Star Transportation & Pathways Committee Meeting

STAR TRANSPORTATION & PATHWAYS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Star City Hall 10769 W. State St, Star, Idaho Wednesday, February 5, 2025 9:00 AM 1. CALL TO ORDER & ROLL CALL ATTENDEES:  MAYOR TREVOR CHADWICK  COUNCILPERSON JENNIFER SALMONSON  RYAN MORGAN-CITY ENGINEER  SHAWN NICKEL-PLANNING DIRECTOR  JOHN TENSEN-CHAIRMAN  JON TURNIPSEED-COMMITTEE MEMBER  RICHARD GIRARD -COMMITTEE MEMBER  CHRIS TODD--COMMITTEE MEMBER  STEVE BURTON- COMMITTEE MEMBER-ABSENT  BELLA LOERA- ACHD  CRYSTAL CRAIG-NAMPA DIRECTOR OF TRANSPORTATION 2. Review and approve minutes of last meeting -moved by Todd, second by Turnipseed to approve the minutes. Motion passed. 3. Highway District 4 Report a. Kingsbury River Crossing- Crystal Craig-Nampa Director of Transportation-Crystal reported that the City of Nampa is applying for a federal Planning and Environmental Linkage (PEL) grant to study a Boise River crossing at Kingsbury/Franklin Road extension. She requested the City of Star provide a letter of support. Moved by Girard, second by Turnipseed to support this request. Motion passed. Shawn Nickel will draft a letter of support. 4. ACHD Report a. Seneca Springs Way/Rockbridge HOA R/W Acquisition-Bella reported that it was illegal for ACHD to condemn righto f way for projects that are not in their fiver year workplan. The Mayor and committee questioned this decision. The Mayor will have City legal counsel reach out to ACHD to discuss this. Bella will also discuss internally and report back next month. b. Plummer Road radar relocation-Bella reported the radar has decreased traffic speed by almost 2 mph. The Mayor believes they would be more effective if moved farther from the Hwy 44 and Floating Feather intersections. Bella stated ACHD would support relocating the radars, The Mayor will have Star Police reach out to ACHD to coordinate relocation. c. Star Road/ Hwy 44 Intersection Plans-Bella reported that ACHD will coordinate with ITD and that the intersection improvements would be a conventional design and would either be part of the Hwy 44 widening project or the Star Road widening project. d. The Mayor expressed concern that Pollard Road needed improvements especially due to a new Elementary School being proposed next to the Middle School. The committee also requested Bella research whether Pollard Road is designated as an arterial. 5. ACHD FYWP Review and Comment-the Mayor reported that the City will be submitting its comments on the ACHD FYWP. It was moved by Todd and seconded by Turnipseed to move up the Pollard Road widening Any person needing special accommodation to participate in the above noticed meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office at 208-286-7247, at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting date.  STAR TRANSPORTATION & PATHWAYS COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Star City Hall 10769 W. State St, Star, Idaho Wednesday, February 5, 2025 9:00 AM between Floating Feather and Beacon Road as the next priority after the Star Road widening project. Motion passed. With this revision the committee supported resubmitting the comments as was done last year. 6. Highway District 4 Letter or Support- Steve/Chris-tabled indefinitely 7. STATUS UPDATE a. Pathway Masterplan Implementation- The Mayor reported the City Council approved including the Pathway Masterplan and part of the upcoming Impact Fee Study and the study is expected to be complete in October. b. Downtown Mobilization Plan-the Mayor discussed that this perhaps should be combined with an update of the 2011 Downtown Revitalization Plan c. Star Road i. Widening Concept Study-Ryan/Mayor ii. Pathway -Main to Hwy 44 iii. Widening/Repaving-Joplin to Chinden iv. Star Road/Hwy 44 Intersection d. Hwy 44 i. Widening- Hwy 16 to Star Road-Ryan/Mayor ii. Palmer Signal installation- Ryan/Mayor iii. Moyle Signal installation-construction has started. iv. Star Road/Hwy 44 Intersection v. Hwy 16/Hwy 44 Intersection e. Hwy 16 i. Environmental Study Hwy 44 to Emmett ii. Extension Hwy 26 to I-84 f. North Star Highway- I-84 to Hwy 16 g. Pathway Agreements i. Pioneer Ditch Company ii. Eureka Water Company 8. Development Review Recommendations-Richard 9. ANNOUNCEMENTS /GENERAL DISCUSSION/OTHER 10. NEXT MEETING – MARCH 5, 9:00 A.M. 11. ADJOURN-10:14 Any person needing special accommodation to participate in the above noticed meeting should contact the City Clerk’s Office at 208-286-7247, at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting date.