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Council Minutes of 9-7-2021 Councilman Schumann moved to amend Ordinance 2021-50. The motion was seconded by Councilman Brossard and passed unanimously. Roll Call: Yes: Schumann, Brossard, Williamson, Kelly, Glassburn, Hemann No: None Motion carried. Ordinance 2021-50 amended 6-0. Councilman Schumann asked for a moment of personal privilege. A couple mornings ago in Bretton Ridge a car crashed into two cars parked in the driveway. The subject fled, leaving behind a bumper and blurry security image. The police were able to take a suspect into custody within a day. The chief reported this was old fashioned police work to get the suspect. Kudos to the Police Department. Thank you. Councilman Kelly Vice Chairman of the Streets & Transportation Committee: The Streets & Transportation Committee met on Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at 7:43 p.m. Present were committee members Limpert, Kelly and Glassburn; Council members Brossard, Hemann, Schumann and Williamson; Council President Jones; Mayor Kennedy, Director of Finance Copfer, Director of Law Gareau, Director of Planning & Community Development Lieber and guests. • Discussed was Ordinance 2021-53. An Ordinance authorizing the Director of Planning & Community Development to request proposals from qualified engineering firms for engineering services for the installation of a Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon for the Clague Park Crosswalk Signalization Project and further authorizing the Mayor, subject to approval of the Board of Control, to enter into an agreement with the engineer selected in the RFP process, and declaring an emergency. The meeting discussed various scenarios and differences between moving forward with the pedestrian Hybrid Beacon engineering by the City versus a similar request combined with creating a left turn lane on Clague Road in conjunction with repaving as part of a proposal for an ODOT safety grant. Follow-ups were requested of Director Lieber related to the difference in engineering costs for the Hybrid Beacon if self-funded versus part of the Safety Grant funding. The thought would be to apply to ODOT before engineering was done versus moving forward with engineering on its own. The committee voted to hold the legislation in committee 3-0. • Following the meeting Director Lieber notified Council ODOT had officially rolled out the changes to its Safety program. Moving forward the Safety Program will have abbreviated and formal applications. Formal applications will be accepted once per year and abbreviated applications will be accepted quarterly. The threshold for abbreviated applications has been reduced to $250,000. The program has also been modified with a new threshold standard where at least 30% of the crashes must result in injury or fatality. This means the turn lane at Maple Ridge will no longer qualify for safety funds. However, the pedestrian improvements can be considered below that threshold. The City could apply for the Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon only under the abbreviated process. The next E