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64 e 15 A REPORT Of THE HEALTH AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON APRIL 21ST - RE: PURCHASE 'Of LOTS IN AMAZON PARK AREA; EXCHANGE 'OF PROPERTY IN AMAZON pARK AREA; VACATION Of STREETS AND ALLEYS IN AMAZON PARK AREA AND CONCESSIONS IN SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK WAS SUB- MITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: I "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN'BoOTH; WATSON, OwEN AND SiEGEN~HALER; CITY MANAGER; DIRECTOR Of THE BUREAU" OF PARKS AND RECREATION; AND THE CITY RtCORDER~ THE HEALTH AND RECREATION'COMMITTEE MET ON' WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21ST FOR THE PURPOSE OF, DIS- CUSSING VARIOUS MATTERS PERTAINING'TO PARK'DEVELOPMENT AND TO THE PARK AND RECREATION PROGRAM FOR THE SUMMER. THE ITEMS DISCUSSED AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS.OF THE COMMITTEE ARE AS FOLLOWS: I. PURCHASE OF'LOTS'IN' AMAZON PARK AREA -' IT WAS EXPLAINED BY-THE CITY MANAGER AND THE DIRECTOR Of PARKS AND RECREATION THAT, ACTING UNDER THE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY IS STILL NEGOTIATING FOR THE PURCHASE OF LOTS 16 AND 17 IN BLOCK 33 Of THE FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION. THE LAST WORD FROM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS THAT HE ,IS WILLING TO ACCEPT $550.00 FOR THESE TWO LOTS. IT ~AS EXPLAINED FURTHER THAT THE AMAZON CREEK PASSES THROUGH THE WEST-ONE~HALF OF THE TWO LOTS, 'AND fURTHER THAT THE FIGURE OF $275.00 FOR EACH OF THESE" 25' LOTS IS A HIGH'FIGURE CONSIDERING THE PRICES PAID fOR, SIMILAR LOTS IN THE AREA~ e AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT AN OFFER OF $550.00 BE MADE FOR THE PURCHASE OF THESE TWO LOTS, PROVIDED THAT THE OWNER FURNISH THE CITY WITH'TrTLE INSURANCE AT HIS EXPENSE. 2. EXCHANGE OF, PROPERTY IN THE AMAZON PARK AREA - IT WAS EXPLAINED BY THE.CITY MANAGER THAT AN EXCHANGE ARRANGEMENT HAD BEEN WORKED OUT WHICH WOULD ENABLE THE CITY TO SECURE LOTS 20, 21, AND 22'OF BLOCK 35 FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION. 'THESE LOTS ARE LOCATED AT THE CORNER Of 27TH AVENUE AND ALBANY STREET, WHICH' IS JUST 'ONE-HALF BLOCK WEST OF 27TH AND HILYARD STREET. THE ARRANGEMENT THAT HAS BEEN WORKED OUT IS-THAT THE CITY Of EUGENE TRADE FOUR 25 FOOT LOTS, WHICH ARE LOTS 4, 5, 6, AND 7 OF BLOCK 28 IN FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION FOR T~E LOTS 20, 21 AND 22 OF BLOCK 35, FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION. I fT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE HEALTH AND RECREATtON'COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE EXCHANGE OF PROPERTIES AS SET FORTH ABOVE. . 3.' VACATiON OF STREETS AND ALLEYS IN THE AMAZON PARK AREA -- A REQUEST WAS MADE BY THE CITY MANAGER fOR THE VACATION OF THE STREETS AND. ALLEYS IN THE AMAZON PARK AREA. THE AREA.IN QUESTION IS THE "AREA INCLUDING BLOCKS 29 THROUGH 36 INCLUSIVE, ALL IN FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION. IT WAS INDICATED THAT PLANS ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE GRADING AND DEVELOPMENT Of THIS AREA DURING' THE' 1954-55 CONSTRUCTION SEASON. THE STREETS AND ALLEYS TO BE VACATED ARE AS FOLLOWS: A. DOUGLAS AVENUE, PRESENTLY DESIGNATED AS E~ST 27TH AVENUE; FROM THE EAST MARGIN OF HIGH STREET TO THE WEST MARGIN Of' THE COUNTY ROAD, PRESENTLY DESIGNATED AS HILYARD STREET. B. ALBANY STREET FROM THE NORTH LINE Or. THE FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION TO THE SOUTH LINE Of THE FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION. I C. CORVALLIS STREET, PRESENTLY DESIGNATED AS PATTERSON STREET, FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION TO THE SOUTH LINE OF FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION. D. JUNCTION STREET, PRESENTLY DESIGNATED AS FERRY STREET, FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE FRASIER-HYLAND 'ADDITION TO THE SOUTH LINE OF FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION. E. OREGON CITY STREET, PRESENTLY DESIGNATED AS MILL StREET, FROM THE NORTH LINE OF FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION TO THE SOUTH LINE OF FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION. e F. THE ALLEYS TO BE VACATED ARE ALL OF THE NORTH-SOUTH ALLEYS LOCATED WITHIN THE FOLLOWING BLOCKS; THEY ARE BLOCKS 29i 30, 31j 32, 33, 34, 35, AND 36. ALL STREETS AND ALLEYS ARE WITHIN THE FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION. AFTER'DISCUSSION AND EXAMINATION Of THE MAP SHOWING THIS GENERAL LAYOUT, IT WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL P.ROCEED WiTH THE VACATION OF THESE STREETS AND ALLEYS OUTLINED ABOVE. 4. CONCESSIONS tN SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK - THE SUBJECT OF CONCESSIONS IN SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK WAS AGAIN BROUGHT UP BY THE CITY MANAGER AND'THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION. THE MATTER OF CONCESSIONS HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY REFERRED BACK TO THE CITY MANAGER'S OfFICE fOR A REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. I e ~