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Administrative Order 58-00-23 Exhibit A Findings for Administrative Order No. 58-00-23 of the Transportation Planning Engineer of the City of Eugene, Oregon Installation of islands on Taylor Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues Background Prior to construction of the Chambers Connector in 1988, traffic between the River Road/Santa Clara area and downtown Eugene was routed through the Whiteaker neighborhood. The . Transportation Element of the Whiteaker Plan, revised in 1994, notes that "there is a high level of interest in developing and implementing strategies to divert or prohibit all, or certain types of, through vehicular traffic on neighborhood streets." City Policies listed in the plan include: 4. Encourage reduction, of through traffic on non-arterial streets within the Whiteaker neighborhood; 6. Encourage through truck traffic within the Whiteaker neighborhood to use designated truck routes and facilities and discourage use of residential streets; and 8. Examine alternative ways to actively encourage and implement strategies for preserving local streets for local traffic. The A&K development, a food processing equipment manufacturer located on Chambers between 3rd and 4th Avenues began to 'intensify the use of their site last year and applied for vacation of two segments of dedicated; unconstructed right-of-way. In the public involvement process which consisted of two meetings with the residential and industrial neighbors, a plan was developed to utilize the proceeds derived in the vacation pro~ess for traffic calming. Branch Engineering, consultant forA&K designed the islands identified in this action as well as a sign plan. A previous action to close Almaden Street at a point north of 4th Avenue and-placement of a truck charinelizer at the intersection of 3rd Avenue with Taylor Street was the first phase of this work. This action is the second and final phase of the project. Criteria for Administrative Action The administrative action of the Transportation Planning Engineer of the City of Eugene, Oregon, installing islands on Taylor Street between 3rd and 4th Avenue to discourage through truck traffic from entering the residential neighborhood is based on consideration of criteria (a) - (n) at EC 5.055. Consideration of those criteria follows: (a) Traffic engineering principles and traffic investigations (l) Traffic engineering principles were considered in the following areas: Page 3 of 7