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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. _ <br />of the <br />City Manager Pro Tem <br />ORDERING THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF A PORTION OF PITCHFORD AVENUE <br />The City Manager Pro tem finds that: <br />A. Pitchford Avenue is a city street running west from Willow Creek Road and <br />ending at the westernmost boundary of Madrona Hills Business Park. A portion of Pitchford <br />Avenue was recently opened after being barricaded for many years by the City. Due to the <br />isolated location of this portion of Pitchford Avenue, illegal dumping of trash and yard debris <br />was occurring, necessitating the prior closure of the street: As a result of the Hyundai <br />construction activity, the need to barricade the roadway was no longer necessary. The portion <br />of Pitchford Avenue that is being requested for closure (approximately the westerly 990 feet) <br />("the closed segment) is not currently being used to access property to the west of Madrona <br />Hills Business Parka All properties adjacent to the. closed segment aze owned by Hyundai. No <br />other use has been made of the closed segment. <br />B. Temporarily closing a portion of Pitchford Avenue will allow Hyundai to use the <br />section of roadway for- additional equipment storage and to control access to this isolated ,portion <br />of Pitchford Avenue. The road closure will be accomplished by the construction of a gate across <br />the existing :roadway or similaz approach that will facilitate use of the closed segment for <br />'~... storage. <br />C. The closed segment does not serve as a vehicular route. The temporary closure <br />of the closed segment will cause no public detriment. No community interest will be impacted. <br />All properties affected are in the ownership of Hyundai Corporation. <br />D. Temporarily closing a portion of Pitchford .Avenue is in the public interest. <br />Revenue for the City will be generated from the lease of the roadway to Hyundai Corporation.. <br />Moreover, allowing Hyundai to use the right-of--way will facilitate the construction of the facility <br />and the creation of jobs. it also will minimize impact to other, undisturbed land at the Hyundai <br />site which otherwise would be used .for storage. The City Manager, in granting a noise <br />variance, and the: City's heazing officer, in upholding that ordinance, found a public benefit to <br />be created by this project. <br />E. Section 5.040(m) of the Eugene Code authorizes the City Manager fo "[c]lose or <br />open any street to vehicular or pedestrian traffic. " <br />F. The City Manager has considered the applicable criteria contained- in Section <br />5.055 of the Eugene Code, and for the reasons discussed above and below, this action is <br />consistent with those criteria. Those criteria are set forth and explained as follows: <br /> <br />Administrative Order - 1 <br />