2019 10-7T RANS PORTAT ION COMMIS S ION
RE G UL AR M E E T ING AG E ND A
M onday, October 7, 2019 at 3:30 P M
City Council C hambers 33 E ast Broadway Avenue M eridian, Idaho
1.Roll-C all:
_____ David B allard _____ Michael Venard
_____ David Mc K inney _____ L uke Cavener (ex-of f icio)
_____ Ryan L ancaster _____ Shawn Martin (ex-of f icio)
_____ Ryan Hall _____ Toni Tisdale (ex-of f icio)
_____ Tracy Hopkins _____ I an Updike (ex-officio)
_____ S tephen L ewis _____ A lissa Taysom (ex-of f icio)
_____ B ryan L eisle _____ J ustin P rice (ex-officio)
_____ Tom L eClaire
2.Adoption of the Agenda
3.Approval of M inutes
a.August 5th, 2019 M inutes
b.S eptember 9th, 2019 M inutes
4.Old B usiness Items
a.Transportation P rojects Update
Caleb Hood 10 minutes
5.New Business Items
a.M eridian P olice D epartment Update
10 minutes
b.Hands-Free D riving O rdinance D iscussion
S gt. B randon F rasier 15 minutes
c.Comprehensive P lan Update
Caleb Hood 10 Minutes
d.S taff Communications
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Caleb Hood 5 minutes
6.F uture M eeting Topics
a.M ain/King C rosswalk
b.S H-69 T raffic S tudy (November)
c.Fixed-Route T ransit
7.Next M eeting D ate November 4th, 2019
8.Adjourn
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Meeting Minutes
Meridian Transportation Commission
October 7, 2019
Council Chambers — Meridian City Hall • 33 East Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho
1. Roll Call
(Meeting called to order at 3:33 p.m.; You Tube started and roll taken)
X David Ballard
X Stephen Lewis
X Shawn Martin (ex -officio)
p David McKinney
X Bryan Leisle
X Toni Tisdale (ex -officio)
X Ryan Lancaster
X Tom LeClaire
X Ian Updike (ex -officio)
X Ryan Hall
p Michael Venard
X Alissa Taysom (ex -officio)
X Tracy Hopkins
p Luke Cavener (ex -officio)
X Justin Price (ex -officio)
Others Present: Stephen Hunt, Ted Baird, Sgt. Brandon Frasier, and Caleb Hood
2. Adoption of the Agenda
Chairman Ballard asked for agenda changes or a motion to adopt. A motion to adopt the
agenda was made by Commission Hopkins; second by Commissioner Lewis — all ayes — motion
carried.
3. Approval of Minutes
a. August 5t", 2019 Minutes
b. September 91", 2019 Minutes
Chairman Ballard asked for any corrections to the August 5th minutes and the September 91h,
2019 minutes; 2 typographical error were noted for the August 5th meeting. Commissioner
Lewis motioned to approve the August 51h minutes with the noted changes of "live" to "lives"
and "saver" to "safer", and the September 91h minutes; second by Commissioner Hopkins — all
ayes - motion carried.
4. Old Business Items
a. Transportation Projects Update (memo attached; C. Hood)
Mr. Hood noted that this item begins on page 14 of the packet and that all new information is
in BOLD in the memo. He further stated that he would not read all of the updates, but would
highlight a few.
Mr. Hood highlighted the Meridian Road, Cherry to Ustick project and the utility relocations
that are underway. He also noted that the Linder Road, Franklin to Pine project will start later
in October, including the railroad crossing and hopefully will be completed within the next year.
Mr. Hood jumped to page 15 and touched on Ten Mile Road, Ustick to McMillan project
beginning later this fall.
Mr. Hood also highlighted the Locust Grove Road, Victory to Overland project and the public
engagement meeting that ACHD hosted on 9/10/19. The neighbors expressed some concerns
about a five -lane roadway and the impact to the surrounding neighborhoods. Mr. Hood and
others will highlight the concerns to the City Council at 10/8/19 meeting, including the impact
to subdivision landscape buffers, and pedestrian and bicycle traffic. Additional information can
be found on the ACHD's project website.
Mr. Hood moved onto page 18 with the SH -16, 1-84 to Orchard project update. This topic has
been on the agenda as a future meeting topic for some time. Mr. Hood will coordinate with Mr.
Wasdahl and Mr. Price for a future update presentation to the Commission. Mr. Hood also
highlighted that there will be a project team meeting tomorrow. Additionally, Mr. Hood noted
that Six Mile Engineering is looking at 2040 traffic volumes on SH69 and analyzing scenarios and
options for a corridor plan.
Mr. Hood concluded with a brief update on transit on page 19. Mr. Hood invited Mr. Hunt to
speak on the grant that was awarded to VRT for electric busses, as well as an overall project
update. Transit will be a regular agenda item either every month or every other month to
engage the Commission in discussion on the future state of transit routes. Mr. Hood turned the
floor over to Mr. Hunt to share further information.
Mr. Hunt shared that Ms. Allisa Taysom will be spearheading the VRT Committee for getting
transit services extended into Meridian. Mr. Hunt also shared that VRT was successful at
securing a grant for eight electric vehicles (six replacement for ADA County and two additional
for expanded service). The fleet upgrade, inclusive of the two addition buses, was needed to
extend service into Meridian, especially during peak hours. Mr. Hunt asked Ms. Taysom to
share some additional background information and next steps inclusive of the areas of Ten Mile
and Kleiner Park.
Ms. Taysom updated the Commission regarding the scheduling, routing, shelters and
engagement with stakeholders and the community, etc.
Chairman Ballard opened the floor for discussion. Robust discussion took place regarding
transit as well as questions and answers provided by Mr. Hunt, Ms. Taysom and Mr. Hood.
Mr. Hood concluded his update with two final updates. Mr. Hood mentioned that ACHD's
Integrated Five -Year Work Plan was adopted on September 25. Further information can be
found on ACHD's website (the link is provided in the packet). Mr. Hood closed the loop on air
compression brakes and mentioned the draft ordinance which will be heard by Council during
the October 15th City Council Meeting.
