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Friday BriefingTo: City Council

From:Amanda Brown

Date: Friday, August 23rd

, 2013

From the Office: The BPD Briefing Notes for the week. The correspondence for the week is attached and has been routed to the

appropriate department for response. We did receive one call this week i

opposition to the civil sidewalks ordinances.

o Bondo Parking

The Strategies 360 Newsletters on federal legislative actions.From the Departments:

Public Works (Neal Oldemeyer): An update on utility billing. Planning and Development Services (Karen Gallagher): The final pl

and comments on the Gowen Road/I-84 interchange. Please send any coto Karen no later than Tuesday, August 27

th. This is the memo only; I am

the full packet out in a separate email. It is a large file and will not be ab

opened on an ipad.

Claims The claims that were submitted this week.

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Amanda Brown

From: jakeblowguitarist@gmail.com on behalf of Jake Blow

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Amanda Brown

From: joanie fauci

Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 12:28 PM

To: MayorandCouncil

Subject: bond comments

Hello,

I just want to say that I am in favor of the bond, so the Mayor and City Council should vote on it, andNovember ballot.

The foothills levy money added so much to our city. I'm sure more money for open space will do th

Please add me to the mailing list for future updates on this issues.

Regards,Joanie Fauci2944 Hillway DrBoise ID 83702208-631-4748

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Amanda Brown

From: Robin Zimmermann

Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 10:28 AM

To: MayorandCouncil

Subject: Bond proposal for open spaces/public safety/parks

Hello,

I am writing to show my full support for the $33.8 million bond package that Mayor Bieter crucial to maintaining our citys quality of life and natural heritage.

Thank you,

Robin Zimmermann

(208)850-3156

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Amanda Brown

From: Amanda Brown

Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 1:55 PM

To: Amanda Brown

Subject: Phone call on bond

PhonecallfromagentlemanonAugust20thwhoisnotinfavorofthebond. Hesaidthattaxes,feincreasingandthatpeoplearestruggling. Sidewalksandotherthingsaremoreimportantandhegoinginthewrongdirection

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Amanda Brown

From: SUKI MOLINA

Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 12:10 PM

To: MayorandCouncilSubject: Comments re: proposed bond

DearMayorandCouncil:IwassorrythatnoneofyouwereattheopenhouseyesterdayatCityHall. Thestaffinattjobatansweringmyquestions.MyoverallcommentisthattheCityofBoiseshouldincludemoremoneyforopenspaceinbond. While$10millionwasagoodnumberin2001,landcostsmoretoday. MoremonewouldmakeitpossibletoexpandopenspaceprotectiontoincludetheBoiseRiver.IamsendingthesecommentsasacitizenofBoiseandnotonbehalfoftheIdahoConservThanks,SukiMolina930ArgyllDriveBoise,ID 83702

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Amanda Brown

From: Strategies 360

Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 3:00 PM

To: Amanda BrownSubject: Inside Strategies from the Hill

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Economy, Business & Taxes

President urges swift action at meetingon Wall Street rules

Jobless rates increase in 28 states Sugar could hold up trade deal

Energy and the Envir

GOP lawmakers press for efrom proposed fracking rul

Are fracking proponents wenough with the environme

Greens press EPA to revokemissions exemption

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Gallup: Summer Months Unkind to Obama

Health Care

W kb k N t Gi i h l i

Congress & the Admin

Th Cli t d H

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one sweetener: More sugar imports from Australia.

Other sticking points include Vietnamese shoes, New Zealand milk and privacy worBig Data as the U.S. and other countries approach the 19th round of talks for the Tra

Partnership.

FULL ARTICLE

Fed fight: Will Rand Paul make a stand?By MJ Lee and Alexander BurnsPolitico08/19/2013

If you thought the debates over drones and surveillance were tailor-made for KentucPaul, just wait until President Barack Obama picks a new Federal Reserve chair.

The upcoming debate over the confirmation of a successor for outgoing Fed ChairmBernanke is both a golden opportunity and a test for the libertarian-leaning senator, wcriticized Bernankes policies and the institution of the Fed.

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Forget Congress, some states show how to pass tax reformBy Niraj ChokshiThe Washington Post08/20/2013

Love it or hate it, North Carolina this year achieved something the federal governmeexpected to do any time soon: tax reform.

