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~8e e "r- , , I MENTS fOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE AMAZON CHANNEL BY CONCRETE LINER fROM THE fAIRGROUNDSfTO CHARNELTON STREET AND THAT IT WAS NECESSARY THAT THE CITY GIVE AN EASEMENT:TO THE fEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO COVER THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE AMAZON CHANNEL THROUGH THE ABOVE AREA. . \, . IT WAS RE~O~MENDED THAT THE PROPER CITY OfFICIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE NECESSARY DOCUME~TS.~RANTING AN EASEMENT 10 THE fEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE CON- STRUCTION or THE AMAZON CHANNEL BY CONCRETE LINER FROM THE fAIRGROUNDS TO CHARNELTON'STREET. ' 2. DIScusilON'ON THE ~IDTH 6f GARfiELD STREET BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THERE WERE VARIOUS WIDTHS WHICH COULD BE USED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF GARFI.ELD,STREET BETWEEN 6TH AVENUE AND 7TH AVENUE WEST. THESE WIDTHS ~ERE 42 fEET, 44 FEET OR 48 FEET. 'THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT SINCE GARfiELD STREET WAS CONSTRUCTED TO A WiDTH OF 48 FEET BETWEEN 7TH AND 11TH AVENUES, THIS WIDTH OF 48 FEET BE EXTENDED FROM 6TH TO 7TH AVENUE. 3. IMPROVEMENT OF 6TH AVENUE WEST, BEING THE HIGHWAY 99 NORTHBOUND - THE CITY MANAGER!' EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD CONTACTED THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY ENGINEER WITH REFERENCE' TO THE POSSI-BLE I MPROVEMENT Of 6TH AVENUE FROM THE END OF THE EXI STl NG CURBS AND GUTTERS:WHICH WOULD BE :BETWEEN ALMADEN AND.PIERCE STREETS. VARIOUS WIDTHS COULD ,,'", - -.' BE USED IN THIS INSTANCE FOR THE POSSIBLE CONSTRUCTIO~OF THE StREET, BUT THE RECOMMiNdATION cif T~E ~IGHWAY ENGI'NEER WAS TO BE NOT LESS THAN.44 FEET If ~HE CITY WERE PLANNING FOR FUTURE TWO-WAY ARTERIAL TRAFfiC. IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT A WIDTH OF 44 FEET WOULD MAKE IT CONSIDERABLY EASIER TO USE THE EXISTING HIGHWAY SURFACING AND REQUIRE THAT A STREET BE BUILT ONLY BETWEEN THE EXISTING 'HIGHWAY SURFACING AND THE PROPOSED CURB LINE. : . " - :- \.' ~ I IT WAS RE~OMMENDED THAT. THE CI TY fOLLOW THE RECOMMENDATI ONS OF THEENGI ~EER AND THAT TH~ iMPROVEM~NT OF' 6TH AVENUE WEST BE TO A WIDTH OF 'NOT LESS THAN 44 'fEET. , .- 4. REPORT ON fiRE DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS - THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED A REPORT TO THE COMMITTE;E IN WHICH THE fiRE CHIEf H~D SET FORTH A NUMBER OF IMPROVEMENTS WHICH WOULD BE NECESSARY TO PLACE THE CITY IN A LOWER FIRE INSURANCE GRADING GROUP. THE fiRE CHIEF COMMENTED ON THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH WERE PRESENTED to THE COMMITTEE IN'WRITING.. DURING THE COURSE OF THE PRESENTATION MEMBE*S OF THE COM- MITTEE MADE INQUIRY AS TO SOME PARTICULAR QUESTIONS, AND FOLLOWING THE PRESENTA- tiON IT wAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REPORT BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC SA~ETY COMMITTEE FOR STUDY. " 5. REQUEST BY SCHOOL DISTRICT #504-C fORn RE PROTECTION CONTRACT 'ONTHE NORTH EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL - IT ,WAS EXPLAINED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RE;CEIVED fROM S~HOOL DIS- TRICT #504-C FOR FIRE PROTECTION FOR THE NORTH EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL WHICH IS LOCATED ADJACE~T TO/OUTSIDk OF THE ~'VER ROAD fl*E PROTECTION DISTRICT. DURING ~HE DIS- CUSSION IT WAS POINTED out THAT THE COUNCIL HAS ENACTED A RESOLUTION 'SETTING 'FORTH A RATE ~F 6 MILL$ ON THE ASSESSED VALUATION OF THE PROPERTY, OR A MINIMUM Of $150 PER YE~R, AS THE RATE WHICH wOULD BE CHARGED FOR FIRE PROTECTION. fOLLOWING SOME DISCUS~ION iN WHICH IT WAS RECOGNIZED THAT THE PEOPLE Of THE CITY HAVE A VERY GREAT INTEREST IN THE 'BUILDINGS OWNED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE CONTRACT FOR FIRE PROTECTION Of THE NORTH EUGENE HIGH SCHOOL BASED ON 6 MI LLS OF THE SCHOOL 's V~LUATI ON AS I T, WOULD BE VALUED FOR -TAX PURPOSES." - . / I " IT WAS MOVEO'SY MR~ WATSON SECONDED BY MR. EDMONDS THAT THE REPORT OF 'THE .COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I TWAS McivED' BY -MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE WIDTH OF 6TH AVENUE WEST, BE I,NG HI GHWAY 99 NORTHBOUND, fROMTH~ END OF THE EXI STt NG CURBS AND GUTTERS WHI CH ARE BETwEEN' ALMADEN" AND PIERCE STREETS 'BE SET AT 48 FEET. MOTtON CARRIED. ,.' ~ . . -.i:f ': :;;: 4 A REPORT OF THE HEALTH & RECREATION COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON fEBRUARY 20, 1957 - RE: ~XCHANGE\: Of PROPER~Y WITHCfNTU~Y fUND "FOR PARK PURPOSES; SAtE O~ EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY ~ORPARK PUR~O~ES; ~ PROPOSED CONTRACT FOR PONY RI DE AT SKI NNERS BUTTE -PARK; AND 01 SCUSSI ON OF PROPOSAL fOR URBAN'RE- NEWAL AND HOUSING CODE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR McGINTY; COUNCILMEN HARTMAN, LAURIS, LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; PARKS & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; CITY RE~ORDER;,PLANNING ,CONSULTANT; MRS.'WHITE; MRS. CLARK; MRS. BALDINGER; MR. BURBEE;MR. WINDSOR; DAN W~ANT,EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD~ I. EXCHANGE OF PROPERTY WiTH CENTU~Y fUND FOR PARK PURPOSES - THE PARKS & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY or EUGENE HAD CERTAIN LOTS ADJOINING THE PROPOSED LOCATION or PEARL STREET BETWEEN 22ND _AVENUE EAST AND 25TH AVENUE E~ST WHICH, WHEN PEARL STRE~T'IS CONSTRUCTED"wiLL NOT,BE CONTIGUOUS TO THE AMAZON PARK PROPERTY BUT WOULD BE ON THE wEST SIDE or PEARL STREET AND FOR THIS REASON WOULD HAVE SMALL VALUE rOR PARK PURPOSES. . -.,1 I . . /j IN ACCORDANCE WITH PREVIOUS INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY THE COUNC,L, AN ESTIMATE OF THE POTE~TiAL1~ALUE 6F THESE LOTS HAD BEEN MADE, INCL~DING THE PROPOSED COSTS OF STREET ASSESSMENTS WHICH WOULD BE ASSESSABLE TO THESE LOTS. ON THE BASIS OF THE e, ~