Minutes - 2022 - Parks Pathways & Recreation Commission - 11/17/2022 - RegularTHE CITY OF EAGLE
PARKS, PATHWAYS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
Eagle City Hall, 660 E. Civic Lane
November 17, 2022, 5:30 p.m.
1. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 5:33 P.M.
2. ROLL CALL: CROCKETT, DECKERS, ELWER, FAUSTINA, HUFFAKER, IVIE
LIAISON: COUNCIL MEMBER BAUN
Absent: Decker's, Faustina, Council Member Baun
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
A. Minutes of October 20, 2022
Chairman Huffaker moved to approve the minutes of October 20, 2022, with a correction
made by Commissioner Elwer from "curb" to "current" under item# 7 Unfinished
Business. Seconded by Commissioner Crockett. ALL AYES... MOTION CARRIES.
4. PUBLIC COMMENT:
Lee Scott — 912 Pimlico Dr. Eagle., head coach for the Eagle High Mountain Bike Team and joined by the
team director, Brian Graham and a coach, Albert Crawshaw. Lee Scott discussed the current death of Rylan
Hoob and has concerns about the trails and pathways in the City of Eagle.
Commissioner Faustina entered the meeting at 5:35pm.
Brian Graham — 3855 W Lorenzo Ln. Eagle, shared a follow up on comments.
5. REPORTS:
Brian Alien was not able to attend, Christina Garcia reported for Parks and Recreation.
Steve Noyes reported on Trails and Pathways.
6. NEW BUSINESS:
7A. Brookstone Subdivision
Commissioner Ivie makes a motion that seeing that we do not have buy in from the Preserve about
the triangle area, I move that we make the recommendation to build the 12ft wide pathway
indicated as A and B, ask for a modified levy construction along the portion B and a narrower
easement along that portion as well.
Chairman Huffaker asked for clarification that Commissioner Ivie's motion is to adopt the staffs
recommendation but, if possible, to narrow the easement along Part B so that the developer
won't lose lots. Seconded by Commissioner Elwer. ALL AYES, Except Commissioner Faustina
NAY. MOTION CARRIES.
7B. Tierpointe Subdivision
Commissioner Elwer makes a motion that the commission send a recommendation approval of the
Tierpointe Subdivision to the city council according to the city standards for pathways and
sidewalks and including the revised recommendation of Steve Noyes. Chairman Huffaker stated
that the revised recommendation being that pathways labeled as A will have an easement of only
20ft as opposed to 25ft. Seconded by Commissioner Ivie. ALL AYES...MOTION CARRIES.
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7C. Silverereek Subdivision
Commissioner Elwer makes a motion for the commission to send a recommendation for approval
to the city, approval of Silvercreek Subdivision to the city council and including the
recommendations on the timing presented by Steve Noyes. Seconded by Commissioner Ivie.
ALL AYES...MOTION CARRIES.
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
None
8. PPRC LIAISON ASSIGNMENT REPORT:
None
9. ADA)UR: -M NT:
Adjournment made by Chairman Huffaker at 7:27pm
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Respectfully submitted:
CHRISTINA GARCIA
CLERK OF THE MEETING
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PPRC Report
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City of Eagle Public Trail System
Public System Now
Greenbelt Pathways
Other Multi -User
Bike Only
Hard
Soft
Concrete or Asphalt vs. Natural or Native Surfaces
4.49 I
16.95
5.42
5.42
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4.65
4.65
8-feet wide or wider, separated from motorized vehicle traffic
Singletrack, narrow, multi-user trails
Optimized forSpecific Bicycle Uses -- often one-way or Downhill Only
City Maintained Trails .12.46
14.56
27.02 Miles of Public Trails and Pathways Managed by City of Eagle
Not Maintained by City .7.40
12.57
19.97 Maintained and Managed by HOA's, BLM, Business Complexes, Etc.
Total Public System
46.99 Miles of Public Trails in Eagle Now
Percent City Maintained
58% Includes all trails and pathways open to the public
Greenbelt Traffic Counters
Average Day
Average Month
Annual Trend
1,432
43,422
521,066
January through June 2021 (Dry Creek data incomplete)
There are four counters on the main Greenbelt System; Garden City Border at the North Channel, at the
Merrill Park Bridge, Highway 44 at Dry Creek, and at the Boise Border on the South Charmer. Each counter
averages 2.2-miles away from the next closest counter. Many users go uncounted.
