HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdmin Order 58-20-05ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 58-20-05
of the
Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene
CLOSURE OF ONE DRIVEWAY ACCESS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE
26™ BLOCK OF WILLAMETTE STREET.
The Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene finds that:
A. Under the provisions of Chapter IV, Section 16 of the Eugene Charter of 2002, the
City Manager is designated as the administrative head of the City, and is specifically authorized
to enforce all ordinances of the City. In addition, EC 5.040 authorizes the City Manager or the
Manager's designee to take administrative action to "provide for and regulate access to and from
any street." EC 5.055 sets forth the criteria the City Manager or the City Manager's designee
should consider when taking administrative action authorized by EC 5.040.
B. On September 24, 2009, the City Manager issued Administrative Order No. 58-09-
14 granting the Traffic Engineer of the Public Works Department the authority to exercise all of
the duties and responsibilities specifically defined as those of the City Manager in Section 5.040
and 5.050 of the Eugene Code, 1971. In addition, Administrative Rule R-5.045 assigns additional
responsibilities to the Traffic Engineer.
C. By Administrative Order No. 58-17-08, the City Manager appointed me as the
City's Traffic Engineer and delegated to me authority to exercise all duties and responsibilities
granted to the City Manager by EC 5.040 and 5.050.
D. In making the decision to close one driveway on the east side of the 26 th block of
Willamette Street as shown on the attachment to this administrative order, I have considered all
the applicable criteria set forth in EC 5.055. Based on the applicable criteria set forth in EC 5.055,
the following findings support my decision to close one driveway:
1) The existing site conditions include four driveways on the east side of Willamette Street
serving the building that includes 2655, 2673, 2675, 2681, and 2695 Willamette Street
and two driveways serving that building from East 27 th A venue.
2) After the closure of one driveway on the east side of Willamette Street, the building
will continue to be served by three reconfigured driveways providing direct access onto
Willamette Street And two driveways located on E 27 th A venue (including one that
provides access to the parking lot along the building's Willamette Street frontage).
3) The closure of the driveway is consistent with the principle of reducing conflicts
between motor vehicle ingress and egress and people walking on the sidewalk, biking
on the street or sidewalk, and driving along the street.
4) The closure of the driveway will enable the public to use Willamette Street in a more
efficient, safe, and multi-modal manner, and therefore, is in the best interest of the
public health, safety, and welfare.
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5) The South Willamette Street Improvement Plan was accepted by the Eugene City
Council on May 27, 2014. At that time, the Eugene City Council also provided direction
to make permanent street improvements (the traffic signal at the Woodfield Station
driveway entrance), conduct a year-long pilot study of a reconfigured Willamette
Street, and report back to the Eugene City Council following the pilot study. The Plan
was prepared following traffic engineering principles and traffic analysis consistent
with engineering standards of practice.
6) Willamette Street from 24th A venue to 29 th A venue is a Minor Arterial with a posted
speed of 25 mph. The curb to curb width of the street segment is approximately 42 feet
(widening south of 28 th Avenue). Willamette Street has northbound and southbound
bike lanes approximately 6 feet wide, northbound and southbound travel lanes
approximately 10 feet wide, and a two-way center tum lane approximately 10 feet wide.
7) From 2007 to 2017, there were 28 crashes near 2655, 2673, 2675, 2681, and 2695
Willamette Street. This total includes 3 7 injuries (no fatalities, 2 serious injuries, 10
moderate injuries [ with 1 person walking (2015) and 2 people riding a bicycle (2010 &
2011)], and 25 minor injuries). There were 115 vehicles involved in these crashes with
29 vehicles sustaining property damage only. Three of the crashes during this period
were located at a driveway or alley.
8) Installation of on-street bicycle lanes on Willamette Street from 23 rd Avenue to 32nd
Avenue is identified as project number PB-31 in the Eugene 2035 Transportation
System Plan, adopted by City Council on June 26, 2017. The closure of the driveway
reduces a point of conflict with the bike lane and the sidewalk for people biking,
walking, and driving along the street.
9) The closure of the driveway is consistent with the following Goals, Policies, and
Potential Actions in the Eugene 2035 Transportation System Plan, adopted by City
Council on June 26, 2017.
Goals
Goal 1: Create an integrated transportation system that is safe and efficient;
supports the Metro Plan's land use diagram, Envision Eugene, A Community
· Vision for 2032 (2012), the City of Eugene's target for a 50 percent reduction in
fossil fuel consumption, and other City land use and economic development goals;
reduces reliance on single-occupancy automobiles; and enhances community
livability.
Goal 2: Advance regional sustainability by providing a transportation system that
improves economic vitality, environmental health, social equity, and overall well-
being.
Goal 3: Strengthen community resilience to changes in climate, increases in fossil
fuel prices, and economic fluctuations by making the transportation networks
diverse, adaptable, and not reliant on any single mode.
