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. Mr. Lieuallen stated he would vote against the motion. He sees the amendment to the motion as being only an addition to the project. He sees this as being more of the thinking from the 1960's and 1970's and he hopes for a commitment to a new direction. e Mr. Delay stated he thinks the overall scenario should be looked at and some good should be extracted from the project. It is not a freeway that is being discussed. The council is looking very strongly at developing a shopping center downtown and getting people downtown, rather than to large parking-lot shopping centers. They are trying to accommodate traffic going across an intersection as well as solve some other problems. Mr. Lieuallen stated he understands the concern of getting people down- town, but feels what is being discussed in this improvement is trips to work, not trips for shopping, recreation, or cultural events. Mr. Delay noted that economics will eventually get people to use transit. Mayor Keller stated he supported the project in 1973 and in 1977, and feels that the project today is a far superior one. He feels the council should support the project because safety is the council's responsibility. He also reminded councilors this is designed for no more than 70-percent auto traffic for the year 2000 projections. The T-2000 Plan and Lane Transit District support this project. He feels it is important that the City receives some of the benefits from the State Department of Transportation. He stated he hopes the council will support the amend- ment proposed by Councilor Delay. Mayor Keller stated the amendment would mean that staff could start researching and developing alternatives for 19th and Amazon Parkway for transportation to the downtown core. Mr. Lieuallen asked Mr. Allen for the status of the proposed project to carry the Amazon Parkway to High Street. Mr. Allen responded that the project called the Pearl/High Connector had in the past been with- drawn through a similar process that the 30th and Hilyard project is now going through. However, it still is contained within the T-2000 Plan. Staff will bring back to the City Council in the future alter- native designs of a low-cost nature, timed for implementation with the completion of 30th/Hilyard contsruction. . Mr. Henry asked Mr. Delay if his interest was in making certain non-capital- intensive improvements at the 30th and Hilyard intersection. Mr. Delay responded that he is interested in making downtown-bound traffic work and putting in a diverter. Mr. Lieuallen asked if this would load the north end of Hilyard from 18th to Franklin with traffic. He stated traffic from 30th Avenue bound for downtown should take Amazon Parkway. Mr. Delay stated the diverter would help decrease the load on Hilyard. He also feels improvements where Amazon Parkway exits onto 19th are necessary; this might include cutting off 19th to the west of Amazon Parkway to local traffic only. e 4/14/80--7