Chairman Ballard opened the floor for discussion, a robust discussion took place. Additional
clarity was requested from the Commission around terminology and wording of the air
compression brake ordinance and if it serves a purpose.
Commissioner Lancaster motioned that the Transportation Commission recommend to City
Council not to approve the ordinance as written for the following reasons: lack of clarity in
terminology and purpose of the ordinance and enforceability is not clear. Second by
Commission LeClaire - 5 -ayes, 2 -nays - motion passed.
Prior to moving into New Business, Chairman Ballard welcomed Ms. Taysom to the
Commission and asked her to give a brief introduction.
Ms. Taysom is a local resident and BSU graduate, with a Political Science degree and Master's
Degree in Community and Regional Planning. She recently moved back from Bozeman, MT and
has been with VRT for approximately a month.
S. New Business Items
a. Meridian Police Department Update (Sgt. Frasier)
Sgt. Frasier addressed the Commission and gave a brief introduction. Sgt. Frasier has been with
the MPD since 2007 and overall in law enforcement for approximately 15 years. He took over
as the PD Liaison for Sgt. Arnold and has a specialty in impaired driving and several contacts in
other traffic related agencies. Sgt. Frasier has lead several teams and has an interest in fixing
problems and workflows that help the community operate more efficiently.
b. Hands -Free Driving Ordinance. (Sgt. Frasier)
Sgt. Frasier 41dthe Commission that ttU Hands -Free Driving Ordinance hearing was
postponed to October 8`h and gave a brief overview of the ordinance. Chief Lavey will be at the
October 8`h Council meeting for the first reading of the ordinance. Sgt. Frasier extended Chief
Lavey's invitation to the Commission to attend the Council meeting and share any comments
or feedback, before or after that meeting, in person, or to send them in writing to the Council
and/or Chief Lavey. Sgt. Frasier stood for questions. Chairman Ballard opened the floor for
discussion which took place.
c. Comprehensive Plan Update (C. Hood)
Mr. Hood directed the Commission to page 23 of the packet and the memo containing detailed
information outlining the entire process of the Comprehensive Plan. An application has been
submitted for the Planning & Zoning Commission and City Council consideration. The first
hearing is scheduled at P&Z for October 17`h. If the plan is approved at P&Z it will be submitted
to City Council for review during mid-November. Mr. Hood stood for questions.
Chairman Ballard opened the floor for discussion and questions. Chairman Ballard thanked Mr.
Hood, for the opportunity to be involved and with the subcommittees and learn more about
the City.
d. Staff Communications (memo attached; C. Hood)
Mr. Hood provided a high-level review of the Staff Communications memo which begins on
page 31 of the packet. There are several updates, but not all will be reviewed. Mr. Hood began
with a brief follow-up on the school zone committee and the speed zone in front of Rocicy
Mountain High School and the school zone flasher location. ACHD sent a message to Mr. Hood
informing him that their analysis supports the current location.
Mr. Hood also highlighted some parking issue concerns on Goddard Creek north of McMillan.
ACHD conducted a study and found no issues with parked cars.
Mr. Hood stood for questions. Chairman Ballard opened the floor for discussion, none took
place.
6. Future Meeting Topics
Chairman Ballard opened the item and reviewed the Future Meeting Topics. Mr. Hood
requested that a Master Mobility Map item be added.
a. Main/King Crosswalk
b. SH -69 Traffic Study (October)
c. Fixed Route Transit
d. Master Mobility Map
No further discussion was had and Chairman Ballard noted the next meeting date, of
November 4th and called for a motion to adjourn.
7. Next Meeting Date: November 4th, 2019
8. Adjourn
A motion by Commissioner Hopkins to adjourn; second by Commissioner Hall.
Meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.
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C ommission A genda I tem - 4.a.
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Estimated Time f or P resentation: 10 minutes
Title of I tem - T ransportation P rojects Update
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4a. Transportation Projects Update
Memo
To: Meridian Transportation Commission
From: Caleb Hood, Planning Division Manager
Date: 10/1/2019
Re: October Transportation Projects Update
Below is a summary/update on some of the transportation and roadway projects City
Staff has been involved with recently. This is not an exhaustive list, but rather highlights
some of the more important activities that have recently transpired (or are about to
occur) in the transportation realm. Staff will be at the October meeting to discuss some
of these topics in more detail. Please feel free to contact staff should you have any
comments, concerns, or questions on any of these projects. New information is in bold .
KEY ACHD PROJECTS:
E. 3 rd Street Extension: When ACHD adopted the 2014-2018 Integrated Five Year Work
Plan, E. 3 rd Street, from Carlton to Fairview, was listed as a project in the Economic
Development Program. This project was split into two phases by ACHD – north (phase
2) and south (phase 1) of Carlton. In the adopted ACHD IFYWP, phase 1, between
Franklin and Carlton, is in PD.
Meridian Road, Cherry to Ustick: Project includes widening Meridian Road to 5 lanes
with curb, gutter, sidewalk and bike lanes. Design is underway. Construction is planned
for 2020 in both the ACHD adopted IFYWP at a cost of $4.4M. Bid opening was on
September 25 th ; 8 bids were submitted. The apparent low bidder is Central Paving
at $5.5M. Bid award is planned for October 16 th . Utility relocates are underway.
Here is the project website: http://achdidaho.org/Projects/proj_road_meridian-road-
cherry-lane-to-ustick-road.aspx
Linder Road, Franklin to Pine: Project includes the widening of Linder Road to 5 lanes
with curb, gutter, sidewalk and bike lanes. Project includes upgrade of the railroad
crossing and a safe routes to school request; attached sidewalks are being designed.
Construction is planned for 2020 to correspond with the upgraded railroad crossing ITD
plans to do that year. Cost of $ 2.2M. On 90-day bid list. Notice to proceed is anticipated
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in October 2019. Here is the project website:
http://achdidaho.org/Projects/proj_road_linder-road-pine-avenue-to-franklin-road.aspx
Linder Road, Ustick to McMillan: Widen Linder to 5 lanes with curb, gutter, sidewalk and
bike lanes. Construction is planned for 2019 in the IFYWP at a cost of $3.5M. Based on
comments, pedestrian signal at Monument Drive may eventually become full signal.
