HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010-12-06 SEDA Meeting Minutes MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE
SPRINGFIELD ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
HELD MONDAY,DECEMBER 6,2010
The Springfield Economic Development Agency met in the Jesse Maine Meeting Room,225
Fifth Street, Springfield,Oregon on Monday,December 6,2010 at 8:15 p.m.,with Board Chair
Joe Pishioneri presiding.
ATTENDANCE
Present were Board Chair Joe Pishioneri and Board Members Dave Ralston,Hillary Wylie, Sheri
Moore,Fred Simmons,and Christine Lundberg. Also present were City Manager Gino Grimaldi,
Attorney Bill Van Vactor,Community Development Manager John Tamulonis and City Recorder
Amy Sowa.
Board Members Bill Dwyer and Faye Stewart were absent. (excused)
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Minutes of June 14, 2010.
IT WAS MOVED BY BOARD MEMBER WYLIE WITH A SECOND BY BOARD
MEMBER MOORE TO APPROVE THE JUNE 14,2010 MINUTES.THE MOTION
PASSED WITH A VOTE OF 6 FOR AND 0 AGAINST(2 ABSENT—DWYER AND
STEWART.
COMMUNICATIONS
a. Business from the Audience -None
b. Correspondence -None
c. Business from the Staff. —Mr. Tamulonis said staff would be providing information to
the Board in a Communications Packet for preparation for their first meeting in January.
There would be some updates to their SEDA notebooks, and also copies of the
Downtown Plan and Parking Plan which had been approved by the City Council.
REPORT OF CHAIR
None.
REPORT OF COMMITTEES
None.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
This item was moved to new business.
NEW BUSINESS
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December 6,2010
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a. Funding City Contract for Downtown Transportation Study.
Community Development Manager John Tamulonis and Transportation Manager Tom Boyatt
presented this item. Mr.Tamulonis said this was a contract that would be managed by the City to
do the Automobile and Truck Mobility Streets Design from the Springfield Downtown Urban
Design Plan regarding making Main Street and South A Street two-way.This agreement was for
a study to look at all of that. SEDA would fund the contract,which the City would run,with
Kittleson Associates,Inc.,one of the city's on-call contractors.The amount would not exceed
$100,000.
Board Member Simmons asked about the study area on the map included on Attachment 1 of the
agenda packet.
Mr.Tamulonis explained the area shown on the map and said the study area would encompass a
larger area.
Mr.Boyatt said this was the focus area of the study,but they may need to look a little broader to
organize things appropriately on the east and west ends.
Board Member Simmons said he would be concerned if they limited it to the focus area. The
impact could be substantial. He explained.
Mr.Tamulonis said this was a system that was owned and operated by the Oregon Department of
Transportation(ODOT). City staff would be working with ODOT on this project.
Board Chair Pishioneri asked if ODOT was interested in this project.
Mr. Boyatt said they had no funding,but staff was supportive. Both ODOT and Lane Transit
District(LTD)were on board.
Board Chair Pishioneri said it would be a waste of funds if they were not part of the decision
making process.
Mr. Boyatt said City staff was getting good advice from ODOT staff in Springfield who were
working with staff in Salem. In the ideal future,ODOT would be a partner in the study and the
recommendations.In doing that,they could prove that they understood downtowns and Main
Streets.
Board Member Lundberg said because of Mr.Boyatt's past employment with ODOT,he
understood how to approach them.
Board Member Ralston asked if the funding was only for a four block study area.
Mr.Boyatt said the study area would most likely be from 21S` Street to the west side of THE
bridges.It was unsure what the recommended outcomes would be for early actions,middle
actions,and final conversion. They may need to rely on the street grid network to have traffic
sort itself back out on the east side. Details of the action would be interesting.
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Board Member Moore said she was excited just seeing"Plaza"written on the report, and also that
one of the key proposals was to change the transportation system and that was already being
undertaken.
IT WAS MOVED BY BOARD MEMBER RALSTON WITH A SECOND BY BOARD
MEMBER WYLIE TO APPROVE SEDA'S FUNDING A CONTRACT BY THE CITY,
NOT TO EXCEED$100,000,TO STUDY THE TWO-WAY MAIN STREET PROPOSED
IN THE DOWNTOWN DISTRICT URBAN DESIGN PLAN.THE MOTION PASSED
WITH A VOTE OF 6 FOR AND 0 AGAINST(2 ABSENT-DWYER AND STEWART).
OLD BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:25 p.m.
Minutes Recorder—Amy Sowa
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