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~2 e - -~.-- ----- :._-......; - REPORTS Of COMMITTEES I 5 A REPORT Of" THE PUBLI C WORKS COMMI TTEE AND'-HEALTH AND'REtREATION COMMI TTEE MEETI NG HELD D~CEMBER 30,~955 - RE: REQUEST OF SCHOOL DISTRICG #~ F6R PE~Miss~~~'TO CONNECT StWER LINE FOR PROPOStD'NoRT~ EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL TO THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; vlCATION OF PRdPERTIES ON WEST 18TH AVENUE BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN STREETS; SANITARY ENGINEER'S REQUEST FOR INCREASE IN REFUSE HAULING RATES; COMMUNICATION FROM ROBERT 'CLARK REGARDING SEWER AND DRAiNAGE PROBLEM; AND POLICY CONCERNING PAYMENT OF STREE~AND/OR OTHER ASSESSMENTS WHERE THE CITY VACATED PROPERTY AT THE REQUEST OF PROPERTY, OWNERS WAS SUBMITTED AND READ,AS FOLLOWS: flPRESENT: MAYOR JQHNSON; COUNCILMEN KOPPE, BOOTH, GODLOVE; OwEN; AND SHEARER; CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER; CITY RECORDER; AND DAN WYANT OF THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. I. REQUEST OF SCHOOL'DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR FOR, PERMISSION TO, CONNECT PROpeSED NORTH EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL SEWER LINE TO THE SEWAGE TREATMENT:PLANT - A LETTER FROM THE SUPERIN- TENDENT OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR.WAS, READ IN WHICH THE SCHOOLDISTRICT.REQUESTED . PERMISSION TO BUILD A PRIVATE SEWER LINE FROM THE PROPOSED NORTH EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL TO THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, IN LrEUOF INSTAL~ING A SEPTIC TANK AND NECESSARY DRAINFIELD. .THE LETTER POINTED OUT THAT'A NUMBER OF STUDENTS 'OF EUGENE PROPER WOULD BE ATTENDING ' THE SCHOOL AND THAT IN THE EVENT OF FUTURE ANNEXATION THE SCHOOL WOULD BE ReQUIRED TO HOOK INTO A SEWERLINE~ FOR THESE,BASIC REASONS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT rs REQUESTING, PERMISSION AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE TO CONSTRUCT A LINE TO THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT TO HANDLE THE SEWAGE ORIGINATING AT THE SCHOOL. e THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE REQUEST AND JOINTLY CONCURRED THAT IT WAS TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF EUGENE TO ALLOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO MAKE THE REQUESTED CONNECTION.: THE COMNITTEE'RECOMMENDEb THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TONEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR FOR- THE INSTALLATION OF A SEWER LINE FROM THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED NORTH EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL TO THE SEWAGE TREATMENT 0LANT WITH 'THE PROVISION THAT THERE BE NO OTHER CONNECTIONS ALLOWED,ON THIS LINE, THAT cONsnHicTION OF THE LINE BE"AT NO COST 11'0 THE CITV OF EUGENE, THAT SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER' FOUR PAY THE NORMAL'SEWtR SERVICE CHARGE, AND THAT THE CONSTRUCTION BE DONE TO CITV SPECIFICATIONS AS TO DESIGN~ LOCATION, ANb OTHER PERTINENT CONSTRUCTION FEATURES. 1 2. VACATION OF PROPERTIES ON~EST 18TH AVENUE ,BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN STREETS - THE CITY MANAGER REVIEWED THE HISTORY OF ACQUISITION OF THE PROPERTIES NOW PROPOSED FOR -VACATION, "AND T!'IE VARIOUS PROCEDURES THAT HAD OCCURRED WI TH RtFERENCE TO)T..E 'VACATI ON OF THE THREE PARCELS PROPOSED FOR VACATION. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE VACATION OF 'THE WHOLE PARCELS, AND ALSO CONSIDERED THE VACATION OF SUCH PORTIONS O~ THESE PARCELS.AS WOULD REMAIN Ir THE CITY RETAINED AN EIGHTY, FOOT STREET RIGHT OF'WAY FOR.'IBTH AVENUE' BETWEEN WASHINGTON ~ND LINCOLN STREETS, AND RtCOMMENDED THAT THE CITY VACATE,'ONLY THE PORTION NOT REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AN EIGHTY FOOT RIGHTO~-WAY THROUGH THIS AREA. 3. SANITARV ENGINEER'S'REQUEST rOR' INCREASE IN RATES ~OR REFUSE HAULf.NG - THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED 'THAT "HE CONTACTED THE SANITARY DRIVER'S ASSOCIATION.WITH'REFERENCE TO THEIR REQUEST FORAN INCREASE IN RATES, WITH~PARTlcuLAR REFERENCE AS TO WHETHER THEY DESIRED AN INCREASE ONLY ON THE ONE CAN PICKUP ONCE PER WEEK OR WHETHER THEIR REQUEST WAS MEANT TO BE AN OVERALL 'REQUEST FOR INCREASE IN RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL PICKUPS IRRESPECTIVE O~ NUMBER OF CANS OR TIMES ~ER WEEK THAT SUCH PICKUPS WERE MADE. 1 THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT THEY REQUESTED A ~LAT FIFTEEN CENT RAISE ON THE WHOLE OF THE RESIDENTIAL RATE STRUCTURE AS IT NOW STANDS. AFTER DISCUSSION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST OF~THE SANITARY DRIVER's ASSOCIATION FOR A FIFTEEN CENT INCREASE ON ALL RESIDENTIAL RATES BE APPROVED, AND THAT SUtH INCREASE BE EFrECTIVE MARCH I, 1956. e 4. COMMUNICATION FROM ROBERT D. CLARK REGARDING SEWER AND DRAINAGE PROBLEM AT 23RD AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET - THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE AREA AND DISCUSSED THE PROBLEMS PRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY DURING THE HIGH WATER PERIODS, AND ASKED THE CITY MANAGER TO STUDY THE PROBLEM AND TO PRE~ENTHIS-RtCOMMENDATIONS T6 THE COMMITTEE TO A~LEVIATE THIS PROBLEM; 5. POLICY CONCERNING PAYMENT 'OF STREET AND OR"OTHER ASSESSMENTS WHERE THE C"TY VACATED PROPERTY AT THE REQUEST OF PROPERTY OWNERS'- HE -COMMITTEE"DISCUSSED THE ~EASIBILITY OF REQUIRING PRIVATE PROPERTY HOLDERS TO PAY r.OR ANY ASSESSMENTS ABUTTING PROPERTY WHICH MIGHT BE VACATED AT-THE REQUEST or SUCH PRIVATE OWNERS. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDE~ THAT THE MATTER Bt ReFERReD TO tHE ~IT~ ATTORNE~ FOR ~TUDY AND THAT HE REPORT BACK TOTTHE COMMITTEE ON HIS FINDINGS." I T WAS MOVED BY MR. 'KOPPE, SECONDED 'BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBL I C WORKS COMMITTEE AND tHE HEALT~ AND RECREAtION COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTldN CARRIED. J e ~