PROPOSED ADDITIONAL ITEM FOR
AERIAL TRAM NEIGHBORHOOD IMPROVEMENT RESOLUTION:
“BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council directs the Portland Office of Transportation to work with Marquam Hill property owners, residents, businesses, and institutions to develop a plan for funding and building sidewalks on SW Gibbs St., SW 11th Ave., and SW Gaines St. The plan should include funding strategies for implementation, including the use of local parking meter revenues and Local Improvement Districts and funding partnerships with PDOT, OHSU and other Marquam Hill Institutions; and”
Sidewalks on the streets listed above are the highest priority neighborhood improvement for Homestead Neighborhood residents, along with the Traffic Calming Study already mentioned in the Resolution. The neighborhood association strongly believes that there should be sidewalks on at least one side of each of these streets that are in the heart of a densely populated area with high pedestrians traffic. In addition, these streets are transit streets and see considerable car traffic as the only thru-streets in the area. It is a safety and livability issue for area residents and businesses.
Report, and to return to City Council within 90 days with an Intergovernmental Agreement between OHSU and the City enacting the traffic calming study; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council commits to its continued support to generate the federal funding match for $15,000,000 allocated by ODOT for long-term South Waterfront access improvements to Macadam Avenue; and
Vetterlein Amendment Here
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council commits to maintaining its support for currently un-funded neighborhood improvement projects identified in the Portland Aerial Tram Final Recommendations and Report; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council directs the City Engineer to identify further priorities for implementation and develop mutual recommendations for next steps in the implementation of neighborhood improvement projects; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council directs the Bureau of Planning and the Portland Office of Transportation to convene an inter-bureau Task Force, including representatives from Portland Parks and Recreation, the Bureau of Environmental Services, Portland Development Commission, the Office of Management and Finance, and other agencies, and community representatives involved in the implementation process, to coordinate, support, and identify funding sources for neighborhood improvement implementation efforts; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council directs the City Engineer to return within twelve months of the passage of this Resolution with a status report on the progress of implementation of the neighborhood improvements identified within this Resolution and within the Portland Aerial Tram Final Recommendations and Report.
Adopted by the Council,
GARY BLACKMER
Mayor Tom Potter AUDITOR OF THE CITY OF PORTLAND
Prepared by: Matt Brown:slg By
April 7, 2005
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