Item 6: PH - Ordinance Renaming 3rd/4th Connector

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ATTACHMENT D Staff Review of Alternative Street Names As reflected in the March 14, 2006 minutes, the Planning Commission noted the following street names would be acceptable to the Commission: · Thomas Shelton · Doctor Shelton · Shelton Family · Alberta Shelton · Use of either Drive or Blvd. The Planning Commission's recommendation, Shelton McMurphey Blvd. and the alternative street names were referred to an interjurisdictional Road Naming Committee that reviews proposed street names for new subdivisions. The committee consists of staff from 9-1-1 Emergency Communications Center, the Eugene Police Department, United States Postal Service, City of Eugene Public Works Department, Lane County Land Management, and planners from other Lane County cities; refer to Suggested Road Naming Guidelines Lane County, Oregon. The committee concurred that Shelton McMurphey Blvd. is an acceptable street name. Most committee members recommended Thomas Shelton because it was shorter and easier to pronounce than Shelton McMurphey. However, Planning Division staff notes that both Thomas and Alberta and Shelton are existing street names. Thus, the use of two duplicative names in each street name, Thomas Shelton, or Alberta Shelton, is not as differentiated from existing street names as using Shelton McMurphey which provides the use of a unique street name, McMurphey. Neither McMurphey, nor MacMurphy, are in use as a street name. Regarding the alternate street name, Doctor Shelton, the committee did not recommend the use of Doctor Shelton because the public may easily shorten Doctor to "Dr." which can be confused with the abbreviation for Drive (Dr.). A public comment received after the Planning Commission public hearing requested the use of T W Shelton, referring to Thomas Winthrop Shelton's initials. The committee did not recommend the use of T W Shelton because the public may easily shorten and drop the initials "T W" when referring to the street name. Such confusion can be especially problematic during emergency phone calls when clarity in communication is essential for a prompt response to various locations within the 9-1-1 emergency service area.