tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post449297074971386113..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: City Council, January 22nd - Lone Oak Road and SubsidiesSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-35861315015948789502018-01-27T18:47:28.006-08:002018-01-27T18:47:28.006-08:00Over at Hinessight there's a long response fro...Over at Hinessight there's <a href="http://hinessight.blogs.com/salempoliticalsnark/2018/01/why-did-larry-tokarski-start-then-stop-construction-of-lone-oak-road.html" rel="nofollow">a long response from the City Attorney</a> to some questions about the bridge over Jory Creek on Lone Oak. He writes:<br /><br />"<i>Currently, when a property is proposed for a phased subdivision, the City ensures that each phase meets the land use requirements independent of other phases. That was not the case for the Creekside subdivisions, because each phase was proposed, approved, and developed as separate subdivisions.<br /> <br />When the initial development application for Creekside was made in the early 1990’s, the City did not have provisions for phased development of residential subdivisions, so there were few rules on the books to review and regulate multiple interrelated subdivisions. With the adoption of the Unified Development Code (UDC) in 2013, the City now has regulations in place to address phased development of subdivisions, though they are not intended to specifically address a circumstance like this.</i>"<br /><br />There is much more besides this, including a reading of the LUBA decision and notes on several other details and the legal requirements behind them!Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-38785381237642181242018-01-22T04:00:19.966-08:002018-01-22T04:00:19.966-08:00The City is working on System Development Charges ...The City is working on System Development Charges (SDC) as we write this. The Committee is a relatively closed group with only one citizen that I can identify. Most people find it hard to track this process. On the City webpage there are no minutes being posted even though they have held several meetings. Today there is not even an agenda posted!<br /><br />"Jan. 22<br />System Development Charge Methodolgy Committee<br />8:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m.<br />Public Works Department<br />Civic Center<br />555 Liberty ST SE RM 325<br />Salem OR 97301<br />Committee Meeting<br /><br />Agenda: An agenda for this meeting is not yet available.<br />Phone: 503-588-6211<br /><br />This is an open, public meeting at an accessible location. Special accommodations are available, upon request, for persons with disabilities. Services may be requested for sign language interpretation or languages other than English. To request accommodations or services, please call 503-588-6211 at least two business days prior to the meeting."<br /><br />The last time the City looked at SDC methodology was back in the mid-1990s and I have a file drawer full of documents. Now we get none!<br /><br />Anyway, back then the City agreed that they did not charge the full amount of what the development costs to the systems. Some were 50%, some 75% and only one that was 100% was Parks. Of course we have no school SDC yet.<br /><br />The rationale for why they did not want to charge the full price to the development they said was because it would make the price of housing too high. Even though other cities did and still do charge the full impact amount, Salem never has. As a result we find ourselves will millions of dollars of street improvements put on bonds. We have no sidewalks and poor drainage systems because we don't collect enough to cover the impact of growth on the system.<br /><br />You hit the nail on the head about doing phased in developments. The city should and could ask that major infrastructures like a bridge or water detention basin or a sewer pump station, be put into a USA or create a fund where the costs are collected on any new development in the catchment area. It might no cover all the costs to put through a minor arterial like this, but it could cover a significant part of the cost.<br /><br />Developers have used the phased development ploy for years to avoid fees and responsibilities to contribute to the infrastructures. It is about time that the Council takes this issue on sincerely. A work session is a great way to begin!<br />Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.com