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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 19857ORDINANCE N0. /~ AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AMENDMENTS TD THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METR4P4LITAN AREA TRAN5P4RTATI4N PLAN The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: 1. The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Transportation P1 an ~TransPlan} was adopted by the Eugene City Council on April 28, 1986 by Eu- gene Ordinance Nv. 19385, and in accordance with the provisions contained therein, subsequently endorsed on July 27, 1987 by Resolution No. 4049 and amended on November 28, 1988 by Ordinance No. 19584. 2. The TransPlan is a functional refinement plan supporting the Eu- gene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Metro P]an~; is designed to serve as the long-range transportation plan for the Eugene-Springfield Metro- politan Area; and should accurately reflect anticipated improvement projects that affect the area's transportation system. 3. The Willakenzie area P1 an contains proposed street, highway and bicycle facility improvement projects that are not currently listed in the TransPlan. 4. The TransPlan amendment process requires that the proposed amend- ments be reviewed by the Transportation Planning Committee ~TPC~ for the Eugene~Springfield area prior to public hearings on those amendments. The TPC reviewed Wil1akenzie Area Plan-related TransPlan amendments on August 22, 1991 and September 1Z, 1991. The TPC recommended several revisions to ;the project 1 i st, as described i n the draft Wi 11 akenzi e Area Plan . 5. On October 15, 1991, the Eugene, Springfield and Lane County plan- ning commissions conducted a joint public hearing on the proposed TransPlan amendments. This joint public hearing was advertised in accordance with the Oregon Public Meeting Law and Eugene's own Code requirements. The citizen involvement process used exceeds the requirements of LCDC Goal 1 - Citizen Involvement. 6. During the period November 12 through December 1D, 1991, the Eugene Planning Commission met six times to review and deliberate on the draft Willekenzie Plan, including proposed amendments to the TransPlan. On Decem- ber 10, 1991, the Eugene Planning Commission, having made or approved the amendments described in Exhibit B, recommended the proposed TransPlan amend- ments to the Eugene City Council, Springfield City Council and Lane County Board of Commissioners for adoption. 7. The proposed plan amendments are consistent with applicable Statewide Planning Goals, and meet other, criteria for approval of refinement plan amendments as required by Section 9.145~2~ of the Eugene Code. _1_ NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS; Section 1. The findings set forth above and the findings contained in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference are adopted. Section 2. Based on the findings, the amendments to the Eugene-Spring- field Metropolitan Area Transportation P1 an ~TransPlan~ set forth in Exhibit B attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, are hereby adopted. Section 3. These TransPlan amendments shall become effective when iden- tical amendments have been adopted by Lane County and the City of Spring- field. Section 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion of the amendments adopted by this ordinance is for any reason held inva]id or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions there- of. Passed by the City Council this day of June, I992 Approved by the Mayor this ~~day of June, 1992 i~~~~"" ~ /~ / City Recorder r~ ,r ~J f ~ ~/ ~r•`~ 1 ~ M ar _~_ EXHIBIT A WILLAKENZIE AREA PLAN-RELATED TRANSPLAN AMENDMENTS EVALUATION AND FINDINGS Section 9.I45 of the Eugene Code provides the criteria for evaluating amend- ments to refinement plans. The Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area Trans- portation Plan ~TransPlan~ is a functional refinement plan of the Metropoli- tan Area General Plan. The following is an evaluation of the proposed amend- ments to the Street and Highway Project List and the Bicycle Project list in the TransPlan in relation to those criteria. Section 