RE: STOWERS AND MAIN IN MOLALLA SIDEWALK CLOSURE REQUEST FOR SOUTH WEST CORNER ONLY

From: Gerald Fisher

Sent: Wed Apr 19 11:15:18 2017

To: KIEFFER Loretta L; CHRISTOPHER Basil R

Cc: KEYES Michael E; BACON Dan W; GUTIERREZ Rodger C

Subject: RE: STOWERS AND MAIN IN MOLALLA SIDEWALK CLOSURE REQUEST FOR SOUTH WEST CORNER ONLY

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Hi Loretta,

I had about $200 to put towards the closed crosswalk. I don't have enough for an additional ramp but can put $200 towards it as our share if that works.

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From: KIEFFER Loretta L <Loretta.L.KIEFFER@odot.state.or.us>

Date: 4/19/17 8:01 AM (GMT-08:00)

To: 'Gerald Fisher' <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>, CHRISTOPHER Basil R <Basil.R.CHRISTOPHER@odot.state.or.us>

Cc: KEYES Michael E <Michael.E.KEYES@odot.state.or.us>, BACON Dan W <Dan.W.BACON@odot.state.or.us>, GUTIERREZ Rodger C <Rodger.C.GUTIERREZ@odot.state.or.us>

Subject: RE: STOWERS AND MAIN IN MOLALLA SIDEWALK CLOSURE REQUEST FOR SOUTH WEST CORNER ONLY

Ok we have to put in a double ramp. Do either of you have any extra money to pay the contractor a little extra to instead of putting in a single ramp to put in a double ramp?

From: Gerald Fisher [mailto:gfisher@cityofmolalla.com]

Sent: Friday, April 14, 2017 1:58 PM

To: KIEFFER Loretta L; KEYES Michael E; BACON Dan W

Cc: MAO Chhommony; CHRISTOPHER Basil R

Subject: RE: STOWERS AND MAIN IN MOLALLA SIDEWALK CLOSURE REQUEST FOR SOUTH WEST CORNER ONLY

Hi Loretta,

It appears that sending pedestrians into a driveway, commercial or otherwise, is missing from the Feb 7 Guidelines. Pedestrians being directed in to a driveway where backing out and turning movements into and out of the driveway may exist seems to me to be inherently dangerous for pedestrians. My recommendation would be to allow for the crosswalk to be forced to the east side of the T intersection at Stowers and Hwy 211 and I can authorize the removal of the north side street tree within the ROW to make this intersection safer for pedestrians.

Regards,

Gerald Fisher, P.E. | Public Works Director

City of Molalla

117 N Molalla Ave. | PO Box 248 |Molalla, OR 97038

Office: 503.829.6855 | Direct: 503.759.0218

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From: KIEFFER Loretta L [mailto:Loretta.L.KIEFFER@odot.state.or.us]

Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 12:59 PM

To: KEYES Michael E <Michael.E.KEYES@odot.state.or.us>; BACON Dan W <Dan.W.BACON@odot.state.or.us>

Cc: MAO Chhommony <Chhommony.MAO@odot.state.or.us>; 'Gerald Fisher' <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>; CHRISTOPHER Basil R <Basil.R.CHRISTOPHER@odot.state.or.us>

Subject: FW: STOWERS AND MAIN IN MOLALLA SIDEWALK CLOSURE REQUEST FOR SOUTH WEST CORNER ONLY

I looked at the guidelines for closing a x-walk. It does not look possible to close a x-walk at this location. See attached.

How do you want to proceed? Evidently the contractor will not put in 2 ramps unless he gets more money. Is there any money available? Or should I just have them fill the hole in with asphalt or gravel or something?

From: MAO Chhommony

Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 12:34 PM

To: KIEFFER Loretta L

Cc: GORG Atousa

Subject: FW: STOWERS AND MAIN IN MOLALLA SIDEWALK CLOSURE REQUEST FOR SOUTH WEST CORNER ONLY

Loretta,

Attached is example of T intersection crosswalk closure request that can be supported by Region Traffic. Also there is guideline documentation that we use to determine when/where and what condition would warrant the consideration of a legal closure request that can be approved. It could be hard to justifying reasons to legally close the crossing at OR211 & Stowers Rd. Please call me to discuss further before submitting application.

Thanks,

Mony

From: KIEFFER Loretta L

Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2017 10:44 AM

To: MAO Chhommony

Cc: KEYES Michael E

Subject: RE: STOWERS AND MAIN IN MOLALLA SIDEWALK CLOSURE REQUEST FOR SOUTH WEST CORNER ONLY

There is no development plan that I can send you. The contractor went to work without a permit. The contractor dug out the existing ramp and now there is a hole. We need to get a ramp back in there.

From: KIEFFER Loretta L

Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2017 10:58 AM

To: MAO Chhommony

Cc: KEYES Michael E

Subject: STOWERS AND MAIN IN MOLALLA SIDEWALK CLOSURE REQUEST FOR SOUTH WEST CORNER ONLY

Hello Mony, I would like to discuss this crosswalk closure with you. A little bit of the background on this is in the email below. This was a private development where they walked away over 2 years ago (before the ADA law suit) and did not finish their frontage improvements. The city was able to convince the contractor in to coming back and finishing the ADA ramp. Both the city and ODOT want to put in a one way ramp across Stowers. The reason for this is because across Main street (HWY 211) peds would be led in to the middle of a driveway. Because this is private development there is no nexus to make them do the ADA ramps on every corner. Requiring the private development to put in a bunch of other ADA ramps could cause a Nolan/Dolan case on the proportionality test which could cause ODOT to be sued. So we are looking at the southwest corner only. Would you be willing to do the crosswalk closure paper work? Please call me so we can discuss. We can meet if you like.

From: KIEFFER Loretta L

Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2017 7:55 AM

To: CHRISTOPHER Basil R

Subject: FW: STOWERS AND MAIN IN MOLALLA

What is the status of moving this project forward?

From: Gerald Fisher [mailto:gfisher@cityofmolalla.com]

Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 8:52 AM

To: KIEFFER Loretta L

Subject: RE: STOWERS AND MAIN IN MOLALLA

Hi Loretta,

Yep, I don’t think ODOT will be able to get this from the contractor. The project is about 2 years old and they have come back in to finish but we have no hammer to hold them to this level of survey, design, and construction for a simple ramp replacement. Thanks.

Regards,

Gerald Fisher, P.E. | Public Works Director

City of Molalla

117 N Molalla Ave. | PO Box 248 |Molalla, OR 97038

Office: 503.829.6855 | Direct: 503.759.0218

From: KIEFFER Loretta L [mailto:Loretta.L.KIEFFER@odot.state.or.us]

Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 11:27 AM

To: Gerald Fisher (gfisher@cityofmolalla.com) <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>

Subject: STOWERS AND MAIN IN MOLALLA

Hi Gerald, Please call me when you get this.

Loretta Kieffer

District 2C Access Coordinator

999 NW Frontage Rd. Suite 250

Troutdale, OR

503-667-7441

Work Hours 6:30am – 4pm Monday –Thursday

Work Hours 6:30am -10:30am Friday.

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From: KIEFFER Loretta L

Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2017 10:45 AM

To: KIEFFER Loretta L

Subject: EXAMPLE