HomeMy WebLinkAbout2023-02-14 Work Session Meridian City Council Work Session February 14, 2023.
A Meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 4:36 p.m., Tuesday,
February 14, 2023, by Mayor Robert Simison.
Members Present: Robert Simison, Joe Borton, Luke Cavener, Jessica Perreault, Brad
Hoaglun, Liz Strader and John Overton.
Also present: Chris Johnson, Bill Nary, Brian McClure, Steve Siddoway, Jake Garro,
Brian Caldwell, Joe Bongiorno and Dean Willis.
ROLL-CALL ATTENDANCE
Liz Strader _X_ Joe Borton
_X_ Brad Hoaglun _X_ John Overton
_X_ Jessica Perreault _X—Luke Cavener
X_ Mayor Robert E. Simison
Simison: Council, we will call the meeting to order. For the record it is 4:36 on 2/14/23.
We will open this City Council Work Session with roll call attendance.
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
Simison: Next item up is adoption of the agenda.
Hoaglun: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Councilman Hoaglun.
Hoaglun: Move adoption of the agenda as published.
Perreault: Mr. Mayor --
Strader- Second.
Simison: Have a motion and a second to adopt agenda as published. Is there any
discussion? If not, all in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed nay? The ayes have it
and the agenda is agreed to.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
CONSENT AGENDA [Action Item]
1. Anvil Subdivision Offsite Sanitary Sewer Easement No. 1
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2. Apex Northwest Subdivision No. 3 Sanitary Sewer and Water Main
Easement No. 1
3. Apex Northwest Subdivision No. 3 Sanitary Sewer and Water Main
Easement No. 3
4. Apex Northwest Subdivision No. 3 Sanitary Sewer and Water Main
Easement No. 4
5. S. Benchmark Avenue Crossing Sanitary Sewer and Water Main
Easement No. 1
6. Ten Mile Storage Water Main Easement No. 1
7. Ten Mile Storage Water Main Easement No. 2
8. First Amendment to License and Indemnity Agreement with Lions
Club of Meridian and Assignment of Agreement to Treasure Valley
Lions Club
9. Resolution 23-2373: A Resolution of the Mayor and City Council of
the City of Meridian to Amend the City of Meridian Standard
Operating Policy and Procedure Manual by Amending Standard
Operating Policy Number 4.1 and Standard Operating Procedures
Number 4.1 Concerning Holidays; and Providing an Effective Date
Simison: Next up is the Consent Agenda.
Hoaglun: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Councilman Hoaglun.
Hoaglun: I move approval of the Consent Agenda and for the Mayor to sign and Clerk
to attest.
Perreault: Second.
Simison: I have a motion and a second to approve the Consent Agenda. Is there any
discussion? If not, all in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed nay? The ayes have it
and the Consent Agenda has agreed to.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
ITEMS MOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA [Action Item]
Simison: There were no items removed from the Consent Agenda.
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DEPARTMENT / COMMISSION REPORTS [Action Item]
10. Public Hearing for Proposed 2023 Lakeview Golf Course Fee
Schedule of the Meridian Parks and Recreation Department
Simison: So, we will move on to Department/Commission Reports. First item up is Item
10, the public hearing for proposed 2023 Lakeview Golf Course fee schedule for the
Meridian Parks and Recreation Department. We will open the public hearing with staff
comments from Jake.
Garro: Thank you, Mr. Mayor and Council Members. As directed I am back with a
corrected version of fees for Lakeview Golf Course. These corrected version of fees
were advertised on February 14th and 11th. A memo, along with a corrected version of
the proposed fees and the current fee structure from Lakeview, was provided to you
beforehand through the portal and given to you when you arrived today. I do have a
couple clarifying Items. We did in the -- in the announcement for -- for the weekends --
the weekends are defined as Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and that only defines -- that
only applies to the green fees. Okay? I know there was somebody out there that had
some concerns that they had purchased a restricted pass. That does not have any
affect on the passes. That restricted pass can still golf Monday through Friday at
anytime and on the weekends and holidays anytime after noon. So -- and also one
more other clarification on that. There are no new -- or there is no increase in the
current annual pass fees at Lakeview Golf Course right now. There is no -- there is no
increase on the annual pass -- on the annual golf pass fees. All right? We are only
seeking the four percent increase on the greens fees and the implementation of a new
non-resident golf pass fee. And with that I will stand for any questions.
