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III. ORDINANCE FOR SECOND READING: ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE EUGENE ENTRANCE BEAUTIFICATION STUDY e CB 2915--An ordinance adopting the Eugene Entrance Beautification Study. Mr. Hansen moved, seconded by Ms. Ehrman, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote; the motion carried 7:1 with Councilors Hansen, Ehrman, Schue, Wooten, Bascom, Rutan, and Miller voting aye and Councilor Holmer voting nay; therefore, the bill was declared passed (and became Ordinance No. 19418). IV. FINDINGS/MINUTES AND RESOLUTION FOR WILLAKENZIE ROAD PROJECT City Manager Mike Gleason introduced the item. Les Lyle of the Public Works Department gave the staff report. He distributed a chart showing the process for City eouncil-initiated improvement proj ects in which a remonstrance petition is processed. He said the Willakenzie Road improvement project was placed in the City's Capital Improvement Program (CIP) because of requests from parents in the neighborhood, the Harlow Neighbors, and the Bicycle Committee. A staff hearing in the neighborhood was held on September 3, 1986, and the Hearings Official held a hearing at which affected property owners testified on October 9, 1986. He said the proposed project is to widen Willakenzie Road to a width of 46 feet. Curbs, gutters, sidewalks, street lights, and storm sewers are included in the project. He said Willakenzie Road should be 46 feet wide because it will ultimately be a collector street e serving the area between Coburg Road and 1-5. Mr. Lyle said Willakenzie Road is now 20 feet wide with roadside ditches. The surface is deteriorating. Most of the property east of Willakenzie School is vacant although the Kings West Subdivision is being developed west of Bogart Street. There are sanitary sewers in the area. Mr. Lyle said property owners expressed opposition to the project as described in the CIP because it extended to the Kings West Subdivision. They said improvement of the road to the subdivision is not justified. Mr. Lyle said the staff studied the area in response to the testimony and found there is very little traffic east of the school. The staff recommended to the Hearings Official's hearing that the street improvement be terminated at the east boundary of Willakenzie School. He sa i d the a rea from Coburg Road to the school is fully developed and the improvement will address the concerns of parents, the neighborhood group, and the Bicycle Committee. The Heari ngs Official approved the shorter project based on testimony received at the hearing. Mr. Lyle said two remonstrance petitions have been received. On the fi rst petition, 39 percent of the property owners on Willakenzie Road opposed the improvement to Kings West Subdivision and 20 percent of them opposed the improvement only to the school. On the second petition, 52.5 percent of the property owners on Willakenzie Road opposed the improvement to the subdivision e MINUTES--Eugene City Council October 27, 1986 Page 6