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City of Springfield
Work Session Meeting
MINUTES OF THE WORK SESSION MEETING OF
THE SPRINGFIELD CITY COUNCIL HELD
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2008
The City of Springfield Council met in a work session in the Library Meeting Room, 225 Fifth
Street, Springfield, Oregon, on Monday, October 13,2008 at 5:30 p.m., with Mayor Leiken
presiding.
AITENDANCE
Present were Mayor Leiken and Councilors Lundberg, Wylie, Ballew, Ralston, Woodrow, and
Pishioneri. Also present were City Manager Gino Grimaldi, Assistant City Manager Jeff
Towery, City Attorney Joe Leahy, City Recorder Amy Sowa and members of the staff.
1. Joint City Council/Museum Board of Directors Meeting.
Debra Gruell, Executive Director from the Museum was present. Present from the Museum
Board were Board Chair Jack Gischel and Board Members James Yarnall and Patty Sage. The
Board Members provided information on their occupation and what they hoped to accomplish on
the Board.
Development Services Director Bill Grile presented the staff report on this item. The City of
Springfield and the Springfield Museum Board of Directors are in the fifth year of a
Management Agreement relationship. This year the Budget Committee increased the annual
base funding for the Museum from $35,000 to $45,000 with an additional one-time support of
$12,000 for special events at the Museum. The Museum Board was also awarded $3,000
through the Room Tax grant process.
The Management Agreement defines the relationship between the City and Museum Board,
assigning the Board responsibilities to manage and operate the Museum and act as trustee for the
historical collection, which is a City-owned asset.
Section 4.9 of the Management Agreement states "Manager shall report to the City Council on
the activities of the Manager in the management of the Facility not less than annually. Manager
agrees to provide this report to the City on or before December 31 of each year. Manager shall
report at such other times upon request by the City Council... "The Springfield Museum Board
of Directors welcomes this opportunity to present a summary of its activities from the past year.
This summary is listed as Attachment 3 and dated October 1, 2008.
Ms. Gruell referred to Attachment 3 in the agenda packet. She noted that having the Farmer's
Market in the Museum parking lot had been an advantage in bringing people to the Springfield
Museum. She explained the Passport Program for school age children and said that 1000 students
had come through the Museum this year. Ms. Sage was assisting with the Trunk Program which
would take historical objects and lessons out to the schools. They would be using $12,000 from
their funds for the Trunk Program.
Ms. Gruell gave an update on the Vault Project, including the grant money received for that
project. They were continuing on with that project and it should be complete in the next month.
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Because of the additional space in the vault area, the Gift Shop had gotten smaller. The Museum
had an obligation with the City to make sure everything was categorized and in the computer by
2013. She felt that project should be done even sooner, but because they worked with volunteers,
it was sometimes difficult to determine.
Mr. Gruell said the Garden Tour event occurred a few weeks ago and was a great success. The
event brought in about $7000. An exhibit would be opening the first of November, called
Dancing Hands, ajuried show. There were many participants from Oregon and Washington, and
this was the first juried fiber art show in this part of Oregon. They hoped it would happen again
next year. There would be a November 14 reception for this art show. She noted that the Wine
Fest was scheduled for December 6 from 2:00-5:00pm. It would be a one-day event, with two
seatings at a cost of $35 per person. The Haunted Museum was scheduled for Friday, October 17
with the Ghostly Docents. They had partnered with the high schools and the students had been
very creative and a big help. The Toastmasters Association would be present reading The Tale of
the Headless Horseman. This was a free event. The School District had sent out the invitations to
all teachers and students. She invited the Mayor and Council to come by during this event.
Museum Board Chair Jack Gischel recalled former Museum Director Kathy Jensen and the
progress made at the Museum under her leadership. He noted a couple of other directors
following Ms. Jensen. He felt that Ms. Gruell was doing an outstanding job for the Museum. Mr.
Gischel discussed some of the many volunteers that had served on the Board that were vital to a
lot of things the Museum did during those transition years. He talked about how years ago he and
Tom Wurtz would go out to organizations with pictures to bring the history to the community.
Mr. Gischel said he felt strongly about having history in the gallery. With Ms. Gruell, the
Museum had exhibits on World War II, the 1940's, the 1950's, and a toy show. Next year, they
were considering a war toy show in April. He discussed the Legends shows they had held
including Mayors, Women Who Had Made a Difference, and others. There would be another
Legends event in the coming year.
Mr. Gischel said one emphasis on the Board of Directors was to raise money. To do that, they
needed to attract visitors to the Museum, new members, and new exhibitors. Ms. Gruell had done
an excellent job in working with the schools. Historically, the Museum had schools involved in
the Museum, but not to the extent they were now. They wanted to make the Museum a valuable
part of downtown and all of Springfield. He noted that when he served on the Historic
Commission, they often focused on downtown, but Springfield went beyond downtown. The
Museum was more than just downtown, but should be out in the whole community and area.
They would like the Museum to be on equal terms as Emerald Arts, the Wildish Theater, the
Library and the schools.
Mr. Gischel discussed the Trash and Treasure event and noted that it was very successful. He
discussed the help they had received regarding this event from Mr. Leahy. They would most
likely hold this event again next year with some improvements. The Museum was always
looking for new ideas, including a calendar. He discussed the Springfield Cruz and said they may
look for a different location for giving out the rootbeer floats due to space constraints. He
thanked the Council for tHeir support and said the Museum hoped to keep moving forward.
Ms. Gruell discussed the Museum budget. The gift shop sales were now by consignment, rather
than the Museum purchasing products to sell. She reported on donations and sponsorships.
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Donations were not listed in sponsorship. The numbers were up in every event. Three hundred
people from around the state attended an exhibit of Romanian costumes. The Professor who had
brought the costumes had a concern about the security of the costumes at the Museum because of
their high value, but once he came to visit the Museum, was no longer concerned. The Museum
was very excited to have this opportunity and for people from Eugene to be able to come over to
see what was going on. At this time, all events were free. There was also no charge for children
for the tours. The number of children attending the Museum did not bring in revenue, but meant
the Museum was reaching out to the community. They did charge for the spatial events hoping to
capture some of the money they had to spend for the other exhibits. She noted that the grant for
the vault did not show in the budget because it was the type of grant that required you to first
spend the money and they receive reimbursement of funds.
Discussion was held regarding the grant expenses.
Councilor Wylie said there was nothing in the budget under Resource Center donations.
Ms. Gruell said that was money given by the City to work on the Resource Center. No additional
funds were donated. Part ofthe vault grant money was being used for the Resource Center.
Mayor Leiken asked Ms. Sage and Mr. Yarnall to share with the Council.
Ms. Sage said she was excited to bring school projects to the community. She had worked on the
log cabin at Dorris Ranch and she was able to get some historical items donated to the Museum.
Mr. Yarnall said times were tough, but it became increasingly important to hang on to our values
and our past was valuable. He was interested in building on the Museum's base of membership
and participation.
Councilor Ralston asked how much memberships cost.
Ms. Gruell said there were different levels of$25, $50 and $100.
Councilor Ralston said they were down substantially in membership.
Ms. Gruell said that was correct. The data on members was quite old and they were now trying to
attract some new members with families. They were dependent on members of the retirement
community to work at the Museum. They had a conscious focus on getting new members.
Councilor Ralston asked what the benefits were for members.
Ms. Gruell said there were some discounts for different events.
Mayor Leiken said last year the amount in fundraising was zero and this year it was $1563. He
asked what that was.
Ms. Gruell said the Chocolate Wine and Valentine event in February brought in some funds.
Mayor Leiken said a prominent family in Eugene had purchased the Simpson's couch and
wanted to donate it to somewhere in Springfield. Springfield received worldwide press from the
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Simpson's' contest. Portland native Matt Groening, creator of The Simpson's, may have a
foundation and he suggested the Museum check into that to see if they might be willing to give
an annual donation. The family with the couch had contacted the Mayor on numerous occasions
about locating that couch. He asked if there was a place in the Museum for this couch. He said he
would help contact Mr. Groening about a foundation.
Mr. Yarnall said that was a great idea. He responded to Councilor Ralston's question about
membership. There were a number of new board members with new ideas. The membership rate
had been tiered, and the Board may want to look at adjusting those membership fees during these
economic difficulties. The Board was open to that issue.
Councilor Ballew suggested a student rate and a gratuity for people to have their picture taken on
the Simpson's couch.
Councilor Lundberg said the TEAM Springfield newsletter came out quarterly and could be a
venue to promote membership of the Museum. It could include information about membership
benefits.
