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38 '7 """Ill e I 7 A~EPORT OF,TH~ PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON MARCH 17, 1955 -'R~:~, IMPROVE~ENT OF NOB COURT" UNIVERSITY STREET, 32ND AVENUE, POTTER STREET AND CANNON COURT;' PETt'TlON F'OR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT ON 17TH AVENUE BETWEEN MILL AND FERRY STREETS; RIGHT OF WAY APPRAISAL,FOR 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN HARRIS AND UNIVERSITY STREETS AND RIGHT OF WAY FOR GARFIELD STREET BETWEEN 7TH AND I I'TH .AVENUE'S WAS SUBMI TTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I :' ~ "PRESENT: CbUNCI LMEN KOPPE, BOOTH AND GODLOVE; CI TY MANAGER; CI TY ENGI NEER,; AND ASSI STANT -.RECORDER-TREASURER. . L. THE'.lfOLLOWI NG ITEMS OF BUSI NESS. WERE RRESENTED' TO THE COMMI TTEE FOR THEIR CONSI:'(;)ERATION AND RECOMMENDATION. e I. - IMPROVEMENT OF NaB COURT FROM HARRIS STREET WEST, UNIVERSITY STREtT FROM 30~H AVENUE TO 32ND AVENUEi.32ND AVENUE FROM KINCAID STREET TO UNIVERSITY STREET, POTTER STR~ET'~ROM 30TH AVENUE TO 32ND AVENUE, AND CANNON COURT FROM POTTER STREET WEST - IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS PROJECT BE APPROVED AND THAT THE IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCE BE PASSED. ~ 2. PETITION fOR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 17TH AVENUE EAST BETWEEN MILL AND FERRY STREETS - IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEt THAT THIS REQUEST FOR A SIDEWALK BE DENIED. IT WAS THE COMMITTEE'S OBSERVATION IN VIEWING THE AREA THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE. WALKS IN THE AREA WERE PUT IN WITH THE PARKING STRIP BETWEEN THE CU~B AND THE'SIDEWALK 'AND. THAT A CURB TYPE SIDEWALK IN THIS' ONE BLOCK WOULD BE INCOMPATIB-lE WITH THE OTHER WALKS IN THE AREA. I 3. RIGHT OF WAY APPRAISAL FOR 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN HARRIS AND UNIVERSJTY STREETS, ~ND RIGHT OF WAY FOR GARFIELD STREET BETWEEN 7TH AND 11TH AVENUES AND ALSO SOUTH OF 11TH _ AFTER A GENERAL ~ISCUSSION ~ONCERNING THE PROBLEMS OF ACQUIRING THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR GARfiELD STR~ET'AND 24TH AVENUE, IT ~AS THE COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION THAT~HE CIT~, MANAGER,.BE AUTHORIZED TO EMPLOy AN APPRAISER TO APPRAISE CERTAIN PROPERTIES LOCATED IN THE PROPOSEP ~IGHT OF WAY FOR GARFIELD STREET AND THE PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY FOR,24TH AVENUE." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, ~ECONDED BY MR~ BOOTH THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS,' COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. ~ '(' I 8 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON MARCH 18, 1955 - RE: PROBLEMS INVOLVED ,IN THE EVENT OF ANNEXATION OF A PORTION OF THE BETHEL WATER DISTRICT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: .. "PRESENT: COUNCI LMEN GODLOVE, KOPPE, OWEN,WATSON, SHEARER AND HARTMAN; EU'GENE WATER AND ELECTR' C BOARD MEMBERS, MR. TROMML I TZ:' MR. HOUGLUM,MR. SMJ'TH AND ,MR. McNUTT;CI'.TY 'MANAGER; FIRE CHIEF; ASSISTANT RECORDER-TREASURER; MR. R. B. BOALS,SUPERINTENDENT-S~tRETARY OF EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRI.C BOARD; BYRON TAYLOR, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT; MR. WINbsOR CALKINS; NORMAN JOHNSON, RALPH PAT.TERSON; RALPH MARTIN; KENNETH REINARD; AND TOM JAQUES OF ~HE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. THIS MEETING WAS HELD AT THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD OFFICES. I , DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETI NG THERE WAS A GENERAL DI SCUSSI ON QF'THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE ANNEXATION OF A PORTION OF THE BtTHEL WATER DIST~ICT. CERTA~N PROPOSED METHODS OF GIVING FIRE PROTECTION AND WATER SERVICE TO THE WHOLE OF THE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED BE.THEL WATER D1STRICT WERE DJSCUSSED. THESE BASIC PROPOSALS WERE~ e I. IN THE EVENT OF ANNEXATION THAT THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD WOULD TAKE OVER THE ',WHOLE OF THE BETHEL WATER DI STRI CT AND WOULD SERVE THE COMPLETE 01 S'fRI CT WI TH WATER. THI S WOULD ACCO.MP'lI SH THE DI SSOLUTl ON OF THE BETHEL WATER DI STRI CT AS I TIS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED. THE FIRE DISTRICT, AS PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WOULD BE DISSOLVED AND THE AREA NOT ANNEXED TO THE CITY WOULD BECOME A PART OF THE ZUMWALT FIRE DISTRICT AND THE CITY WOULD CONTRACT THROUGH THE VOLUNTEER BETHEL FIRE DEPARTMENT TO FURNISH FIRE SERVICES TO ALL OF THE ZUMWALT FIRE DISTRICT. 2. FOR THE BETHEL WATER DIST~ICT, INCLUDING THE FIRE DISTRICT, TO MAINTAI~ ITS PRESENT STATUS AND TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE WHOLE OF THE AREA, INCLUDING THAT WHICH ~IGHT COME I~TO THE CITY OF EUGENE'AS WELL AS THAT. WHICH WOULD REMAIN OUTS1DE OF THE CITY LIMITS WITH WATER SERVICE AND FIRE SERVICE., THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD REPRESENTATIVES GAVE GENERAL DISCUSSION TO THE PROBLEM, AND IT WAS INDICATED BY THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD- THAT THEY WOULD GIVE CONSIDERATION~O THESE PROBLEMS AND REPORT TO THE COUNCIL THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AT AN EARL)' DATE." . I I IT WAS: MOVED BY MR. KO~PE, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS.! COMMITTEE B~'ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED~ e .....