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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000 02-22 MAYOR Robert D. Corrie ( HUB OF TREASURE VALLEY A Good Place to Live LEGAL DEPARTMENT (208) 288-2499 · Fax 288-2501 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Ron Anderson Keith Bird Tammy deWeerd Cherie McCandless CITY OF MERIDIAN 33 EAST IDAHO MERIDIAN, IDAHO 83642 (208) 888-4433 · Fax (208) 887-4813 City Clerk Office Fax (208) 888-4218 PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING DEPARTMENT (208) 887-2211 · Fax 887-1297 PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT (208) 884-5533 · Fax 888-6854 NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Meridian will hold a Special Meeting at City Hall, 33 East Idaho, Meridian, Idaho, on Tuesday, February 22,2000 at 7:00 P.M. The Meridian City Council will hear an updated presentation by COMPASS concerning the BUS project I proposal. The public is welcome to attend. DATED this 16th day of February, 2000. - - I.. ...~.... \~ ..:: ~I ; :1 .;. .: ';0 .:. Meridian City Council Agenda Tuesday, February 22,2000 @ 7:00 P.M. City Council Chambers Roll Call: Ron Anderson X Cherie McCandless X Tammy deWeerd X Ke.ith Bird X Mayor Robert Corrie ~o..: 1. Presentation and discussion by COMPASS concerning the BUS project and proposal ;.1 !..~ ;t~~~ . II~.."'::: 1 ~: .;. ........ . .. IERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING FEBRUARY 22, 2000 The special meeting of the Meridian City Council was called to order at 7:00 p.m. By.yor Robert D. Corrie. .Members present: Robert Corrie, Keith Bird, Tammy deWeerd, Cherie McCandless Members absent: Ron Anderson Others present: Will Berg, Bill Nichols Corrie: Okay. I'm going to open the special meeting on Tuesday, February 22, 2000, at 7:00 p.m. The City Council will hear an updated presentation by COMPASS concerning the BUS project proposals. At this time, I'll invite Pat since we're here for you tonight. We're all set. One of the Council members will not be here (inaudible) in Nampa. He's the Fire Chief. They have their meeting tonight. Pat, do you know everybody here around the table? Nelson: I think I've seen their faces, but probably not names. Corrie: Tammy deWeerd, Council-lady, Cherie .McCandless, Council-lady, and Mr. Bird, our Council President, and then this is Bill Nichols who is our City counsel. :;(= Nelson: Okay. I just put together kind of a rough agenda of what we wanted to go through, too, so I wasn't sure if you'd have that or not. I'd like to introduce my cohorts back here. This is Terry Lindberg. She's with Treasure Valley Transit. She's our Executive Director (inaudible) Nampa Caldwell Public Transportation Provider. Erv Olen is with COMPASS. Laurie Squiers is the assistant to the Director at Treasure Valley Transit. There are also the service providers that we partnered with to put this package together. Just to give you a little bit of background on what's transpired since our last meeting with the Council, we met with Mayor Corrie one early morning, and he brought another charge on us, I guess, to see if we couldn't take care of the seniors and the youth that might be wanting to get into Boise and also the people that might be wtinting to come out this direction. So We went back to the drawing board. Our funding for the Y was originally for peak-hour commuters, but in going back to the very first project application I found an item in there that provided mid-day service for commuters. What I was thinking of was BSU students or people that wanted to go shopping might be served by a mid-day bus service. So there ~as money in the Y for a mid-day shuttle. In talking with Treasure Valley Transit, they expressed an interest in adding service from Nampa to :Meridian, and it would just be a natural progression from Meridian on to Boise. So what we've done is come up with a plan that will take care of both sets of needs; the "1:@rning and evening shuttles for commuters and a mid-day shuttle that will take care of those people that want t= {! Meridian City COlll'I<:il SpeciaU.lQ. February 22, 2000 ' Page 2 ......::....:~:... .. to go to Boise for shopping, doctors, that type of thing. We did go out to the Senior Center the day after we had talked with the Mayor and actually put together a transportiltion survey to find out where people wanted to go, what times they want~d to go. The people were more interested in lunch than they were in our surVey. It was probably 30, 60 peeple there, maybe. A lot of them were interested in transportation. A lot of them were less interested in filling out the survey. But we did get 10 of them. We had thought that they wanted to do shopping, doctor and some social. We weren't sure how much. There were - a majority of these, I think I had 10 all together that answered the survey. Not very many of them wanted to go downtown. They did want to go to St. AI's and St. Luke's and Boise Towne Square was the majority of their interests. We thought that we could do a mid-day shuttle between 1 0:00 and 2:00 and