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ORDINANCE N0. I ~ $1 l~ AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE INSTITUTION OF PROCEEDINGS IN EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY INTERESTS ALONG BOGART LANE AND BAILEY LANE FROM WILLAKENZIE ROAD TO LUELLA STREET, FUR THE PURPOSES OF CONSTRUCTION OF STREET IMPROVEMENT5; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: The City Council has authority under provisions of the City Charter and applicable state 1 aw to institute proceedings i n eminent domain far the acqui s i tion of private praperty for public purposes, including the improvement of city streets and construction of curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and other features. The City of Eugene is in the process of improving city streets and an March 4, 1991, the City Counci 1 enacted Resat uti on No. 4234 initiating the Bogart Lane and Bai 1 ey Lane Improvement Project from Wi 11 akenzi a to Lue11 a Street, which includes street improvements consisting of paving, curbs, gutters, sidewalks and storm sewer improvements. The proposed improvements shall be in compliance with, and in furtheran- ce of, the plans and speci f i cati ans to be prepared by the City Engineer i n accordance with provisions of Chapter 1 of the Eugene Cade, 1911, and appl i cabl e policies of the City of Eugene. The streets to be improved were original 1 y designated as public ways under Lane County's jurisdiction when the adjacent property was used agriculturally. Although the width of the public way was inadequate for urban development, urban development has occurred on the adjacent properties. That development now necessitates widening and improving the public way to serve the adjacent property and surrounding neighborhood. It is not in the public interest to significantly relocate the historic public way to provide access to this established neighborhood. The 1 east private