FW: 17th Street Vacation - Public Hearing on May 16th
Annette Mills
Hello, Transportation Action Team and Land Use Action Team members,
It’s unusual for us to receive requests from OSU staff such as the one below. PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ AARON’S EMAIL.
Although the Sustainability Coalition’s Advocacy Policy precludes our speaking in support of or opposition to matters that elected officials will be voting on, I thought you might be interested in participating in the upcoming public hearing as individuals. If you choose to testify, please do not identify your association with TAT or LUAT, as that would imply Coalition legislative advocacy.
Thanks,
Annette
From: Amoth, Aaron [mailto:aaron...@oregonstate.edu]
Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2022 9:03 AM
To: wendy.bi...@gmail.com; ami...@willamettewatershed.com
Subject: 17th Street Vacation - Public Hearing on May 16th
Hello,
I wanted to reach out to the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition and the Corvallis Right of Way group and let you know that OSU has a hearing with the City Council this coming Monday to vacate some city owned street within the SE sector of our campus. We talked about this briefly during the Transportation Action Team meeting last month as a great opportunity for OSU to develop a low-street network that will complement the City’s long-range transportation plans.
The public hearing for OSU’s request to vacate SW 17th Street, SW 16th Street, and SW “A” Avenue is going before City Council on Monday, May 16th.
The request to vacate the street would allow for future redevelopment of the street, which is also consistent with Comprehensive Plan polices and the city’s Transportation System Plan. While OSU does not have any immediate plans to significantly alter existing pedestrian, bike, or vehicle facilities in this area, the OSU Transportation Plan includes a schematic design for a strengthened north-south bicycle and pedestrian connection from Western Blvd to Washington Way via a shared use path. This connection compliments the city’s Transportation System Plan’s direction for a Low-Stress Network. OSU seeks to increase pedestrian and bicycle travel as part of OSU’s transportation demand management strategy and in support of the city’s Climate Action Plan. Future construction of a shared use facility would help provide better multi-modal connections from current and planned City pedestrian, bicycle, and transit facilities into campus.
Vacating the streets would support this effort by creating the opportunity for OSU to construct a shared use path that is not possible today. This is because there is insufficient space between Halsell Hall and SW 17th Street outside of the existing right-of-way for such a path. Additionally, the desired design profile described in the OSU Transportation Plan would not be permitted for a city-owned local street (refer to City of Corvallis Transportation System Plan, Figure 25). Through the vacation of the streets, OSU would be able to construct a shared use path with delineated bicycle and pedestrian facilities.
If you know of anyone who might be interested in this, please let them know. There’s a link to the public hearing notice below, as well as OSU’s complete application (with graphics) on the city’s website.
Thanks,
Aaron Amoth, P.E.
Infrastructure Project Manager
Capital Planning & Development | Oregon State University
Western Building
850 SW 35th Street, Corvallis, Oregon 97333
P: 541-737-5064 | C: 541-207-5084 | F: 541-737-3013
Go Beavs!
From: City of Corvallis <webm...@corvallisoregon.gov>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2022 3:41 PM
Subject: Notice of Land Use Public Hearing - City Council
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Notice of Land Use Public Hearing - City Council
Please click on the link below for more information.
Street Right of Way Vacation (16th Street, 17th Street, and A Avenue) - VAC-2022-01
More Information
View full details on our website
Annette Mills
FYI – If you want to testify at tonight’s public hearing, you need to contact the City Recorder before 9 am this morning. Her phone number is 541-766-6729 X 5075. They are taking both in-person and virtual comments.
As of 8:15 am, I was the only one who had signed up.
Annette