this kind of confirmed the times that we were thinking of. Very few people wanted to get over - anywhere before 10:00. If they want to go early, they can take the regular shuttle, the commuter shuttle in and then take this shuttle, the mid-day shuttle back, if they wanted to do anything earlier than the 10:00 coming in. Does the early shuttle stop at the mall? Nelson: No, it does not. See, that (inaudible) Nelson: But if they wanted to make a trip to the mall, they could make connections in downtown Boise by way of Boise Urban Stages that goes (inaudible). So that part of it's kind of taken care of. The majority wanted Gem Street as a stop off, but a couple wanted also to go to St. Luke's .Meridian. Some of them were interested in using the BUS, and the BUS being Boise Urban Stages. I'm not sure if all of the seniors understand what the BUS means. I kind oJ got the impression that they may have thought that~this was the BUS that we were talking about. I'm not sure what that answer is. The fares that we were asking for are a dollar each way. Most of them thought it was about right, but we were asked to look at senior discounts. :" deWeerd: I like that (inaudible). Nelson: The shuttle program that we've come up with, this is a map of the route that we were talking about, and it's similar to what we've talked about before. We're starting at Gem Street which is behind the bowling alley between East 1 st and Meridian. We're taking Overland in because the lack of the signal at Eagle Road to safely get across to go down le: get to St. Luke's Meridian and also to accommodate the big park-and-ride lot by the Ford dealership that's planned for next fall. On into downtown Boise, the early morning and late afternoon shuttles will only go to downtown Boise. They will not go to the mall or to St. AI's. Three stops are planned. There are five located on this map. Two of these we're not sure whether we have time to do, but until we get into the shuttle and actua\~y run M!!iril.fiati CIy ColI1ciI S~i. ~ February 22, 2000 P.3 ......, ... .. it on a regular basis, we will know whether we have time to add a couple more: stops. The first one being Idaho Power or some'tthere in the vicinity of Idaho Power and Boise Cascade. The second one is US Bank right across from the City Hall. Third one is 3rd and Main. Fourth is St. Luke's and Elks that would be a combined stop. The fifth one would the around the Statehouse there. Coming back we'd use Idaho Street; going in we'd use Main Street. We'd use the transit drop-off places so we have sidewalks that have the curb cuts so if we did have somebody in a wheelchair they'd have access to get onto the sidewalk without a problem. J do have a tentative schedule. Corrie: An:Y of the BSU students that are out here, they could get on this early morning, go there, catch any of the buses that go to BSU (inaudible). Nelson: Right. Boise State University has a contract with Boise Urban Stages that allows free BUS passes for all students. They have pretty direct service from down at the (inaudible). This is a request for quotations on the commuter shuttle. The times are on the bottom. These are estimated times. We're not - Colin Hudson just joined us. He's from St. Luke's Regional illtdical Center. These are estimated times, and until we actually have a bus to run it, we won't know exactly whether this is the way it's going to fall out. It's pretty tight, so until we find out for sure whether we can make it pack here in time to start the second run, vve want to do this with two buses and make three to four runs with those two buses and getting back in the afternoon is going to be really toug~ especially if we run into conditions like we have tonight. We are asking the contractor to have a backup available so that if that bus can't make it back, another one can be dispatched from some other location and down here so that it doesn't miss a run. We don't know whether that's realistic or not, but that's what our goal would be. There'll be 16 passenger buses. They won't be vans, they'll be:: raised top like a senior center bus. We've got three or four companies that are interested in bidding on it, and those quotes are supposed to be in next Monday, and by that time, we should know for sure how much it's going tQ cost us to run it. For a sixty-day period, ifs just a temporary contract right now, can be extended to 120 days. Between the 60 and 120 days, \\fe want to put out a full bid and go with a permanent contractor (inaudible). That pretty much sums up the shuttle for the ~.commuters, and Terry will cover the mid-day service and let you know what ..We've got planned on that. Terry, do you want to come up here? Lindberg: After seeing the nice COMPASS maps, you're going to see the Canyon County version. I'll start off with the draft route here with a designated stops. We talked about four mid-day runs of approximately an hour each starting at 10:15 and ending at 2:15. So what I'll - on my vers.!on of the map, we started at Gem Street, go down to Overland up to St. Luke's in Meridian then get on the freeway and go to downtown Boise which is Main and 8th because there's a very nice transfer point to Boise Urban Stages at that point. Then we go up to St. Luke's, then we come back down Broadway, come up the Connector, get off at St. AI's, go throug~~..:that area and come out on Emerald which takes us back to :~ ';1 ~idi~ City COW1cil Speciali~ .. 