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<br /> I 8 A REPOR~ or THE PUBLIC WORKS AND fiNANCE COMM1TTEE'S MEETING HELD DECEMBER 2, 1955.~ RE:
<br /> VACATION or IRREGULAR STRIPS or. PROPERTY ON ,WEST 18TH AVENUE; DISCUSSION REGARDING"THE OP'ENING
<br /> OF' GARr,1 flU 'STREET,;, AND REQUEST rOR A RETAI NI NG WALL ALONG THE'SOUTH SI DE or THE, ODD fELL.OW's
<br /> CEMETERY WAS 'SUBMITTED AND READ AS rOLLOWS: ' '
<br /> I~PR:ESENT: COUNCILMEN KOPPE, BOOTH, GODL9VE, AND SHE'ARER;: CITY MANAGER; C,TVi
<br /> ENGINEER; FIRE CHIEr; PL.6:NNING'CONSUl:.TANT; C,TY RECORDER; MR. HAZEN ,OLSEN; MR.. W'llL'IAM
<br /> HAMEL AND,MR~. OTTO VONDERHE,I-T, ,REPRESENTING THE AMERI,CAN STEEL AND SUPPLY COMPANY'. ,"
<br /> I . ,VACATION OF' IRREGULAR STRIPS OF PROPERTY ON WEST 18TH AVENUE BETWEEN LINCOLN AND
<br /> WASHI NGTONSTREETS - THE COMMI TTEE AGAI N 01 SCUSSED .THE MATT.ER or VACATI NG ,THREE IRREGULAR
<br /> STRIPS BORDERING WEST '18TH AVENUE' BETWEEN LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON STREETS; THE PLANNING
<br /> CONSULTANT RAISED AN OBJECTIO~ TO THE VAtATION OF' THESE STRIPS IN VIE~ OF' THE' F'AC~ THAT
<br /> AT SOME FUTURE TIME THE CITY MIGHT HAVE TO REACQUIRE THIS PROPERTY Ir 18TH AVENUE WERE
<br /> WIDENED TO .6:N EIGHT F'OOT 'RIGHT or WAY~ MR. OLSEN OBJECTED TO TH,I S,. AND, POI NT OUT THAT
<br /> THE PROPERTY HOLDERS IN THIS AREA HAD A CONSIDERABLE INVESTMENT IN THE STREET PAVIN~AND
<br /> e ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, THROUGH THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, AT ONE'TIME
<br /> HAD OF'rERED THI S PROPERTY, TO THE' ABUTTI NG PROPERTY OWNERS. '. , .
<br /> IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION or THE COMMITTEE THAT THE ORDINANCE VACATING THESE
<br /> PROPERTIES BE CHANGED TO EXCLUDE rROM VACATION ANY PROPERTY WHICH WOULD BE NEEDED TO
<br /> WIDEN WEST 18TH AVENUE TO AN EIGHTY FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, AND THAT SUCH PROPERTY NECESSARY
<br /> FOR SUCH, POTENTIAL. WIDENING BE RETAINED BY THE CITY OF'. EUGENE. . ,
<br /> I 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE OPENING OF GARFIELD STREET, AND POTENTIAL SALE OF' THE
<br /> DIAGONAL STRIP RUNNING NORTHWESTERLY F'ROM APPROXIMATELY THE' INTERSECTION OF' 10TH AVENUE
<br /> AND THE PROPOSED GARF'IELD STREET - THE COMMITTEE AND REPRESENTATIVES or THE AMERICAN
<br /> STEEL AND SUPPLY COMPANY MET AND DISCUSSED THE POSSJ'BILITY O~SELLING THE DIAGONAL STRIP,
<br /> WHICH THE CITY IS ACQUIRING FROM THE STATE or OREGON, TO MESSRS. fOREMAN AND PETERSON,
<br /> WH.I CH IN .TURN WOU.LD BE' PURCHASED BY: AMERI CAN STEEL AND SUPPLY COMPANY.. REPRESENTATI VES
<br /> or AMERICAN STEEL~ND SUPPLY COMPANY MADE VERBAL STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE AMOUNT,THAT
<br /> MIGHT BE PAID FOR THIS PROPERTY, AND CONCERNjNG THE ACQUIRING OF' A SITE F'OR A F'IRE
<br /> I STATION IN THIS ARtA. ";1
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<br /> IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS MATTER BE RETAINED IN COMMITTEE, AND THAT THE
<br /> REpRESENTATI VES OF' AMER I CANI STEEL AND SUPPLY, COMPANY BE' A'SKED TO SEND I N A WR IT,TEN
<br /> OF'F'ER,r 'AS, VERBALLY, :MADE IN THIS MEETING.
