tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post8522931345085187802..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: City Council, April 24th - Three Letter Problems: TNCs and IGAsSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-19543947476021863732017-04-24T12:33:34.547-07:002017-04-24T12:33:34.547-07:00It's worth a footnote, and I should have thoug...It's worth a footnote, and I should have thought of this earlier, but <a href="https://salem.legistar.com/LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=3020632&GUID=3B816830-0256-4D1D-AB99-071B00E478CF&Options=&Search=" rel="nofollow">the proposed zoning changes for shelters</a> also illustrate problems with our current zoning scheme:<br /><br />"<i>The current requirement for a conditional use permit with public notice and a hearing results in the location of the shelter being disclosed to the public. Public disclosure of a domestic violence shelter can compromise the safety of victims fleeing unsafe situations. The proposed amendments allow domestic violence shelters with 10 or fewer people to locate in residential and commercial zones as an outright permitted use, avoiding the publicity of a conditional use permit hearing.</i>"<br /><br />With a form-based code, again, this sort of thing would not require hearings or code amendments.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-46282336939425801132017-04-24T08:48:19.883-07:002017-04-24T08:48:19.883-07:00Jim could be right, and I hope Council - the five ...Jim could be right, and I hope Council - the five member subset anyway - has a plan for unwinding the SRC.<br /><br />In the mean time, it's certainly true the IGA as the Staff Report construes it is feeble, even nugatory - "we don't have to change a thing! we're already doing it!":<br /><br />"<i>the IGA does not commit the City to use congestion pricing or tolling on the new bridge, nor does the IGA contemplate that either congestion pricing or tolling will be used on the existing bridges....<br /><br />The City and the Urban Renewal Agency already have policies and Urban Renewal Area (URA) plan projects in place to encourage residential development in the City’s core area and within the West Salem Urban Renewal Area....<br /><br />The IGA requires the City to allocate a minimum of approximately 20 percent of the next transportation bond toward these improvements. Transportation bond measures approved by the voters in Salem over the last 20 years have included at least this percentage of bicycle and pedestrian projects</i>." <br /><br />The Staff Report goes out of its way to describe the toothlessness of the IGA. It ratifies business as usual for the City and calls for no real change or compromise.<br /><br />(Though a part of that depends on whether you include "urban upgrades" with auto lane expansion in addition to a side order of bike lanes and sidewalks as a "bicycle and pedestrian project. If you just count the portion of sidewalks and bike lanes, and not the auto travel lane expansion, the total is smaller.)<br /><br />---<br /><br />thanks also for the NYT citation!Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-8309058022143771562017-04-23T09:27:02.772-07:002017-04-23T09:27:02.772-07:00Here's another one for your TNC list...
"...Here's another one for your TNC list...<br /><br />"For months, Mr. Kalanick had pulled a fast one on Apple by directing his employees to help camouflage the ride-hailing app from Apple’s engineers. The reason? So Apple would not find out that Uber had secretly been tracking iPhones even after its app had been deleted from the devices, violating Apple’s privacy guidelines....<br /><br />In a quest to build Uber into the world’s dominant ride-hailing entity, Mr. Kalanick has openly disregarded many rules and norms, backing down only when caught or cornered. He has flouted transportation and safety regulations, bucked against entrenched competitors and capitalized on legal loopholes and gray areas to gain a business advantage...."<br /><br />https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/technology/travis-kalanick-pushes-uber-and-himself-to-the-precipice.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-87973585210850001772017-04-23T08:02:39.695-07:002017-04-23T08:02:39.695-07:00There is a flaw in your thinking here when you say...There is a flaw in your thinking here when you say this: "Council rejects the IGA, LUBA rejects the appeal and sides with the City: FULL STEAM AHEAD." The contention here is that DLCD would do nothing if they got stiffed on the IGA. You can't assume that. They appealed the City Council's land use actions because they had very serious objections. While it is too late for them to jump back into the LUBA appeal, they have other means by which they could impede the progress of the Salem River Crossing project.<br /><br />But more fundamentally, you are overthinking this. It's not a chess game. Fundamentally, the vote on the IGA is a decision by the new council about whether to continue to move forward with the 3rd Bridge. If they approve the IGA, they are upholding the decision of the old council and voting for continued implementation work by city staff. If the new council has a different opinion or wants to reconsider that decision, now is the time to speak up. The clearest way to send that message is to say "no" to the IGA. At the very least, the Council should put off whole thing until the LUBA appeal is decided. Jim Scheppkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04077003905171156283noreply@blogger.com