9.145~2~~a}; The plan amendment is consistent with the Metro- politan Area General Plan. The proposed amendments are consistent with the fundamental principles and appl icabie policies of the Metro Plan. Fundamental Principles: Fundamental Princi le I provides for a comprehensive metropolitan-scale tan- nin framework within wh' p g Bch more detailed refinement plans are prepared. The TransPlan provides a more detailed discussion about transportation plannin 9 issues and projects. Fundamental Princi le 2 provides for cooperative planning by all governmental jurisdictions within the larger community. The proposed amendments were developed in conjunction with Lane County, City of Springfield, Lane Council of Governments, the State of Oregon Department of Transportation, the Lane Regional Air Pollution Authority, and the Lane Transit District. Each of these jurisdictions have a direct interest in transportation tannin in the communit . p g y Fundamental Princi le 3 requires urban develo ment to occur in con ' ~ ~ p a compact figuration w~th~n the UGB. The transportation projects discussed herein promote compact,urban growth, increased residential densities, better utili- zat~on of transit fac~l~t~es, and other concepts consistent with a com act P urban growth scenario. Fundamental Princi le 6 indicates that Eugene and Springfield are the to ical providers of services withi ~ 9 n the UGB. The TransPlan amendments will facil~- tate implementation of street, highway, and bicycle projects within the urban and the urbanizable portions of the UGB. Fundamental Princi le l indicates that the Metro Plan was develo ed to serve P a projected population of nearly 300,000 people. The proposed amendments to the TransPlan will faci]itate the construction of trans ortation-related im rovement ~ ~ p p s to serve that port7on of the population that lives and works ~n the W~llakenz~e planning area. _I.. Policies: Policy 1..~~i I I -A-,4} :~ Coordinate new residential development with the rovi - sion of an ade uate level of serv' P . q ~ xces and fac~l~t~es, such as sewers, water, transportation fac~l~t~es, schools and parks. The projects proposed in the Willakenzie plan were considered in li ht of the rajected increases in d g P evelopment and population ~n the area. Proposed new streets, street widenings, signal improvements, and side- walk and bike improvement projects were carefully coordinated with ro- jected increases in avers e d i ~ P. • g a ly traffic, shifts ~n papulat~on dens~- t~es, alterations ~n the land use pattern, and other factors that affect the area's transportation system. Polic I5 III-B-S : Encourage the development of trans artation facilities which would im rov _ P • p e access to industrial and commercial areas and improve freight movement capabilities by implementing the policies and ro'ects in the ... TransPlan ..." P ~ ~ } The following proposed transportation projects serve to im rove access to ~ ndustr~ al and P • commerce al areas w~ the n the W~ 11 aken~~ a pl ann~ ng area: Project #3 Coburg Road, Chad to Beltline}, project #4 Countr Club ~ Y Road, Club Road to Coburg Road}, protect #5b Crescent Avenue Cobur Raad to Game Farm Road ro'ec g . }, p J t #7 Game Farm Raad, Coburg Raad to I-5 Underpass}, project #8, Garden Way, Harlow Road to Centennial ro`ect }~ P J #11 Chad Dry ve, Coburg Road to Old Coburg Road , ro 'ect #Il O1 d } p J ~ Coburg Road, Game Farm Road to Chad Drive}, project #24 Willa illes ie ~ 9 P Road at Delta Offramp} . Polic 4 III-E-3 : Public and private facilities shall be desi ned and located in a manner that g preserves and enhances desirable features of local and neighborhood areas and promotes their sense of identit . y The fallowing new transportation projects are pro osed within areas that haves ecial s' ~~ P +~ p f ~gn~f~cance as neighborhood gateways ~n the plannTn area. Protect #3 Cobur Road g ~ g Chad to Beltline} , project #4 Country Club Road, Club Road to Coburg Road}, project #8, Garden Wa Harlow . ~ y~ Road to Centennial}, and prvJect #~4, ~Willagilles ie Road at Delta Ram are ro r~ ~~ P ~ . p} p posed w~th~n the ~dent~f~ed gateway areas. Pal~c~es ~n the Neighborhood Design Element of the plan call for develo meat of