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situation. She noted that the way it was presently written, authority would pass directly to <br />the Director of Public Works or even to the City Manager which would be a violation of the <br />Charter. Ms. Carr stated that she is almost tempted to write the resolution herself as it <br />over obligates the City and she could not endorse it. <br /> <br />Mr. Price asked Mr. Wilson, noting that streets, sidewalks and trees have been <br />underfunded for years as seen in the Capital Improvement plan, how does the City fund <br />the things that need to be done now and things that are hoped to be done. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson stated that presently the City is under federal law to meet all ADA <br />requirements. He noted that every time they do a project, it is looked at to make sure it will <br />meet the ADA requirements. Mr. Wilson stated the only additional funding that would <br />come with Complete Streets principles, would be for the markings of bike paths. <br /> <br />Mr. Price stated that this had nothing to do with federal law; the City was underfunded with <br />lack of complete maintenance on streets, sidewalks and potholes. He asked where the <br />extra money would come from for bike trails, etc. Mr. Price noted that if an ordinance was <br />passed the City’s funds would be obligated. Secondly he noted the City would be <br />obligating development to comply with the ordinance. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson stated that the ordinance or policy was developed with the idea that developers <br />would not be obligated. He noted that some developments would be too small to even <br />consider it. The ordinance would ask that developers to consider installing bike paths. <br />The ADA work is already mandated. <br /> <br />Mr. Kraft noted that what was presented to Council was a resolution not an ordinance. He <br />stated that the City passed ordinances all the time that do not require spending as in <br />setting speed limits. He said the issue of giving people authority; the police have broad <br />powers and the City’s ordinances directly gives the police this power so he did not think <br />the Council was limited to who they gave the power to in an ordinance. Mr. Kraft asked <br />why there was so much resistance to the Compete Streets as it does not cost a lot more to <br />put in a curb ramp so a person in a wheel chair could get up and down a sidewalk to cross <br />a street. He noted that everybody paid taxes and everyone should have access to <br />sidewalks and streets. He noted that Council would still be voting on every spending <br />project. Mr. Kraft stated that if someone was against this they were basically saying that <br />people in wheel chairs are not welcome in this community. <br /> <br />Mr. Wilson said the City is required to put in ADA ramps as part of the federal ADA <br />requirement and could not use federal grant money unless all ADA requirements were <br />met. <br /> <br />Mr. Crow stated that he hoped they could raise the level of discourse among his <br />colleagues as to the way they speak to each other. He said an ordinance has a cost to <br />enforce. He said the majority of the other municipalities passed this by a resolution and <br />kept it as a resolution. Mr. Crow noted that if this ordinance was on the books during the <br />Walgreens development, it would have given the citizens involved in bike accessibility <br />more of an opportunity to have put a hold on it. He said it would not cost any more money <br />was not true, as it almost squelched the whole project. <br /> <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />