Rafael E. Ortega
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 45
- Total speaking time
- 2:35:21
- Avg per meeting
- 3:27
- Segments
- 2875
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Top issues during term (9)(Roads)
METRO Bronze Line Bus Rapid Transit Engineering Phase
Grant-funded engineering phase; county cost share not stated in the record.
Public Works staffing increase
Funded by the local option sales tax, not property taxes.
Pedestrian and bike lane policy workshop
Road conditions, crash rates and safety
Maintaining good pavement is far cheaper than rebuilding poor roads, and the county is buying 9,000 tons of salt (~$600,000) this winter.
Eastbound Kellogg RiverCenter Bridge Reconstruction
Up to $11 million of county transportation money, alongside about $5.2 million from the city and a roughly $50 million federal grant request.
Bronze Line community engagement and grade separation concerns
Otter Lake Road / White Bear Parkway jurisdictional transfer
No major cost change expected — officials said service levels should stay about the same.
B Line corridor updates and possible Earl Street stop
METRO J Line Bus Rapid Transit on West 7th Street
Decisions during term (0)
Recorded while Ortega was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
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Voting record (0)(Roads)
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