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Median, Parking Bays, Street Lights, Street Trees, and Storm Water Drainage System on Lone Oak Drive From Division Avenue to 250 Feet East of Lone Oak Way (Contract #2004-08) (Job #4058) Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Poling, moved to approve the Findings and Recommendations of the Hearings Official of March 1, 2004. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, 8:0. Councilor Bettman, seconded by Councilor Poling, moved that the City council adopt Council Bill 4869, an ordinance levying assessments for Lone Oak Drive. Councilor Bettman registered her opposition to the motion for the reasons she had previously cited. She said there was $69,306 from the Road Fund, $5,486 in transportation systems development charges (SDCs), andS67,634 in stormwater SDCs. She felt it obvious that this was an increase in capacity and could warrant more transportation SDCs, allowing more money to be eligible for use in maintaining the existing street system. She reiterated that the process of petitioning for upgrades was developed in the 1970s and should be reviewed. Councilor Kelly expressed his support for the motion because it constituted the current mechanism. He thought a work session was in order and that Councilor Bettman made a good point. He agreed that the policy allowed just a few people to petition for such projects. Roll call vote; the motion passed, 6:2; Councilors Bettman and Taylor voting in opposi- tion. The council took a ten-minute break at 8:50 p.m. 6. ACTION: An Ordinance Amending the Eugene-Springfield Metropolitan Area General Plan Diagram and the Fairmount/University of Oregon Special Area Study Diagram and Text; Amending Sections 9.8865 and 9.9570 of the Eugene Code 1971; Adding new Sec- tions 9.4200, 9.4205, 9.4210, 9.4215, and 9.4220 to that Code; Adopting a Severability Clause; and Providing an Effective Date Councilor Kelly, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved that $35,000 be set aside from the General Fund Contingency and used in the current or subsequent fiscal years to fund the Agate Street and area-wide traffic studies called for in the proposed East Campus Plan and the study results shall be distributed to the council for consideration of the next steps. Councilor Kelly commented that the approval of the plan would be a tremendous benefit to the University of Oregon and the university provided a tremendous benefit to the community. Nonetheless, he felt it important to indicate to the neighbors that the council would be working and looking at their concerns through this process by setting aside the funding for the studies. He noted that the contingency fund had a balance of $269,000. Councilor Poling said he had planned on making a similar motion, based on the testimony submitted in MINUTES--Eugene City Council March 8, 2004 Page Regular Session