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Mr. Kelly agreed with Ms. Bettman's recommendation for projects to offer the State for STIP <br />funding. <br />Mr. Kelly asked for a staff memorandum that explained the ramifications of the State expressway <br />designation. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly agreed that increased traffic on West 18th Avenue was a problem, but that situation <br />would not be addressed by the construction of West Eugene Parkway, which was anticipated to <br />produce only a ten percent reduction in traffic on West 18th Avenue. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly hoped the working group he wished to form would look at treatments for West 11th <br />Avenue east of Beltline, and that it would also examine what could be done in terms of roadway <br />and transit treatments along the east side of the West Eugene Parkway right-of-way. He said the <br />question would then be where the money would come from if not from the State. Mr. Kelly <br />suggested the working group could help answer that question. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly highlighted the potential of more funding for car pools. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman said the traffic projections did not include the figures for the induced traffic that she <br />believed would be created from the sprawl-type development that would be located at the <br />parkway's terminus. She did not believe the cost was worth the result, particularly when there <br />were other, more efficient transportation improvements that could be done. Ms. Bettman <br />suggested the increased traffic on West 18th Avenue could be attributed to the improvements to <br />Willow Creek Road and the improvements to the segment of West 18th Avenue between <br />Bertelsen and Willow Creek roads. <br /> <br />Ms. Bettman expressed hope that staff would return with a list of transportation projects that <br />qualified for State funding. She thought those projects had the support of the charrette <br />participants. She also wanted staff to look at some of the unfunded projects in TransPlan for <br />possible funding with those dollars. Ms. Bettman also wanted to take advantage of grant funding <br />available through Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) to conduct an <br />integrated study of land use and transportation in the west Eugene area. She suggested that <br />staff move immediately to secure that funding, and consider what could be done regarding the <br />old roadway alignment for the development of an arterial. She wanted the staff recommendation <br />to outline the process for applying for DLCD funds. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson said the land use pattern in West Eugene was based on legal land use and <br />transportation decisions. The land use pattern followed normal patterns of good land use <br />planning, and it was all predicated on a transportation system that was voted on by Eugene <br />voters and approved and funded by ©D©T. The development on the ground or permitted at this <br />point was done legally and correctly. This council had stopped the transportation system that <br />supported the land use pattern the community had already come up with. <br /> <br />Responding to Ms. Bettman's statements regarding the sprawl that would occur, Ms. Nathanson <br />said that most people considered sprawl to be leapfrog development on new tracts of land <br />beyond vacant parcels. The development in west Eugene was inside the city limits; sprawl would <br />come from additional development in Veneta and Junction City over which the City had no <br />control. <br /> <br />Ms. Nathanson was supportive of three items summarized by Ms. Bettman as they mirrored the <br />first three items on her list, but also wanted the list expanded with the additional language in her <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council July 25, 2001 Page 6 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />