E.M. Easterly moved approval of the February 20, 2017 minutes. Ron Jaymot 2 nd, motion CARRIES unanimously

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1 West Salem Neighborhood Association March 6, 2017 In Attendance: attendance sheet is attached Meeting is called to order at 7:00 pm Pledge of allegiance Introductions Approval of Minutes from February 20, 2017 E.M. Easterly moved approval of the February 20, 2017 minutes. Ron Jaymot 2 nd, motion CARRIES unanimously Salem Police Officer Report Officer Michael Sommers explained that the new police facility will be up for a vote on May 6. Before then, he will provide more information so voters may make an informed decision. Officer Sommers answered questions from the neighbors. The non- emergency police number is Non-emergency complaints may also be made on line police@cityofsalem.net This phone number and web address is for non-emergency only. For emergencies, call 911. To contact Neighbor to Neighbor to resolve neighborhood issues, call Contact Officer Sommers: (503) msommers@cityofsalem.net Committee Reports Announcements from Co-Chairs Steve Anderson announced front page press coverage in the West Side Newspaper about the West Salem Neighborhood Association by Merrily McCabe and Robert Coe. Page 6 of the publication featured the Edgewater Report. Steve announced that SKATS (Salem Keizer Salem- Keizer Area Transportation Study) will attend the March 20 WSNA meeting to discuss 1

2 transportation funding for the next 6 years. Property at 1890 Eola Drive NW will be surplused by the City. There is no access to the property. The Co-Chairs plan to request the opportunity to keep part of this property for public use. Steve announced an open house at the Broadway commons on March 7, 2017 from 4:00 pm until 7:00 pm about bicycle and pedestrian pathways in Salem. He also announced an art contest for middle school students offered by the Oregon Health Authority. The Salem Strategic Plan is due soon from the Salem City Council. Communities and connectivity is one of the focuses advanced to the City Council by WSNA Co- Chairs. Community Safety and Preparedness: for information S-J.com/prepared Edgewater Report: Jessica Preis, the City of Salem Neighborhood Partnership Program Coordinator for the Edgewater Neighborhood announced some of the activities of the Edgewater Partnership. They focus on their Facebook page, an information hub Urban Grange offers information about Edgewater Neighborhood activities, and a West Salem news column. Currently, they are working on placing an information kiosk in West Salem Park. The Edgewater group meets on the 3 rd Tuesday at 1:00 PM at the West Salem Boys and Girls Club, 925 Gerth St. NW. All are welcome. The next Edgewater Walk is March 12 at 1:00 PM beginning at the Urban Grange. For more information contact Dwayne Hilty or Dwayne@SalemLF.org Glenn and Gibson Creeks Watershed Council: E.M. Easterly reports: meets Tuesday, March 21, 5:30 pm at Salemtowne in the Breezeway Room. The GGCWSC is currently developing work plan and strategic plan for the next two years. Land Use: Kathleen Dewoina, Chair - Kathleen presented the committee s comments and report on the Whispering Heights Traffic Impact Study. E.M. Easterly moved and Robert Coe 2 nd to adopt the report. Motion CARRIES unanimously. The report is included in these minutes as an attachment. Land Use concerns and comments to Kathleen Dewoina, Land Use Chair, dewoina@aol.com 2

3 Salem-Keizer School District: Candidates Forum for the School Board position to represent West Salem will be held at the April 3, 2017 WSNA meeting. Traffic Nick Fortey will check into Level of Service for Wallace Road intersections Glen Creek Road and Orchard Heights. Old Business: Update on Wallace Road Bike Crossing Project Herb Shaw presented his project for a bicycle/pedestrian bridge beside Highway 22 over Wallace Road NW at the Edgewater intersection to the West Salem Redevelopment Advisory Board on March 1. Co-Chair Steve Anderson attended the Grant NA meeting to ask for their support for the project. Update on City of Salem Base Flood Level Map revision task force membership Co-Chair Steve Anderson has met with the City of Salem Public Works Department and has secured West Salem membership on this task force. He will try for two positions so that both the WSNA and the Glenn and Gibson Creeks WSC may be represented. New Business Andie DiBiase, Willamette University presented a survey as part of a study she is doing about Women s Access to urban Parks in Salem and the Impacts on Mental Health. Ms. DiBiase distributed her survey and asked neighbors to respond. Britany Randall, Land Use Planner for the Project Delivery Group presented information about a 6 lot residential development in the area of Doaks Ferry / Glenn Creek Road NW Urban Renewal efforts in West Salem Steve Anderson and Kathleen Dewoina met with Brian Colborne and Tory Banford, City of Salem Urban Development staff, to discuss WSNA concerns and priorities for West Salem redevelopment. Key issues were: 3

