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e e e under the new arrangement was a good suggestion. He asked if the council could have an update; perhaps in six months, on the situation. He felt that it might be appropriate to have a public hearing at that time to allow citizens to give comments evaluating the services. Mayor Keller said that he had received a request from Dennis Percell to speak on this item, but that this was not listed as a public hearing on the agenda. Mayor Keller said that the City expects its staff to perform as well as any staff in America could, and that he felt staff had fulfilled this expectation in its handling of the emergency services situation. Consensus was to receive an update on the ambulance situation in six months, at which time a public hearing could also be scheduled. II. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Council-Initiated Improvement Resolution Regarding Street Paving and Sidewalk Construction on Goodpasture Island Road (memo distri~ute~) Mr. Gleason introduced Bert Teitzel, City Engineer. Mr. Teitzel said that the process traditionally followed for items such as this included a public hearing with property owners in the affected area of the community; a City Council public hearing to initiate the project, such as that being held tonight; and a third hearing to award the contract. Mr. Teitzel said that the project involves reconstruction of Goodpasture Island Road with curbs and gutters and a widened section from Tabor Street to Happy Lane. The project will include bike lanes and sidewalks. The sidewalks will be on both sides of the road between Tabor and Stone Crest and on the south side from Stone Crest to Happy Lane. Two bus turnouts in the vicinity of Ridgeway Drive are also included in the design. Mr. Teitzel said that the neighborhood area hearing had been held on April 1, 1981. At this time staff discussed the project with the property owners and went over the estimated cost to them. Several design details were brought up at that time which have been addressed in the project. Mr. Teitzel felt that the only issue raised at the hearing which staff has not addressed is the issue of the assess- ment for approximately 950 feet of double-frontage lots. He explained that the term double frontage applies, in this case, to properties which have their access off another street but would back up onto Goodpasture Island Road. Mr. Teitzel called the council's attention to the fact that staff would, in the coming year, be bringing two other projects before the council involving double- frontage situations. He indicated that the assessment policy under which staff was currently working had last been reviewed by the council in 1978 and requires that both faces of double-frontage lots be assessed. Mr. Teitzel reminded the council that any change in the assessment policy or code requires a six-month delay in the initiation of the project. Councilor Wooten asked if the double-frontage policy had been established to deal with the inequity of assessments for panhandle lots. Mr. Teitzel indicated that this was not the same issue. He said that the issue of double-frontage lots had been raised most recently when Willamette Street was paved in 1976. At this time, the council had directed that lots having frontage on two streets MINUTES--Eugene City Council May 11, 1981 Page 4