2020-02-03Meeting Minutes
Meridian Transportation Commission
February 3, 2020
Council Chambers — Meridian City Hall • 33 East Broadway Ave., Meridian, Idaho
1. Roll Call
(Meeting called to.order at 3:30 p.m.; YouTube started and roll taken)
x David Ballard
x David McKinney
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x Ryan Lancaster
x Ryan Hall
x Tracy Hopkins
x Stephen Lewis
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X Tom LeClaire
x Joseph Leckie
x Liz Strader for Lulce
Cavener (ex -officio)
x Shawn Martin (ex-
officio)(arrived 3:31)
x Toni Tisdale (ex-officio)(arrived
3:40)
x Ian Updike (ex -officio)
X Alissa Taysom (ex -officio)
x Mark Wasdahl for Justin
Price (ex-offic io) (arrived 3:32)
Others Present: Stephen Hunt, Ted Baird, Sgt. John Fraiser, and Caleb Hood
Prior to the adoption of the agenda, Chairman Ballard invited Councilwoman Strader to do a
brief introduction, which she did.
2. Adoption of the Agenda
Chairman Ballard called for a motion to adopt the agenda. Commissioner Lewis motioned to
switch the ordering of item 5b & 5c so Mr. Hunt could present prior to the Commission
reviewing the transportation priorities; second by Commissioner Hopkins - all -ayes — motion
carried.
3. Approval of Minutes from January 6th, 2020 Meeting.
Chairman Ballard asked for any corrections to the January 6th minutes. No corrections were
noted and Commission Lewis motioned to approve the minutes as presented; second by
Commissioner Hopkins — all ayes - motion carried.
4. Old Business Items
a. Transportation Projects Update (memo attached; C. Hood)
Mr. Hood noted that there are several updates that he'd like to highlight to the Commission
this month. He mentioned that the update memo starts on page I I of the packet. Mr. Hood
will not review all the projects and noted that new information is in bold. Mr. Hood is happy to
review any items not discussed at the end of his update.
Mr. Hood gave a brief highlight of Meridian Road, Cherry to Ustick project and noted the
closure just north of Albertson's to conduct work on the bridge. Closure is expected for
approximately a month.
Mr. Hood noted the kickoff of the Linder Road, Franklin to Pine project. Road construction
hasn't yet started but tree removal and utility relocations are underway.
Mr. Hood highlighted the work on different segments along Ten Mile but encouraged the
Commission to read the bolded updates for ACHD projects.
Mr. Hood moved on to pages 14 & 15 and reviewed the ITD projects but noted that Mr.
Wasdahl had recently provided some additional information through email which Mr. Hood will
forward to the Commissioners after the meeting. Mr. Hood directed the Commission's
attention to page 15 and the work being done on US 20/26.
Mr. Hood also mentioned the Harvest Lifestyle Service and the ridership numbers included in
last month's packet. Mr. Hood also noted that there is a future meeting topic on the Lifestyle
Service and a future presentation will be schedule in the next couple months.
Mr. Hood presented a brief update on shared vehicles and the scoring committee results, and
the decision of City Council not to grant a contract at this time to a vendor, but will monitor
the topic for a future launch, if deemed appropriate as a viable service. The idea of a regional
model was floated as a solution, by Councilman Cavener. Discussions with other Treasure
Valley agencies/officials is expected over the next serval months and possibly years to discuss
feasibility.
Mr. Hood concluded his review and stood for question, which took place.