Simison: Thank you. Council, any questions for staff?
Strader: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Council Woman Strader.
Strader: Not a question. Just a comment. Thank you for revising it.
Garro: You bet.
Strader: I think it's much more straightforward and I appreciated the side-by-side
comparison table as well.
Garro: Okay.
Simison: Council, any additional questions for staff? Okay. This is a public hearing.
Mr. Clerk, do we have anybody signed up to provide testimony?
Johnson: Mr. Mayor, we did not.
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Simison: Okay. Is there anybody in the audience who would like to come forward and
provide testimony on this item? Ralph, would you like to come provide testimony on this
item? Okay. So, that's a no from Ralph. And we have no one online, so --
Cavener: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Councilman Cavener.
Cavener: I will move that we close the public hearing on Item 10.
Perreault: Second.
Simison: Have a motion and a second to close the public hearing. Is there any
discussion? If not, all in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed nay? The ayes have it
and the public hearing is closed.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
11. Resolution 22-2367: A Resolution Adopting the 2023 Lakeview Golf
Course Fee Schedule of the Meridian Parks and Recreation
Department; Authorizing the Meridian Parks and Recreation
Department to Collect Such Fees; and Providing an Effective Date
Simison: Thank you. Next item up is Item 11, Resolution 22-2367.
Perreault: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Council Woman Perreault.
Perreault: I move that we approve Resolution 22-2367 adopting the 2023 Lakeview
Golf Course fee schedule for the Meridian Parks and Recreation Department and
authorizing the Meridian Parks and Recreation Department to collect such fees and
providing an effective date.
Cavener: Second.
Simison: I have a motion and a second to approve Resolution 22-2367. Is there any
discussion? If not, Clerk will call the roll.
Roll Call: Hoaglun, yea; Borton, yea; Cavener, yea; Perreault, yea; Strader, yea;
Overton, yea.
Simison: All ayes. Motion carries and the item is agreed to.
MOTION CARRIED: ALL AYES.
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12. Community Development: Locust Grove and Amity Intersection
Feedback Request
Simison: Thank you, gentlemen, for all being here this evening. So, with that we will
move on to Item 12, which is our Community Development on Locust Grove and Amity
intersection feedback. Mr. McClure.
McClure: Thank you, Mayor, Members of Council. I'm going to be fairly comprehensive
here. Apologies in advance. The Locust Grove and Amity project started off as an
interim signal. Cost escalated quickly, however, with right-of-way drainage and cell
tower issues and the interim project was shelved. The project came back as an ultimate
project several months later. Traffic analysis was done to identify what configurations
could work. This included a multi-lane roundabout, i.e., different number of lanes in
different directions. An example would be over by Scentsy on Pine and Webb, a dual
lane roundabout, possibly phased, and a signalized intersection. The multi-lane
roundabout failed in certain movements in the long range regional transportation model.
The dual lane had the best performance and the signal worked, but with lessened
efficiency. This is a bit of a sideways comment, but I think it's important. While an
essential tool for regional modeling, I will note that the transportation model is often
wrong when using it to examine specific and more nuanced intersection improvements
and movements. The model is constrained by planning level numbers that have an
artificial population cap and tendency to consider not just market delivery, but what
communities want. When they -- when the traffic analysis was done at Eagle and
Amity, for example, for the widening, one of the moving directions had already
exceeded forecast numbers for 2040 from the previous analysis. That was before 2020.
The dual lane roundabout resulted in the best performance and had a phased approach
that avoided failure in the future modeled traffic conditions. The project team selected
the phase dual lane roundabout. Staff was also told to -- a sidewalk would be part of
the project after raising concern over the lack of pavement for nonmotorized users on
Amity. This design would have also accommodated the future widening of Locust
Grove to the north. However, after on-site analysis previous concerns with the interim
project were confirmed with irrigation and drainage, right of way and a cell tower
location the project went on pause to figure out the physical constraints. New project
managers plural also came on board and staff fell out of the communication loop during
this time. When we were brought back several months later we were informed that the
multi-lane roundabout was re-decided primarily due to cost. This configuration has
failing segments in the transportation model and which is often underrepresented.
