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<br /> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY MANAGER INFORM THE ARMY ENGINEERS THAT 14TH 1
<br /> AVENUE, OF NECESSITY, WILL BE PUT THROUGH EAST OF CHAMBERS STREET AT SOME F'UTURE TIME.
<br /> ALSO, 'THAT:THECI'ITY [W.OULD : RESERVE' '20 TFEET ON THE '~AST 'SI DE 'OF CHAMBERS STREET, SOUTH OF
<br /> 1:3THAvENUE, FOR: -r.UTURE 'WI DENI NG OF' CHAMBERS STREET AND THAT :THE REMAI NDER OF THE' PROPERTY
<br /> WOULD BE OFFERED TO :THE ,ARMY,_ BUT THAT THE PRI CE OF' THE' ,PROPERTY WOULD BE REDUCEDPROPOR-
<br /> TIONATELY'WITHA REDUCTION OF' THE ACREAGE. ..
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<br /> I TWAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE,' 'S~CONDED BY MR. OWEN, .THAT THE REPORTS OF'THE 'PUBLI:C WORKS
<br /> AND fiNANCE COMMITTEES 'BE "ADOPTED. MOTION CARRI-ED.
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<br />7 A REPORT OF THE JOI NT MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCI LAND LI BRARY BOARD' HELD NOVEMBER 7,
<br /> 1955 - RE: DISCUSSION OF' TWO PROPOSED SITES FOR THE LIBRARY BUILDING WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS
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<br /> "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN~BoOTH" KOPPE, WATSON, SHEARER, HARTMAN ,AND SHISLER; [IBRARY
<br /> BOARD MEMBERS WIIRREN, LEMON, STALSBERG, f".ORD, AND MACKINNON; CaTY MANAGER; CITY LIBRARIAN;
<br /> CITY RECORDER; MR. CLARE HAMLIN; MR. B. KING MARTIN; AND MR. DAN WYANT OF THE EUGENE e
<br /> REGI STER-GUARD.L, :-
<br /> THE MEETI,NG\ INVOLVED A 01 SCU5SION OF' TWO PROPOSED:, 5-1 TES FOR'THE'L'I BRARY BUI LDI'NG
<br /> WHI CH THE COUNCI L COMMI,TTE'E OF THE WHOLE HAD PREVI OUSLYDI SCUSSEDAS FOLLOWS:
<br /> I . THE PRESENT LOCATI ON AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF' II TH AVENUE AND WI LLAMETTE STREET -
<br /> COUNCILMAN KOPPE INDICATED THAT HE HAD MADE A PERSONAL INVESTIGATION OF' THE ADJACENT 1
<br /> AREA WHI CH' WOULD' 'H'AV,E 'TOBt' ACQUI;RED 'EAST ,OF',;'THE CURREin' LI BRAR,Y; ~S'I TE,- A'N'D' THAT Ht HAD
<br /> ATTEMPTED TO MAKE AN' APPRAI SAL 'OF', THE' LAND VALUES, ,SEVERANCE COSTS "HI eH I NCLUOE THE'
<br /> RELOCATION~F ?R~SENT TENANTS, AND OTHER POTENTrAL :COSTS 'TO :THE' CITY" AND 'THAT, I N HIS
<br /> BELIEF', THE ACQUISITION~OF' THIS PROPERTY WOULD REQUIRE AN APPROXIMATE TOTAL' OUTLAY OF'
<br /> $232,500.00.
<br /> 2., PROP.OSED LOCAT'lON ON'EASTBROADWAY, EAST OF THE LUMBERMEN'S BUILDING, AND ON EAST TO
<br /> THE ALLEY BETWEEN OAK AND PEARL STREETS - COUNCI:LMAN 'KOPPE, GAVE, AN ANALYSI S OF' THE
<br /> O~NERSHIPS OF THIS AREA, EXPLAINED SOME OF' THE PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT OC.CUR IN THE EVENT
<br /> : THIS SITE WERE ~PPROVED, ANAL~ZED ~HE SEVERANCE COST TO THE CURRENT TENANTS IN THE AREA,
<br /> AND STATED THAT, IN"ffIS OPINION, THE: APPROX'IMATE COST OF, ACQUI:SITI'ON WOULD 'BE $230,500.00.
<br /> MR. WA'RREN: MADE ,A COMPARI SON' OFTHE~ TWO' PROPOSED SI'TES AND',I NDI C'ATEOTHEI'R RELATIVE VALUE,S
<br /> : AS ,SEEN BY THE LIBRARY--80ARD.
