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~12 l: MUNICIPAL AIRPORT. THE f'IRST Of' THE S E ALTERNATIVES IS THAT OF TEMPORARY HOUSING ADJACENT TO THE PREsENT F'ACILlTlES NEAR UNITED AND WEST COAST BUILDINGS WHICH PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE: ELIGIBLE F'OR tEDERAL PARTICIPATION UNDER THE tEDERAL AIRPORT ACT DUE TO THE' IMPROVEMENTS NOT BEING OF' A PE RMANENT NA TU RE TO f'IT IN WITH THE F'UTURE MASTER AIRPORT PLAN WHICH HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND RECOMMEN DE D F'OR APPROVAL BY THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION AND STATE AERONAUTICS BOARD. TH'E SECOND ALTERNATIVE IS THAT OF' SETTING 'UP A PROGRAM OF' DEVELOPMENT BASED UPON THE MASTER PLAN WHICH INCLUDES THE ES'T ABL I SHMENT OF' AN ADMINISTRAT'ION BUILDING ON THE EAST END OF THE AIRPORT. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT FACILITIES COULD BE BU I L T THERE FOR THE WE AT HER BUREAU AND CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION WHICH' COULD LATER BE UTILIZED AS PART OF THE AIRPORT ADMIN'ISTRATION BUILDING AND IN SO DO I NG WOULD BE Of' A PERMANENT NATURE AND WOULD BE EL I G'I BLE f'OR rEDERAL PARTICIPATION IN THE AMOUNT OF' 56% Of' THE: COST. . THIS PROGRAM 110 U L 0 ENTAIL A LONG RANGE CAPITAL OUTLAY STUDY TO DETERMINE THE BEST MEANS Of' f'INANCING THE BU I L 0 I N GS AS'WELL AS f'UTURE IMPROVEMENTS SUCH 'A S LENGTHEN ING THE NORTH-SOUTH RUNWAY AND ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENT LANDING SYSTEM FACILITIES. IT WAS SUGGESTED B'Y MEM BE RS OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMER CE COMMITTEE THAT THE POSSIBILITY Of' COMBI NED COUNTY- CITY f'INANCING BE INVESTIGATED DU E. TO THE f'ACT THAT THE MAHLON SWEET AIRPORT SERVES THIS ENTIRE AREA RA T HE R THAN ONLY THE CITY Of' EUGENE AND SHOULD BE FI NANCED UPON THE BOU NDA RY BASIS RATHER THAN ONLY THE C IT Y. . THE RECOMMENDATION OV THE A I RPO RT COMMITTEE Of' THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL IS T HA T A I DEf'INITE PROGRAM BE STUDIED AND S U BM I T TED TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL WHI CH WOULD INVOLVE SETTING UP A PERM A NE NT LONG RANGE AIRPOR'T DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND THAT THE fiRST STEP WOUL 0 BE THAT Of Af'f'ORDI NG A DEQUA T E fACILITIES f'OR ESSENTIAL OPERAT'IONS SUCH AS WE A T HE R BUREAU AND CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS.- MR. H.. D. SPANGLER, ASSISTANT REGION~L DIRECTOR OF RE G ION 4 Of' THE U. S. WE<ATHER BUREAU' ASSURED THE' COM M I T TEE THA T THE WEATHER BUREAU WOULD NOT MOVE THE f'ACILlTIES f'ROM OUR AIRPORT I f' PROPER f'ACILITIES COULD BE A f'f'0 ROE D. MR. E BE RHARDT, STATION MANAGER OF UNITED"AIRLINES 'ASSURED -THE COMMITTEE THAT THEY WOULD EXTEND T HE I R LEASE Of' THE PRESENT FACILlT'IES: TO THE WEATHER BUREAU UPON A MONTH TO MONTH ~ASIS UNTIL THE