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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-1203 Council Agenda PACKET CITY OF ASHLAND Important: Any citizen may orally address the Council on non-agenda items during the Public Fomm. Any citizen may submit written comments to the Council on any item on the Agenda, unless it is the subject ofa public hearing and the record is closed. Time permitting, the Presiding Officer may allow oral testimony. If you wish to speak, please fill out the Speaker Request form located near the entrance to the Council Chambers. The chair will recognize you and infomn you as to the amount of time allotted to you, if any. The time granted will be dependent to some extent on the nature of the item under discussion, the number of people who wish to speak, and the length of the agenda. AGENDA FOR THE REGULAR MEETING ASHLAND CITY COUNCIL December 3, 2013 Council Chambers 1175 E. Main Street Note: Items on the Agenda not considered due to time constraints are automatically continued to the next regularly scheduled Council meeting (AMC 2.04.030.E.] 7:00 p.m. Regular Meeting 1. CALL TO ORDER II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Ill. ROLL CALL IV. MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS V. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Executive Session of November 5, 2013 2. Study Session of November 18, 2013 2. Business Meeting of November 19, 2013 VI. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS & AWARDS None VII. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Acceptance of Commission minutes 2. Liquor license application for Jeffery Bauer dba The Playwright 3. Authorization to proceed with a special procurement for consulting and project management to Steve Ennis Architects for Ashland Creek Park 4. Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization Grant Application Approval VIII. PUBLIC HEARINGS (Persons wishing to speak are to submit a "speaker request form" prior to the commencement of the public hearing. All hearings must conclude by 9:00 p.m., be continued to a subsequent meeting, or be extended to 9:30 p.m. by a two-thirds vote of council {AMC §2.04.050}) None COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE ON CHANNEL 9 VISIT THE CITY OF ASHLAND'S WEB SITE AT W WW.ASHLAND.OR.US c IX. PUBLIC FORUM Business from the audience not included on the agenda. (Total time allowed for Public Forum is 15 minutes. The Mayor will set time limits to enable all people wishing to speak to complete their testimony.) [15 minutes maximum] X. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None XI. NEW AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS --1. First Quarter financial report for year one of the 2013-2015 biennium 2. Council discussion of future planning initiatives 3. Final North Main Road Diet report/ Transportation Commission recommendation XII. ORDINANCES. RESOLUTIONS AND CONTRACTS None All. OTHER BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS/REPORTS FROM COUNCIL LIAISONS XIV. ADJOURNMENT In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Administrator's office at (541) 488-6002 (TTY phone number 1-800-735-2900). Notification 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting (28 CFR 35.102-35.104 ADA Title 1). COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE BROADCAST LIVE ON CHANNEL 9 VISIT THE CITY OF ASHLAND'S WEB SITE AT WWW.ASHLAND.OR.US Minutes for the City Council Study Session November 18, 2013 Page 1 of 3 MINUTES FOR THE STUDY SESSION ASHLAND CITY COUNCIL Monday, November 18, 2013 Siskiyou Room, 51 Winburn Way Mayor Stromberg called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. in the Siskiyou Room. Councilor Rosenthal, Voisin, Morris, Slattery, and Marsh were present. Councilor Lemhouse was absent. 1. Look Ahead review City Administrator Dave Kanner reviewed items on the Look Ahead. 2. Discussion of Bring Your Own Bag ordinance Conservation Commission recommendation discussion Management Analyst Adam Hanks explained representatives from Environment Oregon introduced the plastic bag ban during Public Forum at the July 16, 2013 Council meeting. Council referred the matter to the Conservation Commission to review and provide recommendations. The Conservation Commission formed a Sub Committee that researched plastic bag bans in other communities and made a recommendation for the Conservation Commission. This was an initial recommendation to the Council on overall structure. Once they received direction from Council further details and research would occur. Conservation Commission Chair Mark Weir explained the Conservation Commission wanted to add an educational component and turn the ban into a Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB) program. The Commission did not know the full costs involved and wanted Council to direct staff to review the initial ordinance and educational component to determine the appropriate amount of resources required for the program. Under the Suggested Timeline in the Conservation Commission's BYOB recommendations memo, they could move the month markers one month ahead for an appropriate timeline. The program needed to occur in phases. Stores in Ashland had significant stock and would need six months to go through inventory. Another component was charging for paper bags, the Commission did not want to displace paper that had its own environmental concerns. Other cities created a disincentive to using paper bags by charging $0.05 to $0.25 per bag. The Commission recommended those funds going back to the storeowner to offset the cost from switching from plastic bags that were less expensive than paper. Some communities required standards on plastic bags like a 40% recycled content. Conservation Commission Recology Representative Risa Buck added several grocery stores in Ashland had already switched from plastic bag use. Chair Weir stated in all areas that banned plastic bags a reduction in litter occurred and the switch did not affect business productivity. Councilor Rosenthal spoke as the Council liaison for the Conservation Commission. Plastic bags were waste stream nuisances and jammed comingled recycling machines and processes. In the past, Council took proactive steps to reduce waste stream nuisances by banning polystyrene in stores and restaurants that resulted in forming the Conservation Commission. Mayor Stromberg referred to an earlier phone conversation with the Mayor of Eugene regarding their plastic bag ban. The City of Eugene encountered two unexpected issues. One was stores like Target used larger plastic bags for holiday shopping and second, people who philosophically opposed government setting charges for paper bags. Chair Weir explained educational outreach to smaller stores would occur during a larger scale assessment on impacts to the community in the next phase. Minutes for the City Council Study Session November 18, 2013 Page 2 of 3 Mr. Hanks noted some cities charged only for standard grocery sized paper bags and exempted smaller paper bags. Councilor Marsh thought it was a critical point on who was required to be a reporting entity and who would be required to charge for bags. Chair Weir confirmed the potential exemptions listed under Suggested Ordinance Elements in the Council Communication were federally or state regulated items that Council could not override. The City could have a supply of reusable bags for purchase, partially subsidize them, or let businesses advertise on the bags. The goal of a surcharge on paper bags was preventing a shift from plastic bags to paper bags. The surcharge provided an incentive that would lead to a behavior change. Mr. Hanks explained enforcement would not occur during the phasing period. Complaints would drive enforcement and be managed through compliance. Chair Weir went on to explain lifecycle inventories calculated the amount of energy used to make paper bags over plastic. Essentially paper bags cost more to produce environmentally than plastic bags. There was an increased environmental degradation shifting to paper. Reusable bags would have much lower total lifetime environmental cost. This was the educational part of creating an Ashland centric bag for the community. Chair Weir would forward the report on specified values for paper versus plastic to Council. Commissioner Buck referenced an email from the Ashland Food Coop Outreach Manager Annie Hoy regarding charging for bags. Ms. Hoy reported an 80% reduction in paper correlated to the surcharge. Additionally, there was potential for the City to collaborate with the Chamber of Commerce to provide the first set of reusable bags to launch the program with components that could subsidize bags for low- income households. The program could lead to a statewide and nationwide program with Ashland as a leader. Bag logistics would occur in the next phase. Mr. Weir thought the City could allocate a portion of the funds from the Franchise Agreement for the educational component that could target schools, community outreach, and visitors. Mr. Hanks would get overall program costs the City of Eugene incurred. The Growers and Crafters Market also expressed interest regarding the program. Council was interested in moving forward with staff presenting the educational roll out, draft ordinance, and timeline to the Conservation Commission for fine tuning then brought to Council March 2014. Ordinance concerns regarded the threshold issue, minimizing reporting requirements for stores, and marketing strategies for the community. A comment questioned the value of having an Ashland specific bag since there were many bags available already, and suggested offering to collaborate with grocery stores on bag production instead. Another issue was remembering to bring the bag to the store. Some Councilors thought the educational component and ordinance should be a two step process or done in phases, using the same timeline and allowing for late updates to the ordinance before approval or establishing the educational component before the ordinance. City Administrator Dave Kanner thought January was ambitious considering workloads and the end of March more feasible. Staff would create a detailed plan for the program and ordinance using the City of Eugene as a model. Mr. Kanner clarified funds from the franchise fees were already allocated in the General Fund. Staff would determine funding. 3. Discussion of Housing and Human Services Commission involvement in social service grant screening City Attorney Dave Lohman explained Council could express their opinion regarding the topic without deliberation by not commenting on other Councilor's comments. Minutes for the City Council Study Session November 18, 2013 Page 3 of 3 City Administrator Dave Kanner researched other communities and there was not a consistent process on Commission involvement regarding grants. Councilor Voisin thought it made sense the Housing and Human Services Commission participated in the grant process since the Housing Commission made recommendations on CDBG (Community Development Block Grant) awards and were current with the issues. Councilor Marsh supported making the change, it would be worthwhile having people making those decisions who had the expertise. Additionally, the whole process needed to start with a review on the parameters for spending the money. Mayor Stromberg explained he had emphasized to potential applicants the importance of the Commission having a collaborative relationship that aligned with Council. Councilor Morris thought the Commission should make recommendations to the Budget Committee who would make the final assessment. Mr. Kanner questioned when the applicant presentation would occur if both the Budget Committee and the Housing and Human Services Commission reviewed applications. Council decided to add the item to the following night's agenda. Meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Dana Smith Assistant to the City Recorder Regular City Council Meeting November 19, 2013 Page 1 of 4 MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING ASHLAND CITY COUNCIL November 19, 2013 Council Chambers 1175 E. Main Street CALL TO ORDER Mayor Stromberg called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Civic Center Council Chambers. ROLL CALL Councilor Voisin, Morris, Slattery, Rosenthal, and Marsh were present. Councilor Lemhouse was absent. MAYOR'S ANNOUNCEMENTS Mayor Stromberg noted the recent passing of former Budget Committee member and Ashland Community Hospital Board Chair Doug Gentry and honored him with a moment of silence. Councilor Slattery noted Ashland Community Hospital would plant a tree on the hospital grounds to honor Mr. Gentry for his efforts and contributions to the Hospital and community. Mayor Stromberg went on to announce vacancies on the Tree, Transportation, Public Arts, and Firewise Commissions and the Band Board. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the Joint Meeting of October 29, 2013, the Study Session of November 4, 2013, and the Business Meeting of November 5, 2013 were approved as presented. Mayor Stromberg added an agenda item from the previous night's Study Session, Discussion of Housing and Human Services Commission involvement in social service grant screening to agenda item #1 under OTHER BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS/REPORTS FROM COUNCIL LIAISONS. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS & AWARDS Mayor Stromberg's proclamation regarding fallen Police Reserve Officer Robert Libke of Oregon City, Oregon was read aloud. CONSENT AGENDA 1. Acceptance of Commission minutes 2. Award of a professional services contract in excess of $75,000 for engineering and construction administration of the Bear Creek Parallel Trunk Sewer project 3. Economic Development Strategy Quarterly Update 4. Approval of special procurement for Construction phase of Calle Guanajuato project Councilor Morris/Voisin m/s to approve Consent Agenda items. Voice Vote: all AYES. Motion passed. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None PUBLIC FORUM - None UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None Regular City Council Meeting November 19, 2013 Page 2 of 4 NEW AND MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS 1. Infrastructure Financing Authority, Water Fund Financing Alternatives Senior Engineer Pieter Smeenk explained the Public Works Department met with the state for alternatives to finance Water Capital Improvement projects. The state had five scenarios for the City to consider, two options were private financing done through the League of Oregon Cities. He referenced the scenario table in the Council Communication. The first two options consolidated three large projects into one loan that consisted of the TAP (Talent Ashland Phoenix) project, the Crowson II Reservoir project, and the Backup Water Treatment Plant. Together the projects totaled approximately $20,000,000 resulting in a monthly increase of $12.60 per household to the water bill if the City used private financing. Another option was public financing that significantly reduced the cost resulting in the TAP project costing $0.42 per month per household. The Crowson 11 Reservoir project would cost $1.93 per household monthly, and the Backup Water Treatment Plant costing $3.63 a month per household for a total monthly increase of $5.98 per household. Mr. Smeenk clarified this was the additional cost the state anticipated the City would incur because of the debt service and did not include the rest of the Water Fund. These projects were the largest on the Capital Improvement Plan project list. Many of the remaining projects listed were smaller and financed through a bond issued in 2012. Once completed what would remain was $5,000,000 to $6,000,000 of pipe improvement over the remaining years of the 10-year program. Staff was confident grant funding would be available and there was almost a guarantee of the first $250,000. The remaining $500,000 depended on whether the City could meet the green infrastructure project criteria by incorporating either a water use or energy use efficiency or green infrastructure into each of the projects. If the grant fell through public financing offered a I% interest on the loan ensuring the monthly increase per household would not be as high as the private financing. Private financing offered 4.5%-5% interest on the loan. Public financing required the water rate was at least 1.25% of the median household income in order to be eligible for the I% financing. Public Works Director Mike Faught added if the City adhered to the current rate structure in the Master Plan, it would meet the 1% criteria. Projects included in the rate structure estimated at 5%. If staff secured the 1% loan along with the grant, they would reevaluate the rate impact. Staff recommended staying with the current rate structure proposed in the Water Master Plan until they knew if the City would get the loan, and the Medford Water Commission decided the SDC (System Development Charges). Once both of those issues were resolved, staff would return to Council. Mr. Faught addressed the $4,000,000 the City forecasted was needed to generate revenue for the debt service and explained it would help keep the rates level. Mr. Smeenk clarified the City would apply for each loan individually there was a one loan per year limit that allowed several projects to be consolidated. The City had a significant chance to receive a loan but there was no guarantee. Once the City hit the $6,000,000 threshold, it would be harder to get the next loan. Three separate loans provided the opportunity to secure more funds. If the TAP project went through, staff could reduce the size of the Crowson Il Reservoir project, and if the Crowson 11 Reservoir was in place, it was part of the new Water Treatment Plant. The loans also followed planning for construction in the Water Master Plan. Councilor Voisin/Marsh m/s that Public Works apply for financing through the SDWRLF program for upcoming projects identified in the 2012 Water Master Plan. Voice Vote: all AYES. Motion passed. 2. Annual Review of Investment Policy for the City of Ashland City Recorder Barbara Christensen explained the state completed the process that allowed cities to invest in credit unions April 2013. At that time, the City approved Resolution 2013-07 Responsible Banking Regular City Council Meeting November 19, 2013 Page 3 of 4 Policies. Ms. Christensen integrated language from Resolution 2013-07 into the investment policy. For securities, she incorporated the ability for the City to invest in credit unions if appropriate. She provided a list of approved qualified depositories for the state of Oregon that included credit unions. Unfortunately, none of the local credit unions chose to participate with the State of Oregon at this time. She noted the delegation of authority that designated the City Recorder/Treasurer and the Administrative Services Director as investment officers in the Investment Policy was not consistent throughout the document. She would make corrections accordingly. Ms. Christensen addressed inquiries from the Conservation Commission interested in having the City not invest in funds that were not sustainable. She planned to meet with the Conservation Commission the following night. They wanted to know if the City invested in companies with green or sustainable practices. If not, they wanted to know the process to add that to the City's investment policy. Other queries pertained to PERS (Public Employee Retirement System). The City followed strict state guidelines, Oregon Revised Statutes, and rules set by the Oregon Short Term Board. The City's investments went into the Local Government Pool and those monies followed the same rules the state set. PERS was under a different board. Additionally, City and investment monies did not go into PERS. The Investment Policy dealt with excess funds, how the City invested those funds on a short-term basis, 18- months or less, and how safe and available they were to the City. Changes to investment rules and practices could not occur at the local level. There were CDs (Certificate of Deposit) and certain securities the City could purchase that had specific parameters. Currently all investment monies were in the Local Government Investment Pool due to the market. The Local Government Investment Pool had the ability to invest further out than a City Investment Officer buying securities. The City did not invest in Corporate Debt. The Oregon Short Term Board approved all investment policies. Councilor Morris/Slattery m/s to approve revised Investment Policy for the City of Ashland. Voice Vote: all AYES. Motion passed. 3. Discussion of regular reporting by boards and commissions or Council liaison City Administrator Dave Kanner explained the Uniform Policies for Boards and Commissions stated boards and commissions would submit reports from time to time as may be requested by the Mayor or Council. The Rules of the City Council addressed council liaisons and a regular agenda item for council liaison reports. Council could decide whether they wanted every board and commission to report. Another item Council could review at some point was the appropriate role boards, commissions, and Council goal setting. Mayor Stromberg wanted to liberate Council from unnecessary attendance in their roles as Council Liaisons and suggested some form of rotation for commissions and the band board to report periodically at the Brown Bag meetings possibly at different time intervals. Council wanted commissions to provide a 5-10 minute report once a year at regular council meetings. The presentation could occur at the start of the agenda with the liaison scheduling the time. Additional comments wanted each commission to provide goals so Council was aware of them when council goal setting began. Council comment noted commissions had goals based on the direction of Council as well as their own goals. Council directed staff to bring back an amendment to the ordinance that encompassed the suggestions. Councilor Voisin/Rosenthal m/s that Council give direction to the Commissions and Committees to submit goals for 2014-15 and present prior to the date of the Council Goal Setting February 2014. DISCUSSION: Councilor Rosenthal commented Council met with the Parks and Recreation Commission about ajoint or integration of goals and thought it was appropriate to extend that to the other Regular City Council Meeting November 19, 2013 Page 4 of 4 commissions. Councilor Voisin clarified she wanted the commissions to submit both goals driven by Council and their own goals. Roll Call Vote: Councilor Morris, Rosenthal, Slattery, Voisin, and Marsh, YES. Motion passed. ORDINANCES, RESOLUTIONS AND CONTRACTS 1. Approval of a resolution titled, "A resolution accepting changes to the financial management policies and accounting methodologies" Item delayed until the December 3, 2013 Council meeting. OTHER BUSINESS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS/REPORTS FROM COUNCIL LIAISONS 1. Discussion of Housing and Human Services Commission involvement in social service grant screening. City Administrator Dave Kanner explained the ordinance creating the Housing and Human Services Commission initially had a provision the commission would be responsible for reviewing social services grant applications and making a recommendation to the City Council. Historically, the Budget Committee was responsible for this duty. Prior to adopting the ordinance, Council amended it to remove that provision with the intention to discuss the commission's role with the social service grants later. Council suggested several scenarios. One the Housing and Human Services Commission could review social service grants, vet and hold presentation hearings and make a recommendation to the Budget Committee who would retain their traditional role regarding grants. The second option did not support a two-tier review and would support a second less detailed review by the Budget Committee. Another option suggested having the new Commission make recommendations directly to Council who ultimately voted on the deliberations of the Budget Committee. A fourth option noted the Budget Committee did a good job at allocating grants and thought Council should look at the Commission's role in the grant process next year. The fifth option suggested Council direct the Commission to conduct an analysis of the Human Service funding program. Council could schedule a meeting with the Budget Committee to look at grants then schedule another meeting to simplify the process. Councilor Voisin wanted Budget Committee input on the grant process. Council comment noted the agenda item was a discussion item only and the public needed the opportunity to provide input prior to Council making a decision. Council moved the item to the December 17, 2013 Council meeting agenda. Councilor Voisin announced Tuesday November 26, 2013 Uncle Foods Diner would serve a complete Thanksgiving dinner at the United Methodist Church starting at 4:30. Councilor Rosenthal noted a news release issued by the City November 18, 2013 regarding a phone scam from people claiming to be from the City of Ashland or a collection agency. The caller indicates the utility bill is past due and threatens to disconnect service unless they pay immediately with a credit card. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 8:22 p.m. Barbara Christensen, City Recorder John Stromberg, Mayor ASHLAND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MINUTES OCTOBER 24, 2013 CALL TO ORDER: Chair David Young called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 1175 E. Main Street. Commissioners Present: Joe Graf, Corinne Vieville (arrived at 6:08 pm), Shawn Kampmann, Craig Anderson, David Chapman and David Young Ex officio Present: Steve MacLennan Staff Present: Scott Fleury, Mike Faught and Tami De Mille-Campos Council Liaison Present: Carol Voisin ANNOUNCEMENTS None CONSENT AGENDA A. Approval of Minutes August 22, 2013 - Unanimous approval September 26, 2013 - Unanimous approval PUBLIC FORUM Matt Warshawsky, resident of 821 Indiana St. He spoke regarding the Indiana/ Wightman Street crosswalk agenda item. He stated that he is currently a Commissioner on the Firewise Commission although he is not speaking on their behalf tonight. He stated that he feels the diagonal cross is a very out of the box way of thinking and applauds the commission for that but the reason for his comment tonight it that there are difficulties turning off of Indiana or Wightman onto Siskiyou. He said that this has been an issue for quite some time and he asked about it when he was on the commission and was told that due to the traffic timing a turn light couldn't be added because it would cause backup's at the Ashland Street intersection. Since then the timing of the lights has changed due to the crosswalk. He said a part of what is happening is there is an extra signal in there for left turns off of Siskiyou onto Indiana/Wightman. There's two-way traffic for awhile and then a cycle where it is just left turns or straight through and when the diagonal pedestrian traffic is going the left turn off of Siskiyou remains active. The left turn off Siskiyou is significantly long. He is requesting two things to help alleviate the left turn problem: consider removing the separate left turn part of the cycle that gets people off of Siskiyou & replace one with a separate left turn signal off of Wightman/Indiana & consider making two lanes on Indiana with the left most lane a left turn lane only and the right lane a straight through /right turn to increase the visibility. Kevin Flynn, resident of 605 Elizabeth Avenue. He spoke regarding Drager/Otis Street. He stated there has been new construction down in Quiet Village which opened up Drager Street creating a 4-way intersection at Drager/Otis. Previously Northbound Drager "T"ed into Otis causing traffic to slow down and negotiate the intersection but now that it's open to the new subdivision people aren't slowing down. His recommendation is a yield sign or a stop sign be installed on North Drager. Overall there is concern with vehicles, pedestrians and bicyclists in the area. The bikes coming down the grade on Otis are susceptible to vehicle impact but he isn't sure what the solution is for that. Staff stated that there is a stop sign southbound at Drager due to the conditions of approval for the subdivision but there wasn't any condition for northbound. Staff is currently working with a traffic engineer regarding the Orange Street/Drager Street/Laurel Avenue neighborhood area. ACTION ITEMS A. Normal Avenue Neighborhood Plan Chairperson Young reminded everyone that this is a continuation of last month's discussion regarding consideration of the transportation elements of the Normal Avenue neighborhood plan process that is being undertaken by the Planning Department. Some of the transportation elements to consider are connectivity, multi modal, equity, and access to transit. Transportation Commission October 24, 2013 Page 1 o16 A presentation was given by Brandon Goldman; Senior Planner, and Bill Molnar; Community Development Director. Goldman noted as part of the Commissions experience with the TSP, looking at an integrated land use and transportation system has been necessary for the development of the plan. He highlighted some of the areas where the integration of land use and transportation has been considered in terms of the layout of the street network, which calls for block lengths of 300-400 feet in length as a modified grid system. The streets are designed, consistent with the transportation element, for reduced speeds and to protect neighborhood streets from cut through traffic. The promotion of walking & biking was also identified in the plan to provide multi modal equity and safety for pedestrians and cyclists. He pointed out that the environmental constraints on the property (Clay Creek, Cemetery Creek and 3 designated wetlands) were also a consideration in the layout of the street network. Goldman spoke regarding the Normal Avenue neighborhood collector. The original TSP identifies Normal Street as a straight continuation of Normal Avenue from Ashland Street crossing over the railroad tracks and connecting to East Main Street. East Main was previously identified as a Boulevard and was modified in the TSP to be an Avenue. Clay Street was previously an Avenue and was modified to be a Neighborhood Collector. It was noted that both were downgrades due to reduced traffic loads. In regards to land use integration, the location of the Neighborhood Collector (Normal Avenue), being moved to the East would serve the medium and higher density residential areas which also corresponds to adjacent to developable land. A neighborhood collector, as identified in the transportation element of the comp. plan, is appropriate for serving neighborhood serving commercial uses and there is a limited amount of it proposed in the plan. The design of the neighborhood collector includes two ten foot travel lanes. Parking was indicated on one side because the neighborhood collector, as proposed, on its Westside for nearly the entire length has a wetland and so the idea of having an additional parking lane and sidewalk when there is no development was a reason to limit the amount of pavement. Residential collectors have 1500-5000 average vehicle daily trips (ADT's) and Normal Avenue was shown to have 1200-1500 through the draft future traffic analysis. The street design for Normal Avenue would be consistent from the railroad tracks to East Main Street to show it was the continuous street from one end to the other. The Woonerf Street classification was discussed at the last meeting. After the last meeting they evaluated the distinction between the Woonerfs and the shared street. In both cases the idea was to put a small cross section (less pavement) adjacent to the wetlands/open space and to provide a pedestrian/cyclist amenity. Shared streets are 18' of improved surface where a Woonerf is 17'. Shared streets allow for a posted speed limit of 15mph which is consistent with what is trying to be accomplished in these areas. The bus turn around area located at East Main and the driveway to Grace Point Church is a shared driveway, shared by the schools that drop off and pick up students. There is also a considerable amount of parking used for school functions. Per the plan a new local street would connect up to East Main. A Traffic Engineer will be used to analyze the intersection up to East Main Street. Traffic counts will be conducted for East Main and the existing driveway at peak hour & peak school hour. It was noted that intersection design is usually not taken on until development is occurring. Mike Faught gave the Public Works staff prospective on this proposal. He stated that initially he was more inclined to follow the TSP and look at a straight shot but as he worked with planning staff and discussed where the development density is going to go it makes more sense for the Collector to follow the density. In the future when transit and multi modal aspects are added to the project it will be important to be as close to the high density as possible. Another thing that has become more agreeable to him is the location where Normal meets East Main. It generates more of a separation between Walker and Clay. There is concern over the two 90 degree turns and Scoff Fleury has recommended possibly using roundabouts to help soften those turns. • Commissioner Anderson asked about what was involved in the charrette process. Staff explained that the process began in October 2012. It was held over a three day course. The meetings were a 2 part Transportation Commission October 24, 2013 Page 2 of 6 process held at Ashland Middle School where all affected property owners were directly invited through direct mail and the charrette was also advertised in the City Source newsletter. Day 1 included property owners providing input and information about the area. On day 2 staff and the design team sat down and drew up some rough sketches of what it might look like; some ideas thrown out and other ideas refined. On day 3 they brought the concept plan back. In February, 2013 the draft plan came back. After that further refinements were made, the Planning Commission provided feedback, public testimony was provided, there were 2 different neighborhood meetings held. This resulted in another version of the plan which came out in June, 2013. After going before the Planning Commission again it was further refined which led to the September, 2013 version of the plan that was presented to the Transportation Commission in September. • Commissioner Chapman asked if there was an easement for the extension of Normal to East Main. Staff explained that there is currently no easement. There is a small piece of property owned by the City but the rest is privately owned. • Commissioner Graf asked as a developer comes in, how much flexibility they will have to re-negotiate the streets within this neighborhood. Staff stated that when a developer comes in it is anticipated that they will look to this plan for guidance in terns of final street location but they will be able to modify them based on the development proposal. Some constraints causing changes could be wetland delineation, hurdles with underground boulders etc. There will be a minor and a major amendment process established to go along with the code. • Commissioner Graf asked staff to point out on the map (see attached) what is currently not annexed. Staff explained that anything that is colored on the map is not currently inside the City limits which basically none of the 94 acre development is annexed. Staff stated that annexation is primarily developer driven and the City's annexation code is fairly in depth. It states in order to be annexed the property must run contiguous to the City limits. The zoning that you are requesting must be consistent with the City's comprehensive plan. You're required to provide City facilities to the property and sets minimum standards for doing improvements. All streets within the property being annexed or adjacent to the property being annexed are required to be constructed to City standards. In addition, before being annexed there is also a housing inventory requirement which must be met and an affordable housing requirement. Staff stated that the developer's responsibility in regards to building the streets when they annex is if it's in the area being annexed or adjacent to the area then it's the developer's responsibility. If the street is an arterial or collector street, identified to serve a broader interest than just that project, then they may be eligible for some systems development charges (SDC's) to go towards upsizing that facility according to what is in the TSP and what has been identified in the SDC's. • Chair person Young wondered if these property owners decide not to annex and want to develop on their own what jurisdiction will they fall under. Staff explained that currently all of these properties are in the County and the County's regulations and road standards would apply. Staff stated that an existing comprehensive plan does exist which would allow for a property owner to apply for annexation of that specific piece of property outside of the master plan but at that point it is a discretionary call made by the City Council. • Commissioner Kampmann asked if there are contingencies in place for patch work development that could occur around people whom aren't interested in annexation. Staff explained that the proposal does address that with a 2 phased approach with phase 1 being around those interested in development. They stated that there isn't a market to absorb 450 units at one time so it would have to be metered in based on population growth and inventory levels. It was reiterated that this isn't a project; it is a master plan which lays out a plan for future development. Staff explained the benefit to having this plan in place is that it ensures that as patch work development occurs Transportation Commission October 24, 2013 Page 3 o16 everyone knows where the streets are going to go. Without that the patch work is a concern, which makes this master plan important to this development. Julie Matthews, resident of 2090 Creek Drive. She feels like a good majority of the high density percentage will be given to the developers who are interested in developing now, leaving less of a chance for those who may be interested down the road. She stated that her concern was more of a land use issue than a transportation issue but she wanted to voice her concern. Bryce Anderson, resident of 2092 Creek Drive. He spoke regarding concerns that were addressed in his letter dated September 26, 2013 (see attached). Sue De Marinis, resident of 145 Normal Ave. She spoke regarding an email that was sent to the Commission regarding an idea to re-zone the development differently (see attached). • Chair person Young pointed out that if they decided to recommend the plan, the TSP would need to be modified to reclassify Normal Ave. Staff pointed out that all of the street standards being proposed are existing standards, there is nothing new being proposed. • Commissioner Kampmann has some concern over the two 90 degree turns. Staff pointed out that it is something that could definitely be addressed. It was included in the plan as a means to slow traffic. • Commissioner Graf expressed interest in wanting to see traffic counts on the streets connected to East Main. • Commissioner Anderson doesn't think there has been enough consideration given to all the previous planning that has been done over the years in regards to Normal Avenue. He feels that the cherrette process gave undo weight to those directly affected by this plan. Financial impact needs to be given more consideration. The process with the railroad alone could be very time consuming. He stated that the update to the TSP has a lot of good language regarding how we can get development to fund transit but if it's not capital then it's hard to get development to pay for operating a transit. He said he doesn't see RVTD extending their transit just because there are more people living in that area. He referenced having researched the 1996 Transportation Element, the 1998 Transportation System Plan, and the 2005/2009/2013 Regional Transportation Plan. • Commissioner Chapman stated that he doesn't like how this process occurred. He doesn't see why the connection should be made by Grace church. He does think that Normal should connect to East Main Street though. He thinks that there should only be 3 access points on East Main. He likes shared roads and thinks maybe [Normal) Ashland Street should be a shared street. He thinks it's important to make the rail connection to Normal, at least for bicyclists/pedestrians. He said he doesn't really see people using this as a cut through. • The Commission feels like they need additional information and time to process everything. They would also like to see what this is going to cost. The Commission would like to hold a special meeting on November 14. • Commissioner Anderson stated that his main concerns are what this is going to cost, how it will be paid for, how we can ensure that East Main is going to function acceptably, that connectivity will be consistent with adopted [objectives] ebje6tiens, and that [existing] residents won't be asked to pay for the impacts. He would like this to be provided prior to the special meeting. Staff explained that they will provide information showing what is currently in the TSP, what is SDC eligible etc. They will also be very clear about what is developer specific. The East Main piece is a little more questionable and staff Transportation Commission October 24, 2013 Page 4 or6 will have to get with the city Attorney to discuss that further. Staff explained that the TSP outlines a plan to follow RVTD's long range plan. The TSP identified one new loop now, which is in their tier 2 long range plan. Staff will provide information on RVTD's long range tiers. • Commissioner Anderson would like information on what the TSP referenced as a mechanism for funding operational costs. Staff pointed out that the Planning Commission will be having a study session to review the ordinance that goes along with this plan on November 26 and they tentatively set December 10 for a final review of it provided that everyone has had an opportunity to provide feedback. B. November 28th & December 26th meeting dates 11/14/2013 special meeting (6:00-8:00) for continued discussion of Normal Avenue. Vieville/Anderson m/s to schedule the special meeting as a continuation of tonight's meeting. All AYES. Motion passes. 11/20113 regular November meeting (6:00-8:00) rescheduled due to Thanksgiving. 12/19/13 regular December meeting (6:00-8:00) rescheduled due to Christmas. Voison left the meeting at 8:04 pm. C. Faith Avenue Traffic Calming Fleury showed the Faith Avenue area on Google Street View. He stated that a new speed/volume study was conducted last week and actually showed speed/ADT's going down from the previous study. 25mph signs were installed in that area previously including minor improvements to Clay Street. Faith Avenue is identified in the new TSP to be a priority project for sidewalk connectivity and safe route to school as well as Clay Street itself. The realignment of Terra Avenue is also a TSP priority project in relation to Faith. They are currently in the unfunded category but staff will be searching for grant opportunities, such as the CMAQ (Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality) grant. Numerous people have recommended speed humps. Traffic humps are generally used to keep the speed under the speed limit throughout the corridor. However, there hasn't been evidence of the speed being above the 85th percentile. It was also recommended that "share the road" signs and sharrows be added since there aren't sidewalks and staff feels like that could be a good solution. Faught pointed out to the Commission that there is quite a bit of competition out therefor the CMAQ grants and we may not be awarded for this project. Fleury showed a picture of the intersection murals that are used in the Portland area. The Commission asked if a traffic engineer looked at the intersection of Faith and Clay in any of the previous years that this was looked at. Staff stated that they didn't find anything to show that we had previously had a traffic engineer look at it. Some of the Commissioners voiced concern with the over use of sharrows as they might lose their impact if overused. Other Commissioners don't see any harm in using the sharrows in this situation. Staff stated that sharrows would be considered on a case by case basis. Vieville/Kampmann m/s to add "share the road" signs & sharrows. Graf, Vieville, Anderson, Chapman and Young YES; Kampmann NO. Motion passes. Vieville/Chapmann m/s to [recommend] amend that ODOT conduct a speed study on Ashland Street. Graf, Vieville, Anderson, Chapman and Young YES; Kampmann NO. Motion Passes. Transportation commission October 24, 2013 Page 5 of 6 The following items were set aside. NON ACTION ITEMS Walker Ave/Hersey St. sidewalk improvements FOLLOW UP ITEMS A. APS homing sound/inconsistencies B. Indiana St. & Wightman St. crosswalk C. Idling ordinance INFORMATIONAL ITEMS A. Action Summary B. Traffic Safety Connection September Newsletter C. Traffic Crash Summary D. Oregon Roads Newsletter COMMISSION OPEN DISCUSSION FUTURE AGENDA TOPICS A. Orange Ave. corridor discussion B. Transportation Safety Public Outreach C. SOU Multi-Modal Future D. Lithia and To Intersection Analysis E. Iowa St. 20mph zone ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 8:23 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Tami De Mille-Campos, Administrative Assistant Transportation commission October 24, 2013 Page 6 of 6 Meadowbrook Park Estates Homeowners Association Bryce C. Anderson, Board Member September 26, 2013 Craig Anderson David Chapman Joe Graf Shawn Kampmann Corinne Vieville David Young City of Ashland Transportation Commission 1175 E. Main Street Ashland, Oregon Re: Normal Avenue Plan Dear Commissioners, The undersigned is submitting this written comment on behalf of a task force representing the Meadowbrook Park Estates, Ashland Meadows and Chautauqua Trace Homeowners Associations. "These associations are in favor of the development of the property in the Normal Avenue Neighborhood Plan, and in particular that portion of the project that lies between Cemetery Creek and Clay Creek, and the western half of Creek Drive and East Main Street, known informally as the "Baptist Church property." The portion of the site behind the existing community church is both an eyesore and a fire hazard, and development would be a welcome improvement. Moreover, the current version of the plan is a great improvement over the original concept, with reduced densities and an improved configuration of streets in this area. At the same time, it is appropriate to note that this property is likely to be the first one developed, and the only one for several years. Accordingly some problems relating to traffic that are merely hinted at in the plan should be stressed more firmly. As indicated on pages 15 and 16 of the report, there are serious traffic problems along East Main. Below Walker Street this is a rather narrow two-lane country road with no curbs or sidewalks (other than adjacent to the LDS Church), no left turn lanes, and very narrow pedestrian and bicycle lanes adjacent to large drainage ditches that pose hazards to both pedestrians and bicyclists. The speed limit in this area is 45 m.p h for westbound traffic, and 40 . m.p.h for eastbound traffic. Moreover, only the southern side of East Main is in the plan boundaries because the northern side is not within the City of Ashland Urban Growth Boundary. As a result, improvement in the development area will result in bicyclists, as well as pedestrians running or jogging in the bicycle lanes, using the southern side of East Main for travel in both directions, with increased hazards to both from vehicles traveling far above the 20 or 25 m.p h. limit on the remainder of East Main. To: City of Ashland Transportation Commission September 24, 2013 From: Meadowbrook Park Estates HOA et al. Page 2 The three homeowners associations submitting these comments wish to stress that merely putting stop signs controlling traffic entering East Main will not solve the problem; what is needed is some method of regulating traffic on East Main from Tolman Creek Drive to Walker Street. This problem will not be solved until the City of Ashland gets control of, and develops the north side of East Main, which will probably have to be done by expanding the Urban Growth Boundary, but the alternative is a crowded, unsafe street. Any input that the Transportation Commission has on this plan should stress these factors. The lack of public transportation is also an item of major concem, particularly as the projected development of the Baptist Church property will more than double the population in the immediate area of Creek Drive, Clay Street and East Main Street. Unless public transportation is readily available, this expansion will result in a glut of vehicles attempting to enter East Main from the developing area. As indicated on pages 17 and 19 of the report, public transportation is already inadequate in the above area, and will become more so unless substantial improvements are made. If one goal of the plan is to increase the use of public transportation and decrease reliance on the automobile, then bus routes and schedules will need to be expanded and the number of stops increased throughout the area. We would note in passing that the above comments are focused mainly on that portion of the plan covering the Baptist Church property, because this portion is likely to be the first developed, and to have the most immediate impact on the three homeowners associations affected by such development. There may well be other serious concems regarding that portion of the plan covering the Normal Avenue extension, such as the expansion of the railroad crossing, but we will leave any comment on these aspects of the plan to the homeowners immediately affected by them. Thank you for your consideration of these items. Very truly yours, Bryce C. 3 6derson Meadowbrook Park Estates HOA Tami DeMille-Campos From: David Young [dyoung@jeffnet,org] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 10:50 PM To: Tami DeMille-Campos. Subject: Fwd: 10.31.13 Normal. Ave Plan Considerations Hi Tami, As per your request. Regards, David Begin forwarded message: From: "Sue D." <suedem(a)charter.net> Date: October 31, 2013 12:51:33 PM PDT To: <craig.ashlandib)clmail.com>, <davidchapman(d.ashlandhome.net>, <faughtm(5ashland.or.us>, <graf(a)sou.edu>, <shawn polarissurvey.com>, <corinne _mind.net>, <dyoung(a)_ieffnet.org>, <carol(@council.ashland.or.us>, <april.lucas a)ashland.or.us>, <tbrownpc(cDgmail.com>, <rpkaplan46(a)gmail.com>, "Howard Miller" <hmillerta7_ieffnet.org>, <sassetta(cDmind. net>, <molnarbaashland.or.us>, <mike .council.ashland.or.us>, <tmpeddicord(agmai[.com> Cc: <brandon.goldman(cDashiand.or.us> Subject: 10.31.13 Normal Ave Plan Considerations October 31, 2013 Dear Commissioners, After speaking with Senior Planner Brandon Goldman, I have modified recommendations for your consideration in the Normal Ave Neighborhood Plan. Following staff guidelines for the Normal Ave Neighborhood Plan, locating similar densities of development across from established neighborhoods has been a primary objective since the Charrette process. North of Creek Drive, and west of Clay Street, the zoning plan has been changed from NA-03 to NA-02 because the proximity and density of the higher multi-family housing type would put too much traffic out onto existing (NA-02) single-family neighborhood street frontage. I believe this should hold true for the existing (NA-01) neighborhood along the current Normal Avenue as well. The proposed new Norma[ Ave. (main collector road traversing north/south) should have the most density along this "spine" road, thereby retaining the single family dwelling (NA-01) neighborhood character where it already exists along the current Normal Ave. If the housing density is shifted towards the new Normal Ave., then the need for the problematic egress across the Wetlands #9 is eliminated. The better alternative egress for a centrally located density would be to direct residential traffic DUE NORTH to E. Main (see option #2 1.. below). The closer you have the higher density zoning (NA-02, NA-03) to the new main neighborhood collector road, the less vehicle miles people will have to travel through neighborhoods to egress onto a major arterial like E. Main St. The City's goal to preserve its natural areas, especially its largest designated wetland, will then be possible. In considering alternatives necessary for the project area connectivity to E. Main St. from the west side, there are two options. 1. If connectivity is proposed by extending the current Normal Ave. through to E. Main St., the following problems are encountered: a. The connector road would be a pretty tight fit restricted between existing structures, and even necessitating the demolition of some. b. The potential intersection with E. Main St. from the existing Normal Ave. would suffer the consequences of its proximity to the blind curve hindering line of sight of oncoming E. Main traffic from the west, and making for a very dangerous left turn onto a main arterial. c. The City planners have made great efforts to create a road that doesn't produce a straight shot through the project (from the RR tracks to E. Main). Connecting traffic would see a straight line through the current Normal Ave to continue directly to E. Main, where speeds could increase to 30 mph (similar to the problem on Faith St.). Without that straight line connection, a more central "spine" route using the new Normal Ave., with its circuitous design, will require behavioral modification as it slows vehicular speeds, making it safer for cyclists, children, and even cars passing each other. The new sinuous Normal Ave. will be more obvious as the main collector going through to E. Main, and will be seen as access to the development, rather than a cut-through for non-residents. 2. If connectivity is proposed by extending the "spine" road (new Normal Ave.) through to E. . Main, you solve a multitude of problems: a. There are no structures which would need to be demolished and, due to lack of nearby existing buildings, the road would not need to be a tight fit or restricted in its placement. b. The intersection onto E. Main would have twice the visual clearance distance since it is further away from the blind curve in the road (along Temple Emekproperty) than option 1's hazardous egress. c. With the zoning density more centrally shifted, this egress option is closer and more accessible for residents, with less vehicle miles required to reach the main arterial of E. Main. d. The visual straight shot North/South road is eliminated and through traffic will more likely be development/resident related and safer. The currentNormal Ave. will retain its neighborhood feeling and safely encourage pedestrian/cyclist multi-modal use to open space and school zones. The City has housing types which it needs to provide for all types of residences, as well as simultaneously achieving density goals for the Normal Ave Neighborhood Project. Rezoning the land and its uses into the center of this project will allow for economy of scale, with full 2 block lengths accommodating multi-family dwellings and their required parking areas. Transitioning out from this core (NA-03) zone, cluster cottage-type housing (NA-02) around common greens can develop. The single family (NA-01) character can then be retained in the existing neighborhoods on the edges of the project area. The overall density of the project will remain with approximately the same number of dwelling units (450) as outlined in the. most. recent iteration of the Planning Land Use Zone Map. Please review the attached version of the alternative connections and zoning recommendations I have identified. I hope you will consider these as viable options in your final plan for the Normal Ave. Neighborhood Project. Thanks for your thoughtfulness and time. I would also like to thank Brandon Goldman, Senior Planner, for all his expertise and patience in explaining and working with me to find viable solutions that will retain the goodwill of the community involved in this project. Sincerely, Sue DeMarinis 145 Normal Ave. Ashland, OR 97520 suedem(cbcharter.net cc: Brandon Goldman 0 This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. 3 _117 . 1 if y i. Eta 4. ~j IA } Y~ ews F~iS 4' N i 1 1 ml ~ nee Yff _ X14 _ I F:' - yi Ja P3411 _ A h~ 1~ r ~'3 ~ j 1 i ~ r P ` y ' !!!l4 Lj c , 'i~ ;t l rr c~ ? +~`1 -j jt -1 11•1.~~ ~~_i f iI. ~i. S C I' r 11. Ll l I ffI 9~ , 1 rP.- LP L_. m - s Normal Ave. Neighborhood Plan 0 100,100, 400, 600 600 1,000 Feet Sept. 24, 2013, Discussion Draft NA-01 - NA-02 Zone gross acreage net buildable NA-01 28.06 13.29 - NA-03 NA-02 37.46 29.95 NA-03 2.79 2.79 - NA-03-C NA-03-C 2.96 2.96 ® Park Openspace 22.25 0 CITY OF ASHLAND Council Communication December 3, 2013, Business Meeting Liquor License Application for Jeffrey Bauer dba The Playwright FROM: Barbara Christensen, City Recorder, christeb@ashland.or.us SUMMARY Approval of a Liquor License Application from Jeffrey Bauer dba The Playwright at 258 A Street Suite 3. BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS: Application is for a change of ownership. The City has determined that the license application review by the city is set forth in AMC Chapter 6.32 which requires that a determination be made to determine if the applicant complies with the city's land use, business license and restaurant registration requirements (AMC Chapter 6.32). In May 1999, the council decided it would make the above recommendations on all liquor license applications. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: N/A STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND REQUESTED ACTION: Endorse the application with the following: The city has determined that the location of this business complies with the city's land use requirements and that the applicant has a business license and has registered as a restaurant, if applicable. The city council recommends that the OLCC proceed with the processing of this application. SUGGESTED MOTION: Under Consent agenda item, a motion to approve liquor Jeffrey Bauer dba The Playwright ATTACHMENTS: None Page 1 of I l`, CITY OF ASHLAND Council Communication December 3, 2013, Business Meeting Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization Grant Application Approval FROM: c'517. Fleury, Engineering Services Manager, Public Works/Engineering, fleurys@ashland.or.us SUMMARY The Engineering Division is seeking Council approval to make grant applications to the Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (RVMPO) for two projects. The projects include chip sealing of primary traveled dirt roads within City limits and the Nevada St. bridge project. The applications are due by December 5, 2013. BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS: The Transportation System Plan has identified the Nevada St. bridge extension as a priority project. The City recently applied for but was not awarded Oregon Department of Transportation multimodal transportation enhancement funds for the project. The project entails construction of a new bridge connection between east and west Nevada St. This links the existing terminus of E. Nevada St. with N. Mountain Ave., providing much needed capacity improvements and an additional route for local, multimodal east-west travel. The project also includes sidewalk and bike lane connections to existing road features. The bike lane will create a point of connection to the new proposed Jackson County Greenway that will run adjacent to Bear Creek. The project is also intended to act as a bypass route for the State Highway. The second project includes chip sealing of primary traveled roads within the City limits. Public Works has had numerous dealings with citizens regarding paving dirt roads as a safety and dust control improvement. The chip seal will involve prepping, grading and chip sealing dirt roads. The project will not include sidewalk or curb and gutter improvements. The chip sealed roads will be sized appropriately to meet the City street design standards and will be graded to drain into the appropriate storm drainage appurtenance. The project will also entail surveying the geotechnical assessment of the roads to verify proper subsurface drainage in order to maximize the chip seals life cycle. Public Works intends to apply for both projects through the RVMPO Grant process. RVMPO is responsible for evaluating, selecting and programming projects with final approval made by the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. There are two funding sources for projects through the RVMPO and they include Congestion and Air Quality Mitigation (CMAQ) and Surface Transportation Projects (STP). CMAQ projects include those that reduce emissions and improve air quality, while STP projects include various roadway capital improvements, planning and environmental mitigation. Page I of2 IA, CITY OF ASHLAND FISCAL ALTERNATIVES: The proposed engineering and construction cost for the Nevada St. bridge extension as prepared by OBEC Engineering Consultants is $5,481,000. As part of the application for the Nevada St. project the City will only apply for portions allowable under the project qualifying criteria. These portions include sidewalk and bike lanes through the project length. The initial estimated construction cost for the chip seal project is $201,390.07. Staff still needs to estimate engineering costs for the chip seal as part of the grant application. Engineering is still finalizing the exact amounts of the grant application for each project. It is the expectation of Engineering the grant amount for the chip seal project will be under $400,000 and under $2,500,000 for the bridge project. The RVMPO grant applications require a minimum of 10.27% matching funds provided for by the City. The City will also need to cover any project overages through SDC's and fees and rates. Specifically for the bridge project the City will be required to cover the additional work associated with engineering and construction outside of the bike lane and sidewalk portions. This could exceed $2,500,000 in direct city funds in order to complete the project based on the original estimate of $5,481,000. STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND REQUESTED ACTION: Staff recommends Council allow Public Works to apply for grant funding as referenced above. SUGGESTED MOTION: I move that Public Works apply for the Nevada St. Bridget extension and for chip sealing of dirt roads within city limits. ATTACHMENTS: 1. RVMPO Project Funding Packet 2. Chip Seal Street List 3. Nevada St. Bridge Extension prospectus page (TSP) 4. Nevada St. Bridge Extension STIP presentation Page 2 of 2 IrM Project Funding Application Packet M /rogue Valley • Surface Transportation Program (STP) i Am Metropolitan P/annin or anization • Congestion Mitigation & Air Quality (CMAQ) Funds Available: Federal Fiscal Years 2016 (starting Oct. 1, 2015), 2017 (starting Oct. 1, 2016), and 2018 (starting Oct. 1, 2017). Projects must be ready to initiate during this timeframe. This packet contains materials for applying for federal STP and CMAQ program funds through the RVMPO, including: • Instructions with information on application scoring and evaluation; • Application form (click here for form: FFY 2016-2018 Application • RVMPO Construction Cost Estimator - For construction projects only: This cost estimator or engineer's stamped estimate must accompany your application. (click here for form: Construction Proiect Cost Estimator) Deadline: 5 p.m. Monday, December 2, 2013. Emailed applications only RVMPO is responsible for evaluating, selecting and programming projects however, final approval of funding is made by Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration. To file and obtain information: Rogue Valley Council of Governments 155 N. First St, Central Point 541.423. 1361 dmoore(@rvcog.org Purpose This document announces the anticipated availability of federal funds for surface transportation projects within the RVMPO planning area, and the intent of the RVMPO Policy Committee to award funds and program projects. RVMPO anticipates the following funds will be available for the 2016, 2017 and 2018 Federal Fiscal Years (beginning Oct. 1, 2015, Oct. 1, 2016, and Oct. 1, 2017): 2016 2017 2018 Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Program $2,544,785 $2,580,412 $2,616,538 Surface Transportation Program* $928,460 $941,460 $954,640 Considerable uncertainty exists regarding future levels of federal funding for surface transportation, even whether programs and funds will continue to exist-at least in their present form. RVMPO staff will provide funding updates throughout the grant and MTIP process. *Balances after current obligations. Half of the Medford area's STP allocation goes to Rogue Valley Transportation District (RVTD) to meet state planning requirements (see RVMPO's 2013-2038 Regional Transportation Plan, Appendix B). The metro area expects to receive just over $1.85 million in each of the three years. Application Check List Applications must include the following: ✓ Application farm (2016, 2017 & 2018) ✓ Photographs of project site, illustrating project need if possible (not applicable to all projects) ✓ Map of project site, clearly identifying project termini (not applicable to all projects) ✓ For construction projects, completed RVMPO project estimator (available with this packet on line) or licensed engineer's estimate. The RVMPO estimator was developed and is used by ODOT Highway Division. It uses the most current and reasonable cost estimates available. Any additional material supplied by applicants will be made available to RVMPO committees for consideration. The application form in this packet must be used for all applications. Schedule and Project Selection Process Planned schedule and summary of actions associated with this project solicitation for STP and CMAQ funds for FFYs 2016, 2017 and 2018 is provided here. For greater detail and more up-to-date information, consult RVCOG staff. September 11, 2013-Technical Advisory Committee Conducts Final Review of Project Evaluation Process September 24, 2013- Policy Committee Conducts Final Review of Project Evaluation Process RVMPO Project Funding Application Packet - 2016, 2017 & 2018 September 25, 2013 2 September 2013 - Open Project Solicitation Process, Application Packet Available Online: FFY 2016-2018 Application December 2, 2013-Application Period Closes; RVMPO Begins Application Evaluation December 11, 2013 -Technical Advisory Committee application workshop (optional for applicants). Opportunity to present applications -With TAC concurrence, applicants may submit minor changes to applications by email to RVCOG no later than noon, December 13, 2013. December 2013 to February 2014- RVMPO Advisory Committees Review Applications, Evaluate Projects, Make Recommendations to Policy Committee December 2013 - RVMPO Initiates Air Quality Conformity Consultation with EPA, FHWA, FTA, DEQ and ODOT February 25, 2014- Policy Committee Awards Discretionary Funds (Makes Tentative Funding Decisions). Applicants invited to make project presentation, including showing maps, photographs, etc. December 2013- February 2014- RVMPO Prepares Draft 2015-2018 Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program and Air Quality Conformity Determination February 2014- March 2014 - Public Comment Period on Draft 2015-18 MTIP and AQCD March 2014-Advisory Committees Make Recommendations on Draft MTIP and AQCD March 25, 2014- Policy Committee Conducts Public Hearing, Adopts Draft MTIP and AQCD April 2014- RVMPO Forwards MTIP Project List to ODOT for Statewide Transportation Improvement Program; AQCD Submitted to Federal Highway Administration May 2014- MTIP Submitted to FHWA, FTA and to ODOT for Governor's Signature; USDOT Issues Air Quality Conformity Determination Application Process General The application is an electronically fillable form. Applications must be submitted electronically. Contact RVMPO staff for assistance. Where appropriate, applications must include maps delineating project termini or boundaries and photographs of the project area that help show need for the improvement. Applications for construction must include either a completed estimator (on RVMPO website with this packet) or engineer's stamped estimate. Project applications will be reviewed in a three-step process prior to consideration by the Policy Committee. Step 1: Determine Project Funding Eligibility. Each fund source has a set of qualification rules, which are described below. Applicants should review rules and may consult with RVMPO staff to determine eligibility prior to filling out an application. Applications will be reviewed by RVMPO staff in consultation with FHWA and ODOT to determine initial eligibility. Information provided by applicant must be sufficient to enable staff to determine initial eligibility; the application is designed to provide necessary information. RVMPO Project Funding Application Packet - 2016, 2017 & 2018 September 25, 2013 3 Step 2: Initial Project Evaluation. This step also will be conducted by RVMPO staff, using the Goals and Project Funding Criteria table on page 10. Staff will evaluate candidate projects based on the extent to which they would contribute to meeting RVMPO goals, the goals of the Regional Transportation Plan and federal planning requirements, as summarized in the Funding Criteria table. Step 3: RVMPO Committee and Public Review. RVMPO advisory committees (Technical Advisory Committee, Public Advisory Council) in public meetings will review and discuss applications and staff evaluations, consider comments from applicants and the public, and make funding recommendations to the Policy Committee. Recommendations and comments from the advisory committees and public will be forwarded to the Policy Committee at its public meeting to make tentative funding decisions. Those decisions will go into the draft 2015-2018 MTIP, and be subject to a public hearing by the Policy Committee. Qualifyingfor Federal Funds The STP and CMAQ programs each have rules governing use of funds. General eligibility guidance appears below. All projects must meet basic eligibility requirements for funding under Titles 23 and 49 of the U.S. Code. Although the RVMPO Policy Committee is responsible for selecting projects for these funds, and amending funded projects into the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program and Regional Transportation Plan, FTA and FHWA make all final eligibility determinations and authorize release of funds. All funds not used as directed by the Policy Committee are returned to the region for reallocation. Please consult with RVMPO staff if your questions are not answered here. The STP Program provides flexible funding that may be used for projects to preserve and improve the conditions and performance on any Federal-aid highway, bridge and tunnel projects on any public road, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and transit capital projects, including intercity bus terminals. Qualifying projects include: • Construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, resurfacing, restoration, preservation, or operational improvements for highways and local access roads under 40 USC 14501. • Replacement, rehabilitation, preservation, protection, and anti-icing/deicing for bridges and tunnels on any public road, including construction or reconstruction necessary to accommodate other modes. • Construction of new bridges and tunnels on a Federal-aid highway. • Inspection and evaluation of bridges, tunnels and other highway assets as well as training for bridge and tunnel inspectors. • Capital costs for transit projects eligible for assistance under chapter 53 of title 49, including vehicles and facilities used to provide intercity passenger bus service. • Carpool projects, fringe and corridor parking facilities and programs, including electric and natural gas vehicle charging infrastructure, bicycle transportation and pedestrian walkways, and ADA sidewalk modification. • Highway and transit safety infrastructure improvements and programs, installation of safety barriers and nets on bridges, hazard eliminations, mitigation of hazards caused by wildlife, railway-highway grade crossings. RVMPO Project Funding Application Packet - 2016, 2017 & 2018 September 25, 2013 4 • Highway and transit research, development, technology transfer. • Capital and operating costs for traffic monitoring, management and control facilities and programs, including advanced truck stop electrification. • Surface transportation planning. • Transportation alternatives --newly defined, includes most transportation enhancement eligibilities. (See separate "Transportation Alternatives" fact sheet, http://wiAiw.fhwa.dot.gov/map2l/tap.cfm l • Transportation control measures. • Development and establishment of management systems. • Environmental mitigation efforts (as under National Highway Performance Program). • Intersections with high accident rates or levels of congestion. • Infrastructure-based ITS capital improvements. • Environmental restoration and pollution abatement. • Control of noxious weeds and establishment of native species. • Congestion pricing projects and strategies, including electric toll collection and travel demand management strategies and programs. • Recreational trails projects. • Truck parking facilities. • Activities related to the development and implementation of a performance based management program for public roads. • Construction and operational improvements for a minor collector in the same corridor and in proximity to an NHS route if the improvement is more cost-effective (as determined by a benefit-cost analysis) than an NHS improvement and will enhance NHS level of service and regional traffic flow. • Workforce development, training, and education activities. Location of Projects: In general, STP projects may not be on local or rural minor collectors. However, there are exceptions to this requirement, such as: bridge and tunnel replacement and rehabilitation (not new construction), bridge and tunnel inspection, carpool projects, fringe/corridor parking facilities, bike/pedestrian walkways, safety infrastructure, Transportation Alternatives, recreational trails, port terminal modifications, and minor collectors in NHS corridors. CMAQ Program eligibility is directly linked to air quality conditions in the RVMPO planning area. To qualify for funding an application must provide adequate information for staff to estimate reduction of on-road particulate emissions 10 microns and smaller (PMlo) within the RVMPO planning area and/or reduction of on-road carbon monoxide (CO) emissions within the Medford urban growth boundary (UGB). A cost/benefit analysis also is required. Information provided by applicant at a minimum must be sufficient to enable staff to determine these threshold eligibility requirements. The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement (CMAQ) program was established by ISTEA of 1991. The CMAQ program provides a flexible funding source to State and local governments for transportation projects and programs to help meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act. Funding is available to reduce congestion and improve air quality for areas that do not meet the National RVMPO Project Funding Application Packet-2016, 2017 & 2018 September 25, 2013 5 Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for ozone, carbon monoxide, or particulate matter- nonattainment areas-and for areas that were out of compliance but have now met the standards- maintenance area. The CMAQ program supports two important goals of the Department of Transportation: improving air quality and relieving congestion. This program was particularly designed to help States and metropolitan areas meet their Clean Air Act obligations in nonattainment and maintenance areas and to prevent areas from falling into nonattainment. Additionally, MAP-21 puts an increased focus on addressing PM-2.5. The effective date of this MAP-21 CMAQ program eligibility guidance is October 1, 2012. The CMAQ program requirements in effect on October 1, 2012 will apply to all related funding obligated on or after that date, whether carryover or new. To measure an air quality gain, staff will measure the difference between the existing conditions and anticipated conditions after the CMAQ improvement. In the case of a diesel retrofit, estimated post- retrofit PM10 emissions in the Rogue Valley will be estimated and subtracted from current emissions to calculate the improvement. The portion of the improvement paid by CMAQ funds will be used in calculating a cost/benefit ratio. Generally, projects eligible under the CMAQ program prior to enactment of MAP-21 remain eligible with the new authorization. All CMAQ projects must demonstrate the three primary elements of eligibility: transportation identity, emissions reduction, and location in or benefitting a nonattainment or maintenance area. While project eligibilities are continued, there is some modification with new language placing considerable emphasis on select project types including electric and natural gas vehicle infrastructure and diesel retrofits. As in past authorizations of the program, projects must be included in a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) transportation plan and transportation improvement program (TIP), or the current Statewide TIP in areas that are not part of an MPO. The MPO plans and programs must also have a transportation conformity determination in place, where applicable. In addition, CMAQ investments must comply with the appropriate Federal cost principles, such as 2 CFR 225, the guidelines for State, local, and tribal governmentsf2l. Projects Ineligible for CMAQ funding are specifically identified in FHWA's Final Program Guidance, 2008, htto://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/air quality/cmag/policy and guidance/cmag08gd.pcifas follows: 1. Light-duty vehicle scrappage programs. 2. Projects that add new capacity for SOVs are ineligible for CMAQ funding unless construction is limited to high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes. HOV lane eligibility includes the full range of HOV facility uses authorized under 23 U.S.C 4166, such as high-occupancy toll (HOT) and low- emission vehicles. 3. Routine maintenance and rehabilitation projects (e.g., replacement-in-kind of track or other RVMPO Project Funding Application Packet - 2016, 2017 & 2018 September 25, 2013 6 equipment, reconstruction of bridges, stations, and other facilities, and repaving or repairing roads) are ineligible for CMAQfunding as they only maintain existing levels of highway and transit service, and therefore do not reduce emissions. Other funding sources, such as STP and FTA's Section 5307 program, are available for such activities. 4. Administrative costs of the CMAQ program may not be defrayed with program funds, e.g., support for a State's "CMAQ Project Management Office" is not eligible. 5. Projects that do not meet the specific eligibility requirements of titles 23 and 49 U.S.C. are ineligible for CMAQ funds. 6. Stand-alone projects to purchase fuel. Examples of Eligible Activities Include: Funds may be used for transportation projects likely to contribute to the attainment or maintenance of a national ambient air quality standard, with a high level of effectiveness in reducing air pollution, and be included in the Metropolitan Planning Organization's (MPO's) current transportation plan and transportation improvement program (TIP). Some specific eligible activities are described below: • Establishment or operation of a traffic monitoring, management, and control facility, including advanced truck stop electrification systems, if it contributes to attainment of an air quality standard. • Projects that improve traffic flow, including projects to improve signalization, construct HOV lanes, improve intersections, add turning lanes, improve transportation systems management and operations that mitigate congestion and improve air quality, and implement ITS and other CMAQ-eligible projects, including projects to improve incident and emergency response or improve mobility, such as real-time traffic, transit, and multimodal traveler information. • Purchase of integrated, interoperable emergency communications equipment. • Projects that shift traffic demand to nonpeak hours or other transportation modes, increase vehicle occupancy rates, or otherwise reduce demand. • Facilities serving electric or natural gas-fueled vehicles (except where this conflicts with prohibition on rest area commercialization) are explicitly eligible. • Some expanded authority to use funds for transit operations. • Workforce development, training, and education activities. • Acquisition of diesel retrofits, including tailpipe emissions control devices, and the provision of diesel-related outreach activities. • Intermodal equipment and facility projects that target diesel freight emissions through direct exhaust control from vehicles or indirect emissions reductions through improvements in freight network logistics. • Alternative fuel projects including participation in vehicle acquisitions, engine conversions, and refueling facilities. • Establishment or operation of a traffic monitoring, management, and control facility, including the installation of advanced truck stop electrification systems. RVMPO Project Funding Application Packet-2016, 2017 & 2018 September 25, 2013 7 • Projects that improve traffic flow, including efforts to provide signal systemization, construct HOV lanes, streamline intersections, add turning lanes, improve transportation systems management and operations that mitigate congestion and improve air quality, and implement ITS and other CMAQ-eligible projects, including efforts to improve incident and emergency response or improve mobility, such as through real time traffic, transit and multimodal traveler information. • Projects or programs that shift travel demand to nonpeak hours or other transportation modes, increase vehicle occupancy rates, or otherwise reduce demand through initiatives, such as teleworking, ridesharing, pricing, and others. • Transit investments, including transit vehicle acquisitions and construction of new facilities or improvements to facilities that increase transit capacity. The MAP21 provision on operating assistance (23 USC 149(m)) is being reviewed and guidance interpreting the provision will be issued in the future. • Non-recreational bicycle transportation and pedestrian improvements that provide a reduction in single-occupant vehicle travel. • Vehicle inspection and maintenance programs. Public-Private Partnerships Through the CMAQ program, RVMPO has funded public-private partnerships in certain instances where a private business or non-profit proposed a service or project that reduces vehicle emissions to the extent that it yields a measurable reduction in CO and PMlp emissions as described above. Organizations that are not RVMPO members must have their application sponsored by an RVMPO member jurisdiction, with the jurisdiction filing the project application and representing the project. Non-member applicants likely will be expected to provide their sponsoring jurisdiction with all data and information needed to for the application. If the application is successful, either the sponsoring jurisdiction, or through separate agreement the RVCOG, will be the direct recipient of federal funds, reimbursing the non-member organization for approved project expenses through a separate contract. RVCOG or other direct recipient of project funds may retain a percentage of project funds to reimburse its project- related costs. RVCOG generally requires at least 3 percent of total project cost for its expenses. Application Instructions - By Section The attached application form must be filed electronically with RVMPO staff at the Rogue Valley Council of Governments, Central Point, by the application deadline to be considered for funding under this solicitation. Information below follows the layout of the application. Information to questions in shaded blocks in the application may be used in an evaluation for CMAQ funds. 1. Application Information The applicant must be an RVMPO member jurisdiction. Member jurisdictions may sponsor projects for non-members, including private organizations. A member staff person must be listed at the bottom of this section as contact for RVMPO staff. Use built-in attachment function (click button in project description section) to attach RVMPO Project Funding Application Packet - 2016, 2017 & 2018 September 25, 2013 8 photographs, maps, charts etc. to help illustrate project need (please insert files at end of application). 2. Cost Estimate & Funding Requested Federal funds requested, plus other funds available to applicant must be listed here, by project phase. Include prior year funding, if any. This application covers both the STP and CMAQ programs. RVMPO will consult with applicants on fund source but if the applicant has a preference, it should be noted and explained in this section. For construction projects: Use built-in attachment function (click button at bottom of this section) to attach RVMPO Project Cost Estimator (provided by ODOT) or engineer's stamped cost estimate (please insert files at end of application). 3. Project Evaluation Criteria This section has four focus areas, each containing criteria based on the RVMPO's organizational goals, long-range plan (2038 Regional Transportation Plan) goals and federal guidance for MPO planning. The Goals and Project Funding Criteria table on page 10 lists the goals and associated application evaluation criteria. Information about how projects will be evaluated is in the far right column in the table (column labeled How Measured). Projects will be evaluated based on listed criteria. Where possible, project scoring will be quantitative; where such data isn't available, projects will be scored on a high-medium-low scale. Additional guidance by focus area is provided below. 3. a) Mobility Include specific data if available regarding accident history and delay. The Population Served section is intended to provide project evaluators with some idea of the number of people who could benefit from the project. If the applicant is unable to provide a number, RVMPO staff will use regional data to define a service area and estimate a population. 3. b) Community Vitality & Livability The source for Environmental Justice populations is the RVMPO's 2010 Environmental justice & Title VI Plan, available at http://rvmpo.org/files/Environ-Justice-Plan-FinaIDoc-11-23-2010.pdf. Questions regarding supporting housing along transit routes and housing and employment in mixed use and downtown areas are drawn from RVMPO Alternative Measures, adopted to meet Oregon Transportation Planning Rule (land use) requirements. For background see RVMPO 2013-2038 Regional Transportation Plan Appendix B. 3. c) Transportation Options Questions in this section are based on RVMPO Alternative Measures. For background see RVMPO 2013-2038 Regional Transportation Plan Appendix B. 3. d) Resource Conservation Applicants for Diesel Vehicle Projects note: vehicle replacements (to new vehicles using cleaner technologies) must be removing older vehicles before they would have been removed through normal fleet turnover or attrition. Replaced vehicle/equipment should be scrapped or remanufactured to a cleaner standard (see Appendix 3: 23 U.S.C. 104(b) (2) Considerations for Diesel Retrofit RVMPO Project Funding Application Packet-2016, 2017 & 2018 September 25, 2013 9 Projects at http://-www.fhwa.dot.goy/ENVIRonment/air quality/cmaq/policy and guidance/2008 guidance/index.cfm#Appendixl RVMPO Project Funding Application Packet - 2016, 2017 & 2018 September 25, 2013 10 RVMPO Evaluation Measures RVMPO Goal 2034 RTP Goal SAFETEA-LU MPO Requirements Evaluation Criteria How Measured 1. Safety or security issue addressed; AccideWnjury Describe safety problem, and how project would reduce number and severity of crashes. (If project Plan for, develop and maintain a balanced Enhance the integration and connectivity of the reduction demonstrates air quality benefit it will be evaluated for CMAQ.) multi-modal transportation system to address transportation system, across and between 2. Congestion relief/reduce delay Level of Service improvement; idle time reduced. HDV may be calculated separately. (To existing and future needs. modes for people and freight. qualify for CMAQ project must provide cost-effective congestion mitigation that provides an air ualit benefit. If project adds capacity, it will not be considered for CMAQ.). Mobility 3. Promote connectivity (more direct travel, network infill) Describe connectivity feature. If project reduces VMT it could help the region meet greenhouse Increase accessibility and mobility. emission requirements. Optimize safety and security of the Increase safe of the transportation system. 4. Population # served (ADT; pop/jobs Win %mi) Provide traffic count; estimate # jobs and population that will be served by this project. Objective is to transportation system. show the number of people who will be served by the project. Staff will estimate population & Increase security of the transportation system. employment using RVMPO model data. Numbers generated will be used to estimate VMT reduction and air quality benefit. 1. Benefillimpact on senior, disabled or minority populations Does the project impact protected populations based on RVMPO Environmental Justice Plan Use transportation investments to foster Protect and enhance the environment, promote compact, livable communities. Develop a plan energy conservation, improve quality of life, and 2. Support Alternative Measure 2: increase housing on Does the project promote or support an increase in housing along transit routes. (If VMT reduction can Continue to work that builds on the character of the community, promote consistency between transportation transit route be directly linked) 2. toward more fully is sensitive to the environment and enhances improvements and planned growth and 3. Support Alternative Measure 5: Increase % housing in Is the project located in a downtown, activity center, designated TOD or other mixed-use integrating downtowns, mixed use) edestrian friendly areas Vitality & transportation and P a (residential/employment) are,? Does the project support, or is it part of, ahigh-density (at least 10- Livability land use Support Alternative Measure 6: Increase /o employment in unites/acre for housing) area. Describe the relationship planning. Support economic vitality especially by enabling downtowns, mixed use/ pedestrian friendly areas Use transportation investments to foster global competitiveness, productivity and 4. Benefit to freight movement, commercial traffic Describe the benefit to movement of commercial vehicles. (If project reduces truck VMT or economic opportunities. efficiency. emissions - esp, pre 1986 trucks -project will be evaluated for CMAQ). 1. Encouragelsupport SOV reduction; Reduce auto Does the project reduce SOV use; what elements of project contribute? dependence. 2. Support Alternative Measure 1: increase transit, bike, Describe how the project will increase use of alternative modes 3: Increase integration Use incentives and other strategies to reduce ed mode share Transportation and availability of reliance on single-occupant vehicles. 3. Support Alternative Measure 3: increase bike facilities Provide total length of qualifying bicycle lane. Options transportation options. on collectors, arterials 4. Support Alternative Measure 4: increase sidewalks on Provide total length of qualifying sidewalks collectors, arterials in TOD areas 1. Address/mitigate environmental impacts Describe project's benefit to natural environment. Does project include conservation features (ex. permeable surface) 2. Air quality benefit, long term including NOX and VOC. if there are air quality benefit in addition to responses provided to RED-TEXT criteria, describe. Maximize efficient use of transportation Promote efficient system management and Emission reductions and costfbenefit analysis will be done based on responses provided to infrastructure for all users and modes. operation. items in red. Numbers supplied or staff-generated for Mobility item 4 will be used in this analysis. Incorporate 3. Reduce greenhouse gas emissions (CO)i Does the project reduce reliance on travel by combustion vehicles, or shift to lower-carbon fuel? (It's 4: environmental and Y anticipated that projects contributin to the Alternative Measures will reduce GHG emissions. Resource energy conservation Conservation into the RVMPO 4. Use emerging/new technology Describe technology to be incorporated into project. planning process. 5. Preserves existing transportation asset How does the project extend the life of facility without the construction of new facilities? Does the Encourage use of cost-effective emerging project refurbish existing facility? Of facility is transit, bike or pedestrian it will be considered for technologies to achieve regional transportation Emphasize the preservation of the existing CMAQ evaluation.) goals. transportation system. 6. Reduce WIT Reduction formula based on project type. 7. Improve system efficiency Describe efficiency: Facility able to handle greater ADT without expansion; Improve other transportation function with smaller investment; reduced operational costs; other? 8. Other public, private funding sources (leverage) List overmatch, other funds Goals and Project Funding Criteria-Table Items in red will be part of CMAQ funding evaluation unless specifically disqualified (adds capacity, maintains existing facility/service) (1) Greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by reducing congestion, increasing operational efficiency, supporting alternative modes reducing use of combustion vehicles, and shifting to lower-carbon fuels (hftp:tlwww.deg.state.or.us/ag/committees/lowcarbon.htm). RVMPO Project Funding Application Packet-2016, 2017 & 2018 September 25, 2013 11 ID NAME FROM TO Width Shape J. Area Cost 75 'RSy !r \ 6 -n Sac 3.11 GRANITE ST END OF PAVEMENT GRANITE PIT 20 2040.941832 40,818.84 $20,341.39 Sec 48 GLENVIEW DR VISTA ST `n / F /t , E RD ST 114 4 1138.7N863 /150 , 4 Sec 428 GLENVIEW DR TERRACE ST RIDGE 6,68..85 $3, 38.33 1~ 1.. 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S w ~ ~ ' .e m f n g x t. l"L , - +=....ss" ~ -1' aac++v r,L.,.:~S^~'.,j,,.~, • i\ City of Ashland TSP Update - - Project 10633 October 2012 f0 Page - Project a: R17 E Nevada Street Extension Description: Extend Nevada Street from Bear Creek to Kestrel Parkway. Right-of-way costs are not included in the cost estimate. Category: Functional Classification: Time Frame: Engineering and Construction Cost: Roadway Avenue 0-5 years $2,261,000 Project Goals Met: Create a Green Improve. Safety Facilitate Economic Growth and Maintain Balance Mobility Template. Small Town Character and Access Project Location: Q € a § r: . G a - ~ ~ .4✓9TlM ~Y . g I f~'- 2 ~ ~ I Sour,s: USGS, ESR~ TANA D- Project Image: - " " - " ''!t 4 s'1 Pwav ~ ~ ~ 1~ ~ 1 0.5 I 1 0.5 . txr ~ s'cab Vim. 2-lane Avenue - ROW 6a'-78' (POr" is aWwod In a' bays) j Kiltelson & Associates, Inc. Portland, Oregon CITY • ASHLAND E. Nevada Street Extension - - - ri Street t Extension E. Nevada Project will include: Street Construction including: Sidewalks Bicycle Lanes Planting'Strip Bridge over Bear Creek Total Project Length - 65o linear feet City of Ashland Street Classification - Collector STIP Enhance Project Funding Application ■ Total STEP Funding Requested s2 736r765 ■ Total Project Budget $1050,000 i I EN q w. Eti. W [4 ENEADAST e 7 i rm-81 6* Q ~ Slke T Travel Me iO i05 I, t ~s. 16 s B I ~~g p= c.Cwb L G Wrb 2-Cane Avenue - ROW 5T-78' (Parking is ellowed'in 8' bays) ~r n..n.R m +L Planned and Existing Bikeways ® XmpbI { i sand r - ROMO ' Bike System I ` _ ~.~e6 ExkL~O eM POA tt OaloM : u Plnuw Oft Lwo % MMW SUM Path 3 R I arGes ! •eny Y 4 0 j ' ~ a 4 d~ 6 V y F 7 y 4 o ~ i I Existing and Planned Transit Service Z Sdad Rm . _ • am Routes MOIIW R" 89 u g ~,~.ta8 Mom EdSft Ra to a g S - ~ I L 4 /~y T al/ Nut . ,}yT ~ } p IN, Alternative Bypass Route Ek1 or ' Y It ( - tom` ~ _ O Eagle. Mill° ,=c North Mountain Fm, :ivy of Nternate Route ASHLAND E. Street Nevada SI m t Links-the existing terminus of E. Nevada St. with N. Mountain Ave., providing much needed capacity improvements and an additional route for local, multimodal east-. west travel. Council Communication December 3, 2013, Business Meeting Authorization to proceed with a Special Procurement for Consulting and Project Management to Steve Ennis Architects for Ashland Creek Park FROM: Don Robertson, Parks and Recreation Director, don.robertson@ashland.or.us SUMMARY This is a request for City Council, acting as the Local Contract Review Board, to approve an exemption from the competitive bid process and directly award a contract totaling $28,000 to Steve Ennis Architects for project management, inspection and construction activities related to the construction of Ashland Creek Park. BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS: This project for construction of Ashland Creek Park has been awarded a grant for $309,950.00 by the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Grant Program. The initial funds for this project are reimbursable up to 50%. However, 25% of the project must be completed within six months of notice to proceed. The notice to proceed for this project is dated September 27, 2013. Therefore, this project is time sensitive. Parks would like to directly award this contract to Steve Ennis Architects because they are already familiar with the project and can provide services Parks and Recreation staff cannot provide. Awarding this contract to Steve Ennis Architects will help us to meet the deadlines outlined in the Grant Award Agreement. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: The total cost of this contract is $28,000, which will come out of a combination of a grant Parks received and the Parks CIP for FY' 13-' 15. STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND REQUESTED ACTION: Staff recommends approval of the contract to Steve Ennis Architects. SUGGESTED MOTION: I move that Council, acting as the Local Contract Review Board, directly award a contract to Steve Ennis Architects for project management, inspection and construction activities in the amount of $28,000 for construction of Ashland Creek Park ATTACHMENTS: Special Procurement - Request for Approval (Written Findings) SPECIAL PROCUREMENT REQUEST FOR APPROVAL To: City Council, Local Contract Review Board From: Don Robertson, Ashland Parks and Recreation Date: November 20, 2013 Subject: REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A SPECIAL PROCUREMENT In accordance with ORS279B.085, this request for approval of a Special Procurement is being presented to the City Council for approval. This written request for approval describes the proposed contracting procedure and the goods or services or the class of goods or services to be acquired through the special procurement and the circumstances that justify the use of a special procurement under the standards set forth ORS 279B.085(4). I. Requesting Department Name: Ashland Parks and Recreation 2. Department Contact Name: Bruce Dickens Parks Superintendent 3. Type of Request: Class Special Procurement X Contract-specific Special Procurement 4. Time Period Requested: From: November 20, 2013 To: June 20, 2014 5. Total Estimated Cost: $27,000.00 6. Short title of the Procurement: Special Procurement of Steve Ennis Architect Supplies and/or Services or class of Supplies and/or Services to be acquired: Construction project management, inspection of construction activities, design consultation during construction, review of shop drawings and submittals, preparation of monthly progress payment estimates and updates. 7. Background and Proposed Contracting Procedure A written quote is attached for the approval of council. A contract for intermediate procurement as a direct appointment for personnel services is the proposed procedure. Background:-Utilization of project management is a practice for bigger projects with the department that staff does not have the expertise to manage. Proposed procedure: Direct award public contract for final construction project management, inspection and construction activities, design consultation during construction, review of shop drawings and submittals, preparation of monthly progress payment estimates and updates. 8. Justification for use of Special Procurement: The original contract on other park projects continued and carried over on to the Ashland Creek Park project. Steve Ennis had worked on the initial coordination of the park therefore staff is recommending to continue this coordination throughout the construction phase. 9. Findings to Satisfy the Required Standards: This proposed special procurement: _X_ (a) will be unlikely to encourage favoritism in the awarding of public contracts or to substantially diminish competition for public contracts because: This special procurement would be unlikely to encourage favoritism in the awarding of public contracts or to substantially diminish competition for public contracts because Steve Ennis has been involved in some of the preliminary planning of this project and has detailed knowledge that if we were hiring another engineering firm, would require extra staff time. _X (b)(i) will result in substantial cost savings to the contracting agency or to the public because: Staff does not have the expertise to project manage the details and requirements of this type of public improvement project. (b)(ii) will otherwise substantially promote the public interest in a manner that could not practicably be realized by complying with the requirements of ORS 27913.055, 27913.060, 279B.065, or 27913.070, or any rules adopted thereunder because: (Please provide specific information that demonstrates how the proposed Special Procurement meets this requirement.) Public Notice: Pursuant to ORS 279B.085(5) and OAR 137-047-0285(2), a Contracting Agency shall give public notice of the Contract Review Authority's approval of a Special Procurement in the same manner as a public notice of competitive sealed Bids under ORS 279B.055(4) and OAR 137-047-0300. The public notice shall describe the Goods or Services or class of Goods or Services to be acquired through the Special Procurement and shall give such public notice of the approval of a Special Procurement at least seven (7) Days before Award of the Contract. After the Special Procurement has been approved by the City Council, the following public notice will be posted on the City's website to allow for the seven (7) day protest period. Date Public Notice first appeared on www.ashland.or.us-November 25, 2013 PUBLIC NOTICE Approval of a Special Procurement First date of publication: November 25, 2013 A request for approval of a Special Procurement was presented to and approved by the City Council, acting as the Local Contract Review Board, on December 3, 2013. This is a Contract-specific procurement to directly award a contract to Steve Ennis Architects for the construction phase of the Ashland Creek Park Project which includes; construction project management services final inspection of project and contract administration. It has been determined based on written findings that the Special Procurement will be unlikely to encourage favoritism in the awarding of public contracts or to substantially diminish competition for public contracts, and result in substantial cost savings or substantially promote the public interest in a manner that could not be realized by complying with the requirements that are applicable in ORS 279B.055, 279B.060, 2798.065, or 27913.070. An affected person may protest the request for approval of a Special Procurement in accordance with ORS 27913.400 and OAR 137-047-0300. A written protest shall be delivered to the following address: City of Ashland, (Ashland Parks and Recreation, Bruce Dickens, 340 S. Pioneer St. Ashland OR 97520). The seven (7) protest period will expire at 5:00pm on December 3, 2013. This public notice is being published on the City's Internet World Wide Web site at least seven days prior to the award of a public contract resulting from this request for approval of a Special Procurement. CITY OF ASHLAND Council Communication December 3, 2013, Business Meeting Final North Main Road Diet Report/Transportation Commission Recommendation FROM: Michael R. Faught, Public Works Director, Public Works Department, faughtm@ashland.or.us SUMMARY The North Main Road Diet pilot project was a year-long test of the re-striping of North Main Street from four lanes (two travel lanes in each direction) to three lanes (one travel lane in each direction with a center turn lane) and bike lanes. The reconfiguration was intended to improve safety for vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians, while maintaining travel times in the North Main corridor. Public support for the re-configuration is also a criteria for evaluating the project. The analysis of the North Main pilot road diet project has been completed and based on the traffic engineer's findings and subsequent recommendation by the Transportation Commission, Public Works staff recommends that the three- lane configuration with proposed modifications be retained. BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS: The one year (October 20, 2012 thru October 20, 2013) pilot North Main road diet project analysis is complete. Southern Oregon Transportation Engineering LLC, hired in January 2013, completed the technical evaluation of the project (see attached) and the Southern Oregon University Research Center (SOURCE) completed its resident and business public opinion surveys (see attached). As a reminder, the criteria established to measure the success of the pilot project were as follows: • Reduction of the annual average number and severity of crashes. • Reduction of the 85`h percentile speed closer to the posted speed limit. • Increased bicycle and pedestrian volumes. • Maintaining an average vehicle travel time of 4 minutes and 20 seconds or less from Helman Street to the north end of the project. • Increased public support for keeping the road diet after the trial period. Engineering Technical report summar Activity Performance Prior To Projected Performance Actual Performance Road Diet with Road Diet with Road Diet Crash Data 120 reported crashes Reduction in crashes 2 reported crashes (the (Oct 2002 - Oct 2012) (within the corridor) engineers report explains why this is a reduction of the previous Council update) Page I of 3 pr rJA a CITY OF ASHLAND 85` Percentile Speed 31 (NB) and 32 (SB) Reduction in speed July 2013 Data: (September 2012 closer to 25 mph 29 B and 30 SB Bicycle Volumes 26 (Laurel), 22 Increase in bicyclist 20 (Laurel), 25 (Maple) (0) volumes (Maple) (15) Hersey/Wimer Hersey/Wimer (September 2012) Pedestrian Volumes 36 (Laurel), 17 Increase in pedestrian 92 (Laurel), 17 (Maple) (21) volumes (Maple) (40) Hersey/Wimer Hersey/Wimer (September 2012) Travel Time (NB) 235.5 seconds Projected post diet 257 230.8 seconds (September 2012) seconds (Not To Exceed 260 seconds Travel Time (SB) 233.5 seconds Projected post diet 227.3 seconds (September 2012) 241.3 seconds (Not To Exceed 260 seconds The traffic engineer notes that pedestrian and bicycle volumes appear to be influenced by the weather with the exception of commuter trips that stayed consistent during the course of the study. She also points out that the nature of the bicyclist has changed with post road diet implementation with cyclists using the bike lane now instead of the sidewalk. The final technical report summary concludes that "from a technical standpoint, North Main Street operates better as a 3-lane facility than it did as a 4-lane facility." In addition, the engineer points out that the 3-lane configuration meets the goals and polices of the City's transportation plan because it functions as a multi-modal facility. The recommendation is to leave the road diet in place but not make permanent changes to allow for emergencies, special events or sudden change in traffic patterns. While the traffic engineer recommends keeping the 3-lane configuration, some minor striping alterations are recommended. Those modifications (see attached drawings) are as follows: • Bush Street - creating a turn lane • Maple Street - move Stone Medical driveway north, shorten the southbound turn lane and extend the three lane configuration south • Glenn Street - remove the left turn lane at Glenn and extend the center turn lane through Glenn/Coolidge intersection • Central Street from Laurel to North Main designate as a one-way street • Ashland Mine Road - create a north bound left turn refuge lane on North Main Public Input Public input was collected by customer generated emails, Open City Hall forum and a scientific survey conducted by SOURCE. Road diet emails were not tabulated but are included in the packet for council review. The Open City Hall forum generated 273 responses 68% of respondents preferred the road diet and 28% preferred the 4-lane configuration (see attached). The scientific residential survey completed by SOURCE had a 55% return rate (552 surveys returned out of 1000). Overall the Page 2 of 3 ImM CITY OF ASHLAND responses to the survey about the changes were evenly split with a "slight tendency towards a positive opinion to the reconfiguration" (see attached). Transportation Commission Recommendation At its November 20, 2013 meeting, the Transportation Commission heard presentations from the traffic engineer, SOURCE and additional public input on the road diet. Following their deliberations the Transportation Commission found (within their motion) that: 1. The criteria had been met for continuation of the three lane configuration. 2. Additional design and operational changes were needed. 3. The project meets the multimodal goal to provide safe and comfortable options to all users. The Transportation Commission recommends that the City Council approve the continuation of the three-lane configuration on North Main. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: The estimated cost to restripe and sign North Main was $130,000 ($30,000 engineering and $100,000 for the project) and the actual cost was $187,500 ($37,000 for engineering and $150,000 for the project). The ODOT Bike and Pedestrian grant covered all but $15,000 of this. In addition to the preliminary engineering, post road diet engineering cost (on-going project evaluation of the road diet) is $47,693.13 (Kittelson & Associates, $7,828.50, SOURCE, $13,864.63 and Southern Oregon Transportation Engineering, $26,000). STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND REQUESTED ACTION: Based on the traffic engineer's evaluation and the subsequent recommendation by the Transportation Commission, staff recommends retaining the three lane configuration with the recommended modifications. SUGGESTED MOTION: Move to retain the current North Main three-lane configuration with recommended modifications, if approved by ODOT. ATTACHMENTS: 1. Traffic Engineer's Report 2. SOURCE Survey 3. Proposed Road Diet Modification Drawings 4. Public Comment Submittals 5. Open City Hall Comments Page 3 of 3 ~r, IOUTwc,4m 0ir6OM Tggtij-pogTgT/OMCM6imrcoiM6, LLC 112 Monterey Drive -Medford, Or. 97504 -Office 541.608.9923- Cell 541.941.4148 -Email: Kwkpl @Q.com November 25, 2013 Mike Faught, Public Works Department City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, Oregon 97520 RE: Post Road Diet Assessment - January through October Southern Oregon Transportation Engineering, LLC was retained by the City of Ashland to perform an on-going assessment of how the road diet on North Main Street is operating since it was implemented in September of 2012. The evaluation criteria, set forth by Kittelson & Associates, included the following measures: • Improve Safety - Reduce the annual average number and severity of crashes on North Main Street. • Reduce Vehicle Speeds - Reduce the 85th Percentile Speed closer to the posted speed of 25 mph. • Increase Bicycle and Pedestrian Volumes - An increase in bicycle and pedestrian volumes during the trial period would indicate an element of success at better serving all modes along North Main Street. • Maintain Acceptable Vehicle Travel Time - Maintain an average vehicle travel time of 4 minutes and 20 seconds or less from Helman Street to the northern city limits. • Gain Community Support - Achieve an increase in support for keeping the road diet after the trial period. Background The City hired Kittelson & Associates in 2012 to establish evaluation criteria for the North Main Street Road Diet pilot project and collect data on North Main Street prior to implementation of the road diet. In late September of 2012, construction began to implement the road diet and it was finished by the end of October of 2012. Volunteers and staff collected monthly pedestrian and bicycle data from October of 2012 through October of 2013 to complete a one-year evaluation. Southern Oregon Transportation Engineering, LLC was hired by the City in January of 2013 to collect operational data on North Main Street and provide an assessment regarding the road diet performance over a one-year trial period. I.O. TAAtlJDOUTIlTIOH ~HLItlFFRltl6, LL( I November 25,20131 Post Road Diet Assessment 1 Data Collection Monthly data collection since January of 2013 includes: • Side street delays during the PM peak hour (seconds per vehicle) • Side street queue lengths during the PM peak hour (number of vehicles waiting at any one time) • Main Street delays and queue lengths during the PM peak hour • Intersection level of services during the PM peak hour (A-F) • Available gaps on Main Street for side street traffic during the PM peak hour • Average travel times during the AM and PM peak hours • 85`" percentile speeds • Average daily traffic (ADT) volumes Quarterly data collection since January of 2013 includes: • Side street average daily traffic volumes • Side street delays during the AM peak hour (seconds per vehicle) • Side street queue lengths during the AM peak hour (number of vehicles waiting at any one time) Pre vs. Post Road Diet - North Main Street Performance • Crash Data - The North Main Street corridor between Schofield Street and Helman Street experienced 120 reported crashes in the most recent 10-year period (2002-2012), or an average of 12 crashes per year. A fatality resulted from a collision in June of 2005 between Schofield and Sheridan. The location with the highest occurrence during that 10-year period was shown at the stop-controlled intersection of Wimer/Hersey/Main Street, where there were 39 reported crashes with a maximum of 7 crashes in any one single year. From November of 2012 through October of 2012 there have been 2 reported crashes on North Main Street between Schofield Street and Helman Street. Both crashes occurred at the signalized intersection of Maple/Main Street and were rear-end collisions. None of the crashes involved injury. Comparison graphs show before and after results in the following pages. f.O. TRAHSDOAIArINN ~NGINGFAIH6, ttf I November 25, 2013 1 Post Road Diet Assessment 12 Crashes in Corridor 20 19 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Off' O~ O~ Oy OHO o^ O$ O°j 10 '1~ 'tip' 'til ,yO ,yO ,yO ,yO ,~O ,yO ,yO ,~O ,yO ,yO ,yO ~O 'tiO\ 10\ ti~~O1ti ti~~o~ti 1 Crashes at Hersey/Wimer/Main 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 oL O3 O~ 00 O^ 00 Oq tiO 1ti ti~ e{ ,yOOh 1\,~'l% ~,LQ ~ti~ The last time that crash data was reported to the City Council was in August of 2013. At that hearing, 3 crashes were reported to have occurred on North Main Street from November of 2012 - July of 2013. This was in error. Only 2 crashes were actually reported to the City through the normal reporting procedures. The third crash came from a discussion with an Ashland police officer and was assumed to have been missed so was included in the data. What has been discovered since having discussions with the Ashland Police Department is their method for reporting crashes to the City has gone through changes over the past decade. For clarification, between the years 2000-2008, the Police Department took crash reports on all crashes. In 2008, due to budget cuts, the Police Department changed their policy and only took crash reports when one party to the incident required transport to a medical care facility, one of the vehicles involved needed to be towed away from the scene, or a citation was issued. The crashes shown on the graph between 2009 and'2012 only reflect crash reports taken under the new policy. In September of 2013, the Police Department once again changed their policy and are back to filling out reports for all crashes regardless of the circumstances. As an additional comparison, crash data from ODOT's crash analysis unit was evaluated and provided the following results: 119 total reported crashes within the corridor in the most recent 10-year period (2002-2012) as compared to 120 reported crashes to the City of Ashland. 37 of the reported crashes occurred at the intersection of Hersey/Wimer/Main Street as compared to 39 from City records. ODOT crash records show one crash since implementation of the road diet compared to 2 reported to the City, but their data ends in April of 2013 so they don't include a crash that occurred in May of 2013. Overall, the data from ODOT appears to be consistent with what was provided to the City and used in the evaluation. • Pedestrian/Bicycle Activity - One of the motivations for the North Main Street road diet is to make it easier and more attractive for bicyclists and pedestrians to use North Main Street. An increase in these volumes would be an indication of better serving all modes of travel. Prior to implementation of the road diet, pedestrian and bicyclist volumes were gathered during peak periods at the intersections of Laurel/Main, Hersey/Wimer/Main, and Maple/Main. Data was collected at Laurel/Main and Maple/Main during the P.M. period (3:30-5:30 P.M.) and earlier in the day at Hersey/Wimer/Main (1:00-3:00 P.M.) to compare lunch and school traffic volumes. A summary of pre, post, and average data is provided in the following table. 1 I.O. Taanivoarnrlan Cnomtz xG, L LC I November 25, 20131 Post Road Diet Assessment 5 Table 1 - Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Comparisons-North Main Street Pxedeslriflns Bicyclists Segment q0 Emm P.re Pros[ Avcrflgc Pre Post Average III Maple Street/ Main Street (3:30-5:30 P.M.) 17 17 23 22 25 22 licrscy/W imer/ Main Street (2:00-3:00 P.M.) 21 40(+) 24(+) 0 15(+) 11 Laurel Street / Main Street (3:30-5:30 P.M.) 36 92(+) 53(+) 26 20(-) 23 -Pre/Post data compares data collected in the month of September '-Average data is averaged from November of 2012 - October of 2013 Post-road diet pedestrian volumes were higher than pre-road diet volumes at Laurel/Main and Hersey/Wimer/Main, and shown to be the same at Maple/Main for the month of September. Average post-road diet pedestrian volumes were higher at all three intersections. Post-road diet bicycle volumes were higher than pre-road diet volumes at Maple/Main and Hersey/Wimer/Main, and lower at Laurel/Main for the month of September. Average volumes were higher, lower, and the same depending on the location. Pedestrian and bicycle volumes appear to be influenced by weather, with a certain amount of commuter trips remaining consistent each month regardless of weather, but overall volumes affected by it. The nature of the bicyclist has changed in the corridor since implementation of the road diet. A larger number of cyclists now use the bike lane rather than the sidewalk when traveling on North Main Street, and there's a wider range of age groups riding on North Main Street than previously. From a safety standpoint, these changes are more significant than an increase in riders because it indicates a higher level of comfort with using the facility. Graphs showing all pedestrian and bicyclist volumes are provided on the following pages. LO. TRBgtpgRrartom 46g(;lgsFama, LL( I November 25, 2013 1 Post Road Diet Assessment 16 # PEDS/CYCLISTS @) Main/Maple s0 47 45 40 37 35 30 - 30 OP 31 29 28 25 27 26 26 27 •-HPEDS 2 2 22 (CYCLISTS 20 2 \ V- 17 16 \,eOO0447 15 10 11 8 s 0 Sept.12 Oct.12 Nov 12 Dec.12 Feb. 13 Mar.13 Apr.13 May.13 Jun. 13 Jul.13 Aug.13 Sept.13 Oct. 13 # PEDS/CYCLISTS C) Main/Hersey/Wimer 2-3pm 45 40 35 30 28 A28 25 t PEDS 20 21 21 21 -,*-CYCLISTS V 17 16 17 15 13 12 13 1 11 10 9 9 S 6 0 Sept. 12 Oct. 12 Nov. 12 Jan. 13 Feb. 13 Mar. 13 Apr. 13 May. 13 Jun. 13 Jul. 13 Aug. 13 Sept. 13 Oct. 13 # PEDS/CYCLISTS Cc~ Main/Laurel 100 90 92 80 70 64 60 SO 54 53 -*-PEDS -4W-CYCLISTS 40 38 41 36 30 32 33 32 8 26 23 22 20 16 10 12 0 Sept. 12 Oct. 12 Nov. 12 Jan. 13 Mar. 13 Apr. 13 May. 13 Jun. 13 Jul. 13 Aug. 13 Sept. 13 Oct. 13 a 85d' Percentile Speed - Before implementation of the road diet, the 85d' percentile speed on North Main Street was measured to be 31 miles per hour (mph) northbound and 32 mph southbound at a location just north of Coolidge Street. Since January of 2013 the 85`" percentile speed has been measured each month at the same location for comparison purposes and has been consistently slightly lower (1-2 mph lower in each direction). The 85`' percentile speed in September of 2013 was measured to be 30 mph northbound and southbound. a Corridor Travel Times - Travel times were measured along North Main Street between Valley View Road - Maple Street and Maple Street - Heiman Street in both directions before implementation of the road diet. Travel times have continued to be measured each month since January of 2013 for comparison purposes. Results for the PM peak hour are provided in Table 2. Tablg2? Travel Time Comparisons-North Main Street 'Travel Times (Seconds) Segment Length (Miles) tixisting out Proposed with Actualwith Road Road Diet Road Diet Die[ (to date) I lelman Street to Maple Street (NB) 0.58 90.3 111.8 87.2 Maple Street to Valley View Road (NB) 1.41 145.2 145.2 143.6 Total Travel Time (NB) 235.5 257.0 230.8 Valley View Road to Maple Street (SE) 1.41 144.2 150.0 138.8 Maple Street to Nelman Street (SB) 0.58 89.3 91.3 88.5 Total Travel Time (SB) 233.5 241.3 227.3 As can be seen in Table 2, average peak hour travel times along North Main Street have remained fairly unchanged since implementation of the road diet. Results show that average post-road diet travel times are 5 seconds faster northbound and 6 seconds faster southbound during the P.M. peak hour than pre-road diet travel times that were measured in April of 2011. Both northbound and southbound post- road diet travel times are significantly faster than what was expected once the road diet was implemented, which is consistent with vehicle speeds being similar to pre-road diet speeds and not dropping as expected. Detailed information is provided in a data summary sheet at the end of this report, which shows travel times for each month from January of 2013 through October of 2013. a Intersection Level of Service - Traffic operations were evaluated at key intersections along North Main Street before implementation of the road diet and estimated for post-road diet conditions. Intersection operations have been evaluated each month since January of 2013 at the most critical intersection (Wimer/Hersey/Main) and in August and September of 2013 at all other intersections for comparison purposes. The worst operations to date were reported in Table 4, and compared to what was reported for pre-road diet conditions and proposed road diet conditions. f.0. TJAMfpoRTArlOMEB4IadGttM6, LK I November 25, 2013 1 Post Road Diet Assessment 110 Table 3- North NI9in Street Arterial Operations- PM Peak Hour Tratlic Operations Intersection Measure Existing without Proposed with Actual with Road lliet Road Diet Road Diet (to-idafe) LOS (A-F) B C B North Main Street SB/NB Speed (mph) 30.7 27.9 31.4 Travel Time (see) 234.5 257.0 229.1 Table 4 -North Main Street Intersection Operations- PM Peak Hour Traffle Operations Intersection Measure I,xisling without Proposed with Actual with (load Dict Road Pict Road Diet LOS C Sheridan/Main Street V/C 0.04 Delay (sec/veh) 16.8 LOS C Grant Street/Main Street V/C 0.17 Delay (sec/veh) 19.1 LOS A B B Maple Street/Main Street V/C 0.58 0.89 0.77 Delay (sec/veh) 7.8 19.3 17.3 LOS B C C Glenn Street/Main Street V/C 0.11 0.20 0.14 Delay (sec/veh) 14 8 24 5 18.7 From Glenn-WB IAS F E D V/C 1.25 0.63 0.49 Hersey/Wimer/Main Street Delay (sec/veh) 282.2 18.0 27.5 From Wimer-EB Delay (sedveh) 69.1 43.9 35.9 From I lersey-WB LOS E D C Manzanita Street/Main Street V/C 0.25 0.16 0.14 Delay (see/veh) 41.0 26.7 17.0 From Manzanita-EB LOS A A A Laurel Smeet/Main Street V/C 0.45 0.70 0.56 Delay (sec/veh) 4.9 7.5 5.2 Note: Bold, italic results reflects operations that exceed performance standards S.O- Taan PURTATIOn Fn6InFt alnG, W I November 25, 2013 Post Road Diet Assessment I I As can be seen in Tables 3 and 4, arterial and intersection operations have improved since implementation of the road diet. Actual intersection operations have been better than estimated by Kittelson & Associates in their June of 2011 memorandum. Two intersections (Hersey/Wimer/Main and Manzanita/Main) were shown to exceed performance standards under pre-road diet conditions, but all intersections operate within performance standards under post-road diet conditions. • Corridor Queuing - Queuing is the stacking up of vehicles for a given lane movement. Queue lengths are reported as the average, maximum, or 95th percentile queue length to the nearest 25- foot increment. Each 25-foot increment represents a single vehicle. 95" percentile queue lengths were measured at key intersections prior to the road diet and estimated for post-road diet conditions. Results are provided in Table 5 below.. It VII Nortlr Main Street<Corridor Queue Lengths Tabl!L5 - in~l Q ueu e,Lengths.(Fyee[) =NUMB., Dlovement proposed Actual I're-12oad Diet post-Road Diet Post-Road Diet (07/72) NBT 175 525 400 SBT 175 550 500(+) Maple Street/North Main Street EB NA 225 175 WB NA 50 50 NBL 50 0 00 SBL 125 150 50(-) Glenn Street/Main Street EB 25 50 25 WB 75 250 75 NBL 100 50 75(-) SBL 125 100 75(-) Hersey/Wimer/Main Street EB 200 225 75(-) WB 125 175 125 NBL 25 75 25 SBTR 50 225 50 Manzanita Street/Main Street EB 200 75 50(-) WB 100 100 50(-) NB 150 325 225(+) SB '125 150 150(+) Laurel Street/Main Street EB 75 100 75 WB 75 50 50(-) Results of simulations show that queue lengths have decreased at all stop-controlled intersections since implementation of the road diet, but are higher on the mainline (North f.0. T,4amm wigm ZcmwtF6RIB6, November 25, 20131 Post Road Diet Assessment 1 12 Main Street) at both signalized intersections. The worst queuing is shown to occur northbound and southbound at the signalized intersection of Maple Street/North Main Street. • Stopped Delay - The stopped delay is the delay in seconds a vehicle waits in a stopped position (normally at a stop sign on a side street) to make a maneuver onto another roadway (normally the mainline). Data was collected at the intersection of Hersey/Wimer/Main Street every month since January of 2013 and at other intersections within the corridor when requested. Results are provided in Table 6. Tabley6'-Stopped Delal; on SideaStreets within North Main Street Corridor PM Peak Hour ''a 1I Stopped Delay Data Intersecliom Movement Wn top Stopped Averages/Maximum LOS) Time Queue Lengths (sec/yeh) (see) (veh,~ ides) NBL 8.7 (A) 48 0/1 Bush Street/North Main Street EBLR 16.5 (C) 91 0/2 SBL 9.8(A) 46 0/3 Glenn Street/Main Street WBLR 17.2 (C) 108 1/3 NBL 9.1 (A) 73 1/2 SBL 12.4 (B) 90 1/4 Hersey/Wimer/Main Street EBLTR 22.0 (C) 125 1/4 WBLT 24.7 (C) 81 0/1 WEIR 21.1(C) 112 2/6 Sheridan/Main Street EBLTR 12.0 (B) 93 0/2 The intersection of Hersey/Wimer/Main has the highest turning movement volumes to/from a side street along North Main Street within our study area so it was evaluated each month to compare results. Citizen comments were received that indicated drivers had trouble at times getting to/from Main Street at Bush Street, Glenn Street, and Sheridan so these intersections were added for evaluation. Results show that the average wait time for a vehicle on any of the stopped positions is less than 25 seconds or a level of service "C" or better. The maximum wait time for a single vehicle during the P.M. peak period was 125 seconds and occurred on Winner Street. All stopped approaches were shown to operate at a LOS "C" or better when evaluated. Hersey/Wimer/Main Street data was averaged over a 10 month period between January and October of 2013. Data at the other locations was based on a single count performed in August or September of 2013. LO. TAAtlfDOATArIOtl ~tlGItlFFAIHG, U( I November 25, 20131 Post Road Diet Assessment 13 • Proposed design changes - Effort continues to be made to improve the road diet and make it more efficient. Design changes include: o Adding a northbound left turn lane at Bush Street o Restriping the southbound left turn pocket at Glenn Street to be a center two-way- left-turn-lane o Re-aligning driveways on North Main Street just north of Maple Street to eliminate conflicting left turn movements o Improving sight distance at intersections to increase visibility for side street traffic o Adding a crosswalk on North Main Street between the signalized intersections of Laurel/Main and Maple/Main o Reducing pedestrian walk times to minimums at signalized intersections to decrease traffic flow disruption on North Main Street during peak periods. In summary, data collected to date includes: • Corridor Travel Times • Side Street Delay • Main Street Delay • Intersection Capacity and Level of Service • Corridor Level of Service • Corridor 85th Percentile Speeds • Intersection Queuing and Blocking • Main Street Available Gaps • Pedestrian Volumes • Bicyclist Volumes • Main Street Peak Hour and Average Daily Traffic Volumes • Side Street Peak Hour and Average Daily Traffic Volumes Additional considerations to date include: • Design Modifications • Intersection Sight Distances • Citizen Requests A summary of corridor travel times, side-street and main-street delays, and available gap times is provided on the following page. 5. TRAHSVOATATIOH ~HLIHFFAIMG, LK I November 25, 2013 Post Road Diet Assessment 14 Pre/Post Road Diet - Data Summary 2013 Pre Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sept Oct Segment Travel Time - Southbound - PM Peak Hour Valley View - Maple Street (min) 2:24 2:16 2:14 2:19 2:19 2:25 2:30 2:14 2:28 2:15 2:10 Valley View- Maple Street (MPH) 35 37 38 36 36 35 34 38 34 38 39 Maple Street - HelmanStreet(min) 1:29 1:20 1:27 1:28 1:27 1:30 1:27 1:35 1:32 1:28 1:31 Maple Street- Heiman Street (MPH) 24 26 24 24 24 23 24 22 23 24 23 Segment Travel Time - Northbound - PM Peak Hour Valley View - Maple Street (min) 2:25 2:13 2:20 2:26 2:23 2:29 2:35 2:31 2:23 2:19 2:16 Valleyview- Maple Street (MPH) 35 38 36 35 35 34 33 34 35 36 37 Maple Street- Heiman Street (min) 1:30 1:28 1:26 1:24 1:29 1:21 1:32 1:21 1:34 1:29 1:28 Maple Street- Heiman Street (MPH) 23 24 24 25 23 26 23 26 22 23 24 Side Street Stopped Delay 3:30-5:30 PM (*7:00-9:00 AM) Wimer Delay PM PM PM PM PM *AM PM PM PM PM PM Avg Stopped Time (sec) 25.18 19.92 21.55 14.98 23.55 19.64 30.14 16.53 19.86 27.2 20.71 Max Stopped Time (sec) 128 113 194 76 90 161 164 121 100 116 146 Avg queue (veh) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Max Queue (veh) 6 4 3 4 2 4 5 5 4 6 3 3 Hersey Delay Left/Throughs All Avg Stopped Time (sec) 26.69 38.92 25.18 24.85 24.56 14.78 24.91 24.38 25.91 16.13 16 Max Stopped Time (sec) 146 103 65 166 113 39 84 63 62 60 35 Avg Queue (veh) 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Max Queue (veh) 2 1 2 2 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Right Turns Avg Stopped Time (sec) 15.07 24.15 23.78 22.95 9.11 24.24 12.30 19.52 24.79 23.27 Max Stopped Time (sec) 124 116 130 96 67 137 63 87 161 92 Avg Queue (veh) 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 Max Queue (veh) 6 4 5 6 10 2 7 4 6 6 5 North Main Street Delay Northbound Lefts Number ofTurns (veh) NA 94 NA 80 83 NA NA 72 NA 70 NA Avg Stopped Time (sec) NA 7.81 NA 8.36 8.47 NA NA 12.63 NA 8.13 NA Max Stopped Time (sec) NA 59 NA 138 60 NA NA 72 NA 37 NA Avg Queue (veh) I NA 1 NA 1 1 NA NA 1 NA 1 NA Max Queue(veh) 3 NA 3 NA 2 1 NA NA 3 NA 2 NA Southbound Lefts Number ofTurns (veh) NA 144 NA 160 158 NA NA 136 NA 141 NA Avg Stopped Time (sec) NA 10.69 NA 15.56 9.95 NA NA 9.29 NA 16.52 NA Max Stopped Time (sec) NA 47 NA 91 93 NA NA 75 NA 145 NA Avg Queue (veh) 1 NA 1 NA 1 1 NA NA 1 NA 1 NA Max Queue (veh) 7 NA 3 NA 4 3 NA NA 4 NA 4 NA North Main Street Gaps at Hersey/Wimer 3:30-5:30 PM (*7:00-9:00 AM) Direction PM PM PM PM PM *AM PM PM PM PM PM Southbound 617 553 637 699 558 656 618 634 607 530 807 Northbound 454 516 533 561 496 827 534 579 522 476 668 Combined 101 119 150 154 137 326 117 123 144 96 268 Recommendations and Conclusions The benefits of the road diet include a safer roadway based on fewer reported crashes, lower vehicular speeds, and the addition of bike lanes through the corridor. Other improvements include reduced 95'h percentile queue lengths, lower stopped delays, improved intersection operations (level of service and volume-to-capacity), and improved sight distances at stop-controlled intersections. The trade-offs of the road diet include increased 95th percentile queue lengths and congestion on North Main Street at signalized intersections, a decreased ability to speed through the corridor, and fewer gaps for side street traffic during peak periods. From a purely technical standpoint, North Main Street operates better as a 3-lane facility than it did as a 4-lane facility. From a livability standpoint, North Main Street better meets the goals and policies of the City's Transportation System Plan as a 3-lane facility because it functions as a multi-modal facility. The only unknown is how long North Main Street can continue to function better as a 3-lane facility than as a larger facility. The average daily traffic (ADT) on North Main Street was shown to fluctuate between 18,100 - 20,700 ADT over a 10-month period, which is at the high end of what's generally shown to provide a benefit to a system, but throughout the evaluation period the data has continued to show that it works regardless of higher traffic volumes. This has also been the case in a study performed on eight cities in California and Washington, where site ADTs were as high as 26,400 and road diets continued to provide a benefit. The sites were predominately on corridors in suburban environments that surrounded larger cities, which is similar to Ashland. It was concluded that the characteristics of a roadway play a role in bow long a road diet can adequately function, and this appears to be the case in Ashland. Based on this, the recommendation for North Main Street is to leave the road diet in place, but not make any permanent changes. Leaving it as it is allows flexibility for emergencies, special events, or sudden changes in traffic patterns without having to resort back to a 4-lane facility or obtain additional right-of-way for a 5-lane facility. If you have any questions or concerns with this assessment, please feel free to contact me. Sincerely, ~D' PRO Q~ P I Kimberly Parducci, PE PTOE f W.,Il,_ foungrAM &-ron JrumDORTIITIOB Incim-c-umm , LLC OREGON eFRLY PASO Attachments: Data Output RENEWS: 12/31114 J.O. TaueJD08TAT10H-[HONZFA1"Q LL( I November 25, 2013 1 Post Road Diet Assessment 16 North Main Street Reconfiguration Results from Resident and Business Public Opinion Surveys Southern Oregon University Research Center (SOURCE) November 13, 2013 Eva Skuratowicz, Ph.D. Karen Miller-Loessi, Ph.D. Dru Smith Southern Oregon University Research Center North Main Street Configuration Results from Resident and Business Public Opinion Surveys Executive Summary This document reports the results of a stratified random sample public opinion survey commissioned by the City of Ashland and conducted by the Southern Oregon University Research Center (SOURCE) in fall 2013. In 2012, the area on North Main Street from Bush Street to the railroad overpass was reconfigured from four lanes of traffic to two lanes of traffic with bicycle lanes and a center left turning lane. This was a pilot project and the City of Ashland commissioned the public opinion survey of Ashland residents and businesses so that the results could be used to aid in the decision of whether to retain the lane changes or return to the four- lane configuration. To assess resident opinions, a two-page mail-in survey questionnaire was sent to random samples of a total of 1000 Ashland residents, residing in three key geographical areas: within a few blocks of the reconfigured road section, near but not in that area, and all other Ashland areas. Overall, 552 surveys were returned, for a resident response rate of 55%. To assess the local businesses, a brief phone interview was conducted, using a list of 50 local organizations that are either in the general vicinity of the N. Main Street corridor or are major employers in Ashland. A total of 38 businesses responded for a business response rate of 76%. The data from these studies do not support a strong mandate regarding the N. Main Street lane changes. The Ashland citizens who responded to our survey have indicated a slight tendency toward a positive opinion of the reconfiguration. In the case of Ashland businesses, the largest proportion of our interviewees (37%) remain neutral on whether or not to continue the reconfiguration. The remaining businesses are evenly split between retaining the lane changes and going back to the four-lane configuration. 