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development of staff recommendations contained in this report. A list of committee members is Exhibit B in the Appendix. The results of this study, in the form of an amendment to the Eugene Arterial & Collector Street Plan will be presented to the Eugene Planning Commission in September of 2003, and they are anticipated to forward their recommendations in the form of our final report to the City Council by the end of 2003. Staff is also evaluating the current design standards for major streets as indicated in the ACSP to determine the feasibility and applicability of those standards to the roadways in the Crest Drive neighborhood. The presence of significant natural features in this area suggests the difficulty in applying normal urban standards, which would typically included curbs and gutters, setback sidewalks with street trees and street lighting. A concept suggested by staff and endorsed by the committee is to apply "context sensitive design" criteria in future efforts to improve streets in the Crest Drive neighborhood. Street Classification Nine streets, divided into fourteen segments, were evaluated using the matrix developed in the ACSP. A copy of the results is shown on Table 1 in Appendix A. The street segments that were initially determined to be appropriately considered for classification as neighborhood collectors included: > McLean Blvd. from 28th to Chambers > Friendly Street between 28th and Lorane Hwy. > Lorane Hwy. between 29th/Washington and Friendly/Storey Crest Drive from Willamette to Crest Dr. and lower Crest Dr. from Crest to Storey Storey Blvd. from Lorane Hwy. to Blanton Crest Drive west of Blanton Blanton Road between Storey and Sundial Sundial and a future extension to 40th and 40th Avenue to Braeburn The criteria in the Matrix utilized to determine the appropriate roadway classification include the Average Daily Traffic (ADT) measured (or projected) on the roadway segment; the number of Alternative Modes using the segment; the length of the street segment; the spacing or distance to the nearest parallel street of similar or higher classification; and Connectivity, which indicates the degree to which the street carries traffic to and from other major streets. Points for each criterion were then summed to determine the total rating and suggested classification. Review of these results by the committee elicited a few comments regarding the indicated routes, including the following: > The need for designating the lower segment of Lorane Highway between the Storey/ Friendly intersection and Washington Street at 29th Avenue and the segment of Friendly between the Storey/Lorane intersection and 28th Avenue.