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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2007-02-27 Special'~ le~~~~-t ~- ~~-~i~~ N~ ~~~a>~ ~s! CITY OF ~~ ~~` °'~ V eri~i~n ~ IDAHO , y ~/ F~, ~ TRE,LSUFiE V nta>/~ ~ t MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING /OPEN HOUSE AGENDA Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. City Council Chambers 33 East Idaho Avenue, Meridian, Idaho "Although the City of Meridian no longer requires sworn testimony, all presentations before the Mayor and City Council are expected to be truthful and honest to best of the ability of the presenter. 1. Roll-call Attendance: David Zaremba Charlie Rountree Joe Borton Keith Bird Mayor Tammy de Weerd 2. Adoption of the Agenda: 3. Presentation by City Planning and COMPASS Staffs on the US 20126 (Chinden Boulevard) Corridor Study and Corridor Options: 4. City Council Discussion and Comments Session: Meridian City Council Special Meeting Agenda -February 27, 2007 Page 1 of 1 All materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. Anyone desiring accommodation for disabilities related to documents and/or hearing, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 888-4433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting: ~ i C17'Y OF - .~ __. 1 ~ 'L: G'Y1G~l~yl °`' i~nHO ) S ~'c ~ ~ r~„~vw~'' MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING /OPEN HOUSE AGENDA Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. City Council Chambers 33 East Idaho Avenue, Meridian, Idaho "Although the City of Meridian no longer requires sworn testimony, all presentations before the Mayor and City Council are expected to be truthful and honest to best of the ability of the presenter." 1. Roll-call Attendance: _~ David Zaremba Joe Borton O Charlie Rountree Keith Bird Mayor Tammy de Weerd or-r,irc cC C~ 6101 p,~, 2. Adoption of the Agenda: ~'t~f~'`~w`' 3. Presentation by City Planning and COMPASS Staffs on the US 20/26 (Chinden Boulevard) Corridor Study and Corridor Options: I~-.iii' El~~y~+rf~ ~ ~~- /~,.adt,.-r- ~ Gh,.v~~~ ~v,.~.-~ 4. City Council Discussion and Comments Session: ~~,ly.. o~'y- chi + G~~lv>~ Meridian City Council Special Meeting Agenda -February 27, 2007 Page 1 of 1 All materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. Anyone desiring accommodation for disabilities related to documents and/or hearing, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 888-4433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting. ~ e ~{{ ~ CITY OF ~'~ Ib r 7 ~1 1 ~; 'l \~ G~7 ~Y G '~s ~ IDAHO tiF, c ~~ F D ER %u~ TRensuae VnuEY SINCE 1803 MAYOR NOTICE OF OPEN HOUSE /SPECIAL MEETING Tammy ae weera CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Keith Bird MERIDIJo-N CITY COUNCIL Joseph W. Borton Charles M. Rountree Shaun Wardle NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of CITY DEPARTMENTS Meridian will hold a Special Meeting at Meridian City Hall, Council City Attorney/HR 703 Main Street on Tuesday, Idaho Meridian 33 East Idaho Avenue Chambers 898-5506 (City Attorney) , , , , 898-5503 (HR) Fax 884-8723 February 27, 2007 at 6:00 pm. The Meridian City Council will be Fire 540 E. Franklin Road discussing the US 20/26 (Chinden Boulevard) Corridor Study and Corridor 888-1234/fax 895-0390 Parks & Recreation Options. The format shall consist of a presentation by the City Planning 11 W. Bower Street 888-3579 /fax 898-5501 and COMPASS staffs followed by a discussion and comments by the City Planning 660 E. Watertower Lane Council with the public providing comments to the staff. Suite 202 884-5533/fax 888-6844 The public is welcome to attend the Open House /Special Meeting Police 1401 E. watertower Lane 888-6678/fax 846-7366 and submit comments. Comments will then be rela ed to the COMPASS y Public w°rks Corridor Preservation Committee at their March 15, 2007 meeting. You 660 E. Watertower Lane Suite 200 898-5500 /fax 895-9551 may contact a City Planner at 884-5533 or COMPASS staff at 855-2558 1E °°°\° t e s t s' f f I I f afP~~~ Watertower Lane 660 °° o>e for more information. ~~> ,, ~ Suite 150 ~ ~i ~~' °( \ ~~ 887-2211 /fax 887-1297 DATED this 8th day of February, 2007. '` ~~ ®= - Wastewater _~ '_ 3401 N. Ten Mile Road /~~ 1 ~ _ 888-2191/fax 884-0744 ~S' = WILLIAM G. BERG, R ^- C CLERK - Water 2235 N.W. 8th Street 1 ` ~ ~ ~ ~ tffi~ ' q.~` s 888-5242 /fax 884-1159 ~,+`, 'P'~ > >, ,a®o ~~~Ptf/ftlttfV9a't~~ Meridian City Council Special Meeting -February 27, 2007 Page 1 of 1 All materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. Anyone desiring accommodation for disabilities related to documents and/or hearings, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 888-4433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting. CITY FALL 33 EAST IDAHO AVENUE MERIDIAN, IDAHO 83642 (208) 888-4433 CITY CLERK -FAX 888-4218 FINANCE & UTILITY BILLING -FAX 887-4813 MAYOR'S OFFICE -FAX 884-8119 Printed on recycled paper r ;~ ~ ; ~. CITY OF ..~; i ~, ~YlG~IG"YI `~ A IDAHO hF ~R%~Taensu~Vn~Y 8w 180.'Ei MAYOR Tammy de Weerd CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Keith Bird Joseph W. Borton Charles M. Rountree Shaun Wardle CITY DEPARTMENTS City Attorney/FiR 703 Main Street 898-5506 (City Attorney) 898-5503 (TdR) Fax 884-8723 Fire 540 E. Franklin Road 888-1234 /fax 895-0390 Parks & Recreation 11 W. Bower Street 888-3579/fax 898-5501 Planning 660 E. Watertower Lane Suite 202 884-5533/fax 888-6844 Police 1401 E. Watertower Lane 888-6678/fax 846-7366 Public Works 660 E. Watertower Lane Suite 200 898-5500 /fax 895-9551 - Building 660 E. Watertower Lane Suite 150 887-2211/fax 887-1297 - Wastewater 3401 N. Ten Mile Road 888-2191/fax 884-0744 - Water 2235 N.W. 8th Street 888-5242 /fax 884-1159 ~e -~®~~ ~ ~t,c.~a-C~.~ `cam - l h~wc(~S l NOTICE OF OPEN HOUSE /SPECIAL MEETING MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council of the City of Meridian will hold a Special Meeting at Meridian City Hall, Council Chambers, 33 East Idaho Avenue, Meridian, Idaho, on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 at 6:00 pm. The Meridian City Council will be discussing the US 20/26 (Chinden Boulevard) Corridor Study and Corridor Options. The format shall consist of a presentation by the City Planning and COMPASS staffs followed by a discussion and comments by the City Council with the public providing comments to the staff. The public is welcome to attend the Open House 1 Special Meeting and submit comments. Comments will then be relayed to the COMPASS Corridor Preservation Committee at their March 15, 2007 meeting. You may contact a City Planner at 884-5533 or COMPASS staff at 855-2558 for more information. `\~``````t,,t0tlt1,lI09Ad,B~ag`O~// DATED this 8th day of February, 2007` - _ ;'~~ ~ d~"- WILLIAM G. BERG, .`lR = C CLERK , Pp`~~tllt@91 i@@i@QA~~`4 Meridian City Council Special Meeting -February 27, 2007 Page 1 of 1 All materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. Anyone desiring acxommodation for disabilities related to documents and/or hearings, please contact the City Clerk's Office at 888-4433 at least 48 hours prior to the public meeting. CITY HALL 33 EAST IDAHO AVENUE MERIDIAN, IDAHO 83642. (208) 888-4433 CITY CLERK -FAX 888-4218 FINANCE & UTILITY BILLING - FAX 887-4813 MAYOR'S OFFICE - FAX 884-8119 Printed on recycled paper • Meridian City Council Saecial Meeting February 27.2007 The Meridian City Council special meeting was called to order at 6:00 P.M. on Tuesday, February 27, 2007 by President Councilman Joe Borton. Members Present: Mayor Tammy de Weerd, Keith Bird, David Zaremba, and Joe Borton. Staff Present: Bill Nary, Bob Stowe, Matt Ellsworth and Will Berg. Item 1. Roll-call Attendance: Roll call. X David Zaremba X Joe Borton O Charlie Rountree X Keith Bird X Mayor Tammy de Weerd (amved at s:o~> Item 2. Adoption of the Agenda: Bird: Mr. President. Borton: Mr. Bird. Bird: I move that we adopt as published. Zaremba: Second. Borton: It has been moved and seconded to adopt the agenda as published. All those in favor say aye. THREE AYES. ONE ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED. Item 3. Presentation by City Planning and COMPASS StafFs on the US 20/26 (Chinden Boulevard) Corridor Study and Corridor Options: Borton: We have some materials provided to us in advance and Matt, I think we are going to tum it over to you to get us started and begin the presentation. Ellsworth: Thank you Mr. President, Members of the Council. As you all know Community Planning Association is in the process of preparing a corridor study for Highway 20/26, Chinden Boulevard. The point in the process that they have arrived to now is essentially the one of several alternatives that under consideration is gaining some traction. So, prior to moving forward with a Meridian City Council Speci~eting • February 27, 2007 Page 2 of 13 broader regional public hearing, the Interim Comdor Preservation Committee decided it would be a good idea to bring this altemative to localities for two reasons. On the one hand, just with the notion that through local city halls they may be able to reach out to a different audience than COMPASS's regional planning agency may be able to reach. The second reason is because ultimately, this corridor plan is going to be up to localities to implement. Also, as sort of a follow up, there are several members of the Council expressed some interest and considering the recommendations of the corridor study for adoption in through the cities comprehensive plan at later date. That being the case, we were hoping to come together today to provide COMPASS an opportunity to present the altemative that seems to be, like I said, gaining some traction. So, after a brief presentation by COMPASS, we would really like to tum it over to an interested stakeholders, members of the public to gather their thoughts, concerns and so forth about this plan before it moves forward and for any members of the public who would rather not come to the microphone to provide testimony, there are comment sheets in the back. Those will all be compiled as well for consideration as this process moves forward. So, with that I will turn over to COMPASS, Don Madson or Charles Trainer as the case may be. Madson: Last week I was introduced as Charles Trainer, Jr., which is fine. Thanks for having us here today. We are glad to be here to talk with you and the citizens of Meridian or whoever else may have amved to talk with us about the US 20/26 corridor. As Matt stated and as most of you know in the audience, we have been working with a consultant team for a number of months on the US 20/26 corridor study. The end all of this study is to begin a process for ITD to be in an acquiring right-of-way and eventually the funding to design and build the road. It is a lengthy process for a lengthy comdor. We are at the point where the initial scope of work was completed, but we are now in the mid-step of preparing environmental documents and as Matt stated here to discuss at least one of the larger options and decisions that need to be made with you and your citizens and that is an expressway option for the center part of the corridor, basically from Middleton Road to Black Cat Road. There are several alternatives that were proposed by residents in the initial public hearings and with our consultant team. I think the number was 43 different ideas. Some of those had to be thrown out for various reasons and they have documented all of that. If any citizens want to know what happened to their idea that we could provide that information. But, it was narrowed down to about 20 or so and then narrowed again to nine and we discussed that here with you back in November. We are now trying to focus on two or three of those options. Today we are specifically wanting the input on the expressway option. Again that wouldn't be for the entire length of the corridor. It is difficult to put an expressway where you already have a lot of development along the road without a huge amount of expense and disruption of the people's lives. So, we are focusing on the section from Middle to approximately Black Cat Road. We would love to hear from any and all persons on how they feel about that. We can answer a lot of questions privately if they don't want to speak into a Meridian City Council Speci~eting February 27, 2007 Page 3 of 13 microphone and we have comment sheets. Is there anything that you want to add at the moment, Charles? Trainer: I am Charles Trainer, Community Planning Association. Don expressed it very well. We are struggling with what to do with the corridor. As you have heard before that people have said we don't want to replicate some of the corridor decisions that have gone on in the past, not going into any specific roadway names, but the challenge that we are facing, really is one of - as we have gone through this study, as we went through Communities in Motion, we have seen this rapid evolution or escalation in how big this region is going to be by 2030 or at some point. One of the things to emphasize in this process is this project is not a design, build project. This is a comdor preservation access management project. It is trying to establish which (inaudible) for the ultimate size of a road that may take 15, 20 or 30 years to implement. There are different visions for that -what might happen in the interim. I know that the City of Caldwell has been promoting what we have nicknamed the EI Camino Real, which is a one mile, full intersection spacing with right-in, right-out in between. It works pretty well up to about 50,000 vehicles a day and the problem is that under our low projections at 825,000, we are already looking at Chinden carrying about 45,000 a day in portions. If we go to the 1.5 million, that 45,000 is going to be a very low estimate -under very preliminary numbers we have run today just to give you a sense when we have looked at some of the north south corridors like McDermott, we are already looking at 70,000 to 80,000 vehicles a day on McDermott and its expressway nature. We are looking at a doubling of traffic on the freeway, so these are some very scary numbers and that is what we are trying to get a handle on. One of the citizens just before this meeting was asking what about transit? The plan does include a very aggressive expansion of the public transportation system. The problem is that it doesn't alleviate the demand on the roadways enough to eliminate the demand to do something on this corridor. If we are going to keep traffic off of other east west corridors, we need to do something fairly aggressive with Chinden. That's what this project is about; to look at how aggressive we could be, should be and what we need to do to preserve that. Thank you. Borton: Thank you Mr. Trainer. Matt, I will tum it back over to you. Do you have additional comments? Ellsworth: Thank you Mr. President, Madame Mayor and Members of the Council. In addition to the broader corridor level questions that we were hoping to discuss this aftemoon. There were certain sort of Meridian specific issues that we would like to really hone in on a bit at this meeting in particular were a potential interchange at Linder Road and Mr. Madson, Mr. Trainer I am not sure if either of you would care to touch on any of the area specific concerns that we were hoping to rush on this aftemoon. Trainer: Linder Road is another interesting -interesting, that is a good word, challenge. As we went through Communities in Motion, we identified Linder as a Meridian City Council Speci~eeting • February 27, 2007 Page 4 of 13 target. It is a very long, north south road, while not a major facility it does cross the river, goes all the way down and into past Kuna. It is being proposed for an overpass, not yet funded. What became the challenges