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e said the Lane County Board of Commissioners had not adopted the CIP and was scheduled to do so in April or May. She said the item was not included in that CIP at this time. The Roads Advisory Committee at its February/March meeting, however, might be recommending the inclusion of that project in the CIP, she added. Ms. Crebari briefly reviewed information included in packets. She said the errata sheet and revised funding summary tables reflected Planning Commission suggestions, Community Development Committee actions taken since the Budget Committee public hearing, refinements to cost estimates, identification of an additional project deemed necessary in FY89, and some corrections to data entry errors. Ms. Crebari said staff recommended adoption of the draft FY89-94 CIP, incorporating the changes listed on the revised errata sheet dated February 2, 1988. Upon adoption, the first year of the CIP would become the basis for preparing the next year's capital budget, she explained. e Mr. Holmer said staff had indicated that the first year of the CIP would be the basis for the capital budget, but the staff notes indicated a likelihood that the City Manager would submit another capital improvement list. Mr. Gleason said the CIP had been developed independently of the fiscal strategic plan process. He said the City Council had instructed him to proceed with development of a proposal consistent with the strategic outline, and that might require some proposal modification to the first year list. That had not yet been developed, he added. Mayor Obie opened the public hearing. Clark Winston Cox, Jr., 1085 Patterson #9, spoke in favor of a traffic signal replacement at Hilyard and Patterson Streets. Mr. Cox said he did not know whether the project was included in the draft CIP, but it had been mentioned in earlier rounds of the public process, and he urged retaining it. Mr. Cox offered two reasons for retaining the replacement signal: 1) Timeliness of the project. He said the City had plans this summer to rebuild east 13th Avenue all through the West University Neighborhood, and Hilyard and Patterson were two of the affected cross streets, so it would make sense to change those signals at the same time. He said the block bounded by East 12th, Patterson, East 13th, and Hilyard was the tentative subject of improvement by Sacred Heart Hospital (and, incidentally, a vote in favor of Item X, concerning a street vacation request, would help bring that a step closer to actualization), and he favored doing all three projects at once; 2) Signals were antiquated, required replacement, and presented problems to EWES and its customers in the area. Mr. Cox noted, for example, that failure of two signals on Patterson Street in August 1986 had resulted in a power outage of more than seven hours for area residents. e Ruth Bremiller, 590 West 29th Avenue, spoke as a representative of the Eugene Bicycle Committee. She said the committee previously had MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 8, 1988 Page 16