1n(J F~ruary 22, 20d0 Page 4 i.. ,II ..... u'-. Boise Towne Square out by Dillard's which is another good transfer point, then pick up any passengers there. Now, on stops 8 and 9, if we have any of the commuters that, say, for example, wanted to come home early and those were their stops, we would stop there again even though we stopped prior. Then back to Gem Street. This takes approximately an hour. On the second page, I've got the start time 10:15 to when we get back at 11 :15, we're going to confirm the timelines to have them down. We have to run that several times, and we just did this very quickly. So we do know that it will take approximately an hour to g~~t all of this in, and this covers those exact routes. Another thing that I've done, behind there is the Nampa to Meridian route. Now, the City of Nampa assisted with funds to help us implement this route as of April 1, and I think this is going to be beneficial, too, because those in Meridian who may want to get to Nampa or even Caldwell for family, jobs, you know, or the Y can transfer and do so. So we -will finally have the connectivity from Caldwell, Nampa, Meridian on into Boise. What the Nampa route, a critical component here is we believe there's a lot of the youth that would like to access Roaring Springs and Boondocks, so What the Nampa route at the Gem Street which meets with the Boise route, it will - the Nampa bus that can transfer any of the Boise riders that may come in to access that area:: and come down and be dropped off right there. So we feel that will be a safe manner for them to get across the freeway. deWeerd: So, Terry, (inaudible) pick up the bus at No. 6 to get to Roaring Springs and Boondocks, then? Lindberg: Yes. deWeerd: That's fabulous. Lindberg: That's what we want because the Meridian to Boise shuttle makes right there to hit what's going to be that park-and-ride. Actually, it's a left. So the Nampa bus can come in safely and then they can all transfer right at six. So that's why ~ implemented it that way. So we feel we're going to actually - we get so many calls to go into Meridian as well as into Boise from Nampa Caldwell area. So we're pretty excited about, you know, this. Once you get - the time frames. Now, the Nampa sector, to make sure we can access everybody will actually be a five-hour route starting at 9:44 in the morning and getting finished at 2:44 so that the last people that are accessing Meridian to Boise will be able to transfer back to the Nampa Caldwell area. Those are timelines we have to practice many times to make sure we get the right times deWeerd: So the kids that pick up the bus at No.6 to get to Roaring Springs, is there a way for them to get back to Gem Street at 2:44? Lindberg: Yeah. It can retrace it back because what it will be doing is, like, every ~our on the h?ur. Like, if we d~op some kids off, then some other kids c~d get right back on It and then come right back, drop them off and then come b~t onto Merldi8fl City Council Specil!l! .ng February 22, 2()()(j . Page 5 ~. the freeway and hit the other - the two park-and-rides in Nampa. So...exactly, they will not be riding all through Boise to get a block away. :McCandless: But we won't have service there unless we make some kind of special arrangement after your mid-day runs are over. Lindberg: Correct. That would be with th~ afternoon shuttle. Nelson: Cherie and I talked about this a little bit, and it might be that Roaring Springs might be able to transport kids after that ~~me if they still want to make the Gem Street stop. OUf other bus, our shuttle from Boise will be connectin.g: there. Roaring Springs could take the kids over to Gem Street in time to catch the last shuttle back to Boise, but there wouldn't be the connection back to Nampa, right? ..~: Lindberg: Right. Nelson: Getting a kid to leave at 2:00 in the afternoon is not going to be easy. deWeerd: They could pick it up at the older one (inaudible) parking lot. Nelson: When that's built? Uh-huh. Lindberg: On to my second part of my agenda: Support from the City of Meridian. Getting into actual dollar amounts, what I'm proposing is for a six- month period, initially to see how this plans out. This is how we worked it with the City of Caldwell because we didn't know exactly what the demand would be. So what I've suggested here, and I'm assuming, and correct me if I'm wrong, but your school-year is October 1? Okay. So what my thought is from April 1 st through September, the cost will run $6,250. So that's basic - that's my request :~~ right now, and that's for the service. Then assuming that it remains the same, then $12,500 for the entire year after. At this point, I'd also like to say that