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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
September 19, 2018
12:00 p.m. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
Harris Hall, 125 East 8th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97401
Meeting of September 19, 2018;
Her Honor Mayor Lucy Vinis Presiding
Councilors Mike Clark, President Betty Taylor, Vice President Greg Evans Chris Pryor Emily Semple Claire Syrett Jennifer Yeh Alan Zelenka
12:00 p.m. CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
Harris Hall, 125 East 8th Avenue
Eugene, Oregon 97401
1.WORK SESSION: MovingAhead Project Update
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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Work Session: MovingAhead Project Update Meeting Date: September 19, 2018 Agenda Item Number: 1 Department: Public Works, Planning and Development Staff Contact: Chris Henry
www.eugene-or.gov Contact Telephone Number: 541-682-8472
ISSUE STATEMENT The City of Eugene and Lane Transit District, with the help of other regional partners, are collaborating on the MovingAhead project to determine how best to invest on our main corridors that connect our neighborhoods, shopping areas, and places of employment. Building on years of long-range planning in our community, MovingAhead is an implementation effort that will result in prioritized investments in transit, walking and biking projects in each of five corridors that are identified in Envision Eugene, LTD’s Long-Range Transit Plan, and the Eugene 2035 Transportation System Plan. In 2018, the MovingAhead project team has finalized the technical analysis and is now moving into a phase of extensive public engagement throughout the summer and into fall 2018. The team will gather feedback on the analysis and potential corridor investments. Following that outreach, the formal decision-making process by the Eugene City Council and LTD Board of Directors is planned for spring 2019. At that time, the City Council and LTD Board will be asked to select a preferred package of investments for people walking, biking, using mobility devices, and using transit. This noon work session is an opportunity for the Eugene City Council to learn about the process, provide feedback, and ask questions coinciding with the release and public comment on the project’s technical analysis, the Alternatives Analysis report (released on September 10 for a 30-day public comment period). The LTD Board of Directors will hold a separate work session at 4:00 pm, also on September 19.
BACKGROUND In 2015, the MovingAhead project kicked off with public workshops held along the corridors under consideration. At each workshop, local residents were asked to design their ideal street to accommodate people walking, biking, using mobility devices, driving and using transit. After gathering that public input, the project team developed conceptual designs on which the formal technical analysis was conducted. These conceptual designs include Enhanced Corridor and EmX alternatives as well as a No-build alternative. Comprehensive bus rapid transit—known as EmX locally—is a recognizable transit service in our community. A No-build alternative assumes maintaining the current service on a street. On a continuum of transit service investments, the Enhanced Corridor alternatives fall between the
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other two alternatives, thereby providing improved transit service and reliability through less intensive infrastructure investments compared to EmX. These may include traffic signal prioritization for buses or additional lanes near intersections to create a “queue jump,” which allows buses to bypass points of congestion. There are complementary pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure investments in both the EmX and Enhanced Corridor alternatives. The Eugene City Council and LTD Board of Directors have received project updates and twice taken action to focus the MovingAhead analysis on five major corridors. In October 2015, the council and board advanced the following MovingAhead corridors for further study to evaluate an EmX alternative, an Enhanced Corridor alternative, and a No-Build alternative:
• Highway 99 Corridor
• River Road Corridor
• Coburg Road Corridor
• 30th Avenue/Lane Community College Corridor Also, the council and board recommended that the Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Corridor advance with an Enhanced Corridor alternative and a No-Build alternative. This direction was reaffirmed in April 2016 by a joint action of the two bodies. With council and board direction to proceed, MovingAhead is developing the groundwork for five transportation corridors simultaneously instead of one-by-one, as has been the past practice for other EmX projects. This system-level approach readies projects for funding and construction. It also gains efficiencies in the environmental analysis and reduces the time to deliver important transportation services to our community. It’s a responsible approach to understand the complexities of environmental impacts and benefits of the EmX, Enhanced Corridor, and No-build alternatives. The MovingAhead project has performed an Alternatives Analysis that was prepared to support the federal National Environmental Policy Act process. Locally, Lane Transit District and the City of Eugene are committed to a public engagement process that supports informed decision-making that considers effects on people, our planet, and economic prosperity (the triple-bottom-line). Taken together, these efforts are a comprehensive approach to make investment decisions that support our community now and as we grow into the future.
NEXT STEPS The technical analysis is complete. The MovingAhead project team continues to share the results and then seek additional feedback from neighbors and businesses along the corridors and the community as a whole.
Preliminary Results of the Technical Analysis The results of the technical analysis are summarized for each corridor in an Executive Summary (Attachment A) and Alternatives Analysis report (also available on the project website at www.MovingAhead.org). Staff will provide a brief overview of the results during the work session.
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Multi-faceted Public Involvement The project is now shifting into a more intense period of public involvement, comprised of several activities. First, letters have been distributed to property owners whose properties are potentially affected by the concept designs, with an invitation to meet and discuss. The project team is also attending community events to inform people of the process schedule, opportunities to review, and ways to provide feedback on the technical analysis. In late summer 2018, the draft analysis was released for an initial round of public review and feedback. Our intent is to make the highly technical analysis accessible and clear through infographics and a distilled executive summary. The public review period is divided into two phases. The initial public review period in September and October will allow community members to provide corridor-specific feedback on the investments in their neighborhood, near their business or place of employment, or the streets where they travel most. This period will include four large open houses as well as listening sessions with under-represented stakeholder groups. A concurrent online open house is also available (on the project website at www.MovingAhead.org). The corridor-specific feedback will allow the project team to correct any inaccuracies in the technical analysis and compile several investment package options for the next phase of public review. In winter 2018, during the second round of public review, residents can provide feedback on packages that contain different combinations of proposed alternatives. With five corridors under evaluation, there are abundant options for aligning different corridor investments in a package. One of the three alternatives will be advanced for each corridor, either EmX, Enhanced Corridor, or No-build. Each combination will be evaluated based on (1) the MovingAhead project criteria and (2) the comprehensive benefits across the LTD system. This second public review period will include one large open house as well as an online open house. Once the public review of the proposed packages concludes, the project team will share that feedback with decision-makers or consider additional packages, as necessary.
