JUMP
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
JUMP Boise P & Z Unanimously Approves Phase One of JUMP
Posted by George Prentice on Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 8:09 AM
What a difference a year makes.
In October 2010 JUMP—or Jack's Urban Meeting Place—was literally up in the air as Boise's Design Review Committee denied an application for the $70 million, two-block development. An appeal and a fair amount of compromise later, and the project is back on track, looking toward the strong possibility of a 2012 groundbreaking.
Monday night, it was all smiles and smooth sailing as Boise's Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to approve Phase I of the multipurpose project. The Simplot family and project managers have elected to pursue the permitting process in phases, with the first phase encompassing the underground parking structure and the second for the above ground structure and parkscape.
"We're very pleased and very much appreciate the thorough and logical examination of phase one," Simplot spokesman David Cuoio told Citydesk. "The Simplot family and JUMP team are very optimistic about moving forward."
In the coming weeks and months, phase two will come before Boise's P & Z and Design Review. Construction permits should follow.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
JUMP / Planning and Zoning Wolf and Ugrin Resign from Design Review Committee after JUMP Decision
Posted by Tara Morgan on Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 2:40 PM
Elizabeth Wolf and Greg Ugrin have resigned from their positions on the City of Boise Design Review Committee, effective Tuesday, Dec. 14.
“They no longer wanted to serve on the [committee] given the outcome from the JUMP hearing,” confirmed Sarah Schafer, Design Review and Historic Preservation manager at the City of Boise.
Wolf and Ugrin both voted against the Simplot Foundation’s Jack’s Urban Meeting Place project, which was ultimately denied by Design Review on Oct. 13.
At a Sept. 29 Design Review meeting, Wolf stated:
“The selected colors and materials on the exterior of the building are unfortunate for what is hoped to be a landmark building and are more suited to a children’s museum or water park.”
At the same meeting, Ugrin also weighed in:
“I love contemporary architecture, and you know that. If anything I want to see something like that happen here. What I’m seeing right now is that it is very aggressive.”
The City Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously voted on Dec. 13 to overturn Design Review’s 4-3 decision, on the grounds that the committee had overstepped its authority.
These two resignations could pose possible problems for Design Review moving into the new year.
“In order to continue on and be able to make quorum throughout, I would definitely need more members,” said Schafer. “Right now, I have enough members—as long as everybody shows up—to have hearings.”
By ordinance, the Design Review Committee should have eight members. It currently has five members, and four are needed for a quorum.
Design Review's next meeting is scheduled for Jan. 12, 2011 at 6 p.m., where it will consider the recently green-lighted Whole Foods project.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
JUMP / Planning and Zoning JUMP Leaps Forward with P&Z Approval
Posted by Tara Morgan on Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 11:59 AM
- Tara Morgan
- JUMP project design model on display at City Hall.
For a volunteer city commission, Planning and Zoning has dominated the headlines of late. Last week, commissioners green-lighted the long-stalled 5.66 acre Whole Foods development. And on Dec. 13, in front of a packed audience including TV crews and members of the Simplot Family, P&Z unanimously overturned Design Review’s Oct. 13, split 4-3 vote denying Jack’s Urban Meeting Place.
The J.R. Simplot Foundation—which wants to drop $70 million on a seven-acre, eight-story educational and cultural development with above and underground parking—appealed the Design Review committee’s decision to P&Z, alleging that the committee had overstepped its authority, among other things.
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