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FINAL 2008-2011 STATEWIDE TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM <br />• Ray Polani, Citizens for Better Transit and Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates: Provided <br />input as to MTIP general policy. <br />• Tony Buscemi: Supports TE application for Union Station Restoration: Phase 2. <br />• Connie Ashbrook, Oregon Tradeswomen, Incorporated: Spoke to encourage diversity in race <br />and gender in apprenticeships and hiring practices for construction careers. <br />• Dewey Akers, Lenz Neighborhood Association: Supports Pd1160, Foster-Woodstock: SE <br />87th St to SE 101 St. Offers match funding <br />• Francie Royce: Supports TE Project, Columbia Slough Trail: M L King Jr Blvd - N Marine <br />Drive. <br />• Peter Finley Fry, Central East Side Industrial Council: Supports East Burnside-Couch Cou- <br />plet project. <br />E-Mail Comments Received: <br />• Bob Clark: Citizen suggests de-prioritizing the following projects to shift funds to planning a <br />west-side loop and bridge bypassing central Portland: ODOT Key Nos. 14381, NW 10th <br />Ave: Lovejoy St - OMSI; 14067, Logging Trail Rd OR99E Bridge (Canby); 14065, North <br />Macadam Pedestrian Bridge; and, 14068, Rockford Town Center -Stark Street; 12468, SE <br />190th - SE 197th. Promoting decreasing traffic congestion would lower freight costs, boost <br />productivity (less time stuck in traffic) and reduce local and global emissions. <br />• Bonnie Campbell: Strongly supports ODOT Project Key No. 15068, US 30 Bypass: NE <br />122nd - NE 141st. Citizen also states intersection of 141st and Sandy is a very dangerous in- <br />tersection and that a center turn lane could help the situation. <br />• Teri Poppino, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: Fully supports ODOT Pro- <br />ject Key No. 15068; US 30 Bypass: NE 122nd - NE 141st. <br />• Sherry Bozek: Supports ODOT Project Key No. 15068; US 30 Bypass: NE 122nd - NE <br />141st. <br />• Michael Crebs, Commander East Precinct, Portland Police Bureau: Supports ODOT Project <br />Key No. 15068; US 30 Bypass: NE 122nd - NE 141st. <br />• Bonnie Scott: Supports ODOT Project Key No. 15068; US 30 Bypass: NE 122nd - NE <br />141st. <br />• Michael Jones: Expresses strong support for the ODOT Transportation Enhancement Pro- <br />gram. Citizen encourages support for GS 1224, Cully Boulevard: NE Prescott to NE Kill- <br />ingsworth. <br />• Linda Robinson: Requests that priority be given to ODOT Project Key No. 14409, Marine <br />Drive Bike/Trail: NE 28th Ave - NE 185th Ave. Also requests priority for ODOT Project <br />Key No. 15051, US 26: SE 122nd to SE 136th, and Key No. 15068, US 30 Bypass: NE <br />122nd - NE 141st. <br />• Aaron Tarfinan: This citizen contacted the ODOT Transportation Enhancement Program <br />back in January of 2005 to express support for the program and request the following three <br />projects: Bk0001, Sullivan's Gulch Trail: Esplanade to 122nd Ave; Bk5026, Trolley Trail: <br />Arista St to Glen Echo; and, a connection between Beaverton and Lake Oswego. <br />• Sam Adams, Commissioner, City of Portland, Office of Public Utilities: Supports ODO'T <br />Project Key Nos, 14800, I-5: Victory Blvd to Lombard Phase 2; 13296, I-405: Loop Analy- <br />sis; 15045, OR99E: MLK Viaduct - SE Harold Street; 14979, N Vancouver Ave: Columbia <br />Slough Bridge (Portland); 15068, US 30 Bypass: NE 122nd - NE 141st; and, 15051, US 26: <br />SE 122nd to SE 136th. Support also expressed for I-5/I-84 Freeway Interchange; Bicycle <br />Page 368 <br />