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'~ 329 e ~ U; 00 <1:. ~ ~ AFTER CONSIDERABLE STUDY, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS ORNAMENTAL LIGHTING PROJECT OF THE BUSINESS SECTION BE INITIATED THROUGH PETITION OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND BUSINESS PEOPLE DESIRING THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE'SAME MANNER AS ANY OTHER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT IS REQUESTED UNDER THE BANCROFT LAW AND UNDER SECTION 148A OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF EUGENE. IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT THE RELATED COSTS SHOULD BE ASSESSED AGAINST THE ABUTTING PROPERTY BENEFITrD BY THE IMPROVEMENT IN THE SAME MANNER AS A STREET ASSESSMENT WOULD BE ASSESSED UNDER THE BANCROFT LAW WITH THE CITY OF EUGENE PAYING tHE COST IN CONNECTION WITH ALLEY LIGHTS FOR SAFETY PURPOSES, AND THE CITY WOULD PAY FOR THEIR PROPORTIONATE AMOUNT FOR THE WIDTH OF EACH ALLEY WAY ABUTTING THE IMPROVEMENT. I e 2. THE REQUEST OF THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD TO INSTALL UNDERGROUND VAULTS FOR THEIR 12,000 VOLT NETWORK SYSTEM IN THE BUSINESS SECTION OF THE CITY WAS REVIEWED. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT PORTLAND, SEATTLE, SPOKANE AND BOISE HAVE INSTALLED SIMILAR VAULTS UNDER THE SIDEWALK AND THAT, AFTER CONSIDERABLE STUDY, THIS SEEMS THE MOST D~SIRABLE INSTALLATION 80R THE CITY OF EUGENE. MR. FRANCIS WHI TNEY, SYSTEM ENGINEER FOR THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD DESCRIBED THESE VAULTS A~ BEING OF REINFORCED CONCRETE NINE FEET DEEP, 18 FEET LONG AND ELEVEN FEET WIDE. THEY WOULD BE COVERED BY CONCRETE SLABS EXCEPT FOR A PORTION OF IRON GRrLL WORK FOR VENTI~ATING PURPOSES. I IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED tHAT PERMISSION SHOULD BE GRANTID THE EUGENE WATER & E(ECTRIC BOARD TO INSTAL{ THESE TRANSFORMERS IN UNDERGROUND VAULTS AS REQUESTED, PROVIDED THAT THEY WOULD NOT INTERFERE WITH EXISTING FOOTINGS OF PRESENT BUILDINGS, UTI LI TI ES OR GENE'RAL DRAl NAGE FACI LI TI ES. I T WAS AGREED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ABUTTING SUCH AN INSTALLATION SHOULD BE CONTACTED TO AVOID AS MUCH INCONVENIENCE AS POSSIBLE; THAT BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH THE INSTALLATION OF ANY PARTICULAR VAULT THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE SHOULD BE CONTACTED RELATIVE TO PRESENT UTILITY SYSTEMS AND THAT A REGULAR SIDEWALK PERMIT WOULD BE NECESSITATED THE SAME AS ANY OTHER UNDERGROUND INSTALLATION, AND THAT EACH ONDIVIDUAL INSTALLATION MUST HAVE THE ~PPROVAL OF THE CITY. IT WAS ALSO BROUGHT OUT THAT THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD SHOULD ASSUME COMPLETE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LIABILITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THESE INSTALLATIONS AND HOLD THE CITY HARMLESS IN CASE OF ANY ACCIDENTS OR TROUBLE ARISING FROM SAID INSTALLATIONS. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT BY MEMBERS OF THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD THAT THESE INSTALLATIONS SHOULD BE SAFER AND EFFECT A BETTER SERVICE TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAN THE PRESENT OVERHEAD TRANSFORMER LOCATIONS. