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City of Eugene City Council Page 6 September 12, 2012 Businesses will lose parking; Businesses will lose revenue during construction or close as a result of construction; Once operating, EmX will make it difficult for my customers to get to my business; Other EmX projects hurt my business; and, EmX does not offer enough community benefit to justify eminent domain. ZĞƐƉŽŶƐĞ: Along the nearly nine mile corridor, the project design would decrease parking on private property by only approximately 18 spaces at a total of five businesses. Through the mitigation provided in the EA, LTD has committed to working with private property owners during the final design stage to use existing right-of- way, sidewalk reductions and / or station design modifications, wherever possible, to minimize property and parking impacts. Additionally, LTD has committed to providing parking lot redesign / restriping where feasible, to further reduce or minimize parking loss on private property. On-street parking would decrease by 53 spaces. However, LTD will explore additional design refinements to preserve these parking spaces wherever feasible. Construction along the corridor would not occur until the spring and summer of 2015, which gives businesses nearly three more years to emerge from the current recession. LTD will maintain access to all businesses during construction. As with other construction projects, LTD would use public communications and signage to inform the community that businesses are open for business. Where permitted by the City of Eugene, LTD would perform roadwork at night to minimize impacts on business and traffic. Road construction is expected to occur in short segments, e.g. two- to five-blocks at a time, so that each segment can be completed within a few weeks. This construction strategy would occur on one side of the street at a time to further limit the extent of construction impacts. LTD's experience with the construction of the first two EmX corridors has provided LTD staff and its construction contractors valuable information regarding how best to minimize the disruption that is caused during construction. LTD does know that businesses experienced temporary impacts during construction of the Franklin and Gateway EmX corridors, and LTD and its contractors worked with businesses to minimize these impacts. Such impacts occur across our community when roads are repaved, sidewalks are rebuilt, and utilities are - or long-term effects of the Franklin and Gateway EmX projects. The Gateway EmX project was constructed in 2009-10 and opened in early 2011all during the current economic recession period. thth The detailed traffic analysis indicates that the project will not degrade traffic capacity on West 6, 7, and th 11 Avenues; in fact it will improve travel for all vehicles. The proposed EmX design for 6th, 7th, and 11th Avenues does not restrict access to businesses or intersections. Customers arriving in cars will not be required to travel out of direction and customers arriving by foot, bike, or transit should find it easier to access businesses along the proposed corridor. The fully traversable curbside lane design ensures access is retained along the entire corridor. Additionally, those customers arriving by vehicle will find it easier to turn into businesses where "business access and