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? TIGER (Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery) Grant Application City staff are working with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) to develop an o application to the USDOT TIGER grant program that is providing $1.5 billion nationally for transportation projects. The draft project proposal entails reconstructing Highway 99 between Garfield and Roosevelt to urban standards including sidewalks, access management, and stormwater facilities, adding a second left-turn lane to Highway 99 at Roosevelt, upgrading 5th Avenue between Highway 99 and Bailey Hill road with a new street surface and sidewalks, and replacing the four-way stop at 5th and Seneca with a roundabout sized for large trucks. ? Eugene Comprehensive Lands Assessment (ECLA) In January 2008, the council directed staff to conduct an assessment of residential, industrial o and commercial lands, as well as non-employment lands (e.g., parks, open space). This expanded study includes an inventory of buildable lands within the City’s UGB, an estimate of need for land for residential uses, an estimate of need for land for non-residential uses (primarily commercial and industrial, but also public), and a determination of whether the City has sufficient land within the UGB to meet the estimated residential and non-residential needs. ? Quick Response Grant The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) Quick Response o program provides design assistance to help understand how private property can be developed to meet different community goals. City staff are working with LTD to identify a property owner on West 11th Avenue who is interested in redeveloping the property to a less auto-oriented design. The ideal property will back up to the Amazon Channel which will present the opportunity to consider how the property could be redeveloped with EmX on West 11th or along the channel; it may also be possible to consider how the property would be redeveloped with a multiway boulevard on 11th. ? Access Management Policy The proposed access management regulations are intended to balance the need for a safe o and efficient roadway system against the need to provide ingress and egress to developed land adjacent to the street; limit the number of conflict points and separate basic conflict areas by managing the number, spacing, location and design of access connections; preserve intersection influence areas to allow drivers to focus on traffic operational tasks; and reduce interference with through movement, caused by slower vehicles exiting, entering or turning across the roadway, by providing turning lanes or tapers and restricting certain movements. Access management regulations will particularly benefit traffic flow and safety on major arterials like West 11th Avenue. The proposed regulations will come before the council this fall. ? Metro Waterways The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with the cities of Eugene and Springfield, o Eugene Water & Electric Board, and Lane County, is conducting a multi-year study for identifying and evaluating problem areas and opportunities related to the function and health of our local waterways. The study examines issues related to flood protection and drainage Z:\CMO\2009 Council Agendas\M090812\S090812B.doc