These next two points are not meant as I told you so -- not to you, but to ACHD. But
their context for the request. The cell tower limiting project design options was opposed
by the city in part due to its impact on future intersection improvements. City staff were
told after by county planning staff that they would have opposed it if ACHD had held the
line. Initially ACHD had said no, but pivoted and said the intersection work would be --
with the tower as proposed could work. If the tower had been placed further from the
intersection one of the major constraints there would not exist. The second is that the
original Amity and Eagle roundabout was not designed thoroughly. It was supposed to
be expandable to dual lane from single, but because, in part, approach angles and
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speeds were not fully considered, the entire existing intersection had to be torn up and
shifted so that speed and safety could be managed. This impacted several major
projects that had been entitled with the original expansion designs as -- as ACHD had
originally approved. City staff wanted to see this done right, not just for right now, but
for the life of the project. We would rather take things slow and thoroughly. This project
was ranked by the city as 49 this year and 51 in 2021 . When the project does move
forward we also want to see adequate facilities provided to the school. This section of
Amity is not in the integrated five year work plan. If we don't approve sidewalk access
with this project it may be a long time coming. We have new subdivisions in very close
proximity of the project and many existing to the north. Staff also wants to see Locust
Grove adequately planned for. There is a great deal of growth happening in Kuna to the
south and the single largest commuter census block destination for Kuna workforce is
not in Boise, but in Meridian. This is the area around Scentsy, Blue Cross, St. Luke's
and the industrial areas east of Meridian Road. There is no reason for this traffic to be
congesting interchanges if Locust Grove could better accommodate it. This, again, is
largely related to artificial constraints, not realistic. ACHD's capital improvement
program has to -- has to have funding identified for a project to be included. City staff
would much rather see this section of Locust Grove serving expansive areas of Kuna to
the south -- be five lanes than between Fairview and Ustick, which effectively ends at
Chinden., There is more than 60 homes that would be adversely impacted by widening
from three to five in that area. As a resident in this area I say expansion is more -- is
warranted, not because I want to make my left turn out harder, it's because Kuna traffic
funneling through Meridian corridors can be better planned for. It's because there are
no planned improvements to Meridian Road and -- or the four Lane Eagle Road
interchange bridge. It's better to plan for alternatives than to either simply be
overwhelmed or to hope that the state will make other and timely improvements in the
future. In summary, staff would recommend the City Council to, one, advocate for an
intersection design that preserves for five lanes to the north, for facilities that better
serve Mary McPherson Elementary School and for a project that takes the time needed
to do it right, do it once unless, effectively phased, and which considers the long-term
benefit. Staff is not advocating for a specific intersection type, roundabout or signalized.
There is now three existing roundabouts adjacent and they typically work better
together. Someone needs to do additional math to consider what is actually best and
not just perceived. However, redoing the math to look at both regional and local benefit
may be another good request. With that I can bring up the letter that was submitted. I
can pull open some examples and -- and stand for questions. I will -- I will also note
that we are looking for your feedback. So, if you want to send a letter, if you don't want
to send a letter, if you have specific requests or want us to pull certain ideas -- thank
you.
Simison: Thank you, Brian.
Cavener: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Councilman Cavener.
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Cavener: Thanks, Brian. Appreciate the letter. Appreciate -- I didn't think that this was
that -- I mean it was very thorough, but you made it sound like this would be a much
lengthier process. I appreciate kind of the condensed version and your work on this. I
-- I have a few questions, but I want to start with -- you touched on, again, what I think is
important for this Council, future Councils to consider, is the planning that we are going
to have to do essentially to accommodate Kuna's traffic and I'm curious -- has there
been any communication or collaboration with the city of Kuna about this letter, about
future collaboration on roadway projects? I guess where -- where is the city of Kuna in
this conversation?
McClure: Mr. Mayor, Councilman Cavener, there has not been any discussion with
Kuna. This issue was raised very recently with somewhat concerns, so it may be a
positive thing to do, but we have not had time to do that before talking to you first.
Cavener: Okay. And, then, Mr. Mayor, a follow up if I may.
Simison: Councilman Cavener.
Cavener: Brian, can you maybe give Council a little bit more direction about what you
are looking for from us tonight? I mean you have got a draft letter before us. I have
some thoughts on that. We have got I think a joint meeting with the highway district
coming up. Is -- is this being proposed as a -- as a topic for that agenda? Is it send a
letter and, then, have staff or the Mayor follow up with -- with folks at ACHD? I mean
what specifically are you looking for direction from Council tonight?
