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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02 24 2005 Special CM39 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES February 24th, 2005 Minutes of a Special Meeting held at the Chubbuck City Council Chambers, February 24th, 2005. Present: Mayor John O. Cotant, Council members Leroy S. Quick, Steven M. England, Marvin C. Gunter, Kent Keams, Attorney Thomas J. Holmes, Public Works Director Steven M. Smart and City Clerk Ron C. Conlin. Meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. by Mayor Cotant. PURPOSE OF SPECIAL MEETING is to discuss the Bullock Road/Yellowstone Ave Intersection Access. BULLOCK ROAD/YELLOWSTONE AVE INTERSECTION ACCESS - Mayor Cotant stated the reason he called this meeting is to ask the developers to consider participation in the cost of the following: 1. When asphalting the development, the developers continue asphalting to Yellowstone Ave. 2. A raised curb island be installed on Bullock Street entering Yellowstone Ave making the egress from Bullock a right turn only. The raised curb island will not restrict car or truck traffic from turning left from Yellowstone Ave to Bullock Street. (Proposed drawing attached). Don Zebe, 465 Barrett Street said he will take the request to the other developers and they will take under advisement. Councilman Quick stated he reserves the right in the future that if the traffic becomes uncontrollable the City have the right to do what is necessary. Gordon Wilkes, 885 E. Chubbuck Road asked why this could not be worked out before, rather than waiting until the last minute to close off Bullock Street. Mayor Cotant said the developers have never been into the City of Chubbuck to discuss their plan until last Thursday. Mayor Cotant stated the first plan he looked at a year ago showed there would be no access at Bullock Street, about a couple of weeks ago the final plan came and showed Bullock Street as being a main access. PWD Smart was directed to get costs of an overlay from where development ends to Yellowstone Ave. 41 COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES - (cont.) February 24th, 2005 BULLOCK STREET/YELLOWSTONE AVE INTERSECTION ACCESS DISCUSSION - (cont.) Councilman England felt his motion Tuesday night could stay in place because the motion included turning the concerns to the Engineering Departments of both Cities and to the developer to see what can best be worked out to mitigate the traffic. At 5:21 p.m, Councilman England moved, Councilman Keams seconded, with full council approval to adjourn meeting. Ron C. Conlin, City Clerk lohn ~. Cottant, Mayor CALL OF SPECIAL MEETING CITY OF CHUBBUCK Pursuant to Idaho Code Section 50-604, the undersigned Mayor of the City of Chubbuck, Idaho, hereby calls a special meeting of the City Council to be held in the Chubbuck City Council Chambers, 5160 Yellowstone, Chubbuck, Idaho at the hour of 5:00 p.m, Thursday, February 24th, 2005. The purpose of the Special Meeting is to discuss Bullock-Yellowstone Ave. Intersection.7~ .~52~/fl,;5-- ~~~~j~4~_.~_' Date: John O. Cotant, Mayor NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING TO: MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHUBBUCK, IDAHO Pursuant to the call set forth above, notice is hereby given of a special meeting of the Chubbuck City Council at the time and place, and for the object, recited in the call. Ron C. Conlin, City Clerk ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NOTICE The undersigned, Mayor and members of the Chubbuck City Council hereby acknowledge receipt of notice of the special meeting as set forth above. //jOl~n- (~.'~ O~a~n'(, MayOr ' ~eroy S. (~icic,'C/~/5tc~i men~ber 'l~ent K~earns, Council member M. England, ~ou~cil membe>"F Ma nrta. unter, Council member FEB 24,2005 17:16 Page 1 VIA FACSIMILE I:ebnm,'~ 24, 2005 Dear Mayor Cot:~nt alld (]mbbuck Cily Council Members, Dea/ Fin 31 years 1 have been employed at tile old Naval Ordinance Facility fi)r various diflbrenl companiea. For Ibc n,ajont)' of those years l have exited and accessed the mlerstate, to and from work. via Chubbuck. I've watched the area grow from a tiew retail stores to the busiesl retail market in the Pocatello/Chubbuck area_ There are times when I have sho~t wmls al lhe traffic lighls but Ihere bare also been times when I have wait'ed lbr a Iraflic hght to change from red green 4 times before ! have been uble to drive to the next traffic light I watch the truckers trying to turn left !o enter Btdlock Street or turn right from Bullock SIrecl onlo Yellowstone, of which many of those truckers end up pulling Iheir trailers up on to the curb in order to make tile turn. ()f'com'se~ Ihen the problem is compounded due to traffic cnlcring and cxlhng Ihe parking {()ts to Wahnart. Flying J, Pineridgc Malt and Ihe strip mall whine IHOP and T J Max's arc located ()ncc agra,,, ihat traffic problem is compounded because of Ibc vasl pcrccnlage of drivers that are incons,derate, they pull into the inter~ction on a yellow (or even a red light) and the drivers coming out of lhe mall ;fleas Cannot go anywhere due to the vehicles stopped in the Iniddle of lhe intersection. Considering all of the above Jhcto,-s, it is only my opinion thal the developer~ the City of Pocatello and the Pocatelio Development Authority should have put more though! and consideration rote tile total