Decision-Making Process The MovingAhead project includes an Oversight Committee and a Sounding Board. The former is comprised of elected and appointed officials and executive staff from the City, LTD, the Oregon Department of Transportation, and Lane County, while the latter’s members come from and represent numerous City of Eugene and LTD committees and commissions. Both entities review project proposals, offer critical feedback to the project management team, and act as conduits back to their constituencies and fellow committee/commission members. Both bodies will continue to meet throughout 2018 and early 2019 to ensure broad distribution of project information and preparation for the final decision-making process. A process schedule is included here as Attachment B. In spring 2019, the Oversight Committee will make a formal recommendation to the LTD Board and Eugene City Council. LTD’s Strategic Planning Committee will also make a recommendation to the LTD Board. Following these actions, the Eugene City Council and LTD Board will be asked to select a preferred package of transportation investments (e.g., EmX, Enhanced Corridor, or No-build alternatives) to be completed within ten years.
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The selected package will be advanced to the next MovingAhead project phase, which will include seeking design and construction funding, preparing final NEPA environmental reviews, and initiating the Federal Transit Administration project development process for qualifying projects. This future phase will also include design refinements, which will be based on feedback we receive during the public review period this year and subsequent outreach to stakekholders along the corridors where projects are advanced. The selected package will include designs that reflect our community priorities and enable the City and LTD to make smaller strategic investments such as safer pedestrian crossings with islands and signals within the larger corridor visions. This type of incremental implementation allows us to make investments today that address our community’s needs without precluding our ability to later construct a larger project.
RELATED CITY POLICIES The MovingAhead project is in alignment and consistent with policy direction contained in Envision Eugene, the Eugene 2035 Transportation System Plan, Eugene’s Climate Recovery Ordinance, LTD’s Long-Range Transit Plan, and our Regional Transportation Plan. Additionally, the project structure has embraced a ‘triple bottom line’ approach. It is part of the NEPA-required technical analysis. It is further reinforced in the composition of the Sounding Board and the evaluation criteria used to analyze each corridor alternative.
COUNCIL OPTIONS This is an informational item. No action is requested.
CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDATION This is an informational item only.
SUGGESTED MOTION This is an informational item only.
ATTACHMENTS A. MovingAhead Executive Summary B. MovingAhead Project Timeline
FOR MORE INFORMATION Please visit the project website at www.MovingAhead.org. Staff Contact: Chris Henry, Transportation Planning Engineer Telephone: 541-682-8472 Staff E-Mail: chenry@eugene-or.gov Staff Contact: Terri Harding, Principal Planner
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Telephone: 541-682-5635 Staff E-Mail: tharding@eugene-or.gov Staff Contact: Sasha Luftig Vartanian, Lane Transit District Senior Project Manager Telephone: 541-682-6135 Staff E-Mail: sasha.luftig@ltd.org
Alternatives Analysis Report
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A joint project of the City of Eugene and Lane Transit District
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Acknowledgments
The City of Eugene and Lane Transit District gratefully
acknowledge the efforts of every agency, committee,
community organization, business and citizen who
assisted in the development and evaluation of the
MovingAhead project alternatives. A detailed list
is included in the Alternative Analysis Report.
Partners
The City of Eugene Lane Transit District
Agency Partners
Federal Transit Administration
Lane Council of Governments
Lane County
Oregon Department of Transportation
City of Springfield
Table of Contents
What is MovingAhead 3
Project Goals 4
Community Involvement 5
Investment Options 6
Corridor Findings 8
Evaluation Criteria 9
Corridors
Highway 99 Corridor 10
River Road Corridor 14
30th Avenue (Downtown) to LCC Corridor 18
Coburg Road Corridor 22
Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. Corridor 26
Funding Plan 29
Next Steps 30
What is an Alternatives Analysis?
An Alternatives Analysis is a part of established transportation planning practice that uses in-depth
analyses to understand the trade-offs behind different options and how they compare on a variety of
criteria. It is also an important first step in securing federal funding for local projects.
An effective analysis answers critical project
questions about each investment option, such as:
• What are the current and anticipated problems
and opportunities that need to be addressed?
• What are the underlying causes of the
problems?
• What changes are needed to achieve future
goals?
• What are options for addressing the problems?
• What are the costs, impacts, and benefits of
each potential solution?
• How can impacts be avoided or minimized?
The purpose of this alternatives analysis is to:
• Help select the best investments for each
corridor that support local plans;
• Prioritize which corridor investments should
occur first; and
• Identify realistic funding options.
Locally, the City of Eugene and Lane Transit District
have a commitment to a public engagement
process that supports informed decision-making
that considers effects on people, our planet,
and economic prosperity (the triple-bottom-line).
Collectively, these efforts are a comprehensive
approach to decision-making that support our
community now and as we grow into the future.
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Eugene is growing – we expect 34,000 new people and 37,000 new jobs in
our community by 2032. MovingAhead will help manage growth in a way
that enhances our quality of life and reflects our shared community values.
MovingAhead began in 2015 as a partnership
between the City of Eugene, Lane Transit
District (LTD), regional agencies, and the
Eugene-Springfield community. The purpose
of the project was to determine what
transportation investments are needed on some
of our most important streets.
Driven by community needs and values,
MovingAhead is built on community feedback
and existing plans. MovingAhead is focused
on creating active, vibrant places that are safe
and accessible, that serve the community and
economy, and that will accommodate future
growth.
