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M I NUT E S e Eugene City Council City Council Chamber February 24, 1986 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Richard Hansen, Debra Ehrman, Emily Schue, Cynthia Wooten, Freeman Holmer, Jeff Miller, Roger Rutan COUNCILORS ABSENT: Ruth Bascom The adjourned meeting from February 19, 1986, of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Brian B. Obie. e I. COUNCIL-INITIATED IMPROVEMENT PROJECT FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS (CURB AND SIDEWALK) ON NORTH SIDE OF 5TH AVENUE FROM WIllAMETTE STREET TO PEARL STREET (memo, map, resolution distributed) City Manager Michea1 Gleason introduced the discussion. City Engineer Bert Teitze1 gave the staff report. He said the improvement of Fifth Avenue between Wi11amette Street and Pearl Street is listed in the Downtown Plan, and the draft Capital Improvement Program (CIP) lists the improvement of Fifth Avenue as a project to be completed between 1990 and 1996. Mr. Teitze1 recommended council approval of the proposed project which will be financed with an assessment district. He said the project will result in the construction of curbs and a 12-foot wide sidewalk on the north side of Fifth Avenue from Wil1amette Street to Pearl Street. The assessment district will involve the Oregon E1ectic Station and the Burlington Northern Railroad. Mr. Teitzel said the eastern 167 feet of the project is within the Fifth Avenue Special District which requires brick sidewalks. Instead of a brick sidewalk along only part of the block, Mr. Teitze1 recommended that the entire sidewalk be composed of six-foot square modules with concrete centers lined with brick. The sidewalk will be similar to the sidewalks on Wi11amette Street between 10th and 11th avenues. Mr. Teitze1 said the Parks Department staff will plant trees in spaces in the sidewalk. The project will result in curbs, sidewalks, and trees along the north side of Fifth Avenue. He said street lights for the block would cost $40,000 and they are not in the proposed project. The adjacent property owners will be assessed about $30,000 for the project. The project will cost the City about $19,000 this year and about $40,000 in the future. He said property owners can discuss the project with the councilors at a public hearing before a contract is awarded. Councilor Wooten said the Downtown Plan intended the project to be intense. The plan was to make Wi11amette Street from the train station to Fifth Avenue ~ and Fifth Avenue from the Oregon Electric Station to High Street a unique, MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 24, 1986 Page 1