McClure: Mr. Mayor, Councilman Cavener, so staff has already provided our -- our
suggestions to ACHD less formally. We don't expect those will be -- well, we think they
will appreciate that we don't necessarily think they will act on them because of decisions
that have already been made fairly firmly related to cost. So, since there was some
concern in recent conversation about schools in particular, we thought we should send
a stronger request from someone at the city or council, indicating a desire to look this
over a little bit more and not just to rush headlong. The -- the request to Council is if
you want to be part of that request, if you have any specific concerns, issues, or if -- or if
you, frankly, disagree, that would all be very helpful.
Cavener: Okay.
Simison: And, Councilman Cavener, if I could add, this was brought -- Brian and Caleb
brought this to my attention recently and I recommended coming to Council. Brian and I
are both not fans of roundabouts, but you don't see a request in here for a roundabout
conversation. So, we were trying to balance my viewpoints and his viewpoints with the
viewpoints of the city in this dialogue about what -- what -- what may be appropriate or
not in comments to ACHD. It's not being proposed for a joint meeting topic at this time
and, you know, I think that there is not consensus even on ACHD from what I
understand about this specific intersection improvement plan moving forward. So,
think if there is a desire of this Council to weigh in, I think there is an open and willing --
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at least a few Commissioners who would really appreciate the city's viewpoint on how
this should be built for what purpose,
Cavener: Okay.
Perreault: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Council Woman Perreault.
Perreault: So, I was trying to connect the dots in preparation of how this all came to be
and -- and reading through the letter. It's my understanding that the letter that was
attached to the agenda is a response from one of our ACHD commissioners to a letter
that was already sent or is this -- this is your draft letter?
Simison: This is a staff draft.
Perreault: Okay.
Simison: It doesn't reflect my comments at this point in time. It's really just -- you use it
more as a dialogue piece than anything else --
Perreault: Okay.
Simison: -- for what staff would like to communicate.
Perreault: Okay.
McClure: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Mr. McClure.
McClure: Council -- Council Woman Perreault, I could do a better job of perhaps
explaining the -- the point at the time -- the point of time which you find yourself now.
So, ACHD has completed their 50 percent design review for this project and they are
now out for public comments right now. So, this is an opportunity for sort of the city to
provide its comment as part of that.
Perreault: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Council Woman Perreault.
Perreault: Did I understand you correctly in your presentation that while they are going
through a couple of phases of -- of public comment period that you are not in the -- of
the anticipation it's going to change their design much? That's kind of what it sounds
like.
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McClure: Mr. Mayor, Council Woman Perreault, there are some significant physical
constraints in this area and ACHD has spent a considerable amount of time trying to
address them as they feel is best and I -- I don't suspect much is going to change
without some significant push.
Perreault: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Council Woman Perreault.
Perreault: So, with those design constraints, have they looked at an alternative
solution? Are they -- is there a reason why they are choosing to go with a roundabout,
which I assume takes up quite a bit more space than -- than widening the current lanes
and keeping a signalized intersection? If I understand correctly there is going to be a
roundabout -- or there is one being constructed at Locust Grove and Victory now.
There is one at Lake Hazel and -- and Locust Grove. So, this would be the third one in
two miles. Can you give us some background on the conversation they have had about
keeping it signalized?
McClure: Mr. Mayor, Council Woman Perreault, yeah. So, when this project was re-
kicked off -- so, initially they did it -- they were looking at doing an interim signalized
intersection until they did the -- the full construction. That quickly became apparent that
an interim signal was going to be excessively expensive and they should, if anything, do
the ultimate. So, they put that on pause. We expected that to be on pause for years,
but, actually, it very quickly advance for some reason. They started off by doing an
intersection traffic analysis. That analysis looked at three, I believe, key configurations.
One was a multi-lane roundabout. One was a dual lane roundabout. So, two lanes in
all directions versus two lanes in only some directions. And, then, an intersection. I
think it was six by four lanes. The multi-lane roundabout performed the worst. The --
the dual lane roundabout performing the best the longest and the intersection did not
have any failings, but did not have the efficiency that the dual lane roundabout had. Six
Mile Engineering did their analysis.
Strader: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Council Woman Strader.