MovingAhead is about more than just transit: it considers a range of options for getting us where we need to go, whether we ride the bus, bike, drive, use mobility devices, or walk.
This document summarizes the Alternatives
Analysis, a key step in the planning process.
Based on previous community feedback,
the MovingAhead team focused on five key
corridors and identified the costs and benefits
of various transportation investments for each.
This analysis is a tool to help our community
determine when and where to focus our
investments over the next 10 years.
A funding plan will be developed that outlines
how to implement these corridor investments
and will consider all potential funding options
and the timing of each to deliver the most
efficient solution for each corridor.
At the conclusion of the project, the Eugene
City Council and LTD Board of Directors will
select a package of transit, walking, and
biking investments across the five corridors
that can be funded and built over the next 10
years. This list of prioritized investments will
become a powerful tool for implementing local
and regional land use, transportation, and
community plans.
MOVINGAHEAD?WHAT IS
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Neighborhoods
Mixed Transitional
Parks Transit Corridor
DOWNTOWN CORE
Parks
Oak Savannah
Office
Industry
Agricultural
Wetlands/Rural
Low Density
Protect, Restore and
Enhance Natural
Resources
Protect, Repair, and
Enhance Neighborhood
Livability
Promote Compact Urban
Development and Efficient
Transportation Options
Provide Ample Economic
Opportunities for All
Community Members
Provide Housing
Affordable to All
Income Levels
Plan for Climate Change
and Energy Resiliency
Provide for Adaptable,
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Community Involvement
MovingAhead continues a tradition
of proactive public engagement
that supported the City’s Envision
Eugene process.
MovingAhead aspires to implement the collective
vision and ideas included in several existing plans,
such as Envision Eugene and LTD’s Long-Range
Transit Plan. These plans are the culmination of
decades of community engagement and input.
MovingAhead builds off these plans and continues
the community conversation set forth from these
earlier efforts.
Community involvement for MovingAhead got
underway in 2015 with workshops to solicit input that
informed the evaluation criteria and explored and
identified which corridors should be advanced for
further evaluation. During these meetings, the public
shared what they knew about important destinations,
barriers, desired transportation investments, and
the importance of corridor features such as parking,
trees, and sidewalks.
Feedback from these workshops, an online open
house, and other public comments determined the
five corridors and the three levels of investment
options that have been evaluated in the Alternatives
Analysis.
For more information about public feedback, refer
to Chapter 2 of the Alternative Analysis report:
“Outreach and Involvement.”
What we heard
Public comments have generally encouraged further
investment to support walking, bicycling, and taking
transit. Corridor-specific comments provided detailed
information on safety concerns and facility needs
within each corridor that were incorporated into the
development of each corridor option.
Built on Past Planning
Envision Eugene is a community-based plan
for accommodating new residents and jobs
while protecting our quality of life and reflecting
our shared values. A key element of Envision
Eugene is a multimodal transportation system
that provides mobility and transportation options
while supporting compact urban development,
sustainability, and affordable housing.
MovingAhead supports Envision Eugene by
identifying the most important and cost-effective
investments in multimodal transportation along our
major streets.
MovingAhead also builds on the hard work of
past planning efforts, including: Lane Transit
District’s Long-Range Transit Plan; the Eugene
2035 Transportation System Plan (Eugene 2035
TSP); and the Central Lane Metropolitan Planning
Organization Regional Transportation Plan (RTP ).
“There should be more separation
of bike lanes and transit all over to
improve safety for all users.”
“I have concerns about how access
to business will be affected by transit
changes.”
“I would like to see improved
connectivity between bike lanes and
paved paths.”
“The addition of EmX lanes is good
for Eugene and use will increase with
growth.”
Project Goals
MovingAhead’s ultimate goal is to
create a 10-year investment plan for
five key corridors in Eugene that will
improve safety and accessibility for
all modes of transportation - whether
walking, biking, using a mobility
device, taking the bus, or driving.
The project is also dedicated to ensuring that
these investments help improve the overall quality
of life of our community. To achieve this purpose
and meet our community’s needs and values, the
work has been guided by a set of overall Goals and
Objectives.
The Purpose, Needs, Goals, and Objectives
for MovingAhead were developed based upon
community values that were articulated in existing
local policies and previous planning efforts and
refined through initial project outreach.
Goal 1 Improve
multimodal transit corridor
service
Improve transit travel time and reliability, minimize
transfers, increase ridership, and improve access and
safety for people walking, bicycling, and using mobility
devices.
Goal 2 Meet current
and future transit demand
in a cost-effective and
sustainable manner
Control costs while increasing transit capacity to meet
demand. Leverage funding opportunities that provide
a maximum return on investment. Minimize impacts to
the environment.
Goal 3 Support economic
development, revitalization,
and land use opportunities
for the corridor
Support and coordinate with other planned
development and transportation projects and provide
high-capacity transit that is consistent with the
community vision. Minimize impacts to businesses and
industry and improve transit so as to provide benefits
to vehicles, freight, and emergency services.
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Investment Options
Public feedback and community
conversations helped define three
investment options that were
considered within four of the five
corridors (only two options were
explored for MLK, Jr. Boulevard).
A low and high investment option looked at varying
degrees of improvements, such as pedestrian and
bicycle facilities, and transit enhancements, as well
as improvements along the street like sidewalks,
trees, and lighting. These were compared to what
would happen without the MovingAhead project,
referred to here as a “No-Build” option.
Center Dedicated Transit Lanes Bicycle Lane Behind Station/Stop
Buses use exclusive transit lanes in the street median Bicycle lane passes behind transit boarding area.
Protected Bicycle Facility Enhanced Pedestrian Crossing
Bicycle lane is buered from the adjacent travel lane.Pedestrian crossing is defined by a marked crosswalk and flashing lights.
