Agenda Packet 10-21-19 Joint Public Hearing with LTD

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October 21, 2019, Public Hearing – Item 1 “queue jump,” which allows buses to bypass points of congestion. There are complementary pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure investments in both the EmX and Enhanced Corridor alternatives. The Eugene City Council and LTD Board of Directors have received project updates and twice taken action to focus the MovingAhead analysis on five major corridors. In October 2015, the City Council and LTD Board advanced the following MovingAhead corridors for further study to evaluate an EmX alternative, an Enhanced Corridor alternative, and a No-Build alternative: • Highway 99 Corridor • River Road Corridor • Coburg Road Corridor • 30th Avenue/Lane Community College Corridor Also, the City Council and LTD Board recommended that the Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Corridor advance with an Enhanced Corridor alternative and a No-Build alternative. This direction was reaffirmed in April 2016 by a joint action of the two bodies. With City Council and LTD Board direction to proceed, MovingAhead is developing the groundwork for five transportation corridors simultaneously instead of one-by-one, as has been the past practice for other EmX projects. This system-level approach readies projects for funding and construction. It also gains efficiencies in the environmental analysis and reduces the time to deliver important transportation services to the community. It’s a responsible approach to understand the complexities of environmental impacts and benefits of the EmX, Enhanced Corridor, and No-Build alternatives. The MovingAhead project has performed an Alternatives Analysis that was prepared to support the federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process. In 2018, the Alternatives Analysis was released for public comment. Comments received shaped the proposed corridor investment packages being considered for further public review and comment. Locally, the City of Eugene and Lane Transit District are committed to a public engagement process that supports informed decision-making that considers effects on people, the planet and economic prosperity (the triple-bottom-line). Taken together, these efforts are a comprehensive approach to make investment decisions that support the community now and as it grows into the future. Preliminary Results of the Technical Analysis The results of the technical analysis are summarized for each corridor in an Executive Summary (Attachment A) and Alternatives Analysis report (also available on the project website at www.MovingAhead.org). Multifaceted Public Involvement When the technical analysis was complete, the project shifted into a more intense period of public involvement, comprised of several activities. First, letters were distributed to property owners whose properties are potentially affected by the concept designs, with an invitation to meet and