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e e - M I NUl E S Eugene City Council City Council Chamber April 15, 1981 11:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Gretchen Miller, Brian Obie, Betty Smith, Mark Lindberg, Eric Haws, Emily Schue, and Cynthia Wooten. Councilor D. W. Hamel was absent. Adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oreaon, was called to order by Her Honor, Acting Mayor Gretchen Miller. I. ITEMS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL, APPOINTMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, AGENDA ADJUSTMENTS A. Temporary Traffic Diverters Mr. Obie asked staff about two temporary traffic diverters to be installed at 10th and Adams and Broadway and Tyler (notification to council April 7, 1981). He said 318 surveys had been distributed of which one-third, or 100, had come back. Of those returned, 52 percent favored testing the diverters and 45 percent were opposed to the diverters which translates to roughly 20 percent in favor and 20 percent opposed out of the 300 people in the neighborhood. Mr. Obie questioned spending the dollars on testing without an overwhelming endorse- ment by the neighborhood. He asked staff to expand on the subject and asked if the same area wasn1t tested a few years ago. Jim Hanks, Traffic Engineer, replied that the diverters being installed in the Wests ide Neighborhood Quality Project area were diverters provided in the Neighborhood Refinement Plan, as adopted three or four years ago. The depart- ment had been prodded by the neighborhood for the last few years to install the diverters. Because the diverters are consistent with the plan, the Public Works Department decided to go ahead and test them. Several .years ago (before Mr. Hanks was on staff) different diverter sites were tested. Records were kept of these tests and Mr. Hanks said that he would report back to the council if they wished. Mr. Obie said he would like to know what had happened in the past. He would like to allow traffic through the area with a better street plan and by adding amenities such as planting, that would create a different environment and still allow traffic through. He asked that the diverters be delayed. Ms. Wooten said that she appreciated Mr. Obie1s concern. She represented that neighborhood. She had received numerous inquiries asking when the diverter testing could begin. She suggested that it would be more appropriate to do an in-depth evaluation, including alternatives, after the testing had been done. She did not wish to see the City Council postpone something that has had prior approval for some time. MINUTES--Eugene City Council April 15, 1981 Page 1