if those hours - or if we want expanded service, at that point, versus just the mid- day service, maybe add some on for those very rea$ons. We can think about it then when we see what the demand is for six months. I like starting it from April through September because we get the summer and we kind of have an idea of what we're going to be looking at. I'm excited about this becaus~ it provides the connection from Caldwell to Boise. That's something Treasure Valley Transit is interested in. I know that Pat is going to talk more about (inaudible) sources, but we receive $5,311 rural dollars for this district, and that includes Meridian, so we're offsetting that with those rural dollars that we receive to enable us to cover the whole cost. You know, six months at $6,250 would not cover it. Okay. So I like this for the fact that we all work very closely with the RPDA and I feel that it falls within the scope of service for that as well as it being a partnership between the two counties. Because there's Nampa, Caldwell, now, and hopefully thf1::::Pity of Meridian. To talk a bit about the vehicle that we'll be utilizing. This is allight ! . ....: Meridian City Council Special' eti~ Ftbruary 22, 2000 Page 6 ..;.-....-: ; . "." ~ ~: transit bus similar to what you've seen in the senior centers because it has accessibility. We can have different options; for example, we can have 14 ambulatory and four wheelchair passengers or we could change that to 16 plus .~ two. We also have standing room. You know, as a normal (inaudible) route service. I prefer not to have people standing, you know, all the way to Boise, especially with the construction, but if it ever got to that point, then we could think of potentially a larger vehicle down the line. Regarding the marketing, Pat will probably go more into that, but we're working on a grant right now that would enable collaboration between Treasure Valley Transit, the commuterride as well as the Boise Urban Stages, and part_~/.of that is to have a brochure which would highlight these particular services. I'm pretty excited about that. I'll open the floor to questions. deWeerd: I have one more question. Will you be marketing this and taking (inaudible) to the high school and the middle school and talking to the student bodies on this kind of service and what that means to them? Nelson: Well, to get it on the road first, I guess (inaudible). The Y project does have money in it for marketing. We haven't gotten to the plan, yet, on how we would market it, but I think that would be a real good ides. I think Boondocks and the water park would do some marketing for us. I think it would be an ideal tie-in. We had talked, Terry and I have talked about (inaudible) validation system, if you come in on the bus, maybe Boondocks would pick up the cost for you. There's a lot of things that we can do collectively. The water bills were real effective when we wanted to advertise the web-site poll. There's a lot of things that even the reporter that was just here, and yJ'm not sure who he's with, was he with you? deWeerd: Valley Times. Nelson: Is it Valley Times? He even commented that he wanted to talk to me in a couple of days after things get settled down and (inaudible) but we had many calls to our office already asking - I think it'll work. The CQ.mmuter side, Terry kind of covere:d what she needed to do the mid-day service. When we originally tall~ftd to the Council ~irly in January, we had talked a~bout a $20,000 <<:::: :::::::: :::::::: contribution per year. What we've done is take a look at wFiat we have in Y funding. We've also gone to CeDe, and I think Erv will address that a little bit, and St. Luke's, Colin is here. He can speak to that, too. What we were looking at was $17,500 for the match on the shuttle for the commuting side of it. The Y funding will pick up $80,000 of it. Other contributions will bring the total up to about $140,000. For the April through September timeframe that Terry was talking about, it looks like we need about $8,750 to start it for the six-month period. That will give us plenty of time to figure out whether it's going to work well. We do have some other grand opportunities that we're working on to add funding next year, but then if it's successful, we'll be asking for $17,500 for the entire year next year. So it's $15,000 this year, total, with the two systems, and $30,000 for the followi:ng year. . i,l. 'Meridiall City Council Speciaf:' 'ng February 22, 2000 Page 7 .'..