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r2uo 2. THE PETITION PR'EVIOUSLV PRESENTED BY MR. J..E. EARLEY AND EIG'HT BUSINESSMEN ON PEARL STREET REQUESTING THAT TWO-WAY TRAFFIC BE REPLACED ON 'PEARL STREET WAS CONSIDERED. A.TER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION PERTAINING TO TH1S REQUEST IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT TRA.FIC COUNTS BE TAKEN AND FuTURE STUDY BE GIVEN WITH PARTICULAR NOTE OF THE FUTURE FERRY STREET TRA.FIC WHICH WILL BE DIRECTED TO PEARL STREET FROM THE NORTH SIDE'O. THE RIVER. , " 3. A PETITION PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED BY NINE PROPERTY OWNERS CONSTITUTING 52.09% OF THE PROPERTY BETWEEN 11TH AND 13TH AVENUE GN WILtAMETTt REQUESTING THE WIDENING OF WILLAMETTE STREET BETWEEN 11TH AND 13TH TO THE WIDTH OF 50 .EET .ROM CURB TO CURB WAS REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE AND HELD OVER FOR FURTHER STUDY WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS INVOLVED GET TOGETHER IN A UNIFIED EFFORT FOR THE IMPROVEMENT 0. THIS-STREET. 4. A REVIEW OF THE PRESENT STATUS 0. THE AMAZON PROJECT WAS GIVEN BY THE CITY MANAGER, EXPLAINING THAT THIS PROJECT WAS NOW IN THE HANDS 0. COLONEL O. E. WALSH, DISTRICT ENGINEER OF THE U. S. ARMY ENGINEERS AND THAT COLONEL WALSH HAD STIPULATED THAT HE WOULD HAVE CONCRETE RECOMMENDATIONS AS TO THE AUAZON PROGRAM FOR THE COUNCIL MEETING MAY 22ND. IN CONNECTION WITH THE AMAZON PROJECT, UNDER DATE OF MAY 9, 1950 THE ARMY ENGINEERS ADVISED THAT THEY ~AD RAISED THE.DESIG~ FLOOD FLdw AT THE BRIDGES TO 1470 SECO~D .FEET WITH A.CLEAR WATER WA.Y A'REI( OF 154 SQUARE FEET. ,IN'COMPLlANCE WITH THIS.LARGER DESIGN FOR THE ENTIRE AMAZON PROJECT, THE ARMY ENGINEERS ADVISED THAT THE BRIDGES INSTALLED LAST FALL AT 19TH AND CHAMBERS STREET WERE LARGE ENOUGH TO MEET THESE REQUIREMENTS BUT THAT THE PROPOSED METAL ARCH CULVERT DESIGN FOR OAK AND PEARL STREETS WERE NOT LARGE ENOUGH AND RECOMMENDED A 'DESIGN WHICH'WOULD GIVE A CLEAR ,WATER WAY AREA OF AT LEAST 154 SQUARE FEET. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION THE FOLLOWING RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE BY THE GITY MANAGER FOR RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE. I OAK STREET BRIDGE -, CHANGE. FROM 16 FOOT METAL ARCH PLAT AT A LOW BID FIGURE OF $7,656.50 TO A lo-.OOT BY II-rOOT DOUBLE BOX REINFORCED CONCRETE CULVERT AT AN ADDITIONAL COST .OF." $3,839.98, APPORTIONED FROM 51 CUBIC YARD ADDITIONAL CONCRETE AND 19,000 POUNDS.OF STEEL, BRINGING THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COST OF THE OAK ST~EET. BRIDGE TO $11,496.48. PEARL STREET BRIDGE - THE METAL ARCH CULVERT AT PEARL STREET WOULD BE REPLACED WITH A 10-rOOT BY II-FOOT DOuBLE REIN.ORCED CONCRETE BOX CULVERT AT AN ADDITIONAL COsT OF $5,963.20, APPORTIONED TO COVER ADDITION .CONCRETE REINFORCED STEEL AND EXCAVATION. THIS CULVERT IS NOW DESIGNED TO OPEN UP BOTH PEARL AND 17TH AVENUE WITH AN ADDITIONAL CULVERT LENGTH OF 34-FEET WHICH ACTUALLY GIVES THE SERVICE OF TWO,CULVERTS FOR AN OYER-ALL ESTIMATED COST OF $15,989.00. THE TOTAL COST OF BOTH BRIDGES, OAK AND PEARL TO INCREASE THEIR CAPACITIES TO COMPLY WITH THE ARMY ENGINEERS NEW DESIGN UNDER THIS PROGRAM WILL BE 89,803.18 WHICH WOULD BRING THE TOTAL ESTIMATED COSTS OF THE FOUR BRIDGES, OAK, PEARL, 19TH AND CHAMBERS TO $4o,055.