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238 e -- II /2:~/59 _ --- - --. - ~ -- - ~ . --, -- - -------_.- c I I' I I ' I. REQUEST FROM LANE COUNTY EMPLOYEES COMMITTEE FOR MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK ON OAK I I STREET BETWEEN 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES - A REQUEST FROM THE LANE COUNTY EMPLOYEES I COMMITTEE ASKING THAT A CROSSWALK BE INSTALLED CROSSING OAK STREET BETWEEN 7TH I, AND 8TH AVENUES FROM THE COURTHOUSE TO THE PARKING STRUCTURE WAS READ AS WAS A I, II REPORT FROM THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER. THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER INDICATED HE COULD NOT 1\ ,\ RECOMMEND SUCH A CROSSWALK SINCE ITS PRINCIPAL USE WOULD BE UNDER PEAK HOUR II TRAfFIC CONDITIONS, THAT TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE LOCATED ON BOTH 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES I WHICH ARE LESS THAN 400 FEET APART, AND THAT A MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK WOULD REQUIRE AT II LEAST A PEAK PERIOD TRAFFIC SIGNAL WHICH WOULO INTERCONNECT WITH THE EXISTING il LIGHTS REQUIRING EXTRA TIMING EQUIPMENT WHICH WOULD FIT THE LOCATION AND WOULD BE 11 EXPENSIVE. ALSO, THE SIGNING FOR SUCH A CROSSWALK WOULD BE DIFFICULT. SOME DIS- I CUSSION WAS HAD ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AND THE COMMITTEE I I RECOMMENI;>ED THAT IT BE ACCEPTED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ,I I I 2l 2. REQUEST FROM MCCRACKEN BROS. MOTOR FREIGHT TO ENTER ALLEY BETWEEN BROADWAY AND f ,I II I 10TH AVENUE FROM OAK STREET CONT;RARY TO ~E-WAY GRID SYSTEM AND BLOCK ALLEY FOR Ii ! 3-HOUR PERIOD ONCE A WEEK - A LETTER FROM MCCRACKEN BROS. MOTOR FREIGHT WAS READ !I e INDICATING THEY HAVE A CUSTOMER WHO RECEIVES fULL TRAILER LOADS OF MERCHANDISE !I AND WHOSE SERVICE ENTRANCE OPENS ONTO THE ALLEY RUNNING PARALLEL TO BROADWAY BE- TWEEN BROADWAY AND 10TH AVENUE F~OM WILLAMETTE TO OAK STREET. THE LETTER FURTHER I; EXPLAIN~D THAT THE TRAILER IN WHICH THE MERCHANDISE IS TRANSPORTED HAS A RIGHT SIDE DOOR AS WELL AS A REAR DOOR, AND IT IS IMPORTANT THAT BOTH DOORS BE USED FOR (I I! UNLOADING WHICH MUST BE DONE BY MEANS OF AN ENDLESS MOTOR DRIVEN BELT TO THE 11 CUSTOMER'S SECOND FLOOR SroCK ROOM. FOR THESE REASONS THEY REQUESTED THEY BE 'I I 11 ALLOWED TO BLOCK THE ALLEY FRO A 3-HOUR PERIOD AND THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO ENTER II THE ALLEY FROM OAK STREET SO THE SIDE DOOR COULD BE USED. lj IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE REQUEST WAS IN OPPOSITION TO EXISTING ORDINANCES AL- l I THOUGH IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING ORDINANCES I MIGHT BE DRAWN ALLOWING SUCH AN OPERATION ON A LIMITED BASIS SUBJECT,TO DEFINITE 1\ CONTROLS BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. SOME DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN TO POSSIBLE ALTER- II NATIVES AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT THE ALLEY WOULD BE BLOCKED FOR EMERGENCY EQUIP- ! MENT AND OTHER PUBLIC USE. THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATED HE PROPOSES TO DRAWt!AN . ,I II I ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD GIVE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SOME FLEXIBILITY IN ENFORCEMENT II : ON THE USE OF ALLEYS. SOME DISCUSSION WAS ALSO HAD ON THE SIGNING OF THE ALLEY (t I I TO INDICATE ,IT WAS CLOSED FOR THE PERIOD OF UNLOADING. il FOLLOWING THIS DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT PERMISSION BE GRANTED ON A \i I SIX MONTHS' TRIAL BASIS SUBJECT TO REVIEW. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. II I II 31 3. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED STATE BUILDING SITE IN URBAN RENEWAL AREA - COUNCILMAN Ii , l' I MOLHOLM, CHAIRMAN OF THE URBAN RENEWAL AGENCY, INDICATED IT HAS BEEN REPORTED , ,I i THAT THE STATE OF OREGON ,NOW HAS~ NUMBER OF LEASES FOR OfFICE SPACE WHICH ARE II , I UP FOR-RENEWAL AND THAT THE STATE IS ACTIVELY PURSUING THE IDEA OF BUILDING A STATE OfFICe: BUILDING IN THE CITY OF EUGENE. HE FURTHER INDICATED THAT MR.RoBERT I Ii I ELGIN fROM THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE OF OREGON IS II I Ii I CURRENTLY INVESTIGATING THE POSSIBILITY OF BUILDING.SITES IN THE C,TYOf EUGENE. MR. MOLHOLM ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE STATE Of OREGON DOES NOT FEEL IT CAN PAY I I MORE FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION IN THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA THAN FOR WHICH ,I I T COULD I) I ACQUIR~ PROPERTY IN OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT MR. ELGIN I. BE ASKED TO ATTEND THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 16, ;1 1959, OR AT SOME SUBSEQUENT COMMITTEE MEETING. II '! COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES 'I INDICATED THEY BELIEVE IF IT WERE POSSIBLE FOR THE 11 STATE TO WAIT, PROPERTY COULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE STATE OF OREGON AT AS i( GOOD A PRICE AS ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY OF EUGENE. II e 'I I IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY MANAGER CONTACT MR. ELGIN AND ASK HIM TO MEET II WITH THE COUNCIL AS INDICATED ABOVE. No fORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. 'I II IT WAS MOVED' BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR I S THAT ITEMS I, 2 AND 3 OF THE COMMITTEE II REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED, MR. WILSON ABSTAINING. " II 'I MRS. LAURIS COMMENTED THERE SHOULD BE A BRIDGE OR A TUNNEL FROM THE COURTHOUSE TO THE PARK- II ING STRUCTURE. MR. WILSON SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE SHOULD HAVE CROSSWALKS IN MID- II I BLOCK, AND HE FURTHER SUGGESTED IT IS SAFER TO CROSSIN MID-BLOCK. I, 4\ 4. DISCUSSION Of PURCHASE Of MCKy PROPERTY IN THE NORTH BANK PARK AREA - IT WAS RE- Il I PORTED THAT A SERIES OF CONFERENCES HAD BEEN HELD WITH MR. MCKY AS TO THE ACQUISI- I TION OF HIS PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER APPROXIMATELY DUE I NORTH OF JUDKINS POINT. AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED TO PURCHASE THE 72.5 ACRES I OF PROPERTY IN THE OWNERSHIP Of MR. McKY AT A TOTAL COST OF $135,000 WITH SUCH Ii I PROPERTY TO BE PURCHASED OVER A 5-YEAR PERIOD AND THE ACTUAL ACQUISITION Of THE II PROPERTY TO BE IN FIVE PAYMENTS, ONE PAYMENT EACH YEAR AT A COST OF $27,000 PER YEAR. I A MAP OF THE AREA PROPOSED TO BE PURCHASED WAS SHOWN, AND IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT r I THE PROPERTY IS PARTIALLY GRAZING AND PARTIALLY PRODUCTIVE FARM LAND, THAT-THE i PURCHASE PRICE INCLUDES THE EXTERIOR FENC~NG BUT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE INT-ERIOR t fENCING OR TWO SILOS. Ii e Ii 1 " Ii I 'I ~\I "