1 ~ Southern Oregon University Research Center North Main Street Configuration Results from Resident and Business Public Opinion Surveys INTRODUCTION The Southern Oregon University Research Center (SOURCE) was hired by the City of Ashland in the summer of 2013 to conduct a scientific public opinion survey on the reconfiguration of North Main Street, also known as the "Road Diet". In 2012, the area on North Main Street from Bush Street to the railroad overpass was reconfigured from four lanes of traffic to two lanes of traffic with bicycle lanes and a center left turning lane. This was a pilot project and the City of Ashland commissioned the public opinion survey of Ashland residents and businesses so that the results could be used to aid in the decision of whether to retain the lane changes or return to the four-lane configuration. In consultation with Mike Faught, Betsy Harshman, Dave Kanner and Tammi DeMille-Campos, SOURCE constructed a two-page mail-in survey questionnaire for Ashland residents. The goal of the survey was to elicit Ashland citizens' attitudes, perceptions and knowledge regarding the N. Main Street reconfiguration, one year after the changes had been implemented. The survey asked questions about the N. Main corridor, including safety, congestion, speed, flow of traffic, use of alternative routes, and whether the respondent agreed or disagreed with the statement that the changes had improved the route (for the complete questionnaire, see Appendix A). To assess the local businesses, a brief phone interview was constructed. The questions were created in consultation with Mike Faught, Betsy Harshman and Tammi DeMille-Campos. The same group of people also generated a list of 50 local organizations that are either in the general vicinity of the N. Main Street corridor or are major employers in Ashland. These businesses included restaurants, hotels, manufacturers, grocery stores, delivery services, medical businesses, education, entertainment, real estate, tourism, construction, retail, and transportation. The questions asked about whether the organization's employees and their customers/clients had talked about the reconfiguration and what they had expressed, the impact the reconfiguration has had on the business, and whether the business supported keeping the reconfiguration (for a list of the complete interview questions, see Appendix B). The SOURCE research team consisted of Dr. Eva Skuratowicz, director, Dr. Karen Miller- Loessi, senior research associate, and student research assistants Sara Averbeck, Jacob Hahn, 2 Southern Oregon University Research Center Lia Klugman, and Dru Smith. Dr. Skuratowicz, Dru Smith, and Lia Klugman administered the local business interviews over the phone. Dr. Miller-Loessi oversaw the data entry done by all of the student research assistants. Drs. Miller-Loessi and Skuratowicz did the final data analysis. RESIDENT SURVEY METHODOLOGY We used a probability sampling method to randomly choose a stratified sample of 1,000 Ashland residents from a list of 10,850 Ashland households. The list was generated from the local utilities and was provided by the City of Ashland. All non-Ashland addresses were removed from the list. The addresses were stratified by distance from the N. Main Street corridor. City administrators, as well as the research team at SOURCE, wanted to know if someone's location in Ashland had an effect on their opinions regarding the reconfiguration. City of Ashland staff used Global Information Systems (GIS) to sort the list of Ashland utilities addresses into three groups: 1. Residences within the first few blocks off of the N. Main Street corridor were designated as living in the "target area". These are the people who are perceived as being most impacted by the change. 2. Residences who lived outside of the target area, but still within the general N. Main St part of town were designated as living in the "N. Main nearby area".' 3. Residences in Ashland but outside of the target area and the N. Main nearby area, were designated as "all other Ashland area". The sample was randomly selected from the lists of addresses in the three designated areas. Surveys were sent out to 50 households in the target area and we received valid surveys from 33 of those households for a 66% response rate in the target area. For the N. Main Street area, 150 surveys were mailed out and we received valid surveys from 132 households for an 88% response rate for that area. There were 800 households in the all other Ashland area that received surveys and 387 were returned for a 48% response rate. Specific boundaries for the N. Main Street area: from the overpass it follows the city limits line all along the west boundary to Strawberry Lane, down Strawberry Lane, following Nutley to Granite, following Granite, jogging down to follow Water Street to Hersey, on Hersey going west to Laurel, north on Laurel one block to Ohio, one block west to Orange, one block west to Willow, one block north to Otis, following one block north on Elizabeth to Randy, jumping over and including the Billings subdivision and following the city limits back to the overpass. 3 Southern Oregon University Research Center We did not ask for name, address or other similar identifying information on the survey, and we did not use any other means to track respondents. We received a total of 552 surveys, which is an overall 55% response rate. We are pleased with this high level of response for a public opinion mail-in survey. It indicates that there is strong community interest in the subject matter. This response rate is particularly notable because we did not send out a second survey to our sample, which is a very common practice to increase returns in a mail-in survey. However, we did mail reminder two postcard to each household in the sample. Since the surveys were anonymous all residents in the sample received these postcards whether they had already responded or not. Two general/demographic questions were asked on the resident survey. The first was whether the respondent had used N. Main Street since October 2012. Only 4% of the residents had not been on the N. Main corridor in the past year. We also asked how long the respondent had lived at their current address and two-thirds of the respondents reported that they had lived in their current residence for more than five years, 28% indicated they had been there from one to five years and 5% had lived there for less than one year. RESULTS In this section, we will discuss the main findings of the survey, ranging from the specific questions about changes in speed, congestion, traffic flow, and travel time. We will also analyze the general questions on safety and overall perception of the reconfiguration. Traffic Speed When queried about traffic speed both before and after the lane changes, the majority of respondents stated that traffic had slowed down since the reconfiguration. As indicated by Chart 1 below, about half of the respondents said that, BEFORE the lane reduction, people drove above the speed limit on the N. Main Street corridor; 42% said that people drove at the speed limit; and only 2% said that people drove below the speed limit. AFTER reconfiguration, respondents observed a general slowdown: 17% said drivers went above the speed limit, 60% said that people drove at the speed limit and 20% indicated that cars traveled below the speed limit. We were curious whether a respondent's residential area made a difference in their observations about traffic speed. However, when we looked at this question and separated out the responses by area, we did not find significant differences. 4 Southern Oregon University Research Center Chart 1 Traffic Speed Both Before and After the Lane Changes 70% 60% 60% 49% e a 50% Cr 40% c 30% 17% 20% 20% 7% y 10% ° 44 0% People drove above 'People drove at People drove below Don't know speed limit speed limit speed limit ■BEFORE RAFTER Total valid cases = 509 Before and 500 After. Traffic Congestion The respondents reported that traffic congestion has increased with lane reconfiguration (see Chart 2). Before the lane changes, only 8% of the respondents judged the traffic as usually congested, 56% felt it was sometimes congested, and 32% indicated that it was rarely or never congested. There was a noticeable shift after the lanes were changed, with 37% noting that the traffic is usually congested, 45% that it is sometimes congested, and only 16% pronouncing that it was rarely or never congested. When we looked at these responses by area, we found that there was a significant difference, depending on where the respondent lived, for the perceived congestion after the lanes had been changed (see Chart 3). Respondents in the target area were much more likely to perceive high levels of congestion after the lane changes (58%) than those who lived either nearby (45%) or in other parts of Ashland (32%). 5 Southern Oregon University Research Center Chart 2 Traffic Congestion Both Before and After Lane Changes 60% ° so%° 96 a, 40% 37% 32-%/. d 30% • y 20% o u 8% a 10% 2% 0% Usually Congested Sometimes Rarely/Never Don't Know Congested Congested ■BEFORE SAFTER Total valid cases = 519 Before and 513 After. Chart 3 Responded "Traffic Usually Congested", After Lane Changes, By Region 70% 58% c 60% 4S A Q 50% ° 40% v 30% m 20% C u 10% c. 0. 0% Target Area North Main Nearby Area All Other Ashland Area ■ Usually Congested Total valid cases = 513. Changes in Frequency of Travel on N. Main Street We had heard some anecdotal information about drivers not using N. Main Street as frequently after the reconfiguration, so we asked about this on the survey. It turns out that 73% of the respondents noted that their frequency of use of N. Main Street was the same. We had thought that those people who lived in the target area or the N. Main nearby area were more likely to 6 Southern Oregon University Research Center change their frequency of use after the lane changes. When we analyzed the responses by area, we found that where people lived did not significantly affect their before/after usage patterns of N. Main Street - most respondents maintained the same frequency of use before and after the reconfiguration. As indicated above, a little more than one-quarter of our respondents have changed how frequently they use the N. Main Street corridor. In the survey, we asked the respondents to explain why they are traveling more or less on N. Main Street, and 52 people included specific examples of the changes they have made in their utilization. We categorized those comments to get a larger sense of the alternates respondents are using. Twenty-two respondents described using N. Main Street less frequently, but did not give specifics. For example, one person wrote, "it is too congested. I avoid that part of town. I no longer frequent businesses on it either." Another stated, "I can't avoid it, but go a different way whenever I can." Other respondents were more specific. Fourteen people took some sort of combination of Oak/Eagle Mill/Hersey/Valley View. Examples of their comments include: "I prefer to go up to Eagle Mill Road to get to the freeway and bypass North Main entirely" and "I much more often use Oak Street and Valley View to get to the freeway." Nine people wrote on the survey that they use the freeway rather than travel on N. Main Street. Those routes are described like this: "More often using 1-5 past Tolman Creek" and "Less time to take interstate from S. Ashland to N. Ashland." Seven respondents explained that they are using N. Main Street more frequently, and all but one of those people attribute this to being able to bike more often on the road, for example, "Same amount of driving, but a bit more bicycle travel because I do not have to use back streets on most of the route to downtown." Safety Since one of the goals of the reconfiguration was to increase bicycle and pedestrian safety, we asked respondents how they thought safety for cars, bicycles and pedestrians had been affected by the change. The response for bicycle safety was very positive: 54% of the respondents thought it was safer for bicycles, whereas only 11% thought it was less safe. Respondents also were more likely to believe that the reconfiguration resulted in greater rather than less safety for both pedestrians and cars, although the trend was not as strong as for bicycles (see Chart 4). 7 Southern Oregon University Research Center Chart 4 Safety for Cars, Bikes and Pedestrians After Lane Changes 60% 50% c 39° 40% 2/° ° 27% 29% ° 29% 30% v 20% 11%11% a 10% 7% It is safer About the same It is less safe Don't know OCars/Trucks After 13 Bikes After Is Pedestrians After Total valid cases = Cars 508/Bikes 509/Pedestrians 505. Since the belief in increased bicycle safety due to the N. Main Street reconfiguration was particularly pronounced among our respondents, we looked at how bicyclists themselves experienced the road change. Of the 115 respondents who had bicycled along the N Main Street corridor before the reconfiguration, 76% said the reconfiguration was now safer for bicyclists. Of the 386 respondents who had never bicycled along the N Main Street corridor before the reconfiguration, only 47% believed it was now safer for bicyclists. Although all respondents were asked to make the judgment about safety, in this case the opinions of respondents who actually bicycled the route reinforce the overall perception that bicyclists are safer after the reconfiguration. Traffic Flow Traffic flow along the road and at intersections has been another point of discussion in the community regarding the lane changes. Answers to the question regarding traffic flow at intersections are particularly interesting. The percentage of respondents who noted that the traffic flows more easily at intersections after the reconfiguration (37%) is very close to the percentage of respondents who indicated that it flows less easily at intersections (39%). So respondents are quite evenly divided on this question. This was not the case for respondents' experience with traffic flow along the road: 31 % indicated that traffic flows more easily and 42% 8 I Southern Oregon University Research Center said it flows less easily. Traffic flow along the road is thus more likely to be perceived more problematic than not (see Chart 5). Chart 5 Flow of Traffic After Lane Changes 45% 40% 379A 39% u 3S% e = 30% v 25% 20% 15% c a 10% 4% 5% 0% OEM Traffic flows more Traffic flows about Traffic flows less Don't know easily the same easily ■Intersections ®Along Road Total valid cases = 506 Intersections and 502 Along Road Travel Time The issue of travel time is of course related to traffic flow, both along the road and at intersections. When asked how they think the changes on N. Main Street have affected the amount of time it takes to travel that section of the road by car or truck, 48% said that it takes more time than before, 41 % about the same time as before, and only 7% less time than before. Thus, almost half the respondents perceive that travel takes longer on the reconfigured portion of the road. 9 Southern Oregon University Research Center Chart 6 Amount of Time to Travel Road After Lane Changes 50% 48% 45% o 40% d 35% c 30% d a 25% e 20% 15% a 10% 0 5% 5% 0% More time than About the same time Less time than Don't know before as before before Total valid cases = 511 Comments from Respondents on Other Topics We left space for open-ended responses on the survey, knowing that people may want to refer to components of the reconfiguration that are not covered in the survey questions. Two main themes dominated the open-ended comments. The first was the problems with merging from two lanes into one lane. The second was making turns either onto N. Main Street or off of the street. Merging There were 39 open-ended responses that indicated problems with merging into one lane; there were no positive comments regarding merging. Some examples of the difficulties with merging are represented in these four quotes from different respondents. "My difficulty with the road diet is the initial merge from two lanes to one lane going north. The merge occurs at the top of a rise and you can't see the markings until you get there. I know there is a sign advising of the merge but just watching the lane markings you get a surprise." "The merging in front of Bard's is tricky, possibly a little dangerous." "The problem is at the intersections where cars are merging into the single lanes of N. Main. Toss in a bus and a truck or two, and it quickly becomes a mess." "The lane change from two to one is dangerous, with people trying to scramble to get ahead of other cars!" 10 Southern Oregon University Research Center Turning The second theme was turning on and off of N. Main Street. There were 76 comments that referred to problems with turning after reconfiguration and 41 comments regarding positive changes for turning after the lane changes. Examples of positive comments about turning: "Center/left turn lanes are the best improvement from the change" and "Eliminating one lane to create a turn lane proved a positive safety measure right where it was needed." Negative comments included: "The change has made left & right turns onto N. Main from side streets much more hazardous during busy traffic periods" and "Wait times for turning left onto N. Main are sometimes extreme. Wait times for turning right onto N. Main are also very difficult. Because of the wait many drivers turn when it is not completely clear. I have to go to Maple Street to turn left. Maple Street is very narrow." Overall Assessment by Respondents The final question in the survey was an overall assessment of the reconfiguration. Respondents were asked to indicate whether they agreed or disagreed with the following statement: "Overall the changes have improved N. Main Street." Among all respondents, the proportion strongly agreeing and strongly disagreeing was the same, at 20% for each opposing view. However, the proportion who agreed that the changes were an improvement was 28%, whereas 22% disagreed. Ten percent had no opinion. Among all respondents, then, there is a very weak tendency toward a positive overall opinion of the reconfiguration, but not a ringing endorsement (see Chart 7). Two examples of overall positive comments from the survey respondents are: "This project transformed my ability to walk, bike, and drive on the roads near my house. I feel safer cycling to that end of town, walking my dog on N. Main and turning onto side streets. Don't change it back! Those of us who live near it LOVE it!" and "Changes have resulted in more civil, safe, and efficient travel." Two examples of overall negative comments from the survey respondents: "The reconfiguration must be aborted. It was a dense notion, which has only served to interfere with the proper traffic flow of a roadway. It is rather foolish to bottle-neck a heavily traveled roadway under the pretense of safety when such bottle-necking only serves to increase hazards by interfering with sensible traffic flow" and "It has made this stretch of N. Main less functional for everyone but cyclists. And it has NOT noticeably increased the use of N. Main by cyclists." These comments give a flavor of some of the stronger views on both sides of the issues. For the complete listing of open-ended comments, please see Appendix D. 11 Southern Oregon University Research Center Chart 7 Overall, the Changes Have Improved N. Main Street 30% 25% C 20% 0 20% 20% c v i 15% 10% u 10% u 0% Strongly Agree Agree No Opinion Disagree Strongly Disagree ■ All areas Total valid cases = 509 When we examined the overall assessment question by where respondents lived (target area, N. Main nearby area, and all other Ashland areas), we found substantial differences of opinion. The residents of the target area and the residents of other parts of Ashland tended to be positive. The residents who lived near N. Main Street were more likely to be negative. However, the differences were not statistically significant. When we collapsed the responses into three categories (Strongly Agree/Agree, No Opinion, and Strongly Disagree/Disagree), the results were clearer, and the differences were statistically significant (see Chart 8). Half the respondents in the N. Main target area and half the respondents in other areas of Ashland were positive. Only 40 percent of the respondents in the N. Main nearby area were positive, and 54% were negative. 12 Southern Oregon University Research Center Chart 8 Overall, the Changes Have Improved N. Main Street, By Region 60% ° 50% 50% so 0% 7 40% 40% 38% w 40% v w w ~ 30% m A ~ 20% u 10% 12% a 10% 0% Target Area North Main Nearby Area All Other Ashland Area ■ Strongly Agree/Agree No Opinion P Strongly Disagree/Disagree Total valid cases=509. 13 Southern Oregon University Research Center BUSINESS INTERVIEWS Methodology We were able to successfully interview 38 of the 50 businesses. For a list of the businesses we interviewed that have given us permission to use the organization name, please see Appendix C. The non-responding businesses were predominantly restaurants, financial institutions, a grocery store, and an entertainment organization. After repeated phone calls, we found that managers at one of the grocery stores and all of the financial institutions did not want to speak for their organizations. In the remaining businesses, we were unable to contact a manager or owner despite at least four phone/email attempts. Phone interviews were conducted by Dr. Skuratowicz, Dru Smith and Lia Klugman, in October and November 2013. The interview schedule included questions on whether employees at the organization had made comments regarding the lane reconfiguration and a summary of those comments, whether customers/clients had made comments about the lane reconfiguration and a summary of those comments, a question about the overall effect of the lane reconfiguration on the business, and whether or not the business supports the current lane configuration or would like to return to the previous four lanes (for the complete interview schedule, see Appendix B). RESULTS Employees Employees of the businesses had a diverse response to the lane changes, ranging from no comments to numerous complaints. In one-third of the businesses we talked to, the manager or owner was not aware of any employee discussion of changes to the N. Main Street corridor. For the remaining 24 organizations, 15 of the interviewees said that their employees had talked about negative experiences with the lane reconfiguration. These comments primarily centered on the slower traffic speed and problems with congestion and turns. One real estate organization representative told us "Employees complain about it. They get stuck in it. They drive from Medford and complain that it is the most ridiculous thing ever." This reaction was echoed in comments from the owner of a company that is tourist-oriented, "The consensus is that it is poor for getting through town. It takes longer because the speed is slower. People on bikes who ride to our work take the bike path - they don't ride on N. Main." Six organizations have employees who are positive about the change, such as this real estate office owner who told us, "'Three employees like the road diet." The remaining four businesses said that it is both 14 Southern Oregon University Research Center positive and negative for their employees. A local restaurant owner stated, "It's a mixed bag. Two people who come from Talent in their cars say that traffic is slower. People who walk and bike love it. They have a safer feeling." Customers Customers are less likely than employees to make comments about the reconfiguration: only 30% of the businesses said they had heard from their customers on this subject. In eight of those businesses, the customer comments indicated problems with the lane changes. Five of these eight businesses are right along or very close to the N. Main Street corridor. Perhaps the most troubling example is the ACH Center for Family Medicine, which has lost an estimated ten patients due to the parking lot and traffic problems. Similarly, the Siskiyou Eye Center reported that their patients are elderly and "they are scared to make turns onto North Main." Two businesses told us that their customers were positive about the change and the remaining two businesses said that customer complaints were very fleeting. Overall Effect on Business Each interviewee was asked whether the road changes affect how their business runs. Three- quarters of the businesses said that reconfiguration did not impact the operation of their organizations. For the remaining one-quarter of the businesses, most explained that deliveries to their location have been negatively affected. Ashland Lumber stated that it is difficult for the "semis to deliver to us" and explained that Hersey Street is "too tight for a commercial entrance." We spoke with five organizations that heavily utilize the roadways of Ashland for the main function of what they do: Recology, Rogue Valley Transportation District (RVTD), the transportation department of the Ashland School District (ASD) and two delivery organizations that were able to provide data but, due to company policy, are unable to have their business name used in the report. One of the five organizations described positive changes while the other four had seen negative impacts. Recology said that their drivers have "decided it's a benefit because it's easier to get to some of the stops" and people "aren't getting backed up behind them" because of the extra space provided by the bike lane. RVTD told us that the lane reconfiguration did not impact them exactly as they thought, "It slowed us down somewhat. However, we have a hard time staying on time on our routes and that is due to the congestion in general in Ashland." The RVTD representative went on to say, "When we have to stop for pick- up and drop-off, we have to stop in the lane and all the traffic stops behind us. When we're stopped, if there are left turn lanes available, cars will use them to pass buses, which creates a 15 Southern Oregon University Research Center lane sharing issue." The transportation supervisor of the ASD said that the two or three bus routes that are impacted by the reconfiguration can run late by as much as five minutes. She explained, "With one lane, the driver has said that often he can't make a left on Manzanita until a car coming from the opposite lane stops and lets him make the left." One of the delivery services told us, "It takes more time due to congestion (on N. Main) and the impact is causing us to scramble more to make our time commitments." The other delivery service said that deliveries in certain parts of the N. Main Street corridor are difficult in the afternoon because it is harder "to cross in that area." Support for Continuing the Reconfiguration All of the interviewees were asked whether their business was in favor of keeping the lane reconfiguration of N. Main Street. The findings for this question do not indicate a clear mandate for the City: 14 of the businesses are neutral, 11 want to retain the lane changes and 11 want to return to four lanes. The largest group stated that their organization was neutral on whether or not to keep the changes. A restaurant owner stated, "It doesn't make a difference either way." A hotel manager told us, "No opinion either way," but went on to qualify that comment by saying, "It is dangerous at the merge for people not familiar with it (tourists)." There were 11 businesses that stated they were in favor of the reconfiguration. A company owner said the changes have made N. Main Street safer because "people are driving slower." The owner of a restaurant explained, "It's good for all the businesses downtown. All sorts of bikers come in from Medford. Making it safer for bikes will bring in more business." Eleven organizations wanted to return back to the four-lane configuration. A storeowner explained, "We are not in favor. It is not effective for bikers or drivers." The business manager of a medical office stated, "The owners have felt that the Road Diet is a mistake. If it's kept, let's make it safer for our patients so they don't worry about getting into a head-on collision coming in and out of the business. An extension of the center lane island of safety would help a lot." Two of the businesses were not able to make an official comment on this question. CONCLUSION The results of the resident survey and the business interviews have identified both negatives and positives associated with the lane reconfiguration of North Main Street. The City of Ashland Transportation Commission and the City Council need to be aware of both the concerns about the reconfiguration and the advantages of it, as understood by Ashland citizens and Ashland businesses. There are some important trends in our survey data. Respondents indicated that 16 Southern Oregon University Research Center the driving speed on N. Main Street has been reduced. They also reported more congestion on N. Main Street, and those who live in the target area perceive an even greater degree of traffic congestion. Three-quarters of the respondents continue to use N. Main Street with the same frequency that they did before the reconfiguration. The corridor is generally understood to be safer for cars, bicycles and pedestrians, although one-quarter of the respondents believe it is less safe for cars. There is mixed results on traffic flow at intersections after the reconfiguration: about the same proportion of people indicated that traffic flows more easily as those who checked off that it flows less easily. The traffic flow along the road is perceived to be worse than before the lanes were changed. Almost half of the respondents said it takes more time to travel on the N. Main corridor. The businesses that were interviewed told us that when their employees talked about reconfiguration, it was generally perceived as negative. Overall, customers did not talk about the lane changes, however there were a few important exceptions. Those businesses that utilized N. Main Street for delivery and transportation had a number of concerns about how the reduction of lanes has affected their schedules and increased road congestion. Overall, three- quarters of the organizations we interviewed said the reconfiguration has not had an impact on their operations. The data from our studies do not support a strong mandate regarding the N. Main Street lane changes. The Ashland citizens who responded to our survey have indicated a slight tendency toward a positive opinion of the reconfiguration. In the case of Ashland businesses, the largest proportion of our interviewees (37%) remain neutral on whether or not to continue the reconfiguration. The remaining businesses are evenly split between retaining the lane changes and going back to the four-lane configuration. 17 Southern Oregon University Research Center APPENDIX A City of Ashland North Main Street Re-Configuration Questionnaire Please answer the questions below regarding your experience with the changes to North Main Street. The re-configuration of N. Main Street is the section from Bush Street (near the Bard's Inn) to the railroad overpass. 1. Have you driven, walked, or biked on the stretch of North Main Street from Bush Street to the railroad overpass since October 2012 when the road was re-configured (also known as the "road diet")? Please check the appropriate box below. ❑ Yes (please continue) No (if no, thank you for your time and please MAKE SURE TO RETURN THE SURVEY in the enclosed envelope) 2. For demographic purposes, where do you live? I live within 2 blocks of the reconfigured North Main Street corridor (Bush St. to the railroad overpass) I live elsewhere in Ashland I do not live in Ashland 3. How long have you lived at our current residence? 0 Less than 1 year 1 to 5 years 0 More than 5 years 4. BEFORE the lanes were changed, how would you characterize the speed on that part of N. Main Street? People generally drove above the speed limit People generally drove at the speed limit People generally drove below the speed limit Don't know 5. AFTER the lanes were changed, how would you characterize the speed on that part of N. Main Street? People generally drive above the speed limit People generally drive at the speed limit People generally drive below the speed limit Don't know 6. BEFORE the lanes were changed on North Main Street, how would you characterize the amount of car and truck traffic on that part of the road? Usually congested Sometimes congested Rarely/Never congested Don't know 7. AFTER the lanes were changed, how would you characterize the amount of car and truck traffic on that part of the road? Usually congested Sometimes congested Rarely/Never congested Don't know 18 Southern Oregon University Research Center 8. BEFORE the markings were changed, how often did you usually travel this part of N. Main Street? Please check one box for eve type of transportation. IMode of transportation Many times $Once of:twice a One to three ` Rarely` Never erweek . week ,times a m nth B car, truck or motorcycle On foot B bicycle B bus PLEASE TURN OVER 9. AFTER the markings were changed, how often do you usually travel this part of N. Main Street? Please check one box for eve type of transportation. Mode of transpo tahon Man ures Once &dwidb a One to three "Rafely Neve r k ti e er week week a+,. mesa mohth fi B car, truck or motorcycle On foot B bicycle B bus 10. If you are traveling more or less frequently on N. Main Street after the reconfiguration, please explain why: 11. AFTER the lanes were changed, how do you think safety for cars, bikes and pedestrians has been affected? Please check off one box for each category below. JModetof flans o tation " `I('is afer yAtiout tfie`s"ame.? dt is les"s7. a6 . ' SD"dn'asknow Cars/Trucks Bikes Pedestrians 12. AFTER the markings were changed, how has the flow of traffic on N. Main Street been affected? Please check one box for intersection flow and one box for road flow. Traffic flows more easily at intersections Traffic flows about the same at intersections Traffic flows less easily at intersections Don't know Traffic flows more easily along the road Traffic flows about the same along the road Traffic flows less easily along the road Don't know 13. How do you think the changes on N. Main Street have affected the amount of time it takes to travel this section of road by car or truck? Travel on this section takes more time than before Travel on this section takes about the same time as before Travel on this section takes less time than before Don't know ' 14. Please indicate whether you agree or disagree with the following statement: Overall, the changes have improved N. Main Street. " Strongly agree 7 Agree D No opinion E::] Disagree strongly disagree 15. Any additional comments that you would like to make regarding the reconfiguration of N. Main Street: 19 Southern Oregon University Research Center APPENDIX B N. Main St. Road Configuration Business Questions All of this information is confidential, unless you would like us to specifically use your name or business name. 1. Name 2. Phone 3. Business 4. SOURCE can use personal name _ Yes _ No 5. SOURCE can use business name Yes No 6. Are you familiar with the lane reconfiguration of N. Main Street in Ashland, also known as the Road Diet? - Yes -No 7. Have your employees talked about the reconfiguration of N. Main? Yes -No 8. What are your employees saying about the changes? 9. Have your customers said anything about the reconfiguration of N. Main? Yes -No What are your customers saying about the changes? 10. Has the reconfiguration had any affect on your business? Prompts: deliveries, being early or late for appointments 11. Is your business in favor of keeping the lane reconfiguration of N. Main Street? 20 Southern Oregon University Research Center APPENDIX C Adroit Construction Amuse Anonymous business Anonymous cafe Anonymous delivery service Anonymous delivery service Anonymous hotel Anonymous hotel Anonymous hotel Anonymous inn Anonymous market Anonymous medical Anonymous real estate office Anonymous real estate office Anonymous restaurant Anonymous restaurant Anonymous restaurant Anonymous retail store Anonymous retail store Asante Ashland Community Hospital (still awaiting responses) Ashland Christian Fellowship Ashland Community Hospital Center for Family Medicine Ashland Cycle Sport Ashland Hostel Ashland Lumber Ashland School District Ashland Springs Hotel Bayberry Inn Cropper Medical Darex Mix Sweet Shop Noah's Rafting Oregon Shakespeare Festival Recology Rogue Valley Transportation District Siskiyou Eye Center SOU Facilities Standing Stone Brewery Ticor Title Insurance 21 Southern Oregon University Research Center APPENDIX D Open-Ended Comments Categorized by Response to Question 14: Whether Respondent Agreed or Disagreed with N. Main Street Reconfiguration Did Not Answer Question 14: The "road diet" was presented to the public poorly. Proponents argued that it was being done to help cyclists and pedestrians. It should have been promoted as a safety measure to improve traffic flow. Some things are better -(Left hand turns, better bicycle lanes in some places) and some things are worse (crossing into N. Main from side st. = longer wait now; and slower traffic overall; some bicycle lanes are way too think. More traffic being diverted into the neighborhoods. It has neither reduced speed nor improved safety (except for safety in turning left in the designated areas but it has created other safety issues.) Cars speed up often at Helman Street to merge into 1 lane. I have NEVER seen anyone on a bicycle on that road and I've lived here for 37 years. Once you are on Main Street, it flows well. It is difficult to get on, more congested at street lights, particularly at Maple St., and might be dangerous for those folks. I would suggest a traffic light at Wimer St. at the very least and perhaps at Grant to increase safety for Main, and neighborhoods above and below. Before the reconfiguration very few bicycles were noticed on that road... The number appears to depend on the season spring & summer have bicycle trekkers. It does seem amazing that the road would be reconfigured so that a City official could more easily ride his bicycle to work daily. Don't drive Don't drive I see pros and cons. Too much wait for turns off and on N Main from/to Hersey, used as a bypass of downtown Ashland by many. Answered "Strongly Agree": Bicyclists need to feel safe. We have only lived here for 7 months. However, we believe that the twin lanes make it safer for everyone. It would be a waste of money to undo them. the merging of lanes near Helman is dangerous because cars are not always willing to alternate. The L lane doesn't give way to traffic merging from R Before the markings were changed I felt this stretch of road was unsafe: Narrow traffic lanes, no bike lanes - and yet there were bicyclists trying to navigate through all the traffic. There seemed to be a lack of turning lanes. The lanes were so narrow that one time a car in the neighboring 22 Southern Oregon University Research Center lane almost forced me into the curb. Now the traffic lanes seem wider than before, and there are bike lanes & a turning lane throughout the entire stretch of road. Much safer! Traffic moves more smoothly. I really appreciate the bike lanes. Eliminating one lane to create a turn lane proved a positive safety measure right where it was needed-- Thanks! Change the location of the merge near the Bards Inn. Or put up better signs. That curve is deadly for bikes and cars with the merge. Either move it closer to the Laurel intersection or on the Water St. bridge, but get it away from the curve! Oh, and please open Van Ness again... I live on Wimer St and feel much safer turning onto the street from N. Main. I hope the changes remain. Much better than 2 lanes each way, which only facilitated thoughtless or aggressive auto drivers Turn lane is great, especially for L turns The changes with the left turn lane has been a real convenience for me because I no longer fear a rear end collision when I turn left also turning left out of my driveway gives me a shorter wait because I can use the middle lane I'm pleasantly surprised at the results! When you're in the new turn lane waiting to turn left, it's easy to forget how long the waits used to be. Before the re-configuration, I was in the right lane going north. All traffic came to a stop for at least a minute-a bus stopped us the right lane ahead of me and a car stopped us the left lane to wait for incoming traffic in two lanes to go by. Now this never happens. Also, complainers who can't possibly take a minute or 2 longer for their trip see nothing wrong with suggesting cyclists go 10 min out of their way to use Bear Creek greenway. It may be interesting to see what people think, but there are object ways to know in front whether amount of traffic + speeds have changed. Please leave the "Road Diet" as it is! The street is so much safer with the two lanes instead of the four. Instead use the money/funds towards needed improvements around town! Everything has been a vast improvement in my opinion. Highly recommend another Freeway (#16) entrance/exit into Ashland on or near N. Mountain Overpass. Too much traffic onto N. Main. Bikes are a big part of Ashland, it is SO much safer! KEEP THE "ROAD DIET" PLEASE. Please keep the road diet. 23 Southern Oregon University Research Center It used to be much more stressful driving down N. Main. You never knew if the car in front of you was going to stop to turn. Then, you'd have to either sit and wait or risk a lane change. I think this is a big improvement for through traffic. Safety comes first for pedestrians and it is safer for them. The bike lane runs out & therefore it is not safe. It takes longer to make a left turn but I don't care. I did change my driving habits on neighborhood roads. It's a positive change for our family. We definitely need either a light of some kind or a crosswalk @ Wimer & Hersey. There could be problems at Maple with the Medical Complex traffic at peak hours (to deal with in future). If there have been fewer accidents then keep the reconfiguration for sure! The intersection N. Main / Hersey / Wimer are much safer. I'm in favor of keeping the changes. Driving on N. Main St. before the changes, I used to be very nervous about making a left turn onto Wimer, always afraid someone would rear end me. The left turning lane is a big improvement! I was very skeptical about the "road diet" before implementation but although there might be slightly more congestion, it is over all a big improvement. I speed less I miss being able to turn from N. Main to Van Ness! Now I usually drive through town instead, en route to RR district. Much safer with elimination of lane changes. This project transformed my ability to walk, bike, and drive on the roads near my house. I feel safer cycling to that end of town, walking my dog on N. Main and turning onto side streets. Don't change it back! Those of us who live near it LOVE it! Streets are for EVERYONE-not just cars. I've traveled to Europe every year for the past 20 years-pedestrians, bikes, and cars SHARE the road with each other with respect. The USA is CAR-CENTRIC to a fault, tragically so. The traffic "diet" is a step in the right direction. A small step-but a good beginning. Thanks! Our family APPLAUDS the road diet! We all feel safer, especially on our bikes. Overall, traffic is actually going the correct speed. It's much easier to make a left hand turn. You can actually see on-coming traffic and no one is trying to swing by you. I believe the changes make it safer. In the past one had to worry about cars directly behind left- turners swerving to the right to get around them. Give bikes a break Love it. Much safer to make turns. 24 Southern Oregon University Research Center I feel the safety of pedestrians/cyclists is greatly improved. A stop light should be added at Hersey to increase traffic safety there and alleviate traffic at Maple St. I like that the traffic slows as you head into Ashland it changes your pace and prepares you for the Ped crossing at the Plaza. It makes turning onto cross streets better, easier, safer. I can't imagine the danger of not having the center turning lane available on this stretch of road. It is safer for cars turning from N. Main onto a side street and far safer for cars from side streets to have this buffer to pull into. Please don't restore the road to its old configuration! From a safety standpoint, I believe the road diet has made this section of N. Main safer to travel on. I do think it takes a little more time to get in and out of town, but not significantly more. Thanks!! The reconfiguration solved the most dangerous problem on this stretch of road: cars darting in and out to avoid cars stopped waiting to make turns, especially left turns. Also Hooray! More safety for those riding bicycles. It is easier to cross Main by car/bike/ped with the road diet - half the traffic to watch out for (4 lanes to 2 lanes) promotes safety for cars, bikes, and pedestrians now that the road takes more than cars into consideration, although many feel its slower for cars it is debatable and even if it is slower it is worth it to have less injuries and accidents for cars, bikes, everyone. Heiman school neighborhood is much better served! (We have other routes to town). If we return to 4 lanes, I'll have cars speeding past me when I'm going the speed limit. I don't like that. Glenn Street has always needed a left turn lane. New'diet' safer for cars, safer for bikes, safer for pedestrians I love that I don't have to dodge bikes. It's so much safer! I live on B St. between 2nd and 4th, where cars speed up, so I empathize, to some degree, with Main St. residents who expect the peace and quiet of yesteryear. However, change is a necessary part of life. The road diet has worked!!! I would use the bike lane more frequently if it continued north beyond the railroad overpass. I have sat on my front porch and watched 50 cars a minute drive by This was before the road diet Now the cars are single file driving slower A lot safer Love the road diet Keep it!! Blockage by left hand turns greatly reduced by new greatly reduced I Some problems with turns onto N. Main at busy times (early morning) but traffic flows smooth & so much safer. I 25 Southern Oregon University Research Center I do bike that area more (though it doesn't show the way question 9 was asked) because it's much safer with a complete bike lane. You should have asked about improved areas from side streets, and improved turn lanes. There needs to be a refuge lane for cars pulling out to turn left on N. Main Ashland Mine Rd. As traffic leaves Ashland and the two lanes become one, sometimes traffic on the right speeds up to try and get ahead, this creates a very dangerous situation. I feel the road is much safer for everyone. I'm glad the change was made. 110% safer. Before cars in 1 lane drove 5-10 mph over the speed limit and if you were driving the speed limit, the faster car would go around you un-safely. I very, very much appreciate that people have slowed down. Any inconvenience people complain about is far outweighed by benefit. I love the road diet as a railroad district resident tired of speeding drivers. Although I've stated above that travel time is about the same, it "feels" slower (travelling south) too soon (way back almost to the Ford place). It does feel much safer to turn up Wimer and Manzanita when traveling North. Because of the increased safety at the intersections I can deal with the lower speed & slower traffic. Coming down Wimer & turning left to go North is still a struggle. It feels safer. It feels slower more leisurely. Before, it was unsafe with people stopping to make left turns and then others reacting by quick lane changes. Driving now is calmer, more relaxed & therefore safer. Thank you for asking! I think there are many roads in Ashland and throughout the Rogue Valley that could be reconfigured to calm and make them safer for vehicles, bikes & pedestrians. Good questionnaire! It's too bad the bike lane ends before Heiman St. I feel really vulnerable there on my bike, especially with my son in the bike trailer. Please leave N. Main the way it is. I like the changes very much. It is hard to imagine how anyone who travels this stretch has not seen the improvements. One note: the approach from downtown (northbound) where the lane merges. You need to extend the "merge" section because some drivers race ahead in order to beat the other person. High risk for an accident. Thank you! While it is sometimes a longer wait to make right turns onto main street, I feel it is easier and safer to make left turns to and from main street because only one lane must be crossed and the turn lane provides refuge. No increase in pedestrians. Insignificant increase in bikes. Ironically, if there ultimately is a significant increase in bikes, there will be more traffic congestion because of delays turning into 26 Southern Oregon University Research Center & off N. Main. Traffic turning left from N. Main onto Maple should have a longer "green arrow" before changing to flashing yellow. Bikes are generally safer, but casual, family, kid bike traffic should be discouraged. This corridor should be for serious bike commuters, others are a danger to themselves. Slower is safer & better. Regular users will learn to allow an extra few minutes for traveling that part of the route. (1) It would be great if a pedestrian walkway were striped on Main at Wimer to cross Main. (2) More/better warning of merging of traffic at Bush. Great job don't change it back!! I believe it has reduced the number of commuting bikers on the Ashland section of the Greenway. That is a good thing as they traveled way beyond the speed limit of 15 mph on the Greenway, which made the Greenway unsafe. Turn lanes on Main are essential for safety and to lessen accidents. Please keep the road diet. Our household has been pleased with the North Main Street revision and hope it becomes permanent. I feel it is much safer better for left turns more visibility! Changes have resulted in more civil, safe, and efficient travel. I was impressed by how quickly the implementation occurred. WELL DONE. "I like how relaxed I drive and feel that the traffic moves steadily. Before I was always trying to pass the car ahead in one lane or the other - and frustrated if two "chess pieces" were blocking me. Now my competitive attitude is gone." JW you can quote me I love the road diet. I think it is progressive and far sighted to prepare & develop an infrastructure that encourages biking vs. cars. I spend MUCH less time idling & stuck behind cars that are trying to turn left. Traffic flows more smoothly, the only cars stopped & idling are the ones actually turning left. My commute time has decreased about 3-5 minutes (I live on Clay & work on Maple) The turning lane has greatly improved safety when turning into traffic in the opposite lane. Glad it's safer for cyclists. That's good for everyone. And left turn lanes are such a good idea. Answered "Agree": The only bad part is the short merge after the light. And no bike lane at the merge (when leaving Ashland) 27 Southern Oregon University Research Center The problem with the changes to N. Main are that it is much harder to enter the road from all of the side streets along the road. Often you have to wait a long time to turn onto the road or cross the road. Can be dangerous. How do we fix this? Do not go back to four lanes! Thank you for the opportunity to respond. I expected to dislike the change intensely, but it has been quite bearable. One big problem not addressed is getting across N. Main at Wimer to Hersey - you can sit waiting on Wimer 15 - 20 min. at certain times of the day & give up, go down to Laurel to turn left & get to Hersey. Need a light!! Having turn lanes helps keep traffic flowing. It all seems better now that we're used to it. but we don't live at that end of town!! Strongly opposed when first proposed. After driving it, realized it's much safer & doesn't take any more time. Has some downsides, but overall much better & safer. Good Job! Overall traffic seems to flow more smoothly. I feel safer when riding a bicycle. I do have to use the lights to easily access the road when turning across traffic, sometimes people don't follow lane rules and that causes problems. Need more merging arrows north bound at Helman NONE:) It feels safer but traffic does seem to be more congested I answered these questions as a driver, but these answers may not be the same as a bike or pedestrian. It has reduced the left turn blues a lot...feels much safer cross traffic is the issue long wait as the stacked up cars travel on main No gaps and only 1 lane but still think Probably safer After the Road Diet those cars desiring to speed notably do not yield to RVTD re-entering traffic stream creating near collisions. Why can't they figure out that all vehicles, small, large, SUV or Bus obey same speed limit. Safety trumps all and other inconveniences! The left turn lanes make turning off N. Main much easier, especially at Wimer. The alignment of Wimer and Hersey is good. Traffic is much slower and often backed up at Maple and flashing yellow arrow not safe. I miss turning onto Van Ness. I drive almost exclusively during day light hours but seldom see many cyclists, but that had been the case prior to road diet. 28 Southern Oregon University Research Center For bike safety, yes / It would be nice for the intersection of N. Main & Laurel to have arrow lights @ the turning lanes. Sometimes I have to wait 2 light cycles to get a turn during traffic hours. Thanks I like the change I can turn to Dr.'s office more easily. the merge after getting through downtown is the hardest part. Everything else is perfect. Need to put pedestrian "bridges or overpasses" where the University is. That is an accident waiting to happen. Pedestrian's tie up traffic a lot!! Especially crossing while talking on cell phones. "Would have liked to have seen that money spent on "overpass bridges" for student crossing instead of "road diet". I live 1 block up from N. Main on Maple St. There is a lot more traffic up and down Maple, more trucks and more "backup" than before. The intersection is used more because of the traffic light and it makes it easier to get on N. Main than on other intersections. I think you should address the feeder streets. For instance, I live on Van Ness. Because of the no left turn from N. Main, I think traffic may be less. I think other feeder streets may be adversely affected. Van Ness intersection was a major turn to get to A St. businesses. Now the way is circuitous. The challenge is entering North Main from a side street-especially turning left-because the traffic is so constant and comes so fast. Left turn lane is big improvement. Thank you! Need a light at Wimer/Hersey and people need to learn the proper way to merge. Safety improved. Traffic flow - worse (Trying to get on N. Main from a side street is difficult unless on Laurel. It is very hard to merge onto N. Main at uncontrolled intersections. It is extremely difficult to turn left onto N. Main at uncontrolled intersections. Keep the bike lanes. People park on Grant St. to go to the Breadboard even if there is some parking space at the restaurant. I have seen mothers' holding a small baby in one arm and holding a toddler's hand with the other run across the street. This was going on before the Road Diet and still continues. I consider this to be very dangerous! I really think the turn-lane to Glenn St. Improved the intersection. The cars slow down and are safer. I believe the simplest fix is to raise the speed limit. 29 Southern Oregon University Research Center Keep it. We will adapt. Don't change it. It works fine & would be too costly to reverse. Living in the south end of town, I appreciate how little I use this route. Slow moving traffic + high pedestrian traffic downtown are factors that encourage by pass. Traffic on N. Main seems smoother/slower. It seems like we could find a better way to merge traffic after Heiman St. light. There is always bottleneck. Perhaps merge signs further up No. Main before Helman Light. You should have asked us before you took this action not after! The city needs to make a decision on how the road diet affects traffic & safety overall, not just residents who live near it & feel inconvenienced. Ex: If your driveway is on N. Main St. & you are inconvenienced by road diet but road diet is better for traffic and safety overall it should stay! Safer making left turns A little slower going straight If the changes have made it safer for pedestrians and bicyclists, we need to accept them even if it slows car traffic down and makes some turns take a lot longer. I would like to see statistics on accidents for North Main before and after the changes. Although traffic is safer it is also slower and sometimes that causes congestion and more slowdowns. The changes have made entering & exiting off street much easier and safer, thanks P.S. I live on Granite St is there anything you can do to slow car/truck traffic down! (1) 1 think a lot depends on time of day. I generally don't travel in "commuter" traffic. (2) 1 thought there would be a lot more congestion during summer months Does not seem to be the case though... I appreciate that it is much safer for bike riders even though I don't bike there now. I've seen more bikes on the road since the Road Diet has been in place. I'm fine with the change, would rather it stay how it is now than see the time & money spent/wasted to change it back. The best way to make this experiment work is to install a traffic light at Wimer. This will allow other vehicles to exit and enter the driveways and side streets between Maple and Laurel in a timely way. It will also allow pedestrians a better chance to cross. Less accidents? The traffic flows especially at busiest times like huge tunnel. It is difficult to make a right turn off Hersey onto N. Main at busiest times. Takes a little more time but safer and less stressful. 30 Southern Oregon University Research Center It makes for more car traffic and is more congested, but safer. I'd vote to keep it. The spot where 2 lanes becomes one, northbound in front of the Bard's Inn, is very dangerous, being on an uphill slope with poor visibility and a very short merge zone. I would like to see a longer merge zone. Maybe another stop light or two to ease the flow for those turning on or off N. Main? Probably wouldn't be popular but it would help ease that particular complaint. Perhaps a traffic light at Wimer St. and Hersey will eventually be needed. It's an improvement for sure. All changes in favor of bikes/peds are ultimately going to make our community more resilient. It is an imperfect solution. Intersections like Grant and N. Main require either a signal or a decreased speed limit. Cars can sit at these intersections attempting to get out North or N. Main for as long as 15 minutes as the N. Main traffic follows to close and is often speeding creating no gaps to get out. I have a full sized truck and have had to accelerate too fast just to get into the center lane across S. bound traffic nearly getting hit by S. bound traffic. Decrease the speed limit before Sheridan. The merging lane by Bards Inn is too close to the lights and on a corner-hard to see for cars in the right lane. After getting off the freeway I was never able to drive the speed limit on N. Main. the road diet slows me down. Also walking along N Main was scary because the cars were moving quickly very close to you. And biking felt like a death sentence. I don't care about the turning lane For intersections start roundabouts Even though it takes a little longer, it seems much safer for cars, bicycles and pedestrians. It does seem inconvenient for the people who live nearby to turn right or left onto N. Main St. That is the only drawback we see. I feel the changes have made it MUCH SAFER, especially when someone was making a left turn and cars behind it try to pull around it can and would cause accidents. (old configuration) Center/left turn lanes are the best improvement from the change. I think it's better now. Would be even better with the medians landscaped as on Siskiyou Blvd. Originally we didn't like the changes, it was much slower to get home. Then, as we drove it more, we realized that it really was much "calmer". Cars don't seem to "race" each other to get through that stretch of the road. Now we're okay with the change. I'm glad that there is a safer place for bicycles now. Increased congestion has lowered what was dangerous average speed as well as extreme speeds. Central turn lane is a safe haven with only one, not 2+ 1 or 2 to clear when entering & 31 Southern Oregon University Research Center exiting. It is far WORSE for pedestrians - cross at lights (signals) or risk your life, or wait forever. The bike lane is scary, especially @ "right turn" lanes. All in all it's safer, except for one section, at the merge of Bush St. Bush St needs to turn into a street with no turns going north on N.Main at the merge. Very dangerous. I like it. You don't have to stop for people. It's a good plan. I think there is less sudden braking than there used to be when there was a left lane. It's good to show community support for bicycle transportation bike commuting used to be very dangerous on that stretch of Main St, and it was probably discouraging. Answered "Neither Agree or Disagree" The current configuration is more than adequate for current traffic demands during most of the year. Should we assume increased traffic demands in the future due to population and/or tourist increase current configuration will likely become inadequate. For now it is fine and likely will be for another 3-5 years None leave it through Christmas, New Years time. The best thing was re-alignment of a certain intersection. The "City" has poor public relations from Plaza (horrid) to the "Road Diet" it has been a failure. If the proposal was termed as something other than "diet" it may have played better. Whoever is in charge of PR for the city should be FIRED. The change has made left & right turns onto N. Main from side streets much more hazardous during busy traffic periods. I think the changes were not essential. At this point rather than spend more money to reconfigure, please put those $ toward changing the color of the plaza pavers. There is now a long line of cars waiting to turn onto Maple St sometimes you have to wait for the light to change 2x's to get through. However making turns onto streets like Glenn & Hershey is much safer. The slowdown seems only slightly greater. I am nervous driving with bike lanes when I have to make turns around them. Give me more to worry about. Changing it back again would just create more confusion for all users. I know there are some very strong opinions regarding this change, unfortunately I travel on it infrequently, and it's hard for me to have an opinion about it. 32 Southern Oregon University Research Center From the quiet village neighborhood it is harder to get onto N. Main heading either direction unless you go to a light. It depends on the intersection. It flows better on N. Main but it can be hard to turn onto N. Main because there is only 1 lane to get into. I think it was a neutral change. Also, I very seldom see a biker on that section of N. Main. Although I don't travel this section of N. Main St. all that often as I indicated above, I rarely see a bicycle on the roadway. Not asked and important is what about commute times? Then traffic is backed up. Not very helpful - I'm pretty neutral I just don't use N. Main that much. My difficulty with the road diet is the initial merge from two lanes to one lane going North. The merge occurs at the top of a rise and you can't see the markings until you get there. I know there is a sign advising of the merge but just watching the lane markings you get a surprise. The only thing I have noticed is that trying to cross N. Main is more difficult. When traffic is heavy it is basically impossible to cross so I turn right and take a different route. Harder for those with driveways on Main St to back out at times No help for walking pedestrians. There are no crosswalks to get across N. Main (compared to near the university) It is totally frustrating to not have easier ways to walk across main in this area. Traffic is improved going N & turning left. It is not if you are going S & trying to turn left out of a side St. It is not if you are going N & trying to turn left out of a side St. Bike lane should go through downtown. Just a little bit. I like the bike lanes & being able to ride there. I have only lived in Ashland for a few months not sure how traffic was before the improvements. Seems to be a waste of roadway surface that is not used much for wheeled travel. And that's a lot of paint on the road! It's fine. The merging in front of Bard's is tricky, possibly a little dangerous. Traffic is slower but not less than speed limit, just less easy for people to speed. Answered "Disagree" The alignment of Hersey & Wimer helped, the constriction of traffic flow has created congestion. Hersey has now much more traffic. I live on Hersey and walk this street with my dog. This street is now the only option to use as an alternative to using N. Main through the plaza. You can't go left now onto Van Ness heading south into town. Hersey also has speeding cars and I never see a cop car. 33 Southern Oregon University Research Center I rarely see cyclists. The diet has added traffic volumes to Eagle Mill. Eagle Mill needed repair and still does to handle traffic, no shoulder. Ashland drivers are poor and inattentive drivers. Many un-wise maneuvers are made, especially by older drivers. I have seen more than once drivers stopped in traffic lanes waiting to turn after Diet was put in place. 4 lane much better in emergency situations. I am retired truck driver. I am a bike + car driver / rider + I do not like the changes 1 lane narrowing coming in from the south can be confusing! & north There are many bicyclists who choose to ride on the sidewalk Church St. and N. Main St. is worse than it was. Really bad when going North NONE! Wait times for turning left onto N. Main are sometimes extreme. Wait times for turning right onto N. Main are also very difficult. Because of the wait many drivers turn when it is not completely clear. I have to go to Maple St. to turn left. Maple Street is very narrow. I thought it was an unnecessary expense a solution to a non-existing problem But to change back would be another expense Not worth the Put 2 lanes back, leave some turn lanes too much traffic on alternative routes We avoid using N. Main now Please return to us the safety of North Main St below Maple Ave (i.e. North) 1. Need to extend center refuge lane from Bush St to intersection of Lithia Way, N. Main. 2. Need to extend center refuge lane from Railroad bridge North to beginning Highway 99 center refuge lane. Somehow the "rules of the road" for cyclists needs to be addressed. If I physically could, I'd bike, but physical limitations make it impossible. Bikers (some, not all) seem to look down on car traffic - they need to share the road! One problem has been added & one problem has been taken away. Waiting for a left turn used to divert traffic into the right lane. Now, with only one traffic lane merged to make the left turn lane, traffic is slower on N. Main St. Of course, it depends upon what time of day one travels. more difficult to enter N. Main from side streets Merge at Heiman St. is problematic. No left turn onto Van Ness. Most residents that I have talk to about this feel that the advantages of the ROAD DIET are negligible. But MOST IMPORTANTLY, it was a "problem" that didn't need fixing in the first place and all RESENT the spending of our tax dollars for this project and the fact that the citizens DIDN'T EVEN GET TO VOTE FOR IT IN THE FIRST PLACE!!! (LIKEWISE FOR THE "RENOVATION" OF THE PLAZA DOWNTOWN.) 34 Southern Oregon University Research Center New reconfiguration seems dangerous especially for bikers. I came here close to the time of the change, so had very little experience with the "before" and my travel there is more like "once a week" rather than "twice". I don't feel I'm a very good subject for this survey. Bring back 4 lanes! I work in Medford in the a.m. and I'm noticing that drivers are far less patient and considerate than they used to be towards each other because of the lack of "flow" in the traffic. Northbound by the Bards hotel where two lanes (Lithia) go to one, visibility is poor and it's hard to see the convergence in time. This is the really problematic spot for me. Off streets are harder to access on to N. Main I posted my comments online to the city of Ashland During the past week, I have twice seen different people w/dogs in areas w/long stretches between signals waiting to cross the street while I was in lines of cars w/about 20 vehicles in front of me and 20 behind. The merging into one lane & then back makes it puzzling & thus more tricky to drive. Not enough bikers to make it worthwhile. I rarely see bikes using this road. Turns onto this road from businesses are more difficult. Driving that section is more complicated with the change - nervous making to try to follow lane changes, arrows & turnouts. "[diagram of lanes] traffic has long line let's face the future. What will be in 3 yrs. about 5 yrs. about 10 yr we will have more traffic coming through. So one lane hazard for transport to get on the takes longer or to get is the same story. We should do without 1 lane. In traffic 2 lanes then into 1 lane - into 2 lanes. No to one way traffic. Though we do not live in the affected area, we have friends in this area who have difficulty entering the flow of traffic. Especially trying to turn left from their streets. Traffic is back up during the rush hours. From Maple & Rock, it's easier to take Hersey to Mountain to E. Main to get to So. Ashland. Sometimes even easier to go even farther north to Valley View and take 1-5 to get to So. Ashland. This adds stress for little or no gain. The corner (turn lane) at Maple & North Main is an accident waiting to happen. Striping not very visible at night. Lanes seem to shift (merge). P.S. I am happy to see that the city of Ashland is working with SOU on this survey. Normally, the city has an overabundance of funds & pay top $ to have surveys done by Co's or colleges in Eugene or Portland. 