[0:00] Welcome everybody and hello.

[0:06] I am in a call the meeting order. This is it's a weird thing because this is a day time in the middle of the day meeting today, but we're going to we have all of the ceremonies that it's an evening meeting. So I'm going to start with an invocation which we observe by a moment of silence followed by the pledge of allegiance.

[0:40] I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, into this world with liberty and justice for all.

[0:58] Clerk, will you please call the roll?

[1:01] Coralis.

[1:03] Halle Burton.

[1:03] Here.

[1:04] Morales.

[1:05] Nash.

[1:08] Will it?

[1:10] All present.

[1:14] Thank you.

[1:15] we will go ahead with. I'm just noticing the order of this. I'm going to do we need to make a change

[1:23] the agenda if we want to just deal with this consent agenda before the water renewal plan.

[1:29] I can just pull that up. Okay. I'm going to take the minutes, the requests for approval of minutes

[1:35] from the council meeting and then we'll move to consent. Okay. Great. Great. So I'm out of

[1:40] I moved to approve the minutes from the strategic cleaning session in regular

[1:45] D meeting from March 24th, 2026.

[1:48] It's like at the motion.

[1:49] We have a motion in a second clerk.

[1:52] Instead.

[1:53] Yes.

[1:54] Will it?

[1:55] Yes.

[1:56] Will it?

[1:57] Yes.

[1:57] Alley Burton.

[1:58] Yes.

[1:59] Morales.

[2:00] All in favor motion carries.

[2:02] And then Madam Mayor, I moved to approve the consent agenda.

[2:07] Without a second, I'll take a second.

[2:11] Second.

[2:13] Step.

[2:14] Yes.

[2:15] Will it.

[2:16] Yes.

[2:17] Or less.

[2:18] Yes.

[2:19] Halle Burton.

[2:20] Yes.

[2:21] Morales.

[2:22] Yes.

[2:22] Nash.

[2:23] Yes.

[2:24] All in favor motion carries.

[2:25] And then I think, Madame Mayor,

[2:27] we have an ordinance on first reading.

[2:30] And I ask unanimous consent that all ordinances on first reading.

[2:33] We read by number in title only and filed for the second reading calendar with that objection.

[2:39] O-R-D-11-26 in ordinance 0825-13 amending title 11 voicy city code,

[2:49] development code, removing electric vehicle parking requirements and modifying

[2:53] bike parking requirements in title 11 chapter four section eight,

[2:57] updating requirements for accessory dwelling units and tiny homes on wheels,

[3:00] in Title 11, Chapter 3, Section 3, Modifying incentives in Title 11, Chapter 4, Section 3,

[3:06] Modifying the definition of Poelian in Title 11, Chapter 6, Section 3, to allow a second

[3:11] kitchen, modifying the airport influence area and wildlife, wildlife, urban, interface overlays

[3:16] in Title 11, Chapter 7, Section 2, Modifying the application of streetscape standards in Title 11,

[3:23] Chapter 2, making amendments to correct errors, align language, clarify procedures, and ease

[3:29] administration of the code throughout Title 11 approving a summer of the ordinance,

[3:32] adopting a recent statement and providing an effective date.

[3:36] Thank you.

[3:37] In the amount of money, we're moving on to special business.

[3:41] I

[3:42] move to reappointing the unit. Okay. I asked for unanimous consent in the reappointment of

[3:50] Lauren McLean to the Capitol City Development Corporation Board for a five-year term ending April

[3:55] 40 or 31. Without objection. All right. Thanks, guys. Appreciate it. Now we will move on to the first item of special business, the reading of approximation, acknowledging that today's trans day of visibility around the country, but here we're marking it as a day in the city of Boise. And before I read this, I just want to say that at a time when many people in this state and around this country,

[4:26] you're seeking to divide us. They're seeking to divide us by targeting the most vulnerable among us.

[4:34] And we, there's little that we can do at the state and national level, but there's much that can be done here at home.

[4:43] And I want the people in this room to know that I see you, we see you, I value you, we value you

[4:51] that you are wanted important and unique members of our community and your ability to know that you are

[5:02] loved seen and welcomed or I would say I hope that knowing that you are loved seen and welcomed by this city

[5:09] enables you to fully participate in the fabric of this community to be true participants and contributors

[5:19] as you are to what makes voici voici. And today in particular, I know it is a sad day, a tough day for many people that call voici home. And regardless of what is happening outside of our city limits, I want you to know that we remain that I remain day and day out committed to being a safe and welcoming city.

[5:45] Somebody asked me today how you tell that story to somebody that's asking whether or not they're welcome and I thought of the moms on front porch is that I've heard from whose kids have left.