Protected Bicycle Facility Enhanced Pedestrian Crossing
Bicycle lane is buered from the adjacent travel lane.Pedestrian crossing is defined by a marked crosswalk and flashing lights.
The “build options” refer to the Enhanced
Corridor and EmX Alternatives that would
provide for infrastructure or facility upgrades
along the corridor. The No-Build Alternative
would leave the corridor as it is.
Business Access/Transit (BAT) Lane
BAT lanes are used by buses and right-turning trac.Bus gets a green light a few seconds before other trac.
Queue Jump
RIGHT LANE
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Business Access/Transit (BAT) Lane
BAT lanes are used by buses and right-turning trac.Bus gets a green light a few seconds before other trac.
Queue Jump
RIGHT LANE
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Center Dedicated Transit Lanes Bicycle Lane Behind Station/Stop
Buses use exclusive transit lanes in the street median Bicycle lane passes behind transit boarding area.
Upgraded and Enhanced Crossings
New crossings would generally
be located at mid-block locations
away from intersections and
may include accessible ramps,
pedestrian islands, striping, or
flashing beacons.
Bicycle Improvements
Upgrades may include separated,
protected bike lanes and routing bike
lanes behind transit stations.
Transit Queue Jumps
Queue jumps reduce transit
delay at signals and improve the
efficiency of the transit system
by allowing buses to proceed
through signals ahead of other
vehicles.
Business Access and Transit (BAT) Lanes
BAT lanes are reserved for buses
and turning vehicles. These lanes
allow access to businesses,
improve transit reliability, reduce
travel time, and remove buses and
turning vehicles from the general
traffic lanes.
Bus-Only Lanes
Bus-only lanes are reserved for
transit and may be located in the
middle of the street or adjacent to
the curb.
Toolbox for Enhanced Corridor and EmX Options
EmX Alternative
(Higher investment option)
EmX is short for Emerald Express and is LTD’s
branded Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) service. EmX
currently operates between the Gateway area
and west Eugene serving downtown Springfield,
downtown Eugene, and the University of Oregon.
Key features include:
• Typically a bus every 10 minutes
• Bus-only lanes in key locations
• Higher capacity multi-door transit vehicles
• Enhanced stations with raised platforms
• Off-board fare collection to
allow multi-door boarding
• Transit signal priority at intersections
• Longer distances between stops
• More frequent and redesigned service
to improve cross-town connectivity
• Greater investment in pedestrian, bicycle,
sidewalk, and streetscape improvements
than with the Enhanced Corridor options
No-Build Alternative
(No new investments at this time)
This option is helpful as a reference point to
measure the relative benefits, costs, and impacts
of the build alternatives. Under the No-Build
option, the City and LTD would only make changes
that are already planned as part of other projects.
No additional investments would be made as a
part of the MovingAhead project.
Enhanced Corridor Alternative
(Lower investment option)
Enhanced Corridor is a new concept for the
Eugene-Springfield region and is intended
to improve safety, access, and transit service
without requiring major capital investments.
Key features include:
• Typically a bus every 15 minutes
• Consolidating the number of transit stops
• Transit signal priority at intersections
• Enhancing some bus stops
• Improving or building new
pedestrian crossings
• Filling in gaps in the sidewalk network
• Adding accessible sidewalk
ramps at intersections
• Improving or building new bicycle facilities
• Streetscape investments such
as lighting and landscaping
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River Road
Highway 99
Coburg Road
Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard
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Corridor Findings
MovingAhead takes a unique approach by comparing investment options
within five corridors at once.
The project started with a list of 10
potential corridors that were then
subject to an evaluation process
to determine the best options for
near-term investment.
An initial review, called a Fatal
Flaw Screening, removed
alternatives that were not a
priority for capital investments
over the next 10 years. This was
followed by a Level 1 Screening
that more thoroughly evaluated
the corridors based on public
support and the project’s Purpose,
Need, Goals, and Objectives.
Based on community input and
technical analysis, five corridors
and alternatives were deemed
the most promising for near-term
investment, and were advanced to
the Level 2 Screening (Alternatives
Analysis) described here.
Corridors
Considered Fatal
Flaw
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Level 2 Screening
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Enhanced EmX
Highway 99 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
River Road ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Coburg Road ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
30th Avenue to LCC ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
MLK, Jr. Blvd/Centennial Blvd.✓ ✓* ✓
Main Street-McVay Hwy ✓ ✓*
Valley River Center ✓×
Randy Papé Beltline ×
18th Avenue ×
Bob Straub Parkway ×
* The Main Street-McVay Highway Corridor and the extension of the Martin
Luther King, Jr. Blvd. corridor along Centennial Blvd. were advanced for
consideration, but have been deferred pending completion of a separate study
of safety improvements on Main Street.
Five corridors advanced
to Alternatives Analysis
Evaluation Criteria
The alternatives within each of the five
corridors were evaluated using various
performance measures. The following
criteria were determined to be most useful in
differentiating between the alternatives.
Cost
―Capital Cost → Capital cost includes estimated costs for vehicles, design, construction, right of
way, and project management.
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Operating Cost → This is the estimated annual cost to operate and maintain the service. This
includes paying operators, vehicle maintenance and fuel, as well as administrative and overhead
costs.
Transit Performance
+In Vehicle Transit Travel Time Savings → This measure estimates how long it would take for
someone to travel from the end of the line to Eugene Station during the afternoon peak hour.
+Ridership Increase → Annual transit ridership as projected for the year 2035 using the regional
transportation model.
Bicycling & Walking
+New Bicycle/Pedestrian Access & Safety Improvements → This criterion is based on the amount
of proposed investment in bicycle and pedestrian improvements in each corridor.
