Paul Woods, President
Rebecca W Arnold, Vice President
Sara M. Baker, Commissioner
Jim D. Hansen, Commissioner
Kent Goldthorpe, Commissioner
To:
ACHD Commission
From:
Christine Race-Tannler, Budget Coordinator
Gary Inselman, Development Services Manager
Subject:
Budget Work Session
May 3, 2017
Staff will present some basic assumptions for the current budget process FY2018 and FY2019:
Revenue:
• Property Taxes
• Highway User’s Fund
• Impact Fees
Current Commission Priorities:
• Maintain
• Rebuild
• Expand
Next Steps:
• Initial budgets are due Friday, May 5, 2017
o Quality control checking will begin
• Commission work session- Detail packet (7/12/17)
• Commission work session- Revisions/Comments (8/2/17)
• Public Hearing - FY2018 and FY2019 Budget (8/23/17)
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Ada County Highway District • 3775 Adams Street • Garden City, ID • 83714 • PH 208 387-6100 • FX 345-7650 • www.achdidaho.org
Paul Woods, President
Rebecca W. Arnold, Vice President
Sara M. Baker, Commissioner
Jim D. Hansen, Commissioner
Kent Goldthorpe, Commissioner
Planning & Programming
April 25, 2017
TO:
Commissioners, Director, and Deputy Directors
FROM:
Ryan Head, AICP, Planning Supervisor
SUBJECT:
FY2018-2022 Integrated Five-Year Work Plan (IFYWP) - Early Issues
Commission Work Session – May 3, 2017
Executive Summary
The Integrated Five-Year Work Plan (IFYWP) is the District’s five-year plan of projects and activities,
which provides common direction internally, and strives to establish stability and consistency for the
District and its partners. On April 12, 2017, the Commission provided policy direction as it relates to
revenue available for the FY2018-2019 Budget. During the work session, staff will review the direction
given and seek policy guidance as it relates to this IFYWP update.
Planning Framework
In 2016, the ACHD Commission adopted a Strategic Plan to provide an umbrella framework for all work
done by the District. A key focus of this effort is ensuring ACHD is properly managing and maintaining
the public’s transportation assets, while investing in additional infrastructure needed to accommodate
growth within Ada County and its six cities. The IFYWP is the primary tool for implementing the
Strategic Plan, Capital Improvements Plan, Bike Master Plan, and other Sub-Area and Corridor Plans.
Revenue Projections and Implications
The April 12, 2017 Commission work session directed staff to not assume any increase in property
taxes for FY2018 and FY2019. By 2019, the ACHD Commission will not have taken the allowed increase
for 10 years. The IFYWP has historically assumed property tax increases in out years of the program. As
a result of this continued Commission direction, staff is recommending the IFYWP no longer assume
increases in property tax.
During the work session, staff will present the impacts of this assumption and seek Commission
direction as it relates to the following areas:
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Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) Implementation – Reducing general fund revenue available to
match impact fees will reduce the number of projects identified in ACHD’s CIP expected to
move forward in the next IFYWP update. As a result, impact fee collections may outpace impact
fee eligible expenditures within the life of this update, assuming collections stay at or near
recent figures.
Key Issues:
o Programing capital projects that are not impact fee eligible.
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o Commission concurrence with ACHD’s current priority corridor approach. (See
Attachment 1 for current priority corridor status)
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Economic Development Program – In FY2013, the Commission directed staff to set aside up to
$2 million per year in funds for an Economic Development program in the IFYWP. Eight projects
were approved by the Commission to move forward, with five projects complete or under
construction. Staff accepted new requests for Economic Development projects this spring in
connection with agency requests.
While the projects currently in the program have been of importance to ACHD and its partners,
the impact of this program on meeting the Commission’s primary focus of maintaining assets
and addressing safety concerns is yet to be determined.
Key Issues:
o Continued viability of the Economic Development program.
