Treasure Valley Partnership
Meeting Minutes
December 18th, 2006

Bill Larsen opened up the meeting by welcoming the TVP members to the Holiday Luncheon. He started off the meeting my mentioning that both Owyhee County and the City of Greenleaf have been invited as members of the TVP. He stated that Hal Tolmie, Owyhee County Commissioner had indicated they would attempt to attend meetings but it was going to be tough based on their Commission meeting on Monday’s.

Bill requested to switch meeting dates between Star and Meridian on January and February of 07. A discussion ensued and it was decided to leave the meeting locations the same.

Bill reported that the closing date of the SAUSA Project job announcement was on December 15th. There is no indication at this point in time the number of applicants for the position and that we would not know till about December 15th.

Bill reported that the staff members from all of the jurisdictions had met on December 14th. Mayor Merrill passed out minutes from the meeting. Bill highlighted the discussion that had taken place at the meeting and that there were several points associated with the original Floodplain Ordinance Enhancements as they were originally presented. Those included lowest floor at the 2 foot above the base flood elevation.

Mayor Merrill indicated that she was extremely impressed with the number of staff that showed up to the meeting. The group was going to try to modify some of the language would report their recommendations to the TVP during the January 07 meeting. Mayor Merrill stated that they realized each jurisdiction’s Flood Plain management ordinances were different and the language they were developing would hopefully fit as an addition to all jurisdictions. Mayor Merrill also indicated that she is meeting with Representative’s Diehl and Stevenson on Statewide floodplain enhancements.

Bill provided an update that the Fireworks Ordinance proposal was in process. He reported that the group of Fire Marshall’s had met this past week and that a proposed ordinance would be proposed during the January meeting. Mayor Dale asked if the group was attempting to write language to eliminate some of the loopholes in the State law. Mayor Nancolas stated that the group’s focus was to eliminate some of the ownership and sales loopholes as well as some of the wholesale loopholes that existed. Mayor Merrill added that some enforcement issues were also being discussed.

Mayor Dale moved to approve the minutes and financial report for the past month. Mayor Merrill seconded. Motion carried.

Bill indicated that Mayor’s Dale and Nancolas are on the agenda for the February 22 meeting of the State Board of Education. Mayor Dale wondered about the purpose of meeting with the State Board. A discussion ensued about all of the activities underway throughout the valley and the legislature. It was a consensus that maybe the Partnership should wait to see what happens in this years legislature and with the other players in the Community College debate before we speak to the State Board.

Mayor DeWeerd stated that the Month of March is going to be the March against Meth. She indicated that several youth councils were participating. Milton Freia will be putting on a program on March 20 & 21. Drug Free Idaho is the sponsor of the event. There will be concurrent events throughout some of the Cities in the valley. Tammy asked that the member Cities start thinking about how they can participate in the event.

Mayor Bieter suggested that the Partnership could focus some of its attention on substance abuse. And, that we either collectively or individually need to continue to be mindful of a need to combat substance abuse. Mayor Dale agreed that this battle is never going to be over and that we should be diligent in our efforts and encourage our youth and other organizations to continue to be innovate to getting the word out about substance abuse.