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e e - Pacific Railroad lines. The T-2000 Plan also suggests strong consideration be given to incorporating a railroad overpass to Roosevelt Boulevard and to the Chambers Connector project. The project area boundaries extend outside the city limits into the River Road area and are defined by Hansen Road and the Willa- mette River on the north, 8th Avenue on the south, Jefferson Street on the east, and Garfield Street on the west. A technical committee has been formed includ- ing representatives from Lane County, the City of Eugene, and L-COG. As the lead agency on this project, Lane County has programmed funding for preliminary engineering in fiscal year 1981-82, with construction planned for fiscal year 1984-85. Because the project area boundaries extend outside the city limits into the River Road area, and because Lane County is the lead agency on the project, the committee structure will require approval by the County Commis- sioners as well as the City Council. The Citizen Involvement Committee has reviewed the proposed committee structure and formulated a recommendation to the City Council. There is a need to balance broad community representation on the committee with the needs of the City and County interests in the project. The Citizen Involvement Committee has reviewed two alternatives. The first includes voting representation for each of the five neighborhoods in and around the project area (Whiteaker Community Council, Active Bethel Citizens, River Road Neighborhood, Far West Neighborhood, and Westside Neighborhood Quality Project), four voting representatives to be appointed by the Eugene Chamber of Commerce for commercial and industrial interests in the project area, and four voting representatives for the community at large--two of which would be appointed by the City Council and two by the County Commissioners. The second proposal would limit voting representation on the committee to the three neighborhoods within the project area (Whiteaker Community Council, Active Bethel Citizens, and River Road Neighborhood) and would provide ex officio or non-voting representation from the Westside Neighborhood Quality Project and Far West Neighborhood. In the second alternative, there would be four voting representatives of the commercial-industrial areas, two of which would be appointed by the County Commissioners and two appointed by the City Council based on recommendations from the Chamber of Commerce, along with an ex officio representative from the Metropolitan Area Plan Advisory Committee in its capacity as the citizen advisory committee for transportation planning at the metropolitan level. The Citizen Involvement Committee determined that voting representation should be provided for each of the five neighborhoods that are in and around the project area and that an ex officio member from the Metropolitan Area Plan Advisory Committee should be included. They also recommended four representatives of commercial and industrial interests and four representatives for the community at large, two of which would be appointed by the City Council and two of which would be appointed by the County Commissioners. The County Roads Advisory Committee has also considered the committee structure and forwarded a recom- mendation to the County Commissioners. Their recommendation includes voting representation for each of the five neighborhoods in and around the project area, voting representation for four representatives of commercial and indus- trial interests--two of which would be appointed by the County Commissioners and two appointed by the City Council based on recommendations from the Chamber of Commerce--four voting representatives from the broader community--two of which would be appointed by the County Commissioners and two by the Eugene City Council, and an ex officio representative from the Metropolitan Area Plan MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 10, 1981 Page 11