Item 7: Resolution on Sidewalk Width in Crest Drive Area

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ECC UGENE ITY OUNCIL AIS GENDA TEM UMMARY Public Hearing: Resolution 4927 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 Meeting Date: February 19, 2008 Agenda Item Number: 7 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 a proposed resolution (Attachment A) to amend the City’s Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets, Sidewalks, Bikeways and Accessways to allow a minimum sidewalk width of four feet in the area identified as the Crest Drive Area on the Eugene Street Classification Map. 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. 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. L:\CMO\2008 Council Agendas\M080219\S0802197.doc