Item 2A: Approval of City Council Minutes

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Councilor Solomon asked who would pay for the bike ways to which the amendment referred. Mr. Schoening replied that it would depend on where they were located. Councilor Solomon supported the inclusion of bicycle lanes on Storey Boulevard, Crest Drive, and Friendly Street. She recalled her work on the committee that sought to identify transportation funding solutions. She explained that the committee had presented a recommendation to the City Council and the council had “picked and chose” what it wanted. She averred that she could not approve anything carte blanche. She stressed that as a policy maker she had to address this item from a different perspective than the neighbors had to. She believed that bicycle lanes were an important part of alternate modes of transportation and sustainability. She felt an amendment without a funding strategy was “rhetoric.” Councilor Zelenka appreciated the hard work of the Crest neighbors and City staff on this issue. He said one of his main concerns as a councilor was livability. He supported the design. He also supported providing bicycle lanes throughout the City. He observed that there were competing interests in this item and it would not be possible to make everyone happy. He supported the amendment. He hoped that it would be possible to make the design friendlier for bicyclists, perhaps with rolled curbs or bicycle paths. Councilor Clark indicated he would support the amended motion. He asked if in this process of accepting a change in street widths a precedent was being set. Mr. Klein responded that if this was being used to create an argument, he did not think it was a winnable argument given that this process arose from a situation with unusual properties different from much of the City. Mayor Piercy said the CDCT wanted to remain involved in the next phase. She felt that many bicyclists had not engaged in this conversation early on because they believed any road created in Eugene would have bicycle lanes. She averred that any time the City took on an issue related to roads an effort should be made to engage the bicycling community. She stressed that the City had a commitment to be increasingly bicycle friendly. Councilor Taylor did not believe the action would establish a precedent. She agreed that the Crest Drive situation was unusual and had needed a context sensitive solution. She added that she had some concern about how people would be assessed. She thought the City should reconsider how residents would be assessed in a Local Improvement District (LID). She was concerned that some people might lose their homes. Roll call vote; the motion passed, 6:1; Councilor Solomon voting in opposition. 6. ACTION: Minimum Sidewalk Width Design Standard for the Crest Drive Area Councilor Pryor, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved to adopt Resolution 4927 con- cerning sidewalk widths in the Crest Drive area, and amending the City’s design standards and guidelines for Eugene streets, sidewalks, bikeways and access ways, the Eugene Arte- rial & Collector Street Plan, and the Eugene Local Street Plan. Mr. Schoening explained that this item was in line with a recommendation to pursue an amendment to the design standards for minimum sidewalk width, reducing it from five feet to four feet. He stated that the staff MINUTES—Eugene City Council April 14, 2008 Page 11 Regular Meeting