While Sen. Max Baucus and Rep. David Camp, the Democratic and Republican heaCongresss tax-writing committees, lay the foundation for federal tax reform with thDave national tour, states like North Carolina have already debated and passed tax their own. Chalk it up to whatever you wantan easier time getting the message acrpolitical climate, fewer vested interests or more urgencybut plenty of tax changes

at the state level.

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Energy & Environment

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Sens. John Barrasso and Mike Enzi, along with Rep. Cynthia Lummis, said theyre cdraft rules from the department's Bureau of Land Management would be duplicativesaid, could deter people from drilling for oil and gas on federal lands within their sta

hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.

FULL ARTICLE

Are fracking proponents wrestling enough with the environmental risks?By Neil IrwinThe Washington Post08/14/2013

In our Wonkblog Crowdsourced discussion of the likely economic and business conan era of more plentiful natural gas, a recurring theme among commenters is that thewater supplies could be more severe than enthusiasts of fracking technologies let on.

Argues reader Dbizzness:

How about asking why is natural gas so cheap? Domestic, check. Abundant supplies

Virtually unregulated, CHECK!

FULL ARTICLE

Greens press EPA to revoke 'outdated' emissions exemptionBy Zack ColmanThe Hill08/19/2013

The Obama administration is poised to rescind a little-known emissions exemption fplants as it seeks to flex its muscle through the Clean Air Act.

Green groups are pressuring the Environmental Protection Agency to finalize a rule force utilities to limit emissions of hazardous pollutants, such as those that contributwhen power plants are shutting down, starting up or malfunctioning.

FULL ARTICLE

Health Care

Wonkbook: Newt Gingrich explains how the GOPs Obamacare tactics backfir

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If were going to take on the fight with Obamacare, we have to be able to explain towe would do to make your life better, he said.

FULL ARTICLE

Health costs are growing really slowly. Americans havent noticed.By Sarah KliffThe Washington Post08/20/2013

Ask any health economist and theyll no doubt tell you that health care cost growth igrowing at a low, unprecedented rate.

They can point to the National Health Expenditures report, which shows health care growing at the same rate as the rest of the economy. Or, they can pull up new data ofrom the Kaiser Family Foundation, showing that premiums grew 4 percent in 2013.lower than growth in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

FULL ARTICLE

Study: Employer mandate delay to have minor effect on ObamaCareBy Julia HattemThe Hill08/19/2013

The Obama administrations decision to delay a requirement that employers providewith health insurance will have relatively few consequences on the overall rollout ObamaCare.

Thats the finding of a new study by the Rand Corporation, a nonprofit research orgalooked at the effects of the administrations July decision to delay by a year a crucialthe healthcare reform law.

FULL ARTICLE

Health insurance costs outpace wage gains, survey saysBy TheAssociated Press, in Politico08/20/2013

An annual survey shows that the average cost for employer-sponsored health insuranmodestly this year, but it still outpaced worker wage increases.

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Family does matter in the runup to next falls Senate elections: Candidates are wieldpolitical pedigrees in a number of races that could determine whether Democrats main the 2014 elections.

FULL ARTICLE

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Amanda Brown

From: Strategies 360

Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 11:53 AM

To: Amanda BrownSubject: Inside Strategies from the Hill

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Economy, Business & Taxes

Debt Ceiling Drama Underway Moody's Threatens to Cut Credit

Ratings of Banks

Obamacare's many definitions of smallbusiness breed confusion, challenges

Energy and the Envir NASA: 2013's Arctic melt

'sustained decline'

Wind Farms Take Root Ou Al Gore's storm comment

6 mini-flap

BP argues it's being bilkedclaims

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Gallup: Americans Sour Slightly on Quality Jobs Market

Health Care

State Laws Hinder Obamacare Effort toEnroll Uninsured

GOP's Obamacare Shutdown Caucus? U.P.S. to End Health Benefits for

Spouses of Some Workers

Congress & the Admin

On Bus Tour, Obama SeekColleges Into Easing Costs

Holder: Budget cuts threatsystem 'integrity'

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By Jake Sherman & John BresnahanPolitico08/23/2013

House Republicans have no idea how theyre going to lift the debt ceiling this fall and lawmakers freely admit it. But Republicans say their best hope is to try to leveraDemocrats desire to blunt sequester cuts to get something in return for raising the nborrowing limit.

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and other GOP leaders think that if they are able to sequester and debt ceiling into one legislative fight, they will be able to extract someentitlement programs from President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats. T

issues thrown in the same debate, the better as they create more leverage points, Rsay. Obama could say he didnt negotiate over the debt ceiling, but rather the sequesRepublicans could brag about more concessions from the president.

