Elizabeth – Yes, I do have thoughts!
In fact, yesterday at a Clackamas County CM meeting I was doing some very crude math on a street utility. A question from a few Councilors has been “what do we do about the street utility?” With the potential $180,000 from the County VRF (although I understand there is a movement afoot for a referendum) we could combine that money with a $5 or $6 utility and be close to where we thought we would be with the $11 utility. We need a funding source even if we applied for a grant.
Streets like West Lane fall under that developer or redevelopment category. But you are right, it may take time.
Dan Huff
City Manager
City of Molalla, Oregon
(503) 829-6855
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From: Gerald Fisher <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2019 10:01 AM
To: Elizabeth Klein <eklein@cityofmolalla.com>
Cc: Dan Huff <dhuff@cityofmolalla.com>
Subject: RE: West Lane
Hi Elizabeth,
Good questions. The short answer is my monies that could be used for matching funds are tapped out. We have commitments to the Hwy 211 bike/ped federal project, Hwy 213/Toliver project, future construction of Hwy 213/Toliver intersection, signal at Molalla/Hwy 211, and a potential signal at Leroy/Hwy 211 as part of a development application that just came in. Our funding sources that we have available will be committed for the next 4-6 years through construction of those projects and maybe a little bit beyond that.
Without a separate funding source there is no more money left to spend on improvements or staff to deliver projects. There is only one project manager for capital projects right now and that is me (See Director’s report) plus I have to manage staff and private development. I am worried that I will not have enough money with the Urgent Care project (they haven’t officially applied yet so we cant talk about it publicly) to have them build a full street improvement with a reimbursement back from the City for the north half. That would take care of about 50% of the project you are talking about. We also had a development interest on the north end of Hezzie at Toliver that could have moved the Hezzie extension/connection forward and I don’t have funding to do that either.
Dan and I have spent a bunch of time strategizing how we can make all of the pieces fit together all over the City and it always comes back to not enough funding and difficult timing when we do have funding. Dan may have some more thoughts on other funding opportunities but I have to work with cash on hand and not being in a situation where we can meet our commitments we already have in the queue. Thanks Elizabeth.
Regards,
Gerald Fisher, P.E. | Public Works Director
City of Molalla
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From: Elizabeth Klein <eklein@cityofmolalla.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2019 9:21 AM
To: Gerald Fisher <gfisher@cityofmolalla.com>
Cc: Dan Huff <dhuff@cityofmolalla.com>
Subject: Re: West Lane
Thanks for the very detailed report 
With the new crosswalk across 211 and the new subdivision, it seems like this is going to be an even hotter traffic area (vehicles combined with bikes / foot traffic ). I'm super concerned about the kiddos safety walking down that street, cars dodging the potholes, and no sidewalks or walking paths.
Trying to think outside the box on how we could move something along to improve the situation. Does this have to be an actual street for vehicles, or could all (or a portion) of it be converted to a pedestrian/bike path only lane? I'd hate to lose my driving shortcut over to the new subdivision (personally), but very concerned about the people on foot or bikes.
I can't envision the school district doing anything in the near future related to development / redevelopment. Wasn't aware that the Urgent Care facility had any additional plans for growth. It seems like we should coordinate a conversation with all parties sooner than later to look at options, rather than waiting for others to do something regarding development. That could take years!
Does something like this fall under the safe routes to school? https://www.oregonsaferoutes.org/ Could there be some grant monies available??
Thanks for your unending patience with my constant pushing of the envelope 
Elizabeth Klein
City Council
City of Molalla
503-829-6855
