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. e - Regarding the 30-30 Connector, Mr. James Bernhard, President, Planning Commission, said the Commission had spent considerable time looking at both the TPC and Community Meet proposals. After considerable study, the Commission recommended that the point of connection be at Bloomberg Road and that it be a limited access facility. Ollie Snowdon, L-COG, said in the original Community Meet proposal, the 30-30 Connector would go from 30th Avenue to Main Street in Springfield. Springfield was talking about extending it from Main to Marcola. At the joint meeting there was talk of extending it to Jasper Road. TPC is recommending that 57th Street be studied further and be addressed at the annual update, and it recommended Tuesday that the component phasing remain as originally proposed in the plan. He said there was definite need for access control. Lane County was proposing redesign of the interchange of 30th/ McVay/I-5 that would add another ramp to Lane Community College, therefore elimi- nating the need for Bloomberg Connector. The State is rejecting that solution that would have eliminated Bloomberg Connector. In regard to the extension to Jasper Road, Mr. Delay wondered if the modeling did not establish a transportation problem on that route, and whether the study will ensure that is an accurate projection. Mr. Snowdon said the study would validate projections and see if addi- tional need is created for the facllity. Mr. Delay spoke to the notion that there are from each of the jurisdictions accelerated projections for moving into the phasing. The rationale was that if Service Level E developed, it would take an amendment to the plan to move into the phasing, if funds were available. He felt it irresponsible to add those to the near side of phasing plan if no money was available. Mr. Williams left the meeting. Mr. Snowdon then spoke regarding air quality and the plan, noting Council would be facing the issue early this fall. The Federal Highway Admini- stration requires that every transportation plan be consistent with State implementation programs in effect. The Clean Air Act, passed in 1977, updated the old Federal Highway requirement because it requires more detail. It resulted in EPA having more power to require all areas that are not in compliance perform ,more detail in air quality control. There- fore, the City will have to design transportation air control strategies if it exceeds the limitations in 1983. It must be adopted in legally- enforceable form. Otherwise, EPA will mandate implementation of the strategies and could withhold sources of Federal funding. Mr. Snowdon said TPC is now in the process of monitoring air quality, but it is not known how severe the carbon monoxide or photochemical oxidents problems are; and there is not the local monitoring equipment available to make future forecasts regarding photochemical oxidents. Finally, there is no known acceptable method that is cheap and accurate to determine carbon monoxide concentration. 5/24/78--11 3'.