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Beltline project remained. City Manager Taylor added that Beltline was a more strategic project as it <br />offered the opportunity to move forward and obtain funding because it was already in the plan and funded. <br /> <br />Ms. Taylor asked if the Beltline project was related to the plan for a hospital. Mr. Schoening replied the <br />project was included in the FY06-09 STIP far before there was any consideration of a hospital in that area. <br /> <br />th <br />Mr. Pryor was pleased to see the West 11 Avenue project on the priorities list. He recognized that <br />although there was an urgent need for improvements, it was important to complete the necessary planning <br />and financing steps first. He asked how quickly the public might see some of the improvements on the <br />ground. Mr. Schoening responded that it could conceivably be eight to ten years before construction began. <br /> <br />Mr. Pryor hoped that measures could be taken on an interim basis to relieve the existing problems as the <br />City worked towards a permanent solution. <br /> <br />th <br />Ms. Bettman asked if the portion of Beltline north of West 11 Avenue, while a lower priority, was still on <br />the project list. Mr. Schoening replied that the project was still on the list of projects expected to be built <br />within the next 20 years. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman expressed concern that the improvements around Delta might siphon off the opportunities and <br />funding for west Eugene. She asked if funding other than STP-U was available for planning. Mr. <br />Schoening said that staff was also exploring working with the University to access funding through federal <br />dollars available to the university system. He said that program was authorized under the recent federal <br />transportation legislation and procedures were still being developed. He said that funding would also require <br />a 50 percent match. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman was pleased to see the City move forward with an access management program. She said that <br />th <br />some of the strategies that she favored for West 11 Avenue, such as a boulevard treatment, did not seem to <br />be compatible with an EmX corridor. She said that demographics when the council identified Coburg Road <br />as the next EmX corridor really supported west and north Eugene. She said that there was significant low- <br />income affordable housing along Highway 99 and many families that could benefit from being able to utilize <br />th <br />transit to connect to employment. She did not support narrowing the choice to West 11 Avenue without <br />comparing the two corridors and determining which would work best. <br /> <br />Mr. Schoening said the plan called for both corridors to eventually have EmX service and in conversations <br />with knowledgeable proponents of boulevard treatments it was clear that EmX should be part of an <br />integrated study and not a separate consideration. <br /> <br />th <br />Ms. Bettman felt that language in the proposed motion was definitive about identifying West 11 Avenue as <br />the priority for the next EmX corridor. <br /> <br />Ms. Ortiz stated she had no concerns about Beltline being a top priority. She said that many people were <br />now driving through town instead of taking Beltline because of congestion and safety concerns and she was <br />one of those people. She preferred to address Beltline problems sooner rather than later. She concurred <br />th <br />with Ms. Bettman’s concern about the proposed motion identifying West 11 Avenue as the next EmX <br />corridor. She hoped that the discussion would include ways the City could gain control of that street, similar <br />to the approach with Franklin Boulevard, to assure that the first consideration was to best serve the interests <br />of Eugene residents. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—City Council September 25, 2006 Page 8 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br />
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