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<br />Fo.l.LOWING THI S: A~TI ON, TWO COMMUNI CATI ONS' WERE READ' SUPP.ORTI NG, THE CI v'lc 'CENTER PLAN'~
<br />THEY'WEREF'ROM THE: EUGENE, CENTRAL LABOR COUNCIL AND THE E,UGENERECREAnON COMMISSION. ANOTHER
<br />COMMUNICATION F'ROM tHE WOMAN'S SOCIETY OF' CHRISTIAN SERVICE OF' THE FIRST METHODI'ST-CHURCHWAS
<br />READ. I T POI NTEO:-OUT THAT THE PARK BLOCK F'ORA LI BRARY 51 TE WAS; I NITS OPI NI ON, UNSATI SF'AC- '
<br />TORY BECAUSE ~r THE:~~TURE OF' SOME' BUSINESSES AND ACTIVIT1ES IR AND AROUND THE PARK AND ENCOUR-
<br />AGED THESECU'RI NG OF' A SITE' ELSEWHERE. '
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<br />7 A REPORT 9F'THE PUBLIC WORKS CO~MITTEE MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 24, 1955 ~ RE:' R. ,E.
<br />LAF'F'ER~Y & SON~ REQUEST f0R A WAIVER; CONSIDERATION OF' LA~REL HILL DRIVE'ANNEXATIONJ CONSID-
<br />ERi~ION OF' iSTH AVENUE ASSESSMENT AND SIEGENTHALER RE~ORT; 18TH AVENUE P~OPOSED STRE:E:~DE:bICA-
<br />TIONJ AND MADSEN RE~UEST TO BUILD TWO HOMES IN PLACE OF', A DUPLEX WAS'SUBM'ITTED AND READ AS
<br />F'OLLOWS:
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<br />"PRESENT: COUNCILMEN KOPPE, BOOTH AND GODLOVE; CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER; AND
<br />CI TY RECORDER. ALSO PRESENT WERE MESSRS. R. E..LAF'F'ERTY, E. F. JUDKl NS, STEWART' ',i
<br />McLAUGHLI N AND TOM JAQUES. A SPEC I AL CI TI ZEN '5 COMMI TTEE WAS REPRESENTED AT THE MEETI N,Q,
<br />BY MESSRS. HENRY HOWARD, HAROLD WOODS, RAY SIEGENTHALER, JOHN MCGINTY AND MARK WESTLING.
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<br />,THE PU~LIC WORKS, COMMITTEE OF' THE COUNCIL MEr ON FEBRUARY 24TH TQ GIVE CONSIDERATION
<br />TO F'IVE MATTERS WHICH HAD BEEN REF'ERREDTO IT F'OR STUDY AND A RECOMMENDATION.
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<br />I. REQUEST F'OR WAIVER OF' SET BACK BY R. E. LAFF'ERTY & SONS, 340 WASHINGTON STREET~
<br />THIS REQUEST HAS BEEN UNDER STUDY BY THE COMMITTEE AND THE CITY MANAGER'S OrF'ICE F'OR A
<br />NUMBER OF' WEEKS. IT IS A REQUEST F'OR A WAIVER OF' THE SEVEN F'OOT SET BACK ON THE EAST
<br />,SIDE OF' JEF'rERSON STR~ET BETWEEN '3RD AND 4TH AVENUES opeOSITE- THE PROPERTY OF' R~ E.
<br />LAF'F'ERTY & SONS. THE PURP0SE OF' THE WAIVER IS TO PERMIT THE CONSTRUCTION OF' AN ADDI-'
<br />TION TO THEIR WAREHOUSE BUILDING AND TO THE PROPERTY LINE.
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<br />T~E-PROPOSED P~OJECT OF R~ E. LAF'F'ERTY & SONS HAS BEEN CLEARED BY THE CITY MANAGER
<br />AND MR~ LAF'F'ERTY WITH THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, AND APPEARS TO"MEETWITH THEIR,
<br />APPROVAL WITH RESPECT TO THE PLANNING FOR THE OVERHEAD STRUCTURE TO SERVE THE RIVER ROAD
<br />AREA.
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<br />IT-liS-THE RECOMMENDATION or-THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNcrL APPROVE THE
<br />REQUEST'F'OR WAIVER ,or T~E SEVEN,F'OOT SET BACK ON-JEF'F'ERSON STREET.
