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I III. CONSIDERATION OF FINDINGS/MINUTES OF HEARINGS OFFICIAL AND AWARD OF e CONTRACT FOR PAVING, SANITARY SEWERS, STORM SEWERS, SIDEWALK, AND STREET LIGHTS ON ROYAL AVENUE FROM CANDLELIGHT DRIVE TO TERRY STREET (Job 2183) (memo, findings, and minutes distributed) City Manager Michea1 Gleason introduced discussion of the findings and minutes of the Hearings Official and the awarding of a contract for improvements to Royal Avenue. City Engineer Bert Teitzel gave the staff report. He said this is a council-initiated project. Answering questions from Ms. Wooten, Mr. Teitze1 said the assessments are not unusually high. The estimate was $31 a front foot of roadway and the assess- ment will be $30 per front foot of roadway and $9.71 per front foot of sidewalk. He said the assessment is based on the bids for the project. Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Holmer, to approve the findings and minutes of the Hearings Official dated June 16, 1986, concerning the Royal Avenue Project and authorize award of the contract. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 6:0. IV. RECOMMENDATION FROM JOINT PARKS COMMITTEE RE: LAURELWOOD EXPANSION PROPOSAL (memo, background information distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced discussion of the Joint Parks Committee recommendation about the proposed restoration/expansion of the e Laurelwood Golf Course. He said the item is on the agenda because the councilors wanted to discuss the proposal in a work session. Parks and Recreation Director Ernie Drapela gave the staff report. He 'distributed his several-r.age memorandum dated June 25, 1986, titled "Laure1wood Expansion Proposal I to the councilors. Reviewing the history of the proposal, Mr. Drapela said the Parks Department first received a proposal to restore the Laurelwood Golf Course to 18 holes in 1981. He said the restoration is related to the City's Six-Point Economic Diversification Program and the proposal was deferred until the Parks Master Plan was adopted. Upon adoption of the Master Plan, the National Golf Foundation was asked to study the golf course needs of the metropolitan area and recommended that Laurelwood be restored if there are no other possibili- ties of improving the golf resources of the area. He said the Joint Parks Committee adopted the study with the following additional statement: If a golf course operator is able to obtain private financing, necessary permits, respond to safety concerns, and produce a plan acceptable to the City, the expansion of Laurelwood to an18-hole course should be allowed. Mr. Drapela said the findings of the National Golf Foundation and the addi- tional statement became amendments to the Parks Master Plan and the staff began implementing the plan. Mr. Drapela said the staff has not taken a e MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 25, 1986 Page 4