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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-03-21 PBR Minutes APPRO) cc copl PATHWAYS AND BIKE ROUTES COMMITTEE MINUTES Meeting of March 21, 2017 @ 7:00 P.M. Caldwell Airport Hubler Terminal - Community Room Call to Order: Chairman Mark Pemble called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Members Present: Ann Manning, Bill Buckendorf,Cindy Grover, Mark Pemble, Paul Mann Members Absent: Bill Gigray, Nick Molenaar, Ken Chapman Others Present: Brian Billingsley, Planning &Zoning Director; Lori Colligan, Admin. Secretary; Alex Hackett,YMCA;Tom Laws, COMPASS; and Scott Pemble Others Absent: Rob Hopper,City Council Liaison;and Brent Orton, Public Works Director II. Review and Approval of the Agenda Bill B. made a motion to add one item to the agenda under Old Business, item C. 1. Update on Bike and Pathway Master Workshop- Brian B. MOTION: Bill Buckendorf. SECOND:Cindy Grover MOTION PASSED. III. Review and Approval of Minutes A. The minutes of the January 17, 2017 Regular Meeting were presented to the committee. Motion to approve MOTION: Bill Buckendorf. SECOND:Ann Manning MOTION PASSED. IV. Audience Participation None. V. Communications None. VI. Old Business A. Fund Balance Update: a. Brian reported that he is not aware of any changes to the fund balance. Our old fund balance from the last meeting stands today. We did spend $4700 on the thermal plastics for the College and that is the only money we've spent this fiscal year. As it stands our fund balance is approximately 35,000. B. FACTS Update: a. COMPASS - Paul reported that they didn't have a FACTS meeting this month but they did have a meeting today with COMPASS. They have an idea to put pathways along active railroad right-a-ways. They are talking about a 30 mile stretch from Nampa to the terminal in Boise. There is a similar project going on in Oakland and they are several steps ahead of us so they want to follow their lead. There are approximately 240 rails and trails projects in the United States and UP doesn't have one. b. FACTS-The green belt ends up 1/2 a mile from Eagle Island State Park and they are trying to get that connected. c. Tom commented that they received a request from the City of Star to look at the feasibility of the greenbelt connecting from downtown Star to Eagle Island State Park. If that moves forward then we'll only have to go through Middleton and then all the way to Caldwell. C. Report on the PBR Master Plan Workshop at City Council on 3/20/17: a. Last night they had a workshop at the City Council meeting. They presented two items to them;the first was the Lake Lowell Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan and the second item was the City's Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan that we have been working on. The Lake Lowell Plan was very well received by the City Council. It's probably going to be adopted at the next City Council meeting.The City of Nampa adopted the Lake Lowell Master Plan at their meeting in February. That plan calls for 2 pathways to connect Caldwell to the Lake.The Lake Lowell Pathway which starts at the YMCA pathway and goes down to Vallivue High School/Vallivue Middle School and terminates at Mallard Park. The Cougar pathway which starts behind Caldwell High School works its way South to Nampa City Limits. We're proposing a few road improvements; bike lanes on Linden and Indiana and a detached pathway on 10th Avenue. The Council was very supportive of those ideas and will probably adopt them at the next meeting. b. The second plan they presented was the Bike and Pedestrian Master Plan that this group worked on. We showed them all the maps;thanks to Tom who did a great job on all of them. Thanks to those who were in attendance last night- Mark, Cindy, Ann,and Ken Chapman's wife was there. We showed them all the different routes that are proposed. Brain explained the reasons why we felt that bike lanes were needed on certain roads. He showed them the pathways that were proposed. Pioneer Irrigation was there and they stated they were thankful to the City. They did suggest a few changes which we've done, nothing harmful to our plan. We have incorporated those changes and they were thankful for that. There will be a public hearing at the next City Council meeting on the 3rd of April. You do not have to attend but Brian would encourage as many of you as possible to attend. You can sign up to speak if you want or just sit in the audience and show your support. He is not sure if the irrigation districts will be there or not. He did receive an email this morning from someone at St. Luke's stating they couldn't make the meeting last night but they do want to attend the public hearing on the 3rd or possibly just write a letter of support. If you know of anyone who is in support of what we're doing you can ask them to be at the meeting on the 3rd or to write a letter of support. c. Ann asked Brian to put something on the FB page about the meeting on the 3rd. He said he would. d. Mark Pemble wanted to tell the group that Mark from Pioneer Irrigation publicly thanked Brian B.for his cooperation. VII. New Business A. Discussion Caldwell Community Pride Day: Brian informed the group that Community Pride day will be held on Earth Day this year-Saturday,April 22, 2017, from 9am to noon. He asked the group for suggestions. A couple of possibilities: a. There are some major problems at the greenbelt due to all the flooding but working there will depend on the water situation at that time. b. New Pathway by the YMCA has some tree branches that need to be trimmed. c. The pathway behind