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James W. Edgar, 55 Ayres Road, expressed his dissatisfaction with the Ayres Road decision and asserted that the City Council was not doing its job. Deborah Jeffries, 3800 North Delta Highway, requested that items D and E be pulled from the Consent Calendar. She requested that a traffic study be performed to support staff's conclusions on Ayres Road design. She raised concern that the City would not maintain the planned landscaping adequately and added that staff's road design was inconsistent in its safety philosophy. She reiterated that there had been no traffic study or accident history to support staff's conclusions. Ms. Jeffries quoted Milo Meecham as saying: "The City is paying the greatest share of the cost of the project and the City should be able to design the project that they (sic) want." Ms. Jeffries expressed her alarm at that statement and asked, if that was the case, why have public hearings on anything. She commented that the private sector would be required to do a traffic analysis and a wetland delineation if it was a development project. She stressed that the City should demonstrate that everyone needed to follow the same policy and rules. Ms. Jeffries requested that a wetland delineation and a design analysis be done for the project. She also asked that the people in the area be allowed to design the project. Betty Donaldson, 398 Hawthorne Avenue, urged that better planning be done for the Santa Clara area. She stressed that development was overcrowding the area. Bob Meltebecke, 3224 Boardwalk Drive, said that the Ayres Road work should be done as soon as possible before the costs went up any more. James Spickerman, 975 Oak Street, requested that items D and E be pulled from the Consent Calendar. He asserted that there had not been adequate notice to citizens on how to file a remonstrance. He said that people did not even know that they had the chance. He also urged that the project be returned to the Hearings Official since he believed that the public notice was inadequate. Marie Gray, 353 Knoop Way, urged better development planning to address the narrow streets in the Santa Clara area. Charles Van Dyne, 1995 Potter Street, urged the council to come to a good/fair resolution to the Ayres Road proposed project. Councilor Bettman thanked the AFSCME workers for attending the meeting and for the service they provided to the City. Addressing Mr. Wagner, Councilor Bettman noted that an emergency room facility required an intensive care unit and a range of other services. She said that an emergency room needed to be accompanied by a hospital. She acknowledged that there were urgent care centers, but said that they did not provide the same services as an emergency room. Councilor Bettman said that Mr. Hale's suggestion for the hospital was an excellent one. MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 25, 2001 Page 2 Regular Meeting