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<br />7 AWIRE COMMUNICATI.oN FRO_M SENATOR WAYNE MORSE, REGARDING POSSIBILITY OF RELEASING A-
<br />PORTION OF AMAZON ALLOCATION TO RELIEVE CONGESTION OF AMAZON CHANNEL WEST ,OF CITY LIMITS W.AS
<br />SUBMI TTED, AND READ,AS FOLLOWS: ',-~.. ~
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<br />~'COLONEL HYATT OF .ENGI NEERS' I'S LOOKI NG INTO POSSI BI LI TY OF RELEASI NG S,OME FUNDS
<br />FROM P~ESENT ALLOCATIONS TO PERMIT CLEANI~G OF CHANN~L,WEST OF CITY PENDING CONSIDERATIoN
<br />~ND APPROVAL OF OVER ALL AMAZON PROJECT. HE IS CHECKING W1TH WALSH ONE IMPORTANT FACT
<br />AFFECTING NOT ONLY QUESTION OF RELEASING FUNDS, PRESE~TLY ALLO~AT~D BUT ~L~OOVER ALL
<br />PROJECT IS IMPACT OF HALF BILLION DOLLAR CUT. PROVIDED IN PMNIBUS, APPROPRIATION BILL!
<br />JUST PASSED. PROBABLY WILL BE SEVERAL WEEKS BEFOR~ BUDGET. ,BUREAU REACHES DEC I S ION ON,.
<br />HOW AND WHICH PROGRAMS WILL BE AFFECTED. HYATT SEEMS CONFIDENT OVERALL AMAZON PROJECT
<br />WILL BE_fONSID.ERED" AT 9&TOBER MEETING OF .BOARD~UT IT SEEMS V;RY LIKELY THAT ACTION r;3Y
<br />CO~GRESS CANNOT BE HAD ON ANY NEW REPORT UNJIL, NEXT S~RING. SHALL KEEP IN TOUCH WIT~
<br />HYATT AND ADVISE YOU OF ANY DEVELOPMENT."
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<br />THE CITY MANAGER'S REPLY WAS READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"HAVE CHECKED WITH COLONEL WALSH AMAZON PROJECT. SUGGEST EMERGENCY CLEARING AND
<br />SNAGGING PROJECT FROM WEST CITY LIMITS TO IMPROVED SECTION 4 MILES WEST. THIS WORK WILL
<br />FIT IN WITH OLD APPROVED PROJECT AND ALSO NEW PROJECT. WA~SH WILL START WORK IMMEDIATELY
<br />ON ESTIMATE THIS AMOUNT ~ORK. LOCAL COOPERATION GUARANTEED INCLUDING PURCHASE OF R.O.W.
<br />AND MAINTENANCE. SUGGE~T COLONEL HYATT CHECK WITH WALSH, BY TELEPHONE OR TELEGRAPH TO
<br />EXPEDITE WORK AS EMERGENCY,FLOOD CONTROL AUTHORIZATION BEFORE WINTER." 1
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<br />THECOMMUN~CATION OF COkONEL ~. E. WALSH, DIVISION ENGINEER DATED AUGUST 24, 1950 WAS_'~
<br />ALSO READ. THE REACTION OF THE COUNCIL WAS THAT THE CITY MANAGER,SHOULD 90NTACT,COLONEL
<br />WALSH AS SOON '~S POSSrBLE CONCERNING HIS REFERENCES TO LACK 'OF'COPPERAJION AND FOLLOW THROUGH
<br />ON THE SUBJECT. ',' " r ~
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<br />8 A COMMUNICATION FROM THE RETAIL GROCERS ASSOCIATION OF LANE COUNTY REGARDING THE PLACING
<br />OF THE STATE RETAIL LIQUOR STORE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS ~OLLOWS:
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<br />'~E THE MEMBERS OF THE RETAIL GROCERS ASSOCIATION OF LANE COUNTY, FEEL THAT IT,.
<br />'IS A DETRIMENT OF GOOD BUSINESS FOR THE PLACING OF A RETAIL LIQUOR STORE CLOSE TO ANY
<br />RETAIL Mt\,RKET.
