Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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area. Fire Station 9 staff responded to traffic accidents in the area everyday. He believed that the City needed to do what it could in terms of TDM, but he was looking for solutions that solved the problems that existed and created safer conditions and lessened congestion. Mayor Piercy anticipated that the council would hear conflicting concerns about the size of the bridge footprint, greenhouse gas emissions, and safer travel that it would need to balance as it considered the options. Mayor Piercy did not see any indication in the evaluation criteria that the project was attempting to meet State greenhouse emissions goals. Ms. Crawford said that ODOT had no methodology or metrics in place to address that issue and instead used two proxies: 1) modeling vehicle hours of delay (VHD) and, 2) modeling vehicle miles traveled (VMT). ODOT found that outside the low-build concepts, the high-build concepts reduced VHD and VMT increased slightly, depending on the alternative. She anticipated that the NEPA phase would address the issue as well. She said that ODOT planned to have something in place in regard to greenhouse gases within the next two years. Mayor Piercy emphasized nearby residents’ interest in safer travel as well as retention of their quality of life. Mr. Zelenka asked if the existing bridge had pylons that entered the river. Mr. Henry believed the current bridge was a simple span. Mr. Zelenka said he did not want to see any pylons in the river. Mayor Piercy thanked Ms. Crawford. Ms. Solomon left the meeting. B. WORK SESSION: Review of 2009 Implementation of Bond Measure to Fix Streets The council was joined by Public Works Director Kurt Corey, who provided an update regarding the implementation of the 2009 bond measure for street maintenance. He recalled that along with the projects identified for funding, the measure stipulated that the council would contract with an outside auditor to verify the use of the funds. The manager had committed to the appointment of a Street Repair Review Panel to advise him on the expenditure of the funds and provide a separate report regarding the use of the bond proceeds. A copy of that report and the auditor’s report was included in the council packet. Mr. Corey reminded the council of its tour of 2009 projects and enumerated several of the projects viewed by councilors. He quoted from the auditor’s report, which indicated the bond proceeds were used appropriately in the restrictions set out by the council. Mr. Corey reviewed the membership of the Street Repair Review Panel, which included Paul Adkins, John Barofsky, Howie Bonnett, Dan Brown, Janet Calvert, Paul Holbo, Bob Kline, Steve Lee, Bruce Mulligan, Clayton Walker, Jim Wilcox, and Gary Wildish. He noted the panel also reached the conclusion, stated in its report, that the bond proceeds were appropriately spent. The panel also encouraged the acceleration of projects to the extent possible to take advantage of favorable bid prices and urged continued public education on the topic. Mr. Corey previewed some of the projects to be constructed in 2010 using bond proceeds. He distributed copies of a press release the City would issue the following day regarding the projects to be funded using local gas tax revenues and federal economic stimulus funding. Mr. Corey spoke to the issue of street maintenance funding in general, noting the expiration of the bond and the need MINUTES—City Council April 14, 2010 Page 3 Work Session