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~2fj2 - '--'"-'-~. I 115 TYPE I I OiB-20 UNITS 115 21,000 LUMEN MERCURY V A PO R LAMPS 115 400 WATT BALLASTS . . . 5 30 KW REGULATORS . . . MEMBERS OF THE COMM I T TEE ASKED IF A TOTAL ESTIMATE OF COSTS HAD BEEN PREPARED AND MR. BA I LE',; Y A9,!ISED T HA T ESTIMATES AMOUNTING TO BETWEEN $21,000 AND $24,000 WHICH CONFORMS QUITE . CLOSe:;LY WITH PREVIOUS ESTIMATES OF GENERAL ELECTRIC AMOUNTING TO $23,500. THE MArTER OF . FINANCING THIS PRO GRAM WAS BROUGHT UP AND MR. NORTHRUP ADVISED THA T HE WOULD HAVE A SCHEDULE . . OF PAYMENTS INCLUDING AMMORTIZATION OF THE PROGRAM OVER A PERIOO TO BE 25 ~EARS, TO BE PRESENTED . . TO THE CITY COUNCIL IN THE NEAR FUTURE. MR. NORTHRUP ALSO REVIEWED THE ENTIRE PROGRAM, OUTLINING . THE stUDY WHICH HAD TAKE N PLACE IN THE RECOMMENDAT I ON OF MERCURY VAPOR LIGHTING AND THE TYPE OF .. ;:. . . FIXTURES AS OUTLINED ABOVE FOR FRANKLIN BOULEVARD. MR. NORTHRUP ADVISED THAT THE AMOUNT BUDGETED < (37,526.48) . . FOR THIS PURPOSE IN 1950-51 AS OUTLINED BY CITY MANAGER KING WAS ADEQUATE FOR THIS - . YE A,RS PAYMENT. . . IT ROBERT CROSS, MRS. BURRIS . WAS MO VE D BY SECONDED BY THAT THE STREET LIGHTING COMMITTEE ADOPT THE REPORT AS SUBM I TTED BY THE ENGINEERS OF THE EUGENE VI ATE R & ELECTRIC BOARD AND THAT PROPER AUTHORIZATION BE GIVEN TO CONTACT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT RELATIVE TO THE INSTALLATION OF . CURBS ON THE NO:nH SiDE OF FRANKL I'N BOULEVARD AND THE ADDITIONAL LIGHTING FROM JUDKINS POINT TO . THE GLENWOOD AREA AS OUTLINED IN THE ABOVE RE PORT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY CLA Y BARNES, SECONDED BY CARL KOPPE T HA T THE PLANNING COMMISSION ADOPT THIS REPORT AND ~AK~ PR 0 PE R RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE C IT Y COUNCIL TO AUTHORIZE THIS PROJECT TO GO I . . A HE A D WIT H PRpENT FUNDS AVAILABLE. MOT .1 0 N CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. . . . " ." MAYOR JOHN~ON THANKED THE STREET LIGHTING COMMITTEE AND THE MEMBERS OF .THE. PLANN ING . . COMMISSION FOR A VERY THOROUGH AND ACTIVE STUDY OF THIS PROJECT, A DV I SIN G THEM THAT THE COM- FRANKLIN BOULEVARD ., ". PLET10N OF THE MERCURY V.A P 0 R LIGHTING ON WOULD NOT TERMINATE THEIR DUTIES . . . . AS A STREET LIGHTING COMMITTEE AS THE OVER-ALL PRO'JECT INCLUDED THE REMAINDER OF U. S. 99 FRoM BOTH 6TH . . HIGH STREET TO Foy R CORNERS ON AND 7T H AVENUES AND ALSO THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE AND . . . CLOVER LEAVES TO U. S. 99 AS WE LL AS THE BUSINESS AN 0 RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF THE C I T Y OF EUGENE. . . . HE EXPRESSED HOPE THAT ANOTHER PROJECT SIMILAR TO THAT OF FRANKLIN B 0 UL E V A R,D COULD BE STUDIED . . . AN 0 COMPLETED NE XT YEAR. . . . . MEETING ADJOURNED AT 10: 00 P.M. II . . . IT WAS MOVED BY HA~VN , SECONDED BY DAVIS THA T THE REPORT OF T'HE H I G HI'I A Y LIGHTING COMMITTEE AND . PLANNING COMMISSION BE ADOPTED AND THE CITY MANA GER BE INSTRUCTED TO PROCEED WITH THE WATER . . BOARD TO DO THE WORK AS OUTLINED IN T HI S REPORT. ROLL CAL L VOTE. MOTION CARRIED. ,.- . . . 