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92 e IT WAS THE REC~MMENDATfON or THE COMMITTEE THAT THE O~~ER OF' PACIF'I~ BuiL~ERSj I NCORPORATED, BE ,DENI ED." I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. OwEN, THAT THE REPORT OF' THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION ~ARRIED. 4A REPORT OF' THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 23, 1956 ~ R~:' Dlscuss~ON or PROPOSED STATEMENT ON BEAVER-MARSH PROJECT; REQUEST BY SHEPPARD'MoTORSFOR'A VARiANCE 6ROM SET BACK REQUIREMENTS; ,REQUEST BY WARREN K&RSTADF'OR REZONING PROPERTY AT 30TH AVENUE'AND HILYARD STREET; AND DISCUSSION OF' BENEF'IT ASSESSMENTS ON THE OPENING OF' GARF'IELD STREET rROM 7TH TO 11TH AVENUES.WAS SUBMITTED AND READ ASF'OLLOWS: "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN BOOTH, WATSON, OWEN, SHEARER, AND SHISLER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; ASSISTANT CITY RECORDER; PLANNING CONSULTANT; MR. WARREN KORSTAD; MR. H. C. SHEPPARD; AND MR. A. L.HoLLAND. I . DISCUSSION or PROPOSED STATEMENT ON BEAVER-MARSH PROJECT7- A PROPOSED RtAOLU~ION ENDORSING THE BEAVER-MARSH PROJECT WAS PRESENTED F'OR THE COMMITTEE'S CONSIDERATION. ArTER ~OME DISCUSSION OF' THE PROPER WORDING, THE ~OMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL OF' THE C1TY OF' EUGENE APPROVE THE RESO(UTION AND THAT THIS fttSOLUTION BE PUBLISHED AS THE COUNCIL'S STATEMENT ON THE VOTERS' PAMPHLET rOR THE MARCH 27, 1956 ELECTION. e 2. REQUEST O~ SHEPPARD MOTciRS AND MR. THOMAS WINN ~ORA VARIANCE rROM SET BACK REQUIRE- MENTS ON PROPERTY AT EAST 8TH AVENUE AND HIGHWAY 99 - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. WINN AND SHEPPARD MoTORS HAD RECEIVeD ALAND USE VARI ANCE WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE'M TO CONSTRUCT 'A C-3 TYPE BUILDING IN A C~I 'ZONE" AND THAT DUE TO AN"ERROR, A'PERMITWAS GRANTED TO THE CONSTRUCT I ON OF SUCH BUI LDI NG WI THOUT THE TE'N F'OOT FRONT YARD SE'T BACK AND TliE TEN rOOT SIDE YARD SET BACK. THE ERROR WAS CAUGHT, AND MR. WI-NN AND SH'EPPAR'D MOTORS AGREED TO MOVE THE' BU I L'D'I NG BACK TEN FEE'T'F'R'OM THt S I DE PROPERTY L I NEAND REQUESTED A VAR I ANtE F'ROM THE~RONT YARD SET BACK O~ TEN~F'EET, SUBJECT TO A CONTRACT I~ WHt~H THEY'WOULD AGREE TO REMOVE THE rRONT TEN F'EET OF' THE BUILDING IN THE EVENT THE CITY OF' EUGENE SHOULD DESIRE TO WIDEN 8TH AVENUE AT SOME F'UTURE DATE. I THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED'THIS MATTER AND RECOMMENDED THAT A VARIANCE rROM THE SET BACK REQUIREMENT BE GRItINTED SUBJECT TO A CONTRACT BETWEEN THE PROPERT'Y OWNER AND THE CITY OF' EUGENE IN WHICH THE PROPERTY OWN~RS WOULD AGREE To REMOVE THE rRONT TEN F'EEi OF' THE BUILDING IN THE EVENT THAT THE CITY DESIRED TO WIDEN 8TH AVENUE AT SOME ~UTURE DATE. 3. REQUEST rOR REZONING or PROPERTY AT 30TH AVENUE AND HILYARD STREET BY WARREN KORSTAD - THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED MR. KORSTAD"S REQUEST rOR REZONING AND THE PRIOR ACTfON TAKEN BY THE'COUNCIL IN 1952 ON THE QUESTION OF' ZONING HIS PROPERTY C-3. THE' CITY ATTORNEY EXPLAINED THAT, IN HIS OPINION, THE REZONING REQUEST SHOULD BE riLED BY MR. KORSTAO AND THAT SUCH PETITION SHOULD GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION F'OR 'CONSIDERATION'lrT THEIR MEET I NG, I N MARCH OF' 1956. ,:TH I S ACT ION WAS DEEMED NECESSARY SINCE THE PROPERTY I SNOW PROPOSED TO BE ZONED C-3P AND ~LSO SINCE THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE WHICH WAS DRAWN IN 1952 PROPOSED TO AMEND THE BASIC ZONING ORDINANCE IN EXISTENCE AT THAT TIME, BEING ORDINANCE NUMBER 9188, WHICH HAS SINCE BEEN REPEALED A~D NULL1F'IED. I IT WAS ~IKEWISE POI~TED OUT TO MR. KORSTAD THAT HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE BUI LDI NG UNTrL REZONI'NG HAD BEENi-ACCOMPLISHEth THE COMMI TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REZONING REQUEST OF' MR. KORSTAD BE RErERRED TO'~HE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THEIR ~EETING TO BE' HELD MARCH 6" 1956 F'OR THEIR. CONSIDERATION, AND THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT TH[IR ACTION TO THE COUNCIL. 4. DISCUSSfON or BENEF'IT ASSESSMENTS ON THE OPENING OF' GAR~IELD STREET F'ROM 7TH TO 11TH AVENUES - THE CITY ATTORNEY EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT THE OPENING OF' GARF'IELD STREET ~ROM 7TH TO II TH AVENUES WAS BE,I NG'AND WOULD CONTI HUE TO BE HELD UP PENDI'NG THE OUTCOME OF' A SUIT WHICH HAD, BEEN riLED BY Mif. DONALD SHORT'. HE FURTHER INDICATED THAT HE UNDER- STOOD MR'. SttOR'T WAS WILLING TO SETTLE I~ NO ASSESSMENT WERE MADE AGAINST HIS PROPERTY FOR THEOPENING OF GAR~IELD STREET. - THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS MATTER AND LIKEWISE DISCUSSED THE MATTER OF' ASSESSMENT LEVIED AGAINST PROPERTY OWNED BY MR. W. E. BAXTER. MR. BAXTER HAS AGREED TO A REDUCTION OF' HIS ASSESSMENT 'FROM $541.25 TO $270.00. IT BEING THE COMMITTEE'S~Ei.fE~ THAT MR. BAXTER AND MR. SHORT WERE IN EQUIVALENT POSITIONS WITH RErERENCE TO ASSESSMENT or ElENEF'lTS F'OR THE OPENING OF' GARrlELD STREET, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT DUE TO THE URGENCY or THE COMPLETION OF' GARFIELD STREET THAT MR. SHORT'S ElENErlT ASSESSMENT'OF' $227.60 BE CANCELLED AND THAT BECAUSE O~ THE EQUIVAL6NCY OF' MR. BAXTER'S SITUATION THAT HIS ASSESS- MENT or $541.25,'WHICH HAD BEEN REDUCED TO $270.00 BY ACTION O~ THE COUNCIL AT tHEIR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 14TH, BE LIKEWISE CANCELLED, AND THAT NEITHER MR. SHORT OR MR. BAXTER BE ASSESSED ANY BENEF'ITS F'OR THE OPENING OF' GARFIELD STREET." I I T WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. OwEN, THAT THE 'REPORT OF' THE PUBLI C WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED.' MOTION CARRIED. e ~