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C. Adoption of Resolution 4752 Authorizing Lane County to Assess Benefitting Properties Under the Jurisdiction of the City for Improvements to Irvington Drive Between River Road and Prairie Road D. Authorization of City Manager to Sell City Owned Property é Councilor Pap, seconded by Councilor Kelly, moved to approve the items on the Consent Calendar. Councilors Bettman and Kelly noted previously submitted minutes corrections. Councilor Bettman pulled Item C. Councilor Kelly suggested restoring one of the cancelled work sessions on the tentative working agenda to handle essential business. é In response to a question from Councilor Pap regarding Item 2(d) and the original proposal for acreage and funding for the new federal courthouse, City Manager Carlson said the original action by the council, acting as the Urban Renewal Agency, was to sell up to four acres to the General Services Administration. He said the council also took an action to proceed with the condemnation proceedings on the AutoCraft Site which was why there was both City Council and Urban Renewal Agency action planned for that evening. He said the total acreage of the site was currently 4.47 acres and that the original price for it was $3.5 million. The remaining items on the Consent Calendar passed unanimously. Regarding Item C, Councilor Bettman asked about collecting assessments on Irvington Drive and how much of the road was City property as opposed to County property. She also questioned staffs assessment of how the agreement benefitted the City. Public Works Director Kurt Corey = responded that there were 19 City properties in the total project. He said these properties constituted approximately 2,000 of frontage. He said those properties would be assessed $28 per frontage foot, which would make the total City assessment $50,000- $60,000. In response to a question from Councilor Bettman regarding the percentage of the total frontage along Irvington that City property represented, Mr. Corey said they were a small percentage of the total frontage. Councilor Bettman said she would vote against Item C. She said that the County was not providing the City with enough funding to preserve its existing street system and questioned the new decision to enter into an agreement where the County was using those same funds to build roads when some percentage of that cost could be covered by other means. She said she felt compelled to vote against any road fund project that was not dedicated to maintenance and preservation of existing roadways. Item C passed, 4:2; councilors Bettman and Kelly voting in opposition. III.PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION: Resolution 4753 Adopting a Supplemental Budget; Making Appropriations for the City of Eugene for the Fiscal Year Beginning July 1, 2002 and Ending June 30, 2003. MINUTESEugene City Council March 10, 2003 Page 4 C Regular Meeting