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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Work Session: Update on the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan and Transportation System Plan Meeting Date: July 11, 2011 Agenda Item Number: B Department: Public Works Staff Contact: Rob Inerfeld www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-5343 ISSUE STATEMENT This work session will provide status reports on the updates to the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan and the Transportation System Plan (TSP). The last council work session on these processes was October 27, 2010. BACKGROUND The Eugene Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan provides the City of Eugene with the projects and policies necessary to create a first-class city for bicycling and walking, reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, and provide for a well-designed, integrated, safe, and efficient multi-modal transportation system. The Eugene Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan serves as the basis for the pedestrian and bicycle element of the city’s Transportation System Plan. There has been an extensive amount of public involvement for the plan including a collection of other input gathered over the past several years, an interactive web-based mapping tool, an online survey and comment form, neighborhood toolkits, two open houses, and six meetings of the Project Advisory Committee (PAC). To establish the existing conditions of the City’s pedestrian and bicycle system, there were a number of activities including field review by the technical team, analysis of the City’s geographical information system (GIS) and crash data from the Oregon Department of Transportation(ODOT), review of public plans and policies, and public input. The draft Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan was developed using input from the community, review of the existing conditions framework, and input from the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) which consists of staff from the City and other agencies. The primary elements of the plan are as follows:  A proposed set of pedestrian and bicycle policies that are recommended for adoption as part of the TSP update;  A Design Toolkit that serves as a best practice guide for updating the City’s design standards and guidelines;  The list of proposed capital projects and feasibility studies that will replace the pedestrian and bicycle projects in the current TransPlan; \\Cesrv500\cc support\CMO\2011 Council Agendas\M110711\S110711B.doc1