tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post525064362534043983..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: City Council, December 15th - the Courtney Bridge and a Mysterious $2MSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-47883421216813057302014-12-15T03:15:55.858-08:002014-12-15T03:15:55.858-08:00Yur analysis of SDCs for streets is spot on! Some ...Yur analysis of SDCs for streets is spot on! Some of the SDCs were deliberately set by Council to be less than the actual cost of building the infrastructure required. <br /><br />The street SDC is one of those. I can't recall the exact percentage as they were established back in the late 1990s, but my recollection is that they were by one formula about 60% of the true cost. <br /><br />Developers always argue that if the full cost of development were born by the SDCs it would make it impossible to do the project. However, other communities have higher SDCs than Salem and it has not seemed to stop development in those communities.<br /><br />How you calculate an SDC is very policital. It depends on the formula that you use and then how much of the cost you want to put on the developer.<br /><br />Our water rates some claim are higher because our SDCs are set too low. I am not an expert in this matter, but I know that there is a lot of controversy around them.<br /><br />Second point you made that is spot on was about allowing the driveway on Keubler. That road was intended to be a througway to get people around Salem and/ or to I-5. Now the Planning department with the PC and Council's cooperation is undermining the intent. Keubler may not become a Lancaster Drive, but it will not be a beltway as hoped. Commerce wins out every time over livability!Susann Kaltwassernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-37674106130804380772014-12-14T11:04:23.655-08:002014-12-14T11:04:23.655-08:00Also updated with more on Pacwest and Kuebler.Also updated with more on Pacwest and Kuebler.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-53107922718130326112014-12-14T10:44:59.580-08:002014-12-14T10:44:59.580-08:00Huh. I think you might be reaching, Anon. I read t...Huh. I think you might be reaching, Anon. I read the motives in the gesture as more straightforward and innocent. But maybe others will have different ideas - or better information.Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-13457813925442659382014-12-13T12:24:13.301-08:002014-12-13T12:24:13.301-08:00What you say about the "Courtney Bridge"...What you say about the "Courtney Bridge" is true enough, but don't you think it's an interesting coincidence that at the 3rd Bridge Oversight Team meeting, the cocktail napkin-level "funding plan" includes a wish for $150 million in state funding, almost certainly executed by the legislature? It's not too difficult to spin a tale of lobbying the Senate President here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com