(Mr. Wasdahl, Mr. McKinney and Ms. Tisdale arrived during the update)
b. Hillsdale Elementary School Zone Update (R. Lancaster & C. Hood)
Commissioner Lancaster recapped the issue from last month's Transportation Commission
meeting and provided an update from the reconvened School Zone Sub -Committee, which met
on Thursday January 30th. Commissioner Lancaster highlighted that broad representation from
the community and staff was in attendance, which provided for a productive conversation. The
Sub -Committee came away with some action items from the meeting which Commissioner
Lancaster reviewed with the Commission. The two areas of urgent concern where the school
is seeking support are:
Crosswalk changes near Stockenham (project)
Walk zone on west side of Eagle -support for safety busing on the west side of
Eagle Road
Commissioner Lancaster concluded his presentation with a motion to recommend that the
Commission write a memo of support for busing on the West side of Eagle Road. Mr. Updike
provided some contextual comments to the discussion as did others. Additionally,
Commissioner Lewis recommend splitting the two action items and addressing them separately
with regards to recommendations to provide to City Council. A second by Commissioner
Hopkins was made to Commissioner Lancaster's motion, of recommending to City Council
supporting busing on the west side of Eagle, and vote was called — 6 ayes, 2 nays — motion
passed.
5. New Business Items
a. Meridian Police Department Status Report (Sgt. Brandon Frasier)
Sgt. Frasier addressed the Commission by providing a status update on the Hands -Free
Ordinance and feedback from officers on the behavior of motorists and support within the
County and adjacent communities. Currently PD has written approximately 220 warnings and
70 citations in a little over a month since the ordinance became effective. Discussion with
ACHD on signage has been paused until decisions around a State and/or Ada County Hands -
Free Ordinance are made.
Sgt. Frasier also provided a brief update regarding PD activity in the school zone area of Eagle
and Taconic. The number one concern is speeding in that school zone area and PD writes
several citations for speeding.
Sgt. Frasier stood for questions, which took place.
b. 2020 Roadways, Intersections and Community Programs Priorities
(Discussed after item 5c)
Mr. Hood began with a brief review of the purpose of the priority list, the historical process
and the importance of prioritizing the projects within the City of Meridian, as this is the basis of
the recommendation that will be made to City Council and ultimately given to ACHD. Mr.
Hood reviewed the interactive ACHD tool. Mr. Hood does not have new crash data or the
programming spreadsheet (the cost/benefit ratio) from ACHD, if he gets that information he
will provide it.
Mr. Hood, pulled up the interactive tool on the internet and the Commissioners began with
reviewing and discussing priorities and updating the list. Mr. Hood reminded the Commission to
focus on the top 10-20 project as those are the ones scored by ACHD for prioritization and
`bonus points'. Mr. Hood also added some additional projects to the end of the list as a place
holder. Mr. Hood also reminded the Commission that `homework' is expected and he'll update
the priority worksheet to review again in March. Commissioner Lewis has provided feedback to
Mr. Hood already which was discussed at the meeting. Commissioner Lewis shared his vision of
the top 10-15 projects in more detail. Commissioner McKinney provided some comments to
the edits and asked for some clarification on the spreadsheet that was provided in the meeting
packet.
Mr. Hood clarified that the cross -outs on the list will be removed as they are currently in
progress or going into construction. Additionally, the green boxes in the last column are those
priorities of importance to the Mayor's Office. Mr. Hood also directed the attention of the
Commission to the Neighborhood Plans tab of the spreadsheet and gave a brief overview of it
(bike & pedestrian projects).
The Commission continued with a robust discussion around the priorities spreadsheet and
came up with suggestions to aligning the top 20 priorities to recommend to City Council. Mr.
Hood will incorporate the suggested changes and will provide the updated spreadsheet for the
March meeting.
Commissioner Lancaster motioned to extend the meeting to 5:40; second by Commissioner
Lewis — all ayes — motion carried.
c. Fixed Route Bus Service Next Steps (Stephen Hunt & Alissa Taysom)
(Discussed before item 5b)
Mr. Hunt provided a brief update around community outreach and capital investments. Mr.
Hunt recapped the messaging that will be shared with the public that VRT will be installing a
fixed route busing service to address Meridian's growth (building on the past and connecting to
the future). Mr. Hunt also shared the recommended routing that will be shared with the
community beginning at the end of this month. VRT will also be asking for community feedback
on prioritization of other passenger amenities and investments, i.e. shelters/benches/signs. VRT
will coordinate with City staff to spread the word through Nextdoor, Facebook and other
communication venues. VRT will hold an open house in March, in anticipated action at the VRT
Board meeting in April, to align support with investments needed.