Syringa has a lot of glass that needs to be cleaned up d. Rotary Pond Area B. Brian will take a drive and check out the pathways and see if any need any attention. C. FY 2018 Budget Requests: a. Committee members reviewed Anticipated Needs for the next 5 years b. FY2016: i. The Lake Lowell Pathway phase 1 -this has been built ii. Jefferson Middle School Pathway- not yet completed iii. Bike Route#15 (Smeed Parkway) - not sure if this has been completed, Brian will double check on this one c. FY2017: i. Rotary Pond Park-This will be the major project for this year. ii. Bike Route#4- Unfortunately due to the bad winter we had the Mayor and City Council have decided they are not going to do any chip sealing this year. Excessive funds were spent on snow removal this winter. All road maintenance activities will be deferred until next year. Bike Lane projects for this year will have to wait until next year. d. FY2018 i. Indian Creek Pathway Extension to the Greenbelt.T hat was the grant that was funded through ITD. Unfortunately,that's not going to be funded until 2019.This will have to be pushed back to FY19. e. FY2019 i. The only project we'll have FY19 is the Indian Creek Project, connecting Downtown to the Greenbelt. f. FY2020 i. Indian Creek Pathway near fairgrounds. This might get completed sooner. Not sure if Urban Renewal will handle this. The City purchased a vacant lot on the north side of the Railroad near the fairgrounds on 21'Avenue. The City is going to use this for parking for the rodeo. They will also build a pathway adjacent to that parking lot along Indian Creek. g. Brian is asking for input from the Committee on what projects we would like to see happen. We like to plan 5 years in advance so we need to plan FY21 and FY22. i. Paul asked about Lake Lowell. It is his understanding the City has to adopt it and then we can seek funding. Brian indicated that was correct. ii. Brian reported the number one ranked project out of Caldwell is 10`h Avenue. Putting a detached pathway adjacent to 10`h Avenue from Ustick down to Orchard. The Committee agreed the project for FY2018 will be the 10th Avenue detached pathway from Ustick to Lake Lowell. iii. Update on Jefferson Middle School Pathway-Brian still needs to go to the school and get their support. This project would basically be an extension of the Panther Pathway that goes behind Syringa. It'll continue down Jefferson along the East Property Line and go all the way down South to Stone Gate,then it will continue running along a drain all the way to 10`h Avenue. iv. FY2019 has to be Indian Creek,that's the year they assigned that project. FY2020 could be the Jefferson Project. v. Paul asked where we are in getting the College connected to downtown. Brian said that will be done this year. It will go down 20`h and over to Arthur. vi. Pathways in Curtis Park- It is actually the responsibility of Kiwanis to maintain this pathway. Maybe they will help with financing to put a pathway in. vii. Paul asked about working on the Safe Routes to Schools. Brian said it is very competitive. They have maybe 3 million in funding available every year and they receive 10 million in requests. We could apply but it's not likely to happen.There is an effort with the state to provide some funding. Alex reported they are having a hearing tomorrow on that and there is potential. viii. Cindy asked if there is a plan to put a stop light at Montana and Ustick. Brian is not sure if there is a plan for that or not. He does know they have plans to build a hawk crossing on Ustick& Indiana next to the Charter school either this year or next year. ix. Paul brought up that the Clean Cities Coalition has money and they are supportive of bicycle projects. x. Paul reported that another idea is all of the ditches. There is an opportunity to make nature trails and dirt paths;they don't have to be paved. xi. Paul asked if anyone knew the timeline on 20/26. Brian reported that there isn't at timeline. They are working on a long range plan.The plan is they want to put al 0 foot wide pathways on both sides of the highway. Tom confirmed that was true.They will be detached, not adjacent to the high way surface so they will be safe to walk on. They will go from Caldwell all the way to Boise.Tom said once they get to Eagle they are little more constrained with the right-of-way. h. The Committee agreed on the following: i. This year will be the Rotary Pond ii. FY2018 10th Avenue iii. FY2019 Indian Creek iv. FY2020 Jefferson Project v. FY2021 Pathway repair vi. FY2022 Irrigation Pathways 1. Brian will take this back to the office and come up with a list of pathways for the committee to prioritize. i. Multiple Use Pathway Acquisitions -there are 4 pathways we proposed to acquire: i. Wallace Property,adjacent to Curtis Park-this is still ongoing; ii. Easement from Caldwell School district to build Jefferson Pathway- Has not happened yet; iii. Land along Indian Creek (United Metals property) we've already completed this purchase; iv. Begin discussions with property owners acquiring land between Ustick and Vallivue HS for Phase 2 of the Lake Lowell Pathway project-we've had some discussions but no progress so far.We'll keep this on the list. VIII. Committee and Staff Reports None. IX. The next PBR meeting will be May 16, 2017, 7:00 p.m. X. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:50 p.m. Respectfully submitted by Lori Colligan, MINUTES APPROVED AND SIGNED BELOW BY CHAIRPERSON MARK PEMBLE ON THE DATE NOTED BELOW. s - Mark Pemble, Chairperson Date 1p- /7 ATTEST: Brian Billingsley, P&Z Director Date For detailed minutes,please request a copy of the digital recording.