Pathway Development
Under Construction
Public Trails in Development
lU-Foot Sidewalks in Development
Developing
1.42
28.85
4.02
All Surface Types Combined
Developments with a Notice to Proceed or City projects
Developments in the approval process or City projects
These adequately serve as low -stress 2-way bikerped travel
34.29 Total miles being built, recommended by the PPRC, or in approved Final Plats
Total System W
en Completed
81.28
Potential
Undeveloped Easements
2.28
All Surface Types Combined
City has an option to build a trail on these properties
Bike Park
Eagle
Ada County
7.91
8.36
Natural or Native Surfaces
Mainly Bike Optimized on 63.7 acres (included in above data)
Mix of Bike Optrmtzzed and Multi-user, Multi -directional on 244 acres(n❑t included, not in City limits)
Other Facilities
Bike Lanes
Sidewalks
49.40
268.00
Concrete or Asphalt
Bike lanes and Sh arrows
Motor vehicle lanes delineated by sharrows where bicycles have equal right-of-way
Canal Influence
Canal Impacted Greenbelt
Percent of Greenbelt System
11.65
25%
All Surface Types Combined
Canal adjacent trails with shared access, recorded easements and written orinf❑rmalagreements
Percen t of the existing and developing Greenbelt pathways impacted by canals and Ditch Companies
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System Table
125 separate trail segments
Eagle Road Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge
Construction on the Eagle Road Ped/Bike Bridge began on October 1, 2022.
The pile driving originally schedule to start the week of November 7th has been delayed to November 28th. The contractor will begin
placing the crane for the pile driving the November 21st with pile driving for the piers within the Boise River on the 28th. Pile driving
work will take 5-10 construction days and will be quite loud. The work is scheduled to occur only during daytime hours (7 am-6 pm)
during the week (Monday -Friday), with no evening or weekend work. The contractor anticipates the work to be completed in a single
week, but we have additional days scheduled just in case of unforeseen circumstances.
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Offset Pathway Intersection Design
• Increasing the distance between the
pathway crossing and the roadway
modifies the timing and positioning at
which a turning motorist will see or
encounter a bicyclist.
• One key is to offset the pathway 6 to
16.5 feet shown below. With the
offset, a motorist turning from the
roadway more directly faces a bicyclist
in the crossing, rather than
conventional designs that position a
bicyclist closer to the travel lanes and
in the motorist's blind spot.
• This distance also creates space for a
right turning motorist to yield and wait
for a through -moving bicyclist.
• Tightening the turning radius from the
roadway reduces the vehicle speed
through the turn, which allows them
more time to scan the pathway for
bicyclists.
• An offset of up to 24 feet may be
appropriate for roadways with traffic
speeds of 55 mph or greater.
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Offset Distance
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Memorial Ride for Rylan
A memorial ride was held for Rylan Hoob, an Eagle teen who was killed
while riding his bike last October 21st. a 14-year-old who was killed after
being hit by a semi -truck while riding his bike near the Beacon Light and
Highway 55 intersection.
Rylan was a member of the Eagle High Mountain Bike Team — one of our
major contributors in bike trail construction and maintenance.
Reaction
• Contacted by many concerned citizens
• Contacted by Agnew:Beck Consultant Ellen Campfield about a
citywide study for bike/ped
• Movement to connect Bike Park to Hidden Springs revived
• SWIMBA planning a permanent memorial at the Bike Park
• New development in the area revising their road plan. Meeting
included ACHD and ITD
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END OF REPORT
Steve Noyes
Trails and Pathways Superintendent
City of Eagle
snoyes@cityofeagle.org
Office (208) 489-8769
Cell (208) 921-3726
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