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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-12-09 of the Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene REMOVING ON- STREET PARKING FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF OAKMONT WAY BETWEEN COBURG ROAD AND SORREL WAY AND PROVIDNG A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE. The Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene finds that: A. Section 2.019 of the Eugene Code, 1971 (EC) authorizes the City Manager or the Manager's designee to adopt rules deemed necessary for the administration and enforcement of provisions of the Eugene Code. In addition, EC 5.040 authorizes the City Manager or the Manager's designee to take administrative action establishing parking area time limitations, including the form of permissible parking, and imposing conditions upon which streets and other public property may be used for parking. EC 5.055 sets for the criteria the City Manager or the Manager's designee should consider when taking administrative action authorized by EC 5.040. B. By Administrative Order No. 58- 00 -29, the City Manager appointed me as the City's Traffic Engineer and delegated to me authority to exercise all duties and responsibilities granted to the City Manger by EC 5.040, 5.050, 7.450,7.410 and 9.538(6)(d). C. In making the decision to remove parking from the south side of Oakmont Way, I considered all of the applicable criteria set forth in EC 5.055. Based on the applicable criteria set forth in EC 5.055, the following findings support my decision to remove parking from the south side of Oakmont Way: 1. By Resolution 4608, the City Council adopted the Design Standards and. Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways which includes bike lanes as a standard feature, and parking as an optional feature, of Major Collector streets. By Ordinance No. 20181, the City Council adopted the Street Classification. Map that designated Oakmont Way as a Major Collector street. 2. On March 12, 2012, the Eugene City Council accepted the Eugene Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan (PBMP) and directed the City Manager to integrate the PBMP into the proposed Transportation System Plan update. The PBMP includes as project no. 554 the addition of bike lanes along Oakmont Way east of Coburg Road and project no. 452, adding bike boulevards on Sorrel, Dapple and Roan Ways. Additionally, Objective 1 in the PBMP it to "[c]reate 20- minute neighborhoods by proving accessible, efficient and convenient methods for pedestrians and bicyclists to travel to the places where they live, shop, work and play by expanding and improving Eugene's bicycle and Administrative Order -- Page 1 of 2