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Home My WebLink About2019-05-16 PBR Minutes PATHWAYS AND BIKE ROUTES COMMITTEE MINUTES APPROVED May 16, 2019, 7:OOP.M. Caldwell Public Library - Community Ro Call to Order: Bill Gigray called the meeting to order at 7:16 p.m. Members Present: Wm. F. Gigray,Ann Manning, Cindy Grover, Mark Pemble Members Absent: Ken Chapman, Paul Mann, Nick Molenaar Others Present: Rob Hopper, City Council Liaison,Jerome Mapp, Interim Planning & Zoning Director; Lori Colligan, Administrative Secretary Others Absent: Brent Orton, Public Works Director; Marcus Amman,COMPASS, Alex Hackett, YMCA II. Approval of Minutes: A. The minutes of the January 17, 2019 meeting were presented to the committee. MOTION:Ann Manning SECOND: Cindy Grover MOTION PASSED. III. Audience Participation: a. Introductions IV. Communications: a. None V. Old Business: A. Discussion Item: Fund Balance Update a. Jerome reported that he met with Carol Mitchell, the director of Finance. There is some confusion on the Fund Balance. There was an understanding that if funds were not used they were rolled over into the next year. That is not the case. The PBR budget is not a line item and therefore,funds go back into the general account. b. Committee members expressed concern with this information and would like to find a way to make the PBR budget a line item. 1 � Pa c May 16, 2019 B. Discussion Item: FACTS Update a. Bill updated the committee that they are discussing continuing projects. They would like to push for an interconnection off Plantation Island Bridge. They would like a pathway from the island over to the Garden City side. Another project is getting the pathway to Eagle Island State Park. They are concerned about the improvements at Linder Road between Highway 20 and Highway 44. C. Discussion Item: Indian Creek TAP Grant Update a. Rob H. stated they ran into a big of snag with the railroad. The path right now will stay engineered to avoid Simplot Blvd. They hope to change that when they put in the roundabout. D. Discussion Item: Sacajawea Safe Routes to School Grant Update a. Jerome reported that this project is complete. He received final closeout at 109,000. It was over budget at $141,000 because there were a number of change orders on the project. It has been sent to LTAC for approval. He is not sure how that will get paid. E. Discussion Item: Safe Routes to School Study a. Jerome stated he has been talking to Chris Danley and he suggested they provide a workshop with the Committee to review their findings. b. Rob Hopper said the biggest issue is Montana Ave. There are plans for upgrades to Montana Avenue this year. F. Discussion Item: Update on bicycle paths along the 1-84 corridor: Ustick, Linden, 10th Avenue Interchange- Bryan Foote, Horrocks Engineers a. The Engineering office has been working with ITD on the expansion of I- 84. The existing pedestrian bridge is not wide enough to accommodate the lane expansion and it needs to come down. They are considering a replacement bridge, but that will be around 2 million dollars.They have asked us if there are alternative improvements that could be made at the 10th Avenue underpass to alleviate the need for the pedestrian bridge. b. They have an environmental study looking at widening 1-84 from Caldwell to Karcher. It will be 3 lanes on each side. They will be replacing the Ustick overpass and the Middleton overpass. c. Centennial to Franklin does not yet have definite funding. d. Committee members are all in favor of replacing the pedestrian bridge in kind. G. Discussion Item: Trails that have been backlogged for a couple years a. Jerome shared with that these items are still backlogged. Before Brian left he said there was approximately 120,000 in the budget.Jerome met with the City Treasurer.Those funds were put into capital funds. Those 21 Page May 16, 2019 go into the pot and not available for other projects. The funding source that has been looked at is out of the capital funds. There was a change in the laws regarding Urban Renewal and what they can do with funds. Our budget is not earmarked for capital funds. b. For the past 3 years, projects were on hold because the City was busy. In looking at the project list if public works doesn't have the manpower we will have to go out to bid. If the city can't build,we need to look at other options. He understands the Rotary Pond Path is important to this committee. We need a new estimate for today and we need to look at funding opportunities that are available. c. Rob-This is not a pathway only problem. There are other projects. There were designated projects with earmarked funding that has not been done yet. We need to align pathways with projects that are currently going on. d. Committee would like to review projects and vote at the next meeting. VI. New Business: A. Discussion Item: Lake Lowell Pathway Land Acquisition B. Discussion Item: ITD Environmental Study C. Update City of Caldwell Bicycle& Pedestrian Plan (last update April 2, 2017) a. Jerome-Chris Danley wrote a letter to mayor requesting a local match, for a total project cost of$50,000,to update the Caldwell Bike and Ped plan. He believes contracts have been signed,and they want to start on this ASAP. We will invite him to our next meeting. b. Indian Creek Festival - bike helmets. We had 2/3 of the bike helmets left over from the last festival. Committee members think we should change it up this year and not do the helmets, possibly safety flags. Committee will vote on this at the next meeting. D. Lighting at Indian Creek Path - Mark P. a. Rob thought there was a plan for lighting E. Mark P.- signs that say"no biking" in downtown Caldwell a. Rob said there are no bike signs at the plaza -that is a Destination Caldwell thing not a city thing. VII. Committee and Staff Reports a. None VIII. Next PBR Committee Meeting:Thursday,June 20,2019 at 7:00 p.m. 3IPage May 16, 2019 IX. Adjournment. The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:50 p.m. Motion to adjourn Respectfully submitted by Lori Colligan, MINUTES APP•oV T D `ND SIGNED BELOW BY BILL GIGRAY ON THE DATE NOTED BELOW. d ‘-"- ..,„.„,„...-----.7 • 4 /A, ! I / / Bill Gigray AV Da e / ile/ 16A1/ , / ATTEST:Jerome M. .p, Inter' A&Z Director Date For detailed minutes, please request a copy of the digital recording. 41Pa �14e May 16, 2019