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Memo
To: City Council
From: Michelle Groenevelt, Community & Economic Development Director, AICP
CC: Anette Spickard, City Manager
Date: 5/9/19
Re: Monthly Department Report – April 2019
1. Housing:
McCall Redevelopment Agency (MRA) will review a request for proposal for a Local Housing
development for the parcel they own on Davis Ave in May.
2. Code Update:
Diane Kushlan, a planning consultant, is leading the Code Update process in 2019. Work sessions
were held on the non-conforming code and airport zone at the Planning and Zoning Commission. The
nonconforming code went through a public hearing at the April 2 Planning & Zoning meeting and
was recommended for approval to the City Council and County Commissioners. The non-conforming
is a public hearing at City Council on May 9. Staff and consultant worked together on potential local
housing codes. Research has been completed on comparable communities and ideas have been
generated specific to McCall.
3. Civic Campus Planning:
Dennis Humphries, the consultant who is working on the library planning, will hold the third civic
campus planning steering meeting on May 2 from 9-11 a.m. There is an open house scheduled for
Thursday, May 2, at the library from 4-6 p.m. for the general public A contract for services for the
boathouse/community space concept will be presented to Council to include the scope of work,
process and timeline to add this to his work in McCall.
4. Urban Renewal:
A new timeline for MRA new district has been developed and the goal is to get this completed before
2020.
5. GIS:
Parks & Recreation mapping applications updated in prep for field season, working with staff to train
on data collection and us of tablets. Staff worked on dataset to update GIS data with Caselle water
Monthly Department Report – Community & Economic Development
account data within Elements. Bike Friendly Communities application process is wrapping up and
most departments have completed their section. Staff is on track for submitting the application by the
upcoming deadline and working with public works staff on Elements data and usability.
6. Building:
The City Hall office remodel project is underway and going well. The Building Official is managing
the process. See Building Permit Report for more information on permit activity and revenues.
7. Planning:
Planning inquiries are picking up for summer and 8 land use applications are scheduled for June. A
second project with deed restricted local housing is in the works and making its way to Council. Staff
has received several other inquiries about the local housing program.
8. Economic Development:
Business Outreach: Thank You packets continue to be distributed to local businesses licensed and
located within the City of McCall.
Grants:
• The Local Highway Technical Assistance Council (LHTAC) has awarded the City of McCall
a grant for $100,000 to support the reconstruction of Park Street as part of Phase 2 of the
Downtown Core Project.
• Mayor and staff presented the City’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) request
for $475,300 to the Idaho Commerce Economic Advisory Council on April 25. If funded, the
grant will support the cost of streetlighting within the Downtown Core Project.
• A grant request for $250,000 to support the Library Expansion Project was submitted to the
Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation on May 1, 2019.
Public Art: A work session with the McCall Public Art Advisory Council and City Council is
tentatively scheduled for July 26.