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MINUTES <br />Eugene City Council <br />Work Session <br />McNutt Room – City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street — Eugene, Oregon <br />June 9, 2010 <br />12:00 p.m. <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Chris Pryor, Mike Clark, George Brown, Andrea Ortiz, Alan Zelenka, Betty <br />Taylor, George Poling (via telephone), Jennifer Solomon <br />Mr. Clark called the meeting to order at 12:01 p.m. and noted that Mayor Piercy was attending a rail <br />summit in Vancouver and would not be in attendance. <br />A. WORK SESSION - West 11th Avenue Setbacks <br />Transportation Planning Manager Rob Inerfeld provided an overview of the West 1 Ith Avenue setbacks <br />and noted that City staff had been working with the Lane Transit District (LTD) in their efforts to extend <br />LTD's EmX transit service into the West Eugene corridor. He noted that the current development <br />standards called for buildings to be constructed closer to the street and that such standards might constrain <br />the City's and LTD's ability to effectively locate EmX routes along West 11th Avenue. <br />Mr. Inerfeld noted that the current staff suggestion was intended to prevent additional encroachment along <br />West 11th Avenue. <br />Mr. Inerfeld noted that staff would return to the council with an additional update regarding LTD's West <br />Eugene EmX Extension (WEEE) project on June 23. <br />Mr. Inerfeld reported that LTD and City staff had scheduled an open house event regarding the WEEE <br />project for June 9, 2010 at the Eugene Public Library. <br />Mr. Inerfeld briefly noted the alignment alternatives currently under consideration by LTD for the WEEE <br />project. <br />Mr. Inerfeld explained the City's current land use code for the benefit of the council members and noted <br />that the code required new buildings in commercial zones to be constructed within 15 feet of the front <br />property right -of -way line. Mr. Inerfeld stated that this code provision might conflict with future corridor <br />enhancements to West 11th Avenue and other City streets. Mr. Inerfeld briefly discussed and provided <br />examples of other unintended development consequences of the code provision with respect to West 11th <br />Avenue and Coburg Road. <br />Mr. Inerfeld briefly noted the physical characteristics of certain areas of West 1 lth Avenue and noted that <br />while current City standards called for planting strips with street trees along arterial roadways there were <br />actually very few street trees along West 1 lth Avenue west of Chambers Street. <br />MINUTES — Eugene City Council June 9, 2010 Page 1 <br />Work Session <br />