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
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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.
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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
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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.
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