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~278 e 8/25/58 ~_~_~=-=~=-= =_-_~~-,-====---~O'~--"7 O"7C'~~C~-:-~ -_-,-~_ --=-~c-......--,--_-,-~~--=-;-=-------~----:-~-~~--O-------- -_C~ ~~-- -;-,c--",---~~~c-"""I _... --- ._~._. .._.~ ~ _.~-._. .--~--------':..:. ... _..... I A REPORT Of THE CoMM'TTEE MEETING MELD AUGUST.22, .95. - RE: COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE - PRELl.OMARY I I I AGENDAS FOR COUNC I L MEET I NGS; SAN I TARY SEWER ON EAST S I DE Of" EMERALD STREET BETWEEN 26TH AND 28TH J - I AVENUES; CONSIDERATION OF BID ON APPROXIMATELY THREE ACRES AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 18TH AVENUE AND I CHAMBERS STREET; REPORT OF BOARD Of" ApPEALS MEETING Of" AUGUST 13, 1958: (A) REQUESt BY J. P. O'NEIL ' [I FOR PERMISSION TO DIVIDE LOT AT 19TH AVENUE AND COLUMBIA STREET; (B) REQUEST BY JOHNSON fURNITURE COM- I. I PANY, 649 WILLAMETTE STREET, FOR VARIANCE TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF OVERHEIGHT FENCE; (C) REQUEST BY I NED fOREMAN f"OR VARIANCE TO rRONT PROPERTY LINE SETBACK AT 2402 SPRING BoULEVARD; REQUEST BY COUNCIL- i 'I MAN MCGAFFEY CONCERNING THE KEEPING OPEN OF SWIMMiNG POOLS DURING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER; DISCUSSION \ , OF BUS SERVICE WITH CHAM~ER Of' COMMERCE; REQUEST rOR f'RANCHISE BY CASCADE TRANSIT LINES; WAS SUB- I 1 MITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: ~ I t1PRESENT:'COUNC',LMEN SHEARER, SHISLER, EDMUNDS,LAURIS, LINDEEN, MOLHOlM AND ! , MCGAf'f'EY; CITY MANAGER; ASSISTANT CITY RECORDER; CITY ENGINEER; SUPER-, I I !:- INTENDENT OF PARKS & RECREATION; REPRESENTATIVES or CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; I I ATTORNEY FOR CITY TRANSIT LINES; REPRESENTATIVE OF Bus DRIVERS; DAN WYANT, I ) EUGENE REG I STER-GUARD; JACK CRA I G, KERG; DOLPH JANES, KaRL ! e I : COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE I II I. PRELIMINARY AGENDA FOR COUNCil MEETINGS - ACTION OF THE. CITY COUNCIL AT THEIR MEETING, OF AUGUST I/', ,1958 HAD ELIMINATED THE PRELIMINARY AGENDA WHICH HAD r I BEEN MAilED TO COUNCIL MEMBERS ONTHURSOAYS,PRECEDING COUNC-IL MEETINGS AND i REf'ERRED THE MATTER OF AGENDAS ~OR COUNCIL MEETING~'~O~HE COMMITTEE'O~ THt I WHOLE. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION ON THE .NECESSITY. .OF A PRELIMINARY AGENDA, THE, 1-- ! COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED BY A 4-3 VOTE.THAT THE PRELIMINARY AGENDAS BE DISCON- I T I NUED. I 2. SANITARY SEWER. ON THE EAST ,SIDE OF EMERALD STREET BETWEEN 26TH AND 28TH AVENUES- 1 SEVEN MEMBERS Of" THECOUNC I L V I S I TED THE AREA IN WH I CH A SAN I TARY. SEWER ON TJ:lE EAST SIDE OF EMERALD STREET BETWEEN 26TH AND 28TH AVENUES HAD BEEN REQUESTED. THE CITY ENGINEER SHOWED:THE COMMITTEE A LARGE MAP OF THE AREA AND GAVE HIS: REASONS FOR RECOMMENDING THAT THE SEWER FOllOW A STREAM BED WHICH RUNS THRO~GH I PROPERTY THE OWNER OF WHICH IS REFUSING THE NECESSARY RIGHTOF-WAY AND WHICH i WOULD REQUI,RE CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS' IN ORDER TO SECURE THE NECESSARY EASE- l ME NT . THE COMM'I TTEE' REcOMMENDED THAT TH" S I TEM BE titlO IN COMN I TTEE' ~OR' TWO' . " WEEKS