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18 e }(o -- - - . -- ~ - - " --- - . ___T . - ....- . , I I I . PETITION F'OR PAVING VAN BUREN STREET F'ROM 22ND "TO -24TH ,AVENUES ~ 'THiClty MANAGER I NDI CATED HE HAD A PETITION FROM 74. I 8 PER CE'NTOF'THE PROPERTY HOLDERS REQUESTI'NG'THE ~ : PAVING OF VAN BUREN, STREET FROM 22ND TO 24TH AVENUES. , , ., . . . IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE PROPER ORDINANCES BE PASSED ~~i~IAT~NG THIS IMPROVEME~T, SUBJECT TO A BOND GUARANTEEING PAYMENT OF' THE ASSESSMENT FROM OWN'ERS OF "THE UN IMPROVED PROPERT'y. i 2. 'PETITION- FOR PAVING ADAMS STREET FROM 23RD TO 24TH AVENUES:" 'THE CITY MANAGER I NDI CATED HE HAD' A PETI TI ON FROM 44.1 i PER 'CENT' OF' THE PROPERTY HOLDERS REQ"UESTI N'G" THE I: PAVING OF ADAMS STREET F'ROM 23RD TO 24TH AVENUES. THIS PETITION WOULD HAVE THE BLOCK FROM 22~D TO ~3RD A~ENUES ~NPAVED, WHICH I~ ABUTTING THE ADAMS SCHOOL 6N ONE SIDE ANti I I THE CHURCH ~F GOD' ON THE 6THER. ,. 'THE COMMITTEE, IN DI SCUSSI ON, THOUGHT 'THAT ADAMS 'STREET' SHOU"L[) BE PA'VED F'ROM"22ND TO 24TH AVENUES TO PR'OVI DE 'AN UNI NTERRUPTED STREET THROUGH'THI'S AREA, AND'RECOMM~NDED THAT THE PROPER ORDINANCES BE PASS~D INITIATING THE IMPROVEME~T SUBJECT 'TO' A BONO e GUARANTEEING PAYMENT OF THE ASSESSMENT F'ROM OWNERS OF' THE UNIMPROVED PROPERTY. 3. PAV(NG OF' ONE 'eL"ci)CK STREETS I iii AREAS OF' THE CI TY WHERE ST'REET I MPROVEMENTS' HAVE BEEN E~SENTIALLY COMPLETED '- THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE DISCUSSEO THE AOVIS~BILIT~ OF REQtilRING PROPERTY HOLDERS TO PAVE STREETS IN AREAS WHERE ONLY A ~lMIT~D NUMBER OF' ~LOCK~ REMilNED UNPAVED. ' , THE:COMMI TTEE' DREW 'SPECI AL.ATTE~T i 6N TO ORCHARD' STREET FROM 19TH 'AVENUE TO f A I RMOUNTBoULEVARD, ONYX STREET FROM' 18TH', TO '19TH AVENUES.,' AND EMERALD STREET 'F'ROM '18TH . I TO 19TH AVENUES. ' ' AFTER DISCUSSION, THE COMMITTEE EXPRESSED A BELIEF THAT THE PROPERTY 'HOLDERS SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNI TY TO BE HEARD' ON THE QUESTI ON "BEF'ORE THE COUNCI L ORDERED THE WORK DONE, OR: THAT IMPROVEMENT PETI nONS SHOULD ,BE PASSED I N THE' AREA FOR'STREET PAVI NG PROJECTS, AND REQUESTED THE CITY MANAGER TO CONTACT PROPE.TY HOLDERS TO SEE IF' 'THEY *OULDPASS PETITIONS F'OR THE PAVING OF' THESE STREETS.~ , , " IT WAS MOVED By"MR,.' KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. BOOTH., THAT THE REPORT OF' ~HE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTEg~ MOTION CARRIE~.' 