Strader: I just want to make sure I understand. So, it sounds like -- because there is a
lot in the letter. So, I would suggest like maybe recapping the request from us with
some bullet points at the end. But it sounds like our requests are -- we want them to hit
pause and consider a redesign. It sounds like we believe that the pedestrian
connectivity to Mary McPherson is inadequate. And it sounds like we want them to
update the master street map. Am I missing anything else, Brian?
McClure: Mr. Mayor, Council Woman Strader, that summarize is accurate. Thank you.
Strader: Mr. Mayor?
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Simison: Council Woman Strader.
Strader: Okay. So, my opinion would be -- it makes sense to send the letter. I don't
think there is any downside from sending the letter. If it's effective or not we don't know
yet until we try. I think the piece about the cell tower -- I'm not sure how that fits into this
letter. I didn't see that referenced in the letter. It sounds like that's the main design
constraint. Is that true?
McClure: That is one of the main design constraints, yes.
Strader: Okay. It's up to you if you think it helps provide more context to add it or not
and you guys can talk about it. But, no, I don't think it hurts at all to communicate. I
mean there is a good rationale I think for getting it right, instead of, you know, rushing
something through that doesn't ultimately give us what we want. I -- I would be happy to
sign this letter. I wouldn't have any issue doing so. I think it might need a little bit of
tweaking, but I like the suggestion of trying to get Kuna on board, too. It just sounds like
it's time sensitive. So, you know, if we can that -- that couldn't hurt to try to do that, too.
But I mean with any kind of project I think it's better for us to -- to get the right long-term
solution, than something that's just not going to -- not going to work for the long haul.
Hoaglun: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Councilman Hoaglun.
Hoaglun: Brian, is the -- what -- is the cell tower the major physical consideration or
also is it housing that has to be removed if they go to a roundabout?
McClure: Mr. Mayor, Councilman Hoaglun, that's a good question. I'm not sure. The
cell tower is very close. What's closer, though, is the -- the box next to it. I'm not sure --
I'm not sure if it's all of the cell tower equipment or if it's just that or what portion of that
could be possibly relocated. I do know that ACHD has a hard pass on -- on even
touching the cell facility though.
Hoaglun: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Councilman Hoaglun.
Hoaglun: Brian, so would -- would a straight intersection, as opposed to a roundabout,
solve that problem?
McClure: I don't believe so. I think -- I think the issue -- the biggest issue is that what
ACHD wants here has changed over time and also what the city wants has changed
over time. New standards for moving away from bike lanes to the multi-pathways, for
example, has sort of increased the footprint. I do know that ACHD's original letter to
Ada county they -- they first saw a -- which said they didn't -- which said they -- which
recommended to ACHD -- sorry. In ACHD's original letter to Ada county, Ada county
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staff -- ACHD staff -- sorry -- indicated to Ada county staff that they should not approve
the cell tower as proposed, because it was within the footprint of the roundabout. That
was on that particular day the preferred intersection facility, because it was shown on
the master street map. The next day they sent a revised letter that instead described a
signalized intersection and did not have issues with the cell tower location, because it
did fit at that time.
Hoaglun: So, Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Councilman Hoaglun.
Hoaglun: We will have to deal with this conundrum now, but I agree with Council
Woman Strader, you know, we -- we need to plan for the future and get the best part --
whether it's a regular intersection or a two lane roundabout -- I mean going too small
just creates problems in the future and, yeah, we may not have to deal with it or hear
about it, because we may not be up here any -- any longer, but that's not what we are
here for. We are -- we are trying to look ahead, as all entities should be, whether they
are Ada county, ACHD, or the City Council and make sure things work for the future.
So, it's -- it's a little discouraging when all the parties aren't on the same page on
something like this and now we have to figure out what the heck do we do. But I think --
I can -- I can sign this letter, move -- move forward with as much as they can get for for that location to make it work and as safe as it can be. So, what that ultimately looks
like I -- I'm not sure now with the constraints that we point out and -- and the cost that
will be involved. But let's go for as much as we can get.
McClure: So, one thing I would like to add to the letter -- you know, this kind of came up
when we had our joint meeting with ACHD and we talked about the improvements to
Eagle Road. But I -- I think that we need to have ACHD come present to Council at
some point in time when every project is at a point in time where getting Council
feedback directly to ACHD would be warranted, whether that's to their staff, you know,
the staff project manager or others, so whether that's at the kickoff, whether that's at 25
percent design or something else, but that -- that was one of the outcomes I know we
have talked about at that meeting and we -- we just need to try to find a way. So, if we
can integrate that into this letter, but I think that's an important step is getting them to
come talk about -- especially road widening, road -- you know, I don't know that we
need every community program, but road projects which definitely have a larger impact
should be here, so that we can provide feedback directly.