Mr. Gischel said several years ago the Board gave free memberships to the Mayor, City Council
and City Manager. He asked if they would be interested in having that done again.
Councilor Pishioneri referred to the Museum contract, Page 2, Section 2, last sentence of
paragraph 3: "Manager shall accept no donations for Manager". He asked for clarification. He
also referred to Section 3, paragraph 2: "The City will continue the parking pass program for the
docents and issue four parking passes for use of the volunteers". He asked ifthat was redundant.
Discussion was held regarding the parking pass program. Mr. Leahy said he would be
conducting further review of the contract to incorporate updates and clarification for next year.
Mayor Leiken asked ifthe Museum was on the City's MySpace page.
Councilor Woodrow asked for an answer to Councilor Pishioneri's first question on donations
and how that may relate to the Simpson's couch.
Mr. Grile said the intent was that the Manager would not accept donations on behalf of the
Museum. Donations belonged to the City and became City assets. That section raised a good
question that needed to be clarified. He spoke of accession and de-accession. Everything the
Museum took in didn't merit being in the permanent collection.
Councilor Woodrow asked where the surplus funding would go. That needed clarification.
Mr. Leahy said he would be adding a definition of accession policy. He would sit with Ms.
Gruell to discuss that and identify criteria.
Mayor Leiken asked Ms. Gruell to describe the upcoming Wine Fest Event.
Mr. Gruell said it would be a fundraiser. The Museum would have their license to host the event.
The cost was $35 per person, seating would be kept at about 35-40 people at each setting. A
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gentleman would be doing a lecture and they would guide people through the different wines and.
foods.
Mayor Leiken said if they had success the first time, they may want to raise the fee to $100.
Ms. Gruell said a few years ago she had been involved in putting together a wine fest in Indiana
that had continued to grow. They decided to start small here to see how it went.
Councilor Ballew asked how many people they needed to attend to break even.
Ms. Gruell said one seating of 35-40 people.
The members of the Museum Board left the table. 6:20pm
2. Street Fund Finances.
Assistant Public Works Director Len Goodwin presented the staff report on this item. For the
past several years, staff have briefed the Council on the decline in Street Operating Fund
reserves resulting from stagnation of local and state fuel taxes, and the loss of County payments
supported by revenues under the Secure Rural Schools Act of 2000.
On May 27, the Council received a report from a Mayoral Task Force recommending that the
City implement a Street Preservation Fee, to impose a charge on all Springfield users of the
system, like a utility charge. When the FY 2009 budget was adopted, Council agreed to defer
transfers from the operating fund to the Capital Fund, as a way of providing one more year to
develop a solution. At that time staff was directed to fully explore the suggested Street
Preservation Fee and report back to the Council, including in that report other possible
alternatives and a discussion of how the Council might choose to move ahead.
Staff will discuss the issues surrounding implementation of a Street Preservation Fee and offer
three options on how to proceed:
1. Seek public input on either a Preservation Fee or fuel tax increase in anticipation of
Council action before the winter recess.
2. Reduce Street Fund Capital spending by $500,000, immediately.
3. Direct staff to begin implementing either a Preservation Fee or a $0.02 fuel tax
mcrease.
Mr. Goodwin said there was a marked reduction in fuel tax receipts over the last year at both the
State and local level. He explained. With that reduction, the State revenues would be $200,000-
$300,000 below budget. The City did cut their budget last year, but the reductions were causing
additional shortfalls. There was some spending the City was not able to avoid, such as wire theft.
Staff was looking at solutions to address that issue. Most incidents were not covered by
insurance because we had a $10,000 deductible, and the losses were generally around $7000.
Mr. Goodwin said the County had benefited from partial authorization from Secure Rural
Schools over the next four years, but they may not be able to allocate any of that money to the
cities. With the total of the reductions noted, the City faced a $IM hole that they needed to try to
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fill in the budget. The most appropriate solution at this time was to put on hold the $659,000 of
capital spending that was budgeted for this year. This action, with Council's concurrence, could
move forward on an as-needed basis. That would be the short-term measure, but did not include
cutting services at this time. Once they began to cut services, it took time to build that back up,
and staff would prefer not to go with that option. If there was not another source of revenue by
the time they began working on next year's budget, staffs recommendation would be for
substantial service reductions. The delay or deferral of capital projects for a year was only a one-
time solution and didn't solve the problem. Staff believed they could make this work for one
year as there were some streets that were at the margin of restoration work and could wait one
more year. Staff did not feel they could put offthose projects for two years. Whether or not to
pursue another revenue source was up to the Council.