as we look at some of the growth that is being identified now north of Eagle as a potential. Linder starts to ramp up very quickly in traffic. As we look at some of the growth futures in the Eagle area, we are looking at Linder at the river crossing carrying upwards of 40,000 vehicles a day. That becomes the challenge if we are looking at Chinden carrying 45,000, 50,000 or 60,000 and we are looking at Linder carrying 40,000, we think that we have a problem. A traditional intersection is not going to accommodate that kind of traffic. That is why we believe Linder itself needs to be at least considered for an interchange if at all possible. Since I am old enough now and have been around long enough I can play the old codger role and say that many years ago we look at that for Eagle Road in 1996, which seems like a long time to me and at the time people said that is overkill, why are you proposing that? Now-a-days people are saying why wasn't it done? So, I guess that is the opportunity we are looking at here and I don't want to make light of the fact that these interchanges do have very specific implications for the surrounding land uses. It requires probably keeping any ground level intersection back probably 700 or 800 feet, preferable even a '/ of a mile to ensure proper spacing and avoid tie ups. That is something that needs some careful consideration. We are looking at four potential interchanges at this time. Middleton, a future river crossing at Franklin north south road in Canyon County; McDermott itself and Linder. We are not looking at this time at probably any kind of feasible interchanges anywhere else. We don't see at this point if McDermott goes in as is being currently planned, the Star Road demand goes way down. Borton: Mr. Trainer can you share with us a little bit about of these options and proposals from the public input you have received so far, has that steered towards or away from any particular part of this plan? Trainer: Well I think the general public that attended the meetings has expressed a fairly strong and I want to emphasize, we had approximately 140 people come to our meetings about a year ago. Of that half of them voiced fairly strong support for some kind of expressway concept. I want to hedge that about what the general public doesn't have a clue to what is entailed in doing an expressway in terms of access issues and costs. So, they have also expressed a strong desire to see State Street turned into an expressway in other studies and that is simply not going to happen. This particular corridor has at least from the McDermott to Black Cat has the potential of being an expressway. So, I think the public wants to see something radical. It is possible and I want to emphasize, the expressway itself does not mean that everything has to be grade separated or separated levels. Many of the intersections would remain at grade with signals. They want to see something different, at least a strong support for an expressway, but I think some of the lower end access management has not received a lot of support from the public. Meridian City Council Speci~eeting February 27, 2007 Page 5 of 13 Borton: Okay, thank you. De Weerd: Mr. President. Borton: Madame Mayor. De Weerd: Charles I think during when this corridor planning first started off, we were doing our north Meridian plan and trying to adapt the plan to what was being discussed at the time. This is very different than what was being discussed at that time. We tried to place local connectors so that we had some internal circulation in the one mile section and actually got good collaboration with the development community. Much of the Chinden corridor in our area of impact is actually on both sides of Chinden planned with half mile intersections - lighted intersections and I see in this plan that its one mile with only right-in, right- out turns at the half mile spacing. So, what changed -how do we change what has been approved by ITD and certainly by the city? How does that work? Trainer: Well, I wish I had magic answers. I don't. I think part of what has changed is sort of a rapid escalation and what we are seeing is the potential for regional growth. I think the -early on I think and I know Sue is here, I think they were looking at it as perhaps lesser demand on this comdor and the type four access, the half mile spacing was considered perhaps adequate to the demand. For changing - I guess I will be as blunt as I can be. It may be that an expressway is simply not in the cards. There has been a lot of concern voiced both about its feasibility from in terms of the existing land uses and existing access and its feasibility in terms of costs. That may be and ultimately a conclusion that with all of the will in the world to try and consider it, it simply is not possible. Certainly that is something that we are hearing -from Caldwell they think that there are other options that can function and be effective. But, I think we are going to hit the wall when we get much past the 50,000 to 55,000 vehicles a day. I think we are going to experience some significant delay. I know I didn't answer your question how do we make this work? What do we do with the existing development? I think that is why kind of trying to look at it from basically from Middleton over to Black Cat, it may push back over towards the McDermott corridor, but there comes a point at which if we get down to one or two or three miles and that is all we can do, well it is probably not going to be an expressway, it is just going to be a little bit better arterial. De Weerd: I don't know Iguess - I am song, Mr. President, I guess I recall the discussion being an expressway to the Highway 16 extension and then it turns a little bit more urban, which has the half miles and we have been getting very good support from the development communities -certainly concerned even at the half mile, but they felt as long as it was fairly and consistently applied through that corridor that they would not be disadvantaged. Whatever the decisions are they certainly have to be adhered to, but you know we try to anticipate early on what this plan would do so we could support it as a community, so we could be Meridian City Council Spec~eeting . February 27, 2007 Page 6 of 13 already talking with the development community and getting buy-in and we were successful in even the half mile, which was heavily resisted at first. But, now you are asking for even more and that is hard to tum back the clock. Trainer: I don't think we can. I am not sure which section you are talking about, Mayor. De Weerd: I guess from McDermott on and in our new comprehensive plan, we certainly support it in the two additional miles that would be west of McDermott in trying to keep it at the one mile access and having intemal opportunities to have some internal circulation, but anything I think east of McDermott is - Trainer: So, this section right here? De Weerd: Uh-huh. And in the goal because I read that - it says less access management and it is talking about signals every one mile with full access signals limit to right-in, right-out at half mile spacing, which we had lighted intersections at half mile spacing, which would be full access. Trainer: I think that is part of the discussion. No decision at this point has been made. It is trying to open up the discussion and make sure that when we get to the end of the project that there is an understanding of what the trade-offs have been, what the realistic costs are going to be and I guess basically what the long- term impact is going to be on the corridor and it may be that the half mile type four would remain in place. That is certainly remains in the running for potentially the entire comdor. When we get to the point where the citizens say will there ever be a freeway, I think we are going to have to be "no". Not now, not ever, ever. That