2016 07-18Meeting Minutes
Meridian Transportation Commission
July 18th, 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 Tracy Hopkins
x Ryan Lancaster
x Stephen Lewis
x David Ballard
x Brent Knezacek
x Bryan Leisle
x Ryan Hall
x Jack McGee
Lance Baumgartner (via
A phone)
x Mark Wasdahl (ex -officio)
Others Present: Caleb Hood, Ted Baird
2. Adoption of the Agenda
x Luke Cavener (ex -officio)
x Shawn Martin (ex -officio)
p Toni Tisdale (ex -officio)
x Tod Morris (ex -officio)
x Miranda Carson (ex -officio)
Motion by Commissioner Ballard, second by Commissioner Lewis — all ayes — motion carried.
3. Welcome and Introduction of Commissioner Knezacek
Commissioner Knezacek (Ken -saw -Chuck) gave a brief history of himself.
4. Approval of Minutes from June 6th, 2016 Meeting
Commissioner Lewis requested two corrections of Item 3 of the June 6th meeting minutes.
Correction to the date of the meeting minutes for May, should be May 2"d, and the description
should say adopt minutes not adopted minutes. Motion by Commissioner Ballard to adopted
the corrected May 2nd meeting minutes as requested, second by Commissioner Lewis — all ayes
— motion carried.
(Ex -Officio Tisdale joined the meeting.)
S. Old Business Items
a. Chateau Traffic Calming (C. Hood)
Mr. Hood noted no new updates regarding this iem; this is a place holder and will be
discussed during the August meeting.
b. Records Ave./Village Drive Crosswalk (C. Hood/Shawn Martin)
Mr. Hood encouraged the Commission to visit the area and review the
improvements, which were jointly funded by MDC and the City and
provide feedback. The project came in a little under budget, around
$23,000.
iii. ACHD Capital Improvement Plan, also on page 7 — Mr. Hood reminded
the Commission that the public comment and review period for this item
is open if anyone wishes to provide comment.
iv. ITD 2017 — 2021 ITIP - item on page 8, Mr. Wasdahl will further speak to
this item later. The public comment period is open through the end of
July.
6. New Business Items
a. Meridian Police Department Status Report (Sgt. Stacy Arnold)
Sgt. Arnold was not present to update the commission, keep as a standing agenda item
for future updates. Mr. Hood will touch base with him and remind him of the next
meeting.
b. Parking Issue at Paramount/Rocky Mountain High School (C. Hood)
Mr. Hood began the update by showing a Google Map of the area and briefly described
the issue of ingress/egress access by the developer from the micro -path and residents
due to high school kids parking and blocking access. Mr. Hood invited the developer to
attend as well as spoke to law enforcement. This is a similar situation like Mountain
View HS. A possible solution could be to have restricted no parking signage, (i.e. No
Parking M -F between certain hours) rather than closing the pedestrian access point. Mr.
Hood opened the topic for discussion. Questions were asked and answered, by Mr.
Hood and Ms. Carson, including the possibility of ACHD restricting parking in front of
the vacant lot so it can be built upon. Mr. Hood will follow up with the developer on
the issue and encourage the developer to work with the school and/or the
homeowners/HOA if the solution was No Parking signage. Ms. Carson is working on
this issue from the school district prospective, but it is a big issue with no clear solution.
c. 2017-20121 ITD Idaho Transportation Improvement Program (M. Wasdahl)
Mr. Wasdahl began his update with mention that [TIP comments are only being
accepted from July I5t - 30th not July 3 1St. He then reviewed the ITIP, how to find the
information via the ITD homepage; navigate through the tool and key project
information. Mr. Wasdahl mentioned that starting in August the CenterCal project
would begin. Mr. Hood added that the Meridian projects, Rail with Trail through
downtown and the 5 mile creek segment D from Black Cat to Ten Mile are two TAP
pathway projects and are listed in the transportation memo in the packet. Caleb also
reviewed the railroad crossing project improvement south of Pine. Mr. Wasdahl pointed
out that COMPASS would be having a transportation open house on August 25th and
some of these projects would be reviewed there, from the COMPASS perspective. Mr.
Motion by Commissioner Lewis to support the request that Meridian City Council
request from ACHD a study of the Magic View area, second by Commissioner McGee —
all ayes - motion passed.
f. Staff Communications (memo attached; C. Hood)
Mr. Hood directed the Commission to review pages I I & 12 of the packet and to read
page 12 before 11. Mr. Hood spoke with Sgt. Arnold regarding the issue and ask if
there is anything this Commission needs to act upon.
7. 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. COMPASS TIP Update
8. Next Meeting Date: August 15, 2016
9. Adjourn
Motion by Commissioner Lewis and second by Commissioner McGee to adjourn — all ayes
— motion carried.
Meeting adjourned at 5:55 p.m.
(AUDIO RECORDING AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST)
APPROVED:
TRA Y HOPKINS, CHAIR
ATTEST:
Nac ` k::'t A
o `0;tP;t un A
,G
ti
9,1"),
DATE
City
� irrnwn ,�
r
SF -AL �4
1 °�lhe T9L1S R6
E