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URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY
Minutes
January 19, 2010 — 8:00 am
McCall City Hall, lower level
216 E. Park Street
1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Don Bailey, Claudia Delaney, Rick Fereday, Tony Nash, John Watkins, Rick Winkeller, Bob
Youde
2. NEW STAFFING INTRODUCTION
Staff (Michelle Groenevelt and Bradley Kraushaar) introduced themselves as the new
staff members for the urban renewal agency and their desire to better organize the
process so as to realize the goal of construction in the current calendar year.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The board approved the minutes for November 17, 2009 and December 03, 2009.
4. APPROVAL OF INVOICES
The board approved the Star News invoice dated 9/29/09 and the Holland & Hart
invoice dated 9/29/09.
5. PARKING LOT BATHROOM GRANT MATCH
Carol Coyle provided an overview of the bathroom grant match, including the timing
requirements and grant limitations (see discussion points in attached email).
The board discussed the proposed design of the bathroom.
6. LEGACY PARK SUNDIAL
Chairman Fereday discussed the sundial noting the issues with the current installation
and the process and timing for reconstructing a new sundial.
7. REVISIT DECISION MAKING /PROCESS ON CONCEPT PLANS
See attached presentation materials.
8. NEXT STEPS /TIMELINE
See attached presentation.
9. TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION ON PROPOSED
CONCEPT PLANS
Staff reviewed the Transportation Advisory Committee's letter regarding the concept
plans for the proposed streetscape updates (see attached letter).
10. DISTRIBUTION OF NEW CONCEPT PLAN FOR PINE STREET & FIR STREET
Nathan Cleaver of Keller Associated distributed the updated concept plans.
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11. ADJOURNMENT
Chairman Fereday adjourned the meeting.
Signed: June 22, 2010
Rick Fereday
Chairman, MURA
Attest:
Bradley Kraushaar
City Planner, City of McCall
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Michelle Groenevelt
From: Carol Coyle
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 4:27 PM
To: Michelle Groenevelt
Subject: information needed for a competitive Waterways Improvement Grant application
Michelle-
This is the information I need for a good application to the WIF program for the MURA parking lot restroom:
1. Scope of work: Explain in detail, what will be accomplished, including size and layout of restroom, timetable for
construction, materials, etc. I will need a construction drawing or conceptual plan. The plan needs to show how the
structure will meet ADA standards.
2. 1 will need a letter signed by MURA Board Chair committing the matching funds for the program. The dollar amount
will needed to listed, so the letter can happen after the cost estimate is done.
3. 1 need to know who will design the project and whether the person is licensed.
4. 1 will need a construction cost to include all components, including water and sewer hookups, permits, landscaping,
and actual building construction.
I will need all of this information no later than Jan. 22nd in order to put the application together.
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Staff Introduction
Who we are
What we do at the City McCall
www.mccall.id.us
Other CD Committees
Staff
❑ McCall Area Planning and Zoning Commission (Brad & Michelle)
❑ Environmental Advisory Committee (Michelle)
❑ Transportation Advisory Committee (Brad)
❑ Urban Renewal Agency (Brad & Michelle)
❑ McCall Improvement Committee (Carol)
❑ Historic Preservation Commission (Carol)
Attend
❑ McCall City Council (Michelle)
❑ Valley Adams Regional Housing Authority (VARHA) (Michelle)
❑ Valley Adams Public Partnership (VAPP) (Michelle)
❑ Central Idaho Historical Museum (CIHM) (Carol)
❑ Payette River National Scenic Byway (Carol)
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City Resources
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❑ Planning Staff
❑GIS Technician
❑City Engineer
❑Parks Director
❑Landscape Architect
❑Building Official
❑Public Works Department (Infrastructure)
❑City Attorney
❑Finance Director
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Expectations
What do you expect from City Staff?
• Administration (agendas, minutes, etc.)
• Organization
• Communication
• Professional Opinions
• Research
• Updated Website - more of a resource
• Timely Responses - balanced workload
• Consistency
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Process: Overview
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❑ Process - "How"
■ The project's decision making structure
❑ Content - "What"
■ The physical aspects of the project
❑ Timeline - "When"
■ The calendar of events
Staff's Goals
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1. Have a Master Plan
2. Build Projects in Summer '10
3. Save Time
4. Save Money
5. Preserve Momentum /Sanity
" C o m m i t t e e s
" C o n s u l t a n t s
" P u b l i c
" G e n e r a l
" A f f e c t e d
" A p p r o v a l B o d i e s
" U R A B o a r d
" S t a f f
P r o c e s s : E l e m e n t s
M c C a l l A r e a
C o m p r e h e n s i v e P l e .
D o c u m e n t s
" L e g a c y P a r k P l a n
" C o m p r e h e n s i v e P l a n
" K e l l e r T a s k O r d e r
" D o w n t o w n P a r k i n g
S t u d y
" P o r t l a n d S t r e e t
S t a n d a r d s
" C o m p l e t e S t r e e t s
P r o c e s s e s
" P l a n n i n g A p p r o v a l
( P & Z )
" P u b l i c
B o u n d a r i e s
" E n t i r e D i s t r i c t
" M a s t e r P l a n E x t e n t
" S p e c i f i c P r o j e c t E x t e n t
Concepts
Entire Master
Plan?
