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Mr. Papd expressed concern there would be more swaying of big trucks passing through a wavy section of <br />road than a straight stretch, endangering cyclists also passing through the area. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner said generally, staff did a great job of addressing safety and calming needs in a very difficult area. <br />He said that he largely concurred with the staff recommendation regarding who was assessed, although he <br />shared Ms. Bettman's concern about inequity of the situation given the properties benefitting outside the urban <br />growth boundary. Mr. Meisner also shared Mr. Papa's concerns about conflicts between bicyclists and truck- <br />trailer traffic at the location of the chicanes. He believed trucks would ignore the bicycle lane striping and drift <br />into the bicycle lane to go straight. Mr. Meisner questioned whether an off-street path might not be more <br />appropriate. <br /> <br />Mr. Meisner said the uses in the area outside the urban growth boundary were more intensive than the farming <br />uses that previously existed, and questioned what Eugene would do when that development became even more <br />intense, resulting in demand for a boundary expansion. Mr. Lyle anticipated that if the boundary were to <br />expand and more intensive uses developed, Public Works Department staff would return to the council at some <br />time in the future with a request for a LID for the completion of the street system (by the addition of curbs, <br />gutters, and sidewalks on the east side). <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Meisner regarding the impact of future road connections in the area in <br />question, Mr. Lyle said that Lane County indicated the project design was compatible with future planned <br />improvements at the interchange with Beltline, and had indicated interest in funding the City's construction of <br />an overlay over the Beltline. Mr. Lyle confirmed the project could accommodate the traffic that would come <br />from Ayres Road down Delta Highway out Division Avenue, and vice versa. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor recalled an earlier version of the project design included a pedestrian refuge on the medians. Mr. <br />Lyle said that it was still planned, but had been accidentally omitted from the drawing. Mr. Rayor stressed the <br />importance of bicycle and pedestrian connections in this area. Mr. Lyle pointed out two proposed refuge <br />locations on the proposed design. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Rayor, Mr. Lyle confirmed that the City would have assessed property <br />owners on the east side if the pavement needed to be completely removed and replaced. Mr. Rayor observed <br />that seemed somewhat arbitrary. <br /> <br />Mr. Rayor thought staff did a good design job to foster safety with the proposed traffic calming approach. He <br />said that once Ayres Road was improved more people would start using it, and trucks would be able to go <br />through the intersection at high rates of speed. He believed the design had done a great deal to avoid that <br />situation. <br /> <br />Mr. Fart said the chicanes were designed to slow traffic down, but it his experience was that people using <br />roads with such facilities tended to "straighten the road out" by driving into the bicycle lanes. He asked how it <br />was safer for people driving in typical automobiles to use such facilities because they made them drive into the <br />bicycle lane. Mr. Lyle did not anticipate that would occur for general vehicular traffic because the curve was <br />so long and the lane width wide. He said that it was illegal for motorists to use the bicycle lanes, and the City <br />would use buttons or raised striping to make that use uncomfortable for motorists. <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 5, 2001 Page 5 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />