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. Mr. Hansen moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, that the bi 11 be read t the second time by council bill number only, with unanimous consent of the council, and that enactment be considered at this e time" Answering questions from Mr. Rutan, Tony Mounts of the Finance Division said Supplemental BudgE~t No. 1 was presented to the Budget Committee on September 23, 1986. At that time, the Budget Committee deleted the Celebration Rodeo and the Future of Our Library Study from the budget. Everything else in the budget is the same. Because of the deletions, the supplemental budget was published again before council consideration. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 8:0. Counci 1 Bi 11 2910 was read the second time by counci 1 bi 11 number only. Mr. Hansen moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote; all councilors present voting aye, the bill was declared passed (and became Ordinance No. 19417). V. ENTRANCE BEAUTIFICATION STUDY City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced consideration of the Entrance Beautification StlJdy. Pat Decker of the Planning Department gave the staff report. She distributed copies of an October 15, 1986, memo to the Mayor and City Council from the Planning Department. The memo is tit 1 ed, "Fo 11 ow-up to Public Testimony on Entrance Beautification." She sa i d the counc 11 he 1 d a e public hearing on the Entrance Beautification Study on October 13, 1986. Ms. Decker suggested the council review each item in an October 13, 1986, memo titled, IIpublic Hearing on the Draft Entrance Beautification Study. II The memo is to the Mayor and City Council from the Planning Department. 1. References to IIlp'referred Entrance Corri dors"-- Ms. Decker said the staff suggested eliminating the concept of IIpreferred entrance corridorsll in Policy #1 on page 3 of the draft study, revising the map on page 6 to 'indicate all entrances to the city and to indicate the most direct and attractive routes from the airport in some way, and to revise the reference to IIPreferred Entrance Corri dors" on page 5 of the draft study. Answering questions from Mayor Obie, Mr. Miller said he is comfortable with the changes sugge~sted by the staff. He said the changes will indicate attractive, through routes to the downtown and also indicate other routes that need beautification. Mayor Obie said Highway 99 North is a depressing entrance to the city. Replying to his question, Ms. Decker said the Planning Commission's recommendations increase the importance of Highway 99 North and indicate that it is the Eugene entrance corridor that needs improvement the most. MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 15, 1986 Page 4 e