is the problem, I guess, as a planner sometimes we get into the plans and there tends to be a bit of a waffling. Well, you don't want to say no, say well maybe we can considerate it later. I think at the end of this study we are going to say basically this is it. This is all this corridor ever is going to be. There is not going to be any promise that it might be improved later to anything different. I think Sue expressed it quite eloquently this is the last time we are going to be here on this corridor to define its future nature. As long as people are content with that and there is no belief that somehow there is another solution out there, I think that we will have success. De Weerd: I guess I am just of the firm belief that you have to start talking it from the very beginning. I know our city has been very interested and wanting to do it right. As with the McDermott comdor and looking at that as an expressway with very limited access because you are talking there at the two mile and the city has had no issues with that. But, it has to be that from the very beginning because we lose opportunities. Trainer: And as we had the discussion on Monday with the Board that you know there is this balance between economic development and sort of regional traffic Meridian City Council Spec~eeting • February 27, 2007 Page 7 of 13 flow, trying to define where that is going to be. I know that here is Middleton and I believe that Caldwell would like to push this out to I am not sure exactly where but somewhere in the vicinity of about here, in terms that they are having more liberal access to the corridor and that is when we start to get okay exactly where - you know how far out do we go and if we get down to this point and this is all the "expressway" that we are going to have, at what point does it really not make much sense? That is where we are trying to define it. It may be at the end that we are going to have kind of maybe the EI Camino Real, which is not as we have talked about it with some of the Caldwell staff, it could be an evolutionary thing where you have that half mile or that right-in, right-out as a conditional and then later on it morphs into a frontage road -- if we can preserve that corridor - we are looking at those kind of options as well. I think the key that makes this work and it is not shown on this map, but are the idealities back-age roads that run about a '/ of a mile. Whether those be closer than a '/ mile or whatever, but if we don't get those I think making that one mile, the expressway doesn't become feasible at all. Even at the half mile I think we still need those kinds of back-age roads approach or some kind of cross access agreements to make any kind of access management, even a type four feasible. So, at this point I think the confusion has been that this is fixed, this is it, and this is what is being recommended. It sort of had a lot of legs at the meeting on January 11~" and the direction was take it out, see what the citizens say, see what the elected officials have to say, come back on March 15~' and make a recommendation as to what is going to be the preferred recommended option coming out of the Corridor Preservation Committee and to move forward. Zaremba: Mr. President. Borton: Mr. Zaremba. Zaremba: First let me say that I am thrilled to hear people starting talking about the problem that we are going to have when we get closer to full build out at this Valley instead of taking what we have been doing in 20 year sections, which I have never thought was long enough. I am also thrilled to hear you focusing on Linder as a major thorough fare - Trainer: You are not a Linder resident, are you? Zaremba: I am not a Linder resident, but you know being cognizant of it having a river crossing and a railroad crossing, it has two of the three elements that make Eagle Road so busy. Eventually we are hoping it will have an over-crossing over I-84, which is another half of what Eagle Road has is an interchange at I-84 and it will someday when there is that overpass be the longest north south road in the Treasure Valley. So, it is to me, it has been a wonder to me why people aren't considering it the next Eagle Road and you are sounding like at least people are beginning to consider that that may someday, maybe not within 20 years, but someday may be the case. Meridian City Council Spec~eeting February 27, 2007 Page 8 of 13 Trainer: Well, I didn't say the next Eagle Road. Zaremba: Well, maybe I interpreted it incorrectly what you were saying, but in my opinion it could very well be and I am glad that people are beginning to say wait a minute we need to think bigger than we have been thinking. Like the Mayor, it is unfortunate that we have been operating with a smaller assumptions and the City of Meridian has already allowed or approved some projects out there that will make some of this difFcult. But, I have to say that I am thrilled that the greater access management is being suggested; that it is being studied. I think it is as high in access management as we can put along that corridor for any length of it is important to do because this - if the eventual build out of the Valley -you know repeat what I keep repeating that apparently Idaho Power seems to think that we are going to have 2.5 million people eventually in the Treasure Valley -that is just staggering what that means to the traffic and I don't think we can possibly plan too big. Thank you. Trainer: For the citizens in the audience, we do have comments sheets and summaries of the corridor study on the back table. Item 4. City Council Discussion and Comments Session: Borton: Thank you. As described at the outset, this is a public meeting, open house sort of question and answers opportunity for the public. Before we go any further is there anyone present who has any questions, comments, concerns from the public that they would like to put forward? Mr. Tumbull. Tumbull: Yes, Mr. Borton thanks for giving me just a brief opportunity for comment. I have been following this issue pretty closely since we own about two miles of frontage on Chinden Boulevard through this area and as you know we have had two developments that are approved and another piece that we haven't even come through for approval, but we have been supportive of the process that took place when we went through the north Meridian Area plan. We planned for a 70 foot centerline right-of--way, 140 feet total. We swallowed hard and we accepted the type for access control where we only have access at the half mile marks and in reality we gave up when we did that numerous commercial opportunities because they just won't bear out with the type four access controls. So, having said that to have this come along now after the fact and being late on our lapse we find it is not something that we are going to be able to live with. We have already installed signals. We have already got our accesses installed and the idea that those might be restricted to right-in, right-out only at the half mile section will be terribly detrimental to our existing developments and so we have provided to ITD and to your Planning staff an eight lane road fitting into a 140 foot right-of-way. That allows for two center lane turns all the way along, so one Meridian City Council Spec~eeting February 27, 2007 Page 9 of 13 of the concerns for Sue Sullivan from ITD expressed was that they are going to need two left hand turn lanes at the one mile intersections, which we concur with and in order to avoid kind of bobbing and weaving at the intersections, they wanted to maintain kind of a two lane corridor all the way through. So, that gets you to three lanes both ways with a two lane center and if you can accommodate that in 140 right-of--way, which we planned for and which we set aside - I think actually when we did our first phase of Paramount they only asked us fora 