Item 3D: Ratification of IGR Meeting Minutes

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ATTACHMENT B M I N U T E S Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall January 16, 2007 12 p.m. PRESENT: Bonny Bettman, chair; Betty Taylor, members; Kitty Piercy, Mayor; Brenda Wilson, Mary Walston, Jessica Cross, Randi Zimmer, City Manager's Office; Glen Svendsen, Facilities Di- vision; Billie Rathbun-Moser, Cultural Services Division. ABSENT: Chris Pryor, member. 1. Call to Order and Review Agenda Ms. Bettman called the meeting of the Council Committee on Intergovernmental Relations (CCIGR) to order. She noted that Mr. Pryor would not be able to make it. There were no changes to the agenda. 2. Review Grant Submissions Glen Svendsen, Division Manager for the Facilities Division of the Central Services Department, reviewed the Lane County Discretionary Grant application for a grant to fund the local match for the Eugene Depot Phase 2 improvements funded by the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) program. He explained that the grant was basically the same one that had been submitted last year as staff continued to try to find non-city funds for the local match. He noted that the Lane Transit District (LTD) board would be meeting on the following day to review the priorities on the proposals. Ms. Bettman asked him to explain the county discretionary funds. Mr. Svendsen replied that it was a program under the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) that earmarked a certain amount of funding level to different regions in the state and the LTD was the planning agency for the Lane County area. He related that they had an Accessibility Committee that was comprised of a number of providers within Lane County that convened and determined what the priorities were in order to make suggestions to the state for how the money should be used. He said the focus was on elderly, disabled, and low-income programs. Ms. Bettman remarked that she found it difficult to discern what the projects were comprised of. Mr. Svendsen responded that they were contained in the Lane Coordinated Transit Plan, which could be located on the LTD Web site, and the projects were divided into three groups, of which only the Group 2 projects were prioritized. He stated that the Group 3 projects were the inner-city projects that were submitted to the state, and the Depot Phase 2 project had been categorized as an inner-city project. MINUTES—Council Committee on Intergovernmental January 16, 2007 Page 1 Relations