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III. WEST EUGENE PARKWAY (memo, ordinance, background information distributed) . Assistant City Manager Dave Whitlow introduced the item. Dave Reinhard of the Public Works Department gave the staff report. He said the council held a public hearing on the eastern part of the proposed route of the West Eugene Parkway on July IS, 1986, and on July 16 the counci 1 recommended Alternate lA at-grade from Seneca Road to Garfield Street. He said the recommendation and a letter from Mayor Obie indicating concerns the council would like considered when the project is designed were sent to the Highway Division of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). He said councilors had received a copy of the Mayor's letter and the reply from ODOT, in which ODOT staff indicated their concurrence with Alternate I-A at-grade, east of Seneca. Mr. Reinhard said ODOT also agreed with modifications requested by the council in December 1985 when the council approved Alternate 1 as the a 1 i gnment west of Seneca Road. He said the modifications shift the alignment north at Beltline Road to permit an interchange, and shift it north at Terry Street from where the alignment follows the railroad tracks to Greenhi 11 Road. He said modifications respond to concerns of the council about dividing large industrial sites. Answering questions from Ms. Ehrman, Mr. Reinhard said the Tyinn and Wilson street connectors will not be arterial streets. He said the location of the connectors may be shifted in the design of the project, and therefore, these access points were not shown on the map. He said the . speed limit west of Beltline Road will probably be 55 miles a hour. The speed limit east of Beltline Road will probably be 40 or 45 miles an hour. CB 2897--An ordinance concerning the construction and route of the West Eugene Parkway; authorizing execution of agreements therefor, and declaring an emergency. Ms. Ehrman moved, seconded by Ms. Schue, that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the council, and that enactment be considered at this time. Answering a question from Ms. Wooten, Mr. Reinhard said Alternative 1 will be north of the Bertelsen Slough and will not have an adverse effect on the slough. The parkway will be some distance from the slough and will be designed with berms and landscaped buffers between it and the slough. Mr. Miller said he appreciated the process which provided an alternative a 1 i gnment whi ch met the council's concerns. He appreciated the cooperation of the State and City staffs. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 8:0. . MINUTES--Eugene City Council August 11, 1986 Page 8