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1990-37616-Minutes for Meeting November 05,1990 Recorded 12/17/1990r so-3'76 10 5 1560"' PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES BEND PARKWAY 17 ~ 2 DESCHUTES COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS'` November 5, 1990 Chair Throop called the meeting to order at 7:05 p.m. Board members in attendance were Dick Maudlin, Tom Throop and Lois Bristow Prante. Also present were Rick Isham, County Legal Counsel and George Read, Planning Directors. Chair Throop announced that the purpose of the public hearing was to take testimony on the proposed amendments to the Bend Area General Plan to include the Bend Parkway corridor and connecting arterial and collector streets in the Comprehensive Plan map and in the text of the plan, to consider amending the public facilities element of the Comprehensive Plan, and include the Bend Parkway Corridor in the public facilities element and to consider an access management policy for the parkway. In order to amend the Comprehensive Plan, the City and County had to address the statewide planning goals 1-14. The corridor was a general line on the plan map, and the details of the design were not addressed in the amendments. The design details would be addressed at the environmental impact assessment hearing held by the Oregon Department of Transportation in the Spring of 1991. George Read reported that the process had taken approximately two years and the Board had been given a packet of information on the entire process. The Bend Urban Area Planning Commission made a recommendation to the Board of County Commissioner to place the Parkway on the comprehensive plan map. The purpose of this public hearing was limited to the proposed amendments to the comprehensive plan (the Bend General Plan) to include the Bend Parkway Corridor and connecting arterial and collector streets in the Comprehensive Plan, to change the comprehensive plan map, and to consider amending the public facilities element in the text of the plan to include the Parkway corridor and to consider an access management policy for the Parkway. The State could not proceed with the environmental impact assessment without the amendments in the plan. He said the findings and a summary would be prepared after the public hearing based upon direction by the Board. The findings would not include information that would come later from the State's environmental impact statement. After the plan was amended and the Parkway was placed on the map, there would be a number of other steps in the process, i.e. visual management, signage, noise control, historic sites, which would be addressed in the future. Bob Bryant, Project Management, Department of Transportation, gave an outline of the project. He walked through the project following a map on the wall. At the north end, the Parkway would pul .away PAGE 1 MINUTES: 11-5-90 rL NA 105 . 1561 from the existing highway just south of Mountain View Mall and north of the existing Sisters interchange. Then it would swing east against the railroad tracks with an interchange at Empire Road and continue to parallel the railroad tracks behind the Bend River Mall. A connection would be made at River Mall Avenue and then over an extension of Butler Market Road to the connect with the road by the Hampton Inn. A bridge would go over the existing highway south of where Division Street splits from Highway 97. The Parkway would then parallel second street, a block or so east of the existing Division Street, then to the west and over the existing Division Street, and then cross Revere a block west of the existing intersection. Revere would be a full connection and a primary access point for the downtown area and 3rd Street. Another bridge would separate the Parkway from Olney Street, but there would be no connection. It would continue along the existing Division Street from the Italian Cottage on with a limited access connection on Greenwood. There would be a short section of realignment between Casey's Place and the log sort yard at DAW's mill where there would be a traffic circle for access to Colorado and the mill. The Parkway would then continue on the existing Division Street through Wilson Street where there would be a signal light. Proceeding south from there, most cross streets would be closed off or dead ended because of the project. The Parkway would pull away from the existing Division Street at Cleveland where Division would dead end. Reed Market Road would be extended to Blakley and there would be a signal at this location. The Parkway would cross to the west side of the Hayes Avenue Apartments, the canal and just to the west of Fred Meyer. It would cross Reed Lane where there would be limited access. There would be a signal at Powers Road and limited access at Badger Road. There would be a signal at Pinebrook Boulevard, and then it would run behind the Wagners Store with a light at the south end where Highway 97 would be connected with the Parkway which would be just north of Village Way. Mr. Bryant said that the section of the Parkway which didn't already exist on the comprehensive plan was the south end where the Parkway moved away from the existing Division Street. George Read said the area where the Parkway would move west of the Bend River Mall would also be a change on the Comprehensive Plan. Commissioner Throop asked where the "Welcome to Bend" sign would be on the north end. Mr. Bryant said it would be where the existing Division Street connected with Highway 97 at the north end. Mr. Bryant said they were introducing the new concept of a two phase signal with this project. Over the design life of the project, some of the signals would reach their capacity. In order to extend the life of the signals, they decided to use a two phased signal which would only allow traffic through the signal in the two through directions with no left turns. So there would be "jug handles" which would provide a means for making those "out-of- PAGE 2 MINUTES: 11-5-90 105 1562 direction" moves which would normally be done through a left turn. For example, if you were going south bound and wanted to turn east on Reed Market, now you would wait for the left turn phase of the signal, but with the new signal and the "jug handles," you would turn right off the Parkway, come down across the "jug handle" to Reed Market, and then turn left on Reed Market and then go through the signal in the through direction. He said there would be no direct access to Fred Meyer from the Parkway. The two phased signal would extend the life of the Parkway since it would handle a lot higher volume of cars without left turn signals. Their analysis was that these two-phased signals would be adequate through the design life of the project which was 2015. He said there would be five stoplights on the Parkway. The State's formal public hearing would be held in mid-summer of 1991 and the EIS documents would be available in the spring of 1991. Right-of-way acquisition would begin in 1992 with construction in 1994. Chair Throop opened the public hearing. There being no one who wished to testify, the public hearing was closed. Chair Throop announced that the Board's decision would be made at their meeting on November 26, 1990, at 10 a.m. DESCHUTES COUNTY OARD OF COMMISSIONERS 2~ Lois B istow Prante, Commissioner To Ur( o , Chair Maudlin, Commissioner BOCC:alb PAGE 3 MINUTES: 11-5-90