HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 03-49 10/20/2003
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RESOLUTION 03--=-i!.L
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, OREGON,
SUPPORTING THE DESIGNATION OF MAIN STREET (MILL STREET TO 10TH STREET)
AS A SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION AREA, AND REQUESTING DESIGNATION OF SOUTH
A STREET (MILL STREET TO 10TH STREET) AS A SPECIAL TRANSPORTATION AREA
WHEREAS, the Oregon Highway. Plan contains provisions to designate certain state highway
segments as "Special Transportation Areas," "Urban Business Centers" and "Commercial Centers;" and,
WHEREAS, the Oregon Department of Transportation ("ODOT") has identified. that Main
Street (Mill Street to 10th Street)in Springfield qualifies for such designation; and,
WHEREAS, the benefits to the City of Springfield associated with such highway segment
designations include more favorable and flexible design standards and greater local influence over
decision making on state highway facilities; and
WHEREAS, the ODOT has advised the City that designation of a segment as a Special
Transportation area will not have an adverse impact upon the subsequent development of properties
abutting other segments of Main Street: and
WHEREAS, Main Street and South A Street from Mill to 20th Street operate as a couplet road
system and each have the same highway designation; and,
WHEREAS, the Springfield Downtown Refinement Plan, adopted in 1986 as a supplement to
the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan, recommends that".. . agencies work together to
enhance the character and identity of the Downtown as a people place, including but not limited to:
pedestrian-oriented sidewalk lighting, packet parks, Downtown entrances, street trees and furnishings,
street signs and signals and improved pedestrian crossings and walkways;" and
WHEREAS, the Springfield Station Specific Area Plan, recommends improvements to South A
Street between Mill Street and 7th Streets, to enhance pedestrian connections between the Downtown
core area and the Booth Kelly. District, the Willamette Heights neighborhood, and the Springfield
Transit Station; and.
WHEREAS, TransPlan, the metropolitan area transportation system plan, has designated
downtown Springfield from the east bank of the Willamette River to 14th Street, an area that includes
Main and South A Streets between Mill Street and lOth Street, as a mixed land use Nodal Development
area; and,
WHEREAS, Lane Transit District will locate a Bus Rapid Transit route on the Main Street and
South A couplet between Mill and 10th Streets, is constructing a downtown Springfield transit station on
South A Street in the vicinity of Pioneer Parkway East and Fifth Street, and has approval to modify
South A to facilitate Bus Rapid Transit by reducing travel lanes and adding a new traffic signal which .
will have the effect of reducing travel velocity on south A between Mill Street and 10th Street; and,
WHEREAS, the Oregon Transportation Commission will designate highway segments as a
Special Transportation Area only with the support of the local governing body; and,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SPRINGFIELD, OREGON THAT The City of Springfield supports the designation of Main Street
(Mill Street to lOth Street) as a Special Transportation Area; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT The City of Springfield requests the Oregon
Transportation Commission designate South A Street (Mill Street to lOth Street) as a Special
Transportation Area. or, in the alternative, direct staff of the Oregon Department of Transportation to
work with staff of the City to develop a plan for designation of South A Street (Mill Street to 10th Street)
as a Special Transportation within a time certain; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution shall take effect upon adoption by the
Council and approval by the Mayor.
Adopted by the Common Council of the City of Springfield, Oregon, by a vote of ~ for and
~ against, this 20th day of October ,2003. ,.
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