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had to. She believed that bicycle lanes were an important part of alternate modes of transportation and <br />sustainability. She felt an amendment without a funding strategy was “rhetoric.” <br /> <br />Councilor Zelenka appreciated the hard work of the Crest neighbors and City staff on this issue. He said <br />one of his main concerns as a councilor was livability. He supported the design. He also supported <br />providing bicycle lanes throughout the City. He observed that there were competing interests in this item <br />and it would not be possible to make everyone happy. He supported the amendment. He hoped that it <br />would be possible to make the design friendlier for bicyclists, perhaps with rolled curbs or bicycle paths. <br /> <br />Councilor Clark indicated he would support the amended motion. He asked if in this process of accepting a <br />change in street widths a precedent was being set. Mr. Klein responded that if this was being used to create <br />an argument, he did not think it was a winnable argument given that this process arose from a situation with <br />unusual properties different from much of the City. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy said the CDCT wanted to remain involved in the next phase. She felt that many bicyclists had <br />not engaged in this conversation early on because they believed any road created in Eugene would have <br />bicycle lanes. She averred that any time the City took on an issue related to roads an effort should be made <br />to engage the bicycling community. She stressed that the City had a commitment to be increasingly bicycle <br />friendly. <br /> <br />Councilor Taylor did not believe the action would establish a precedent. She agreed that the Crest Drive <br />situation was unusual and had needed a context sensitive solution. She added that she had some concern <br />about how people would be assessed. She thought the City should reconsider how residents would be <br />assessed in a Local Improvement District (LID). She was concerned that some people might lose their <br />homes. <br /> <br />Roll call vote; the motion passed, 6:1; Councilor Solomon voting in opposition. <br /> <br /> <br />MINUTES—Eugene City Council April 14, 2008 Page 14 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br />