symbol ~ c " stews s" and i n P g y corporation of large-scale street trees and other landscape materials in front yards and street reconstruction land scape plans within any of the "gateway" areas. Polic 2 III-J-S : Carefully control, through the use of o eratin tech- ni ues and ather methods e - P g q ,. nergy related~act~ons, such as automobile use, ~n order to minlm~ze adverse air quality Impacts. Trade-offs between air uali- ty and ener y actions shall be made • q 9 with the best possible understanding of haw one process affects the other. _2_ Several .of the proposed street and highway projects and all of the bicy- cle pra~ects relate directly to on-going efforts to minimize the adverse air quality impacts of increased automobile use. Specifically, Project #~ Cal Young Road, Gilham to Willakenzie} includes intersection im- provements to improve traffic flow as volumes increase on the street; Project #3 Coburg Road, Chad to Beltline} involves construction of additional right turn lanes to improve the operation of the intersec- tion; Project #5a Crescent Avenue, Norkenzie to Coburg} will involve signal improvements and removal of parking to improve ~1 evel of service on the street; Project #8 Garden Way, Harlow to Centennial} involves realignment of the street, removal of curbside parking, construction of sidewalks and bike lanes, and intersection signalization to improve future traffic flows in this developing area; Project #24, ~Willagillespie Road at Delta Ramp} will provide signal improvements to improve traffic flow in a congested area. Po1ic 3 111-K-3 : Improve and maintain local mechanisms that provide the opportunity for residents and property owners in existing residential areas to participate in the implementation of policies embodied in this P1 an that may affect the character of those areas. Wil1akenzie Planning Team meetings were advertised in the local media to encourage citizen participation. Meeting agendas always included time for Comments from the Public" to address agenda items. During the period when transportation projects were being discussed, the planning team heard from numerous citizens about the assumed impacts or general desirability of various projects that were being considered. Special efforts were made to involve property owners whose properties are adja- cent to several of the more controversial projects. Citizen comments influenced policy and project description decisions on several of the street, highway and bicycle projects outlined i n the P1 an . Section 9.1452}fib}: The plan amendment is consistent with remaining portions of the refinement plan. The amendments will affect only the TransPlan Street and Highway Project List and the Bicycle Project List, Plan policies and text are not affected in any way by the revision of the project lists. Section 9.~45~2}~c}: The plan amendment is found to address one or more of the following: 1. An error in the publication of the plan; 2. A change of circumstances in a substantion manner not antici~ pated in the plan; 3. Incorporation in the plan of new. inventory material which relates to a statewide go~1; or 4. A change in public policy. -3- The proposed amendments are a result of the city's effort to provide far a long-range development plan for the Willakenzie area. The amendments are based on a thorough examination of land use, transportation and public facil- ity needs to support an assumed build-out population of more than 50,000 people. As such, the amendments reflect a change in circumstances that were not anticipated in the Metro P1 an. The change in circumstances is a direct result of the level of detail provided in this plan. -4- EXHIBIT B DRAFT WILLAKENZIE AREA PLAN PROPOSED TRANSPLAN AMENDMENTS AS REVISED BY EUGENE PLANNING COMMISSION Street and Highway Projects The following list describes those projects proposed in the Draft Willakenzie Area P1 an that require amendments to TransPlan. A map showing proposed amendments to the TransPlan Street and Highway project list is included as Attachment 1 to this Exhibit. 