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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY Approval of Minutes, Findings and Recommendations from the Hearings Official and Adoption of Resolution 4789 Forming a Local Improvement District for Paving, Constructing Curbs and Gutters, Sidewalks, Median, Street Lights, Traffic Signal, Street Trees, Wastewater and Stormwater Drainage on Garden Way from Sisters View Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and the North Side of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from Marche Chase Drive to 1-5 (Job #3502) Meeting Date: April 12, 2004 Agenda Item Number: 2D Department: Public Works Staff Contact: Paul Klope www. cl. eugene, or. us Contact Telephone Number: 682-5246 AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY The council is asked to approve the Hearings Official's Minutes, Findings and Recommendations dated April 5, 2004, and to adopt a resolution forming a Local Improvement District (LID) for paving, constructing curbs and gutters, sidewalks, median, street lights, traffic signal, street trees, wastewater and stormwater drainage on Garden Way from Sisters View Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, and the north side of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from Marche Chase Drive to I-5. BACKGROUND Council Action History This project is identified is the FY98-FY03 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) adopted by the council on February 26, 1997, and in the FY98 Capital Budget adopted June 23, 1997. Improvement to Garden Way is included as a project in TransPlan (adopted in 1986) and the Willakenzie Area Plan (adopted in 1992). On December 7, 1998, the City Council adopted a motion to authorize the design phase only of the Garden Way Street project and consider a City Council public hearing regarding the project. A work session was held by the council on September 11, 2002, and a joint public hearing was held with the Board of County Commissioners on September 18, 2002. At those times, the council reviewed the Planning Commission's recommendations of approving the Chase Gardens Nodal Development Plan which included the proposed design of Garden Way. The council held a work session on October 28, 2002, to discuss testimony and questions raised during the September 18, 2002, joint public hearing. On November 12, 2002, the council passed a motion to approve the proposed design, right-of-way acquisition and bidding to improve Garden Way to make a safe pedestrian- and transit-friendly facility. L:\CMO\2004 Council Agendas\M040412\S0404122D.doc