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concern about "high-speed traffic on neighborhood streets" and "lack of sidewalks," this subsection of the tabloid will refer to the City's recently adopted sidewalk policy. It will also summarize e traffic engineering, street maintenance, and traffic diverter programs. 2. A number of points need to be clarified concerning funding sources for sanitary sewers. For example, either city-wide or Metropolitan Wastewater Service District-wide bonds could be used to cover that portion of the major sewer trunk costs not picked up by the Federal government. A reference will also be added to this section on the sewer line from the house to the property line, a line which is paid for by the individual property owners and not covered by assessment or other funding sources. 3. Section III will be reorganized to include summary paragraphs explaining the information provided in each table. These summary paragraphs will precede each table. The tables will also be numbered for easier reference. In the table "Capital Costs for an Average Riv-er Road Homeowner" some figures have been revi sed. The cost estimate for the sewer line from the property line to the house is higher than that draft indicates, rising from $300 to $800. Because of this change and other corrections, the "Total Estimated Capital Cost~" for River Road residents would be $3,740, of which approximately $2,500 would be eligible for payment over ten years through Bancrofting. 4. Also in Section III, the table on "Estimated Change in Annual City Operating Costs" is generally considered to be too detailed. It will be simplified by separately listing annual operating costs for those - larger departments with direct public services including Library, Fire, Police, Parks and Recreation, and Public Works. The other annual operating costs will be combined. Other tables will remain largely unchanged. 5. The additional summary of paragraphs on costs and revenues in Section III should also refer to the estimated City revenue gap for capital costs and annual operating costs resulting from annextion of the River Road area. The likely sources of revenue to fill that gap could also be indicated, including city-wide bond issues, like that for the South Hills park acquisition program; increased property taxes; and increased revenues from the systems development tax, as new development occurs. 6. Finally, several revisions have been suggested for Section IV on the City's Perspective on Annexation, to include references to: the effect Eugene's future has on the River Road area in terms of its economic base, 'jobs, transportation network, and cultural and commer- cial services; the more specific provision of contractual services like fire, water, and electricity by the City of Eugene and EWEB, and the fact that River Road residents are not currently able to vote or otherwise easily affect the provision of those .services; and the range of programs for citizen involvement at both the city and neighborhood level allowing for the maintenance of a variety of neighborhoods and encouraging input from a number of points of view in formulating City policy. e 8/13/80--8