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9/22/2008
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Mr. Pryor reported that the Red Cross facility had also experienced the theft of catalytic converters and <br />those thefts were raising community awareness of the problem of metal theft. He said the Council <br />Committee on Intergovernmental Relations included the issue in its recommendations. He intended to <br />make a motion at the regular meeting requesting funding to complete the West Eugene Collaborative's <br />(WEC) work. <br />Assistant City Manager Sarah Medary reminded the council of a tour of neighborhood matching grant <br />sites. She said the "Tom Brokaw Reports" show was in Eugene filming various sustainability projects in <br />the community. She said the issue of metal theft was being discussed at the regional level and partners <br />were working together to find solutions. <br />Ms. Piercy commented that Eugene's Slug Queen had been featured in the Wall Street Journal. <br />B. WORK SESSION: <br />Willamette Street Study <br />Chris Henry, Public Works, said the Willamette Street Study grew out of the Central Area Transportation <br />Study (CATS), which considered converting Willamette Street from one -way to two -way operation. He <br />noted that conversion of the section between 13 and 18 avenues had occurred, but concerns had been <br />raised by businesses and the neighborhood about converting the remaining segment between 18 and 20 <br />avenues. He said the Willamette Street Study was further analysis of that issue and a stakeholder group <br />met over an 18 -month period to discuss possible solutions; that group developed the recommendations <br />presented to the council. He described the process used by the stakeholder group to develop its report on <br />existing conditions and an alternatives analysis, as well as the major issues that were taken into considera- <br />tion. He said the group concluded that any degradation in level of service in the intersections analyzed <br />was unacceptable and that was reflected in the final recommendation that Willamette Street remain one - <br />way between 18 and 20 avenues, pending a major study to find an alternative route for a large portion of <br />commuter traffic. He thanked stakeholder group members for their efforts and said the City Manager <br />recommended acceptance of the group's recommendation. <br />Mr. Pryor agreed with the City Manager's recommendation. He asked if there were financial implications <br />for the other recommendations, such as studying bicycle lanes and adding bump outs, and whether they <br />could be accommodated in other studies that were being conducted. Mr. Henry said there would be costs <br />to implement, but those recommendations represented operational changes. He said the feasibility of <br />those would be further investigated and the City intended to implement them. He said many of the <br />improvements could be made for tens of thousands of dollars. <br />Ms. Taylor asked if there had been consideration of changing Oak Street from one -way to two -way at the <br />same time. Mr. Henry said that was significantly different from what was proposed. He said that was not <br />considered during the Willamette Street Study, but was included in the 2004 CATS update. He said there <br />was some discussion of changing the direction of the Pearl and Oak streets couplet so it could connect <br />with Amazon Parkway to handle commuter traffic. <br />Ms. Taylor asked if there was a long -term plan to make all streets two -way. Mr. Henry said CATS <br />adopted several strategies that identified streets for conversion from one -way to two -way; some of those <br />conversions had already occurred. He said there were no plans for conversion beyond those strategies. <br />MINUTES— Eugene City Council September 22, 2008 Page 2 <br />Work Session <br />
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