Mr. Hunt, continued by providing an update with regards to the capital investments and
procurement of the electric vehicles. Several locations have been identified for shelters/benches
and signage as well as the resources to install the amenities. No additional outreach has been
done with ACHD or ITD, but that will occur prior to any construction.
Mr. Hunt stood for questions, none took place.
d. Staff Communications (C. Hood)
Mr. Hood did a very brief overview of Staff Communications and called the Commission's
attention to a correspondence on page 22 regarding on -street parking on Island Green Drive.
Additionally on page 24, ACHD is seeking support for 10.5 -foot wide travel lanes and changing
the bike lanes on both sides of the street from 5.5 feet to 5 feet (sic). Commissioner Lancaster
suggested not providing a letter of support for this cross-section. Commissioner Lewis
motioned to support I I -foot through lanes and reduce the bike lane to 4.5 feet; second by
Commissioner Hopkins — all ayes — motioned passed.
6. Future Meeting Topics
Chairman Ballard briefly reviewed the Future Meeting Topics and next meeting date. No
changes were suggested.
a. North Meridian Bike and Pedestrian Neighborhood Plan
b. Harvest Transit Update and Potential Expansion
c. Default Speed Limit Follow-up
d. Signs in City Ordinances
e. Idling Prohibition Ordinance
f. Transportation Components of the Comprehensive Plan
g. Main/King Crosswalk
h. Master Mobility Map
7. Next Meeting Date: March 2, 2020
8. Adjourn
A motion by Commissioner Lewis to adjourn; second McKinney — (consent).
Meeting adjourned at 5:40 p.m.
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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
January 31, 2020
MEMORANDUM
TO: Meridian Transportation Commission
CC: City Clerk
FROM: Caleb Hood, Planning Division Manager
RE: 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 February 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. 3rd Street Extension: When ACHD adopted the 2014-2018 Integrated Five Year Work
Plan, E. 3rd 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: Construction started December 2nd; should be
complete September 30th. Meridian Road is closed north of Albertsons and E.
Carmel Drive for approximately a month, as of January 20th. The closure allows
work on the Settlers Canal bridge. Project includes widening Meridian Road to 5
lanes with curb, gutter, sidewalk and bike lanes. Central Paving is the contractor;
$5.5M. Here is the project website: http://achdidaho.org/Projects/proj_road_meridian-
road-cherry-lane-to-ustick-road.aspx
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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. Knife River is the contractor; cost of $2.4M. Tree removal and
utility relocations are underway; construction to begin in February. Here is the
project website: http://achdidaho.org/Projects/proj_road_linder-road-pine-avenue-to-
franklin-road.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. Project is
planned for construction in 2020, to correspond with the Costco project. Notice to
proceed date: November 14, 2019; project should be complete March 31, 2020. There
is ongoing work on seepage beds on the west side of Ten Mile Road. Crews are
also working on excavation and granular base. Ongoing utility relocations. 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. Project starts the week of January
6th and should complete in September. Vicenza Way will be closed beginning
January 31st until spring 2020. Nelis Drive will be closed beginning January 31st
until the project's completion. Crews are working on storm drain pipe and
irrigation pipe installation. Contractor constructing bypass road for bridge work
at the Five Mile Creek. There are ongoing utility relocations. Ten Mile Road will be
closed the weekend of February 1st-2nd and February 8th-9th. The closures were
pushed back a week due to an issue with material procurement. Ten Mile Road
will have a hard closure (no cars may pass through) between Grand Rapids Drive
and Vicenza Way. Local traffic will be allowed from Ustick Road to Grand Rapids
Drive and between McMillan Road and Vicenza Way. 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
the bike lane on the north side of the road, so it will only be the two travel lanes
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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 happening this calendar year, right-of-way
in 2021, and construction in 2023 in the IFYWP. A project kick-off meeting was
held on January 8th at ACHD.
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 shared with Council on October 8th. There is some concerns about the cross-
section and impacts to neighborhoods. Here is the project website:
http://achdidaho.org/Projects/proj_road_locust-grove-victory-to-overland.aspx
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 held on October 24th. Project moving into design with
consultant help for a 9 x 7 intersection. December 1st consultant should be under
contract. Right-of-way acquisition occurring in 2021 and construction planned for 2022.
