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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-17-23 of the Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE ON EAST AMAZON DRIVE NEAR FOX HOLLOW STREET The Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene finds that: A. ORS 810.010 states that "[t]he governing body of an incorporated city is the road authority for all highways, roads, streets and alleys, other than state highways, within the boundaries of the incorporated city." OAR 734-020-0014 defines road authority as "the governing agency which has the jurisdiction to place, maintain and operate traffic control devices, as defined in ORS 810.010." B. EC 5.040 authorizes the City Manager or the Manager's designee to take administrative action to establish, maintain, remove, or alter all traffic control areas and traffic control devices. EC 5.055 sets forth the criteria the City Manager or the City,Manager's designee should consider when taking administrative action authorized by EC 5.040. C. On September 24, 2009, the City Manager issued Administrative Order No. 58-09- 14 granting the Traffic Engineer and the Public Works Department the authority to exercise all of the duties and responsibilities specifically defined as those of the City Manager in Section 5.040 and 5.050 of the Eugene Code, 1971. D. By Administrative Order No. 58-17-08, the City Manager appointed me as the City's Traffic Engineer and delegated to me authority to exercise all duties and responsibilities granted to the City Manager by EC 5.040 and 5.050. E. ORS 801.462(1) defines "school zone" to mean both of the following: "(a) A specific segment of highway that is adjacent to school grounds and that is marked by signs described in subsection (2) of [ORS 801.462]. (b) A crosswalk that is not adjacent to school grounds and that is marked by signs of [ORS 801.462]." The marked crosswalk crossing the north leg of the intersection of East Amazon Drive and Fox Hollow Road, once the school crossing is marked with signs, will fall within the definition of "school zone" set forth in ORS 801.462(1)(b). The school speed zone will begin at the SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT 20 signs and end at the END SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT signs, which will be installed approximately 200 -feet north of Fox Hollow Road and 230 -feet south of Fox Hollow Road. Administrative Order -- Page 1 of 5