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115~ e - - .- -------- - - - - ------ -- - - - ~--- --._-- - ------- ~ ~, ----- - -- ----- --~- - -- - --._------ - I: -------..--- ----- 11 :, I " IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION or THE COMMITTEE THAT THE JOB or PAVING THE ALLEY BETWEEN PEARL STREET AND HIGH STREET rROM 6TH AVENUE TO THE ALLEY BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH AVENUE BE AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDER, FRED STUBBERT AT $1,133.04 rOR A COST or I, $3.70 PER rRONT rOOT. I , I: IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION or THE COMMITTEE THAT THE BIDS ON THE ALLEY BETWEEN 22ND AND 23RD rROM ALDER TO KINCAID STREET AND THE SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE or . 23RD AVENUE BE REJECTED NOT rOR THE REASON THAT THE BIDS ARE UNSATlsrACTORY, BUT BECAUSE THE SITUATION HAS CHANGED. I' II FURTHER RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG EAST 23RD AVENUE BE :' I NOTlrlED THAT THE SIDEWALK PROJECT WILL BE DErERRED UNTIL 1955, BUT AT THAT TIME , I IT WILL BE INSTALLED TO THE PROPER GRADE, AND NOT TO THE EXISTING GRADE. i ! 2. C.B. 1715 - REZONING BOTH SIDES or 6TH AND 7TH AVENUE BETWEEN TYLER & TAYLOR ! STREET ~ THE SUBJECT or THIS REZONING WAS DISCUSSED WITH THE MEMBERS or THE PLANNING I e COMMISSION IN DETAIL. As A RESULT or THE DISCUSSION IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION or THE I COMMITTEE THAT COUNCIL BILL 1715 BE GIVEN 2ND READING AND THAT A HEARING BE ADVERTISED I !I rOR JUNE 28TH AT WHICH TIME THE COUNCIL BILL BE CONSIDERED rOR rlNAL PASSAGE. tt i IT WAS MOVED BY KOPPE, SECONDED BY BOOTH THAT THE REPORT or THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. .MOTION CARRI ED. , , I 15 A REPORT Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE HELD ON JUNE 14TH - RE: BETHEL WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: ': " , "PRESENT: ACTING MAYOR CRUMBAKER; COUNCILMEN BOOTH, GODLOVE, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER, " !: WATSON, CONE AND OWEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER; CITY RECORDER; MR. ELDON JOHNSON, 'I PRESIDENT Of THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION, AND MEMBERS FOSTER, BURRIS, HAMLIN AND HOWARD BUfORD. MR. JAQUES or THE REGISTER-GUARD ALSO ATTENDED THE MEETING; AND RAY BOALS AND NORMAN JOHNSON Of THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD. , I , I " IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROPOSAL AT ITS MEETING ON JUNE 9TH, THE PUBLIC WORKS , COMMITTEE MET ON JUNE 14TH fOR THE PURPOSE Of CONSIDERING A REQUEST BEING PREPARED I fOR ANNEXATION or AN AREA OUT WEST 11TH AVENUE AND TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSED ACTION . Of BETHEL RESIDENTS TO rORM A SEPARATE INCORPORATED CITY. THE COMMI TlEE, OTHER . MEMBERS or THE COUNCIL AND fOUR MEMBERS Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND MR. BUfORD, AND MR. BOALS AND NORMAN JOHNSON or THE EUGENE WATER BOARD MADE A fAMILIARIZATION ': TOUR Of THE AREAS IN QUESTION AND ASSEMBLED AT A NOON LUNCHEON TO DISCUSS THE SUBJECT :, IN MOR~ DETAIL AND IN THE LIGHT or OTHER INfORMATION THE COMMITTEE HAD IN ITS 'I POSSESSION. THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED ITS fiELD TRIP INrORMALLY AT THE LUNCHEON AND ALSO CON- SIDERED INfORMATION fURNISHED BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ENGINEER WITH RESPECT i I TO THE TWO AREAS. THE MEETI'NG WAS THEN ADJOURNED TO THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT THE CITY HALL. THE SAME PERSONS WERE IN ATTENDANCE AT THIS MEETING WITH ~HE EXCEPTION Of MRS. BURRIS AND MEMBERS or THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD. MR. BUEHLER, ONE Of THE I RESIDENTS Of THE BETHEL AREA ATTENDED A PART or THIS MEETING. AfTER A RE-STATEMENT Of THE PROBLEM BY ACTING MAYOR CRUMBAKER, INDIVIDUAL I, REACTIONS WERE HEARD fROM MEMBERS Of THE COMMI!TEE, OTHER COUNCILMEN PRESENT AND " MEMBERS or THE PLANNING COMMISSION. II " I . THE GROUP WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH ~ S~ATEMENT THAT IT WOULD NOT BE fOR ~H~ BEST i 1 INTERESTS Of THE CITY, THE BETHEL AREA AND THE REST or THE METROPOLITAN AREA fOR' I j: I, BETHEL RESIDENTS TO INCORPORATE AS A SEPARATE CITY AND ALTHOUGH IT POSES SOME SERIOUS e I, PROBLEMS TO EUGENE THAT THE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS, IMMEDIATE AND LONG RANGE, Of WEST 11TH AREA AND THE BETHEL AREAS WOULD BEST BE rOUND IN EffECTING AN ANNEXATION TO THE CITY Of EUGENE. SOME or THE MAIN ARGUMENTS fAVORING THE STATEMENT WERE: A. A SINGLE GOVERNMENT fOR THE PHYSICAL COMMUNITY WOULD BE MORE ErrlCIENT AND ECONOMICAL. i I B. THE DRAINAGE PATTERN Of THE WHOLE AREA AND ITS fRINGES DICTATES THE NECESSITY I THAT THE AREA BE SERVED BY ONE GOVERNMENTAL UNIT. FINANCING Of PUBLIC WORKS rOR ~RE AREA WOULD BE LESS DlfrlCULT AND LESS COSTLY. 1 C. I I D. .THE CURRENT INVESTMENTS Of THE CITY Of EUGENE IN ITS SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, i I THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD IN ITS rACILITIES AND THE fUTURE PLANS Of I BOTH CONTEMPLATE SERVICE TO THE BETHEL AREA AND OTHER AREAS THROUGH THE BETHEL ! i AREA. I I ! 1 " e Ii I' ~