35 Southern Oregon University Research Center Because of the changes I seldom travel this section of roadway. I know people who live in Medford & Talent who work in Ashland who drive to the south Ashland exit for work rather than drive this section of North Main. I think if a study was done that traffic has increased at the south exit during rush hour times. Costly experiment that didn't seem justified or a priority. #2 question should have had a greater than "2 block" minimum as to where you live. That short distance does not reflect the impact to local residents, eg. jct. of Wrights Cr. Rd & Wimer. Coming into Ashland has not changed much but leaving Ashland is much more congested & takes a lot more time. Northbound needs 2 lanes. Not a big difference, still bottlenecks and slow downs, hard to turn up Wimer St and to get off Wimer onto N. Main. Lots of near accidents near the Hostel/Bush St area traffic coming from south where road changes to one lane. Overall it seems like a waste of money not a big improvement. Changes on North Main have provided bicyclists with a dedicated lane so presumably this is safer for them and "better" - The changes have done nothing to improve the sense of safety for pedestrians and the changes have increased the congestion of vehicles. The addition of the left turn lane at Orange St. was a big improvement. Coming from any side street going East or West between 3p and 6p try to take a left turn. Than you tell me what you think about Road diet. You might be on the missed dinner diet. Isn't there a designated bike path?! I never see anyone use the new bike lane on N. Main. Whoever decided to do this, did not think it out too well. Left turns are ridiculous. I'm old. Live on a hill. So will never bike. Live in SE Ashland, so will never walk on N. Main Car will take me to ER, ACH - in a timely fashion? Just as quick to RVMC? The problem is at the intersections where cars are merging into the single lanes of N. Main. Toss in a bus and a truck or two, and it quickly becomes a mess. It's not a good idea to try to lessen car traffic by making roads less hospitable to car travel. A better idea would be to make other forms of travel (bus, bike, foot) MORE easily done. Wimer & Hersey are greatly improved but all others are not. Questions #2 - defining the demographic as "2 blocks" does a great disservice to people who live all up & down the intersecting streets. If you live 6 blocks up Wimer, for example, you have the same conditions as someone who lives 2 blocks up Wimer. I live on the other side of town. No Road Diet on Siskiyou!! 36 Southern Oregon University Research Center Condensing the lanes of traffic each way from 2 to 1 has increased traffic greatly!! The lane change from two to one is dangerous, with people trying to scramble to get ahead of other cars! If safety were the only concern then it is good but one or two crosswalks should be added. If flow were the only concern then it is bad. Especially in the late afternoon (commute) I see very few bikes less than one each time I drive on the road. I drive the road 3 to 5 times a week. Late mornings to early evenings. The bike lanes are rarely used. We have lost a full lane of traffic Northbound on N. Main. Cars pile up at stop light at Maple, Laurel St intersections. Center turn lane otherwise is an improvement. Wimer St. for left turn/Hersey is better but still can be congested The merger of the two lanes into one lane at Bush St. and also before the Rail overpass is now a traffic hazard. Now some drivers, coming from behind, speed up and pass recklessly just to get ahead of you before the single lane. Why in the world was the left hand turn unto Van Ness St changed? Many of us used it to avoid the downtown congestion, also for direct access to the A St businesses, the Railroad district. I always enjoyed entering and leaving Ashland on N. Main. It's a beautiful drive but now, being in one long line for all those miles is tedious. People usually drive at speed limit or 5 mph over (hasn't changed) and it was easy for people to use left lane to go a little faster or to make a left turn. Please change back. And starting the 25 mph so early on the route in is counter- productive. It's a crawl. It should be 35 until Maple, 30 until Laurel then 25. 1 would just like to say that the reconfiguration has made it even more difficult to cross N. Main St. as a pedestrian because there is a constant stream of traffic unless I go to the Helman light crossing. The Laurel crossing is set way too short for pedestrians to cross safely and forget crossing anywhere north of Laurel. Trying to get through North Ashland is very slow. I try to avoid it all together. I agree that it has made bike travel safer, which is positive, but it has had a detrimental effect on car travel, especially for cars trying to turn right on N. Main from Orange, Hersey, or Van Ness. During peak commuter times it is nearly impossible to get a break in traffic to turn on N. Main. Most days (as I pick up my kids from Helman and turn right on N. Main and then left on Maple) someone stops to let me in. I have also witnessed several near accidents. Not sure what recommendations I would give for this other than another light? Thanks. Depends on time of day you travel. Rush hour A.M & P.M the traffic flows slow & difficult to make left or right turns. See hardly any bicycle or foot traffic regardless of time of day N. Main is traveled. This consultation too little, too late. Perception v. much that city is being led by its managers (not it's citizens reps), and that they are pushing an (not legible) agenda. "Consult" was waste of our money. Need a "gov't diet", not a road diet. 37 Southern Oregon University Research Center Have only seen 3 or 4 bicyclists using the bike lanes. Wished we hadn't wasted the money on this plan. The flow out of town should be two lanes. The flow into town is slow anyways. I've seen a lot more "near" accidents, especially at intersections & neck-down at north end of Lithia Way, than before reconfiguration. Also, more difficult to turn onto N. Main with long delays (air pollution) - especially left turns. Bus stops a problem having to swing out into left turn lane now. The merge by Bards Inn freaks me out. That sign is not easily seen and I suspect it's harder for tourists, people don't merge correctly. I live on W. Hersey, and making a right to go out of town is more time. Making a left is harder & scarier. I use the stoplight at Laurel. I did before the reconfiguration and after. Coming into town by the railroad tracks is annoying. People don't merge right. There are a lot of scary drivers out there. I don't know what the right solution is, but I do know this one doesn't seem to be working. I didn't know the city had endless funds for traffic reconfigurations; maybe that money should be used instead for helping the homeless on the plaza! It has made this stretch of N. Main less functional for everyone but cyclists. And it has NOT noticeably increased the use of N. Main by cyclists. There seems to be little use by cyclists. Hardly worth the merging issues caused at both ends. You blocked off my left turn home! down Van Ness. Now I have to make an awkward turn at the Minute Market & often wait for an endless stream of traffic. Also, my boyfriend lives on High Street & his turn onto N. Main is at Bush Street, which is ANOTHER unending stream of traffic. Now that everyone is squeezed into a single lane. Since there's maybe one bike to every hundred cars, may we have it back, please? Since the road diet, I feel like turning onto N. Main St. is far more hazardous. Let's go back to the way it was, please. It's much slower both ways. Please don't do any more. At the same time it makes no sense to go back. It isn't that bad and is probably safer. Different times of the day are different for congestion. Flow of traffic not at peak times, generally there isn't much traffic. Going to work or going back home is a real nuisance. It seems to be more congested on Saturday. Worst aspect is making a left heading north towards hospital and medical offices. My 90 yr old mother got scared making a left, had to turn around. Bikes still ride in roadway or sidewalk. Bike travel has not increased. Answered "Strongly Disagree" Put it back as it was. You wasted a lot of money on an idiotic idea. 38 Southern Oregon University Research Center Please change it to the way it was. I am an avid bike rider & live at that end of town, and have always found it easy - and prettier - to take the side streets. I've only seen 1 bike on that section in the year since it's been changed. Lane vergers, especially South bound are dangerous. Pedestrians & bikes are exposed to a continuous single lane of congested traffic. It's extremely difficult for pedestrians to cross North of Maple St. Due to bad traffic flow and hard parking, avoid downtown as much as possible. take nearly all business to Medford. The N. Main changes have made things worse. I think we need to remember it is a highway, technically, and not a neighborhood street and we should look to the future not backwards. Safety and inconvenience are two major issues! Making a left hand turn onto Bush St. has become positively frightening! Long lines of cars make right turns from Bush hard. This was one of the stupidest traffic "improvements" ever! Merging 2 lanes into 1 always slowing things down; makes drivers more susceptible to blind spots, etc and takes driver's attention away from what's going on the road. I think traffic speed in Ashland is ridiculously slow already and this change made it worse. P.S.-I've been driving since I got my license in 1968 and have never had an accident. Change it back!! One should not bike next to car exhaust anyway (toxic) work on small personal vehicles w/no emissions for us. Very few people in this town will ever switch to bikes (age, time, etc.) more dangerous now!! The merging portion is terrible. Traffic is always backed up. I sincerely hope they change it back. I find where the lanes converge down to one more hazardous as cars try to pass and get ahead. In general, I dislike this change harder to turn where I need to & traffic flow is jammed. Put it back the way it was!!! Wonderful waste of taxpayers' money. I rarely see bikes using the bike lanes. Meanwhile, the cars pile up into long lines. I like bike riders and I'm sure it's pleasant for them. I'm just not sure the choke up is worth the few bikes using that much space. Thank you for asking. As said above, I live off of Wimer and have to take Scenic to Maple to turn left. I think this was a waste of money and prefer the old layout. There is way too much a wait to turn onto Main from Wimer or Nursery. I have actually backed up on Wimer to take the side street after waiting over 5 minutes to make a turn onto Main. These long waits create concentrations of Auto Emissions in particular locales. In my opinion, residents in vulnerable locales should be surveyed & medically followed for increased rate of 39 Southern Oregon University Research Center disease such as leukemia, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura "ITP", anemias + other blood - related diseases and cancers. (There was 2 German study + others that linked auto exhaust to childhood leukemias.) The biggest problem is probably the "invisible" one. Where vast amounts of auto fumes accumulate due to merging bog-down + to cars on the side streets having to wait a very long time to turn onto the main road (Main St.) Those clouds of fumes surely affect the health of residents in such vicinities. Exhaust fumes have been linked to Leukemia. I am very frustrated with the congestion of traffic. I wait several minutes before I am able to pull out into the turn lanes of traffic then wait for an opening looking in my rear view mirror. How is this safe? There are streets all over the Valley that have sidewalks close to traffic and it seems to me like an unreasonable motive to cause such congestions of traffic. Ashland is growing and the congestion is only going to get worse, people will get more frustrated and could cause more accidents with only a two lane highway. It was originally a two lane highway and it was widen to a four lane highway for a good reason many years ago. Isn't it obvious that a "road diet" is NOT a logical step forward for the future of Ashland? Please change it back to four lanes. Please STOP changing things. I have to pay for it. Also, less of these expensive surveys. Read in an article or comment in Sneak Preview from a man who said he was an engineer. His feedback was that since the City studies showed an average speed of 32 mph in a 25 mph zone indicates a need to raise speed limit to 30 mph. It does not indicate a need for less space especially on a major hwy and only access into the City of Ashland from the north. This was an ill thought out plan, one that did not take input from the majority who were against it at the City Council meetings. And the City admits their mistake by not adding a signal at Wimer. Traffic would be backed up even more so you had to change that decision. The reconfiguration must be aborted. It was a dense notion which has only served to interfere with the proper traffic flow of a roadway. It is rather foolish to bottle-neck a heavily traveled roadway under the pretense of safety when such bottle-necking only serves to increase hazards by interfering with sensible traffic flow. Increase traffic flow should not be jamming up said flow because such damming results in overspill in the form of increased impatience, and domino- effect repercussions from unsafe, unskilled drivers. It wasn't broke, so it shouldn't have been "fixed". An utter waste of revenue! I don't think it makes any sense to create more traffic issues at intersections near a hospital zone. What were they thinking? If this is designed to help bicyclists - why not do this near SOU, so that students, who ride bikes a lot, can benefit? In addition - why not survey us BEFORE doing it? Please change the Road Diet back to 2 lanes! Only seen 2 bicyclists using bike lanes. Cars coming Main St. from up above have to wait for at least 15 cars in each direction to turn North unless they have the red light on the street for making the turn. Our home is on Ashland Mine Road-with approx. 120 homes in the area. (Ashland Mine, Fox St., and the end of North Main). North Main is the ONLY EXIT from our area. Morning, evening 40 Southern Oregon University Research Center and rush traffic we have seen traffic back up trying to exit from North Main. This seems like a big inconvenience to all of us for a few bikers. Something needs to be done to relieve this situation as it stands-it would be a disaster if we had an emergency evacuation. We NEED A TRAFFIC LIGHT- or at least a left turn out in the island for drivers who need to drive to Medford or freeway entrance. See #11. I am a cyclist and love the concept we are trying to achieve but not in favor of the road diet due to problems it has created for auto traffic. I am willing to use the bike path instead. Thanks! I have lived in Ashland for 68 years and this configuration does not work for me. I have been caught in very slow traffic often 5 to 10 mph below speed limit. This happens more than once a day. Have been back up past Glen by 112 block many times. Very slow to dead stopped at Maple many times. Considerable trouble finding space to enter N. Main from side streets. I see very little bike traffic, no more than 1 per day and I travel this 4 to 10 times daily. Most days I see no bikes. Very congested merging at Heiman. Very few bikes but more slow bumper to bumper traffic. The reconfiguration was a big mistake. Bicycles are few, why not let them use the sidewalks along wlpeople. But designate the direction? Rarely see bikes in the area so don't understand why there's a need for a bike lane. Drivers entering Main St. from side streets are having to take chances, by darting out into the continuous cars. This makes for much more aggressive driving incidents, which makes more danger for both pedestrians and bikes. I have found that to even make a right turn on to N. Main is a long wait, because of now a single lane of car traffic. For the amount of bicycles on N. Main it is not worth the congestion caused to autos. I dislike the re-configuration. It inconvenience the majority of car traffic for a very few bicycle traffic on N. Main. Bikes are still scofflaws... they don't stop for red lights they don't signal they don't follow rules of the road. Difficult to turn onto N. Main in car or motorcycle. Bring back 4 lanes! Seriously, what city would ever make less lanes, most cities make roads with more lanes it is better for the flow of traffic. It is more safe to have more lanes. The Road Diet is a waste of taxpayer money!! We need a foot bridge at SOU!! I hate it. I hate it. Please undo this nonsense. The sooner the better. There are not enough bicyclists & pedestrians ever on No. Main to justify the inconvenience to all of the drivers all of the time. I drive N. Main Street 1-3 times per day and rarely see bikes. The road is less safe, more congested. Left turns are dangerous as cars are rushing through gaps to turn or driving on residential streets to get to easier left turns. Please change it back. 41 Southern Oregon University Research Center Apparently 90% of drivers do not understand how to use the center turn lane. I often see people passing slow cars in the turn lane (been tempted myself). With one lane, the bus stopping is a detriment. I seldom see bikes using the bike lane Seems a waste. You fucked all the workers trying to turn left on Van Ness to get to lumber & hardware stores. Thanks, you Prius driving asshats. WTF this goes against Oregon Bicyclist Manual re: swerving & biking in straight line (drawing of biking lane). Change it back! Bike lanes also don't need to be as big as a truck lane... The difficulty entering N. Main St. due to the road diet makes drivers impatient and causes them to take chances. They dart out in front of approaching traffic. I have had to jam on my brakes often when this happens and each time I fear being rear-ended. I think this road diet was probably the stupidest thing Ashland has ever done. North Main should have been kept the way it was originally intended - 4 lanes. "the 5th graders said this project was absolutely the waste OF TAX PAYERS money" I do not believe the street is noticeably safer. I live on N. Main, have not witnessed any increase in bicycle traffic, and drivers daily ignore the no left turn onto Van Ness St. Further, traffic has increased (and speeded up) dramatically from Van Ness onto N. Main. Have not noticed any increase in bicycle traffic, maybe even less. It is more difficult turning on to N. Main from side streets. it is an utter failure. I have seen accidents and almost accidents many more times than before, slow buses and trucks make it a nightmare. Turning is more difficult and dangerous. Bike access has been done in a horrible way. I Never see bicyclists. IMO [in my opinion] this is a fiasco and waste. For a town that depends on tourism as its primary source of commerce, you've made it more difficult for people who are coming here from elsewhere. As traffic inevitably increases the accident rate will increase. As it already has at the Maple St. intersection. Drivers entering from side streets already take more chances to enter the often continuous flow of traffic. This is especially evident at intersection where cars attempt to cross both directions of traffic. As for bicycles, I have twice encountered bikes riding in the wrong lane against traffic. In one instance, the cyclist make a fast left turn in front of me just as I cleared the traffic right and left and was about to leave Wimer to enter the traffic flow. Another second or two and I likely would have hit him-- VERY dangerous. As the driver's view is often restricted left or right by shrubbery or stop lines set behind pedestrian crossing lanes. Buses stopping to load or unload passengers have no room to clear the main traffic even when pulling as far as possible to the curb. If this happens just before a left turn lane that is occupied, or about to be occupied, traffic following the bus must stop further lengthening the single line of traffic and causing that line of traffic to stop. I have seen this happen several times. In one case a driver pulled out to pass the bus at the same time a car from the other direction was jus turning to enter the left turn lane. An accident was narrowly avoided. Another consideration is the fact that 42 Southern Oregon University Research Center the wildfire escape route requires entering the flow of traffic along Hi Way 99. It's impossible to predict what difficulties that might entail of a serious fire was threatening the area. The road diet may seem like a good idea to many, but it is a short-term solution to a non-existent problem. The problems created by the road diet will exacerbate over the next few years and cause much congestion and probably create a fair number of road-rage drivers. Not a good idea. I drive the road diet twice a day six days a week and have to enter the flow of traffic from Wimer. No observable increase in cyclist traffic!! Crossing/turning from cross-streets more difficult! How many people take an alternate route to avoid that stretch since the change? The changes have made it more difficult to enter and leave town. Also during peak times it is hard to enter from a side street. I think it was a bad move. Blocking the entrance to Van Ness did not help traffic flow and instead kept more traffic on Main St. Where the lanes converge at Bush St heading north - left turns onto Bush have become more hazardous. Please change it back! I actually AVOID driving this stretch if I have to now. more congestion. more frustration/ drivers cutting each other off. I travel it daily but haven't seen a bicycle yet. (1) Turning onto N Main from side streets more difficult (2) Turning left onto N. Main from N. Main (Fox / Ashland Mine Rd.) and Schofield is now very challenging. I see drivers taking dangerous chances to cross through steady stream of traffic (3) Merge in front of Bards Inn heading north is very poorly thought out - Traffic should merge to the right and create a turn lane to turn left onto Bush - currently very confusing. (4) 1 travel from Ashland Mine Rd to town at least daily for business. The very steady stream of traffic in 1 lane makes it difficult to merge into traffic or to cross traffic to head north. (5) Often traffic is backed up from the light at Maple St to past Breadboard, and from the light at Laurel nearly to Maple St. This makes turning onto N. Main from any side St. very challenging. Fortunately, there are many considerate drivers who will let you into traffic lane. (6) 1 do not see a noticeable increase in bike traffic, which was supposedly the whole reason for road diet. (7) The single improvement of the entire project is the re alignment of Hersey & Wimer. (8) 1 now often travel side streets like High; Scenic to get to a light to cross traffic on N. Main. These neighborhood streets are narrow and not designed for increased traffic. Especially difficult in the summer with increased tourist traffic - I have lived in Ashland for 30 years - as a motorist I thought the reconfiguration was foolish - as a cyclist I felt no safer - in fact at times, less safe. good intent - poor outcome. Allow traffic to flow - Please go back to the original configuration. Having the main route into town being only one lane is absurd. There is far too little bicycle traffic to warrant this! Thank you. (1) Both before and since the change there are thousands of cars traveling N. Main St. and about ten bikes. (2) Ashland never had traffic jams before the change; now every morning and evening it's like going to Costco. 43 Southern Oregon University Research Center It is of the opinion of some people that all these changes were made for the benefit of a "few" vocal "squeaky wheel" complaining bikers many of which are seen constantly breaking the rules of the road for bikers. These are speeding, going the wrong direction in traffic, not stopping for stop signs, not crossing the street in a proper manner, etc., as if there are no rules for them. Therefore, it would be appreciated if the city would go back to the previous road configuration!!!! Any positive changes were due only to realignment @ Wimer/Hersey. No other benefits. Where are all the bicyclists that the "road diet" was built for? Even in the summer I have never seen more than 2-3 cyclist per day at the most If that. Most days there are none. We live on street with stop light, the traffic has increased a lot. (1) Widen the street for bike lanes and (2) Put it back to 4 lanes (3) The city is in danger of losing state provided maintenance to this part of Hwy 99. This town cannot afford the cost of additional street maintenance. (4) Speed limit (25) is artificially too slow Put it back to 30. Glad to see you asking for feedback. It is a bad idea put into intolerable reality! Diet is Die with At. Much harder to turn onto Main. One slow car backs up everything. I'll always avoid and go residential back streets (which is not what should be) the way it is now. I lived for years on north end of town and did not have a problem with pre-road diet travel. Post- road diet, I am thankful I no longer live on that side of town. It is a commute and safety debacle that should be reversed. Despite the theoretically improved safety of cyclists & pedestrians expected from "The Road Diet," the extremely low volume of non-motorized travelers (3-4 cyclists in 1 yr. by my observation) it is an inefficient bottle neck for cars and more dangerous driving conditions at intersections & driveways: commercial & residential. Hate it! I think it is one of the least intelligent things the city has done. It gives Ashland a bad name. Looks like Ashland is run by total nincompoops. I choose alternate routes whenever possible. It's a completely inhospitable way to have people enter & exit town. The difficulty of pulling onto that road from a side street makes Ashland a less friendly more hostile environment. Please change it back. Bike lanes could be put close to curbs as there is wasted space for roadway. It would increase more space for a 4 lane entrance to Ashland. N. Main was the main arterial to access downtown area and rest of Ashland. For those living in this area & trying to access N. Main St from a side street, the wait can be very lengthy & frustrating. 44 Southern Oregon University Research Center Trying to get across the street into the bike lane is often very difficult. The bike lane merges with the traffic lane near the Bards Inn. (very dangerous)! Also leaving town going up and around the corner (at Bard's Inn) the bike lane is in the traffic lane!!! Very dangerous!! A bicyclists is going to be killed there!! A times coming onto the street it is so backed up people seem to get upset & will attempt to enter the street in an unsafe manner Maple Intersection has become very dangerous. At many times, it is nearly impossible to merge in either direction. I understand how to use a "center lane" but people are afraid to use it (me included) with such congestion as we know it frightens the cars' drivers with whom we are trying to merge. Also, it has killed the sweet "Welcome to Ashland" feel. The whole thing makes me sad. I emailed in about it long ago. Thank you for asking, though. It became more difficult & now more traffic on Eagle Mill where I have observed more accidents It is terrible. The change from 2 lanes to 1 going North is dangerous. People are squeezing in or changing lanes quickly to avoid being behind slower vehicles. Again, I have NEVER seen any bicycles using the bike lanes. It is rude for bike advocates to mandate these lanes to the detriment of the vast majority of drivers when so very few make use the bike lanes. I will vote you out. What a waste of time and money What evidence did you have to decide this is safer to make everyone stop and go behind someone? "I'd like to see the markings back to the previous way. A street light needs to be implemented at Wimer & North Main." Traffic is too congested. Can take a very long time to enter Main Street, whether turning right or left & cars are stacking up to wait to enter. The most beneficial change was to the Wimer/Hersey intersection, but all the rest of it is working worse, not better. Thank you for sending out this survey! See attached. I do not feel that the re-configuration of N. Main Street has been a good experience. This survey looks at several aspects of the change and I will comment on each one separately. I have correlated them with the questions asked. Questions 4 and 5: As to the issue speed, I do agree that a lot of people exceeded the posted 25mph speed limit prior to the re- configuration however I do not feel that it has improved. People still want to go faster but now they just tailgate those that are driving 25mph. Questions 6 and 7: Regarding the amount of traffic, I feel that it is more congested as there are the same amount of vehicles however the amount of space they have to travel in has been reduced by half. This is especially noticeable in the section between Hellman and Bush as you are leaving downtown. The reconfiguration has caused many problems for motorists entering or exiting parking lots for businesses on N. Main Street. 45 Southern Oregon University Research Center We avoid it because of the time it now takes in addition to wild mergings because it doesn't make sense / is not intuitive. We now generally only shop on the south side of town. Merging into peak-time traffic can be very difficult. Left turn lanes are good. People still speeding. People still making illegal, unsafe left turns. It is very difficult to enter Main from a non-light-controlled side street due to more congestion on Main, especially if have to cross lanes. Also, the indecisive tourist holds everybody up. A light @ the Wimer/Hersey intersection would be very helpful. Keep it! Make Ashland better for bikes! 46 " ^ YYYL Vol ~ ~ ~ ' Cho x r <t_`% e , ~b 14 v I-r t`_~ p ~ ~ 9f 1000 00, i n O' r r ~p NO LT c~ ' a I f i n a k _ Q~. 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Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm ,ashland.onus 541/552-2411. 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Helga Motley lmailto:mail@changemail org] Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2013 9:44 AM To: faughtrn@ashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Richard Seidman, Alex Newport-Berra... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 215 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http //www change ore/petitions/city-of ashtand-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 211. Richard Seidman Ashland, Oregon 212. Alex Newport-Berra Ashland, OR, Oregon 213. Brenda Gould Ashland, Oregon 214. Mark Knox Ashland, Oregon 215. Helga Motley Ashland, Oregon 38 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:02 AM To: 'Kim','Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Laura Guerrero, Libby Edson... Michael R. 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Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.change.org/petitions/city-of-ashiand-support-bike-ped-friendly-ti,ansportation-keen-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 196. Laura Guerrero Grants Pass, Oregon 197. Libby Edson Ashland, Oregon 198. Carolee Buck Ashland, Oregon 199. jane bsrton Ashland, Oregon 200. Steven Edson Ashland, Oregon 39 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:02 AM To: 'Kim','Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Isabella Thorndike, Leah Saturen... Michael R. 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Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change orgJpetitions/eit~-of-asbland-support-bike-oed-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 191. Isabella Thomdike Ashland, Oregon 192. Leah Saturen Ashland, Oregon 193. Judith Sanford Ashland, Oregon 194. Kathleen Stasny Ashland, Oregon 195. Kathryn Smith Ashland, Oregon 40 Tami DeMille-Campos i i From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:01 AM To: 'Kim', Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Susan Bohn, Guy Nutter... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauahtin@ashland.onus 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Patti Sanders [mai1to:mai1@chanoemWIorgj Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 6:24 PM To: fauohtm(aashland.or us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Susan Bohn, Guy Nutter... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Cormmunity Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 190 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.chanee orgipetitions/city-of-asMl nd-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keen-the-road t diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, [ 186. Susan Bohn Medford, Oregon 187. Guy Nutter Ashland, Oregon 188. Concerned Citizen New City, New York i... 189. Charles Carlson ASHLAND, Oregon 190. Patti Sanders Ashland, Oregon 8 41 [ Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:01 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Julia Sommer, Judy Kerr... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauehtmQ,ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: David Masessa fmailto:mail@chanoemail.org] Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 3:18 PM To: faughtm(u)ashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Julia Sommer, Judy Kerr... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 185 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: httu'//www change orp-/Detitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-Red-friendly-transpoitation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd I Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 181. Julia Sommer Ashland, Oregon 182. Judy Kerr Ashland, Oregon 183. Adam Weber Hood River, Oregon 184. Tom-Pelsor Yreka, California 185. David Masessa Medford, Oregon 0= 42 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught[faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:01 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Sally Rogers, David Oliver... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From. tom sheets [mailto:mail(u)chanoemail.org] Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 1:18 PM To:faughb-nRashland.or.us Subject: S new petition signatures: Sally Rogers, David Oliver... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Actions petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 180 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change orepetitions/city-of-asliland-support-bike-ped-friendl -t~portation-keen-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bdI Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 176. Sally Rogers Eagle Point, Oregon 177. David Oliver Ashland, Oregon 178. Ann Hackett Medford, Oregon 179. Tenasi Lazar Ashland, Oregon 180. tom sheets ashland, Oregon 43 E Tami I7eMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:01 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures:' Edward Jensen, Belkis Rutchland... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtin@ashlaard. or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Teri Coppedge [mailto:mailCalchanoemail.oraI _ V Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 11:24 AM To:fauohtm ashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Edward Jensen, Belkis Rutchland... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 175 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change orpjpetitions/city-of-ashland-sort-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 172. Edward Jensen Phoenix, Oregon 173. Belkis Rutchland Ashland, Oregon 174. Ben Bellinson Ashland, Oregon 174. Katharine Danner Ashland, Oregon 175. Teri Coppedge Ashland, Oregon 44 i Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught[faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:01 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Terry Longshore, Kelly Shelstad... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director . City of Ashland 51 Winbunl Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauglitm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/715-2900 17Y This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Deborah Gordon [mailto:mail0changemail.org]~~ WW Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 9:48 AM To: fauohtm(a)ashland.or us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Terry Longshore, Kelly Shelstad... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 170 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: hftp://www.change.ora/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diel/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, E 165. Terry Longshore Ashland, Oregon 166. Kelly Shelstad Ashland, Oregon a 167. cynthia wood aslrland, Oregon 168. Shannon Christopher Ashalnd, Oregon 170. Deborah Gordon Ashland, Oregon a N P 45 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: - Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:00 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Mark Spector, Joann Finder... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fau litm ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Terry Longshore [mailto•mail0changemaiLorgj i Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 8:37 AM To: faughtm(Oashland.or.us Subject: S new petition signatures: Mark Spector, Joann Pinder... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 165 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.chanize.of g/petitions/city-of-ashland-supuott-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- dicUresponses/new?response=946504106bdI Dear Mike Faught, 1 support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 161. Mark Spector Ashland, Oregon 162. Joann Pinder Ashland, Oregon 163. Donald Parker Ashland, Oregon 164. Amy Twiest Ashland, Oregon 165. Terry Longshore Ashland, Oregon 16 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:00 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Mark Spector, Joann Pinder... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland. OR 97520 fauehtm(aashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY 'I'bis email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Lynn Adams [mailto:mail@changemail.oroI _ W Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 8:14 AM To:fauohb-n0ashland.or us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Mark Spector, Joann Pinder... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation -Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 165 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Comrunity Action by clicking here: http://www change org(petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-tlie-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 161. Mark Spector Ashland, Oregon 162. Joann Pinder Ashland, Oregon 163. Donald Parker Ashland, Oregon 164. Arny Twiest Ashland, Oregon 165. Lynn Adams Medford, Oregon 47 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.usl Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:00 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: laurie red, Trisha Vigil... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauahtm(a~ashland. or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From. Justin Adams [mailto:mail@changemail.oro] Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 7:15 AM To: fauohtmPashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: laurie red, Trisha Vigil... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 160 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change orgipetitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-ioad- diet/responses/new?response--946504106bd 1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 156. Laurie red ashland, Oregon 158. Trisha Vigil Talent, Oregon 159. Bruce Bergstrom Ashland, Oregon 159. Candace Younghans Ashland, Oregon 160. Justin Adams Ashland, Oregon 0 48 Tami DeMille-Campos I From: Mike Faught Ifaughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:00 AM To: 'Kim;'Tami DeMille-Campos' i Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Wayne Breithaupt, Sharon Harris... 9 1 3 Michael R. Faught Public Works Director .City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way S Ashland, OR 97520, fauphtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 8001735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for 6 disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Barbara Stout [mailto•mailCalchanoemail orgj Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 12:28 AM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: S new petition signatures: Wayne Breithaupt, Sharon Harris... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped j fi iendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 1.55 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change.org/petitions/city-of-asWand-support-bike-ped friendly transportation keep flee road diet/responses/newyresponse=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, - 148. Wayne Breithaupt Medford, Oregon 149. Sharon Harris Ashland, Oregon 150. Merry Evitts Ashland, Oregon 151. Matthew Evitts Ashland, Oregon 152. Chris Bourne Talent, Oregon 49 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught[faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:00 AM To: 'Kim'; Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Nancy Keeley, Rich Rohde... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland, 51 Wiriburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Pax 8001735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know, From: Merry Evitts [mailto:mail(a)chanoemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 11:13 PM To: fauohtmfulashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Nancy Keeley, Rich Rohde... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 150 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://wwv chanye orgipetitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, I suppbrt bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 146. Nancy Keeley Ashland, Oregon 147. Rich Rohde Ashland, Oregon 148. Wayne Breithaupt Medford, Oregon 149. Sharon Harris Ashland, Oregon 150. Merry Evitts Ashland, Oregon 0 = so Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 11:00 AM To: 'Kim%'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Carl Harsch, Bonnie Walker... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 5.1 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauahthnnashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Jody Zonnenschein [mailto:mail(@changemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 9:39 PM To: fauohtmCcbashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Carl Harsch, Bonnie Walker... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 140 signatures. on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.chanpe.orgipetiti ons/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new7response=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, ' I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 135. Carl Harsch Medford, Oregon 137. Bonnie Walker Medford, Oregon 139. Arthur Buck Ashland, Oregon 138. Sarah Paul Ashland, Oregon 139. Rylan Heyerman Ashland, Oregon st ~ Tarni DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us) Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:59 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new pet ion signatures: keiths shirley, Gary Foil... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fan hg tm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 5411488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Carl Harsch [mailto:ma!(Co~changemail orgj Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 7:47 PM To: faughtm@ashiand.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: keiths shirley, Gary Foll... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Cbange.org. There are now 135 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http•//www change org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 130. keiths shirley medford, Oregon 131. Gary Foll Ashland, Oregon 132. opie heyerman ashland, Oregon 133. Dorsey Burger Ashland, Oregon 134. Victoria Brown Eagle Point, Oregon sz Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:59 AM To: 'Kim'. 'Tam! DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Dale Berg, Eric Bell... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fau lg ltml7ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 [ 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY 'This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. s From: keiths shirley [mailto:mai1(d)chanaemall.ornl Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 7:18 PM To: faughtm(coashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Dale Berg, Eric Bell... fi 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 132 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: littp://www.change.org/petitions/city-of-ashland-su ort-bike- ed-friendl -trans ortation-kee -the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 t Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 126. Dale Berg Portland, Oregon 127. Eric Bell Ashland, Oregon 128. Elizabeth Zell Ashland, Oregon 129. Jessica Leonard Ashland, Oregon 130. keiths Shirley medford, Oregon 53 i Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:59 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: jack kyman, Tom Burnham... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauuhtm(ct7,ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This ernail is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Holly Johnson [mailto•maiKiilchangemail.oro] sent: Friday, November 08; 2013 7:05 PM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition, signatures: jack kyman, Tom Burnham... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation -Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 128 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http //www cliange orglpetitions/city-of-ashland-sport-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/res-onses/newvresponse=946504106bd I Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 121. jack kyman ashland, Oregon 122. Tom Burnham Ashland, Oregon 123. Cynthia Bower Talent, Oregon 124. L Leroy Coppedge Ashland, Oregon 125. Holly Johnson Ashland, Oregon 54 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:59 AM To: 'Kim','Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Jon Aleshire, Paul Rowland... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Asliland, OR 97520 ashland.or.us faughtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY 'I'bis email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Robert Sorrell fmailto:mail(alchangemail.o _ v Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 6:46 PM To: fauahtm(a)ashland or us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Jon Aleshire, Paul Rowland... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 127 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 116. Jon Aleshire Ashland, Oregon 117. Paul Rowland Ashland, Oregon 119. pete Wallstrom Ashland, Oregon 120. Rick Berlet Ashland, Oregon 120. Robert Sorrell Ashland, Oregon a 55 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:59 AM To: Xim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Michael Pitts, Jon Aleshire.-. Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclostue and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Rick Berlet [mailto:mail@)chanoemail.oraj Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 6:39 PM To: faughtm(o)ashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Michael Pitts, Jon Aleshire... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Commurdty Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 125 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: littp://www.change.orPlpefitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-fi iendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 116. Michael Pitts Medford, Oregon 116. Jon Aleshire Ashland, Oregon 117. Paul Rowland Ashland, Oregon 119. pete Wallstrom Ashland, Oregon 120. Rick Berlet Ashland, Oregon 56 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:59 AM To: Xim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: martha Wilhelm, Tristan Gutner... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faux, cr,ashland.onus 5/11/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Bradley Whelden rmailto:[Dail@changemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 6:05 PM To: fauohtm@ashland.or.us Subject: S new petition signatures: martha wilhelm, Tristan Gutner... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 121 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking bete: http'//www change orVpctitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-tlie-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, 1 support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, I 11. martha wilhelm talent, Oregon 112. Tristan Gutner Ashland, Oregon 113. Doug Shipley Ashland, Oregon 114. Jean O'Donnell Ashland, Oregon 115. Bradley Whelden Ashland, Oregon 57 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught[faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:58 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Joi Riley, Ronald Zell... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtin@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: wil thornson [mailto•mail@changemail org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 5:29 PM To: fauahtm(a)ashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Joi Riley, Ronald Zell... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 116 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people' are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http•//www change org~petitions/city-of-ashand-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 106. Joi Riley Talent, Oregon 107. Ronald Zell Ashland, Oregon 108. Evan Smith Ashland, Oregon 109. Judy Howard Ashland, Oregon 110. wit thomson ashland, Oregon 58 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:58 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Joseph Micketti, Randy Mason... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauehtm0).ashland.or.us 541/552-2511 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Autumn Micketti fmailto:mailtabchanciemai!.ora] V Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 5:16 PM To: faughtm(&ashland or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Joseph Micketti, Randy Mason... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 116 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http;//www change ora/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bilce-ped-friendly transportation keep the road diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 98. Joseph Micketti Ashland, Oregon 99. Randy Mason Ashland, Oregon 100. Jeanne Chouard Ashland, Oregon 103. Kim Rooklyn Ashland, Oregon 105. Autumn Micketti Ashland, Oregon 59 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.usl Sent: Wednesday; November 13, 2013 10:57 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Stuart Green, Philip Gagnon... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 fau hg tmna,ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Jeanne Chouard [mailto:mall@changemail org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 5:02 PM To:faughtm ashland.or.us Subject: S new petition signatures: Stuart Green, Philip Gagnon... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 116 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: littp://wmv.change. of g_/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 96. Stuart Green Ashland, Oregon 97. Philip Gagnon Ashland, Oregon 98. Joseph Micketti Ashland, Oregon 99. Randy Mason Ashland, Oregon 100. Jearme Chouard Ashland, Oregon 60 i Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Fought [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:57 AM To: Xim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Brittany Harris, Becky Brown... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fhug-htnq@ashlai,d.or.us 541/552-241.1 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Dan Thorndike fma11to:ma11(Dchanaemai1.oro] ^ Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 4:31 PM To: faughtm0ashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Brittany Harris, Becky Brown... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 115 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.change.orgZpetitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 91. Brittany Harris Ashland, Oregon 92. Becky Brown Ashland, Oregon 93. john grimbergen ashland, Oregon 94. ML Moore Ashland, Oregon 95. Dan Thomdike Ashland, Oregon 61 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.usj Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:57 AM To: 'Km'; Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Aaron Hoppe, Robert Beher... i Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fau rhtm8ashland.onus .541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Katherine Nabielski [mailto•mai1@changemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 4:03 PM To: faughtm(aashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Aaron Hoppe, Robert Beher... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 112 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change orWpefitions/city-of-aliland-support-bike-ped-fiiendly-transpoitation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 88. Aaron Hoppe Ashland, Oregon 87. Robert Beher jacksonville, Oregon 88. Brandon Breen Ashland, Oregon 89. Sarah Vaile Ashland, Oregon 90. Katherine Nabielski Ashland, Oregon 62 i Tarni DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught Ifaughtm@ashland.orus] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:57 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: John Colwell, john harris... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fan htmtg'~,ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Cheryl Colwell [mailto:maftalchanoemail ora] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 3:27 PM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: John Colwell, john harris... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 109 signatures on this petition. Read.reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community. Action by clicking here: http://www.chan e.or[Jpetitions/city-of-ashland-sup op rt-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keen-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 80. John Colwell ASHLAND, Oregon 81. john harris Ashland, Oregon 83. Ken Silverman Ashland, Oregon 84. Ana LoPresti Ashland, Oregon 85. Cheryl Colwell Ashland, Oregon 63 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught (faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 10:56 AM To: Tami DeMille-Campos', 'Kim' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Jeff Altemus, Janie Chandler... i Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fau hg tm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: John Colwell fmai1to•mail@changemail.org1 ` W Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 3:18 PM To: faughtm(?ashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Jeff Altemus, Janie Chandler... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly, transportation - Keel) the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 107 signatures on this.petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.chang_e.org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendlyti-ansportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 76. Jeff Altemus Ashland, Oregon 77. Janie Chandler Ashland, Oregon 78. brandon liebert Ashland, Oregon 79. Kristine Ehrhart Anchorage, Alaska 80. John Colwell ASHLAND, Oregon 64 Tami DeM[Ile-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.usl Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:23 AM To: Xim':'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Billy Peterson, Noah Volz... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fau he tm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Kiova Staley lmailto:mailto)changemail.oraj Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 2:35 PM To: fauohtm(a)ashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Billy Peterson, Noah Volz... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 98 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http•//www change org(petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-fiiendl ty ransportation keen the road diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1' Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 71. Billy Peterson Ashland, Oregon 72. Noah Volz ashland, Oregon 73. John Burns Ashland, Oregon - 74. Ian Bagshaw talent, Oregon 75. Kiova Staley Ashland, Oregon 0 6S 3 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.usl Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:19 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Billy Peterson, Noah Volz... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 fau hg tru@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Kiova Staley [mailto:mailfthangemail.orgj Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 2:35 PM To: fauahtm(a)ashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Billy Peterson, Noah Volz... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 98 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Conununity Action by clicking here: http://www change ora/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike_ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 71. Billy Peterson Ashland, Oregon 72. Noah Volz ashland, Oregon 73. John Bums Ashland, Oregon 74. Ian Bagshaw talent, Oregon 75. Kiova Staley Ashland, Oregon 66 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught ifaughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:19 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Sam Whitridge, Paul Grimsrud... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/498-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Kelly Miller [mailto:maii(o)changemail.orciI Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 4:42 PM To: fauohtm(o)ashiand.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Sam Whitridge, Paul Grimsrud... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. " There are now 93 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http•//www change orp/petiti6ns/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response--946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 61. Sam Whitridge Ashland, Oregon 62. Paul Grimsrud Ashland, Oregon 63. Celia Harris Ashland, Oregon f 64. Lyndia Hammer Ashland, Oregon @f 65. Kelly Miller Talent, Oregon 67 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:19 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Aura Johnson, Michael Parker... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fau htm c ashland.onus 5411552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. Tf you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Elizabeth Tobey [mailto7mailCelchan4email.oru] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 1:22 PM To: fau htm ashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Aura Johnson, Michael Parker... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keen the road diet!" on.Change.org. There are now 91 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change org[petiti ons/city of ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-trausportation-keep-the-road- diet/res onses/newvresponse=946504106bd1 Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 56. Aura Johnson Ashland, Oregon 57. Michael Parker Aslrland, Oregon 58. George Sexton Ashland, Oregon 59. Casey Frieder Ashland, Oregon 60. Elizabeth Tobey Ashland, Oregon 0 68 Tami DeM[Ile-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:18 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: 5 new petition signatures: Duane Martinez, Eric Hansen... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 fabphtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me larow. From: bj hilden [mai1to:mai1(@changemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 1:06 PM To: faughtm(a)ashland.or.us Subject: 5 new petition signatures: Duane Martinez, Eric Hansen... 5 new people recently signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & pd friendly transportation - Keen the road diet!" on Change.org. There are now 88 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change or /gipetitions/city-of-astiland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd I Dear Mike Faught, I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, 51. Duane Martinez Ashland, Oregon 52. Eric Hansen Ashland, Oregon 53. Olivia Doty Ashland, Oregon 54. Jeanine Moy Ashland, Oregon 55. hj hilden ashland, Oregon 69 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.usj Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:18 AM To: 'Kim', 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauehlmnashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Beth Nolan fmailto•mailCalchanoemail.oroj Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 11:52 AM To: fauohtm(u)ashland or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Beth Nolan Ashland, Oregon There are now 48 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: httl)7//www,change.org/12etitions/city-of-ashI and-support-bike-ned-friendly transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 70 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:18 AM To: 'Kim'; Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road died" Michael R Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 fau hg tm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. r From: Rob Sweeney fmailto:mailCcbchanoemail.oro] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 11:52 AM To: fauohtm0ashland.orms Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Rob Sweeney Ashland, Oregon There are now 49 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://wwwchange'org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 71 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Vaught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:18 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtra@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Sarah Golden [mailto•mailC@changemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 11:50 AM To: faughtmRashland or us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: SUpport bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Sarah Golden Ashland, Oregon There are now 47 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: httn'//www,change.ory/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 s= 72 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:18 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbu n Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauehtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Sarah Red-Laird [mailto:mai1(0changemai!.org]. s Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 11:48 AM To: fauohtm@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Actions petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Sarah Red-Laird Ashland, Oregon There are now 46 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http:!/www.charrge.ore/petitions/city-of-ashiand-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-Load- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 0 73 P Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:17 AM To: 'Kim','Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW. I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faughl Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Whnburn Way Asliland, OR 97520 faughtni@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Judy Peddicord [maiIto•mail@changemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 11:40 AM To: faughtmPashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org., I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Judy Peddicord Ashland, Oregon There are now 45 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change orWi)etitions/city-of-asliland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/resp onses/new?response=946504106bd 1 74 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.usj Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:17 AM To: 'Kim" Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauehtmna_ ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Erika Giesen rma1lto:mai1@changemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 10:55 AM To: faughtm(a)ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Erika Giesen Talent, Oregon There are now 41 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.change.org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 a= 75 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.ocus] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:17 AM To: 'Kim'; Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm ,ash]and.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Megan Fehrman fmailto•mail(&chanaemail.org) Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 10:40 AM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's Petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & pod friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Megan Fehnnan Jacksonville, Oregon There are now 40 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland m Community Action by clicking here: http'//www change ora/petitions/city-of ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?respon se=946504106bd I o=: 76 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:17 AM To: 'Kim'; Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road died" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Pepper Trait [mailto:mail(@chanoemail.org) ~ Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 10:37 AM To: fauohtm@)ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly R transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Pepper Trail Ashland, Oregon There are now 38 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.change.org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 i 77 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:17 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" I Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauehtrn@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 5411488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Greg Carey [mailto•mail(o)chanoemail.oro]A Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 10:33 AM To: fauohtmCtashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Greg Carey Ashland, Oregon There are now 37 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change ore/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 0 78 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught Ifaughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:16 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fau htm ashland.orms 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Tracy Harding ([nailto:mail@changemail.orrg] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 10:16 AM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Tracy Harding Ashland, Oregon There are now 35 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.change.org/ipctitions/Gity-of-ashland-sup op rt-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 79 Mami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:16 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation -Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fan to @ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Fred Gant [mailto-rnail2chanoemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 10:03 AM To: faughtm(d)ashland or us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Actions petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Fred Gant Ashland, Oregon There are now 35 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http //www change org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diettresponses/new?response=946504106bd 1 BO Tami DeMille-Campos i From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.ocus] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:16 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road dietl" ! Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 9 faughtm c@i ashland.onus 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: James Haim [mailto:mai(qchangemail org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 9:57 AM To: fauohtm@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, ' James Haim Ashland, Oregon There are now 33 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: I httn://www change.org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 B i 81 i Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.ocusl Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:16 AM To: 'Kim';Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtrn@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for, disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Christopher Collins [mailto:mail@changemail.org] i~ Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 9:46 AM To: faughtmCaashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road.diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Christopher Collins Staten Island, New York There are now 32 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http7//www change org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bdi 82 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught Ifaughtm@ashland.or.us] . Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:16 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 8001735-2900'1TY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Pauline Black [mailto:mall(a)chanoemail.ora] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 9:44 AM To: faughtmCaashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keen the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Pauline Black Ashland, Oregon There are now 31 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: hftp://wivw.chanize.org~petitions/eity-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 I 0 83 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm u ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:15 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City ofAsliland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR. 97520 fauphtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Joanne Lescher [mailto•mailOchangemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 9:42 AM To: fauahtm@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transpoihation -Keen the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Joanne Lescher Ashland, Oregon There are now 30 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change org/petitions/city-of-asbland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/newyresponse=946504106bd1 84 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 9:15 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: [ashlandcommunity-action] Sign a quick petition supporting the Road Diet! Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: amy anderson [mailto:amydot2000@yahoo com] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 9:36 AM To: mike.faught(a)ashland.or.us; Fluerys(o)ash!and.or.us Subject: Fw: [ashland-community-action] Sign a quick petition supporting the Road Diet! On Thursday, November 7, 2013 7:29 PM, Malena Marvin <malena.marvin(o_gmail.com> wrote: Here's a chance to send a quick message to City Council supporting the Road Diet and safe bike and ped-friendly transportation in Ashland! hftp://www change orglpetitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the- road-diet# Please take 5 seconds to add your name (an email will be sent to Council) and please do share with your networks and Ashland friends! The City's feedback website was definitely cumbersome, and it looks like only 275 people actually left comments. Let's make a big statement that Ashlanders support bike-friendly planning! Thanks so much, Malena MNena Marvin BS I Ecological Designer & Field Educator elemental design build nature of design 541.821.7260 Take action for Ashland and spread the word! Forward this Ashland Community Action announcement to a friend. If you have received this email as a forward, subscribe by visiting http://Iists.riseup.net/www/info/ashland-community-action or emailing malena(o)riseup.net. 86 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.usj Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:22 AM To: 'Kim ; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtur (cr7.ashland. onus 541/552-2=41 1 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Charles Schink [mailto•mail(cOchanoemail.oro] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 9:28 AM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Asliland: Support bike & ped friendly s transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Charles Schink Asliland, Oregon There are now 29 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland m~ Community Action by clicking here: http://www.change.org/petitions/city-of-asWand-support-bike-ped-friendly-transL)ortation-keep-the-road- [ diet/responses/new?response=946504106bdI [ e7 I[ P I Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or-us) Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:21 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMiile-Campos' Subject: FW- I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtrn@ashland. on us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let nip know. From: Shannon Clery [mailto•mail@chanaemail.m1 Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 8:38 AM To: fauohtm@ashland or us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, T just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet! 'on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Shannon Clery Ashland, Oregon There are now 27 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Cormnunity Action by clicking here: http•//www change ora/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/newyresponse=946504106bd1 0 86 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:21 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm - ,ashlaud.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Deborah Holden [mailto:mail@changemail.orgl Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 8:38 AM To: faughtm(Oashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, Ijust signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Deborah Holden Ashland, Oregon There are now 26 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.cliange. org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946 504I 06bd I_ 89 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us) Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8.21 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet[" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtmoashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Katherine Holden rmailto•mail(d)changemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 8:12 AM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Katherine Holden Ashland, Oregon There are now 25 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change or[Jpetitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 90 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:21 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road dietl" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Debbie Levy imailto:mail@changemail.orgj Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 8:10 AM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I I I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Debbie Levy Ashland, Oregon j There are now 24 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.change.orM)etitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- ° dieUresponses/new?response=946504106bd1 91 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught[faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13; 2013 8:20 AM To: 'Kim ; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Win burn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauehb-n ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Tracy Peddicord rmailto•mail@changemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 7:38 AM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Tracy Peddicord Ashland, Oregon There are now 23 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: !Zp://www change orglpetitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendl -ty ranspottation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new response=946504106bd1 92 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught[faughtm@ashland.or.usj Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:20 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbunr Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Mike McDonald [mailto:mail0channemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 7:35 AM To: fauahtm(a)ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, R I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! e r Sincerely, Mike McDonald Norden, California n t There are now 22 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland 9 Community Action by clicking here: http://www.chani4e.org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-f-iendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response-946504106bdI t 93 g E Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught[faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:19 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtin@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY '['his email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records taw for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Dan Moore [mailto•mail@chanoemail.or ] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 6:23 AM To: fauohtm(aashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Dan Moore Ashland, Oregon There are now 22 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change orfz/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new9response=946504106bd1 94 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:19 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike s ped friendly transportation - Keep the road dietl" I Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm(@,ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 s 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Peggy Paver [mailto:mail(@chanaema!I.org] ~ Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 6:09 AM To: faughtm0ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" [ Dear Mike Faught, 1 I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly I transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. i I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Peggy Paver Ashland, Oregon There are now 21 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland W Community Action by clicking here: http://www.change org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- F. diet/responses/new?response 946504106bd1 a 0 a 1 I 6 95 i Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.usl Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:19 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support hike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm c ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: John Fricker fmailto•ma!I(alchangemail.org] ~c Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 5:10 AM To: faughtm(alashland or us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, John Fricker Ashland, Oregon There are now 20 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: bttp•/lwww.change.org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike_ped-friendl-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/respoonses/new?response=946504106 bd 1 96 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:18 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 fau htm@ashland.orms 541/552-2411 541 /488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you.have received this message in error, please jet me know. From: Diana Hartel [mai1to:mail(@changemail.om1 Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 5:09 AM To: fauahtm@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Diana Hartel Ashland, Oregon There are now 19 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http •//www change or> lpetitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 97 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:18 AM To: 'Kim','Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauplitrn@,,ashland.orms 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Liza Tran [mailto:mail(cbchanoemail.oro] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 2:31 AM To: faughtm ashland or us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Liza Tran Ashland, Oregon There are now 15 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http //vvww chance ore/petitions/city of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-goad- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 98 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:18 AM To: 'Kim'; Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fau ghf tm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 8001735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received. this message in error, please let me know. From: Robyn Janssen [mailto•mailftchanaemail oro] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 2:07 AM To. fauchtm@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, s I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road.diet! e Sincerely, Robyn Janssen Ashland, Oregon There are now 14 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to AsIdand Community Action by clicking here: t httu://www.change.orgipetitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-goad- diet/resnonses/new?response=946504106bd1 F t 0 [ [ E 99 1 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:18 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Asl>land, OR 97520 fau htn1@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Stu O'Neill [mailto'mailCa)chanoemail org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 1:56 AM To: faughtmCo)ashland or us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation -Keep the road diet! " on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Stu O'Neill Ashland, Oregon There are now 13 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people. are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http•//www change org/petitions/city-of-ashjand-support-bike-ped-friendly-transi2ortation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd I 100 i Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faugtitm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:18 AM To: 'Kim'; Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fau htm i ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: John Bullock [mailto:mailCalchangemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 1:38 AM To: faughtmCa@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, John Bullock Ashland, Oregon i ! There are now 12 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.change ore/petitions/city-of ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responseshrew?response=946504106bd 1 0 t 101 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught Ifaughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:17 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Wiuburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-241.1 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Betsy Combes [mailto•mailPchangemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 1:35 AM To: fauahtm(aashland or us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, T just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Betsy Combes Talent, Oregon There are now I 1 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.change.org/petitions/ciiy-of-ashland- suunort-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 toz Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8.17 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OF 97520 fau htm ashland.onus 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This enaiLis official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Steven LaRose [mailto•mail(a)changemail oral Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 1:12 AM To: fauchtmCdashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Steven LaRose Talent, Oregon There are now 9 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.change.org/petitions/city-of-ashland-su pport-bilce-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 103 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.usl Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:17 AM To: 'Kim':'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road dietl" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauehtm .ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY Tllis email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Ted Clay (mailtoimailCdchangemail.orgl Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 1:08 AM To: faughtm(Dashland or us subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Ted Clay Ashland, Oregon There are now 8 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland _ Community Action by clicking here: http•//www.change.ora/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?respo nse=946504106bd 1 104 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:17 AM To: 'Kim';,,rami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Wlnburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm@ashland.or. us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Pax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Wes Brain [mailto:mail@changemail.otg] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 1:07 AM To: faughtm(o)ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Wes Brain Ashland, Oregon There are now 7 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www.change.org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd 1 0 tos Tami DeM[Ile-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:17 AM To: 'Kim', 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtmr.@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Nuna Teal [mailto:mailColchangemaii.org] ~Y Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 1:03 AM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just.signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Nuna Teal Ashland, Oregon There are now 6 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http•//www change org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/resp_onses/new?resp onse=946504106bd 1 106 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faught ngashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:16 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbum Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm@ashiand.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 8001735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Joseph Chermesino [mailto:maika)changemail orgj Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 12:58 AM To: fauohtm(a)ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Joseph Chermesino ashland, Oregon There are now 5 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change orgZpcfitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/pew?response=946504106bd1 0 107 Tami DeMille-Campos . gs From: Mike Faught [faughtm cilashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:16 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation -Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbmn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm a ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-29001TY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Evelyn Roether [mailto•mail@changemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 12:55 AM To: fauohtm(aashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Evelyn Roether Ashland, Oregon There are now 4 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http //www change org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/newyresponse=946504106bd1 0 109 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught Ifaughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:16 AM To: 'Kim'; 'Tami DeMille-Campos Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road dietl" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughhu ,ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention.' If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Elizabeth Bretko [mailto:mail(@chanoemail.org] Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 12:38 AM To: faughtm(@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, 1. just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Elizabeth Bretko Jacksonville, Oregon There are now 3 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http://www change org/petitions/City-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keep-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bdI A 109 Tarni DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.usj Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:16 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winbun Way Ashland, OR 97520 faughtm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY 'I'bis email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Brandy MacDonald [mailto•mai1@)chanoemail.orgl Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 12:26 AM . To: fau hbii(nashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Brandy MacDonald Ashland, Oregon There are now 2 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: htip://www change org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-fiiendly-transl2ortation-keep-the-road- dietyresponses/new?response=946504106bd 1 110 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Mike Faught[faughtm@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:15 AM To: 'Kim';'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" I received several emails regarding the support bike and ped friendly transportation petition that I will be forwarding to both of you. Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 faup_btm@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. From: Malena Marvin [mailto•mailftchangemail.oruj ' Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 12:22 AM To: Lau_qhtm@ashland.or.us Subject: I just signed "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" Dear Mike Faught, I just signed Ashland Community Action's petition "City of Ashland: Support bike & ped friendly transportation - Keep the road diet!" on Change.org. I_ support bike and ped friendly transportation in Ashland: Keep the road diet! Sincerely, Malena Marvin Ashland, Oregon There are now 1 signatures on this petition. Read reasons why people are signing, and respond to Ashland Community Action by clicking here: http //www change org/petitions/city-of-ashland-support-bike-ped-friendly-transportation-keen-the-road- diet/responses/new?response=946504106bd1 ur 6 Mike Faught From: Kim Rooklyn [kimrooklyn@gmail.comj Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 11:49 AM To: john@ashland.or.us; faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: North Main Street "Road Diet" Attachments: Road Diet Letter.pdf 1 Ximberly Meyer-R.oofeCyn 137 711 Street Ashland, OR 97520 (541)488-2782 kim.rooklyn@gmail.com November 6, 2012 Dear City of Ashland Public Works Department, Mayor Stromberg and City Council, On Tuesday, October 24',1 rode the RVTD bus from Ashland to Talent, experiencing the new "road diet" in its finished state. I thought it was awesome! The painted lines were very clear, the road seemed very spacious, and the traffic moved very smoothly. My travel time did not feel any different, and I was impressed with how much more pedestrian friendly it was with the extra buffer space between the cars and the sidewalk. On my return trip to Ashland, I thought the transition into town worked well, and that the road felt welcoming and less like a highway than before the change. Since that morning I have traveled North Main in my car many times, and each time I am pleased with the experience. On my trips I have seen many people riding their bicycles in the new bike lanes. Usually when I would see the rare biker on North Main I would worry about them getting clipped by cars, but these riders looked very comfortable in their designated lane and cars were not having to swing wide to avoid hitting them. I hope that over the next year the road diet will prove to be a valuable move by you, our city representatives. I certainly am glad that you have given us the opportunity to try the idea and hope that it will become permanent. Thank you for having the vision to make such a bold move to improve our wonderful city. Sincerely, Kimberly Meyer-Rooldyn Ashland resident since 1972 Mike Faught From: lesley adams [lesley.lyn.adams@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, December 28, 2012 11:04 AM To: arthur. h. anderson@odot. state. or.us; jerry.marmon@odot.state.or.us; stankejs@jacksoncounty.org; faughtm@ashland.or.us; john@council.ashland.or.us; . pubworksles@cityoftalent.org; jeff@cityoftalent.org; joe@cityoftalent.org; mayor@cityoftalentorg; tcorrigan@cityoftalent.org Subject: Road diets and safety for all road users Attachments: Road safety letter.pdf Dear city, county and state officials, Please see the attached letter regarding road diets and road safety for all users of the road. Thanks! Happy New Year, lesley adams. 541-821-3882 i i I I j i 28 i Mike Faught From: Carol Lee Rogers [clar@mind.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 8:52 AM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Cc: 'Katy Slyt' Subject: Road diet i Hello Michael, I have a question about the road diet. Fist let me letyou know I have been fine with the change. In a year I think we will really know how this works. My question deals with the road diet south of Maple St.: When turning left from Maple St. to North Main (toward Talent) there are two driveways on the right one into the eye center and the first one into an office building I have noticed when making a right turn off of the road diet, the white strips and solid white line disappear. This seems to make an entrance for the car turning. On North Main after Maple there are two entrances into medical buildings and the white lines don't stop where cars turn into the parking area. Can you tell us why those two areas aren't like other sections on the road diet? Thank you Carol Lee Rogers Katy if you can explain this any better, please do so. Exercise doesn't take time out of your life, it puts life back into your timel You Can Do Itl LLC 327 Glenn St. Ashland, OR 97520 541-482-1887 CarolLee@YouCanDoltNow.net www.YouCanDoitNow.net 27 i 28 December 2012 Dear representatives of the City of Talent, City of Ashland, Jackson County and Oregon Department of Transportation, RE: Road diets and safety for all users of the road I am a 14-year resident of Jackson County and during this time I have lived in Ruch, Ashland and Talent. I am writing to express enthusiastic support of the "road diet" that recently took place in north Ashland on North Main/Highway 99. 1 believe this traffic flow alteration is a beneficial development from a safety, efficiency and community perspective. I am very familiar with this section of road both as a driver and cyclist and I now feel safer while traveling this route. For years, I commuted to work in Ashland from the Applegate and as a current resident of Talent, I often drive to Ashland for various reasons. I have cycled North Main from Ashland to Talent in the dark before the road diet and I can assure you it was a scary experience. In addition, my husband commutes via bicycle from Talent to Ashland five days a week. In 1999, 1 was in a car accident on North Main near the corner of Briscoe Elementary exactly where the "road diet" has been implemented. I was a passenger in the car not at fault and suffered a broken sternum, jaw and knee as well as several dislocated ribs and a variety of soft tissue damage. I was in recovery for months. The driver of the car that was at fault in the accident likely would not have made his unfortunate mistake had the "road diet" been in place at that time. I will likely forever have residual physical pain from those injuries and I can't pass that spot on North Main without thinking of the car accident. However,1 feel safer traveling that route now that it has a turning lane and a bicycle lane. It is much less chaotic for cars, pedestrians and cyclists to share the road. I ask that ODOT, both cities and Jackson County consider making similar "road diets" in the Talent area so that our community is safer and better organized in our fast-paced world. I also ask that you specifically work too make safer the crossing of Highway 99 at the north end of Talent Avenue. Many people, including my husband, bike down Talent Avenue and cross Highway 99 to access the bike path and continue their commute to Ashland. Cars are often speeding in excess of 50 mph when cyclists are crossing from Talent Avenue to the bike path. Please consider all variety of safety measures, including paint, signs and flashing lights so that this pedestrian and cyclist crossing of Highway 99 is as safe as it can be. I am happy to discuss this issue with you. 1 would also like to be kept updated on any developments with regard to road diets and cyclist safety as outlined in this letter. Thank you. Lesley Adams PO Box 240, Talent, OR 97540 541-821-3882 Mike Faught From: John Stromberg [john@counell.ashland.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2013 11:11 PM To: Mike Faught Cc: Dave Kanner Subject: Fwd: Council Contact Form - Genie Long - 12121/2012 Importance: High Hi, Mike has anyone contacted Ms. Long? Thanks! John Stromberg Mayor 541 552 2104 (direct) 541 488 6002 (secretary) This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541.552.2104. Thank you. From: "Genie Long" <lovinowl@mind.net> To: council@ashland.or.us Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 6:36:12 PM Subject: Council Contact Form - Genie Long - 12/21/2012 Name: Genie Long Email: lovinowl@mind.net Subject: Road diet Message: Come on coucil, you have to know by now the road diet isnt working. Coming thru town today traffic was bumper to bumper from the plaza to Billings ranch going north and coming into town it was stopped and backed up just as far. Northbound Cars going about 18.miles and hour and the one bike I saw going about 28. Please put the 4 lanes back. r Mike Faught From: John Stromberg [john@council.ashland.or.us] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2013 10:48 PM To: lovinowl@mind.net Cc: Mike Faught; Dave Kanner; council business Subject: Fwd: Council Contact Form - Genie Long - 12/21/2012 Hi, Genie Thanks for this report. I've sent it to Public Works Director, Mike Faught, who is in charge of tracking and modifying the Road Diet project. He'll get in touch with you as soon as he can (but may be on vacation at the moment). , Best regards, John Stromberg Mayor 541 552 2104 (direct) 541 488 6002 (secretary) This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541.552.2104. Thank you. From: "Genie Long" <lovinowl@mind.net> To: council@ashland.or.us Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 6:36:12 PM Subject: Council Contact Form - Genie Long - 12/21/2012 Name: Genie Long Email: IovinowlCo)mind.net Subject: Road diet Message: Come on coucil, you have to. know by now the road diet isnt working. Coming thru town today traffic was bumper to bumper from the plaza to Billings ranch going north and coming into town it was stopped and backed up just as far. Northbound Cars going about 18 miles and hour and the one bike I saw going about 28. Please put the 4 lanes back. r Mike Faught From: John Stromberg john@council.ashland.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:27 PM To: Pauline Sullivan Cc: Dave Kanner; Mike Faught Subject: Re: road diet feedback Hi, Pauline Thanks for your comments. I'm passing them on to City Administrator, Dave Kanner, and Public Works Director, Mike Faught. Best regards, John Stromberg Mayor 541 552 2104 (direct) 541 488 6002 (secretary) PS Jane enjoyed your concert at the Methodist Church. I'm sorry I wasn't able to attend. This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541.552.2104. Thank you. From: "Pauline Sullivan" <cantafuerte@yahoo.com> To: john@council.ashland.or.us Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 9:59:34 PM Subject: road diet feedback Dear John, I am in favor of a return to the two lanes in each direction on N. Main Street. When the road was first altered I thought, "Oh, this isn't so bad. Traffic's still able to get where it needs to go." As I have worked with it, though, driving from it to a side street and back onto it from a side street THAT'S where it gets unsafe and unsure. When I am pulling onto N. Main there used to be more space afforded me to pull out between the cars in the right hand lane, but with only one lane the traffic continues for several tenths of a mile until there is a gap. To illustrate the difficulty, a couple of weeks ago I pulled onto N. Main from a side street and the car then following me came up behind me suddenly, stayed on my tail, and even honked due to my necessitating its slowing down to accommodate me. While I usually let people have their "moments" this time I chose to have a conversation with the driver. I let her pass me at Bard's Inn and then followed her into t a .neighborhood above the library. It took her a while to figure out that I was following her and eventually she parked and we spoke through our opened windows. I let her know that her suddenly coming up on my rear actually scared me. She wanted to tell me that her behaviour was my fault which is too bad. I repeated my statement and then realized that she was not able to see her driving as aggressive. I did not go any further with it. As regards biking on N. Main, the street as currently configured does not give a bike any more safety than it did before because the density of cars in one lane makes it nearly impossible for a bicycle to safely make a left turn across the coming traffic. It is also more likely that a bicyclist would be in danger when cars, effort-ing to make a turn onto N. Main from aside street or aiming to take a left turn from N. Main, lurch into the small spaces in the traffic and miss noting an oncoming bicyclist. Today I was in Medford, driving up McAndrews past Crater Lake Av. I noticed that there was absolutely no shoulder for a bicycle at all. And why mention that? It is because our N. Main with four lanes allowed for some space for bicyclists. I am an avid bicyclist and never felt in danger on N. Main when we had four lanes. The no-turn on to Van Ness St. causes more traffic to come through the downtown to reach the Ashland Food Co-op, Ace Hardware, and the railroad district marketplace. It would be better to re=open that left turn from N. Main. (First street by the post office is getting extremely busy.) Lastly, the middle turn lane is not a positive thing when the single lane in the opposing direction gets filled with cars. It as easier to turn from the left lane of two than it is to turn left from the middle lane. We're not yet in the thick of the OSF season so we can expect the tight traffic situation to increase. How long will we be studying this 2-lane/turn lane (road diet) configuration? . I hope we get to have our 4-lane version back soon for the safety of it! Thanks for reading my feedback, John. Be well, Pauline Sullivan z r ~~>j`r' },U•:{-t:~~~. U:{ 1, I,~-r=, X17.( e SS ~Y 4 J C_ I 'ITT Ilk .;,A i RECFIVEQ ~ •a11(~ ? 3 '1111.1 I~D L9 /C t . S ll'2 e l) f ~L~ E w~~ 4o wow, La- T -6~ 6-1 0V Olnew e Oj (AD c4D t tl T to As~Q CL/1- cLJ hs Vl.~ -(Y 0.L. chi e„ ~rT /~,~T Loo /,-a J sowuL T-ov- fkQ_ krtvev~s Q CU1 ~ s u V ~..c L U T ~l, II 1 ~7 1, ~iV' s e 1I l~I Il t I 1 ru~r 1 V~ ~1 t C~ vS hew ct T uk. C'O (Td ©~C212C e i ^ RECEIVED s SEP 2 5 2013 City of Ashland I E 9 z 3 r , r P.O: Box 974 i. Ashland OR• 97520 RECEIVED October 2, 2013 Ashland City Council City Hall . . Asbil md, OR 97520 UI t 0 2011 f I d Councillors Dear Mayor an Please vote to support continuation of the three lane cross-section on.N Mam. The Council's wise choice to ,test" the Road Diet.has given an ample opportunity for visitors and, residents to experience the new roadway: The new cross-section has proven. to be an . unequiJocafsuccess. While there are refinements that'should be made, the addition.of: cycling facilities and. the improvement of the.pedestrian environment has dramatically ; changed N. Main from. a mono modal facility into a multi-modal one: In fact, the addition of-cycling fachhhes to N. Main has allowed it to become the main street for all modes of i travel, not just motw yehicles ' Our membership counts almost 350 membeis; approximately one. third live. in Ashland and many of us have long advocated £or cycling facties:: We are gratified that, local i gQyemments,aike,Ashland have added both. on street and off and f facilities to the tiaiisportation network. It should be recogmzed.that on-street and off.-street facilities often serve very different purposes: Commuting as you can well nriagme requires point A' to point "B direct routing.effciency. Suggesting that the Greenway can, serve cyclists:is., like suggesting that auto .drivers only use Highway 99 and not tlieanterstate... The Greenway just doesn't cut it when a bicycle cgmiriuter may have to get to work on . time. At the time on-road aeihties provide access.to shops, restaurants; and on and irr other commcrciaf centers .Even when services the exist m the City's: downtw th' ,C)T nwaq,ts a part of an efficient route ultin a ythe't. ip ends-usually, utihztng city : j 'sh'eets 1 The addrt oii ofN Mainto the City's bicycle facilities networkrs critical to creating anefficientsystem of interconnected streets anrl:paths VJith,it .a person can travel by bike . from the aoithto the south of the CiTy an d`vice versa on roads that are suitable for cyc69 . Congratulations on the, successful "road diet" experiment. Now it istime to make the three-lane; cross-section permanent; Thank you, Sil Gagnon,./-.. President - 39;9 Morton St_ I O 7~ ~2f; , ~_l Z4~ van: PIS Amon, /0 T ~rllllj le)~ 04-al Avo ~axe, Avx XQO RECEIVED 86/ Nov 30 1011 Ali 4447_ /63~ € ECEIVEC NOV30 m5i etc 7j 7~ "'04 M~ o O ~ ~ . j),file jQ dill OQK& ~Cl Gr~.Co~~ J41- A,' it e"-~~ Zuni Act) / /Z~~x Tami DeMille-Campos From: Betsy Harshman [harshmab@ashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 4:26 PM To: 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: websile user Hi Tami, Please add this one to the list and file. Thank you. Betsy Harshman, Administrative Supervisor City of Ashland, Public Works Department 20 East Main Street, Ashland, OR 97520 541-552-2410 or 541-488-5587 Fax: 541-488-6006, TTY: 1-800-735-2900 This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon Public Records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541-552-2410. Thank you. . -----Original Message----- From: Ann Seltzer [mailto:seltzerapashland.or.us] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 4:23 PM To: 'Mike Faught' 9 Cc: 'Betsy Harshman'; 'Dave Kanner' Subject: FW: website user FYI -----Original Message----- From: cindy.mardorf(dyahoo.com [mailto:cindy.mardorf(a@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 4:03 PM To: ann@ashland.or.us Subject:.website user Contact Us Reply Form From: cindy mardorf EmailAddres s. cindy..mardorf(dyahoo.com - Phone: 541 708 0409 Subject: road diet Nature of Suggestion: Comments I would like an email response: yes Message: i hate it, hate it, hate it.i can count the number of people i have seen using the bike lane on one hand since this ridiculous idea started. also, it make drivers more aggressive and less patient in an otherwise peace loving town. not a good idea, please make it go away and soon. [ i Tami DeMille-Campos From: Betsy Harshman [harsh mab@ashland.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 201311:39 AM To: 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: Let Us Know Submitted Road d iet... Betsy Harshman, Administrative Supervisor City of Ashland, Public Works Department 20 East Main Street, Ashland, OR 97520 541-552-2410 or 54) -488-5587 Fax: 541-488-6006, TTY: 1-800-735-2900 This emod transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon Public Records lawfor disclosure and retention. lf~,ou have received !his message in error, please contact me at 541-551-2410. Thank You. From: Diana Shiplet [mailto:shipletd(a ashland.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 10:36 AM To: 'Mike Faught'; 'Betsy Harshman' Cc: 'Carol Voisin'; 'Dave Kanner'; 'Dennis Slattery'; 'Greg Lemhouse'; 'John Stromberg'; 'Michael Morris'; 'Pam Marsh'; 'Rich Rosenthal' Subject: FW: Let Us Know Submitted FYI, this came in today via our website. -Diana Diana Shiplet, Executive Secretary City of Ashland, Administration Department 20 East Main Street, Ashland, OR 97520 541-552-2100 or 541-488-6002, TTY 800-735-2900 This email transmission is of clal business or0e Oty ofAshtand, and is subject to Oi-egon Public Records law for disdosure and retention. If you hat e receit ed Nis message in error, please contact me. Thank Sou From: City of Ashland, Oregon [mailto:ann@ashland.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 10: IS AM To: administration(a)ashland or.us Subject: Let Us Know Submitted email: myoung(a mind.net Name: Mabel Young Report a Problem: Road Diet - not doing what it was intended. Traffic backs up clear through town. the south end is affected as well as the north end. It is difficult to get onto Main street/Siskiyou from any area. Where are all the bicyclists? I go to Medford several times a week at different times during the day and evening. I rarely see a bicyclist - perhaps one every other week. My son drives north Monday through Friday to and from work. He says he rarely sees a a bicyclist. The Greenway is much safer and easier to ride. Since the "Road Diet" I have seen perhaps three pedestrians coming from the north. None from the south. The juggling of cars trying to get around buses - illegally - is dangerous and an accident waiting to happen. the "suicide" double turn lanes are empty most of the time and when in use the wait is often 2 to 3 minutes. How is this helping traffic? f 21 September 2013 RECEIVED To: Ashland Oregon City Council SEP 2 5.1013 20 E. Main Street j Ashland, Or. 97520 Subj: Comments on North Main St. Traffic Modification j i Dear Honorable City Council Members, I am writing this note in that I do not have access to your online forum entity and wish to pass on my comments on the "Road Diet" change to traffic modification noted in my subject line. First of all I respect the, efforts to make the melding of vehicular and bicycle traffic as safe as possible. However, I view the change with j significant reservation. My impression is that the flow of vehicular traffic has been negatively impacted by the alteration. I live at Mountain View Retirement'facility and *6rh committed to N. Main Street every time I drive. i Of particular concern is the transition from two lanes to one at the south end of North Main for traffic going north. This, to me, is a hazard. The transition comes up quickly with little advance warning and cars in the right lane have:a#endency or hesitancy to not give way to those in the left lane which they arecommitted to move info: Another hazard that`f have noted is the need for the bike lane bikers going north to transit across vehicular traffic lane at the exit into Emeritus (Mountain View). We all will do our best to respect bicycle riders and need all the help we can get Count me in on returning to the traffic pattern we had before the change in October 2012. Please look for other relief for the safety of pedestrian and cycle traffic on this section of N. Main Street. To me, the current alteration has made a bad situation worse with no positive effect on flow of vehicular traffic. Thank you for what you, do and meeting the challenges you face.. May the Blessing s`0e! , j V'rspy I CA Saar 548 N. Main Street(308) Ashland, Or. 97520 j . i ~ I Mr. Mike Faught RECEIVED Director of Public Works NOV 012013 City of Ashland Ashland OR 97520 City of Ashland Re: Street diet Dear Director Fauck, My comments are directed to the North Main experiment. In sum, I do not support the change for the following reasons: 1. I'm a driver in my mid-70's and find that merging into traffic from Ashland Mine Road/Fox Street/North Main has become radically more challenging for me, especially when intending to turn northward toward Medford. The traffic in both the south and north bound lanes is moving faster than it used to, in my opinion. When I merge into crowded lanes I find that I must take chances and that I must accelerate and drive much faster than is comfortable. I feel vulnerable and sense an impending collision most times when I enter the thoroughfare especially at times of greater traffic density. 2. Traffic is non-stop at high density flows and autos are idling for several minutes while waiting. A few years ago Ashland decided to prohibit drive-up businesses because of the air pollution associated with idling; now there is, at times, a significant number of vehicles waiting to enter traffic flow spewing unnecessary pollutants. 3. I am not opposed to greater use of bicycles as an alternative to automobiles, however, why is a bicyclists health and safety more important than mine as a motorist? There is a bike path connecting Ashland to municipalities to the north. Was it not built specifically for bikers? The fact that it takes longer and is slower for bikers is irrelevant as far as I am concerned. If it takes a half hour longer than highway biking that, in sum, means more exercise and fresh air. 4. I have no solutions to offer except the possibility of securing an alternative path in Ashland along the railroad on its right-of- way. I presume that is not possible; has it ever been considered? In conclusion I sincerely hope that my health and safety will be as important as those riding bicycles. If that is the case, please return North Main to its configuration prior to the present revamping. I prefer to die of natural causes rather than being protoplasm on a putty knife on North Main. Thank you for hearing me out. Sincerely, Claude W. Curran RECEIVED Citj of Ashland $F{ p G 2013 Sep. 3, 2013 Dept of Transportation Ashland, Oregon 97520 SUBJECT: North Main Street Diet Road Project I am a resident of 216 Central Avenue fronting the N. Main Street road project. -Our family bias been affected daily by the project and would hope you would value first hand experience. We are the only home with a driveway fronting this short portion of Central between N. Laurel Street and N. Main. Access to our driveway can be made only off this portion of Central as the lot does not extend to the rear alieyas the other houses so located enjoy. The narrowing project seems to be working well, reg'ding N. Main traffic as vehicles appear to be moving at a slower pace. However,not so on Central, a serious turn hazard has manifested off N. Main onto Central just before the stop light at Laurel Street. Traffic traveling Easton Rain, including large trucks, desiring to turn left or iio Central. are. forced into a confusing turning lane requiring facing oncoming traffic. -I'm sure from-personal experience, its just.a matter.of.tlme before a head-'on accident may occur: These vehicles also appear to be traveling: at an ezcesive speed.. -My spr rnestion .to 610%.1ate this. dpng un sift ration_wot:ld be to prohibit left hand burns off North Main onto Central requiring driver wishing to.access Central to travel approx,10 fentfurther, makinj a,proterfed-left turn'intoiaurel and an.immediate right atCentrat Thal short portion of Central Street between Laurel and Main street should ha iiiti;e'a one-wayfurthor preventing tuns off N. Main. Such an adjustment would be simple, safe and.-.virtually no expense except for a couple of siy,ins. An ariilitinnal nonus to such an arrancgeruen could be the reinstatement of. valuable vohicle, parking at Central. I have enclosed a skatrh of the area in question,Ai6tailing my suggestion and I would be happy to personally view the area with anyone at their cos;; -nience. Thank ou for your considerati6n. ;,r Ron Foster 216 CeiTral Ave. f (54f 708-OFJV gg P 4 z C3 E j I i I I I r f_,gsT i gam. ' ? 1 ~ I OV L V' \ I t i Kid 1 1 Tami DeMille-Campos From: Betsy Harshman [harshmab@ashland.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2013 11:38 AM To: 'Tami DeMille-Campos' Subject: FW: Let Us Know Submitted Here is another one... i Betsy Harshman, Administrative supervisor I City of Ashland, Public Works Department 20 East Main Street, Ashland, OR 97520 541-552-2410 or 541-488-5587 Fax: 541-488-6006, TTY: 1-800-735-2900 This email nnnsmission is oljicial business ofthe City oJAshland. and it is subject to Oregon Public Records lamfor disclosure and relemion. Ifyou have received this message in error, please emvact me at 541-552-2410. 7hanky011. From: Diana Shiplet rmailto:shipletd@ashland.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 12:25 PM To: 'Mike Faughf;'Betsy Harshman' Cc: 'Carol Voisin'; 'Dave Kanner'; 'Dennis Slattey; 'Greg Lemhouse'; 'John Stromberg'; 'Michael Morris'; 'Pam Marsh'; 'Rich Rosenthal' Subject: FW: Let Us Know Submitted Another bit of Road Diet input from our website. -Diana Diana Shiplet, Executive Secretary City of Ashland, Administration Department [ 20 East Main Street, Ashland, OR 97520 541-552-2100 or 541-488-6002, TTY 800-735-2900 7717s email transmission Is of dal business of the City ofAshland, and is subject to Oregon Publlc Records law for disclosure and irtention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me. 77onk you. € I - i From: City of Ashland, Oregon [mailto:ann@ashland.or us] Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2013 11:35 AM To: administration(aashland.or.us Subject: Let Us Know Submitted email: will(a)barcodeservices.com Name: will hershman [ Report a Problem: topic: North Main Road Diet What I dont like about this one lane configuration is the 3 situation at the Medical Office at 595 Main Street which is on the corner with Maple, the road to Ashland Community Hospital. To turn left in to the parking lot which is just past Maple - Main Street intersection is really dangerous. Instead of having a median turning lane, the bias is a turning lane to the opposing side of the street (the Big AI's-Breadboard side--the north side as opposed to the hospital Medical Bldg side,the south side of the street. The opposing traffic has a turning lane but not so for the other traffic # direction. So Fix the turning problem so that the turn-out will let either side enter it and make the turn ...put less people at risk or return the street to the way it was 4 lanes. I t 1 t 9 1 Mike Faught From: William Heimann [ashlandbill@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 6:37.PM To: Rick Berlet Cc: Mike Faught Subject: Fie: Road Diet Rick, Mike Faught <faughtm@ashland, or.us> Bill From: Rick Berlet <shoppingkrb@gmail.com> To: RVcyclinginfo@goodlegroups.com Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 6:07 PM Subject: Road Diet Many of you will be aware of the modifications on N. Main street in Ashland, reducing traffic lanes, adding a turning lane and two wide bicycle lanes. If you've experienced the results of this project, in either your car or on a bike, and would like to provide some supportive commentary or constructive criticism, you may want to send a brief note to the Mayor and his councilors: Mayor John Stromberg: iohn(i4council.ashland.or.us Russ Silbiger: russ a@council.asbland.or Mike Moms: naike@council.asbland.or.us Dennis Slattery: dennis(a)council.ashland.or.ns GregLemhouse: greg(@council.ashland.or.us Carol Voisin: carol(acouncil.ashland.orms This is a controversial project, and any support cyclists can provide, will make a big difference. _K. Richard Berlet Land: (541)488-0036 Cell: (541)601-2427 lU _ Mike Faught From: Kate Jackson [katharinejackson@me.com] Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 9:14 PM To: Mike Faught Subject: road diet and siskiyou blvd Mike, just want to let you know that i like the way the road diet works for North Main. i commute to Medford in a car every day and have not experienced any slow down since you finished re- -striping the road. it occurs to me that you may not be familiar with Vie turning movement restrictions put on Siskiyou blvd 12 years ago when the City took ownership from oOOT of the segment from the fire station to the Ashland st stoplight at the triangle and SOU. the stoplight at Sherman street dates from that project. so does the center, island at East Main and Lithia in front of the fire station. we extended the landscaped median in at least 3 maybe 4 places to prevent left turns (Harrison, Liberty/Iowa/Triangle Park, Palm and Avery). this caused a lot of complaints about lack of access to.neighborhoods etc. it was done for safety: to reduce conflicts on turning movements, to.prevent left turns coming out from smaller side streets. it didn't take long for people to change their driving patterns. to me, this project caused far more change in traffic than does the North Main road diet. Liberty and Triangle Park was one 'of the biggest changes. • Iowa street used to intersect Beach at Siskiyou in a five-way light! not being able to turn left from Liberty to go downtown is one of the biggest impacts. people have learned to go over to Beach or to Morton. I don't any such big changes from the North Main project. And while it is important to have bike lanes on North Main (i've been using them myself on the weekend),- the primary reason for the project is. vehicle safety and i would continue to emphasize that. The most accident prone intersection in town at Hersey/Wimer is now realigned. there are left turn lanes at each turn, often a right turn. lane. as well, so no unexpected slowing in a travel lane by the car in front of you. thank you for getting this project implemented. check with the planning staff (Bill, Maria, Brandon) and Adam Hanks about the Siskiyou Blvd + project. i could be a helpful reminder for others that we've made these kinds of changes before. yours, -Kate Jackson - T Mike Faught From: John Stromberg [john@council.ashland.or.usj Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 11:43 PM To: Mike Faught Cc: Diana Shiplet Subject: Fwd: Thank you for the change in the road! fyi... John Stromberg Mayor 541 552 2104 (direct) 541 488 6002 (secretary) this email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541.552.2104. Thank you. From: "Aryn Duncan" <arynduncan@aol.com> To: john@council.ashland.or:us, russ@council.ashland.or, mike@council.ashland.or.us, dennis@council.ashland.or.us, greg@council.ashland.or.us, carol@council.ashland.or.us Sent: Monday, November 5, 2012 6:38:49 PM Subject: Thank you for the change in the road! Thank you for making it safer and easier for cyclists riding into and out of Ashland! I like it better from a driving standpoint as well. Its always frustrating and time consuming to get stuck behind a car trying to make a left turn. Thanks again! Aryn f p~ I Il Mike Faught From:, James L. Clark blcl400@charter.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 8:16 AM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: Road Diet Comments Attachments: image003.jpg I live on Ashland Mine Road and there is only one way to exit the area which has many vehicle trips daily. Exiting N Main Hwy 99 is very difficult during morning & evening rush and we often have to wait several minutes until traffic is clear in BOTH directions. The center area is way too small to pull across to go North on 99. To safely go half way, you must completely face your vehicle North with your back to the North bound traffic. It is compounded when someone is exiting N main and trying to enter at the same time. Secondly, as has been the case for the past 23 years I have lived here, traffic speed Exiting Ashland is way over the 35 MPH limit which has made it more dangerous than ever with only one lane. Likewise, traffic speed entering Ashland is greater than those going North, again compounding the danger with only one lane. Speed enforcement by the City is mostly nil and when radar is there it is usually on off peak traffic times. I have almost been hit many times over the years because someone is going well over 45 in or out of town. This applies to trying to enter N Main going North and even going south because of the hairpin turn requires slowing way down and almost getting rear ended. The Solution regardless if the Road Diet is kept or abandoned is MUCH areatersneed enforcement at af( times. I could care less if enforcement during rush hours slows traffic and blocks the lane because of a traffic stop. I, as many residents in this area, much prefer safety and the Diet has compounded problems that existed when there are 4 lanes. James L. & Sheri R. Ckark P.O. Box 519 Ashland, Oregon 97520-0018 Rea/ Bikers Understand Exactly Why Dogs Stick their Heads Out of Car Windows tz Mike Faught From: Diana Shiplet [shipletd@ashland.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 10:27 AM To: 'John Stromberg' Cc: 'Mike Faught' Subject: FW: the one lane thing Jahn, I think the message below was accidentally sent to John on our streets crew. I'll but this in the road diet folder and I'm Icing Mile Faught so he sees it too. -Diana Diana Shiplet, Executive Secretary City of Ashland, Administration Department 20 East Main Street, Ashland, OR 97520 541-552- 2100 or 541-488-6002, TTY 800-735-2900 This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and is subject to Oregon Public Records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me. Thank you. -----Original Message----- From: John Peterson [mailto:petersoj@ashland.or.us] Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 9:30 AM To: Diana Shiplet Subject: Fwd: the one lane thing Diana, I think this was to be sent to the Mayor. He emailed johnoashland.or.us and it came to me. Thank you JP Forwarded Message From: "Eric Simpson" <simpsonej3@gmail.com> To: john@ashland.or.us Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 9:21:26 AM Subject: the one lane thing I have lived in Ashland all of my life. Born in Ashland in 1957. I just attempted to turn right (East) off Wimer Street and I could not get out for almost 9 minutes. I had to squeeze in and do it fast and it was dangerous. I don't want to hurt any feelings, but that one lane is a VERY BAD IDEA! This town has grown in mostly wonderful ways since I was a kid but this idea must be changed back. I can't even imagine the extra pollutants and accidents that will increase. This is also going to make tourists very unhappy. I don't know who the smart people are that want this change but it just won't work. Please get our two lanes back before the accidents start 'piling up' and someone gets hurt. Eric J Simpson 13 i 541-973-5497 Y gs pbp 1 { y i 14 Mike Faught From: John Stromberg [john(gcouncil.ashland.orms] Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 11:45 AM To: Mike Faught Cc: Diana Shiplet Subject: More re Road Diet Hi, Mike Just spoke with a citizen who made 2 comments: - there should be a left turn lane for Bush St (I don't remember which direction) - there should also be a left turn lane for Anderson Auto Body and the other businesses in that area. Also she'd heard some reports of people having trouble turning_on_to the North Main because of the steady stream of traffic moving along N. Main. John Stromberg Mayor 541 552 2164 (direct) 541 488 6002 (secretary) This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541.552.2104. Thank you. 8 Mike Faught From: John Stromberg flohn@council.ashland.or.usj Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 1:06 PM To: Mike Faught Subject: Fwd: Council Contact Form - David Richards - 11/6/2012 For your records.... John Stromberg Mayor 541 552 2104 (direct) 541 488 6002 (secretary) This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541.552.2104. Thank you. From: "David Richards" <d.s.richards261@gmail.com> To: council@ashland.or.us Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2012 10:04:46 AM Subject: Council Contact Form - David Richards - 11/6/2012 Name: David Richards Email: d.s.richards261@gmail.com Subject: Road Diet Message: I want to thank the City of Ashland for putting in the Road Diet and I would like very much to see it become perminant. I have never felt safer walking or cycling this section of N. Main. The only people that dislike it seem to be those that insist on driving 40mph in a 20mph zone. While driving a car through the Diet area traffic feels calmer without people m aking frantic lane changes to avoid left turning vehicles. I love the Road Diet and think it is working brilliantly! Thanks again, Dave Richards 223 Maple St. Ashland OR. 97520 t Mike Faught From: John Stromberg [john@council.ashland.or.usj Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 10:55 AM To: Mike Faught Cc: Dave Kanner Subject: Fwd: Council Contact Form - Scott Calamar - 10/28/2012 Hi, Mike Let's try to answer this citizen early next week, i.e. Monday or Tuesday. Either you do it directly and copy me or give me an answer and I'll contact him. He raises some interesting issues. Thankst John Stromberg Mayor 541 552 2104 (direct) 541 488 6002 (secretary) This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541.552.2104. Thank you. From: "Scott Calamar" <scott@earthshine.com> Y To: council@ashland.or.us Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2012 9:29:52 AM Subject: Council Contact Form - Scott Calamar - 10/28/2012 Name: Scott Calamar Email: scottCa~earthshine.com Subject: Road Anorexia Message: Dear council members and mayor, I trust you all considered that, after aligning Wimer with Hersey, and then narrowing the road, right-hand turns from Wimer onto N Main have become virtually impossible at heavv-trafficked times of day because motorists on N Main cannot move to the (missing) left lane to allow merging traffic flow. It's already a xtremely difficult to make a LEFT from Wimer and you'd be smart to either prohibit left turns during peak hours (and route traffic down to Maple) or put a traffic light at Wimer, which would be a lot better investment of road funds than the restriping. In my opinion, this road diet is the most heavy-handed, ridiculous public works project I have seen in any place I've ever lived. This is a town that depends on tourists, and narrowing a major arterial to one lane in both directions is anything but forward thinking. If you want to encourage bicycling, provide a city tax rebate of $50/yr for those who register bicycles. t I'm sure there are other. options, too. I am not only against this, but voting against the council members (and mayor) who advocated this and lobbying my friends to do the same. As progressive as I am, sometimes practicality has to trump idealism. Scott Calamar 322 Winner r z i Mike Faught From: Cathy freeman [cfreeman@mind.net] Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2013 11:52 AM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: Road Diet Attachments: letter City of Ashland Road Diet.pdf; ATT03292.htm Dear Mike Faught, I've had some near accidents because of the 'Road Diet' and would like to bring this design problem to the attention of who might be best to solve it. I'll attach the letter I've written and would like to send to the proper department to address the safety issues. Thank you for your time, Cathy Freeman 109 High Street Ashland, OR 97520 541-482-1915 cfreemancr,mind.net i Mike Faught From: Glenn Lockie [glenn.lockie@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2013 12:28 PM To: Mike Faught Cc: Mayor John Stromberg; council@ashland.or.us; kwkpi@q.com; Scott Calamar Subject: Road Diet mtgs 2/14, 4/12 with City officials At the invitation of the City vocal N Main homeowners opponents of the imposition of the N Main road "diet" (constriction) scheme met on 2/14 with Public Works' Mike Faught, Mayor, City Manager, David Chapman, and on 4/12 with Mike Faught and a consulting traffic engineer. It became apparent that the City envisigned this as a method to placate us rather than address our concerns. Unanswered were questions: Who originated this scheme since there was no grass roots citizen demand?; If the speed limit was being exceeded by average motorists would it not have make sense to enforce the law (previously less than 2 tickets a day on N Main) or change the speed limit?; if there were dangerous left turn conditions (perceived, not proven) why weren't flashing lights and/or street intersection markings tried first?; Did the City consider at all the perception of Ashland by altering the gateway road in restricting it to 2 lanes of traffic? (City officials didn't even know what I was talking about. Between the road constriction and the pathetic plaza redo the City has changed Ashland's appearance and feel for residents and visitors more in 6 months than in the last 20 years). Convoys of vehicles like sheep in a line, and a plaza that comes right out of 70's airport decor. Why was there no research done on traffic impact on N Main neighborhoods or bicycle use before this was imposed?; If it is a "test" why weren't there hard numbers to meet so as to prove meaningfull improvement? Why is Mike Faught championing this scheme? He has an obvious conflict of interest being a bicycle commuter from Phoenix who saves 7 minutes if he goes via N Main rather than Bear Creek. How could anyone with a sense of ethics not see this? David Chapman, another ardent cyclist, former councillor, voting for the scheme? I am not saying that this is dishonesty, Mike is a good guy, as is David, but surely this has the potential for bias. The list could go on. The City has engaged a traffic engineer to assess the road "diet". She and Mike Faught repeatedly say that she is only following the City's instructions about what and how to measure what the City says it needs to prove about the success of their scheme. What is missing are the qualifiers she needs to make to her report, for instance: The use of "volunteers" to measure bicycle traffic. This is absurd. Who vets the "volunteers"for impartiality? David Chapman was a volunteer who said to our faces that there were 220 bicycle trips in four hours on N Main last Sept. That is not credible. There are virtually no observable cyclists using N Main at any time of year. Are the trips noted for length or what? What is ODOT's methodology to measure pedestrians and bicycle traffic? Is traffic enforcement the same from before the road "diet" to now? Etc. The myth of multi-modal use of the roadways should be mentioned as it was said that ODOT will withhold funds if state roads aren't "multi-modal". In a climate where bicycling is unpleasant or dangerous due to cold or very hot weather how does "multi-modal" work? For six months a year of multi-modal potential we change a 2 i major roadway? Build bike lanes and they will come? Get real, and I speak as a 50 year long cyclist. Ashland is not a cycling town in actuality and the weather militates against year-round use. I fully expect that the City staff will propose to the Council that the road "diet" works as justified by the consultant's report. This is and has been basically a political matter, since the metrics for success are vague (slower speeds, fewer accidents, more cyclists, community support). The City is very reluctant, by the way, to outreach to the community, especially N Main residents, about their experience with the road "diet". And what about the commuters? Is it because the City is afraid of the response? Hopefully, city government will continue to provide updates so that the citizens can provide meaningful input. Glemr Lockie 467 Scenic Dr. Ashland OR 541-488-5410 3 Mike Faught From: Scott Calamar [scott@earthshine.com] Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 3:00 PM To: Mike Faught; Kim; Glenn Lockie Cc: john@ashland.or.us; Betsy Harshman Subject: Re: Road Diet Meeting I just wanted to thank you, again, for the time you spent with us, Mike; and nice to meet you, Kim. And thank you too, Betsy. I wanted to emphasize, because I guess I have not been as clear as I've intended to be: My main objection to the road diet is the elimination of the passing lanes (which, I guess, is what makes it a road "diet"). To me, that creates virtually all of the problems I encounter. Yes, if there were some way to make a five lane road, with bicycle lanes and crosswalks, too, that would be ideal. Doesn't seem feasible with the space but perhaps there is some other compromise that restores some semblance of passing lanes. Thanks again for your time, everyone. Best, Scott On Apr 4, 2013, at 8:04 AM, Betsy Harshman wrote: Good morning, This email is to confirm that the road diet meeting will be held on Friday, April 12, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. in the Siskiyou Room at 51 Winburn Way. Thank you, Betsy Betsy Harshman, Administrative supervisor City of Ashland, Public Works Department 20 East Main Street, Ashland, OR 97520 541-552-2410 or 541-488-5587 Fax: 541-488-6006, TTY: 1-800-735-2900 This email transmission is ojjicial business ofthe City ofA.shland, and it is subject to Oregon Public Records law for disclosure and retention. V yao have received this message in e,?-o•, please contact me at 541-552-2410. Thank yon. 4 Mike Faught From: Susan Whitmore [susanw@osfashland.