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MINUTES OF THE WORK SESSION
OF THE SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL
HELD ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2001
The Springfield City Council met in Work Session at Springfield City Hall, Jesse Maine Meeting
Room, 225 Fifth Street, Springfield, on Monday, September 17, 2001, at 6:00 p.m., with Mayor
Leiken presiding.
ATIENOANCE
Present were Mayor Leiken, and Councilors Ballew, Fitch, Hatfield, Lundberg, Ralston and
Simmons. Also present were City Manager Mike Kelly, Assistant City Manager Gino Grimaldi,
City Attorney Tim Harold, City Recorder Kim Krebs, Police Chief Jerry Smith, and members of
staff.
1. Bus Rapid Transit (BRT): Phase 2 Pioneer Parkway.
Traffic Manager Nick Arnis was present for the staff report. He said representatives from L TD
were present to participate in the discussion if needed. He said that the BRT Steering committee
recommended at its September 4,2001 meeting to implement a Phase 2 BRT project on Pioneer
Parkway in Springfield. L TD is also selecting a Phase 2 corridor in the City 0 Eugene. The
Steering Committee is seeking City Council concurrence with their Pioneer Parkway selection. A
Pioneer Parkway corridor includes the Pioneer Parkway corridor, and includes the Pioneer
Parkway Extension. Work on Phase 2 will generally include an analysis and alternative selection
process that results in an Environmental Assessment document similar to what occurred for the
Phase I BRT project. City staff concurs with the Steering Committee to plan for Phase 2 ofBRT
on Pioneer Parkway. He said staff would recommend that council direct LTD and city staff
devise at minimum three main components for Phase 2:
. A management team consisting of city and L TD staff that provides direction;
. A public participation strategy; and
. A technical approach that would outline the research, analysis, evaluation, and
selection process.
Mr. Arnis said it is important for the City to work more closely with LTD on the Pioneer Parkway
corridor because the project is exclusively in the City and the Pioneer Parkway Extension project
will likely begin during this BRT planning process.
Councilor Hatfield asked if there had been any discussion regarding how to connect International
Way west, whether to connect with Eugene, or bring down Gateway?
Mr. Arnis said he met with LTO staff today, and they had discussions about how to accomplish
that. He said the City of Eugene is looking at two different options or alternatives that need to be
reviewed.
Councilor Hatfield said he thought the alignment would need to be at International Way.
There was discussion regarding whether or not conduit and fiber optics could be installed ahead
of time while the street was already under construction, rather than going back and tearing it up
again later.
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Councilor Simmons said the destination component is a critical part of the leg. He said the
additional purchase of the house at the corner of Harlow Road would allow the space needed for a
station or stop. He said it is important to make sure we think about and have multipurpose use in
advance.
The council discussed the need to have either a station, stop or rain shelter at the Harlow Road
interchange
After further discussion council consensus was to make Pioneer Parkway - Phase 2 for BRT in
Springfield, making the alignment connect west at International is the preferred connection with
Eugene. Then running BRT on Gateway to Harlow, this would allow and leave open for future
modifications.
Mayor Leiken thanked the City Council for looking at this common sense approach.
2. Appointment of City Council Representative to the Lane Transit District (LTD) Station
Design Review Committee.
Planner II Kitti Gale was present for the staff report. She said L TD is currently forming a
downtown Station Design Review Committee (Station DRC) that will be charged with providing
guidance to the L TD Board of Directors on key design issues for the proposed station on South A
Street. She introduced Charlie Simmons L TD ProjeCt Manager.
Mr. Simmons provided some background information and said they are currently at the point in
the project where there is a need for a design team for this station. He said as soon as that is
completed they would move forward fairly quickly. He said he would expect that most of the
major decisions would be done over the next couple of months. He said funding for the project
has not been decided yet, but is hopeful within the next month or two, funding anticipated being
5.7 million dollars.
Mayor Leiken said he has been informed by Senator Smith's office that this will be funded.
Councilor Hatfield said it would be in Ward 2; he would suggest Councilor Fitch as the Councilor
for Ward 2. Council consensus to appoint Councilor Fitch.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 6:29 p.m.
Minutes Recorder - Kim Krebs
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