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~ 465 9 A REPORT OF A MEETING WITH HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS - RE: SOUTHERN PACIFIC PARTICIPATION IN FE R.R y. S.TREE T B RIDGE OVERPAS S WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I "MEETING RELATIVE TO FERRY STREET APPROACH AND SOUTHERN PAClrlC PETITION HELD AT NOON, ~ AUGUST 5, 1949. PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON. COUNC I LMEN CRUMBAKER AND HAWN, CITY MANAGER, CI TY Cj ATTORNEY. CITY RECORDER, CITY ENGINEER AND PLANNING CONSULTANT BUFORD. ALSO PRESENT WERE ;;.. ~ MR. G. S. PAXTON, BRIDGE ENGINEER FOR OREGON STATE. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND C. W. ENFI ELD. ATTORNEY FROM MR. DEVER'S OFFICE. . .. THIS M~ETING WAS HELD TO. FURTHER STUDY THE POSSIBILITIES OF SOUTHERN PAClrlC PARTICIPA- TION IN THE PROPOSED FEARY STREET OVERPASS. THE OFFICIALS OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC HAVE I ADVISED THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND PARTICIPATION OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC UP TO 10% OF THE COST OF THE STRUCTURE ACTUALLY PERT~INING TO THE OVERPASS STRUCTURE PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE WOULD CLOSE PEARL AND HIGH STREETS. MR. PAXTON STATED THAT IN HIS OPINION THE RE WERE THREE ALTERNATIVES FOR THE C I T Y TO CONSIDER. I. To PROCEED WITH THE PETITION PREVIOUSLY FILED UNDER DATE OF APRIL B, 1948 WHEREIN THE CITY REQUESTS THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO PROVIDE THE CITY WITH AN EASEMENT FOFl THE OVER-CROSSING STRUCTURE ITSELF. INCLUDING THE NECESSARY RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE STREET AND HIGHWAY ACROSS THE RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; TO PROVIDE BY SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT. OR OTHER PROPER MEANS, AN EASEMENT RELATING TO THE ROAD AC.ROSS THE TRACKS OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY LEADING INTO THE EUGENE WOOLEN MILL SO AS TO C H AN GE THE LOCATION THEREOF IN ACCO ROAN CE WITH PLANS ATTACHED MARKED EXHIBIT "A"; TO GRANT THE CITY RIGHT BY ME ANS OF AN ENCROACHMENT AGREEMENT B Y 'I H I C H T HE CITY WILL HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENCROACH UPON THE RIGHT-OF-WAY OF THE COMPANY FOR A WIDTH NOT IN EXCESS OF FIVE FEET RUNNING ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FROM RAILROAD STATION 280/00 TO AN INTERSECTION WITH THE REVISED EASEMENT FOR THE ROAD INTO THE EUGENE WOOLEN MILL; TO REPLACE EXISTING RAILROAD TRESTLE OVER THE MILLRACE AT RAILROAD STATION 983/00 WITH EMBANKMENT. 2. To ENDEAVOR TO NEGOTIATE WIT H THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC FOR 10% ON THE FUNDS (APPROXIMATELY 840,000 TO #50.000) AND IN CONSIDERATION THEY WOULD PROCEED TO HAVE PEARL AND HIGH STREETS CLOSED AT THE PROPER TIME. IN THI S CONNECTION IT "AS BROUGHT OUT THAT IT MIGHT BE DESIRABLE TO HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC WHEREIN THE CITY COULD TAKE I ADVANTAGE OF THIS 10% I F AND WHEN THE CITY CLOSED PEARL AND HIGH WITHIN A FIVE YEAR PERIOD. 3. To PETITION THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION TO REQUEST THE 10% PARTICIPATION BY THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC WITHOUT CLOSING PEARL AND HIGH. JUSTIFICATION FROM WHICH WOULD COME FROM THE DIVERSION OF PRESENT TRAFFIC OVER THESE STREETS TO THE NEW OVERPASS DIVERTfNG THEREBY 6,473 OF THE PRESENT 9,780 CA RS PER DAY FROM PEARL TO HIGH TO THE NEW OVERPASS (TRAFF I C COUNTS AS SHOWN IN THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC COUNT OF JUNE 22, 1949.) IT SEEMED TO BE AGREED BY THOSE PRESENT AT THE MEETING THAT THE PRESENT PE TIT I ON (SET FOR SEPTEMBER 19. 1949) TO THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION BE CONTINUED WITH FURTHER ENDEAVORS TO DEAL WI TH THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC WHEREIN AN A4REEMENT MIGHT BE EFFECTED TO CLOSE PEARL AND HIGH Af WHICH TIME THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC WOULD PAY THE A B OV E MENTIONED 10%OF THESE CO S T S IF' SUCH ACTION WERE TAKEN WITHIN A PERIOD OF FIVE YE A RS . IT WAS AGREED THAT A HEARING OF THE PEOPLE EFFECTED IN THE DISTRICT NORTH OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRACK BE HELD BY THE C I T Y OF EUGENE IN AN ENDEAVOR TO ASCERTAIN THEIR OPINIONS OF CLOSING PEARL AND HIGH. MR~ PAXTON BROUGHT OUT THAT RIGHT-HAND MOVEMENT AT THE END OF THE OVERPASS COULD BE CONSTRUCTED WHICH WOULD TURN THE TRAFFIC UNDERNEATH THE OVER-PASS ON 4TH STREET AFFORDING ACCESS TO THE ENT IRE AREA WHICH WOULD BE EFFECTED BY THE CLOSING OF PEARL AND HIGH AND THAT COSTS OF THIS SHOULD NOT BE TOO HIGH. ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF CLOSING PEARL AND HIGH WERE DISCUSSED WITH THIS NEW ACCESS ROAD IN MIND WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE ALL TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA FROM RAILROAD CROSSINGS ENTIRELY. SUCH A PROGRAM WOULD HAVE BEN~FICIAL EFFECTS TO CITY TRArFIC AS WELL AS THAT OF- THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC. I THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED AT 2:00 O'CLOCK P.M. A ROUGH PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE WAS RECEIVED BY TELEPHONE AUGUST 8, 1949 FROM MR. PAXTONS OFFICE FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THIS UNDERPASS ROAD FROM THE SOUTH END OF THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE IN A CLOVERLEAF MOVEMENT AROUND AND UNDER THE OVERPASS TO CONNECT WITH FOURTH WHICH IS AS FOLLOWS: ESTIMATE - UNDERPASS - 15 · CLEARANCE I 42' PAVING (55' RADIUS MINIMUM) 8 32,600.00 GRADING 11,000.00 FILL AND RIP-RAPPING 3,600.00 200 - 30" PIPE 2,200.00 49,400.00 R.O.W. ESTIMATE 40,600.00 8 90,000.00 IT WAS ALSO MENTIONED THAT THIS UNDER-PASS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO FLOODS IN EXTREME HIGH WATER TO GE T THE DESIRED 15' CLEARANCE. ASSURANCE OF ARMY ENGINEERS, HOWEVER, IS THAT WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE MERIDIAN THIS FLOOD HAZARD WILL BE RELIEVED. " ..J