[5:54] Thought about my own kid.

[5:58] And their questions of whether or not their friends are welcome here.

[6:02] Whether is a woman.

[6:03] My daughter will be able to have children here in a healthy and safe way.

[6:07] It is a time when people in this city are feeling targeted for who they are, and it's deeply hurtful to the folks that are living this.

[6:17] I want you to know it's hurtful to all of us, and that while words can only go so far and explaining to somebody that they are welcome here,

[6:26] a proclamation can only go so far because it just words on paper followed by a signature.

[6:31] It is the actions I would encourage you to look for, watch and acknowledge, of your friends,

[6:39] your neighbors, the people that call this place home that join us in common cause to continually

[6:43] be part of that story of making Boise what she is as a city. You're all part of that. This community

[6:51] stands with you. And today, we are marking and saying loud and clear that we see you by acknowledging

[6:58] that today is France Day of Visibility and Boise, and so I thank those of you for the courage

[7:03] that you have in your own lives to be here to tell your story here today in the neighborhood

[7:10] in which you choose to live and for many of you at the State House during really trying times.

[7:16] I thank you for that. I want to acknowledge that it's truly an honor to join this council

[7:23] in celebrating today as Francae of disability, so thank you all.

[7:28] I'll go ahead and...

[7:30] And read this. And then I'm sure that some council members will have a couple of things they want to say. We have two organizations that will be taking these proclamations from us today. One is trans joy and we've got Bonnie Violet by Matt earlier today, Preston and Rachel.

[7:47] Hello, coming up.

[7:49] And then with trams of firm, aria, aria.

[7:53] So I'll read this, then would join anybody that would like to be part of a picture.

[7:58] We'll do a picture of those celebration of you and acknowledgement of the day.

[8:06] With that, we're as today on this transgender day of visibility.

[8:09] The city of Boisea firms are commitment to ensuring that every resident is seen, valued, and supported.

[8:14] And whereas we recognize the courage, resilience, and contributions of individuals across our community,

[8:22] who work each day to make voicing and welcoming vibrant

[8:27] and compassionate place,

[8:38] while there has been progress in upholding trans individuals, human rights and equality,

[8:43] members of this community face bigotry, persecution, discrimination, and violence.

[8:50] And whereas in Idaho, the fundamental freedom of trans individuals to live visibly,

[8:55] make private medical decisions, to use facilities,

[9:00] public facilities, and so much more is increasingly under attack.

[9:04] And whereas the city of Boise remains dedicated to upholding fairness, dignity, and opportunity for everyone,

[9:11] including our trans-residents. And whereas the city of Boise was among the first cities in Idaho to address

[9:17] LGBTQ plus discrimination in the state, by enacting a non-discrimination ordinance to protect our residents

[9:23] from discrimination because of their sexual orientation and gender identity.

[9:30] And whereas we continue to strive to be a community where everyone, including our trans youth,

[9:36] can live openly, stately and authentically.

[9:40] Access public services without barriers and participate fully in civic, cultural and economic life.

[9:48] And whereas we will continue to advocate for and protect Boise's trans community and affirm the fundamental human rights that all of our residents deserve.

[9:59] The right to be yourselves.

[10:01] The right to live without fear of harm or violence.

[10:06] To write the right to live our lives open and freely.

[10:09] And the right to love and be loved.

[10:11] I alarm a claim, here by proclaim March 31, 2026, as transgender day of visibility in the city of Boise.

[10:33] Yeah. I've got a few words. I didn't know if the two folks were receiving from the organizations that they had anything to say at first.

[10:42] But if you had anything, you wanted to share. If not.

[10:45] You're welcome too. If you'd like. No pressure to do so. If you don't want to.

[10:51] Yeah.

[10:54] Thanks, President.

[10:54] My name is.

[10:56] It's on.

[10:57] My name is Preston Pace and I just wanted to

[10:59] think the city for this.

[11:01] This is such an honor.

[11:02] I also wanted to take a moment to acknowledge

[11:04] Boise transcollective who's here with us.

[11:07] They have paved the way for the work that we have done.

[11:09] And I'm just so honored to be in this room with everyone.

[11:13] And thank you so much for the work that you do to

[11:16] make it known to the trans community that we are safe here.

[11:19] Because that is so important and many of us just don't

[11:23] feel that, so thank you.

[11:25] It's all.

[11:33] Thank you.

[11:35] Madam Mayor, just a few words here.

[11:37] This proclamation fits my family pretty personally.

[11:40] I know it does for some of our other council members.