UNTIL THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CAN PREPARE ESTIMATES ON COSTS Of' ALTERNATE ROUTES. I 3. CONSIDERATION OF BID ON APPROXIMATELY THREE ACRES AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER or I I - I 18TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS STREET - THE CITY MANAGER INFORMED THE COMMITTEE THAT : THE CITY HAD ADVERTISED FOR BIDS ON APPROXIMATELY THREE ACRES ON THE SO~THEASr i CORNER or 18TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS STREET. ONLY ONE BID WAS RECEIVED, THAT I i BEING rROM McKAY STORES, INC., FOR $52,600, OR $17,533 PER ACRE. THIS AMOUNT I I IS $3,333 MORE PER ACRE THAN THE AMOUNT rOR WHICH THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE ,; STREET HAD BEEN SOLD SOME TIME-BACK., THE COMMITTEE RECOM~ENDED THAT THE BID" j' I OF McKAY STORES, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,600 BE ACCEPTED. I I ! 4. REPORT OF BOARD Of' ApPEALS MEETING Of' AUGUST 13, 1958:, t I (A) REQUEST BY J. P. O'NEIL FOR PERMISSION TO DIVIDE lOT AT 19TH AVENUE AND COLUMBIA STREET - THE COMMITTEE VISITED. THE PROPERTY AT, 19TH AVENUE AND' COLUMBIA STREET WHERE MR. J. O. O'NEIL IS REQUESTING PERMISSION TO DIVIDE A lOT ao'xI60' INTO THREE lOTS 53-I/3'xao' EACH. THE COMMITTEE NO~ED . THAT THIS ITEM HAS BEEN BErORE _THE COYNCI ,l, ,ON _SEVER,AL. P,REV,'.oUS .oCCASIONS I AND THAT, THE BoARD OF ApPEALS HAD RECOMMENDED THE REQUEST BE GRANTED'- THE ACTION OF THE BOARD Of' ApPEALS RECOMMEND I NG PERM I SS I ON BE' GIVEN f-9R 0" V I - I SION OF THE LOT IN QUESTION WAS APPROVED, MR. EDMUNDS AND MR. McGAFfEY I 1 VOTING NAY. ,,' e 1 (B) REQUEST BY JOHNSON fURNITURE COMPANY, 649 WllLAMETTE STREET, f'OR VARIANCE j TO AlLOW CONSTRUCTION OF, OVERHEIGHT FENCE - THE CITY MANAGER INFORMED THE I COMMITTEE. THAT THEW. H. SHIELDS CO. AS CONTRACTORS FOR THE JOHNSON fURNI- j TURE COMPANY LOCATED AT 649 WILlAMETTE STREET IS REQUESTING PERMISSiON TO " ERECT AN OVERHEIGHT f'ENCE TO THE REAR AND'NORTH Of' THE JOHNSON fURNITURE . COMPANY BUILDING." THE REQUEST STATED THA~ MANY PEOPLE ARE: RELUCTANT TO II I USE THE PARKING AREA AT THIS LOCATION DUE TO: THE LOITERING Of: TRANSIENTS. I THE PROPOSED FENCE WOULD BE 8'6" IN HEIGHT (CODE PRESENTLY REQU'IRES 6" II i MAXIMUM) AND WOULD SHIELD FROM VIEW THE SIDEWALK LEADING TO THE TRANSIENT Ii QUARTERS. IT Al, so ,WOUl D I MPR.0.VE. THE. AP~EA.RAN~E o,r THE .AREA SO, rARAS I I MOTORISTS PASSING THROUGH THE CITY ON 6TH AVENUE ARE, CONCERNED. THE COM- i J MITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE ACTION or THE BoARD OF ApPEALS APPROVING THE ; VAR lANCE FOR OVERHE J GHT f'ENCE, BE UPHEL D. ! 1 - 11 (C) REQUEST BY NED fOREMAN f'OR VAR I ANCE TO 'FRONT PROPERTY LINE SETBACK AT I I 2402 SPRI NG BoULE VARD - THE COMM I TTEE. V I S I TED THE PROPERTY AT 2402 SPR I NG I ' i BoULEVARD WHERE MR. NED fOREMAN IS, REQUESTI NG A VAR I ANCE TO THE rRONT PR6-" I PERTY LINE SETBACK TO CONSTRUCT A CARPORT 2' f'ROM THE PROPERTY LINE. AFTER I VIEWING THE PROPERTY AND NOTING THE STEEPNESS or THE TERRAIN, THE COMMITTEE I RECOMMENDED THAT THE ACTION Of" THE BOARD or ApPEALS APPROVING THE VARIANCE ! BE UPHELO. I \ I, e ~l.! ~ L:. ,j