Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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in addition to just the pavement. She said the River Road area was interested in good roads, no sidewalks and preserving bioswales. She hoped that the City’s policies could be examined for the purpose of allowing some flexibility to tailor improvements to a neighborhood’s wishes. Mr. Ruiz said the subcommittee would be useful to address those types of policy questions. Mr. Pryor determined that there was agreement among councilors to re-establish a subcommittee on transportation system funding. Ms. Solomon, Mr. Clark, Ms. Taylor and Ms. Bettman volunteered to be on the subcommittee. Mr. Clark said the City’s policies driving infill and increased density had created some of the problems by taking unimproved roads and forcing increased capacity onto them without paying for it. He said Bond Lane was an excellent example; side streets and cul-de-sacs had increased the number of houses and the City as a whole bore the responsibility for what increasing density had done to Bond Lane. He was troubled by the issues of Crest Drive and questioned why the City’s share of only that project might be included in the bond measure. He hoped the subcommittee would address those equity issues. He agreed with Ms. Ortiz’s comments regarding design concerns in River Road. Ms. Bettman said she could not support including improvements to unimproved streets in the CIP because that was a caveat that would force people on those streets to pay assessments without any say in the matter. She said creating travelshed LIDs should apply to new subdivisions and traffic impact analyses should take into consideration the cumulative impact on access streets. She pointed out that half of the unimproved streets were accepted as transfers from the County, which had over $40 million in a Road Fund reserve. She said the City should request some of those funds to offset the obligation it assumed with those roads. Ms. Taylor said the reason for doing the Crest Drive, Storey Boulevard, and Friendly Street project first was because they had been working on the design issue for years. She commented that some people in River Road area were pleased that the Crest Drive design project was setting a precedent. The meeting adjourned at 7:30 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Jon Ruiz City Manager (Recorded by Lynn Taylor) MINUTES—Eugene City Council June 23, 2008 Page 6 Work Session