Nampa, fire district workshop focuses on impact-fee agreements, station deeds and options for fire administration space

City officials and Nampa Fire Protection District leaders met in a collaborative workshop to review multiple outstanding items from the 2020–2021 annexation and to discuss options for the fire district’s administrative space.

Chief Kirk Carpenter (referred to in the meeting as Chief Carpenter) summarized completed items and ones that remain open. He said the district has worked with the county to update intergovernmental agreements (IGAs) for development-impact fees but needs the city to sign updated documents removing the City of Nampa from county-level administration language. He said city legal review is in progress and staff hope to complete the city-side IGA updates within weeks.

Carpenter said the district and airport staff are negotiating a long-term lease for Station 5 land (currently a year-to-year arrangement) and that the airport has proposed two 10-year leases with escalation clauses. The district reported interest in purchasing the site in the long run, but noted Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) rules may allow the airport to reclaim land in some circumstances; a long-term lease would secure operations in the near term.

On Station 2, Carpenter said a record-of-survey completed by the district identified an unintended transfer of roughly 20…