Idaho Materials and Construction is the contractor at $3.55M. Notice to proceed date:
February 21, 2019. Project between Ustick and McMillan is substantially complete.
Here is the project website: http://achdidaho.org/Projects/proj_road_linder-road-ustick-
road-to-mcmillan-road.aspx
Linder Road, Cayuse Creek Drive to Chinden: Widen the remaining portions of Linder to
5 lanes with curb, gutter, sidewalk and bike lanes. Construction was planned for 2020 at
a cost of $653,000. Idaho Materials and Construction is the contractor at $3.55M. Notice
to proceed date: February 21, 2019. Asphalt paving between McMillan and Chinden
is complete. Minor work remains, including sidewalk and landscape repair.
Project should be complete in October. Here is the project website:
http://achdidaho.org/Projects/proj_road_linder-road-cayuse-creek-to-chiinden-
boulevard.aspx
Ten Mile Road, McMillan to Chinden: Widen Ten Mile to 5 lanes with curb, gutter,
sidewalk and bike lanes. Design will be done with in-house, ACHD resources, beginning
in 2018. Right-of-way acquisition is in 2020 and construction is planned for 2022 in the
adopted 2018-2022 IFYWP with a cost of $3.5M. Project is planned for construction in
2020, to correspond with the Costco project. Notice to proceed date: November 14,
2019. Costco may want to advance this project sooner. Here is the project website:
http://achdidaho.org/Projects/proj_road_ten-mile-road-mcmillan-road-to-chinden-
boulevard.aspx
Ten Mile Road, Ustick to McMillan: Widen Ten Mile to 5 lanes with curb, gutter,
sidewalk and bike lanes. Project includes 2 bridges. Design is in 2018, right-of-way
acquisition in 2019, and construction is planned for 2020 in the adopted IFYWP with a
cost of $5.5M., to correspond with the Costco project. Notice to proceed is anticipated in
October. Here is the project website: http://achdidaho.org/Projects/proj_road_ten-mile-
road-ustick-road-to-mcmillan-road.aspx
Eagle Road, Amity to Victory: Widen Eagle to 5 lanes with curb, gutter, sidewalk and
bike lanes. Design will be done with in-house, ACHD resources. Construction is planned
for 2021 in the IFYWP. Here is the project website:
http://achdidaho.org/Projects/proj_road_eagle-road-amity-road-to-victory-road.aspx
Eagle Road/Amity Roundabout: ACHD has entered into a Cooperative Development
Agreement (CDA) with Albertsons to reconstruct the Eagle/Amity Roundabout (RAB).
These improvements include full improvements, curb, gutter, and sidewalk on their
frontages of both roads in addition in re-building the RAB with two-lanes on each leg.
NOTE: There is insufficient right-of-way on Amity west of Eagle to allow the striping of
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the bike lane on the north side of the road, so it will only be the two travel lanes
westbound, the center turn lane, and one eastbound travel lane until ACHD can
program a project there in the future and widen to the south. The west side of Eagle
Road will be fully improved including the bike lane.
Eagle Road, Lake Hazel to Amity: Widen Eagle to 5 lanes with curb, gutter, sidewalk
and bike lanes. Design will be done in 2022. Construction is in PD in the adopted
IFYWP with a cost of $3.4M.
Lake Hazel and Eagle Signal: Widen and signalize intersection to 4/5 lanes on Eagle
and 3/5 lanes on Lake Hazel. Design is planned for 2021, right-of-way in 2022, and
construction in 2023 in the IFYWP.
Lake Hazel Road, Eagle to Cloverdale: Widen Lake Hazel to 5 lanes with curb, gutter,
sidewalk and bike lanes. Design will be done in 2023. Construction is in PD in the
adopted IFYWP with a total cost of $2.3M.
Locust Grove Road, Victory to Overland: Widen Locust Grove to 5 lanes with curb,
gutter, sidewalk and bike lanes. Design is planned for 2019, right-of-way in 2021 and
construction in 2022 in the IFYWP with a cost of $4.07M. PIM held 9/10/2019. The 50%
plans will be shared with Council on October 8 th . There is some concerns about
the cross-section and impacts to neighborhoods.
Locust Grove Road, Fairview to Ustick: Widen Locust Grove to 5 lanes with curb, gutter,
sidewalk and bike lanes. Design will be done in 2023 ($365K); construction is in PD in
the adopted IFYWP with a cost of $3.9M ($4.56M total cost).
Fairview/Locust Grove Signal: Widen intersection to 8 lanes on Fairview and 7 lanes on
Locust Grove, including curb, gutter, sidewalk and bike lanes. Design in 2020, right-of-
way acquisition in 2021-22, and construction in 2023 in adopted IFYWP with a cost of
$4.26M. Project kick-off meeting forthcoming; moving into design.
Overland and Eagle Signal: Widen intersection to 7 lanes on Eagle and 9 on Overland.
Project to be done in coordination with ITD. All phases shown as Unfunded in the
IFYWP at a cost of $8.16M.
Victory/Locust Grove Roundabout: Construct a multi-lane roundabout. Design is in
2019, right-of-way acquisition in 2020, and construction is planned for 2021 in the
adopted 2018-2022 IFYWP with a cost of $4.1M.
Ten Mile/Amity Intersection: A dual-lane roundabout will be the ultimate build-out
condition of the intersection. Initially though, a single-lane roundabout will be
constructed; designed for easy expansion to a dual-lane. This project is shown for
construction in 2022 in the adopted IFYWP.
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Ten Mile Road, Victory to Overland: Widen Ten Mile to 5-lanes with curb, gutter,
sidewalk and a Level 3 bike facility. In the IFYWP, this project is planned for design in
2019, right-of-way in 2020, and construction in 2021 at a cost of $3.9M.
ITD PROJECTS
I-84, Nampa to Caldwell: ITD has two major segments for this project: Franklin Blvd to
Karcher Rd (Nampa) and Karcher Rd into Caldwell. This was identified as the number
one unfunded priority on the COMPASS long-range plan. In the summer of 2018, the
state of Idaho received a $90 million INFRA grant for this corridor. This freed up
previously allocated funds that were shifted to the Idaho Highway 16 project (see
below).