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2013 8:02 PM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: Road diet Hi Mike Thanks for being willing to hear input. I live in North Ashland and drive into downtown every . day. I must say that I have never seen California-like bumper-to-bumper crawling traffic in Ashland until lately on North Main - and it's only March! The stoplight at Maple backs traffic up past Briscoe School in the 5:00-5:45 time period. It's very difficult to make even a right turn onto North Main in the morning, because of the never-ending line of cars. Forget making a left-turn - it's necessary to travel the back streets to find a street with a stoplight. I was willing to keep an open mind and give this a try, but I'm not optimistic that this will get better and fear it will get much worse as the tourists increase. Just my 2 cents - thanks for listening! Susan Whitmore Ashland resident 6 i Mike Faught From: Scott Calamar [scott@earthshine.com] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 5:59 PM To: Mike Faught Subject: Re: Thanks Thanks Mile, I hope to be reasonable and scientifically minded. From the current turn lanes, I do understand why Van Ness was x'd out, but I guess my point is that it was pretty well-traveled route to a business district, and maybe the turn lanes can be modified so Van Ness can be used--maybe eliminating another not-so-well-traveled street. I'll take a look at it next time I'm.out during the day. I've even heard one or two people who do not otherwise object to the road diet (one of them an architect) mention finding his route to A Street impeded now. Thanks and have a good weekend. Best, Sc On Feb.15, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Mike Faught wrote: > Hey Scott... I also appreciate the time you spent with us yesterday... > As to why We can't allow left tuns onto Van Ness it is due to the fact > that there is not a sufficient amount of vehicular stacking distance > for that turn movement with the dedicated left turn lane onto Wimer. > Essentially Van Ness is to close to the Hersey/Wimer intersection. I > can explain this in more detail at our next meeting... > Sent from my iPad > on Feb 15, 2013, at 10:08 AM, Scott Calamar <scott(dearthshine.com> > wrote: Hi Mike, Thanks again for taking the time to meet with us yesterday, and for spending so much time and doing so much work getting information for us, we look forward to working together as the road diet trial continues. PS-- There was one thing I meant to mention but we covered a lot of issues in that time so it fell by the wayside. Is there any possibility of reopening the turn onto Van Ness from N Main? I've heard a number of people mention that, too as it is the most direct route to A Street businesses from this side of town. Thanks! Best, Scott Calamar 7 Mike Faught From: Scott Calamar [scott@earthshine.com] Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 4:36 PM To: John Stromberg Cc: glenn Lockie; Mike Faught; David Chapman Subject: Re: Thank you As I was driving the stretch again, it occurred to me that maybe there are "out of the box ways" to accomplish all means. For instance: do roads need to be symmetrical? If stats show a backup one way, for instance, into town, or even one way in the morning and one way in the afternoon, perhaps lanes could switch. Or perhaps there could be a two- way bike lane, about the size of one and one-half current bike lanes, on one side of the road, and two vehicle lanes on the other side. Or perhaps there is a way to create merging turnout lanes onto N Main from the problem feeder streets? Ashland rarely does things in a conventional way, and there may be other ways to deal with this. Thanks for considering the options. Best, Sc On Feb 15, 2013, at 10:39 AM, John Stromberg wrote: > Thanks, Scott > I think we all benefited from the conversation. For sure the City > wants to identify problems with the project as soon as possible and > sometimes citizens spot them before we do. Let's keep in touch. > Best regards, > John Stromberg > Mayor > 541 552 2104 (direct) > 541 488 6002 (secretary) > This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, > and is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law for disclosure and > retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact > me at 541.552.2104. Thank you. > Original Message > From: "Scott Calamar" <scott@earthshine.com> > To: john@council.ashland.or.us > Cc: "glenn Lockie" <lockie@pilesplices.com> > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 10:28:42 AM > Subject: Thank you 9 > Hi John, > Thanks very Wch for taking the time to meet with us yesterday. I > think it was a productive meeting and has opened a good channel of > communication between concerned citizens, and city staff and > representatives. > Mike and Dave Chapman stayed quite a while to continue the discussion. > I hope you will remain in the conversation as you seem responsive and > open-minded. > Thanks again. > Best, > Scott Calamar 10 Mike Faught From: John Stromberg (john@council.ashland.or.usj Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 1:56 PM To: Mike Faught; Dave Kanner; David Young Cc: Diana Shiplet Subject: Re: North Main Road Diet complaint Hi, Chris Thank you for your feedback on the Road Diet, with the detailed issues you included. I think the concerns you raise are important and am CCing the Public Works Director, City Administrator and Transportation Commission Chair on this message. You should expect a reply by early next week. If you don't hear from the City please let me know. Let me give you my correct email address... It's iohn(lacouncil.ashland.or.us We're also concerned about the public communication process. In this regard it's interesting to me that you were completely uninformed of the project until it was actually implemented and know no neighbors who were either. Back in 2011, before the Council vote to approve the project, John Javna and Vicki Capp mobilized a large group of people who lived in the neighborhoods bordering N. Main on the west side, many of whom spoke to the Council at two public meetings leading up to the Council decision. I believe John sent flyers or emails to everyone in those neighborhoods but I may be wrong. Also earlier the City sent postcards to every residence within a certain distance of N. Mail, inviting them to a Transportation Commission informational event. However ...the proof is in the pudding and, if you and your neighbors didn't know in advance about this project then the City needs to do more in the future, including the evaluation phase of the Road Diet pilot itself. Also thanks for you suggestion re stop lights at Wimer-Hersey. Lastly, if you want to talk about this in person at any point, I'll be glad to meet with you. Let me know at 541 552 2104. Best regards, John Stromberg Mayor 541 552 2104 (direct) 541 488 6002 (secretary) This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541.552.2104. Thank you. From: "Chris Bolender" <dcbolender@gmail.com> To: john@ashland.or.us Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 5:11:02 PM Subject: North Main Road Diet complaint Dear council- 14 'I have reviewed all of the documentation on the city of Ashland website, regarding the Morth Main St Diet. I understand the desire to solve some of the issues that this project is supposed to address. Unfortunately, as a resident of the neighborhoods up Wimer Street, the changes that have been made to North Main street have been extremely disappointing. 1) Consistently, I have to wait MUCH longer to turn right at the bottom of Wimer St; I don't even bother to try to turn left anymore. With only one lane of traffic in each direction, it is basically a constant stream flowing into downtown, with very few breaks (especially at peak hours). 2) The effort to try to reduce travel speed with a single lane of traffic is noble, but more often it seems to backfire. One slow driver creates a snail line that only grows longer as regular speed traffic catches up to it. For example: Yesterday, I had to travel at 12 miles an hour (literally) from Wimer to downtown, as I got behind a slow driver. Although the distance doesn't seem that far, the annoyance factor is large. With two travel lanes, this would be a non issue. 3) The marking of lane merges when leaving the downtown area are backwards. The arrows are in the right lane pointing to the left lane, but the left lane actually merges into the right lane. 4) The intent to make this'change to the traffic pattern was NOT well communicated to residents who are now subjected to it. I have yet to speak to a single neighborhood resident who knew it was happening before it happened. As a tax payer, this is one of the,most disappointing factors. I sincerely hope that any discussion of the success/failure of the one year test will be open to public participation. If the facts show that the test succeeded in making the street safer, I hope that there can be discussion of the option of installing traffic lights at the Wimer/Hersey and North Main intersection. Living the nightmare, *Chris Bolender* DCBOlender(@Qmail.com is Mike Faught From: John Peterson [petersoj@ashland.or.us] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2012 6:27 AM To: Mike Morrison Jr; Mike Faught Subject: Fwd: North Main Road Diet complaint i Forwarded Message From: "Chris Bolender" <dcbolender@gmail.com> To: john@ashland.or.us Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 5:11:02 PM Subject: North Main Road Diet complaint i Dear council- I have reviewed all of the documentation on the city of Ashland website, regarding the Morth Main St Diet. I understand the desire to solve some of the issues that this project is supposed to address. Unfortunately, as a resident of the neighborhoods up Wimer Street, the changes that have been made to North Main street have been extremely disappointing. 1) Consistently, I have to wait MUCH longer to turn right at the bottom of Wimer St; I don't even bother to try to turn left anymore. With only one lane of traffic in each direction, it is basically a constant stream flowing into downtown, with very few breaks (especially at [ peak hours). 2) The effort to try to reduce travel speed with a single lane of traffic is noble, but more often it seems to backfire. one slow driver creates a snail line that only grows longer as regular speed traffic catches up to it. For example: Yesterday, I had to travel at 12 miles an hour (literally) from Wimer to downtown, as I got behind a slow driver. Although the distance doesn't seem that far, the annoyance factor is large. With two travel lanes, this would be a non issue. 3) The marking of lane merges when leaving the downtown area are backwards. The arrows are in the right lane pointing to the left lane, but the left lane actually merges into the right lane. 4) The intent to make this change to the traffic pattern was NOT well communicated to residents who are now subjected to it. I have yet to speak to a single neighborhood resident who knew it was happening before it happened. As a tax payer, this is one of the most disappointing factors. I sincerely hope that any discussion of the success/failure of the one year test will be open to public participation. If the facts show that the test succeeded in making the street safer, I hope that there can be discussion of the option of installing traffic lights at the Wimer/Hersey and North Main intersection. j s i Living the nightmare, $ *Chris Bolender* DCBolender(@gmail.com i [ 9 ~ 16 1 Mike Faught From: Jahn Stromberg (john@council.ashland.or.us] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 8:34 PM To: Mike Faught David Chapman Cc: Diana Shiplet Subject: Fwd: Council Contact Form - Chad Neff - 11112/2012 John Stromberg Mayor 541 552 2104 (direct) 541 488 6002 (secretary) This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541.552.2104. Thank you. From: "Chad" <chadn50@aol.com> To: john@council.ashland.or.us Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 11:40:02 AM Subject: Re: Council Contact Form - Chad Neff - 11/12/2012 Thanks for the quick response. I guess the specific problem is that this so-called Road Diet is "a solution in search of a problem." The few cyclists who benefit from the nice bike lanes inconvenience the majority of residents and commuters who drive motor vehicles. I know commuters (and Ashland has many) who have complained to me that it now takes them far longer to exit the city using North Main but there is no good alternative so they are stuck with it. Sad. I don't buy the slow down traffic argument one bit either. It's never been a problem. I still see far more motorists speeding through downtown Ashland than I ever did on North Main. You don't need.to respond further, but if Inotice other specific problems I'll pass them along. Thanks. Chad -----Original Message---- From: John Stromberg <john@council.ashland.or.us> To: Chad Neff <chadn50@aol.com> Cc: council <council@ashland.or.us> Sent: Mon, Nov 12, 2012 10:28 am Subject: Re: Council Contact Form - Chad Neff - 11/12/2012 Hi, Chad Thanks for your comment. Do you have specific problems to report? That would be helpful so that the City can make adjustments. Best regards, 17 John Stromberg Mayor 541 552 2104 (direct) 541 488 6002 (secretary) This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541.552.2104. Thank you. From: "Chad Neff' <chadn50@aol.conr> To: council@ashland.or.us Sent: Monday, November 12, 2012 9:11:31 AM Subject: Council Contact Form - Chad Neff - 11/12/2012 18 Mike Faught From: John Stromberg [john@council.ashland.or.us] Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 9:21 PM To: Renee Rickert Cc: Mike Faught; Diana Shiplet Subject: Re. Road diet Hi, Renee Thanks for your comments. I'll pass them on to the Public Works Director. 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From: "Renee Rickert" <r.valliere@hotmail.com> To: john@council.asbland.or.us Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 6:02:52 PM Subject: Fwd: Road diet Sent from my iPod Begin forwarded message: From: Russ Rickert <russreneetours@hotmail.com> Date: November 10, 2012, 6:07:38 PM PST To: Renee Rickert <r.valliere(cr~,hotmail.com> Subject: Fwd: Road diet P Begin forwarded message: From: Renee Rickert <r.valliere o hotmail.com> Date: November 10, 2012 5:13:00 PM PST To: Russ Rickert <russreneetours n.hotmail.com> Subject: Fwd: Road diet e 19 Sent from my iPod Begin forwarded message: From: Renee Rickert <r.valliere(ct~,hotmail.com> Date: November 10, 2012, 8:48:19 AM PST To: "jolmstromberg cr council.ashland.or.us" <iohnstrombeig@a council.ashland.or.us> Subject: Road diet Hi! I have lived in Ashland since 1985. The increase in traffic with population growth has made North Main crowded and not cycling friendly. In the mid 80's I commuted by bicycle to work in Medford. Until the road diet I hadn't ridden up there in a long time. I walked up to take a look at the traffic situation the first Monday of the new pattern. It was beautiful! The flow of traffic without a bunch of bottlenecks from cars making turns was great. The size of the bike lane is good. I used the center lane to cross the street as a safe place between cars. I have walked, ridden my bike and driven the car on it and it works great. We've rejoined the 21st century on traffic solutions. Ashland is the wrong place to live anyway if you want to drive fast around town. Thanks, Renee Rickert Sent from my iPod 20 Mike Faught From: Renee Rickert [r.valliere@hotmail.com] Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2012 6:01 PM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: Fwd: Road diet Sent from my iPod Begin forwarded message: From: Russ Rickert <russrencetours@hotmail.com> Date: November 10, 2012, 6:07:38 PM PST To: Renee Rickert <r.valliere m hotmail.com> Subject: Fwd: Road diet Begin forwarded message: From: Renee Rickert <r.valliere ,hotmail.com> Date: November 10, 2012 5:13:00 PM PST To: Russ Rickert <1ussreneetours(a)hotmail.com> Subject: Fwd: Road diet Sent from my iPod Begin forwarded message: From: Renee Rickert <r.valliere e hotmail.com> Date: November 10, 2012, 8:48:19 AM PST To: "]ohnstrombergn,council.ashland.or.us" <johnstromberg a~council.ashland.or.us> Subject: Road diet Hi! I have lived in Ashland since 1985. The increase in traffic with population growth has made North Main crowded and not cycling friendly. In the mid 80's I commuted by bicycle to work in Medford. Until the road diet I hadn't ridden up there in a long time. I walked up to take a look at the traffic situation the fast Monday of the new pattern. It was beautiful! The flow of traffic without a bunch of bottlenecks from cars making turns was great. The size of the bike lane is good. I used the center lane to cross the street as a safe place between cars. I have walked, ridden my bike and driven the car on it and it works great. We've rejoined the 21st century on 21 i traffic solutions. Ashland is the wrong place to live anyway if you want to drive fast around town. Thanks, Renee Rickert Sent from my iPod 22 Mike Faught From: John Stromberg [john@council.ashland.or.us] Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2012 10:44 AM To: Mike Faught Cc: David Chapman Subject: Re RD.... from the Sat Tidings Ashland traffic flow still needs work What inspired me to write this letter is the area between Helman and Laurel Streets when heading North. The street sign and the arrows on the pavement tell the right lane to merge left, yet before you get to Bush Street, the yellow center lines force traffic back to the right. It sure seems to me that the arrows and the sign are totally backwards. The traffic should move the least amount necessary to create the safest conditions for all. I have to say the additional left turn lanes seem to be an improvement, but I don't think the traffic flow will be served well on busy days. It is highly unlikely that this design will fulfill future traffic needs as the downtown area, which is two lanes, slows to a crawl at busy times. Further, I don't understand the failure to create another 1-5 exit at Mountain. This would reduce the strains on capacity at both ends of town and deliver traffic to the center of the town. It would have been easier a few years ago. Adding an exit now would require leaving the freeway before or after Mountain Avenue, routing traffic around the neighborhood and rest home and finally folding traffic back onto Mountain before the park. Had this been planned earlier, it would not have required infringing much on private property but, in my humble opinion, it will eventually need to be done. Doing it sooner will be less expensive and less painful. Steve Read Ashland John Stromberg Mayor 541 552 2104 (direct) 541 488 6002 (secretary) . This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541.552.2104. Thank you. 23 Mike Faught From: Jodi Vizzini [vizzinij@ashland.or.us] Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2012 9:33 AM To: faughtm@ashland.or.us Subject: Road Diet Comment Hello, A resident called to comment on the N. Main traffic flow. She likes the left turn refuge lane which has made traveling easier when taking her granddaughter to school. She commented on the long line of traffic in the southbound lane on Tuesday backed up past the railroad trestle (she was traveling northbound). She was not aware of the paint crew on the scene that morning. Jodi Vizzini City of Ashland, Public Works Department 20 East Main Street, Ashland, OR 97520 541-552-2427 or 541-488-5587 Fax: 541-488-6006, TTY: 1-800-735-2900 This email transmission is official business of the Clty of Ashland, and is subject to Oregon Public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541-552-1427 Thank you. 24 I i Mike Faught From: Mike Faught [faughtm@ashland.or.usj Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 10:30 AM To: 'Kate Jackson' Subject: RE: road diet and siskiyou blvd Thanks Kate... I'll check with Planning... Michael R. Faught Public Works Director City of Ashland 51 Winburn Way Ashland, OR 97520 fauehtm(@ashland.or.us 541/552-2411 541/488-6006 Fax 800/735-2900 TTY This email is official business of the City of Ashland, and it is subject to Oregon public records law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please let me know. -----Original Message----- From: Kate Jackson [mailto:katharinejackson@me.comj Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 9:14 PM To: Mike Faught Subject: road diet and siskiyou blvd Mike, just want to let you know that i like the way the road diet works for North Main. i commute to Medford in a car every day and have not experienced any slow down since you finished re- striping the road. .it occurs to me that you may not be familiar with the turning movement restrictions put on Siskiyou blvd 12 years ago when the City took ownership from ODOT of the segment from the fire station to the Ashland st stoplight at the triangle and SOU. the stoplight at Sherman street dates from that project. so does the center island at East Main and Lithia in front of the fire station. we extended the landscaped median in at least 3 maybe 4 places to prevent left turns (Harrison, Liberty/Iowa/Triangle Park, Palm and Avery). this caused a lot of complaints about lack of access to neighborhoods etc. it was done for safety: to reduce conflicts on turning movements, to prevent left turns coming out from smaller side streets. it didn't take long for people to change their driving patterns. to me, this project caused far more change in traffic than does the North Main road diet. Liberty and Triangle Park was one of the biggest changes. Iowa street used to intersect Beach at Siskiyou in a five-way light! not being able to turn left from Liberty to go downtown is one of the biggest impacts. people have learned to go over to Beach or to Morton. I don't any such big changes from the North Main project. And while it is important to have bike lanes on North Main (i've been using them myself on the weekend), the primary reason for the project is vehicle safety and i would continue to emphasize that. The most accident prone intersection in town at Hersey/Wimer is now 25 realigned. there are left turn lanes at each turn, often a right turn lane as well, so no unexpected slowing in a travel lane by the car in front of you. thank you for getting this project implemented. check with the planning staff (Bill, Maria, Brandon) and Adam Hanks about the siskiyou Blvd project. i could be a helpful reminder for others that we've made these kinds of changes before. yours, Kate Jackson 26 Mike Faught From: John Stromberg pohn@council.ashland.ocus) Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 9:48 PM To: Mike Faught; Dave Kanner Subject: Fwd: Comment-to-the-council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 18 Is this a time at which we should be observing? Also could this have to do with the overly long pedestrian crossing signal at Maple? Thanks. 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Re: Comment to the council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 (magill819@charter.net) Message: 1 Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 23:27:28 -0400 (EDT) From: haptonstalls@q.com To: Vicki Bamman <thrdage@aol.com> 27 Cc: comment to the council <comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us> Subject: Re: [Comment_to_the_council] Comment-to-the-council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 Message-ID: <1403335521.14720.1351567648413.lavaMail.root@md32.quartz.synacor.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Today at 12:40pm the traffic was so backed up trying to get out of town that several vehicles chose to use the new center lane as a passing lane from about Maple St on, asking for head on collisions. As for bikes, of my daily commutes I have seen a total of 5 since the change, all in the dark and 4 of which had no lights front or back. Sounds REALLY safe! Amy H. Original Message From: "Vicki Bamman" <thrdage@aol.com> To: "comment to the council" <comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 4:56:39 PM Subject: Re: [Comment_to_the_council] Comment_to_the_council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 Mea Culpa...after pissing & moaning over the late night road construction, I'm now a believer. For the first time, we now have a left turn lane enabling safe left turns onto Glenn Street. Also, I had anticipated significant traffic backups--nada! And, (altho' I i haven't been on Main at actual commute times), I haven't observed any traffic congestion at all. OK, all you bike riders Noel), I'm convinced. Vicki Bamman 541.201.0487 or 864.9170 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this email communication may contain confidential information. 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(Gerry Cavanaugh) Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:47:11 -0700 From: Gerry Cavanaugh < gjcav@jeffnet.org > To: Colin < colinswales@gmail.com > Cc: David Chapman.< davidchapman@ashlandhome.net Ashland City Council < comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us > Subject: Re: [Comment _to_the_council] Every Cloud... Message-ID: < 986FF9EB-EF55-4338-B204-07F9E3957348@jeffnet.org > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To All--- As a (daily) driver on that North Main route I find that the "Road Diet' has made the drive safer and more easier for turns left and right. It seems to me that it has forced drivers to slow down as well, to the speed limit that is. (see below) And it clearly has made bike riding safer. The change appears to be of benefit to all. Gerald Cavanaugh On Oct 26, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Colin wrote: > Mayor Stromberg, > (also Council & cc ex-Cllr. David Chapman) > Thank you for having the courage to firmly "grasp the nettle" and publicly advocate for the "Road Diet" pilot project in your Tidings Letter To The Editor this morning. [ http://is.gd/v0I6KT ] > "...North Main was dangerous for our residents, dangerous for our visitors. Now we are doing something about it..." > Compare and contrast with the ideas of your rival for the Mayor's seat - found in another election letter from Don Stone: > He [DeBoer] has opposed the "road diet" and characterizes the plan as "an absolute disaster." > But you also said, "...The vote was 4-2. I didn't participate, but I support every council decision. > Just to set the Record absolutely straight - Cllr. Lemhouse was absent from that Public Hearing on 8/2/11, and the eventual vote was 4-1 with only Cllr. Slattery actually voting NO. > [ http://www.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?Display=Minutes&AMID=4605 ] > (Although Greg Lemhouse did recently answer the League of Women Voter's questionaire I have concerns about the project and was not in favor of 29 lt... ) > Finally we come to the "silver lining" found in yet another Letter to the Editor from someone ALREADY vehemently against the 3-day old road diet. > In spite of her opposition, Maxine Scott did in fact take notice of the new traffic calming and civilizing effects of the 'diet' configuration compared to the old "devil-take-the-hindmost" raceway of before. > ...I am very thankful to the gentleman who stopped his auto on the first day of this fiasco to allow me to escape from my side street into a steady flow of traffic on day one. Bless courtesy as we try to practice it in this town...". > Let's hope this new-found courtesy from our City's car drivers continues with our new multi-modal and safety-oriented approach to Ashland's future transportation needs and-that the APD can concentrate on other pressing items; > "The Police Department has written 809 citations on North Main during the last 12 months. We do not have a way of sorting that data by both location and violation but city wide about 40% of all or our citations are for speeding . I believe that we are likely to be writing a higher percentage of citations for speeding on North Main and would estimate that somewhere between 50% to 707 of our citations in that area would include speeding as a violation." Terry Holderness APD chief 7/21/11 > Colin > Comment _to_the_council mailing list > Comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us > http://list.ashland.or.us/mailman/listinfo/comment_to_the_council next part An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: <http://list.ashland.or.us/pipermail/comment_to_the_council/attachments/20121029/076919c9/att achment-0001.htm1> Message: 2 Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 00:15:42 -0400 (EDT) 30 From: magill819@charter.net To: haptonstalls@q.com Cc: Vicki Bamman <thrdage@aol.com>, comment to the council <comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us> Subject: Re: [Comment_to_the_council] Comment-to-the-council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 Message-ID: <7f7bea2e.aa6ec.13aafeldO9b.Webtop.49@charter.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed; delsp=no I live on Manzanita St and am delighted to have a safe left turn lane to get home! I have adjusted to the traffic pattern and find folks are more careful and observant, a good thing. Ann Magill On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 8:27 PM, haptonstalls@q.com wrote: > Today at 12:40pm the traffic was so backed up trying to get out of > town that several vehicles chose to use the new center lane as a > passing lane from about Maple St on, asking for head on collisions. As > for bikes, of my daily commutes I have seen a total of 5,since the > change, all in the dark and 4 of which had no lights front or back. > Sounds REALLY safe) > Amy H. > Original Message > From: "Vicki Bamman" <thrdage@aol.com> To: "comment to the council" > <comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us> Sent: Monday, October 29, > 2012 4:56:39 PM Subject: Re: [Comment _to_the_council] > Comment _to the_council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 > Mea Culpa...after pissing & moaning over the late night road > construction, I'm now a believer. For the first time, we now have a > left turn lane enabling safe left turns onto Glenn Street. Also, I had > anticipated significant traffic backups--nada! And, (altho' I haven't > been on Main at actual commute times), I haven't observed any traffic > congestion at all. OK, all you bike riders Noel), I'm convinced. > Vicki Bamman 541.201.0487 or 864.9170 > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this email > communication may contain confidential information. If you are not the > intended recipient, you are advised that your receipt of this email > was not intended by the sender and any disclosure, copying, > distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents > of this information except its direct delivery to the intended > recipient may be prohibited. If you have received this email in error, > please notify me immediately by telephone at the number listed above > or by email to arrange for return of this information to me. Thank > you. > -----Original Message----- From: comment to the - council-request > <comment_to_the_council-request@list.ashland.or us> To: > comment _to_the_council <comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us> > Sent: Mon, Oct 29, 2012 12:11 pm Subject: Comment-to-the-council > Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 31 i >.Send Comment-to-the-council mailing list submissions to i > comment to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us To subscribe or unsubscribe > via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.ashland.or.us/mailman/listinfo/comment to the council or, > via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > comment_to_the_council-request@list.ashland.or.us You can reach the > person managing the list at > comment_to_the_council-owner@list.ashland.or.us When replying, please > edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Comment-to-the-council digest..." > Today's Topics: > 1. Re: Every Cloud... (Gerry Cavanaugh) > > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:47:11 -0700 > From: Gerry Cavanaugh < gjcav@jeffnet.org > > To: Colin < colinswales@gmail.com > > Cc: David Chapman < davidchapman@ashlandhome.net Ashland City > Council > < comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us > > Subject: Re: [Comment-to-the-council] Every Cloud... > Message-ID: < 986FF9EB-EF55-4338-B204-07F9E3957348@jeffnet.org > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > To All--- As a (daily) driver on that North Main route I find that > the "Road Diet' has made the drive safer and more easier for turns > left and right. It seems to me that it has forced drivers to slow > down as well, to the speed limit that is. (See below) And it clearly > has made bike riding safer. The change appears to be of benefit to > all. > Gerald Cavanaugh > On Oct 26, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Colin wrote: Mayor Stromberg, (also Council & cc ex-Cllr. David Chapman) Thank you for having the courage to firmly "grasp the nettle" and publicly > advocate for the "Road Diet" pilot project in your Tidings Letter To > The Editor this morning. [ http://is.Bd/vOl6KT ] "...North Main was dangerous for our residents, dangerous for our visitors. > Now we are doing something about it..." Compare and contrast.with the ideas of your rival for the Mayor's seat - found > in another election letter from Don Stone: 32 He [DeBoer] has'opposed the "road diet" and characterizes the plan as "an > absolute disaster." But you also said, ...The vote was 4-2. I didn't participate, but I support > every council decision. Just to set the Record absolutely straight - Cllr. Lemhouse was absent from > that Public Hearing on 8/2/11, and the eventual vote was 4-1 with only > Cllr. Slattery actually voting NO. [ http://www.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?Display=Minutes&AMID=4605 ] (Although Greg Lemhouse did recently answer the League of Women Voter's > questionaire I have concerns about the project and was not in > favor of it..." ) Finally we come to the "silver lining" found in yet another Letter to the > Editor from someone ALREADY vehemently against the 3-day old road > diet. In spite of her opposition, Maxine Scott did in fact take notice of the new > traffic calming and civilizing effects of the 'diet' configuration > compared to the old "devil-take-the-hindmost" raceway of before. I am very thankful to the gentleman who stopped his auto on the > first day of this fiasco to allow me to escape from my side street > into a steady flow of traffic on day one. Bless courtesy as we try to > practice it in this town...". Let's hope this new-found courtesy from our City's car drivers continues with > our new multi-modal and safety-oriented approach to Ashland's future > transportation needs and that the APO can concentrate on other > pressing items; . "The Police Department has written 809 citations on > North Main during the last 12 months. We do not have a way of sorting > that data by both location and violation but city wide about 40% of > all or our citations are for speeding . I believe that we are likely > to be writing a higher percentage of citations for speeding on North > Main and would estimate that somewhere between 507 to 70% of our > citations in that area would include speeding as a violation." > Terry Holderness APD Chief 7/21/11 Colin Comment _to_the_council mailing list Comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us > http://list.ashland.or.us/mailinan/listinfo/comment_to_the_council next part 33 > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < http://list.ashland.or.us/pipermail/comment_to_the_council/attachments/20121028/b289b7f4/atta chment-0001.html > > Comment _to_the_council mailing list > Commentto_the_council@list.ashland.or.us > http://Iist-.ashland.or.us/mailman/listinfo/comment to_the_council End > of Comment to the council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 > ##*####k###############k####*k#k##################kkk > Comment to the council > mailing list Comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us > http://list.ashland.or.us/mailman/listinfo/comment_to_the_council > > Comment-to-the-council mailing list > Commentto_the'council@list.ashland.or.us > http://Iist.ashland.or.us/mailman/listinfo/comment_to_the_council Comment-to-the-council mailing list Commentto_the_council@list.ashland.or.us http://Tist.ashland.or.us/mailman/listinfo/comment_to_the_council End of Comment _to_the_council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 18 34 i Mike Faught From: John Stromberg Dohn@council.ashland.or.us] Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 9:45 PM To: Mike Faught; Dave Kanner Subject: Fwd: Comment-to-the-council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 17 fyi....in case you don't read the listserve John Stromberg Mayor 541 552 2104 (direct) 541 488 6002 (secretary) This email transmission is official business of the City of Ashland, and is subject to the Oregon Public Records Law for disclosure and retention. If you have received this message in error, please contact me at 541.552.2104. Thank you. Forwarded Message From: "comment to the council-request" <comment_to the council-request@list.ashland.or.us> To: "comment to the council" <comment_tothe_council@list.ashland.or.us> Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 5:22:27 PM_ Subject: Comment-to-the-council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 17 Send Comment _tc_the-council mailing list submissions to comment-to-the-council@list.ashland.or.us To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit . http://list.ashland.or.us/mailman/listinfo/comment_to_the_council or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to comment_to_the_council-request@list.ashland.or.us You can reach the person managing the list at comment_to_the_council-owner@list.ashland.or.us When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Comment-to-the-council digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: Comment _to_the-Council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 (Vicki Bamman) 2. Re: Comment-to-the-council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 (Douglas Rowe) Message: 1 Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 19:56:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Vicki Bamman <thrdage@aol.com> To: comment to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us Subject: Re: [Comment_to_the_council] Comment-to-the-council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 Message-ID: <8CF84482D8022B8-C98-4CE5F@webmail-ml6g.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" 35 Mea Culpa...after pissing & moaning over the late night road construction, I'm now a believer. For the first time, we now have a left turn lane enabling safe left turns onto Glenn Street. Also, I had anticipated significant traffic backups--nadal And, (altho' I haven't been on Main at actual commute times), I haven't observed any traffic congestion at all. OK, all you bike riders Noel), I'm convinced. Vicki Bamman 541.201.0487 or 864.9170 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this email communication may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are advised that your receipt of this email was not intended by the sender and any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information except its direct delivery to the intended recipient may be prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify me immediately by telephone at the number listed above or by email to arrange for return of this information to me. Thank you. E i -----Original Message----- From: comment _tothe_council-request <comment_to-the council-request@list.ashland.or.us> To: comment-to-t6-council <comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us> Sent: Mon, Oct 29, 2012 12:11 pm Subject: Comment-to-the-council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 Send Comment _to_the-council mailing list submissions to comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://Iist.ashland.or.us/mailman/listinfo/comment_to_the_ council or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to comment_to_the_council-request@list.ashland.or.us You can reach the person managing the list at comment_to_the_council-owner@list.ashland.or.us When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Comment-to-the-council digest..." a i 4 Today's Topics: 1. Re: Every Cloud... (Gerry Cavanaugh) Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:47:11 -0700 From: Gerry Cavanaugh <gjcav@jeffnet.org> To: Colin <colinswales@gmail.com> 36 Cc: David Chapman <davidchapman@ashlandhome.net>, Ashland City Council <comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us> Subject: Re: [Comment _to_the_council] Every Cloud... Message-ID: <986FF9EB-EF55-4338-8204-07F9E3957348@jeffnet.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To All--- As a (daily) driver on that North Main route I find that the "Road Diet' has made the drive safer and more easier for turns left and right. It seems to me that it has forced drivers to slow down as well, to the speed limit that is. (See below) And it clearly has made bike riding safer. The change appears to be of benefit to all. Gerald Cavanaugh On Oct 26, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Colin wrote: > Mayor Stromberg, > (also Council & cc ex-Cllr. David Chapman) > Thank you for having the courage to firmly "grasp the nettle" and > publicly advocate for the "Road Diet" pilot project in your Tidings Letter To The Editor this morning. [ http://is.gd/vOl6KT ] > "...North Main was dangerous for our residents, dangerous for our visitors. Now we are doing something about it..." > Compare and contrast with the ideas of your rival for the Mayor's seat > - found in another election letter from Don Stone: > He [DeBoer] has opposed the "road diet" and characterizes the plan as > "an absolute disaster." > But you also said, ...The vote was 4-2. I didn't participate, but I > support every council decision. > Just to set the Record absolutely straight - Cllr. Lemhouse was absent from that Public Hearing on 8/2/11, and the eventual vote was 4-1 with only Cllr. Slattery actually voting NO. > [ > http://www.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?Display=Minutes&AMID=4605 > (Although Greg Lemhouse did recently answer the League of Women > Voter's questionaire I have concerns about the project and was not in favor of it..." ) > Finally we come to the "silver lining" found in yet another Letter to > the Editor from someone ALREADY vehemently against the 3-day old road diet. > In spite of her opposition, Maxine.Scott did in fact take notice of > the new traffic calming and civilizing effects of the 'diet' configuration compared to the old "devil-take-the-hindmost" raceway of before. 37 > ...I am very thankful to the gentleman who stopped his auto > on the first day of this fiasco to allow me to escape from my side street into a steady flow of traffic on day one. Bless courtesy as we try to practice it in this town...... > Let's hope this new-found courtesy from our City's car drivers > continues with our new multi-modal and safety-oriented approach to Ashland's future transportation needs and that the APO can concentrate.on other pressing items; > "The Police Department has written 809 > citations on North Main during the last 12 months. We do not have a way of sorting that data by both location and violation but city wide about 400/ of all or our citations are for speeding I believe that we are likely to be writing a higher percentage of citations for speeding on North Main and would estimate that somewhere between 50% to 70% of our citations in that area would include speeding as a violation." Terry Holderness APO Chief 7/21/11 > Colin > Comment _to_the_council mailing list > Comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us > http://list.ashland.or.us/mailman/listinfo/comment_to_the_council next part An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.ashland.or.us/pipermail/comment_to_the_council/attachments/20121028/b289b7f4/att achment-0001.htm1> Comment_to_the-council mailing list Comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us http://list.ashland.or.us/mailman/listinfo/comment_to_the_council End of Comment to the council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 next part An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://list.ashland.or.us/pipermail/comment_to_the_council/attachments/20l2lO29/cald8356/att achment-0001.htm1> Message: 2 Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:22:21 -0700 From: Douglas Rowe <ducat@mind.net> To: Vicki Bamman <thrdage@aol.com> Cc: comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us 38 Subject: Re: [Comment-to-the-council] Comment_to_the_council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 Message-ID: <CE5ADD64-1805-4F11-91B3-31AOAD54AC5F@mind.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" all you bike riders? so far I have seen a tota lof 2 since it started. Doug Rowe On Oct 29, 2012, at 4:56 PM, Vicki Bamman wrote: > Mea Culpa...after pissing & moaning over the late night road construction, I'm now a believer. For the first time, we now have a left turn lane enabling safe left turns onto Glenn Street. Also, I had anticipated significant traffic backups--nada! And, (altho' I haven't been on Main at actual commute times), I haven't observed any traffic congestion at all. > OK, all you bike riders Noel), I'm convinced. > Vicki Bamman > 541.201.0487 or 864.9170 > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this email communication may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are advised that your receipt of this email was not intended by the sender and any disclosure, copying, distribution or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information except its direct delivery to the intended recipient may be prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify me immediately by telephone at the number listed above or by email to arrange for return of this information to me. Thank you. > -----Original Message----- > From: comment _to_the_council-request > <comment_to_the_council-request@list.ashland.or.us> > To: comment _to_the_council <comment to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us> > Sent: Mon, Oct 29, 2012 12:11 pm > Subject: Comment_to_the_council Digest, Vol 74, Issue 15 > Send Comment _to_the_council mailing list submissions to > comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://Iist.ashland.or.us/mailman/listinfo/comment_to_the_council > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > comment_to_the_council-request@list.ashland.or.us > You can reach the person managing the list at > comment_to_the_council-owner@list.ashland.or.us > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Comment-to-the-council digest..." > Today's Topics: > 1. Re: Every Cloud... (Gerry Cavanaugh) > > Message: 1 39 > Date: Sun, 28 Oct 2012 13:47:11 -0700 > From: Gerry Cavanaugh <gjcav@jeffnet.org> > To: Colin <colinswales@gmail.com> > Cc: David Chapman <davidchapman@ashlandhome.net>, Ashland City Council > <comment_to_the_council@list.ashland.or.us> > Subject: Re: [Comment _to_the_council] Every Cloud... > Message-ID: <986FF9EB-EF55-4338-B204-07F9E3957348@jeffnet.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > To All--- As a (daily) driver on that North Main route I find that > the "Road Diet' has made the drive safer and more easier for turns > left and right. It seems to me that it has forced drivers to slow > down as well, to the speed limit that is. (See below) And it clearly > has made bike riding safer. The change appears to be of benefit to all. > Gerald Cavanaugh > On Oct 26, 2012, at 6:25 PM, Colin wrote: > > Mayor Stromberg, > > (also council & cc ex-Cllr. David Chapman) > > Thank you for having the courage to firmly "grasp the nettle" and > > publicly > advocate for the "Road Diet" pilot project in your Tidings Letter To > The Editor this morning. [ http://i5.gd/v0I6KT ] > > "...North Main was dangerous for our residents, dangerous for our visitors. > Now we are doing something about it..." > > Compare and contrast with the ideas of your rival for the Mayor's > > seat - found > in another election letter from Don Stone: > > He [DeBOer] has opposed the "road diet" and characterizes the plan > > as "an > absolute disaster." > > But you also said, ...The vote was 4-2. I didn't participate, but > > I support > every council decision. > > Just to set the Record absolutely straight - Cllr. Lemhouse was absent from > that Public Hearing on 8/2/11, and the eventual vote was 4-1 with only Cllr. > Slattery actually voting NO. > > [ > > http://www.ashland.or.us/Agendas.asp?Display=Minutes&AMID=4605 > > (Although Greg Lemhouse did recently answer the League of Women > > Voter's > questionaire I have concerns about the project and was not in > favor of it..." ) > > Finally we come to the "silver lining" found in yet another Letter > > to the 40 > Editor from someone ALREADY vehemently against the 3-day old road diet. > > In spite of her opposition, Maxine Scott did in fact take notice of > > the new > traffic calming and civilizing effects of the 'diet' configuration > compared to the old "devil-take-the-hindmost" raceway of before. > > ...I am very thankful to the gentleman who stopped his > > auto on the > first day of this fiasco to allow me to escape from my side street > into a steady flow of traffic on day one. Bless courtesy as we try to > practice it in this town...". > > Let's hope this new-found courtesy from our City's car drivers > > continues with > our new multi-modal and safety-oriented approach to Ashland's future > transportation needs and that the APD can concentrate on other > pressing items; > > "The Police Department has written 809 > > citations on > North Main during the last 12 months. We do not have a way of sorting > that data by both location and violation but city wide about 40% of > all or our citations are for speeding . I believe that we are likely > to be writing a higher percentage of citations for speeding on North > Main and would estimate that somewhere between 50% to 70% of our citations in that area would include > speeding as a violation." 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User What other effects of the Road Diel would you like to re oor[7. Asa result ofthe road diet, I ride my bike to and from downtown more, in addition to commuting by bike sometimes. I feel safer. Speaking as a motorist, a cyclist, and a pedestrian, I think it is a wonderful improvement. R only wish that it extended to meet the Greenway at Hwy99/Valley View - as the bike lanes disappear and there isn't much of a shoulder in either direction. A bit scary riding a bike through this Andrea Napoli section. - - - I understand the road diet from Maple to the plaza, but from Maple north it does not make some. It is now impossible to turn left from Grant on Main in the morning. The traffic is more packed together on one lane, so you can't get through even though there is now a turn lane. Pedestrians use and bicycle have not gone up in this section. My commute time to Medford has increased since the road diet. People crossing Kirstie Christop uson- the street are not safer because of the road diet. Having-a turn lane onto Wimer from Northbound on Main makes sense because it avoids the backup.. 1 think the road diet has generally been successful. The biggest problem that I have seen is when there is a great deal of traffic at the merge spot and there is a car trying to turn left on Bush St., which has no dedicated turn lane. This does not work well. Ken Kesel _ 1 live on Scenic off Manzanita. Turning len onto Manzanim from North Main is better now with a dedicated turn lane than it was prior to the reconfiguration. - i Dan Thomdike 1. As a driver, I always dreaded making a left turn where there was no designated turn Inc. I was quite prepared for being rear-ended at 40 mph. flaying the refuge lane to make such turns from is a huge improvement. 2. I'm not quite sure why there is not an available refuge lane turning southbound from Glen (Glenn?) onto N. Main. 3. While users drivers) seem to begetting better,-mango not seem to take advantage of the refuge lanes, part icularly to. enter traffic from the side streets. ' . Bill Walker i - I The main concern I have is that if the Road Diet becomes permanent, there MUST be a left turn lane installed on North Main heading north as it intersects with Bush Street. As it stands now, North Main constricts from two to one lanes right at Bush Street, with arrows in the right lane directing cars to the left (turn) lane, which confuses many drivers. We live at this corner and this awkward merge right where cars are taming ispr_obably onc.of tbe-reasons we hearpeople honking their bores- uite frequcntlypmv (previously, we never heard honking). Please consider this! Jonah Bornstein In general I like it and it seems to be much safer, especially near the intersection with Winner. The main learning curve has been to anticipate where the lanes merge from two to one when entering the road-diet Judith clinton area from either end. I don't mind driving slower at all. It just is a bit crazy trying to get into the flow without along wait and or taking a risk to jump in especially at Winner North Main cross and Hersey. Thank You for giving us an John Hutte o ortuni to s eak _ When the road diet was first introduced, I resisted the idea (I think based more on the principle that it was change and something new). However in hindsight, T think the diet has accomplished a nice balance between the factors of traffic flow, bicycle space and even more importantly providing a turn out lane to avoid being rear ended which was always a very real possibility. Although 1 am an avid biker, I think the Ben Brecheisen bike lane is actually a secondary benefit. I advocate the road diet more based on the improved traffic flow than on the benefits for bikers. Donna Rhee I believe the road diet has made North Main a safer street to travel, has reduced the overall rate of travel and made it a safer a erience for our family. Cindy mar_dorf it is awful please fix it._i'm guessing all the tourists that come here don't like it either. of course they will not respond to this surveyr but who wants to sit in traffic on.vacation777 _ Sandra Wetzel I drive this road daily, often more than once The traffic seems a little more congested.. The tailgating by drivers who want to speed leaves no room for turning onto North Main from side streets. And it is extremely dangerous to turn left out of Grant Street or Sheridan because ofthe faster traffic Pow Hodges coming into town and the limited suzanne marshall I think it was a wise, safe, efficient plan. It should stay in place _We should not spend 35,000 to chapge it back. People should slow down and deal with it. One effect is that citizens such as myself feel fortunate to live in a progressive town with leaders who see the big picture and are willing to implement these sorts of improvements. 1 would like to see the road diet Claire House stay in place. Thanks for allowing this input. ' T have driven in many cities in the world in lacks, sedans and sport cars for many yeazs and the road diet to me is a winner. I believe one improvement would be an additional traffic light at the newly improved William Quiett Wimer-Hersey intersection_I believe it would help break up the one lane lines during busy times and give both street pedestrians and cars morSortuany for safe crossing....... Dawn Varne~ N/A John Ames _I notice a significant reduction in my stress because }don't have to- fiend so-much effort figuring_out which lane to use to avoid left turners- _ _ _ - CJ Johnson This was a .peat chic and I ve nohced more cyclists using the bike lane__ ]can O'Donnell I like makiiMa le_ft_m_m_at Hersy Street without watching my rear view miner to sec if l wilt rear ended. I am not pleased with how this just "happened". The people on the north side of town should have been able to review the plan and add their comments. It was put in place for the convenient of a "few". Also the Nance Shaw markings in the tam lanes arc not clear:. terry oldfield 1 have noticed people taking more chances to turn in front of a constant line of traffic duringpeak periods. . bev Thruston HaviM the L19 Wimer/Ilgrsa fixed by alip nglhem has really helped.. It has also been safer all along N. Main havin the_center turn lane allowin_gpc~le making left tams. to get out of the flow of tratlic. Mark Sanford None leap to my mind. I use this section of North Main mostly to go north and get on route 5 to Medford If we can get people on bikes, we can reduce the carbon emissions. We are a small town and cycling certainly contributes to that small town atmosphere. I feel that people moved here, because they were tired of Elizabeth Zell the big city pace. Let's not recreate it here. The trips into and out of town to the north are less harried. We are more relaxed in driving that route. We have time to notice where we are and what is around us. Our breathing is more relaxed. Other drivers James Martin appear more calm as well. It m_a_kes arrival and departure from Ashland more Jaynes Irvine It feels mom organized. I like having a desnated turning lane that keeps traffic flow i._1 like having a bike lane. _ I visit Salon Selah V for frequent business. The owner, Michael Harwood, assists me in wildlife rehab (1 am ODFW licensed) providing temporary aid until I can pickup a bird or small animal at his adjacent home. When I leave there and want to go south, I often give up trying to turn left and go right to the Emeritus elder facility and turn around in their driveway so I can access a signal. This both slows travel and is not really fair to that facility. u___ Name not shown - The quick merge into one lane coming from the plaza area is dangerous.} have nearly been hit in the process on several occasions. - -J j Traffic seems to flow better because cars are driving more consistent speeds and drivers cannot switch lanes to avoid traffic turning tell or right. I have not noticed traffic back-ups at morning or evening commute Name not shown times. Name not shown _ _ .I appreciate the improved safety and our communities willingness to work on probleis and find solutions.__ Valn Williams I feel that problems the Road Dtet created far out we h a~yossibte advanta~es_ My wife & 1 live in Riverwalk. Our daughter lives off Wimer. Both prior to the Road Diet and after, we avoid crossing North Main at Winner & Hersey either going there or returning home by using side streets, James Orrmaking right turns onto North Main and left turns off of North Main. In our view, a signal light needs• to be installed at that intersection. I am a non-resident who visits friends in and attends school in Ashland. I am very often over there 2 to 3 times per week for over 10 years. I wish I could convince Grants Pass to do this as I have found that it W Laura Guerrero _really has helped to slow me down and like I stated above transition into the slower speed of downtown. It also is wonderful to share die roads with the cyclists! Name not shown See above Heath Belden I feel safer knowingthat there won't be other vehicles weaving_behween lanes tr~gockey_for position.__ The traffic and parking situation in Ashland were already a consideration when driving here for anything but work. I have stopped coming to Ashland for virtually anything else, including dinners, because it is Ryan Pederson even more difficult than before the Road Diet, and it's not usual worth m_y time dealingwith the traffic andparking to go places in Ashland. _ _ I'd like to emphasize the additional safety risks caused by the forced lane mergings. If the road diet is kept in place, the city should consider converting northbound traffic flow to single lane for the entire Roy Sca rbrough .downtown ten lh of Main_ - - - Name not s own ener ,ybtr tc seems to flow better with the Road Diet. I wonder if an increased speed limit, to 30, would ease some of the congestion and still maintain safes. Darlene Conlo ue It is a mess at the peak busy times _ _ _ My mother lives at Emeritus and she and her neighbors ride scooters to downtown.. Prior to the road diet she reported that the sidewalk and street were too dangerous to navigate. I think it is important to recognize that city residents undertake all sorts of transport through this corridor. Janet Reavis I think from a liability standpoint that the city council will keep the road diet because you cannot convert a safer road back to a clearly unsafe road without being at fault when accidents occur.. Name not shown Honestly, 1 hate it. Traffic is bad, worse than with 4 lanes Andkeople don't appear to dr_ve an-y safer or better now. Put it back the way it was. I feet it is a positive demonstration of Ashland's commitment to the safety of its pedestrians and bicyclists. I think it gets tourists to "slow down" a little before they hit downtown and this is a good thing. I give Lyndia Hammer the road diet an "A". Narne not shown Much safer to make left-hand turns off N. Main now. Traffic flow is smoother as a consequence. I have not noliced traffic Noel Chatroux It's eat to see more bikes on N. Main!_ It takes much longer to get from my house in Talent to the other side of Ashland, depending on whether or not I end up behind slow drivers. The left turn onto Bush right as people merge is a hazard. 1 almost rear-ended the car in front of me because I was speeding up so I could merge and then the line of cars in abruptly stopped because the first car stopped to make the left turn. The road was just as safe when it was 4 lanes. Turning was actually easier as the lines of cars were shorter and the gaps longer. The frustration of having to drive the speed dictated by the first car was less as it was easy to go around someone too slow or if someone was turning. Ariella St_Clair _ The intersection of N. Main with Wimer and Hersey is somewhat better but still not that easy if cars are turning onto both. The selfishness of a few bicyclists (including one Ashland department head who lives in Talent and has been instrumental in the "Road Diet" is unbelievable- It is inconvenient at best, dangerous at worst, and ' negatively impacts my whole neighborhood. To the department head who has lost so much weight bicycling to work I say use the Bear Creek bicycle path or get a treadmill. Don't hurt and entire neighborhood with your selfishness. To the other bicyclists who supposedly use the new lanes 1 say where are you? I have never seen any bicyclists in these lanes. The city has caused a problem where none previously Neil Sechan existed. I would never vote for a city councilor who continues to support the Road Dietactually more like the Selfishness Road Plan. _ I think that the Road Diet is a vast improvement over the previous model. It is safer for pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers. It is at least as efficient in moving traffic, perhaps even at slower top speeds, by allowing a more steady flow. And it is aesthetically more pleasing than the "41ane-highway" feel that approaching town used to have. I really like not having our town be dictated by "car culture". Even at "rush hour" times, the flow seems regular and reasonable. For everyone who is complaining about congestion... take the afternoon in Medford (or Portland, or S.F.). We've got it good, and the road diet makes it better. 1 saw a ,pea n Root bumf sticker recently that said, "Be the reason ou moved here." The Road Diet is a perfect example of trying make the Ashland what we want from a town. Name no[ shown 1) coming into town from. Talent, the first 25 mph sign is obscured by the branches and leaves of a tree. hard to see. 2) either the incoming merge should be moved further downslopc to avoid the segment near the animal hospital without a shoulder, or the shoulder should be modified to include paved bike lane: presently, cars are speeding to jockey for merge priority at the time and place the bikes have no shoulder and are hemmed in by reflective posts. i ve been nearly clipped by pickup trucks with work trailers here and gone off Name not shown onto the gravel is only about IO feet lonp_ - Good news, bad news - There is no more jockeying for best (fastest) position with the four travel lane configuration, but there is no way to legally get around a slow vehicle in the "road diet." I lean slightly toward keeping the Road Diet configuration. If there was some way to make N. Main resemble Siskiyou Blvd in simplicity and beauty, 1 would be a big fan. Perhaps keeping the Road Diet, but Name not shown putting medians in the turn lane in those portions of the street where turns are not possible_ Increased driver civility. Less tailgating and obviously less "cutting off". _ - 1 have noticed the location and visibility of the speed limit signs more, and I think they need some attention, particularly southbound- The first 25 sign is almost hidden by a tree. I think the first 25 and the 20 Chuck Keil should include a note that the limit is being reduced_ As someone who tries to drive within the speed limit, 1 am tai]-gated much more frequently as a result of road diet. _Name not shown Name not shown I moved out of town after it was implemented, so now drive it regularly. A pleasure to drive_and seems safer as well. Makes downtown seem particularly congested and uneven! Name not shown_ It's a big improvement. Yes, traffic is a little slower during peek times which means people are driving the speed limit instead of 10 miles over... Steven Wells There seems to be less honking & road rage _ Carol Moore I feel it is much safer to turn left. I do have to wait longer to get onto Main but it's worth it not to fear getfing rear-ended when I mm left. One very big benefit is that I hear almost no police sirens anymore. I used to be woken up at all hours by police that annoyance has virtually disappeared. The road diet sets the tone for people driving into Ashland of relaxing and being respectful of other modes of transportation, pedestrians and bicycles. The all powerful car is not the king of the road] Name not shown i i Name not shown It is my opinion that a driver must be more assertive to get.from_an arterial onto North Main because of the v loop lines of traffic. _ _ Amy Richard . 1 like the way it indicates that people have entered or exited the City of Ashland it no longer feels like a big highway is mom through the town.. _ There is confusion near near Helman.where it begins. Something needs to be done to distinguish between the imffe turning to go to the plaza and the through traffic. The experience of driving through the diet stretch now seems way more civil. 1 know there are kinks that need to be worked out (Heiman; Maple, some side-streets) but overall I feel it has made a much safer Name not shown hiway for all of us. ' . It is safer to make left turns, the traffic is slower because there are no cars trying to go - Gloria Heller faster to pass those m the "slow" lane. It is definitely less stressful to travel there now. 1) 1 think there is too much traffic on Main for the road diet. 2) Merging on the curve leaving downtown is dangerous. If the road diet continues, this should be moved down a ways to the straightaway. 3) I have not experienced any improvement getting onto or off of Main. _ 4) Aligning Hersey and Winner was a great improvement at that intersection (altho' separate from the diet). 5) This whole experiment seems to be a huge waste of money for very few bicycles. I think lots of residents would have been willing to drive the stretch with stopwatches to save the money spent for outside Name not shown consultants. ]tun the administrator at Siskiyou Eyc Center. Our office is located at 648 N Main SU'eet. There are other medical oft-ices and driveways next door to us and across the street with the hospital up the street on ; Maple. This section of the road diet is dangerous for anyone trying to get in or out of any the medical office driveways and a major concern of ours for our patients and staff. Most of our patients are elderly. I I've seen them parked and waiting for over 2 mins or more waiting for a chance to be able to make a right turn out of our driveway. The REAL challenge is when one needs to make a left hand turn our of our driveway heading back towards the plaza. You have to shoot across N Main and get into the left hand turn lane for Mountain Meadows [we've been told this was OK to do]. This very long left exit lane becomes an island of safety. Once here, you have to merge into the regular Inc heading towards the plaza and hope you're not blocking someone else from turning into that left exit lane. I have started my drive across N Main when someone from the medical office across the street pulls out of that driveway moving towards me trying to gel into the northbound Inc! There's going to be a head-on collision there someday! Making that kind of turn is illegal but they do it anyway. Mr Fought has been kind enough to meet with us on a couple of occasions to discuss this problem. Ile did have driveway arrows removed Belmira Borg that were confusing sonic motorists. We have asked that the real island of safety be extended to include our drivewayand a tad beyond. He's also mentioned that the driveway across the streel_needs to align to Name not shown - The entire street looks more beautiful. Less cluttered. Room for cars, bikes, and peds___ Name not shown It makes North main more pleasant for drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians. Seems like a win-win-win. It has turned a street that you lust wanted toet oflof es quick~asgossible into a nice place to be. Darre_n Borgias _ _ .Overall, a vast improvement _I`m interested in the concerns o£nci hpbwjentering Main from streets without a light. As the man in the Sneak Preview so assiduously noted, if a traffic study shows that people are driving 7 miles above the posted speed, it means to a traffic engineer, that the speed limit has to be raised the Name not shown necessary 5 mph to allow drivers to safely and sanelLar,vigate the streets. No. Main should be 4 lanes at 30 mph. Name not shown Why is there no longer a left hand turn allowed onto one of the main side streets? We are forced to take the main road, through downtown Ashland, which makes for an even longer commute time. I understand the importance of creating a pedestrian and bicyclist friendly town, but to remove 2 main lanes for traffic entering and leaving the city, when tens of thousands of tourists drive to and fro for up to 10 months of Name not shown the year, makes little sense to me. 1 do not see the long term benefits for the tourist indust , wit is safe to assume that tourists, in general, will walk or drive, not bike, when tbeLvisit the city of Ashland. Name not shown _ _Turning_from Valley Vicw onto 99pe~lepow stay in the left lane rather than occupy-both lanes and this backs up traffic as well. , i would like the road diet to remain for the reasons mentioned above. the best scenario would be if more people took the bus, rode their bike, or walked. as long as many people choose the car as an option for transporting one person (for the most part) in a five passenger motorized vehicle, and parking is easily available and cheap, we will need to create roads that incorporate everyone. unless we decide to designate some roads to pedestrian and bicycle traffic only as was done in my home town in a european country. the key would be to make the roads inhospitable to cars that are driven by one person only and create more . Name not shown. communal hanspmt for all. futuristic? no, it's done all over the worldrj_ust not - Alot more tragic. People still running across the road where they event supposed loo. Still only see one or 2 bikes, not even everyday. Seems to me this was done to help bikes, which there are still a minority of. Name not shownThis was.a waste of mo119-.