02/01/2012 - Summary City of Tigard
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Transportation Advisory Committee [TTAC] Meeting Summary
Wednesday, February 1,2012, 6:30 PM— 8:30 PM
Tigard Library, 2nd Floor Conf. Room- 13500 SW Hall Blvd,Tigard, Oregon
MEMBERS PRESENT (9):
Christopher Warren;Basil Christopher; Evelyn Murphy;Dennis Mitchell;Mike Stevenson;Karen Hughart;
Don Schmidt; Shane Brown (alternate);Mark Bogert (alternate)
MEMBERS ABSENT (2):
Steven Bass;Jennifer Stanfield
OTHERS PRESENT:
Tim Wilson (C)DOT); Elise Shearer (CCAC)
STAFF PRESENT:
Michael McCarthy, Sr. Project Engineer;Toby LaFrance, Finance&Information Services Director; and
Twila Willson, Sr. Administrative Specialist
1. Call to order— Christopher Warren
The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Chair Christopher Warren.
a. Introduce new members—New members were introduced and other committee members and staff
introduced themselves and presented relevant background information.
b. Roll Call—Twila Willson called the roll.
c. Consider summaries of Jul 6 & Dec 7 meetings—There was no discussion and the meeting
summaries were approved as presented.
d. Visitor Comments - None
2. In February: 2012 Chair/Vice Chair Elections — Christopher Warren
The position involves working with staff on agenda items, signing minutes, attending and conducting monthly
meetings. Committee members were asked to ponder it until next month when nominations will take place
and were encouraged to step forward.
3. SW Corridor Plan/Connections Team Update - Mike McCarthy
The committee was briefed about the SW Corridor Plan which covers transportation improvements in areas
from Portland south through Tigard and into Sherwood. The Connections Team will be Tigard's "venue" for
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continuing public involvement, now that the HCT Land Use Plan CAC completed its work. A kick-off for the
Connections team was held on Jan 30 at the library. Metro had a related event on January 31, also at the library.
4. Pacific Highway/Gaarde-McDonald Concepts
This project location was earmarked as needing the most work. The state diverted funds to this project from
the I-5/Hwy 99W Connector project that didn't materialize; federal funds and city funds combined amount to
about$5 million.
Issues contributing to this intersection's selection are rush hour traffic demand that exceeds available vehicular
capacity at the intersection;high pedestrian levels, the closed crosswalk on the north side, and providing for
cyclists and transit riders. Crash data shows a high frequency of collision; many of the collisions are rear-end
and turning collisions likely associated with demand exceeding capacity at the intersection.
Preliminary concepts were looked at, discussed, and various concepts analyzed to find which would work best
for that location. Eight options were narrowed down to three that were then expanded adding more details.
Price needs to be considered to achieve the desired results with the most for the money. The project team
recommends B-2 and C-2 as the options with the most potential to provide an appropriate level of
improvement and make best use of taxpayer dollars. However, both of these options are likely to cost more
than the $5 million currently set aside for the project. Other sources of funding (county, state, gas taxes, etc.)
will be looked into to fill in the gaps. If the project needs to be scaled back to fit within available funding,
options B1 and C5 would be the best alternatives. However, they would not provide as much improvement for
the dollar as options B2 and C2.
The project team recommended moving forward with a more detailed evaluation of options B2 and C2 to get a
more precise understanding of the traffic benefits, costs, and right-of-way impacts of each. The city and state
are in the process of hiring a design firm to look at these concepts and compile more precise costs for the
project. TTAC,by consensus, agreed with this plan of action. More information about the options and
preliminary financial figures should be available in the spring.Toby LaFrance discussed borrowing capacity for
gas tax revenue stream as an option to complete projects. Federal funding requires very strict adherence.
Construction would take place somewhere between 2014-2016.
5. Post 2011 Paving Report
Mike McCarthy distributed the post-2011 paving report. The city spent approximately$1 million this summer
paving 2.5 miles of streets and doing slurry seals on 12 miles of street. The remainder of the paving budget
(about$100,000) will be spent this spring on crack sealing,which is a cost-effective way to extend the life of
existing pavement. Street maintenance fees are the source of funding for pavement and slurry seals. With
the strategic use of funds and good prices this year, the city's overall pavement condition index increased from
68.7 to 69.0, even though funding was not projected to be adequate to counter the effects of traffic wear and
weathering. This good year for Tigard's pavement was largely due to these factors:
1. Completion of a large slurry seal project (slurry seals are typically our most cost-effective work)
2. Good prices from private contractors who did a very good job
3. Good work from the city's street crews repairing small areas of deteriorated pavement
4. Resources are focused on paving busy streets and preventive maintenance on residential streets;
however, this means leaving a `backlog' of lower-volume streets that still need paving.
The outlook for 2012 is fairly good, as the anticipated Street Maintenance fee revenue of$1.5 million will be
almost enough to counter the effects of traffic wear and weathering. Street Maintenance Fee revenues will
reach their full adopted amount of$1.7 million for the 2013 paving season,and this was set at a level to `hold
the line' and keep the city's average pavement condition from getting any worse.
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Committee members asked several questions about paving,choice of streets, and future fees. Slurry seals tend
to have an 8-yr. life capacity and can be slurry sealed repeatedly before an overlay project is required. The cost
is about 1/101h that of overlays.
As of Jan. 1,2012, the street maintenance fee moved to the last step for increases. Tigard has 14 gas stations
bringing in gas tax revenues.
G. Adjourn -The meeting was adjourned at 8:17 p.m.
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The next TTAC meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 7, at the Tigard Library 2"d Floor
Conference Room, 13500 SW Hall Blvd. from 6 30p —$,30pm.
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