· Letter to Mayor Torrey and City Council, from Robert Pirrie, Area Manager for the
<br /> Oregon Department of Transportation, dated December 1, 2000
<br /> · Letter to Dave Reilly, Acting Division Administrator, Federal Highway Administration,
<br /> from Elaine Y. Zielinski, State Director, Bureau of Land Management, dated October 3,
<br /> 2000
<br /> · Letter to James B. Cox, Jr., Senior Project Manager, Environmental Services, from
<br /> Diana Bus, Acting Coast Range Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management, dated
<br /> August 18, 2000, with the following attachments:
<br /> · Comments - Recreation Issues relating to the WEP Final Supplemental ElS
<br /> (SEIS) of January 2000 provided by Joe Williams, Recreation Senior Staff
<br /> Specialist
<br /> · Botanical Input prepared by Cathy L. Pendergrass, dated July 8, 2000
<br /> · Hydrology Report prepared by Graham Armstrong
<br /> · T & E Wildlife Report prepared by Dan Crannell
<br /> · Letter to Diane Chung, Coast Range Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management,
<br /> from John D. Wichman, Division Right-of-Way Officer, Federal Highway Administration,
<br /> dated April 26, 2000
<br /> · Letter to Eb Engelmann, Interim Manager, Oregon Department of Transportation, from
<br /> Fred Patron, Senior Transportation Planner, Federal Highway Administration. dated
<br /> September 27, 2000
<br /> · Memorandum to Mayor Torrey and City Council, from Dave Reinhard, Transportation
<br /> Engineer, regarding background information on West Eugene Parkway, dated July 31,
<br /> 2000, with the following attachments:
<br /> · 22-A: Existing State Highways and Other Major Routes in West Eugene
<br /> · 22-B: West Eugene Parkway Route and Project Phases
<br /> · 22-C: WEP Unit 1-A
<br /> · 22-D: Excerpt from Supplemental DEIS
<br /> · Eugene City Council, Agenda Item Summary, Work Session: West Eugene Parkway,
<br /> dated January 29, 2001, with the following attachments:
<br /> · Memorandum to Mayor Torrey and City Council, from Dave Reinhard dated July
<br /> 31, 2000
<br /> · Responses to questions from City Councilors on West Eugene Parkway, dated
<br /> January 29, 2001
<br /> · Copy of TransPlan, Fiscally Constrained ODOT Roadway Projects (two-page matrix)
<br /> · Copy of TransPlan, Future ODOT Roadway Projects (one-page matrix)
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<br />Mr. Carlson highlighted the primary goals identified for the West Eugene Parkway:
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<br /> 1) access controlled east/west connecting arterial between Highway 126 and the I-5 and 1-105
<br /> corridor
<br /> 2) improved access to West Eugene businesses via direct connection at strategic crossroads (a
<br /> controlled access arterial, with connections at strategic roads)
<br /> 3) better link between west Eugene areas with downtown
<br /> 4) implement an important part of TransPlan
<br /> 5) relieve congestion and improve safety on West 11th Avenue
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<br />Mr. Carlson reminded those present that the project had been originally identified in 1978, modified in
<br />TransPlan in 1986, and the route was approved in 1986 by 80 percent of the those voting. In the various
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