Property & Development Impacts
+Support Development & Redevelopment → This is an assessment of how well the alternative
supports development and redevelopment as identified in adopted plans.
―Tree Impacts → This criterion is based on the number of medium and large trees which may need
to be removed.
―Number/Acreage of Acquisitions → This criterion is based on the number and total acreage of
properties that would potentially need to be purchased.
―Potential Property Displacements → This measure indicates the number of residences or
businesses that may be displaced as a result of constructing the project.
―Parking Impacts → This criterion considers the amount of on-street and off-street parking that
may need to be removed.
Jobs & Population
+Existing Jobs & Population Served → These estimates are based on the No-Build and Enhanced
Corridor Alternatives providing transit that serves people working and living within ¼ mile of the
corridor and the EmX Alternative serving people working and living within ½ mile of the corridor.
Highway 99 Corridor
Enhanced Corridor Alternative
This map shows the transit, bicycle, and pedestrian investments included in the
Highway 99 Enhanced Corridor Alternative. The table below provides a comparison
of this alternative with the No-Build and EmX Alternatives.
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people working and living within ½ mile of the corridor.
Ratings are coded by color to indicate
how well they support project critera.
Environmental Analysis
Seventeen environmental topics were
evaluated as part of the Alternatives
Analysis, including impacts and benefits
to air quality, water quality, and natural
resources. Generally, the studies found
minimal differences between the corridor
alternatives. (For more detail refer to the
AA report Chapters 3-8.)
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The Highway 99 Corridor begins at the Eugene Station and
overlaps with EmX West, travels through downtown, then
extends northwest along Highway 99 to Barger Drive, turning
west at Barger Drive to terminate north of the intersection
of Barger Drive and Cubit Street, east of the Randy Papé Beltline Highway.
Overview
Compared to the No-Build Alternative, the Enhanced
Corridor and EmX Alternatives significantly decrease
transit travel time (by 10 and 12 minutes, respectively)
and would increase ridership more than any other
corridor (by 111,000 and 267,000 annual trips,
respectively). Both build alternatives would provide
more frequent transit service.
The No-Build Alternative avoids impacts (including
property acquisitions, off-street parking impacts,
and potential tree removal) and costs, but does not
provide the same level of benefits compared to the
Enhanced Corridor and EmX Alternatives.
What We Heard
• Pedestrian and bicycle crossings are
presently unsafe, make the environment safer.
• Good Enhanced Corridor candidate because of
anticipated long-term changes .
• Railroad yards are a major obstacle - Maxwell
Road to Roosevelt Boulevard.
• Bus service is not frequent enough.
• Highway 99 is hard to cross for pedestrian/bikes.
• Lack of bike lanes north of Bethel Drive.
• Opposition to EmX Investments within
the boundary of the Jefferson Westside
Neighborhood (JWN).
Addressing Community Concerns
Both build alternatives provide new investments
in bicycle and pedestrian connectivity and safety,
including a bicycle and pedestrian bridge connecting
the Trainsong Neighborhood to the Highway
99 Corridor. Both build alternatives would also
represent an increase in the frequency of transit
service along the Highway 99 Corridor.
To address JWN concerns, the EmX Alternative
would be routed along 6th and 7th Street and no
infrastructure improvements are proposed along
11th and 13th Street as part of the Enhanced Corridor
Alternative.
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Highway 99 Enhanced Corridor Alternative. The table below provides a comparison
of this alternative with the No-Build and EmX Alternatives.
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Highway 99 Corridor | 1312 | Executive Summary: MovingAhead Alternatives Analysis Report September 19, 2018, Work Session - Item 1
The River Road Corridor begins at the Eugene
Station and overlaps with EmX West, travels through
downtown and the Whiteaker Neighborhood, and then
north to the Santa Clara Community Transit Center
(southeast of the intersection of Hunsaker Lane and River Road).
Overview
Of the two build alternatives, the EmX Alternative
offers the greatest benefit to bicycle and pedestrian
connectivity and safety, as well as the most improved
transit service frequency because of repurposed
travel lanes to Business Access and Transit (BAT)
lanes. The Enhanced Corridor Alternative also
provides transit benefits and improvement to bicycle
and pedestrian facilities, but to a lesser extent than
the EmX Alternative, and would result in a smaller
increase in transit ridership.
The No-Build Alternative avoids impacts (including
property acquisitions, off-street parking impacts,
and potential tree removal) and costs, but does not
provide the same level of benefits compared to the
Enhanced Corridor and EmX Alternatives.
What We Heard
• Dedicated transit and cycling lanes are
needed
• Reduce the speed limit on River Road
• Beltline interchange is a particular area of concern
• Consider safety of all road users in design for
River Road
• Avoid tree removal with any transit option
• EmX option 2 [Business Access and Transit Lanes]
is preferred because of turn lane in the middle
• There are bus stops on both sides of River Road
near Briarcliff but no crosswalks to get across; a
crosswalk is critical here
Addressing Community Concerns
The build alternatives would increase transit
frequency while providing new investments in
bicycle and pedestrian connectivity and safety. Both
build alternatives aimed to work within the existing
right of way where feasible, to preserve trees along
the corridor as much as possible.
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River Road Corridor | 1716 | Executive Summary: MovingAhead Alternatives Analysis Report September 19, 2018, Work Session - Item 1
The 30th Avenue to LCC Corridor begins at Eugene Station and
travels south along Pearl Street to Amazon Parkway, then on E.
30th Avenue to the LCC Station. The return trip travels on Oak Street (inbound).
Overview
Of the two build alternatives, the EmX Alternative
offers the greatest potential ridership increase as
well as the most bicycle and pedestrian connectivity
and safety improvements. The Enhanced Corridor
Alternative would provide a lower level of bicycle
and pedestrian investment, and fewer transit
benefits, including a possible reduction in transit
ridership due to the elimination of service on Harris
Street and a direct transit connection between LCC
and the University of Oregon.
