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<br />e <br /> <br />M I NUT E S <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Eugene Hilton Conference Center, Joplin Room <br />66 East 6th Avenue <br /> <br />March 4, 1991 <br />5:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Ruth Bascom, Shawn Boles, Debra Ehrman, Bobby Green, <br />Roger Rutan, Paul Nicholson, Kaye Robinette. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Randy MacDonald. <br /> <br />Members of the council and the Lane Transit District (LTO) Board introduced <br />themselves. Members of the LTO Board included Tammy Fitch, Peter Brandt, <br />Janet Calvert, Keith Parks, Herbert Herzberg, and Thorn Montgomery. <br /> <br />The March 4, 1991, joint work session of the Eugene City Council and the LTO <br />Board was called to order by His Honor Mayor Jeff Miller. <br /> <br />Staff distributed agenda packets. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />I. SYSTEM OVERVIEW/CITY INPUT INTO BUS SERVICE DESIGN <br /> <br />Phyllis Loobey, LTD General Manager, reviewed material contained in the agen- <br />da packet regarding ridership statistics. She also reviewed statistics on <br />how LTO ranks among others in the nation, noting that LTO provides more rides <br />per capita than most other systems of equal size. In response to questions, <br />she said she believed that LTD ridership has increased because of greater <br />reliability, increased number of routes, shelters, and display cards showing <br />time schedules. The percentage of senior ridership is no greater than that <br />of the general population. Staff did not know how many riders had no other <br />available transportation. The downtown core area employs about 12,000-14,000 <br />people, while the University and Sacred Heart Hospital employ about 5,500 and <br />3,500 people respectively. <br /> <br />LTO staff member Stefano Viggiano gave a brief overview of the LTO system for <br />new councilors Nicholson and Robinette based on the presentation given at the <br />February 12, 1990, joint council/LTO Board meeting. In response to ques- <br />tions, he said there are some direct buslines from the Beltline-River Road <br />area to downtown Eugene and the University of Oregon. LTD will achieve a <br />10-minute frequency rate for bus arrivals on major corridors in a few years. <br />All major outlying transfer stations are in place. LTO could use other plac- <br />es as the hub of their service, but downtown Eugene is the heart of the com- <br />munity and is the most logical place, in terms of local geography, with its <br />buttes, river, and so on. Moreover, the downtown area is the most dense <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council <br /> <br />March 4, 1991 <br /> <br />Page 1 <br />