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<br />I 4. ,'_N~TALLATION OF ISLANDS TO CHANNELIZE TRAFFIC AT 32ND AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE'-STREET--
<br /> THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER EXPLAINED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD AUTHORIZED THE INSTALLATION OF
<br /> TRAFFIC ISLANDS AT 32ND AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET SO THAT TRAFFIC WOULD BE "
<br /> CHANNELIZED AND HAZARDS IN RIGHT AND LEFT TURN MOVEMENTS WOULD BE PARTIALLY ELIMINATED.
<br /> ..SINCE RECEIVING AUTHORIZATION TO INSTALL ISLANDS TO CHANNEL TRAFFIC, A FURTHER
<br /> .STUDY OF THE AREA HAS BEEN MADE AND IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CITY HAD MORE PROPERTY: IN'T~E
<br /> AREA WHI CH COULD BE USED FOR STREET PURPOSES THAN THAT WHI CH WAS ORI GI NALLY PLANNED., ,
<br /> IT WAS FURTHER RECOMMENDED BY THE TRAFFJC ENGINEER THAT WILLAMETTE STREET BE wfO~NED.AN
<br /> ADDITIONAL DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF 32ND AVENUE'~ND
<br /> WILLAMETTE STREET WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR ALL TRAFFIC LANES TO HAVE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR
<br /> TR~FFIC MOVEMENT. ~ITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF THE TRAFFIC LANE .EQUIREMENTS, THE ORIGINAL
<br />, 'RECOMMENDATION OF THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER, AS APPROVED BY THE COUNCI L, WOULD BE BAS.ICAtLY
<br /> MAINTAINED. . I,) . ~ :
<br />" THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REV.ISEO-PLAN FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ISLANDS AT
<br />e 32ND AVENUE ANDWILLAMETTE-STREET FOR THE CHANNELIZATfON OF TRAFFIC BE APPROVED~" - , \
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON, SECONDED BY MR. KOPPE, THAT THERREPORT OF THE COMMITTEE.OF
<br /> THE WHOLE BE ADOPTED. MOTl ON CARRI ED.
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<br /> 7 IT WAS MOVtD By.MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR~ WATSON, THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED.
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<br /> TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY INDICATING THAT VAN BUREN STREET IS BEING
<br />I BLOCKED OFF BY TRAINS. IT WAS STATED BY A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL THAT THE CROSSING WAS BLOCKED
<br /> FOR A PERIOD OF TIME IN'E~CESS OF THAT BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4:35 P.M. TO.4:45 P.M. MonON.
<br /> CARR I,ED.
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<br /> /8 A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 7, 1956 - RE: REQUEST.FOR
<br /> REZONING AT 32ND AND WILLAMETTEj ACQUISITION Of PROPERTY FOR EXTENSION OF EAST 24TH BETWEEN
<br /> HARRI.S ANI:?' UNI VERSI TVj REQUEST TO PURCHASE PROPERTY NEAR WEST 7TH [XTENSLONj AND PROPOSED
<br /> ORDIN~NCE .Tq REGULATE ADVERTISING, SALE, AND DISTRIBUTION OF GASOLINE FOR USE IN MOTOR
<br /> VEHICLES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "
<br /> "PRESEN1:j MAYOR JOHNSONj COUNCILMEN GODLOVE, WATSON, OWEN, SHEARER, HARTMAN,
<br /> AND EDMU,NDSj CITY MANAGERj CITY ENGINEER; CITY ATTORNEY; ADMINISTRATIVE I NTERNj ,.,
<br /> MR. RAY COULTER AND.VARIOUS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GASOLINE RETAIL DEALERS'Or /
<br /> EUGENE; AND MR. FRED BRENNE OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
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<br /> I . REQUEST.FOR "REZONING AT NORTHEAST eORNER OF 32ND AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREtTFR6M
<br /> I RA, OUTER RESI DENT! AL DI STRI,CT TO C-2, NEI GHBORHOOD COMMERCI AL 01 STRI CT - REPRESENTATIVES
<br /> OF.THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE AREA ON WHICH REZONING HAD BEEN REQUESTED AND TALKED WITH
<br /> H!E PROPERTY OWNER WHO HAD REQUESTED THE REZONI NG. " '
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<br /> FOLLOWING A DISCUSSION OF THE REQUEST, THE COMMI TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PETI n:O-N
<br /> TO REZONE THIS AREA BE DENIED.
<br /> 2. ACQUI SI TI ON OF PROPERTY FOR EXTENSION OF EAST 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN HARRI S .AND i"
<br />I UNI VERSI.TY STREETS - REPRESENTATI VES Of THE COMMI TTEE VI SI TED THE AREA AND VI EWED; ,:.,
<br /> pRO~ERTY ON WHICH THE'C'ITY CURRENTLY~HELD'OPTIONS TO PURCHASE SO THAT 24TH AVENUE COULD
<br /> BE EXTENDED BETWEEN HARRIS AND UNIVERSITY_STREETS.
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<br /> IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT OPTIONS HAD BEEN OBTAINED ON PROPERTY IN THE AREA AND~lffi~AS
<br /> NECES~ARY TO EXERCISE THESE OPTIONS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. . THE TOTAL COST or THE PROPERTIES
<br /> UNDER OPTION WOULD RUN APPROXIMATELY $26,000.00 WHICH IS WITHIN THE BUDGETED AMOUN~or
<br /> $30,000.00. IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT IN SOME INSTANCES THE HOUSES ON THE PROP-ERTY
<br />e COULD'BE .MOVED TO A NEW LOCATION ON THE LOT AND COULD THEN BE RESOLD WHICH WOULD DECREASE
<br /> :I TH~ OVER~LL COST OF OBTAINJNG THE PROPERTY.
<br /> THE CO~MITTEE RECOMMENDED THA~ THE CITY EXERCISE THE OPTIONS SO THAT THE STREET
<br /> COULD BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE AREA.
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<br /> 3. REQUEST TO PURCHASE PROPERTY NEAR WEST 7TH AVENUE EXTENSION BY WILLIAM B. ADAMS - A
<br /> REClUE.ST TO PURCHASE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST 7TH AVENUE EXTENSION APPROX I MATElY . .
<br /> ONE-HAL~ WAY BETWEEN GARFIELD AND McKIN~EY STREETS, SUBMITTED -BY WILLI~M B. ADAMS, WAS
<br /> PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE~ . . f :.'~' ,'~
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<br /> THE PROPE.RTY WHI CH MR. ADAMS DESIRES TO PURCHASE I S ADJACENT TO OTHER PROPERTY ,OWNED
<br /> , BY.. H I.M.- MR. ADAMS OFFERED TO PAY THE SAME PRICE AS PAID BY MCCRACKEN BROTHERS FOR ~T~ER
<br /> PROPERTY IN THE SAME. AREA LESS A DEDUCTION-FOR A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY CONTAINING;~25
<br /> SQUARE FEET IN HIS OWNERSHIP BUT WHICH WAS USED FOR STREET PURPOSES WHEN THE WEST 7TH
<br /> AVENUE ACCESS ROAD WAS CONSTRUCTED. THE PROPERTY W~ICH MR. ADAMS DESIRES TO PURCHASE
<br />I CONTAINS 3,~IO SQUARE FEET WHICH, LESS THE 625 SQUARE FEET HE ~OULD SELL TO THE CITY,.~
<br /> ..wOULD: AM,OUN.T TO A DIFFERENCE OF 3)185 SQUARE' FEET.
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<br /> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY, AND SALE OF PROPERTY, AS
<br /> EXPLAINED, BE APPROVED AND THA~ THE SALE PRICE BE ON THE SAME BASIS AS THAT PAID BY
<br /> MCCRACKEN BROTHERS FOR PROPERTY IN THE SAME AREA.
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