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~7~ e E. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE PROGRAM AS OUTLINED WAS TO BE A COMMUNITY EfrORT, NOT DESIGNED SPEClrlCALLY fOR A LIMITED NUMBER or MERCHANTS IN THE AREA, BUT .rOR ALL ORG'ANIZATioNS~ GROUPS AND CiTIZENS or THE CITY.' I F. THE POINT WAS MADE THAT WHILEITHIS WAS BEING DONE ON' AN EXPERIMENTAL BASIS, THE EFrECT or IT MAY LEAD TO CLOSURE AT SOME rUTURE DATE AND BEFORE SUCH COM- P~ETECLOSURE IS MADE' A GREAT DEAL OF' STUDY AND THOUGHT WOULO'HAVE TO GO INTO ~HE CONSEQUENCE OF SUCH ACT10N. I' G. THE- POINfWAS'MA~E THAT If WILLAMETTE STREET WERE CLOSED FO~ A~ INDEr)NITE PERIOD IT MI GHT LEAD'TO THE BUI LDI NG UP or OTHER CENTERS or SHOPP'I NG AWAY rROM THE CITY CORE, ALTHOUGH IN RErUTATION IT'WAS POINTED OUT THAT EUGENE DOES NOT HAVE surrlCIENT POPULATION TO SUPPORT OTHER THAN' A CORE AREA. 1h.; . H. T~ERE WASiSOME EXPRESSION or OPINION THAT If THE EXPERIMENT or CLOS1NG METTE STREET WERE:SUCCESSfUL, THEN THE OUTSIDE PERIMETER STREET~ MIGHT WIDENED'TO ALLOW AMORE CONVENIENT TRAffIC flOW AROUND THE CORE AREA. THOUGHT THAT SUCH WIDENING OF,THE PERIMETERiSTREETS COULD BE DONE MUCH ECONOMICALLY 'THAN THE WIDENING Of WILLAMETTE STREET. WILLA- BE t TWAS 'MORE e FOLLOWING THE 'DISCUSSION IT'WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. BRIGGS THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND THE CLOSING OF WILLAMETTE STREET fROM'7TH TO 11TH AVENUErOR A TEN DAY PER 100 STARTI NG, APPROXI MATEL Y MARCH 21', 1957 ON AN: EXPER I MENTAL BASI S. MR. EDMUNDS VOTE NO." " j I IT WAS MOVED BY MR~ WATSON SECONDED BY MR~ SHEARER THAT THE REPORT' or THE COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE BE SEGREGATED AND THAT ITEM II BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED: ~ . I T WAS' MOVED' BY MR; EDMUNDS SECONDED BY MR; SHI SLER THAT THE REPORT or ,THE COMMI TTEE ON THE CLOSURE OF W,LLAMETTE STREET BE REJECTED. MOTION DECLARED CARRIED ON VOICE VOTE. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT A RESOLUTION BE DRAWN INSTRUCTING THE, PLANNING COMMISSIOf\! TO MAKE A COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE FEASIBILITY or THE CLOSING or,WILLAMETTE STREET AT SOME FUTURE DATE 'AND WHAT MIGHT BE ACCOMPLISHED BY, SUCH A CLOSURE AND TO REPORT BACK TO THE COUNCIL. MOTION DECLARED CARRIED ON VOICE VOTE. 5 A REPORT OF THE MEETING BET~EEN THE COUNCIL AND ~HE'EUGENE W~TER & ELECTRIC BOARD HELD FEBRUARY 4, 1957 - RE: CONTINUATION OF PAYMENTS TO THE CITY IN LIEU or'TAXES WAS' SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: " COUNC I LMEN WATS'ONj SHEARER, HARTMAN, SHI SLER, EDMUNDS' AND LI NDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; ADMINiSTRATivE ASSISTANT; MESSRS. TROMLITZ, SMITH,.HOAGlUN, SILVA, McNUTT, BOALS, DEPUTY DIRECTORS TAYLOR AND PATTERSON, CONTROLLER KiNG or THE EUGeNE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD; AND TOM JACQUES OF THE EUGENE R~GISTER-GUARD. I {, THE 'MEETI NG WAS' HELD WI TH THE'EUGEtE WATER & ELECTRI C BOARD FOR THE PURPOSE OF 01 SCUSSI NG THE POSSIBILITY OF CONTlNUiNG'THE 6% TAX LEVIED ON THE UTILITY'S GROSS 'ELECTRIC PAYMENTS WHICH AS or NEXT JUNE 30 WILL HAVE BEEN IN EXISTENCE rOR A' PERIOD Of 2-1'/2 YEARS. THERE WAS GENERAL DISCUSSION BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYEES or BOTH'UNITS CONCERN- ING THE PROPRIETY O~ SUCH TAXATION. ~ I 1 I IT WAS EXPLAINE~ THAT THE COMMON COUNCIL HAD ~ RESOLUTION PREPARED'REQUESTING CONTINUATION orTHE'6% TAX BUT THAT THIS RESOLUTION HAD NOT BEEN PASSED AS or THE DATE OF THIS MEETING. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE RESOLUTION-BE PASSED'AND REFERRED TO THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD fOR THEIR ACTION. No ~ORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN BY EITHER BODY DORING THE MEETING." e IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE REPORT or THE MEETING BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND THE' EUGENE~WATER:& ELECTRIC BOARD BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION tARRIED. (, 6 A REPORT O~ THE PUBLIC WOR~S AND PUBLIC'SAfETY COMMITTEE MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 7, 1957 - RE: REQUEST fROM RESIDENTS or THE AREA fOR SEWER LINE AT THE REAR OF PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE Of EMERALD STREET rROM APPROXIMATELY 28TH AVENUE TO 29TH AVENUE; PETITION rOR THE PAVING or McMILLAN STREET fROM 26TH AVENUE TO ~7TH AVENUE; REQUEST rOR CORRECTING DEED ON PROPERTY ADJACENT TO COLUMBIA STREET BETWEEN 23RD AND 24TH AVENUES; AND REQUEST FOR SEWER IN AREA SOUTH or 40TH AVENUE AND EAST 'Of WILLAMETTE STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR McGiNTY; 'COUNCiLMEN WATSON, SHEARER, HARTMAN, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS AND LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; AD- MINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; AND MILES McKAY. I. REQUEST rROM RESIDENTS or THE AREA rOR SEWER LINE AT' THE ~EAR Of PROPE~TY ON THE EAST SIDE or EMERALD STREET ~ROM APPROXIMATELY 28TH AWENUE TO 29TH AVENUE'- THE COMMITTEE OBSERVED THE AREA WHERE RESIDENTS HAD REQUESTE~ THAT A SEWER LINE BE INSTALLED. THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION or SUCH A SEWER LINE WAS POINTED OUT BY THE CITY ENGINEER, AND IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT IN CERTAIN CASES.RIGHT-Or-WAY WOULD HAVE I - ~