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HomeMy Public PortalAbout2020.12.18 Special Council Minutes MINUTES McCall City Council Special Meeting McCall City Hall-- Legion Hall AND MS TEAMS Virtual December 18, 2020 Call to Order and Roll Call Work Session Adjournment CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL Mayor Giles called the special meeting of the McCall City Council to order at 9:00 a.m. Mayor Giles, Council Member Callan, Council Member Holmes(absent), Council Member Maciaszek, and Council Member Nielsen joined at 9:02 all answered roll call. City staff members present were Anette Spickard, City Manager; BessieJo Wagner, City Clerk; Shay Tyler, Deputy City Clerk; Erin Greaves, Communications Manager;Michelle Groenevelt, Community Development Director; Rick Stein, Airport Manager; Eric McCormick, Golf Course Superintendent; Meg Lojek, Library Director; Traci Malvich, Human Resources Manager; Nathan Stewart, Public Works Director; Cris Malvich, Jodi Weaver McCall Housing Advisory Committee members present were Robert Lyons, Pat Hill,Nick Zello,Toni Curtis, and Diane Kushlan Also, in attendance were Caleb Lakey, Idaho Transportation Department District 3; Julie DeLorenzo, Idaho Transportation Department Board Member; Bryan Foote, Horrocks Engineers; Chris Melander, Horrocks Engineers; WORK SESSION AB 20-352 Housine Advisory Committee with McCall City Council to Develop a Plan for the Housing Advisory Committee Community& Economic Development Director Michelle Groenevelt presented the Housing Advisory Committee development work session and gave a brief history of the Community Housing Program and housing efforts made by the City. She explained that the purpose of the newly formed Housing Advisory Committee is to establish a relationship and gain the insight from the McCall City Council on the direction of the Committee's work and focus.The HAC members would like to better understand how their time and resources should be allocated and what additional resources should be secured for solving the Housing situation in McCall. Specifically, the committee would like to better understand the expectations for the committee and priorities of the Council. The HAC presented different approaches such as evaluating the developing strategic action plan, current McCall Housing Program, completing a land inventory, Request for Proposals for Local MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 1 of 4 December 18, 2020 Special Meeting Housing Developments, and to discuss a communication plan between the Council and the Committee. Nick Zello gave an update on work performed by the committee to date and explained the mission statement which is "to create plans for and advise the McCall City Council on housing strategies to sustain a complete McCall community where people can both live and work."He asked if the mission statement is in line with what the Council wanted, and the consensus was yes. He asked for guidance on whether the committee is a long-term strategic planning group or more of an operation tactical group executing City plans. City Manager Anette Spickard felt there is value in both approaches to come up with a recommended long-term plan,but it ultimately is the Council's choice. Pat Hill talked about recent efforts for purchasing homes but felt the progress was too slow. He feels there is enough land to create inertia,but efforts may need to include the entire Valley County to address this issue fully. He believes the first action item is to bring onboard a City engineer and staff person to help evaluate the capacity of City properties so the HAC can gather more information before developing a strategic plan. Mr. Zello spoke about the frustration of members about the lack of movement and feeling overwhelmed by what direction to take. Mr. Hill reiterated the need to first figure out the capacity of what the City owns currently then to be able to develop a strategic plan. Council Member Maciaszek agreed this is a difficult matrix and particularly difficult due to the high housing costs.He felt that the ideas need to generate from the HAC and for them to persist in presenting those to Council until it becomes apparent which options are viable enough to pursue. At that point, the Council would give explicit direction. Council Member Callan would like to see the HAC present some ideas of what they would like to pursue before moving forward with engineering, etc. Council Member Nielsen thanked the HAC for their work. He would like to see both paths of thought be pursued if possible. Mayor Giles likes to be thoroughly briefed and have a good understanding of the goals of the committee. He encouraged them to work out their visions of short- and long-term goals and bring those to the Council. Diane Kushlan sees the housing issue as a real crisis, feels that the committee needs to be very bold, support a strategic plan, and the HAC will need resources from outside help. Toni Curtis stated she appreciates all the Council's input and feels that having a good strategic plan will best serve the committee. She believes the committee can work on two different lines of thought.Robert Lyons shared he has compiled a list of properties already and discussed the possibility of the City selling land. He shared the crisis in the community of people without homes and living in camp trailers with no water. He feels strongly on moving forward quickly and is ready to bring ideas to the table for discussion. Community & Economic Development Director Michelle Groenevelt reiterated the committee wants to establish communication and would like Council guidance. Mayor Giles stated the Council is up to being bold and innovative if the committee does their homework. Council Member Nielsen wants immediate action as well and suggested the committee present ideas that can be done immediately and to bring those proposals before Council in the next couple of months.Council Member Callan seconded Council Member Nielsen's idea. Council Member Maciaszek suggested the HAC break down the overwhelming projects into smaller pieces and bring specific and suitable projects to Council for recommendation to keep momentum. He is particularly interested in how to develop rental properties. Mr. Lyons responded he believes the committee can do what is suggested and they will work on bringing items to Council. MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 2 of 4 December 18, 2020 Special Meeting AB 20-353 Corridor Study Report- SH-55 and Deinhard Ln Corridor Exchange—Final Report Presentation Public Works Director Nathan Stewart presented the final Corridor Study Report for State Highway 55 and Deinhard Lane Corridor Exchange. In October, 2019, the McCall City Council and Idaho Transportation Department(ITD) —District 3 authorized the commencement of a corridor study to be completed by Horrocks Engineers to evaluate