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to involvement by the City with some enforcement actions with regard to the completion of the PUD, those actions having since been settled. He also stated - that the original request had included a proposed benefit assessment for the 50' x 70. area of approximately $8,000, but staff was now recommending a special benefit of $1,129 to be levied against the applicant to cover the costs incurred by the City for street improvements in the area. He stated that City Attorney Tim Sercombe was present to respond to any legal questions regarding the issue. Councilor Holmer stated that he and Mr. Hansen appreciated the background information since they were not present on the council when the issue was originally presented. Mr. Sercombe stated that background information and the minutes on the issue had been provided to those councilors who were not present on the council in January 1981 and that those councilors could vote if they had read the material. Mr. Hansen stated that he had read the material. In response to a question, Mr. Croteau distributed a map pinpointing the section of Van Buren Street north of Lewis Lane to be vacated. Mr. Gleason asked council to hold the second reading of Council Bill 2247 until all financial matters were resolved. CB 2247--An ordinance authorizing vacation of a 50-foot-wide public right-of-way located at the northern terminus of Van Buren Street, north of Lewis Lane. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, that council give first e reading of Council Bill 2247 at this time. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 6:0. V. SIX-POINT ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION PROGRAM/FY83-84 ACTION PLAN (memo, resolution, background information distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the agenda item. Jim Farah, Planning Department, presented the staff report, stating that this was the council.s annual adoption of the Six-Point Program. He added that the program was staff's "marching orders" for the coming year and that the Planning Department used the program as a guide for developing its work program relating to economic divers- ification. He said the program had operated well in focusing the public and private sectors' economic diversification efforts within the community. He stated that the program was prepared by a joint staff group, incorporating a variety of input from operating departments, and had been reviewed by the Joint Comittee on Economic Diversification, the Planning Commission, the Downtown Commission, the neighborhood groups, and several other interest groups. He then reviewed some possible changes to the document submitted to the council: A. Section I II .A. : Delete "Eugene" and add "community." B. Section III.C.4{d): Delete "public." C. Section III.C.5(d): Delete "neighborhood." e MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 23, 1983 Page 4