[11:42] And I know it does for many of you here in a way that I'll never feel.

[11:48] I was thinking about the term we call today, the Transdia Visibility

[11:53] and why we use the term visibility in a couple of different aspects.

[11:59] And I think for many folks, it is the visibility of your humanity, of your right to love,

[12:07] your right to experience hope, your right to experience joy, and your right to experience safety.

[12:14] And the visibility that everybody should have of that inherent human right.

[12:20] And I think that's a lot about what this population is about.

[12:23] I also think talking to some folks earlier today, it's about what isville's visibility mean for others.

[12:32] How can we be visible for each other in this moment?

[12:36] And whether that is hanging in flag on your house so that your queer neighbors can hang a flag on their house and so safe.

[12:46] Standing up so that other people can stand up as a business owner putting a flag or a decal on your windows.

[12:52] so when somebody enters the door, they know that they'll be stood up for, meaning there's multiple ways

[12:58] where we have to recognize the importance of being visible as individuals, as a collective

[13:06] and for each other in this moment. I think that today feels like a day of mourning,

[13:12] you know, taking the flag down, it hurts. It hurts a lot of people. It makes people feel less safe,

[13:17] less seen, less visible,

[13:22] to they can also be a day of strength.

[13:25] I think today is a day where we can lift each other up,

[13:29] where we can be strong for each other,

[13:31] where one flag can go down and a thousand more flags can go back up.

[13:36] Where we can make sure that everybody feels the right to be visible

[13:39] and everybody takes us as an opportunity to be visible for each other.

[13:44] So well, I know there are so many people in here who are hurting my hope for you is that you feel love and support from your city

[13:54] From each other from the community and that the rest of our community members find ways to show that love and support today

[14:00] So that everybody has that right to be visible

[14:03] See you appreciate you. Thank you so much for being here today

[14:07] I want you to know that voici is a place where you belong and

[14:11] And when we have these proclamations, it is important for the city of Boise, but Boise is a beacon of hope for this entire state.

[14:18] And there are people who live in Idaho City and not home and burly and all across the state who are looking at Boise right now and say,

[14:26] Well, Boise, you continue to take a stand and then see her as yes, and we will.

[14:30] And that people can be visible no matter where they are.

[14:33] And even when tools are taken away, we'll continue to stand up for each other.

[14:38] Appreciate you all.

[14:41] I don't know. Thank you, Jimmy. So,

[14:48] probably feels, if anybody,

[14:54] we feel bombarded right now

[14:56] and whether it's a Supreme Court decision, whether it's a new action by the...

[15:00] State legislature, whether it's a pronouncement from this presidential administration. It feels like an onslaught because that's exactly what it is. And

[15:13] the flag has been an important symbol for us to say that we're not party to that government behavior, that government hostility towards members of our community.

[15:30] And we're going to continue to communicate that I am hopeful and excited for the forms of expression that are going to be born out of this.

[15:39] The flag is not our only form of expression and I'm excited for what both us and the community can come up with as other ways to identify our solidarity with each of you.

[15:56] Having served in the Idaho legislature, I can tell you sharing these stories on transgender

[16:03] day of remembrance and visibility is

[16:11] often in the legislature it felt like casting your

[16:14] pearls before slide. So I'm just going to share the story important to me with you because

[16:26] it's a safer place here to share that than it was when I was serving there and trying

[16:31] opposed the legislation that has been so harmful. My wife's cousin, Shay,

[16:48] I knew

[16:48] her since she was young

[16:55] and she took on life a few years ago. Well, I was

[16:58] surfing at the legislature and I wanted to so bad to share her story,

[17:07] but I just

[17:10] knew they wouldn't listen. I'd shared personal stories with them before about

[17:15] family members that had been harmed by the legislation that they passed and

[17:20] it just didn't resonate and their hearts were hardened and they wouldn't hear it.

[17:28] And she was a lovely soul and my invitation,

[17:37] my invitation to

[17:43] legislators,

[17:46] then and is today, I'm not asking to understand

[17:52] I'm not asking you to empathize,

[17:59] but if someone feels something so deeply that

[18:10] they would go

[18:11] to those ends, can't we just give them a little bit more understanding, a little bit more sympathy?

[18:25] And I know I'm preaching the choir here, but

[18:32] I really wish she was with us.

[18:35] I really wish her family understood and I really wish her elected officials understood.

[18:43] Thanks for letting me shoot.

[18:54] I just want to acknowledge that today as such a hard day.

[18:59] I think the, you know, the governor is signing into law bills that are breaking my heart.

[19:06] And also, I get to be here with all of you to celebrate our trans community and that means a lot to me.

