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r4~f e THE 'CI TV LI MITS HAD 'A DRAI'NAGE DI TCH RUNNI,NG THROUGH' I T AND rN .HER BEL I EF ,THE 'SEWER WOULD BE QF NO USE TO HER. . THE COMMITTEE .DROVE TO THE A~EA AND LOOKED OVER THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE ASSESSMENT STAND AS WAS MADE BY THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. '1 HEALTH & RECREATION COMMITTEE I. DISCUSSION ON COUNTY OFFER TO GIVE fERRY STREET BRfDGE PARK 'TO CITY - AT THE COUNCIL MEETING OF MARCH II, 1957 A LETTER FROM THE LANE COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION DEPART- MENT wAs 'READ I~WHICH A PARK AREA ON THE NORTH SID~ OF TH~ WI~LAMETTE RIVER LOCATED IMMEDI'ATEL.:Y EAST OF -THE NORTH 'APPROAcH laTHE fERRY STREET BRIDGE 'WAS OFFERED TO THE CITY Of' EUGENE' AT NO"COST.' . SI'NCE 'RECE'-PT OF' THIS LETTER"IT HAs BEEN DETERMINt'D 'THAT THE COUNTY HAS ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION TO GI VE THE STATE PR lOR CONSI OERATI ON ON ,ANY COUNTY PROPERTY CURRENTLY OWNED t"N . : THIS AREA AND FOR THAT'REASO~ THE OFFER MADE By'THE LANE COUNTY PARKS & RECREATION' DEPARTMENT WAS WI THDRAWN. THE COMMI TTEE"RECOMMENDED THAT THE MATTER 'BE TABLED. 8 COMMrTTEE or -THE WHOLE . . --. -. I. DISCUSSION REGARDING STREET NAME 'SIGNS -THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED TO'THE ~COMMITTEE' THAT-THE SUM OF '$10,000 HAD BEEN SET UP IN'THE 1956-57 BUDGET,FOR THE fNSTALLATION or STREET NAME 'SI GNS. IT'-S 'PRESUMED THAtTl-lI 5' PROJECT WI LL EXTEND OVER AT (EAST' FOUR YEARS AND WILL COST'APPROXfMATELY $10,000 I'N EACH YEM BEFORE THE CITY IS COMPLETELY SIGNED. THE ENGiNEERl'NG DEPARTMENT INDICATED THAT THERE ARE APP~OXI- MATEL y900 INTERSECTIONS' IN THE"'CfTY AND THAT WI TH THE '1IIlSTALJ:,ATI ON OF STREET NAME SIGNS ON TVlO CORNERS OF EACH INTERSECTJ'ON,1800 UNIT SIGNS WOULD BE NECESSARY,TO COMPLETELY SIGN THE CITY. THE 'COMMITTEE VIEWED ,SIGNS 'OF VARIOUS TYPES iNCLUDING SCOTCHLITE, BAKED ENAMEL AND PORCELAIN ENAMEL SIGNS. 'THEEST{MATED MATERIA~ COST FOR SUCH SIGNS VARIED FROM $6~90 PER'UNIT'TO $I'I;60'PER ~NIT~, THE RECOMMENDED SIGN WAS INDJCATEDAS 'A TYPE B SCOTCHLITE AT A ~NITCOst OF '$6~90,AND 'THIS SI'~NWAS 'ACTUALLY O~SERVED'BY THE COM- MITTEE AND WAS FOUND TO BE LEGIBLE IN,DAYLIGHT LIGHTING AS WELL AS HIGHLY REFLECTIVE FOR NIGHT LIGHTING AND IN THE OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE WAS THE BEST SIGN OBTAINABLE BASED:ON'THOSE TYPES OF' SIGNS SHOWN TO'THE COMMI'TTEE.' 'I'T WAS 'EXPLAINED THAT THE P.ER UNIT'COST OF $6.90 rNCLUDED MATERIAL FOR THE,sfGN ONLY AND' DID NOT INCLUDE LABOR FOR MANUFACTURE OF' THE SIGN, INSTALLATION OF THE SIGN NOR ACTUAL INSTALLATION COST. THE COMMITTEt' REtOMMEIIlDE~ ACCEPTANCE' OF:THE'ENGINEER'S RECOMMENDATION FOR 'TYPE B'SCOTCH- LITESf~NS.AT'A~'APPROXIMATE cost OF $6.90 'PER 'UNIT~ 2. Dlst~ssro~ REGARDING'POTENTIA' ANNEXATioN l'lIl THE 'WILLAKENtlE 'fIR~ PRO~ECTION DISTRICT - SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD AMONG THE COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO THE ANNEXATION OF A POR- TION OF THE WILLAKENZIE fiRE PROTEcTION.DISTRICT. No FORMAL RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE." IT WAS MOVED BY MR~,WATSON SECONDED By'MRS~ LAURIS THAT' THE, REPORT OF THE 'PUBLIC WORKS COM- MITTEE AND OF THE HEALTH & RECREATION COMMITTEE BE ADOPTED~: 'MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BE ADOPTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN 'PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATtONS' 9 A PETITION FOR'REZONING TH~ NORTHEAST CORNER OF'32ND AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET FROM RA, OUTER RESIDENTIAL DISTRltT, TO C-2, 'NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, SUBMITTED BY FLOYD D.STAPP AND HELD OVER FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION ON NOVEMBER 13, 1956, BY REQUEST'WA~ BROUGHT ON FOR RE- CONSI DERATI ON. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN'SECONDED By'MR. SHEARER THAT THE PETITION BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. 10 A CONSENT TO ANNEXATION WAS SUBMITTED BY CARL AND RUTH E. &STROM FOR THE NORTH 116 FEET OF LOT 5,'BLOCK 2, OF ARCADIA PARK. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. WATSON THAT THE CONSENT TO ANNEXATION BE RE- FERRED TO THE'PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. I I A PETITION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF UNIVERSITY STREET FROM 23RD TO 25TH AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED WITH SIGNATURES OF OWNERS REPRESENTlNG'46.53%'OF THE TOTAL,F'RONT'f'OOTAGE OF'THEPROPERTlES TO BE ASSESSEO. ,,'d'.' I TWAS' MOVED BY' MR. 'SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. WATSON THAT' THE PETI TI ON BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. 12 'A PETITION FOR'THE I~PROVEMENT OF CHARN~LTON STREET FROM 25TH TO 26TH AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED WITH SIGNATURES OF OWNERS REPRESENTING 40.41% OF iHE TOTAL FRONT FOOTAGE OF THE PROPERTIES TO BE ASSESSED. ' . I T WAS MOVED By'MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER lH'AT THE: PETI TI ON BE REFERRED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COM~ITTEE. MOTI~N CARRIED. 13 A PETITION FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF CITY VIEW STREET FROM 18TH TO 22ND AVENUE WAS SUBMITTED WITH SIGNATURES OF OWNERS REPRESENTING 53~42% OF THE TOTAL FRONT FOOTAGE OF THE PROPERTiES TO BE ASSESSED, SAI D' IMPROVEMENT C'ONSI'STI NG OF' PA,n NG AN'O SIDEWALK. ~ " ! I It I I ,: I' I: Ii , \; f Ii I " I j I I' " Ii I' Ii ': I. e I - ---