ON THE AGENDA Here are a few...

ON THE AGENDA

Here are a few of the items the council will consider Monday.

TRAFFIC FEE REVIEW

The council will conduct its annual review of the traffic impact

fee program and decide whether to continue the fee of $177 per

average daily trip generated by a new development.

State and city code require a traffic impact fee study to

establish justification for imposing the fees on any new development.

The fees fund transportation improvements necessitated by new

commercial, industrial and residential developments.

In April 2002, staff prepared a new traffic impact fee study based

on information in the general plan update adopted by the council in

January 2002.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Since the completion of the study, no significant changes have

been made to the general plan or the circulation requirements that

would warrant a revision of the traffic impact fee study. So staff

recommends continuing the fees until the next annual update.

TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS

The council will consider the appointment of new members to the

Downtown and Eastside Transportation Ad Hoc Committee.

The committee was approved by the council in May 2001, and 13

members were selected in October 2001. There are three vacancies.

In September, the council approved the extension of the

committee’s term by four months to next February to give it more time

to come up with recommendations and to hold a public workshop to get

comments from business owners and residents.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The council can either fill the vacancies or leave them open

because of the limited time the committee has left.