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Design" (CSD) criteria to future street improvements in this neighborhood. CSD is an emerging roadway design technique that is flexible and sensitive to community values. CSD is an interdisciplinary methodology that involves stakeholders throughout the project development process to design a transportation facility that fits its physical setting and preserves scenic, aesthetic, historic, and environmental resources, while maintaining safety and mobility. On November 4, 2003, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the proposed Street Classification Map amendments (classifying six segments of street in the Crest Drive area as Neighborhood Collectors) and proposed amendments to the Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways, to permit the use of Context Sensitive Design (CSD) for transportation improvement projects in the Crest Drive area. At the follow-up November 17, 2003, work session, the Planning Commission re-opened the record until January 16, 2004, to solicit additional input from residents and potentially affected parties. On February 23, 2004, the Planning Commission held a work session on the proposed amendments to the Street Classification Map amendments, the proposed adoption of Context Sensitive Design Standards to be included in the Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Access Ways, and the proposed adoption of Figure 5 la, a new "Example Neighborhood Collector" utilizing the Context Sensitive Design Standards. Before the Planning Commission, the proposed Street Classification Map amendment was mistakenly identified as a refinement plan amendment. The 1999 Street Classification Map was not adopted as a refinement plan, thus, amending the map is not a refinement plan amendment. See Ordinance No. 20181. Chapter 9 of the Eugene Code does not identify the Street Classification Map as a refinement plan, but rather, EC 9.6850 states, in part: The November 1999 Street Classification Map adopted by Ordinance No. 20181 and as amended by Ordinance thereafter, shall be the basis for determining the correct classification of a street as a major arterial, minor arterial, major collector, or neighborhood collector in order to meet transportation access, and safety needs of an area and for determining the dedication, design and location of streets to be required, other than local streets as described in the Eugene Local Street Plan. At the February 23, 2004, meeting the Planning Commission adopted the recommendation that Council approve the adoption of the amended Street Classification Map. The Planning Commission also adopted recommended revisions to the Context Sensitive Design Standards. Staff will take into account the Planning Commissions recommended revisions when preparing the administrative order revising the Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways (Resolution No. 4608). II. Street Classification Map Much of the concern about the proposed map amendments focuses on the nature of any future improvements; specifically concerns expressed included: The widening of roadways, increases in speed and volume of traffic, the financial impact of future assessments on homeowners; and sense that recent developments will not be paying their fair share. Every major street reconstruction over the past five years is a testimony of the City of Eugene's "thinking beyond the pavement". This is demonstrated on Kingsley Street, 15th Avenue from Jefferson to Willamette, Terry Street south of Royal, Ayres Road, North Delta Highway, Gilham Road from Ayres to Honeywood, and Broadway between Oak and Lincoln. The upcoming improvement of Garden Way will further illustrate the City's commitment to modernization while preserving and protecting a significant adjacent historic housing ensemble. Page 2 of 2