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r268 3/29/65 e 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ..... I COMMITTEE REPORTS Committee meeting held March 11, 1965: "Present: Councilman Chatt (presiding), Purdy, Anderson, and Lassen; City M?nager; Administrative Assistant; City Attorney;: Assistant City Attorney_; City Recorder; Assistant City Recorder; Pub1 ic Works - . Director; 'and others.: 1. Sidewalk Both Sides Rustic Place from:Coburg to Sorre1- - A. petition was. presented for this sidewalk signed by owners of 44% of the abutting prop- erty. A remonstrance against, the project was -also presented :signed ,by owners of 56% of t:he property involved. :Messrs. Paul- Green and Robert M., Thompson were present to protest the sidewalk construction, and Mr. Green stated that at this time some of the property owners would like to have the project deferred because of the heavy assessment now levied for the sanitary sewer construction. Mr. Anderson moved seconded by Mr. Lassen to tab1~,the petition for one year. Motion carri~d. . e Mrs. Lauris moved seconded,:-by Dr-. Purdy to ap:pr,ove Item 1: of ,the cominittee report.: I Rev. David White, t spe'akingfor some of the: residents, in the area, asked the Council. to reconsider-its committee recommendation. A vote was tak~n _on the motLon,- and motion carried:. 2. Paving North Cleveland from Cross Street to Roosevelt Boulevard - A peti- tion was. pr:esented for' -this paving :signed by owners of 56.,7%, of. the abut- ting property. The public works department recommended paving Cleveland to a width of 44 feet even though the existing right-of-way is 50 feet, since the ar:ea is primarily industrial. . Dr.- Purdy moVed seconded by Mr. Anderson, to approve. the recommendati:on~ : Motion carried. 3. Paving Augusta from 18th to 26th - A petition for this paving was pre- sented bearing signatures' of owners of 50% of the'abut,ti:ng property. Ap- proximately: 700 feet of frontage owned by School District No. 4 was i:n- c1uded in the percentage figure. Dr. Purdy-moved seconded by Mr,~ Anders-on to approve the petition. Motion carried. 4. Paving. south .side' Highland Oaks: Drive from Wilson ,to Bowmont ~ Owners of 53% of the property to be assessed petitioned the paving of the south half of Highland Oaks Drive from Wilson to Bowmont. ~he public, works de- partment reported the north half of this street was paved befo-re the south half was annexed to the City. Dr. Purdy moved seconded by Mr.' Anderson to app!ove"the petition. Motion carried. I Mrs. Lauris moved seconded by Mr. Lassen to approve Items 2, 3, and 4 of the committee report. Motion carried. 5. Ordinance. Deferred. Assessment :for Sanitary Sewers :- Copies of a. proposed ordinance deferring sanitary sewer assessments in some instances were dis- t,ributed t,o Council 'member:s for s:tudy .:No action was taken. e ,6. Storm.Sewer Assessment Method: - _ The _public works dir.ector explained some of the: problems experi,enced. by the City. in the. s:torm: sewer construction program. The cost of storm sewer construction over the last several years has exceeded that projected in the storm and sanitary sewer study pre- sente~, to :the Counc_il in 1,961. Figures quoted by the public works di- rector indicate that a considerable portion of storm sewer const.ruction money was used in new subdivisions and in some areas not included in the ~ origi,nalsewer study area. : The: Council ~as discussed cost of .storm sewer construction previously. butnQ acceptaple plan has been established. A proposal is now presented for assessment of certain costs of storm sewer construction to ,bene:f:ited_:propertie~., . C,onsiderablediscussion followed' .by me~bers of the Coun~il, and que/3ti-on~ were asked by the city attorney with regard to certain situations involving civil law and dis- position of drainage waters. No action was taken. 7. A letter from Eugene-Springfield Home Builders Association was x.ead which commended Emile Mortier, superintendent of building inspection, for his time and co-operatfun in review and adoption of the Uniform Building Code, 1964 Edition.'~ I Mrs. Lauris moved seconded by Mr. Hawk to hold Items 5 and 6 for further considera- tion, and receive and file Item 7. Motion carried. 3/29/65 - 2 e