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~36 e "PRESENT i COUNCI LMENBoOTH,GODLOVE, OwEN~ SHEARER, AND S'H ISLER; C I TyMANAGER; CITY ENGINEER; CITY ATTORNEY; PLANNING CONSULTANT; 'CITY RECORDER; MR. H'ILTO'N;MR-.' BARBER;" MR. KRAEGENBRI NK; MR. THORPE, SANI TARIAN, LANE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT; AND MR. WYANT OF' :rHE EUGENE REGI STER~GUARD.' , I I. PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF' THE AREA GENERALLY BETWEEN MADISON STREET AND AN EXTEN- SION OF POLK STREET F'ROM 26TH AVENUE TO APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF BLOCK SOUTH OF WHITNEY STREET- MR. THORPE, SANITARIAN F'OR THE LANE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT; IN;DIS~US~INGTHE VIOL~TIONS OF THE SANfTAT~ON LAWS-OF THE STATE OF' OREGON, IND~CATE~ THAT OF THE: 9~cHOUSES CHECKED IN THE AREA SO WERE"NOT, OR WOULD BE IN-THE NEAR FUTURE; IN VIC?LATION OF THE:' STATE LAW. HE FURTHER INDICATED THAT OF' THESE 92 HOUSES THERE WERE 88 REGISTERED VOTERS AND AT THE:'T'IME Or'HIS SURVEY 46 OF THESE 'WERE IN F'AVOR OF ANNEXATiON,SIXWEIU AGAINST ANNEXATioN, AND 36 EXPRESStD NO OPINION. 'HE'INDICATED THAi INCHECKIN.'THE AREA'A'LARGE NUMBER OF' RESIDENTS HAD SPETIC TANKS AND DRAIN-FIELDS WHICH'WERE INOPERABLE AND.THAT FOR ALL PRACTICAL PURPOSES THE SEeTIC TANKS WERE DRAINING ~IRECTLY TO THE DRAINAGE DITCHES. IN CtNERAL THE AREA NO~TH OF' WHITNEY STRttT' fs PR~CTIC~LLY 100 PER ciNt INvrO(ATION OF' THE STATE LAW AND OF' THOSE PROPERTiES SOUTH'OF'-WHll~EY STREET APPROXIMATELY 'ONE' oui OF' THREE ARE IN VIOLATION OF' THE STATE LAW. HE INDICATED THE POSITION OF THE HEALTH DEPART- MENT WAS THAT SEWAGE- VIOLATIONS MUST BE CORRECTED, 'THAT IN THEIR OPINION THE SIMPLEST METHOD OF CORRECTION ~AS BY ANNtXAT10N ANbTHt INSTALLATION OF ~E~tR LiNEStOT~E AREA. IF' THE ANNEXATION WERE DEF'EATEO, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WOULD THEN SERVE ABAT.EMENT' NOTICES AND REQUIRE OTHER MEANS OF' CORRECTION WHICH WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY BE RATHER EXPENSIVE. I T WAS poi NTED OUT BY MR. ,'KRAEGENBRI NK, WH~ HAD CONTACTtD THE MAJORi TY OF' THt RESI DENTS I~ THE AREA, THAT OF"THE 151 RESIDE~TS IN-THE AREA094 HAb SIG~ED THE PETITION.' HE' LIKEWISE INDICATED'THAT INHIS OPINION-IF"AN.ELECTION IlIIERE HELD HE WOULD EXPECT AN-'80 PER CENT VOTE IN FAVOR OF'-ANNEXATION. e I BASED ON THE:F'OREGOINGF'ACTS, IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE COMMITTEE'THAT AN ELECTION BE HELD ,IN-THIS AREA ON THE QUESTION'OF' ANNEXATION TO THE CITY OF'EUGENE. 2. REQUEST BY GEORGE' CROW, CONTINENTAL PROPERTY rACTORS, REGARDING PROPERTY EAST OF PEARL STREET BETWEEN 17TH AND 18TH AVENUES - AT-THE COUNCI'L MEETING OF' MARCH 12,1956, MR. CROW EXPLAINED THAT HIS CLIENTS WERE ENGAGED IN THE PRELIMINARY PLANNING F'OR A SHOPPING CENTER: BETWEEN 17TH AND'18TH AVE~UES EAST.or PEARL STREET. tN CHECKING THEIR PLANS WITH THE UNITED STATES ARMY CORPS OF.' ENGINEERS THEY F'IND THAT THE CORPS OF' ENGINEERS PROPOSE:TO REALIGN THE CHANNEl ~F. THE AMAZON WHICH WOULD BRING THE CHANNEL