ITD completed the first step in the project to provide for temporary widening between
Franklin Blvd and Karcher Rd this fall. This will allow traffic to be shifted while the
additional lanes are constructed in the median.
The project to replace the Karcher overpass is necessary as the existing piers conflict
with the widening of the highway. That project will begin in early 2019. The project to
reconstruct the Northside interchange as a Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI),
replace the bridges crossing the railroad and canal and widen the roadway between
Franklin Blvd and the Northside Interchange is anticipated to go to bid this coming
spring, with construction starting in the summer of 2019. The project to widen between
Northside and Karcher will also be ready for construction in the summer of 2019. ITD
will maintain two lanes of travel during peak hours for the duration of these two projects.
Updates on the projects in Nampa can be found online at:
www.ITDProjects.org/84corridor
ITD is currently working on the environmental document to support the widening
between Karcher Interchange and Caldwell. The initial traffic study shows that
improvements are needed to exit 27 (Centennial Way). The current funded project is
anticipated to complete work through exit 29 (Franklin Rd). ITD is evaluating needs and
costs for work required between 27 and 29 to evaluate funding opportunities. Work to
replace the Ustick and Middleton bridges crossing over I-84 is planned for 2020, to
remove piers that interfere with the widening, with the work to expand the highway to
three lanes is planned for summer of 2021.Updates on the projects from Nampa to
Caldwell can be found online at ITDProjects.org/i-84-caldwell-to-karcher/
Idaho Highway 16: ITD has completed a value engineering study of the remaining
corridor to look for opportunities to reduce costs and improve service. ITD is evaluating
recommendations from that study to incorporate into the preliminary design. Once
complete, ITD will be reevaluating right of way needs, updating costs and revising
proposed staging of the work. ITD will then complete preliminary design and begin to
purchase right of way with the $90 Million recently allocated by the Idaho Transportation
Board for right of way preservation. It is not anticipated that this will allow for purchase
of all of the right of way, but will fund a significant portion.
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ITD is in the process of evaluating numerous design refinements to the original Idaho 16
EIS corridor study between I-84 and Idaho 44. Once the evaluations have all been
completed, any changes to the original EIS corridor study will need to be presented to
the public for feedback before moving forward with amending the original EIS through a
process called a National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) re-evaluation.The 300’ wide
right-of-way for the Idaho 16 mainline is currently under review as part of the corridor-
wide design refinements and generally speaking ITD does not anticipate that it will get
any wider. One of the design refinements favors Idaho 16 going over McMillan Road,
which would increase the fill limits of Idaho 16 approaches for the bridge over McMillan
Road. ITD will be working on design refinements through the rest of the spring and into
the summer, and as soon as the design is optimized they will start contacting affecting
property owners and the public.
U.S. 20/26, Chinden West Corridor - Project website ITDProjects.org/ChindenWest/
The Idaho Transportation Board has allocated funds for Phase 1 widening of U.S. 20/26
(Chinden Blvd) from 2 lanes to 4 lanes from Eagle Road to Star Rd and construction of
pedestrian and bicycle facilities. All projects will widen to the south, impacting property
owners on the south side once. Phase 2 plans call for widening to 6 lanes. Future
construction will be to the north only. Phase 3 plans call for construction of high capacity
intersections at Eagle, Locust Grove, Linder, Meridian, and Star Rds. Funded
construction is scheduled as follows:
• Eagle to Locust Grove: Construction in 2020. ITD is partnering with ACHD on
intersection improvements at Locust Grove. Notice to proceed is anticipated
for November 2019.
• Locust Grove to Linder: ITD has made a STAR Agreement with the Linder Village
developer. The project is now broken into two segments. Linder to Meridian Rd
will begin construction in 2020 and Meridian Rd to Locust Grove Rd will begin
construction in 2021.
• Linder to ID-16: Construction begins late 2019, early 2020. Funded via STAR
agreement with Costco Wholesale.
• ID-16 to Star Rd: Construction scheduled for 2024.
SH-69, Kuna to Meridian Traffic Study: On June 12 th , a meeting was held at Six Mile
Engineering to discuss the purpose and scope of an upcoming traffic study to support a
SH-69 Corridor Plan, between Orchard Ave and Overland Road/I-84. Team meeting #2
is scheduled for October 8 th . More information about this project will be provided to
the TC later in the fall.
PATHWAYS
Rail with Trail: In the fall of 2012, the City applied for an $85,000 grant to study the Rail
with Trail (RWT) pathway crossing of streets (7 crossings; Black Cat to Locust Grove).
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Currently, there are funds for pathway construction in the Regional Transportation
Improvement Plan (TIP) in 2022.
Five Mile Creek Pathway: The City applied for a COMPASS grant to design and
construct a portion of the Five Mile Creek pathway near the wastewater recovery facility.
Parametrix has prepared the project development report which should be available on
the COMPASS website in the near future. The City recently informed COMPASS that
we will pursue completion of this project with local funds instead of Federal.
MDC / OTHER PROJECTS
Harvest Lifestyle Service: A public transit service focusing on seniors and persons with
disabilities has been operating since December 2016. This Lifestyle Service concept,
which includes two service zones, was presented to the Council in July of 2016. The
service is operated by Harvest Church. An enhancement to the City Budget for FY2019
was approved by the Council for a third Harvest van. The third van is operational.
Transit: On April 2, 2018, the Valley Regional Transit (VRT) Board approved the final
version of the ValleyConnect 2.0 plan, VRT’s six-year capital and service plan.
ValleyConnect 2.0 will guide future VRT activities and be used to help coordinate VRT
activities, funding as well as with community stakeholders. VRT Staff met with City Staff
in January to discuss next steps and the potential for the City to fund a fixed-route
service in FY2020. Transit service options for 2020 were discussed with the City
Council during their March 12 th meeting. Council was generally supportive of exploring
the concept, contingent on Federal grant monies being available.
