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<br />e <br /> <br />VII. ADOPTION OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM (memo, additional information <br />distributed) <br /> <br />Mr. Gleason noted that the council had already held a public hearing on this <br />item. He referred to the January 5, 1983, memorandum from the Planning Department <br />to the Mayor and City Council, which contained responses to questions about the <br />Capital Improvement Program (CIP) raised by councilors at the December 13, 1982, <br />public hearing. He said staff members were available to respond to further <br />questions from councilors. <br /> <br />Mayor Keller noted that he had received a request to testify on this item and <br />asked if the council would agree to reopening the public hearing. Councilors <br />agreed to reopen the hearing. <br /> <br />Public hearing was reopened. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />John Koelling, 1968 West 34th Avenue, said he was the principal of Ellis Parker <br />School. He referred to testimony at the council's December 13 hearing on <br />proposed improvements to Dillard Road and said he had not attended that hearing <br />because he did not know about it. He said that he had worked with residents of <br />the area in surveying families affected by the proposed widening and had found <br />that there are currently 22 students who walk or ride bikes along the entire <br />section or a portion of that part of Dillard proposed for improvements. He said <br />that the school parent group considered the area hazardous and felt that paving <br />and sidewalks were needed. He realized that there was an expense involved for <br />homeowners but noted that homeowners throughout the City bear similar expense <br />for improvements to their property frontages. He said that there was not a <br />question of savings on busing costs, since, under school district policy, <br />students within a one-mile radius of the school are not bused. He said the <br />Ellis Parker parent group urged the council to support the improvements. <br /> <br />There being no further testimony, public hearing was closed. <br /> <br />Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, to approve the Capital <br />Improvement Program. <br /> <br />Councilor Holmer said he believed that the CIP was a good document but cautioned <br />against allowing council approval of the program inadvertently to take the place <br />of council policy-making. He expressed concern that this CIP did not provide <br />adequate maintenance for the City's existing infrastructure. He referred to <br />specific items of $155,000 for a computer for the Library and $100,000 for <br />computer maintenance in Administrative Services and asked if leasing such <br />equipment had been considered and what the pros and cons of leasing were. <br />He said that he would abstain from voting on the motion to approve the CIP. <br /> <br />Councilor Obie said he had strong concerns with proceeding in the current <br />economic climate with council-initiated improvement projects involving assess- <br />ments, even if those assessments could be Bancrofted, in situations where less <br />than 50 percent of affected property owners support the improvements. He <br />emphasized that council approval of the CIP did not mean the council would <br />authorize the Dillard Road project. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council <br /> <br />January 12, 1983 <br /> <br />Page 12 <br />
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