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., . e - .-.; M I NUT E S Eugene City Council City Council Chamber February 8, 1982 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Gretchen Miller, Brian Obie, Betty Smith, Mark Lindberg, D. W. Hamel, Eric Haws, and Emily Schue. COUNCILOR ABSENT: Cynthia Wooten. Meeting of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller. Mr. Gleason indicated that Item 1-0, Public Works Bids Awards, will be removed from the agenda to allow staff time to review the tabulation. I. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Council-Initiated Improvement Project: Paving Norkenzie Road, from Beltline to North of Balboa (memo, map distributed) Micheal Gleason, City Manager, introduced Bert Teitzel, City Engineer. Mr. Teitzel said that the council was being asked to conduct a public hearing and to authorize staff to proceed with designing the project, calling for bids, and acquiring the right-of-way. He noted that the project had been initiated for safety reasons, due to unsafe street alignments and a hazardous intersection at Crescent Avenue. He said that the project included installation of sidewalks, bike lanes, curbs, and gutters, as well as left-turn lanes in the area of the congested intersection. Public hearing was opened. ~, Orix Rixmann, 1605 Holly, said that he and his family owned an old farm house at the corner of Holly and Norkenzie Road. He read a brief history of the farm and noted that five large maple trees on the land had originally been transplanted from Goodpasture Island. He said that thanks to the efforts of Mr. Teitzel and his staff, these trees would be spared when Norkenzie Road is widened. Mr. Rixmann thanked Mr. Teitzel and the other staff members who had worked to save the trees. There being no further testimony, public hearing was closed. MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 8, 1982 Page 1