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Caryle Tylerkays, PO Box 22912, requested that the council support her effort to keep open the YMCA Downtown Childcare Center. She said she did not believe perceived safety issues on the mall were being addressed. She said the program was the only one of which she was aware which provided the ethnic diversity which she wished to provide for her child. She said she was seeking assistance from Downtown Eugene Incorporated and was preparing applications for foundation grants to support the program. Charles Robertson, 670 Woodland Acres Lane, stated that he did not believe the improvements planned for Terry Street were needed. He said there were other streets in the City which needed widening and improvement more. He said he believed improvements should not be made until it was determined whether the West Eugene Parkway would be built by the Oregon Department of Transportation. Misha Seymour, 1313 Lincoln Street, #306, stated that he wanted to speak about directions being taken by the City. He expressed concern about elected officials benefitting from land speculation, political activities related to the City Manager, the cost of City litigation, loans to private businesses, limited library hours, and the aftereffects of a demonstration which took place on June 1, 1997. He proposed that a daytime curfew be imposed on legislators who propose bad legislation. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE HEARINGS OFFICIAL; AUTHORIZATION OF DESIGN, ACQUISITION, AND BIDDING OF PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO TERRY STREET City Engineer Les Lyle referred to the findings and recommendations of the Hearings Official regarding proposed improvements to Terry Street. He explained transportation plans in the Bethel/Danebo refinement plan as they related to Terry Street improvements. He directed councilors' attention to a vicinity map of the project area distributed with the agenda of the meeting, and described how all affected subdivisions had submitted irrevocable petitions for the proposed assessments on properties involved. He described the petition filing process and how generally property owners were made aware of petition requirements. He pointed out that the Hearings Official and staff had responded to the concerns of those who objected to the project, that no design work on the project had yet been undertaken, and that he was committed to dealing with traffic speeding concerns of area residents using traffic calming techniques as much as practicable. Mr. Tollenaar stated that he was familiar with the issues involved in Terry Street assessments because of similar problems in his own ward. He said he believed home owners with double street frontage were not treated fairly in current assessment procedures, although he was aware of some developers who set lower prices for such sites. Mr. Tollenaar asked if it would be possible for a developer to leave a narrow strip of land between property with double street frontage and one of the streets to avoid the assessment inequities. Mr. Lyle replied that he did not believe enough value would be attached to such a configured property to pay for assessments. He said establishment of bond and/or escrow processes for such properties would be possible. Minutes--Eugene City Council March 2, 1998 Page 2 7:30 p.m.