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r'""220 . - I: REPORTS OF COMMITTEES <,I,' 2 A REPORT O~ THE PUBLt~ WORKS COMMITTEE - RE: IMPROVEMENT'PROJECTS, VARIANCES TO ZONING ORDINANCE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "A MEETING OF .THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON AUGUST 22, 1950 WITH THE FOLLOW I.NG PRESENT. , COUNC I LMAN WELLS; COUNC I LMAN GOD~,OVE; ...~..I TY MANAGER AND.C '. TY E~G I NEER. . " '..... ,.. .. I. IN REVIEWING THE PERMANENT REPORT Of THE PLANNI'NG COMM'ISSI'ON RELATIVE:TO MR. L. E.: TUCKER'S REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 12TH AVENUE WEST AND CHAMBERS ~.' STREET FROM R-2, Two.FAMILY TO C-I, LIMITED .COMMERCIAL, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL AWAIT fURTHER ACTION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS GOING TO RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE CHANGED TO C;3, CENTRAL .. BUSINESS IN .C9NFO~MITY ~ITH. TH~ ZONING OF THE A. P. HIEBERT TRACT ACROSS THE STREET. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL AwilT fURT~ER RECO~MENDATrON FROM THEPLANNINd" ,;. COMMISSION RELATIVE TO MR. DION'S REQUEST TO REZONE THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1201 11TH AVE-NUE'WEST FROM R-2, Two FAMILY TO C-3, CENTRA'L BUSINE'SS- DISTRICT AND. TH",T IN TH-I'S-- CONNESTION THE CITY COUNCIL' RECOMMEND TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THIS REiONING BE APPROVED. .-......-,.- .... ,. 2. THE REQUEST OF MR. H. B. BROWN OF 400 N. POLK STREET TO PURCHASE THE CITY-OWNED PROPERTY,- ACR<?SS THE STR~ET WAS REV I EWED' AND I ~ W~S RECOMME~?ED ;':THA T THE REQUEST ~E DEN I ~D I INASMUCH AS THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN ACCUMULATED BY THE CITY rOR POSSIBLE FUTURE USE IN' .., CONNECTION WITH A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND THAT IT WOULD NOT BE WISE TO DISPOSE OF .1 . .. . .' TH IS ,PROPERTY UNT I L FINAL PLANS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED FOR THE ACTUAL LOCAT ION OF THE ~. . PROPOSED ,SEWAGE 0 I SPOSAL PLANT. . 3. THE FOLLOWING IMPROVEMENT PETITIONS WERE REVIEWED: (A) PAVING OF 30TH FROM WILLAMETTE TO Mll-L- (50..94%.) REQUESTING- THE- I MPROVEMEN-T.; IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE PROPER ORDINANCES BE DRAWN AND THE WORK BE AUTHORIZED. (B) WIDENING OF PEARL STREET FROM BROADWAY TO 10TH FROM 34;FEET TO 42-FEET WAS' WITHHELD PENDING FURTHER SIGNATURES ON PEARL FROM 10TH TO 11TH AVENUE IN AN ENDEAVOR TO COMBINE THIS PROJECT TO WIDEN PEARL TO A UNIFORM WIDTH OF 42-FEET fROM ,BROADWAY TO 1.1 TH AVENUE." .. ' 4. THE PETITION SIGNED BY PROPERTY OWNERS ABUTTING THE ALLEY BETWEEN 18TH AND 19TH" AVE~UE WHICH EXTENDS FROM THE EAST L.lNE OF MILL TO THE WEST LINE OF THE ALLEY RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH BETWEEN.MILL AND FERRY STREETS WAS RE~IEWE,~' ,THIS PETITION REQUESTED _ THAT SAID ALLEY EXTENDING fROM THE EAST LLNE O~ MILL TO THi WEST LINE 6f SAID ALLEY" RUNN~NGI~O~TH AND SOUT~lBE ~ACATED AND I.T WAS THE COMMITTEE'S .RECOMMENDATION THAT THI~ ~- REQUEST BE DENIED .IN ACCORDANCE'WITH THE PRESENT POLICY Of' NOT VACATING ANY ALLEYS OR;....".... STREETS WHEREIN POSSIBLE FUTURE USE MIGHT BE IMPAIRED. '.fl"'. . 5. THE REQUEST OF L. A. GUBRUD FOR A VARIANCE TO SUBDIVIDE LOTS 2, 3, 6 AND 7 IN BLOCK 4 OF PLUMMERS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF EUGENE WHEREIN 25-fEET WOULD BE TAKEN FROM 2.. . LOTS 3 AND 6 TO AFFORD A 50-fOOT BY 128-fOOT LOT CONSISTING OF 6,400 SQUARE FEET FOR . " THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WAS REVIEWED. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT '1 THIS VA~'ANCE BE GRANTEQ AS THE LOT SIZE WOULD BE ABOVE THE 6,000 SQUARE FEET MINIMUM AND WOULD BE A VERY APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT TO COMPLETE THE HOUSES IN THIS BLOCK. THE' V' . OTHER FOUR HOUSES CONSTRUCTED BY MR. GUBRUD IN TH I S BLOCK ARE EACH LOCATED ON LOTS WrTH "-' A REMAINING SQUARE FOOTAGE Of 5,440 fEET EACH AND IT ~AS ~~COMMENDED THAT THIS BE P!RMITTED INASMUCH AS IT WOULD NOT BE INCONSISTENT WfT~ OTHER HOUSES IN:THE VICINITY AND .THAT~IT WOULD BE THE BEST LAND USE POSSIBLE.. IT WAS A~~O ~ECOMMENDED THAT APPROVAL _ BE GRANTED TO CONSTRUCT AN APARTMENT IN THE SECOND FLOOR 6f EACH Of THESE FOUR HOU$ES~' ". 1 THE'COMMITiEE RECOMMENDS'THESE VARIANCES AFTER INSPECTING THESE HOUSES ON THE PREMISES. THE HOUSES ARE OF VERY FINE CONSTRUCTION AND ARE AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY WITH ADEQUATE FRONTAGE ON EACH STREET AND CONSTI TUTE- A. VE-RY- C-ONS-I STENT -LA-NO' USE. OF-THI S BLOCK BETWEEN--' - 25TH AND 26TH AVENUE EAST Of P~ARL STREET IN THE SOUTH WILLAMETTE AREA." IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SEcbNDED' BY HAWN THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE' BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. , 3 A REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE - RE: 2-1/2 MILL LEVY AND SALARIES WAS 'SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: ' " . "A MEETING OF'THE FiNANCE COMMITTEE WAS HELD FRIDAY NOON, AUGUST 25, 1950 WITH . THE fOLLOWING PRESENT: COUNCILMEN HAWN; CRUMBAKER 'AND SMITH; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY'" AND CIT~~RECORDER. . ",_, 1-,' I ~