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2020-06-01Meeting Minutes Meridian Transportation Commission June 1, 2020 Virtual Meeting Information https://us02web.zoom,us/i/82728806452 Or join by phone: Dial 253-215-8782 and enter Webinar ID: 827 2880 6452 I. Roll Call (Meeting called to order at 3:30 p.m.; Zoom Fleeting started and roll taken) x David Ballard x David McKinney x Ryan Lancaster o VACANT X Tracy Hopkins x Stephen Lewis x Jared Smith x Tom LeClaire x Joseph Leckie x Luke Cavener (ex -officio) x Shawn Martin (ex -officio) X Toni Tisdale (ex -officio) x Ian Updike (ex-officio)(by phone) x Alissa Taysom (ex -officio) x Justin Price (ex -officio) Others Present: Walter Steed, Sean Evans, Ted Baird, and Caleb Hood 2. Adoption of the Agenda Chairman Ballard called for a motion to adopt the agenda. Commissioner Lewis motioned to adopt as presented; second by Commissioner McKinney - all -ayes — motion carried. 3. Approval of Minutes from May 4, 2020 Meeting. Chairman Ballard asked for any corrections to the May 4, 2020 minutes, one change was noted; Commissioner Hopkins attended the May meeting. Commissioner Hopkins motioned to approve with the noted correction; second by Commissioner McKinney — all ayes - motion carried. 4. Old Business Items a. Transportation Projects Update (C. Hood) Prior to the Transportation Projects update Mr. Hood confirmed Chairman Ballard's earlier statement that Commissioner Hall did not seek reappointment. Although Mr. Hall was not in attendance at today's meeting, Mr. Hood acknowledged and thanked him for his many years of service, and will send him a certificate of appreciation via mail. Chairman Ballard requested Mr. Hood to draft a brief letter of gratitude to Mr. Hall and circulate it for the Commissioner's signature. Meridian Transportation Commission Meeting Agenda July 6, 2020 — Page 4 of 46 Mayor Simison nominated Mr. Steed to fill the vacancy on the Transportation Commission. It is expected that Mr. Steed will be confirmed at the next City Council meeting and is listening to the Commission meeting today. Mr. Hood continued with the Projects Update memo, which begins on page 9 of the packet; new information is in bold. Mr. Hood highlighted a few of the noteworthy projects. Mr. Hood noted that there are several ACHD projects under construction; he will skip the update on page I I for the Fairview to Locust Grove project, as it is covered under New Business. Mr. Hood continued and noted on page 12, the Chinden West Corridor and the three projects associated with that update: ® Eagle Road to Locust Grove ® Meridian Road to Linder Road (two phases to this project; the phase from the west side of Linder to the east side of Meridian has been delayed) ® Linder Road to Idaho Highway 16 Mr. Hood moved on to page 13 (at the bottom of sub -page 5) and gave a brief transit update. There is additional information in the Staff Communications section of the packet. Mr. Hood concluded his review noting that ACHD recently had a work session on the Integrated Five Year Work Plan (IFYWP) and is anticipating adopting that plan later in the summer. A link to the information was included in the packet. Mr. Hood stood for question, none took place, but Chairman Ballard provided some general observations and comments. 5. New Business Items a. Meridian Police Department Update (Sgt. Brandon Frasier) Sgt. Frasier was absent. The topic will remain as a standing item on future agendas. b. Communities in Motion (CIM) 2050 Scenarios (Liisa Itkonen) Ms. Itkonen asked Mr. Hood to open the presentation and advance the slides for her as she presented to the Commission. Ms. Itkonen gave a brief review of what COMPASS is and does. ® Plan: COMPASS functions as the Metropolitan Planning Organization for both Ada and Canyon County. ® Implement: COMPASS secures funding to implement the regional plan. ® Technical Expertise: COMPASS is the regional resource on demographic information, travel related data/modeling and mapping. ® Facilitate: COMPASS connects stakeholder agencies and spearheads public forums for collaboration and feedback to the COMPASS Board. Meridian Transportation Commission Meeting Agenda July 6, 2020 — Page 5 of 46 Ms. Itkonen then reviewed the CIM 2040 2.0 plan. The current CIM horizon year is 2040 and COMPASS is in the process of updating the plan with a new horizon year of 2050. ® Step I is to forecast the growth by the new horizon year. Currently it's anticipated to be just over I Million (between Ada & Canyon County) ® Step 2 is to forecast the needed transportation system to accommodate that growth, which will be a multimodal system. ® Step 3 is to develop a fiscally constrained plan; a plan where funding is secured by the horizon date. ® Finally, Step 4 (which is very important throughout the process) is public and agency involvement. Ms. Itkonen moved into the meat of the presentation and reviewed the four scenarios that COMPASS developed, each having an element of Land Use with integrated Transportation features. All the scenarios have a Bus rapid transit on State Street element; ® Let It Be — Follows current trend of mostly suburban development with maintaining current road system and widening a few key corridors. ® Ticket to Ride — focus on rail, high-capacity passenger transit between Caldwell and Boise with a land use focus on single-family homes, apartments and urban activity centers near rail, which would preserve farmland. ® Penny Lane — Land use focuses on affordable housing on smaller lots closer to job centers and improving transportation network to encourage walking or biking to those job centers. ® Come Together — Focuses on reducing the impact on community budgets by leveraging the variety of housing