<br /> fOLLOW,lNG THIS WAS A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF,'THE TWO AREAS IN QUESTI:ON AND THEIR
<br /> RELATI YE MER,I TS AS'LI BRARY LOCATI ONS. WITH RESPECT TO THE TYPE OF' STRUCTURE WHI CH COULD
<br /> BE BUILT ON THE SITES, THE CONVENIENCE OF' PARKING IN THE AREAS, THE FOOT TRAFFIC, VARIA-
<br /> TION OF'THE STAFFS WHICH MIGHT BE REQUIRED AT THE TWO SITES, ,THE FLOORARE,ASWHICH COULD
<br /> BE UTI'LIZED, AND :OTHERI PERTI NENTMATERI AL.' THE COMMITTEE ALSO CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY
<br /> OF', OBTAINING, URBAN RENEWAL, fUNDS FROM THE fEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR USE AT THE EAST BROADWAY
<br /> ,SITE, AND LIKEWI'SE DISCUSSED THE ,POSSIBILITY OF INCLUDING'TffE WHOLE:,ONE-F'OURTH BLOCK'
<br /> BETWEEN ,OAK STREEr'AND THE ALLEY EAST OF OAK STREET,' AND BETWEEN BROADWAY' AND SOUTH PARK
<br /> STREET IN SUCH A PROGRAM.
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<br /> THE LIBRARY BOARD INDICATED IN SUMMATION THAT THEY DID NOT UNALTERABLY, OPPOSE THIS
<br /> SITE, BUT DID QuESTION THE SIZE OF THE 'AREA, THE CONDITIONS' OF USABILITY OF THE SITE F'ROM
<br /> AN ASCETIC STANDPOINT, AND F'URTHER RESERVED THE QUESTiON OF AVAILABILITY OF PARKING AND
<br /> THE I NC I DENC'E OF, FOOT TRAF''' IC: :TO AND,' F'ROM THE AREA: F"OR FUTURE' D I S'CUSS I ON ~
<br /> THE COMBINED COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT A COST STUDY BE MADE OF ACQUIRING THE
<br /> LUMBERME'N'S BUILDfNG AT THE N~RTHEAST CORNER OF' BROADWAY', AND OAK, STREET, AND THE ROA(;H
<br /> AND MOON PROPERTIES E~ST OF' THE lUMBERMEN'~ BUILDING, AND FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT AN e
<br /> INVESTIGATION' BE MADE AS TO THE POSSIBILITY OF' GETTING FEDERAL AID'FROM THE URBAN
<br /> RENEWAL PROGRAM ON THE ACQUISITION:OF"THE WHOLE'ONE-FOURTH BLOCK F'ROM OAK STREET, TO THE
<br /> ALLEY EAST OF',OAKSTREET, AND F'ROM BROADWAY'TO SOUTH: PARK STREET." .
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<br /> COUNCIL PRESNDENT BOOTH ORDERED, IN THE ABSENCE OF OBJECTIONS, THE REPORT OF' THE COMMON
<br /> COUNCIL AND THE LIBRARY BOARD TO BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON F'ILE.
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<br />8 A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC SAF'ETy;COMMITTEE MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 9, 1955 -'RE: fiRE-ALARM
<br /> SYSTEM CROSSING THE SOUTHERN PACIF'IC TRACKS; REMOVAL OF' "RIGHT TURN WITHOUT STOPPING" SIGNS;
<br /> REQU~ST F'ROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON F'OR ?ARKING METERS ON:UNIVERSITY STREET; REQUEST FOR
<br /> LOADING ZONE BY'THE;-EUGENE HOSPI'TAL AND CLINIC; AND APPLICATION:F'OR, RENEWAL OF' 'A PACKAGE STORE
<br /> LI CENSE, CLASS, "A',", 'BoB's SUPERETTE,: WAS SUBMITTED AND, READ' AS, FOLLOWS:,
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<br /> "PRESENT: ,COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, WATSON, HARTMAN,' AND KOPPE;,CITl' MANAGER;: CITY
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<br /> ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; MR. DAN WYANT OF THE EUGENE REGISTER~GUARD; MR. ROBERT HAYES, JR. 1
<br /> Of' BOB'S SUPERETTE; MR~, WMI TLOCKAND ONE OTHER REPRESENTATI VE OF' THE REF'R I GERATI ON IIIIDUSTRY.
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