The No-Build Alternative, which would retain
existing service, avoids impacts (including property
acquisitions, off-street and on-street parking impacts,
and potential tree removal) and costs, and offers
transit travel times that are similar to the two build
alternatives.
Additionally, ridership for the No-Build Alternative
is better than estimated ridership for the Enhanced
Corridor Alternative due to the assumed elimination
of Route 81 service.
What We Heard
• Needs bigger pedestrian
improvements from 30th to LCC campus
• Needs evening and weekend bus service to LCC
for attending events and meetings
• Oak and Pearl should be for buses along 30th/
LCC and High Street should be a cycle track
• Corridor would complement changes occurring in
the South Willamette area
• Crossings along 30th are difficult
• Need more details about how bicycles will be
accommodated
Addressing Community Concerns
The build alternatives both provide new investments
in bicycle and pedestrian connectivity and safety.
Either of the build alternatives or the No-Build (which
retains existing service) could extend service hours
in the future.
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Avenue to LCC Enhanced Corridor Alternative. The table below provides a
comparison of this alternative with the No-Build and EmX Alternatives.30th Avenue to LCC Corridor
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30th Avenue to LCC Corridor | 2120 | Executive Summary: MovingAhead Alternatives Analysis Report September 19, 2018, Work Session - Item 1
The Coburg Road Corridor begins at the Eugene Station
and continues to Coburg Road using the Ferry Street Bridge.
The corridor continues north on Coburg Road to Crescent
Avenue, east on Crescent Avenue, south on Shadow View
Drive, east on Chad Drive to Old Coburg Road, and south on N. Game Farm Road
and Gateway Street to the existing Gateway Station at the Gateway Mall. Although
service extends from N. Game Farm Road to the Gateway Station, capital investments
proposed as part of the MovingAhead project would terminate at Interstate 5 (I-5).
Overview
Although the two build alternatives are rated more
favorably than the No-Build Alternative, the EmX
Alternative in this corridor has the highest capital
cost of all the corridor alternatives considered and
would require the most property acquisition. The
Enhanced Corridor Alternative has a lower cost, less
impact, and an equivalent improvement in transit
travel time than the EmX Alternative, but has lower
projected ridership.
The No-Build Alternative avoids cost and impacts
(including property acquisitions, off-street and on-
street parking impacts, and potential tree removal).
What We Heard
• The VA clinic and all the new development at
Crescent and further north have limited bus
service and bikeway options.
• Auto access to businesses must be maintained
• Coburg is scary with fast moving traffic
• Bicycle and pedestrian crossings are difficult
• Bicycling facilities separated from traffic are
important
• The corridor is important for autos, given the
nature of development and connection to
freeways
Addressing Community Concerns
The build alternatives provide investments in
bicycle and pedestrian connectivity and safety, as
well as improved transit service and connections
to areas north of Beltline. Additionally, questions
came up about how business impacts would be
minimized. Both build options propose infrastructure
investments that stay within the existing right of way
as much as possible.
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Coburg Road Enhanced Corridor Alternative. The table below provides a comparison
of this alternative with the No-Build and EmX Alternatives.Coburg Road Corridor
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Number/Acreage of Acquisitions
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Coburg Road Corridor These maps show the transit, bicycle,
and pedestrian investments included in
the Coburg Road build alternatives.
EmX Alternative
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Coburg Road Corridor | 2524 | Executive Summary: MovingAhead Alternatives Analysis Report September 19, 2018, Work Session - Item 1
The MLK, Jr. Boulevard Corridor begins at Eugene Station and
travels through downtown Eugene and uses the Ferry Street Bridge
to reach MLK, Jr. Boulevard and continues east on MLK, Jr. Boulevard
past Autzen Stadium to Centennial Boulevard where it will intersect with Gateway EmX.
Service will continue on Centennial Boulevard without any additional capital investments.
Overview
The Enhanced Corridor Alternative offers the
greatest potential ridership increase and more
benefits to bicycle and pedestrian connectivity and
safety, however estimated travel time savings are
relatively small compared to the No-Build Alternative.
An EmX option was not considered in the MLK, Jr.
Boulevard Corridor due to its shorter length and
the lower return on investment potential at this time
since proposed infrastructure investments currently
end at the Eugene/Springfield boundary. There may
be opportunities to reconsider EmX on this corridor
in the future.
The No-Build Alternative avoids impacts (including
property acquisitions, off-street parking impacts, and
potential tree removal) and cost.
What We Heard
• Traffic concerns are related to events at Autzen
Stadium
• Corridor is an essential connection to student
housing, Eugene, and Springfield
• Bicycle and pedestrian improvements are needed
• Do not compromise Alton Baker Park to alleviate
Ferry Street Bridge congestion
• MLK without Springfield connection is a waste,
connect the corridor to Springfield
Addressing Community Concerns
The build alternative provides investments in a
variety of travel options that help address these
needs, most notably, the inclusion of BAT lanes to
provide transit priority and traffic calming.
MLK, Jr. Blvd.3
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MLK, Jr. Boulevard Corridor: Comparison of AlternativesMLK Jr. Boulevard Corridor
Enhanced Corridor Alternative
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alternative
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Roadway Improvements
No Roadway Changes
Existing EmX Line
New or Improved Stop
Existing Stop
Bicycling improvements
Enhanced Pedestrian Crossing
Bicycling
Walking
Driving & Riding
MAP LEGEND
Business Access and Transit Lanes with Multi-use Path1
1
Service continues into Springfield
without infrastructure invesments
No-Build EnhancedCorridor
$0.0M $21.0M
$1.1M$0.0M
0 2 min
0 186,000
This map shows the transit, bicycle, and pedestrian investments included in the
Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard Enhanced Corridor Alternative. The table below
provides a comparison of this alternative with the No-Build Alternative.
