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CITY OF SPRINGFIELD
RESOLUTION NO. 05-07
A RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION NO: 04-30, NUMBER 2, BIKE AND
PEDESTRIAN PATHS, TO ALLOW FOR BIKE LANES ON THE SOUTHERN
SEGMENT OF THE MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. PARKwAY PROJECT.
WHEREAS, The Gateway Refinement Plan was adopted by the City Council in
November, 1992, to address the land use issues and identify the public
facilities needs in the Gateway area of Springfield; and
WHEREAS, Section 24 of the Gateway Refinement Plan Transportation Element
specifies that the City shall design and construct a north-south arterial
corridor in order to accommodate increased traffic flows associated with
future development of the north Gateway area in a manner that minimizes
impacts on existing Gateway area residences; and
WHEREAS, Section 24.4 specifies that the City may plan for the design extension of the
Pioneer Parkway northward from Harlow Road to Belt Line Road,
coordinating with the design and development of road systems that will
service the McKenzie-Gateway SLI site and the 180 acre MDR area; and
WHEREAS, Section 24.6 specifies that the design and construction ofthe extension of
Pioneer Parkway shall occur in a manner that significantly reduces noise
impacts; and
WHEREAS, On June 15, 1998, based on a preliminary planning and alignment study, the
City Council approved a preliminary alignment and right-of-way width for
the Pioneer Parkway Extension and by Resolution No. 98-35 instructed that
the project design shall include some means of mitigating and significantly
reducing noise impacts, as specified in the Refinement Plan; and
WHEREAS, The City Council renamed the Pioneer Parkway Extension to be called the
Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway on July 7, 2003; and
WHEREAS, The Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway is identified in TransPlan, the regional
transportation plan, which is the transportation element to the Eugene-
Springfield Metro Plan; and .
WHEREAS, The Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway is estimated to cost $9.3 million and
these funds are programmed in the City and Lane County Capital
Improvement Plans for construction in 2005; and
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WHEREAS, The City and Lane County have executed an Intergovernmental Agreement
on February 25, 2003 for the funding, general implementation, joint
approvals, coordination, design, and construction of the Parkway; and
WHEREAS, The City and Lane County will, under the terms of the Intergovernmental
Agreement, jointly approve the design elements of the Parkway which then
allows the City and County to begin final design, right of way purchases and
project construction; and
WHEREAS, Further traffic studies, sound studies, public input, coordination with the
Riverbend master planning effort, and other further design review and
refinement have resulted in different staff recommendations than those
recommended and adopted in 1998 for the alignment, right-of-way width and
design elements for the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway; and
WHEREAS, The City Council approved Resolution 04-12 on April 5, 2004, a resolution
adopting the alignment, right of way width and design elements for the
Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway that included a 76 foot right of way for the
southern segment of the Parkway; and
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WHEREAS, The Lane County Board of Commissioners approved Board Order No. 04-4-
14-14 on June 16,2004 in the matter of approving the alignment, right of
way widths, and other design elements for the Martin Luther King Jr.
Parkway that includes an 86 foot right of way in the southern segment of the
Parkway for a bus rapid transit (BRT) lane for Lane Transit District (LTD)
provided the City agrees to specific decisions related to project design
elements for the Parkway and related road projects associated with the
construction of the Parkway; and
WHEREAS, The City Council approved Resolution 04-30 supplementing Resolution 04-
12 to be consistent with Board Order No. 04-4-14-14 containing design
element # 2 Bike and pedestrian paths stating, "Locate bike and pedestrian
routes on Game Farm Road South where feasible but create easements
where possible and with neighborhood support in the area near the Parkway
project for bike and pedestrian paths"; and
WHEREAS, The location of bike lanes on the southern segment ofthe Martin Luther
King Jr. Parkway from Hayden Bridge Road to the proposed RiverBend
intersection is possible within the approved 86 foot right of way, provides
increased bike connectivity, and is consistent with Oregon's administrative
Transportation Planning Rule requiring bike lanes on collector and arterial
streets;
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Resolution No. 05-07
. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Common Council ofthe City of
Springfield as follows:
SECTION 1:
That the Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway design element #2 Bike and pedestrian paths as set
forth in Resolution 04-30 shall be amended to read:
2) Bike and pedestrian paths
Locate bike lanes on the southern segment of the Parkway from Hayden Bridge to the
proposed RiverBend inters~ction, and create multi-use easements where possible and
feasible and with neighborhood support near the Parkway project.
SECTION 2:
Except as specifically modified herein, all alignment, right of way, and design elements as
set forth in Resolution 04-30 shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 3:
This Resolution shall take effect upon passage by the Council and approval by the Mayor.
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ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OREGON, THIS
7th DAY OF February ,2005.
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Resolution No. 05-07