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.~ N~N, NOV-06-95 12:06PM SALEM CITY RTTORNEY'S OFC 503 361 2202 ATTAC~IlVIENT F ] FOR COUNCIL MEETTNG OF: e 1. ~ AGENDA ITEM NO.: . 2. k PUBLIC WORKS FILE NO.: TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL `~~ . . ~ THRU: LA~tRY J. WACKER, CITY 1V~ANAGER , ~ , FROM: FRANI~ MAULDIN, PUBLTC WORKS DIRECT012 . ,~C~~ ,~~ ~ SUBJECT: SALEM TRANSTT DIST~tICT TRA~,~FIC ENG~NEERING~ ANALXSXS OF PROPOSED DOWNTOWN TRANSI'T MAT.L Provide Cour~cx~ with background informatian and. staff opinzozis on the Sa~em Transit District's propased Downto~uvn Transit Mall. ~ $~~QM~ENDATYON: Informadon onl~-. Over the summex, the Salem Area Transit District retained a consultant and convened tr~vo committees (Advisory and Technical) to study the feasibility of relocat~n~g the downtown transit mall from its cunent sxte on High Street to a pezmanent off=street localion. Fourteen sites were originally listed and studied by the Techz~ical Committee. After an uutial analysis, the I~st vc-as pared to four sites, which were studicd in greater detail. The Technical Committee ultimately split even~y on three sites: Greyhound b~ock, Scnator block, and Washington Mutua~ block: On August 24, 1995, the Advisory Committee recommended that the Salem T~ansit District Board of Dire~tors study the thtee sites in further detail p~zox to making a fuial commitment on a site. 'The fnal repo~tt of the Advisory Comm,zttee is attached. A prelinn~z~a~y sketch of the ground floor layout for the three sites is also attached. Staff Review of the Proposed Sites Public Works staff patticipated in the Teck~nical Corz~mittee. The mrost umportant issues with z~egard to site selection, from staff s standpoint, dealt with the propased site's impact to downcow~, t~af~c circulation and its proximity to the downtown pedestrian centers. Based on this, staff had the ~'ol~o~ving opinions on the three sites: Post it° Fax Note 7671 ~~a~ / j 1 Pnons # ! Phonc N(/ C// I ~ P~~O ~1 ~ FaX e~ / -.~-~-1~ ~-'