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-",,~ - lQQ~ au e -- Ii . . - .- - ---- T...... ---- - ~~ --- -----_._- --- I il ,.... Ii COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Ii EUGENE, OREGON. I' I! AUGUST 10, I, 1954 I' I: I! " i ~ I' THE ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 7:30 P.M. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E. " " JOHNSON WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER, " " I: WATSON, AND CONE. COUNCILMEN BOOTH, GODLOVE AND OWEN WERE ABSENT. , :1 i: I " THE MAYOR OPENED THE MEETING BY STATING THAT IT WAS BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF :i DISCUSSING THE ARTERIAL STREET SYSTEM TO SERVE THE RIVER ROAD AREA AND TO DISCUSS SPECIFI- CALLY THE REPORT OF THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT ON THE FEASIBILITY OF A RAILROAD OVER- CROSSING AT WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON STREETS. e THE SITUATION WAS OUTLINED IN MORE DETAIL BY MR. LEE KIES, THE CITY TRAFFIC ENGINEER. HE POINTED OUT WHAT APPEARED TO HIM TO BE THE ADVANTAGE OF A PERMANENT ROAD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM INVOLVING A DIKE ROAD ALONG THE RIVER AND A CROSSING OF THE RAILROAD AT WASHINGTON AND,JEFFERSON STREETS NOT INVOLVING AN OVERHEAD STRUCTURE. THE SUBJECT WAS DISCUSSED ALSO BY CERTAIN RESIDENTS OF THE RIVER ROAD AREA WHO I FAVORED SOME TYPE OF OVERHEAD STRUCTURE AND WHO FELT THAT THE ONLY ANSWER TO THEIR PROBLEM WAS AN OVERHEAD CROSSING. BOTH THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE RIVER ROAD REPRESENTATIVES WERE IN AGREEMENT THAT WIDENING AND I MPROVEMENT OF 1ST AVENUE AND RAILROAD BOULEVARD SHOULD NOT BE UNDERTAKEN, BUT THAT A PERMANENT CONNECTION SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED TO A DIKE ROAD TO SERVE THE RIVER ROAD AREA. AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION IT WAS MOVED BY DR. CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY MR. SIEGENTHALER I THAT THE COUNCIL GO ON RECORD AS BEING WILLING TO ACTIVELY SUPPORT A BONO ISSUE TO FINANCE THE CITY'S PROPORTIONATE SHARE OF A RAILROAD OVERHEAD STRUCTURE OR STRUCTURES AT WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON STREETS AND A PERMANENT ACCESS TO RIVER ROAD BY WAY OF A DIKE ROAD ALONG THE RIVER. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTED AYE. MR. BOOTH, MR. GODLOVE AND MR. OWEN WERE ABSENT. . UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED TO AUGUST 23, 1954. I , RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, I I I ~~ ROBERT A. FINLAYSON, !; CITY MANAGER. " Ii I . . e - " - I I e ~ j -- - ~ _._.__..._~-----