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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015 12-07Meeting Minutes Meridian Transportation Commission December 7th, 2015 Council Chambers — Meridian City Hall • 33 East Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho I. Meeting called to order at 3:31 pm and Roll taken: x Ryan Lancaster X Bryan Leisle x Darrel McRoberts X x Stephen Lewis X x David Ballard X X Tracy Hopkins X Ryan Hall Jack McGee Lance Baumgartner x David Zaremba (ex-officio) o Shawn Martin (ex-officio) X Toni Tisdale (ex-officio) o Margaret Havey (ex-officio) Mark Wasdahl (ex-officio) o Miranda Carson (ex-officio) Others Present: Ted Baird, Sgt. Stacy Arnold, and Caleb Hood 2. Adoption of the Agenda Motion by Ballard and second by McGee to approve the agenda — all ayes — motion carried. 3. Approval of Minutes from November 9th, 2015 Meeting Motion by McRoberts and second by Lewis,to approve minutes — all ayes — motion carried. 4. Old Business Items a. Transportation Projects Update (memo attached; C. Hood) Caleb mentioned that the 2015 End of Year Report was completed as directed during the last meeting and the Chair has signed it. Caleb supplemented the information included in the packet by highlighting that the US 20/26 Task Force has met three times and that the TC Chair and Vice Chair are regular attenders. Caleb also mentioned that the Rail with Trail project as a potential TAP application was presented to the City Council on November I Oth. After discussion, the Council decided not to apply this year, until the right-of-way for the pathway can be acquired. The TC requested that a summary of the TAP applications be provided and fallback projects identified. It was noted that a last-minute TAP application for a pathway segment between Black Cat and Ten Mile was submitted to COMPASS. Caleb also mentioned a joint City Council-ACHD Commission meeting on December 15th. The Commission had questions about how and why the topics for the joint meeting were chosen. Councilman Zaremba highlighted the importance of networking with ACHD. 5. New Business Items a. COMPASS Charter School (C. Hood, S. Martin) Caleb explained to the Commission that a recent request was made to the City and ACHD to install school zone flashers by the COMPASS Charter School on Cherry Lane. A brief history of this school, converted from a church, and the recent installation of the HAWK signal was given. This is one of the only schools without a crossing guard at an arterial in the West Ada School District area. ACHD recommended the school have a crossing guard in February. A child was hit in front of the school last month. ACHD has evaluated the situation and will begin the installation of school zone flashers in December. Some questions from the Commission included: how the accident occurred; the number of kids enrolled at the school; how many kids cross at this location; what goes into ACHD's warrant process; how a school zone speed limit is determined and the duration; does the City have an ordinance for school zones and school zone speed limits; why the HAWK signal is off -set from the intersection; and if a full signal may make more sense in this location. Caleb mentioned that this is the type of situation where a community member would typically be asked to come to the Commission to explain the situation and the request. However, ACHD reacted so swiftly, it was not necessary in this case. b. Meridian Police Department Status Report (Sgt. Stacy Arnold) Sargent Stacy Arnold told the Commission that he is the Traffic Team lead and proceeded to explain the division and how it is staffed. He gave the TC some numbers regarding accidents and numbers of calls. Sargent Arnold and the TC discussed Eagle Road and outstanding issues about speed limits and accidents. He also mentioned that he was working with John Wasson at ACHD on changes to speed limits on Ten Mile Road, north of Franklin Road. Arnold asked the TC what type of information PD could provide? The Commission asked how he felt about roundabouts. The Pine Avenue roundabout was discussed. The Commission asked that PD provide a monthly report — they really appreciated the dialogue. c. Staff Communications (memo attached; C. Hood) Caleb drew the Commission's attention to page 10 of the packet and the two topics contained therein. One of the topics, COMPASS Charter School was already discussed, and the other was from Miranda Carson and her response on School District transportation issues. 6. Future Meeting Topics a. COMPASS Freight Study b. Eagle Road Speed Limit Update c. VRT Transit 101 Staff mentioned that election of officers would occur in January and that some changes to City Commissions were recently approved and that those changes would be explained in January. The Commission asked to add two topics to the list: 1) Speed limits on Ten Mile Road and 2) School Speed Zone Default. 7. Next Meeting Date: January 4th, 2016 8. Adjourn Motion by Leisle and second by Ballard to adjourn — all ayes — motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 5:06 p.m. (AUDIO RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE — INAUDIBLE) APPROVED: TRACY 14OPKINS, CHAIR ATTEST: _Q a rtu 1 4 JAYCEE L. HOLMAN %.li6 DATE / L cG DATE s, clip r m Of o I� w of "� '6' rRf A S U R E