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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Action: Safe and Efficient Streets through Access Management An Ordinance Concerning Access Connection Location Requirements, Special Setbacks and Street Width; Amending Sections 9.0500, 9.5500, 9.6505, 9.6735, 9.6745, 9.6750, 9.6840, 9.6870, 9.8030, 9.8090, 9.8415, 9.8670, 9.8675, 9.8680, and 7.420 of the Eugene Code, 1971; and Adding Sections 9.6703 and 9.6873 of that Code Meeting Date: March 8, 2010 Agenda Item Number: 5 Department: Public Works Staff Contact: Peggy Keppler www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-2869 ISSUE STATEMENT The City Council is scheduled to take action on the proposed code amendments to Chapter 9 and 7.420 (Attachment A: Ordinance) implementing access connection location requirements, special setbacks, and street width criteria. Combined with the Chapter 7 Ordinance for designing and constructing access connections, the proposed access management standards are regulations designed for increasing the safety and efficiency of the city’s arterial and collector street system. BACKGROUND A City Council public hearing on this item was held Tuesday, February 16, 2010. The Access Connection Location Requirements, Special Setbacks, and Street Width ordinance includes proposed land use related code amendments initiated to balance safe and efficient roadway operation against the need to provide ingress/egress for developed lands adjacent to the roadway system. Implementing access management code revisions will reduce and separate the conflict points along the arterial and major collector streets by managing access connections and protecting intersection influence areas. Four related land use code corrections and clarifications are included with access management revisions. The four elements include clarification of arterial/collector street special setback standards, correction of traffic impact analysis application requirements, temporary surfacing permit clarifications, and clarification of alley width standards in existing developed areas. The council raised several questions regarding access management and application of the standards. No one testified at the public hearing and no written testimony was received. RELATED CITY POLICIES Implementation of proposed access management code revisions described in this agenda item statement is supportive of the 2002 TransPlan Goals and Objectives, 2009 Council Transportation, Sustainability, and Neighborhood Empowerment Goals, and many neighborhood refinement plans which include transportation and safety-related policies. The Downtown Plan, for example, contains the following Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M100308\S1003085.doc