Debugging java web application with secondary tomcat folder serving static content

I have a java web application which I can debug using IntelliJ through a local machine tomcat 7 configuration

(localhost:8080/javaapp)

I was hoping to be able to reference static content not part of the java application - installed locally at

/staticapp

. However, IntelliJ launches tomcat with only the java application available, the other application is not launched or serving the files.
Is there a way to configure intellij and/or tomcat so that either: - the

/staticapp

is also started when the /javaapp is launched so it may be accessed from /

javapp pages

- tomcat will always serve the static content from the /staticapp folder while running... the staticapp folder tree is not a real "web application", it only contains folders with

javascript/css/images

Thanks