Remarks by John Overton
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“Mr. Mayor. Councilman Overton. There are no changes to tonight's agenda. I move we approve the agenda as published.”
“Councilman Overton. There are no changes to tonight's consent agenda. I move that we approve the consent agenda for the mayor to sign and the clerk to attest.”
“Thank you, Mr. Mayor, and thank you for everyone being here tonight. The reason I'm speaking is because back in 1996, when Tracy was hired, I was a sergeant with the police department. I was the firearms range master instructor. I was also in charge of the field training program. And you have to understand that that's a lot of hats to wear, but we were a city of 20,000 people. And we had 20 police officers. A whole lot different than where we sit today. We've come a long way very, very fast. And I remember being told, we had six officers that came on during that year, that one of them, who I…”
“I move that we go into executive session prior to code 74-206 subsection 1C and 206A subsection 1A.”
“NEXT UP IS ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. NEXT UP IS ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. NEXT UP IS ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. NEXT UP IS ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. NEXT UP IS ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. NEXT UP IS ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. NEXT UP IS ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA. NEXT UP IS ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA.”
“Move that we continue item number one, H2026-0029. All three. Do all three.”
“Item number two, CPAT H2026-0038. And item number three, which is UDC text amendment ZOA 2026-001.”
“Mr. Mayor. So I understand looking at the history of, then an application was submitted for that modification to the development agreement approved for the abutting property to the west back in 2020. And I think you've alluded to the fact that that was denied. And I think one of the questions that we've been trying to get to is, I realize it was denied, but that was denied because this property was going to be a 64-unit multifamily development property. So has there been an attempt to make an agreement with that property of the West with this application for lesser units?”
“Mr. Mayor. Councilman Overton. I move that we go into executive session prior to hook code 74-206 subsection 1C and 74-206A subsection 1A.”
“There will be one change to tonight's agenda on the consent agenda. We'll be moving item 28 off the consent agenda for discussion. And with that change, I move that we adopt the agenda.”
“Mr. Mayor. Councilman Overton. The consent agenda, we have one change, which is moving item 28 off of the consent agenda for discussion. Other than that, I move that we approve the consent agenda for the mayor to sign and the clerk to attest.”
“NOT A QUESTION, JUST A COMMENT. I used to dig out some of the history every once in a while. But I remember working under the first, I spent three years as an SRO working for the city and had the first of the SRO contracts back in 1991 to 94. And they were a lot thinner. A lot more brief, less legalese, but the intent of them has always been the same, which is to develop a level playing field between the school district and the police department so we understand whose policy and procedures we're working under at each time, what responsibilities are, how things play out. Specifically, the…”
“Lorelei, a great presentation. I've read through everything. I'm very supportive of what this looks to do. I think it's a great way to show off our partnership with the City of Nampa. Is there any approvals needed from Canyon County or Ada County? I know we're trying to do this from Nampa City to Meridian City, but is there any county approvals needed or state approvals needed to go across county lines?”
“There are no changes to tonight's agenda. I move that we approve the agenda as published.”
“I move that we approve resolution 26-2606, a resolution adopting the changing fees, superseding previously adopted fees, authorizing finance department to update citywide fee schedule, and authorizing city departments to collect such fees, and providing an effective date.”
“And correct me if I'm wrong, this is the new annexation portion where the parking lot is going to be on the north side, which is where we want to modify the buffer to the north side. We have the cross-access agreement going to the north. But we're designing for this purpose a ride-in, ride-out off of Locust Grove. But yet we're requiring access to the north with no idea if that right in, right out would be required on whatever that parcel is that goes to the north that then has those 145 parking spaces. And I'm a little worried with this request that we could end up with 145 cars that want to…”
“Mr. Mayor, quick follow. Councilman Overton. If I get you correctly, so this right in, right out that you'd want to construct with this parking lot would be the farthest north right in, right out, no matter how the rest of the parcels develop.”
“Mr. Mayor, I think we do have ACHD online if there are. with us, if we could ask that question, I'd be much appreciated.”
“I guess I need a little bit more clarity on the ride-in, ride-out and how we're working this. I mean, if I'm looking at this, I'm thinking, okay, if I'm taking a ride-out and I attend one of the schools that's on the north side of town, I'm immediately going to turn right on Water Tower, turn right on Atkins, and get back to Franklin Road. But if I'm at one of the schools that's on the south side of town trying to get to this, I'm very worried that they're going to be attempting those left turns into a right in, as opposed to turning on Water Tower, going down Atkins, coming back on Franklin,…”
“Thank you, David. I appreciate that. I'm certainly not trying to be a rock blocking your path, but I know that there's not only the church on the other side of the road, but there's also another housing development that sits right across from this. Before you get to Woodbridge, that you'd then be telling them and the church that they can't turn left into their current location. They have to have a new path as well to try to get to where they live and where they go to church as well. If I'm understanding this correctly.”
“Mr. Mayor, I'll take a break here. So I know there's a way to educate, but I'm also looking at the folks that don't know they're going to have to get reeducated on how they get to and from where they live and go to church now. Also, when the candles first went up off of Locust Grove to deal with the first development that's over on the... southeast corner, those candles were looked at as a suggestion, not as a don't do this. And they were getting run over and destroyed. That's why I was really hoping we had ACHD on the line, because I'd like to know whether we're going to run it this far up…”
“Don, I think I'm looking at the same thing you're talking about. So instead of being a right in, right out for the student parking lot to the north, it will be a left in, right in, right out. Correct. And the candles would extend from the intersection of Franklin and Locust Grove all the way to that left in, right in, right out?”
“Don, I don't know if you're able to look at a map of that area, but I believe it would block... one of the access points into the church parking lot, but not block the second one. And it wouldn't interfere with Kalispell, which would be across the street from the proposed CTE center. But my concern is, is much like what happened with the Shallow Creek apartments, is vehicles would drive past the candles and do illegal U-turns in the middle of Locust Grove to get back. It still happens today. And I'm just curious how far those candles would extend to the south on Locust Grove and what the plan…”
“Mr. Mayor. I believe a hundred percent. I mean, especially with ISU coming in, um, I wanna make sure I'm clear here. I'm 100% supportive of this project. I'm just wary of how we best step forward to handle transportation. And I'm not convinced that candles are the best long-term solution. I think we're gonna have to put up some sort of higher medians to more direct traffic to keep people from the temptation that they can make those turnarounds, which are highly unsafe. And I'd surely like to take our chance here as a council to make that something we suggest to ACHD as they look for how this…”
“Although I get caught up on traffic issues, David, you well know I get very concerned about traffic, especially when we're talking about kids in schools. I think this is a tremendous opportunity to build this, make this happen in a school district. I'll continue to have concerns about traffic and how best we move them. And I would encourage, we'll have to do a lot of that talking ourselves with ACHD. I think there's even a future possibility that the entrance for the student parking can go out to Adkins and not come out to Locust Grove at all, which would eliminate traffic. 99% of my…”