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ORDINANCE NO. pb y AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE INSTITUTION OF PROCEEDINGS IN EMINENT DOMAIN FOR THE ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY INTERESTS ON AND ADJACENT TO WILLOW CREEK ROAD FROM WEST 11TH AVENUE TO WEST 18TH AVENUE AND ON WEST 11TH AVENUE FROM WILLOW CREEK ROAD TO 400 FEET EAST OF BELTLINE HIGHWAY The City Council of the City of Eugene finds that; A. The City Council has authority under provisions of the City charter and applicable state law to institute proceedings in eminent domain for the acquisition by condemnation of private property for public purposes, including the improvement of city streets and construction of curbs, gutters, sanitary and storm sewers, sidewalks, traffic signal, street lights, street trees and other features. B. By Council adoption of the City's Capital Improvement Program the City of Eugene initiated the public improvement project for street improvements consisting of paving, curbs, gutters, sidewalks, traffic signal, street lights, sanitary and storm sewers on willow Creek Road from west 11th Avenue to west 1 Sth Avenue and on west 11th Avenue from Willow Creek Road to about 404 feet east of Beltline Highway. C. The proposed improvements are incompliance with and in furtherance of the plans and specifications prepared by the City Engineer in accordance with provisions of Chapter 7 of the Eugene Code,1971 and applicable polices of the City of Eugene. D. Development and increased traffic now necessitate widening the existing public way to serve the adjacent properties, surrounding neighborhoods, and the general public welfare. The planned improvements to the existing public way address tl~ese public needs while doing less private injury than developing alternate traffic routes. E. The costs of delaying the project, the savings from efficient construction management techniques, and the need to facilitate the safe and efficient movement of traffic, bicyclists, and pedestrians requires the City to act promptly to acquire the necessary property interests for this project. Now, therefore, THE CITY OF EUGENE DOES GRDAIN AS F~LLGWS; Section 1. Based upon the above findings, which are incorporated herein by reference and hereby adopted, the City Council of the City of Eugene does hereby find, declare, and determine it necessary to acquire the real property interests more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference in order to construct the improvements to Wi llow Creek Road from West 11th Avenue to West 18th Avenue and to West 11th Avenue from willow Creek Road to about 40o feet east of Beltline Highway, including paving, curb and gutter, sanitary and storm sewers, sidewalks, traff c signal, street lights and street trees