~8 WHICH INCLUDES THE ADDITIONAL 34-FEET IN LENGTH AT PEARL AND 17TH AND PROVIDES DouBLE CAPACITY TO APPROXIMATELY 200 SQUARE .EET AT OAK AND PEARL. I. IT IS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THE ABOVE PLAN BE APPROVED AND THAT A CONTRACT BE ENTERED INTO WITH THE CASCADE eONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, LOW BIDDER ON THE ABOVE CULVERTS FOR THE ABOVE'CHANGES. 5. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION PERTAINING TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF TAYLOR STREET FROM 12TH TO 13TH, IT WASiRECOMMENDED THAT THIS STREET BE IMPROVED AS PREVIOUSLY PETI~IONED AND THAT THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS BE NOTI.IED. ~N MAKING THIS RECOMMENDATION IT WAS NOTED THAT MR. ,GLENN M. WOODS 'IS .GOING TO CONSTRUCT A DUPLEX, MR. NOIE HERSCHEY, TWO HOMES AND MR. WILLIAM COONS ONE HOME, ALL ABUTTING TAYLOR STREET BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH AND THAT IT AP~EARS TO BE' IMPtRATIVE THAT THIS-sTREET BE OPENED UP TO AFFORD ACCESS TO THESE RESIDENCES. THIS PROJECT IS READY FOR l'O OPENING IN JUNE. I ~' 6. WITH REFERENCE TO THE REQUEST TO VACATE THE ALLEY BETWEEN 20TH AND 21ST AND ALDER AND KINCAID .ROM MR. AND M~s. ELSTON 0. 2065 ALDER STREET, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT IT BE DENIED DUE TO THE PRESENT POLICY OF THE CITY COUNCIL IN VACATING NO ALLEYS OR STREETS WHERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF THEIR FuTURE USE MIGHT EXiST. 7. WITH REFERENCE TO THE PETITION SIGNED BY 76.16% OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ABUTTING EAST 33RD,AvENUE FROM DONALD STREET TO THE AMAZON REQUESTING THE INSTALLATION OFA STORM SEWER WITH THE AGREEMENT THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD AGREE TO AN ASSESSMENT OF 50% 0. THE COST UNDER THE BANCROFT lAW WAS STUDIED WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT.THIS WORK BE WITHHELD UNTIL ADEQUATE FUNDS ARE ASSURED iN THE CITY'S SEWER FUNDS. ') " \. ~. 8. THE'CiTy'MANAGER ABVISED THAT AN AGREEMENT HAD BEEN WORKED OUT WITH THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD'WHEREIN THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD WOULD PURCHASE .IRE HYDRANTS AND ACCESSORIES'"AND INSTALL SAID FIRE HYDRANTS AS MAINS. ARE LAID THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND BILL THE CITY UPON A MONTHLY BASIS AS THESE INSTALLATIONS ARE MADE. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THIS PROCEDURE WOULD EN~BLE PROPER INSTALLATION'OF THESE FIRE PLUGS AT THE TIME THE MAINS ARE LAID AND A .SAYING WOULD BE INCURRED THROUGH BUYING THEM BY THE CARLOAD. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THE ACCOMPANYING RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. I ~