FULL ARTICLE

Moody's Threatens to Cut Credit Ratings of BanksBy Peter Eavis

New York Times08/22/2013

President Obama is walking into crucial battles over the debt ceiling and governmenthe first time without Timothy Geithner at his side, leaving him without a partner lauability to highlight the economic dangers posed by Washington gridlock.

The former Treasury Secretary was Obamas right-hand man for past fiscal battles, a

president relied on the former head of the New York Federal Reserve to speak with about financial markets and the economy.

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Obamacare's many definitions of small business breed confusion, challengesBy J.D. HarrisonWashington Post08/23/2013

It is a question employers across the country are trying to answer as the governmentimplement some of the most important provisions of the health-care reform law: Dcompany qualify as a small business under Obamacare? The answer is anything bu

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Energy & Environment

NASA: 2013's Arctic melt part of 'sustained decline'

By Ben GemanThe Hill08/23/2013

Retreating Arctic sea ice probably wont reach last years record summer low, but 20nonetheless part of a long-term vanishing act, NASA said Friday.

The agency provided an update as the annual minimum reach of the Arctic sea ice ne

While the ice will continue to shrink until around mid-September, it is unlikely thatsummer low will break a new record. Still, this years melt rates are in line with the decline of the Arctic ice cover observed by NASA and other satellites over the last sedecades, NASA said in an online report.

FULL ARTICLE

Wind Farms Take Root Out at SeaBy Stanley ReedNew York Times08/21/2013

BREMEN, Germany In a warehouse district on the outskirts of Bremen in northwGermany is a big, well-lighted work space dominated by the massive top section of acalled a nacelle.It is here that Siemens, the German power systems giant, trains new employees and refresher courses on how to work safely on modern windmills that can rise 90 meter300 feet, and weigh more than 100 tons.

FULL ARTICLE

Al Gore's storm comment stirs Category 6 mini-flap

By Andrew RestucciaPolitico08/22/2013

Al Gore needs to be more careful when discussing climate change and hurricanes, onsaid Thursday. Gretchen Goldman, an analyst in the Scientific Integrity Initiative at

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But Goldman along with the Posts own Capital Weather Gang blog noted thaplanning to add a Category 6 to the hurricane scale.

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BP argues it's being bilked in spill claimsBy Zack ColmanThe Hill08/23/2013

BP has launched a public relations offensive to argue it is being bilked for fraudulen

related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. BP claims the process, which its CEO laabsurd, has been rife with abuse and that it has been overly generous in rewardingand individuals who suffered no damages from the spill.

Today we are working to ensure that our willingness to do the right thing is not takof and distorted to provide windfalls to undeserving businesses, including law firmsspokesman Geoff Morrell said in a statement.

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Health Care

State Laws Hinder Obamacare Effort to Enroll UninsuredBy alex Nussbaum & Alex WayneBloomberg08/23/2013

President Barack Obama has set aside $67 million to make it easier to enroll in his hoverhaul. Laws pushed by Republicans in 12 states may keep that from happening.Under the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. government plans to pay a network of localknown as navigators to explain the laws new coverage options to the uninsured andthrough its online insurance markets.

New laws passed by a dozen Republican-led states, the latest in Missouri last monththat harder, imposing licensing exams, fines that can run as high as $1,000 and trainalmost doubles the hours required by the federal government. Republicans say the mprotect consumers. Obamacare supporters say theyll undermine the effort to get as mas possible enrolled.

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their conference have signed the letter urging leadership to defund Obamacare in anybill to float the government past Sept. 30.

The letter, spearheaded by Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., doesnt mention governmshutdown, but thats exactly what that strategy would provoke, given that a repeal bname is dead on arrival in the Senate and would not be signed by President Barack O

The letter does give the lawmakers an out it stops short of demanding defunding their votes. And the number about a third of the GOP Conference falls well shGOP leaders at risk of violating the Hastert rule requiring a majority of the majoriignore the letter.

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U.P.S. to End Health Benefits for Spouses of Some WorkersBy Steven GreenhouseNew York Times08/21/2013

United Parcel Service has told its white-collar employees that it will stop providing h

coverage to their spouses who can obtain coverage through their own employers, joiincreasing number of companies that are restricting or eliminating spousal health ben

U.P.S., the worlds largest package delivery company, said its decision was promptecosts associated with the federal health care law that is commonly called Obamacahealth care experts, however, said they believed the company was motivated by a dedown health care costs, rather than because of cost increases under the law.

