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Ms. Solomon arrived at 5:40 p.m. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz reported that the Human Rights Symposium at the University of Oregon was well-attended and <br />she felt her participation was very worthwhile. She said the Police Commission would be forwarding a <br />recommendation that the police department use crisis intervention training and have enough officers trained <br />to provide 24-hour coverage. She said she would be attending a November 28 summit on the over- <br />representation of minority youth in the prison system and would provide a report to the council. <br /> <br />City Manager Angel Jones reported she would be presenting a status report on Eugene's preparation for the <br />2008 Olympic Trials to USA Track and Field officials. <br /> <br /> <br />B. WORK SESSION: Joint Meeting with Lane Transit District Board of Directors <br /> <br />Ms. Piercy welcomed members of the Lane Transit District (LTD) Board of Directors. <br /> <br />LTD Board chair Gerry Gaydos and board members Mike Eyster, Mike Dubick and Greg Evans and <br />General Manager Mark Pangborn introduced themselves. <br /> <br />Mr. Pangborn indicated the board wished, time permitting, to discuss four items: West Eugene transporta- <br />tion, the Franklin Boulevard project, transit ridership and service performance and the Commuter Solutions <br />program; the first two items were of greatest importance. <br /> <br />Tom Schwetz of LTD provided an overview of the West Eugene transportation project, which would <br />identify the third EmX corridor. He said that bus rapid transit, or EmX, was designated as the region's <br />choice for high capacity transit in TransPlan and regional transportation plans. He reviewed the agenda <br />packet materials, including the proposed purpose and need statement, proposed goal and objectives and <br />preliminary process and timeline. He pointed out that well over 1,000 comments had been received on the <br />proposed Purpose and Need Statement, Goal and Objectives and alternative alignments. He anticipated the <br />scoping process would conclude in February 2008 and a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) would <br />be issued in early 2009, with a final statement in 2010. He said service was projected to begin in the <br />corridor in 2014 or 2015. He stressed that at this point in the process the intent was not to select an <br />alignment but rather to identify a set of viable alternatives to move into a more extensive analysis process. <br /> <br />Mr. Schwetz used a series of aerial photographs to illustrate the potential West Eugene corridor options and <br />the varying characteristics along the alternatives. He said there were a number of environmental concerns— <br />both natural and built—that would warrant consideration and analysis. He said the scoping process would <br />result in identification of proposed alignments for further study. He said the environmental study and <br />alternatives analysis considered three elements of alternatives: modal alternatives, alignment alternatives <br />and link alternatives; those could be mixed and matched during the analysis process. He said along with <br />build alternatives there were transportation system management (TSM) alternatives (scaled down EmX <br />service) and a no-build alternative. He asked for feedback on whether all of the alignment considerations <br />had been included. <br /> <br />Ms. Piercy pointed out materials from the West Eugene Collaborative (WEC) that had been distributed to <br />the council. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council November 26, 2007 Page 2 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />