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Goal 12 -- Trans ortation To provide and encourage a safe, convenient, and economic transportation system. This request can be consistent with this goal through application of site review procedures and coordination with state and local transportation divisions. The major transportation network serving the vicinity of this request is already in place. Beltline Hwy and Hwy 99 facilitate access to this site from the Eugene-Springfield area as well as outlying areas. Re- configuration of land use patterns in this area provide an opportunity to improve the convenience and safety of the transportation system in this area. Specific transportation concerns in this area include the congestion on Hwy 99 near the present entrance and exit from Jerry's, the safety of the Hwy 991Theona Drive intersection and the lack of a secondary emergency access for the residential development on Elizabeth Street or Wilbur Avenue. Any expansion of Jerry's will require changes to the existing access and improvements to Theona Drive and the Theona DrivelHwy 99 intersection. Through the site review process, a traffic study will be required based on a request from the State Transportation Department. Review and approval from the State and local transportation divisions will be required as part of the site review process. The maximum amount of additional frontage along Theona Drive, as provided for in the recommended configuration D, will provide opportunities for significant changes to Jerry's existing access and internal circulation patterns. At the present, the public access into this area is off Theona. Both Wilbur Avenue and Elizabeth Street are dead end streets. In the event of an emergency, access to Theona Drive ~- ~~ could be provided off a gravel road located at the west end of Theona Drive, running north along the urban growth boundary to Clear Lake Road. According to Lane County transportation staff, this road is a "private gateway" and has no public status, Elizabeth Street and Wilbur Avenue have no emergency access. As originally platted in 194b, both Elizabeth Street and Wilbur Avenue connected to ]essen Drive to provide for access to the south and east. Prior to the construction of Beltline through a portion of this subdivision, lessen Drive connected this area with the Bethel area. Build out of this subdivision as it is currently would significantly exceed the Fire Marshal's maximum of 17 homes on a dead end street. The draft AvIH99 Study will recommend future extension of Wilbur to the south as future residential development occurs on this site and to the south in the Bethel area on vacant land off Primrose. Future extension of Terry Street to Clear Lake Road will also improve traffic circulation in this area. Exhibit B -Findings - 6