options near existing services, which would help to preserve farmland. Funding for transportation improvements would be needed to support, biking, walking, and bus transit services in the Treasure Valley. Ms. Itkonen concluded by reviewing the survey that opened today and will be run through July 11. She encouraged the Commissioners to take, and share the survey with others via social media, email, or any method to get others to participate in completing it. Feedback provided will be used to develop the Plan Goals and Implementation Strategies, which will be voted on by the COMPASS board. Chairman Ballard opened the floor for discussion, and Ms. Itkonen stood for questions, which took place. Chairman Ballard thanked Ms. Itkonen and extended an open invitation to return for future updates. c. Downtown Alleys (C. Hood) Mr. Hood directed the Commission's attention to a correspondence on pages 18 and 19 of the packet, and asked if the Commission would like to have input on this topic prior to a response to the citizen or action by ACHD or the City. Mr. Hood also noted that both the Meridian Downtown Business Association (MDBA) and the MDC (Meridian Development Corporation) Boards have not had an opportunity to discuss this topic yet. Mr. Hood asked that the Commission wait to review the feedback from MDBA and MDC prior to making any Meridian Transportation Commission Meeting Agenda July 6, 2020 — Page 6 of 46 recommendations to City Council. Mr. Hood also noted that the Chamber President Sean Evans is on the phone and may have some insight and comments to share. Mr. Hood concluded and asked for discussion from the Commission on a path forward. Chairman Ballard opened the floor for discussion, and a robust discussion took place. Mr. Hood will follow-up with MPD on crash data and will extend invitations to MDBA, MDC and the Meridian Chamber of Commerce for the July Transportation Commission meeting, pending availability of data. d. Fairview Avenue, Eagle to Locust Grove (C. Hood) Mr. Hood did a brief overview of the topic, shared a visual of the area and updated the Commission on some project developments and the restrictions of left turning movements. Mr. Hood reviewed the proposed 7 lane improvements and asked for recommendations from the Commission that they would like him to carry forward to the June 9 City Council meeting. Mr. Hood noted there is an online open house beginning on June I I and ACHD has already started reaching out to neighbors, along the corridor, for input on the concept level recommendation in this area. Mr. Hood shared the ACHD anticipated timeline for construction, to begin in FY2023, and stood for questions. A robust discussion took place and comments were provided to Mr. Hood from the Commissioners, but nothing to share with the City Council. e. Future Role of the Transportation Commission (All) Mr. Hood kicked -off this topic with a brief historical review and provided an update of actions since it was first identified. Mr. Hood met with legal staff to discuss potential next steps. Staff recommends that a sub -committee be formed to come up with the sideboards/rules of what the Transportation Commission will address. The sub -committee would provide the recommendations to the full Transportation Commission (TC) of what could/should be considered at the Planning & Zoning or City Council meetings for development review applications, the caveat being that input from the TC could not delay the application process. Discussion took place amongst the Commissioners and recommendations for Sub -Committee members were proposed. A motion was made by Commissioner Lewis to establish a sub- committee to look into the future role of the Transportation Commission and establish some rules. The sub -committee will consist of four members: Mr. Ballard, Mr. Lancaster, Mr. LeClaire, as the Chair of the sub -committee, and Mr. Steed; motion was seconded by Commissioner Hopkins — all ayes — motion passed. Commissioner LeClaire will work with Mr. Hood to establish a schedule for the sub -committee and Chairman Ballard closed the item. Prior to item 5f Commissioner Hopkins motioned to extend the meeting to 5:40; second by Commissioner Lancaster — all ayes — motion carried. Meridian Transportation Commission Meeting Agenda July 6, 2020 — Page 7 of 46 f. Staff Communications (C. Hood) Chairman Ballard prefaced the staff communications topic referencing a correspondence regarding a deteriorating neighborhood that the City had received. Mr. Hood noted that the correspondence begins on page 24 of the packet. Mr. Hood also noted that he has received some additional feedback from Sgt. Frasier and requested to hold this topic until July when Sgt. Frasier could attend and provide an update to the Commission. No other Staff Communications were discussed. Chairman Ballard reviewed the current Future Meeting Topics and opened the floor for any other discussion or additional agenda topics. Three additional topics suggested for the July meeting were: VRT update & bus stop locations (Alissa Taysom) Walkabout workshop update Sub -committee update 6. Future Meeting Topics a. Default Speed Limit b. Harvest Transit Update c. Signs in City Ordinances d. Transportation Components of the Comprehensive Plan e. Main/King Crosswalk f. Master Mobility Map 7. Next Meeting Date: July 6 2020 8. Adjourn A motion by Commissioner Lewis to adjourn; second by Commissioner Hopkins — no vote taken. Meeting adjourned at 5:36 p.m. (AUDIO RECORDING AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST) :APROV;D . DAVID BALLARD, CHAIR ATTE; . CHRIS JbHNSON (City e k) LNcok1o`j 9 �y r``o �"Y w ARG VALLEV DAT DAT Meridian Transportation Commission Meeting Agenda July 6, 2020 — Page 8 of 46