Goal 4: Address the transportation needs and safety of all travelers, including
people of all ages, abilities, races, ethnicities, and incomes. Through transportation
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investments, respond to the needs of system users, be context sens1t1ve, and
distribute the benefits and impacts of transportation decisions fairly throughout the
City.
Goal 5: By the year 2035 triple the percentage of trips made on foot, by bicycle,
and by transit from 2014 levels.
System-Wide Policies
1. Foster neighborhoods where Eugene residents could meet most of their basic
daily needs without an automobile by providing streets, sidewalks, bikeways, and
access to transit in an inviting environment where all travelers feel safe and secure.
2. Consider safety first when making transportation decisions. Strive for zero
transportation-related fatalities and severe injuries by reducing the number and
severity of crashes through design, operations, maintenance, education, and
enforcement. In furtherance of the City Council's adopted Vision Zero Action Plan
(Administrative Order 58-18-04), prioritize safety improvements for people who
walk, bike and use mobility devices because no loss of life or serious injury on our
streets is acceptable.
3. Improve community health by designing streets and paths to encourage increased
physical activity by the public.
Potential Actions for System-Wide Policies
C. Create a strategy to facilitate 90 percent of Eugene residences to be within
"20-minute neighborhoods." The strategy might include methods to improve
proximity of residences to services and prioritizing projects that improve
convenience and safety for walking, biking, and connections to transit stops.
Roadway and Parking Policies
1. ["Complete Streets Policy"] Design, construct, maintain, and operate all streets
to provide comprehensive and integrated transportation networks that serve people
of all ages and abilities, promote commerce, and support the comprehensive land
use plan's vision for growth and development in a responsible and efficient manner.
A "complete street" allows safe travel for automobiles and emergency responders,
bicycles, walking, transit, and freight. In addition to fulfilling a street's basic
transportation functions and providing access to properties, streets and sidewalks
should be designed to be attractive, safe, accessible, sustainable, and healthy
components of the City's environment.
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Pedestrian Policies
1. Encourage walking as the most attractive mode of transportation for short trips
( e.g., within one half miles) within and to activity centers, downtown, key
corridors, and major destinations, and as a means of accessing transit.
2. Ensure that there are safe, accessible, comfortable, and direct sidewalk
connections between residential areas, major destinations, and transit stops.
Continually improve walking comfort, safety, and accessibility through design,
operations, retrofits, and maintenance. Provide landscaped setback sidewalks
of ample width and safe street crossings to encourage people to walk.
Bicycle Policies
1. Create conditions that make bicycling more attractive than driving for most trips
of two miles or less.
2. Develop a well-connected and comfortable bikeway network. Ensure that there
are safe, comfortable, and direct bikeway connections between residential areas,
major destinations, and transit stops and provide secure bicycle parking facilities at
these destinations.
3. Continually improve the comfort and safety of bicycling through design,
operations, retrofits, and maintenance. Identify and develop "low stress" bikeways
to attract new cyclists.
Potential Actions for Bicycle Policies
H. On a case-by-case basis reallocate space within street rights-of-way to enhance
bikeways and pedestrian environments ( e.g., converting parking or travel lanes).
Priority areas for bikeway improvements include areas near the University of
Oregon, downtown Eugene, streets connecting residential areas to schools and
commercial hubs, and streets. It is expected that ODOT facilities and Key Corridors
will be analyzed under separate comprehensive planning processes than other
streets.
10) In 2010, the City Council directed the City Manager to "implement actions that support
the Community Climate and Energy Action Plan goals and objectives, subject to best
practices, resources, collaboration with community partners, and approval by council
of future policy changes." The closure of the driveway supports Objective 10 of the
Community Climate and Energy Action Plan for Eugene.
Objective 10: Create 20-minute neighborhoods, where 90 percent of Eugene
residents can safely walk or bicycle to meet most basic, daily, non-work needs, and
have safe pedestrian and bicycle routes that connect to mass transit.
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11) The closure of the driveway enables the public to use Willamette Street in a safer, more
comfortable and efficient multi-modal manner , is consistent with Eugene 2035
Transportation System Plan Goals and Policies , Climate and Energy Action Plan
Objectives and, therefore , is in the best interest of the public.
E. City staff met with the owners' representative of the affected properties to discuss
the closure. The owners of 2655 , 2673, 2675 , 2681 , and 2695 Willamette Street expressed
interest in maintaining the existing four driveway accesses as is.
F. While the City understands the property owners' interests , based upon the
circumstances set out in paragraph D of this Order, I find that closure of one driveway is
in the best interest of the public.
On the basis of these findings, I order that one driveway that serves 2655, 2673, 2675,
2681, and 2695 Willamette Street on the east side of the 26 th block of Willamette Street be closed
as shown on the attachment to this administrative order .
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Dated and effective this B..' day of
Traffic Engineer
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