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1) Jump Time development agreement modification (file H-2025-11)
- Motion: Approve H-2025-11 (DA modification to remove minor vehicle repair from prohibited uses and require landscape buffer and pedestrian signage; bring existing landscaping into UDC conformity).
- Mover: Council Member Overton
- Second: not recorded by name in transcript
- Vote: Aye: Little Roberts; Taylor; Overton; Strader; Whitlock. No: Cavanagh. Outcome: approved (5-1).

2) Ordinance No. 25-2080 (amend city code to allow clerk's office to collect fingerprints for certain license criminal background checks)
- Motion: Approve ordinance 25-2080 (read by title)
- Mover: Council Member Taylor
- Second: recorded
- Vote: Unanimous aye. Outcome: adopted.

3) Centerpoint Apartments (H-2025-9) public hearing
- Motion: Continue public hearing to May 13 at applicant request (to work with Idaho Transportation Department on right-of-way matters).
- Mover: Council Member Taylor
- Second: recorded
- Vote: Unanimous aye. Outcome: continued to May 13.

4) Adoption of the agenda; approval of consent agenda
- Both motions were adopted by voice vote earlier in the meeting (all ayes recorded on the record).

Below are structured action records captured from the transcript.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Meridian City Council - 4/22/25","oneSentenceSummary","The council approved a development agreement modification for Jump Time (H-2025-11), adopted an ordinance authorizing city clerks to collect fingerprints for certain license background checks, and continued the Centerpoint Apartments hearing to May 13. Roll calls and motions are listed below.","taxTitle","Meridian, Ada County, Idaho","taxId",2628,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6577921,"Employee Benefits Trust update: city trustees report mostly net-neutral results but warn of potential 17—18% increase",2933,993000,3926000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3090993-7ba75a24509b5b0196cd9135b0d657c1&start=993&end=3926","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3090993-7ba75a24509b5b0196cd9135b0d657c1/thumbnail_993000.jpg","/articles/6577921/Meridian/Ada-County/Idaho/Employee-Benefits-Trust-update-city-trustees-report-mostly-net-neutral-results-but-warn-of-potential-1718-increase","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6577921-7bc24f2d38520174946b54b43f5701fe/orig.mp4?Expires=1771152194&Signature=bwKnlVFdQEdlG-HxTUevSUE3fHq9DScIFNnJwP4pkcvZ3E~UDjWT6~DNvkedf1dmtPTdDDIwTe8WX90ZVJPBlf9BMZ5~Vdd0S~HkP3oM8YfOazZcVxXz3NWUyk4bZzOE-h6mKFJvLphHT-yqbt3FumFksXB07R5r6BPUGM2O0hMOydwoYy7Rji1jdxYO8O~EFCLNirnewwfCkRSP7odZIZoCQJ1C5AGaaSbUSJfRYL1ea8tPLvr4juqKSZpxjuV5xk8x~DBLUpOkJdwd9MO~bu2MjjKWSbkNIHu-e00YbfGDpnV0KJ3asvK~7fHpszTk6HAEkw1evKswgxHnFKS~Dg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Bill (chair of the Employee Benefits Trust) updated the council on the structure, experience and near-term outlook for the Meridian Employee Benefits Trust, the entity the city uses to manage medical, dental and vision benefits for most city employees.

Bill said the trust is governed by a separate board of trustees made up of city employees and works with Gallagher (benefits broker) and Blue Cross (carrier). The trust is a partially self-funded plan using a stop-loss arrangement; trustees described the aggregate stop-loss attachment at $225,000 per claim. The trust is audited annually and submits quarterly reports to the Idaho Department of Insurance.

Bill walked council through annual results: 2020 and 2021 had pandemic-related losses; 2022 and 2023 were positive years with some large claims; 2024 closed with a smaller loss and multiple large claims that in aggregate approached or hit stop-loss levels. He said the program has had a small net positive across the life of the trust but remains immature and therefore vulnerable to swings from several large claims.

\"Employer maintains the risk, pays the claims out of the trust, and the reserves and the surplus are held by the trust,\" Bill said, explaining why the city pursued a self-funded trust model.

Council members asked about whether the trust had reduced premiums relative to a fully insured model. Staff and Gallagher said the trust has been roughly net neutral to date but provides greater plan flexibility and tools (telehealth, smart-shopper programs, coupon maximizer) that staff argued improve benefit value and marketability for recruitment and retention.

Staff told the council they have been advised to expect a significant premium increase for the next plan year (staff and the mayor's office briefed council that the projection in internal communications was roughly 17\u001318%). Council President asked staff to develop an RFP schedule and options for procurement to ensure the city explores market alternatives before the next budget decision; staff agreed to return with a recommended calendar for an RFP and potential timing for any contract award.

The presentation also covered appeals: Blue Cross handles initial appeals; staff and trustees can request an expedited third-party review in specific cases. HR said benefit satisfaction will be measured in the upcoming benefit survey and through exit interviews; exit interviews to date have not shown benefits as a frequent reason for leaving.

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\"It has been transferred. It is over at Victory Greens,\" Mr. Neri said, describing the negotiated outcome with the developer and the Historic Preservation Commission.

Staff said the existing development agreement contains a small number of provisions that remain unsigned and need modification because circumstances changed after the silo relocation. Planning staff and legal proposed that staff prepare a narrow amendment to the development agreement (a city-developer modification) rather than a full public reprocessing, then return the amended agreement to council on a subsequent agenda to finalize the terms and complete property annexation and development steps.

Bill Parsons (planning) said the silo relocation was an unusual but acceptable compromise that avoided demolition and allowed the project to proceed. Council members signaled support for staff's plan to make the limited DA edits and bring a final agreement back to the council.

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Crystal described how funds were used: $20,000 to the Boys & Girls Club to provide before- and after-school care to 61 youths; $32,354 to The Jesse Tree for emergency rental assistance that helped 57 people avoid eviction; $220,370 to NeighborWorks Boise for a homebuyer assistance carryover and repairs to nine homes; $21,198 for fair-housing activities; and approximately $266,576 for public improvements, including upgrading 83 streetlights and advancing design work on two walkability projects. She said the city will fund similar projects in the coming year and will publish the next action plan for public comment in June.

Council members asked about the stability of federal CDBG funding. Crystal said the local HUD field office has been cut in staff; while the current year's funding remains level, she said she expected to hear by May 15 how the federal allocation for the next year would be handled.

Crystal also announced the winners of a citywide sticker-design contest themed \"Home feels like belonging.\" She named two winning artists: Naho Nakashima (whose daughter Lila was present) and JC McKenna. The stickers will be made available the following week and distributed throughout the year.

The presentation closed with staff offering to hold multiple public hearings and outreach events during the public comment period and to forward any HUD allocation updates to council when available.

","City staff summarized the city's 2023'2024 Community Development Block Grant spending of $560,498, detailed projects funded (housing, infrastructure, services), announced a sticker-design contest winner and said the city expects HUD to announce next year's allocation by May 15.","actionData","errors"]

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Votes at a glance: council approves Jump Time DA amendment, ordinance on fingerprint collection; continues Centerpoint hearing

Employee Benefits Trust update: city trustees report mostly net-neutral results but warn of potential 17—18% increase

Council directed staff to amend Farmstone Crossing development agreement after silo transferred to Victory Greens

Council hears how $560,498 in CDBG funds were spent; staff warns of federal funding uncertainty