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Public Hearing: Crest Drive Community Team Recommended Design for Crest Drive,
Storey Boulevard and Friendly Street
Meeting Date: February 19, 2008 Agenda Item Number: 6
Department: Public Works Engineering Staff Contact: Mark Schoening
www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 682-5243
ISSUE STATEMENT
The purpose of this public hearing is to solicit testimony on the Crest Drive Community Team’s
(CDCT’s) recommended design for Crest Drive, Storey Boulevard and Friendly Street.
BACKGROUND
City Council Action History
The City Council adopted the November 1999 Eugene Street Classification Map with the adoption of
Ordinance Number 20181 on November 22, 1999. The streets in the Crest Drive Neighborhood were
left unclassified pending a study to determine the appropriate classifications and design standards for the
neighborhood. Attachment A is a map of the Crest Drive Neighborhood.
The City Council adopted Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways
and Accessways (Arterial and Collector Street Plan and Local Street Plan) with the adoption of
Resolution Number 4608 on November 22, 1999. The minimum sidewalk width allowed under the
design standards for local streets and neighborhood collector streets is five feet.
The City Council directed the City Manager to implement the Crest Drive Neighborhood Context
Sensitive Solutions (CSS) process on May 8, 2006. A General Fund appropriation of $240,000 was
approved as part of the FY07 budget to fund the CSS process. The definition of CSS follows:
Context Sensitive Solutions is a collaborative, interdisciplinary project development approach
that involves all stakeholders to develop a transportation facility that fits its physical setting
while maintaining safety and mobility for all users, and reflecting community needs. The goal of
CSS is to create early, open, honest, and continuous communication and sharing of information
and knowledge throughout the design process.
The City Council appropriated an additional $58,000 as part of Supplemental Budget #1 of FY07 to
expand the scope of the CSS process to include Middle Crest.
The City Council amended the Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks,
Bikeways and Accessways on October 22, 2007, to allow for a minimum street width of 18 feet (two 9-
foot travel lanes) in the Crest Drive area.
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At the City Council work session held on January 23, 2008, the City Council was presented the Crest
Drive Community Team’s (CDCT’s) recommended design for Crest Drive, Storey Boulevard, and
Friendly Street. In addition, information was provided on the City’s Design Standards and
Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways to aid the council in deciding
whether the design standard pertaining to minimum sidewalk width should be reduced from five feet
to four feet in the Crest Drive area.
Crest Drive Community Team Recommendation
Subsequent to the council amendment to the Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets,
Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways to allow for a minimum street width of 18 feet (two 9-foot
travel lanes) in the Crest Drive area the CDCT met twice and completed its mission with the
following recommendation:
The Crest Drive Community Team recommends the 60% design concept for the identified
sections of Crest Drive, Storey Boulevard and Friendly Street as shown on the plan view
drawings.
The street design includes a street width of 18 feet (two nine-foot travel lanes) and a sidewalk on one
side of the street for all of Crest Drive, Storey Boulevard and Friendly Street. The sidewalk will be
setback from the street for a little less than half the total length of sidewalk. The side of the street
(uphill or downhill) that the sidewalk is located on varies throughout the design.
Traffic calming elements will be located on all of the streets and includes 17 speed tables, two traffic
circles, seven medians, and one choker.
Stormwater facilities include a combination of vegetated swales, filter strips and rain gardens to
address water quality and a combination of open waterways and stormwater pipes to address
conveyance.
RELATED CITY POLICIES
Transplan Goal #2: Transportation System Characteristics
Enhance the Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area’s quality of life and economic opportunity by
providing a transportation system that is:
a.Balanced
b.Accessible
c.Efficient
d.Safe
e.Inter-connected
f.Environmentally responsible
g.Supportive of responsible and sustainable development
h.Responsive to community needs and neighborhood impacts
i.Economically viable and financially stable.
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COUNCIL OPTIONS
Not applicable, this is a public hearing only.
CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION
The City Manager recommends that the Mayor and City Council convene the public hearing. Action on
the recommended design is tentatively scheduled for the council meeting to be held on April 14, 2008.
SUGGESTED MOTION
Not applicable, this is a public hearing only.
ATTACHMENTS
A. Map of Crest Drive Neighborhood
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Staff Contact: Mark Schoening
Telephone: 682-5243
Staff E-Mail: mark.a.schoening@ci.eugene.or.us
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