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Manager explained that there is $12,000 budgeted for bicycle paths, and the portion of the Amazon trail bid would take about $7,000 of that amount were it to be constructed with concrete surfacing. It was felt the Bicycle Committee should lllake a recommendation as to whether they would prefer proceeding with concrete and deleting some of the other bike projects from the total budget year, or whether they would prefer to rebid with asphalt surfacing. With regard to the Orr Lane Intake, Manager described the drainage . problem and work encountered by City crews in clearing private storm drains (50-gallon drum construction). It is felt the cost of constructing a proper storm sewer would be more than offset by savings in maintenance and crew costs as well as developing a proper storm sewer system. Councilman Hershner asked for staff comment. on the claim by Mr. Allen in his protest to the alley paving between 15th 'and 16th, Oak andWillamette, that because construction is being done during winter. months it will cost more. Assistant Public Works Director said the cost was compared to that on projects completed earlier in the year and were found to be comparable. In answer to Mrs. Beal, he said the frontage represented by Mr. Allen's ownership is 187 feet out of a total of 668. Manager said the paving would, probably improve marketability of Mr. Allen's property which is commercially zoned, this in answer to Mrs. Beal. Mr. Mohr moved seconded by Mrs. Beal to award the bids to the low bidder on each project, except that the Amazon Bike Trail bid be referred to the Bicycle Committee for recommendation, and that bid on Bertelsen Road sanitary sewer I from 11th to the Amazon be awarded to the low' bidder subject to agreement on payment of its cost by owner of abutting property. Rollcall vote. All councilmen present voting aye, motion carried. . IV - Items., Considered With One "Motion Previously discussed at committee meetings on November 8 (Present: Mayor Anderson; Councilmen Mohr, Beal, Teague, Williams, Hershner, Campbell, and Bradshaw) and November 22, 1972 (Present: Mayor Anderson; Councilmen Mohr, Beal, McDonald, Williams, Hershner, and I Bradshaw; Councilman-elect Murray ). . Minutes of those meetings appear below printed in italics. A. Community/School Program - Copies of a proposal for a pilot community/school pro- gram in the Eugene area were previously distributed to Council members. Judge Edwin E. Allen, 3140 Nob Court, chairman of a co-ordinating advisory cOnmllttee comprised of representatives from the City, School District 4J, Bethe.1 School District, LaneCommunity College, and Lane County, reported on activities of the committee with regard to presenting the proposal for implementation of a program which would make community/school buildings and playgrounds availahle for use of the general community which surrounds them. The program would not exclude use by the general overall community, but major users would be those in the smaller neighborhoods and would be within the bounds of financial resources. Priorities would be determined by members in the neighborhoods interested in using the facili ties. The Advisory COnmllttee is suggesting a program to be patterned after that in . existence in the Bethel area funded by Federal grants or those made available through' school district budgets. Before entering into discussions about financial arrangements it was felt important and necessary to have overall administrative control because of the overlapping of governmental entities in each of the areas in wpich facilities are located. It is not felt desirahle to create another entity for the sole control of this program; it was felt desirable. .to decide upon . the administering agency and have agreement by all agencies involved to that agency's administration prior to discussing specifics of the program, which it is anticipated will involve an initial annual budget of $183,000 for 10 locations. ' Because of Eugene's experience in parks and recreation area and administrative organization, theCouncil was asked to authorize the city of Eugene as administer- ing agency, .then other governmentaluni ts involved will be approached for agree- ment on that arrangement. 'Judge Allen said no financing arrangement has been reached and will not be considered until a decision is made as to whether the City will be willing to administer the program. Manager agreed that the most logical choice for administration of the program would be the City because of its organizational and administrative structure. He said if the program is funded. and the Ci ty is reimbursed for any costs, there appears to be no reason why it cannot be administered under the City's existing structure. -- In answer to Councilman Hershner's question with regard to whether the City. would be administering those areas outside the City, Judge Allen said it would. He said it would be necessary, probably under a contractual arrangement, in order to avoid creation of a new agency or administration of the program by several small separate uni ts. '343 J 11127172 - 9