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Mr. Wong stated that staff would revise the Urban Renewal Agency's Supplemental Budget to contain $70,000 for Library project financial management and staff backfill, as suggested in council discussion of the Supplemental City Budget. Mr. Wong said he recommended that if councilors decided to remove items from supplemental budgets, the funds should be returned to reserves, not placed into Unappropriated Ending Fund Balances because doing so would make them inaccessible for the entire fiscal year. Mayor Torrey adjourned the meeting of the Urban Renewal Agency. 6. PUBLIC HEARING: STREET VACATION FOR PORTLAND STREET CUL-DE-SAC (SV 98-5) Mayor Torrey reconvened the meeting of the City Council. Mayor Torrey opened the public hearing on vacation of a portion of a Portland Street cul-de-sac. Karl Gaines, 3145 Portland Street, stated that the council was familiar with the issues involved in the proposed right-of-way vacation, lot line adjustment, and retainment of a public utility easement. He noted that agreement had been reached regarding the street vacation and utility easement, but that there continued to be disagreement regarding payment of the cost of a survey required for the proposed lot line adjustment. Martha Wiley, 3145 Portland Street, said she requested council support for the proposed vacation, and that she believed payment of the cost of the lot line survey should be made by the City. She reviewed information which she said showed the City was aware of the situation in 1965. She said that no application for the lot line adjustment had been submitted because the City Planning Department had suggested that the current public hearing and City Council action were required before the application could be made. Dennis Casady, Post Office Box 5028, stated that he owned property within three hundred feet of the proposed vacation. He said he was concerned that Portland Street was narrow and that the vacation could impair access to the area by public safety emergency vehicles. Mayor Torrey determined that there were no other persons present who wished to testify and closed the public hearing. In response to a question from Ms. Nathanson, Planning Department Senior Planner Steven Nystrom stated that the Fire Department had indicated that it would be able to serve the emergency needs on the cul-de-sac from Portland Street if the proposed vacation was approved. He said access to the area was already encumbered and that the vacations would not create additional impairment. Ms. Nathanson asked what funds would be used to correct platting errors made by the City and pay for application processing in the situation under consideration. Mr. Johnson replied that most of the resources involved in the current situation related to the cost of fees and transferring of property value. He said that if actual expenses were involved, they would come from the General Fund. MINUTES--Eugene City Council December 7, 1998 Page 14 7:30 p.m.