City Council

The City of Columbia City In Columbia County on the Columbia River STREET COMMITTEE MINUTES FEBRUARY 9, 2021 MEETING Community Hall, 1850 Second Street, Columbia City 6:30 p.m. Attendees: Gordon Thistle, Council Committee Member & Chair Katrina Claridge, Council Committee Member David Jensen, Committee Member Jeff Peterson, Committee Member Micah Rogers, Public Works Superintendent Mike McGlothlin, City Administrator Chair Thistle called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan: Members reviewed the current list of streets projects contained in the Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), with the City Administrator and Public Works Superintendent providing an update as to the status of the various projects listed within the CIP. The City Administrator also informed the committee that due to several projects having reached a completed status; efforts would focus on the planning and financing of the Pavement Restoration Project for C, H, and Calvin Streets as well as the E Street Improvements from Sixth Street to Highway 30. It was the consensus of the Committee to not shift any projects within the Five Year Plan until further information was gathered in regards to the scope of work and financial estimates for the two projects. Discussion also took place in regards of identifying City streets that needed to be added to the CIP so that they could be repaired/improved. 1st Street, from K Street to E Street, and 2nd Place, from I Street to L Street, were discussed as possible additions to the CIP. Additionally, the City Administrator and the Public Works Superintendent will review the 2017 Streets Inventory in order to identify any other needed streets projects for addition to the CIP. Other Business: Councilor Claridge informed the Committee that she had been contacted by citizen(s) in the community regarding street sweeping issues in the PO Box 189  1840 Second Street  Columbia City, Oregon 97018 Phone 503-397-4010  Fax 503-366-2870 E-mail colcity@columbia-city.org  Web site www.columbia-city.org Tahoma Street area. Apparently, due to low hanging tree limbs, the street sweeper was not able to be ran in the area. The Public Works Superintendent said that he was aware of the issue and that he was working with Helen Johnson, Code Enforcement Clerk, on the issue so that it could be resolved. He will check on the status of the issue from the code enforcement perspective and will give follow up to Councilor Claridge as soon as he gains the information. The Public Works Superintendent asked that “crack sealing” be added to this year’s budget due to work needed to be completed throughout the community. The City Administrator asked that he update the financial costs estimate and include the request in the budget cycle when project/budget requests were submitted by the department heads. Adjournment Time: 7:18 p.m. PO Box 189  1840 Second Street  Columbia City, Oregon 97018 Phone 503-397-4010  Fax 503-366-2870 E-mail colcity@columbia-city.org  Web site www.columbia-city.org