___ Other than the center turn lanes, it is a mess. I never see any bicyclists and many limes coming out of my neighborhood from Glenn, I have had to wait 5 minutes or so to be able to make a right onto Main Street. Name not shown Since it is now a one lane area the cars are backed up coming out of Ashland. This as with several other decisions is misguided. _ _ many people with driveways and those pulling out of side streets don't seem to use the middle turn lane. In actuality they only have to wait for one lane to clears to pull out instead of waiting for 3 lanes to clear_ I suspect if they were to use that lane as intended they would find it works a lot better than before. ❑ I suspect the number of accidents has gone down, especially at Hersey/Wimer. No fix of any kind will con ect for the rude drivers who pull out in front of others. Gary Curtis . are many Doctors offices along North Main, the road diet is a real safety hazard for people coming and going to these offices. The other day it took me around twenty minutes to turn left across the south Nance not shown. bound lane into a_p___i1g,lot that is just north of Mamie. _ Overall, I think it works as advertised. I think the flow of traffic is much improved, and I feel as if I traverse the corridor more quickly. What a concept, speeding up by slowing down. Ken Schmidt _-I'm for keepit~ Name not shown City Council and the Traffic Commissionjust wasted a ton of money. 1 know it was State money, Guess what I pay State Taxes too. ❑ _ I strongly recommend you change it back. 0 Sorry, but no one wanted this to start with except those with power'.❑ =_guiet Village resident of 25 years. I think the name Road Diet doesn't do justice to the safety factors that this change has made Before, reading about it, I had no clear idea of the vast improvements that would come through the establishment of the left hand turn lanes. Maybe Road Safety Plan would have been a better moniker. Diet suggests something will be lost. Instead, the GAIN has been in SAFETY and apparently there have been less crashes to prove it. I have been meaning to write this for awhile and finally did so that the many of us who like the change will be heard. The naysayers always seem to shout louder, so hopefully this will bring some Name not shown balance to the review. Thanks for al lowing this method of responding. The major danger of the Road Diet are crashes from cars crossing across North Main. - There are no gaps in the lines of cars. When a crash occurs, it will be a serious one. Also, you are forcing me onto Oak Street. I believe that there are more children on Oak Street. One of these children could be injured. My wife who works off of Maple Street complains that the Road Diet makes it more difficult to drive safely to work. John Farrell In conclusion, my wife and I are irritated about the Road Diet and the public funds being used on this project I wasn't thrilled at first by the idea of the Road Diet; I thought it would increase traffic in out neighborhood. To my surprise, it hasn't In fact, it's made life in our neighborhood much better because traffic is not _ Name not shown as heavy; people aren't Meeding; and tragic noise has dro epp d considerabjy.. I'm in favor of keeping Name not shown I thank it has imRr2ved visibility and-made it less stay to fora..-_ _ - - Name not shown - La Marshall Exasperating concep~_, should be returned to former traffic model. Name not shown Robert Abshear Driving on N_Main seems generally less chaotic and safer than before_the road diet North Main and especially the Wimer intersection are much safer. I haven't seen an accident at Wimer/N. Main since the road diet started whereas before it was a common occurrence. 1 also choose to tum at Name not shown Winter now instead of traveling thr_uph adjacent neighborhoods. Livid oft of Winter and driving on it every dto gel to N Mein, my primacoacem is safety, so I'm satisfied with the plan. 1 am very happy with the change and the way traffic is forced to slow down going into the Plaza area. 1 am almost daily walking to the plaza area with a stroller and my small children and appreciate the slow Name not shown down of the vehicles and their abilityto take more note of my firmilly. Name not shown I love noaettmg stuck behind a car makin a left turn onto Winer when heading south, or onto Hersey when headier north! Overall I really like the improvement 1 really miss not be able to turn left onto Van Ness off of Main St. It was so convenient to be able to go the back way from Grant Street via Main then left onto Van Ness to go to businesses such as Ashland Name not shown...... Hardware or the Co-op. Now there is no left turn going south on main onto Van Ness. Name not shown None The combined effects of both the Road Diet, and the extreme congestion at SOU with multiple flashing pedestrian lights, make both ends of Ashland traffic often a standstill. So I use East Main/Oak St to avoid Name not shown town altoKlbsr. 1. While there may be some increased usage by bicyclists, the negative impact on auto traffic has been substantial, at almost time of the day. 2. The "merge" area going north on Main St. is a hazard. Many motorists in the right lane don't see or they ignore the merge sign, thinking that they have the right of way. Name not shown 3. I hate to sound mica1, but I believe this is already a "done deal" : I susect that the council decided a year ago to make thiennanent, so this forum and council hearin s are simper a whitewash. _ It would appear the city once again will not let facts and reason interfere with their beliefs. They have again ignored the thousands of complains about the road diet to listen to the same like minded social engineers that have repeatedly undermined our community and cost us millions dollars to the point they have stolen the Parks funding to finance their boondoggles---let us not forget the failing sewer treatment ' plant, AFN, The New Sterilized Plaza, Mt Asland law suites, PERS, Road Diet being stuffed down our throats, failed/failing business throughout Ashland because of lack of accessibility and parking, on and on-- Name not shown - what a legacy! I am a big fan and hope we keep it As a motorist, I instantly felt more comfortable when the road diet was initiated, especially in rainy/wintery weather with reduced visibility. It does not extend travel time at all - Peter Gross and makes for a smooth, safe transition in and out of the North Side. Name not shown It safer and romotes alternative trans ortation. ----p - ---'-fin- 1 feel a lot safer making left turns off of N. Main from the center lane as opposed to before when 1 had to turn left from a through lane. Sometimes there is a longer wait to turn onto or off of N. Main, but it's not a Name not shown problem for me: S f is more important than speed in my onion. I would like to see the_Road Diet become permanent. _ People get so tired of driving so slowly and just want to get through that they don't let cars from the side streets turn onto the road. It is extended my daily commute, probably beyond what you intended to. LARKSAURMAN PLEASE GET RID OF IT!! I Name not shown Dissatisfaction that my tax meneLi j s used to fund this and not used for more creative improvements - gee, maybe the "mistake" on the Plaza stones could have been paid for with this money. - - Celine Buczek _ I do appreciate the re-alignment of Hers/Wimer intersections. That one thing has made a huge improvement to cople crossing N. Main and people nj Ig e8/right toms off of Wimer. Name not shown Pure awesomeness from feeling so much safer on Main St Aaron Jarvi I would just like to reinforce that 1 think a turn lane is essential on N. Main. Name not shown Name not shown I just feel the way it met cs from downtown northbound is not safe, too sudden for people who aren't expecting the change. Southbound merging is fine. Name not shown It is awesome. Rich Rohde It is easier to drive with the Road Diet. You don't have people changing lanes and s ceding as much. The whole concept of the road diet was ridiculous. It was a solution in search of creating a problem. There are 4 lanes on the south end of town, so why two lanes on the north end? The bus is the only practical alternative transportation on the north end, not pedestrians or bikes and when it stops for riders, it plugs up the flow of traffic. The whole concept of making it inconvenient for the motorists who live and work in James Berge _ _ -.Ashland while implying that agreen solution to the worlds problems are being soup~it is local government at its worst. I live in Quiet Village and the road diet sucks. sense of love for the transportation committee. Bicycles are great transport and should be encouraged at every opportunity. Most places in the US don't get it. Portland is a good example of bicycle policy that Jonathan Shaw - encourages innovative solutions. If oy u like to drive and have the road toyourself move to Medford. Cities designed around cars are (genemlly)_qu! ugly from a pedestrian viewpoint. sense of love for the transportation committee. Bicycles are great transport and should be encouraged at every opportunity. Most places in the US dont get it. Portland is a good example of bicycle policy that Jonathan Shaw encourages innovative solutions. Ifyu like to drive and have the road to yourself move to Medford. Cities designed around cars are (generallyZquite ugly from a pedestrian viieoint. - Michael Meirin_g____ II has slowed down the speed of traffic and we see more bicycles using the Imes Sam Whitford:...... Head coasted traffic during peak hours. Name not shown. Bigimprovement from my penpeective as both a driver and a cyclist in this stretch.. _ What has been done to calculate the increased air pollution from the vehicles that are in lines at the stop lights on N. Main and the stop signs of feeder streets? I see this as a significant step backwards in air Name not shown pollution for little [o no gain in safety-_- Name not shown i Stu O'Neill Let's see more of this in Ashland. Ashland Street is grreally in need of some trafh1S ca!ming_ yqw d Faith Avenue- _ _ - _ - I love the new Hersey St. intersection! Sincc 1 use this almost every day it's great to be able to relax and not won), about a car accident due to oddly staggered turning onto side streets in that area, as it was before. Greatjobl I also want to applaud the folks who came up with the Road Diet design and implemented it. 1 was shocked and saddened to see community members naysaying such a progressive "no-brainer" of an improvement to our streets. I can't imagine the Road Diet would ever prevent anyone from visiting Ashland, as the fear-mongers stated. In fact, I think the Road Diet makes our community more livable, more - pedestrian and bicycle friendly, and those are some of the primary characteristics that make our town so pleasant for visitors: Kudos to staff for sticking with the Road Diet, please make it permanent! Name not shown I am unable to pull out into traffic because it is so congested. Early in the morning when I leave for.work or when I get home from work it is the same way. Weekends are worse for traffic congestion and bumper to bumper traffic at certain times of the day. It is very difficult to pull out in traffic and could cause more accidents. There is not enough bicycle tiaffiic to warrant the reduction of two lanes. It should go back to Name not shown the four lanes as soon as possible. Name not shown The left tun lanes seem to improve safety. _ have been making left hand turns from N Main to 1-lersey St for about 10 years, and have always feared being rear ended, especially by speeding cars. Now, I feel safe making left turns from N Main because the Name not shown. chance of being rear ended is removed and because on coming_traffic is going slower than before traffic salmi g took effect..--i- Tom Norby _ 1 je left turn situation off of N Main is much more organized. I ayree with some of the closures for L turn. ! Name not shown _ I feel like drivers are actually more courteous to me now when I'm biking there. _ The place where the road merges consistently creates a dangerous situation with drivers. It is located in a really bad spot coining around a blind cornet. Even if tlrc road diet were to continue ..the bottleneck start Naive not shown should be moved to a safer location. I feel much safer as a driver on Main St with the rend diet. My good friend was hit by an oncoming car when she was driving in the left lane before the road diet. She still has many physical problems three years later. I always felt it was quite dangerous to have opposite-direction traffic so close on our main street, especially with senior drivers, drunk drivers, everyday impatient drivers swerving around! I am Name not shown consequently much more relaxed driving and enjoy that street much much more! 1 LOVE THE ROAD DIET. It seems more up to date, safe, and well-planned than the -previous mess_I'hanks! - j Greg Jost _ It is now more challenging to make a Ie8_hand hun onto N_Mam St., and subsequently, 7 alter my driving_atterns to eliminate the need for left-hand turns to enter N. Main St. Left turn lanes are a great advance. Imagine that. Even some right turn lanes--very modem: . And the slowing of traffic to speed limits! When. - Name not shown George.Dalmon _ _ Yeo~le friendly._safer_. good for our children s future. It has worked much better than 1 anticipated for vehicle traffic: Much safer to drive, no erratic lane changes, no speeding, and no loss of time traveling. It has provided a safe and convenient way to get from WILLIAM REEVES downtown Ashland to the RR overpass. ' I feel awkward in a couple of places where the bike lane is in the middle of the road, between the regular car lane and the right turn lane, near Jackson. I would prefer that the bike lane remain on the far right with Debbie Levy a si rr signaling driyeL to be aware of cyclists before turning right. My husband and I are older citizen and this has been a great improvement. Much safer in turning to the right and the left while on North Main and much more enjoyable riding bikes! We love it! We think that those who are older appreciate it very much but are not computer savvy and are not able to show their appreciation. I lenriette Brecheisen David Weber I believe the level of safety has clearly been improved forPedestrians, cyclists and automobile traffic with the imnrentalion of the Road Diet. - It takes a little longer to turn onto Main because of single lane, but not enough to offset advantages of the plan.❑ 1 think left turn "cutouts" should be at every intersection where such turns are legal some corners have double yellow line while others have "cutout" or indention in paint to make it clear turn is legal. Also, I don't understand why traffic is not allowed to turn onto some streets.❑ Tom PyleAll in all, I think the road diet is working quite well. It has not led to the massive tnu is jams that some naysayers claimed would happen once the summer Shakespeare season got rolling. Name not shown 1 cannot understand w ei~one thinks this is not an improvement 1 live in the N:_Maiq neighborhood, and traffic flows so much more smo _ _r!ow.- _ Jordan Satu_ ran I like having a fuming lane to go left down Glenn St I feel much safes making_that turn, both on bicycle and in a car. I don't like the way when you travel south into town on hwy 99 from town and country chevi alai to the trestle most driver stay in the left lane when they should move to the right lane to allow passing before Name not shown _ travel turns into one lane. It has also added back up_when travel north and the road turns into one lane. 1 think some fine tuning can be done. Since the road diet 1 have observed four accidents on Eagle Mill Road, and it is rare for a cyclist to use that road now. I have observed very few cyclist or pedestrians using North Main, I think most use the Grp Williams GrecnLvy.. It has made using North Main less desirable. One needs to go out of their way to enter North Main to try to get to a controlled intersection. Nancy Keeley I find the flow to be much more efficient I no longer need to change lanes to go around tuming_vehicies. Its much safer for eve cne-motorists, cyclists and pedestnians.___ Pat Somers Name not shown I feel much safer .m general. I would like to sec it continued at least to the Valley View iateiscctwni as bike travel becomes prclsketchy just past the railroad crossing,. I think this would be a good idea if there were more bike traffic. It stems all it has done so far is create atraffic hassle. Oftentimes there will be a bottleneck at the merge lanes, cats waiting to turn left for way loo long. Seems there would be an incremc in tailpipe emissions a t well due to the longer waiting times. Isn't there a bike path already? Not sure if the overpass signal at exit 14 is related to this project, but the _ signals for the bike lane seem a bit much. First time ! encountered a bike at this signal, I had a green right turn arrow to enter freeway southbound. Bike lane arrow was red. Seems bikes do not need to pay . Name not shown attention to signals as the rider cut right in front of me as I was starting to turngiving me a look as if l had cut him off. It is much harder to get onto N. Main St. because of the one lane. The traffic sometimes gets backed up for quite a while. I don't understand why bicyclists don't use the bike path. There are no more bicyclist on Name not shown the street than I ever saw before. It is not going, to encourage bike riding If you are coming from north of Ashland you are pioin to drive unlesou are an avid c clist I i The Road Diet is a pain to deal with if you live in the area 1 find using N. Main and surrounding streets & alleys now to be much more unsafe & risky for all modes of travel: driving, bicycling, and walking. And the neighborhood livability has been significantly compromised.❑ . It seems that someone is emotionally or financially invested in putting a traffic signal at W mer & Hersey as their solution to the frustration caused by the Road Diet. But that's not necessary! Itli just add more idling cars causing more air & noise pollution! D I've been using N. Main for over 20 years as a resident of Ashland & I believe it was fire the way it was, perhaps needing only better speed enforcement and more pedestrian crossings. (I've never seen any accidents on it -just dead animals-)O The center turn lanes totally impede the flow of traffic trying to get onto N. Main, as waiting cars are unsafe & moving obstacles. Why can't N. Main go back & look more like Siskiyou Blvd back to two lanes Laura Williams in either direction and a few more pedestrian crosswalks??? Why are the two areas treated so differently? Many visitors agree: The Road Diet is a nightmare! With only one lane the traffic is so dense in the mornings that i have to wait several minutes to turn onto Manzanita, usually I can only do so when someone slows down and waves me through. -Same with merging onto N.Main. Also, there are so many slow drivers in Ashlandia that we are all stuck behind this slowest common denominator. With two lanes it wasn't a problem. People do irrational maneuvers Name not shown . when stuck or frustrated. Name not shown. _ I did, not experience the additional tmflic problems that were anticipated. I did not e ffect to feel safer driving with designated bike Ianes,on the road, but I do._ Eric Dittmar I have not seen any back-ups The same problems exist once you enter the downtown. Most people£ErMS attention turn to where they are going such as a restaurant, or finding a parking space, and not on the other vehicles, specifically bicycles. I have only a few, blocks to get past but 1 constantly have people yelling at me for lawfully riding my bike. But with parking on both sides of the street, vehicles turning left and right, and a fork in the Name not shown road by the libLfflj_there does not seem to be a place 1 can ride where I don£Ei*"t make someone angry. Multiple block traffic backups when die light at Maple changes Lots of near misses in front of the Bard's Inn (person who designed that merging arcs should be sent back to road design school). Drivers terrified to turn right due to having to cross the bike lane to get in the right turn lane. Frustrated Ashlanders and visitors alike who wonder why this thing was done when so many people were against it. Frustrated people like me wondering why ODOT has the money to do this project. Worried citizens of Talent because ODOT and the city of Talent want to repeat this silliness in Talent Another item - Things have improved at the Wimer intersection. However, this has nothing to do with the road diet, but is due to the correction of the alignment issues at that intersection. It would have been Name not .shown.... better to use the money that was wasted on this project for a signal at that intersection. When driving Northbound and the two lanes become one lane (at Helium St) it is very dangerous there People in both lanes trying to get ahead and sometimes they cut each other off. All in all, I don't think it~ Name not shown was a good idea and there are not enough bicyclists to warrant those kinds of changes especially when there is a bike path for them to use. _ _ Traffic moves cooperatively, not competitively. Everyone works together so we all can get where we are going as well as possible. The only place this doesn't work well is at the north-bound merge point near Helman. The transition should happen earlier. The left lane that turns left onto Church St. should be left turn only. The right lane here is the entrance to the road diet. No merging required, just get in the right lane beforeChumb. This way the folks that have chosen the right lane to avoid the usual backup turning onto Church wont have to merge if a car in the left lame makes it through the traffic turning left and LaJyr Laitner ...chooses to assert the r ht -of. way in the merge. Alternatively, the right lane could be given the right-of-way at the merge.... _ _ _ Name not sbown I feel safer riding my bike. Its not 100% safe, but it s better than sharing the road with peeding cars. No left turn lane at the medical office on the west side of Maple St intersection. When a bus makes a stop, it occupies the bike lane which forces the bicyclist into the lane of traffic. Much difficulty for patrons of Big Als and Breadboard to get back on N. Main, A left hand turn arrow to nowhere southbound near the BIllings Ranch area. 1 used the left turn at Van Ness frequently, now no longer an option, and I don't Name not shown know why. Name not shown I'm happier At the north end of town, there is a problem in a short stretch where Lithia Way converges onto North Main. Just past Helman Street, right lane traffic on Lithia Way is merging left The problem occurs when a vehicle in the left (main) lane is stopped to make a left turn onto Bush St. The result is vehicles moving both left and right in that short stretch. The problem is exacerbated because drivers cant we ahead due to Name not shown the curve and sli hg_t incline in the road: " We have noticed that traffic is at a stand still and more congested on N.Main st. before the light to maple street As a resident for over 40 years we have seen many changes but this is the worst that has never made sense. We have not seen more bike traffic really less as drive it daily going to and from work. In fact one week we notice only 4 people riding bikes and 3 of those were on the sidewalk. many weeks we Name not shown _ have seen only I or no bicyclists. Pulling off Glen st. or otherside streets is scary now and never were before. Harder to get to the hospital or doctors offices aloSN.Mam st now also. Name not shown The flashingyeltnw at Maple should definitely be replaced with been arrow so that some can are guaranteed to be able to turn left over some specific period. I have observed quite a few cases where drivers are making less-than-safe turns, either trying to get onto North Main (at Hersey and Van Ness) or off of it (at Hersey and Skidmore). This is for the cases both Steve Christensen where tb5yve been waiting for awhile or they come up to the street and make the turn right ahead of oncoming traffic. Toni Drummond I feel so much safer as a cyclist that I cannot thank you enough. I have also noted an increase in cyclist traffic on this stretch) Yahoo ...let's get healtliy!__ I have not noticed an increase in pedestrian or bicycle traffic on N. Main. The vast majority of traffic is vehicular. You would think that any changes made to the street design would also need to equally keep safety and efficiency in mind for the cars, trucks and buses that commute to make money and recreate to spend money in our town. Constricting this road has not reduced tragic or fueled an uptick in biking. The Heather Ashwill bottom line here is that N. Main Street is a mn for vein to our town. What does constricting a major vein do? Epic Failure, I have heard some complain of long waits to enter from side streets during peak traffic. I have timed my wait a few times. It never went more than 2 minutes. This can seem like a longtime, This might be Name not shown_.__ initigated by forcing a short, Main St traffic stop at the Walnut & Laural signals during peak hours to create gaps. _ I hate crossing N. Main St. on foot. Pedestrians are always crossing at odd places. There definitely needs to be some crosswalks between Maple and Laurel_ Perhaps something like the SOU crossings. There are several bus stops along N. Main and some of those folks live on the west side of Main. They need a safe place to cross without walling several blocks to a light. I personally, as a pedestrian, feel very Name not shown uncomfortable using the "tum lane" m a "safe wne" to cross, ems ecially when traffic is heavy. improvements like these are adding the required infrastructure to encourage bicycling safely. I think the affect that the name "Road Diet" has is negative-why not "Multi-Use Improvements" because (hats what it Holly Christiansen is-bike are traffic too. I am impressed by the win-win result of the road diet. My family and I are safer when driving a car on North Main, and safer when riding bicycles, with no apparent loss in travel time. The road diet was clearly well designed and implemented, and the only flaws are that it now draws attention to the shortfalls in road design to the north and south of the subject area. I would hope that the next step, after establishing the current design as permanent, would be to address bicycle movement through town, through "A" Street (may I suggest "B" street as a wider, quieter alternative?), and on North 99 between the RR bridge and the Gus hmcway _ _ _ bike path.All in allr though, well done Cit)rof Ashland. Larry Pearson Overalls I think it's a great unprovement. Name not shown I'm sure Oak Street has more traffic. Maybe downtown has less, I don't know because I rarely go there anymore. It makes that whole part of driving a big drag. 1 avoid it whenever possible. Less than 1 A of the vehicles using this road are bicycles. The road diet should be dismantled and returned to its previous usage. It was an expensive, unnecessary, and potentially dangerous (at the north end) Name not shown _ -experiment.- ame not shown i Name not shown- Lct's, reclaim out_road! lfpeople would quit using cell phones when driving,- andpay attention to their drivin&tthere wouldn't be an issue.- 1 have witnessed backups of one to two blocks along with congestion and delays caused by trucks and buses. This dumb idea was promoted by one or two bicycle lovers on the City Counsel and in the City - administration, without regard for the axiom "if it isn't broke, don't fix it". lie street should be designed to accommodate the vast majority of users, which are automobile di ivers. If bicycles are really so DONALD STON_E_ important, [hen 1 suggest condemninp property 6 feet on each side of No. Main and putting the bike lanes there. But it any casq_the street must be restored to 4 automobile lanes in each direction 1 miss being able to turn on to Van Ness from the southbound lanes - turning left at the Minute Mart is kind of a pain because some people are cutting over to Van Ness and some are going to the Minute Mart, so there's ajam every now and then that affects the northbound traffic during heavy travel times. My main criticism of the restriping is the choice of where the road goes from two to one lane near the Bards Inn. That's a HUGE pain during the lunch and evening rushes when people are backed up going around to the Plaza area and the rest arejockeying to get into the one lane. When someone decides they are going to turn left onto Bush Street, it's even worse - that's the closest to an accident that I've seen since the restriping was done. I would start moving people over sooner and get the bike lane striped earlier and give Bush Name not shown • St a left ton lane. Name not shown Sleve Weyer I miss being_ablc to turn left onto. Van Ness. But overall,-the Road Diet configuration feels much safer to me. Kim Rooklyn I like how the north part of town_how_ seems like it is included within the city limits and much less like aeedin hi way. _ Making a left from North Main onto Maple is more difficult when it just changes to a flashing yellow. You can wait through the entire light. It should always start with a brief green light for the left turn lane, 6w Peterson then switch to flashing yellow. I like having the turn lanes and the realignment of Winner and Hersey. I don't understand, if that was where the majority of accidents were, why the effects ofthe realignment weren't allowed to play out before implementing the road diet. That was a horrible intersection, and I think simply realigning those streets and adding turn lanes there likely solved many of the problems that the City is now claiming were fixed by Name not shown the road diet--Converse)-y, the Maple St intersection is now more dangerous than it used to be. _ _ _ _ _ _ Judy ICcn' _ _ Keep it. for sure And make a bike lane over the bridge.Or afleasI n Shanow Road sign _ _ - Erika Giesen I love the effects except how people tend to speed up at the merge I .I do find that in the area approaching the road diet area, especially from downtown, l worry about who I am going to get stuck behind and drive a little more aggressively in these areas. This is, ar my opinion, the I Matt Warshawsky __-oneroblem with the diet. - Name not shown _ It seems to be workingfine, I would. not change it back. - T_ Name not shown It is now much easier to turn left _onto _E. Main from businesses such as the Surgery Center and Breadboard. K_p the "road diet" -it is an improvement- If people believe the single car lane, 2 bike path lanes is truly safer And beneficial to drivers, cyclists and pedestrians alike, why noljust extend it from on Main Street from Helman to Gresham so the "hundreds" l of cyclists have a clear and safe path through town. Slowing down traffic all the way through town would certainly be safer for pedestrians... and while we are Making changes why not ban parking on Main as Name not shown well to accommodate the bike paths? hlow about flashing,pedesh'ian crosswalks throti~ downtown like those in front of SOU? I would like to explain that I have lived in Ashland for over 25 years mostly on the north side of town, andjust moved to Medford 3 months ago, so I have a good understanding of the traffic flow and problems - - - in this areal) **The new configuration encourages true multi-modal transportation. ❑ - 1 have noticed an increase in pedestrians, and I would like to note that I sec more families with young children walking along there, as well as tourists walking to and from downtown entertainment from their lodging. (If more people walk, we have less parking problems. W1N!)❑ 1 believe that safety has been increased for everybody de' vehicles in particular, but also walkers, runners and bicyclists. The accident rate should bear this out.❑ Suggestions: extend the bike lane in both directions please. It is very dangerous on both sides where it begins and ends. Most drivers do not seem to understand that they need to share the road with a bicyclist where there is not an identified bike lane (even where the sharrows are marked), and seem to be upset when a bicyclist will lake the lane. I think that the dedicated bike lane should be continued through the downtown area to connect with the bike lane at the library. Also, the same between Oak Street and Bush Street going the other direction a8" it feels very risky riding across that bridge and around the corner at Helman before the bike lane begins again. At the north end, I think that a dedicated bike lane should be established as well, but realize that this is ODOTjurisdiction, and not the CityftE'rms responsibility.❑ Now that vehicle speeds are slower, is there a safe place we can add a crosswalk mid way between Maple Street and Laurel Street? Wimer/Herscy makes the most sense in my mind. I have frequently needed to cross the street in this stretch, and I am sure other pedestrians do as well. I doDAEr"rt think itfiErms feasible to expect people to walk out of their way that far to get to a crosswalk. Continued left turns at Van Ness 5R' it would be helpful if a deterrent was put in at the edge of the center lane £E" such as a series of candlesticks or curb barrier fie' to enforce not turning onto Van Ness from inbound North Main. 1 sometimes forget that I cangErMt do that anymore because it was a normal path for me. The reminder would be helpful.[] 1 really appreciate the City of Ashland for being willing to try out this new configuration. I think it works better than any of us had anticipated! I encourage making the change permanent. ***Keep the road diet - Name not shown AE" it works!*** I It makes driving a lot more inconvenient and more dangerous for motorists from all the feeder streets from laurel to Schofield (not counting Maple, which has a light). I think N Main itself is also less safe. It i Name not shown feels like it. John Karns _ Results have been positive - I )It takes along time to turn left now, either fromor onto N. Main because there are very few breaks in traffic, - This leads to increased risky driving behavior as cars will dart into spaces they really can't fit because they have been waiting for so long. 2)My gas mileage is noticeably worse since the road diet as 1 am left idling, and in stop & go traffic more frequently. This translates to more pollution in the city and as a pedestrian in the city, this is a big problem for me. 3)Remember, Ashland is an urban/wildland interface. What happens when there is a fire on the hill or other emergency? Now there is only a single lane for an escape route. Very dangerous and short-sighted. 4)Why the urgent need to bottle-neck heavy traffic for the sake of a few cyclists? There is already a fantastic gmenway which spans multiple cities. If it is so far out of the way for cyclists trying to get downtown, maybe a better solution would be to create a second greenway instead of bottle-necking the only road into town which tourists, service trucks, workers and residents all have to use. .5)As time goes by, traffic increases, not decreases. This is not a long-term solution. Please, find something else that works to the benefit of EVERYONE. I agree that the road as it was had problems, but the Name not shown road diet has created many new problems while only solving one. 1 do like the ease of turning from N. Main onto the side streets, such as Sheridan and Grant. The turning lane lets you get into a safe place, and allows the traffic behind you to keep moving while you wait to Name not shown _ turn. However, I hale the difficult o{gettingonto N Main because of the nonstop flow of traffic at some times of the daY____~- The portions of Siskiyou Blvd (Hwy 99) south of Hehnan Street are still affected by rampant speeding, aggressive driving, useless lane changing, cell-phone talkers, and cross-walk violations. Traffic-calming William Southworth measures similar to those on North and East Main Streets would be beneficial to the City of Ashland. None not shown 1 strongy support the Road Diet overall driving a car on n. main is smoother if you dont need to make any turns. - i do not see more bikes or more pedestrians on my walks. I am forced to move and will put up my house for sale as soon as I can afford moving expenses after Gisela Padilla 22 years at this location. The traffic moves so smoothly instea d of road dieL.we all hate d!ets...lees call it a "road smoothie"!!!! Name not shown Name not shown_ Just that we were skeptical at_first, but really like it now And out visitors to our town have never complained about it at all. They in fact like the bigcle-friendly feel to it_ I do love the left ton lane to turn left from N. Main onto Glenn. This has made the turn a lot safer to get to Lori from N. Main and forme makes the Road Diet worthwhile. Name not shown I find the merge in front of the Bards inn on N_Maii~oing away from town a bit difficult.. Son~eople artorush arot A you on the ripht___ _ It was a bad idea in the first place and remains so, in my opinion. It's not like there are a lot of bicyclists using it or it has encouraged more people to ride their bikes II has made it better for a very few and greatly inconvenienced/frustrated a very many. There are side roads bicycles can use if they want to avoid North Main. I recently moved away, but I used to live in that neighborhood and so experienced daily the effects NaryRydman of the road diet. Name not shown _ I'm glad that we've had the opportunity to try out the Road Diet and our fancily hopes that it will continue. It's working better than we imagined. Name not shown - Thank you The only benefit I see from the Road Diet is the traffic light at Wimer Street and the Hersey/Wimer realignment, bolls of which were long needed and neither required the Road Diet to be accomplished. Beside Nance not shown that, this has increased congestion on Main Street and adja_ce_nt side streets and inconvenienced many. There were otherbetter alternatives available in terms of increasing good biking routes. _ We don't hear the car accidents like we used to. I'm sure you all have statistics on this that are much more valid than our observations, but we used to routinely hear the screeching of brakes and crashes near our Name not shownhouse. I can't remember the last one we heard... _ _ The merge points are now more dangerous because people don't know or care how to merge properly. Name not shown The road diet is a bad idea and a failure. As time marches on and po uulations increase, it only makes sense to widen roads and add lanes. To remove lanes is beyond illo Over the next few years the deficiencies of the Road Diet will be compounded significantly (if it is continued) as traffic inevitably increases in volume. Congestion will increase driver frustration in at least some drivers and they will become more aggressive, take more chances, drive less safely, and accident rates will inevitably increase. An analysis of today's Road Diet effects are not sufficient to asses the ftitum traffic effects of the Road Diet. It is likely that any positive effects noticed now will be affected negatively as area population and traffic increase--and the negative effects noted now will increase significantly and Name not shown I think that the transition lanes are larger than necessary. I like that Ashland took the initiative to make a change which benefits bicyclists. 1 am concerned about the environmental impact of our car culture, as well as the negative impact on health that the habit of driving creates. I think it is time for big changes which make it easier for other forms of transportation. Ashland advertises itself as a bike friendly Susan Silva community, but as a rider, 1 feel that there is a lot more work to be done to really accommodate bike tmvel_. I am optimistic that Ashland can become a leader in this area Name not shown Fewer conflicts betwe_e_n cars and pedestrians Teresa Safay It is dangerous, not welt thought out. 1 hope that it is changed back to the way it was. Increase police presence or lower speed limits to reduce accidents. _ #1 Waits as long as 2 minutes (as timed by stopwatch) to turn left onto Main St #2 Disrespect of the prohibition against left turns from N. Main onto Van Ness. #3 Vague guidance for merging at the intersection of Lithia Way and N. Main 04 An apparent tacit lack of enthusiasm by the proponents of the road diet as evidenced by their failure to continue the diet concept at the two ends of the road diet. Creating a center turn/refuge lane for enhance and egress to the Bard's Inn is the obvious example. Much more subtle is the area on N. Main past the railroad underpass. The road diet should have been continued to it's logical intersection with the turn/refuge lane beginning new Butler Ford. The road diet proponents tipped their hand by failing to include these areas. The diet is merely an attempt to extend the bicycle lanes for the benefit of a very small Michael G Knox number of year round users who live areas north of Ashland, and for undiscernable reasons do not want to use the verynice bike y~ath _ Nance not shown Just the pan about ill-tempered aggressive/hy t~ercompetilive people at the merge in front of Bard's Irm. Maybe a huge "BE NICE" sign would heIQ77?_ Name not shown Name not shown more difficult to enter N Main from side roadsbecause fewer breaks in traffic over the road diet area, _Overall we like the road diet and hope that it continues. Basically, Road Diets are about safely. They have nothing to do with bikes. They lower speed and provide an area for vehicles to await an opportunity to take a left turn across oncoming traffic. In a 4-lane road, Philip Gagnon - left-turner vehicles can be rear ended while awaiting aaga j make their turn. Name not shown I feel that this was a low cost and_common _sen_se_approach, that has yielded positive results. Nice work. 1 applaud the city for taking this bold step, which I personally feel is a proven success. I can't imagine going back to two lanes in each direction,. the tension around turners and lane changers (and speeders going - Keith Chambers around me). And I especially can't see how those great bike lanes and pedestrian buffers could now be given up. Keep this configuration, it works. _ _ As you leave downtown and head onto North Main at Helman St. you have posted exactly backwards information. Signs say "Lane Ends Merge Left!+ Take a look at what really happens to traffic. They are confused but lean to the left, only to be forced immediately back into the right lane. The signs should say Left Lame Ends, Merge Right. Steve Read So my overall opinion is that I liked it the way it was better than the new approach. but I am willing to live_with anything if it improves the safety of all. I have counted bicycles I've seen using the special lanes since last October. I make one to three round trips per day from Maple St. to or through downtown. As of today there has been 34, less than one per Bert Anderson week. There has been more this summer abobt 10), for the rest of thyear fewer than oneper week. Although at first we were against it (expensive), our household is very happy with the Road Diet (we only have one email address so we both can't respond). It is safer and better. Barbara Hinds Left turns against traffic are unduly delayed except during after normal business hours_ Exiting business locations is normally exasperating, particularly locations like the Siskiyou Eye Center or Big Al's. The Andrew Kubik _ same is true for the opposite side of the street. . i Name not shown 1 Yhink the center hnping lane is a definite improvement. It is much easier to make left hands turns into neighborhoods and it feels safer doing so._ Name not shown _ It calms people down and makes road rage and sung rse less likely except for the awkward merge into one lane where sometimes People don't see it comings I ride my motorcycle less than I used to because 1 feel unsafe on the road diet with the people tailgating me. It is almost always dangerous where the merge to Road happens on both ends People seem unclear Name not shown which lane is swQosed to mere and by the motel there is constant road rapers and honking and battfi2y f r a spot. Nome not shown It can be problematic and sometimes dangerous icing to make the left hand turn into my doctor's office just past Maple st Name not shown It can be problematic and sometimes dangerous tryin tg o make the left hand turn into my doctor's office just past Maple st. _ _ _ The traffic is distinctly heavier; i.e., longer lines of cars, particularly during peak times.❑ . Neal Thomson I used to think that 8 cat's were a long line but now it can easily be 20 cars. Name not shown none. I like it. Thanks. ' Making a left turn onto Bush Street from North Main has to be the most perilous of all, as it occursjust as the 2 lanes are coming together as one AND there is no designated turn lane for that street BAD planning. _ i Overall, I think the Road Diet is an example of "the needs of the many being sacrificed for the needs of the few". I'm a bike rider and ALWAYS use the Greenway. Why can't the few riders who persist in riding Name not shown out North Main do the same? Or use North Main at their own peril? Ditch the Road Diet! It's a nepzative "Welcome to Ashland" for tourists and service vehicles alike. Name not shown I feel much less nervous dm mg that section now. And actually can en joy the walk. Chris Kovash _ It takes me longer to get to work but i don't get speeding tickets_Wher i commute by bike (30% of the time), i never have close encounters with cars. For me, the road is much safer. The left hand turn onto Nursery Street is not marked with arrows. There are arrows slightly north which lead into a curb and house. Somc cars turning, right onto Hersey Street use the center lane before the Linda Nainanny arrows for their turn, causing_problems___ Dave Richards I would like to see the bike lane extended further into the laza all the. wayJgping south bound and start the one lane earlier than it ing north bound.... Drivers seem aggressive to get ahead of other cars where the road merges before and by the Bard's Inn. It's a very bad place for this there is the highly-used left turn to circle back into downtown where at the same time you can't see forward much because of the hill where you merge. The whole thing seems dangerous, stress-inducing, and completely unnecessary for our easy, small town. The thing that bothers me even more than all this unnecessarily forced back-up of traffic and the related stress in our country town is my worry that if there is a emergency, such as a major wildfire or other serious problem disaster, then getting out of town is SERIOUSLY impaired one lane rather than two??? Really??? Please correct this! 11 Also, if an individual has an emergency he or she can be stuck behind a very slow car. There are no options to pass on a major road which is the only route for many. ❑ Also, if the cost for this "experiment" is being footed by local residents, I am really upset. Many of us have a hard enough time these days just barely getting by, without looking for unnecessary, fluffy, i experiments. ❑ Name not shown Please, please, PLEASE respect us (I've lived here for 38 years) and give us back two lanes, instead of treating/controlling us like children. And, cutback on expenses for now -do only what is critical, until ' I would like to see the comprehensive safety analysis presented to council in a study study session with multiple years of data including the highest revenue years for the city. Expecting an answer of that Name not shown - _=nformatio~isn't available would, be a good indication that the current information is not accurate.. risa buck More bikes, pedestrians and mnners on N.Main _Mar_k Weirs The road diet was agreat idea which I believe should be extended through down town. Michael Davis it feels safer because you done have to sudden>~ stop for a person turni_npzleft and there is no swerving. into lhe.rigIt lane to get around t _a!y on I live 2 blocks for the "Road Diet" I drive on it every day to get to and from work. Before the "diet" I had never had trouble or a close call trying to get onto the road. Now it is a daily occurrence that i am forced I Jerry Spears to jump into traffic in less than safe conditions. 1 would love to see the accident reports. Name not shown - I think it really adds to the atmosphere that Ashland is a town that cares about all its citizens, its green footprint, - not just folks trying to get places quickly. I think it really adds to a "laid back" vibe that many Name not shown visitors. to this town admire so they have told me when i was a waitress and talked to MANY touristsj____ _ _ Bruce Wright - You have turned four lanes into two lanes and the result is what anyone with a ounce of common sense would expect. a vehicular nip-htmare. Name not shown. 1 really appreciate having a turn lane. In the past, cars often stopped just short of rear-ending cars that were waiting to turn left, then frequently made a dash into the right-hand lane to go around. Before the road diet I saw a couple of accidents that resulted from the lack of a left-turn lane. If we want to promote ourselves as a "bike-friendly" and environmentally conscious town, we need this type of support for bike riders who are often forced into dangerously narrow shoulders (we didn't really have a shoulder at all in much of this area). I would like to see a pedestrian activated crossing light in at least one place where I Name not shown - often see pe2ple waiting to cross.. I can't remember exacts where I usually see them, maybe by the Minute Mail. Name not shown I love it! As a driver I don't notice any diffcrenec_ but as a cyclist andpedesuran I nonce a IIUGE improvement in safety and ease of travel donald kamens Fadil to see the benefit I know a lot of drivers were against the plan, thinking it was all about accomodating bicycles and would make driving more difficult. 1 was neutral, but now that I've experienced it, 1 like it. Curs benefit as much as bikes, if not more. For me, it has made driving North Main safer and more appealing. Unrelated to the diet, the Hersey re-alignment seemed like a good idea, but it is now such a sharp turn I don't know how a large truck could make it successfully. Also, turning right onto N. Main northbound from Hersey is still a little dicey. It is hard to see oncoming curs until they are almost upon you, and the flow is pretty steady so you could spend a very longtime waiting for the perfect opening. 1 often find it Name not shown necessary to jump out abruptly and then floor it to gel u~lo the speed of the. flow. Anything that can be done to i~rove visibility would be great. _ _ _ One of my concerns for pedestrians and for those living in neighborhoods along N. Main, as well as for bicyclists, is the increase in noise and air pollution from the backed up traffic. As far as T can tell, withthe Name not shown possible exception of a few die-hard_bicyclists, the Road Diet has not improved an oY ne's goali( of !ifsresidents' or tourism, but just the opposite. It doesn't work, the road didn't work the way it was before either but there has to be something else. Put in more crosswalks for the pedestrians and force the bicyclists to obey the rules of the road. I've seen some motorists narrowly avoiding accidents because of the road diet and bicyclists. There is just as much dangerous diving in and out of traffic as before, in some places its worse. Please find another way to fix the Name not shown traffic issues on North Main. The signal at Maple Street will occasionally cause a traffic backup. Would there be any consideration to removing the signal since the road diet has reduced traffic to single lanes in each direction with the left - . turn lane component? Seems the traffic flow on Maple St. is no greater than any other side streets. This would allow the continued flow of traffic without the backup caused by this one intersection. Since Van Ness Avenue will no longer support a left turn from N. Main Street, would there be some consideration from ODOT to place candlestick delineators along the safety zone to reinforce the no left tum Name not shown provision. It would be much easier to see than the signs roosted indicating no left turn. Sam Time Name not shown_ Name not shown It is great to bike now. My doctor's office if over there & now 1 feel safe to ride there_I even ride to medford that r now because it feels safe & is much faster than riding past the stin sewer Plant. Name not shown Merging into one !ane seems civil. Traffic continues calmly on North Main. Name not shown It is a tremendous success. Those who have declared it a failure do so based only on the fact that they cannot drive as fast on-North Main as they used to. And that was the whole idea. Tom Bundtam _ One of the best ideas to come to Ashland in a long time! _ _ _ _ Overall it really improves the feel of that end of town. Before the diet, arriving into town on the north end felt like driving on a speedway direct from I5 to downtown.. Now it feels like town begins at the Name not shownrailroad brid9e_ appropriate vehicle speeds, and mixed use by cars, bikes and~edestrians. I drive it almost every day, and i think Ashland is much better off for it. - - peter Nystrom _ I drive my car more frequenter than I ride my bike, and the diet' has made me more aware of bicyclists and their needs for safe passage. _ David Weir I feel much safer walkiy, riding, and driving The Road Diet project has worked exactly as advertised. Although, as some people have argued, the street is not being overwhelmed with bicyclists, that's not the point. The point is improved overall safety for all road users. There is no question in my mind that both left and right vehicular turn movements are safer as a result of the bike lane adjacent to the curb and a center (or left) turn lane between travel lanes. Overall Name not shown traffic speed is much more consistent and the "feel° of driving.down N. Main is much more relaxed -if not slightl~~ slower., Name not shown - Single lane auto travel results in long lines of cars, forcing those who we either entering or exiting the stream to wait forever or move quickly and dangerously into or across traffic. This is counter-productive. I live on the north end of town and must interact with the'Diet" regularly. It is a failed experiment, a solution in search of a problem and should be abandoned. I see very few bicylists and 100s of inconvenienced Geode Kramer _ drivers. FINISH THE BIKE PATH along the RR R-O-W and return North Main to its original confip_uratw It would be far more efficient, if slightly less yroovy.__ Name not shown I think the plan works fine Let it remain. t CITY OF ASHLAND Council Communication December 3, 2013, Business Meeting Discussion of Future Planning Initiatives FROM: Bill Molnar, community development director, molnarb Qashland.or.us SUMMARY Staff has compiled a list of approved and potential planning initiatives to be undertaken over the next 12 to 18 months. Each initiative is intended to address one or more of the Council's goals and objectives from the 2013 goal setting process. In September, the Planning Commission discussed the initiatives and is interested in Council feedback to make sure the proposed list is consistent with Council priorities and if there are other projects to be considered. BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS: Staffing resources in the Community Development Department's long range program are primarily directed toward addressing Council goals and objectives. Some recent examples of completed projects include a series of code amendments associated with the green codes ordinances, analysis of infrastructure financing strategies to promote employment opportunities, an update of the City's Housing Needs Analysis, and the adoption of a revised Transportation System Plan and official street dedication map, which was a joint project between Public Works and Community Development. Currently, staff is focused on the completion of a master plan and implementing ordinances for the Normal Avenue Neighborhood Plan area, and a comprehensive restructuring of the City's Land Use Ordinance. Additionally, other issues of community interest often arise that need immediate attention from the Planning Commission and staff. A recent example would be the community discussion over the pros and cons of permitting short term rentals in both multi-family and single family neighborhoods.\ Projects identified as priorities by staff and the Planning Commission include: • Downtown parking management and multi-modal circulation study • Downtown zoning analysis • Winburn Way corridor analysis • Historic Preservation Ten-Year Plan • Infill strategies along transit corridors • Vertical Housing Development zones • Code incentives for affordable workforce housing • Pocket neighborhoods/cottage housing In addition, three potential projects have been identified: • Croman Mill opportunities analysis • Housing Element update Page] of 2 CITY OF ASHLAND • Railroad District Master Plan FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: In most cases, the proposed planning initiatives will be carried out primarily by Community Development Department staff. Funds are budgeted for the parking management and multi-modal circulation study, with a contract awarded to University of Oregon's Community Planning Workshop to assist with several aspects of the project. The Community Development Department's budget includes funds for professional services in case outside expertise is needed on a project. This type of expenditure is generally associated with specialized studies, such as transportation impact analyses, environmental assessment and illustrative site design work. STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND REQUESTED ACTION: This item is intended for the purpose of providing some background information to the Council about potential projects and initiatives targeted at addressing Council goals and objectives. It is not likely that staff can accomplish all these in the next 18 months, so some sense of Council priority is needed. Some projects are already underway. For instance, the parking management and multi-modal circulation study, which involves a separate analysis of area zoning, was approved by Council and included in the current budget. The Planning Commission and staff would like Council feedback on the list. This is also the time for Council to discuss any other priorities not represented on the list, so that staff could determine a scope of work and time line to bring back for Council consideration at a later date. SUGGESTED MOTION: N/A ATTACHMENTS: Long Range Planning Initiatives Planning Commission Meeting Minutes - September 10, 2013 Page 2 of 2 11FAWA C I T Y OF ASHLAND Long Range Planning Initiatives Identified Priorities 1. Downtown Parking Management and Multi-Modal Circulation Study (CC) Review the Downtown Plan including zoning ofareas around downtown and create a roadmap for the future planning ofdowntown Public Works and Community Development staff is working with the University of Oregon Community Planning Workshop to conduct a downtown parking management and multimodal circulation study to review pedestrian, bicycle and vehicular circulation and vehicle and truck parking within Ashland's downtown. The study is intended to evaluate the effectiveness of existing downtown parking management, truck loading zones, and travel demand management strategies to improve the overall accessibility of downtown for tourists, citizens, students and employees. While this study is undertaken, city planning staff and the Planning Commission will evaluate existing zoning at specific locations within and adjacent to the downtown. The findings from this analysis could influence the final recommendations of the parking management and multi-modal circulation study. • Downtown zoning analysis The zoning analysis project entails review of existing zoning adjacent to the downtown area. This project will be carried out at the same time as the parking management and multi-modal circulation study and its recommendations may suggest changes to zoning, permitted land uses and code standards necessary to support construction and redevelopment proposals that enhance the vitality of the downtown area. Ashland's downtown and adjoining residential neighborhoods are largely defined by their historic and cultural characteristics. In consideration of this character and the objective of preparing for future change in the vicinity of the City's established downtown district this project would address the following objectives: Maintain a compact downtown that includes a mix of uses located within a distinct and cohesive downtown core; Evaluate ways to increase housing within the downtown core; Preserve the downtown's small-town character through traditional building design that complements the area's vibrant pedestrian surroundings; and Address potential impacts to the existing residential neighborhoods surrounding the downtown and look for ways in which zoning could be used to create a smooth transition between the two. Council Meeting - December 3, 2013 Page 1 • Winburn Way corridor analysis - Options to single family zoning (R-1) The land along Winburn Way, from the Community Development and Engineering Services building south to Nutley Street, is zoned single-family residential. A variety of land uses exist, including a gravel commercial parking lot, two public buildings offering community space, a commercial eating establishment and a city skating rink/public parking lot. This area represents a transitional corridor between the downtown business area and Lithia Park. Zoning, allowable land uses and site design standards would be evaluated and recommendations considered in recognition of the corridor's unique location adjacent to the downtown, Lithia Park and a traditional residential neighborhood. 2. Historic Preservation Ten-Year Plan - Next Phase of Implementation (CG) Analyze the impacts of increased preservation of historic buildings in Ashland This proposal would evaluate the benefits- of establishing an approval process for reviewing exterior changes to residential structures identified and listed as "historic contributing" within the National Register districts. Historic contributing refers to those properties that retain and exhibit sufficient integrity, through materials, design and setting, to convey a sense of history. The issue of acceptable design and building materials for exterior changes to residential historic buildings arises routinely. Typical examples of non-structural, exterior modifications to buildings that can impact the integrity of historic structures and the surrounding district include changes to windows, doors, trim, roofing and siding. These types of changes, however, typically do not require a building permit, but can have a dramatic impact on a structure's historic integrity. In addition to public education materials, staff and the Historic Commission would like to consider developing clear approval criteria and a review process for non-structural, exterior changes to historic contributing residential structures. 3. Infill Strategies Along Transit Corridors - East Siskiyou and Ashland Street (CG) Investigate land-use and fimding strategies that provide affordable and workforce housing units and encourage private development of affordable housing options A significant amount of vacant and re-developable land is concentrated in the eastern side of Ashland. As a result, this is an area that can expect a considerable amount of both employment and housing growth over the next 20 years. This project will explore opportunities for encouraging transit-oriented, mixed-use projects along the East Siskiyou and Ashland Street corridors. First, establishment of a vertical housing development zone (VHDZ) would be evaluated as a financial incentive to encourage upper story housing above businesses. A second phase could include an assessment of market conditions, the financial feasibility of mixed-use, multi-story projects, the permitting process and possible incentives, and public improvements targeted at increasing the desirability of the corridors for residential living. A palette of options and strategies for addressing the opportunities and barriers would be compiled for council consideration. Council Meeting - December 3, 2013 Page 2 • Vertical Housing Development Zones - Evaluate and establish The establishment of a Vertical Housing Development Zone (VHDZ) is an incentive based strategy intended to encourage mixed use commercial/residential developments through a partial property tax exemption. The purpose of the State authorized tax exemption program is to encourage investment in and rehabilitation of properties in targeted areas of the community through the promotion of the availability of housing. This program is administered through the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department (OHCS) which certifies projects designated by the community as eligible for a partial tax exemption for providing additional floors of housing above commercial development. The amount of the tax exemption varies in accordance with the number of residential floors on a project with a maximum property tax exemption of 80% over 10 years. This financial incentive for targeted areas can help promote the construction of needed housing in commercial areas well suited for higher concentrations of housing. Evaluation and establishment of a VHDZ entails identifying the appropriate areas throughout the City for such a designation, coordination with all local thing districts, application through the State of Oregon, and approval by resolution of the City Council. 4. Code Incentives for Affordable Workforce Housing (CC) Investigate land-use and funding strategies that provide affordable and workforce housing units and encourage private development of affordable housing options The Planning Commission has evaluated several code amendments as part of the Unified Land Use Ordinance project, which involves a comprehensive restructuring of chapter 18 - Land Use Ordinance. The proposed changes are intended to create additional opportunities to provide affordable and workforce housing through increasing density bonuses for affordable housing, streamlining the application process for accessory residential units and eliminating impediments to the location and design of manufactured housing. The recently completed Housing Needs Analysis (HNA) identified these and other land use code changes as means to promote affordable and workforce housing. The Housing and Human Services Commission will review the list of "potential strategies" within the Housing Needs Analysis at a future meeting in an effort to forward recommendations to the Council for consideration. • Pocket neighborhoods/cottage housing As part of the Unified Land Use Ordinance, Commission and staff have been evaluating the possibility of enacting a section of code on pocket neighborhoods/cottage housing. A pocket neighborhood is a cohesive cluster of homes gathered around some type of common ground within a larger surrounding neighborhood. In general, these developments range in size from four to 16 households. The projects often are located in single family neighborhoods at a density greater than the underlying zoning district. Pocket neighborhoods seek to provide an option in the housing market that falls between a typical detached residence and attached townhome housing, which appeals to singles, smaller families and retirees. Council Meeting - December 3, 2013 Page 3 To address impacts of the increased density, the size, height and footprint of the structures are restricted, which also assists in targeting housing prices below the median home sales price for the area. Other Potential Projects A. Croman Mill Area - Analysis of Opportunities (CG) Maintain and improve infrastructure that enhances the economic vitality of the community The City Council is exploring the use of tax increment financing to facilitate the development of the Croman Mill area. Most other employment areas in Ashland have lots ready for development with utilities and streets installed. This allows potential businesses to concentrate on the layout and design of their specific building and site. In contrast, the Croman Mill isn't development ready because individual lots, utilities and streets are not in place. The site was previously a lumber mill which relied heavily on outdoor production and storage. As a result of the previous land-intensive use, the site lacks basic utilities and transportation facilities. Because of its location away from a major street and behind a developed neighborhood, the area lacks visibility and a welcoming entryway. Finally, a large amount of old equipment, debris, organic waste and structures from past logging practices are located on the site, and need to be cleared before development can occur. This project would include identifying opportunities as well as potential barriers to development of the Croman Mill area, and evaluating different strategies that would assist in preparing the site to be development ready. This could entail a review of the zoning code, specifically the use table, to make certain a full range of businesses are allowed commensurate to the City's economic development strategy. B. Housing Element Update (CG) Investigate land-use and funding strategies that provide affordable and workforce housing units and encourage private development ofaffordable housing options The City's Housing Element is an important part of the overall Comprehensive Plan, as housing makes up the vast majority of land use within the City. The general components of the Housing Element include a description of the characteristics of housing types, an analysis of community demographics and development trends, and establishment of goals and policies that ensure the housing needs of the community are accommodated over a twenty year horizon. The Housing Element was last revised in 1981. Consequently, some aspects of the City's Housing Element are outdated and do not reflect current conditions within the community. With more demographic and development information readily available given the recent completion of Housing Needs Analysis, Buildable Lands Inventory, and Jackson County coordinated population forecasting, an update of the Housing Element is timely. The update of the Housing Element would aim to refine the general narrative, replace outdated information, and to draft new policies and goals that are effective at addressing the communities housing needs. Council Meeting - December 3, 2013 Page 4 C. Railroad Master Plan - Evaluate benefits of adoption (CG) Maintain and improve infrastructure that enhances the economic vitality of the community The draft master plan was completed in 2001. The illustrated master plan drawing identifies a distinct district core north of Fourth Street, future building and parking locations, a street network, public plaza areas and natural open spaces, as well as detailed illustrations of master plan elements. The plan also includes recommendations for code changes related to minimum building height, prohibition of ground floor residential use, and consideration of increased residential density. The plan also suggests considering the adoption of building type and placement standards in recognition of the area's history and diversity. As recommended in the draft document, the plan area was included in the Detail Site Review Zone and subject to pedestrian-oriented design standards, and the plan's street network was included on the city's amended, future street dedication map. The first phase of the project would be to evaluate benefits of adopting the unimplemented portions of the draft Railroad Property Master Plan, as well as a parking management plan similar to that under consideration for the downtown. Council Meeting - December 3, 2013 Page 5 CITY OF ASHLAND ASHLAND PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MINUTES September 10, 2013 CALL TO ORDER Vice Chair Michael Dawkins called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Civic Center Council Chambers, 1175 East Main Street. Commissioners Present: Staff Present: Troy J. Brown, Jr. Bill Molnar, Community Development Director Michael Dawkins Maria Harris, Planning Manager Richard Kaplan Brandon Goldman, Senior Planner Debbie Miller April Lucas, Administrative Supervisor Melanie Mindlin Tracy Peddicord Absent Members: Council Liaison: None Mike Morris, absent ANNOUCEMENTS Commissioners Brown and Miller stated they would be absent from the September 24, 2013 meeting. Community Development Director Bill Molnar updated the Commission on several actions that have gone before the City Council: 1) The City Council has decided to not substantially change the travelers accommodation ordinance to allow greater flexibility for short term home rentals. They did agree, however, to add language that stipulates a business license, transient occupancy tax registration, and land use approval must be obtained prior to operation of a travelers accommodation. Additionally, the changes require a safety inspection by the Fire Department and will make it a violation to advertise units for rent that have not received City approval; 2) The Council passed second reading of the Housing Needs Analysis; and 3) First reading of an ordinance creating a combined Housing and Human Services Commission was approved. CONSENT AGENDA A. Approval of Minutes. 