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- BCC 2/8/00 with CITY MAYORS <br />opportunity to participate as much as they do with the LCOG Board already. <br />He said it provides a vehicle where everyone feels they have an ownership. <br />Burns supported Lane .County taking the lead in the ACT. On road funds, he <br />said everyone is a county resident and the City of Florence is giving support as <br />part of Lane County. <br />Rob Ward, Dunes City, said it was a good idea working with ODOT in <br />lobbying for funds. He said that Lane County could receive a higher percentage <br />of the funds if it was more organized as a County. He said he was reluctant to <br />create a new body and LCOG makes sense as the leading body. <br />Sorenson noted that the state is providing staff money to form an ACT. <br />Weeldreyer commented that she sees the value of regional cooperation not just <br />for service roads systems, but all modes of transportation. She said if a new <br />entity needs to be created, she would rather expand an existing group than have <br />the same people come back to form a group for a separate agency to staff. She <br />added if this is a way of bringing additional revenues to Lane County, Lane <br />County should be the agency that gets the agreement with ODOT to create and <br />staff this ACT. She noted the expertise of the County is in roads, but there are <br />other components that go into transportation besides the surface road system. <br />She added there are a number of airports in Lane County and it is an area for <br />economic and community development that had not been tapped for tourism <br />and .natural resource visitors. She said it would be a way of a broader group <br />allowing LCOG staff to move forward in that direction. She suggested using <br />the LCOG Board Meeting schedule and structure it so there is not another. <br />meeting, just bring more people to the table to discuss transportation. <br />Tim Brooker, Veneta, agreed with Weeldreyer on not wanting another level of <br />bureaucracy between Lane County and ODOT. He noted on the LCOG Board <br />of Directors there is a consensus of communities around the County, and would <br />be the perfect forum for the ACT because it allows all communities to <br />contribute. He agreed with snaking it part of the LCOG meeting. <br />Pirrie stated there was no directive that an ACT has to be formed. He said it <br />was an initiative by the area and there is a system where they meet at the region <br />once a year to look at the STIP priorities to go through the process. He added <br />the ACT has in addition to elected officials, tribal officials, port officials, <br />airports, and commercial businesses that are encouraged to participate in an <br />area commission. He said there is no pressure to form an ACT, the initial <br />charter is granted as a provision charter for the first year, so it is an opportunity <br />to see how it works and then a group could. revise their charter. <br />Sorenson said there are also health issues connected to mobile sources. He said <br />that the cities are all fine with LCOG as being the lead agency. <br />Page 6 of 7 <br />Torrey stated it will be a benefit to have an organization and agreed with <br />Weathers that it should be independent, as it would put undue pressure on Lane <br />County. <br />http;//www.co.lane.or.us/BCC Info/Meeting_Info12000%20Minutes/February/00 2-8jt.htm 12/4/00 <br />