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McCall Redevelopment Agency
Minutes
October 16, 2018 — 8:00 am
Legion Hall
216 E. Park Street
CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL
Bob Youde, Bob Giles, Colby Nielsen, and Mike Maciaszek were present. Nic Swanson arrived at 8:17.
Rick Fereday and Monty Moore were absent. City Manager Anette Spikard, Community and
Economic Development Director Michelle Groenevelt, Parks and Recreation Director Kurt Wolf and
Permit Technician Rachel Santiago-Govier were also present.
CONSENT AGENDA
• Minutes from September 18, 2018 (Action item)
Member Giles made a motion to approve the minutes. Member Nielsen seconded the motion.
All members voted aye and the motion carried.
• Elam and Bourke (Action item)
• Kushlan and Associates Invoice (Action Item)
Member Maciaszek made a motion to approve the consent agenda. Member Giles seconded the
motion. All members voted aye and the motion carried.
• ICRMP board of trustees' nomination (Action Item)
The board members discussed a potential nomination and decided to take no action.
NEW BUSINESS
• New Urban Renewal District Plan update — Phil Kushlan
Mr. Kushlan presented the latest work on the new plan update. He was asked to put together and
eligibility report for area 2A and 2B and estimate the future revenue generated for each area. Mr.
Kushlan noticed that there is no formal agreement for payment of staff time. The agency is a separate
legal entity. He believes a more contract basis relationship would be better to formalize the relationship
between the agency and city council.
McCall Redevelopment Agency October 16, 2018
Minutes
The list of businesses came from the capital improvement plan, master plans and consultation with
department heads. The resulting numbers show that there would be enough money derived from the
revenue allocation process at the end of the feasibility analysis for area 2A.
Area 2B would have a significant deficit. This mostly stems from the cost of the improvement of 3`d St.
and the intersection at 3rd St. and Deinhard Ln. With these and other needed improvements there
would be a 5-million-dollar deficit. If there was a possibility of eliminating all improvements except the
improvements to 3rd St. there would be a slight amount of surplus. The Urban Renewal board mission is
not to be a street improvement project, so it doesn't seem to make sense. As we move forward to draw
boundaries Mr. Kushlan believes the board should not spend money to have him continue to develop a
plan for area 2B. He would like to know if he should proceed with both or ask council to proceed with
one plan.
There is a struggle to understand what 3rd St can be. State Highway complicates things and is there a
reason to delay looking at 3rd St. until it is clearer what will happened with 3rd St. Will it become a city
managed street or remain a State Highway. If MRA decided to include both study areas in their district,
the amount of property included would tie up 90% of the commercial value of McCall in a taxing district.
The city of Sandpoint did something similar and it is causing problems because they are running the city
off the residential taxing.
Mr. Maciaszek asked about a community recreation center. It would be a contribution from MRA. Thinks
that there might be some other mechanisms for improvement of the South 3rd Street area like an LID or
as Ms. Groenevelt has pointed out, the Streets LOT Tax.
Member Nielsen expressed concern over a lack of inclusion of other areasof the city beside the
downtown area otherwise he believes that it's going to be difficult if the city does ever gain control of
3rd street form the Idaho Dept of Transportation.
Member Youde asked about bond vs. cash operation and where our MRA has historically been bonded.
Mr. Kushlan gave an explanation and the pros and cons of bond vs. cash operation.
Member Youde asked about LIDs (Local Improvement Districts). Mr. Kushlan has seen LIDs used
successfully in WA and OR. They are not traditionally used in Idaho.
Ms. Stokes mentioned LIDS are somewhat limited as it is based on current assessed values. The city has
used 5 LIDs in the past and they have been largely successful. They were cash short on only one of
those.
McCall Redevelopment Agency October 16, 2018
Minutes
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