CC Minutes - 04/14/08 City Council Meeting

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5. ACTION: Crest Drive Community Team Recommended Design for Crest Drive, Storey Boulevard, and Friendly Street Councilor Pryor, seconded by Councilor Bettman, moved to approve the design for Crest Drive, Storey Boulevard, and Friendly Street as recommended by the Crest Drive Commu- nity Team. Councilor Clark commented that it had been an interesting process listening to all of the testimony and reading email input. He thanked the neighborhood members who participated on the CDCT. He noted that he lived on a street that was in a similar condition to Crest Drive. He had been inspired by the CDCT efforts to create a neighborhood sensitive situation and had initiated a neighborhood effort to do the same for his street. Councilor Pryor remarked that at times the council had to decide between two “right answers.” He supported the current recommendation, but he reiterated that this was the beginning of a discussion on how bicycles could be accommodated with regard to access to Lorane Highway and how bicycles, which he considered to be an important part of the community, could be accommodated in a larger sense. Mark Schoening, City Engineer for the Public Works Department, provided a brief overview of the context sensitive solution process. He noted that the CDCT had consisted of abutting property owners, at-large members from the neighborhood, and two City staff. He stated that abutting property owners were given primacy in the decision-making process given that they would have to help pay for the improvements. He conveyed staff’s support for the community recommendation. Councilor Bettman expressed appreciation for everyone who had participated. She averred that it had been an “unprecedented exercise in community involvement.” Councilor Bettman offered a friendly amendment that would move to direct the City Man- ager to create a working group that would include staff from transportation, parks and open space, the Crest Drive Community Team, the Eugene Bicycle Coalition and other stake- holders including appropriate neighborhoods to identify options for bikeways in the south- west and southeast hills. Councilor Pryor accepted the friendly amendment. Councilor Bettman thought that as this was moved into the broader community context what worked in this model should be taken and utilized to create another work group to identify those options. Councilor Taylor remarked that this was turning out well. She acknowledged that not everyone was happy, but felt it was coming to a good conclusion. She supported the motion and the friendly amendment. 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 MINUTES—Eugene City Council April 14, 2008 Page 13 Regular Meeting