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The Joint LPA Committee will develop a recommendation to the three deciding bodies based on the analysis and public input. The members of the Joint LPA Committee are Mayor Kitty Piercy and councilors Andrea Ortiz and Chris Pryor from the Eugene City Council; Mike Eyster, Greg Evans, and Dean Kortge from the LTD Board of Directors; County Commissioner Sid Leiken and Sonny Chickering, Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), representing the MPC. Following the Joint LPA Committee’s recommendation, the three deciding bodies will work on endorsing a common LPA to move into the environmental process, along with the No-Build alternative. More information about all the alignments that were studied, the project evaluation criteria and measures, and previous elimination of some alignments may be found in the minutes for the June 23, 2010, Eugene City Council meeting. Public Involvement and Joint Locally Preferred Alternative (JLPAC) Committee Update The projected travel time and cost data of the project alternatives have been refined in response to requests from the public, the Joint LPA Committee, and the LTD Board of Directors to provide more information on the alternatives’ impacts on LTD’s operating costs. The project’s Alternatives Analysis report provided operating costs based on regional model transportation demand modeling (a macro-level analysis as required by the Federal Transit Administration). In response to the requests to aid the local decision-making process, LTD’s consultants have produced supplemental analysis that provides more micro-level detail on corridor-specific operating costs, and travel time data that more precisely accounts for traffic congestion over time (see Cost Detail Sheets and Key Results attached). thth thth th The Joint LPA Committee has approved mitigation concepts for the 6/7- 11 and the 13- 11 alternatives that further reduce impacts primarily through additional reductions in transit priority lanes and station relocations. This development of mitigation, for advancing alternatives by local decision- makers, is in keeping with standard Federal Transit Administration guidance on development of an LPA. th Additionally, at its January 6, 2011, meeting, the Joint LPA Committee eliminated all West 7 Place ththththth alternatives and the 6/7-11, and 13-11 alternatives that do not include mitigation concepts. Following are the four remaining alternatives under consideration by the committee: • No-Build • TSM thth th • West 6/West 7- 11 mitigation concept th th • West 13– West 11 mitigation concept The Joint LPA Committee requested that LTD staff develop additional mitigation for the two remaining build alternatives to be considered at their fourth meeting on January 31, 2011. These design thth thth th refinements and the analysis of the West 6/West 7- 11 and West 13- West 11 will be presented to the committee and distributed to the public by January 31, 2011. Under the committee’s current work plan, a preliminary LPA will be identified on January 31, 2011, to advance for public comment in early February through open houses and at a joint public hearing between the Eugene City Council, the LTD Board of Directors, and MPC (see attached WEEE Meeting Schedule). Following public review and input on the preliminary LPA, the committee will meet on February 14, 2011,to select a final recommended LPA to advance to the Eugene City Council, LTD Board of Directors, and MPC. \\Cesrv500\cc support\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M110124\S110124B.doc