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT FINAL APPROVAL BE WITHHELD UNTIL ATTORNEYS FOR THE WATER BOARD AND THE CITY OF EUGENE HAD PRESENTED A SATISFACTORY CONTRACT IN CONNECTION WITH THE WATER BOARD'S LIABILITY. .' '::,.- 3. THE COMMITTEE NOTED THE INSTALLATION OF A CURB SIDEWALK ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 23RD AND UNIVERSITY BY ROBERT CROSS. THE SIDEWALK WAS BEING INSTALLED AT THE CURB LINE FROM THE UNIVERSITY STREET INTERSECTION TO THE DRIVE~AY ABOUT MIDWAY OF' THE LOT, AND F.ROM THE DRIVEWAY ON EAST TO THE ALLEY; IT WAS BEING INSTALLED ON THE PROPERTY LINE, CONFORMING WITH THE SIDEWALK CONTINUING EAST TO THE EDISON SCHOOL. ALTHOUGH iT WAS AGREED BY MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS PARTICULAR INSTALLATION OF CURB SID8WALK SEEMED FEASIBLE AND NOT OBJECTIONABLE, IT WAS DiFFICULT TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL BECAUSE IT WASI INGONSISTENT WITH PRESENT POLICIES OF REQUIRING EITHER PROPERTY LINE SIDEW~~KS OR CURB SIDEWALKS CONSISTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE BLOCK. I 4. THE PETITION TO RtMOVE THE OLD BARN AT 1657 WILSON STREET IN BERKELEY PAR~ ADDITION WAS REVIEWED AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PRESCOTT CORPORATION BE GIVEN 30 DAYS IN WHICH TO STIPULATE WHETHER THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR HOUSING PROJECT IN THIS AREA THIS SUMMER OR WHETHER THEY WOULD MOVE THE BUILDING MATERIALS INSIDE IN ORDER TO ELIMINATE THE UNSIGHTLY BARN IN THIS AREA. e 5. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE APPLICATION OF JOHN A. TIFFANY' TO DRILL A WELL AT THE EAST END OF THE TIFFANY BUILDING ON PARK STREET APPROXIMATELY 25 FEET NORTH OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING. THE CAPACITY OF THIS WELL WOULD BE APPROXI- MATELY 60 GALLONS PER MI NUTE WI TH TH'E WATER TO BE USED FOR AI R CONDI TI ONI NG PURPOSES ABOUT TEN HOURS A DAY FOR THREE MONTHS IN THE SUMMER SEASON. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN TO DRILL THIS WELL WITH THE UNDER- STANDING THAT GENERAL SAFETY PROVISIONS BE COMPLIED WI TH AND THAT AN EQUITABLE PAYMENT WOULD BE MADE TO THE CITY OF EUGENE FOR SEWER SERVICE CHARGES IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORDINANCE No. 8610, WHICH STIPULATED THAT ANY SEWER USERS WHO ARE NOT 'CUSTOMERS OF THE C,TY'S PUBLIC UTILITY WOULD PAY SIMILAR AND JUST CHARGES AS THOSE BASED ON METERED WATER CONSUMPTION FROM THE WATER BOARD. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THERE ARE SEVEN OTHER KNOWN WELLS IN THE BUSINESS AREA WHICH SHOULD ALSO BE CHARGED FAIR AND EQUITABLE AMOUNTS FOR SEWER SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH WATER FROM THESE WELLS DURING THE SUMMER SEASON. I 6. IMPROVEMENT PETITIONS - THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE PETITION FOR PAVING TYLER STREET FROM 18TH TO 21ST AVENUE, CONTAINING 84.45% OF PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE EAST SIDE. ALL OF THE WEST SIDE IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF EUGENE AS AIRPARK PROPERTY. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THE COST OF IMPROVING THIS STREET WOULD AMOUNT TO BETWEEN $7,000 AND $8,000 TO THE CITY OF EUGENE AND UNDER THE PRESENT FINANCIAL PROGRAM, THERE WERE NO FUNDS AVAILABLE. THERE WAS ALSO A QUESTION AS TO F.H.A. FINANCING OF HOMES ADJACENT TO AN AIRPORT." e ~