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5'49~ e , II I I AGAIN, I WISH TO REMIND YOU OF THE THIRD ANNUAL INSPECTION AND REVIEW OF THE 'I EUGENE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO BE HELD '\N MACARTHUR COURT AT 8:00 P.M. TOMORROW, DECEMBER 15, \953. 'AD)M 155 ION IS FREE I>ND THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND. DEPI>RTMENTAL OPERI>TIONS WERE GIVEN FOR THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER, 1953. " IT WI>S MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THA.T THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE I ~ ADOPTED. ' MOTION CI>RRIED. 1{J 00 REPORTS OF COMMITTEES -< :; p.....j ~ 5 A REPORT Of THE PUBLIC WORKS AND FINANCE COMM I TH E S - RE: BROWN & HANKE REQUEST; Sr. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH WAIVER OF SEWER ASSESSMENT; BARNARD OBJECTION TO ASSESSMENT; VARI A.NCE REQUEST Of ADRIAN W. VAALER; PETITION FOR PAVING ALLEY BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH FROM HILYARD TO I ALDER STREET; WAIVER Of SIGN REGULATIONS - FOLGEDALEN & MCCREADY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ I>S FOLLOWS: e "PRESENT WERE MI>YOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN. CRUMBI>KER, GODLOVE, KOPPE, SIEGENTHI>LER; CITY MANAGER; (I TY ATTORNEY; CITY ENGINEER; PLI>NNING CONSULTANT, HOWARD BUfORD; AND CITY RECORDER. " THE AND FINANCE 'I PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEES MET ON NOVEMBER 25, 1953 TO INVESTIGATE AND DISCUSS SEVERA.L MI>TTERS REfERRED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL. FIELD I~VESTIGATIONS WERE MADE ON A NUMBER Of THE MA.TTERS. THE SUBJECTS CONSIDERED AND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AS I fOLLOWS: I . BROWN AND HI>NKE REQUEST FOR ADJUSTMENT OF SEWER I>SSESSMENT AT 35'TH AND WI LLI>METTE - :1 THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION WAS VIEWED I>ND DISCUSSED ON THE GROUNDS WITH MESSRS. BROWN AND ': HANKE. IT WAS NOTED BY THE COMMI TTEE THAT THE I>SSESSMENT IN QUESTION WAS MADE ON APRIL I 3, 1953 AND THAT THE REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION OF A REDUCTION IF A STREET IS DEEDED IS DA TED NOVEMBER 23, 1953. r T IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THI>T THE REQUEST FOR A REDUCTION IN THE ASSESSMENT BE DENtED AND THAT THE ASSESSMENT STAND AT THE FIGURE A5 ORIGINALLY ASSESSED. Ii 2. REQUEST OF ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH fOR WAIVER OF SEWER ASSESSMENT ON ARCH DIOCESE I: II OF PORTLAND PROPERTY LOCATED AT SOUTH WILLAMETTE STREET AND CREST DRIVE - THE COMMI TTEES I VISITED THIS PROPERTY SI TE AND STUDIED THE REQUEST AND DISCUSSED IN THOROUGHLY. A LEGAL i OPINION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY PREPI>RED AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMI TTEE ON THE SUBJECT WAS 't., ALSO STUDIED. THE COMMITTEES CONCLUDE THAT THERE I S NO LEGI>L JUSTIFICATION fOR NOT I 1 MI>KING AN ASSESSMENT AGAINST THIS PROPERTY FOR ITS SHI>RE OF THE COST OF THE SEWER AND THEREFORE RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL THAT THE REQUEST BE DENIED I>ND THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED TO NOTIFY ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH Of THE DENIAL AND Of THE.-F AC TS WH I CH WERE BROUGH.T OUT I N THE COMMITTEE'S INVESTIGATION. 3. COMMUNICI>TION FROM MR. CHARLES N. BARNARD OBJECTING TO THE PAVING ASSESSMENT AT 22ND AVENUE AND ADAMS STREET. - THE COMPLAINT IN THIS CI>SE WAS BASED UPON THE CITY I NSTI>.LL I NG I>N INTERSECTION OPENING I>T 22ND I>ND ADAMS, WHEN ACTUALLY NO STREET EXI STED ON 22ND AVENUE BETWEEN FRIENDLY AND ADI>MS. DURING THE DISCUSSION Of THIS ASSESSMENT I TWAS NOTED THAT I THE CITY WI>S ASSESSED fOR PI>VING ON FRIENDLY STREET fOR I>REAS THAT WILL BE FUTURE INTER- SECTIONS. THIS OCCURRED I>LSO I>LONG MR. BARNI>RDIS PROPERTY, BUT bN FRIENDLY STREET. IT IS THE RECOMMENDI>TION OF THE COMMITTEE THA T THE MI>TTER OF RE-OPENING FRIENDLY STREET ASSESSMENT I>ND ADI>MS STREET I>SSESSMENT BE INVESTIGATED I>ND A DETERMINATION MADE I>S TO WHAT THE I>SSESSMENTS WOULD HI>VE BEEN ON THESE INTERSECTIONS HAD THEY BEEN ASSESSED TO P R. I V ATE PROPERTY. 4. REQUEST OF ADRII>N W. V AALER FOR A VARIANCE Of LAND USE AT 610 WEST 5TH AVENUE - MR. VA~LER'S REQUEST WI>S REVIEWED AND THE PROPERTY AT 610 WEST 5TH AVENUE I>ND THE SURROUNDING e PROPERTIES WERE VIEWED BY THE COMMI TTEES. THE RECOMMENDI>TION OF THE COMt~1 TTEE IS THAT THIS REQUEST BE REfERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ITS CONSIDERATION. 5. THE PETITION FOR PAVING THE ALLEY BETWEEN 12TH AND 13TH AVENUE FROM HILYARD TO ALDER STREET - THE COMMI THE CONSIDERED THIS REQUEST AND NOTED THAT THIS EAST/WEST.ALLEY WAS DEDICATED ONLY ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY FROM HILYARD STREET TO ALDER. IT ALSO NOTED THI>T THE PETITION WAS SIGNED BY PERSONS WHO REPRESENTED 84.12 PER CENT Of THE TOTAL FOOTAGE ALONG THE PROPOSED PROJECT. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEES THAT THE COUNCIL TAKE I>CTION TO IMPROVE THISI>LLEY BY PI>VING. 6. REQUEST OF K. K. FOLGEDALEN AND LYNN F. MCCREADY FOR WAIVER OF SIGN REGULATIONS FOR A SERVICE STI>TION I>T 18TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS STREET - THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE REQUEST I>ND THE DESIGN DRI>WINGS WHICH ACCOMPI>NIED IT. IT WI>S NOTED THAT THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION I IS ZONED AS C- 2, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND THAT THE ZONING ORDINANCE CLEI>RLY P.RESCRIBED THE TYPE OF SIGN THAT CI>N BE CONSTRUCTED I N THE C-2 DISTRICT. THE PERTI NENT I PART OF THE SIGN REGULATION IS AS FOLLOWS: I, ,I i II I e , "-- -- ~ - - - -