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Record of Decision Attachment C -Agency Comment and Responses
<br />Guriaral 5ervice~ Ada nistration
<br />NaQhwestla:r,ir Region
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<br />Auburn, Wk 98001-6599
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<br />`1'tre purpose of this letter is torcview the'assues ittatu~ere disouti...i at tl:c ,~eb
<br />:22nd meetizrg That was attended by representatizres of yunr Pfficr.; the t ir; of
<br />Fidgene and bur staff concerning the possible siting of a federal coax ilxnsc i
<br />Eugene ory the Chtr~i?ita property- 6regoti Department uf'1'rcurs}~ ':r ter ;~
<br />((~pOT) opened 1heuiaeCingby--it<tting tletrconcerns that access^~, tt~~, r;u ~r
<br />rtiaintained"in a safcmtutner slid the pcdestrians'li~rec srifeacees; t.; the. tiiur
<br />iqm parking m tl~r sun'ouiding area 'i'he CerierFrl $nrviccfiAdm~.~.r.st-,~ti m
<br />(GSAj sratcd the design fur the'courthouse has not started 'The r ~~,~1 „ ri .~~ ~.
<br />nftfte front-doors grid"ziccess has not Mean identified at thisllmv ' c.:,A ;;..~,
<br />identified that the building ~c~1C have 8(3 parking Sliaces un site. Tim t; ti ~•, „~
<br />aware of thcdeve~laliirsg vrszon for thehrca. The-City opEtigeneidc. ~i~ ,i ir~,t
<br />rhnV .iru very nrtcresmti w rederelopingihe areasurrouridinf, the ~ :en:u ~d
<br />till~rnativEsrte. The-Cit}°hasidcutided Chisareai~ a tarlercontcxtau.~ ~a~u.,~
<br />bcginrtinQthe detail: work of identifytnl; redevelopment fur the area.
<br />Th~• Crty of L:ugene cture d tiraithctr vision'documenls identify a planter
<br />n:~_onnect the downttirvrr ureei'to the rivrEr. Iii oi~der'to do'This, the ar~ir arround
<br />i ~ d including the p(cfcrred alternative requires re=development. The visioning
<br />,L.~2rmcntsshuw fuLiirc plansiur agedestrian<crossing of(3R 9!! at 8th St.
<br />9'i ie CitS- has already'corrrpleted pedestrian inrprovements 2t da, St going unclcr
<br />th,t Ferry ~rt3ridgeand at the'Intersection uiT3roadwny with the Ferry St
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<br />Of~6T stated that their concrrns were t~% ~ a ~r. '.~ inu lr aces of pedestnan
<br />irijurtes, sine at the intersCe[ion of TIigh1~ -r and Inc 'rr the ~: tcrsection of grp
<br />r,,H«l~. Therew~salsoapedestrrani:~GIa,:~,t~sningti•.oad~ur~ atPatterso[1:
<br />Thy nedeatrian had a Moot{ aliiuhutYevei a?most tit rce the 7chal limit and is not
<br />U[L ..LL.h.11L tLFit CAII lN_ PCt1.;:1CCd- ~l•IIC t.l t5~ sralCi{ it13t the Ilnpl U~CIRCnLS W... '.
<br />LZ hrrr: .9t Ear=disc v.ere in pre t scneratei F,v perie~n-iur r~:Afei}- euncet ns, Ya.r
<br />cf J1c i~rcj!~ri ~~ers iu ~irueidc :{ ih~alirc~.l p~d~sLian crotisini, of fir:} ~::ruri Le
<br />in qtr :ac ! Irr. E' o stun ..~t~ch 1 r pr idin!; m uadrrctussini, t b Vii. The Cis,;
<br />~~,tatcd tt~mt. t r_. b•ai~-vr that th, iorp,:ucrunts, tvhrh were otnel.tett, have
<br />sr; c~i ti:c p ~tl-rw; iclctt~ili~~r1 Ix~ tl u~ OOU"['. 1'rc~i -LSIr Cl:r~~ ,mss ?t!~vvv
<br />cr n,,cz~,tinn b~~.~.~ ecn _3 '~Opm and 5:30r%~tr, anti sire projectimprovernents have
<br />elirr,inated : ., sustian autd rod RCed atcci~en t$.
<br />C1DU1' ~I,c. ei rs :i cort~ern o» n~hether thr n is a queue from westbound
<br />f5~oad~r~ny to Ferry .~,t 'fhc Cit} Sr.r rxl that since the eompietian of the
<br />trt j roccments they- ha~~, nut ~tiwx•yseel a ,~u~ uC ex~uidmw W the next
<br />inter ;e..ti~r~ i c. the east of theintersectiun oI the::~E'er~~ St Bridg~.and~Iiroadway.
<br />G 5A n_skcd if the group corrld seviety the esimmetit letter €rom OJ]CIT:jdated Feb
<br />you i ar,d the responses by;INCA. $ntfi iNCr4(for GSA) and the City of
<br />Ia,c,rr.e ieslxrnded to the comment letter by OD6T. INCA :and the City agree ~i
<br />sisal r}iey had nutcoordinated in theirresponse#.fo the sornments trpm ttrr~
<br />CillU I:.INC,A g:3vettrC Crty a Logy of their respunrxa to tfie State's Ieut , ` "Phc
<br />Cut cave the t~DO'1' copies of their responses to'the State's commcr~t ~.
<br />Gamnrent #1 in the QI70T letter expressed a corii;ern fur when tlic t.,.u,a; tra(i1::
<br />counts-were taken baud howvariations Irt studept population through~,u1 the
<br />academic year at the Unii~ersity might affectsactual ronnCS urthc vii n ~ c of
<br />the siFi~sreviewed.SNGA's ~ddixipnalanalysisadded in an increase to t, .,;t,~.
<br />voltrmc~s takeiria June 200Q.` It wasagreed that INCA'sreaponsc u...~:na,ent
<br />rt1 was~ufFcient.
<br />~ i ~enC#^, related to stt(~fy in the vieurity of the sifes~-Their conz',~ rr ,:,~.
<br />L.i ~ . on°thc accident histor}'in the sins and pedest~an access relate + t aiC-
<br />si ,,;:~,,g ]orations. Tli~ (;ity stated chat the inrpruvcmcnts to the F<;rry Sb
<br />i l.,r:~e addressed and solved several of theconcernsof ODOT. 'I'hc:
<br />t. i,u3celiice}dentdata provided by the City in their internal memo'of 2(9/OI
<br />r, , rrs Co grvc a bracer repi•esentationof what is happening in thecicinitl of
<br />the sitr°s. The Citu's data shows a peals to the accidents in the area~ust 6efcirc:
<br />the st1rtof the l+erty St>3ridge prolecf`(799G). The last yerr~r of data, 1999,
<br />sE"iows a in:.u•kedreductinn its fire nunzher of accidents arinurrseetions in the
<br />vicinity bf the sifes: TheFciry St Liridte projce[ a~as completed ut 1999. In
<br />addition, ,the Citystated thatthc project also udded`previausfy disoiassed
<br />pedestrian safety nrprovemciats.
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