Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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said that there was approximately $85,000 available in the FY08 budget. Ms. Bettman averred that the remainder of the traffic calming budget for 2008 should go to other neighborhoods. Mr. Clark asked if the list of traffic calming projects had been prioritized. Mr. Inerfeld replied that staff would work on prioritizing the list in the next “month or so.” th Mr. Zelenka commended Mr. Inerfeld for his work with the neighborhood on the plan. He said the 14 Avenue and Agate Street crossing was a dangerous spot. He felt that people trying to avoid that spot created the issues of people cutting through the neighborhood, thereby increasing traffic on residential streets. Mr. Zelenka related that he had asked the athletic director for the University of Oregon about his willingness to commit to a public process regarding the impacts to the neighborhood from the arena project. He commented that he had not been satisfied with the answer and said he would follow up on it. In response to a question from Mr. Zelenka, Mr. Inerfeld explained that the criteria for traffic calming projects scored them on speed, traffic volume, proximity of schools and bicycle routes and then the projects were ranked based on their scores. Ms. Bettman requested a memorandum on what the differences were in the prioritization scoring. Ms. Taylor emphasized the importance of taking into consideration what impacts placing speed bumps on one street would have on other streets around it. Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Pryor, moved to direct the City Manager to direct staff to pro- ceed with traffic calming improvements in the Fairmount neighborhood using FY08 traffic calming funds up to $45,000, with the remainder of funds to be dispersed in other parts of th the community, and to identify funding for pedestrian improvements at 14 Avenue and Agate Street in the development of the next six-year Capital Improvement Plan. City Manager Taylor noted that $45,000 was an estimate. He asked if the council wished for the City Manager to come back with it, should the cost actually be higher. Ms. Bettman had been surprised by the “$45,000 price tag.” “Mr Inerfield said that $2,500 is the basic speed hump cost that staff has been using.” She had thought speed bumps cost approximately $2,500 apiece and speed tables were slightly more than that. Mr. Zelenka supported providing other neighborhoods with traffic calming features but he had some concern about tying a cost to the motion, given that $45,000 was a good faith estimate. He asked if the maker of the motion if she would accept a friendly amendment to change the language to “about $45,000 with the understanding that if the total was substantially different it would be brought back before the council.” Ms. Ortiz thought a change in the amount could be placed on the Consent Calendar without any trouble. The motion passed unanimously, 7:0. Mayor Piercy adjourned the meeting at 6:55 p.m. Respectfully submitted, MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 9, 2007 Page 7 Work Session