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draft plan to enable council to become involved earlier. Mr. Kelly agreed with Mr. Lee that small pilot projects would be good steps toward the integration of services. C. Draft Arterial and Collector Street Plan Dave Reinhard, Public Works, provided a PowerPoint presentation on the plan and said staff wished further council direction. He reviewed the staff-recommended changes to the plan addressing issues raised at the council's May 12 meeting and the June 14 public hearing. He said the council may wish to: 1) direct staff to incorporate the proposed plan changes into a set of revisions, with adoption of the revised version to occur at a future council meeting; or, 2) provide direction on additional changes to the draft plan prior to adoption. Mr. Kelly said he appreciated the proposed changes, adding he was very pleased with staf?s recommendations. He wondered what the council would receive prior to approval of the plan. Mr. Reinhard said staff wanted to ensure that the council felt comfortable that all its comments would be incorporated but a final report format had not been developed. Mr. Kelly suggested adding only changes and identifying them as such in the new draft. He pointed out an inconsistency between pages 24 and 22. Mr. Kelly wondered if the two issues raised in public testimony were addressed: 1) access management (driveway cuts); and, 2) adjacent land use design guidelines (can some of those be standards?). Ms. Taylor ascertained that the plan did not address bike lanes--something that is included in the TransPlan. She wondered if speed bumps were not allowed on collectors and minor arterials. Mr. Reinhard said the City was discouraging speed bumps at all because of the concerns raised by Fire/EMS staff. Ms. Taylor asked why the designation of Monroe Street between 11th and 13th avenues was not changed. Mr. Reinhard said the issues of traffic volume, spacing, and connectivity for bikes and pedestrians outweighed the other concerns. Ms. Taylor questioned staf?s "no change" recommendation for 12th and 15th avenues (retain as local streets). Mr. Reinhard said that was consistent with staf?s intent for a simpler classification system with many variations within that. Ms. Taylor said streets specifically designated for bikes would eliminate the need for lanes in other streets, which often displaces on-street parking. She wondered why this was being adopted before the TransPlan, and what would be the effect of not adopting it now, and why not adopt it by sections? Addressing the questions, Mr. Reinhard said staff and the Planning Commission believed this was one of the building blocks of the transportation planning system. It was the companion of the previously adopted Local Street Plan and these two were seen as one of the foundation pieces of the transportation system. He added that it was not essential to adopt the plan before the TransPlan and another option may be to adopt the plan with specific caveats. Responding to the suggestion to adopt the plan by sections, Mr. Reinhard asked the council to consider the drain on staff and council resources. If adoption is postponed, he added, many projects would be placed "on hold." Mr. Rayor said he compared the ordinance with the plan and it posed some problems, e.g., where no width is designated, the street shall have the maximum width (60). Will property along streets less than 60 feet be required to re-plat? He said he was concerned that in places where there was not enough right-of-way that all the standards ignore slopes. Mr. Reinhard said the 55 feet referred to the average street mapping, adding that he would provide additional information in writing addressing Mr. Rayor's concerns. Mr. Meisner said he appreciated staf?s recommendations and said he hoped the City could emphasize the importance, despite their advisory nature, of the standards and guidelines to the other jurisdictions. He said he supported safe, convenient routes for bicyclists but he did not want to support those as a means of getting bicyclists off other roads. He said he appreciated the use of parking bays and did not believe they are MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 27, 1999 Page 5 5:30 p.m.