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<br />ATTACHMENT A <br /> <br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />Eugene City Council <br />Public Hearing <br />Council Chamber <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br /> October 15, 2007 <br /> 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor, Betty Taylor, Bonny Bettman, George Poling, <br />Mike Clark. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: Alan Zelenka, Jennifer Solomon. <br /> <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the meeting of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />1. PUBLIC HEARING: Resolution No. 4919, a Resolution Concerning Streets Widths in the <br />Crest Drive Area, and Amending the City's Design Standards and Guidelines for the Eugene <br />Streets Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways, the Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan, <br />and the Eugene Local Street Plan <br /> <br />Ms. Piercy opened the public hearing and reviewed the rules for providing testimony. <br /> <br />Sue Wolling <br />, 85219 South Willamette Street, Eugene, remarked that the width of the streets was less <br />important than the breadth of the project's vision. She said the process was driven by context sensitive <br />design, but had not been sufficiently broad in terms of encompassing transportation options, particularly <br />non-motorized options. She said it was unconscionable to build a street without specific facilities for <br />bicycles. She said the Eugene Bicycle Coalition had suggested a street design that would accommodate <br />bicyclist safely with minimal impact on the surrounding landscape. She urged the City to build a road for <br />the future that included bicycles. <br /> <br />Julie Redner <br />, 2899 Friendly Street, Eugene, voiced her strong support for maintaining the traffic lanes on <br />Friendly Street at 18 feet. She said that narrower streets provided a measure of traffic calming that was <br />necessary in the area. She was also concerned about the increased cost of a wider road because she owned a <br />shallow, but wide lot and her assessment could be as high $25,000. She agreed that bicycle and pedestrian <br />safety was important, but she was being asked to pay additional costs for people who did not live in the area. <br /> <br />Chuck Craytor <br />, 3217 Whitten Drive, Eugene, thanked the City staff involved in the Crest Drive area street <br />design. He felt an 18-foot width would be a better deterrent to speed than a wider street with speed bumps. <br />He encouraged the council to approve the 18-foot width to preserve the beauty and character of the <br />neighborhood. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council October 15, 2007 Page 1 <br /> Public Hearing <br /> <br />