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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Work Session: Eugene Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan Meeting Date: November 14, 2011 Agenda Item Number: A Department: Public Works Staff Contact: Reed Dunbar www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5727 ISSUE STATEMENT This work session will provide an overview of the draft Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan and the process for finalizing the plan. The last council work session on this planning process was on July 11, 2011. BACKGROUND The Eugene Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan (PBMP) provides the City of Eugene with the projects and policies necessary to create a first-class city for bicycling and walking, reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, and provide for a well-designed, integrated, safe, and efficient multi- modal transportation system. Its geography covers the entire city including linkages to adjacent communities. The Eugene PBMP serves as the basis for the pedestrian and bicycle element of the City’s Transportation System Plan (TSP), which is currently being updated. The City Council has not previously acted on the PBMP. TransPlan, which was adopted in 2001, serves as the City’s existing TSP and includes pedestrian and bicycle policies and projects. Since the adoption of TransPlan, the city developed a Pedestrian and Bicycle Strategic Plan in 2008 that addresses mostly non-infrastructure elements of making Eugene more walkable and bikeable such as education, encouragement and enforcement. Development of the PBMP is funded through a Transportation and Growth Management (TGM) grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation. There has been an extensive amount of public involvement for the plan including a collection of input gathered over the past several years, an interactive web-based mapping tool, an online survey and comment form, neighborhood toolkits, two open houses, and six meetings of the Project Advisory Committee (PAC). Based on these interactions, a draft PBMP document was made available to the public in September 2011. A third open house was held following the release of the plan. There was also an online survey available for residents to provide comments and staff collected written comments, primarily via email, on issues and concerns. See Appendices A and B for a summary of public comments. Elements of the draft PBMP include: 1.Proposed set of pedestrian and bicycle policies that are recommended for adoption as part of the TSP update S:\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M111114\S111114A.doc