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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-13-04 of the Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene REMOVING ON- STREET PARKING FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF W. 5" AVENUE BETWEEN JEFFERSON STREET AND BLAIR BOULEVARD, 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 the streets and other public property may be used for parking. EC 5.055 sets forth the criteria the City Manager or the City 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 Manager by EC 5.040, 5.050, 7.450 and 7.410. C. In making the decision to remove parking from the south side of W. 5" Ave. between Jefferson Street and Blair Boulevard, 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 locations: 1. By Resolution 4608, the City Council adopted the Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways which includes travel lanes and bike lanes as standard features of Major Collector streets. Parking is an optional feature on Major Collectors. By Ordinance No. 20181, the City Council adopted the Street Classification Map that designated W. 5 th Avenue as a Major Collector street. 2. The adopted Design Standards and Guidelines establishes design guidelines for travel lane widths on Major Collector streets at 11 feet, bike lanes at a minimum of 5 feet, and parking lanes at a minimum of 7 feet. Current widths of the travel lanes, bike lanes and parking lanes along this portion of W. 5 th fall below the adopted minimum standards. Administrative Order -- Page 1 of 2