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Minutes - 1998 - City Council - 07/21/1998 - SpecialORIGINAL EAGLE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING JULY 21, 1998 COUNCIL: 6:30 p.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER: 2. ROLL CALL: Bastian, Merrill, Sedlacek, Guerber. Merrill and Bastian absent. A quorum is not present. 3. NEW BUSINESS: A. City Council is re~uestinu oublic inout reeardinu a proposal to make 1st Street one-way north bound from State Street to Idaho Street with diagonal parking on the east side and to make 1st Street one-way south bound from State Street to Aikens Road with diagonal parking on the west side. Mayor introduces the issue. This matter will come before the City Council on 7/28/98 for further discussion. Butler: Displays an overhead of the streets. Discusses the parking problems on 1st Street. Presents some recommendations to solve the parking problems for Council consideration. General discussion. Deputy Jon McDaniel, Ada County Sheriff's Department: Discusses the concerns that citizens have expressed to him about the parking. General discussion. Betty Fisher, 78 Aikens, Eagle. Is concerned about the problem with people coming in on Aikens. Thinks it would be safer to have 1st Street one-way North. It is easier to get off from State Street than Eagle Road. It is a good idea, I'm all for it. James Gibbson, P.O. Box 219, my office is located in the area in question. Thinks it is a good proposal. There is going to be a problem with Aikens. Maybe Aikens should be marked as a dead end street. This looks like a reasonable proposal. One-way streets going different directions maybe confusing to people at first. General discussion. Mayor calls a recess at 7:15 p.m. Mayor reconvenes at 7:20 p.m. B. Preliminary discussion on FY98/99 budeet. General discussion on the FY 98/99 Budget. 5. ADJOURNMENT: Hearing no further business, the Council meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted: SHAR6N K. SMITH ~ ~ _~d 4,. CITY CLE~ASURER ~ '~ ~ '"'"'~ ~ ~ ] ~PROVED: ~ ~o~.x~d m/ /~~ . ~-,-.... RIC~ YZ'A%i~E, MAYOR 07/16/98 15:51 $208 poi; 7650 IDAH❑ ST. Dia - �a cc --7-.2)A1 ACED o°', Q002/002 MAIL_ MOS- A � MAIL BO/ AIKENS RD, ■ A itis trN STATE ST poNDeR05 4 SUSAN S. EASTLAKE, President GARY E. RICHARDSON, Vice President SHERRY R. HUBER, Secretary Dear Resident: July 13, 1998 Ada County Highway District intends to convert 1st Street in Eagle to one-way operation the week July 20, 1998. This work is being done at the request of the Eagle City Council and Ada County Sheriffs Department to improve safety while maximizing parking in the downtown area. 1st Street south of State Street will be designated one- way south bound with angle parking allowed in marked stalls on the west side of the street. 1st Street north of State Street will be one-way north bound to Idaho Street. Angle parking will be allowed in marked stalls on the east side of the street. The Eagle City Council will hold a public meeting on the matter Tuesday July 21, 1998 at 6:30 p.m. in the Eagle City Hall, 310 E. State Street. Please attend the meeting or submit your concerns in writing to the City Council prior to the meeting. If you have any questions please contact either: Joe Rosenlund Ada County Highway District Traffic Engineering Supervisor (208) 387-6140 or Mark Butler City of Eagle Zoning Administrator (208) 939-8613 ada county highway district 318 East 37th • Boise, Idaho 83714-6499 Phone (208) 387-6100 • FAX (208) 345-7650 • E-mail: tellus@achd.ada.id.us ve,A,11 IISA N fine & era rs July 20, 1998 RECEIVED & FILED CITY OF EAGLE JUL 201998 File: Route far -1M To: Honorable Mayor Rick Yzaguirre and Council Members Stan Bastian, Nancy Merrill, Steve Guerber, and Lynne Sedlacek From: Becky Robideaux The Artisan Re: First Street parking Due to the fact that an adequate number of parking spaces is important to the success of downtown Eagle as we continue to attract new businesses and customers, I am writing to discuss parking on First Street. My understanding (based on conversations with Mark Butler) is that if the street is not made one way, parallel parking will be required. This option will not provide enough spaces in this heavily -used area. Diagonal parking must be maintained. Therefore, given the options presented to me, I support a one-way designation of First Street. While the current plan outlines two one-way turns (north from State to Idaho, and south from State to Aikens,) I think it would be less confusing to motorists if First Street was one-way going north starting at Aikens and ending at Idaho. Please call me at 939-5889 if you have any questions. 118 East State Street Eagle, Idaho 83616 - (208) 939-5889 To: Eagle City Council Ada County Highway District Re: 1st Street South of State Street Proposed Changes From: Mike & Maryann Ryals`' ) 163 E. Aikens Eagle, Idaho rA-di / q " RECEIVED & FILED CITY OF EAGLE J U L 1 4 1998 Rio: Route to` 1 \ \0 . Q.4_,.,,,OC-0,------C--, We received notice July 13, 1998 of the proposed change to occur on July 20th with actual comment on the proposed change scheduled for July 21st. Why is the public meeting for comment scheduled after the scheduled start of the street conversion? Our concern is with the Eagle Road and E. Aikens street and the effect the one-way conversion will have on this already congested area. E. Aikens is used as a short-cut for those motorist who feel they are unable to wait for the red light at Eagle Road and State Street. E. Aikens is a dead end street and even though it is posted, this goes unheeded. After finding out it really is a dead end street, motorist will zip down 1st but not always before finding out they must make a U-turn in our apartment parking lot or backing out. Either solution is a hazard to residents, which includes children, and parked vehicles. We would be in favor of sidewalks, curbing, and parallel parking on the hotel side of 1st Street South. Currently, the angled parking makes it very difficult to keep from "snagging" the back end of vehicles that are creatively parked. We do not feel marked stalls(lines) will solve the vehicle length problem. We also realize it will cut down on the number of available places beside the Hotel but with better utilization of the Ponderosa parking, it would not make it impossible. Before turning the shovel and putting out the orange barrels, we would ask that you would address the E. Aikens Street issue in regards to safety. Aegoocto /-74- Sovigh 60iknot would be Lu\i, koto). -kir 5t Lvov, iettp 16),0 orr rtc cne it LOcuutcl 162_eyp ra4c corn,c9.. CL RECEIVED & FILED akv, CITY OF EAGLE takos-69---‘- .. JUL 2 1 1998 CAOL,O. UPYCLeeC- Fite Route to': -Y kk,..