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<br /> <br />The MPC will hold a public hearing on Enhance project prioritization on December 13, 2012, and is <br />scheduled to set its priorities at its meeting on January 10, 2013, and submit them to the Lane <br />ACT. According to coordination protocols agreed to by the Lane ACT and MPC, in setting priorities <br />for the entire county the Lane ACT is required to keep the same order of project prioritization set <br />by the MPC but can insert other projects outside of the MPO area into the list. The Lane ACT is <br />scheduled to hold a public hearing on STIP priorities on Wednesday, January 9, 2013, and to set its <br />priority list at its February 12, 2013, meeting. <br /> <br />The City of Eugene is directly applying for Enhance funding for three projects: <br /> <br />Amazon Active Transportation Corridor <br /> <br /> <br />Jessen Path <br /> <br /> <br />Northeast Eugene Livable Streets <br /> <br /> <br />The City is partnering on a joint SmartTrips application with point2point Solutions, a part of LTD. <br />All four of these applications have been approved by the Intergovernmental Relations Committee. <br />ODOT, LTD and point2point are also applying for projects within Eugene for which no local match <br />is required. Point2point is applying for Regional Safe Routes to School (SRTS) funding. ODOT will <br />apply for funds for the NEPA phase of the Beltline: River Road to Coburg Road project and may <br />also apply for funding for Beltline Short Term Improvements. LTD has not finalized its list of <br />applications yet but may apply for funding for development of a new River Road transit center and <br />NEPA funding for the 5 EmX corridor which would go from River Road and/or Highway 99 <br />th <br />through downtown Eugene to Lane Community College. Descriptions of all of these projects and <br />more detailed project sheets for the three Eugene-only projects are provided as attachments. <br /> <br />Staff seeks council approval of a priority list that will guide the City’s representatives on the MPC <br />and Lane ACT. The Transportation Policy Committee to the MPC will also make a <br />recommendation to the MPC and this will inform staff’s involvement on that committee. Here is <br />the recommended priority order with the caveat that LTD has not yet finalized its list and ODOT is <br />not sure whether it will apply for short-term Beltline funds: <br /> <br />1.Beltline: River Road to Coburg Road <br /> <br />2.Amazon Active Transportation Corridor <br /> <br />3.Jessen Path <br /> <br />4.SmartTrips <br /> <br />5.Safe Routes to School <br /> <br />6.Northeast Eugene Livable Streets <br /> <br /> <br />These are some of the factors that informed this order: <br /> <br />Beltline is an important regional priority and this is probably the only source of funding <br /> <br />that would move this project to the next phase. <br /> <br />The new STIP process replaces the ODOT grant programs that previously funded capital <br /> <br />active transportation projects, so it is important for the City to prioritize funding for these <br />through the STIP process. However, the City currently has an application in to ODOT’s joint <br />bicycle and pedestrian grant program for the Northeast Eugene Livable Streets project and <br />its inclusion as a STIP project is as a back-up (at ODOT’s recommendation). <br /> <br /> S:\CMO\2012 Council Agendas\M121113\11-13-12 6-STIP Funding Priorities.doc <br /> <br />