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Programming Targets – For a number of years, ACHD has utilized Commission-approved
programming targets to allocate resources towards ACHD’s primary focus activities. This
emphasis allows the Commission to direct the level-of-effort staff should place behind these
identified activities, prior to allocating resources towards ACHD’s secondary focus of congestion
mitigation. Current general fund revenue projections are not adequate to fund primary focus
activities at the Commission-approved targets.
Key Issues:
o In order to meet Commission-directed reductions in revenue over the life of the plan,
spending reductions on Commission-approved targets (Attachment 2) will need to be
made.
IFYWP Schedule and Milestones
Significant dates for the IFYWP schedule:
 March 17: Agency transportation requests due – COMPLETE
 May 3: Early Issues Work Session – CURRENT WORK SESSION
 May 24: Agency Requests Review
 May 26: Send initial feedback to agencies on transportation requests
 July 19: Initial Draft IFYWP Work Session
 August 21: Public/agency comments due
 September 6: Work session on public/agency comments
 September 27: 2018-2022 IFYWP adoption hearing
Attachments
- Attachment 1 - Priority Corridor Update
- Attachment 2 – Primary Focus Programming Targets
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Attachment 1
Priority Corridor Update
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Cloverdale, I-84/Chinden: All major intersections are complete; Franklin to Fairview widened;
remaining 3 miles to be widened by 2020.
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Eagle, Lake Hazel/Victory: Two intersections programmed; Amity to Victory programmed.
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Fairview Ave, Linder/Orchard: The Commission adopted the Fairview Avenue Corridor
Management Plan February 2013. On March 25, 2015, this project was put on hold indefinitely
by the Commission. Two intersection projects in the IFYWP: Fairview/Cole in under construction
and Fairview/Locust Grove in preliminary development.
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Five Mile, I-84/Chinden: Complete.
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Franklin, Black Cat/Five Mile: Final mile and intersection under construction.
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Lake Hazel, Eagle/Orchard Extension: All intersections programmed. Cole/Lake Hazel and
extension to be built in 2018.
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Linder, Ustick/Floating Feather: Ustick/Chinden to be widened by 2021. Proposing concept
design for Chinden to State.
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Maple Grove, Lake Hazel/Overland: Amity to Overland programmed.
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Meridian Split Corridor: Complete.
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Orchard, Lake Hazel Extension/I-84: All intersections and segments programmed. New
extension (Lake Hazel to Gowen) to be built in 2018.
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State St, Glenwood/27th: All intersections moving towards construction: Veterans Pkwy (2018),
Collister (2019), Pierce Park (2021), and Glenwood (Concept Design). City of Boise is now
requesting segment widening as a near term priority and is evaluating opportunities to fund
increased transit service to meeting State Street TTOP triggers.
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Ten Mile, Overland/Chinden: All major intersections are complete; Overland to Ustick widened;
remaining 2 miles are in preliminary development.
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Ustick, Ten Mile/Cole: Completed Cole/Locust Grove. Linder to Locust Grove under
construction.
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Attachment 2
Primary Focus Programming Targets
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Pavement - $27-$34 million/year to meet the Commission priority of maintaining and average
pavement condition of “very good”, with 1% increase per year to address system growth. This
target includes:
o Chipseal/crackseal by internal forces. Amount determined through budget. (~$9
million/year)
o Federal aid capital maintenance. (Up to $8.5 million per year or as available)
o Local capital maintenance. ($10-$14 million per year)
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Sidewalks (Including Community Programs) - $5-$7 million/year plus $2 million/year for the
Economic Development program. This met by:
o A minimum of 5% of the capital budget toward Core Community Programs. (About $2.5
million/year)
o Half of the increase in vehicle registration fee revenues approved in 2008. (About $2
million/year
o ACHD’s Safe Sidewalk program. (About $1.5 million/year)
o Economic Development program. (Up to $2 million/year)
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Bridges - $2-$3 million/year
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Traffic Signal and Materials – Up to $1 million
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Stormwater Facilities - $0.5 million/year
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