Mayor Leiken asked for a list of $659,000 in projects.
Mr. Goodwin said he could provide that to him now. The list was for the Street Fund only. SDCs
were used for other projects, but these were only for preservation. He outlined the breakdown of
those funds.
Mayor Leiken thanked Mr. Goodwin and the staff. He said when it came to street funds and
budgeting, staff did great work. Because of current economic issues nationally and globally, he
would not recommend asking citizens for additional revenue. The City needed to cut back for
awhile which may mean holding off on some of these projects. The City needed to set an
example for the citizens. He noted that he had talked to Paul Romaine today, mentioned tonight's
meeting and noted some of his thoughts. He told Mr. Romaine that if the legislature did not come
up with something to assist, Council would need to go out to ask for more dollars in 2009. He
asked Mr. Romaine to work with the cities regarding legislature. It was not fair for cities to be
put in a position to piecemeal funding. He noted the value of our streets. Businesses were
deferring during these economic times, and the City needed to do the same. Other mayors were
sending the same message to the legislature. It was disappointing to have to ask for more
funding. He noted the increase the City needed to pay to Springfield Utility Board (SUB).
Councilor Woodrow asked how much the City paid SUB to collect for wastewater and
stormwater.
Mr. Goodwin said for the local side it was about $350,000 - $400,000.
Councilor Woodrow said Fire and Life Safety (F&LS) did billing for numerous areas throughout
the State. He asked if it would be worthwhile for F&LS to collect for stormwater and wastewater
and if it would pencil out to less than paying SUB.
Mr. Goodwin said that question had been raised in the past. SUB has employees that read the
meters and had indicated that they would continue to charge for that service even if they did not
do the billing. The last time this was discussed with SUB in 2003, SUB indicated the charge to
access that data would be nearly as much as the City paid them to do the billing.
Councilor Woodrow said the Street Fund Committee, which he was a part of, was unanimous
about initiating a fee rather than an additional gas tax. There were a number of citizens on the
committee that were impacted by a gas tax. The committee was willing to go out to the public
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and explain their position. He would support the fee from that standpoint if needed. He agreed,
however, to put it off for now with the current economic conditions.
Councilor Ballew discussed the amount of funds the current gas tax generated, which was about
$lM. Preservation used less than half of those funds. She asked what happened to the rest of
those funds.
Mr. Goodwin said it went into street reserves for fund preservation. The City had funds left from
years prior. All that money went to preservation and maintenance. The reserves had been
exhausted. He said the City had been overspending over the last three or four years because of
need. Last year there were no funds carried over.
Councilor Ballew said the County assessor had the ability to send out tax bills. She asked if they
had been approached about billing for the City.
Mr. Goodwin said they had not been approached.
Councilor Ballew said part of the difficulty in billing for utilities was the need to have a database
with all residents and occupants.
Mr. Goodwin said the Finance Director had estimated the cost of internal billing several years
ago and it was too high.
Discussion was held regarding billing with the Assessor's office versus SUB.
Councilor Ballew said things were not getting better. Even though the task force recommended
the transportation fee, she felt it made more sense to implement a two-cent gas tax.
Mr. Grimaldi said staff would like to get the public sentiment between now and December.
Mayor Leiken asked if staff could provide information about the increase in cost for materials,
supplies, etc. over the last five years.
Mr. Goodwin said the cost of asphalt last year was about $400/ton. This year the cost was $650-
$700/ton, and it was expected that next year it would cost $1 OOO/ton. When B Street was paved,
the City used concrete because it was a longer lasting product. Currently, concrete is less
expensive up front than asphalt, but both are expensive.
Councilor Ralston said given the current financial situation, the Mayor's recommendation was
wise. It was irresponsible not to maintain our investment. Sooner or later, something would need
to be done, but meanwhile the City needed to be honest with the public, including the media, and
get their input. If the City did something now, he would recommend a two-cent gas tax.
Councilor Wylie said she agreed with the Mayor, but she hated to see some ofthose projects not
get started. She agreed the City needed to let the public know and get them in the conversation
about the choices.
