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Eugene City Council
Harris Hall, 125 East 8th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97401
February 17, 2016
12:00 p.m.
Councilors Present: George Brown, Betty Taylor, Alan Zelenka, George Poling, Mike Clark, Greg Evans,
Chris Pryor
Councilors Absent: Claire Syrett
Mayor Piercy opened the February 17, 2016, City Council work session.
1. WORK SESSION: Review of 2015 Implementation of Bond Measure to Fix Streets and 2016
Pavement Management Program
Public Works Director Kurt Corey gave his annual update on the bond measure, Street Repair Review
Panel work for 2015, auditor's findings, and an overview of the Pavement Management Report.
Council discussion:
• Great group effort to resolve this ongoing issue; staff delivered more than was promised.
• Consider impacts of development on unimproved roads; becoming dangerous for residents.
• This program is working exactly how it was intended.
• Council should look at what it would take to get the backlog balance down to W.
• Reducing the backlog from nearly $300 million to $80 million is remarkable.
• Look at ways to better communicate road repair schedule to community.
• Reevaluate streets with barriers from time to time.
• Consider adding yellow around busy intersection signs and crosswalk signs.
• Council has authority to designate streets as arterial connectors.
2 COMMITTEE REPORTS AND ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY
MANAGER
Council discussion:
• Cottage Grove and Oakridge will both have a representative on LRAPA moving forward.
• LCOG appreciation dinner at LCC will be held on February 26.
• Housing Policy Board is looking at applications now for HUD funding.
• HRC will forward two motions to council for Housing First and Indigenous Peoples Day.
• Jacobs Gallery name should remain for the space at the Hult Center.
• Sustainability Commission was briefed on the roads program; staff Babe O'Sullivan is leaving.
• Five out of six projects recommended by MPC were awarded STP-U funding.
• Hack-a-thon was a great event that highlighted some challenges in the community.
A breakfast banquet was held to celebrate the success of the Operation 365 initiative.
The meeting adjourned at 1:19 p.m.
Respec fully submitted,
Chuck Crockett
Deputy City Recorder
MINUTES — Eugene, City Council
Work Session
February 17, 2016