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rs'66 e 2. PETITION fOR CURB SIDEWALK - WEST SIDE Of PORTLAND STREET BETWEEN 25TH AND,26TH I AVENUES. THI S REQUEST fOR~A f.1 VE-fOOT CURB SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SI DE Of PORTLAND 'I STREET BETWEEN 25TH AND 26TH AVENUES WAS ALSO CONSIDERED, AND THE SITE WAS VIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE PETITION WAS SIGNED BY 100% Of THE OWNERSHIP ON THE WEST SIDE OF PORTLAND STREET, AND IT WAS OBSERVED THAT THE RESIDENCES ALONG THIS STREET WERE CONSTRUCT~D QUI TE CLOSE TO THE RI GHT-Of-WAY LI NE Of THE STREET. I TIS ;1 THE. RECOMMENDATI ON Of THE COMMI TTEE THAT. T~E PROPOSED PROJECT BE APPROVED. II 3. REQUEST fOR EXTENSION Of A SANITARY SEWER IN THE FIRST ADDITION TO WILLIS HEIGHTS. Ii CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN TO A REQUEST BY DEVELOPERS fOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of A SANITARY I' SEWER IN THE FIRST ADDITION TO WILLIS HEIG~TS. THIS SEWER WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN Ii DONNA COURT AND THE EAST LINE OF THE FIRST ADDITION TO WiLLIS HEIGHTS fROM THE ALLEY NORTH Of 34TH PLACE TO THE SOUTH LINE Of THE FIRST ADDITION TO WILLIS HEIGHTS. THE PROPOSAL IS THAT THE PROJECT BE UNDERTAKEN UNDER WAIVERS fROM 100% Of THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP, WAIVING THE REGULAR PROCEDURE Of CALLI~G FOR BIDS AND SO fORTH. IT IS THE I RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMI TTEE THAT THE PROJECT BE APPROVED. 'I 4. PET I TI ON fOR THE PAVI NG OF ALLEYS RUNNI NG NOR.TH AND SOUTH AND EAST AND WEST BETWEEN I: a 7TH AND 8TH AVENUES, AND PEARL AND HIGH. STREETS - THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED'THIS PETITION, I! ., AND NOTED THAT 87.81% Of THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP WAS REPRESENTED ON THE PETITION. IT I NOTED ALSO THE COMMERCIAL NATURE OF THEPRQPERTY TO BE SERVED. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE PROJECT BE GIVEN APPROVAL. I I I. 5. OffER Of MR. ROBERT FAIRCHILD TO PURCHASE LOT I I, BLOCK 25, FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION I I fROM THE CITY - THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THIS LOT AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER Of 27TH AND WILLA- i I METTE,~AND GAVE CONSIDERATI?N TO THE OFfER. .IT IS. THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE ~ THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE fOR THE SALE Of THIS PROPERTY ON THE :1 ~ I BASI S Of TAXES, THE OR\ GIIIIAL I NVESTMENT IN ACQUI RI NG THE PROPERTY AND THE INVESTMENT 11 IN. STREE T AND SEWER I MPROVEMENT'S. Ii iI 6. REQUEST Of BROADWAY AND CHARNEL TON, INC. fOR RELOCATION Of A PORTION Of THE EAST/ II . II WEST ALLEY BETWEEN OLIVE AND CHARNEL TON STREETS, AND 8TH AND 9TH AVENUES. - THE SITE Of I THIS PROPOSED RELOCATION WAS VIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE, AND GIVEN THOROUGH CONSIDERATION. Ii AfTER A fULL DISCUSSION Of THE REQUEST, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE THAT ~I I THE REQUEST BE DENI ED. I TIS THE;cFEELI NG Of THE COMMI TTEE THAT THE JOG I N THE ALLEY , II CAUSED BY THI S RELOCATION I S THE OBJECTI ONA~LE . fEATURE Of THE PROJECT. THE BUI LDI NGS ,: ON THE EAST SIDE Of THE BLOCK AR~ BUILT UP TO THE ALLEY LINE, AND 'IT IS THE fEELING Of ,i THE COMMITTEE THAT IT WOULD BE DiffICULT fOR LARGE TRUCKS TO NEGOTIATE THE ALLEY WITH li- THE JOG I NIT. IN ADDI TI