Mayor Leiken said the City needed to communicate with the public how prudent Springfield had
been with our funds. Comparing our streets to other communities, we had good streets in
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Springfield thanks to staff. A positive selling point could be that our backlog was much less than
other communities.
Councilor Lundberg said streets were a core service and we did have good streets. She was fme
with putting things aside for a year because our streets could handle it. She was never a supporter
of a preservation fee. She was supportive of a gas tax because the tax went right to the road, but
was fme holding off until next year.
Councilor Pishioneri said he would like to see a combination of getting citizen input on a
transportation fee or fuel tax, and looking at cutting projects that weren't critical to traveling
safety of the public and of the roads. He referred to the next topic on the Bob Straub Parkway
intersection. Some projects could be dropped off the list this year, but not all of them.
Councilor Woodrow said the recommendation from the Task Force was that the maintenance fee
would be dedicated to street preservation and maintenance.
Mayor Leiken said next week was the last task force meeting before presenting to the Governor.
They were going to look at a Statewide Transportation Utility Commission to keep the gas tax in
place. That fuel tax would then come directly to counties and cities. That may not get through
one session of the legislature. The City would probably need to bring some type of tax or fee to
the citizens before that got through the legislature.
Councilor Ralston said if something did go through at the State level, the City could pull back.
Mayor Leiken agreed.
Councilor Ballew said she was going to a Federal Forest Payment meeting tomorrow. There
would be a presentation on State anticipated revenue and things didn't look too good. She wasn't
sure the City could rely on the State for any funding.
Mr. Goodwin recounted his understanding of Council direction to look at projects as they came
forward for discussion to determine whether or not to proceed, but not to cut all projects at once.
Mayor Leiken said that made sense. He also wanted to remind staff that Council would most
likely not recommend any new fees or charges until next year. In the meantime, prior to the
December break, the City needed to educate the citizen, with emphasis that the public owns this
great asset of our streets.
Mr. Goodwin said when staff starts their budget preparation in December, it would be very
difficult to put together a credible budget without adding service reductions. Council could
change those when it came to them if the revenue situation was different. He gave a few
examples of possible reductions.
Councilor Ballew said eventually the City would need to increase revenue to stabilize the budget.
Expenditures could only be suppressed so much.
Councilor Wylie noted the impacts of Hynix leaving and the sewer repair that was needed
throughout our community. She asked about the increase in those fe~s.
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Mr. Goodwin said the Metropolitan Wastewater Management Commission (MWMC) had
considered an increase.
Public Works Director Susie Smith said the increase from MWMC would be seven percent this
year, eleven percent the next year and six percent for the following three years. The local rate
increase would be eight to ten percent next year.
Councilor Wylie would like to look at the collection of things that would be put on citizens
including rates, fees, and levies. She would like to see the total cost for an average citizen.
Mr. Goodwin said there was a delicate balance of cost on development and users in regard to
wastewater and stormwater and street services. Staff would be talking to Council soon about
significant increases of costs through system development charges (SDCs). That would also be
part of that equation.
3. Bob Straub Parkway at Mt. Vernon Road Safety.
Traffic Engineer Brian Barnett presented the staff report on this item. Staff has reviewed the
signal warrant analysis completed by Lane County, observed the intersection during peak traffic
flows, and concludes that vehicles are safely and efficiently moving through the intersection and
that reserve capacity is high. As a result, consideration of pedestrian and cyclist movement is the
focus of this report.
Most vehicles (85%) on Bob Straub Parkway are traveling at or below 45 MPH when measured
500 feet north of the intersection. Pedestrians and cyclists are crossing about 95 feet of roadway
from east to west sides of the Parkway. They are waiting approximately 60 to 120 seconds to
find a gap in traffic they are comfortable using to cross Bob Straub Parkway. Drivers do not stop
for pedestrians or cyclists waiting to cross, in violation of law.
Staff recommends installation of a pedestrian/cyclist actuated warning beacon (Options 13) with
a new raised median at the intersection (Options 13C). The beacon will be flashing only when a
pedestrian/cyclist is preparing to cross and will continue for a period of time to allow time for
the crossing. Intermittent flashing rather than continual flashing of the beacon enhances the
driver's awareness of imminent pedestrian/cyclist crossing and will increase driver yielding
rates. If coupled with police enforcement yielding rates will improve more. Iristalling a raised
median will break the crossing into two separate decisions and actions. Pedestrians and cyclists
will be able to fmd a gap in traffic flowing in one direction, make the crossing to the median and
look for a gap in traffic flowing in the opposite direction. This simplifies the decision making
process and provides a shorter distance to cross. Cost is estimated as $30,000 to $40,000.
