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~ 418 e . OUT THAT TRUCKS WOULD BE PROHIBITED FROM SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK AND THAT ALL TRAFFIC WOULD BE I REGULATED TO 15 MILES PER HOUR AND THAT THESE RESTRICTIONS WOULD BE ENFORCED FOR THE PRO- TECTION OF ADULTS AND CHILDREN USING THIS PARK FOR THE SUMMER SEASON. I 4. I T WAS REPORTED THAT THE n NANCES WERE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, SHOWING A BALANCE CARRIED - FORWARD AS OF JUNE 30, 1953 OF 107,083.85. I 5. THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT HE HAD CONTACTED MR. ROBERT'COATES'RELATIVE TO ELIMINATING BERKELEY PARK ADDITION. MR. COATES ADVISED . . P' .... .... THE BARN I N THE THAT HE HAD eEC~Iv.&D COMMITMENTS AND ARRANGED FINANCING TO COMPLETE THE REMAINING TWENTY HOMES IN THE BERKELEY PARK ADDITION AND THAT CONSTRUCTION WOULD START WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR TEN DAYS. 6. THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THAT HE HAD TALKED TO SENATOR GUY CORDON IN CONNECTION WITH THE $245,000 AMAZON APPROPRIATION AND HAD BEEN ADVISED THAT THIS WAS NOW IN THE CIVIL FUNCTIONS BILL AND WOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE ~OINT CONFERENCE OF THE SE NA TE A,ND HOUSE. 7. ON THE ANNEXATION OF SUNNY HOLLOW, IT WAS NOTED THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE WERE I N THE ARMY I AND THA,T SOME ., .. . 'I PROPERTY HAD EXCHANGED OWNERS AND IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT POSSIBLY A REGULAR e ANNEXATION ELECTION SHOULD BE AUTHORIZED FOR THIS AREA. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER STUDY. I 8. THE COMPILATION AND INDEXING OF THE NEW CITY CHARTER WAS NOTED AS A VERY FINE PIECE OF II WORK BY THE CITY RECORDER'S OFFICE IN EFFECTING A MORE COMPLE TE BASIC TOOL FOR MUNICIPAL Ii Ii OPERATIONS. ,[ I TWAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE I I RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. II REPORTS OF COMMITTEES , II 6 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RE~ REQUESTS OF C. R. REES; WI LLAMETTE VALLEY II LUMBER OPERATOR'S ASSOCIATION; AND REPLACEMENT OF ALDER STREET BRIDGE ACROSS MILLRACE WAS SUB- 'I MI TTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I I i "A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON JUNE 29, 1953 WITH THE i FOLLOWING PRESENT: CRUMBAKER, GODLOVE, KOPPE AND SIEGENTHALER; AND CITY MANAGER. II II Ii I . THE REQUEST OF MR. C. R. REES TO ESTABLISH A HOBBY SHOP IN THE BUILDING PREVIOUSLY il USED AS A GROCERY STORE ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 17TH AND CHARNEL TON WAS REVIEWEO. .~ IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNDER DATE OF JUNE 15, 1953 HAD RECOMMENDED II THAT THIS USE BE GRANTED, AND THE CITY MANAGER ADVISED THAT OFFICIALS OF SCHOOL DISTRICT Ii #4 HAD, STATE D THEY WOULD RATHER SEE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HOBBY SHOP THAN THE RE- il " ESTABLISHMENT OF THE GROCERY STORE WHICH HAS OCCUPIED THIS CORNER FOR MANY YEARS AS A, Ii NON-CONFORMING USE. I TWAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL GRANT A VARIANCE TO MR. REES TO USE THIS II BUILDING AS A HOBBY SHOP IN ACCORDANCE WITH MIS REQUEST. II Ii 2. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE REQUEST OF THE WI LLAMETTE VALLEY LUMBER OPERATOR'S Ii I ASSOCIATION TO CONSTRUCT A TWO STORY OFFICE BUILDING AT 1243 PEARL STREE T. IT WAS il NOTED THAT THIS LOT IS NOW OCCUPIED BY A RESIDENCE BUILDING I N THE R-4 ZONE AND CON- STITUTES AN AREA OF 6:,020 SQUARE FEET WITH A FRONTAGE OF 42 FEET ON PEARL STREET AND II 160 FEET DEEP. THEIR PROPOSED BUILDING WOULD OCCUpy 1,632 SQUARE FEET, AFFORD PROPER 'I I' 's E T B A C K L I N E S AND A PARKING AREA OF 4,494 SQUARE FEET TO PROVIDE PARKING SPACES FOR A I[ MINIMUM OF TWENTY CARS. 11 'I IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BE FURTHER ,STUD I ED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRESENT \I RECOMMENDATIONS RELATIVE TO THE C-3P ZONE FOR THIS AREA. II - :1 3. THE CITY M,t.NAGER BROUGHT uP THE QUESTION OF REPLACING THE ALDER STREET BRIDGE ACROSS :1 THE MILL RACE. THIS BRIDGE HAS BECOME VERY UNSAFE AS THE UNDER-PINNING AND GENERAL :i STRUCTURE IS ENTIRELY NOT REPAIRABLE. !I I, IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT A FIFTEEN FOOT MULTI-PLATE ARCH BE :1 INSTALLED AT AN ESTIMATED COST OF $3,000.00. THIS MULTI-PLATE ARCH WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED II FROM MATERIALS SAVED FROM AMAZON CREEK BRIDGE NECESSITATING AN ADDITIONAL COST FOR STEEL I OF APPROXIMATELY $450.00. IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZE d Ii THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS BRIDGE AS OUTLINED ABOVE WITH MONIES TO ~E EXPENDED F"ROM THE II STREET, BR.I DGE AND DRAINAGE F"UND. THE 'CI TY MANAGER ADVISED THAT FURTHER STUDIES WERE BEING MADE TO UTILIZE PRESENT CONCRETE ABUTMENTS AND WOODEN BEAMS I N AN ENDEAVOR TO SAVE :1 II THE MULTI-ARCH F"OR AMAZON CREEK. " t' IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REQUEST OF" C. R. REES BE GRANTED. I MOTION CARRIED. I , I I 'I I Ii e " I I' ~ I Ii , 'I