2017 Remand - Public Comment (2)

• "[The roadway] is constructed to Lane County LAR standards." • "Oakleigh Lane is a local rural road in Lane County jurisdiction and not located within the City of Eugene." • "The roadway was dedicated and improved as a rural access way to LAR standards." • "There is no indication the roadway is substandard because it currently meets the rural LAR standards of Lane County." All of these statements are patently false, as Gillespie could easily have determined by looking at readily available public documents. First, Oakleigh Lane is partially within City of Eugene and partially within Lane County, as is clearly shown on the attached excerpt from the Eugene City Limits Map. (Exhibit B). Notably all of Oakleigh Lane adjacent to the proposed PUD site and roughly half of the constricted, 250-foot segment of Oakleigh Lane that must be traversed to reach the site are within City Limits. Gillespie's three repetitions that Oakleigh Lane "is constructed to Lane County LAR standards" cannot be treated as a slip of the fingers on the keyboard. Gillespie is supposedly an experienced PWD employee and did not demur when Berg-Johansen solicited testimony from Gillespie to undermine opponents' arguments. So, commissioners can judge for themselves Gillespie's motivation in repeatedly providing false testimony. Whatever his motivation, the attached excerpts from Lane Code Chapter 15 (Exhibit E) prove he was dead wrong. The standards that apply to the County portion of Oakleigh Lane require: • 50-foot right-of-way - LC 15.705(3)(a) and (b); and • Minimum paved "roadway width" of 20 feet - LC 15.705(4) and (5); and • Minimum 10 feet wide clear zone from edge of the travel lane - LC 15.705(11); and • No on-street parking - LC 15.705(14). See also: LC 15.045(2)(a), 15.705(1)(a)(ii) and 15.706(2)(a), (c) and (d)' Contrary to Gillespie's repeated assertions, Oakleigh Lane doesn't meet a single one of these requirements. Commissioners should also take note that Lane County's standards, just like Eugene's adopted street standards, Eugene Land Use Code and Eugene Fire Standards, relies on an unobstructed, 20-foot wide, paved road to ensure safe and unimpeded emergency response. Summed up, Gillespie's conclusion that "City staff finds the existing Oakleigh Lane to be adequate to serve the development site" is an embarrassment for the Eugene Public Works Department, based as this conclusion is on false, misleading and irrelevant assertions. i I reviewed all of these standards and Oakleigh Lane's configuration with Dan Ingram, Senior Engineering Associate for Transportation Planning in Lane County Public Works Department, in a 14- minute phone call at 1:24 p.m. on April 14, 2017. Conte Appeal Responsive Testimony PDT 13-1 Page 3 April 19, 2017