THROUGH THE PROPERTY-ON WHICH THEY PROPOSE TO BUILD. MR. CROW REQUESTED THAT THE COUNCIL'GIVE CONSIDERATION -TO REALIGNING THE CHANNEL AT THIS TIME AND BUILD THE CONCRETE BOX F'OR THE CHANNEL SO THAT THE BUILDING MIGHT BE BUILT OVER THE CHANNEL SO THE SHOPPING CENTER DEVELOPMENT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED. THE CITY ENGINEER EXPLAINED,'THAT HE HAD CONTACTED THE ARMY ENGINEERS; BUT INASMUCH AS THEIR PLANS ~AD,NOT RECEIVED APPROVAL AS OF' THIS DATE,' THEY WERE UNABLE T6 GIVE HIM ANY OF' THE DETAIL OF' THE PLAN EXCEPT TO INDICATE THAT THEY WOULD PROPOSE REALIGNMENT OF' THE CHANNEL THROUGH THE PROPERTY CONTROLLED BY CONTINENTAL PROPERTY rACTORS. THE CITY ENGINEER F'URTHEREXPL,AINEDTHAT niERE WERE TWO POTENTIAL POSSIBiLITIES WHICH MIGHT- RESOLVE THIS PROBLiM, (I) THE CITY MIGHT CONSTRUCTTHEC~ANNE( IN ITS NEW LOCATI'ON ONLY THROUGH THE AREA 'WHERE THE' BUiLDfNGdWOULD:-STANDj' OR (2) THAT 'THE BUt'LDING 'MIGHT BE' CONSTRUCTED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE CHANNEL,COULD BE RUN UNDERNEATH AT SOME F'UTURE DATE. THIS LATTER SUGGESTION WOULD BE AT ADDED EXPENSE. I'N ANY RESPEC'T,HOWEVER,: UNTIL, INrORMATION IS RECEIVED F'ROM THE ARMY ENGINEERS WITH REF'ERENCE TO THE DESIGN OF' THE PROPOSED CHANNE(, THE-ACTUAL RIGHT OF' WAY'REQUIREMtNTS, AND SPECIF'IC '-NF'ORMATION WITH REFERENCE TO CONSTRUCTION F'EATURES,THE CITY WOULD BE UNABLE TO TAKE ANY ACTION. I IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF' THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS ITEM BE HELD I~ COMMITTEE UNTIL rURTHER INF'ORMATION CAN BE OBTAINED~ e 3. PAVING'Or 34TH PLACE F'ROM DONALD STREET TO APPROXI'MATELY ONE-HALF' BLOCK EAST or DANNA COURT, AND PAVING or PEARL STREET F'ROM 34TH PLACE TO:OONALDSTREET - THE CITY ENCINEER EjPLAINED THAT,A~THE COUNCILtS REQUEST A LETTER HAD BEEN 'SENT TO PROPERTY HOLDERS ~N 34TH PLACE, EAST OF DONALD STREET. HE STATED THAT THERE WERE 14 RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA AND THAT LETTERS HAD BEEN SENT TO ALL PROPERTY HOLDERS. Or THE 14 LETTERS WHICH HAD BEEN SENT, SIX PEOPLE HAD REPLIED, TWO OF' WHICHF'AVORED THE'PAVING Of' 34TH,PLACE AND FOUR Of' WHICH WERE AGAI,NST THE PAVING OF' 34TH PLACE. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED-THE GENERAL PROBLEM ON THESE TWO STREETS AND MADE SPECIF'IC REF'ERENCE TO THE POOR CONDITION OF' THE CURRENT STREETS AS WELL AS TO THE PROBLEM OF' STORM-WATER F'ROM BOTH PEARL STREET AND 34TH PLACE. ArTER SOME DISCUSSION THE COMMITTEE F'ELT THAT ~T WAS TN THE INTEREST OF THE RESIDENTS Of' THE AREA THAT THESE STREETS BE PAVED, AND RECOMMENDED THAT 34TH PLACE F'AOM DONALD STREET TO APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF' BLOCK EAST Of' DANNA COURT, AND PEARL STREET F'ROM 34TH 'PLACE TO DONALD'STREET BE PAVED, AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDI NANCES I NI TI ATI NG THESE '." PROJECTS BE PASSED." I 'IT WAS MOVED BY MR.' BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR~' GODLOVE,' THAT-THE REPORT OF" THE PuBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. e ~