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