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<br />2.~ PETITION F'OR ANNEXATION OF' LAUREL HILL. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THE PETITION F'OR
<br />ANNEXATION OF' THE LAUREL HILL DRIVE AR~A 'TO THE CI,TY OF' EUGENE. THE AREA IN QUESTION IS
<br />A 52.58 ACRE TRACT EAST OF' AUQUSTASTREET AND SOUTH OF' HIGHWAY 99. THE PETITION IS
<br />SIGNED BY ELEVEN PERSONS LIVING IN THE AREA, WHICH THE COMMITTEE WAS ASSURED IS THE
<br />MAJORITY OF' THE RESIDENTS AND LEGAL VOTERS IN THE AREA PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION. THE
<br />COMMI'TTEE HEARD MR. STEWART McLAUGHLIN WHO APPEARED TO BE THE ONLY' RESIDENT OF' THE AREA
<br />WHO OBJECTS TO THE ANNEXATION. HIS OBJECTION WAS MAINLY THAT THE ANNEXATION MOVE WAS
<br />TO BENEF'IT THE SUBDIVIDER WHO DESIRED TO DEVELOP BUILDING SITES.
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<br />IT JS THE, FEELING OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS IS A REASONABLE ANNEXATION AND THAT
<br />THE WELF'ARE OF' THE PETITIONERS SHOULD BE,CONSIDERED, ESPECIALLY SINCE THEY HAVE MADE
<br />SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO BECOME ANNEXED TO THE CITY FOR THE PURPOSE OF' RECEIVING ALL CITY
<br />SERVI CES,. I,T IS THERErORE THERECOMMENDATI ON OF' THE COMMI TTEE THAT THE COUNC I LACCEPT
<br />THIS PETITION AND PASS THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES TO AUTHORIZE AN ANNEXATION ELECTION.
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<br />3. WEST 18TH AVENUE ASSESSMENT - tHE CO~MITTEE MET WITH THE SPECIAL CITIZEN'S ~OMMITTEE
<br />APPOINTED BY WEST SIDE RESIDENTS AND GAVE DISCUSSION TO THE SIEGENTHALER REPORT 'AS WELL
<br />AS TO THE PROBLEM OF' ASSESSING FOR THE COST OF' THE WEST 18TH AVENUE PAVING. THE .SPECIAL
<br />CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE POINTED OUT THEIR OBJECTIVES, AND INDICATED THAT THEY HAD F'ULL
<br />AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE COU~CIL ON THE PROPOSED ASSESSMENT.
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<br />IT WAS THE F'EELING OF' THE COMMITTEE THAT PERHAPS A SMALLER AND MORE REPRESENTATIVE
<br />COMMITTEE SHOULD BE APPOINTED TO STUDY THIS PROBLEM, AND THERE~ORE RECOMMENDS THAT THE
<br />COUNCIL AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO APPOINT A COMMITTEE Of' CERTAIN MEMBERS OF' THE CITY COUNCIL,
<br />THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND LAY CITIZENS TO STUDY THE PROBLEM OF' STREET ASSESSMENTS AND
<br />REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
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<br />4., DEDICATION OF PROPERTY F'OR STREET ~IGHT OF'~AY - IT WAS EXPLAINED 70 THE COMMITTEE
<br />BY THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY THAT SEVERAL PROPERTIES PURCHASED F'ORSTREET '"
<br />RIGHT OF WAY F'OR THE OPENING or 18TH AVENUE WEST HAD NOT HERETOF'ORE BEEN F'ORMALLY DEDI-
<br />CATED FOR -,STREET'-PVRPOSES., ,I T WAS EXPLA'I NED 'FURTHER THAT_THESE 'PI ECES OF'-PROPERTY -HAD
<br />BEEN SPEClrlCALLY SECURED F'OR THE OPENING OF' WEST 18TH, BUT :NOT WI.THSTANDING THIS, THAT
<br />IT WOULD BE BETTER PRACTICE TO FORMALLY DEDICATE THIS PROPER TV rOR STREET PURPOSES SO
<br />THAT IT BECGMES A MATTER OF' PUBLIC RECORD.
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<br />IT IS THEREF'ORE THE RECOMMENDATION or THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL GIVE APPROVAL
<br />TO THIS TO,THIS PROCEDURE AND PASS THE NECE,SARY ORDINANCE TO INITIATE THED~DICAT10N.
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