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Ms. Bettman asked why the whole proposal would not be included in the traffic mitigation package for the <br />arena. Mr. Inerfeld responded that the source for funding the second phase of the traffic calming project and <br />th <br />changes to the 14 and Agate crossing had not been identified at this point. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman did not want signalization and that type of element to be paid for out of the neighborhood <br />traffic calming budget. Mr. Inerfeld said if the arena was built soon, it was possible that the changes to the <br />th <br />14 and Agate crossing would be paid for out of that project. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman observed that the first phase of the traffic calming elements would cost $45,000 and this was <br />almost half of the budget. Mr. Inerfeld responded that the City had $30,000 left from the previous year. He <br />said that there was approximately $85,000 available in the FY08 budget. Ms. Bettman averred that the <br />remainder of the traffic calming budget for 2008 should go to other neighborhoods. <br /> <br />Mr. Clark asked if the list of traffic calming projects had been prioritized. Mr. Inerfeld replied that staff <br />would work on prioritizing the list in the next “month or so.” <br /> <br />th <br />Mr. Zelenka commended Mr. Inerfeld for his work with the neighborhood on the plan. He said the 14 <br />Avenue and Agate Street crossing was a dangerous spot. He felt that people trying to avoid that spot <br />created the issues of people cutting through the neighborhood, thereby increasing traffic on residential <br />streets. <br /> <br />Mr. Zelenka related that he had asked the athletic director for the University of Oregon about his willingness <br />to commit to a public process regarding the impacts to the neighborhood from the arena project. He <br />commented that he had not been satisfied with the answer and said he would follow up on it. <br /> <br />In response to a question from Mr. Zelenka, Mr. Inerfeld explained that the criteria for traffic calming <br />projects scored them on speed, traffic volume, proximity of schools and bicycle routes and then the projects <br />were ranked based on their scores. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman requested a memorandum on what the differences were in the prioritization scoring. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor emphasized the importance of taking into consideration what impacts placing speed bumps on <br />one street would have on other streets around it. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz, seconded by Mr. Pryor, moved to direct the City Manager to direct staff to pro- <br />ceed with traffic calming improvements in the Fairmount neighborhood using FY08 traffic <br />calming funds up to $45,000, with the remainder of funds to be dispersed in other parts of <br />th <br />the community, and to identify funding for pedestrian improvements at 14 Avenue and <br />Agate Street in the development of the next six-year Capital Improvement Plan. <br /> <br />City Manager Taylor noted that $45,000 was an estimate. He asked if the council wished for the City <br />Manager to come back with it, should the cost actually be higher. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman had been surprised by the “$45,000 price tag.” “Mr Inerfield said that $2,500 is the basic <br />speed hump cost that staff has been using.” She had thought speed bumps cost approximately $2,500 apiece <br />and speed tables were slightly more than that. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council July 9, 2007 Page 7 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />