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~.~~ )." it, ,d. e I THE COMMITTE~.RECOMMENDED THAT A STORM SEWER BE INSTALLED ALONG THE NATURAL WATERWAY LINE FROM 39TH TO 40TH AVENUES IN THE GENERAL VltlNITY OF MILL SiREET." THEY LI~~WISE' RECOMMENDED THAT MILL STREET BE PAVED FROM 39TH TO 40TH AVENUES AND THAT A SA~ITARY SEWER .~E INSTALLED IN THE SAME AREA. IT WAS FELT THAT THESE PROJECTS COULD BE ACCOMPLISHE~ ' MORE RAPIDLY AT THIS TIME THAN COULD BE DONE AFTER THE AREA DEVELOPS. THIS IS ES~E~iALLY TRUE WITH RELATION TO THE STORM SEWER WHICH MUST BE INSTALLED ON EASEMENTS IN APPROXI- MATELY THE NATURAL WATERWAY CHANNEL. 3. I MPROVEMENT OF PEARL STREET FROM ,34TH PLACE TO DONALD STREET - THE COMMI TTE~ VI EWED THE AREA ON PEARL STREET BETWEEN 34TH PLACE AND DONALD STREET ON WHICH A PETITION. HAD BEiN SUBMITTED COVERING 36.61 PER CENT OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED, WHICH IS 51 ~56 PER CENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL FOOTAGE IN THE AREA. ON THE BASIS OF THE PETITION WHICH HAS BEEN SUBMITTED, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED . THAT THE STREET BE PAVED TO THE STANDARD RESIDENTIAL WIDTH, AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THIS IMPROVEMENT BE PASSED. e 4. IMPROVEMENT OF 34TH PLACE FROM DONALD STREET TO APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF BLOC~ EASi OF DANNA COURT - THE COMMITTEE INDICATED THAT SINCE A PETITION WAS ON FILE AND HAD ~EEN APPROVED FOR THE PAVING OF PEARt STREET FROM 34TH PLACE TO DONALD STREET AND FOR THE PAVING OF DANNA COURT FROM 34TH PLACE TO ITS/SOUTHERN END, THAT THEY THOUGHT IT REASONAB~E THAT 34TH PlACE SHOULD BE PAVED FROM DONALD STREET TO ITS PRESENT EASTERN BOUNDARY. I THE CITY MANAGER WAS INSTRUCTED TO SEND POSTAL CARDS TO THE RESIDENTS OF 34TH PLACE INDICATING THE ABOVE CITED PETITIONS IN THIS GENERAL. AREA, AND ASKING THE RESIDENTS OF THE STREET TO PRESENT ANY INFORMATION THEY MIGHT'HAVE WITH REFERENCE TO THE POSSIBLE PAVIN~ OF EAST 34TH PLACE. IT IS THE COMMITTEE'S THOUGHT THAT 34TH PLACE, PEARL STREET FROM 34TH PLACE TO DONALD STREET, AND DANNA COURT FROM 34TH PLACE SOUTH MIGHT BE P~VED AS ONE PROJECT. 5. IMPROVEMENT OF JEFFERSON STREET FROM 25TH TO 26TH AVENUES - THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THIS AREA AND INDICATED THAT, IN THEIR OPINION, THE PAVING OF THE STREET IS NECESSARY TO THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA. IT WAS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT JEFFERSON STREET BE PAVED FROM 25TH TO 26TH AVENUES AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDI NANCES I NI TI ATI NG THIS PROJECT BE PASSED. ""'''''', 6. IMPROVEMENT OF 26TH AVENUE FROM WASHINGTON TO JEFFERSON STREETS - THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THIS AREA AND: INDICATED THAT, IN THEIR OPINION, THE PAVING OF THE STREET IS NECESSARY TO THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA. . IT WAS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT 26rH:AvENUt~BE~~AVED~F'ROM VASHINGTONTT02JEAFERSON STREETS AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THIS PROJECT BE PASSED. I 7. IMPROVEMENT OF ARTHUR STREET FROM 23RD AVENUE TO BETWEEN 23RD AND 24TH AVENUES - THE COMMITTEE AGAIN DISCUSSED THE PAVING OF ARTHUR STREETFROM'23RD AVENUE TO BETWEEN 23RD AND 24TH AVENUES. THIS PARTICULAR JOB WAS RECOMMENDED TO BE HELD UP UNTIL 23RD AVENUE COULD BE PAVED BETWEEN ARTHUR AND CLEVELAND STREETS. A RESIDENT OF THE AREA HAS AGAIN ASKED THAT THE STREET MIGHTBEPAVED, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, SINCE THE PRESENT STATUS OF THE STREET MAKES IT VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYONE TOi'USE: IT. AFTER AGAIN DISCUSSING THE MATTER, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT ARTHUR STREET BE PAVED FROM 23RD AVENUE TO BETWEEN 23RD AND 24TH AVENUES AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THIS PROJECT BE PASSED. e 8. COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON REQUESTING CITY,PARTICIPATION IN RELOCA- TION OF A SANITARY SEWER LINE - THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED A COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON IN WHICH THE UNIVERSITY REQUESTED THE CITY TO JOIN WITH THEM IN THE RELOCATION OF A SANITARY SEWER LINE WHICH RUNS FROM 18TH AVENUE TO fRANKLIN BOULEVARD, THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON CAMPUS. I IN THEIR LETTER, THE UNIVERSITY INDICATED THAT THIS PARTICULAR LINE, BEING AN EIGHT INCH SANITARY SEWER, HAD OVERFLOWED AND BACKED UP YNTO THE BASEMENT OF CARSON HALL, LOCATED AT 13TH AVENUE AND EMERALD STREET. THE UNIVERSITY INDICATED THAT THEIR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY'S ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAVE STUDIED A POSSIBLE RELOCATION OF THIS SANITARY SEWER AND HAVE DETERMINEQ THAT IT SHOULD BE RELOCATED EAST AT A POINT MIDWAY BETWEEN EMERALD AND BEECH STREETS ON 14TH AVENUE FOR APPROXIMATELY 150 TO 185 FEET, THEN NORTH ON BEECH STREET FOR APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET, AND ON NORTH FOR AN ADDVTfONAlL 400 FEET,TO JOIN WITH THE CITY~S 27 INCH INTERCEPTOR SEWER LINE. THE ESTIMATED COST OF A 15 INCH LINE FROM THE POIN~ WHERe THE SEWER WOULD BE RELOCATED, BEING MIDWAY BETWEEN EMERALD AND ,BEECH STREETS ON 14TH AVENUE, FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY f50 TO 185 FEET, RUNNING EAST ON 14TH AVENUE. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS REQUEST, BUT DID NOT FEEL THAT THE CITY SHOULD, or NECESSITY, HAVE TO PAY ANY OF THE COST SINCE THE RELOCATION WAS BEING DONE TO BENEFIT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. e ~