52 or 58 foot right-of-way, but we have them providing 70 feet all the way from Cloverdale Road in our Boise Research Center on all of our Hobble Creek projects and it has extended all the way up. I believe what Mayor De Weerd said is actually where I see it. There is too much that has gone on in the past that allows you to do much more than what's already been planned between Eagle Road and McDermott. I think it is already cooked into the equation. So, we are supportive of the current access management plan. We have taken out any interim accesses onto Chinden except for the half mile points and we can live with that, but we can't live with turning those into right-in and right-outs and -you know the other thing that I would like to point out for the City of Meridian is I think you need to insist on an urban section roadway through your city and the ITD plan for 100 feet of right-of-way from center line entails center barrow ditches and side barrow ditches and I don't think that is what my vision would be for the city and I think that -well, boy I would hope that you would concur. So, that is kind of where our position is on this subject and I appreciate the opportunity to speak with you about it. If you have any questions, I would be happy to answer. Borton: Any questions? Bird: I have none. Zaremba: Mr. President. Borton: Mr. Zaremba. Zaremba: I would just make the comment that my previous stated enthusiasm for thinking big for the future - I was not intending that to mean that Meridian should go backwards and undo agreements that have already been made. I agree that there is a road that we have already started down and if we could change any future projects, I would like to have the whole Valley thinking bigger by then. It is not my opinion that we either can or should try and undo any agreements that we have made, your developments or other developments along Chinden that we have already approved. Turnbull: President Borton, Councilman Zaremba I appreciate that sentiment and that is the way I took your comments previously. I am all in favor of what is being done for the McDermott corridor. That has been an area that you know - we have actually gotten out in front of the game and will be able to plan that more effectively without impacting on some expectations that have already been set. Meridian City Council Spec~eeting February 27, 2007 Page 10 of 13 So, I think that is an excellent example. We have to get out years ahead and really be planning. It becomes very difficult once you have gone down that road, no pun intended of your planning and then to have something like this. This would be a major departure of what has been planned for you know as recently as just the last few months; this is what we have been planning around. So, I appreciate your indulgence. Thank you. De Weerd: Mr. President. Borton: Madame Mayor. De Weerd: I guess one comment that you made I wanted to respond to is I have heard from a couple of other developers who have the same desire to work with the city on access management and try and maintain the integrity of even the every half mile and they said they, too, have had problems in working with the retailers and the lack of access, but I do believe that as long as we can remain consistent and consistent to the policy -that is an important corridor and the retailers will come around as long as we don't start giving in and not being consistent in applying these rules throughout this corridor. So, whatever is decided in this planning process, we need to reach the plan and then stick to it. As long as we do that the retailers will come back. It is just a matter of time and retraining. Turnbull: Mr. President, Madame Mayor I appreciate that comment and I believe the retailers will come to this area. They may not be right on US 20/26, but that is almost -you are getting out close to kind of a natural geographic boundary which is the rim anyway and retailers will look at two things. They will look at traffic; they will look at access and they will look at 360 degree radiuses. So, if it is not on 20/26 it might be a little closer to the center of the city. So, as you know when we went through our Paramount project, we asked for two commercial zonings on McMillan Road because we knew that there were going to be access management controls on Chinden Boulevard and for the reasons I stated, you know the geographical radius and the access management controls we thought that those were probably the more appropriate places for the commercial zoning. So, that is how we planned our projects to date and we kind of would like to see those upheld and we have confidence that they will be. Thank you. Borton: Is there anybody else from the public who wishes to make any comments, ask any questions of COMPASS, staff or Council? Yes, please come forward. Please state your name for the record. Sullivan: Sue Sullivan, Idaho Transportation Department, Project Manager. I have been working on this corridor. De Weerd: Sue, why don't you pull the microphone down? Meridian City Council Spec~eeting • February 27, 2007 Page 11 of 13 Sullivan: I did want to echo what the Mayor said in that sometime ago when the North Meridian Comprehensive Plan was in progress, there was a plan to have these half mile collector roads and the ITD policy is a half mile and we did work towards being on the same locations with our access and I think we actually felt like we had accomplished something by getting that far. I mean, that in itself was a step forward and maybe it is easy to think in hindsight that we probably should have done better, but I think given the circumstances at the time that was probably, you know, a step forward and I just want to mention the other thing with a typical section that is a part of our consideration, there are two items. One is that we have something called a clear zone, which is a part of our design guidelines that protects a driver who should leave the roadside, that they have a relatively flat clear roadside in order to recover the vehicle. That is built into our typical section and at the higher speeds that is 30 feet and that is a lot of property. We do feel like we want to you know have a goal as the safest road that we can plan for out there and that is one of the safety features of that typical section. The other is you know this idea of you know do we have curb, gutter and storm sewer or a barrow ditch? We kind of jokingly at one meeting changed the name from the barrow ditch to the bio infiltration swell. One of our issues is just trying to capture all of that storm water and it is becoming a greater challenge all the time in finding a place to clean it, drain it, store it and all those things and I guess the feelings of the project team at this time are that that is the most sustainable design that we could do in there. That said -the deal on that is not closed at all, but that is a part of why we are having those ditch sections is to avoid a traditional storm sewer system and something that will help retain water on site to some degree. Thanks. Borton: Thank you, Sue. Anybody else from the public that would like to come forward? Ageretta: Miguel Ageretta, Building Contractor's Association. Mr. President, Madame Mayor. I am sorry I got a little bit late here this evening. I was down at the capital having good wholesome fun today. I just wanted to make a couple very general statements from what I have heard from several of my members. One we all of course appreciate that long term planning that Councilman Zaremba spoke to earlier. We want to look long term and have that good roads, good access management planning. I think along those lines, we also want to make sure that existing commitments, existing planning are also honored and that is - we certainly don't interfere with a development or developers ability to have access to certain projects and that