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L'1(' ~~ 1: .I, e '- I 5. SI DEWALK ON' WEST 51 DE 0'" 'UN I VERSI TY STREET rROM 22ND TOi 23RDAvENUE:S - TH rs PROJECT IS INITIATED BY THE: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE UPON REQUEST AND UNDER THE COUNCIL'S PROGRAM TO PROVIDE'SIOEWALKS;'ALiONG STREETS ADJACENT~TO A'ND IN,THE VICINITY OF'SCHOOLSAND'PLAY- GROUNDS ~ITHIN, THE CITY. IT WAS NOTED THAT A SIDEWALK ALREADY EX1$TS ON THE EAST SIDE OF' UNI VERSITY STREET BE'rWEEN 22NO AND 23RD~ IT. IS THEREF'ORE- THE RECOMMENDATLON OF" THE COMMI TT~E THAT THI S PROJECT f'OR- CONSTRUCTI NG THE' SI DEWALK 'ON' THE WEST SIDE- Of' 1.HE', STREET BE UNDERTAKEN AND THAT THE! NECESSARY ORDINANCE BE PASSED. ., 6. SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES Ori24TH AVENUE'BETWEEN HARRIS AND ALDER STREETS - SIDEWALKS ON THIS STREET WERE ALSO CONSIDERED BY THE COMMITTEE SINCE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STREET SERVING A'NEARBy'pARK AND ELEMENTARY~CHOOL AND THAT IN THE FUTURE IT WILL BE REQUIRED TO SERVE THE" eONGREGATI ONAL CHURCH WHI CH I S' TO ~ECONSTRUCTED AT, THE CORNER OF' ,24TH -',' AVENUE AND HARRIS~STREET. JT IS THE'RECOMMENDATION Of' THE COMMITTEE THA~ THIS PROJEct ALSO BE APPROVED F'OR CONSTRUCTION THIS SUMMER. ,.j, e 7. REQUEST BY THE'EUGENE HOTEL COMPANY TO DRILL A WELL IN THE PARKING STRIP NEAR THE ALLEY ON HIGH STREET BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH AVENUES - IT .WAS EX-PLAINED THAT THE EUGENE_-:: HOTEL COMPANY HAS REQU~STEDPERMisSION TO PRILL_ A WELL IN THE PARKING STRIP ON THE WEST S I DE Of' HI GH STREE-T BETWEE_N9TH, AND_, 10TH AVENUES, AND 'JUST NORTH Of' 'THE EAST;'WEST ALL'EY. AN EASE~ENT,HAD BEEN GRANTED TO THEM PREVIOUSLY rOR THE SINKING or A WELL IN. THE ALLEY NEAR THE HOTEL, ~UT THEY WERE NOT, SUCCESSF'UL, IN GETTING'THE' DESIRED QUANTITY Of' WATER. I THE PROPOSAL W~S DISCUSSED AND I NSPECTED ON THE' 51 TE', AND I TI S THE RECOMME'NDATION OF' THE COMMITTEE THAT THE HOTEL BE GRANTED AN EASEMENT f'OR THIS SECOND WELL IN A MANNER AN~ UNDER THE-TERMS APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. 8. IMPROVEMENT or 33RD AVENUE BETWEEN CLIf'F'ORD AND HILYARD STREETS - THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE INSPECTED THIS STREET WHICH IS PRESENTLY UNIMPROVED AND NOTED THAT 33RD AVENUE DJVIDES INro TWO UNIMPROVED STREETS, ONt ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DRAINAGE'DITCH BETWEEN' CLIFFORD AND HILYARD STREETS. IT WAS EXPLAINED BY,THE CITY; MANAGER AND THE CITY, ENGLNEER THAT THE PLAN IS TO LAY TILE IN THE DRAINAGE DITCH AND TO LAY 33RD AVENUE OUT AS ONE STREET IN PR9LONGATI ON,' GF' THE' PRESENTLY IMPROVED 33RD AVENUE. I TWAS EXPLAI NED F'URTHER THAT. THI S WOULD I NVQLVE THE CONSTRUCTION ,OF' A CQNCRETE BR'I DGE; ACROSS THE AMAZON TO REPLACE, A WOOD BRIDGE WHICH IS'PRESENTLY'IN POOR,CONDITION.' ,- - '-I' - .. '--I ~ . IT I.'THE RECO~MENDATION or 'THE PUBLIC ~ORKS COMMITTEE'THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE EXTENSION or 33R~"AVENUE AS ONE STREET AND