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MINUTES Eugene City Council City Council Chamber--City Hall April 6, 1998 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Bobby Lee, Scott Meisner, Nancy Nathanson, Laurie Swanson Gribskov, Betty Taylor, Ken Tollenaar. COUNCILOR ABSENT: Pat Farr, Tim Laue. The April 6, 1998, Eugene City Council meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m.; Mayor Jim Torrey presiding. i. PUBLIC FORUM Mayor Torrey explained the guidelines for participating in the Public Forum. Clayton Walker, 4645 Manzanita Avenue, stated that he was present at the meeting with members of Boy Scout Troop 50 from Spencer Butte Middle School. He said the members were fulfilling requirements of a Citizenship Merit Badge of the scouting program. Jeff Stangland, 2155 Westwood Lane, stated that he represented himself and three other residents of Westwood Lane and supported the closure of Fairway Loop to through traffic. He said that residents had been previously assured by City representatives that such a closure would take place. He pointed out that the closure was also assumed by the Willakenzie Refinement Plan. He said that he had developed properties in the area and had given assurance to buyers of the closure, but that he had recently been informed that the closure was currently linked to construction of a new street scheduled for completion in the summer of 1999. He asked for council support for immediate closure of the street. Leslie Poole, 2045 Eastwood Lane, stated that she was the mother of three children and that she had moved to her present home because of the assurance that Fairway Loop would be closed to through traffic. She said that postponement of the closure was creating a high level of danger for her family because of heavy and speeding traffic on her street. Kelly I. Campbell, 2051 Eastwood Lane, stated that she had bought her home in 1990 because of an assurance that Fairway Loop would be closed to through traffic. She said changing plans by the City had created traffic imperiling children on the streets in her neighborhood. She said a recent traffic count showed that 2,400 vehicles a day used her street. She stated that she had suffered four instances of theft from her parked car and had had outdoor furniture stolen because of the high volume of middle of the night traffic. She asked for council support in seeking traffic calming efforts because of the delay in closure. Minutes--Eugene City Council April 6, 1998 Page 1 7:30 p.m.