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-~ <br />~l <br />. i <br />Administrative Order <br />of the <br />Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene, Oregon <br />Establishing Two-Way Traffic <br />on Jefferson Street between 1st Avenue and 6th Avenue <br />The Traffic Engineer of the City of Eugene finds that: <br />~V' Iv/ /~ <br />A. The Eugene Code provides that the City Manager or the manager's designee shall <br />exercise specific traffic duties by administrative action, including: the <br />im lementation of ordin <br />ances resolutions and motions of the C nil <br />P ou c and his or <br />ii her own orders b installin traffic control vi <br />y g de ces, designating the direction of <br />traffic flow, establishing, maintaining, removing or altering all traffic control areas <br />and traffic control devices including traffic control signals, signs, and pavement <br />markings, and areas where drivers of vehicles shall not make left turns; <br />B. The Whiteaker Plan was adopted on August 3,-1994 by. Ordinance 19978. The <br />Transportation Element of the plan addresses traffic circulation and through traffic <br />in the neighborhood through the policies and implementation strategies. <br />Policy Number 5: "Maintain and improve the operation of the street <br />system to facilitate circulation within the neighborhood." <br />• Implementation Strategy 5.2: "Change Jefferson Street between 6th <br />Avenue and 1st Avenue to two-way operation" <br />• Policy Number 6: "Encourage through truck traffic within the <br />Whiteaker neighborhood to use designated truck routes and <br />discourage the use of residential streets." ~ , <br />C. 6th Avenue and 7th Avenue are designated truck routes. <br />ID. City staff has evaluated traffic conditions in the area and determined that two-way <br />traffic operation on~7efferson Street will improve .the efficient use of the 7efferson <br />Street by the public, benefit the use of abutting property, .and increase access to the <br />area by emergency vehicles. <br />E. On December 28, 1995 the Public Utility Commission of Oregon issued Order No. <br />95-1394. This order approved the alteration of the railroad-highway grade <br />crossing at Jefferson Street and the Southern Pacific Lines, Valley Main Line, <br />Siding; and Spur tracks to accommodate two-way operation on Jefferson Street. <br />,., l <br />