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RESQLUTI(IN NQ. 4919 A RES4LUTIQN CQNCE1tNING STREETS WIDTHS IN THE CREST DRIVE AREA, AND AMENDING THE CITY'S DESIGN STANDARDS AND GUIDELINES FQR EUGENE STREETS SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS AND ACCESSWAYS, THE EUGENE ARTERIAL & CQLLECTQR STREET PLAN, AND THE EUGENE LOCAL STREET PLAN. - The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: A. The City Council adopted the November 1999 Eugene Street Classification Map by Ordinance No. 20151 on November 22, 1999, with the streets in the Crest Drive Area left unclassified pending a study to determine the appropriate classifications and desi n standards for g the neighborhood. B. Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways Design Standards and Guidelines} were also adopted by the City Council on November 22, 1999 by Resolution No. 4605. These Design Standards and Guidelines are also set forth in the Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan adopted as ~.ndings in support of Ordinance No. 20151, and street width recommendationsare reflected in the Eu ene Local Street . , .g Plan adopted as findzngs ~n support of Ordnance No. 20056. The m~n~mum width allowed under the design standards for local streets and neighborhood streets is 20 feet. C. The City Council directed the City Manager to implement the Crest Drive Neighborhood context sensitive solutions ~CSS} process on Ma 5, 2006 with C.SS defined as: Y Context sensitive solutions is a collaborative, interdisciplinary project development approach that involves all stakeholders to develop a transportation facility that f is its physical setting while maintaining safety and inability for all users, and reflecting community needs. The goal of CSS is to create early, open, honest, and continuous communication and sharing of information and knowledge throughout the design process. D. The City conducted a topographic survey of all of the streets under consideration, including all of the trees within the public right-of-way. The City's survey crew surveyed over 15,000 data points including the existing edge of pavement, property corners, public and private utilities, structures and trees. All of this survey information was used to generate a set of maps to aid in the street design process. E. The design process involved City staff working with five separate street teams an five separate street segments -Upper Crest, 'ddle Crest, Lower Crest, Stacey and Friendl . y Each street team presented its conceptual design to the enure Crest_ Dave Community Team ~CDCT}. As part of the design process, each street team evaluated its design using the Themes and Values developed and approved by the CDCT. Resolution -1