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e e e first phase of the overall Roosevelt Project. Referring to a map of the project distributed to the council, Mr. Teitzel said the project would be a new arterial connecting the Central Industrial Area to Beltline Road and West Eugene Industrial Area. He said the Beltline Road to Maple Street phase of the project is being bid by the State on June 28. He said staff was pursuing the purchase of right of way for the final section of the project, from Maple Street to Highway 99, with construction to be in 1986 or 1987. He explained that the project was being funded with Federal Aid Urban funds and ~hat the contract was being awarded by the State Highway Department, with the City paying six percent of the project costs. Mr. Obie moved, seconded by Ms. Wooten, to adopt the findings and to approve proceeding with the improvements to Roosevelt Boulevard from Beltline Road to Bertelsen Road as proposed by staff. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 6:0. Mr. Gleason added that the FAU funding was a portion of the City's Federal Gas Tax Receipt Program and came through an allocation formula through the State Transportation Department. He said the project was part of the T-2000 commitment and the City's Six-Year Plan. He said the Roosevelt Project has been a commitment of the City over the past three years. VI. RECOMMENDATION ON FOREIGN TRADE ZONE (memo, full report distributed) City Manager Micheal Gleason introduced the agenda item. Cathy Briner of the Business Assistance Team presented the staff report, stating that staff had been studying the subject of Foreign Trade Zones (FTZs) as part of the City's Six-Point Economic Diversification Program. She explained that City staff was assisted in the development of the Foreign Trade Zone Report by Linda King and Lee Pettigrew, graduate interns from the University of Oregon. Referring to the report, Ms. Briner said that staff discovered that interest existed in the Southern Willamette Valley in the concept of a Foreign Trade Zone and the desire for the City to explore the possibility of the FTZ. Additionally, she said that it appeared the City of Eugene was precluded from applying to be a FTZ by Federal regulations. She said staff was recommending, with the endorse- ment of the Council Committee on Economic Diversification, that the council direct staff to pursue the possibility of some determination allowing Eugene to be a Foreign Trade Zone. Ms. Briner said staff was working with the Foreign Trade Zone Board and the US Customs Commissioner for such determina- tion, adding that a feasibility study and application would be performed after such determination was made. She said the Port of Coos Bay had approached City staff with the desire to submit a joint FTZ application. Ms. Briner said staff was recommending that Coos Bay submit its own application so it would not be delayed in its application by Eugene's actions. Mr. Obie moved. seconded by Ms. Wooten. to approve the recommen- dation as outlined on Page 5 of the Foreign Trade Zone Report, dated May 11, 1984. Roll call vote; the motion carried unanimously, 6:0. MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 16, 1984 Page 6