the current conditions of the transportation infrastructure of the SH-55 right of way(ROW)through McCall and the Deinhard-Boydstun ROW between 3`d Street and W. Lake Street. The objective of this study was to identify and quantify the costs for needed improvements for both ROWS to meet both the City and ITD's roadway minimal standards, as well as desired additional multimodal and utility improvements as defined by the McCall Transportation Master Plan for both ROW corridors. Estimating the costs of various improvements is important for both agencies to better understand the opportunities and finances that may be needed to facilitate a future ROW corridor exchange. In concept, this exchange could allow for the City to take over ownership of the SH-55 ROW through the downtown and for ITD-D3 to take over ownership of the Deinhard-Boydstun ROW as defined in the study area. Horrocks Engineers, ITD, and City staff presented the report findings and recommended potential next steps in order to gain direction if to authorize the project team to finalize the Corridor Study Report— SH-55 and Deinhard Ln Exchange for Council adoption at a future meeting. Bryan Foote and Chris Melander, Principal Engineers of Horrocks Engineers, presented the report. Mr. Foote gave a brief overview of City and ITD discussions and route tour. He went through the proposed route and shared the benefits of moving the highway. Next, Mr. Melander visually led the Council through the intersection improvements and shared cost differences between ITD and private development studies. He explained the cost for the Boydstun and SH-55 from ITD includes other intersection improvements that are also in congruent with the McCall Transportation Master Plan. He went over cost improvements for 3'd Street and Lake Street corridor broken down by multimodal facilities(sidewalks, pathways,lighting,etc.),water drainage and utilities,power and other utilities,pavement rehabilitation, right of way mitigation and acquisition including a retaining wall. He pointed out Deinhard/Boydstun construction costs for road geometrics issues including the corner at the fire station and pavement conditions that need to be fixed. Mr. Foote shared the cost summary for all the sections presented of both low and high estimations for both SH-55 and Deinhard/Boydstun. The biggest cost is multimodal facilities and drainage issues. He stated the intersections are included in the numbers for both corridors. Public Works Director Stewart discussed the several next steps. Currently,there is no funding available for both the City and ITD to start these projects, so the first next step is to find funding. Second step is addressing road snow maintenance. ITD and the City Streets crews work together to move snow through downtown which is primarily done in the early morning hours to protect cars and pedestrians. However, if SH-55 is rerouted to the Deinhard and Boydstun streets, there is the issue of large trucks depending on roads to be well maintained and free of ice, and the City does not have the resources to keep the hill on Deinhard free of snow and ice on a 24/7 plan. Staff is looking at a redefining the 50- year old agreement between ITD and the City to mitigate the snow maintenance issues on that route. Third step involves discussions with the Airport Manager and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regarding widening the section of road running by the airport. Staff and T-O Engineers is currently working to identify the conflicts and solutions for the airport. Fourth step is to work with private developers to find opportunities that may be available. Fifth step is approaching and starting the discussions with utility companies as these major improvements will affect the underground and MCCALL CITY COUNCIL Page 3 of 4 December 18, 2020 Special Meeting overhead utilities and the importance of the different parties coordinating. Sixth step is researching ITD grant opportunities which could be essential in funding the project. Caleb Lakey of ITD-D3 spoke to the intention to bring everyone on the same page and coordinating together on accomplishing projects.He shared examples of how ITD has worked in different ways with the City of Council's bypass, City of Caldwell's roadways, and City of Mountain Home's downtown revitalization. Public Works Director Stewart shared the report gives the City tools on how to move forward. The Council discussed and were supportive of seeing the report finalized and would like to see these improvements happen. Council Member Nielsen asked for clarification of what needs to happen to keep this moving forward. Public Works Director Stewart responded on breaking down the pros and cons of the various financial investments for making a potential exchange,identifying what is essential to each party, and creating a matrix of those items. Mr. Lakey agreed a priority matrix is needed,define what is realistic to accomplish, and find what can be done now is imperative so this keeps moving.The curve at the airport is nebulous and much discussion needs to happen to vet out this portion. Public Works Director Stewart feels another important next step would be to analyze the critical pieces of other projects, such as the City of Council,to discover what made those projects a success and then use the data to craft the exchange for McCall. Council Member Maciaszek is in support of keeping the momentum in moving forward and understands there is a lot of considerations to take into account. Council Member Callan is in support of the project and shared she has some concerns about the airport section. Council Member Nielsen is looking forward to seeing the next steps and is appreciative of the consideration of the water drainage and protecting the integrity of the lake and river. Consensus of the Council is to move forward, clean up clerical errors, and bring back the next steps for consideration and gave direction for staff to finalize the report and bring back for adoption. Julie DeLorenzo, ITD Board Member, felt that there is a significant issue dealing with the runway and the FAA and has concerns about the airport curve. She stated there is much in the report that validifies an exchange even though there has not been an exchange at the financial magnitude being presented. The ITD Board is committed to doing something but probably not at the cost being presented. She felt the report was very comprehensive and commended everyone involved for their great work. Public Works Director Stewart will work with Horrocks to finalize the report and bring back to Council for adoption. ADJOURNMENT Without further business, Mayor Giles adjourned the meeting at 10:59 a.m. '01111 111111 �sr,�O�11Mccq��,,,. AN �� tl ATTEST: 8 +� Robert S. Giles, Mayor w}� > w O�6 BessieJo Wa ner, City C �l O'��•�0 MCCALL CITY COUNCIL ����------ � Page 4 of 4 December 18, 2020 Special Meeting