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Those speaking against the vacation were as follows: Orlo Dahl, 456 West 18th, said that the lot was never meant to be built e upon. Mrs. Saulberg intended to have a garden. He presented a petition with 26 signatures stating, "We, the residents, in the vicinity of 18th and Washington Streets object to the proposed vacation and give away of our right to use the easement of 30 x 150 feet on the vacated lot known as 18-03-06-21 TL 1600." Public Hearing was closed, there being no further testimony presented. CB 1862--Authorizing easement vacation located at southeast corner of West 18th Avenue and Washington Street was read by council bill number and title only, there being no Councilor present requesting it be read in full. Mr. Delay moved, seconded by r~r. Hamel, that the bill be read the second time by council bill number only with unanimous consent of the Council and that enactment be considered at this time. Motion carried unanimously and the bill was read a second time by council bill number only. Mr. Delay moved, seconded by Mr. Hamel, that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote. All Councilors voting aye, the bill was declared passed and numbered 18391. Mr. Keller left the meeting, and Mr. Delay assumed the Chair. IV. Discussion Re: Fundin of Major Ca Distributed Materials ~ Manager noted that there were three projects of immediate concern that needed to be acted upon. One was the Parks acquisition; two, land acquisition for parking for the central library; and three, the performing arts additional parking addition. Mr. Henry reviewed the City of Eugene "Status Report on Financial Proposals for Currently Unfunded Major Projects. Parks Land Acquisition. Manager said it is necessary to have the $4.3 million funding quickly for Park land acquisition instead of in a 15-year period with increments of $33,000, which is the way the present serial levy works. Because of the rapid increase in land cost, it would be wiser to obtain bond issue money immediately at approximately the same rate as the serial levy and acquire the land as quickly as possible. It is legally impossible to commit serial levy funds on a future year basis. Land and Facility Development. Manager said this is the Joint Parks Committee Report on additional land and facilities such as the Churchill Pool. It was suggested that this be discussed in depth this fall after knowing more about the City's general fund operating budget and how it is to be working. This will have impact on the operatihg budget. a- 5/9/79--4 2.52.