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<br /> Mr. Delay noted that when Council considered the easement, Councilors had <br /> wished to have the option of more City participation. - <br /> "Just so you do not create a mountain," Mr. Obie said, "all we were asked <br /> to do was to create a property easement and I am not sure that we need to <br /> go beyond that point." <br /> Ms. Miller agreed with Mr. Obie, but felt the Council should give consider- <br /> ation to changing the assessment policy. The consideration before them <br /> is a choice of vacation or assessment of property owners for improvement. <br /> If the decision is vacation, that is all right, but if the decision is for <br /> improvement, there should be a way for the City to share the cost. She <br /> said that this is not now possible with the six months' lag time. <br /> Mr. Gil man tol d the Counc il about one easement that is mai nta i.ned in a <br /> substandard way. He said having a policy would help with the maintenance <br /> of these easements, as well. <br />Ms. Smith moved, seconded by Ms. Miller, to accept the recommen- <br />dations as outlined in the staff notes and direct them to come <br />back with changes to the Code. <br /> Mr. Hamel felt that the City should not pay for past issues. The property <br /> owners should pay for the paths if the neighborhood people are using them. <br /> He would vote against the motion. <br /> To Mr. Obie's question, "Where would the funds come from?", Manager <br /> replied, "capital outlay/street funds." Mr. Obie felt he would have e <br /> trouble voting funds for such projects, given the priorities for these <br /> funds. <br /> To Ms. Smith's observation that this motion was asking for additional <br /> information, Manager replied that his interpretation was that the Council <br /> was requesting staff to bring back a proposed ordinance as recommended in <br /> the memo. <br /> Mr. Delay felt the action proposed made good sense in enabling the City to <br /> fund projects that would benefit the general community. <br />Motion carried 5:2 (Hamel and Obie voting no). <br />VI. FIRE STATION 6 RELOCATION <br /> Manager noted the inadequacies of the old station at Coburg and Turnbull, <br /> saying the proposed new station is part of the satellite plan and would <br /> become a master station. He asked the Council to secure the lot at Cob~rg <br /> and Elysium for the proposed new station. He introduced Captain Boggs to <br /> answer questions. <br /> e <br />.380 7/11/79--8 <br />