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.)O~ r;..D SINCE THE AWARD Of' THIS CONTRACT THERE HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ON THE PART Of' THE COUNCIL WITH REf'ERENCE TO A GENERAL STREET WIDENING PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND IT I HAS OCCURRED TO ME THAT 18TH STREET, WHEN IMPROVE!), MAY BE EXPECTED TO CARRY A HEAVY LOAD Of' t\:j EAST-WEST TRAf'fIC. 0 '4'" WHILE 34-f'OOT I ~ THE CONTRACT WAS PREDICATED ON A PA VEMEN T, WOUllD LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO '....,..!lo THE COUNCIL THAT THEY. SERIOUSLY CONSIDER THE PAVING Of' AN ADDITIONAL 8 f'EET ON THIS STREET, WIDENING IT TO 42 f'EET, TO MORE ADEQUATELY SERVE f'OR THE TRAf'fIC NEE OS. CERTAIN OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON 18TH OPPOSE THE WIDENING OF THE STREET, DESIRING TO HAVE IT SO CONSTRUCTED AS TO SERVE AS A PURELY RESIDENTIAL STREET RATHER THAN A f'UTURE TRAf'FIC I ARTERY. . ALSO THE QUESTION HAS BEEN RAISED AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THE ADDITIONAL WIDTH Of THE STREET SHOULD BE PROPERLY ASSESSED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS OR WHETHER THE CITY Of' EUGENE SHOULD ASSUME THE BURDEN OF COST fOR THE ADDITIONAL 8 fEET. EXTREMEL y ~y THIS MATTER HAS BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE PUBLICloRKS COMMITTEE AN 0 WE ARE ANXIOUS THAT SOME ACTION BE TAKEN AT THIS TIME BY THE COUNCIL IN VIEW Of THE fACT. THAT WORK; HAS ALREADY STARTED ON THE EXCAVATION AND NOTICE SHOULD BE GIVEN THE CONTRACTOR AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I SHOULD ALSO LI KE TO POINT OUT THAT SIMILAR IMPROVEMENTS ARE PENDING ON 18TH STREET BETWEEN WILLAUETTE AND OAK AND BETWEEN MILL AND FERRY, AND THAT THI S SAME DECISION WOULD APPLY TO BOTH Of THESE BL 0 C K S AS WELL AS THE BLOCK BETWEEN FERRY AND PATTERSON. n IT WAS MOVED BY BAILEY, SECONDED BY CRUMBA KE R T HA T IMPROVEMENT BE MADE ON BASIS Of ORIGINAL PLAN, WITH 34-fOOT STREET SURf'ACE. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY JOHNSON THAT THE CITY ENGINEER BE INSTRUCTED TO PROVIDE fOR 42-fOOT STREET ON 18TH, WILLAMETTE TO PEARL STREET. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY WELLS THAT IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCES BE PREPARED fOR IMPROVEMENT Of 18TH AVENUE EAST, OAK TO KINCAID, 34-fEET ,IDE, EXCEPTING THOSE PORTIONS UNDER CONTRACT OR PETITIONED. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF COMM I TTEES I 4 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MONDAY, JULY 26, 1948 WAS SUBM I TlED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: " "YOUR COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS TO WHOM WAS REFERRED THE MATTER Of' THE WIDENING Of' PORTI ONS Of HILYARD, PATTERSON, ALDER AND ViILLAMETTE STREETS, BEGS TO REPORT AS fOLLOWS: I. IN THE. MATTER Of' THE PROPOSED WIDENING Of HILYARD STREET, YOUR COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT THIS PROPOSAL BE TAKEN UP WI T H THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, IN VIEW Of THE rACT THAT HILYARD STREET CONSTITUTES A SECONDARY ROAD AS A PART Of' THE STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM. 2. THAT ESTIMATES Of COST BE PREPARED f'OR THE WIDENING Of' PATTERSON STREET TO 34 f'EET BETWEEN 9TH AND 11TH; AND ALDER STRE~T BETWEEN 9TH AND 11TH, AND 13TH AND 24TH; ALSO ALTERNATE COSTS fOR THE WiDENING or ALDER STREET fROM I I T H TO 24 T H TO A WIDTH Of' 42 f'EET. 3. WE fURY HER RECOMMEND THAT COST ESTIMATES BE OBTAINED fOR THE WIDENING or WILLAMETTE STREET fROM II TH TO 19TH TO A WIDTH Of 42 fEET WITH ALTERNATE COSTS fOR WIDENING TO 54 fEET. YOUR COMMITTEE fURTHER RECOMMENDS THAT THE PROPOSED STREET WIDENING, AS PROPOSED, BE SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION fOR THE CITY Of EUGENE FOR ITS INVESTIGATION, REPORT AND RECOMMENDA- TION. n IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY JOHNSON THAT REPORT BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS or BOARDS & COMMISSIONS 5 THE ANNUAL REPORT Of THE EUGENE WATER BOARD fOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1947 WAS SUBMITTED I AND READ. IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY WELLS THAT REPORT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON f'ILE. MOTION CARRIED. 6 A REPORT Of' THE BOARD Of HEALTH, RE: RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT or AGRICULTURE ON MILK INSPECTION PROGRAM, WAS SUBMITTED AND RtAD AS f'OLLOWS: "AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD Of HEALTH FOR THE C I T Y OF EUGENE, HELD JULY 23, I 1948, THE fOLLOWING ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THAT BODY. THE MATTER Of A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE DEPARTMENT Of AGRICULTURE ON MIL K INSPECTION PROGRAM WAS BROUGHT ON fOR CONSIDERATION. .I ~ ~_..~ ..,....:. _....,.~~_.~_._~~~'"--._.- .,