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SS-4~f-1d <br /> <br /> ' ~ - <br /> ~I ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER <br /> I li of the <br /> Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene <br /> ?4TH AVENUE -INSTALLATION OF BIKE LANES <br /> I <br /> i, The Traffic En~ineer of the City of Eugene finds that: <br /> I~ 1. The ugene Code, Section 5.040 provides that the City Manager {or designee) <br /> " 'c raffic duties b administrative action, including: the implementation <br /> hall exercise ecifi t y <br /> p <br /> bf grdinances, (resolutions, and motions of the council and his or her own orders by <br /> i installing traffi control devices; and establishing, maintaining, removing or altering all <br /> I, gtraffic control yeas and traffic control devices; <br /> 2. The administrative action taken to provide for bike lanes on 24th Avenue, and <br /> I~he'resulting r ~moval of ori-street parking and other necessary changes to traffic controls, <br /> I'~ ~s biased on co sideration of, and compliance. with, the criteria set forth in Eugene Code, <br /> ~5ection 5.055 <br /> ~I 3. The ugene Bikeways Masterplan designates that 24th Avenue between Amazon <br /> ~I ~'arkway and illamette Street shall have on-street bike lanes; <br /> II 4. The roject is consistent with the City Council's transportation goal of promoting <br /> i ~altemative mo es of transportation and other adopted state and local plans" and laws; <br /> 5. The roposed street design allows some on-street parking to remain along the <br /> ~outh side of 4th Avenue between Amazon Parkway and Willamette Street; <br /> it 6. Provi ing a separate bicycle facility in this corridor will provide safer conditions <br /> for bicycle tra el and other travel modes on 24th Avenue. The final design is in <br /> {conformance v~ith traffic engineering standards; and <br /> III 7. The ity provided a notice to owners\occupants of the proposed bike lane project <br /> ~n ay of 199 ,and received a small number of verbal comments from the affected <br /> arties, primari y opposed to the loss.of on-street parking. These concerns were <br /> ~esponded to directly by staff. <br /> I,~ j <br /> III II <br /> I <br /> i <br /> i <br /> Now Therefore, <br /> I <br /> I <br /> used upon th~ aforementioned findings, and pursuant to the authority provided in the <br /> Eugene Code, the Traffic Engineer orders that: <br /> 1. Bike lanes shall be marked along both sides of 24th Avenue between Amazon <br /> Parkway and VI?illamette Street; and <br /> <br />