Item A: South Willamette Street Improvement Plan

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I own a not- yet - open business at 25th and Willamette and my customers (99% of them) drive to my bird seed and nature store to buy their bags of seed. So I'm concerned about a loss of convenience to drivers who are my customers. And I also ride my bike to and from work too! But I do avoid riding on Willamette. I am concerned about fewer people to my business area will make an impact in customers to my shop! This area of Willamette is not a great bike neighborhood to me the most important is to keep our special shopping area vital. I walk a lot to the shops - sidewalks are important. The section at Woodfield Station needs special consideration. Please question the need to have a left -turn lane. It takes a lot of the very limited avaliable space (percentage wise) for a benefit that is high conflict for lots of user groups includign competing left- turners from the opposite direction vehicle lane, In these budget crunching times, it is difficult to choose options without knowing costs. Budget consideration - Improved Willamette corridor will increase real estate prices enough to pay for it! The "cost effectiveness" screen for evaluating alternatives should consider the cost of operating vehicles -not just the cost of building the infrastructure. Police enforcement on 18th to 20th to keep bikes from riding wrong way (N) on the one -way street (I bike, but I also drive -don't want to fill anyone!) Compare design scenarios to similarly designed streets in Eugene with similar traffic counts. Compare lane widths for autos and bikes (and sidewalk widths) to help the public assess options. Carefully assess intersections and provide this data/ design. Use economic development research on different street redesigns and how the public investment drives market value. Look to PDX 2040 Growth Plan for examples. This would greatly diminish likelihood option 1 and 2 pens out for the Envision Eugene plan for long -term growth/ change. These should be considered jointly and not separately. Both in the Northern corridor, but especially in the Southern structures will be replaced! And they will be denser! (See SE corner of 24th/ Willamette) Also: a younger demo increase could substantially increase bike usage!! More energy needs to be spent on envisioning how these alternatives will affect the beyond - street realm: parking, business store fronts, residential, etc. Robin addressed this briefly, but if this is what we want, why not integrate it now? These are critical to discuss now not in the distant future. If we want complete streets, we need to think in a complete way. "Capacity" as a cup is a false analogy. The most important criteria are how attractive the area is for people to live, walk, work, etc. not how many cars and bikes it supports. Thinking about this project as a transportation project is a too narrow of a perspective. Reducing speed is a very positive outcome for most, if not all stakeholders. We should consider reducing travel lanes from 11' to 10' to slow traffic and increase sidewalk 1 width.