10/20/2026
Round #2!
The audios a little sketchy but I’ll post my 3 minutes here for anyone wanting to read.
“Good evening, Mayor and Council.
I’ll reintroduce myself, My name is Rae-Ann Stine, and I co-own The Perking Spot here in Nampa.
First, I want to take a minute to thank Rodney and Mark for reaching out and meeting with us last week. I really do appreciate their willingness to sit down, listen to our concerns, and have an open conversation about the proposed regulations.
I also appreciate the City’s decision to push the vote back to November 2.
I believe both of those were good steps in the right direction.
I had hoped to come here tonight and speak specifically about the changes made to the proposed code and whether our biggest concerns had been addressed.
Unfortunately, having received the revised code just two and a half hours before this meeting, there hasn’t been much time to really dig into it.
However, from what I’ve been able to look at so far, there are two examples that remained unchanged that I’d like to point out.
Number one:
The 9 a.m. opening restriction wasn’t removed.
Again, for a coffee business, this isn’t a minor inconvenience or adjustment to hours.
This is a business killer!
Number two: 
The overnight parking restriction is still there.
The workaround is to allow private property owners to apply to become a ‘Food Truck Court.’ But now we run into the question of what qualifies as a Food Truck Court.
As Rodney explained to us, some of the requirements for this include a public seating area with tables and chairs, along with a designated grassy area.
Which means businesses like mine, operating on private lots without these feature have no way to meet those requirements.
To zoom out even further than The Perking Spot, something else I find concerning is the language allowing the City to make exceptions on a case-by-case basis without really explaining how those decisions would be made.
And I think that’s something we need to be careful about.
While I understand the need for flexibility, I don’t think vague language solves anything.
It just creates more problems down the road.
Without clear, objective standards, we’re setting ourselves up for confusion, inconsistent enforcement, and more headaches for business owners and the City.
so here’s what I’d like to leave you with tonight.
I want to believe that we’re all working toward the same goal here.
But I also need you to understand that while we’re discussing language, definitions, and exceptions, there are real businesses and real livelihoods hanging in the balance.
I’ve spent six years building a business in this community.
I’ve followed the rules, invested in Nampa, created jobs, and done everything asked of me by the City.
And now I’m standing here asking whether the very city I’ve invested so much in is going to put me out of business.
I don’t believe anyone in this room wants to see responsible, legally operating businesses forced to close their doors.
But good intentions won’t prevent that from happening if the language we adopt doesn’t reflect them.
So I’m asking you, please don’t measure the success of this process by whether we held meetings or listened to public comments.
Measure it by whether the final ordinance actually addresses the problems we’ve brought to your attention.
Because on November 2, the question shouldn’t just be whether Nampa has a new set of regulations.
It should be whether we’ve written regulations that protect our community without sacrificing the businesses that are already a part of it.
Thank you.”
