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~22 e - -+ --. +- ... -~--- - - IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THE REQUEST Or THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, AS OUTLINED ABOVE, BE DENIED. 9. DIS~USSION OF PROPOSED STREET WIDTH FOR THE PAVING Or GARrlELD STREET FROM 7TH TO 11TH AVENUES ~ THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT THRO~GHOUT THE TIME GARrlELDSTREET HAS BEEN UNDER DISCUSSION HE AND THE CITy'ENGI'NEER HAD RECOMMENDED A 66 rOOT STRtET W~T~'THE IDEA THAT WHEN THE STREET WAS INSTALLED THERE WOULD BE FOUR TWELVE FOOT TRArric L~NE~ AND TWO NINE FOOT PARKING LANES. THE CITY MANAGER ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE STREET COULD SEPAVED TO THE STANDARD ARTERIAL WIDTH Or 42 FEET; THE PREVIOUS ACTION TAKEN .IN COMPARABLE SITUATIONS THROUGHOUT T~E CITY WAS REVIEWED AS WELL'AS THE INFOR~ATIO~ PRESENTED 'TO THE'VOTERS AT THE 'ELECT'ION AT WH'ICH THE STREET, BRIDGE, 'A'NO DRAINAGE CONSTRUCT I ON ~ND MAl NTENANCE fUND WAS' APPROVED.' IN ESSt'NCE,' TH'I S IJNFORMATll>N AND THE SUBSEQUENT ACTION TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL HAS BEEN TO ASSESS THE TOTAL COST OF S~REET PAVING IN A COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRiAL'OISTRICT TO THE ABUTTING'PROPERTY HOLDERS WHERE THE STREET IS RAVEb TO A WIDTH Or 42 FEET. IN THE EVENT THE PROPERTY HOLDERS REQUESTED A ~ID~H BEYON~ 42 FEET, THIS ADDITIONAL WIDTH HA~ ALSb BEEN ASSESSED TO THt A~UTT~NG ~~oeERty OWNERS. HOWEVER, WHERE THE CITY, BY ITS OWN ACTION, REQUIRES THE STREET IN EXCESS OF 42 'FEET, THE INDICAT~ON IS tHAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PAY THE C~S~ bF SUCH A STREET BEYOND THE NORMAL 42 FEET~ I T WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT' .j F THE CIHP(, WOULD' HAVE TO STAND THE C'OST OF STRE'ET PAVING FO~ ANY WIDt~ iN EXCESS OF 42 FEE~-THAT'THE COMMITTEE'WAS NOT'I~ rAvbj'o~ PAVING GARFIELD STREET TO A WIDTH OF 66 rEET. THEY WOULD, HOWEVER, BE AGREEABLE TO'PAVING Or A WIDTH Of 48 FEET. IT WAS RECOMMt~DED'THAT GARF1ELD STREET BE PAVED TO A WIDT~ OF'48 Ft~T BASED ON PRESENT KNOWLEDGE AND THAT tHE CITY MANAGER BE AUTHORIZED TO MEET WITH THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE IF THEY WOULD PAY THE ADDITIONAL COSTS BETWEEN 48 FEET AND 66 FEET SO THAT GARF1ELD'StREEt COULD BE iNSTALLED TO'AW~6TH OF 66 FEET.' It WAS ~IKtWtSE RECOMMENDED THAT IF GARFIELD STREET WAS PAVED TO A WIDTH OF 48 FEET ONLY THAT THERE BE NO PARKING ON EITHER SIDE Of GARFIELD STREET BUT THAT THE WHOLE OF THE STREET BE RESERVED FOR THE MOVEMENT Or TRAF'FIC." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT ITEMS NUMBERS THREE AND fOUR BE RETAI.ED IN COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE BALANCE OF' THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. 4 A REPORT Or THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MARCH 23; 1956 - RE: DISCUSSION'oF' POSSIBLE ANNEXATION BOUNDARIES IN THE WILLAKENZIE DISTRICT WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: . COUNCILMEN KOPPE, WATSON ANi> 'SHEARER; CI TY MANAGER;'CI TY ENGI NEERj CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; PLANNING CONSULTANT; 'AND INTERESTED CITIZENS FROM THE WILLAKENZIE AREA; ALSO, MR. DAN WYANT Or THE EUGENE REGISTER~GUARD. DISCUSSION Or THE POSSIBLE ANNEXATION BOUNDARIES IN THE WILLAKENZIE DISTRICT WHICH MAS BEEN PROPOSED BY PETITION OF THE RESIDENTS Of THE AREA - THE PLANNING CONSULTANT PRESENTED A MAP ON ~HICH THE PETITION SIGNERS FAVORING ANNEXATOON WAS SHOWN AS TO THE LOCATION BY ADDRESS OF SUCH SIGNERS. THERE WAS A'GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE 'PROPOSED ANNEXATION BOUNDARIES AND rURTHER DISCUSSION AS TO THE ENGINEERING. REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY SO THAT THE AREA COULD BE PROPERLY SEWERED WITHOUT UNDUE COST ACCRUING TO THE CITY WHICH WOULD BE NECESSARY I'f SUCH AREA'SHOULD ANNEX to THE CITY Of EUGENE. CITIZENS REPRESENTING THE AREA PRESENTED CERTAIN QUESTIONS AS TO THE DISPOSITION THAT WOULD BE MADE OF' THE WATER DISTRICT AND THE F'IRE DISTRICT IN THE EVENT OF ANNEXA- TION. THEY ALSO RAISED A QUESTION REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF' DOUBLE TAXATION TO SUPPORT OUTSTANDING iNDEBTEDNESS aOR THE WATER AND FIRE DISTRICT. ArTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WITH PRIMARY REFERENCE TO THE ABOVE ITEMS, IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS MATTER BE HELD IN COMMITTEE AND THAT FURTHiR ENGINEERING INFORMATION BE DEVELOPED AS TO THE POTENTIAL LOCATION OF SEWER LINES TO SERVE THE AREA WI'TH SPECIAL REF~RENCETO TO~OGRAPHICAL STUDIES TO DETERMINE THE BEST MEANS OF SEWERING THE AREA WITH GRAviTY FLOW." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. GODLOVE, THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS Of BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 5 A REPORT OF THE BOARD or ApPEALS MEETING HELD MARCH 14, 1956 - RE: REQUEST FOR VARIANCE, IN SIDE LINE SET BACK AND FOOTING ON THE ALLty TO CONSTRUCT A WAREHOUSE WAS SUBMITTED AND ~EAD AS rOLLOWS: ~ I e Ii I: I I " , I' " I, \' ,I I: Ii I: I: l- I: I I; I I , I Ii " I: II I j; r I I' I' II ,: '. If I e I I: Ii I: I' I! I j' I: !I I 'I I' I I I I' I' I, I ii , I e