Admin Order 58-21-15 -- Modifying Traffic Diverter (Fairway Loop)

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Administrative Order -- Page 1 of 2 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-21-15 of the Traffic Engineer of Public Works Maintenance's Traffic Operations Team of the City of Eugene REPEALING ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-00-06 AND MODIFYING THE TRAFFIC DIVERTER LOCATED ON FAIRWAY LOOP TO RELOCATE IT TO A POINT THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 340 FEET SOUTH OF EASTWOOD LANE. The Traffic Engineer of Public Works Maintenance's Traffic Operations Team of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Under the provisions of Chapter IV, Section 16 of the Eugene Charter of 2002, the City Manager is designated as the administrative head of the City and is specifically authorized to enforce all ordinances of the City. In addition, EC 5.040 authorizes the City Manager or the Manager’s designee to take administrative action establishing or altering traffic control areas and traffic control devices including traffic control signals, signs, and pavement markings. EC 5.055 sets forth the criteria the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee should consider when taking administrative action authorized by EC 5.040. B. On August 5, 2020, the City Manager issued Administrative Order No. 58-20-17 granting the Executive Director of the Public Works Department the authority to exercise all of the duties and responsibilities specifically defined as those of the City Manager in Sections 5.040, 5.045 and 5.050 of the Eugene Code, 1971. That Order also granted the Executive Director of the Public Works Department the authority to further delegate those duties and responsibilities to such person or persons qualified to perform the delegated duties. C. On August 6, 2020, the Executive Director of the Public Works Department issued Administrative Order No. 58-20-18 granting the City Engineer the authority to perform the duties and responsibilities specifically defined as those of the City Manager in Sections 5.040, 5.045 and 5.050 of the Eugene Code, 1971. That Order also granted the City Engineer the authority to further delegate those duties and responsibilities to such person or persons qualified to perform the delegated duties. D. On August 11, 2020, the City Engineer issued Administrative Order No. 58-20-19 granting the Traffic Engineer of Public Works Maintenance's Traffic Operations Team (“Traffic Engineer”) the authority to perform the duties and responsibilities specifically defined as those of the City Manager in Sections 5.040, 5.045 and 5.050 of the Eugene Code, 1971, including the explicit authority to establish, maintain, remove, or alter traffic diverters as provided in Section 5.040(1)(h) of the Eugene Code and the traffic diverter procedures adopted in administrative rules that implement that code section (See Administrative Order No. 58-94-09).