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Stewart Road Closure May 10, 1999 Page 9 closure as that the cut through traffic had not decreased, and had resulted in one accident on the private property. . gain, because the City made its decision prior to a hearing, the evidence gathere at the hearing does not entirely support the City's decision. Here, however, the problem is not an error of categorical exclusion of evidence, it is a matter of degree. The City co cluded that cut-through traffic should decline and therefore gave it less signific nce. The fact that it did not decline as quickly as the City expected does not mean th t the City will eventually prove to be wrong. It does, however, mean that the City did not give the appropriate weight to this particular aspect of the total decision. .055(b) Standards, limitations, and rules promulgated by the Oregon Transp rtation Commission or the Oregon Public Utility Commission or their success rs. here do not appear to be any standards that apply. .055(c) Other recognized traffic control standards. 0 other traffic control standards appear to apply to the problem presented by Stewart Road. .055(d) The city's adopted transportation-related plans and policies. here are no adopted transportation related plans or policies that bear on the decisio to close Stewart Road. The draft Eugene street plan identifies Stewart Road as a collecto street, but until that plan is adopted, it has no relevance to a decision concerning Stewart Road. The draft Eugene Springfield Transportation System Plan bicycle element calls fo bicycle access by way of bike lanes or as a bicycle rout. As an unadopted plan this has no bearing on the decision. he prior decision mistakenly stated that the designation of Stewart Road as a collect r street was already in effect. The unadopted character of the plans was not made clear in the previous evidence. Until the plans are adopted they are advisory only and cannot a considered as a part of the criteria listed in Eugene Code section 5.055. here are other City adopted transportation-related policies that affect conside ation of solutions to Stewart Road. Eugene Code chapter 7, especially section 7.160, overns the initiation of public improvement projects. If Stewart Road is to be improv d it will be by means of the Iocal improvement project initiation processes in section 7.160. A proposed improvement such as Stewart Road improvements would be can be nitiated in three ways: by the petition of a property owner, by the City Council, or by the ity Engineer when the property owners of property that would bear more than half th estimated assessment for the improvement are not opposed. None of these conditi ns apply. Therefore, under the present circumstances, the improvements that would e necessary to bring Stewart Road up to acceptable standards cannot be initiated. his is not, however, a permanent impediment. Indeed, the closure of Stewart Road as labeled "temporary" because it was contemplated that eventually such improv ments would be initiated. The local improvement policies, including the policies conce ing initiation of improvements, do not direct that streets that are not scheduled for