1 Mitigation measures would be used to avoid or reduce impacts
Supports Project
Criteria
Does not Support
Project Criteria
Jobs
Population
Existing Jobs & Population Served
Support Development and Redevelopment
(1-5 rating)
Number of Medium and Large Trees Impacted
Number/Acreage of Acquisitions
Potential Property Displacements
Parking Impacts: On-Street/O-Street
(number of spaces)
Property & Development Impacts
New Bike/Ped Access and Safety Improvements
(1-5 rating)
Bicycling & Walking
Cost
Capital Cost
Systemwide Annual Operating Cost
(Change from No-Build)
Systemwide Annual Ridership Increase
(Compared to No-Build)
Transit Performance
In-Vehicle Transit Travel Time Savings
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Bicycling
Walking
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without infrastructure invesments
Enhanced Corridor Alternative
Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. Corridor Funding Plan
As part of the MovingAhead project, a funding plan
for implementation of the corridor investments
will be developed. The plan will consider potential
funding options and the timing of corridor
investments, with the goal of using local dollars to
leverage state and federal funding to provide the
most efficient overall funding strategy. Given the
multiple revenue sources and the evolving nature
of potential project funding, the funding plan must
be nimble, providing flexibility to take advantage of
funding opportunities as they arise.
An advantage of the MovingAhead approach of
evaluating multimodal transportation investments
across multiple corridors at once is that the
funding plan can consider creative implementation
approaches based upon available funding sources,
such as:
• Combing two corridors into a single funded
project
• Implementing some initial, lower level
investments, such as transit signal priority or
sidewalk infill, across all corridors at one time
• Blending a combination of mode-specific funding
into an overall funding package
The funding plan will consider both capital costs and
operations and maintenance (O&M) costs. Capital
costs are one-time investments needed to construct
the corridor infrastructure, such as project design
and engineering, property acquisition, vehicle
purchases, and construction. O&M costs include
ongoing operation of the service, such as operator
wages, vehicle fuel and maintenance, administrative
and supervisory costs, and general upkeep of the
infrastructure investments.
Capital Costs
There are many potential sources for
funding the implementation of corridor
investments. Federal funding may be available to
pay for up to 50% of project costs, with the most
promising federal funding coming from the Federal
Transit Administration’s Small Starts Program. While
the EmX alternatives clearly qualify for that program,
the Enhanced Corridor alternatives may or may not
qualify, depending on how those alternatives are
developed and defined. State and other federal
funding may be available to assist with transit,
bicycle, and pedestrian investments.
Possible Capital Funding Sources:
• FTA Small Starts
• FTA Formula Funding
• Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage
Development (BUILD) grants (formerly called
TIGER grants)
• State Lottery Funds
• ConnectOregon (for bicycle and pedestrian
improvements)
• All Roads Transportation Safety (ARTS) (for safety
improvements)
Operations and Maintenance (O&M) Costs
O&M costs are funded through LTD’s
annual budget. LTD maintains a Long-Range
Financial Plan that projects O&M revenues and costs
for a rolling 10 year period. That plan will be used to
evaluate the system-wide O&M funding needs along
with how the MovingAhead investments fit into the
overall funding picture. Gaps in O&M funding can be
addressed through changes in the corridor service
levels, the timing of the implementation of the
new service, or by identifying additional funding. It
should be noted that most of the Enhanced Corridor
Alternatives could result in an overall decrease in
O&M costs.
This map shows the transit,
bicycle, and pedestrian
investments included in the
MLK, Jr. Blvd. build alternative.
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Next Steps
Investment Packages
The most promising corridor options will
be combined into a full set of future system
improvements for near-term (10 year) investment
and implementation based on which options best
meet the project goals and garner the community’s
support. These Investment “Packages”, which will
include combinations of No-Build, Enhanced Corridor,
and EmX alternatives, will be evaluated using criteria
that reflect the costs and benefits of the packages as
a whole. A key consideration will be the capacity to
fund the capital investment (implementation) and the
ongoing operations and maintenance (O&M) costs
associated with each package.
Decision Making
The LTD Board of Directors and Eugene City Council will review the technical findings included in the
Alternatives Analysis report, the evaluation of the Investment Packages, and input from the community
before making a decision on a preferred package of multimodal transportation investments for all five
corridors. That package of investments will inform how we prioritize projects for near-term funding,
design and construction.
