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They wanted Orchard Street to stay classified as a local street. She also asked that Orchard Street be deleted from the ACSP. Mayor Torrey informed her that no action of that sort would be taken at the current meeting. Bruce Wild, 931 Lorane Highway, stated that his main concern was controlling the speed of traffic. He stated that the standards of the ACSP did not address public concerns. He asked that the plan approval be postponed until an exception process could be thoroughly documented. Judy Franzen, 1727 Lawrence Street, submitted a letter and petition from area residents requesting the return of on-street parking on Lincoln and Lawrence. Jennifer Barwood, 1678 Jefferson Street, requested the postponement of the ACSP until there was proper consideration of bike lane rules in the plan. Alan Zelenka, 1650 Orchard Street, requested Orchard Street to be removed from the plan as a neighborhood collector and be replaced by Villard Street which already has landscape medians in place. He also requested traffic calming devices on Orchard Street. Mara Wile, 1347 Dalton Drive, requested that River Road area streets be removed from the ACSP. She noted that the River Road area was not within the city and yet was still part of the plan. She raised concerns with the City of Eugene classifying streets off River Road as neighborhood collectors when the County had no traffic calming policy that would handle the increased traffic volume and speeds. She urged councilors to let proposed street improvements be real improvements. Theresa Damron, 605 Howard Avenue, reiterated Ms. Wile's comments and suggested a scoping process for the River Road area. She added that she wanted to trust the City Council. Patrick Simmons, 1754 Orchard Street, expressed his desire that Orchard Street be classified as a local street. He raised safety concerns with increased traffic if it was classified as a neighborhood collector. Ruth Bowers, 155 North Garden Way, stated that the ACSP was repetitious and ambiguous. Vanessa Thompson, 110 South Garden Way, reiterated Ms. Bowers' concerns and raised her own concerns about the historical nature of the trees and houses in the area. David Chase, 158 South Garden Way, reiterated Ms. Thompson's comments. He spoke against the assessment for Garden Way and urged creativity when making assessments. Helen Vidal, 1560 Jefferson Street, raised concerns for road classifications. John Simpson, 975 Oak Street, representing the Westside Neighborhood Quality Project, submitted petitions from his area requesting a more functional plan, creation of bicycle arterials, the reclassification of Monroe Street, and that an exception process be put back into the ACSP. Jori Belcher, 1190 West 17th Avenue, raised street concerns and pointed out flaws in the matrix. He submitted a different study of traffic and street classification for consideration by the councilors. MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 14, 1999 Page 6 7:30 p.m.