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th Projected boardings along West 7 Place are extremely low. o This alternative would result in numerous strip commercial property acquisitions o as a result of required right-of-way widening; thereby not serving as a feasible alternative to avoid similar acquisitions along the more direct alterative routing th along West 11 Avenue. In addition to the No-Build and Transportation System Management (TSM) alternatives, LTD staff is recommending further consideration of the remaining build alternative alignments. These alternatives include: ? West 13th Avenue between the Downtown Eugene Station to West 11th Avenue via Chambers Street (this alternative includes two design options: a two-lane transitway or a frontage alley design option on West 13th between Polk and Tyler Streets), ? West 6th/7th Avenues between the Downtown Eugene Station to West 11th Avenue via Garfield (this alternative includes four design options: a Lincoln/Charnelton couplet or a two-way bus lane on Charnelton; and either adding or reassigning an existing lane on West 6th and West 7th Streets between Blair and Fillmore Streets), and ? West 11th Avenue (Between Garfield Street and the Commerce Street terminus). Process and Schedule from this Point Based on the analysis described above, the LTD Board is scheduled on June 23 to take action to winnow the 58 alternatives down to eight, including No-Build and TSM. These eight alternatives will be incorporated into an Alternatives Analysis Report which, following review by FTA, is scheduled to be released for public review and comment in mid-September 2010. At that time, the Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) decision-making process would begin. This process will include a variety of public outreach efforts, the work of several advisory committees (EmX Steering Committee, MPO Citizen Advisory Committee, and WEEE Corridor Committee), and meetings of the Joint LPA Committee. The Joint LPA Committee will develop a recommendation to the three deciding bodies – LTD Board, Eugene Council and Metropolitan Policy Committee (MPC) based on the analysis and public input. The members of the Joint LPA Committee are Mayor Piercy and Councilors Ortiz and Pryor from the Eugene City Council; Mike Eyster, Greg Evans, and Dean Kortge from the LTD Board; and Rob Handy and Sonny Chickering representing the MPC. The three deciding bodies will then work on reaching a common LPA to move into the environmental process. RELATED CITY POLICIES From Eugene-Springfield Transportation System Plan (TransPlan): TSI Transit Policy #2: Bus Rapid Transit Establish a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system composed of frequent, fast transit service along major corridors and neighborhood feeder service that connects with the corridor service and with activity centers, if the system is shown to increase transit mode split along BRT corridors, if local governments demonstrate support, and if financing for the system is feasible. From Adopted Growth Management Policies: Growth Management Policy 11 Increase the use of alternative modes of transportation by improving the capacity, design, safety, and convenience of the transit, bicycle, and pedestrian transportation systems. Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M100623\S100623A.doc