On May 20 th , VRT held an open house at City Hall to discuss a conceptual transit route
that may go from the Ten Mile Interchange area through downtown to the Village.
Approximately 25 people attended.
VRT has won a grant for electric buses. Staff from the City and VRT are
coordinating infrastructure, capital and service needs for launch in early 2021.
The TC will be actively involved in developing outreach plan, stops/alignment,
and other service considerations (ie – time of day operation, amenities/shelters,
etc.) City Staff has asked Stephen Hunt to provide a quick status update and
anticipated next steps during the October 7 th meeting.
Eagle Road Bike/Ped Project Development: COMPASS has contracted with Keller
Associates to further develop a bicycle and pedestrian plan for the corridor. The
boundaries of the project are Overland and Chinden. Reports for the four highest
ranking segments have been completed.
Shared Vehicles: On February 26 th , the City Council voted to direct staff to issue an
RFP to select up to two service providers for shared vehicles. A companion ordinance
would restrict operations within the City to only those with a contract with the City. It is
anticipated that the RFP will be awarded sometime in late winter/early spring with
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deployment anticipated around Memorial Day. The RFP was issued on Friday, March
15 th . Proposals due on April 5 th . Council has awarded the contract to Bird. Scooters
were deployed on Thursday, August 1 st . Staff has requested ridership data and will
share with the TC once received.
Carlton Avenue Sidewalk: MDC, with funding through the City’s Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) will be installing sidewalk on E. Carlton between NE
3rd and NE 5th, south on NE 5th to E State, and west on E State. BriCon is the
construction contractor. This project is currently in construction.
Overland/Eagle and Meridian/Ustick Intersection: During the May TC meeting, Sgt.
Arnold asked that two intersections be evaluated by ACHD: Overland/Eagle and
Meridian/Ustick. During the June TC meeting the Meridian/Ustick intersection was
further discussed. When an update from ACHD is available about the Overland/Eagle
intersection, it will also be provided to the TC.
ACHD Integrated Five-Year Work Program: On September 25 th , the ACHD
Commission adopted the 2020-2024 IFYWP. The IFYWP can be found here:
http://achdidaho.org/Departments/PlansProjects/IFYWP.aspx
Air Compression Brakes: The first reading of an ordinance prohibiting the use of
air compression brakes within City limits is scheduled for the October 15 th City
Council meeting. The draft ordinance is below.
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I TEM SHEET
C ommission A genda I tem - 5.c.
Presenter: Caleb Hood
Estimated Time f or P resentation: 10 Minutes
Title of I tem - C omprehensive P lan Update
Staf f will provide a status update on the new C omprehensive Plan in advance of the first public
hearing on October 17th.
C ouncil Notes:
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Community Development Department 33 E. Broadway Avenue, Suite 102, Meridian, ID 83642
Phone 208-884-5533 Fax 208-888-6854 www.meridiancity.org
October 4, 2019
MEMORANDUM
TO: Meridian Transportation Commission
CC: City Clerk
FROM: Caleb Hood, Planning Division Manager
RE: City of Meridian Comprehensive Plan Update
Background
While setting the Fiscal Year 2018 budget, the Meridian City Council directed City Planning
staff to outline and propose a new project to address the Strategic Plan growth policy goals in
coordination with development of a new Comprehensive Plan. On May 22, 2018, the City
Council approved the scope of work for this project, including hiring Logan Simpson as a
consultant to help craft the Plan. A Steering Committee (SC) of 22 individuals with different
backgrounds and experience was established and on June 5, 2018 the first SC meeting was held.
After numerous public involvement meetings, more than a dozen SC meetings, and a month long
informal draft Plan public review, the new Comprehensive Plan was submitted in September for
formal review and approval. A draft formatted Plan (in PDF) is available now, with a live
website version of the Plan to be available in the near future.
Comprehensive Planning generally involves so many interests; everything included is important
to someone. Many elements appear innocuous to most but may have immense importance for
others. Planning staff have heard from many stakeholders and there have been a lot of great
ideas. While these ideas (and concerns) are important, the Comprehensive Plan is not the right
document to address all ideas about how the community should grow and change. The Plan
includes policy statements and a Future Land Use Map (FLUM) that guides growth and
development; it does not create standards or establish code and is not the vehicle to annex or
develop properties. For those that may still have questions or concerns about what the Plan
is and does, and said here for the public’s benefit, no part of the Plan includes:
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• an annexation or rezone of any property;
• establishment of development improvement standards such as how much open space and
amenities a residential development shall provide or how a commercial building shall
look;
• a proposed future land use designation change that conflicts with any existing approved
use(s); and,
• any new, proposed roads planned to be constructed or prioritized with public funding.
Post adoption of the Plan, it is anticipated that several of the ideas and concerns raised about
growth and development in Meridian will be further addressed through other mechanisms such
as amending City Code and executing more detailed land use planning efforts.
The Plan
Current Plan
The City has changed substantially since the current Comprehensive Plan was developed in
2010/2011. The proposed Plan is refreshed and more relevant to the Meridian stakeholders
today. Public involvement drove the Vision Themes and Vision Statements, and the consultant
team and Steering Committee listened to and recommends the subject Plan based largely on
public requests and comments received throughout the process.
Plan Development
The Plan was developed in four phases. In phase one, an audit of the existing Comp Plan and
associated documents performed, a communications and stakeholder involvement plan
developed, and a public outreach plan established to understand what the community cares
about. This phase was branded #MyMeridianValues. In phase two, the values obtained from
phase one were built upon to form vision statements and the themes that would drive the policy
statements of the Plan. Phase two culminated in a summary document dubbed
#MyMeridianVision (attached). Phase three, #MeridianontheMove, was a mostly technical phase
where opportunities and choices were evaluated. Strategic growth management, areas of change
and stability, market demands and analysis, transportation, zoning, utility and service provisions,
and housing were all evaluated to develop policy statements and potential changes to the Future
Land Use Map. Phase four included taking everything from the first three phases and putting that
into one, user-friendly document. The #MyMeridianPlan was then shared with the public, with
refinements being made by the consultant team and City staff, with Steering Committee input
and oversight.