7 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RE: VARIOUS IMPROVEMENTS WAS S U BM I T TED AND READ . AS FOLLOW~: . , . . . . "A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WAS HEL'D WEDNESDAY, A U GUS T 9T H WIT H THE . - . FOLLOWING PRESENT: COUNCILMEN WELLS AND ~ODLOVE, CITY MANAGER AND CITY ENGINEER. . . . . I . THE COMMITTEE MET WI TH MR. WILLIAM MCCRACKEN AN 0 MR. CLAREN CE U RE Y IN CON NE C T ION WIT H THEIR ~EQ~EST FOR A RAIL SPUR ON 2ND AVENUE BETWEEN JACKSON STREET AND V AN Bu R E N STREET. IT WAS BROUGHT OU T BY MESSRS. MCCRACKEN AND URE Y THAT THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC ENG I NEE RS 'HAD BEEN UNA BLE TO LOCATE THE TRACK UPON PRIVATE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THE 5 HE L L () I L COMPAN V'S I HOLDINGS ON THE CORNER OF JACKSON AN 0 2N 0 STREETS NECESSITATING A WIDER CURVE FOR THE R A I L RO A D TRACKS AND THA T THE ONLVWAV T HIS PROPERTY COULD BE SERVED WAS BY LOCATING THE TRACKS ALONG THE EDGE OF THE PRESENT SIDEWALK LINE. 111 R. MCCRACKEN AGREED TO PUT IN CUR B- I NG AND PAVE THE PARKING AREA FROM THE CURB TO THE PROPERTY LINE SO THA T PEDESTRIANS WOULD HAVE SUFFICIENT SiDEWALK AREA AT ALL TIMES IF THE COUNCIL WO UL 0 APPROVE THE RAIL TO GO IN ALONG THE ED GE OF THE PRESENT CONCRETE SIDEWALK. THE COMMITTEE WAS NOT IN F AVO R OF UTILIZING C.I T Y PROPERTY FO R SUCH PURPOSES AND T HE I R RECOMMENDATION WAS WITHHELD PENDING FURTHER ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION RELATIVE TO PUTTING THESE TRACKS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. 2. THE REQUEST FROM MR. J. H.. BALZHISER FOR AN EASEMENT OR LEASE A C RO S S C I T. Y OWNED PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THE BALZHISER PROPERTY EAST OF WALNUT STREET ON FRANKLIN BOULEVARD WAS INVESTIGATED INASMUCH AS IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO DISCONTINUE A LEASE OR EASEMENT ACROSS THIS PARK PROPERTY ONCE IT IV AS GRANTED AND ESTABLISHED. THE, COMM I T TEE FELT IT WO UL 0 BE BETTER TO AUTHORIZE ANOT HER CUR B CuT TO MR. BALZHISER'S PROPERTY ON THE EAST END OF HIS PROPERTY AND SUGGESTED T HA T THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BE COrHACTED RELATIVE TO THEIR OPINION ON ANOTHER CURB CUT IN THIS AREA. '- . 3. '.\II T H RELATION TO THE SUBDIVISION OF TWO LOT S ON THE CORNER OF 12TH AVE NUE AND ADAMS STREET OWNED BY MR. Ro Y DE A L, THE COM M I T TEE, RECOMMENDED THAT HE BE PERMITTED TO DIVIDE . THESE LOTS IN HAL F TO PROVIDE FOR TWO DWELLINGS WHICH VI 0 U LD' NOT BE INCONSISTENT WITH OT HE R . . HO USE S IN T HIS AREA AS THE A BO VE DWELLINGS A f~E ON A CORNER LOT IV I TH ONE FACING ADAMS ST REET AND ONE FACING 12TH AVENUE. , 4. DEEDS ARE PREPARED FOR MR. RALPH W. MARTIN AND RAYMOND L. PERKEY TO COMPLETE THE RIGHT- OF-WAY EXCHANGES ON ON YX STREET BETWEEN 25TH AN 0 26TH AVENUES. THIS IS TO COMPLETE PREVIOUS ARRANGEMENTS MA DE WITH MR. MARTIN WHEREIN MR. MARTIN DEEDED TO THE C IT Y OF EUGENE A 20-FOOT , . .1 RIGHT-OF-WAY ACROSS EMERALD STREET AND 20-FEET OF RIGHT-OF-WAY ON INAVALE STREET. PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY THE OLD P. E.- & E. R A I L RO AD FOR A STREETCAR LINE. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMI- TTEE THA T THESE TRANSACTIONS BE APPROVED TO CLARIFY PRESENT STATUS OF, PROPERTY AND ST REET BOUNDA R I ES IN THIS AREA. THE R E ARE NO COS T S OR CONSIDERATIONS INVOLVED AS T HIS IS AN EXCHANGE OF RIG HT S OF WAY BE IN G COMPLETED UNDE.R PREVIOUS AGREEMENT BY AN 0 BETWEEN MR. MARTIN AND THE C IT Y OF EUGENE. ~.