~._. : . ~~. ~~ . ~: Bird: Starting in April should give us a real good test of whether - how popular it's going to be (inaudible). I think it's a lot mor~ popular (inaudible) was originally. Nelson: I do, too, and there's so many combinations. Even commuters bus that operates between Caldwell and Boise. Somebody that goes to BSU can ride in on that shuttle in the morning and go home on this. It may take them a little while, but they didn't have an option before. I think it enhances everybody's purpose. McCandless: How many did you say these held? Nelson: The one that we're asking for quotes on were 16 plus a wheelchair. I think we'll probably get vehicles that are larger than that bid. We don't know how many to expect. That's a big problem right now, and that's why we're going with the 60-day trial. If we find in a month that we've got 30 passengers, we have to bid out the vehicles so there are 45 passengers. Until we get into it, we're not going to know. We're asking for a bus that will take standees, so I don't know how many you can safely cram into one of those SO-passengers, but we wouldn't want tQ do that very often. Especially when they're going down the freeway at 60 miles an hour. So that's our prQ:posal on the funding. Erv, do you want to cover CeDe portion? Olsen: First I'd like to commend Pat and Terry for the work they've done. I think the mid-day service makes it a whole package that (inaudible) City of Meridian as well ~s Boise Valley. I went to the Capital City Development Corporation. Actually, I was (inaudible) and made a presentation to them and asked them to consider a $10,000 contribution. They seemed very interested. They talked a lot about the marketing aspect and (inaudible) assistance to get the word out in downtown Boise. Their process is they're going to look at their budget in May. They've agreed and asked me to come back in May and make our request. That would give them, also, a little over a month's worth of experience with..what we've got, and we're looking forward to hearing that. They seem very interested. Their primary motivation is parking downtown Boi~e. If this can help them with alleviating their parking area - I've got nothing .but good feeling from them and a very (inaudible) presentation. (inaudible) they're gong to be there in May (inaudible). IJ Nelson: I also had the opportunity to talk with Wes, that's the manager out at Boise Towne Square Mall. We had a Y transportation fair out there this weekend, and was talking about the mid-day shuttle, bringing people down there, and he was so excited about it. He said when we get ready to start, he will work with the mall merchants and provide coupons for the people that want tq go shopping there. I think there's a lot of support for this kind of program. Coi'ln is .' Meridian City COUnCil S .u j..a~m J' ,. .... P$CQI... .. ng February 22, 2000 page 8 . here, too, and we have St. Luke's down here as a pending $3,000. (inaudible) comment on that (inaudible). Hudson: (inaudible) j~ Nelson: Well, my next item is the recommendation to the Council to proceed. I guess I'm looking for direction from you folks on whether this is something you want to pursue or what the next step with you is. Corrie: Well, it says special meeting. We can do what you need to do. We can vote and give herr=the assurance of what she's asking for here, the April through September on the $15,000, I believe, and then we'll see how that goes, and then the $30,000 for the following year. We can certainly give her the, if Council so desires, to go ahead to April to September (inaudible) McCandless: I particularly appreciate the trial period. It gives us a chance to see who's going to use it, how many (inaudible). I would be all in favor of that. deWeerd: (inaudible) finally opens some up to have our kids maybe do something a little bit - the more time you spend on the bus, the less time we haye to - I really appreciate everything. When you first came and it was just (inaudible), I thought it was nice, but I wasn't really sold, and it's just makes it a real attractive package, and I appreciate all the work you've done. Bird: M~:! :Mayor, seeing how the consensus, I, too,....appreciate t~e work that Pat and all the people have done with this. I think this is something that will (inaudible) I would make a motion for the City of Meridian fund for April 2000 through September 30, 2000, $15,000 for the commuter shuttle service and the mid-day shuttle service. deWeerd: I second it. Corrie: Okay. Motion:::: is made:.and seconded to approve the total contribution from April to September 30, 2000 in the amount of $15,000 for the commuter shuttle service and the mid-day shuttle service. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor of the motion say aye. .MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES, ONE ABSENT Bird: Who is going to fund this? This is something that's important, too. ACHD? Nelson: ACHD has the contract with the private provider. Terry through Treasure Valley Transit will run the mid-day service. So it might be that we need two. A lot of times you can have local dollars provide local match to ~~~y other equipment, and that's what - I think a thing we need to look at, too. Did you have a question? . Meridian City Council Speci~,;Me<<lng February 221 2000 Page 9 ......:::_' ~.: y:. ~ Nichols: Mayor Corrie, Council members, it might be appropriate to have a second motion that specifies the amount (inaudible) for the morning and the mid- day so that you have it authorized. Bird: I'll make a - I move that the distribution of the money be for the commuter shuttle service, $8,750 