6 A REPORT OF' THE PuBLI C WORKS AND F'I NANCE COMMI TTEE 's MEETI;NG HELD NOVEMBER 23, 1955 - RE: PUBLICATION OF' TH'E CITY ORDINANC'E CODE; SALE OF' 'PROPERTY ON NORTHEAST "CORNER OF' 18TH AVENUE AND I CHAMBERS STREET; CITY' TRANSIT LINES FRANCHiSE' F'EES;CONSTRUCTION OF': A RETAINING WALL' AT'THE I ODD fELLOV'S CEMETERY; AND RI GHT OF' WAY rOR 'EXTENSION OF' WEST 7TH AVENUE, WEST OF' GARFI ELD STREET, WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS: j: "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN BOOTH, KOPPE, AND GODLOVE; CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER; CITY , I RECORDER; AND MR. DAN WYANT OFTME EUGENE REGI STER-GUARD. " .' I . PROPOSAL OF' MICHIE CITY PuBLISHING COMPANY F'OR PUBLICATION OF' THE CITY CODE - THE 'C I TY MANAGER' EXPL'A I NED THAT A LETTER HAr>-: BEEN 'REtE I VEo FROM THE: MI CH IE CITY PUBL I SH'I NG COMPANY AGREE ING TO PUBLI SH 100 COPI ES OF' THECi TY "CODE I N BOOK F"ORM, NOT TO EXCEED 475 I ' . PAGES, A~A C~ST ~F $2,500.00. THEY ALSO .A'GREED TO PUBL I SH AN ADDI TI ONAL" 100 COPI ES F'OR I A TOTAL COST'OF $2,725.00. IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE COMMITTEE THAT THE PROPOSAL OF' THE MICHIE CITY PUBLISHING COMPANY BE APPROVED'ON THE BASIS OF' THEIR PROPOSAL; AND PRINT'200 COPIES OF' THE CODE AT A COST OF $2,725.00. 2. COMMUNICATION F'ROM MR.CLARENCE UREY, RE: SALE OF' PROPERTY ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF '18TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS ST-REET -' THE CITY MANAGER 'EXPLAI NED THAT HE H'AO A LETTER I"ROM e MR. CLARENCE lIREY WHICH INDI~ATED HE HAD'A POTENTIAU BUYt~ F'OR THE NORT~EAST CORNt~ OF' 18TH AVEN~t AND CHAMBER~STREET, AND THAT HE DESIRED- T~E RI~HT TO SUBMI~ AN OFFtR,AND IN THE EVENT A HIGHtR OFFER VAS SUBMITTED, HI s' CLIENT WOULD HAVE THE RI GHT TO S"UBMi T A' COUNTER OFFER FOR THE PURCHASE DF"SAID PROPERTY FOR A SERVICE STATION DEVELOPMENT. fiE ALSO INDICATED THAT HE WOULD EXPECT THE USUAL BROKERAGE F'EE OF' FIVE PER CENT ON THE SALE PRICE. AF'TER DISCUSSION, I T VAS RECOMMENDED BY THE COMli" TTE'[, THAT THE CI TY M\NAGERVRi TE A LETTER TO MR. YREY INDICATING THAT :rHIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD 'ON A BID BASIS'V'-TH THE BIDS TO BE HANDLED IN THE USUAL MANNER AND VITH THE COUNCIL RETAINING THE RIGHT TO RE~ECT ANY AND ALL BIDS. ~ - 3. COMMUNICATION F'ROM THE CITY TRANSIT LINES, RE: F'RANCHISE F'EES - THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT A LETTER F'ROM THE GENERAL MANAGER OtiTHE CITy"TR:ANSIT LINES'HAD BEEN RECEIVED IN WHICH HE:PROP"OSED to PAY $100.00 PER MONTH ON "niE FRANCHISE F'EE, AND CON'TI NUE I SUCH PAYMENT ~NTI~ THE F'RANCHIS~BECAME:eURRENT~ BASED ON THIS'ARRANGEMENT, IT .OULD TAKE A PERIOD OF' APPROXIMATELY SIX AND ONE-HALF' YEARS FOR THE CITY TRANSIT'LliEi TO BECOME CURRENT IN THEIR PAYMENT OF' THIS F'RANCHISE TO THE CITY. : , I' i: I e I ....