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.
Because the latter name
has not been popularly
used and may create confu-
sion with a covered bridge,
also named Currin Bridge,
councilors elected to inves-
tigate if the Currin family
still lived in the area, refer
to the Cottage Grove His-
torical Society for guidance
and put out a suggestion
box for the public.
A name is scheduled to
be chosen at the Oct. 14
City Council meeting.
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