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Special Meeting
McCall City Hall -- Legion Hall
VIA TEAMS Virtual
April 28, 2023
Call to Order and Roll Call
Work Session
Adjournment
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
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Mayor Giles called the special meeting of the McCall City Council to order at 9:00 a.m.
Mayor Giles, Council Member Maciaszek, Council Member Nelson, Council Member
Nielsen, and Council Member Thrower all answered roll call.
City staff members present were Anette Spickard, City Manager; Bill Punkoney, City Attorney;
Sarah Porter, Deputy Clerk; Erin Greaves, Communications Manager; Linda Stokes, City
Treasurer; Michelle Groenevelt, Community Development Director; Chris Curtin, Information
Systems Manager; Nathan Stewart, Public Works Director; Meredith Todd, Assistant City Planner;
Traci Malvich, Human Resources Director; Cris Malvich, Streets Superintendent; Morgan Stroud,
City Engineer.
Also, in attendance was Emily Andrus, Horrocks Engineers.
WORK SESSION
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AB 23-093 Work Session: An overview of Impact Fees with information on past and present
efforts
Community & Economic Development Director Michelle Groenevelt and City Attorney Bill
Punkoney presented to Council to explore why and how Impact Fees work in Idaho for local
communities. The City Council learned about past efforts of the City of McCall and current efforts
of the McCall Fire District to implement Impact Fees. In 2008, the City of McCall had an Impact
Fee Report prepared by BBC Research & Consulting, Spink Butler, and Galena Consulting. The
report calculated Impact Fees in the categories of police, parks, and streets. The document
presented the full cost recovery fees based on the City's demographic data and infrastructure needs
at that time. The City Council chose not to implement Impact Fees after the 2008 study was
completed. The 2018 McCall Area Comprehensive Plan states that the City should "Conduct an
Impact Fee Study to assure adequate infrastructure and public services" as a mid-term policy goal
in the Implementation Matrix (p. 165). To look at Impact Fees for the City of McCall, a new Impact
Fee study would need to be conducted. The Council also identified impact fees and mitigating
impacts of growth as a priority for 2023 during the Council's annual retreat.
Attorney Punkoney noted that impact fees are adopted to have growth pay for growth.
Additionally, Attorney Punkoney and Director Groenevelt reviewed the process of developing
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impact fees, where and how impact fees can be collected, ongoing administration of impact fees
once adopted, and how the City of McCall can exempt certain land uses based on the
Comprehensive Plan.
Mayor Giles noted many of the issues in the community are regional issues and not just city issues.
Council Member Maciaszek expressed concern that a possible reaction to the implementation of
impact fees would trigger unintended urban sprawl outside of city limits. The Council's consensus
was to move forward with impact fees.
AB 23-094 Draft Southeast McCall Buildout Transportation Recommendations Discussion
Public Works Director Nathan Stewart, City Engineer Morgan Stroud, and Emily Andrus of
Horrocks Engineers presented to City Council. Horrocks Engineers, in collaboration with City
engineering and planning staff, have developed the Southeast McCall Buildout Transportation
Recommendations. The draft report evaluates various opportunities to expand existing
transportation facilities throughout the southeast segment of the City to meet anticipated future
traffic volumes from both infill and new development. To do so, Horrocks developed a traffic
model and utilized 2021 anonymized Bluetooth Streetlight® data from devices traveling through
the study area to estimate vehicle and pedestrian counts and identify the origins and destinations
of the traffic. The data was then validated using traffic count and turning movement data collected
historically. Traffic projections were then made assuming future buildout of the City, based on
zoning densities, and known potential developments that are currently being discussed. Once the
model was established, an analysis of multiple roadways and major intersections throughout the
southeast area of the City was completed to develop recommendations for expanding roadway
connections and enhancing intersections to accommodate projected 2040 traffic volumes and
maintenance. The resulting report identifies extensions of Samson Trail, Floyde Street, Davis
Street, and Deinhard Lane will improve traffic to and from the study area. These extensions will
also require significant intersection improvements at all major intersections. However, by building
these transportation facilities, over time, and in collaboration with future developments some
mitigation of traffic congestion on 3rd Street, north of Deinhard, can be achieved. Additionally,
more efficient transportation routes, for both vehicles and multi -modal users, in the southeast area
of the city can be made.
Mayor Giles left the meeting at 10:50 am.
The City Council consensus was to bring the traffic study back to Council for adoption at a future
regular meeting.
ADJOURNMENT
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Without further business, Council Member Maciaszek adjourned the meeting at 11:15 a.m.
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