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City Council <br />McNutt Room Eugene City Hall <br />777 Pearl Street Eugene, Oregon <br />June 23, 2010 <br />Noon <br />PRESENT: Alan zelenka, Mike Clark, Betty Taylor, Jennifer Solomon, George Poling, Chris Pryor, <br />George Brown, members. <br />ABSENT: Andrea Ortiz. <br />Her Honor Mayor Ditty Piercy called the June 23 2010 work session of the Eugene City Council to <br />order. <br />A, WORK SESSION: <br />West Eugene EmX Update <br />The council was joined by Lane Transit District (LTD) Board of Directors Chair Mike Eyster and EmX <br />Project Manager Tom Schwetz. LTD General Manager Mark Pangborn and LTD Board member Gary <br />Gillespie was also present, as were Rob Inerfeld of the City's Transportation Division and City Attorney <br />Kathryn Brotherton. <br />Mr. Eyster noted the data - driven process LTD was going through to develop its alternatives for an EmX <br />route to serve West Eugene. He said the LTD board would discuss the elimination of some of the <br />alternatives under discussion to this point very soon and he wanted to share that information with the City <br />Council. <br />Mr. Schwetz provided a PowerPoint presentation on the west Eugene EmX alignment selection process, <br />noting the original 58 options under consideration, which led the Federal Transit Administration to <br />suggest that LTD instead go through an alternatives analysis to narrow the options to a more reasonable <br />number. He said that analysis involved public input opportunities, a technical advisory committee, and a <br />citizen committee that included residents of the potentially affected areas. <br />Mr. Schwetz characterized the new process as a combination of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) <br />and alternatives analysis and said it would lead to a locally preferred alternative. He discussed the <br />advantages of the alternatives analysis approach, emphasizing the local nature of the process, its <br />flexibility, and the opportunities for collaboration it provided. <br />Mr. Schwetz noted the criteria used to evaluate the options. <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 />recommended for elimination included both Amazon alignments and west 7 Place. Mr. Schwetz shared <br />a map showing ridership for the west 7 Place option. <br />Mr. Schwetz discussed options on west I I th Avenue west of Garfield. He emphasized LTD's confidence <br />MINUTES —City Council April 14, 2010 Page I <br />