and the mid-day shuttle, $6,250 for a total of $15,000. Corrie: Okay. Motion is made and seconded to have the commuter shuttle at $8,750 and mid-day shuttle at $6,250 for a total contribution of $15,000. Any further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor of the motion say aye. MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES, ONE ABSENT Nelson: Now I would like to know if you want someone on the Vendor Selection Committee. After we get our quotations in for bus contractor, we'll have a selection, and if you want to participate in that, we could have a representative from M:eridian. deWeerd: I think Ron Anderson. Corrie: Anyone that would like to sit on that? I know yours is full and mine is overflowing, too, but I could be there if you'd like. Okay. Nelson: We'll review the quotations and the recommendation and then bring it to you. We did have another item down here, (inaudible), and I don't think he's here right now. Butch is with Idaho Transportation Department, Public Transportation Division, and he went out to the senior center with us. Part of the thing that we heard when we VIera out there was the lift is not on the bus, the van that the seniors are using, so he was willing to let you folks know that he has opportunities for you to put together a grant that will buy a lift-equipped bus, maybe a little larger bus if you want that for your seniors. This is a good service if you can get the person down to Gem Street or to Eagle Road St. Luke's, but it's not going to help somebody that doesn't have transportation out on Cherry Lane down to Gem Street. That's where maybe your senior van could be - program could be boosted up. So- :..; Corrie: Talk to the County Commissioners. They supply the van, and they might work with us in getting that - okay. I'll talk to them about the project (inaudible). Nelson: We have also done some marketing grants, and Terry talked a little bit about mixture as well as a grant for this commuter shuttle, and we will probably know about that in :March or April whether we've got enough money in ~h.at grant to boost the service from three or four trips in the morning to five. So ~'I::~rying to .increase it as we go. I really appreciate you calling a special meetIQ~. It's gOing to be a short turnaround. . .... Meridian City COUOOil..Special;.ng F~~ ~2, 2000 Page 10 ................ :'.< :~: Bird: I appreciate you guys. I hope it (inaudible) next year. Corrie: I, too, want to say thanks, Pat and all of you, for p~tting this all together on such short notice and working so well with us. I think ifs going to work out real well and give the people a crack at it. They've been calling my office and - it's been talked up already. Actually, I got three calls today. So, again, thank you very much. Nelson: If you have the opportunity to talk to people about it, don't use the time schedules that are on there because it's very preliminary right now. I'd hate to have somebody show up at a designated time and have it missed the - Corrie: We'll put it all out at one time when you're ready to. Bird: These pick-up (inaudible), are we going to have little stops or anything that - if this is s:uccessful, will we have some other - weather stops to let you know about, like the bus stops so people can get in and out of the rain and snow. and stuff? for Nelson: The park-and-ride lot here at Meridian Ford has - not Gem Street, but at M~ridian Ford right next to Meridian Ford where the on-ramp goes onto the freeway, right in that little corner in the pasture is where we've got one designed. It has 119 spaces for parking lot, has a big cul-de-sac for the people to pull the bus around, it'll have two shelters that are glassed in or plexi-glass. Telephone booths, lighting, landscaping, bicycle lockers where you can actually drive your bike in and lock it inside of a box rather than just a rack. deWeerd: Now if YQu can just widen Overland so they want to ride their bikes. Corrie: That's in the five-year plan, by the way. deWeerd: Taking their lives, they need to go to St. Luke's, then. Nelson: At St. Luke's, I'm not sure if we could accommodate a shelter out there or not. They have one? If we need to do some other improvements, we'll take a look at that. I'm not sure - Terry sat on the Nampa Caldwell - that might be something we could work out (inaudible). deWeerd: Will there be a shelter for the Gem Street parking lot? Nelson: There isn't at this point in time. We do have a little bit of money in the Y for rental of park-and-rides that we might be able to take a look at that. deWeerd: I see that's going to be where our teens and our seniors go. If our teens are there, they'll be on bikes and ~.~ed help to have a shelter there. :,. ,Mer-idian City Council Speciat..._~ F~ruary 22, 2000 Page 11 .~........, . 1 .. ~) :" . (inaudi~le) Bird: I don't think those are too expensive like they've got in that Boise deal, and there's no reason that we can't approach some city groups here in the City of Meridian and mayb~ put one up (inaudible). I would sooner see you guys put your full-time in making sure your buses are on time and there's plenty of routes and plenty of times. If you don't have the money in that (inaudible), you might let us know and see if we can't get (inaudible). We've got the service club that's always wanting to do stuff, and they're not that expensive. Nelson: The ones that we're putting out at Overland are $6,000, so if you're going to buy one like they have in Boise, that's about what they want - we have a group of Job Corps kids that are in our welding shop now. That might be a project we could see if maybe a group like that would be (inaudible) Bird: (inaudible) Nelson: Gem Street, though, is a temporary park-and-ride. I'm a little bit concerned about infringing on the area that the bowl:ing alley uses. I don't. know how busy they are in the daytime, but if the business tremendously popular during the summer months, we might have a problem there. I hope the other park-and-ride gets built real fast. Bird: Is it on their property? The park-snd-ride? Nelson: No. The park-and-ride is on the street right-of-way. I think we could probably have - I'm speaking for (inaudible), our maintenance people, but I think we could probably go in back of the bowling alley and maybe stripe that a little bit better. It's kind of warn out right now, the striping on it, and if people have defined lines, they park a little bit more orderly and you get more cars in. Las Schwab might be (inaudible) to putting cars in. They've probably got 10 (inaudible). Okay. deWeerd: Mr. Mayor, just one more comment and it's to (inaudible) for participating (inaudible) and your accommodating the (inaudible) lesson from that book and hopefully we'll see more (inaudible). Nelson: There our premium, premier employer because of all the work they've done. Bird: (inaudible) St. Luke's has always been a leader. :Nelson: We do have a number of employers that are participating now. We expect transchecks on this Which is the $20 coupons for new riders for the first Meridian City Council Specialt,.ng February 22, 2000 Page 12 ...- . ~.. three months. They can ride for $10 less per month, and if we charge a dollar per way, that means that they're going to ride for $3 per month. Corrie: (inaudible) You've got 500 employees at Jabil. They might be able - We'll talk to (inaudible) deWeerd: Get a road connector (inaudible) Corrie: All right. Thank you very much. We appreciate it. Nelson: We'll try to keep you in the loop on how things are going and how soon we'll have the first schedule off the press. Corrie: Okay. That takes care of what was on the agenda. So if nothing further, we'll entertain a motion to adjourn. Bird: So moved. deWeerd: Second. Corrie: Motion made and seconded to adjourn the special session. Any further discussion? All those in favor of the motion say aye. MOTION CARRIED: THREE AYES, ONE ABSENT MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:42 P.M. (TAPE ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS) ~...:: !-..~ :::)1'. Roll CaJl: ~. I.::: .:- :. '0 ....... F.: ~ ~: I:" .;" :i ~1 ~~ ..i Presentation and discussion b}! COMPASS concerning the BUS project and proposal: ( Meridian City Council Agenda Tuesday, February 22, 2000 @ 7:00 P.M. City Council Chambers . 'T~~~~erd ~~~~~ccandless -, '; ........ yor Robert Corrie ,"; (or !"'~~ ~- ~ . ?r : ~. ~:'t;: .' :,. . ::-.:......... ' ;,. Meridian City Council Agenda .;... ? .:: .. ;...... .; Tuesday, February 22, 2000 @ 7:00 P.M. City Council Chambers Ron Anderson +Cherie McCandless X Tammy deWeerd Keith Bird ----A..-Mayor Robert Corrie Roll Call: ::11; Presentation and discussion by COMPASS concerning the BUS project and proposal: ~ -h,2<<:f '7: J t' ? 11! Jaffa.eft 7: '(0 ;8J1/ A/fef; lc ~{;. !/f}{S() t1 If} /J () J.JVK- {Roof /3 f6 4 ) _LL1.-~lJ 7 /.J r I Pf,f ~ . ( ~t.tr'O- ,,0 ,_ r Att-ll L l~ 81~' ~~s r tJ . /f"" S~Lp~S Ok~ d-p/7o /Ix,f.. ,: f."i ~~;.:: for w-: ....,.. ~.1!r ~~{ ~\.'=. : .~..: I.: ~ .:: ~'.<..:.: ~ ,~~ .~. ........ ... Proposed Meridian to Boise Route: A. See draft route with designated stops ~::-- ."0 . Four mid-day runs at 10:15,11:15,12:15,1:15 . Will coordinate with N amp a to Meridian Route B. Support from the City of Meridian . April- September 2000 = $ 6,250.00 . October - September 2001 = $12,500.00 C. Provides the connection from Caldwell to Boise . RPT A scope of service . Partnership between Counties D. 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Cost for 60 da contract Cost for 90 da contract Cost for 120 da contract E: Indicate your per trip cost for four morning and four afternoon trips, meeting all specifications above: Cost for 60 da contract Cost for 90 da contract Cost for 120 da contract Pleas~ indicate the specific type of equipment you proPQse using on this rout~. :- Indicate make, model, seatingfcapacity, ADA equipment, mileage and condition1bfthe vehicles: :: ~:~~~.7.>x:: :-:-:::~~~~:;;:;':,.'. ... W~;I~~~~:~~~~::~~:::s;:;:;:;: ~ ::::~~~~'~. 'OOMi;t~t~~~::::::: :N'hV:::::::. ..:.::.:.:::~~~(:::::~~~~~::::::::~~::::::::~~~:I:;;;;;;;;~a~~::~~~:.;~~:::::::: .......................... ::::~~ w ::::.