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<br />6. OPENING OF'STREET BETWEEN LAUREL HILL DRivE' AND AUGUSTA ,STREET ON AN'EAST-WEST LINE
<br />APPROXIMATELY PARALLEl.TO THE LllUREL HiLL 'SCHOOL SITE.';' MR. LOWE, .REPRESENTING.THE:
<br />PETITIONERS IN THE AREA, INDICAtED HIS DISTRICT WAS IN~DIRE NEED or WATER AND THEY HAD
<br />NOT FOUND IT POSSIBLE TO DIG WELLS IN THE AREA TO BRING IN WATER, THAT THERE IS A"PRIVATE
<br />WATER SYSTEM IN THE AREA, BUT IT IS RAPIDLY BECOMING OVERTAXED.
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<br />MR. BARNES OF THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD INDICATED iHATTH~IR'ENGINtERS ~AD
<br />ESTABLISHED A FEASIBLE ROUTE FROM AUGUSTA STREET TO THE SOUTHERN END OF LAUREL HILL"DRIVE
<br />BUT THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO OBTAIN RIGHT OF WAY FOR A' WATER LINE ONLY. BOTH MESSRS. LOWE
<br />AND BARNES REQUESTED THAT THE COMMITTEE TAKE ACTION TO OPEN A STREET BETWEEN AUGUSTA STREET
<br />AND LAUREL HILL:DRIVESOTHAT WATER MAINS COULD BE RuN ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT or WAY. IT WAS
<br />INDICATED THAT SOME'NEGOTIATIONS OR OTHER PROCESSESJMIGHTBE NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE THE
<br />NECESSARy'PROPERTY tOR ~1REET RIGHT OF ~AY PURPOSES.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED'THAi THE 'CI'TY PROCEED WITH THE OPENING OF THE STREET.".
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. GODLOVE, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS
<br />COMMI TTEE 'BE ADOPTED. '
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<br />8 COMMUNICATION FROM EDWARD F~ JUDKI~S'- RE~ OPENING OF A STREET BETWEtN AUGUSTA.STREtT AND
<br />LAUREL HILL DRIVE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS rO~LOWS;
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<br />"IT IS MY UNDtRSTANDING FROM A RECENT ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN THERE~ISTER';'GUARD, THAT
<br />THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE OF YOUR HONORABLE 'BODYr R~COMMENDS A STRtET BE OPENED,txtENDING
<br />FROM AUGUSTA STREET TO LAUREL HILL ROAD, ALONG THE NORTH END OF THE LAUREL HILL SCHOOL
<br />GROUNDS, AND THROUGH MY PROPERTY, AND THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE
<br />COUNCIL ON THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF THAT BODY, MAY 14, '1956.
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<br />I WISH TO ENTER A PROTEST AGAINST THIS ROAD AS PROPOSED, rOR THE REASONS APPENDED
<br />BELOW:
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<br />THE GROUND AT THI. PROPOSED LOCATION IS SO STiE~ THAT IT WOULD BE HAZARDOUS'FOR
<br />TRAVELLI NG WHEN WET OR FROSTY, AND I MPOSSI BLE WHEN SNOW I,S ON. .
<br />THAT AUGUSTA STREET IS NOT IMPROVED FROM THAT, POINT, TO THE SCHOOL BUILDING, WHICH IS
<br />LOCATED 'ON TH~ SOUTH END OF THE GROUND.
<br />THAT THERE IS NO WATER MAIN ALON~ AUGUSTA STREET EXCEPT AT THE:EXTRiM~ NORTH END.
<br />THAT THE PROPER LOCATI ON OF THE ROAD, SHOULD ALONG THE SOUTH END, OF' THE SCHOO.L GROUNDS
<br />WHERE THE BUI LDI NGS, THE WATER MAl N; 'AND THE CONNECTION BETWEEN AUGUSTA :STREET AND
<br />RI VERVI EW StRE'ET ARE, NOW 'ESTABLI SHED.. . ", ,
<br />THAT THIS PART or THE TERRAIN I SNOT SO STEEP AND THAT A t;;ONGER SLOPE AND BETT'ER GRADE
<br />IS' POSSI BlE; AL'SO, THAT '"T I S LOCATED MORE NEARLY I N THE .:CENTER 'OF" "11'4'[ RESI'DENTI AL
<br />AREA, WHEN tVENiUALLY PLATTED.
<br />THAT THERE ARE ~~L~ FIVE HOUSES ON THE EXISTING WATER LI~Ej WHICH HAS A TW~ I~CH,MAIN,
<br />AND A LARGE RESERVOIR TANK, WHICH IS 'THE WATER WE~i ~AIRLY DISTRIBUTED, WO~LD BE
<br />SUFFICIENT NOT ONLY FOR THE PRESENT NEED BUT FOR SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, AND IN
<br />'CONCLUSION, THAT 'THERE I S ONLY ONE 'PUPI L ATT'ENDI NG THE LAUREL SCHOOL F'ROM THE LAUREL
<br />HI LL ROAD.'" '
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<br />THE MAYOR ORDERED, IN THE ABSENCE OF' OBJECTIONS, THAT THIS COMMUNICATION BE RECEIVED AND
<br />PLACED eN riLE'.
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<br />A REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTtE MEETING HELti MAY II, 1956- RE: PAjlN~ T~E ~LLEY
<br />BETWE.EN 16TH AND 17TH AVENUES FROM ALDER TO HILYARD STREETS; BIDS 'ON VARIOUS IMPROVEMENT'
<br />PROJECTS; PETI T,I ON FOR PAVI NG 23RD AVENUE FROM FRI ENDLY STREET TO THE ALLEY EAST B'ETWEEN MA'DI SON
<br />AND MONROE STREETS; AND' 0'1 SCUSSI ON REGARDING A 'F'IXEDBASE OPERATOR -FOR MAHLON SWEEiAI RPOR'iwAS
<br />SUBMI TTED AND READ AS FOL'LOWS:;
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<br />"PRESENT: MAYOR JOHNSON; CO'UNC I LMEN GODLOVE, OwEN, AND WA'TSON; CI TY MANAGER; CITY
<br />RECORDER; CITY ENGINEER; MR. rROMHOLD; MR. DALE GREEN; AND MR. DAN WYANT or THE EUGENE
<br />REGI STER-GUARD'.
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<br />THE COMMI TTEE 01 D NOT AGREE AS TO WHE;THER' THE JO'B SHOULD' BE HELD UP, OR WHETHER THE
<br />PAVI NG CONTRACT SHOULD BE LET 'AND THE MATiER WAS REFERRED TO THE COUNCI L WI TH NO
<br />RECOMMENDATI ON.
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<br />2. 'BIDS ON VARIOUS STREET, SEWER AND ALLEY IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT
<br />A NUMBER OF' BI DS ON VAR I OUS I'MPROVEMENTS HAD BEEN OPENE'D ON MAY I cf, 1956 AND THA'TTHE SEWER
<br />AND ALLEY BIDS CONFORMED TO 'THE EX'PECTED PRICES GENERALLY, BUT THE BIDS F'OR IMPROVEMENT OF
<br />STREETS WERE UP ABOUT TEN PER 'CENT.'.
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