sort of thing. I know one of the other sorts of issues particularly with 20/26 and projects not dissimilar from this is the idea of the right-of-way. Apparently they are just is an area that we can't find a balance to on this -the 200 feet verses 140 foot right-of--way and just again want to make comment that I think it needs to be realistic and I think that what I have heard from the development community, 140 feet is much more realistic and practical for everyone involved. I just want to reiterate that that there is certainly a balance between growth, safety and just being realistic about what the needs Meridian City Council Speci~eting February 27, 2007 Page 12 of 13 truly are. So, again very brief comments. But, thank you and I will stand for any questions. Borton: Thank you, Miguel. Any questions? Any other members of the public that care to provide comment? Okay, we sort of blend into Item No. 4 which is Council discussion and comments session and we sort of blended three and four together. We appreciate the public comment and I think as Mr. Trainer had said at the start, if there are any members of the public that are here now as we go forward that would also like to provide any comments or questions in writing, it sounds like there are some forms here in the back that are available and I believe the COMPASS office can provide those as well to anyone now or in the future who cares to make any comments with regards to the expressway option concepts which have been presented for us today. Council any other questions or comments? Bird: I have none. Zaremba: No, thank you. Borton: I would like to thank Don and Charles for coming and for providing us this information and participated in this open house forum. Zaremba: Mr. President. Borton: Mr. Zaremba. Zaremba: Did Matt want to add anything? Ellsworth: No sir, Mr. President, Councilman Zaremba I am all set. Borton: With that we appreciate the information and that brings us to the end of our special meeting open house. I would entertain a motion to adjourn. Bird: So moved. Zaremba: Second. Borton: It has been moved and seconded to adjourn. All those in favor. THREE AYES. ONE ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 6:47 P.M. (TAPE ON FILE OF THESE PROCEEDINGS) Meridian City Council Spec~eeting February 27, 2007 Page 13 of 13 APPROVED: TA DE RD, MAYOR e\®~'~,~~1111YIBf1p~~®ee ale\\~~ ~ ~~~A~®s~~ °~ ~J ~~j ~~~~ B~~° e '~ ~ i 1 ATT,;~~: ~I LIH~ 9 ~ ;, ~ ~ o~. 3 ~ 20 ~ O 7 DATE APPROVED G. BERG, JRI~CIT'fr' CLERK February 26, 2007 MERIDIAN GITY COUNCIL MEETING February 27, 2007 Special Meeting APPLICANT ITEM NO. 3 REQUEST Presentation by City Planning and COMPASS Staffs on the US 20/26 (Chinden Boulevard) Corridor Study and Corridor Options AGENCY CITY CLERK: CITY ENGINEER: CITY PLANNING DIRECTOR: CITY ATTORNEY CITY POLICE DEPT: CITY FIRE DEPT: CITY BUILDING DEPT: CITY WATER DEPT: CITY SEWER DEPT: CITY PARKS DEPT: MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT: ADA COUNTY HIGHWAY DISTRICT: SANITARY SERVICE COMPANY CENTRAL DISTRICT HEALTH: NAMPA MERIDIAN IRRIGATION: SETTLERS IRRIGATION: IDAHO POWER: US WEST: INTERMOUNTAIN GAS: MERIDIAN POST OFFICE: OTHER: COMMENTS See Attached Findings Contacted: Date: Phone: Emailed: Staff Initials: Materials presented at public meetings shall become property of the City of Meridian. COMPASS COMIdUHITY PIANNlN6 ASSOCIATION of Soutfiwest ~dsho. January 31, 2007 The Honorable Tammy de Weerd City of Meridian 33 E. Idaho Ave Meridian, ID 83642 Re: US 20/26 Corridor Study Recommendations and Local Public Meetings Dear Mayor de Weerd: The US 20/26 Chinden Corridor Study is progressing into a critical phase; one which will determine its future capacity to handle regional traffic. At the January 10, 2007 Corridor Preservation Meeting (CPC), participants reviewed various options to preserve the corridor and manage access. At the conclusion of the meeting, participants wanted to pursue one option. This option would preserve the section between Middleton and Black Cat Roads as a modified expressway with four grade-separated interchanges and at-grade intersections spaced one mile apart in between. On the east and west ends of the corridor, access would be more frequent. The extent of existing development and the difficulty in providing alternative access roads in these locations were issues. The recommendation is preliminary and subject to change. (Attachment 1- Corridor Map) The CPC also supported each local government along the corridor hosting its own public comment opportunity. Members thought that each group of elected officials needed to hear directly from their citizens about the corridor option(s). CPC members will reconvene on March 15, 2007 to share what they learned. (Attachment 2-List of CPC Members). These comment meetings need to be scheduled during February 2007, preferably during or immediately before a regularly scheduled council or commission meeting. This would ensure maximum opportunity for elected official contact. The staff for the Corridor Study will provide display maps, a brief handout, and a PowerPoint presentation should one be desired. Staff can also attend these comment sessions to make a short presentation and respond to questions. The format for the public comment session is at your discretion. Attachment 3 lists some ways it could be presented. We want to get these meetings scheduled as soon as possible so we can release a notice about these opportunities. I also hope that you can publicize this comment session to your citizens. We will be contacting you shortly to assist in any way we can. Thank you. Sincerely, Charles Trainor Director of Planning Attachments - 3 pc: Erv Olen, Parametrix Sue ~an, Idaho Transportation Department Matt sworth, City of Meridian Peggy Gardner, City of Meridian File bl 1.03 CT:dwT:\FY07\600 Projects\611 US 2026\correspondence\de Weerd.doc -- Ex resswa O tion Comment Sheet ~ - p Y p U.S. 20/26 Corridor Preservation Study The Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) and the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) held a public scoping meeting for the U.S. 20/26 Corridor Preservation project in May 2006. Several access management options were presented. The general public voiced strong support for an expressway. The local governments along the corridor would like your input on access management for the U.S. 20/26 corridor-in particular, for an expressway between Middleton Road and Black Cat Road. An expressway option could include future interchanges at several locations along U.S. 20/26. This option will require local governments to adopt policies that restrict access on and off the roadway, and to support building frontage and backage roads that would carry local traffic to and from properties along the corridor. It will also require preserving property at designated intersections. This is an important decision. Your comments will be used by the local governments, ITD and COMPASS to determine the level of support for the expressway option. Please let us know what you like and dislike about this option. Likes: Dislikes: -More on back- Other Comments: Please provide your contact information so that you can be invited to the next public meeting for this project Name: Address: City, State, Zip: E-mail: Thank you for attending tonight's meeting. Please leave this sheet with your comments on the U.S. 20/26 corridor. You may also mail your comments (by March 9, 2007) to: COMPASS, 800 S. Industry Way, Suite 100, Meridian, ID 83642 (fax: 855-2559) V ~I Q O U a ~ Q O C~ N ~ ~ W N J i~ - c m a~i ~3 C y ~ .7~R~ W ~ / ~~ i~ Q~ m o j{' C~7 ~ '; N Q N C O ~F+ U N y L ~ 4; dA C C• U ~ C L c0 O W L .C O. U y y O L y ~ o L ~ ~ ~ ~ O Q) b,0 r; w c ~ •o ~ ~~ ~ ~ U f~ m U i U N m O ~ U -~ N ~ (J7 O -~ 0 r~ c ~ o ~ U ~ Q~ d- 1 N w 40 y V V Q y d V R 3 V c W 1 V~1 40 Q ro a d ro y V V Q y as V C O c9 O C fd ~ O ~ N f0 '~'~ 0 cn O ~~ N N h C L ~ U .