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Attachment B <br /> <br /> Planning & Development <br /> Planning <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 99 West 10t' Avenue <br />MEMORANDUM ( 41Eugene'Oregon 97401) 682-5377 <br /> (541) 682-5572 FAX <br /> www.ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br />Date: March 8, 2004 <br />To: Mayor and City Council <br />From: Allen Lowe, Senior Planner, 682-5113 <br />Subject: East Campus Plan Amendments <br /> <br />At the conclusion of the public hearing on the East Campus Plan Amendments, several <br />councilors asked staff to respond to a series of questions related to the proposal. Those questions <br />are addressed below. <br /> <br />1. Comment on the potential for a parking structure in the East Campus area. <br /> <br /> Staff Response: The East Campus Development Policy and other materials submitted by <br /> the University indicate the potential for future construction of a parking structure in the <br /> East Campus area. The East Campus Development Policy restricts parking structures to <br /> the area designated for institutional use and further indicates that the most likely locations <br /> for a future parking structure are: (1) in the area currently occupied by the Bean parking <br /> lot or (2) near the intersection of 17th and Agate. The University's policy, which is not <br /> adopted by the City, is reinforced in the draft code amendment with the prohibition of <br /> structured parking (and large scale parking lots) in the proposed/EC East Campus <br /> Overlay Zone. City and neighborhood concerns about the location of a future parking <br /> structure are also addressed in proposed parking policy 9 which controls routing and <br /> access to a future parking structure. <br /> <br /> Fairmount neighborhood representatives agreed to the University's policies related to <br /> parking structures in the East Campus area with the additional restrictions placed on them <br /> in the draft neighborhood plan policies and land use code amendments. However, all <br /> those engaged in the mediation process recognize that construction of a parking structure <br /> anywhere within the East Campus area is likely to have a direct affect on the operation of <br /> Agate Street and could potentially affect the flow of traffic within the larger Fairmount <br /> neighborhood. The need for the two recommended traffic studies (Agate Street and area- <br /> wide traffic calming) would become much more urgent if a parking structure were <br /> proposed for the area. <br /> <br />2. What do we anticipate with area-wide traffic calming? Will traffic calming efforts in <br /> this neighborhood cause traffic to divert to other streets? <br /> <br /> City Council Agenda page 251 <br /> 1 <br /> <br /> <br />