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COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2019 | 9A from A1 SDC calculation of transporta- tion SDCs, we decided to go back and look at all the building permits that had been issued and what land uses had pass-by trips,” said City Engineer Ron Brads- by. Staff looked at permits as far back as 2011, when the latest methodology for calculating SDCs was adopted, and found that three permits issued to local businesses Arby’s, Autozone, and O’Reilly’s were overcharged a total of $131,850. “So to do the right thing, we’re refunding the mon- ey,” Bradsby said. Climate from A1 even know if it’s worth it,” said young resident Emma Burleson. “You have helped raise us, so we ask you to invest in our future.” Resident Maia Wilhour appealed to the city to se- cure a future for her gener- ation. “I’m absolutely terrified. I’m young. I have a whole future ahead of me, but be- cause of this emergency, I might not even have that,” she said. “I want us to in- vest in a good future — in a healthy future — where our carbon isn’t killing us all. ... I’m standing here because I know you think our future is important.” Local resident Josh Fat- tal summarized the group’s Th e error was fi rst dis- the impact of traffi c on a account the segment of a by explained. “In actuality covered when the devel- variety of land uses and population which may ha- you only had one trip. You oper of a proposed Subway bases transportation SDCs bitually use roads next to just made a little stop on sandwich shop off Gateway for new developments on businesses between work the way.” Boulevard noticed that fees these numbers. and home. To resolve the issue, were signifi cant- city staff called FCS ly diff erent from a a consulting “I just really am impressed. I don’t Group, store he owned in fi rm which performed Albany, Ore. know that you hear from cities or coun- the city’s last SDC Th e developer analysis, to confi rm ties around the area that ... refund dol- that shared information the pass-by trip from his other busi- factor should be used lars it has received.” ness with the city. in calculating trans- — Mike Fleck, city councilor portation SDC fees. Staff found a dis- crepancy in fees and, FCS Group confi rmed upon further review, the need for the factor that pass-by trip fac- and staff began an in- tors were not included in Pass-by trip factors have “If you stop by Safeway vestigation process which transportation SDC calcu- signifi cance in determin- on your way home, why resulted in the discovery of lation methodology. ing transportation SDCs should that count as two the overcharged transpor- Th e city uses a traffi c trip in that they can off er a trips when really you drove tation SDCs. rate table developed by the more accurate portrayal of to Safeway, you jumped off Th e refunds take into Institute of Transportation transportation impact on and you jumped back on to consideration interest ac- Engineers to determine a given area, taking into continue your trip?” Brads- cumulated through August 19, 2019. “I thought it was a good thing. I’m glad the [Sub- way] developer was per- sistent,” Bradsby said. “And I’m glad there was persistence among staff to really look into it and un- derstand things more.” During a Sept. 23 City Council meeting to ap- prove a supplemental bud- get for the refund, Council- or Mike Fleck commended the staff . “I just really am im- pressed,” he said. “I don’t know that you hear from cities or counties around the area that, ‘We discov- ered we made a mistake,’ and then not only fi x it, but refund dollars that we’ve received.” appeal to the council. “We’re not going to change the whole world right here, but this is some- thing that we ask: that you recognize this reality,” he said. “We need to move all the resources you have toward addressing this. … If there’s not this money in the budget, this means finding it in the state bud- get. It means finding it in federal grants.” Fattal encouraged the city, if nothing else, to hold a town hall to discuss the subject and bind the com- munity in common cause. Councilors responded to the speakers in turn. “I’m certain it’s going to prove to be the biggest issue of our time,” said Councilor Jake Boone on the climate issue. “We have to do something, but the bids. The current budget allocates $1.4 million for the project. tricky part is figuring out what that something is. … What we do in Cottage Grove won’t fix the cli- mate, but we can at least do our part to stop making it worse.” Councilor Kenneth Rob- erts echoed Boone’s senti- ment, expressing his inter- est in heading up a future town hall meeting. “I would very much like to see a town hall with these people,” he said. “I think this is something we should be looking into.” Councilor Mike Fleck agreed that creating a greener community was a worthy goal. “I fully believe that our nation needs to join the world in making efforts to reduce our carbon emis- sions,” he said. “I certainly support doing things that make sense that we can do to improve our local area.” Fleck also asked that solutions be economically sound and that the conver- sation remain measured. “I understand young people can bring the pas- sion, but to hear comments about not even going to school or having children, I think is emotion taking over rather than science,” he said. “Look at what we actually need to do to im- prove our situation in a way that’s going to be economi- cally feasible and makes sense for a small town like ours. … That being said, we have a huge problem and absolutely we need to address it.” Water Treatment Plant Bid Award Councilors voted unan- imously to award a bid in the amount of $1,005,654 to contractor Pacific Exca- vation for the expansion of the Row River Water Treat- ment Plant. The plant’s expansion will increase capacity by two million gallons per day. Currently, two exist- ing systems of membrane racks provide a total of four million gallons of water per day to the community. “The city uses about three to three-and-a-half million gallons of water per day,” said City Engi- neer Ron Bradsby. “If one goes down, we will not have enough racks to filter the water, so it’s providing redundancy in the existing system and will help with growth.” Pacific Excavation rep- resented the lowest of eight Swinging Bridge Name Councilors voted unani- mously to delay the official naming of the Swinging Bridge, which had been named Currin Bridge in 1965 after J.P. Currin. 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