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~9tl COUNCIL CHAMBERS, E U G ENE, OR E GO N . JANUARY 24, 1950. AN ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE COUNCI L WAS HELD JANUARY 24TH AT II :00 A.M. PRESENT WERE MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN HAWN, CRUMBAKER, GODLOVE, SMITH AND WELLS; CITY MANAGER;"CITY ENGINEER; CITY RECORDER AND MR. STANLEY SPORSEENE AND MR. MARK NELSON OF THE U. S. ARMY ENGINEERS. FOUR ALTERNATIVE PLANS WERE CONSIDERED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF AMAZON CREEK THROUGH THE CITY OF EUGENE. I. OPEN CHANNEL EARTH ESTIMATED COST - 3296,000.00 (PLUS COST OF RIGHT-OF-WAY TO 65'). 2. RECTANGULAR REINFORCED ~ONCRETE CULVERT FROM EAST 22ND STREET TO MADISON AND OPEN . , EARTH CHANNEL FROM MADISON TO THE WEST CITY lIMITS AND OPEN EARTH CHANNEL FROM EAST 22ND TO THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS. ESTIMATED COST - $597,000.00. 3. CONCRETE ARCH STRUCTURE FROM EAST 22ND TO MADISON, OPEN EARTH TO WEST CITY ~IMITS AND OPEN EARTH CHANNEL FROM EAST 22ND T~ ESTIMATED COST - 379~,00~.00~ \ CHANNEL FROM MADISON . I SOUTH CITY.LIMITS. 4. MULTI-ARCH PLATE DESIGN FROM EAST 22ND TO MADISON STREET WITH OPEN EARTH CHANNEL FROM MADISON STREET TO WEST CITY LIMITS AND OPEN EARTH CHANNEL FROM EAST 22ND TO SOUTH CITY LIMITS. ESTIMATED COST - $914,000.00. AFTER THOROUGH DISCUSSION OF ALL FOUR OF THESE PLANS AND THE RIGHT-OF-WAY INVOLVED, IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY AGREED BY ALL PRESENT THAT THE BEST PLAN FOR THE CITY AT THIS TIME WOULD BE TO REQUEST THE ARMY ENGINEERS TO INSTALL A RECTANGULAR CONCRETE CHANNEL (PROPOSAL NUMBER 2) WITH FEDERAL FUNDS. IT WAS BROUGHT ouT THAT IF AT ANY FUTURE DATE THE CITY WAS DESIROUS OF COVERING ANY PORTION OF THIS STRUCTURE IT COULD BE DONE; AS IT WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE ARMY ENGINEERS WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN COVERING THE AMAZON. . IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY WELLS AND PASSED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE FOLLOWING PLAN OF PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE AMAZO~ BE PRESENTED BY THE CITY MANAGE~ TO THE ARMY ENGINEERS AT THE SCHEDULED HEARING AT 1:30 P.M. JANUARY 24, 1950. I. THAT THE CITY FURNISH ALL R.D.W. (NOT TO EXCEED 34 FEET FROM E. 22ND TO MADISON; FROM MADISON TO WEST CITY LIMITS - 65 FEET; AND FROM E. 22ND TO SOUTH CITY liMITS - 65 FEET) AT NO COST TO THE ARMY ENGINEERS. 2. PERMANENT PLAN OF IMPROVEMENT - FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO PAY COST OF RECTANGULAR CONCRETE CHANNEL FROM 22ND TO MADISON STREET AND OPEN CHANNEL (EARTH) FROM MADISON ViEST TO WEST CITY'IlIMITS AND OPEN CHANNEL SOUTH TO SOUTH CITY liMITS. CITY PAY COST OF BRIDGES, UTILITY REVISION INCLUDING NECESSARY ALTERA!IONS TO STORM AND SANITARY SEWERS PLUS FURNISHING OF R.O.W. AS STIPULATED IN SECTION I. 3~ THE CITY AGREES FURTHER TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THE CHANNEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS SATISFACTORY TO THE WAR DEPARTMENT. 4. THE CITY IN ADDITION AGREES TO HOLD AND SAVE THE UNITED STATES FREE FROM DAMAGE DUE TO THE CONSTRUCTED WORKS. 5. THE COST PARTICIPATION AS OUTLINED IN PARAGRAPH 2 ABOVE IS PREDICATED UPON THE FACT THAT THE AMAZON CREEK DRAINS AN AREA OF OVER 6,235 ACRES_OF WHICH MORE THAN ONE-HALF IS SOUTH AND WEST OF THE CITY ON STEEP SLOPES WITH RAPID FLOOD RUN-OFFS. WE PRESENT . .- THIS AS A FAIR AND EQUITABLE COST APPORTIONMENT AS COMPARED WITH THE TREATMENT OF OTHER FLOOD CONTROL PROJECTS IN OTHER CITIES IN THE PACIFIC COAST AND NORTHWEST WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE CITIES HAVE LIMITED THE TYPE OF CHANNEL WHICH CAN BE BUILT WITHOUT DEPRIVING USE OF HIGHLY VALUED LAND. UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED. SUB~ECT TO CALL BY THE MAYOR. (fL;Y:BMI TTED. OREN li.. KING, CITY MANAGER. ~ , ! I I I