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r;...r.t.).~ .(: r ~o e I. REQUEST Of THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY FOR A' ~RANCHISE FOR AN ADDITIONAL TRACK CROSSING AT 5TH AND HIGH STREET - THE COMMITTEE GONSIDERED THIS REQUEST AT ITS MARCH 24TH MEETING, AND INSPECTED THE INTERSECTION AT 5TH AND HIGH STREET. FURTHER CONSIDER- ATI ON WAS WI THHELD AT THAT TI ME. I THE SUBJECT WAS AGAIN DISCUSSED AT THE MARCH 26TH MEETING AfTER ASSURANCE HAD BEEN GI VEN BY T,,!E SOUTHERN PAC I F I C COMPANY THAT THE fOR,M AND CONTENT Of TH,E fRANCHI SE PRO- POSED BY THE CITY WAS ACCEPTABLE. "",;'.' IT IS THEREfORE THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE, SINCE IT IS AN URGENT MATTER, THAT THE SOUTHERN PACI FI C COMPANY' BE. I S,SUED A REVOCABLE PERMI T TO CONSTRUCT T,HE TRACK ACROSS HIGH STREET PENDING JHE APPROVAL AND PASSAGE Of THE fRANCHISE ORDINANCE. 2. REQUEST Of MR. ANTON JENSEN FOR A VARIANCE FOR CONSTRUCTION AT 18TH AND HIGH STREETS - THIS REQUEST WAS ALSO CONSIDERED AND IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE THAT THE VARIANCE BE GRANTED." IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE fEPORT Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. e 8 A REPORT Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON APRIL 1ST - RE: REQUEST Of WARREN AND JULIA KORSTAD; REQUEST Of GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION; REQUESTS OF AEROLITE NEON COMPANY; REQUEST OF MARTIN BROT~ERS FOR SIGN VARIANCE; TRUNK SEWER TO SERVE RIVERVIEW AREA; SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTI?N ON EAST 23RD AVENUE; P.U.C. COMMUNICATION WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, GODLOVE, KOPPE AND SIEGENTHALER; CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER AND CITY RECORDER. THE PUBLI~ WORKS COMMITTEE MET ON THURSDAY, APRIL I, 1954 TO CONSIDER A NUMBER OF REQUESTS WHICH HAVE BEEN PLACED BEfORE THE COUNCIL, AND WHICH HAVE BEEN REfERRED BY THE COUNCIL TO THE COMMITTEE. THE SUBJECTS CONSIDERED AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ARE AS fOLLOWS: I . I. REQUEST Of WARREN M. & JULIA KORSTAD fOR ANNEXATION TO THE CITY - THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE REQUEST OF MR. & MRS. KORSTAD FOR ANNEXATION 'Of THEIR PROPERTY TO THE CITY OF EUGENE AND INSPECTED THEIR PROPERTY ~HICH IS LOCATED AT CREST DRIVE 'ND LINCOLN STREET. IT WAS NOTED THAT IT IS RATHER UNLIKELY THAT PERMANENT STREET IMPROVEMENTS OR SEWER IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE MADE FOR THIS PROPERTY FOR SOME TIME. '. AFTER ~URTHER DISCUSSION Of THE REQUEST, IT WAS THE COMMITTEE'S DECISION THAT IT RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL THAJ IT PROCEED WITH THE ANNEXATION PROCE~URE ON THIS PROPERTY. 2. REQUEST Of GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION FOR A VARIANCE fROM SIG~ REGULATIONS AT 24TH AND Ht!LYARD ST~EETS - THE COMMITTEE STUDIED THIS REQUeST AND ALSO VISITED THE LOCATION OF THE PROPOSED SIGN AT 24TH AND HILYARD STREET IN EUGENE. IN VIEW OF A LETTER fROM THE GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION DATED MARCH 30, 1954, WHICH AMENDS THE REQUEST, AND WHICH STATES THAT. THEIR PLANS COULD BE REVISED SO T~AT THE POLE AND THE SIGN WILL BE ON OR OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMI TTEE THAT THE VARI ANCE fROM THE PROVI SI ONS Of THE SI GN ORDI NANC-ES BE GRANTED, PROVIDED THE POLE AND SIGN WILL BE LOCATED pN OR OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY AS INDICATED. I 3. REQUEST OF AEROLITE NEON fOR A VARIANCE fOR A S1GN ON THE A. B. SCARLETT BUILDING AT 7TH AND WASHINGTON STREETS - THIS REQUEST WAS REVIEWED BY THE COMMITTEE AND THE DESIGNED LAYOUT WAS ALSO REVIEWED. AfTER OBSERVING THE LOCATION OF THE PRO- POSED SIG~ AND DISCUSSING THE PLAN FURTHER, IT IS THE RECOMMENDA!ION Of THE COMMITTEE THAT THE VARIANCE BE GRANTED fOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE SIGN AS PROPOSED. e . . 4. REQUEST Of MARTIN BROTHERS FOR A SIGN VARIANCE FOR THE TEXAN MOTEL AT 750 WEST 7TH AVENUE - THE LOCATION Of THIS PROPOSED SIGN INSTALLATION WAS ALSO INSPECTED BY THE COMMITTEE AND THE DESIGN fURNISHED WITH THE REQUEST W~S ALSO REVIEWED. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE VARIANCE BE GRANTED ON THIS SIGN CON- STRUCTION AS PROPOSED. 5. REQUEST OF'THE AEROLITE NEON COMPANY FOR A SIGN. VARIANCE fOR THE CAPISTRANO MOTEL, 586 WEST 6TH AVENUE - THE PLANS fOR THIS SIGN AND THE REQUE~T WERE ALSO STUDIED BY THE COMMITTEE, AND IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITT~E THAT THIS VARIANCE ALSO BE GRANTED. 6. TRUNK SEWER TO SERVE RIVERVIEW AREA - THE GENERAL PLAN Of CONSTRUCTION Of THE TRUNK SEWER TO SERVE THE RIVERVIEW AVENUE AREA WAS EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ENGINEER, AND THE ROUTE.Of THE PROPOSED LINE WAS POINTED OUT TO THE COMMITTEE ON ITS VISIT TO THE AREA. AfTER A DISCUSSION Of THE PROJECT ON THE SITE AND FURTHER DISCUSSION IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING WHICH fOLLOWED, IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF. THE COMMITTEE THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITy'ENGINEER ~UBMIT THEIR PROPOSED PLAN fOR THE RIVERVIEW AVENUE TRUNK,SEWER TO THE COUNCIL fOR ITS CONSI DERATI ON. I e ~