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designated West 13"' Avenue between Lincoln Street and Washington Street as a Minor Arterial. 2) West 13th Avenue is a minor arterial with a posted speed of 20 mph. The street has an 11 -foot to 15 -foot north side eastbound travel lane, an 11 -foot south side travel lane and intermittent 7 -foot wide parking lanes on the north and south sides. The curb to curb width varies between approximately 32 -feet to 36 -feet. 3) Currently the segment of West 13t" Avenue between Lincoln Street and Washington Street is the only section of the West 13'11 Avenue corridor between Alder Street and Garfield Street (approximately 2.1 miles) without an eastbound bike lane. 4) Formal removal of parking and addition of an eastbound bicycle lane will result in an approximate street cross section of one 11 -foot to 1.5 -foot north side eastbound travel lane, an 11 -foot south side travel lane, an intermittent 7 -foot parking lane on the north side of the street and a 5 -foot eastbound bicycle lane with a 2 -foot buffer. 5) From 2007 to 2015, there were seven crashes on West 13"' Avenue between Lincoln Street and Washington Street. Two crashes resulted in moderate injuries, one of which involved a person bicycling which Occurred at the intersection with Lincoln Street. One crash resulted in Minor injury and four crashes resulted in property damage only. 6) Parking studies conducted by the City staffbetween July 20131 and June 2017 show an average volume of 5 vehicles parking in approximately 10 parking spaces along the south side and 2 vehicles parking in approximately 12 parking spaces along the north side of West 13"' Avenue between Lincoln Street and Washington Street. The study shows that on average the parking removed on the south side of West 13th Avenue can be accommodated on the north side of the street. 7) City staff met with representatives from four businesses with frontage on the south side of West 13th Avenue along the area of proposed parking removal. All four representatives were supportive of removing parking on the south side of West 13"' Avenue in order to construct an eastbound bicycle lane. Additionally postcards were sent to property owners and tenants with frontage on the south side of West 13th Avenue between Lincoln Street and Washington Street announcing the City's intention to remove parking in order to construct an eastbound bicycle lane. One comment was received opposing the proposed removal of parking. 8) Removal of parking from the south side of West 13th Avenue and installation of an eastbound bicycle lane is consistent with the Eugene Springfield Area Transportation Plan (7ransPlan) adopted as amended by Council Ordinance Number 20258 on July 8, 2002. Administrative Order -- Page 2 of 4