09/12/1955 Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

~ r=r-r\ V~(j e -- ~._-- .- " - -- . ---- -- - - - -~ ---- ..----.- -~---- --~ ----" ---- ,------ - - - - -- ------ - ~---~---_.. -- ----- -- -- - ~-~ - ---~- -- '. -- - - - - ' - ---~ --_.---- - ----- -- -- - - - -- ~ . "." ." - .- ~. ~ - - '- - - -- -_::..- -- - -- . ---- n ___ -~---- - - -- ---- -- - -,+ - -- - . - -~------- -- ----- - ---'-- ~ Ii THISME~tIN~ WA$-HEL6-TO DISCUSS i~E PRoposi6 LOCAtION OF ~ LIBRAR~ BUILDING. ) I COMMENTS ON:THEPROPO~ED ~I~ES WERE MADE: BY SOME OF THE: I NTERESTEDCI'TI ZENS 'PRESENT. Ii CONSIDERABLE"DlscussioN BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE LIBRARY BOARD ON THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY FOR A LIBRARY SITE AND THE POTENTIAL A~EA I~ WHICH A LIBRARY M1GHT ~ I il BE LOCATED, AND OTHER FACTORS ENTERING INTO A LIBRARY LOCATION WAS HAD THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE MEETING. Ii I T WAS GENERALLY'AGRE'ED BY THE COUNCI L AND THE LI S'RARY BOARD THAT THE CRI-TERI A FOR A I I, LIBRARY LOCATION SHOULD (NCLUDE: I' ,I II :' (A) CENTR'AL 'LOCATf'ON ~ EQUALLY ACCESS I BLE FR'OM ALL P'ARTS or THECI TY BY PEDESTRI AN I, i! I TRAFFI C, BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND BY AUTOMOBILE. Ii 'I " ' " (B) PROX i MI TY' TOCtNJE'R OF BUS" NESS- AND SHOPPI NG 'AREA ''.. TH I S TO ENABLE PEOPLE TO ! ,. i! I COMBIN'E THEIR LIBRARY STOPS WITH OTHER SHOPPING ERRANDS. " I ,I Ii (c) fRONTAGE ON MAIN THOROUGHFARE - THAT A LOCATION SHOULD BE ON A THOROUGHfARE' I: I: CARRYING THE MOST LOCAL TRAFFIC BETWEEN SHOPPING AND RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS ~ I e WITH DAY AND NIGHT PEDESTRIAN TRAFrIC. I !I " THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ON THE ADVISABILITY OF LOOKING rOR AN ADDITIONAL , SI TE FOR THE UI BRA'RY WEST 01: WI-LLAMETTE STREET BttWEEN WI LLAMETtE AND CHARNEL TON S-TREETS, , , PREFERABLY ON 'BROADWAY. " I T 'WAS THE BELl Er OF SOME MEMBtRS or,THE COUNCI'L AND II BRARY BOARD THAT THIS WAS THE AREA IN WHICH BUSINESS WAS MOVIN~ AND '~HA~IN A REASONABL~' NUMBER OF YEARS THE LIBRARY WOULD BE MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THIS AREA THAN IT WOULD BE AT ITS I PRESENT LOCATION AT 'II'TH .AVENUE AND WJ LLAMETTE STREET OR" AT THE PROPOSED" 'LOCATION I N THE PARK BLOCKS. - - , " - fOLLOWING THIS ,lENGTHY DISCUSSION, UPON 'MOTI ON MADE BY MR. SHI SUR, SECONDED BY' MR. " , STALSBERG, IT WAS DECIDeD THAT A VOTE: BE TAKEN AS TO WHETHER THE COUNCIL AND THE lIBRARY " " BOARD WERE READY TO VOTE UPON A RECOMMENDATfoN rOR A LI B'RARY SI TE. TH I S MOTl ON WAS " " CARRIED. .~ ' ' , .... - I UPON MOTION MADE BY MR., WARREN, SECONDED BY MR. SHISLER IT WAS RECOMMENDED !HAT THE i LIBRARY BE BU'ILT ON ITS' PRESENT LOCATION AT THE SOUTHE.AST CORNER OF 11TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET WI~.ADDiiIONAL PRO~ERTY TO BE PURCHASED TO THE EAST TO THE ALLEY. ROLLCALL VOTE. MonON :CARRIED WITH SEVEN AYE VOTES AND f'IVE NAY VOTES~ (fIVE LIBRARY BOARD MEMBERS VOTED AYE; TWO COUNCI~ MEMBERS VOTED AYE; FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS VOTED NAY.)" '. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON, SECOND~D BY MR. .HARTMAN THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMON CouNCIL AND THE E~GENE LI~RARy'BO~RD BE RE~EIVED AND PLACED ON rILE~ MOTION ~EFEATED. il I I i; I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHISLER, SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE REI?ORTOF THE COMMON COUNCIL AND'THE tiBRARyBOARD BE ADOPTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION DEFEATED. I .. , I TWAS MOVEI?' BY MR. 1 B'OOTH, SECONDED ~Y MR. W~TSON THAT THE PROPER CITy OFFICIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER INTO NEGOTI All ON WI TH THE LANE COUNTY COMMi SSI ONERS F'OR CTHE ACQU'I SI TI ON I or ONE OF THE PARK BLOCKS fOR A LIBRARY SITE. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION DEFEATED. ! - I II A REPORT OF THE HEALTH AND RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING HEL6 SEPTEMBE~'9, j955 -'RE: POLICY ON REPAIR or STORAGE BARN AT AMAZON PARK; CONSIDERATION OF R~MES FOR PARK LOCATED ON OLD [I NCOLN SCHOOL GROUNDS; ~ND STUDY OF SITEsrOR-PARK AREA WITHIN WARD Two WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: i "PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; COUNCILMEN OwEN, HARTMAN, GODLOVE, AND WATSON; SUPERINTENDENT OF' PARKS AND RECREATION; AND THE CITy,RECORDER. . e I . POLICY ON REPAIR or STORAGE BARN AT AMAZON PARK NEAR 29TH AVENUE AND HILYARD STREET - I THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE BARN AND DISCUSSED VARIOUS POSSIBILITIES FOR RELOCATION OF THE FACILITIES IT NOW AFrORDED TO THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CITy'DEPARTMENTS rOR STORAGE. IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION or THE COMMITTEE THAT AS A TEMPORARY MEASURE THE BARN BE' REPAIN~ED SO THAT IT WOULD PRESENT A MORE SIGHTLY APPEARANCE, AND THAT ITS USE AS A StORAGE , FACILITY BE ELIMINATED AS SOON AS OTHER SUITABLE QUARTERS COULD BE OBTAINED. II , ,I I 2. CONSIDERATION OF NAMES FOR THE PARK LOCATED IN THE O~D LINCOLN SCHOOL AREA - ArTER , DISCUSSION, IN WHICH IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT BASICALLY THE PARKS WITHIN THE CITY or EUGENE , WERE NAMED AFTER STREETS, IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS PARK AREA BE NAMED "MONROE 'PARK". " 3. STUDY Of' SITES FOR PARK AREA OR AREAS f'OR NEIGHBORHOOD PARK PURPOSES WITHIN WARD Two - IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION Of' THE COMMITTEE THAT THE PARK SUPERINTENOENT BE AUTHORIZED TO . . I ASC~RTAIN POSSIBLE LOCATIONS AND OBTAIN ESTIMATES OF POSSIBLE COSTS or A"PARK OR PARKS IN THE AREA CONTAINED IN WARD Two FOR POSSIBLE INCLUSION IN THE 1956-57 BUDGET." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. OWEN; SECONDED BY MR. BOOT~ THAT THE REPO~T OF THE HEA~TH 'AND RECREA- TION COMMITTEE BE ADOPTE6.' M6TION C~RRIED. e ...... i {I I " 4 !i