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e Mr. Gleason compared this request with a previous request regarding the Lorane Highway area and said he believed that the school district hoped to eliminate the need for busing children to school by assuring a safe sidewalk system. Councilor Schue asked staff to determine whether this was the case and whether the school district was now busing children to Ellis Parker because it believed sidewalks were unsafe. Public hearing was opened. Thomas Bellamy, 3970 Dillard Road, said this was the first time citizens had had an opportunity to address the council regarding the proposed improvements to Dillard Road. He said ~sidents of the area agreed safety of children was important but saw no children using Dillard Road at present and therefore wondered if the proposed widening of the street and construction of sidewalks, storm sewers, and bike paths was really needed. He said children could get to Ellis Parker School without using Dillard Road. He believed that the proposed improvements would create safety hazards on the street. He said that since 1975 automobiles had been able to use West Amazon as a connection from Hilyard Street to Fox Hollow Road and that improvements were therefore not needed on Dillard to accommodate through traffic. William Ayres, 3980 Dillard Road, said those who live on this portion of Dillard feel the proposed widening of the street would not increase safety. He said through automobile traffic should be encouraged to use the West Amazon connection between Hilyard and Fox Hollow. He said his already steep driveway would be affected by the widening. e Ray Klein, 3990 Dillard Road, asked that this portion of Dillard be closed to through traffic. He said widening Dillard would encourage cars to use that street as a connection between Hilyard and Fox Hollow, thereby increasing traffic past the Good Samaritan Nursing Home. He said school children from Dunn cross Dillard at a blind curve to go down 39th Avenue. He felt it would therefore be safer to close the street and noted that street closings had been done on the east side of Amazon for safety near Ellis Parker School. Jessie ACklen, 3990 Dillard Road, said she had lived in the area since 1914. She said there had not been any accidents on Dillard Road. She said that widening the road would hurt an historically significant old coach house on the street. Don Kimmel, 3105 Lincoln, referred to page 60 of the CIP and asked in which columns the General Fund items were located. He questioned whether providing weatherization was cost-effective and asked how the amounts allocated for weatherization had been determined. Leslie Whitelaw Scott, 3977 Dillard Road, said that at the Planning Commission hearing on the CIP she had used a map to show existing routes for children from the Fox Glen and Dunn areas to get to Ellis Parker School. She said there is an existing safe route, with sidewalks and bike paths. She felt the widening of e MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 13, 1982 Page 11