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

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along with the preferred alternatives. Ms. Colbath asked for suffix proposals and clarified that Shelton McMurphey was not hyphenated. Mr. Hledik suggested boulevard as the suffix for previously stated reasons. Ms. Colbath said there had been some testimony from descendants commenting that boulevard might be too magnanimous but given information about the range of sizes in boulevards throughout the City she had no consternation about moving forward with boulevard. Mr. Belcher said that boulevard was the historic name and there was value in retaining that history even with the change from Shelton to Shelton McMurphey, but there was a nationally recognized hierarchy of road names and while not codified it was understandable. He did not perceive the street as a boulevard and while he could accept boulevard, he preferred the term "road." Mr. Hledik said that road suggested the County's road system and as an alternative, "drive" would be more appropriate. Mr. Belcher accepted Mr. Hledik's suggestion. Mr. Hudspeth agreed with Mr. Lawless and preferred boulevard for historic purposes. He was in favor of Shelton McMurphey Boulevard. Ms. Colbath called for a straw vote on "boulevard" and "drive." She determined that five Commission- ers were in favor of boulevard and one Commissioner was in favor of drive. She asked for staffs recommendation on how to proceed. Mr. Nystrom recommended that if other names would be consid- ered, but not prioritized, that should not be included in a formal motion and let the record of the minutes reflect that discussion for the Council's consideration. Mr. Lawless moved, seconded by Mr. Hudspeth, that based on the oral and writ- ten testimony, the available evidence in the record and the Commission's discus- sion in regards to the criteria of approval, EC 9.8485 regarding what is in the best interest of the City of Eugene, the Commission recommends to the City Council against the renaming of the 3rd/4th Connector to Shelton Boulevard and recommends that the street be renamed to Shelton McMurphey Blvd. (abbrevia- tion for boulevard) and that the Commission's record indicate the discussion of other names and variations of suffixes. The motion passed unanimously, 6:0. Ms. Colbath expressed amazement that the original street was an all-weather road. She noted that boulevard was recommended in the motion and drive was a secondary possibility for a suffix and called for any additional suggestion for proper names. Mr. Carroll suggested the following names: Doctor Shelton Boulevard or Drive, Shelton Family Boulevard or Drive and Alberta Shelton Boulevard or Drive. He understood that Doctor Shelton was questionable and Shelton McMurphey might also be if common usage shortened it or someone was cut off in the middle of an emergency call but thought that Doctor Shelton got to the heart of the testimony presented and was a unique name in itself. MINUTES - Eugene Planning Commission Public Hearing March 14,2006 Page 6