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Eugene Charter Section 38. Assessments. The procedure for levying, collecting, and enforcing the payment of special assessments for public improvements or other services to be charged against real property shall be governed by general ordinance. Section 39. Amendments. The general ordinances mentioned in Sections 37 and 38 of this charter may be amended only by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the city council. Such an amendment may not take effect for six months after the council adopts it and may not apply to an improvement authorized by the council before the effective date of the amendment. Section 40. Liens. The docket of city liens is a public writing, and the original or a certified copy of any matter authorized to be entered in the docket shall have the force and effect of a judgment. When the council has authorized an improvement, and an assessment for it is entered in the city's lien docket, the assessment becomes a lien against the property so assessed. The lien has priority over all other liens and encumbrances upon the property and may be enforced in the manner authorized by the city council. Section 41. Freeways. (1) No freeway or throughway, as defined by ORS 374.010 or 377.710(12), may be constructed by the city, nor may the city enter into any agreement approving or facilitating construction of such a freeway or throughway, unless the route of the freeway or throughway is first approved by a majority of the voting electors of the city in a city election conducted in accordance with law and unless the agreement is entered into within a time specified by the measure submitted to the voters for their approval. (2) The city may, however, without such prior approval, prepare preliminary plans and specifications and statements of impact, including plans, specifications, and statements of impact necessary for obtaining financial assistance for the freeway or throughway, all of which shall be available to the public at the city hall prior to the election on the route of the freeway or throughway. (3) Prior to the election, a map and a description of the proposed route and of intersections of other thoroughfares therewith and a notice of the election, shall be published once a week for four consecutive weeks in the newspaper with the largest general circulation published in the city. Section 42. Skinner's Butte Park. The property commonly know as the "Butte Property," with boundaries as described in a charter amendment adopted by the voters of the city April 5, 1915, is hereby dedicated to the public forever as a public park. - 11- 12/5/2002