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~ 453 A REQUEST FROM MR. NEIL M. CHAPMAN, 2690 HARRIS STREET TO BUILD A RESIDENCE ON THE WEST I 51 FEET OF I.,.OT 10 IN BLOCK 18, CITY OUTLOOK - FIRST ADDITION WAS CONSIDERED. INASMUCH AS THE RESIDENCE WILL CONTAIN 1036 SQ. FT. OR 37% OF THE TOTAL AREA, AND A PETITION ACCOMPANIED THE REQUEST WITH SIGNATURES OF ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS, CONSENT I N G TO THE CONSTRUCT I ON, THE BOA RD A P PE A L S RECOMMENDED THAT T HIS REQUEST BE GRANTED. n OF I.f.;;;a I Q1 UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AN D CARRIED, THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE :.~ WAS ADOPTED IN REGARD TO THE HERBERT OLSON REQUEST, AND THE REST OF THE REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ApPE ALS WAS ADOPTED. I PE T J T I ON S AN 0 COMMUN I CA T IONS 5 THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS TO REZONE WE RE SUBMITTED AND READ. MILTON V. WALKER, M.D. - REZONE 1/2 BLOCK EXTENDING NORTH FROM 11TH TO THE MILLRACE BETWEEN FERRY STREET AND THE ALLEY BETWEEN FERRY AND MILL STREETS. THIS PETITION WAS WITHDRAWN IN FAVOR THE COUNCIL ACTION TO WAIVE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS PER- TAINING TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NEW APARTMENT HOUSES. PETITION TO REZONE PROPERTY IN THE NETTIE BRUSH ESTATE, PROPERTY No. 1399, SECOND LOT EAST OF THE WAREHOUSE AT THE ENT RAN CE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF nREGON. UPON MOTION, VARIANCE FROM THE RESTRICTIONS GOVERNING THE USE OF THE PROPERTY WAS GRANTED TO OR. w. M. AND HELEN M. SWAN GARD BY THE COUNCIL. MOTION DUL Y CARRIED. 6 A PETITION SIGN E D BY A BU T TIN G PROPERTY OIYNE RS FOR PAVING POTTER STREET FROM 25TH TO 26TH AVE. WAS SUBMITTED AND READ. THE REPORT OF THE ENGI NEER SHOWED THE PROPERTY OWNERS SIGN IN G THE PETITION TO REPRESENT 49.67% OF THE AFFECTED PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED. IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECON DED BY DAVIS THAT THE PETITION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON F"I LE AND THAT THE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENT ORDINANCES BE ORDERED DRAWN. MOTION CARRIED. 6A A PETITION SIGNED BY PROPE RTY OWNERS ON 26TH AVENUE FROM CHULA VISTA TO VAN NESS, REQUESTING THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER PAVING 26TH AVENUE FROM COLUMBIA TO C HU L A VISTA WAS SUBMITTED AND READ. I UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THIS PETITION WAS LAID OVER UNTIl,. THE NEXT MEETING. 7 A. COMMUNICAT'ION FROM MR. FRED BRENNE, MANAGER OF THE EUGENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - RE: ONE- WAY GRID SYSTEM WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: " THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE EUGENE GHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AT A REGULAR MEETING HELD THURSDAY NOON, JULY 21ST, UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A REPORT OF THE JOINT TRAFFIC COMMITTEE OF THE CITY COUNCI L AND THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, BEARING UPON THE ONE-WAY GRID SYSTEM, NOW IN OPERATION IN THE DOWNTOWN SECTION OF Eu GENE. ESSENTIALLY, THIS REPORT WAS CONTAINED IN A MOTION BY OR. CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY WILLIAM LUSH, AND RECOMMENDS THAT "NO ACTION BE TAKEN BY THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL TOWARD MAKING THE ONE-WAY GRID S YS TEM PE RMANEN T UNTIL FU R T HE R STUDY CAN BE MADE OF THE GRID PLAN. n THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS BEEN ASSURED BY A COMMITTEE OF DOWNTOWN BUSINESSMEN, WHOSE PLACES OF BUSINESS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE GRID SYSTEM, THAT SU CH TRAFFIC ENGINEERING STUDIES WILL BE MADE SHORTLY, AND THAT FINDINGS wiLL BE REPORTED BOTH TO THE C I T Y C'OUNCIL AND THE CHAMBER OF COMME ReE WITHIN A REASONA BLE TIME. CONSIDERATION OF THIS ACTION BY THE COMMON COUNCIL, AT ITS MEETING MONDAY EVENING, JULY 25, 1949, WILL BE APPRECIATED. " CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION TOOK PLACE WITH A GROUP OF BUSINESSMEN CONSISTING OF" MR. McLEAN, MR. L VONS, MR. MORSE AND MR. RICHARDS, RELATIVE TO THE ONE-WAY GRID SYSTEM. J T WAS REQUESTED THAT F' IN AL ACTION BE DELAYED SO THAT AN OPPORTUNITY MAY BE PROVIDED TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND I MAKE A FURTHER S TU D Y OF" THE ONE-WAY GRID SYSTEM. IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REQUEST OF THE CHAMBER OF COMME RCE BE GRANTED. MOTION CARRIED. 1 T WAS ALSO R E QU EST E D THAT A COpy OF' THE MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING OF THE COMBINATION CHAMBER OF COMME RCE AND CITY COUNCIL TRAFFIC COMM I TTEE MEETING BE OBTAINED FOR CITY FILES. MAYOR JOHNSON APPOINTED THE PUBLIC WORKS COMM I TTEE AND THE Pu BL I C SAFETY COMMITTEE To ACT AS I A COMMITTEE WITH THE CITY MANAGER AN D POLICE AND FIRE CHIEFS IN THE S TU D Y AND CONSIDERATION OF THE TRAFFIC GRID SYSTEM IN CONNECTION WI TH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMITTEE. OR. CRUMBAKER WAS NAMED CHAIRMAN AND THE F II~ST MEETING WAS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST I , 1949 AT 7:30 P.M. AT THE CITY HAL L. ~ ^_.... _.~