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e 6'''7~ I f"" tt':' (',() ~ i>ooo-< <r e I . I e I tit 4 5 1 I REPORTS OF COMMITTEES A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RE: REQUEST OF LANE COOPERATIVE WAREHOUSE TO SUSPEND A STEAM. LINE ACROSS ALLEY BETWE4N 5TH AND 6TH AVENUE ~AS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F,OLLOWS :. I I i I i I I r I 11 i I i II I II I I >>A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON MARCH 31, 1952 WITH THE FOLLOWI NG PRESENT: COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, KOPPE AND SIEGENTHALER; AND CITY MANAGER. THE REQUEST OF THE LANE COOPERATI VE WAREHOUSE FOR PERMI SSI O,N TO SUSPEND.. A STEAM LINE ACROSS THE ALLEY BETWEEN 5TH AVENUE AND 6TH AVENUE FROM THE LANE COOPERATIVE WAREHOUSE TO THE EUGENE FARMERS CREAMERY WAS REVIEWED. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT PERMISSION BE GRANTED BY THE CI TY COUNCIL FOR THE LANE COOPERATIVE WAREHOUSE TO INSTALL A ONE INCH STEAM'LINE ACROSS THE ALLEY AS STIPULATED PROVIDED THAT IT WAS PROPERLY AND SAFELY SUSPENDED 20-FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL SO JHAT IT WOULD PRESENT NO HAZARD WHATSOEVER, AND ALSO THAT IT WOULD BE PROPERLY, INSULATED. THIS AUTHORITY WOULD BE UPON A TEMPORARY BASIS FOR NINE MONTHS ONLy.-It .' IT WAS MOVED BY GODLOVE, SECONDED BY SMITH THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. A REPORT OF THE STREET LIGHTI NG COMMITT~E - RE: MERCURY VAPOR LIGHTING FOR 6TH AND . , 7TH AVENUES THROUGH THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: " '. A MEETING OF THE STREET LIGHTI,NG COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON APRIL 7, 1952 WITH THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS PRESENT: CHAIRMAN WALTER BANKS, MRS. M. H. BURRIS, MR. ROBERT CROSS, MARVI N WARLI CK; MAYOR V. [.,JOHNSON; FORD NORTHRUP, MERLE BAILEY AND CI TY MANAGER, OREN KING. THE COUNCIL REVIEWE6 THE TYPE OF STREET LIGHT,ING INSTALLED ON FRANKLIN BOULEVARD CON,SISTI NG OF 21,000 LUMEN MERCURY VAPOR 1I GHTS MOUNTED UPON,30-FOOT POLES. I TWAS AGREED THAT THE PREVIOUS STUDY RESULTING IN THIS TYPE 'OF MODERN LIGHTI NG FOR ARTERIAL , , STREETS WITHIN THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS SATISFACTORY; THAT THE RESULTS ACCOMPLISHED ON FRA~KLIN BOULEVARD JUSTIFIED CONTINUED USE OF THE SAME TYPE OF EQUIPMENT AND SPECIFI- CATIONS FOR THE PACIFIC HIGHWAY THROUGH THE CITY OF EUGENE CONSTITUTING WEST 6TH AND WEST 7TH AVENUES FROM HIGH STREET TO THE WEST CITY LIMITS. I I I, 'I I, I I II II Ii ,I MERLE BAILEY PRES~NTED A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THIS TYPE,OF LIGHTING,PROJECT FOR WEST 6TH AND WEST 7TH AVENUE WHICH WOULD CONSIST OF A STAGGERED SYSTEM OF LIGHTS. UNDER ,THIS SYSTEM THERE WOULD BE TWO MERCURY VAPOR LIGHTS AT EACH INTERSECTION AND TWO STAGGERED WI THIN THE BLOCK.' IT ,WAS RECOMMENDED THAT WOODEN ~OLES AND OVERHEAD WIRING BE UTILIZED ON THIS PROJECT EXCEPT FOR THAT AREA BETWEEN PEARL AND CHARNELTON STREET , . IN THE MORE CONGES~ED BUSI NESS DISTRICT~ IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT IN THIS AREA BETWEEN PEARL AND CHARNELTON STREET, STEEL POLES BE UTILIZED WITH AN UNDERGROUND CABLE SYSTEM. THIS RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PREVIOUS STUDIES OF WESTI NGHOUSE ENGINEERS AND GENERAL ELECTRIC.ENGINEERS WHO RECOMMENDED STEEL ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING BETWEEN PEARL AND CHARNELTON AND 5TH AND 11TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET FROM 11TH TO 13TH AVE NUE. THE PROBLEM OF HEAVY TREE GROWTH AND LOW LIMBS ON WEST 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES WAS DISCUSSED. IT WAS RECOMMENDED T~AT FURTHER STUDY BE MAD~ TO ASCERTAIN IF THESE TREES COULD BE TRIMMED TO A HEIGHT SUFFICIENT TO INSURE UNHAMPERED DISTRIBUTION OF THE LIGHT UPON THE .STREET AS- WELL AS PROVI DE SAFETY FOR THE OVERHEAD WI RES. . IT 1 S HOPED THAT THIS CAN BE DONE WITHOUT MARRING THE BEAUTY OF THE TREES IN THIS AREA. i j I II :1 THE ABOVE PROJECT WOULD CONSI ST OF 162 WOODEN, POLES, AND 32 ORNAMENTAL STEEL POLES. THE WOODEN POLES WILL BE 30-FEET IN HEIGHT AND THE STEEL' POLES 32-FEET IN HEIGHT. PRELIMINARY ESTIMATED COSTS OF THE ENTIRE PROJECT UNDER THIS PLAN WERE SET AT $57,780 INCLUDING $15,117 FOR THE ORNAMENTAL STEEL POLES THROUGH THE BUSINESS SECTION. AVAIL- ABILITY OF MATER~ALS WAS DISCUSSED AND IT WAS STATED THAT THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD COULD PROBABLY PROCURE THE MATERIALS UNDER THEIR ALLOTMENT AUTHORIZATION. . , , FINANC!NG OF THE PROJECT WAS STUDIED WITH THE RECOM~ENDATION ,THAJ THIS ADDITIONAL CONTI NUE,D STREET LIGHTING; BE INSTALLED AND FINAN',CED BY THE EUGENE WATER,& ELECTRIC BOARD AND THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE AMORTIZE THE COSTS OVER A PERIOD OF 25 YEARS UNDER THE SAME PLAN AS WAS ADOPTED FOR FRANKLIN BOULEVARD STREET LIGHTING. I~ WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY MANAGER WRITE THE STATE,HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SEEKING THEIR COOPERATION IN CARRYING THIS LIGHTING PROJECT ON THE PACIFIC HIGHWAi FROM THE,WES! CITY LIMITS ACROSS THE OVERPASS TO THE FOUR CORNERS INTERSECTION TO FURTHER SAFEGUARD TRAFFIC HAZARDS IN THIS AREA DUE TO THE HEAVY TRAFFIC INVOLVED. ,I'T WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMI TTEE THAT THI S CONTI NUED LI GHTI NG PROGRAM BE PRESENTED TO THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE EUGEN~ CITY COUNCIL AND THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 9:30 P.M." IT WAS MOVED BY GODLOVE, SECONDED BY SMITH THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. Mo TI 0 N CAR R lED. ~