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ATTACHMENT A <br />M I N U T E S <br /> <br /> <br />City Council <br />McNutt Room—Eugene City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street—Eugene, Oregon <br /> <br /> June 23, 2010 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />PRESENT: Alan Zelenka, Mike Clark, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, George Poling, Chris Pryor, George <br />Brown, members. <br /> <br />ABSENT: Andrea Ortiz. <br /> <br />Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the June 23, 2010, work session of the Eugene City Council to order. <br /> <br />A. WORK SESSION: <br /> West Eugene EmX Update <br /> <br />The council was joined by Lane Transit District (LTD) Board of Directors Chair Mike Eyster and EmX Project <br />Manager Tom Schwetz. LTD General Manager Mark Pangborn and LTD Board member Gary Gillespie were <br />also present, as were Rob Inerfeld of the City’s Transportation Division and City Attorney Kathryn Brotherton. <br /> <br />Mr. Eyster noted the data-driven process LTD was going through to develop its alternatives for an EmX route to <br />serve West Eugene. He said the LTD board would discuss the elimination of some of the alternatives under <br />discussion to this point very soon and he wanted to share that information with the City Council. <br /> <br />Mr. Schwetz provided a PowerPoint presentation on the West Eugene EmX alignment selection process, noting <br />the original 58 options under consideration, which led the Federal Transit Administration to suggest that LTD <br />instead go through an alternatives analysis to narrow the options to a more reasonable number. He said that <br />analysis involved public input opportunities, a technical advisory committee, and a citizen committee that <br />included residents of the potentially affected areas. <br /> <br />Mr. Schwetz characterized the new process as a combination of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and <br />alternatives analysis and said it would lead to a locally preferred alternative. He discussed the advantages of the <br />alternatives analysis approach, emphasizing the local nature of the process, its flexibility, and the opportunities <br />for collaboration it provided. <br /> <br />Mr. Schwetz noted the criteria used to evaluate the options. <br /> <br />Mr. Schwetz reviewed the terminus and alignment options being considered for elimination from further <br />consideration by LTD. Terminus options recommended for elimination included both full-length terminus <br />options at Ed Cone and Ed Cone/Willow Creek and the Seneca terminus option. Alignment alternatives <br />th <br />recommended for elimination included both Amazon alignments and West 7 Place. Mr. Schwetz shared a map <br />th <br />showing ridership for the West 7 Place option. <br /> <br />th <br />Mr. Schwetz discussed options on West 11 Avenue west of Garfield. He emphasized LTD’s confidence that it <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—City Council April 14, 2010 Page 1 <br />