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Home My WebLink About2026-07-13 URA Minutes • j • Regular Caldwell Urban Renewal Agency Meeting (City Hall- Chambers Room#100) July 13, 2026 6:00 PM MEETING LOCATION Caldwell City Hall 205 South 6th Avenue Written Comments and/or Virtual Participation: Written comments for consideration regarding the"Public Comments" portion of the agenda or requests for virtual participation associated with items on the agenda must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Please email the Caldwell City Clerk. Live Stream Viewing: If you are not planning to speak,members of the public are encouraged to view the meeting via the live stream option. AGENDA Roll Call Chairman Jim Porter,Commissioner Zach Brooks,Commissioner Julie Warwick,Commissioner Chuck Stadick,Commissioner Dave Moore,Commissioner Chris Allgood,and Commissioner Tom Kohl Conflict of Interest Declaration Public Comments Members of the public may address items of concern not listed on the agenda. Consent Calendar The consent calendar includes items which require formal Council action,but which are typically routine or not of great controversy. Individual Council members may ask that any specific item be removed from the consent calendar in order that it be discussed in greater detail. Explanatory information is included in the Council agenda packet regarding these items and any contingencies are part of the approval. All Consent Calendar items are considered action items. I. Appoint Rachelle Castleberry as the Interim URA Treasurer Update Reports—Current Approved Developments and/or Projects I. Update Development Report:RRC Contractors(Blaine&Kimball) 2. Update Development Report:TS Development(Arthur Street) 3. Update Development Report:Base Layer,LLC(North Caldwell District 26) 4. Update Development Report:7th&Main Developer,LLC(Main Street) 5. Update Development Report:Wolfpack Development,LLC(905 Arthur Street) 6. Update Development Report:Canyon County Fair(Fair Building Project) Old Business None. Caldwell Urban Renewal Agency Reeularly Scheduled Meetins July 13,2026 6:00 P.M. MINUTES The regularly scheduled meeting of the Caldwell Urban Renewal Agency convened at 6:00p.m. in the Caldwell City Hall Council Chambers with Chairman Jim Porter presiding. ROLL CALL The Meeting Clerk called the roll. Present: Chairman Porter,Commissioner Brooks, Commissioner Warwick, Commissioner Stadick, Commissioner Moore,and Commissioner Allgood. Absent: Commissioner Kohl. CONFLICT OF INTEREST DECLARATION None. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION None. CONSENT CALENDAR [All Consent Calendar items are considered action items] 1) Appoint Rachelle Castleberry as Interim URA Treasurer. MOVED by Stadick, SECONDED by Warwick to approve the consent calendar as presented. Roll-call vote. Those voting yes:, Stadick, Moore, Allgood, Porter, Brooks,Warwick,. Those voting no: None. Those absent or not voting: Kohl. MOTION CARRIED UPDATE REPORTS—Current Approved Developments and/or Projects Update Development Report: RRC Contractors(,Blaine& Kimball) Derek Cooper. No report. Update Development Report: TS Development(Arthur Street) Shawn MaybOn. Mr. Maybon reported there is new progress on the 6'Avenue underground utility work. He will provide additional updates as they happen. Update Development Report: Base Layer, LLC(North Caldwell—District 26). Shane Jiminez reported though there is not much new activity,there is interest for 5 to 10 acre properties. Mr. Jiminez and Mr. Bevin are encouraged by the activity and are pursuing discussions with utility providers regarding capacity for the area. Update Development Report: Th&Main Developer, LLC(Main Street) Dean Pape. Mr. Pape was out of the area and did not provide a report. Ofelia Morales, URA Executive Director, stated that Mark Hilty, Agency Attorney, is working with the City and Mr. Pape regarding the details of the parking agreement for the Phase II site. Update Development Re ort: Wolfpack Development,LLC 905 Arthur Street Amber Dancer. Amber Dancer reported that latest purchase plan has fallen through; they will move forward with developing the grass lot as quickly as possible. Economic Development Report from Ofelia Morales—June 2026 URA District Updates: North Urban Renewal Area(12/20/21) • Economic Dev, has been receiving requests for larger parcels and District 26 certainly meets those criteria. • Numerous real estate agents have clients interested in the area and area calling it `Sky Ranch 2.0'. Central Urban Renewal Area(12/15/25) • Property owner of a vacant lot is looking at redeveloping his parcel and has started conversations with the city. • Staff provided an update on the COMPASS Grant, and noted that it usually takes about a year to hear back. • Main Street RFP is live(released 6/24/26); submissions are due 8117/2026. Site A(10/14/2024) 119 S Kimball Ave • The RFP is live with a due date of July 13" (today). Site B(8/18/2025) • Mr. Hilty will address next steps under Attorney Reports. General Updates • Commissioners Stadick and Brooks were reappointed to the URA by City Council on 71612026 • URA Budget Workshop will be on Thursday,July 23,2026 • In the process of updating URA By Laws • Brownfields Grant submitted last year; the grant was awarded to Terracon, who will be helping address some of the blighted areas in our city. • Future Urban Renewal District: Ms.Morales summarized the thought and intent behind looking at the Caldwell Airport as a potential urban renewal district,noting that there are many improvements in the area as a whole. She stated that the area is roughly from Aviation to Middleton Rd,and back to Ustick. The Economic Development team has been researching what other cities are doing,and focusing specifically on Pocatello and Hailey. Ms. Morales identified the documents they have received and noted the areas of focus that would likely be beneficial to Caldwell. Commissioners provided comments generally favorable toward continuing to investigate what makes sense in Caldwell for a potential new URA area around the airport. URA Project List: Ms. Morales reviewed the remaining items on the project list and reported on progress and expectations for the coming months. Economic Development Activity Report from Bryan Kida—June 2026 Downtown • Downtown bridge construction: shoring work is now happening. • Extra safety measures are being installed at the railroad crossings. • Several companies experienced water in their basements during the heavy rainstorm in June • Theatre is enjoying the extra parking spaces on 91 adjacent to their property • Went around to many businesses with RBCI giving updates on the Kimball bridge project. It appears that many of the businesses receive and look at the weekly bulletin email. IndustrialYCornmercial • Streets completed chip sealing in the Sky Ranch and Airport areas. A company was doing a large event at the time, and the streets department did a great job making sure there was no interference with their event. That company has since signaled they are looking to expand. • North Ranch is full. All available commercial and industrial space is built on or owned by entities looking to build. MOVED by Warwick, SECONDED by Allgood to adjourn at 7:34pm Approved as written this 10 day of August, 2026. Attest: UR, cretary 00mmissi. er Porter Commissioner ttadiLk Commissioner Warwick OMOS( ug 1 026 15:07:31 MDT} -2 5 Wif PCommi ioner Brooks 2 Z,?14� Col issione Ai ood 1 Cd6niisioAeFMWoore BEN 1 Co tssioner Kohl