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Congress & the Administration

On Bus Tour, Obama Seeks to Shame Colleges Into Easing CostsBy Micahel Shear & Tamar LewinNew York Times08/23/2013

BUFFALO President Obama deplored the rising costs of college on Thursday as shame universities into holding down prices. He held out the prospect of more federif they did.

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FULL ARTICLE

Holder: Budget cuts threaten justice system 'integrity'By Tal KopanPolitico08/23/2013

Attorney General Eric Holder has joined the judiciary branchs push against sequestwriting an op-ed warning of the dangers of the cuts for public defenders. Calling thedraconian, Holder warned in a Washington Post op-ed Thursday that the funding rthreaten the very foundation of Americas justice system.

These cuts threaten the integrity of our criminal justice system and impede the abilidedicated professionals to ensure due process, provide fair outcomes and guarantee tconstitutionally protected rights of every criminal defendant, Holder wrote.

He joins a growing call from the third branch of government for Congress to addressreductions. Last week, nearly 100 district court chief judges wrote a letter to Congreleaders sounding the alarm, as well.

FULL ARTICLE

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Amanda Brown

From: Neal Oldemeyer

Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 7:22 AM

To: Amanda BrownCc: Jade Riley; Michael Zuzel; Heather Buchanan; John Tensen; Marc

Woods; Scott Canning

Subject: Friday Memo

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Date: August 23, 2013

To: Mayor and City Council

From: Karen Gallagher

Transportation Planner

Re: Gowen / I-84 InterchangePlan Review Comments

Requested Action

Send comments to ITD on the final plans for the Gowen Road/ I-84 I

The plan review packet was received on August 20th

, and comments

Wednesday, August 28th

. If Council has any addition or changes t

recommended in this memo, please send them to Karen GallagheAugust 27

th.

SummaryExtra GARVEE funds made it possible for ITD to advance the upgrades

interchanges: Gowen, Broadway, and Meridian. ITD is rebuilding the Ginterchange to increase the number of through lanes for Gowen Road (c

Boise City PDS team and ITDs Connecting Idaho Partners consultants on the aesthetics and other details of the project. The design is schedulethe end of October 2013, with construction starting in spring 2014.

At a previous work session on July 23rd, we reviewed the textures on the

This packet covers:

Drainage & Fencing

There are three smaller swales on the north side of GowenEisenman Road, and a large pond tucked down at the endN. Eisenman Road. The pond will have chain-link fencin

appropriate given the relatively discrete location in an ind

the swales will have wrought-iron type fencing on the nor

l i h k Th f ill b i ibl

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Stamped Concrete & Crosswalks

The medians and pedestrian islands have stamped concrete. The consultant has ad

visual cues to increase the visibility of pedestrians at the southwest and northeast Way and Gowen Road. They are waiting to hear if ACHD will accept maintenanc

Lane Configurations, Sidewalks and Bike Lanes

The proposed widening of the Gowen Road underpass generally includes 3 eastbowestbound lanes one of these lanes is a dedicated right-turn only lane for Boise/

(think Micron workers headed home); there is also a right/through lane to help acc

demand. Please see the Layout display for details.

Because of the free-running, dual right-turns at the westbound I-84 ramp, ITD did

pedestrians to the mix. The proposal has a 10 foot wide shared bike/pedestrian pavside of Gowen Road from Federal Way to Eisenman Road. The segment of the pa

Way is detached.

Five foot wide bike lanes are included on Gowen Road from Federal Way to Eisenincludes the use of green paint in the bike lane to highlight the potential conflict po

turn lane and right/through lane connect to the westbound I-84 ramp.

The only concern the PDS team has is in regard to the right-turn lanes on the west

(see below).

Recommended Comment to ITD

Remove right-turn only lanes on Gowen for N. Eisenman Road and the drivewaEisenman Road (see north side of Gowen/westbound). While the ACHD Comm

of right-turn lanes, the PDS team has not seen any evidence that these lanes are

lanes increase the width of the intersection unnecessarily, creating a longer distato cross, increasing the signal phase timing, and complicating travel for bicyclist

The plan review packet was received on August 20th

and comments on are due to ITD b

August 28th

. If Council has any additional comments or changes, please send them to KTuesday, August 27

th.

Attachments

1. Layout, Gowen from Eisenman to Federal Way2. Basic Cross Sections3. Wrought Iron Type Fence and Cross Section4. Crosswalk Details

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