Ken Helm, City of Eugene <br />Re: Final Rebuttal - Oakleigh Meadow Co-Housing, LLC <br />Page 4 of 11 <br />Traffic Engineer Michael Weishar, the proposed development will not reduce <br />safety or service levels in the area. In fact, the proposal will actually improve <br />traffic flow and safety in the area by dedicating 22.5 feet of additional right- <br />of-way to Oakleigh Lane, together with additional area for a hammerhead <br />turnarounds for emergency vehicles, and by providing connections to the <br />adjoining river pathway system. <br />As stated at the hearing, Oakleigh Meadow Co-Housing fully supports <br />the imposition of conditions on page 14 of the staff report providing such <br />dedications. <br />Notwithstanding these improvements, some opponents argue that <br />Oakleigh Lane cannot accommodate the new development because the same <br />is classified as an "Access Lane" by the Arterial and Collector Street Plan, and <br />cannot handle traffic in excess of 750 trips per day. However, these <br />opponents are wrong, both as a matter of law and fact. <br />Initially, its important to note that, as the name implies, the Eugene <br />Arterial and Collector Street Plan is primarily concerned with arterials and <br />collectors. It classifies streets as major arterials, minor arterials, major <br />collectors, neighborhood collectors, or local streets based on criteria including <br />ADT, length, spacing, etc. Local streets are generally those with average daily <br />trips less than 1,500 per day, and are not subcategorized by the Arterial and <br />Collector Street Plan. ACSP, p. 34-37. <br />The Design Standards and Guidelines for Eugene Streets. include <br />summary tables summary of typical widths for arterial and collector streets, <br />as well as for local streets. ACSP, Appendix H, p. 3 & 35. However, these <br />tables include no criteria for determining whether a particular street is a <br />particular type of arterial, collector or local street. Instead, the tables are <br />merely a "summary of typical widths for local street elements such as right- <br />of-way, pavement, sidewalks and plant strip areas, and traffic volume <br />thresholds." Hence, opponents are clearly mistaken that the Oakleigh Lane <br />must be considered an "Access Lane" due to this summary, or that such <br />classification restricts its ADT. <br />In fact, design standards clearly support the conclusions of city staff <br />and Access Engineering that the proposed use of Oakleigh Lane will be safe <br />and effective. Local Street Design Standard A(2) provides: <br />"On local residential streets with traffic volumes less than 750 <br />vehicles per day, a single 14' traffic lane may be permitted for both <br />directions of vehicular travel. The single lane is intended to create <br />a 'queuing street', such that when opposing vehicles meet, one of <br />the vehicles must yield by pulling into a vacant portion of the <br />436 <br />