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Sent: 12/8/23
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Communities in Motion (CIM) Development Review Checklist
Development Name: Hoshaw Subdivision
CIM Vision Category: Existing Neighborhood
Consistent with CIM Vision? YES
New Households: 428 New Jobs: ±70
Safety Economic Vitality How safe and comfortable is the nearest major road (minor arterial or above) for
bicyclists and pedestrians? Analysis is
limited to existing roadway conditions.
To what extent does the project enable people, government, and
businesses to prosper?
Economic Activity Center Access
Impact on Existing Surrounding Farmland
Net Fiscal Impact
Indiana Avenue
Pedestrian level of stress
Bicycle level of stress
Convenience Quality of Life
What services are available within 0.5 miles (green) or 1 mile (yellow) of the project?
Checked boxes indicate that additional information is attached.
Active Transportation ✓
Automobile Transportation
Public Transportation ✓
Roadway Projects ✓
Nearest bus stop
Nearest public school
Nearest public park
Improves performance
Does not improve or
reduce performance Reduces performance
Comments:
This site is serviced by Valley Regional Transit (VRT) bus route 43 – Caldwell Express, and 150 – On Demand Service. Work with VRT to determine if new bus stops to serve this site are appropriate. Consider providing cross access to the parcel north of Lassen Place.
Who we are: The Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho (COMPASS) is the metropolitan
planning organization for Ada and Canyon Counties. This review evaluates whether land developments
are consistent with Communities in Motion, the regional long-range transportation plan for Ada and
Canyon Counties. This checklist is not intended to be prescriptive, but rather a guidance document. Past
checklists are available online. See the Development Review User Guide for more information on the red, yellow, and green checklist thresholds.
Complete Network Appendix
Checkmarks (✓) below indicate suggested changes to a site plan, based on the COMPASS
Complete Network Policy (No. 2022-01). Both the Complete Network Policy and site-specific
suggestions are intended to better align land use with identified transportation uses in the
corridor. Please see the Complete Network map for primary and secondary uses for roadways (minor arterial and above) in Ada and Canyon Counties.
Corridor Name: Indiana Avenue
Primary Use: N/A
Secondary Use: Public Transportation
Bicycle and Pedestrian Infrastructure
✓ Apply traffic calming measures to discourage speeding on local roads
✓ Provide sufficient and covered bike parking near destinations
Public Transportation Infrastructure
✓ Provide annual bus passes to employees or residents through the Valley Regional Transit Regional Pass Program: https://www.valleyregionaltransit.org/group-pass-programs
Traffic Calming
Access Management
✓ Provide cross or shared access to reduce the need for excessive access on major roads
More information is available in the COMPASS Access Management Toolkit and the COMPASS Access
Management Business Guide.
Fiscal Impact Analysis
Below are the expected revenues and costs to local governments from this project. The purpose
of this analysis is to help the public, stakeholders, and the decision-makers better manage
growth.
Capital and operating expenditures are determined based on service and infrastructure needs,
including persons per household, student generation rates, lot sizes, street frontages, vehicle
trip and trip adjustment factors, average trip lengths, construction values, income, discretionary
spending, and employment densities.
Net Fiscal Impact by Agency
City County
Highway District School District
Breakeven point across all agencies: 1 year
Disclaimer: This tool only looks out 20 years and does not include replacement costs for
infrastructure, public utilities, or unfunded transportation needs in the project area. More
information about the COMPASS Fiscal Impact Tool is available at:
https://compassidaho.org/fiscal-impact-tool/
Long-Term Funded and Unfunded Capital Projects
CIM Priority
Corridor: Ustick Road (Farmway Road to Lake Avenue)
Widening Ustick Road (Farmway Road to Lake Avenue) to five lanes is a local system priority in
Communities in Motion 2050 and is unfunded.
More information on transportation needs and projects based on forecasted future growth is
available at: https://cim2050.compassidaho.org/projects-and-priorities/project-priorities/