Item B: River Avenue Improvements

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Work Session: River Avenue Improvements Meeting Date: December 12, 2005 Agenda Item Number: B Department: Public Works Staff Contact: Michelle Cahill www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-6855 ISSUE STATEMENT A conceptual design for transportation improvements for River Avenue has been developed and approved by the River Avenue Stakeholders Group and is included as Attachment A, sections 1 and 2. The City Council is being requested to approve the conceptual design for River Avenue and direct the City Manager to proceed with the final design and bidding of an improvement project. BACKGROUND In April 2005 after a public hearing and consideration of a resolution to form a local improvement district (LID) for improvements to River Avenue between River Road and the ramps to the Beltline Highway, the City Council passed the following motion: Substantially modify the improvements, rebidding if necessary, and then conduct a hearing on the modified improvements. The council also directed staff to conduct more outreach and solicit more public input in the redesign of transportation improvements for River Avenue. City staff developed and implemented a public outreach plan that included 11 meetings: 1. Four outreach meetings (with the River Avenue property owners and residents, the Santa Clara Community Organization, River Road area residents, and the Eugene Bicycle Coalition) to solicit public input on the redesign of River Avenue. Comments received are included in Attachment A, Section 5. 2. Three meetings with an 11-member stakeholder group representing the River Road and Santa Clara community organizations, the Eugene Bicycle Coalition and the property owners along River Avenue. The Stakeholder Group meetings were facilitated by a professional facilitator. The facilitator’s Summary Report is included as Section 3 to Attachment A. At its third meeting, the Stakeholder Group reached consensus on a conceptual design for River Avenue. The motion passed by the Stakeholder Group is shown as Section 1 to Attachment A. 3. Four meetings following the Stakeholder Group meetings to report back to the various interest groups, present the conceptual design for River Avenue, answer questions regarding the design and solicit comments on the design. The comments are included in Attachment A, Section 7. L:\CMO\2005 Council Agendas\M051212\S051212B.doc