CC Minutes - 02/13/12 Work Session

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had been studying the impacts of the alternative and would present its findings. No action was requested of the council. General Manager Kilcoyne reported that LTD submitted a draft environmental analysis for the LPA to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) in September 2011. He anticipated the FTA would determine whether to certify the analysis in March, which would trigger a 45 -day public comment period. After the FTA reviewed the comments General Manager Kilcoyne anticipated the agency would issue a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI); otherwise, LTD would have to return the federal funds it received for planning to the FTA. He said Mr. Duncan would present his real estate analysis, which was part of the environmental analysis. General Manager Kilcoyne noted that President Barack Obama's budget, released earlier that day, included $19 million for project development. Mr. Duncan led the council through a PowerPoint presentation entitled LTD EmX Property Impacts Analysis Proposed West Eugene EmX Extension. The presentation included a series of maps showing the impact of the LPA on properties along the LPA route and potential acquisitions. Mr. Duncan offered the caveat that no actual appraisals had yet occurred. He noted his assigned scope of work, which was to provide a general property description of each affected property; review acquisition maps; identify potential land use or code issues, existing property constraints, or potential direct property effects resulting from the project; identify any direct or indirect potential business /property effects; and recommend mitigation strategies to minimize those effects where possible. Mr. Duncan noted the most potentially impacted properties (Adult Shop and King's Asian Market). He described the impact of the project on parking along the route and shared examples of possible parking mitigation approaches. He shared an example of a building impact on 6 Avenue. Mr. Duncan noted potential land use and code compliance issues as they related to legal non - conforming uses and legal non- conforming situations. He noted the possibility that sidewalks might require narrowing in some areas along the route. Mr. Duncan reported that 118 properties, or 24.3 of the properties along the route, would be impacted by the project; of those properties, less than 2 percent of the total site area of those properties was proposed for acquisition. He noted the percentage range of impact on the affected properties. Mr. Duncan provided a general summary of the proposed acquisition areas, reporting that 14 percent of affected properties required no acquisition; LTD proposed to acquire less than 100 square feet on 13 properties, proposed to acquire between 100 and 1,000 square feet on 55 properties, and proposed to acquire over 1,000 square feet on 36 properties; 6 of those properties required more than 3,000 square feet. Mr. Duncan shared a property impact summary of the major property impacts and the number of impacted properties. Councilors asked questions clarifying the information presented. Mr. Brown requested information about the number of on- street metered parking spaces that would be lost along downtown streets as a result of the project. He also requested that LTD provide the council with copies of Mr. Duncan's complete analysis once it was available. The council then considered the Consent Calendar, scheduled for action at the regular meeting scheduled at 7:30 p.m. MINUTES— Eugene City Council February 13, 2012 Page 3 Work Session