1. August 13, 2013 Regular Meeting. Commissioners Dawkins/Brown m/s to approve the Consent Agenda. Voice Vote: all AYES. Motion passed 5-0. [Commissioner Kaplan abstained from vote] PUBLIC FORUM No one came forward to speak. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Long Range Project Update. Community Development Director Bill Molnar, Planning Manager Maria Harris, and Senior Planner Brandon Goldman presented an overview of projects the Community Development Department is considering pursuing over the next 18-24 months. Staff explained the Normal Neighborhood Plan and Unified Land Use Code projects will be wrapping up at the end of this year and staff will be transitioning into the next set of projects starting early 2014. Ashland Planning Commission September 10, 2013 Page 1 of 3 Downtown Parking Management & Multi-Modal Circulation Study Mr. Molnar stated this project was identified during the Transportation Systems Plan (TSP) Update and the City Council has already approved an intergovernmental agreement with the University of Oregon to assist with this study. He noted the Council Goal that states "Review the Downtown Plan including zoning of areas around downtown and create a roadmap for the future planning of downtown"and explained the zoning analysis project entails a review of existing zoning adjacent to the downtown and will be undertaken at the same time as the parking management and multi-modal circulation study. Staff was asked to clarify the objective of the zoning review. Mr. Molnar commented on creating transition zones and the interest to potentially create more flexibility for residential properties that abut or are across the street from commercial zones. He cited Winburn Way, which is zoned single family residential, as an example of an area where a zone change might be reasonable. He added the Council felt it was logical to look at the zoning and have it considered as part of the parking management study. Historic Preservation 10-Year Plan Planning Manager Maria Harris stated the impact of exterior changes to residential structures is a high priority area in the Historic Preservation Plan and is something the Historic Commission has been concerned about for some time. She explained currently the code addresses exterior alterations to commercial buildings, but not residential structures unless it is specifically listed on the national register. Ms. Harris explained the City does not require a building permit for certain residential alterations, including siding, windows, doors, and roofing materials; however, exterior changes can significantly impact the integrity of a historic structure. This project would include an evaluation of the impacts of establishing a process to review these types of changes, and potentially developing ordinance language that establishes approval criteria and a review process. Ms. Harris added because Ashland is a Certified Local Government (CLG), we are eligible for state grants that could help fund this project. Infill Strategies Along Transit Corridors Ms. Harris stated this project is still being formulated and pertains to the Council Goal that states "Investigate land-use and funding strategies that provide affordable and workforce housing units."She stated this project would identify opportunities for and constraints to transit-oriented development in the East Siskiyou and Ashland Street area, and would include an assessment of market conditions, mixed-use housing costs, financial feasibility of multi-story development, regulatory process, frequency and quality of transit service, and public infrastructure improvements. Additionally, this project would develop options and strategies for addressing opportunities and barriers, and identify incentives that could be provided to encourage affordable workforce housing near existing and future transit routes. Vertical Housing Development Zones Senior Planner Brandon Goldman explained the establishment of a Vertical Housing Development Zone (VHDZ) is an incentive based strategy intended to encourage more mixed-use developments through a partial property tax exemption. He explained this is a state authorized tax exemption and is administered through the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department. He stated the program provides a 20% tax exemption for each residential floor built for 10 years, with a maximum of 80%, and could provide developers incentive to build more mixed-use buildings. Mr. Goldman stated this project would include the evaluation and establishment of Vertical Housing Development Zones in Ashland, and while this is not a land use decision, staff recommends the Planning Commission's involvement before this is taken to the City Council for approval. Comment was made voicing support for providing incentives to create smaller, workforce housing units; as opposed to larger residential units which often are second homes for people who live out of town. Code Incentives for Affordable Workforce Housing Mr. Goldman stated this project falls under the same Council Goal as Vertical Housing Development Zones and includes the consideration of a number of code amendments in the Unified Land Use Ordinance that are intended to provide greater opportunities for affordable housing and workforce housing. He slated increasing density bonuses for affordable housing, streamlining the application process for accessory residential units, eliminating impediments to the location and design of manufactured housing, and the establishment of standards for pocket neighborhoods are some of the changes being considered at this time. He added the recently adopted Housing Needs Analysis outlines a number of other strategies and the Housing Commission will be reviewing these and issuing a recommendation to the City Council. Ashland Planning Commission September 10, 2013 Page 2 of 3 Croman Mill Area - Analysis of Opportunities and Impediments Mr. Molnar stated the Croman Plan was adopted in 2010 which was right in the middle of the recession, and while the City has started to see some improvements in commercial building activity, there is an interest from the Council to see if there is anything the City can do as part of the economic development strategy to encourage development at the Croman property. This project would entail identifying opportunities and impediments to the development of the Croman Mill area and developing strategies for preparing the site to be development ready. The Commission held general discussion of the Croman Plan, including the infrastructure improvements that would be needed, what types of businesses this area might attract, and the intent of the plan itself. Housing Element Update Mr. Goldman stated the Housing Element is an important part of the City's Comprehensive Plan and its primary goal is to ensure a variety of dwelling types to provide housing opportunities for the total cross-section of Ashland's population consistent with preserving the character and appearance of the City. He explained the Housing Element was last revised in 1981 and consequently some of the items are outdated and do not reflect the current conditions of the City. This project would involve refining the general narrative, replacing outdated information, and reviewing the existing policies and goals to ensure they remain effective at addressing the community's housing needs. Mr. Goldman noted the City's Housing Program Specialist has identified this project in the Housing Work Plan as a project she would like to undertake in the next 18-24 months. Railroad Master Plan - Evaluate Benefits of Adoption Ms. Harris explained this plan was developed in 2001 but was not adopted in its entirety. She stated the zoning was changed from industrial to employment, the plan area was put in the Detail Site Review Zone, and the street network was adopted; but the "vision documents" were not approved. Ms. Harris stated this project would evaluate the benefits of the unimplemented portions of the draft Railroad Property Master Plan. B. Annual Report to City Council. Community Development Director Bill Molnar reminded the Commission that the Council has asked the various commissions to come before them once a year and highlight projects that have been completed. He commented that the City Council is a lot more familiar with the work of the Planning Commission because much of their work goes onto Council, and suggested this might be a good opportunity to address other topics of concern instead of specific land use actions. He asked the Commission to start thinking about this and to identify a date. ADJOURNMENT Meeting adjourned at 8:40 p.m. Ashland Planning Commission September 10, 2013 Page 3 of 3 CITY OF ASHLAND Council Communication December 3, 2013, Business Meeting First Quarter Financial Report for Year One of the 2013-2015 Biennium FROM: Lee Tuneberg, Finance Director, lee.tuneberg_@ashland.or.us SUMMARY The Administrative Services Department submits reports to Council on a quarterly basis to provide assurance of budget compliance and for informational and comparative purposes throughout the year. This report covers the first quarter (July - September, 2013) of year one in the 2013-2015 biennium and provides comparative information to the same quarter in the prior year. BACKGROUND AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS: This is the "routine" report presented about this time each year but has been modified for changes necessary to address the fast half of the first biennium budget prepared by the City. However, the general focus of the quarterly reports on a fiscal year remains the same. Most of the information in this report is on year one (July, 2013 through June 30, 2014). However, there are also comparisons necessary for the 24 month budget such as the resolution that adopted the biennium. The reports are intended to present information in formats consistent with the department, fund and business activity presentations included in end of (fiscal) year report. Unaudited, detailed balance sheets, revenues and expenditure reports are available for your review in the Administrative Service Department office should you require any additional information. This is trial and error period for the reports generated, timing and level of detail. If Council would like changes in what is presented, how and when please let staff know. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: There is no fiscal impact from Council accepting this report. The report and accompanying narratives indicates a general improvement in the financial condition of the City similar to what was incorporated in the budget process. The presented amounts will change throughout the year, and the biennium. Different reports may be needed to assist the Council, staff and readers from the general public in understanding the information provided. This need for added reports and different formats should diminish as we all acclimate to fiscal reports within a biennium budget process. STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND REQUESTED ACTION: Staff recommends that Council accept the quarterly report. Page 1 of 2 ~r, CITY OF ASHLAND SUGGESTED MOTION: I move to accept the first quarter financial report for FY 2013-2014. ATTACHMENTS: Quarterly Financial Report (Narrative) Financial Statements Page 2 of 2 Pr, C I T Y OF ual'ter'ly' ° onanci`al e; ort -ASHLAND4 a, . ,u.: < s ~ ua ~ o 20 3- 0 4 This Quarterly Financial Report covers the period from July 2013 through September 2013. Summary of Cash and Investments This summary is intended to give the reader an understanding of changes in the City's cash position across funds and investment types. The city-wide cash balance increased $4,626,499 between fiscal years (September to September). During the first quarter of this year, the city- wide cash balance decreased $127,981 (July to September). Material changes in cash balances between fiscal years: The bulk of the $4.6 million dollar increase was from the bond issue in the third quarter of last year to finance the capital projects. The largest changes in cash were in the Capital Improvements, Street, Water, Wastewater, and the Equipment Funds. 1. The reduction in the Capital Improvements Fund was primarily due to the construction of fire station #2. 2. The Street, Water and Wastewater Funds increased as a result of financing for projects and rate increases to cover the resulting increase in debt service. 3. The increase in the Equipment Fund was the result of the timing of the receipt of the interfund loan payments , and equipment purchases made being less than replacement fee revenue received. Cash Balances at the End of the First Quarter (September to September) $30,648,184 $35,000,000 $30,000,000 $26,021,685 $25,000,000 $20,484,422 $18,855,341 - $17,225,130 $20,000,000 $15,000,000 $10,000,000 $5,000,000 $ 9/30/2009 9/30/2016 9/3012011 9/30/2012 9/30/2013 Page 1 of 8 F& Material changes in cash balances during the first quarter of this year: The details of the changes in cash for the first quarter are found in the individual funds' Statement of Resources, Requirements, and changes in Fund Balance. The differences between cash changes and the net income (loss) in the first quarter were a result of changes between respective receivables and payables. 1. The majority of the receivable difference in the General Fund was the hotel/motel tax revenue recorded in June 2013 and deposited in July 2013. 2. The majority of the payable difference in the Water Fund was invoices posted in the previous year and paid in the current first quarter. 3. The majority of the receivable difference in the Wastewater Fund was the food and beverage tax revenue recorded in June 2013 and deposited in July 2013, along with the financing recorded in the previous year and deposited in the current first quarter. 4. The majority of the receivable difference in the Electric Fund was utility billing revenue recorded at year end last year, and deposited in the first quarter of this year. 5. The majority of the receivable difference in the Insurance Fund was a PERS payment recorded at the end of this first quarter but not until after September 30, 2013. Reconciliation of Cash Changes to Net Income (Loss) Changesin Cash Net Inc. Changes (Loss) Receivables and in 1st tr in 1st tr oavables General Fund ($1,023,682) ($1,753,966) $730,284 CDBG Fund 24,420 (8,786) 33,206 Reserve Fund (188,841) (188,841) 0 Street Fund 10,346 44,007 (33,661) Airport Fund (2,828) 7,529 (10,357) Capital Improvements Fund 68,770 94,121 (25,351) Debt Service Fund (693,924) (657,984) (35,940) Water Fund 545,282 1,206,389 (661,107) Wastewater Fund 1,881,288 (127,759) 2,009,047 Electric Fund 572,333 113,651 458,682 Telecommunications Fund (92,699) (162,933) 70,234 Central Services Fund 187,645 89,855 97,790 Insurance Fund (226,273) (85,782) (140,491) Health Benefits 253,132 276,890 (23,758) Equipment Fund 2,285 199,178 (196,893) Cemetery Trust Fund 2,841 6,120 (3,279) Total City 1,320,095 (948,311) 2,268,406 Parks (1,448,076) (1,518,870) 70,794 Total City-Wide ($127,981) ($2,467,181) $2,339,200 Page 2 of 8 IAL-61 Cash and investment balances at the end of September: Total cash was $30.6 million with 95% held in the local government investment pool, and 5% in general banking accounts. No money was held in investments outside the Pool in the first quarter again this year because other securities were not readily available in the market to match the interest rate of the LGIP while meeting liquidity goals. Statement of Revenues and Expenditures - Citywide (Page 2 of the financial statements) This schedule is intended to provide an overall sense of the City's financial activity for the first quarter of this fiscal year, compared to the first year of the biennial budget 2013-15 and to the first quarter of last year. Total Resources (Revenues and Budgetary Resources) were 19.7% of budget. Revenues were 20.5% of budget and the budgetary resources were 4.4% of budget. There was a 12% increase in revenues and other resources from $14.5 million at the end of the first quarter last year to $16.2 million for the first quarter of this year. Citywide revenue grew 12.5% over the prior year, resulting in a $1.8 million increase. Most of the increase is due to additional internal charges paid from one fund as an expense to another fund (treated as revenue) inflating the total. Payments to the Health Benefits Fund totaling $1 million in the first quarter are a prime example. Removing it from the total reduces the growth to 5.6%. Elements of this net increase are described below: 1. Charges for services grew by $1.5 million (14%). The bulk of the growth ($1.0 million) was a result of internal charges received in the newly created Health Benefits Fund established to account for the transition to self insurance for health benefits. Internal charges inflate the total revenue city-wide as does transfers, inter fund loan payments. The growth in water and electric sales made up the additional increase. 2. Intergovernmental revenue declined $567,000 (47%). This decline was primarily in the Street Fund and Capital Improvements Fund where there were more project grants revenue received in the prior year's first quarter than this year's first quarter. 3. Miscellaneous revenue increased $327,000 (22%). The increase was primarily in the Insurance and the Health Benefits Funds. The Insurance Fund's additional miscellaneous revenues were from PERS reserve payments, and the Health Benefit Fund's miscellaneous revenue was a refund of premiums from Pacific Source. WorItrt Qtr FY 2012-13 Revenue & Resources list Qtr FY 2013-14 Revenue S Resources Capital Carryover Working $29,410,02 Capital 0 Carryover $33,966,631 Transfers $10,781 Revenue Transfers, $14,246,24 $1,000 Revenue, Interfund 4 Interfund $16,023,696 loan loan, $208,000 $194,654 Total Revenue and Other Resources $14,465,02 Total Revenue and Other Resouces $16,219,350 Page 3 of 8 Imo, Total Requirements (Operating Expenditures, Capital Outlay, and Budgetary Requirements) were 20% of budget. Operating expenditures were 23.8% of budget, capital outlay was 6.9% of budget, and the budgetary requirements (excluding contingencies) were 9.8% of budget. Citywide operating expenditures grew 17.3% over the prior year, resulting in $2.6 million increase. 1. Personnel services increased by $1.1 million (18.7%) between first quarters and are 24.9% of year one's budget. Fewer vacant positions, adjustments relating to labor agreements, and higher PERS rates including the amounts set aside in the Insurance Fund contribute to the increase. Health insurance benefits as a percentage of salaries decreased 1.6% from this time last year as a result of switching to self-insurance. 2. Materials and services increased $1.4 million (18.0%) between first quarters and were 23.1 % of budget at the end of the first quarter. The majority of this increase was from the newly created Health Benefits Fund spending $935,000 on health claims, premiums and other contract services including capital projects. The majority of this can be viewed as "doubling up the expenditures" by accounting for payments from the other funds to this internal service fund and then counting it as expenditures again when payments for the services previously mentioned. 1st Qtr FY 2012-13 Requirements list Qtr FY 2013-14 Requirements Ending Ending Fund Fund Balance, $26,505,044 Balance, Interfund Interfund loan loans $208,000 $191,000 Personnel Personnel $31*DebtMaterial 499450 Transfers Services, Transfers Services, $10,781 $5,742,305 $4,654 $6,815,969 Capital DCapital Ou tlay Service Services Outlay Service Services $2,339,825 $1,079,674 $7,989,416 $1,122,033 $1,123,898 $9,428,975 Operating Expenditures $14,811,396 Operating Expenditures $17,368,845 % Schedule of Budgetary Compliance The Schedule of Budgetary Compliance presents expenditures on a budget basis by fund, consistent with the resolution # 2013-19 adopting appropriation levels for the biennial budget. This portion of the report is a biennium presentation thus the first quarter is actually 1/8th of the total budget and 12.5% is better target for expenditures, total biennium budget-to-date. 1. Total Citywide expenditures in aggregate were below the anticipated 12.5% level expended for first quarter of the first year of the biennial budget 2013-15. Page 4 of 8 11VALAA 2. The normal exceptions to the anticipated 12.5% level expended are transfers, economic and cultural grants, debt service payments, association dues, insurance premiums, capital outlay and other contractual obligations requiring payments in advance. FINANCIAL ANALAYSIS OF THE CITY OF ASHLAND'S FUNDS The analyses of the funds below reflect the changes in revenue and expenditures between first quarters of this year and last year and with the first year biennial budget. General Fund The General Fund's shortfall of revenues below expenditures in the first quarter of this year was $1.8 million. Last year's first quarter's shortfall was $1.4 million. A loss in the first quarter is anticipated due to required expenditures and the timing of property tax receipts. The largest portion of anticipated annual property tax receipts does not occur until the second quarter of the fiscal year. 1. This year the fund recorded less revenue in charges for service, primarily due to the elimination of the agreed upon $263,000 payment from Parks in last year's first quarter. 2. New this year is the transfer of $100,000 from the Reserve Fund as approved in the budget for the Help Center. 3. Operating expenditures increased 14.7%. This increase was primarily from increases in personnel service costs including filled vacancies, contract adjustments and PERS transfers promulgated by the short-term reduction in rates. Street Fund The fund's net revenues-over-expenditures for this first quarter were $226,308 more than this time last year. A $952,013 decrease in capital project spending (drawing down on previously borrowed amounts held in reserve) provided a more favorable (positive) relationship between Revenues and expenditures resulting in a surplus of $44,077. 1. The decrease in intergovernmental revenue represents no ODOT payments for jurisdictional project work received this year thus leaving only gas tax receipts recorded at approximately $284,000 in the first quarter, but right on schedule for the budget. 2. Operating expenditures increased 22.0%. This increase was primarily from increases in contractual services and infrastructure maintenance. Capital Improvements Fund The fund's net revenues-over-expenditures for this first quarter were $980,197 more than this time last year. An $878,741 decrease in capital project spending (think of the fire station #2 construction going on a year ago and no such project going this first quarter) contributed to the increase between quarters (a surplus of $94,121 this year). 1. Like the Street Fund, this fund also experienced a decrease in intergovernmental revenue. Page 5 of 8 ForwraAall 2. The prior year annual inter fund loan repayment of $208,000 to the Equipment Fund was not required in this fiscal year causing an improvement between years. Water Fund The fund's net revenues-over-expenditures for this first quarter were $130,653 more than this time last year. 1. The Operating Revenue increase from the various charges for services includes more cubic feet of water sold in the first quarter, rate increases and more SDC revenue. There was a water rate increase of 9% in July, 2013. The cubic feet sold increased 10.6% as a result of a higher summer need. 2. The increase in operating expenses was 16.9%. These increases were from the increase in franchise taxes, water storage costs, and on chemicals for the treatment plant. Wastewater Fund The fund's net revenues-over-expenditures for this first quarter were $366,163 less than this time last year. A $310,294 increase in capital project spending contributed to the shortfall of $127,759. 1. The bulk of the food and beverage taxes for the first quarter are received in October. Even though the early payments received through the end of the first quarter had reduced, the amount received in October and accrued to September put the first quarter tax revenue at a 3.8% increase over last year. 2. Revenue from rates increased $84,000 (8.1 There was a rate increase of 10% in July of 2013. 3. Of the $1.3 million spent in the first quarter for all purposes approximately $264,000 was for personnel. A significant portion ($312,400) of the rest was for capital outlay, equipment and projects including the Ashland Creek trunk sewer project. The remaining $724,000 went toward ongoing operational costs. Electric Fund The fund's net revenues-over-expenditures for this first quarter were $233,586 more than this time last year. Increased revenue contributed to the net revenues-over-expenditures of $113,650. 1. The 5.3% increase in electric rates in January 2013 and higher sales from greater demand during the late summer increased total sales for the quarter. Telecommunications Fund The fund's deficit for this first quarter was $109,634 more than this time last year. The anticipated limited growth in revenue resulted from changes in the service contract with the telecom partner. 1. The increase in revenue for the first quarter this year was a mere 1.6%. Page 6 of 8 ~r, 2. Items causing personnel costs between years to increase 45.7% or $50,900 include filling vacant director and installer positions and corresponding benefit increases relating to the move to self-insurance). This quarter personnel was 25.5% of budget. Central Service Fund The fund's net revenues-over-expenditures for this first quarter were $79,234 less than this time last year yet still showing net revenues-over-expenditures of $89,855. 1. Internal charges increased across the board by 2%. Additional internal central service fees were charged to the Street, Water and Wastewater Funds to fund positions added to Public Works Support. Total increase in internal central service revenue was 3.6%. 2. A $90,000 transfer from the Reserve Fund was received in this first quarter to fund computer system upgrades approved in the budget. 3. Personnel costs increased over this time last year as open positions were filled. Material & services increased in UB software licensing, and increases in professional services in the legal department. Insurance Fund The fund's deficit for this first quarter was $92,940 less than this time last year. 1. Increased revenue in the Insurance Fund in the first quarter is from PERS payments intended to offset coming increases when the rates are re-adjusted. 2. The additional PIERS revenue outpaced the increase in premiums resulting in the improvement of the bottom line for the first quarter. Health Benefits Fund This fund accounts for employee health benefits and premiums, self insurance direct claims, and administration. Revenues are from departmental payments per FTE. The fund was established July 1, 2013. 1. Revenue in the first quarter is from the budgeted internal charges, and a refund from Pacific Source. 2. The expenditures were for $936,925 spent on health claims, premiums and contract services. The expenditures were 23.9% of budget. Eauioment Fund The fund's net revenues-over-expenditures for this first quarter were $104,676 less than this time last year. 1. No Intergovernmental revenue such as grants was budgeted in the first quarter and the $208,000 inter-fund payment received in the prior year is not a requirement in 2013-2014. Page 7 of 8 2. Materials and services decreased by the approximate amount spent for the purchase of Fire Department uniforms in the first quarter of last year. Equipment purchases were less in this year's first quarter than last year. Parks & Recreation Fund The Park's deficit for this first quarter was $27,962 less than this time last year. 1. Total revenue was lower with no payment from the General Fund needed in the first quarter to maintain adequate cash levels. Total revenue received was $78,862 less than last year at this time, in part due to the change in funding and last year in the first quarter an additional $25,000 was received as a restitution payment. 2. Expenditures were $106,824 less than this time last year. Total expenditures decreased primarily due to the payment to the City from Park's surplus ending fund balance in the first quarter of last year not being budgeted for this year. Parks Capital Fund The Parks Capital Fund spent $147,642 more on Parks projects this year in the first quarter primarily on the Enders shelter. Unaudited, detailed balance sheets, revenue and expenditure reports, and fund statements were available for your review in the Administrative Services Department office at City Hall should you require any additional information. Page 8 of 8 Pte, City of Ashland Summary of Cash and Investments September 30, 2013 Balance Balance Change From Fund September 30, 2013 September 30, 2012 FY 2013 General Fund $ 2,141,381 $ 2,486,848 $ (345,467) Community Block Grant Fund 27,850 29,518 (1,668) Reserve Fund 830,738 1,015,356 (164,618) Street Fund 4,322,832 2,445,596 1,877,236 Airport Fund 110,315 92,767 17,548 Capital Improvements Fund 2,332,634 3,919,875 (1,587,241) Debt Service Fund 446,957 309,147 137,810 Water Fund 6,245,190 2,643,712 3,601,478 Wastewater Fund 3,865,567 2,806,397 1,059,170 Electric Fund 2,302,470 2,342,331 (39,861) Telecommunications Fund 225,393 381,685 (156,292) Central Services Fund 1,266,660 1,442,762 (176,102) Insurance Services Fund 856,244 851,622 4,622 Health Benefits Payable 253,132 - 253,132 Equipment fund 3,578,797 2,929,700 649,097 Cemetery Trust Fund 876,479 863,025 13,454 $ 29,682,641 $ 24,560,340 $ 5,122,301 Packs & Recreation Agency Fund 965,543 1,461,346 (495,803) 965,543 1,461,346 (495,803) Total Cash Distribution $ 30,648,184 $ 26,021,686 $ 4,626,498 Manner of Investment General Banking Accounts $ 1,389,941 $ 723,079 $ 666,862 Local Government Inv. Pool 29,258,243 25,298,606 3,959,637 City Investments - Total Cash and Investments $ 30,648,184 $ 26,021,686 $ 4,626,498 Dollar Distribution Cash Balance Distribution Cen815WAm fait d 6,a arrcl Raaea Fws N Llai„u 8 d9men Cyuipmenl Fmtls socS' $400,000,1% pab ]map E880,185, 55,332919,1]% EtOeLl]188,124,1b..6% 6% EI7,9Q106 5 , 59% I ONer (Gat¢!a' ot,,.0 0IM1V Resmed, Fut FMlftl, a~W¢Ty{e 36% $4.453,288.14% $19579,8% Fuds 41% TOT Twdsm 3 .0% 3.8epH14F i 111"dLs 11([12013 1 City of Ashland Statement of Revenues and Expenditures - City Wide For the third month ended September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Date 1st Year of Collected) Year-To-Dale End-of-Year Resource Summary Acluals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Acluals Actuals Revenues Taxes $ 1,888,645 $ 20,474,421 9.2% $ (18,585,776) $ 1,687,744 $ 19,998,715 Licenses and Permits 211,916 847,275 25.0% (635,359) 166,095 583,679 Intergovernmental Revenues 646,958 5,607,107 11.5% (4,960,149) 1,213,946 4,743,846 Charges for Services - Rate B Internal 11,915,120 48,011,599 24.8% (36,096,479) 10,446,452 39,181,461 Charges for Services- Misc. Service fees 499,841 1,650,970 303% (1,151,129) 188,728 692,381 System Development Charges 171,963 305,000 56.4% (133,037) 190,310 538,560 Fines and Forfeitures 44,556 166,000 26.8% (121,444) 38,205 196,535 Assessment Payments 6,214 146,000 4.3% (139,786) 6,775 41,048 Interest on Investments 43,646 166,700 26.2% (123,054) 40,411 174,495 Miscellaneous Revenues 594,837 644,902 92.2% (50,065) 267,578 3,181,710 Total Revenues 16,023,696 78,019,974 20.5% (61,996,278) 14,246,244 69,332,430 Budgetary Resources: Other Financing Sources - 2,456,000 0.0% (2,456,000) - 4,907,401 Intedund Loans 1,000 1,039,000 0.1% (1,038,000) 208,000 791,795 Transfers In 194,654 955,362 20.4% (760,708) 10,781 411,786 Total Budgetary Resources 195,654 4,450,362 4.4% (4,254,708) 218,781 6,110,982 Total Resources 16,219,351 82,470,336 19.7% (66,250,986) 14,465,025 75,443,412 Requirements by Classification Personal Services 6,815,972 27,388,399 24.9% 20,572,427 5,742,305 24,488,516 Materials and Services 9,428,976 40,738,112 23.1% 31,309,136 7,989,417 31,718,463 Debt Service 1,123,897 4,811,707 23.4% 3,687,810 1,079,674 4,885,465 Total Operating Expenditures 17,368,845 72,938,218 23.8% 55,569,373 14,811,396 61,092,444 Capital Construction Capital 01 1,122,032 16,280,838 69% 15,158,806 2,339,825 8,590,776 Intedund Loans 1,000 1,039,000 01% 1,038,000 208,000 791,795 Transfers Out 194,654 955,362 20.4% 760,708 10,781 411,786 Contingencies 2,277,000 0.0% 2,277,000 Total Budgetary Requirements 195,654 4,271,362 4.6% 4,075,708 218,781 1,203,581 Total Requirements 18,686,531 93,490,418 20.0% 74,803,887 17,370,002 70,886,801 Excess (Deficiency) of Resources over Requirements (2,467,181) (11,020,082) 77.6% 8,552,901 (2,904,977) 4,556,611 Working Capital Carryover 33,966,631 29,998,454 113.2% 3,968,177 29,410,020 29,410,020 Unappropriated Ending Fund Balance S 31,499,450 $ 18,978,372 166.0% $ 12,521,078 S 26,505,044 It 33,966,631 19ry fYl,f P¢tffi IIRYAI] 2 City of Ashland Schedule of Budgetary Compliance Per Resolution #2013-19 For the third month ended September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Year-To-Dale Biennial Budget Percent Acluals 2013-2015 Used Balance General Fund Administration $ 24,330 $ 553,465 4.4% $ 529,135 Administration - Library 97,016 812,000 11.9% 714,984 Administration - Municipal Court 121,499 994,970 12.2% 873,471 Administrative Services- Social Services Grants 127,123 257,688 49.3% 130,565 Administrative Services - Economic& Cultural Grants 328,508 1,433,226 22.9% 1,104,718 Administrative Services - Miscellaneous 9,333 610,208 1.5% 600,875 Administrative Services - Band 32,796 120,390 27.2% 87,594 Administrative Services - Parks - 8,856,000 0.0% 8,856,000 Police Department 1,555,521 12,391,656 12.6% 10,836,135 Fire and Rescue Department 1,622,851 13,053,484 12.4% 11,430,633 Public Works - Cemetery Division 90,249 704,551 12.8% 614,302 Community Development- Planning Division 294,848 2,730,822 10.8% 2,435,974 Community Development- Building Division 166,841 1,390,632 12.0% 1,223,791 Transfers 500 192,824 0.3% 192,324 Contingency 1,041,000 0.0% 1,041,000 Total General Fund 4,471,415 45,142,916 9.9% 40,671,501 Community Development Block Grant Fund Personal Services 8,697 61,100 14.2% 52,403 Materials and Services 175,827 406,735 43.2% 230,908 Total Community Development Grant Fund 184,524 467,835 39.4% 283,311 Reserve Fund Interfund loan - 900,000 0.0% 900,000 Transfers 190,000 190,000 100.0% Total Reserve Fund 190,000 1,090,000 17.4% 900,000 Street Fund Public Works- Street Operations 684,722 7,628,710 9.0% 6,943,988 Public Works- Street Operations Debt - 341,750 0.0% 341,750 Public Works- Storm Water Operations 147,016 1,247,230 11.8% 1,100,214 Public Works - Storm Water Operations Debt - 26,317 0.0% 26,317 Public Works- Transportation SDC's 30,111 446,613 6.7% 416,502 Public Works - Storm Water SDC's - 80,600 0.0% 80,600 Contingency 215,000 0.0% 215,000 Total Street Fund 861,849 9,986,220 8.6% 9,124,371 Airport Fund Materials and Services 28,958 143,310 20.2% 114,352 Capital Outlay 501 65,000 0.8% 64,500 Debt Service - 77,072 0.0% 77,072 Intedund Loan - 19,000 0.0% 19,000 Contingency 10,000 0.0% 10,000 Total Airport Fund 29,459 314,382 9.4% 284,924 '.tSTRUIR ~Rro a on 3 Schedule of Budgetary Compliance Per Resolution #2013-19 For the third month ended September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Year-To-Date Biennial Budget Percent Actuals 2013-2015 Used Balance Capital Improvements Fund Public Works - Facilities 195,443 2,406,460 8.1% 2,211,017 Administrative Services- Open Space (Parks) 2,871 3,929,000 0.1% 3,926,129 Transfers 3,018 466,900 0.6% 463,882 Other Financing Uses (Interfund Loan) 1,000 - NIA (1,000) Contingency 200,000 0.0% 200,000 Total Capital Improvements Fund 202,333 7,002,360 2.9% 6,800,027 Debt Service Fund Materials and Services 5,494 - NIA (5,494) Debt Service 1,123,897 4,548,084 0.1% 3,424,187 Interfund Loan 370,000 303.8% (753,897) Total Debt Service Fund 1,129,391 4,918,084 23.0% 3,788,693 Water Fund Administration - Conservation 48,263 449,010 10.7% 400,747 Fire- Forest Lands Management Division 87,416 887,265 9.9% 799,849 Public Works - Water Supply 120,058 2,951,820 4.1% 2,831,762 Public Works- Water Supply Debt - 44,985 0.0% 44,985 Public Works - Water Treatment 300,403 2,570,700 11.7% 2,270,297 Public Works - Water Treatment Debt - 467,427 0.0% 467,427 Public Works - Water Division 680,111 8,570,680 7.9% 7,890,569 Public Works- Water Division Debt - 662,995 0.0% 662,995 Public Works- Reimbursement SDC's - 235,312 0.0% 235,312 Public Works- Improvement SDC's 14,877 282,750 5.3% 267,873 Public Works - Debt SDC's - 241,845 0.0% 241,845 Debt Service - - NIA - Other Financing Uses (Intedund Loan) 150,000 0.0% 150,000 Contingency 403,000 0.0% 403,00(1 Total Water Fund 1,251,128 17,917,789 7.0% 16,666,661 Wastewater Fund Public Works- Wastewater Collection 638,092 5,298,621 12.0% 4,660,529 Public Works- Wastewater Collection Debt - 151,075 0.0% 151,075 Public Works- Wastewater Treatment 677,937 6,527,385 10.4% 5,849,448 Public Works- Wastewater Treatment Debt - 3,253,250 0.0% 3,253,250 Public Works- Reimbursemetns SDC's - 117,500 0.0% 117,500 Public Works- Improvements SDC's 11,125 1,383,491 0.8% 1,372,366 Debt Service - 30,000 0.0% 30,000 Contingency 440,000 0.0% 440,000 Total Wastewater Fund 1,327,154 17,201,322 7.7% 15,874,168 Electric Fund Administration - Conservation 145,330 1,494,890 9.7% 1,349,560 Electric - Supply 1,504,634 13,628,373 11.0% 12,123,739 Electric - Distribution 1,485,517 13,398,521 11.1% 11,913,004 Electric - Transmission 229,446 2,177,635 10.5% 1,948,189 Debt Service - 47,774 0.0% 47,774 Contngency 923,000 0.0% 923,000 Total Electric Fund 3,364,927 31,670,193 10.6% 28,305,266 3. Sa wH Fre WwM1itr+ YA13 4 Schedule of Budgetary Compliance Per Resolution #2013-19 For the third month ended September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Year-To-Dale Biennial Budget Percent Actuals 2013-2015 Used Balance Telecommunications Fund IT- Personal Services 162,254 1,288,560 12.6% 1,126,300 IT- Materials B Services 219,130 2,258,283 V% 2,039,153 IT - Capital Outlay 63,654 308,000 20.7% 244,346 Debt- To Debt Service Fund" 200,000 409,000 48.9% 209,000 Contingency 150,000 0.0% 150,000 Total- Telecommunications Fund 645,039 4,413,843 14.6% 3,768,805 "Nate. In Internet appropiation Central Services Fund Administration Department 358,266 3,015,362 11.9% 2,657,096 Information Technology- Info Services Division 244,382 2,537,128 9.6% 2,292,746 Administrative Services Department 470,512 4,084,194 - 11.5% 3,613,682 City Recorder 104,934 708,330 14.8% 603,396 Public Works - Administration and Engineering 418,533 3,362,420 12.4% 2,943,887 Contingency 104,000 0.0% 104,000 Total Central Services Fund 1,596,627 13,811,434 11.6% 12,214,807 Insurance Services Fund Personal Services 22,370 178,080 12.6% 155,710 Materials and Services 432,305 1,446,500 29.9% 1,014,195 Contingency 300,000 0.00/6 300,000 Total Insurance Services Fund 454,675 1,924,580 23.6% 1,469,905 Health Benefits Fund Materials and Services 935,925 7,816,992 12.0% 6,881,067 Intedund Loan 510,000 NIA 510,000 Contingency 500,000 0.0% 500,000 Total Health Benefits Fund 935,925 8,826,992 10.6% 7,891,067 Equipment Fund Public Works - Maintenance 261,272 2,054,460 12.7% 1,793,188 Public Works- Purchasing and Acquisition 17,785 3,113,000 0.6% 3,095,215 Intedund Loan - - - Contingency 156,000 0.0% 156,000 Total Equipment Fund 279,057 5,323,460 5.2% 5,044,403 Cemetery Trust Fund Transfers 1,136 10,600 10.7% 9,454 Total Cemetery Trust Fund 1,136 10,600 10.7% 9,464 3. S f FYI4 Frml Rryr 11nvA13 5 Schedule of Budgetary Compliance Per Resolution #2013-19 For the third month ended September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Year-To-Date Biennial Budget Percent Actuals 2013.2015 Used Balance Parks and Recreation Fund Parks Division 1,001,039 7,469,390 13.4% 6,468,351 Recreation Division 324,344 2,547,830 12.7% 2,223,486 Golf Division 150,143 1,012,880 14.8% 862,737 Transfers - 922,000 0.0% 922,000 Contingency 100,000 0.0% 100,000 Total Parks and Recreation Fund 1,475,525 12,052,100 12.2% 10,576,575 Parks Capital Improvement Fund Materials and Services 17,600 - N/A (17,600) Capital Outlay 268,765 4,851,000 5.5% 4,582,235 Total Parks Capital Improvement Fund 286,365 4,851,000 5.9% 4,564,635 Total Appropriations 18,686,531 186,925,110 10.0% 168,238,579 1V F rwWflgvttltl, t V19tl.13 13 6 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Date 1st Yearof CollectedI Year-To-Dale End-of-Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Actuals 110 General Fund Taxes $ 1,804,426 $ 17,714,683 10.2% $ (15,910,258) $ 1,551,608 $ 12,278,716 Licenses and Permits 211,916 847,275 25.0% (635,359) 166,095 583,679 Intergovernmental 119,394 634,145 18.8% (514,751) 104,353 571,513 Charges for Services 402,316 1,543,225 26.1% (1,140,909) 634,101 1,896,943 Fines 44,556 166,000 26.8% (121,444) 38,205 196,535 Interest on Investments 4,012 21,000 19.1% (16,988) 4,729 22,045 Miscellaneous 29,694 62,000 47.9% (32,306) 22,765 75,991 Transfer in (Reserve Fund) 100,000 100,000 100.0% - - - Transfer ln(Cemetery Fund) 1,136 105,200 1.1% (104,064) 1,226 4,826 Total Revenues and Other Sources 2,717,449 21,193,528 12.8% (18,476,079) 2,523,082 15,630,249 Administration 24,330 218,552 11.1% 194,222 13,704 306,625 Administration - Library 97,016 400,000 24.3% 302,984 94,190 376,759 Administration - Municipal Court 121,499 491,840 24.7% 370,341 102,012 437,057 Administrative Services- Social Services Grants 127,123 127,588 99.6% 465 123,135 123,394 Administrative Services- Economic B Cultural Gr 328,508 704,236 46.6% 375,728 317,450 623,419 Administrative Services - Miscellaneous 9,333 495,957 1.9% 486,624 13,684 43,776 Administrative Services - Band 32,796 59,670 55.0% 26,874 33,889 55,594 Administrative Services - Parks - 3,798,000 0.0% 3,798,000 - - Police Department 1,555,521 6,141,365 25.3% 4,585,844 1,311,436 5,876,126 Fire and Rescue Department 1,622,851 6,434,541 25.2% 4,811,690 1,388,523 5,804,808 Public Works- Cemetery Division 90,249 341,183 26.5% 250,934 76,532 282,274 Community Development- Planning Division 294,848 1,344,863 21.9% 1,050,015 274,636 1,160,288 Community Development- Building Division 166,841 686,921 24.3% 520,080 148,182 649,768 Transfers (Cemetery) 500 1,262 39.6% 762 500 500 Contingency 513,000 00% 513,000 Total Expenditures and Other Uses 4,471,415 21,758,978 20.5% 17,287,563 3,897,873 15,740,388 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses (1,753,966) (565,450) -210.2% (1,188,516) (1,374,791) (110,139) Fund Balance , Jul 1, 2013 3,385,680 3,259,706 103.9% 125,974 3,495,819 3,495,819 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 1,631,714 $ 2,694,256 60.6% $ (1,062,542) $ 2,121,028 $ 3,385,680 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds 515,809 Unassigned Fund Balance $ 1,115,905 vs®FYI,r wyx~im vemn 7 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Dale 1st Year of Collected) Year-To-Date End-of-Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Actuals 250 Community Development Block Fund Intergovernmental $ 175,738 $ 253,262 69.4% $ (77,524) $ 4,832 $ 101,915 Total Revenues and Other Sources 175,736 253,262 694% (77,524) 4,832 101,915 Personal Services 8,697 30,550 28.5% 21,853 5,321 32,446 Materials and Services 175,827 243,901 72.1% 68,074 4,878 69,466 Total Expenditures and Other Uses 184,524 274,451 67.2% 89,927 10,199 101,912 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses (8,786) (21,189) 41.5% 12,403 (5,367) 3 Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 33,801 21,189 159,5% 12,612 33,798 33,798 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 25,015 $ NIA $ 25,015 $ 28,431 $ 33,801 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds 25,015 Unassigned Fund Balance 8 asw rrirrme~nm~,m 8 naspn City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Date 1st Year of Collected) Year-TO-Date End-of-Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Actuals 255 Reserve Fund Interest on Investments $ 1,159 $ 7,000 16.6% $ (5,841) $ 1,446 $ 5,670 Total Revenues and Other Sources 1,159 7,000 16.6% (5,841) 1,446 5,670 Intedund Loan - 500,000 0.0% 500,000 - - Operating Transfer out 190,000 190,000 100.0% Total Expenditures and Other Uses 190,000 690,000 27.5% 500,000 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses (188,841) (683,000) 72.4% 494,159 1,446 5,670 Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 1,019,580 1,019,910 100.0% (330) 1,013,910 1,013,910 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 830,739 $ 336,910 246.6% $ 493,829 $ 1.015.356 $ 1.019.580 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds 830,739 Unassigned Fund Balance $ (01 wevmn 9 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-TO-Dale 1st Year of Collected/ Year-To-Date End-of-Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Actuals 260 Street Fund Taxes $ - $ 23,000 0.0% $ (23,000) $ - $ 55,504 Intergovernmental 284,421 1,776,700 16.0% (1,492,279) 866,160 1,729,083 Charges for Services- Rates 492,023 1,981,100 24.8% (1,489,077) 472,990 1,897,438 Charges for Services- Misc. Service Fees 5,416 20,000 27.1% (14,584) 4,934 23,249 System Development Charges 22,903 65,000 35.2% (42,097) 47,126 129,172 Assessments 6,214 20,000 31.1% (13,786) 6,775 41,048 Interest on Investments 5,691 10,000 56.9% (4,309) 4,169 16,283 Miscellaneous 89,188 11 D,000 81.1% (20,812) 107,307 160,740 Other Financing Sources NIA 1,189,603 Total Revenues and Other Sources 905,856 4,005,800 22.6% (3,099,944) 1,509,461 5,242,121 Public Works- Street Operations 684,722 4,426.254 15.5% 3,741,532 1,227,483 2,951,935 Public Works- Street Operations Debt - 172,187 0.0% 172,187 - - PublicWorks - Storm Water Operations 147,016 651,890 22.6% 504,874 266,987 672,923 Public Works- Storm Water Operations Debt - 13,367 0.0% 13,367 - - PublicWorks - Transportation SDC's 30,111 342,079 8.8% 311,968 51,752 83,061 Public Works- Stan Water SDC's - 65,000 0.0% 65,000 145,539 160.372 Contingency 117,000 0.0% 117,000 Total Expenditures and Other Uses 861,849 5,787,777 14.9% 4,925,928 1,691,761 3,868,291 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses 44,007 (1,761,977) 102.5% 1,825,984 (182,300) 1,373,830 Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 4,417,122 3,185,314 138.7% 1,231,808 3,043,292 3,043,292 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 4,461,129 $ 1,403,337 317.9% $ 3,057,792 $ 2,860,992 $ 4,417,122 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds 4,461,129 Unassigned Fund Balance $ 0 sprrur..,erwvnm ,rzvnn 10 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-TO-Dale 1st Year of Collectedl Year-TO-Date End-of-Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Acluals Actuals 280 Airport Fund Charges for Serv ices - Rates $ 36,832 $ 131,100 28.1% $ (94,268) $ 35,602 $ 124,492 Interest on Investments 156 500 31.2% (344) 124 570 Interfund Loan NIA 19,000 Total Revenues and Other Sources 36,988 131,600 28.1% (94,612) 35,726 144,062 Materials and Services 28,958 71,050 40.8% 42,092 13,961 72,540 Capital Outlay 501 65,000 0.8% 64,500 - - Debt Service - 38,536 0.0% 38,536 - 38,536 Interfund Loan - 19,000 0.0% 19,000 - - Contingency - 5,000 0.0% 5,000 Total Expenditures and Other Uses 29,459 198,586 14.8% 169,128 13,961 111,076 Fxcess(DeOCiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses 7,529 (66,986) 111.2% 74,515 21,765 32,986 Fund Balance, JuI 1, 2013 116,697 101,550 114.9% 15,147 83,711 83,711 Fund Balance , Sep 30, 2013 $ 124,227 $ 34,564 359.4% $ 89,662 $ 105,476 $ 116,697 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds 124,227 Unassigned Fund Balance $ 0 W HY4FY Rqn' lrzsrzon 11 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Date 1st Year of Collected) Year-Wate End-of-Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Actuals 410 Capital Improvements Fund Taxes $ 13,812 $ 456,300 3.0% $ (442,488) $ 16,580 $ 459,918 Intergovernmental - 650,000 0.0% (650,000) 86,194 97,786 Charges for Services - Internal 232,157 928,627 250% (696,470) 232,157 928,627 Charges for Services - Mac. Service Fees 28,218 50,000 56.4% (21,782) 26,232 30,752 System Development Charges 19,202 25,000 76.8% (5,798) 17,547 48,059 Interest on Investments 2,977 12,000 24.8% (9,023) 6,072 18,181 Miscellaneous 88 10,600 0.8% (10,513) - 12,682 Other Financing Sources 1,643,000 0.0% (1,643,000) 506,005 Total Revenues and Other Sources 296,453 3,775,527 7.9% (3,479,074) 384,782 2,102,009 Public Wofks - Facilities 195,443 1,206,255 16.2% 1,010,812 1,013,701 3,975,987 Administrative Services- Open Space (Parks) 2,871 2,143,000 0.1% 2,140,129 40,103 236,466 Transfers (Debt Service Fund) 3,018 156,900 1.9% 153,882 9,055 36,135 Intedund Loan (Equipment Fund) 1,000 - NIA (1,000) 208,000 208,000 Contingency 100,000 0.0% 100,000 Total Expenditures and Other Uses 202,333 3,606,155 5.6% 3,304,822 1,270,859 4,456,587 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses 94,121 169,372 55.6% (75,251) (886,077) (2,354,578) Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 2,094,707 1,689,114 124.0% 405,593 4,449,285 4,449,285 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 2,188,828 $ 1,858,486 117.8% $ 330,342 $ 3,563,209 $ 2,094,707 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds 2,188,827 Unassigned Fund Balance $ 0 narzon 12 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Date 1st Year of CollectedI Year-To-Dale End-of-Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Actuals 530 Debt Services Taxes $ 12,171 $ 477,938 2.5% $ (465,767) $ 7,131 $ 867,848 Charges for Services - Internal 389,623 1,154,300 33.8% (764,677) 386,325 1,154,300 Charges for Services- Misc. Service Fees 65,780 74,520 88.3% (8,740) 18,628 74,172 Assessments - 126,000 0.0% (126,000) - - Interest on Investments 815 10,000 8.2% (9,185) 645 4,737 Miscellaneous - 29,302 0.0% (29,302) 309,782 Interfund Loan - - NIA - - 364,795 Transfer In (CIP) 3,018 157,662 1.9% (154,644) 9,055 36,135 Other Financing Sources NIA 71,851 Total Revenues and Other Sources 471,407 2,029,722 23.2% (1,558,315) 421,784 2,883,619 Materials and Services 5,494 - NIA - - 55,676 Debt Service 1,123,897 2,144,212 52.4% 1,020,315 1,079,674 2,659,975 Intedund Loan (Central Service Fund) 370,000 NIA 370,000 - Total Expenditures and Other Uses 1,129,391 2,514,212 44.9% 1,390,315 1,079,674 2,715,651 Excess(Deliciency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses (657,984) (484,490) -35.8% (173,494) (657,890) 167,968 Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 1150,618 1,121,533 102.6% 29,085 982.650 982,650 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 492,634 $ 637.043 77.3% $ (144,409) $ 324,759 $ 1,150,618 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds 492,634 Unassigned Fund Balance $ uavmio 13 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Dale 1st Year of Collectedl Year-To-Date End-of-Year Acluals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Acluals 670 Water Fund Taxes $ 8 $ - NIA $ 8 $ 6 $ 38 Intergovernmental - - NIA - - 1,969,979 Charges for Services - Rates 2,318,288 5,898,100 39.3% (3,579,812) 1,977,803 5,490,712 Charges for Services- Misc. Service Fees 20,105 - N/A 20,105 14,595 56,849 System Development Charges 107,169 150,000 71.4% (42,831) 95,817 266,196 Interest on Investments 8,019 10,000 80.2% (1,981) 3,383 19,542 Miscellaneous 3,928 5,000 78.6% (1,072) 1,689 477,199 Other Financing Sources NIA 2,547,791 Total Revenues and Other Sources 2,457,517 6,063,100 40.5% (3,605,583) 2,093,293 10,828,306 Administration - Conservation 48,263 212,925 22.7% 164,662 31,641 140,014 Fire- Forest Lands Management Division 87,416 619,257 14.1% 531,841 70,138 2,460,085 Public Works - Water Supply 120,058 356,020 33.7% 235,962 51,222 270,552 Public Works- Water Supply Debt - 22,712 0.0% 22,712 - - PublicWorks - Water Treatment 300,403 1,344,120 22.3% 1,043,717 228,535 1,097,662 Public Works- Water Treatment Debt - 235,312 NIA 235,312 - - PublicWorks - Water Operations 680,111 4,398,420 15.5% 3,718,309 624,173 2,404,199 Public Works- Water Operations Debt - 333,555 NIA 333,555 - - PublicWorks - Improvement SDC's 14,877 235,250 6.3% 220,373 11,849 32,137 Public Works - Debt SDC's - 122,107 0.0% 122,107 - 115,648 Debt Service - - NIA - - 379,343 Intedund Loan (Equipment) - 150,000 0.0% 150,000 - 200,000 Contingency 200,000 0.0% 200,000 - Total Expenditures and Other Uses 1,251,128 8,229,678 15.2% 6,978,550 1,017,558 7,099,639 Excess(De6ciency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses 1,206,389 (2,166,578) 155.7% 3,372,967 1,075,735 3,728,667 Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 6,437,575 5,741,693 112.1% 695,882 2,708,907 2,708,907 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 7,643,963 $ 3,575,115 213.8% $ 4,068,848 $ 3,784,642 $ 6,437,575 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds 4,214,416 Unassigned Fund Balance $ 3,429,547 ).S; fV1,R~d Pgeld1lrzmov 14 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-TO-Dale 1st Year of Collected) Year-To-Dale End-of-Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Actuals 675 Wastewater Fund Taxes $ 55,246 $ 1,734,600 3.2% $ (1,679,354) $ 66,324 $ 1,839,673 Charges for Services - Rates 1,113,130 4,299,100 25.9% (3,185,970) 1,029,531 3,915,092 Charges for Services - Misc. Service Fees - 10,000 NIA (10,000) - 13,250 System Development Charges 22,689 65,000 34.9% (42,311) 29,821 95,132 Interest on Investments 4,391 18,000 24.4% (13,609) 3,614 14,328 Miscellaneous 3,940 2,500 157.6% 1,440 280 1,650,374 Other Financing Sources 813,000 NA (813,000) 592,151 Total Revenues and Other Sources 1,199,394 6,942,200 17.3% (5,742,806) 1,129,570 8,120,000 Public Works- Wastewater Collection 638,092 2,284,361 27.9% 1,646,269 409,135 2,D41,610 Public Works - Wastewater Collection Debt - 76,296 NIA 76,296 - - Public Works- Wastewater Treatment 677,937 3,244,215 20,9% 2,566,278 480,952 2,827,871 Public Works- Wastewater Treatment Debt - 1,629.400 NIA 1,629,400 - Public Works - Reimbursemetns SEC's - 110,000 NIA 110,000 - - PublicWorks - Improvements SDC's 11,125 528,891 2.1% 517,766 1,079 115,454 Debt Service - - NIA - - 1,639,100 Contingency 200,000 NA 200,000 Total Expenditures and Other Uses 1,327,154 8,073,163 16.4% 6,746,009 891,166 6,624,035 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses (127,759) (1,130,963) 88.7% 1,003,204 238,404 1,495,965 Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 4,290,774 3,546,633 121.0% 744,141 2,794,809 2,794,809 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 4,163,015 $ 2,415,670 172.3% $ 1,747,345 $ 3,033,213 $ 4,290,774 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds 2,164,224 Unassigned Fund Balance $ 1,998,791 I r s.o mrr„w ngxm vavmro 15 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Date 1st Year of Collected Year-To-Date End-of-Year Acluals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Acluals 690 Electric Fund Intergovernmental $ 67,405 $ 150,000 44.9% $ (82,595) $ 31,903 $ 148,642 Charges for Services - Rates 3,318,161 13,960,000 23.8% (10,641,839) 2,907,712 12,680,992 Charges for Services- Misc. Service Fees 48,784 280,000 17.4% (231,216) 54,149 257,047 Interest on Investments 2,309 11,000 21.0% (8,691) 2,382 10,536 Miscellaneous 41,919 192,000 21.8% (150,081) 64,130 244,442 Total Revenues and Other Sources 3,478,578 14,593,000 23.8% (11,114,422) 3,060,277 13,341,659 Administration - Conservation 145,330 829,160 17.5% 683,830 108,394 469,545 Electric - Supply 1,504,634 6,762,610 22.2% 5,257,976 1,441,218 6,091,977 Electric - Distribution 1,485,517 6,754,394 22.0% 5,268,877 1,368,112 5,980,019 Electric - Transmission 229,446 1,080,712 21.2% 851,266 252,488 866,385 Debt Service - 24,023 NIA 24,023 - 24,293 Contingency 464,000 NIA 464,000 Total Expenditures and Other Uses 3,364,927 15,914,899 21.1% 12,549,972 3,170,212 13,432,219 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses 113,651 (1,321,899) 108.6% 1,435,550 (109,935) (90,560) Fund Balance , Jul 1, 2013 2,327,540 2,334,310 99.7% (6,770) 2,418,100 2,418,100 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 2,441,191 $ 1,012,411 241.1% $ 1,428,780 $ 2,308,164 $ 2,327,540 Reconciliation of Fund Balance- Restricted and Committed Funds Unassigned Fund Balance $ 2,441,191 &p FYn FL Ry vesmn 18 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Dale 1st Year of Collected/ Year-To-Dale End-of-Year Acluals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Actuals 691 Telecommunications Fund Charges for Services - Rates $ 481,793 S 1,935,843 24.9% $ (1,454,050) $ 460,858 $ 1,896,106 Interest on Investments 312 1,000 31.2% (688) 501 1,733 Miscellaneous 500 0.0% (500) 13,092 13,092 Total Revenues and Other Sources 482,106 1,937,343 24.9% (1,455,237) 474,452 1,910,931 Personal Services 162,254 636,960 25.5% 474,706 111,354 575,775 Materials & Services 219,130 918,881 23.6% 699,751 201,030 851,943 Capital Oullay 63,654 193,000 33.0% 129,346 15,366 73,531 Debt- Transfer to Debt Service Fund 200,000 409,000 48.9% 209,000 200,000 409,000 Contingency 75,000 NIA 75,000 Total Expenditures and Other Uses 645,039 2,232,841 28.9% 1,587,803 527,751 1,910,249 Exxtss(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses (162,933) (295,498) 55.1% 132,565 (53,299) 682 Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 587,625 506,092 116.1% 81,533 586,943 586,943 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 424,692 $ 210,594 201.7% $ 214,098 $ 533,644 $ 587,625 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds Unassigned Fund Balance $ 424,692 r. a,o w,. r~.,aa wAxm 17 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-TO-Date 1st Year of CollectedI Year-To-Date End-of-Year Acluals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Acluals 710 Central Service Fund Taxes $ 2,984 $ 67,900 4.4% $ (64,916) $ 4,538 $ 62,793 Intergovernmental - - NIA - - - ChargesforServices - Internal 1,489,313 5,965,250 25.0% (4,475,938) 1,437,200 5,748,800 Charges for Services- Misc. Service Fees 72,703 298,000 24.4% (225,297) 43,414 163,828 Interest on Investments 3,375 5,000 67.5% (1,625) 1,820 11,121 Miscellaneous 28,107 113,000 24.9% (64,893) 28,234 107,103 Intedund Loan (Debt Service) - 370,000 NIA 370,000 - - Operating Transfer in 90,000 90,000 100.0% Total Revenues and Other Sources 1,686,482 6,909,150 24.4% (4,482,668) 1,515,206 6,093,646 Administration Department 358,266 1,488,066 24.1% 1,129,800 303,646 1,288,745 Information Technology- Info Services Division 244,382 1,309,819 183% 1,065,437 214,085 896,008 Administrative Services Department 470,512 2,020,472 23.3% 1,549,960 398,453 1,874,269 City Recorder Division 104,934 350,890 29.9% 245,956 79,601 360,310 Public Works -Administration and Engineering 418,533 1,657,040 25.3% 1,238,507 350,332 1,440,649 Intefund Loan - - N/A - - 364,795 Contingency - 50,000 N/A 50,000 - Total Expenditures and Other Uses 1,596,627 6,876,287 23.2% 5,279,660 1,346,117 6,224,776 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses 89,855 32,863 273.4% 56,992 169,089 (131,130) Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 853,281 721,405 118.3% 131,876 994,411 984,411 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 943,136 $ 754,268 125.0% $ 188,868 $ 1,153,500 $ 853,281 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds Unassigned Fund Balance $ 943,136 _ I '.sows, r..,aawoxm 18 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Date 1st Year of Collected/ Year-To-Date Enda6Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Acluals Actuals 720 Insurance Service Fund Charges for Services - Internal $ 183,845 $ 729,705 25.2% $ (545,860) $ 179,320 $ 742,548 Interest OR Investments 1,187 5,000 23.7% (3,813) 1,259 5,116 Miscellaneous 183,861 30,000 612.9% 153,861 25 35,759 Total Revenues and Other Sources 368,893 764,705 48.2% (395,812) 180,604 783,423 Personal Services 22,370 88,310 25.3% 65,940 19,344 77,722 Materials and Services 432,305 723,250 59.8% 290,945 339,982 618,396 Contingency 150,000 N/A 150,000 - Total Expenditures and Other Uses 454,675 961,560 47.3% 506,885 359,326 696,118 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses (85,782 (196,855) 43.6% 111,073 (178,722) 87,305 Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 848,857 819,457 103.6% 29,400 761,552 761,552 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 763,075 $ 622,602 122.6% $ 140,473 $ 582,831 E 848,857 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds Unassigned Fund Balance $ 763,075 so rrnur..,m awnm 19 ism =34 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Date 1st Year of CollectedI Year-TO-Dale End-of-Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Actuals 725 Health Benefits Fund Charges for Services - Internal $ 1,000,921 $ 3,996,855 25.0% $ (2,995,934) $ - $ - Interest on Investments 99 10,000 1.0% (9,901) - - Miscellaneous 211,795 - NIA 211,795 - - Interfund Loan (Reserve Fund) 500,000 NIA (501 Total Revenues and Other Sources 1,212,815 4,506,855 26.9% (3,294,040) - - Personal Services - - NIA - - - Materials and Services 935,925 3,908,496 23.9% 2,972,571 - - Intedund Loan - - NIA - - - Contingency 250,000 NIA 250,000 Total Expenditures and Other Uses 935,925 4,158,496 22.5% 3,222,571 - Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses 276,890 348,359 79.5% (71,469) - Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 0.0% Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 276,890 $ 348,359 79.5% $ (71,469) $ - $ Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds 276,890 Unassigned Fund Balance E l.Pq rylPGiwdIPWtb, 112YAtl 20 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Date 1st Year of Collected) Year-To-Date End-of-Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Acluals Actuals 730 Equipment Fund Intergovernmental $ - $ - NIA $ - $ 120,5D4 $ 124,928 Charges for Services - Internal 451,098 1,636,394 27.6% (1,185,296) 440,391 1,760,874 Charges for Services - Misc. Service Fees 20,501 35,000 58.6% (14,499) 26,777 73,235 Interest on Investments 5,413 26,000 20,8% (20,587) 5,637 23,675 Miscellaneous 222 56,000 0.4% (55,778) 30 26,856 Interfund Loan (Airport B Water Fund) 1,000 169,000 0.6% (168,000) 208,000 408,000 Total Revenues and Other Sources 478,235 1,922,394 24.9% (1,444,159) 801,339 2,417,568 Public Works - Maintenance 261,272 1,018,575 25.7% 757,303 241,930 1.001,756 Public Works - Purchasing and Acquisition 17,785 2,398,000 0.7% 2,380,215 129,315 519,054 Intedund Loan - - NIA - - 19,000 Contingency 103,000 NIA 103,000 Total Expenditures and Other Uses 279,057 3,519,575 7.9% 3,240,518 371,245 1,539,810 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses 199,178 (1,597,181) 1`12.5% 1,796,359 430,094 877,758 Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 3,357,663 2,831,016 118.6% 526.647 2,479,905 2,479,905 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 3,556,841 $ 1,233,835 288.3% $ 2,323,006 $ 2,909,998 $ 3,357,663 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds Unassigned Fund Balance $ 3,556,841 ~.sy mrn..,..,m. uavmio 21 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Date 1st Year of Collected) Year-To-Date End-of-Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Actuals 810 Cemetery Fund Charges for Services $ 5,620 $ 25,000 22.5% $ (19,380) $ 5,017 $ 12,301 Interest on Investments 1,136 5,200 21.8% (4,064) 1,226 4,826 Transfer In (General Fund) 500 500 1000% 500 500 Total Revenues and Other Sources 7,256 30,700 23.6% (23,444) 6,744 17,627 Transfers 1,136 5,200 21.8% 4,064 1,226 4,826 Total Expenditures and Other Uses 1,136 5,200 21,8% 4,064 1,226 4,826 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses 6,120 25,500 24.0% (19,380) 5,518 12,801 Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 874,045 886,744 98.6% (12,699) 861,244 861,244 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 880,165 $ 912,244 96.5% $ 1079L$ 866,762 $ 874,045 Reconciliation of Fund Balance- Restricted and Committed Funds 880,165 Unassigned Fund Balance $ 0 &p fVlrf,~rM eyT6iasrzoo 22 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-TO-Date 1st Year of Collected) Year-TO-Date End-of-Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Actuals Actuals 211 Parks and Recreation Fund Taxes $ - $ - NIA $ - $ 41,232 $ 4,434,223 Charges for Services - Internal - 3,798,000 NIA (3,798,000) - - Charges for Servkes - Misc. Service Fees 238,334 883,450 27.0% (645,116) 247,444 839,835 Interest on Investments 2,185 13,000 16.8% (10,815) 2,775 14,178 Miscellaneous 2,096 34,000 6.2% (31,904) 30,025 42,501 Total Revenues and Other Sources 242,616 4,728,450 5.1% (4,485,834) 321,476 5,330,737 Parks Division 1,001,039 3,704,790 27.0% 2,703,751 1,172,920 3,855,745 Recreation Division 324,344 1,262,610 25.7% 938,266 279,812 1,184,861 Golf Division 150,143 499,410 30.1% 349,267 129,617 419,248 Other Financing Uses - Transfers - 602,000 0.0% 602,000 - 350,000 Contingency 50,000 0.0% 50,000 Total Expenditures and Other Uses 1,475,525 6,118,810 241% 4,643,285 1,582,349 5,809,854 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses (1,232,909) (1,390,360) 11.3% 157,451 (1,260,873) (479,117) Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 1,783,435 1,973,756 90.4% (190,321) 2,242,227 2,242,227 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 S 550,526 $ 583,396 94.4% $ (32,870) $ 981,355 $ 1,783,435 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds Unassigned Fund Balance $ 550,526 Sp FYI4 F,sb Fp ,II, 1.11 23 City of Ashland Statement of Resources, Requirements, and Changes in Fund Balance September 30, 2013 Fiscal Year 2014 Percent Fiscal Year 2013 Fiscal Year 2013 Year-To-Date 1st Year of CollectedI Year-Tc-Date End-of-Year Actuals Biennial Budget Expended Balance Acluals Acluals 411 Parks Capital Improvement Fund Charges for Services $ - $ 29,000 NIA $ (29,000) $ - $ 96,635 Intergovernmental - 2,143,000 NIA (2,143,000) - - Interest on Investments 408 2,000 20.4% (1,592) 630 1,955 Miscellaneous - - NIA - - 20,954 Transfer In (Park Fund) 602,000 NIA (602,000) 350,000 Total Revenues and Other Sources 408 2,776,000 0.0% (2,775,592) 630 469,544 Materials and Services 17,600 - N/A (17,600) 2,901 25,081 Capital Outlay 268,765 2,745,000 9.8% 2,476,235 135,822 505,963 Total Expenditures and Other Uses 286,365 2,745,000 10.4% 2,458,635 138,723 531,044 Excess(Deficiency) of Revenues and Other Sources over Expenditures and Other Uses (285,957) 31,000 -922,4% (316,957) (138,093) (61,500) Fund Balance, Jul 1, 2013 387,632 239,032 162.2% 148,600 449,132 449,132 Fund Balance, Sep 30, 2013 $ 101,675 $ 270,032 37.7% $ (168,357) $ 311,039 $ 387,632 Reconciliation of Fund Balance: Restricted and Committed Funds 100,000 Unassigned Fund Balance $ 1,675 ~.sgrrrxrrwix~ovm 24 ivaxn