Star Transportation & Pathways Committee Meeting

STAR TRANSPORTATION & PATHWAYS COMMITTEE MINUTES Star City Hall 10769 W. State St, Star, Idaho Tuesday, November 4, 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  JON TURNIPSEED - COMMITTEE MEMBER  RICHARD GIRARD - COMMITTEE MEMBER  STEVE BURTON - COMMITTEE MEMBER  CHRIS TODD – COMMITTEE CHAIR  BRUCE BAYNE – HD4 DIRECTOR 2. Approved minutes of last meeting – September 3, 2025. Motion by Turnipseed and second by Girard. 3. Approved agenda – Motion by Girard second by Turnipseed. 4. ACHD 5Y Integrated Work Plan – Tabled 5. New T&P Committee Members – Mayor Chadwick to nominate 3 new members of the Committee before the first Council meeting in January. 6. Status Update – a. Pathway Masterplan i. Impact Fee Adoption – A proposal will be presented to the City Council this fall for adoption into the FY26 budget. An open house will be held November 6 at the River House at 6:00 pm to review and comment on the proposal. ii. Priority List – Motion by Burton and second by Girard to have the Committee review the initial priority list that was presented in the Masterplan and posted on the Star website under Planning and Zoning. Jennifer asked that the Committee members review the COMPASS grant application and offer assistance to the Parks and Recreation staff before the November 19 deadline. iii. Agreements with Irrigation Companies – Tabled indefinitely. b. Downtown Revitalization Plan – The comment boards from the August Open House are to be posted by staff and request further input from this Committee. Staff will do more outreach to stakeholders with a target of April for adoption. c. Star Road From Hwy 44 to Hwy 20/26 i. Widening – Design to be completed in FY26. Project is divided into 3 phases. ii. Pathway – Will be part of the widening project. iii. Enhance Pedestrian Facilities – Postponed to FY 2029. d. Hwy 44 i. Widening from Hwy 16 to Star Rd. – Construction now planned for FY27. ii. Can Ada Road Intersection – Installation of traffic light to coincide with Whistling Straits (formerly Willow Brook) Golf Course construction. 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 MINUTES Star City Hall 10769 W. State St, Star, Idaho Tuesday, November 4, 2025 9:00 AM iii. Kingsbury Road Intersection – Installation of traffic light to coincide with the Terramor Subdivision Construction. Steve commented that the traffic light should be installed prior to construction starting instead of prior to first certificate of occupancy being issued. Bruce to pass on the concerns to his staff. e. Hwy 16 i. Environmental Study to Emmett – Tabled indefinitely. ii. Hwy 44 Overpass – Construction has begun with completion scheduled at year end 2026. iii. Floating Feather Overpass – Will be completed at year end 2027. iv. Beacon Light Intersection – Included in widening project from Hwy 44 to be completed at year end 2028. v. Valnova Parkway Intersection – Included in the North Star Highway conceptual plans. f. North Star Hwy from I-84 to Hwy 16 i. Valnova Parkway Connection – Included in the COMPASS long range plan. ii. Whistling Straights (formerly Willow Brook) Connection – Included in the COMPASS long range plan. Public Hearing for Whistling Straights is scheduled for December 16. g. Pollard Lane i. Turning Lanes at Beacon Light Road – Construction to be completed prior to the Elementary School Opening and paid for by the West Ada School District by Fall, 2026. ii. Pedestrian Facilities – Part of Hwy 16 scope of work and will be completed in 2026. h. Kingsbury Road Between Purple Sage Road and Hwy 20/26 i. Bridge over the Boise River – Federal RTAP grant request led by the City of Nampa. ii. Road north of Boise River – HD4 has begun designing road widening and connection from Foothill Road to the north. iii. Road south of Boise River – Tabled indefinitely. i. Palmer Road at Hwy 44 i. Traffic light – Being designed. To be installed in FY27. j. Can Ada Road from Foothill Road to Purple Sage Road i. Traffic Circle at Purple Sage – Part of the Whistling Straits (formerly Willow Brook) Golf Course Construction. ii. Widening of Can Ada Road – HD4 has begun design for widening and reducing slope from Foothill Road to Lanktree Road. k. Bridger Bay 20 mph speed sign request – ACHD to look at standards. l. Munger Road Bridges – Replacements to be completed by June, 2026. m. Hwy 20/26 from Star Road to Middleton Road – ITD has moved the project up to FY26 and FY27. n. Pathway on south side of Hwy 44 – Planned for FY29 to run from Star Road to Ballentyne Lane at a cost of approximately $12M. 7. Development Review Recommendations – Staff will be sending new development plat reviews to all members of the Committee. The Committee reviewed the Pathways Plan for the Whistling Straits 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 MINUTES Star City Hall 10769 W. State St, Star, Idaho Tuesday, November 4, 2025 9:00 AM development. The Committee recommended to Staff to have the developers move the equestrian parking lot and access to the BLM property to the west, remove all paths from the plan that are currently on neighbor’s private property, and change the legend to reflect that the cart paths will be private to Whistling Straits residents and guests. 8. Announcement/Discussion /Other – No other business. 9. NEXT MEETING – TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2 AT 9:00 A.M. 10. ADJOURNED AT 10:33. MOTION BY BURTON AND SECOND BY GIRARD. 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.