traffic situation as I'he,-c undoubtedly will bc many safely concerns to address due ~() the increased traffic/low on Yellowstone. With all due respect I ask the Ihree (3) council members that voted to keep Bullock Street open, please take lhe rune to give carefifl thought and consideration to Mayor Colant's safely and lraffic concerns regarding Bullock Sh'e¢l. two more years of increased traffic flow may tttrn into a nightmare bclbre the State of Idaho widens Yellowstone Avenue. Sipcc,-el¥. Jean AIk~son FEB-22-2005(TUE) 15:54 P. 002/002 Fax 208-237-2409 Febmary 21,2005 John O. Cotant City of Chubbuck 5160 Yellowstone Ave. Chubbuck, ID Re: Restricted Access Yellowstone Ave. & Bullock Street, Chubbuck, ID Dear Mr. Cotant: We are the owners of the Denny's restaurant located at 4310 Yellowstone Ave., Chubbuck, ID. We understand that Lowe's has announced its intention to locate a center in the City of Pocatello near the intersection of Yellowstone Ave. & Bullock Street. It was brought to our attention last week that there is some controversy over the access to the planned Lowe's center and there has been further discussion about a median divider being placed on Yellowstone that would prohibit left hand turns from Yellowstone Ave. onto Bullock Street. Since Yellowstone Ave. and Bullock Street are the primary access for the Denny's restaurant vehicular access, we strongly object to the concept of prohibiting left hand turns from Yellowstone Ave. onto Bullock Street. Denny's.has been positioned at that location for many yearn and the business has served the community by providing jobs and contributing to the tax base. While we have no objection to the addition of new business in the Chubbuck/Pocatello surrounding areas, we simply cannot support the concept forcing our customers to travel through other private business properties to achieve access to our location. Please reconsider your plans and the adverse affect such a change will have on the existing businesses located along Bullock who rely on the access from Yellowstone Ave. Thank you in advance for your immediate consideration to our request. Mountain Range Restaurants, LLC, a Denny's Franchise Organization cc Tony Greub Jeff Fugate Bill Cox MOUNTAIN RANGE PJ':~$TAURANT$, / \ Bttllock/Yellowstone Access Meeting 2-18-05 Purpose: Hear and express concerns with the pros and cons of increased traffic t¥om the proposed Lowes commercial development in Pocatello. Assess its impact on the Yellowstone/Bullock intersection and neighborhood traffic congestion. Mayor John Cotant - Expressed concerns of westbound traffic from the future Lowe's on Bullock and accessing Yellowstone Ave. The congestion would be particularly detrimental to Dennys Restaurant. Mayor Robert Chase said there would be a concerted effort to direct user traffic to the Hurley/Quinn intersection. The City of Pocatello has also put the Union Pacific Railroad on notice of their intent to condemn property for an at-grade crossing which would connect to Kraft Lane and eastward to Hiline Rd. Zebe explained the project roadway fight,of-way widths and that Bullock Street was intended for' egress only. Ryan Walz of Idaho Transportation Department expressed the Flandro family's support of an at- grade crossing eastward to Hiline Road. Steve Vigilaturro expressed concern of the detriment to the synergism of business activity by closure of Bullock Street. Also, the possible loss of a major motel chain coming into the property currently occupied by the Lakeshore building. Zebe outlined a schedule of construction for the new streets which will be used for construction traffic for the new development. Mayor Chase said, by executive order, Pocatello will require all construction traffic to use Hurley Dr. Also, the proposed, new Evans Bank on the comer of Lou and Yellowstone wants a right-in and right-out onto Yellowstone. ITD noted vehicles per day using Bullock at 2,000, If this project is built out, they project 5,500 VPD. Police Chief Randy Severe expressed concerns about accident investigation during peak hours on Yellowstone Ave. even with today's traffic. Zebe suggested no left: tum from Bullock onto Yellowstone Ave, that it be signed accordingly and the left mm lane be removed. They assured they will do whatever is necessary to direct traffic from the 67 acre development to Lou/Yifilowstone and Hurley/Yellowstone accesses. Dennys Restaurant representatives present vehemently want Bullock leR open to through traffic. Mayor Chase pret'ers to have all concerned parties work together to make a Bullock Street access work l'br the benefit of'all. He maintains some businesses or the entire development will not come if we close Bullock Street to through traffic. MacDonalds representatives expressed their concern to keep Bullock Street open, and are willing to do whatever is necessary to make the intersection work. Zebe indicated the possibility of cross-access between the new development and Walmart and the Ihop mini-mall. Also the possibility of more parking for Walmart and others. Councilman Steve England closed the discussion with the conclusion that we probably cannot close or cul-de-sac Bullock Street without losing this development. We must reconfigure Bullock/Yellowstone and Wallgreens access/Yellowstone to eliminate left turnouts. The final decision will go to the Chubbuck City Council meeting of February 22, 2005.