Item 3: Ordinance on Walnut Station Mixed-Use Center (2)

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Version B: Attachment D Presented for Public Hearing on 6/21/10 -- appeal of design review to be considered by Planning Commission. (e) By March, 2005, the City shall initiate a study of Agate Street between c th Franklin Boulevard and 19 Avenue. That study, conducted jointly with the University and the Fairmount Neighborhood Association, shall identify strategies to improve the function and carrying capacity of Agate according to the City criteria for its designated street classification. The City will implement the necessary changes. The University will participate in those improvements as development occurs and as required by the City code, to the extent that the University is directly responsible for the needed improvements. (Policy 6) (f) The City, with the cooperation of the University and the Fairmount d Neighborhood Association, shall initiate an area-wide traffic calming study for the streets within the Fairmount/University of Oregon Special Area Study boundary to determine appropriate mitigation for through- traffic utilizing neighborhood streets. Such study shall be initiated prior to December, 2008, subject to availability of funds. In the event that the City updates the Central Area Transportation Study (CATS) prior to 2008, the City shall fund and initiate an area-wide traffic calming study as part of the CATS update to determine appropriate mitigation measures for the subject area. (Policy 7) (g) If a Traffic Impact Analysis that is required by the City Code projects e that a proposed development will increase traffic on streets within the single-family neighborhood to the east and south of University-owned land, the City shall require the applicant to mitigate those impacts through use of traffic calming strategies or other mechanisms designed to discourage through traffic. (Policy 8) (h) With the exception of alleys, vacations of streets within the state- f approved University East Campus boundary should not be permitted, unless the applicant, at his or her expense, provides to the City a local street connection study that demonstrates how the proposed street system remaining after such vacation meets the intent of the Eugene Code street connectivity provisions and that such vacation will not increase traffic volumes on local residential streets. (Policy 9) ([6]) Bicycle and Pedestrian Policies. 5 [(a)When the Department of Transportation lands are developed in the th future, consideration shall be given to realigning the 15Avenue bicycle path in the vicinity of those lands and making it more attractive. (Note: If the bicycle path is realigned, the City shall require an easement for the path to ensure its permanence in the future.) (Policy 1) (b)] Existing and future businesses shall be encouraged to provide safe and covered bicycle parking for employees and patrons. (Policy 3) The use of bicycles, mass transit, walking, carpooling, and other appropriate alternative modes of transportation, especially by employees working in the plan area, shall be actively encouraged and provided for in order to reduce automobile dependence and alleviate traffic and parking problems. (Policy 4) Section 23. Section 9.9655 of the Eugene Code, 1971, is added to provide: 9.9655Walnut Station Specific Area Plan. Ordinance - Page 16 of 18