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ORDINANCE N0. 1 ~~ ~~ AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE INSTITUTION OF PROCEEDINGS IN EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY INTERESTS IN GLEN- WOOD FOR THE PURPOSES CONSTRUCTION OF SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS. The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that: The City Council has authority under provisions of the City Charter and applicable state 1 aw to institute proceedings i n eminent domain for the acquisition by condemnation of private property for public purposes , including the construction maintenance of sanitary sewers. The City of Eugene i s i n the process of designing sewers for the Gl enwoad Area i n conformity with the Sanitary Sewer Master Plan . On March 1, 1993, the Counci 1 approved the '94 fiscal year Capital Improvement Projects ~CIP~ which included the design of the Glenwood sanitary sewer/pump station and acquisition of needed rights -of -way . The proposed improvements shall be in compl lance with, and in furtherance of , the plans and specifications to be prepared by the City Engineer i n accordance with provisions of Chapter 7 of the Eugene Code, 1911, and applicable pot i ci es of the City of Eugene . In determining the 1 ocati on of the easements and rights-of-way to be acquired, consideration was given to avoiding existing structures and nature trees ; to minimizing the costs of constructing, maintaining and operating the proposed sanitary sewer improvements ; to minimize disruption to existing vacant areas that could develop i n the future by 1 ocati ng the easements a1 ong 1 of lines or i n private ways of ingress and egress ; and to selecting 1 ocati ons for the proposed sanitary sewer that were the most direct, thereby reducing the costs of construction .