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Mayor Pro Tem updates HREC on council priorities: traffic (Greenwood), transportation utility fee and tourism tax changes under consideration
Summary
Mayor Pro Tem Perkins briefed the Human Rights & Equity Commission on recent council discussions including traffic-calming on Greenwood, the need to double the transportation utility fee next year to fund street maintenance and a state bill under consideration that could change the allocation and allowable uses of Bend's transient lodging/tourism
Mayor Pro Tem Perkins, the council's liaison to the Human Rights & Equity Commission, told commissioners the City Council has been focusing on mobility, the council-goal framework and funding for streets and services during recent work sessions.
Perkins said council work sessions have spent considerable time on traffic and traffic‑calming options for Greenwood; the council is collecting more data about commute times and impacts on people who drive daily for work or to drop kids at school. "We spent a lot of time talking about traffic, and, particularly everyone's favorite subject, Greenwood," Perkins said, and invited commissioners to share…
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