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e I e I . I e I e 101-' ----:-:-- --=-","7_ -~-- I I 12 13 ~ - ~_.__u_ _ ~ r I I I I ApPLICANTS OWN'LoTS 5 AND.6 IN BLOCK 30, AND SAID LOT 6 ADJOINS SAID TWENTY- FOURTH S~REET ON THE NORTH. ApPLICANTS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING,A HOUSE ON THE EAST END OF SAID LOT 6, AND PLAN TO MOVE INTO SAID HOUSE .NOT LAT~R THAN JUNE I, 1954. ApPLICANTS HAVE PLANNED TO CONSTRUCT A DWELLING HOUSE ON THE WEST FIFTY FEET OF SAID LOT 5 AND 6, AND THEY PLAN TO CONSTRUCT ANOTHER DWELLING HOUSE ON THE EAST 100 FEET OF SAID LOT 5. IT WILL NOT BE TO. THE ADV~NTAGE OF THE PUBLIC, TO PERMIT TWENTY-FOURTH STREET TO BE ANY WIDER THAN IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY AT THE POINT WHERE IT REACHES THE ALLEY. IT WILL DEFINITELY BE TO THE ADVANTAGE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IF A TRIANGLE IS TAKEN OFr OF THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 4 OF THE H. H. PETERS ADDITION TO EUGENE, WHICH SAID LOT 4 IS WEST OF THE ALLEY AND ADJOINS TWENTY-FOURTH STREET ON THE NORTH AND . . .. . ADJOINS SAID ALLEY ON THE WEST. ApPLICANTS OWN THEIR HOME WHICH IS LOCATED ON LOT I, AND AS SHOWN BY EXHIBIT A, THE GARAGE AND DRIVEWAY TO THE GARAGE AR~~N LOT I, THE NORTH END OF THE PAVED DRIVEWAY COINCIDING WITH THE NORTH LINE OF LOT I. ApPLIVANTS ARE DESIROUS OF OBTAINING FROM THE,CITY OF EUGENE A DEED CONVEYING TO THE APPLICANTS ALL THE RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST OF THE CITY OF EUGENE IN AND TO ,THt ABOVE DESCRIBED TRIANGULAR PIECE, EXCEPT THAT PORTION THEREOF WHICH IS IN THE PRESENT TRAVELED WAY AS IT CROSSES THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT I AND BEING THAT POR- , , TION WHICH IS ~ORTHERLY AND WESTERLY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED RED LINE. A SUBSTANTIAL HEDGE, AS SHOWN UPON THE PLAT, RUNS ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT I. A CON- VEYANCE BY THE CITY OF EUGENE TO THE ApPLICANTS WILL NOT, IN ANY WAY, IMPAIR THE FACILITY FOR TRAVELING ALONG TWENTY-FOURTH. STREET TO THE ALLEY AND, THENCE, AROUND LOT I INTO THE ALLEY, AND, THENCE, WESTERLY ALONG A STREET WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET WIDE. ApPLICANTS ARE WIL~ING TO PAY TO LAN~ COUNTY AND THE CITY OF EUGENE A REASONABLE SUM FOR ALL THAT PORTION OF SAID TRIANGLE WHICH IS NOW NOT ACTUALLY USED FOR STREET PURPOSES, AS INDICATED BY THE AFORESAID RED LINE EXTENDING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF LOT I I N BLOCK 36." , THE COMMUNICATION WAS RfFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AND THE CITY ATTORNEY ON ORDER OF THE MAYOR. COMMUNICATION FROM THE GATEWAY ASSOCIATION RE: LANDSCAPING APPROACHES TO FERRY STREET BRIDG~ - PURCHASE AND DEEDING OF PROPERTY WAS SUBMITTED AND. READ AS FOLLOWS: "AT THE TIME THE NEW FERRY STREET BRIDGE WAS HEARING COMPLETION THE CITIZENS OF EUGENE WERE I ~TER~~TED: IN LANDSCAPI NG I TS' APPROACHES AND MAKI NG THAT AREA A BEAUTIFUL GATEWAY INTO THE CITY OF EUGENE. LANE COUNTY WAS ALSO MOVING ITS SHOPS FROM THAT AREA AND OFFERED TO DONATE THE SHOP-SITE TO THE CITY fOR PARK PURPOSES PROVIDED. SINCE THE CITY DID NOT AT THAT TIME HAVE fUNDS TO BUY THE ADJOINING LOTS"THE GATEWAY ASSOCIATION AGREED WITH MR. KiNG, THEN CITY MANAGER, TO MAKE THE PUR~HASE AND DEED THE PROPERTY TO THE CITY WITH THE, UNDERSTANDING THAT THE MONEY WOULD B~ PAID BACK LATER. THE CITY HAS HAD POSSESSION Of THIS PROPERTY SINCE THE PURCHASE DATE. THE GATEWAY ASSOCIATION WOULD LIKE TO BE REIMBURSED AT AN EARLY DATE THIS PURCHASE MONEY. WHEN THAT IS DONE WE WILL BE READY AND WILLING TO PURCHASE THE ONE REMAINING PARCEL OF PRIVATELY OWNED LAND BETWEEN THE BRIDGE AND THE WATE~ BOARD PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE Of THE HIGHWAY, OR TO UNDERTAKE THE IMPROVEMENT OE SOME Of THE PARK AREA NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THE CITY. KINDLY PRESENT THIS MATTER TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE." THE COMMUNICATION WAS REfERRED TO THE HEALTH AND RECREATI~N AND FINA~CE COMMITTEES ON ORDER Of THE MAYOR. COMMUNICATION AND RESOLUTION fROM THE PARKING STUDY COMMITTEE - RE: SETTING MONEY ASIDE IN BUDGET fOR PARKING PURPOSES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "ENCLOSED PLEASE fiND A RESOLUTION PASSED AT T~E MEETING Of THE PARKING STUDY COMMITTEE ON MAY 12, 1954. WE, REQUEST. YOUR CONSIDERATIO~ OF THIS RESOLUTION AND WE HOPE THAT ITWILL BE POSSIBLE fOR A GROUP fROM THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH YOU BEFORE FINAL ACTION IS TAKEN." IT WAS MOVED BY CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY OWEN THAT THE COMMUNICATION AND RESOLUTION BE REfERRED TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. COMMUNICATION FROM HAROLD W. POLLOCK - RE: VARIANCE REQUEST AT 467 W. 17TH AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: ......1