McClure: Mr. Mayor? Do you --
Simison: Mr. McClure.
McClure: I don't know that we have -- I don't know what conversations have had --
been had there in the past, other than what you just said. Do you want us to try just
provoking that question while we are having these early meetings with -- with their staff
directly or -- or do you want it to just go in the letter?
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Simison: I think it will go in the letter and may even be a topic that comes up at the joint
meeting on the side of some sort. It won't be a formal action item, but it can be a
request.
Perreault: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Council Woman Perreault.
Perreault: Thank you very much, Brian, for giving us the background. I always want to
know exactly what I -- what it is I'm -- I'm agreeing to, of course, when I sign. The only
other recommendation I would make is, obviously, some tweaking -- some more
clarification is to add an exhibit that -- that shows exactly what you are describing,
because I think in the letter you mentioned that there is concern about not having an
additional southbound lane on the north side of the intersection; is that right? And that
-- so, I would -- I would include an exhibit that shows exactly what it is the concern is
that you think should be modified and is -- is -- are you or is staff wanting to make a
statement or an opinion on which of the three that ACHD is taking under consideration
or are they -- have they already made that decision -- they are moving forward with the
-- with the -- the dual lane and they are just asking for comments on the dual lane?
McClure: Trying to think this through. The new ACHD project manager has described
the situation where there has been a fairly strong indication as to what staff has been
directed to do and I mean the project team staff. There are to move forward with the
multi-use -- multi-lane roundabout, instead of a dual lane roundabout, which is what the
original traffic analysis report indicated and what the project team last year had also
decided to move forward with. He -- he is new'ish. He used to be at ACHD. He was
not full of -- not sure of some of the original context for why in the -- someone decided
or some group decided to move the -- the previous decision back to multi-lane, despite
some of the faults, but he seemed to think it was fairly -- said enough.
Perreault: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Council Woman Perreault.
Perreault: And if I understood your earlier description correctly, that was -- that was the
design that performed the worst in the modeling.
McClure: Mr. Mayor, Council Woman Perreault, yes, and I don't want to misconstrue
that too much. So, not all of the movements failed in the multi-lane roundabout. One or
several of them did. My point is on previous traffic analysis projects that were
compared to projected future growth, were significantly wrong as in they undercounted
a lot of trips that were likely to be there and were there much earlier than the original
horizon year. So, other intersections have been very wrong in the sense that traffic
came a lot sooner than planned.
Simison: Council, any additional questions or comments at this time?
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Cavener: Mr. Mayor?
Simison: Councilman Cavener.
Cavener: I know there is some questions about paragraphs to include in the letter. You
know, Brian, I will leave that to you, kind of what you think is best. I -- I would support,
though, this piece in that -- I think that first paragraph that's highlighted about Kuna and,
Mayor, I think maybe with your permission we may want to send a copy of this to Mayor
Stear as well. I just think that as a city south Meridian and north Kuna are going to
become synonymous at one point and we want to make sure that we are establishing
good collaborative efforts sooner rather than later. And, then, I'm sure the smarter
brains, other than my own, when they proof the letter will -- will see this, but as much as
I love talking about Locust Grove and Victory, I think we probably want to change that to
Locust Grove and Amity as the subject line for the letter. So, maybe just a quick
change on that. But other than that I appreciate your guys' efforts to get this in front of
us quickly and get it to ACHD as soon as possible as well.
Simison: Okay. All right. Then, Brian, you got your direction and take that back and we
can work with Dave and others and reach out to Kuna and we will follow up offline.
McClure: Thank you, Mayor, and thank you, Council.
Simison: Okay. All right. Council, we have reached the end of our agenda. Do I have
a motion?
Hoaglun: Move to adjourn, Mr. Mayor.
Simison: Motion to adjourn. All in favor signify by saying aye. Opposed nay? The
ayes have it. We are adjourned.
MOTION CARRIED: ALLAYES.
MEETING ADJOURNED AT 5:06 P.M.
(AUDIO RECORDING ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS)
MAYOR ROBERT E. SIMISON 2-28-2023
ATTEST:
CHRIS JOHNSON - CITY CLERK 2-28-2023