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Execution Copy <br />i' VI. FUT~7RE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRANKLIN/UO SEGMENT <br />Withip two years after completion of the Project, subject to available funding, the City will initiate <br />a planning process to determine possible future improvements to that portion of the Project along Franklin <br />Boulevard. This scope of the planning process will be expanded to include the Franklin/Broadwaycnrridor <br />west to the Ferry Street Bridge ramps. The City will take the lead on the study, with LTD as an active <br />participant. i The study will identify future improvements to the corridor, include a schedule for <br />implementah n of the improvements, and propose a funding plan. Refinement and implementation of the <br />concepts identified in the study will be accomplished by separate intergovernmental agreement. <br />VII. DEI~ELOPMENT OF FUTURE BRT CORRIDORS <br />BR is intended to be a complete system of corridor and neighborhood connector routes. LTD and <br />the City wis to develop the BRT system, including exclusive busways, with the implementation schedule <br />subject to a availability of funding. The parties anticipate that the BRT system will eventually include <br />approximat ly 43 miles of BRT corridor service within the City of Eugene, and neighborhood connector <br />service tha provides at least as much coverage as provided by the current service. Elements of the <br />anticipated RT system include a currently established goal of 80% exclusive transit right-of--way, transit <br />signal prio 'ty, prepaid fares, improved stops and stations, wider stop spacing, and specially designed <br />vehicles. <br />Th~ City and LTD will collaborate to plan the sequence of BRT corridors to be developed within <br />the City an the criteria for future extensions of the BRT system. This process will involve staff analysis <br />resulting i a recommendation by the TAC and the BRT Policy Team. The recommendation will be <br />forwarded o the BRT Steering Committee, the Eugene Planning Commission, the Eugene City Council and <br />the LTD oard of Directors. Approval by the City Council and the LTD Board is a prerequisite to the <br />deveIoument of future BRT corridors in the City. <br />VIII. NIO THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS <br />T~te provisions of this agreement are intended solely for the benefit of the City and LTD to clarify <br />their mu al understanding and create no rights or obligations enforceable by any third party, except as <br />otherwis~expressly provided by applicable law. <br />IX. ENTIRE AGREEMENT <br />is agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter <br />hereof a d may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior or contemporaneous agreement. This agreement <br />may not a modified, in whole or in part, except in writing signed by both parties. <br />X. PPLICABLE LA~V <br />TD and the City shall comply with all federal, state, and local laws, rules, orders, ordinances, <br />directions, regulations, and requirements applicable to this agreement. <br /> <br />Eugene -LTD IGA for Bus Rapid Transit Page 6 Of 7 <br />