A project website was established early on ( www.meridiancompplan.com ). The website was set
up to be interactive where information was shared and comments could be made. The Bang the
Table platform was used for the website, which allowed for consolidated location of news and
materials, and for interactive tools. The most common of these were an idea wall where
stakeholders could post and share ideas, interactive mapping for posting location specific
comments, and integrated surveys with review materials.
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In addition to months of public involvement, on both the front and back end of the Plan
development, interviews with key stakeholders helped to define an initial approach for engaging
with the community, on key topics and issues likely to be most important to them. Stakeholder
interviews included among others, agency partners, business partners, decision makers, faith
community, healthcare, large employers, and realty/brokerage. Key also to development of the
Plan was context and decision making based in reality and subject matter expertise.
Four focus groups, looking at Economic Development, Transportation, and Housing were
established. These elements were identified early on as critical to the long-term success of our
community. Community Design was also determined to be an important topic and added on by
request. The Economic Development Focus Group included technical economic development
and market analysis. Market research included an inventory of the types of land uses in the
City’s current portfolio, analysis on the general location, and forecasting for the land area the
City would likely need for general uses in the upcoming decades. This work concluded with
recommendations for this Plan that are informed by data, interviews with economic development
stakeholders across the region, and best practices. This effort was led by Leland with input from
the Economic Development Focus Group.
Corridor analysis was also part of the Plan development. This technical and market review was
conducted to evaluate whether identified corridors have existing and planned land uses with the
right mix and scale to support transit in the future. This analysis aimed to ensure that land uses
provide enough potential ridership to support transit investments in planned areas where feasible,
while also leveraging each unique corridor’s development context. The Transportation Focus
Group reviewed the analysis prepared by Kittleson and Associates, a sub-consultant.
The third focus group, Housing, evaluated topics that included the general location, density,
priorities, and affordability of homes in Meridian near and long-term. This diverse group of
stakeholders helped to develop many of the housing related policies found in the Plan and drove
some of the future land use designation changes. The fourth focus group, Community Design,
reviewed policy topics and made recommendations that included open space, pathways, design
aesthetics, and general livability factors of the community.
Four specific areas with opportunities for future change and redevelopment were identified early
on. These areas include: the northwest (aka Fields/SH-16); southwest; Southern Rim; and
MagicBridge (Magic View-Woodbridge-Locust View Heights area). For these opportunity areas,
concepts were developed to generate ideas and for stakeholders to review and comment on. In
these areas special attention was made to engage with stakeholders. Opportunities for
stakeholders to engage in-person as well as on-line occurred.
Plan Structure
The proposed Plan is structured around the community identified vision themes and value
statements. Chapter 1 is much as one would expect, an Introduction, with Chapters 2 through 6
themed under the Premier, Evolving, Livable, Vibrant, and Connected vision themes (in that
order). Appendices include the same content as today, including the Future Land Use Map, along
with summaries of Plan development phases. Each chapter/theme generally contains a few
sections/topics and while there is some subjectivity in why some topics ended up under a given
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theme, ultimately there was a reason and logic behind the decision, even if an argument could be
made for other document hierarchies/outlines. Ultimately cross-references and search features
allow topics to help inform each-other, regardless of section location. On the new website, cards
will graphically convey where topics can be found.
Similar to the adopted, current Plan, each chapter contains policies related to the included topics.
While many of the proposed policies have some carry-forward from the current Plan, this new
Plan also says farewell to many of them. In some cases, these policies were felt to no longer be
relevant, but more often-than-not they were either completed, revised, or are being recommended
for the Strategic Plan (see Informing the Strategic Plan below). In total, there are some 500
policies split across the five vision themes, and in some ways these along with the Future Land
Use Map make up the heart of the Plan.
One thing that has not changed with the new Plan is the documents relationship with the Existing
Conditions Report (ECR). The adopted ECR is still an important element and necessary for
addressing all of the required topics under State Code. The ECR was last updated in 2017, and
likely to begin receiving an update later next year or in early 2021. While new demographics and
research in the Plan is often helpful for City staff, the benefits of drawing out the current cycle is
the opportunity to be informed by the latest Census information, after its published.
The Plan is more accessible, available in its entirety online in mobile format, and without
reliance upon PDF’s or other packaged media. Policies can be sorted and searched online, maps
are dynamic and interactive, and all images are available for larger viewing. The Plan is of
course also available in PDF, for viewing in one complete document or for print.
Staff believes that the submitted Plan document is complete and ready for use. However,
implementing the Plan will be a multi-step process taking years to complete. Recognizing that
this application falls at the end of a City Council term, and that in just a few short months we
will have a new Mayor and three new Council members, implementation of this Plan is proposed
to begin in earnest in 2020. The first step in that work is to prioritize the policies, implementation
of the Service Impact Tool, and development of metrics to track progress on key indicators.
Priorities could have been included, but Staff felt that providing new leadership the opportunity
to become vested and responsible stakeholders was appropriate. The new Mayor and City
Council can help to direct and prioritize efforts, without rehashing the public’s vision adopted as
part of this Plan. Other efforts viewed by staff as having high importance and described in policy
are also ready and awaiting approval of this Plan and the new City Council’s blessing, before
moving forward. Most notably this includes the review of several key sections of the Unified
Development Code, including open space and amenity requirements for development.
There are a few additional noteworthy changes or features of this proposed Plan listed below.
However, the revisions and changes listed below do not represent all changes or new policies
developed for the Plan.
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Key Revisions to the Plan
Future Land Use Map
In 2012 the City evaluated land uses in South Meridian. In direct response to stakeholder
requests at the time, the City identified a new future land use designation to set aside lands for
more actionable agriculture and/or open space preservation – Rural / Estate Residential. This
Rural / Estate Residential designation capped dwelling units at 1 unit per 5 acres. The Rural /
Estate designation was intended to support clustered residential nodes to develop in key areas
and with services, but adjoining lands “behind the homes” would be cut-off and without
infrastructure capacity (sewer and water) to service. In this way some preservation could occur
while still allowing for some development within the City, much in the way Ada County has
approved numerous non-farm subdivision within Meridian’s Area of City Impact. With Meridian
services still some ways off, and with other agencies allowing for more density, some of these
areas instead annexed into other jurisdictions undermining Meridian’s efforts to sustainably plan.
