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i Res. No. 3500--A resolution authorizing street paving and sidewalk con- struction on Goodpasture Island Road from Delta Highway to Tabor Street (1710). Ms. Miller moved, seconded by Mr. Obie, to adopt the resolution. Ms. Wooten asked if the resolution passed whether there is any way in which the City can assist in the two unusual and unique cases which had been presented in the public testimony.. She felt that an assessment of $28,000 for a portion of property which the homeowner will never use, but which will serve traffic to and from Valley River Center, is excessive and very difficult. Mr. Gleason responded that staff follows assessment procedure very strictly and really has no preroga- tive for change. Mr. Obie referred to the photographs which Mr. Raynor had distributed to the council. He said that it was obvious that there is no way in which Mr. Raynor could ever use his frontage on Goodpasture Island Road. Mr. Obie felt that the assessment policy should have been changed ten years ago. Roll call vote. Motion carried 5:3, with Councilors Lindberg, Hamel, Miller, Haws, and Schue voting aye, and Councilors Obie, Smith, and Wooten voting no. B. Charter Revision Request for Westside Neighborhood Quality Project Neighborhood Organization Mr. Gleason introduced Tom Andersen, chairperson of the Westside Neighborhood 4It Quality Project (WNQP). Tom Andersen, 790 West Broadway, indicated that he had sent a three-page letter to the council giving some background on this item. He said that the issue of expanding the neighborhood boundary had been raised at the request of residents of the area proposed for annexation. Many of these residents had assumed that their homes were a part of WNQP and had been very surprised to find out that they were not included. Requests for inclusion of the subject area had been made to Mr. Andersen as chairperson of the organization, had been received through the City Neighborhood Liaison office, and had been forwarded by Lincoln Community School. The WNQP executive board had discussed this issue at two monthly meetings and sent out a notice in the neighborhood newsletter that the issue would be con- sidered at the group's January general meeting. The newsletter was distributed within the present boundaries of WNQP as well as in the area between 7th and 13th avenues and Washington and Lincoln streets. Mr. Andersen indicated that this area has always been and always will be on WNQP's newsletter route. The WNQP membership had discussed the issue at the January general meeting and decided to proceed with annexing the subject area. Mr. Andersen said that notice of discussion of the item had been included in the newsletter announcing the WNQP February meeting. In addition, this notice, accompanied by a map of the area in question, was distributed by hand to all nonresident property owners in the area who had addresses in Eugene, and by mail e MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 11, 1981 Page 10