~ •w c0 7 ,L - O 7 *j ~-- s 3 s ao '~ ~ L 0 3 ~ ~ •~ •E o C y •~- a0 J C 'C C ~ o w •U tti a°CO~ cC U d c Q.y° s = o c ~ C0 3 ~. "' o ~ - L ~ i0 N d > ~ y ~ m ~ 3 ~ ~ s •~ _ ~ L ~ ~ _ ~ O ~ C ~ ~ fb y L o '~ ~ ~ o w ~ ~ ~ v s C o • `° c =~E~a~.~ c O 3""~..Q o a°'i ~~ a~z~ a a ~~~ ~ °' C -o -~ o L E~°oo°'~? :~~~3.5~ s 3 w ~~ h O •~ C L Z~ .~ tAoa > o H~@ H t ro ~ d a _~ C •~. ~\ ~ a~ o .y C ~+ ~ C' 6 G f0 w OA ,y~~ .L C 4) •~ U p g U`'~ fC ~ ~ ac-~ C~ L c C C~u° L CITY OF MERIDIAN (SPECIAL MEETING) PUBLIC HEARING SIGN-UP SHEET ®ATE February 27, 2007 ITEM # 3 PROJECT NUMBER PRESENTATION BY CITY PLANNING AND COMPASS PROJECT NAME US 20/26 CORRIDOR STUDY/CORRIDOR OPTIONS NAME (PLEASE PRINT) FOR AGAINST NEUTRAL ~~~~~, ~i~ ~~I~e~iclia~ ~it~v ~l~ak ~~6~ CITY OF MERIDIAN (SPECIAL MEETING) PUBLIC HEARING SIGN-UP SHEET ®ATE February 27, 2007 ITEM # 3 PROJECT NUMBER PRESENTATION BY CITY PLANNING AND COMPASS PROJECT NAME US 20/26 CORRIDOR STUDY/CORRIDOR OPTIONS NAME (PLEASE PRINT) I FOR F~~ ~ 7 707 AGAINST I N EUTRAL Cif ®ti ~/L~idia~ City Clerk Office ! • l6'e envision a Treaswe Uadey ~6ere grmliry ofkje ~ eubancedaad evntmnndties ~recony¢stedFry~ ~nd'n~oe, ef}r,~ae, emorl~dg~a~pa~pn aya~m, U S 2 0/2 6 _ 6~~a ,. (Chinden, Front/M rtle, & Broadway ~*'r: US 20/26 is vital to the region because of its role as an WHY THIS CORRIDOR MATTERS ______ alternate to I-84. US 20/26 is second only to I-84 in the amount of regional travel it carries daily and is the longest primary arterial in the two-county region. Since the US 20/26 designation includes large portions of I-84 in eastern Ada County, for the purposes of this plan the focus will be the segment beg~n~ at Broadway Avenue in Ada County and leaving the region 1n Canyon County northwest of Parma,. l:n 2030, the corridor is forecasted to carry over 45,000 trips per day on its busiest segment east of Eagle Road to 10,000 at (lowest traveled segment) north of the City of Parma. The corridor changes character dramatically in its traverse through the region. In Boise, the highway begins as an urban thoroughfare -Broadway Avenue -lined with commercial uses from I-84 to the Broadway Bridge over the Boise Rives. As the Front Street/Myrtle Street couplet through downtown Boise, the road is bordered by Julia Davis Park and various employment azeas, such as the Ada County Courthouse. Further west, the highway becomes Garden City's commercial backbone. From Cloverdale Road to Eagle Road, the highway has been improved to five lanes that serves newer commercial azeas and a large business park. From Eagle Road to I- 84, the road passes through the rapidly developing azeas of North Meridian and northeast Caldwell. The highway is only two lanes yet still functions as an alternate route to I-84 for many Canyon County commuters. Transportation Goals for Communities in Motion Connections: Provide options for safe access and mobility in acost-effective manger for the region. Coordination: Achieve better inter-jurisdictional coordination of transportation and land use planning. Environment: Minimize transportation impacts to people, cultural resources, and the environment Information: Coordinate data gathering and dispense better infom~ation. Recommendations for 20/26 Corridor to meet CIM goals: •: As an alternative to I-84 to many regional travelers, the US 20/26 corridor from I-84 in Canyon County to McDermott (SH 16) or Eagle Road (SH 55) is recommended to be preserved as an expressway. The section between McDermott and Eagle Roads will need review to determine appropriate standards. US 20/26 from I-84 to Eagle Road is recommended to be built as a four- lane arterial with design treatments determined by collaborative Planning among ITD, highway districts and local jurisdictions. West of I-84, US 20/26 will receive operation improvements such as passing lanes and intersection improvements. •b Continued support for the completion of the corridor plan for US 20/26 is seeded. Land use decisions needed to implement the plan: • To reinforce the future land-use pattern, local governments along the corridor aze recommended to focus development in designated growth areas. :• Land-use decisions need to ensure access to the US 20/26 corridor is consistent with the standards of the Idaho Transportation Department Corridor Prioritization Score -- --West - -East Cost in Millions n.a. $202.9 $ per VMT 5 3 Time Total Savings 1 5 Connections 1 1 Regionality 3 4 ' Growth Area 2 5 ' I ' % of Growth (2x) 2 4 Transit (2x) 4 4 j Total Score 24 34 i West -Parma to Exit 25 at I-li4 I East -Exit 29 at I-84 to Eagle Road i i' Each corridor was rated 1-5, with 5 being ' the highest score. Transit and % of Growth scores were weighted double and the results were then totaled. The lowest score was 13 and the highest was 39. • 1~'e eavlsian a Tsensrsre VaCleq where r/uality ojlijeit enbancedaadcaraaiunrtdes are ~nneued bgan mnmea~ve, ~ ma~LmoAal trmuport~mt s~stebe. - -- - -- ~r ~_ ~' M f U S 2 0/2 6 ~~: ~ ~ ~ ~~.~. (Ch i nden, Front/M rtl e, & B roadway ~`~'.~~~: US 20/26 is vital to the re ion because of its role as an alternate to I- L -_- g 84. WHY THIS CORRIDOR MATTERS US 20/26 is second only to I-84 in the amount of regional travel it carries daily and is the longest pnmazy arterial in the two-county region. Since the US 20/26 designation includes large portions of I-84 in eastern Ada County, for the purposes of this plan the focus will be the segment beginning at Broadway Avenue in Ada County and leaving the region in Canyon County northwest of Parma. In 2030, the corridor is forecasted to carry over 45,000 trips per day on its busiest segment east of Eagle Road to 10,000 at (lowest traveled segment) north of the City of Parma. The corridor changes character dramatically in its teaverse through the region. In Boise, the highway begins as an urban thoroughfare -Broadway Avenue -lined with commercial uses from I-84 to the Broadway Bridge over the Boise River. As the Front Street/Myrtle Street couplet through downtown Boise, the road is bordered by Julia Davis Park and various employment azeas, such as the Ada County Courthouse. Further west, the highway becomes Garden City's commercial backbone. From Cloverdale Road to Eagle Road, the highway has been improved to five lanes that serves newer commercial azeas and a large business park. From Eagle Road to I- 84, the road passes through the rapidly developing azeas of North Meridian and northeast Caldwell The highway is only two lanes yet still functions as an alternate route to I-84 for many Canyon County commuters. Transportation Goals for Communities in Motion Connections: Provide options for safe access and mobility is acost-effective manner for the region. Coordination: Achieve better inter-jurisdictional coordination of transportation and ]and use planning. Environment: Minimize transportation impacts to people, cultural resources, and the environment. Information: Coordinaxe data gathering and dispense better information. Recommendations for 20/26 Corridor to meet CIM goals: o• As an alternative to I-i# to many regional travelers, the US 20/26 corridor from I-84 in Canyon County to McDermott (SH 16) or Eagle Road (SH 55) is recommended to be preserved as an expressway. The section between McDermott and Eagle Roads will need review to determine appropriate standards. US 20/26 from I-84 to Eagle Road is recommended to be built as a four- lane arterial with design treatments determined by collaborative planning among ITD, highway districts and local jurisdictions. West of I-84, US 20/26 will receive operation improvements such as passing lases and intersection improvements. •: Continued support for the completion of the corridor plan for US 20/26 is needed. Land use decisions needed to implement the plan: • To reinforce the future laced-use pattern, local governments along the corridor are recommended