CITY WOULD, PROVIDE THE S E f'ACILITIES. "- . THE '>0-- MEETING ADJOURNE 0 WI TH THE ASSURANCE TO'ALL PRESENT THAT NONE OF THE EXISTING ESSENT'I AL f'ACILITIES AT THE AIRPORT WOULD BE MOVED F'ROM THIS LOCATION VNDER THE ~BOVE PROGRAM Of' LONG RAN GE PERMANENT DEVELOPMENT. " IT WAS MOVED BY BOOT'H, SECONDED BY GODLOVE THAT 'THE- REPORT OF THE AIRPORT COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED AND THA'T- A' MEET I NG Of' THE AIRPORT AND FIN~NCE COMMITTEES BE SCHEDULED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE A STU DY' Of' THE PROBLEM AN 0 MAKE A RECOMMENDATIOiN. - MOTION CARRIED. . 5 A REPORT Of' THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RE: WIDENING WILLAMETTE FROM 1\ TH TO 13TH; AND VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WAS S U BM I T TED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS: . "A MEETING Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WAS HE L DON FRIDAY, JUNE 2 ,w I T H THE fOLLOWING PRESENT: CHAIRM'AN, COUNCILMAN CRUMBA'KERj COUNCILMEN GODLOVE AND WELLS; CITY MANAGERj C'I TV RE CO:R DER AND CIT'Y ENGINEER. - . - I A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP f'ROM THE WILLAMETTE AREA BETWEEN I I TH AND 13TH AVENUE MET WITH THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THE PETITION PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED WHICH REQUESTED THE WIDENING Of' WILLAMETTE STREET TO A WIDTH OF 50 FEET 'fROM I I TH TO I 3T H- AVENUE. Af'TER CONSIDtRABLE DISCUSSION Of' VARIOUS STREET AND SIDEWALK WIDTHS, IT SEEMED TO BE THE OPINION OF THOSE' PRESENT THAT A WIDTH OF 46 f'EET COUL 0 BE AGREED UPON BY MOST Of THE P-ROPE RTY OWNERS IN THIS A RE A. IT WAS RE COMMENDE 0 BY THE COMMITTEE THAT I F' A PETITION VIAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL WHEREIN MOST OF THE PROPERTY OW N E R S WERE REQUESTING THIS WIDENING TO A WIDTH OF 46 FEET AND I F' THERE SEEMED TO BE NO C'ONCENTRATED OBJECTION THAT THE/ PUBL I C WORKS COMMITTEE Rt COMMEND THAT THE PROJECT GO AHE AD, WHICH WOULD ENTAIL THE WiDENING Of' WILLAMtTTE: STREET TO A "I'DTH Of' 46 F'EET FROM II'TH TO 13TH AVENUE, LEAVING A 10 F'OOT WALK ONEA CH SIDE WI THIN THE PRESENT 66 f'OOT RIGHT-Of'-WAY. . THE f'OLLOWING IMPROVEMENT PRO Jt CTS WERE RECOMMENDED fOR APPROVAL BY THE COMMITTEE: I. PAVING Of 21ST AVENUE fROM WASHINGTON TO JEFfERSON. 33.00% 2. PAVING 23RO AVENUE f'ROM HILYARD TO A L DE R STRE'ET. 6 I .36% 3. PAVING VAN BUREN f' RO M 19TH TO 21ST AVENUE. (UPON THE ST'A TEMEN T BY MR. CHAMBERS THAT HE WOULD DEPOSIT 82,000 T 0 -c 0 V E R PA YMENT , OF' '12 LOTS HE OWNS ABUTTING THIS PROJE'CT). \\ 4. P A'V I N G BAI<ERSTREET FROM 26T H TO 28TH AVENUE. 5 I . , 0%\ \ 5. PAV I NG 6TH AND 7TH AVENUE, TAYLOR TO \\' THE A L LE Y BETWEEN FROM ALMADEN STREET. 67.81% - IT WAS RECO MME'NDE 0 THAT THE F' OL LOW I N G SANITARY SEWER PROJECTS BE APPROVED f'0 R INSTALL-ATION. I . ~