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21.0 e PARK-AIRE SUBIH VI SI ON; AND ~ 01 SCUSSI ON REGARDI NG PROPOSED ACCESS ROAD' F'ROM AUGUSTA STREET TO I LAUREL. HILL DRIVE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS: , "PRESENT: CO~NCILMEN GODLOVE, WATSON, SHEARER, AND SHISLER; CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER; 'CITY'RECORDER; PLANNING CONSULTANT; MR. K. M TAYLOR, ROLLING PIN BAKERY; AND MR. DAN WYANTOF'THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. , I . . REQUEST'B~ ROLLING.'PIN BAKERY 'OR StC~ND'CURB CUT AT I 663:WEST 6T~ AVENUE ~T~E REPRESENTATIVES OF' THE ,COMMITTEE VltWED THE LOCATION W~ERE THE ROLLING PIN BAKERY ~Aci REQUESTED A SECOND CURB C\:IT AND I'T WAS THEI R CONCLUSION THAT THERE IS INADEQUATE SPACE TO PROVIDE F'OR A SECOND CUT AND A TURNING AREA W~ICHWOULDBE ADEQUATE TO ALLOW CUSTOMER I SERVICE FROM AN AUTOMOBILE. I MR~ K; M. TAYlOR'OF' THE ROLLING PIN BAKERY WAS PRESENT'AND ti,SCUSSED THE SITUATION WITH THE COMMITTEE AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE MATTER BE HELD IN COMMITTEE FOR FURTHER STUDY. . 2. REQUEST FOR CONTINUATION OF' F'RANCHISE BY CENTRAL.HEATING COMPANY - THE SUBJECT OF AN It EXTENSION OF THE F'RANCHISE F'OR CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY FOR STEAM SERVICE WAS AGAIN DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE. THE CITY MANAGER INDICATED THAT THE COUNCIL, SOME YEARS AGO" HAD SET A BASIC FRANCHISE FEE OF APPROXIMATELY TWO PER CENT FOR ALL FRANCHISES IN THE CITY AND FURTHER INDICATED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'WAS OF THE OPINION THAT IT WAS NECESSARY TO CHARGE A FEE, BUT THAT. THERE WAS NO NECtSSITY OF ~ESTRICTING THE OPERATIONS OF THE F'IRM TO I THE DOWNTOWN AREA IF' THEY DESIRED AN UNRESTRICTED FRANCHISE. IT WAS LIKEWISE .POINTED OUT THAT IN THE OPINION OF THE CITY ATTORNEY A TEN YEAR FRANCHISE WAS THE LONGEST WHICH SHOULD BE GRANTED. , THE COMMI TTEE 01 SCUSSED THE MATTER AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE CENTRAL HEAT! NG COMPANY BE GRANTED A TEN YEAR FRANCHISE, SUCH FRANCHISE TO BE UNRESTRICTED AS ,TO AREA AND THAT THE FRANCH~SE PAYMENT BE BASED ON ONE PER CENT OF THE GROSS REVENUE OF SUCH COMPANY. ' , 3. REQUEST BY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 504 TO CLOSE THE ALLEY BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS FOR A DISTANCE OF ONE-HALF BLOCK FROM 7TH AVENUE NORTH - THE REQUEST BY SCHOOL DISTRICT NUMBER 504 (SCHOOL,DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR) WAS DISCUSSED BY THE COMMITTEE. No 'COMCLUSI ON WAS REACHED AND I T WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THI SMATTER 'BE'HELD IN COMMITTEE. 4. REQUEST BY ALLEN G. AND FLORENCE T. LARSON ~OR PAYMENT OF A PORTION OF A STORM SEWER, INSTALLED PRIVATELy,-:UNDER THE SIDEWALK AT. 2581 HI LYARD STREET -'A COMMUNI CAT! ON FROM ALLEN G. AND FLORENCE T. LARSON WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE IN WHICH THE PETITIONERS REQUESTED THAT THE CITY RET~'BURSE THEM FOR 'THE COST OF STORM SEWER PIPE INSTALLED UNDER THE SIDEWALK AT THE ABOVE, ADDRESS WHICH HAS 'NOW BEEN INCORPORATED AS ONE END OFA STORM SEWER. THE REQUEST MADE BY THE LARSONS'IS THAT THE CITY REIMBURSE ,THEM FOR THE COST OF THE PIPE WHICH WAS INSTALLED PRIVATELY PRIOR TO THE TIME THAT THE CITY STORM SEWER SYSTEM WAS EXTENDED TO THE AREA. THE COMMITTEE DtSCUSSED~THE MATTER AND- INDICATED THAT THE WORK, AS DONE BY THE LARSONS, I WAS DONE AT THE CONVENIENCE OF THE PEOPLE INVOLVED AT THE TIME IT WAS DONE AND THAT THE' COMMITTEE DID NOT FEEL THAT THE GENERAL TAXPAYER COULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR A PRIVATE CONVENIENCE ATTHfS-TIME. ITWAS THEREFORE RECOMMENDEP THAT THE REQUEST BE :OENIED. r. .- -', 5. BIDS ON LOT 3, BLOCK 5,PARK-AIRE SUBDIVISION - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT BIDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED ANDcOPENED ON JUNE 21, 1956 FOR THE SALE OF LOT 3, BLOCK 5, PARK-AIRE SUBDIVISION, BEING THE COMMERCIAL LOT CONTAINING APP.ROXIMATELYFIVE ACRES,' LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST' CQRNER OF ISTH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS STREET. - THREE elDS WERE RECEIVED FOR THIS PROPERTY FROM THE FOLL.WING, IN THE AMOUNTS INDICATED: . NORMAN.D. POHLL $,71,000.00 McKAY',S MARKETS' 67,500.00 _RODMAN AND UREY 20,000.00, , . .TH IS BID BE I NG FOR A F'R.ONTA,GE OF' 150 FEET BY 150 FEET AND WAS NOT ENTERED FOR THE WHOLE LOT. THE COMMI TTEE ''1)1 SCUS.SED THE BIDS AND RECOMMENDED THAT -THE BIDS BE REJECTED AS BE I.NG TOO LOW. ' ' '-- ----- ,'--- 6. 01 SCUSSI-ON REGARDING PROPOSED ACCESS ROAD FROM AUGUSTA STREET TO LAUREL HI LL DRI VE TO BE LOCATED I N THE VI C I NI TY OF LAUREL HI LL SCHOOL - THE COMMI.TTEE AGAI N DfsCUSSED THE MATTER I OF' THE ACCESS ROAD WHICH WOULD EXTEND FROM THE SOUTH END OF AUGUS1A STREET IN THE VICINITY OF THE LAUREL HI LL SCHOOL TO LAUREL HI LL .DRI VE. AND WHI CH WOULD BE DES'I GNAT ED A's"'EAST' 25'TN AVENUE. " AFTER THIS OLSCUSSION I~WAS RECOMMENDED THAT EAS~ 25TH AVENUE BE OPENED.~ -. ~ . I ,I I , e , i I ~. ~ .. ~~ ~ ~- - -