Project
Specific?
Discussion
• Bodies?
• Documents?
Processes?
New
Concepts
What Next
•2222
Master Plan
Now Detail
( "Low" Detail) 4 Master Plan ( "Medium"
Project #1 ( "Medium" Detail) 4 Project #1 (Finalized)
Project #2 ( "Medium" Detail) 4 Project #2 (Finalized)
CONSTRUCTION
End Master Plan ( "Medium" Detail) 4 Master Plan
of
Year (Finalized)
Keller Task Order for Engineering &
Surveying Services
URA identified 4 immediate projects & several future projects
Projects /Tasks (Highest to Lowest Priority)
1. Mill Road Area and Fir Street Improvements- finish parking lot
and improve Fir St. between E. Lake St. and Roosevelt
2. Legacy Park Sidewalk Extension- to McCall Mall property
3. Pine Street Improvements- pedestrian access and sidewalks
on north side of the street & roadway
4. Mill Road Improvements- pedestrian and roadway
improvements from Fir to Pine St.
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Master Plan "Low" 4 "Medium ":
Overview
❑ Establish current status - "Where are we now"
• Revisit past decision making
• Involve relevant bodies
■ Review relevant documents
❑ Make only those general decisions necessary to bring Master
Plan to "Medium" level of detail
❑ Create baseline from which to proceed with specific projects
Master Plan "Low" 4 "Medium ":
Content and Process
❑ Content: (Examples of anticipated detail)
• Sidewalks: Y /N? Narrow /Medium /Wide? East /West?
• On- street Parking: Y /N? Parallel /Diagonal?
• Street Trees: Y /N?
• Circulation: One - Way /Two -Way? North /South?
❑ Process
■ Bodies: URA Board, Staff, Advisory Committees
■ Documents: Comprehensive Plan, Legacy Park Plan, Downtown Parking
Study
■ Boundaries: Master Plan Extent
Project #1 "Medium" 4 Finalized:
Overview
❑ Use "Medium" detail Master
Plan as starting point to
prepare highest priority
project for construction
❑ Refine specifics and details
among URA, Committees,
Staff, etc
❑ Direct consultant develops
construction plans and bid
package
❑ Choose contractor
❑ Construction!!!
Project #1 "Medium" 4 Finalized:
Process and Content
❑ Content: Decide on Specifics
• Sidewalk Widths
• Curb Extension Sizes
• Stormwater Facilities (i.e. localized retention)
• Roadway Widths
• Street -Tree Spacing
• Striping Plans
• Lighting Fixtures
❑ Process
■ Bodies: URA Board, Staff, Advisory Committees, Epikos( ?), Planning & Zoning
Commission
• Documents: Keller Task Order, Planning Resources (i.e. Portland Street
Standards)
• Boundaries: Specific Project Extent
Timeline
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How does this process outline fit into the actual meetings that the
URA will be holding in the coming months?
❑ January Meeting
■ Establish Process Going Forward
(This Presentation)
❑ February Meeting ( #1)
■ Move Master Plan from "Low"
Detail to "Medium" Detail
• Identify Priority Project #1
• Start Planning Public Meetings
❑ February Meeting ( #2)
• Project # l : Start Defining Specifics
• Direct Keller to Prepare New Plans
Prior to Next Meeting
❑ March Meeting ( #1)
• Project #1: Review New Plans
• Finalize Specifics
• Direct Keller to Prepare Final Plans
For Next Meeting
❑ March Meeting ( #2)
• Project fl: : Vote on Final Plans
• Direct Keller to Prepare
Construction and Bid Docs
• Additional Projects ? ??
❑ April Meeting(s) (1 or 2 ?)
• Overflow
• Contractor Selection
❑ May: CONSTRUCTION!!!
Public Process: Outstanding Questions
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❑ How will the public be
involved that allows their
input?
• Early in Process
• Meeting (s) (maybe separate
from URA meetings? maybe run
by staff ?)
❑ How will the Planning and
Zoning Commission be
involved in a manner that
allows their input?
• Early in Process
• Land Use Application
• Public Hearing
• March 2nd P &Z Meeting (Feb 8t"
Public Notice Deadline)
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Q' G E T S T A R T E D H H
Q' T o d a y :
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C o m m i t t e e R e v i e w
N E X T S T E P S . . .
Q' B e f o r e N e x t M e e t i n g :
" R e v i e w N e w C o n c e p t P l a n s
" B e c o m e f a m i l i a r w i l l a l l a v a i l a b l e
r e s o u r c e s
11. DISTRIBUTION OF NEW CONCEPT PLAN FOR PINE STREET & FIR STREET
Nathan Cleaver of Keller Associated distributed the updated concept plans.
12. ADJOURNMENT
Chairman Fereday adjourned the meeting.
TRANSPORTATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE
December 16, 2009
Urban Renewal Agency (URA)
Rick Fereday, Chairman
216 E. Park Street
McCall, Idaho 83638
RE: 2009 Urban Renewal District Improvement Alternatives — Review and Recommendations
To the Urban Renewal Agency Board,
Being the agency that reviews all transportation related projects in the City of McCall, the
Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the
three alternative plans for the URA District's improvements.
Pine Street /East Lake Street Circulation
The TAC sees the proposed circulation on Pine Street and East Lake Street as the most
important issue with the presented alternatives. After thorough review and consideration the
TAC strongly urges the adoption of the circulation presented in Alternative #3. This circulation
pattern is associated with two -lane, one -way traffic on Pine Street, from Mill Street to East Lake
Street, with the option to turn onto one -lane, one -way traffic either north or south on East Lake
Street. Also associated with this circulation plan is approximately three - hundred feet of boat
queuing on East Lake Street, between Pine Street and Fir Street.
The reasons for this recommendation are as follows:
• Natural behavior will incline motorists to turn down Pine Street to get to the water, and
then turn either direction on East Lake Street to get to their respective destination. This
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plan is the shortest, most logical, and most direct route to Legacy Park, Brown Park, the
Marina, and the future Promenade and Kayak put -in. To combat this natural instinct,
immense signage will be required to reroute motorists along a circuitous route to get to
Brown Park, the Marina, and the future Promenade/Kayak put -in. And signage is
generally an aesthetic detraction and does not always achieve its desired results,
especially when the natural course of action and the prescribed action are so
fundamentally different. This circulation plan does not fight natural tendencies and
attempt a modification of established motorist behavior. This circulation plan "makes
sense ".
• Boat queuing areas are full of commotion. A concentration of people, idling engines,
shouted directions, and so forth make for a boisterous environment. Currently, the
boat queuing area between Pine Street and the Marina is already located in close
proximity to areas with an established level of commotion (the boat launch, volleyball
court, and Legacy Park promenade). This circulation plan keeps the commotion
associated with boat queuing in this area, as opposed to creating a larger area of
commotion where none currently exists in front of mostly residential properties.
• This circulation plan for the Urban Renewal Agency district accommodates the greatest
number of people for the most amount of time throughout the year. It is important to
remember that all three proposed plans will greatly enhance the management of boats
over what already exists. It is also important to rem em ber that boaters are a only a
small fraction of waterfront visitors, and are present during only a small fraction of the
year. This circulation plan is the only layout that simultaneously meets both the needs
of the boating minority and the non- boating majority.
This is the only circulation plan that doesn't cut -off Brown Park and the future
Promenade and Kayak put -in from the rest of the waterfront.
This circulation plan limits the distance that boat trailers have to travel to get to their
launch point, limiting both the amount of energy expended and the amount of traffic
that is routed through residential neighborhoods.
• The amount of boat queuing afforded with this circulation plan is sufficient to
accommodate all but the extreme peaks in usage. Providing over six - hundred feet of
boat queuing, in addition to three one - hundred foot queuing lanes, for five distinct
launching lanes is an overbuilt solution. Prevention of backups during peak usage could
be simply controlled through the work of a boat launching official and a movable sign,
and the local police department.
Pine Street Business Parkin
The parking scheme for the businesses on Pine Street is a simple, yet important issue. The TAC
sees benefits with both the layouts in Alternative #1 and #2.
Alternative #2
Alternative #3
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The reasons for the recommendation of these two plans are as follows:
• Support of #2 is based upon the ease of access, as well as the limited conflict with
traffic.
• Support of #3 is based upon the creation of landscaping islands as visual amenities, as
well as the safety associated with back -in parking.
• The ultimate choice between these plans should be left to the URA with input from the
business owners.
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The TAC views the arrangement of Mill Street as an essential element to the circulation of the
URA district. After consideration of the various proposals, the TAC strongly encourages a two -
way traffic pattern, and a limited -width sidewalk along the east side of Mills Street, from Pine
Street to Hemlock Street, specifically including the portion by the Fir Street boat launching area.
The reasons for this recommendation are as follows:
The URA district has many attractions and as many potential routes to get to these
attractions. Two -way traffic allows for the greatest flexibility in route finding. It also
accommodates the greatest number of users (i.e park visitors, residents, boaters,
bicyclists).
Sidewalks with curbs are essential for pedestrian safety. A narrow side -walk is at)
appropriate facility as pedestrian traffic along Mill Street is primarily destination -to-
destination, not other types of travel that require wider facilities
■ Narrow travel lanes introducing natural traffic calming.
East Lake Street
The TAC views the street section for Fast Lake Street as one of the most critical elements of the
proposed plans. After review of the options articulated by Michelle, the TAC supports Option
#1 or #2,
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The reasons behind the recommendation of Options #1 or #Z are as follows:
The Promenade is the most important aspect of Legacy Park. The proposed plans
indicate a similar Promenade, which would serve to connect the waterfront into a
continuous, cohesive recreation opportunity. The TAC sees the Promenade, at the
fifteen -foot width shown on the plans, as the most critical element of the East Lake
Street plans as this improvement will continue to draw people to this area of downtown
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