Item B: River Avenue Improvements

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River Avenue Trans ortation Outreach Comments an important access to the Riverfront Trail system, so ifs important to have good bicycle and pedestrian access from River Road to the path access (at edge of water treatment plant). This means bike lanes and sidewalks on both sides of the street east of this int; a sin Ie shared multi~use ath mi ht be ade uate. LANDSCAPING # Mtng Date Group Comments 116 June 23 PO City doesn't have funds for landscapina 117 June 23 PO Favor of street liahts. 118 June 23 PO Orioinal costs much lower. Take away trees, bike oath south, curb/outter, overlay 119 June 23 PO Street trees should be far enouah aoart for visibHltv. Doesn't need to be a park. 120 July 11 RRAR Don't eliminate all trees keep some River Rd to post office 121 July 11 RRAR Street trees, thev've alreadv been cut! Leave what's left. 122 July 11 RRAR Landscape per stakeholders meetina 123 July 11 RRAR Street lights near residential area. Street trees, yes, please include trees, especially UP to oost office. 124 July 11 RRAR Stormwater swale sounds like a great idea, especially near the water treatment plant. More native vegetation. Street trees to soften sound from Beltline and to beautify street. 125 July 11 RRAR No street trees. Drivewav aprons as needed. PARKING # Mtng Group Comments Date 2005 126 June 23 PO 127 June 23 PO No 128 Jul 11 RRAR 129 Jul 11 RRAR TRAFFIC # Mtg Date Group Comments 2005 130 June 23 PO How much of traffic is shortcut to Beltline vs. River Avenue business. Should be studied first, can it be measured? 131 June 23 PO Traffic count east and west 132 June 23 PO Will roadway be designed for heavy trucks and will property owners be assessed for that? 133 July 7 seeo Do safety studies first. 134 July 7 seeo More worth while oroiect would be to improve River Rd/River Ave traffic at signal. 135 July 7 seeo Need to look at how River Ave should be classified based on other factors such as ODOT proiects. PO = Property Owner SCCO = Santa Clara Community Organization RRAR = River Road Area Residents E8C = Eugene 8icycle Coalition River Avenue Transportation Improvements Summary of Outreach Comments June/July 2005 p 5 of 9 .