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~ "'" 'I' August 28 Council meeting. Council members agreed w1th Mayor Anderson'ssug- gestion that a Couneil subcommittee review the list of capital projects with staff and bring recommendations to the Council on deletions. He appointed Council- (man Mohr as chairman to serve wi th Mrs. Beal and Mr. Teague. It was understood - 'the recommendations brought back should incl ude total amount of capi tal program . )to be submitted to the voters, priorities, and manner in which the issues are to ;be presented. ~.=-' Mr. McDonald moved seconded by Mr. Teague that the Council approve a separate :measure for the Auditorium bond issue on the November ballot. ! Mayor Anderson recommended no action on manner of presentation, saying announce- :ment of a decision on anyone measure at this point would appear to place 'greater ,importance on that item than on others to be considered. Councilmen ,Mohr an~ Bradshaw concurred, saying it would be unfair to give weight to one ~tem unt~l every capital project item is considered. Mr. McDonald withdrew his motion. Comm It was understood public testimony would be heard at the August 14 Council meeting, 'a/9/72 subcommi ttee to meet thereafter to consider recommendations upon which to base a Affirm decision by the entire Council at its August 28 meeting. U. Highway 126 Project' - Councilman Mohr asked the Manager' to review 'the status of Highway 126 route alignment, referring to a recent article on the subject in the Register-Guard. With the consent of Mr. Mohr, the following discus- sion took place after other business on the agenda was completed. I 'Manager explained that the City traffic, planning, and public works staffs e 1 in the next few months will meet with State Highway Department engineering ; and traffic staffs to develop feasible alternative alignments to meet traffic ; needs, taking into account construction and planning problems. These alterna- tives., based on feasibility from traffic standpoint, will be presented to the ,Highway Department after an environmental impact team has been formed. That ; team will welcome help from a local environmental impact team and their work- ,ing relationship will be worked out by State and City people. Of 88 State projects requiring impact studies ,about one-half will require i full blown complete efforts. There is no set of priorities other than that those projects already under contract will be taken first for impact studies. Those requiring impact statements but not yet under contract (which category I , includes Highway 126) will get next attention. There has been no shifting of priority with regard to Highway 126 and State will make every effort to make the studies and give equal consideration to this project. Manager said \ his office will stay in touch with State Highway officials and try to keep track of the time schedule for the impact studies. At the request of Mrs. Beal, Manager said he would prepare for distribution '. to the Council a written statement of Highway 126 project status as presented. In response to question from Ed Kenyon, Register-Guard reporter, as to why, ,if there is no change in the State's schedule, the project is discussed, CouncilllJan Mohr said he interpreted from the news arti cle that City administra-. ,tion' was making an effort to move the project up on the State's priority list, Comm 'and such is not the case. The City is keeping in contact with State Highway 7/26/72 officials to see that alternatives are presented when the State environmental , team is readl.l to make an imoact studl.l. File . - ,-. ,. - I ''''"v:'- RePresentative, UniversTty of Oregon'Student Body - Letter was presented from Comm . Cliff Zukin, president of MUO Senate, introducing Fred Wasson as representative 7/26/72 and spokesman for the MUO at Council meetings. File W. Distribution ~"J;rLette;f:,from Mass Transit Division, State Department of Transportation, with , ~;;regard to feasibility of consolidating school and transit bus systems. :2. Minutes of Citizen Participation Meeting held July 17, 1972 in the Danebo I nei gborhood. Comm ~:.3. Letter addressed to the Parks Director from Phyllis Ford expressing apprecia- 7/26/72 / tionfor recreation programs at Celeste Campbell Center. File . X. Auditorium Brochure -Councilman Williams objected to wording included in a , I brochure distributed by the Auditorium Association at its summer production "1776" which states: "... If the Eugene auditorium/convention center is not built, all of us will lose a great deal. Subsidized housing will probably be built on this site...." ;)~r 8/14/72 - 13