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 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
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construction in 2022 in the adopted IFYWP. Here is the project website:
http://achdidaho.org/Projects/proj_intersection_ten-mile-road-and-amity-road-
roundabout.aspx
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
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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.
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: ITD is partnering with ACHD on intersection
improvements at Locust Grove. Project is in construction.
• 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: Segment is in construction. 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 12th, 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
held October 8th. More information about this project was provided to the TC during the
November meeting.
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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).
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.
Ridership numbers are included in the Staff Communications section of the
agenda packet. Staff will invite VRT Staff to an upcoming meeting to discuss this
service and possible expansion.
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 12th meeting. Council was generally supportive of exploring
the concept, contingent on Federal grant monies being available.
On May 20th, 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.) More information about this
project will be provided to the TC during the February meeting as a New Business
Item.
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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 Friday, December 13th a Request for Proposals (RFP) was issued
for shared vehicle (e-scooters) services for 2020. The RFP was sent to six known,
potential vendors/contractors. A pre-proposal conference was held on Friday,
December 27th; no one attended in person. Proposals are due prior to 4:00 pm on
Friday, January 10, 2020. One response was received, from Slidr LLC. On January
23rd a 7-member scoring team met to discuss the proposal. The scoring team
recommended that City Council not enter into a contract with any vendor at this
time due to all of the construction and lack of destinations currently. The scoring
team further recommended that the MDBA continue to monitor the climate and
recommend back to the City when they believe another RFP should be issued. On
January 28th, these recommendations were presented to the Mayor and City
Council. The Council largely concurred with the scoring team’s recommendation
and further recommended that Staff be part of discussions around a regional
management model for micro mobility.
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 25th, the ACHD Commission
adopted the 2020-2024 IFYWP. The IFYWP can be found here:
http://achdidaho.org/Departments/PlansProjects/IFYWP.aspx
During the February, and likely March, TC meetings, priority requests for the
2021-2025 IFYWP will be discussed. Please see ACHD’s interactive website:
https://achd.maps.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=7fa6d44ce00042
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2020 Roadways, Intersections and
Community Programs Priorities
Memo
To: Meridian Transportation Commission
From: Caleb Hood, Planning Division Manager
Date: 1/31/2020
Re: 2020 Priorities
On December 20th, the City received a letter from ACHD notifying us that work was starting on
the FY2021-2025 Integrated Five-Year Work Plan (IFYWP). Annually, the City prepares
transportation priority lists for the transportation agencies to consider in their programming and
budget processes. The Meridian Transportation Commission (TC) is tasked with making
recommendations to the City Council on priority transportation projects. ACHD is requesting
all project requests be submitted no later than March 20, 2020.
On January 28th, Staff sent an e-mail to the TC with an attached spreadsheet that included 2019
priorities and a column for 2020 priorities. A few projects and notes have been added to that
spreadsheet by Staff. That updated spreadsheet is provided below. Staff also provided a pdf of
the Level of Service (LOS) map and a link to ACHD’s Interactive Prioritization Tool on January
28th; here the link is again: ACHD Interactive Prioritization Tool Staff mentioned providing
crash history in the e-mail as well. No new data has been received, but below is crash data from
2017/18 from the Police Department.
Staff will bring hard copies of the draft priority spreadsheet, as well as the LOS map, to the
February TC meeting. If new crash data is received, that will be shared as well.
The goal is to prioritize projects for 2020 during the February meeting and, if possible, finish
both the Roadways and Intersections list and the Community Programs (CP) projects (e.g. –
sidewalks) list. These lists will then be shared and endorsed by the Mayor and City Council and
sent to ACHD before the March 20th deadline.
