm sensitive to that issue having personally been on the side of asking somebody to leave and getting court orders to have them do so. And I've seen the good, and I've seen the chronic. And so for me, I still think it's important to have some homelessness assistance. I'll second the motion.

Mr. President, I was going to say point of order. I was going to second your motion. Say again? You had a motion on that. I had a motion. We didn't get a second. And I was seconding it when you started talking.

I started bloviating? Yeah.

So anyway, I like it the way it is. Thank you.

We have a motion and a second. For clarity, it's how the screen is now set as far as the funding approval.

So if I understand that's a bit never found me just center, um, salvation army, Jesse tree and meals on wheels is what I'm showing. Okay.

And let's see. Roll call.

God. Yes. Yes.

I'm kind of hesitant, but got to go with it. Yes.

Yes. Reynolds? Yes. Mills? Yes. All in favor? Motion carries. Council, thank you.

Thank you, council.

Our next item is an action item 5-2. And it's a request to authorize the installation of lighting on Ora Brant Park Pickleball Courts. And the numbers are there listed and in your packet. Cody? COUNCIL PRESIDENT, SO MOVED. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION?

PRESIDENT?

YES.

CODY, JUST BECAUSE I HAVE SOME HIGH SCHOOLERS OR FORMER HIGH SCHOOLERS THAT ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS, WHEN ARE THESE LIGHTS GOING TO BE GOING IN IF THIS GETS APPROVED?

COUNCIL PRESIDENT BILLS, COUNCILWOMAN JANGULA, THE COMPANY ACTED LIKE THEY'RE VERY RESPONSIVE. THE LIGHTING JUST NEEDS TO BE ORDERED FROM A FACTORY OFF-SITE AND CAN START INSTALLATION WITHIN JUST A FEW WEEKS. PERFECT. THANK YOU.

Clerk, call the roll.

GOG. Yes. CINGULA. Yes. BILLS.

Yes.

RODRIGUEZ.

Yes.

GRIFFIN. Yes. REYNOLDS. All in favor? Motion carries.

So another item. We're still a couple of minutes. 5-3 is an action item to award and bid. to award the bid and authorize Council President to sign the contract with Morello Construction for the annual water line replacement project fiscal 26 in the amount of 812,863. It's approved under the budget. Had conversation with John Spencer, so. So moved. Second. Any discussion? Clerk will call the roll.

Gogg. Yes. Chingula. Yes. Fills.

Yes.

Rodriguez. Yes. Griffin.

Yes.

Reynolds. Yes. All in favor? Motion carries.

Item 5-4 is an action item authorized council president and public works director to acquire right of way needed for construction of Canada Road, Ustick Road intersection project and the Garrity traffic and safety improvement projects in an amount not to exceed $1,116,704.92. And things are in order. I have a motion. Okay. We got the second. Any discussion questions? Clerk will call the roll.

God bills. Rodriguez.

Yes.

Griffin.

No.

Chingula? Yes. Reynolds?

Yes.

Five in favor, one opposed. Motion carries.

5-4 is passed. We're gonna go to our public hearing here real quick, and then we'll come right back to our last two action items. Public hearing is...

council president i thought i was supposed to open it and then we were going to suspend it that's right future forward is that right yeah and if you wanted to you could take care of these two items and then proceed you can't start earlier than six you can start after six though so if you've got some rhythm and momentum you want to pound these two business items you're welcome to do so you can pivot to the public hearing and then come back to items five five and five six whatever you prefer i've never been good at pivoting

but we'll give it a shot. We're back to action item 5-5. So moved. We have a second on the street naming ordinance of North Gentee Lane.

I have to do a request under a suspension. Oh yeah.

Gotta read it. So this is a first reading. So your motion needs to be passing this under suspension of rules.

An order to the city of Napa, Canyon County, Idaho, naming a private street, North Jente Lane.

Move to approve under the suspension of rules.

Second.

We have a motion and a second. Any discussion? Clerk will call the roll.

Yes.

Yes.

Reynolds. Yes. Rodriguez. Yes. Yes. Griffin. Yes. All in favor. Motion carries.

Item five dash six is also a, uh, First reading of street naming ordinance for West Cherry Tree Lane. And the request is to also pass this one under suspension of rules.

In order to the city of Napa, Canyon County, Idaho, naming a private street West Cherry Tree Lane.

I'll move under suspension of rules. Second. We have a motion and a second to pass under suspension of rules. Clerk will call the roll.

Gogg. Yes. Gingula. Yes. Bills. Yes. Reynolds. Yes. Rodriguez. Yes. Griffin. Yes. All in favor, motion carries.

Now to our public hearing item. This is an action item. It's a variance of NCC 1023-20 limiting permanent freestanding pole or monument signs in the IL light industrial zoning district. to a maximum 40 feet height and 300 square feet area addressed as 2228 East Chisholm Drive, representing Briven, Idaho, LLC. And the applicant is requesting a continuance to the July 20th meeting.

Second.

We have a motion and a second to begin the hearing, but to continue it to July 20th, 2026. Clerk, call the roll.

Gogg. Yes. Bills.

Yes.

Reynolds. Yes. Griffin.

Yes.

Rodriguez.

Yes.

Gingula. Yes. All in favor? Motion carries.

Our next item is a executive session. It's an action item motion to adjourn into executive session pursuant to Idaho code 74 dash 2 0 6 1 J to consider labor contract matters authorized under 74 2 0 6 a 1 a and B Idaho code to evaluate contract negotiations with NP.

So moved.

Second. We have a motion and a second. Clerk will call the roll.

Gogg. Yes. Bills.

Yes.

Reynolds. Yes. Rodriguez.

Yes.

Griffin.

No. Yes.

Vengula. Yes. All in favor, motion carries.

And need a motion for adjourn. No, not yet. Not yet. We're holding on that adjournment. Okay. Got it. Was this the record?

Fastest ever?

Well, that's pretty good.

Yeah. Are you good? I'm doing good.