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August 6, 2 04 <br /> CONTACT: Gary McNeel, Project Manager, 541-682-8451 <br /> From Public Information Section, 682-5523 or 954-2938 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> Aug st 10 Public Meeting Focuses on Crest Drive Area Street Classification <br /> A pu lic meeting on street classification in the Crest Drive area has been scheduled for <br /> Tuesday, A gust 10, beginning at 6:45 p.m. in the picnic shelter at Morse Ranch Park. This <br /> meeting will help frame the issues around street classification and solicit public comments and <br /> suggestion for options and alternatives. A second public meeting will be held on Wednesday, <br /> September 9, at Crest Drive Elementary School, 1155 Crest Drive from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. <br /> ~ Ake question in the discussion around street classification in the Crest Drive area is <br /> whether so a streets should be designed as "neighborhood collectors." The City would like to <br /> involve a br ad range of people in this discussion. A website has been created at <br /> , www.ci.eug ne.or.us/pw/crest, which includes a variety of informational materials and a link so <br /> members o the public can email input to Project Manager Gary McNeel. A fact sheet with <br /> answers to requently asked questions has been updated, and all materials prepared for the <br /> public meet ngs will also be available on the website. Signs have been placed at several <br /> locations in the area so motorists who may not live in the neighborhood but use area roads are <br /> aware of th meetings. <br /> The outreach effort is being coordinated by the Eugene Public Works Engineering <br /> Division, wi h assistance from a local planning firm, Satre Associates. Staff goals in the <br /> involvemen effort are to ensure that the Eugene City Council receives broad, representative <br /> input in the ecision-making process and that citizens, particularly those who feel they have the <br /> greatest st ke in the outcome, receive clear and accurate information on the impacts of street <br /> classificatio decisions. in October, the Council is scheduled to consider street classifications in <br /> the Crest D ive area <br /> For ore information, contact Gary McNeel in Public Works Engineering at 682-8451 or <br /> by email at ary.a.mcneel@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br /> i <br /> Publi Works • Administration • City of Eugene • 858 Pearl Street • Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> Phone: (541) 682-5262 • FAX: (541 } 682-6826 • www.ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br />