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<br /> <br />ECC <br />UGENE ITY OUNCIL <br />AIS <br />GENDA TEM UMMARY <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Public Hearing: An Ordinance Amending the 1999 Street Classification Map and <br />Classifying All of the Streets in the Crest Drive Area as Local Streets <br /> <br />and <br />An Ordinance Amending the 1999 Street Classification Map and Classifying <br />Portions of Crest Drive, Storey Boulevard, and Friendly Street as <br />Neighborhood Collectors and the Remaining Streets in the Crest Drive Area <br />as Local Streets <br /> <br /> <br />Meeting Date: October 20, 2008 Agenda Item Number: 1 <br />Department: Public Works Engineering Staff Contact: Mark Schoening <br />www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5243 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ISSUE STATEMENT <br /> <br />The purpose of this public hearing is to solicit public testimony on two proposed ordinances <br />(Attachments A and B) to amend the 1999 Street Classification Map to classify the streets in the Crest <br />Drive Area. One ordinance would classify all of the streets in the Crest Drive Area as local streets. An <br />alternative ordinance would classify portions of Crest Drive, Storey Boulevard and Friendly Street as <br />neighborhood collectors and the remaining streets in the Crest Drive Area as local streets. <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 Street Classification Map included the following <br />note in the map legend – <br /> <br />Classifications to be Determined Following Adoption of Crest Drive Area Transportation Study <br /> <br />The City Council approved the design for Crest Drive, Storey Boulevard and Friendly Street <br />(Attachment C is a map of the three streets) as recommended by the Crest Drive Community Team on <br />April 14, 2008. The street design was developed following a context sensitive solutions process <br />approved by the City Council on May 8, 2006. <br /> <br />Eugene Code 9.6850 stipulates that amendments to the Street Classification Map shall be made by <br />adoption of an ordinance. <br /> <br />The City Council passed the following motion as amended on April 14, 2008 – <br /> . . . direct the City Manager to 1) request the Planning Commission to investigate classifying Friendly <br />Street, Crest Drive and Storey Boulevard as local streets and 2) if the Planning Commission approves <br />that classification to bring to the council an ordinance adopting that classification. <br /> <br />Z:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M081020\S0810201.doc <br /> <br />