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e Mrs. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Williams, that a hearing be scheduled for Feburary 28, 1977. Motion carried unanimously. Approve III. Initiation of procedures for improvement of Gilham from Beltline to Crescent Memo and map distributed to Council. Tour taken of area. Manager said this request had come from Public Works to provide pedestrian and bicycle safety in the vicinity of Cal Young Junior High School. The preliminary design calls for two travel lanes, a center turn lane, bicycle lanes and sidewalks. Public Hearing e Approve - Mrs. Smi th the Public procedures Crescent. moved, seconded by Mr. Williams, that Works Department be authorized to initiate for improvement of Gilham from Beltline to Motion carried unanimously. IV. Request for official assessment of 0 en s ace land 10th Addition, Nob Hill Homes Association OS 76-2 located east of Cameo Drive and southwest of 30th Avenue, east of Agate Street between Agate Street and Stony Ridge Road. Report and map dis- tributed to Council. Manager indicated that this provision would allow petition for reduced assessments for land to be kept as open land. The Planning Commission had recommended approval on January 4, 1977. Councilman Haws asked if this was at the request of the property owner, to which Manager replied yes. Mr. Williams requested staff recommendations prior to the public hearing. Mr. Saul indicated a package would be prepared by the Planning Department and be distributed prior to the public hearing. He said the provision for open space assessment is found in the State Statutes and it relates~to the manner in which the land is assessed. Mrs. Smith moved, seconded by Mr. Williams, to schedule a public hearing for February 14, 1977. Motion carried unanimously. V. Review of Legislative Subcommittee actions. Re: State Legislative Matters Minutes of the Legislative Committee distributed to Council. Mr. Williams, as acting chairman of the Legislative Subcommittee, indicated there was only one area of disagreement in Senate Bill 2--relating to the Juvenile Code. He said it concerned whether or not it should be within the purview of local officials to appre- hend and detain out-of-state runaways. The Legislative Subcommittee's recommendation was that local officials be authorized to do so; if not, he indicated there would be a problem of 12 to IS-year old runaways in the community who are unemployed, necessitating them to commit crimes to survive, for instance prostitution and thievery. Chief pierce Brooks, of the Police Department, said the major concern of the Police Department was defining "serious conflict" in Sect ion S and the inc Ius ion of "runaway" in Sect ion 17. He indicated 103 2/14/77 - 27