Design Review Board members introduce backgrounds, emphasize objectivity and recusal practices

Feb 26, 2026

Board members introduced professional backgrounds — licensed architect Joe Greer, landscape architects Toby Norton and Jim Mayan, and interior designer Kelly Murphy — and discussed recusal practices and efforts to avoid favoritism when board members present their own projects.

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Board members used the joint session to introduce themselves and describe the professional expertise they bring to the Design Review Board. Joe Greer said he is a licensed architect with local family ties and emphasized the seriousness of the Board's advisory role. Toby Norton described more than two decades of landscape experience in the Treasure Valley, and Kelly Murphy said she runs an interior-design business and has been an Eagle resident for 10 years. Jim Mayan identified himself as a practicing landscape architect who owns civil engineering, planning and landscape firms and noted his years of experience in the state.

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