Additional more costly options staff recommends are installation of a HAWK signal (Option 14)
at an estimated cost of $100,000 to $150,000, or installation ofa roundabout (Option 15) at an
estimated cost ofless than $300,000.
Funds can be made available by canceling capital projects. Please reference agenda item
STREET FUND FINANCES for detailed discussion of the implications of canceling capital
projects. Projects, in roughly the preferred order of use for BSPIMt. Vernon Rd. are the signal at
14th and E Streets ($46,000), Pioneer Parkway Lighting ($75,000), the Pioneer Parkway overlay
($145,884), and the FY 2009 Street Seal and overlay program ($248,229) could be canceled and
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used to pay for the Street Fund deficit and/or Options 13 and 13C at Bob Straub Parkway and
Mt. Vernon Road intersection.
Mr. Barnett said staff recommendation was to pursue with Lane County a street activated signal
and a raised street median. The cost would be between $30,000 and $40,000. He noted the
projects that were listed as potential sources of funding. He described other locations that had the
pedestrian activated signal and the advantage of this type of signal and the raised median. He
referred to the other options.
Councilor Pishioneri said the activated signal on Olympic worked well. He was in favor of
Option #13 and #13C, with a combination of both. He felt the refuge worked well. He was not in
favor of putting another actuator on the median as he felt it could cause another hazard.
Eliminating the signal at 14th and E Streets would allow funding of this option. He felt it was
more warranted at that location than at 14th.
Councilor Woodrow thanked Mr. Barnett for hIS work. He still wanted to advocate for a traffic
light at some point. At this point, pedestrian safety was most important and he liked the
recommendation of Option #13 and #13C. He would like to try to get the County to pay. He felt
the same issues were faced at 14th and E and wasn't sure that should go away. He referred to
other projects that could be taken out, including $75,000 for Pioneer Parkway.
Mr. Barnett said the $75,000 was to build funding for future lighting on the Parkway.
Councilor Ballew said she would strongly object to removing the 14th and E Street project
because she didn't want to take away from the needs at that location. The lighting project might
be a possibility. The City didn't have money to do everything, but she would object to taking
away things that had been promised.
Councilor Ralston asked about the street lights at the BSP intersection.
Mr. Barnett said there were two City lights somewhat near the intersection, and there were no
poles nearby to add lights.
Councilor Woodrow said those lights did provide a fair amount of light at the intersection.
Councilor Wylie said she favored Option #13 and possibly Option #13c. She asked how they put
ina beacon if there was no light.
Mr. Barnett said the beacon would be solar powered.
Councilor Lundberg said she agreed with Option #13 and #13c. Looking at this intersection, it
would someday need a traffic light. She said there was a difference between the 14th and E Street
intersection and the BSP intersection. There was no other outlet for the homes in that area other
than the BSP intersection. She discussed the lighting issues on Pioneer Parkway and the need for
those lights. She felt that if the City had already agreed to do something, we shouldn't take that
away. She hoped the County would step up to do a light at some point.
Councilor Pishioneri asked ifthere had been any reported vehicle pedestrian accidents at 14th and
E Streets since the signal had gone out.
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Mr. Barnett said none that he knew of.
Councilor Ralston said he didn't feel the intersection at 14th and E Street was an issue.
Councilor Woodrow asked which part of Pioneer Parkway was scheduled for the overlay.
Mr. Barnett said it was rougWy from the Plaza to the roundabout. The funds for that project were
match money for federal funds.
Councilor Woodrow asked if an overlay had been done on Pioneer Parkway a few years ago.
Discussion was held regarding the last time an overlay was done on that road.
Maintenance Manager Brian Conlon said the City did street slurry several years ago on Pioneer
Parkway from Q Street to Harlow Road in concert with the County.
Councilor Woodrow said he would even support a roundabout at Mt. Vernon and BSP.
Mr. Barnett said to accomplish this project staff would first need to get approval from the
County, which could be difficult. He would move forward to pursue Options #13 and #13C.
Councilor Lundberg said it was important to remind people that the BSP was a County road and
the costs should be at least shared. .
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:18 pm.
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