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<br />WE ALSO FEEL THAT A RETAIL LIQUOR STORE SHOULD BE PLACED SOMEWHERE OTHER THAN AN
<br />ARTERIAL HIGHWAY, WH~~~ AT THE VERY BEST TRAFFIC AND PARKING STILL REMAINS A PROBLEM.
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<br />WE URGE THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO ~AREFULLY ,CONSIDER THIS PROPOSAL
<br />SUBMITTED BY THE RETAIL GROCERS OF LANE COUNTY."
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<br />THE COUNCIL DISCUSSED THE MATTER AND REQUESTED THE CITY MANAGER T'1 CHECK WIT.H THE, ORr;:(i,9,N""
<br />IQUOR CONTROL COMMISSION ESPECIALLY WITH RESPECT TO THE TRAFFIC HAZARD OF SUCH A LOCATION.
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<br />9 A COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUGENE WATER & ELECT~IC BOARD REGARDING ~UTHORIZATION FOR
<br />CONDEMNATION PROCEEDINGS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"THE ENCLOSED RESOLUTION H~S BEEN PASSED BY THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD. THE
<br />BOARD REQUESTS THAT YOU ASK THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE TO AUTHORIZE CONDEMNA- 1
<br />TION PROCEEDINGS AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING AUGUST 28,' 1950. ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT SO STATED
<br />I N THE RESOLU" ON, THE CONS I DERA liON HAS BEEN TE NTA T I VEL V AGREED TO BV BOTH PAR" ES. I T ~
<br />INCLUDES BOTH THE VlLUE OF THE LAND AND SEVERANCE DAMAGES OF APPROXIMATELY $10,000.00."
<br />(TOTAL $30,100.00. PROPERTY BELONGING TO OSCAR MILLICAN) ,
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<br />AFTER DISCUSSION IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVis THAT.THE CITY ATTORNEY BE, I,N~,
<br />STRUCTED TO DRAFT A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE PROCEEDINGS FOR CONSIDERATION AT THE SEPTEMBER 11TH
<br />MEETING. MO~IONCARRIED.
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<br />10 A COMMUNICATION FROM CLARENCE AND JEAN W. CROCKER CONCERNING REZONING OF PROPERTY AT
<br />1382 JEFFERSON STREET WAS READ. . '
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT A FORMAL REZONING APPLIC~TION BE FILED AN~. j'
<br />THAT IT BE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />liTHE MAT~~R OF THE REZON:NG OF ~HE GUSKE BR~S.-MORGAN,P~OPER!y.AT 19TH AND FRIENDLY WAS
<br />BROUGHT UP FOR DISCUSSION.
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<br />I,T WAS MOVED BY HAWN, SECONDED BY ~RUMBAKER THAT THE GUSKE ,BROS.-MORGAN PETITION BE TAKEN
<br />OFF THE TAStE AND THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE INSTRUCTED TO PUBLI~H A NOTICE OF A HEARING FOR,
<br />THE NEXT COUNGIL MEETING, SEPTEMBER I I., 1950. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />12 COM~UNICAT10N FROM THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION - RE: REQUEST OF J. H. BALSHIZER
<br />FOR CURB CUT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
<br />"WITH REFERENCE TO THE REQUEST OF MR. J. H. BALSHIZER F,OR A SECOND CURB CUT ON
<br />THE EAST END OF HIS PROPERTY LOCATED AT FRANKLIN BOULEVARD AND WALNUT STREET, PLEASE
<br />BE ADVISED THAT THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION WILL RESIST STRENUOUSLY ANY ADDITIONAL CURB I.
<br />CUTTING ON MR. BALSHIZER'fS PROPERTY. MR. BALSHIZER SOME TIME AGO APPEARED BEFORE THE
<br />HIGHWAY COMMISSION AND EMPHATICALLY AGREED THAT IF HE WERE GRANTED "A 50-FOOT CURB C~T" '.' ~_~
<br />AT THE LOCATION THEN SPECIFIED, HE WOULD REQUEST NO FURTHER ENTRANCES. THE 50-FOOT CURB
<br />CUT WAS APPROVED ON THIS BASIS, WITH A DEFINITE UNDERSTANDING THERE WOULD BE NO MORE
<br />CURB CUTS ON FRANKLIN BOULEVARD.
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