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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-18-08 of the Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL SPEED ZONE ON DONALD STREET NEAR 34TH PLACE AND 35TH AVENUE 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." Establishing a school speed zone on local roadways is the responsibility of the road authority. 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)(a) and (b) defines "school zone" to include both a specific segment of highway that is adjacent to school grounds and a crosswalk that is not adjacent to school grounds, when the segment or crosswalk is marked by signs giving notice of a school zone. The mid -block crosswalk on Donald Street between East 30h Place and East 35`h Avenue, is a "school zone" as defined in ORS 801.462(l)(b) because it is a crosswalk that is not adjacent to school grounds that is marked by signs giving notice of a school zone. F. ORS 811.111(e) provides that a person commits the offense of violating the speed limit if the person drives a vehicle in a school zone at a speed greater than 20 miles per hour if the school zone is a crosswalk described in ORS 801.462 and: "(i) [a] flashing light is used as a traffic control device and operated as provided under ORS 810.243 [(Operation of flashing light indicating children in school zone)]; or (ii) [c]hildren are present, as described in ORS 811.124 Administrative Order -- Page 1 of 5