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<br /> <br />COUNCIL OPTIONS <br />ththth <br /> <br />1. <br />Select a single locally preferred alternative (e.g., the 13 Avenue or 6/7 Avenue alignment with <br />specific mitigation as described by the Joint LPA Committee). <br /> <br />2. <br />Select the “No-Build” alternative. This action would end the project. <br /> <br />3. <br />Request that Lane Transit District and the Metropolitan Policy Committee delay the LPA selection <br />process until the council is prepared to make a decision. <br /> <br /> <br />CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />The City Manager recommends that the council support LTD’s construction of EmX in West Eugene <br />and directs the City Manager to inform the LTD Board that the council is opposed to the No-Build <br />option. <br /> <br />If the council approves the above, then the City Manager recommends that the council adopt one of the <br />following alternatives: <br /> <br />thth <br /> <br />(a)The council selects the 13/11 route as the preferred route for West Eugene EmX; <br />ththth <br /> <br />(b)The council selects the 6/7/11 route as the preferred route for West Eugene EmX; <br />thth <br /> <br />(c)The council requests LTD to undertake additional analysis of both the 13/11 and the <br />ththth <br />6/7/11 routes, and that upon completion of that additional analysis, the council will select its <br />preferred alternative. <br /> <br />thth <br />Unless the council needs additional information in order to choose between the 13/11 and the <br />ththth <br />6/7/11 routes, the City Manager recommends that the council makes that selection on March 9. On <br />the other hand, if the council still has questions about which of these two routes would be a better route, <br />and additional analysis would assist the council in choosing, then the City Manager recommends that <br />you choose alternative (c). <br /> <br /> <br />SUGGESTED MOTIONS <br /> <br />1.Move to direct the City Manager to inform the LTD Board that the council is opposed to the No- <br />Build option. <br /> <br /> If the council is prepared to select a Locally Preferred Alternative, then one of the following motions <br />may be chosen: <br /> <br />thth <br />2a. Move to select the West 13/West 11 Avenue Mitigated Concept Alternative (3MC), including <br />mitigation measures B, C and L, to be forwarded into the federal environmental review process for <br />further analysis as the locally preferred route for West Eugene EmX; or <br /> <br />ththth <br />2b. Move to select the West 6/7/West 11 Mitigated Concept Alternative (5MC), including mitigation <br />measures B, C and L, to be forwarded into the federal environmental review process for further <br />analysis as the locally preferred route for West Eugene EmX. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> \\Cesrv500\cc support\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M110309\S110309B.doc <br /> <br />