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. Mr. Berman said the City's request for construction funding for 6th/7th would provide moneys needed to construct the project once the City voted affirmatively and right-of-way was obtained. B. Eugene's Project Prioritization Requests Mr. Berman outlined the City's project prioritization requests as follows: Priority #1--6th/7th Avenue extension west of Garfield Street Priority #2--6th/7th Avenue widening 4-lanes east of Garfield Street Priority #3--improvements to Highway 99 North from Roosevelt Boulevard to Barger Drive; --pedestrian/bicycle under/overcrossing of Franklin Boulevard in the vicinty of Onyx Street and University of Oregon campus; and --improvements to Franklin Boulevard permitting an acceleration lane entry from the Laurel Hill Valley at Riverview Street. Councilor Miller suggested that the under/overcrossing of Franklin Boulevard near the University campus be removed from the list, since she felt there was general agreement that the project was a bad idea. Councilor Wooten agreed. e ~r. Hanks said that the Eugene Bicycle Committee reviewed this item annually as a part of review of the Bikeways Master Plan. He said that committee believed that this under/overpass was a good idea and could be designed successfully to work with the descending elevation from the campus at Onyx to the lower ground near the Mill Race bridge. Councilor Ball asked if the process for commencing the 6th/7th project was proceeding as quickly as was possible. Mr. Berman responded affirmatively. Mr. Gleason asked at what point the matter could be placed on the ballot. Mr. Berman said he believed it might be possible to vote on the matter before the November 10, 1983, election. He felt that a positive vote would make the State much more eager to proceed with the project. After some discussion, it was agreed that the City should seek a legal opinion on how soon a vote could be taken and on whether it was legally possible to begin designing the project before the vote. Mr. Gleason felt that the City should work to provide citizens with as much general information as possible on the project and to take a vote as soon as possible after this information effort was made. Mayor Keller said he hoped the vote could take place in May 1983. Councilor Wooten said she supported the concept of placing the matter on the ballot as soon as possible but emphasized the need to provide adequate information on the impact of the project on housing, industry, commerce, and on City maintenance funds. Mr. Berman said that a traffic analysis of the project and its impacts was currently being done but that information which could be made available before an Environmental Impact Statement report would not be based on specific designs and could therefore only be general information, not specific. e MINUTES--Eugene City Council Work Session December 8, 1982 Page 2