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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-16-10 of the Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene CLOSURE OF PITCHFORD AVENUE WEST OF WESTEC DRIVE TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC The Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene finds that: A. EC 5.040 authorizes the City Manager or the Manager's designee W take administrative action to close or open any street to vehicular or pedestrian traffic. EC 5.055 sets forth the criteria the City Manager or the City Manager's designee should consider when taking administrative action authorized by EC 5.040. B. On September 24, 2009, the City Manager issued Administrative Order No. 58-09- 14 granting the Traffic Engineer and the Public Works Department the authority to exercise all of the duties and responsibilities specifically defined as those of the City Manager in Section 5.040 and 5.050 of the Eugene Code, 1971. C. By Administrative Order No. 58-16-06, the City Manager appointed me as the City's AIC Traffic Engineer and delegated to me authority to exercise all duties and responsibilities granted to the City Manager by EC 5.040 and 5.050. D. Pursuant to the above -authority, I intend to close Pitchford Avenue west of Westec Drive to vehicular traffic. In making the decision to close Pitchford Avenue west of Westec Drive to vehicular traffic, I considered all of the applicable criteria set forth in EC 5.055, including the consideration of traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations. Based on the applicable criteria set forth in EC 5.055, the following findings support my decision to close Pitchford Avenue west of Westec Drive to vehicular traffic: 1. Pitchford Avenue from Westec Drive to its western terminus is a local street approximately 1,500 -feet in length. It is bordered by five tax lots. Tax lots 1704333300700, 1704333300800 and 1804042000100 are adjacent to the north side of the street and are undeveloped. The south side of the street is adjacent to tax lots 1804042000400 and 1804042000500 which are part of the Avago Technologies campus. There are no accesses to adjacent property on Pitchford Avenue. A gate located at the western terminus of the street controls access to unimproved City right- of-way and adjacent properties. Administrative Order -- Page l of 2