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needs beaut i fi cat ion. He empha sized that the need to beautify corri dors should be separated in the study from the identification of attractive routes e for people to use. Ms. Decker responded that making Highway 99 North equal to Delta Highway, for example, implies that visitors should use Highway 99 which is not very beautiful now. She suggested "preferred routes" be changed to "through routes." Mr. Miller agreed with her suggestion if there are no funding priorities indicated. Mr. Holmer said all entrances to the city should be made more attractive. Ms. Decker said the Entrance Beautification Study was initiated in the economic diversification program to improve the image of the city and to make it easy for visitors to get around in the city. Ms. Schue suggested another word be used for "beautification." Mr. Miller suggested one color be used to identify all the major entrances to the city and another color be used to identify the through routes on the map in the study. Ms. Bascom said one-third of the improvement projects in the study are on Highway 99 North. Answering questions from Mr. Rutan, Ms. Decker said the Entrance Beautification Study is in the work program of the Planning Department and is financed from the department budget. She said landscaping can be included in State Highway Division projects such as the West Eugene Parkway. Mr. Gleason added that beautification probably could be included in improvements to Highway 99 North if the City could finance the designs for landscaping and e other beautification. Ms. Ehrman said the City must urge the State Highway Division to include beautification in its plans. Answering a question from Ms. Schue, Ms. Decker said the slick format of the study was chosen to increase citizen awareness of beautification. She said the format was not as expensive as it looks. Mr. Holmer said the format sends the wrong message. Replying to his question, Ms. Decker said there are no beautification projects in the Capital Improvement Program (CIP). She said the council may want to develop an incentive program to encourage owners to include landscaping in their designs. Ms. Ehrman said the council will hold a public hearing on the study on Monday, October 13. IV. WORK SESSION: URBAN SERVICE TRANSITION ROADS CONCEPT PAPER City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the item. Terry Smith of the Public Works Department gave the staff report. He reviewed the process for considering concept papers and said the Urban Service Transition Roads Concept Paper was tentatively approved by the Urban Services Policy Committee (USPC). e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 8, 1986 Page 7