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Communities in Motion (CIM) Development Review Checklist
Development Name: West Haven
CIM Vision Category: Existing Neighborhood
Consistent with CIM Vision? YES
New Households: 221 New Jobs: ±80
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
N/A
Pedestrian level of stress N/A
Bicycle level of stress N/A
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:
The COMPASS Complete Network Policy identifies State Highway 55 (Karcher Road) as a primary freight
and secondary public transportation corridor. When developing the site plan for the commercial portion
of the site, consider freight needs. While the site is not currently served by public transportation, the
Communities in Motion 2050 Public Transportation System shows an unfunded future bus route on Karcher Road from downtown Caldwell to the College of Western Idaho. Consider adding transit supportive infrastructure to support the future route (see Complete Network Appendix for more
information).
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: State Highway 55 (Karcher Road)
Primary Use: Freight
Secondary Use: Public Transportation
Land Use to Support Public Transportation
✓ Orient buildings toward potential transit corridors, with parking on the back side rather than the
street side
Public Transportation Infrastructure
✓ Provide sidewalks and/or bike paths designed to meet the needs of all users (including elderly,
children, and individuals with disabilities) to connect development to transit stops
✓ Provide bicycle parking that includes covered bike racks at transit stops; ensure it does not conflict with vehicular or pedestrian travel
Access Management
✓ Ensure access points are designed with a turning radius that accommodates freight access where appropriate
✓ Provide adequate driveways and drive-through queues to ensure that when a vehicle leaves a
roadway it does not affect traffic on the roadway or access to businesses
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: Not estimated to break even.
Additional Information:
• The City is estimated to operate at a net fiscal loss in the stabilization year (on-going
impact).
• The Highway District fiscal impact analysis includes capital improvements to the state
highway system. The Highway District is estimated to operate at a net fiscal positive in
the stabilization year (on-going impact).
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:
www.compassidaho.org/prodserv/fiscalimpact.htm
Long-Term Funded and Unfunded Capital Projects
CIM Priority
Corridor: State Highway 55 (Karcher Road)
Widening State Highway 55 (Karcher Road), Pear Lane to Middleton Road, to four travel lanes is
a short term funded project in Communities in Motion 2050 (see Key#22715).
More information on transportation needs and projects based on forecasted future growth is
available at:
https://compassidaho.maps.arcgis.com/apps/instant/portfolio/index.html?appid=6c1eebca233d4
9c4935825136f338fac
Short-Term Funded Capital Projects
Source: The COMPASS Transportation Improvement Program (TIP). The TIP is a short-range (seven-year)
budget of transportation projects for which federal funds are anticipated, along with non-federally funded
projects that are regionally significant and is available at:
https://www.compassidaho.org/documents/prodserv/trans/FY22/FY23_29TIPdoc.pdf