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AGENDA: Salem City Council to consider speed limit changes

The Salem City Council meets Monday evening to consider changing the speed limits on several streets, accepting a van donation for the senior center and a new project to replace an aging filter at the city’s water treatment plant.

AGENDA

Councilors will consider a state Department of Transportation speed study that recommended increasing the speed limit by 5 mph on Southeast 17th Street from Southeast Mission Street to Northeast State Street. ODOT also recommended lowering the speed limit to 30 mph on Northeast 45th Street from Northeast Center Street to Sunnyview Road.

City staff are recommending keeping the speed limit at 25 mph on Southeast 17th Street.

The council will also consider accepting a cargo van donated to nonprofit Friends of Center 50+ to expand outreach to seniors. Friends of Center 50+ wants to transfer the van to the city-run senior center to support programs like Wellness on Wheels.

Councilors will also discuss creating a new project that will construct a filter at the Geren Island Water Treatment Facility after the city received a $20 million grant from the state last month.

The total project cost is $25 million and will rebuild the existing single-cell filter into a two-cell slow sand filter that will expand capacity and provide additional options for removing turbidity and filter-clogging algae. 

To participate: The meeting starts at 6 p.m. Monday and is streamed live on YouTube. Submit comments on agenda items by 5 p.m. the day of the meeting at [email protected]. Public comment and testimony may also be provided during the meeting via Zoom. Please pre-register between 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting at the following link: https://www.cityofsalem.net/Pages/Public-Comment-at-Salem-City-CouncilMeeting.aspx

-Saphara Harrell