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someday be necessary. He added that West 11th could be connected via Garfield e to 6th and 7th and could handle traffic if 1-105 were extended west to Greenhill Road. He said he had spoken with representatives of the State, who seemed to favor the idea, but the Transplan contained no provision for an east-west freeway connector. He also said several property owners had asked that alignment be moved north, and a good alternative might be to go farther north, near the railroad overpass, and to proceed down the tracks. He said access automatically would be limited because of fewer railroad crossings in that area. Mr. Lafferty noted the expense of elevating the eastern end of 6th/7th. He said he thought it would be a disservice to the industrial area to cause poor traffic circulation by putting a large street down the middle when land along the railroad track could easily be used as a buffer for residential areas to the north. He said staff felt his proposed route was too far north, although it was only one-half mile from the east end of the present alignment and was in the same place on the west end. Mr. Lafferty said he had noted cars going from the 1-5 Coburg interchange to 1-105 and into Eugene, which showed that people would go out of their way to use a good road. He said the proposed alternatives would be short-lived, at high cost of condemnation and of future work. Mr. Lafferty also said the T-2000 Plan called for increasing 1-5 to six lanes in order to handle local traffic, and a freeway system should be looked at for the greater east-west distance. He also suggested leaving a section open for later connection to the Chambers connector. e Gary Stiltner, of Lane Plywood, 65 North Bertelson Road, said Alternate 1 ran through the southeast corner of the property, and the right-of-way for the extension would take about 3.5 acres. He said Lane Plywood also would have to be compensated for other damages, including six additional acres now used for storage that would become inaccessible, a log scaling pad, 200 feet by 450 feet and including a base of several feet of rock and 12 inches of asphalt overlay, that would be reduced and require relocation. He added that operation of log-handling equipment was limited because of Bonneville Power lines in the area, so choices of location for the scaling pad were very limited. Mr. Stiltner also said a drainage and recycle system for watering deck logs was built into the ground in the area, and he supplied copies of blueprinted photos. Dorothy Anderson, 939 East 21st, President of the Eugene Planning Commission, reviewed additional considerations not included in staff notes. She said the Planning Commission had received quite a bit of testimony about the Roosevelt freeway. She said reasons for dropping that proposal included the requirement of an additional Environmental Impact Statement, non-compliance with the plan, and the present lack of State ownership of the necessary property. She said the commission also had discussed putting the west end near the railroad tracks, but did not want to cause adverse impacts on other property owners and did want more study. The east end also would need more work, she said, noting the concern for the impact on property owners. Ms. Anderson said discussion of site review procedures to protect wetlands had occurred, but some problems existed, and purchase of the areas therefore was recommended. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 25, 1985 Page 4