<br /> '1 REQUEST F'OR A RETAINING WALL ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF' THE ODD fELLOW'S CEMETER.Y'I,;.
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<br /> THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE MATTER OF' BUILDING A RETAINING WALL ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE
<br /> OF' THE.: ODD.-fELLOW'SCEMETERY AT THE' NORTHWEST CORNER OF'. , 18TH AVENUE AND UNI'VERSITY: \
<br /> J STREET. THE CITY MANAGER INDICATED' HE HAD A WRITTEN OPINION F'ROM THE CITY ATTORNEY~;AND
<br /> STATED IT WOULD BE ILLEGAL TO EXPEND PUBLIC F'UNDS TO ERECT A RETAINING. WALL ON: PRIVATE
<br /> PROPERTY AND THAT IF' A RETAINING WALL WAS PLACED ON CITY PROPERTY IT WOULD HAVE TO BE
<br /> ASSESSED AGAI NST THE ABUTTI NG PROPERTY'- HOLDERS 'AS A PUBLI C I MPROVEMENT ~ /. !
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<br /> :, THE CI TY ATTORNEY ALSO POI NnD OUT THAT. PRI VATE PROPERTY HOLDERS HAVE BEEN REQUESTED'.
<br /> I TO:BUILD THEI:R OWN RETAINING WALL WHEREVER THE GRADE, OF' A' S.TR'EET HAS MADE SUCH A WALL
<br /> NECESSARY.' .' .;.~ \
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<br /> - ' ,I,. WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE COMMITTEE THAT THE REPRESENTATIVES OF' THE ODD,';
<br /> I fELLOW'S'CEMETERY BE ADVISED THAT THE CITY COULD NOT BUILD 'A RETAINING WALL ALONG 18TH
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<br /> AVENUE AND THAT THE LETTER WOULD SIGHT THE ABOVE REASONS AS G1VE~ BY.THE CITY ATTOR"ty~"
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<br /> IT WAS. MOVED BY MR. OwE"; SECONDED BY. MR. HARTMAN, THAT THE VACATION Of THE IRREGULAR
<br /> e STRIPS OF' PROPERTY ON WEST 18TH AVENUE BE ACTED ON SEPARATELY AND THAT WE VACATE ALL OF' THE
<br /> IRREGU~AR~SHAPED PIECES. ROLLCALL VOTE ON A REVISED MOTION. MR..' BOOTH. ABSENT. MOTION
<br /> CARRIED. :
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE BALANCE Of THE REPORT Of THE
<br /> PUBLIC WORKS AND.f,NANCE COMMITTEES BE ADOPTED. .MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 9 A REPORT OF': THE PuBLIC WORKS AND fiNANCE COMMITTEE'S MEETING, HELD DECEMBER'9,:195S,'- RE:
<br /> REQUEST BY CITyENGINEER:F'OR DEDICATION-OF STREET.RIGHT:OF WAY; PROPOSED AGREEMENT'FOR'SURVEY
<br /> OF EAST 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN KINCAID AND UNIVERSITY STREETS; REQUEST FOR VARIANCE BY THE
<br /> PITCH~ORD MOTOR COM~ANY;'AND DISCUSSION.OF GARFIELD STREET OPENING WAS SUBM1TTED AND READ AS
<br /> FOLLOWS:
<br /> ~'f'RESENT: MAYOR. JOHNSON; COUNC I LMEN KOPPE,:'BoOTH, SHEARER, AND WATSON; C I. TY
<br /> MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER; CITY RECORDER; MESSRS. JOHN fOREMAN, DAVID PETERSON, WILLIAM
<br /> HAMEL, OTTO VONDERHEIT, AND KENNETH MORIN.
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<br /> I . 'REQUEST BY CITY ENGINEER F'OR DEOICATION'4F STREET RIGHT OF WAY - IT'WAS EXPLAINED THAT
<br /> IT WAS NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE A PIECE OF' CITY OWNED PROPERTY, F'ORMERLY USED AS.A DU~PGROUND
<br /> SITE, FOR A PORTION OF DONALD STREET BETWEEN 38TH AND 40TH AVENUES. THIS PROPERTY IS AN
<br /> IRREGULAR SHAPE ALONG A PORTION OF"THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE OLD CIT~ DUMP. ' .'
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<br /> ',' :IT-WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE COMMITTEE THAT THISPROPERTY~BE DEEDED rOR. STREET
<br /> PURPOSES AND THE PROPER CITY OF'F'ICIALS:BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN SUCH A DEED.
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