2016 06-06Meeting Minutes
Meridian Transportation Commission
June 6th, 2016
Council Chambers — Meridian City Hall • 33 East Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho
1. Roll Call
(Meeting called to order at 3:30 pm and Roll taken)
X Ryan Lancaster
X Bryan Leisle
o Vacant
X Ryan Hall
X Stephen Lewis
X Jack McGee
X David Ballard
o Lance Baumgartner
X Tracy Hopkins
X Mark Wasdahl (ex -officio)
Others Present: Ted
Baird and Caleb Hood
2. Adoption of the Agenda
X Luke Cavener (ex -officio)
X Shawn Martin (ex -officio)
X Toni Tisdale (ex -officio)
X Tod Morris (ex -officio)
p Miranda Carson (ex -officio)
Motion by Commissioner Ballard, second by Commissioner McGee — all ayes — motion carried.
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3. Approval of Minutes from Ate, 2016 Meeting
Caleb mentioned that Sgt. Arnold was absent during the May meeting and the minutes needed
to be updated accordingly. Motion by Commissioner Lancaster to adopted minutes, second by
Commissioner Ballard — all ayes — motion carried.
4. Old Business Items
a. Chateau Traffic Calming (C. Hood/S. Martin)
Caleb told the Commission that ACHD was still gathering data and that this topic would most
likely be discussed during the August meeting, after ACHD has a chance to acquire and analyze
data.
b. Records Ave./Village Drive Crosswalk (C. Hood/S. Martin)
Caleb explained to the Commission that ACHD was looking into this request, for a crosswalk
at this location, and they should be able to provide a status update at the next (July) meeting.
c. Main St./King St. Crosswallc Enhancement (C. Hood)
Caleb explained that Shawn Martin believes the Main/King crosswalk is already part of a capital
project at ACHD.
d. Master Mobility Map (C. Hood)
Caleb summarized the discussion and direction given to staff by the Commission last month and
that staff is looking into stacking layers of data that can be turned off/on. Staff is also looking at
adding land use as a layer, freight corridors, as well as bike lanes and sidewalks. Caleb went
through the ACHD Transportation and Land Use Integration (TLIP) documents using ACHD's
website and explained how those can relate to a Master Mobility Map (MMM). He further
explained the Livable Street Design Guide, the Master Street Map and Boise's TAP Plan. More
information on Boise's TAP Plan was requested.
e. Transportation Projects Update (C. Hood)
Mr. Hood provided a brief update based on the memo that began on page 6 of the packet. New
information was provided in BOLD. Projects verbally highlighted included: Franklin, Black Cat
to Ten Mile Road; Ustick Corridor; Black Cat, Moonlake to Ustick; SH -55 (Eagle Road) — design
is complete and warrants are met so CenterCal will move forward with construction in 2016;
and the Eagle Road Adaptive Traffic Signals project.
5. New Business Items
a. Meridian Police Department Status Report (Sgt. Stacy Arnold)
Sgt. Arnold was not present.
b. Eagle Road Bike/Ped Project Development (S. Lewis/Tom Laws)
Tom Laws, COMPASS Associate Planner, and Stephen Lewis, Keller Associates explained that
COMPASS and Keller, in coordination with the cities of Boise and Meridian, have been
evaluating the bike/ped system along the Eagle Road corridor between Chinden and Overland.
Tom explained that the segment evaluation was recently completed and shared the results with
the TC. Stephen explained the methodology used and stood for questions from the
Commission.
c. 2016 ACHD Capital Improvements Plan (C. Hood)
Caleb provided a handout and a verbal update on the status of ACHD's Capital Improvements
Plan.
d. Staff Communications (C. Hood)
Caleb called the Commissions attention to the memo in the packet regarding correspondences
since the May meeting.
e. Summer 2016 Meeting Schedule (C. Hood)
The Commission decided to adjust the summer 2016 meeting schedule so that meetings will be
held on July 18th, August 15th and September 12th
6. Future Meeting Topics
a. Eagle Road Speed Limit Update
b. Meridian Road Speed Study
c. VRT Transit 101
d. US 20/26 Corridor Study
e. ITD 2017-2021 [TIP
The Commission added to the Future Meeting Topics: 1) Paramount/Rocky Mountain High
School pathway connection and parking problem; 2) COMPASS TIP Update (August), and 3)
Valley Regional Transit Lifestyle Transit Service. Tod Morris with VRT explained a little bit of
information about the Lifestyle Service.
7. Next Meeting Date: The next meeting date was set for July 18, 2016
8. Adjourn
Motion by Commissioner Lewis and second by Commissioner Ballard to adjourn — all ayes —
motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 5:25 p.m.
(AUDIO RECORDING NOT AVAILABLE)
APPROVED:
TRACY HOPKINS, CHAIR
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