ON, I TWAS CONSIDERED GENERALLY I NADVI SABLE TO PROVI DE fOR il '!" OffSETS I N ALLEYS Of THE CI TY ESPEC.! ALLY I N THE DOWNTOWN AREA. I: I, 7. REQUEST Of CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY fOR EXTENSION Of AREA UNDER fRANCHISE ORDINANCE Ii No. 5571. - THE REQUEST PRESENTED BY THE CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY WAS fOR AN EXTENSION II Of THE AREA,NOW COVERED UNDER fRANCHISE ORDINANCE No. 5571, WHICH IS THE AREA BOUN~ED II BY 6TH AND 11TH AVENUES ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH, AND BY PEARL AND CHARNELTON STREETS ON I: THE EAST AND WEST, TO INCLUDE ALSO THE AREA BOUNDED ON THE NORTH' AND SOUTH BY 6TH AND Ii II TH AVENUES AND ON THE EAST AND WEST BY P;ARL AND FERRY STREETS. THE OBJECT Of THI S !; EXTENSION IS MAINLY TO CONSTRUCT A LINE TO SERVE THE OPERATION.Of THE EUGENE FRUIT I' GROWERS ASSOCIATION. THE REQUEST WAS DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE, AND IT IS THE 'Ii I RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMI TTEE THAT THE: EXTENSION Of THE AREA BE ~PPROVED, AND THAT ,I THE CI TY MANAGER BE I NSTRUCTED TO DRAFT AN ORDI NANCE- TO AMEND THE fRANCHI SE ORDI NA.NCE :; No. 5571 TO EffECT THI S CHANGE. Ii 8. RESOLUTION OF THE SPRINGfIELD UTILITY BOARD REGARDING THE APPOINTMENT OF A CITIZEN1S Ii ADVISORY COMMITTEE - THE RESOLUTION FROM THE SPRINGFIELD UTILITY BOARD WAS REVIEWED BY i; THE'COMMITTEE ALONG WITH THE ACCO~PANYING LETTER fROM ~R. WILLIAM S. FORT, THE ATTORNEY;; FOR THE SPRINGFIELD UTILITY BOARD. THE SUGGESTION OF THE SPRINGFIELD UTILITY BOARD WAS /; ... GIVEN fULL DISCUSSION, AND IT IS THE fEELING Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMM!TTEE THAT NO USE- II ,., fUL PURPOSE CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE APPOINTMENT Of A CITIZEN1S COMM!TTEE AS SU~GESTED. ii THE COMMON COUNCI L CANNOT DELEGATE ANY Of ITS AUTHORI TY TO SUCH A COMMI TTEE, AND THEREfORE, Ii THE COMMITTEE COULD NOT ACT IN ANY WAY TO BIND THE COUNCIL. THEN, TOO, SUCH A COMMITTEE II WOULD HAVE TO REVI EW ALL Of THE fACTS AND SECURE THE I NfORMATI ON WHI CH THE COUNCI L NOW HAS I: IN ITS POSSESSION, AND IT WOULD BE NE.CESSARY fOR SUCH.A COMMITTEE TO SECURE TECHNICAL Ii ADVICE ON THE SUBJECT. IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULD BE NECESSARY f.OR THE CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE :i TO SECURE I TS I NfORMATI ON FROM THE CI TY COUNC I L, AND/OR THE ENGI NEERS EMPLOYED BY THE Ii CI TY OF EUGENE. I TIS, THEREfORE, THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMI TTEE THAT THE Ci TY OF Ii SPRINGfiELD UTILITY BOARD BE INfORMED THAT IT IS TH~ fEELING Of THE COUNCIL THAT NO ii' USEfUL PURPQSE CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE APPOINTMENT Of A CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE. . i I 9. ADJUSTMENT Of RIGHT-Of-WAY ON CHAMBERS STREET BETWEEN 16TH AND 17TH AVENUES - THE Ii CI TY ENGI NEER EXPLAI NED TO THE COMMI TTEE THAT THE COUNTY RECORDS ON THE OPENI NG Of :! CHAMBERS STREET ARE NOT CLEAR AS TO THE LOCATION Of THE RIGHT-Of-WAY. HE INDICATED THAT Ii HIS OFf I CE HAS MADE A SURVEY, AND HAS WORKED OUT AN ARRANGEMENT WI TH MR. SCOTT, THE OWNER I: I Of CERTAI N PROPERTY I NVOLVED I N THE RI GHT-OF-WAY, WHI CH WI LL CLEAR UP THE MATTER. THE II PROPOSAL I S THAT MR'. SCOTT WOULD DEED THE CI TY Of EUGENE PLOTS No. I AND No.2 ON THE :i ATTACHED MAP, AND THAT THE CI TY WOULD DEED MR. SCOTT PLOT NO.3. Ji Ii !: i: 'I Ii !i e ~ II