1. Cal Young Road, Gi 1 ham Road to Wi 11 akenzi a Road Improvement: Widen and/or remove parking between Gilham Road and Oakway Road to accommodate separate left and right turn lanes. Upgrade the intersection at Willakenzie Road to improve traffic flow as traffic on Willakenzie Road increases. Cost: $25, 0Oo Distance: 1800 feet Justification: Level of service, safety, operational. Jurisdiction: Eugene 2. Centennial Boulevard, Intersection with Kinsrow and Garden Way Improvement: Install signals at Kinsrow Avenue and Garden Way. Cost: $25O,OO4 Distance: Not Applicable Justification: Level of service, access, safety, operational. Jurisdiction: Eugene 3. Coburg Road, Chad to Beltline Road Improvement: Add right turn lanes Cast: $150, 400 Distance: 744 feet Justification: Level of service, safety, operational. Jurisdiction: Eugene, 4D4T, Lane County -- _1_ 4, Country Glub Road, Club Road to Coburg Road Improvement: Complete 3 lane urban facility with bike lanes and side- walks from Club Road to Coburg Road. The specific design of this improvement will depend on the outcome of the Ferry Street Bridge Study. cost; $ ~ Zo, o00 Distance; 600 feet Justification: Level of service, access, safety, urban .standards. Jurisdiction: Eugene 5a. Crescent Avenue, Narkenzie Road to Coburg Road Improvement: Install signal at Gilham, remove on-street parking from Narkenzie Road to Coburg Road. Cast: $150,000 Distance: 3,300 feet Justification: Safety, operational Jurisdiction: Eugene 5b. Crescent Avenue, Coburg Road to Game Farm Road Improvement: Construct new minor arterial street with center turn lane, sidewalks, and bike lanes from Coburg Road to Game Farm Road. Cost: $950,000 Distance: 4,200 feet Justification: Access, Safety Jurisdiction: Eugene fi. Game Farm Raad, Coburg Road to I-5 Underpass Improvement: Upgrade to a Z to 3 lane urban facility with curbs, bicy- cle lanes, and a sidewalk on the west side. Cost: $I;~330,000 Distance: 6,400 feet Justification: Access, safety, urban standards, truck route. Jurisdiction: Eugene and Lane County 7. Garden Way, Harlow Raad to Centennial Boulevard Improvement; This project supplements TransPlan project # Z14. Re- al~gn south Garden Way to straighten curves and align with Findley Lane. Between Harlow Road and Sisters View, remove parking, restripe to three lanes, and add sidewalk on west side. Cost: $8ZO,000 Distance: 4000 feet ~ , Justification: Access, safety, urban standards Jurisdiction: Eugene and Lane County -2- 8. Southwood Lane, Oakway Road to Country Club Road Improvement: Upgrade to a two-to-four lane urban facility with curbs, sidewalks, and bicycle lanes . This may require additional lanes and/or two way traffic, depending on the outcome of the Ferry Street Bridge Study. Cost: $430,000 Distance: 1,100 feet Justification: Urban standards, truck traffic Jurisdictian: Eugene and ODOT 9. Bogart Lane/Satre/Bailey Lane, Bagart to Harlow Road Improvement: Redesign intersection at Bogart/Satre/Bailey Lane Cost: $100,000 Distance: N/A Justification: S, U Jurisdiction: Eugene xO. Chad Drive, Coburg Road to Old Coburg Road Improvement: Extend Chad to Old Coburg Road to provide alternative industrial ingress/egress. Build a two-to-three lane urban street with curbs, sidewalks, and bicycle provisions. It may be necessary to purchase or trade right-of-way to allow for a curved roadway alignment where Chad meets Old Caburg Road. Cost: $640,000 Distance: 2804 feet Justification: Urban standards, safety, truck traffic Jurisdiction: Eugene 11. County Farm Loop - west-to-east section Improvement: This improvement will accommodate the extension of anew street from Gi 1 ham Road, north of Ayres, to Caburg Road see project # 18~. Upgrade to a two ar three lane urban street with curbs, sidewalks, and bicycle facilities. Cost: $640,000 Distance: 2800 feet Justification: Urban standards, safety Jurisdiction: Eugene and Lane County -3- 12. Gilham, Northernmost New Collector to Ayres Road Improvement: Upgrade to two lane urban facility with curbs, sidewalks and bicycle lanes from proposed new collector to Ayres Raad. Cost: $230,000 Distance: 1,20o feet Justification: Urban standards, safety Jurisdiction: Eugene and Lane County 13. Goadpasture lakes Loop Road Improvement: Construct to urban standards with 3 to 5 lanes and bic - cle lanes. Traffic s' y ~gnal controls need to be evaluated for the