to focus development in designated growth areas. :• Land-use decisions need to ensure access to the US 20/26 corridor is consistent with the standards of the Idaho Transportation Department. Corridor Prioritization Score ~ West East__-; Cost in Millions $ per VMT n.a. $202.9 ~ 5 3 j Time Total Savings 1 5 - Connections 1 1 -j Reoinnality ~ d Growth Area 2 5 ,' of Growth (2x) 2 4 Transit (2x) 4 4 j Total Score 24 34 I West -Parma to Exit 25 at I-84 East -Exit 29 at I-84 to Eagle Road I Each corridor was rated 1-5, with 5 being the highest score. Transit and % of Growth scores were weighted double and ' the results were then totaled. The lowest score was 13 and the highest was 39. Expresswa O tion Comment Sheet ~ _-' Y p U.S. 20/26 Corridor Preservation Study The Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) and the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) held a public scoping meeting for the U.S. 20/26 Corridor Preservation project in May 2006. Several access management options were presented. The general public voiced strong support for an expressway. The local governments along the corridor would like your input on access management for the U.S. 20126 corridor-in particular, for an expressway between Middleton Road and Black Cat Road. An expressway option could include future interchanges at several locations along U.S. 20/26. This option will require local governments to adopt policies that restrict access on and off the roadway, and to support building frontage and backage roads that would carry local traffic to and from properties along the corridor. It will also require preserving property at designated intersections. This is an important decision. Your comments will be used by the local governments, ITD and COMPASS to determine the level of support for the expressway option. Please let us know what you like and dislike about this option. Likes: Dislikes: More on back- Other Comments• Please provide your contact information so that you can be invited to the next ublic meeting for this project Naine: Address: City, State, Zip: E-mail: Thank you for attending tonight's meeting. Please leave this sheet with your comments on the U.S. 20/26 corridor. You may also mail your comments (by March 9, 2007) to: COMPASS, 800 S. Industry Way, Suite 100, Meridian, ID 83642 (fax: 855-2559) -- - -- J ~. - -- US 20/26 Local Public Hears • Page 1 of 2 Will Berg From: Tammy de Weerd Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 6:16 PM To: Matthew Ellsworth Cc: Joe Borton; Anna Canning; Will Berg; Peter Friedman; Shelly Houston Subject: RE: US 20/26 Local Public Hearings seems reasonable. From: Matthew Ellsworth Sent: Thu 2/1/2007 8:45 AM To: Tammy de Weerd Cc: Joe Borton; Anna Canning; Will Berg; Peter Friedman; Shelly Houston Subject: RE: US 20/26 Local Public Hearings Mayor de Weerd, At the January 10 Corridor Preservation Committee (CPC) meeting the committee did not give Parametrix the nod to proceed with conceptual design of the corridor. Instead, the committee decided to first present the likely alternative to the public at the local level; each entity will conduct a public meeting with optional support from COMPASS staff to gauge public opinion about the proposed alternative. COMPASS will provide materials for the meeting. There was some confusion as to whether these local-level meetings will occur in addition to or instead of the broader public information meeting proposed by COMPASS and Parametrix. I spoke to Charles Trainor this morning and as it turns out the local-level meetings will occur in addition to the COMPASS open house. They hope to conduct local-level meetings before the next Corridor Preservation Committee meeting, which is scheduled in March. If it seems reasonable to you then I will work with Will Berg and Councilman Borton to schedule this as aPre-Council open house/work session sometime in February. Thank you for your time, Matt Ellsworth Associate City Planner Meridian Planning Department 660 E. Watertower, Suite 202 Meridian, ID 83642 208.884.5533 From: Peter Friedman Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 7:44 AM To: Will Berg Cc: Tammy de Weerd; Joe Borton; Anna Canning; Matthew Ellsworth Subject: FW: US 20/26 Local Public Hearings Importance: High Will, Matt Ellsworth will be contacting you and Joe to schedule a briefing and public comment meeting. Perhaps we could do at apre-council meeting sometime this month. 2/1/2007 ' US 20/26 Local Public He s • Page 2 of 2 Thanks Pete Pete Friedman, AICP Comprehensive Planning Manager City of Meridian Planning Dept. 660 E. Watertower, Suite 202 Meridian, ID 83642 208.884.5533 From: Tammy de Weerd Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 5:39 PM To: Peter Friedman; Charlie Rountree; Will Berg Cc: Anna Canning Subject: FW: US 20/26 Local Public Hearings Importance: High I was not aware of this. Has someone been working on coordination? Please let me know, so we can reply. From: Diane Wilton [mailto:dwilton@compassidaho.org] Sent: Wed 1/31/2007 1:49 PM To: Tammy de Weerd; Peggy Gardner Cc: Diane Wilton Subject: US 20/26 Local Public Hearings Attached is the letter regarding the local public hearings discussed at the recent CPC meeting. The original letter with the attachments was mailed to you today. Please let Charles Trainor know the date you plan to hold your meeting as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact Charles Trainor at 855-2558 Ex. 232. Thank you, Diane Wilton Admin Assistant COMPASS 855-2558 Ex. 222 2/1/2007 i ' het-~~''~ Expressway Option Comment S e U.S. 20/26 Corridor Preservation Study The Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) and the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) held a public scoping meeting for the U.S. 20/26 Corridor Preservation project in May 2006. Several access management options were presented. The general public voiced strong support for an expressway. The local governments along the corridor-would like your input on access management for the U.S. 20/26 corridor-in particular, for an expressway between Middleton Road and Black Cat Road. An expressway option could include future interchanges at several locations along U.S. 20/26. This option will require local governments to adopt policies that restrict access on and off the roadway, and to support building frontage and backage roads that would carry local traffic to and from properties along the corridor. It will also require preserving property at designated intersections. This is an important decision. Your comments will be used by the local governments, ITD and COMPASS to determine the level of support for the expressway option. Please let us know what you like and dislike about this option. Likes: Dislikes: More on back- -.- - - ~ _ Other Comments• Please provide your contact information so that you can be invited to the next public meeting for this project Name: Address: City, State, Zip• E-mail: Thank you for attending tonight's meeting. Please leave this sheet with your comments on the U.S. 20/26 corridor. You may also mail your comments (by March 9, 2007) to: COMPASS, 800 S. Industry Way, Suite 100, Meridian, ID 83642 (fax: 855-2559) ;. __ -- February 26, 2007 MERIDIAN CITY COUNCIL MEETING February 27, 2007 Special Meeting APPLICANT ITEM NO. 4 REQUEST City Council Discussion and Comments Session AGENCY CITY CLERK: CITY ENGINEER: CITY PLANNING DIRECTOR: CITY ATTORNEY CITY POLICE DEPT: CITY FIRE DEPT: CITY BUILDING DEPT: CITY WATER DEPT: CITY SEWER DEPT: CITY PARKS DEPT: MERIDIAN SCHOOL DISTRICT: ADA COUNTY HIGHWAY DISTRICT: SANITARY SERVICE COMPANY CENTRAL DISTRICT HEALTH: NAMPA MERIDIAN IRRIGATION: SETTLERS IRRIGATION: IDAHO POWER: US WEST: INTERMOUNTAIN GAS: MERIDIAN POST OFFICE: COMMENTS OTHER: Contacted: Date: Phone: Emailed: Staff Initials: Materials presented at pubNc meetings shall become property of the CHy of Meridian.