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Your feedback will help build a better transportation future. Visit the
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www.MovingAhead.org
Enhanced Corridor EmX Package A Package B Package C
Cost
Capital Cost
Systemwide Annual Operating Cost(Change from No-Build)
$148M
-$0.1M
$335M
$8.2M
$274M
$4.3M
$210M
$5.9M
$172M
$2.4M
In-Vehicle Transit TravelTime Improvement
Systemwide Annual Ridership Increase(Compared to No-Build)
Transit Performance
-23 min
386,000
-29 min
1,318,000
-26 min
757,000
-27 min
771,000
-22 min
651,000
New Bike/Ped Access and SafetyImprovements (1-5 rating)
Bicycling & Walking
Support Development andRedevelopment (1-5 rating)
Number of Medium and Large Trees Impacted
Number/Acreage of Acquisitions
Potential Property Displacements1
Parking Impacts: On-Street/O-Street(number of spaces)
Development Impacts
103
115/4.1
4
69/119
432
177/8.4
8
147/229
362
176/8
8
76/209
190
131/4.9
6
0/152
248
104/4
6
140/97
Percent of Investment in Corridors with HigherLevel of Environmental Justice Population 56%50%50%79%68%
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
Coburg Rd
River Rd
Hwy 99 Hwy 99
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
Coburg Rd
River Rd
Hwy 99
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
River Rd
Coburg Rd
River Rd
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
Hwy 99 Coburg Rd
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
River Rd
Coburg RdHwy 99
Preliminary Packages
1 Mitigation measures would be used to avoid or reduce impacts
Supports Project
Criteria
Does not Support
Project Criteria
Subject to change based on public input
— No-Build — Enhanced Corridor — EmX
Enhanced Corridor EmX Package A Package B Package C
Cost
Capital Cost
Systemwide Annual Operating Cost(Change from No-Build)
$148M
-$0.1M
$335M
$8.2M
$274M
$4.3M
$210M
$5.9M
$172M
$2.4M
In-Vehicle Transit TravelTime Improvement
Systemwide Annual Ridership Increase(Compared to No-Build)
Transit Performance
-23 min
386,000
-29 min
1,318,000
-26 min
757,000
-27 min
771,000
-22 min
651,000
New Bike/Ped Access and SafetyImprovements (1-5 rating)
Bicycling & Walking
Support Development andRedevelopment (1-5 rating)
Number of Medium and Large Trees Impacted
Number/Acreage of Acquisitions
Potential Property Displacements1
Parking Impacts: On-Street/O-Street(number of spaces)
Development Impacts
103
115/4.1
4
69/119
432
177/8.4
8
147/229
362
176/8
8
76/209
190
131/4.9
6
0/152
248
104/4
6
140/97
Percent of Investment in Corridors with HigherLevel of Environmental Justice Population 56%50%50%79%68%
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
Coburg Rd
River Rd
Hwy 99 Hwy 99
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
Coburg Rd
River Rd
Hwy 99
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
River Rd
Coburg Rd
River Rd
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
Hwy 99 Coburg Rd
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
River Rd
Coburg RdHwy 99
Preliminary Packages
1 Mitigation measures would be used to avoid or reduce impacts
Supports Project
Criteria
Does not Support
Project Criteria
Subject to change based on public input
— No-Build — Enhanced Corridor — EmX
Enhanced Corridor EmX Package A Package B Package C
Cost
Capital Cost
Systemwide Annual Operating Cost(Change from No-Build)
$148M
-$0.1M
$335M
$8.2M
$274M
$4.3M
$210M
$5.9M
$172M
$2.4M
In-Vehicle Transit TravelTime Improvement
Systemwide Annual Ridership Increase(Compared to No-Build)
Transit Performance
-23 min
386,000
-29 min
1,318,000
-26 min
757,000
-27 min
771,000
-22 min
651,000
New Bike/Ped Access and SafetyImprovements (1-5 rating)
Bicycling & Walking
Support Development andRedevelopment (1-5 rating)
Number of Medium and Large Trees Impacted
Number/Acreage of Acquisitions
Potential Property Displacements1
Parking Impacts: On-Street/O-Street(number of spaces)
Development Impacts
103
115/4.1
4
69/119
432
177/8.4
8
147/229
362
176/8
8
76/209
190
131/4.9
6
0/152
248
104/4
6
140/97
Percent of Investment in Corridors with HigherLevel of Environmental Justice Population 56%50%50%79%68%
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
Coburg Rd
River Rd
Hwy 99 Hwy 99
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
Coburg Rd
River Rd
Hwy 99
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
River Rd
Coburg Rd
River Rd
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
Hwy 99 Coburg Rd
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
River Rd
Coburg RdHwy 99
Preliminary Packages
1 Mitigation measures would be used to avoid or reduce impacts
Supports Project
Criteria
Does not Support
Project Criteria
Subject to change based on public input
— No-Build — Enhanced Corridor — EmX
Enhanced Corridor EmX Package A Package B Package C
Cost
Capital Cost
Systemwide Annual Operating Cost(Change from No-Build)
$148M
-$0.1M
$335M
$8.2M
$274M
$4.3M
$210M
$5.9M
$172M
$2.4M
In-Vehicle Transit TravelTime Improvement
Systemwide Annual Ridership Increase(Compared to No-Build)
Transit Performance
-23 min
386,000
-29 min
1,318,000
-26 min
757,000
-27 min
771,000
-22 min
651,000
New Bike/Ped Access and SafetyImprovements (1-5 rating)
Bicycling & Walking
Support Development andRedevelopment (1-5 rating)
Number of Medium and Large Trees Impacted
Number/Acreage of Acquisitions
Potential Property Displacements1
Parking Impacts: On-Street/O-Street(number of spaces)
Development Impacts
103
115/4.1
4
69/119
432
177/8.4
8
147/229
362
176/8
8
76/209
190
131/4.9
6
0/152
248
104/4
6
140/97
Percent of Investment in Corridors with HigherLevel of Environmental Justice Population 56%50%50%79%68%
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
Coburg Rd
River Rd
Hwy 99 Hwy 99
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
Coburg Rd
River Rd
Hwy 99
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
River Rd
Coburg Rd
River Rd
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
Hwy 99 Coburg Rd
30th Ave/LCC
MLK Jr. Blvd
River Rd
Coburg RdHwy 99
Preliminary Packages
1 Mitigation measures would be used to avoid or reduce impacts
Supports Project
Criteria
Does not Support
Project Criteria
Subject to change based on public input
— No-Build — Enhanced Corridor — EmX
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Alternatives Analysis
Community Engagement
Community Presentations, Events,
Open Houses & Online Feedback
Opportunities
Recommend & Adopt Package of
Transportation Investments
Sounding Board Meetings
Oversight Committee Meetings
Strategic Planning Committee Meetings
LTD Board
Eugene City Council
Timeline 2018 – 2019
Community
Presentations
& Events begin
Open Houses
30 Day
Comment Period
Open House
30 Day
Comment Period
Publish Findings
Joint Work
Session &
Public Hearing
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