Cassia County | minutes | meeting 2025-11-24 | 2025_11_24 BOCC Special Recorded Minutes.pdf source: https://www.cassia.gov/media/Commissioners/Minutes/2025/2025_11_24%20BOCC%20Special%20Recorded%20Minutes.pdf ,- Cassia County Board of Commissioners SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES Monday, November 24, 2025 6:00 PM The Cassia County Board of Commissioners met today at the place and time as posted by agenda pursuant to ldaho Code 5 74-204 for Open Meetings Law. ACTION AGENDA ITEMS 1) 6:00 PM Call to order 2) Pledge of Allegiance and prayer TIME SPECIFIC AGENDA ITEMS 3) 6:02 PM Public Hearing for City of Burley area of impact a) Chair Beck introduced the rules of the hearing. b) Mr. McMurray read two comments submitted by citizens not in attendance. c) Chair Beck read ldaho Code S 67-6526 into the record. d) City of Burley Administrator Brett Boyer gave opening remarks. He stated the purpose of the reevaluation of the City of Burley lmpact Area was due to a law change that required all cities and counties within ldaho to make such an evaluationby 72/3L/2O25. He introduced Spencer McArthur, the city planner and Dave Shirley, the city attorney also in attendance with him. He reminded everyone that the area of impact does not annex any properties nor will it affect property taxes. This is .iust a planning exercise to examine the potential future growth of the city as dictated by the new legislation. e) 6:14 PM City Planner, Spencer McArthur gave a prepared statement. He explained the area of impact agreement and purpose was to help direct growth and plan for projects that provide city services such as water and sewer to residents and businesses within the impact area. He reiterated that creating this zone will not annex any properties into the city, will not take away the governance of county ordinances, and will not increase property taxes. lt is an acknowledgment of growth required by new legislation to occur before the end of the year. The last time the zone was changed was in 1998. f) 6:30 PM Tom Worthington, property owner, spoke against the proposed changes. Although he agreed with benefits listed by McArthur, he argued the current impact zone had not yet reached capacity. g) 6:32 PM Leroy Funk, property owner, spoke against the proposed changes. He asked about the seeming nonconsistency of requiring that developers install curbs and gutters and other infrastructure at their own cost in some parts of the current impact zone but not others. He also stated that current growth is slow and the current impact zone should be sufficient for several years. h) 6:50 PM Scott Harris, property owner, agreed with the opposition presented. He was also concerned that the impact zone would lead to annexation and pushing out small time developers in favor of larger companies that can afford to invest in the required infrastructure standards of the city. cASStA COUNTY COMMTSSION SPECIAL SESSION Monday, November 24, 2025 lnstrument # 2O2SOO49O7 BURLEY. CASSIA, IDA}IO 12-23-2025 02:03:/6 pM No- Reco.ded tor : CASSTA COUNTY JOSEPH LARSEN ot Pagcs: 6 COMMISSIONERS l lPage Er-Of6cio Recordcr hdex to: COMMISSTONERS MINIJTES Fee: 0-0O 8) Cossia County Courthouse . Commission Chombers 7459 Ove and Ave . Room 206 . Burley lD 83378 5:09 PM Motion and Action: Enter public hearing for the City of Burley proposed lmpact Area, Moved by Kent R. Searle - Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member. Motion passed unanimously. i) 6:58 PM Randy Harris, property owner spoke in opposition to the proposed changes. He suggested that the city should be the one paying for installing of infrastructure to help bring in the growth rather than requiring the developers to front the costs. He discussed his view ofthe Local Land Use Planning Act, adopted in 1978 and said that the impact zone would take away his rights as a property owner to do with his land as he wished. j) 7:07 PM Dave Allred, property owner agreed with all the points of opposition stated. He said he never realized the benefits promised him to have city services to his property if he agreed to the first impact zone proposa I in 1"998. k) City Attorney Dave Shirley responded to questions asked by citizens and board. l) 7:12 PM Brent Koyle, property owner, spoke in opposition to the proposal. He cited costs he incurred as a developer to install required infrastructure from city of Heyburn. He estimated the cost of installing a septic system in a subdivision in Heyburn cost him 5100,000.00. m) 7:25 PM Karla Adams speaking for Robert Worthington, a property owner, asked what the city's plan was to bring services to the current 20+ year-old impact area and what is the plan to bring services to the proposed impact areas by 2030, per the code read by Chair Beck. Attorney Shirley explained this was a planning tool to guide future planning projects. n) 7:31 PM Terry Matthews speaking for Elaine Matthews, property owner asked if there could be a grandfather clause that exempts current impact zone property owners from being forced to join city services in the future if their own systems failed. o) 7:37 PM Paul Ross, property owner, gave neutralcomments to the proposal. He recounted his experiences as a property owner and gave concerns about neighborhoods such as Grandview that suffered because of lack of long-term planning. Of the two avenues the city has to provide services, one being eminent domain, the other being that property owners must give consent and easements for the city to cross property lines to install the infrastructure. p) 7:50 PM Laura Greener, property owner, answered concerns about increased property taxes within the area of impact zone. lf the properties were to be annexed into the city, her estimated increase in taxes would be 39% but just being in the impact zone would not affect taxes. q) Attorney Shirley clarified that the city has no say in the handling of urban renewal monies. That falls under the purview of the Burley Development Authority. The city can offer input as to what land is included in urban renewal areas but cannot designate the use of its money. r) No testimony was offered in favor of the proposed area of impact zone. s) 8:27 PM Chair Beck gave the City of Burley their time for rebuttal of testimonies given. 8:46 PM Motion and Action: To take the matter under advisement, consider the testimonies given, and recess the hearing untt 12/7512025 at 10:30 AM for further deliberations and decision, Moved by Bob Kunau - Member, Seconded by Kent R. Searle - Member. Motion passed unanimously. 8:48 PM Motion and Action: Recess the current hearing for the proposed City of Burley lmpact Areas, Moved by Kent R. Searle - Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member. Motion passed unanimously. 4) 8:49 PM Adjourn 8:49 PM Motion and Action: Adjourn, Moved by Kent R. Searle - Member, Seconded by Bob Kunau - Member Motion passed unanimously. cAsstA couNw coMMrssroN SPECIAL SESSION Monday, November 24, 2025 2lPage APPROVED: Leona rd M. 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