Item A: Updates on Transportation System Plan and Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan

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City staff, materials and resources costs. The consultant team is led by CH2M Hill with additional deliverables provided by Alta Planning and Design and the Angelo Planning Group. To date, the project team has utilized a variety of tools to collect community feedback, including an interactive web-based mapping tool, an online survey and comment form, neighborhood toolkits, and a collection of other input gathered over the past several years. Over 600 individual map inputs, 180 online surveys, 200 online comments, 65 pages of neighborhood input, and over 100 pages of previously submitted comments were included. This record of community feedback is combined with quantitative information including an inventory of relevant planning documents, demographic data, and a detailed review of Eugene’s bikeway, sidewalk and shared-use path network to develop the draft existing conditions report. Approximately 80 participants attended the first project open house on October 14 to review and provide feedback on this report and the direction of the project as a whole. Over the next several months, the project team will work closely with the Project Advisory Committee (PAC) and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) to develop a set of project and policy recommendations to address deficiencies and gaps identified in the existing conditions report. In order to effectively address identified needs, the project team is concurrently developing a set of recommended design practices and standards to meet the needs of non-motorized transportation system users. Each recommendation will be consistent with the overall goal of the updated Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan: “To increase the share of trips Eugene residents make by walking and bicycling for transportation and recreation by making walking and bicycling safe, convenient, and comfortable.” Additional opportunities for public input include an online comment form on the project website at www.eugenepedbikeplan.org, the public comment period at each upcoming PAC meeting, and an additional project open house tentatively scheduled for the spring of 2011. Completion of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan update is expected in summer of 2011, with additional briefings to the Eugene City Council and Eugene Planning Commission to occur as needed. RELATED CITY POLICIES The Transportation System Plan is being updated as directed by the City Council in 2008 to provide an integrated land use/transportation plan with the development of Envision Eugene. Existing transportation policies can be updated through this process. COUNCIL OPTIONS No action is requested of the council at this time. Councilors may provide input on the Transportation System Plan and the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan. CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION Not applicable, as no action is requested at this time. Z:\CMO\2010 Council Agendas\M101027\S101027A.doc