~.:.:.:..Jr.:.-.:.-::.~:. :.n~n Please indicate the date your company could have service on line. (Proposed start date is March 27- 31 as trial run week; April 3 general public boarding start date) ~~;1 Price quotations must be guaranteed for a 90 day period. Quotation submitted by:::: Title .. .... .............. ........ ............ .. .. .. .... .... .... .. .... .... <<<< <<<<..."<<-X....:-":-".... ..:":."."-:-:<< .... <<<<.-:..: ..:..:........:-":-"......:..x-:-:-: Date ~{? ~ : WH HI( HH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~m0m 8L~ 0~~~~ Hd:0H ;t~~~ 0~~~~ ~~~m .!~ R4..~rJ ~//5' / Of) TranspoJ;::~ation Survey - Meridian Senior Center .1 ..:,:.:~~ . i: < ., . ....... ............. .:.... Ada County Highway District Commuteride Office: is trying to se::t schedul.es for a new shuttl.e bus system that wil.l. serve Meridian residents traveling into Boise. Funding for the shuttl.e i$ limited, so we are interested in the: time::s and locations that would be: of interest to you. This is ~ply a survey, and is NOT. guarantee for services. Please indicate your preferences: I need transportation for the fol.l.owing reasons gJ Shopping ~ Doctor ~ Soci'al p Other J/pl;~ ';'~~"'~":1 'I. fl Ii l r f.p I'; r The Reqiona~ Express will have limited stops in the Boise are.a. Which of the following is of most interest to you? .%1 Downtown Boise ~ St Lukes Medical area .gJ: St A1' s Medical area ~ Boise Towne... Square ~1J. D Other ~.--:, (Please.... specify) 1310'1 ~ '$ ("iti ~ -fr-. .. I The Reg!onal Shuttle will provide early morning and late a:tern~~ se~ice for commuters. In addition to those t1mes, :::wnat t11ILe of the day would best take care of your needs? D 9:00 am '13 1: 00 pm ~ 10:00 am ~ 2:00 pm ~ 11: 00 am tl 3: 00 pm %l Noon ~ 4:00 pm #,. The Regional Shuttle will have only two pickup areas. Which would you prefer? '1! Gem Street (behind the bowling alle,y, S....~ C-frl - I tJ St. Lukes Eagle Road Medial Office If connections to Boise Urban Stages (THE: BUS) are: conveniently located to Shuttle stops, are you interested in using THE BUS? ~ Yes Z No Fares A:re S8:t at $1 each way. Is that fa:re 1J Abou t right f} Too High ,lll Too Low ~ "]).JAt:.,~~,t .. 2. ~.t: : ',41 ..~..: Z: : ~ ~ .".: :i ~ Agenda WYE Re-construction Mitigation Task Force Meeting ,>ji~ With Meridian City Council February 22, 2000 Introductions of Members and Guests Background Information Since Last Council Meeting (1/04/00) Service for Seniors/Y outh .~~ Funding Constraints through the WYE Service Proposal .~ Commuter Shuttle Service - Pat Nelson Mid-Day Service-Terri Lindenberg, Treasure Valley Transit (TVT) Proposal for Funding Service - Pat Nelson Commuter Shuttle Service Mid Day Service ~. Other Contribution Opportunities - Erv Olen Recommendation to the Council to Proceed - Pat Nelson Appointment of Meridian Representative to participate in selection of vendor Additional Transportation Options - Butch Ragsdale, ID Transportation Department - Public Transportation Division Additional Questions or Comments J{; ....".. ~. J .....; . Proposal for Funding Service Commuter Shuttle Service 1) Shuttle service for commuters would be provided with a short term contract for service and start 3/27/00. A full bid process will be undertaken with the hope that a pennanent contractor can be on board by 8/1. Funding for the service for the first year would be as follows: City of Meridian WYE Funding CCDC (pending) 8t Lukes (pending) $17,500 80,000 10,000 3.000 $110,500 30.000 $140.500 Fare Revenue Total Revenue Mid-Day Shuttle Service 2) Mid day trips will be provided by Treasure Valley Transit (who operates NampalCaldwel1 bus system) as an extension of their Nampa/Caldwell service. TVT is the public rural transportation provider and are interested in providing that service from lOam to 2 pm. Their service will include stops at 8t AI's and Boise Towne Square Mall in addition to regular shuttle stops in downtown Boise. The $40,000 estimated co~st would be covered as follows: :j;~ City of Meridian Contribution $12,500 WYE funding 7,500 TVT Rural Transit funds 10,000 Fares 10.000 Total Revenue $ 40,000 .City ofNampa has contributed $10,000 for expanded mid-day service into Meridian from Nampa Total Funding Requested from Meridian Shuttle Service Commuter Shuttle Mid Da Shuttle Total Contribution tember 2000 October 2000-Se t 2001 $17,500 $12,500 $30,000 f.lIOl! .. ..~~~_.~~ ~. r 'y; ~ri~.an ..~_ .... -....-( .:' 'I" "; ! __. ..,~:, ".t~~. '-~".. ~ d ~ ,./, i\, \1 '. ~:~>-"--~"">"'-;:j~' .'~! .: ~~~I~ /i 1,:1 II! .~, .~~}~ - I / ~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~s\Gr7rr 1 j~ 1 I :-'.",' :1 Q ------./ I C-U~.) I a ., '~j ... ,~ I.~ ";'n'" ~ -- I '. ..~t I I' , f ./~ :'W&__l zec --: / .~ - ,~. .': ( I '" _' ~,~.; . --- '7.. ,p, ". I .- ..'~- J, ,'--' J- ,,- 'I: . --f-J ' '., . ' V / II"" , ,~ = ~ . rL , ~ 0 I _ ' ..... I ~ " ',j; : ,." ... . ~, 5 ':!'I ~ L >"< f I m. l ""-\' ---'- . r! " - - 'I I. .. 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