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<br />. <br />, <br />e had been asked of EDA regarding consequences of other actions taken by <br /> Ci ty Counci 1 . If the City does not accept the grant offer at this <br /> time, the Assistant Secretary has the right to reclaim the funds. He <br /> said if that were done, there is no guarantee the funds would be re- <br /> turned to Eugene, but a better chance that they would go to some other <br /> location. <br /> Mr. Williams said City Council had submitted the project and if it <br /> had not liked the project, it should have said so at the time of sub- <br /> mission. He felt it was far to late in the discussion to consider <br /> throwing away the federal grant money. <br /> Mr. Obie said it seemed as individuals the City Council has to make <br /> the best decision, based on the advice on plans before it. He spoke <br /> in favor of adopting the plan as presented, saying it is this Council.s <br /> decision, and the citizens in the. community who would be served by <br /> this grant money. <br /> Mr. Bradley was bothered by the legality of putting a storm sewer on <br /> County property, wondering if the County could revoke the permit it <br /> has already issued to the City. Mr. Allen said he assumed the County <br /> would have that right, but it would have to show a justifiable cause. <br /> Mr. Delay questioned whether there were other similar long-term pro- <br /> jects, such as this one. Mr. Allen said there were other storm sewer <br /> projects which were in a similar category. However, he said the dif- <br />e ference between this project and others were that other projects had <br /> major problems with rights-of-way, and there were no such problems <br /> with thi 5 one. He said he did not feel the City could come up with <br /> any project that would be any less antagonistic than this one. <br /> Mr. Haws said from what he had heard from staff, from a practical <br /> point of view, this was the best way to go. He understood the con- <br /> cern regarding agricultural land, but had not heard anything that <br /> would lead him to believe the project should not be accepted. He re- <br /> quested Council to express any reasons, if there were some. Mr. <br /> lieuallen said he was having real difficulty in making a decision. <br /> On one hand, he saw the existence of a fairly large storm sewer which <br /> might put pressure to develop that portion of the city and use up <br /> land which should be left for agricultural use. On the other hand, <br /> he understood the drainage problem in the area and the necessity for <br /> extending the sewer to the river. He said the real question in his <br /> mind was political, the future pressure for development in that area <br /> if the storm sewer were provided. He asked at what point the Council <br /> was going to strengthen its policy regarding infilling the core area <br /> of the city. <br /> Mr. Bradley questioned if there were no more housing started in that <br /> area, would the storm sewer still need to be constructed. Mr. Allen <br /> replied that if the present Cone/Breeden property were developed to 60 <br /> percent of its potential, then the facility would be needed at this <br />. <br /> 9/6/77--5 <br /> b70 <br />