Planning for urban services is an important element and requirement of State Code and cannot be
overstated. Meridian spends a great deal of time and money planning for services, and
infrastructure being built today may be excessive and costlier to both install and maintain, if
planned densities are not realized.
Because a city, by definition, is urban and not rural, the Rural / Estate designation is being
removed from the Plan. Areas with a Low Density designation may still develop in larger estate
clusters, but the City will require service extensions to and through all properties.
There was also some consolidation of future land use designations in the Ten Mile Interchange
Specific Area. The Civic designation, the Green Space/Park Land, and the Pipeline Easement
designation have all been removed. The Civic designation was duplicative with the city-wide
Civic designation, and has been merged. The Park designation was duplicative with how the
Civic designation is used city-wide, and some areas were also inconsistent with other planning
documents, most notable the Master Pathways Plan. The Pipeline designation was inconsistent in
that the pipeline easement is not shown elsewhere in the City, and generally something that the
Williams Northwest Pipeline Co prefers not be shown with great accuracy. Lastly, all of the
residential designations with names identical to the city-wide designations have been removed
from the legend. These designations still exist, but a note on the map already refers to the Ten
Mile plan for policies rather than the Comprehensive Plan.
Area of City Impact
After this Comprehensive Plan is adopted the City will work with Ada County to adopt this new
Plan. While most of the adopted planning area or Area of City Impact (AOCI) remains the same,
there are a number or proposed revisions and City staff will work with Ada County to recognize
these changes. There is one significant change on the City’s southern planning boundary worth
noting. To better plan for services and improve transparency, the City has removed all of those
areas which the City of Kuna has previously annexed within Meridian’s AOCI. Additional lands
nearby, already planned to be serviced by Kuna, or cost-prohibitive or impossible to now be
serviced by Meridian are also being removed from Meridian’s AOCI. This boundary was
established in coordination with Kuna leadership, the Mayor’s Office, and the appropriate city
staff members. Meridian Public Works and Planning staff has worked to identify new service
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areas that Meridian can still reasonably service and released the remaining areas to Kuna or Ada
County for planning; these areas are reflected in the new Future Land Use Map.
Future Land Use “Steps”
Historically the City has allowed for significant changes to planned residential densities on the
Map, without actually changing the Future Land Use Map. This was implemented by the City
due to State imposed limitations at the time, which only allowed the Map to be updated twice a
year. This State-imposed limitation no longer exists however, and by allowing “steps” the City
has made the process difficult for the public to understand, created less certainty for residents,
and been less transparent to the public. This sort of planning also undermines efforts by City
staff to plan for the efficient provision of services, when half of the City could be considered for
anywhere from 0 to 15 dwelling units per acre.
The new Comprehensive Plan does not include the “step” language. However, City staff realize
that some flexibility in residential densities is important and have more transparently described
the rounding process for density (to the nearest whole number), and left in the allowances for
density bonuses related to providing open space and public services such as schools. This
allowance has existed but not been historically utilized due to the step option alternative.
Future Land Use and Transportation Integration
Critical to the Future Land Use Map, and many of the other proposed policies, the planned
transportation network must support the portfolio of planned land uses. As part of their bi-annual
update, Staff City have begun working with the Ada County Highway District (ACHD) in
reviewing and updating their Master Street Map (MSM). Unlike ACHD’s Integrated Five Year
Work Plan and 20-year Capital Improvement Plan, the MSM envisions a built-out road network.
To be effective this must work with the City’s Future Land Use Map. Staff plan to coordinate
revisions to support the planned future land uses that are part of this new Plan. Most of these
changes would likely be to collector roadway alignments, which are development driven, but it is
conceivable that other cross-sections and typologies may be of interest for arterial roadways.
Informing the Strategic Plan
Part of the scope of work for the new Plan was a detailed review of all the existing policies in the
adopted Comprehensive Plan. Many of these policies were identified as valuable, but were not
determined to be most appropriate in a Comprehensive Plan. When the last Plan was adopted in
2011, the City did not have a strategic plan. The Strategic Plan is a shorter-range plan that is
more appropriate for many of the more near-term or one-time type projects, and many of these
statements are proposed to be added to the Strategic Plan when it is next updated. City staff will
coordinate with the Mayor’s Office staff to ensure these policies are considered for incorporation
into the next Strategic Plan for the City.
Welcome to Meridian Signage Plan
Informally, the City has had a “Welcome to Meridian” sign plan for almost a decade now.
Originally, this was primarily an aesthetic replacement to the never accurate population signs,
but slowly grew to include monument signs as a way to better support identity and marketing
efforts, as we grow together with adjacent cities. Construction documents for entryway
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monuments in a few different sizes and configurations have been developed and standardized,
and have been constructed both in partnership with development and by the City. This new Plan,
intended to be adopted by reference as part of the new Comprehensive Plan, formalizes this work
into concise text and visuals to increase transparency. No part of either the Comprehensive Plan
or the Signage Plan make this program a requirement for City Council to fund or for
development to construct; it remains simply a means to have a conversation and to explore
opportunities for welcoming residents and visitors into the city.
Service Impact Tool
The Service Impact Tool (Tool) is intended to assist with consistently gauging the readiness of
property to be developed or redeveloped in the City. The Tool does not indicate whether property
is appropriate to develop, only to more objectively and comparatively determine the level of
stress that services may be stretched, or where some services may not exist for the foreseeable
future. It may be appropriate that properties not as ready should wait, or that other
offsets/conditions could be met to make ready and limit negatively impacting existing
stakeholders. Related, the tool may also be used in the future to identify priority growth areas, or
those areas readiest for growth. This would be a next steps effort after Plan adoption.
