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<br />At the March 8, 2007 Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC) meeting, a draft proposed Regional <br />Transportation Plan (RTP) project list for ODOT projects was presented for discussion. This <br />document included the proposal to move the West 11th Avenue project from the Illustrative <br />project list to the Financially Constrained project list. The staff presentation at the MPC meeting <br />indicated that removing the West Eugene Parkway freed up $150 million on the financially <br />constrained list over the 20-year horizon of the RTP. The minutes from the March 8 meeting do <br />not indicate that there was any discussion about the West 11th Avenue project. A revised <br />version of the ODOT project list was presented at the April 12, 2007 MPC meeting and the <br />minutes from that meeting also do not indicate any discussion about the West 11th project. <br />Minutes from subsequent meetings through adoption of the 2031 RTP update on November 8, <br />2007 do not indicate any discussion about the West 11th project. The minutes for the MPC <br />meetings as well as the RTP project lists can be found at this website: <br />http://docs.lcog.org/meetings/mpc.html. <br /> <br />th <br /> <br />3.Explanation of the reasoning behind widening West 11 Avenue to, at least, Terry Street. <br />th <br />Why are west 11 Avenue improvements done incrementally? <br /> <br />The section of West 11th Avenue from Beltline to Willow Creek/Danebo was reconstructed <br />around 1998. The city managed this project for ODOT and it was constructed with a <br />combination of ODOT and federal funds. This capacity was increased on this section of West <br />11th to serve Hynix. <br /> <br />The section of West 11th Avenue from Willow Creek/Danebo to Terry was reconstructed around <br />2000. The city managed this project for ODOT and it was constructed with a combination of <br />ODOT funds and IOF lottery funds for economic development and job creation purposes. This <br />capacity was increased on this section of West 11th to develop access to the Greenhill <br />Technology Park. <br /> <br />Development has been slow west of Terry Street because sanitary sewer services have not yet <br />been extended to the area. Sewer service is being extended from the north, through the Royal <br />Node area, to serve the planned development potential between Danebo and Green Hill Road. <br /> <br /> <br />4.Explain the role of VMT reduction in the adopted TransPlan. Is it a performance measure? <br />Is VMT reduction reviewed on a case-by-case, project-by-project basis? <br /> <br />As discussed in TransPlan, Oregon’s Transportation Planning Rule (TPR) requires compliance <br />with certain performance measures by either meeting a vehicle miles traveled (VMT) reduction <br />target or obtaining approval of alternative measures. In May, 2001, the Eugene-Springfield <br />metropolitan area sought, and obtained, the Land Conservation and Development Commission’s <br />approval of an alternative standard to accomplish reduced reliance on the automobile pursuant to <br />OAR 660-012-0035(5). The approved standard consists of six performance measures designed <br />to reduce automobile reliance and increase transportation choices. The six performance <br />measures focus on nodal development, bus rapid transit, transportation demand management and <br />priority bikeway miles. The inclusion of the internal VMT and VMT per capita in 1995 and <br />2015 on the alternative performance measures chart was to demonstrate that VMT per capital is <br />unlikely to increase more than 5% (such a demonstration is a requirement of OAR 660-012- <br />0035(5)); these VMT numbers are not, however, a part of the approved alternative performance <br />measures. VMT numbers are also not reviewed on a case-by-case basis. <br /> <br />Oregon’s TPR requires local governments and metropolitan planning organizations to evaluate <br />progress toward achieving the approved standards and the adopted benchmarks that correspond <br /> 2 <br />
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