HomeMy WebLinkAbout99May18MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MAY 18, 1999
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3. DISCUSSION OF STREET NAME CHANGE OF EAST 1s'r
STREET.
Corrie: One of the things I just want to bring your attention that I think the signage is
being taken care of by ACHD. I got word from Mr. Little it's going to be about a $1400
fee for the different signs, and I just wanted to inform you about the letter that I got. I
gave you each of copy of that one.
Bentley: I thought and the point of his letter and I spoke with him yesterday is he wants
to continue Meridian Road in an orderly fashion on across. He stated that he was the
signage proposal that he had was for Overland Road and I thought we pretty much
decided that it was going to break off at Central right where it dumps in, and evidently
he didn't get that feeling. He was thinking we were going to Overland with Main Street
and that wasn't the intent.
Bird: That's the one that I got down when we had that afternoon meeting. I kind of took
it we was going to Overland. Charlie is the one that I think was discussing that.
Rountree: Well-
Bird: Wasn't main going all the way to Overland?
Rountree: Yeah, I think it was going to go all the way to Overland because that's really
where E. 1st goes.
Bird: Yeah.
Rountree: If you don't take it to there, then what does that piece become? Meridian or
does it stay E. 1st or -
Bentley: My intent was that Main Street would pick up at Central and go through town
where Meridian even though it's not a straight line would carry on across because
Meridian Road goes to Kuna. That's what their ACHD's idea is. Because otherwise
you're going to have Meridian Road coming up to Overland then it's going to change to
Main Street. Then you're going to pick up Meridian Road again off of Central.
Rountree: No, that's state highway 69 at Overland south that's the state highwey. You
can call it what you want.
Bentley: That's the state highway, but that's not what it says on the signs. It says
Meridian Road all the way out there. I'm talking on the part, he's talking state highway.
It says Meridian Road.
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Rountree: On the cross street signing?
Bird: But then there's signs sitting down Glenn that says state highway 69.
Bentley: Well yeah, but there's a highway sign that says 20 and 30 both.
Anderson: (Inaudible)
Bentley: That's right, but they were looking to keep Meridian Road flowing instead of a
break in the middle of it. Because you get travelers coming into town, they're looking for
Meridian Road and they are going to say where does it start and where does it stop?
Rountree: We've got Fairview Avenue and Cherry Lane. Same thing going that
direction. Main is going to stop at Overland and Meridian will start.
Bentley: The south side is going to be in two different places with a break in between.
So they're looking for some direction on where we want to start it at.
Corrie: South Main Street starts at Franklin and goes south.
Bentley: South Meridian will be in two places with a break in between.
Rountree: Yeah, you're worried about delivering mail.
Bentley: You had two of them in here tonight so you better be careful.
Corrie: Well what do you want them to do on the signage so we can tell them. Do you
want to go to Overland Road? Stop Meridian Road right there at Main Street.
Rountree: Ron has got the coin. It could be Main Street from the on/off ramps. But
then you still have the break in Meridian Road.
Bird: Overland Road at Overland Road you start your highway 69, Idaho State Highway
69.
Rountree: What are those addresses for those folks have?
Bentley: Well south breaks the railroad tracks.
Bird: Yeah, I know that, but what is from Overland, south Meridian Road? Like JB's
would be S. Main now?
Bentley: Yeah, if you do it that way,
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Corrie: (Inaudible)
Bentley: I mean they're all going to have to change their addresses you know no
matter where you stop, whoever is on that.
Anderson: Ifyou broke itat Corporate, probably at McDonald's probably (inaudible)
Bentley: I don't know what their address is.
Bird: I think they both are on Meridian, them and Chevron both because they face out
to the west.
Bentley: Most of those businesses wouldn't want Corporate addresses. They would
request coming out on the main road.
Bird: I know Chevron has -
Rountree: These are the things that really cause big problems for the postal service.
Bentley: It don't matter because they all have to put in change of addresses anyway,
but I'm thinking about people coming into town to give them a little better flow.
Corrie: People are going to come to town, make the thing straight Main Street all the
way to Overland and turn right or left and you're still on Main Street. I mean Meridian
Road is going to stop somewhere.
Bird: I thought we were going to Overland.
Corrie: I did too.
Rountree: Yeah, I thought that was continuity in Main Street, which was our intent.
Bentley: If that's what you want. That's the direction they're looking for. They just need
to know where it's going to start and stop.
Corrie: Okay.
Bird: You going to put that in a motion, Charlie?
Rountree: Mr. Mayor I move that we instruct ACHD to sign Meridian's new Main Street
from Cherry Lane south to Overland Road.
Bird: Second.
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Corrie: Motion made by Mr. Rountree second by Mr. Bird to start Main Street from
Cherry Lane on the north to Overland Road on the south. Any further discussion? All
those in favor of the motion say aye.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
DISCUSSION OF CHERRY LANE LOCAL IMPROVEMENT
DISTRICT.
Corrie: I had a discussion with several home owners out there. I had a discussion with
Mr. Gigray and he suggested that maybe he'd look into the possibilities of LID's and
what are some of the possibilities we have out there, one of the home owners had got
an agreement with Nampa Meridian that he could put his fence all the way out to three
foot of the sidewalk and got an agreement there. Some of the others didn't want that,
so that's why they didn't get the agreement because Nampa Meridian said they to sign
the agreement for everybody to - for the easement so I just wanted to bring it up that
I'm getting a lot of pressure to clean that up out there. I think Mr. Gigray had a pretty
good idea that he could look into what the things the city could do, where they could go,
maybe talk with Nampa Meridian and see where they will let us put whatever type of
program you want out there. So that's what I'm bringing up for discussion to see what
you would like to have done, but we need to do something.
Bird: Mr. Mayor, didn't we already have an LID out there or did we -
Corrie: It fell through.
Bird: Did we just - that's what happened it fell through so it's not effective or anything
any more?
Corde: No. Because of the agreement they wouldn't all 100% agree on the Nampa
Meridian Irrigation easements.
Bird: And I understand their homeowners association in the first part is not a mandatory
Corrie: No.
Rountree: (Inaudible)
Corde: People out there be willing to do an LID or whatever they can chip in to get it
done and I've had the president of the homeowners association of number 3, 4, and 5
said that they agreed that they would like to see that done, and they would do whatever