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,414 e 12/26/61 Ii I' Ii " I' " I' I I COMMITTEE RERDRTS I I I ., REPORT OF COMMITTEE MEETING HELD DECEMBER 14, 1961 WAS PRESENTED: "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNC I LMEN LAUR I S, MOLHOLM, MOYER, WI LSON, SWANSON, CHR I STENSE NAND DEVERELL; C,T-Y MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY -ATTORNEY; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; AND OTHERS. I I . PRELIM INARY PLANS, CITY HALL - PREL 1M I NARY PRESENTAT ION OF FLOOR AREAS, ETC., WAS MADE BY STAFFORD, MORIN AND LONGWOOD~ ARCHITECTS, OF THE NEW CITY HALL TOGETHER WITH STATE- MENT FOR PROFESSIONAL SERVICES RENDERED TO DATE. ON LAURIS-MOYER MOTION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED ACCEPTING THE PRELIMINARY PLANS AS PRESENTED AND PAYING THE STATEMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $9632.33, MESSRS. SWANSON AND CHRISTENSEN VOTING NAY. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM I OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED, ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE EXCEPT MESSRS. SWANSONAAND CHRISTENSEN VOTING NAY. e 2. 2. TRUCK TRAFFIC~ 11TH AND 13TH - THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED AS REQUESTED PREVIOUSLY BY THE COUNCIL CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF REMOVAL OF HEAVY TRUC~ TRAFFIC FROM II TH AND 13TH AVENUES TO 6TH AND 7TH. A CHECK OF SUCH TRAFFIC ON 11TH AND 13TH HAD SHOWN THE VOLUME IF SHIFTED TO 6TH AND 7TH WOULD CREATE FURTHER PROB~EMS BECAUSE OF THOSE STREETS CARRY- ING THEIR MAXIMUM CAPACITIES AT THE PRESENT TIME, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED NO CHANOC- BE MADE AT THE PRESENT TIME BUT FURTHER STUDY GIVEN TO THE REROUTING OF HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC I AFTER COMPLETION OF THE WIDENING PROGRAM FOR 6TH AND 7TH. THE COMMITTEE ON MOLHOLM- MOYER MOTION RECEIVtD THE REPORT TO BE r'LACED ON FILE.. COUNCILMAN :W,LSON MOVED THAT 11TH AVENUE BE WIDENED TO MAXIMUM WIDTH FROM FRANKLIN BOULEVARD TO WILLAMETTESTREET BUT THE MOTION DIED FOR LACK OF A SECOND. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 2 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. 3 3. PROPERTY ADJUSTMENT EAST-OF- WILLAMETTE BETWEEN 39TH AND 40TH - THE COMMITTEE ON LAURIS- MOYER MOTION RECOMMENDED:APPROVAL or TRANSFERRING THE NORTH 5' OF TAX LOT 12200 TO MARION M. HODGES IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS DEDICATION FOR ROAD PURPOSES THE NORTH 25' .OF TAX LOTS 12002 AND 11900 LYING BETWEEN 39TH AND 40TH AVENUES EAST OF W'LLAMETTE STREET. 4 4. CROSSING SIGNAL JEFFERSON STREET AT SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRA~S - ON MOLHOLM-CHRISTENSEN MOTION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED CONTACTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION REQUESTING' INSTALLATION OF A SIGNAL AT THE JEFFERSON STREET CROSSING OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS. 5 5. TRAFFIC SJGNAL 1ST AND_VANBUREN - THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER REPO~:rED A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. HAD BEEN AUTHORIZED AT THE INTERSECTION OF 1ST AVENUE AND-VANBUREN STREET, THAT THE SIGNAL HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION AND INSTALLATION COULD TAKE AS LONG AS SIX MONTHS. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEMS 3, 4 AND 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE I APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 6 6. TRANSPORTATION STUDY COST AGREEMENT - A LETTER FROM HERMAN KEHRLIJ DIRECTOR OF BUREAU OF MUNICIPAL RESEARCH AND SERVICE, WAS READ INDICATING AN ADDITIONAL $3700 WOULD BE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE COOPERATIVE TRANSPORTATION STUDY FOR THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD AREA. EUGENE'S SHARE WOULD AMOUNT TO $395 AND ON LAURIS-MoLHOLM MOTION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE AMOUNT BE PAID. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. - ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED~ ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. I I 7 7. SEWAGE TREA~MENT PLANT REPORT - A LETTER FROM PACIFIC NORTHWEST POLLUTION CONTROL ASSOCIATION WAS READ STATING THAT THE ANNUAL OPERATION REPORT OF EUGENE'S SEWAGE TREAT- MENT PLANT SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAM NEWELL HAD BEEN GIVEN HONORABLE MENTION IN COMPETITIVE JUDGMENT. ON MOLHOLM-CHRISTENSEN MOTION THE LETTER WAS RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE AND MR. NEWELL COMMENDED FOR HIS REPORT. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 7 OF THE COMMITTEE R~PORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 8 8. ASSESSMENT POLICY NEW STREETS - THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER WAS BROUGHT BACK FOR CONSIDERATION AND A SWANSON-CHRISTENSEN MOTION DEFEATED TO LEAVE THE ASSESSMENT POLICY AS IT IS AT THE PRESENT TIME, MESSRS. SWANSON AND CHRISTENSEN VOTING AYE; MRS. LAURIS, MESSRS.-MoLHOLM~ MOYER, WILSON AND DEVERELL VOTING NAY. ON W,LSON- I MOLHOLM MOTION THE COMMITTEE THEN RECOMMENDED ADOPTING THE POLICY RECOMMENDED IN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT OF OCTOBER 12, 1961~ MESSRS. SWANSON AND CHRISTENSEN VOTING NAY." '-IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM-8 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED, MESSRS. SWANSON AND CHRISTENSEN VOTING NAY. . ~ ~