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COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. 4927
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING SIDEWALK
WIDTHS IN THE CREST DRIVE AREA, AND
AMENDING THE CITY'S DESIGN STANDARDS
AND GUIDELINES FOR EUGENE STREETS
SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS AND ACCESSWAYS,
THE EUGENE ARTERIAL & COLLECTOR
STREET PLAN, AND THE EUGENE LOCAL
STREET PLAN.
PASSED: 5:2
REJECTED:
OPPOSED: Solomon, Zelenka
ABSENT: Poling
RECUSED:
CONSIDERED: April 14, 2008
RESOLUTION NO. 4927
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING SIDEWALK WIDTHS IN THE CREST
DRIVE AREA, AND AMENDING THE CITY'S DESIGN STANDARDS
AND GUIDELINES FOR EUGENE STREETS SIDEWALKS, BIKEWAYS
AND ACCESSWAYS, THE EUGENE ARTERIAL & COLLECTOR
STREET PLAN, AND THE EUGENE LOCAL STREET PLAN.
The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that:
A. The City Council adopted the November 1999 Eugene Street Classification Map
by Ordinance No. 20181 on November 22, 1999, with the streets in the Crest Drive Area left
unclassified pending a study to determine the appropriate classifications and design standards for
the neighborhood.
B. Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and
Accessways (Design Standards and Guidelines) were also adopted by the City Council on
November 22, 1999 by Resolution No. 4608. These Design Standards and Guidelines are also
set forth in the Eugene Arterial and Collector Street Plan adopted as findings in support of
Ordinance No. 20181, and street width recommendations are reflected in the Eugene Local Street
Plan adopted as findings in support of Ordinance No. 20056. The minimum sidewalk width
allowed under the design standards for local streets and neighborhood streets is five feet.
C. The City Council directed the City Manager to implement the Crest Drive
Neighborhood context sensitive solutions (CSS) process on May 8, 2006, with CSS defined as:
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.
D. The Crest Drive Community Team believes that a sidewalk width of four feet
better meets the themes and values identified as part of the context sensitive solutions process.
E. The City Council held work sessions on the requested amendment to the sidewalk
width in the Crest Drive Neighborhood on January 23, 2008, and a public hearing on February
19, 2008, and based on the above findings and the testimony presented at the public hearing, is
now ready to take action.
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NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, a
Municipal Corporation of the State of Oregon, as follows:
Section 1. The Design Standards and Guidelines for Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and
Accessways adopted by Resolution No. 4608 of the City Council is amended by adding the
following paragraph as subsection (5) to the Sidewalks Design Standards provision set forth on
page 10, and as subsection (6) to paragraph F, the Sidewalks provision of the Local Street Design
Standards set forth on pages 37 and 38:
The minimum sidewalk width in the area identified as the Crest Drive Area on the
Eugene Street Classification Map is four feet.
Section 2. The City Recorder is requested to append a copy of this Resolution to
Resolution No. 4608, Ordinance No. 20181 and Ordinance No. 20056. To the extent any of the
provisions contained in Resolution No. 4608 conflict with the amendment set forth in Section 1
of this Resolution, the amendment contained herein shall prevail.
Section 3. This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption.
The foregoing Resolution adopted the 14th day of April, 2008.
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