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,~ ~.~ "IIIIl 30 e 6/29/70 ~ Council Chamber I Eugene, Oregon June 29, 1970 Ii ., Adjourned meeting of the Common Council of the city of Eugene, Oregon was called to order by His II Honor Mayor Lester E. Anderson at 7:30 p.m. on June 29, 1970 in the Council Chamber, with the ,[ following Councilmen present: Messrs. McDonald and Teague, Mrs. Hayward, Dr. Purdy, Mrs. Bea1, II and Messrs. Gribskov, Mohr and Williams. If 1. .Proc1amation, Budget Election of June 25, 1970 - The City Manager read the proclamation and II reported on the special election. il Mr. McDonald moved seconded by Mr. Teague to accept the report of the City Manager on Measure !1 No. 61, concerning the, special election outside the 6% tax limitation. Motion carried. Ii I It was the Council consensus that Thursday, July 2, 1970, would be suitable for the Budget I Committee meeting. Mr. Williams will be unable to attend. II e I Mayor Anderson commented that it was a great disappointment to the members of the Budget , I' Committee that the budget failed to pass, particularly, that such a small percentage of I registered voters turned out. He thanked those who worked on the campaign, especially. the Jaycees, who handled the door to door campaign and distributed leaflets. ,I 2. Public Hearing, Vacation of 13th Avenue from Alder to Agate - On May 25, 1970, the Counc i1 Ii initiated the vacation of 13th Avenue by Ordinance No. 15965. On June 15, 1970, a Ie tter II written by Orville Lindstrom for President Clark to Dr. Roy Lieuallen recommended the vacation. 'I I I il On June 17, 1970, J.I. Hunderup, representing the State Board of Higher Education, wrote to II .- Mayor Anderson requesting that the Council close and vacate 13th Avenue from the east side of II Kincaid to the west side of Agate Street. The Planning Commission, at its meeting of June 22, I recommended the closure of 13th Avenue from Kincaid Street to University Street, subject to II conditions. 'I I Mr. Al Williams, Traffic Engineer, reported the results of the test closures, and demonstrated graphically present traffic flows, traffic patterns after closure of 13th Avenue and the projected traffic volumes in 1985. He outlined minor problems, and said that planning must I be done to alleviate problems. He concluded that 13th Avenue can be vacated and closed to I vehicular traffic, providing the conditions and recommendations are met. The conditions, as Ii I outlined on the Planning Commission report, are as follows: II :1 a. Emergency access for fire equipment to be resolved. 'I II b. Access by various utilities to. be resolved. , I' I c. University to agree to notify all vendors and service vehicles of required routes. II d. The actual plans for removing curbs, installing new improvements and etc. to be I approved by the city of Eugene in order to protect utilities regarding conditions II I a and b. II , e. Submit a plan showing the initial barricading to close off the street and the landscaping buffering at the barricading points or where necessary in order to Ii insure an effective closure. !I 'I f. That the City Council address itself to the possibility of using money received il from the vacation of East 13th Avenue from Kincaid Street to University Street to 'I I Ii ~I j resolve the most critical traffic problems in this area. II Mr. Williams demonstrated by video tape the traffic volumes before and during the closure. I I I I Mr. Larry Bissett, Associate Director of the Office of Planning and Institutional Research I , at the University of Oregon, said that he had reviewed the recommendations of the Planning Ii I II Commission. He said that the University would agree to the suggested conditions, and that the University Landscape Architect was being commissioned to design specific closu~e .of the I I! street at both Kincaid and University Streets. He said that the University does not have I e I funds to carry out the complete re-development of the street area, and that the University I improvements will be modest in nature. I, I' Regarding the sixth recommendation, the'money for the vacation to solve the most critical II II II Ii traffic problems in the area, the University does not have the funds or the authority to II II use funds for this purpose. This question would have to be addressed to the State Board I' " I' " I of Higher Education, or perhaps even to the State Legislature. As far as reimbursement for Ii the acquisition of ~acated properties, this is inappropriate in this case. The request for I ,I I the vacation does not have monetary gain for the University. The question of contribution If I I to the general development of traffic facilities should be handled on a broad basis, possibly , I[ I with the legislature. II Ii 'I ,I Mr. Thomas Hedgpath, 1526 West Second, said that at one time he was in favor of closure of II Ii 13th Avenue,. but has .just about changed his mind. He was concerned about what to do with the 'I '[ traffic diverted from the street. He did not think that the hazard was as bad as the students I, I Ii said, and that the closure of the street would cause great inconvenience. II I' 'I ! Councilman Teague suggested that rather than close the street permanently, a gate could be II , Ii , installed and that it could be opened at night. I I , II Ii Councilman Williams asked about the process of transferring property from one governmental 'I institution to another and about the recent refusal of the state to transfer property to the ,I " I, City. 'I I: Ii II ,I e " The City Manager said that this property would be sold to a governmental unit for one-half the 'I I! I' appraised price. In the past, the state has transferred property with no money involved. !, ,I II :; ,I I, 6/29/70 ~ i " " 'I......