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,- '\ " - M I N U T1'E S SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING Apri 1 17, L978 Special meehng of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon was called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller on April 17, 1978, at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber with the following Councilors present: D. W. Hamel, Ray Bradley, Eric Haws, Jack Delay, Scott Lieuallen, C1nd Betty Smith. Councilors Tom Williams and Brian Obie were absent. e I. Public Hearing A. Proposed T-2000 Plan Assistant City Manager distributed to Council a plan adoption process for the City of Eugene which outlined the various dates for Couneil consideration of the T-2000 Plan (copy attached). This process plan had been developed by the Metropolitan Area Transportation Committee (MATC) who has been charged with developing the plan for L-COG and is the primary policy committee for the T-2000 Plan. He reviewed the various dates for ~ouncil noting the joint meeting tentatively scheduled for May 25 would be to identify issues. Then each juriSdictional body would discuss those issues and return for a final delibera- tion with formal adoption to occur tentatively on June 15. If there are major differences, MATC wi 11 have to develop a compromi se pl an to be revi ewed by each jurisdiction. It is hoped that the entirl~ plan can be adopted by the June 29 deadline. Assistant Manager noted the time constraints related to having the plan adopted by July 1 in order to ensure financing of LTD. If the plan is not adopted by that date, there is a possibil"ity that Federal funding for LTD would be lost. He noted that James Bernhard, President of the Planning Commission, and Jim Farah, planner, were available to answer questions. Public hearing was opened. ' Jon Silvermoon, 47-1/2 West 25th, represented Friendly Area Neighbors. Their recommendations were directed toward the portion of the plan that affects their particular neighborhood. They recoqnized the extensive efforts that had gone into development of the plan. They I"eaffirmed their positions of endorse- ment of various portions of the plan, including the modal split of 30 percent transit, 15 percent bicycle, and 10 percent pedestrian; and the concept of balanced land use wherein places of empl~'ment and residence would be more closely integrated. There were five concerns regarding the T-2000 Plan. First, the cost for streets and highway projects is nearly $130 million and it is their concern that this price tag would literally tax the people of Eugene beyond, what at times seems to be, an intolerable point. They urged adoption of the transpor- tation plan in a form which the City can I clfford, not one which will place a financial burden on the residents~ A second concern was that the bicycle and pedestri an el ements were not adequately developed. It was fel t the update of the Bikeway Master Plan was needed and, in addition, a pedestrian plan should be e 4117/78--1 2.Sq