Meridian Transportation Commission Meeting Agenda February 3, 2020 – Page 19 of 27
Meridian Police Department – Top Crash Intersections for Years: 2017 & 2018
Count of Case Number Years
Top Crash Intersections 2017 2018 Grand Total
N EAGLE RD / E USTICK RD 56 68 124
N EAGLE RD / E FAIRVIEW AVE 65 57 122
MERIDIAN RD / OVERLAND RD 45 70 115
E FAIRVIEW AVE / N LOCUST GROVE RD 47 49 96
EAGLE RD / FRANKLIN RD 43 43 86
EAGLE RD / PINE AVE 37 34 71
EAGLE RD / OVERLAND RD 30 40 70
EAGLE RD / E ST LUKES ST 38 22 60
EAGLE RD / E RIVER VALLEY ST 29 25 54
LOCUST GROVE RD / OVERLAND RD 25 22 47
EAGLE RD /LANARK 17 29 46
FRANKLIN RD / MAIN ST 33 13 46
MERIDIAN RD / FAIRVIEW AVE (CHERRY LN) 24 19 43
CHINDEN BLVD / MERIDIAN RD 12 27 39
USTICK RD / LOCUST GROVE RD 23 16 39
LINDER RD / CHINDEN BLVD 9 30 39
FAIRVIEW AVE / RECORDS WAY 22 17 39
Source: NWRMS
Note: Data locations filtered by intersection location and some data may be incomplete.
Meridian Transportation Commission Meeting Agenda February 3, 2020 – Page 20 of 27
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Meridian Transportation Commission Meeting Agenda February 3, 2020 – Page 21 of 27
Staff Communications
Memo
To: Meridian Transportation Commission
From: Caleb Hood, Planning Division Manager
Date: 1/30/2020
Re: Staff Communications
On the following pages are relevant correspondences since the January meeting.
From: John Wasson <jwasson@achdidaho.org>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2020 9:41 AM
To: 'rocketman@rocketexpress.com' <rocketman@rocketexpress.com>
Cc: 'petero rocketexpress.com' <petero@rocketexpress.com>
Subject: RE: Street Parking on Island Green Drive Meridian- Rocket Express LLC
Dear Mr. Russell,
Thank you for taking the time to contact me. ACHD is in the process of evaluating W.
Island Green Drive for parking restrictions. We will have staff out conducting field
observations and taking measurements. It appears that Island Green is 32’ of asphalt
and 36’ back of curb to back of curb. Typically this is adequate to allow vehicles to park
on both sides of the street and still allow two way traffic to be maintained on the
street. ACHD does not and will not declare a roadway as ‘unsafe’, as that could have
specific legal connotations. We will say it is not in compliance with National Fire Code
and discuss the matter with the Fire Marshall/Chief of the municipality.
With regards to the current parking negatively impacting your business and others, I
can’t really discuss. Our investigation will continue. If we determine that parking does
need to be restricted, we will then determine the optimal side to restrict parking on and
then install the signs. All of this is weather dependent.
Respectfully,
John D. Wasson
Meridian Transportation Commission Meeting Agenda February 3, 2020 – Page 22 of 27
John D. Wasson
Assistant Traffic Engineer
Ada County Highway District
℡ (208) 387-6151
(208) 387-6391
jwasson@achdidaho.org
From: rocketman@rocketexpress.com <rocketman@rocketexpress.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2020 1:25 PM
To: John Wasson <jwasson@achdidaho.org>
Cc: 'petero rocketexpress.com' <petero@rocketexpress.com>
Subject: Street Parking on Island Green Drive Meridian- Rocket Express LLC
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ATTACHMENTS OR LINKS INSIDE THIS EMAIL.]
Hello John,
I want to thank you for your time and consideration in discussing our concerns about parking currently
occurring along West Island Green Drive in Meridian with our Regional Manager, Peter Ozuna. Per our
conversation, it is my understanding that if a street becomes so narrowed down that the choke point
becomes less than 20' regularly, ACHD will declare this roadway unsafe as it is not wide enough to safely
accommodate accessibility to emergency vehicles and if vehicles are parked on the street, it also creates
blind spots for ingress and egress traffic turning a two-way street into a one-way street.
