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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-20-11 <br />of the <br />Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene <br />CLOSURE OF EMPIRE PARK DRIVE 430-FEET NORTH OF BARGER <br />DRIVE TO ITS NORTHERN TERMINUS. <br />The Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene finds that: <br />A. EC 5.040 authorizes the City Manager or the Manager's designee to take administrative <br />action to close or open any street to vehicular or pedestrian traffic. EC 5.055 sets forth the criteria <br />the City Manager or the City Manager's designee should consider when taking administrative <br />action authorized by EC 5.040. <br />B. On September 24, 2009, the City Manager issued Administrative Order No. 58-09-14 <br />granting the Traffic Engineer and the Public Works Department the authority to exercise all of the <br />duties and responsibilities specifically defined as those of the City Manager in Section 5.040 and <br />5.050 of the Eugene Code, 1971. <br />C. By Administrative Order No. 58-17-08, the City Manager appointed me as the City' s <br />Traffic Engineer and delegated to me authority to exercise all duties and responsibilities granted to <br />the City Manager by EC 5.040 and 5.050. <br />D. Pursuant to the above -authority, I intend to close Empire Park Drive from 430-feet north <br />of Barger Drive to its northern terminus to vehicular traffic. In making the decision to close Empire <br />Park Drive to vehicular traffic, I considered all of the applicable criteria set forth in EC 5.055, <br />including the consideration of traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations. Based on <br />consideration of the applicable criteria set forth in EC 5.055, the following findings support my <br />decision to close Empire Park Drive from 430-feet north of Barger Drive to its northern terminus to <br />vehicular traffic: <br />1. Empire Park Drive from 430-feet north of Barger Drive to its northern terminus is a local <br />street approximately 1250-feet in length. It is bordered by sixteen tax lots on the west <br />side and City of Eugene right-of-way to the east. <br />2. Illegal car camping on Empire Park Drive from 430-feet north of Barger Drive to the <br />northern terminus and the associated dumping of trash and debris have created public <br />health, safety and welfare issues and have placed a burden on City resources. <br />3. This segment of Empire Park Drive, from 430-feet north of Barger Drive to its northern <br />terminus, does not currently serve as a vehicular route and closure will not cause any <br />detriment to the public or the abutting property owners. <br />Administrative Order -- Page 1 of 2 <br />