4 Zoning that supports the Salem Comprehensive and the West Salem Neighborhood Plans The need to protect the dike that is 2 nd Street NW so the Edgewater neighborhood is not put at risk either of flooding or of having insurance rates raised prohibitively. The need for a grade separated bike and pedestrian crossing over Wallace Road Preserving the historic and pedestrian friendly character of the Edgewater Neighborhood, including the need to properly buffer residential from industrial zones Compare the cost of overcrossing of Wallace Road with undercrossing The Urban Renewal staff will present at the April 3 WSNA meeting SKATs traffic study and WSNA response SKATS traffic study and changes to West Salem transportation system is at MWVCOG.org Comments on the plan are due April 11, SKATS staff will present at the WSNA March 20 meeting. Land Use Committee will prepare recommendations for action at the April 3, 2017 meeting. Co-Chair Steve Anderson reminded the audience that the Edgewater Plan and the West Salem Neighborhood Plan were attached to the March 6, 2017 agenda. He urged neighbors to review and become familiar with the plans to be able to discuss West Salem redevelopment as it proceeds. The meeting is adjourned at 9:00 pm Respectfully submitted, Linda Bierly, Secretary 4

5 Contacts: co-chairs: Steve Anderson Evan Sorce City Councilor Ward 1 Cara Kaser ckaser@cityofsalem.net City Councilor Ward 8 Jim Lewis jlewis@cityofsalem.net Attachment: WSNA Land Use Committee Report on Whispering Heights subdivision TIA adopted by the WSNA on March 6,

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7 WSNA Land Use Committee March 2, 2017 Whispering Heights Traffic Impact Study The West Salem Neighborhood Land Use Committee reviewed the Traffic Impact Analysis prepared by Lancaster Engineering for the Whispering Heights subdivision. The committee noted that the allocation of traffic counts among Michigan City Lane 40%, Rogers Lane 35%, and Conner Street 25% was by assumption. The assumption is not supported by any apparent reasoning. The route to Conner Street is long and circuitous involving many residential street intersections. Michigan City Lane is short and direct. Until Christina is fully developed as a collector, 25% of the trips via Conner could be significantly overstated. At 40%, Michigan City Lane reaches Level of Service E at evening peak hours. If most trips ( 60% -80%) into and from the subdivision were via Michigan City Lane, the most direct route to Wallace Road, could Level of Service F be reached? Level of Service F indicates a significant amount of congestion and delay. What operational mitigation would be deemed necessary at Level of Service F at Michigan City Lane and Wallace Road? The Traffic Impact Study does not address impacts on Wallace Road. The West Salem Neighborhood Association and its Land Use Committee have repeatedly heard that new development along Wallace Road and even redevelopment in the West Salem Urban Renewal Area is constrained by the Oregon Department of Transportation until actions to mitigate Wallace Road Congestion are taken. Traffic Impact Analyses that do not address traffic impact on Wallace Road must be deemed deficient. The Whispering Heights Subdivision is not an isolated case. Land at Linwood and Orchard Heights recently rezoned from RM1 to RM2, Trinity Estates Subdivision, proposed redevelopment at 9 th and Glen Creek, redevelopment in West Salem s Urban Renewal areas, are projects that will add to the traffic load in the Wallace Road corridor. Additional developments currently adding to the load include Nature s View, Wallace Hills, Bella Rosa Villa, Brush College Estates, Brush College Hills, Dream Valley Estates, West Meadows Estates, Cascade Overview, Kingwood Heights and Eagle View Phase IV, to name a few. In a letter to the Planning Commission from the Director of Public Works, dated March 18, 2014, the City s Policy on Level of Service was clearly stated:

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9 Although the proximal impact of the Whispering Heights subdivision is at Michigan City Lane at Wallace Road and Rogers Lane at Wallace Road, with some contribution at Brush College and Wallace Road, increasing congestion on Wallace Road brings awareness to Glen Creek and Orchard Heights intersections with Wallace Road. The committee suggested Level of Service Analyses at these intersections would help define the challenges in the Wallace Road Corridor. Systemic mitigation efforts on the Wallace Road corridor should be implemented to accommodate the currently planned single family and multi-family subdivisions and redevelopment projects. Traffic congestion mitigation projects include but may not be limited to: Acquisition of Right of Way and development of Marine Drive from Harritt to 5 th Street as a local access collector with Bike Ped Boulevard. Murlark Patterson Edgewater circuit. Improvements to Rosemont/Eola interchange. Improvements to Doaks Ferry Hwy 22 interchange. Improvements to signaling to enhance traffic flow. Improvements to bridge ramps to enhance traffic flow. Grade separation of bicycle pedestrian facilities for safety and enhanced traffic flow. Few recent developments appear to have met the threshold for Traffic Impact Analyses. Nevertheless, the cumulative impacts on the West Salem transportation system structure are apparent and significant. The committee respectfully requests Traffic Impact Studies with new development reasonably address impact on the Wallace Road Corridor. Respectfully submitted, Kathleen Dewoina West Salem Neighborhood Association Land Use Committee