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,)q9'~ <00c e - - ,--- - - - ---- ~-~-- I I. PETITION TO OPEN 26TH AVENUE BETWEEN PORTLAND AND WILLAMETTE STREET - THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE AREA Of THE PROPOSED STREET OPENING,AND CONCLUDED THAT TO OPEN THIS STREET WOULD REQUIRE REMOVAL Of THE KORE BUILDING AS WELL AS ANOTHER STRUCTURE WHICH MIGHT COST $20,000 TO $25,000. THE COMM1TTEE RECOGNIZES THAT IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE TO OPEN THE STREET BUT THAT IT IS:'NOT fEASIBLE AT THIS TIME.' IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE CITY CLEAR Off THE RI"GHT-Of-WAY ON PORTLAND STREET fROM 25TH AVENUE ON SOUTH AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE AS A PASSAGE INTO THIS AREA. THIS WOULD ONLY INVOLVE A TEMPORARY SURfACE JO PERMIT USE Of THE RIGHT-Of-WAY. I' 2. WAS NEW fAR PETITION fOR CHANGE IN POLICY fOR ASSESSING COST Of ARTERIAL STREETS - THIS SUBJECT AG~IN DISCUSSED IN SOME DETAIL BY THE COMMITTEE AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES. No EVIDENCE OR MATERIAL Of ANY CONSEQUENCE WAS SUBMITTED WHICH CHANGED THE SITUATION AS AS THE COMMITTEE WAS CONCERNED. e IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE THAT NO CHANGE BE MADE IN THE PRESENT POLICY Of ASSESSING COST Of ARTERIAL STREETS AND THAT THE COUNCIL PROCEED WITH THE PASSAGE OF COUNCIL BILL No. 1822, LEVY1NG ASSESSMENTS fOR THE COST Of 18TH AVENUE WEST." I T WAS MOVED BY ,MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH THAT I TEM No. I Of THE REPORT BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. I AfTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION Of ITEM NO.2 BY CITIZENS AND COUNCILMEN ALIKE, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE THAT ITEM NO.2 PERTAINING TO CHANGE IN POLICY ON ASSESSING COST Of ARTERIALS BE ADOPTED. A ROLLCALL VOTE RESULTED IN FIVE VOTES IN FAVOR AND TWO AGAINST. THOSE VOTING AGAINST WERE COUNCILMEN OWEN AND HARTMAN. 8 A JOINT MEETING,Of THE CITY COUNCIL, PLANNING COMMISSION AND SCHOOL BOARD - RE: PROPOSED PLAN Of THE DEVELOPMENT Of THE LAND IN THE OLD AIRPARK AREA INTO SCHOOL AND PARK USE WAS SUB- MITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "PRESENT: CITY COUNCIL: COUNCILMEN BOOTH, KOPPE, WATSON, SHEARER, HARTMAN AND SHISLER; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR Of PARKS AND 'RECREATION AND CITY RECORDER. PLANNING COMMISSION: MR. ELDON JOHNSON, MRS. BURRIS, MESSRS. MACKINNON, BANKS AND BUfORD. SCHOOL BOARD: MR. CAMERON, MRS. COLBURN, MESSRS. VONDERHEIT, TEAGUE, BISHOP AND HINES. i , MR;'BoOTH, PRESIDENT Of THE COUNCIL PRESIDED IN THE ABSENCE Of THE MAYOR. HE OPENED THE MEETING WITH A STATEMENT THAT THE PURPOSE Of THE MEETING WAS TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED PLAN Of THE DEVELOPMENT Of tHE LAND IN THE OLD AI,RPARK AREA INTO SCHOOL AND PARK USE UNDER THE DIRECTION AND OPERATION OR SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.4 ANDTTHE CITY. HE ALSO STATED THAT IN THE EVENT THAT THE GENERAL PLAN MET WITH APPROVAL THAT DISCUSSION SHOULD BE GIVEN TO TERMS THAT COULD BE AGREED UPON fOR AN EXCHANGE Of PROPERTIES BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY. I AT THE CHAIRMAN'S REQUEST, MR. HOWARD BUfORD, PLANNING CONSULTANT, EXPLAINED IN SOME'DETAIL THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT POINTING OUT ITS'fEATURES ON A LARGE DRAWING Of THE PROPOSED PLAN. HE STATED IN HIS EXPLANATION THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB IN THE USE Of THE AIRPARK LAND AND THAT JOINT DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE BETTER fACILITIES WITH NO DUPLICATIONS AND AT A LOWER COST TO THE PUBLIC. MR. MATSLER, DIRECTOR Of PARKS AND RECREATION ADDED TO THIS COMMENT BY POINTING OUT THE CITY ADMINISTRATION'S IDEAS ON THE DEVELOPMENT AND THAT ANY PROBLEMS Of JOINT OPERATION AND USE COULD BE RESOLVED BY AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.'4 AND THE CITY. BOTH MR. CAMERON, CHAIRMAN Of THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD AND MR. HINES, SUPERINTENDENT, ASSURED THAT PROBLEMS Of JOINT OPERATION ~OULD BE WORKED OUT AN~ THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE fULL COOPERATION IN SUCH A PLAN. e THE DISPOSITION Of TH~ OLD LINCOLN SCHOOL SITE ON MONROE STREET WAS ALSO DISCUSSED IN SOME DETAIL. THE NEED FOR THE CITY TO DEVELOP IT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD RECREATION AREA WAS POINTED OUT BY MR. MATSLER. THE INTEREST OF THE U. S. ARMY IN:RENTING THE SCHOOL BUILDING fOR SCHOOL PURPOSES FOR THE ARMY RESERVE PROGRAM WAS ALSO DISCUSSED. PROPERTY APPRAISALS Of THE AREAS IN QUESTION WERE CALLED TO THE ATTENTioN Of THOSE PRESENT AS WELL AS INfORMAL ESTIMATES Of UNIT VALUES MADE BY OTHER PERSONS. THE VALUE GENERALLY ESTABLISHED AND WHrCH APPEARED TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO THOSE PRESENT WAS $2,000 PER ACRE fOR THE AIRPARK LAND AND $16,500 fOR THE LINCOLN SCHOOL SITE. THE MATTER Of REfERRING THE WHOLE PR080SAL TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION fOR APPROVAL PRIOR TO ACTION BY EITHER THE COUNCIL OR THE SCHOOL BOARD WAS BROUGHT UP. MR. ELDON JOHNSONi PRESIDENT Of THE COMMISSION, AfTER AN INfORMAL POLLING Of MEMBERS, INDICATED THAT THOSE PRESENT WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PROJECT AS PROPOSED AND THAT PERHAPS fORMAL APPROVAL COULD COME LATER. I AfTER fURTHER DISCUSSION IT WAS MOVED BY COUNCILMAN SHEARER AND DULY SECONDED THAT A RECOMMENDATION BE MADE TO THE COUNCIL THAT APPROVAL BE GIVEN TO THE GENERAL PLAN fOR DEVELOPMENT Of THE AREA AND THAT AN EXCHANGE Of PROPERTY BE MADE WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT NO.4 ON THE BASIS Of '$2,000 PER ACRE FOR AIRPARK PROPERTY, AND $16,500 fOR THE LINCOLN SCHOOL SITE. MOTION CARRIED. e ~