Update to the Ten Mile Interchange Specific Area Plan Transportation Network
Part of the Comprehensive Plan application includes a small change to the transportation
network identified in the Ten Mile Interchange Specific Area Plan. This revision functionally
results in no change, but has been requested by neighbors who fear there is going to be a future
road bisecting their properties. The road alignment is flexible, and construction of the road would
only occur when neighbors decided to sell and development is approved. However, there is some
fear of eminent domain or other aggressive government action. Staff would not normally support
a changes such as this due to cost and time of the effort, but when run concurrently to the larger
application it is easier to facilitate the clarification to alleviate concern.
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5d. Staff Communications
Memo
To: Meridian Transportation Commission
From: Caleb Hood, Planning Division Manager
Date: 10/2/2019
Re: Staff Communications
On the following pages are relevant correspondences since the August meeting.
Caleb,
ACHD went out to observe pedestrian crossings at the Linder/Cayuse Creek
Intersection in regards to Meridian’s request to move the school flashers south of the
Cayuse Creek Intersection. Due to the large number of pedestrians crossing at this
location (81 in the AM, 91 in the afternoon), ACHD has decided to keep the school
flashers at their existing location in order to keep this crosswalk within the 20 mph
school zone.
If you have any further questions or comments, please let me know.
Shawn
From: Caleb Hood < chood@meridiancity.org >
Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2019 5:37 PM
To: Stephen Lewis < spudtraffic@msn.com >; Ryan Lancaster
<lancaster.ryan@gmail.com >; Stacy Arnold < sarnold@meridiancity.org >; Updike Ian
<updike.ian@westada.org >; Ross Oyen < royen@achdidaho.org >; John Wasson
<jwasson@achdidaho.org >
Cc: David Ballard < david@lawballard.biz >; Shawn Martin < smartin@achdidaho.org >
Subject: RE: Meridian School Zone subcommittee
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Following up on the TC’s request that Council ask ACHD to change the school zone
boundary on Linder Road near Rocky Mountain HSCtoday the Council voted to accept
the TC’s request and asked me to send a correspondence to ACHD Traffic requesting
they evaluate and move forward with amending the school zone boundary to be south
of Cayuse Creek Drive. Part of the discussion revolved around doing this inexpensively.
The Council wondered if the existing overhead pole and arm needed to be relocated, or
if a more simple sign(s) and or light(s) could be used. They didn’t know what is needed
or required, they just didn’t want it to be too costly.
Shawn/Ross/John – Please accept this email as the City’s request to evaluate and
amend the school zone boundary as discussed. If you need anything else, or more
official, please just let me know.
Thanks,
Caleb
Caleb,
Below is the response for Victory/Locust Grove. Bottom line is we added green time for
southbound during the PM plan. For AM, we actually changed the timing plan for the
PHB just south of the intersection which we felt was contributing to some of the AM
backups. We will continue to monitor the AM plan to see if any other changes can be
made.
Shawn
From: John Collins < Jcollins@achdidaho.org >
Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 11:30 AM
To: Mike Boydstun < mboydstun@achdidaho.org >
Cc: Joe Mulnik < Jmulnik@achdidaho.org >
Subject: RE: Victory / Locust Grove Signal Timing
Mike,
Joe and I went out to Locust Grove & Victory yesterday during the PM and today during
the AM. I created pattern 3 to run from 1530-1830 that increases the Southbound
through time. There were no major delays in any direction and I think that has to do
with getting the boosted southbound time in early enough before things got too backed
up. I uploaded the plan from the controller and sync’d it with Street Sync so it is in the
standard and permanent now. Also, we found the controller display to
incoherent. Brock is replacing the controller today since the manufacturer date on the
one in the field is from 2011 I believe. This morning we found Northbound significantly
backed up when we arrived at 7:30. It appeared that some of the delay was due to the
HAWK actuation at Mastiff. I increased the delay time between actuations to 60
seconds and observed no detrimental effects while we were on scene. I will be working
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with Brock to get the newer HAWK programming placed in the cabinet so that we can
utilized TOD schedules to decrease the actuation time outside of school crossing
hours. Other than Sunday mornings and school hours I don’t think the HAWK is heavily
used, but I will be keeping an eye on things from the Overland CCTV just in case until
the new HAWK logic and operation can get into the cabinet and controller. The
congestion cleared up by 8:10 and we drove the Victory intersection to make sure there
were no delays in any other direction.
The planned lane widening on Locust Grove between Victory and Overland should
solve future congestion problems, but I will continue to keep an eye on things
intermittently to see if any additional changes can be made to help out the Northbound
AM traffic.
From: Caleb Hood < chood@meridiancity.org >
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2019 9:33 AM
To: Shawn Martin < smartin@achdidaho.org >
Subject: Victory / Locust Grove Signal Timing
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Shawn,
We are getting some calls/concerns about the signal timing at Victory/Locust Grove
since the construction in that area completed. Can you please have someone look into
this? I guess the traffic is really backing up on Locust Grove during peak times.
Thanks,
Caleb
Caleb,
We’ve completed our parking observations regarding your request for possibly
extending the “no parking” restrictions on Goddard Creek north of McMillan. We drove
the street six times from 9/9-9/19/19 at various times throughout the day, and our
technician didn’t see any vehicles parked on Goddard Creek north of Wapoot during
any of those observations.
While there may be some overnight parking, that didn't seem to be the source of the
concern, but I could be mistaken. I know you mentioned striping bike lanes along
Goddard Creek, which is feasible, though they would only be 4.5' of pavement (plus 1.5'
gutter) along with 10.5' travel lanes, though this wasn't specifically requested.
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At this point, based on our observations, there doesn't appear to be a need to extend no
parking restrictions to the north. We could, however, stripe bike lanes from McMillan to
Horse Loop Cir, a distance of about 3000', as Goddard Creek is a collector and there
are no homes that take direct access to the street along this distance that would remove
on street parking. At 3300 ADT, Goddard Creek isn’t a low volume collector, but
certainly not a high volume one either. Should the City desire bike lanes on this street, I
don’t think we’d be opposed to it.
If you would let me know your thoughts, I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Joshua E. Saak, P.E., PTOE
Ada County Highway District | Traffic Engineer
1301 N. Orchard St., Suite 200 | Boise, ID 83706
Phone: (208) 387-6153 | Cell: (208) 891-2476
jsaak@achdidaho.org
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