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5'1~ e I OBSIDIANS I~c. - LOT I I'N' BLocK 5 OF PEARL ADDI TI ON TO EUGENE, LANE COUNTY OREGON AS PLATTED AND RECORDED AT PAGE 24 OF VOLUME 5 LANE COUNTY OREGON PLAT RECORDS. LOCATED AT 17TH AVENUE AND HIGH STREET. i'" 1':'- QC < REQUESTED CHANGE 'OF CLASSIFICATION FROM R-3 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO R-4 MULTIPLE FAMILY (AP~RT":1ENT,HOUS,E) DISTRICr." 1-- IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE REPORT OF THE PLANNING COMMI- SSION BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. <! PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 8 , , THE FOLLOWING APPLICATIONS ~OR BEER LICENSES, AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE DtPARTMENT r' WERE SUBMITTED: e HARRY M. LEATON, CHU~K'S ,KORNER, 101 W. 7TH AVENUE - RETAIL MALT CLASS A (DROPPING PARTNER) MRS. LANGMACK;'CAFE DEL REV - PKG. STORE - RETAIL MALT (RE-OPENING) ,IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SE~ONDED BY SMITH THAT THE APPLICATIONS, AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE DE~ART~EN~ BE EN~ORSED. MOTION CARRjED. I 9 THE F,OLLOWI NG REZONI NG PETI'T\'ONS WERE SUBMI TTED: RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION - REZONING NEWLY ANNEXED SOUTH HILYARD AREA FRO'M RA OUTER RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO C-3 BUSfNESS DISTRICT. " . ... . EDDIE & VERONA HERRON - REZONE 1003 W. 6TH AVENUE FROM C-I LIMITED COMMERCIA( io C-2 NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. . . , CI TV TION . .. IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY ALLEN THAT THE PETITIONS BE REFERRED TO THE ~~TORNEY.FOR ~HE NEi~SSA~Y RESOLUTION, AND T& THE PLANNING CO~MISSION FOR 'CONSIDERA- AT THEIR APRIL FIRST MEETING. MOTION CARRIED. , . 10 PETITION TO CHANGE THE PRESENT PARKING METER TIME FROM 36 TO 45 MINUTES IN THE AREA ON 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN ALDER AND KINCAID STREETS, WITH SIGNATURES OF 16 MERCHANTS WAS SUBMITTED. . ,IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE PETITION BE REFERRED TO THE CITY MANAGER AND FINANCE COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER STUDY. MOTION CARRIED. II THE FOLLOWING IMPROVEMENT PETITIONS WERE SUBMITTED: I PAVING VAN BUREN STREET FROM 5TH AVENUE TO 6TH AVENUE - 67.18%. PAVING WALNUT STREET FROM FRANKLIN BOULEVARD TO FAIRMOUNT BOULEVARD - 41.66%. PAVING 22ND AVENUE FROM WASHINGTON TO JEFFERSON STREET - 75%. PAVING ALLEY BETWEEN PATTERSON AND HILYARD AND 12TH AND 13TH AVENUE 69.96%. PAVING EAST 26TH FROM OAK TO PEARL STREET - 61.58%. IT ,WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY ALLEN THAT THE PETITIONS BE REFERRED.TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. 12 COMMUNI'CA~ION FROM THE RECREATION COMMISSION - RE: REZONING MCKy PROPERTY WAS SUB~ MITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: e "I'T HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE' EUGENE RECREATION COMMISSION THAT THE'RE'IS , . . . ~ . . . . A POSSIBILITY OF REZONING THE PROPERTY KNOWN AS THE MCKy PROP~RTY'ON THE RI~ER 'FRONT EAST OF SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK TO INDUSTRIAL USE. II AT IT'S LAST SOARD MEETING THE MATTER WAS DISCUSSED AT LENGTH,AND THE BO~RD WAS UNANI~OUSLy'6pPOSED TO SUCH REZONING. AMONG OTHtR ~EASONS ADVANCED WERE THESE: WE ARE ANXIOUS TO PRESERVE THE PARK VALUES OF SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK FROM POSSIBLE FUTURE ENCROACHMENT BY INDUSTRY OR FROM ANY NUISANCES THAT MAY ARISE THROUGH THEM~ REZONING HAS BEEN CONSISTE~tLY OPPOSED BY T~IS COMMISSION CONSISTING OF SOME 100 MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS WHICH WERE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ORIGINAL PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT OF WASHINGTON PARK, UNIVERSITY PARK, FAIRMOUNT PARK AND GRANT PARK, AND WHO HAVE GIVEN MUCH TIME AND STUDY TO THE PARK AND RECREATION PROBLEMS OF EUGENE. I IT IS OPPOSED BY THE GATEWAYS ASSOCIATION WHICH HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN DELIVER- ING TO THE CITY SOME $75,000 WORTH OF PROPERTY FOR PARK PURPOSES WHICH PROPERTY WOULD PROBABLY NOT OTHERWISE HAVE BEEN OBTAINABLE. IT IS OPPOSED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION WHICH HAS CONSISTENTLY ATTEMPTED TO PROMOTE ORDERLY PLANNING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND'WHICH WAS APPOINTED FOR THAT PURPOSE. . , e ~