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<br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Work Session: Street Design Standards for the Crest Drive Neighborhood <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: September 19, 2007 Agenda Item Number: B <br />Department: Public Works Engineering Staff Contact: Mark Schoening, Lisa Gardner <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5243, 682-5208 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />The purpose of this work session is to provide information on the City’s Design Standards and <br />Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways to aid the council in deciding <br />whether the design standard pertaining to minimum street width should be reduced from 20 feet to 18 <br />feet in the Crest Drive Neighborhood. <br /> <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br />City Council Action History <br />The City Council adopted the November 1999 Eugene Street Classification Map with the adoption of <br />Ordinance Number 20181 on November 22, 1999. The streets in the Crest Drive Neighborhood were <br />left unclassified pending a study to determine the appropriate classifications and design standards for the <br />neighborhood. Attachment A is a map of the Crest Drive Neighborhood. <br /> <br />The City Council adopted Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways <br />and Accessways (Arterial and Collector Street Plan and Local Street Plan) with the adoption of <br />Resolution Number 4608 on November 22, 1999. The minimum street width allowed under the design <br />standards for local streets and neighborhood collector streets is 20 feet. <br /> <br />The City Council directed the City Manager to implement the Crest Drive Neighborhood context <br />sensitive solutions (CSS) process on May 8, 2006. A General Fund appropriation of $240,000 was <br />approved as part of the FY07 budget to fund the CSS process. The definition of CSS follows: <br /> <br />Context sensitive solutions is a collaborative, interdisciplinary project development approach <br />that involves all stakeholders to develop a transportation facility that fits its physical setting <br /> while maintaining safety and mobility for all users, and reflecting community needs. The goal of <br />CSS is to create early, open, honest, and continuous communication and sharing of information <br />and knowledge throughout the design process. <br /> <br />The City Council appropriated an additional $58,000 as part of Supplemental Budget #1 of FY07 to <br />expand the scope of the CSS process to include Middle Crest. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> L:\CMO\2007 Council Agendas\M070919\S070919B.doc <br /> <br />