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File File File notice had been given for the meeting. Councilman Williams indicated that he views his primary responsibility to be to the people of his ward in Eugene, that he is not familiar enough with the complex issues involved and that, since Mayor Keller has been involved in the workings of the committee for over four years, he would be better informed; thus Councilman Williams would better serve the people in his ward by givng his proxy to Mayor Keller. Councilman Bradley indicated he felt it was a responsibility of all City Council members to be knowledge- able about all the processes on issues coming before the Council. Mayor Keller indicated that the Sewer Commission must have final approval of the Council for this contract anyway. He recommended that the Manager relay the message that as many City Council people as possible will be present. e C. Citizens Opinion Survey--Memo distributed by Mrs. Rutter. Two considerations were noted: 1) the opinion survey will not be going through Oregon Research Institute but will be conducted an inter-disciplinary team from the U of 0, which will be far less expensive; and 2) The purpose would be better served by conducting the project in the late Fall, closer to formulation of department budgets. by D. Mayor Les Anderson's Party--Manager indicated that Mrs. Rutter had tickets available for any Councilor other people to purchase. e E. Valley River Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge--Don Allen of Public Works Department explained the type of design for the parti- cular bridge selected was a box girder-type bridge, this being the cheapest one under consideration with the cost being $365,000. This cost does not include the $45,000 for the design and supervision of the contract. He indicated this was merely an information report to the Council for them to critique the selection of the design. The time schedule indi- cates that the construction of the bridge would start this summer. Councilman Lieuallen asked where the site of this partic- ular bridge will be to which Mr. Allen replied in the vicinity of where N. Polk Street Street hits the Willamette River. Mr. Lieuallen was concerned as to whether the access to the bridge had been figured out. Mr. Allen indicated that his staff is now working out routing designs and those decisions will be made at a later date. Mr. Williams asked if any substantial changes in design would be brought back to the Council for consideration, to which Mr. Allen replied yes. Mr. Obie asked if the money e 2/14/77 - 20 9b