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Votes at a glance: Kuna City Council actions including zoning, plats, resolutions and ordinances

2497245 · March 5, 2025

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Summary

The Kuna City Council approved multiple zoning, planning, budget-rate and transportation items at its meeting, including a zoning amendment for energy facilities, a preliminary plat and two resolutions advancing sewer-rate structure and transportation priorities.

At the meeting the Kuna City Council completed votes on several items. Below are the motions, outcomes and roll-call tallies where recorded.

1) Case No. 24050A (Zoning text amendment: energy production/energy storage) Motion: Approve zoning text amendment adding definitions for energy-production and energy-storage facilities, adding energy storage as a distinct use, removing power plants as an allowed use in M-1, and requiring decommissioning, fire-protection and emergency-response plans. Outcome: Approved (voice vote/roll call recorded). Vote: Council member Biggs — Yes; Council member Leroy — Yes; Council president Bruce — Yes; Mayor Steer — Yes.

2) Case No. 2404S (Schuyler Ranch preliminary plat) Motion: Approve preliminary plat for Schuyler Ranch (8.52 acres, 32 single-family lots) subject to staff-recommended conditions. Outcome: Approved. Vote: Biggs — Yes; Leroy — Yes; Bruce — Yes; Mayor Steer — Yes.

3) Resolution R22-2025 (user-rate category for unannexed residential properties / sewer-user structure) Motion: Approve Resolution R22-2025 to add a user-rate category for residential not-annexed properties, with base rate $41.35 and a tiered consumption charge starting at 0 gallons at $5 per 1,000 gallons. Outcome: Approved (voice vote). Vote recorded as aye by council at voice vote; no roll-call opposition noted.

4) Resolution R23-2025 (Transportation priority list) Motion: Approve R23-2025 adopting the city's prioritization request to ACHD, advancing Avalon Street corridor improvements and Deer Flat/K Street intersection safety improvements and adding community-program pathway and unimproved-road completion items. Outcome: Approved. Vote: Biggs — Yes; Leroy — Yes; Bruce — Yes; Mayor Steer — Yes.

5) Ordinance 2025-05 (appointed officials) and Resolution R19-2025 (related appointments) Motion: Waive three readings and adopt Ordinance 2025-05 to add a new chapter designating positions appointed by the mayor; approve Resolution R19-2025 implementing requested changes. Outcome: Ordinance 2025-05 approved (roll call: Biggs Yes; Leroy Yes; Bruce Yes); Resolution R19-2025 approved.

6) Ordinance 2025-06 (amendments to subdivision approval and landscaping buffer widths) Motion: Waive three readings and adopt Ordinance 2025-06 amending decision-making authority, subdivision approval process, completion time and landscape buffer width by roadway classification. Outcome: Ordinance 2025-06 approved (roll call: Biggs Yes; Leroy Yes; Bruce Yes).

Notes: Several items were approved with staff-recommended conditions; the Schuyler Ranch approval included an agreement by the developer to meet with Kuna School District representatives to discuss capacity, and the city attorney advised against conditioning approval on a signed district agreement.