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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-06-16 PATHWAY COMMITTEE MIINUTES PATHWAYS AND BIKE ROUTES COMMITTEE MINUTES Meeting of June 16, 2015 @ 7:'00 P.M. CaldwellAll"rport Hubler Terminal, —Community Room 1. Call to Order. Brian B. called the meeting to order at 7,30 p.m. stating that there 'i's no quiorurn, Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson. Bill Gigray,was appointed as Acting Chairperson. Members Present. Bill Gligray, Bill Buckendorf, Paul Mann, Mark Pem,ble and Nick Mol call). Members Absent. Ann Manning, Cindy Grover, Ken Chapman, and Sharon Porter. Others Present. Bri'an Billingsley, Planning & Zoning Director, April Cabello, Planning Technician, Alex Hackett, YMCA, and Tom Laws, COMPASS. Others Absent. Brent Ortoini, Public'Works Director; Ricardo Calderon, Engineering Techniciam and R,ob Hopper, CC Liaison. 11. Review and Approval of the Agenda. No changes were made to the agenda. Ill. Approval of'Minutes. X The minutes,of April 28, 2015 weire clontinued to, next nrieeting. Paul M. and Mark P. stated there were no, corrections or changles. Motion to approve was continued to the next meeting. IV. Audience Participation. Alex Hackett of the; YMCA introduced himself. He 'I's the new Safe Routes to SchoolAdministrator assigned to Caldwell. Tom Laws of Complass 'Introduced himself,and explainedthe projects that Compass is working on and;, why he attendedthe PBRis meeting. The committee held a discussion on the planning and mapping of A,da and, Canyon Counties, existing and planned pathways and trails. V. Communications. None. w r VI. old Business. A. Fund Balance Update. Brian B. reported that fund balance remains the same, no change subject to change with the work that was done on the greenbelt near Rotary Pond Park. The committee asked to see a report from Engineering of what is in the plans for Rotary Pond Park. B. Family Values Park and Pathway Update. Continued to the next meeting. C. FACTS Update—Bill G. reported that there is a committee that is working on maintenance of a FACTS pathway that deals with three jurisdictions. The R- O-W is owned by FACTS and the issue is maintenance because FACTS does not have equipment or employees to do maintenance of pathways. The City of Garden City, Boise City and Ada County are looking into how to Cooperatively maintain the pathway. They need to have a joint powers agreement for maintenance of pathways. They are also trying to develop a committee to work on a response to Senate Bill 1044. Brian B. stated that he spoke to Mayor Evans of Garden City and told him that Bill G. is looking at doing a watered down version of that Emanate Domain Bill and Mayor Evans thought it was a good idea that the Pathways Committee propose legislation that would exempt properties within city limits that are non-agricultural. Bill G. responded that they would put together a committee and would let the committee tackle this and come up with an idea before they get into the legislative session. It will either die on the vine or they are going to try and Come back with something. D. FY2016 Budget Request and Recommendations—Brian B. reviewed the 2016 budget request and recommendations and stated that if he Can have the four committee members to support the budget recommendations and that he will try and Contact another member by phone to make quorum so the committee may vote on the FY2016 budget request. Brian B. contacted Nick Molenaar by phone to make quorum. Motion to approve FY2016 Budget Request and Recommendations. MOTION: Bill B., SECOND: Paul M., MOTION PASSED. Motion to approve the minutes of the special meeting held on April 28, 2015. MOTION: Bill B., SECOND: Paul M., MOTION PASSED. Nick Molenaar terminated his conference call at this point. Vll. New Business. A. Indian Creek Festival-- Brian B. reported that the Indian Creek Festive is Saturday, September 12, 2015 and that he requested west Malley Medical 2 Pa -Ce a 1 0 Center to hel p out again with bike helmets. Brian B. also shared that he estimates it will cost$1,700.00 to buy 200 bike helmets and will ask Vilest Valle Medical to give $1,200.00 and the PBR budget will cover$500.00. If Valley 9 . West Valley can only give $1,000.00 he will buy 170 helmets. Vill. Committee and Staff Reports. Brian B. reported that Brent Orton would present at the City Council Budget p Workshop the request to fund the Pathways & Bike R oute Committee of$40k. Brian B. reported that the city of Caldwell population is officially at 50,000 people and there is no need to do a census. Brian B. reported that Safe Routes to School grant/Community Choices grant received last y ear from lTD for Lincoln Elementary School was to have been used towards rapid flashing beacons at 10 th Avenue, Kimball Avenue and Grant Avenue and sidewalk improvement along Grant Avenue. The Engineering Department has decided not to go after the funds because the 0 0 p Funding work can be done internally cheaper than going through the Federal g process. Brian B. reported that it has been 5 '/z years since the Pathways and Bike Routes Master Plan was adopted and it is time to update the plan. Brian B. asked the committee if they wanted a sub-committee to work on the plan or make this an item at every meeting and go over the plan section by section. Brian B. will email to the committee members a pdf copy of the current plan for review. Bill G. made the recommendation to place this item on the August 18, 2015 agenda to discuss this plan. IX. Adjourn. Meeting adjourned at approximately 8:15 p.m. Respectfully submitted by April Cabello, MN I U E VED AND SIGNED BELOW BY CHAIRPERSON CINDY GROVER ON T DA OTED BELOW. A g Ch it t e ATTEST: Brian Billingsley, P&Z Director Gate For detailed minutes, please request a copy of the digital recording. 31 Pa e