[19:15] I think that joy and grief can exist in the same moment and they do for me today.

[19:24] But our love for this community is louder than any of that.

[19:28] We will continue to fight and a stand with the council up here in that.

[19:36] I know we all see them without together.

[19:38] And I also urge every resident who's feeling frustrated to hang their own flag

[19:44] and support each other, listen to each other's stories, show up for each other.

[19:49] We're all neighbors and we want you here too.

[19:55] I want to thank everyone those able to join us today earlier today here and for so so many more of our community members just countless numbers of community members who are part of this amazing community that we appreciate and we love and we welcome here in the city I look out in this room alone I see community leaders and I think on transit of visibility how important that is not every member of this community is able or

[20:25] feels comfortable being visible, and so many of you have put in a lot of very heartfelt, very hard work.

[20:36] And I want to thank you for those who continue to do that and continue to encourage more.

[20:42] I think that one of the things our state leadership lacks is connection to the real lives

[20:51] they're impacted by legislation like this, you know, it can be, it can probably be pretty

[20:57] easy in certain communities to ignore. What is a real community and a community in need?

[21:04] And I think over, you know, past couple decades for me, the opportunities that I have had to

[21:10] get to know members of this community, the trans community, within my own faith community,

[21:15] I think it's been really important and I have seen growth in fellow community members as they understand the very real feelings of life experiences.

[21:27] And so I also want to thank those.

[21:28] I know we have members of various faith communities from all across the spectrum that have been with us today too and thank them for continuing to preach what truly.

[21:37] I think all faith communities love and appreciate our collective earth family that we have here

[21:45] and the need that we have to welcome and love one another. And so I want to think those that

[21:50] continue to do that work and encourage those that may not be able to be visible now to continue to

[21:56] find community, continue to know that your city loves you and supports you and hopefully get there some

[22:05] not a mayor. Council.

[22:09] I want to. I want to try to get through this, but I want to thank

[22:13] you all for being out here and being visible. It really occurred to me. I've been a support

[22:20] of the LGBTQ community for decades, but it also occurred to me that why I said that. I wasn't

[22:27] doing much for that, it was not.

[22:31] I was not flying a flag to show that you are welcome. This is a beacon and realized council member, Halley Burton, right? We said that we do need to be out there and we need to be visible. All of us, not just those who are part of the LGBT community or those who are part of our transgender and it's hard today. I just, in Idaho, this isn't the Idaho I grew up in.

[22:58] people are under attack, this legislation that's coming out seems mean, spiteful.

[23:10] And I hope that as we gather today as a community and we said, and I said earlier today is that, you know, our love and support for our community didn't start with the flag and it's not going to end with that flag coming down.

[23:26] We're going to be here. We're going to support our residents, our neighbors and the family to show how much that you belong here, your valued and deserve to be seen and respected and celebrated for who you are.

[23:48] At a time when the state may seek actions to limit the rights and visibility, transgender people, we want to be clear.

[23:55] In this city, you are loved and we will do everything in our power to protect the safety, dignity, and freedom to live authentically.

[24:07] We recognize that visibility is not just about being seen, it's about being safe, supported, and treated equal under the law.

[24:15] This is human rights, basic human rights. We are committed to fostering a community where every transgender person can thrive without fear of discrimination or harm.

[24:27] I think your presence today and for those who maybe don't feel as comfortable being visible but are here with us and watch this and know that they are supported and we're going to continue to work and ensure that this is a place where we can live openly and with pride.

[24:48] Thank you so much for being out here today.

[24:56] I'd like to present these to you all, and if folks want to take one big group picture, if we want to do individual organization pictures, we can do whatever

[25:05] I'm folks would like to do, I'm just going to appoint somebody in charge of that.

[25:09] Garrett.

[25:11] All right.

[25:17] Welcome, then.

[25:19] It might be easier to take a group photo of that way.

[25:23] Oh, yeah, that's good idea.

[25:25] Yep.

[25:26] Great.

[26:44] Yeah, that's great, and then we can see everyone. If everyone could stand up, yeah,

[26:56] and I know everyone has a rally to go to, so we'll get out here quickly.

[27:03] Or you can hang out and talk about sewers, if you have.

[27:34] Thank

[27:38] you everyone.

[27:57] I'm just going to give an update.

[27:59] Nobody needs to leave.

[28:01] We're pushing the next item to the next meeting.

[28:04] So everybody can hang out.

[28:07] No, because then everybody has to come back up. Oh, adjourn in a little bit, but ever nobody needs to leave a no council member needs to get up here right now

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