Item C: Agate/Fairmount Transportation Study Update

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Attachment E DATE: June 29, 2007 TO: Rob Inerfeld, Transportation Planning Manager FROM: Susie Smith, Co-Chair, Fairmount Neighbors Association—Traffic Calming Subcommittee SUBJECT: Agate Street/Fairmount Traffic Calming Study Recommendations ISSUE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: This memo is intended to convey the recommendations of the Fairmount Neighbors Association Traffic Subcommittee regarding the Agate Street/Fairmount Traffic Calming Study (Study) to the Eugene City Council for consideration at the July 9, 2007 work session on this matter. These recommendations have been developed as the result of a collaborative study and conceptual design process initiated and funded by the City Council, and have been endorsed by the Fairmount Neighbors Board of Directors. Fairmount Neighbors recommends timely implementation of the traffic calming th improvements in our neighborhood and of pedestrian enhancements at 14 and Agate. Please forward this memo to the City Council as part of the staff report. On behalf of the Fairmount Neighbors Association Board and Traffic Subcommittee, I would like to extend the Neighborhood’s appreciation for the City’s willingness, commitment, openness, and responsiveness to working with our Neighborhood throughout the development of this Study. The City staff work on this project has been top-notch. City staff have created and managed a very transparent process that has invited and incorporated issues, concerns, considerations, and interests of our Neighborhood throughout the process. We look forward to continuing to work with staff to implement the recommendations and achieve the objectives of this Study. BACKGROUND: Fairmount Neighborhood residents and property owners take a great deal of pride in and care of the historic character, beauty and livability in this vibrant long-established residential neighborhood. To that end, the Fairmount Neighbors Association has a long track record of active involvement in land use, transportation and neighborhood livability issues, and has worked closely with the University of Oregon and the City to provide constructive input throughout the various planning processes impacting the Neighborhood. The Agate Street/Fairmount Traffic Calming Study arose out of the development of the University of Oregon’s East Campus Plan. As part of the adoption of the East Campus Plan, The City Council committed to the development of a study and plan to improve the th functionality of Agate Street as a minor arterial between 19 Ave. and Franklin Blvd., and to reduce cut-through traffic in the residential neighborhood east of the University. The City has invested approximately $48,000 in consultant costs as well as significant staff resources in completing this Study.