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Meridian Transportation Commission
February 2, 2015
Council Chambers — Meridian City Hall • 33 East Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho
I. Meeting called to order at 3:30pm and Roll taken:
x Ryan Lancaster X Pat Morandi o David Zaremba (ex -officio)
x Darrel McRoberts Vacant x Shawn Martin (ex -officio)
x Stephen Lewis o Jack McGee x Toni Tisdale (ex -officio)
x David Ballard x Bradley Pipal x Margaret Havey (ex -officio)
x Tracy Hopkins g Mark Wasdahl (ex -officio) o Miranda Carson (ex -officio)
Other Present: Caleb Hood, Ted Baird, Rhonda Jahlberg and Austin Peters
2. Adoption of the Agenda
Motion by Pipal and second by Lewis to approve the agenda — all ayes — motion carried.
3. Approve Minutes from January 5, 2015 Meeting
Motion by Lewis and second by Morandi to approve as written — all ayes — motion carried.
4. Old Business Items
a. Transportation Projects Update Memo (memo attached: C. Hood)
Highlighted a typo - $75,000 in FY2016 (not 2015) in design — Meridian Interchange update the
lanes are going back to three lanes in each direction —
Mr. Zaremba has arrived.
b. Roadway Lighting Letter (A. Peterson)
Austin Peterson providing letter to ACHD and seeking feedback, comments etc., from the
Commission and if any changes needed bring back to the Commission for final approval to
move forward with a recommendation to City Council. Typo — Capitalize the 'T" in "The" in
the title. Purpose of letter is to encourage ACHD about the policy of roadway lighting and
researching.
Per Commissioner Lancaster discussion on taking out the safety improvement issue — need to
be higher night time crash rates to daytime crash rates — need to reference why safety
improvement is necessary — need stronger data, words on the warrants of safety improvement.
The first two sentences in letter need to be revised — conflict of who is providing the lighting to
the motorist — fourth paragraph of second page first sentence — needs to be revised — only
agency that receives transportation funding — revised to reflect reality — every transportation
agency receives some sort of funding — reflect some tangible Meridian benefits or specific
projects in regards to safety — safety should come out?
Zaremba comments — safety is important issue — disagrees with removing safety as an issue,
thinks it should be included in letter. Clean up paragraph — city has had some success in
installing street lighting — differentiate where the city has any leverage — difference between
local streets and arterial streets — city has had some success installing lighting on the local
streets where we can require a developer to do that — making distinction between local streets
and highways. Strongly believes the safety issue is important — possibly add some details for
support. ACHD has policy— not ordinances. The policy manual is their code.
Direction for Austin is to rework the letter, soften it, add crash data — check on changes where
ACHD can use impact fees to help fund lighting.
Time constraints? — none — Austin will work with Caleb to find another date to bring back to
the Commission with revisions.
5. New Business
a. Meridian Transit Planning (M. Havey, VRT)
Commissioner Havey, VRT planner — transit presentation provided — looking for review and
comments of the presentation to bring forward to City Council. Survey by COMPASS done on
rider and non -rider — 405 interviews completed for Canyon County. Current service is
between Nampa and Meridian — the demand is Meridian to Boise.
Motion by Lancaster and second by Pipal to recommend to City Council — if there is to be
action on increasing service in Meridian we recommend either of the lower cost options, but
defer the final decision to City Council as far as a decision to improve the system or to not
improve it — all ayes — motion carried.
b. Miranda Carson Introduction
Introduction of Miranda Carson.
c. Staff Communications (Memo attached; C. Hood)
Methodist Church put into writing that they want to see the diagonal parking going away.
6. Future Meeting Topics
a. Sidewalk and Pathway Improvement Priorities
b. Safe Routes to Schools
c. MDC Projects
d. Intelligent Transportation Systems and Traffic Flow
e. Eagle Road Speed Limit Update
f. Chinden Intersections— Linder, Meridian, Locust— CFI /Traditional
Caleb looking to add to future topics — Chinden intersections going through environmental
review right now — about a month to button up two alternatives along Chinden and bring
concepts back to Transportation Commission before it goes on to City Council.
7. Next Meeting Date: March 2, 2015
8. Adjourn
Motion by Lewis and second by Ballard to adjourn — all ayes - motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 5:17 p.m.
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