Cars often park on both sides of this narrow and winding street, leaving less than 17' of roadway to
travel, even if the traffic were light. West Island Green Drive not only becomes impassable for
emergency vehicles but unsafe for the public visiting Rocket Express and the surrounding businesses. In
fact, we believe it is evident to any objective lay person that parking on one side of this narrow, winding
street is a significant traffic hazard. Especially so, as the traffic on this street increases as is now
beginning to occur. We are also greatly concerned by the fact that potential customers are much less
likely to frequent ours and other nearby businesses when street parking makes it more challenging than
it would otherwise be, and more challenging that other businesses who don’t face this limitation, to
access our businesses.
I do believe the issue is that one of our neighboring businesses, Del Taco, is utilizing the street for
employee parking. Before reaching out to you, we tried several times to resolve issue directly with Del
Taco. The last conversation I had was with the General Manager of Del Taco on 1/08/2020 and she did
confirm that she encourages her employees to utilize the street for employee parking, although they
appear to have ample parking on their property.
Per your suggestion, I have asked that my management team to pay attention to traffic on this corner
and take photos of all occurrences in an effort to document our concerns.
Meridian Transportation Commission Meeting Agenda February 3, 2020 – Page 23 of 27
To ensure that we fully understand the issues involved, please provide me with the ACHD guidelines
and ordinances that are utilized in determining when, where and if street parking is allowed on a
commercial street such as West Island Green Drive.
It is our belief that this initial safety hazard, and the other negative impacts, surrounding parking on
West Island Green Drive will exponentially grow as the local businesses become more established and
traffic in the area increases. Currently, the issue negatively and directly impacts our business daily, as
well as the surrounding businesses, and will continue to worsen. Easy and safe access is imperative to
our customer base, so this issue is very important to us.
Please confirm that we have a proper understanding of the information, laws and ordinances we
discussed on the phone and within this email. Thank you again for your willingness to look into this and
hopefully resolve this critically important matter.
Sincerely,
Joe Russell
Rocket Express Car Wash
Cell: 208-308-4121
Office: 12345 W. Fairview Ave., Boise ID 83713
Billing: PO Box 190480, Boise, ID 83719
From: David Rader <Drader@achdidaho.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 3:27 PM
To: Caleb Hood <chood@meridiancity.org>
Cc: Al Christy <achristy@meridiancity.org>
Subject: R2021 Federal Aid Capital Maintenance - NW 8th Street, Pine Ave to Cherry
Lane - 10' Lanes
Caleb,
May I request the City provide a letter stating their support of the 10’ lanes on NW 8th
Street? I should note between Camellia Lane and Cherry Lane (adjacent to the school)
we have changed the bike lane width from 5.5’ to 5’ on both sides. The outside lane
width would then increase from 10’ to 10.5’ (see exhibit below). I will be taking this item
to the ACHD commission on February 12th. A letter from Meridian be beneficial in my
conversation with the ACHD commission and much appreciated.
Meridian Transportation Commission Meeting Agenda February 3, 2020 – Page 24 of 27
Meridian Transportation Commission Meeting Agenda February 3, 2020 – Page 25 of 27
Caleb and Keith,
First of all let me thank you for your upfront and honest assessment of your market as it
currently is.
After looking over Bird's information and the ridership numbers we were still willing to
come if there was any wiggle room on the 25k.
Frankly, it would be hard to break even without paying the 25k.
If there is no wiggle room, we will have to regretfully decline, for now but would
potentially love to come back in the future.
To be honest with you, as you have been with me- the bar is way to high for entry to the
market when the ridership is as low as it is.
Just to give you an idea for your own purposes of what some of the various
municipalities have as keys to entry.
Example
- $2-3k entry and then a fee per unit annually or per ride.
- Some do just an annual fee and a per ride fee.
- Some it is a little higher between 10k-15k but there are not generally other fees. (This
has ridership numbers that are 3-4 X what you all are currently are doing)
I do not give you this information for any reason but to reciprocate your open books with
me.
Please let me know if there is anything we can help you with.
Jesse Purdon
Meridian Transportation Commission Meeting Agenda February 3, 2020 – Page 26 of 27
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