THE-'NSTALLATION or STORM SEWER TILE AND1A CONCRETE BRIDGE AT 33RD AVENUE AND THE AMAZON. , I 9. WI DTHor 23RD AVENUE BETWEEN, JEF'F'ERSON. AND MON,ROE STREETS - THE_ PUBLI C: WORKS_, ", COMMITTEE ALSO INSPECTED 23RD AVENUE BETWEEN JEF'f'ERSON AND MONROE 'STREETS. IT WAS NorED THAT 23RD AVENUE AT_THIS LOCATION IS AN UNIMPROVED STREET AND IT;WAS ~XPLA1NED:BY THE CITY ENGINEER THAT THE STREET AT THIS LOCATION HAS NOT BEEN DEDICATED' AS A PUBLIC STREET, BEING NOW,IN PRIVATE ~WNERSHIP.,IT-WAS SUGGESTED-THAT THIS STREET BE APPROVED fOR A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF' WAY RATHER THAN A 60 F'OOr RIGHT Ofl"',WAY'SO,'THATcIT ~ILL_NOT'BE NECESSARY TO INCLUDE THE F'RONT YARDS OF' RESIDENCES Of' BOTH SIDES IN,THE_RIGHT OF' WAY. IT IS THE ,I SUGGESTION rURTHER THAT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO SECURE A DEDICATION F'ROM PRIVATE PROPERTY IF' THE STREET IS_MADE A 50 rOOT STREET RATHER.THAN'A: 60 F'OOT STREET~ ~ .-. " IT IS'THE RECOMMENDATION or THE COMMITTEE THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE,THE'WIDTH Of 50 F'EET 'F'OR THE-' RIGHT, Of' ',WAY OF, 2~RD - AVE NUE . BPWEE N JEF'F'ERSON ,AND MONROE STREETS."" 1 ~ . -, '1 ,. ,. . .. '4 .,,-. , ,~: ':.) IT WAS ,MOVED ,BY MR.-KOPPE, 'SECONDED-BY MR~ ,BOOTH-THAT THE REPORT OF'THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. ,- , e IN CONNECTION WITH ITEM NUMBER 2 OF' THE,PUBtlC WORKS COMMITTEE REPORT IT WAS, MOYED BY MR.KoP~E, SECONDED, BY MR. WATSON THAT THE CITY;MANAGER BE GIVEN AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE 'THE BEST LOCATION OF' THE SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE OF' ~INCOLN-STREET BETWEEN 23RD AND 24TH AVENUES. MOTIGN CARRIED. , 7 A REPORT OF' THE HEAtTH AND RECREAT! ON COMMI TYEE MEETI NG HELD APRI L 4, 1955 - RE: ,DEVELOP- MENT OF' OLD:lINCOLN SCHOOL SITE; AND ACQUrSITIGN OF"PRIVATE'PROPERTY~ADJACENT TO'SKINNER'S' BUTTE PARK WAS.SUBMtTTED.AND.READAS fOLL~WS: "-, "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN OWEN, SHEARER AND HARTMAN; CITY MANAGER; DIRECTOR OF' PARKS AND,RECREATION; AND-CITY RECORDER. -'-, '" :,n_;_ "', THERE .WERE TWO I TEMS PRESENTED TO THE HEALTH AND RECREATl:ON ,COMMI TTEE:-AT THE MEETI NG ON APRtL'4TH.J'THE fiRST OF' THESE'CONCERNED THE DEVELOPMENT Of',THE OLDLINCOLN:SCHOOL: StTE:ON'MoNROE STREET FOR-A PARK AND:RECREAT~ON)AREA,)AND:THE SECOND PERTAINED TO ACQUISI- TION OF'Ai'PIECE or PRIVATE PROP.ERTY ON THE EASTERN' EDGE-rOF::SKI'NNER_',S BUl'TE PARK. I . . - . I., DEVELOP.MENT Of.OLD LINCOLN SCHOOL'SITE.- THE MEMBERS O~'THE COMMITTEE SPENT ABOUT AN HOURS TIME INSPECTING THE OLD LINCOLN SCHOOL SITE WITH RESPECT TO HOW THE PROPERTY MIGHT BE DEVELOPED AND USED'WHE~ 1T IS ACQUIRED BY THe,EITY'Of'EUGENEi THE TENTATIVE7PLAN, AS PREPARED BY MR. MATSLER, WAS STUDIED ON THE SITE. CONSIDERED AND DISCUSSED ALSO DURING THIS INSPECTION OF' THE PROPERTY WAS THE REQUEST OF' THE ARMY ORGANIZED RESERVE CORP, OREGON MILITARY DISTRICT, PROPOSAL TO LEASE THE OLD SCHOOL BUILDING, PLUS SOME PARKING AREA AND STORAGE. ~. -, :' '1 '.~': e ~