9 TH STREET IMPROVEMENT PLAN

1. 9TH STREET IMPROVEMENT PLAN Corvallis Area Metropolitan Planning Organization (CAMPO) Ali Bonakdar

2. 9th Street Improvement PlanBackground • The 1996 City of Corvallis Transportation Plan recommends improvements of safety and access management for 9th Street; • In FY2008 CAMPO applied for a Transportation & Growth Management (TGM) grant for the improvement of 9th Street.

3. PURPOSE • To improve operation for all modes; • To improve Access Management. • To improve safety • To incorporate recommendations into the City of Corvallis Land Development Code.

4. APPROACH • Project Advisory Committee (PAC) • Public Involvement • Technical Review and Analysis • Hiring Consultant

5. Project Advisory Committee (PAC) • Corvallis City Council • Corvallis PWD • Corvallis Transportation Division • Corvallis Community Development • CAMPO & OCWCOG Planners • ODOT TGM • Business Owners • Neighborhood Organization • CBUF (Ex-Officio)

6. Public Involvement • Announced in GT • Held Public Meeting to identify issues • Created 9th Street Webpage www.corvallisareampo.org • Provided Commenting Opportunities • Sent Direct Mail to Business/Property Owners • Held Meetings w/ Business/Property owners • Compiled Editorial and Letter to Editor • Held Public Meeting on recommendations • Held PAC Meetings • Notified Business/Property Owners and Interested Public on the Planning Commission Meeting • Presented to the Corvallis Planning Commission

7. Deficiencies and Issues - General • Unfriendly to Pedestrian Crossing • Unfriendly to Biking • Too Many Access Points • Lacks Trees • Too Commercially Developed • Overhanging Wires & Signs

8. Deficiencies and Issues - Specific • Congestion @ 9th&Circle • Congestion @ 9th&Conifer • Pedestrian crossing around Corvallis Market Center • Visual obstructions

9. Technical Review • Inventory of Existing Conditions • Land use & Zoning, Vacant Land, Major Activity Centers • Demographics • Population, Employment • Access Inventory • Public, Private

10. Technical Review Technical Review • Transportation System • Streets, Sidewalks, Marked Crossings, Bicycle Facilities, Transit, Parking’ Traffic Volume’ Major Trip Generators, Crash Study Consultant: • Traffic Operation • Intersection Analysis • Traffic Signals

11. Alternative Design Considered

12. Access Management Measures Considered

13. Measures Considered Access Management Measures Considered

14. Recommendations • Walking Improvements: • Widen substandard sidewalks 5’ both sides • 5 Pedestrian Crossings (S. 3rd St. Type) • Reiman-Fremont • Buchannan-Grant • Grant-Garfield • Garfield-Circle • Circle and Walnut • Study location of existing signal at Polk • Biking Improvements • Widen bike lanes to 6’ when ROW available • Bike lane on Grant between 9th-10th St. • Monitor presence of debris

15. Recommendations • Transit Improvements • Increase bus shelters • Provide for safe walking to bus stops • Landscaping Improvements • Encourage business to plant appropriate trees • Adhere to the 12 foot planter strip required by the Code • Enforce the Maintenance of Planter Strips • Access Management • Reduce number of driveways (Eliminate, Consolidate, Relocate) • Require right-in-right-out channelization

16. Recommendations • Traffic Flow Improvements • Implement consultant recommendations on additional turning lanes • Coordinate Traffic Lights • Signs and Hanging Wires • Enforce City Ordinance • Seek opportunities to minimize visual impacts • Land Use Improvements • “Smart Growth Development” (mixed use, parking in rear, façade facing street, emphasize Alternative Modes)

17. Implementation Identified: • Possible Funding Sources • Required Funding Processes • Cost of Implementation

18. Questions?