western intersection with Gaodpasture Island Road . Cost: $»5, oao Distance: 3,404 feet Justification: Access Jurisdiction: Eugene 14. Kinsrow, Centennial Boulevard to the east Improvement: Upgrade to a~two or three lane urban facilit with curbs Y sidewalks, and bicycle provisions completed. Cost: $275,000 Distance: I,200 feet Justification: Access, urban standards Jurisdiction: Eugene I5. Leo Harris Loop Road, Centennial Boulevard at Gate Ito Gate 3 or 4. Improvement: Construct a variable two-to-four lane roadwa to urban standards with a y s ~ dewal k on the north side and bicycle lanes . The facility will be located along the south edge of the Autzen Stadium parking 1 ot. Cost: $840,000 Distance: 2,800 feet Justification: Safety, access, urban standards Jurisdiction: Lane County X6. Old Coburg Road, Game Farm Road to Chad Drive. Improvement: Upgrade to a two-or-three sidewalks, and bicycle provisions. Cost: $365,000 Distance: 1,604 feet Justification: Urban standards, safety, Jurisdiction: Eugene lane urban street with curbs, truck traffic -4- 11. East-West Collector north of byres Road between Gilham Road and County Farm Loop. Improvement: Construct new east-west collector in this location. Cost: $640,000 Discussion: 3,400 feet Justification: Access, safety Jurisdiction: Eugene 18. East-West Collector Street, South of Gilham School Improvement: Propose new collector street south of Gilham School from Gilham Road to County Farm Road. During the street design process, staff sha11 work with the Cal Young Neighborhood Asaciation to address safety, speed, school proximity, and park proximity issues; and to consider design alternatives that would restrict a portion of the street to transit use only. cost: $soo, o00 Distance: 3,200 feet Justification: Access, safety Jurisdiction: Eugene 19. North-South Collector Street north of Ayres Road between Gilham Road and Delta Highway. Improvement: Co nstruct new north-south collector street in the de- scribed area. Construct with sidewalks and provisions for bicy- cles. Cost: $340,000 Distance: 1,800 feet Justification: Access, safety Jurisdiction: Eugene 20, willagillespie Road at Delta Ramp Improvement: Install signal cost: $15o,ooa Distance: Not appl i cabl e Justification: Level of service, safety, operational. Jurisdiction: Lane County 2I. County Farm Loop north-to-south section Improvement: Upgrade to a two to three and sidewalks . cost: $~50, o00 Distance: 3,300 feet Justification: Urban standards, safety Jurisdiction: Eugene and Lane County lane urban street with curbs _,_ Bicycle Projects The following list includes proposed on-street and off-street projects which are not currently acknowledged in TransPlan. A map showing proposed amend- ments to the Bicycle Route Descr~pt~an project list is included as Attachment 2. ~ . I -5 Pedestrian/Bike Bridge Type: Independent path ~. Q Street Channel -Centennial Loap to Garden way Path Type: Independent path 3. Country Club Road, Club Road to Coburg Road Type: Unspecified 4. Crescent Avenue, Coburg Raad to Game Farm Road Type: Striped on-street lane 5. Delta Highway, Ayres Road to Green Acres Road Type: Independent path 6. Game Farm Road, Goburg Road to I-5 Underpass Type: Striped on-street lane 7. Southwood Lane, 4akway Road to Country Club Road Type: Unspecified 8. Chad Driv e, Coburg Road to 41d Coburg Road Type: Striped on-street lane 9. County Farm Loop, West to East section Type: Striped on-street lane lo. Gilham, Northernmost New Collector to Ayres Raad Type: Striped on-street lane II. Goodpasture lakes loop Road, beginning to end. Type: Striped on-street lane ~- ~2. Ki nsrow, Centennial Bout evard to the east. Type: Unspecified I3. Leo Harris Loop Road, Centennial Boulevard at Gate 1 to Gate 3 ar 4. Type: Striped on-street lane 4 I4. 41d Coburg Road, Game Farm Road to Chad Drive Type: Striped on-street lane -fi- 15. East West Collector north of Ayres Road, Gilham to County Farm Loap Type: Striped on-street lane lfi. East-West Collector Street south of G~lham School, G~lham Road to County Farm Road. Type: Unspecified ll. North-South Collector Street north of Ayres Road between Gilham Road and Del to Highway. . 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