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41~ e I 3. PETITION FOR,THE PAVING OF CHARNELTON STREET FROM 25TH AVENUE TO 26TH AVENUE'~-A . PETITION CONTAINING SIGNATURES OF OWNERS or 40.41% OF'~HE TOTAL FRONT rOOTAGEIQr . THE PROPE~TIESi TO BE ASSESSED WAS PRES~NTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE D~OvE TO THE AREA AND IN COMPARING THE PETITION SIGNERS'TO PROPERTY IN THE AREA, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT APPARENTLY SOME PROPERTY HOLDERS HAD NOT BEEN APPROACHED WITH' RESPECT TO THE QUESTION OF PAVING THE STREET. SINCE THE PETITION DID NOT, CONT~IN SIGNATURES OF A MAJORITY or THE OWNERS or THE FRONT rOOTAGE AND IT APPEARED TH~T CERTAIN PROPERTY HOLDERS HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A POSTAL CARD ~OLL BE'TAKEN or THE PROPERTIES WHICH WOULD BE ASSESSED FOR- THE PAVING,Qr CHARNEL TON STREET FROM 25TH AVENUE- TO 27T,HAvENUE AND THA,T A, REPORT, BE MADE TO A FUTURE MEETING or THE COMMITTEE. e 4. PETITI'ON FOR TH'E:PAVING OF UN,IVERSITY STREET FROM. 23RD AVENUE TO 25TH AVENUE"- A PETITION CONTAINING SIGNATURES OF OWNERS. or 46.53% OF. THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, OR 64.40% or THE TOTAL PROPERTY IF CITY PROPERTY IS INCLUDED, TO BE ASSESSED WAS 'PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE DROVE OVER THE STREET- AND, IN THEIR OPINiON, iT APPEARED TH~T THE STREET SHOULD BE PAVED. IT WAS tHERErORE-RECOM- MENDED THATI UNIVERSITY STREET rROM 23RD TO 25TH AVENUE BE PAVED AND THE NECES- SARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PAVING BE PASSED. ~, ) I 5. REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION OF THE- NORTH 116 rEET; LOT 5) BLOCK 2) ARCADIA PARK, SUB- MITTED BY CARL AND RUTH E. EKSTROM - THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED A REQUEST FOR ANNEXA- 'TION SUBMITTED BY CARL AND RUTH E. EKSTROM FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 693 LORANE HIGH- WASY. ,MR. AND MRS'. EKS-TROM REQUESTED' ANNEXATI ON'AND Fa LED' WI TH THE CI TY A CONSENT TO ANNEXATION'ON THEIR PROP~RTY WHICH ADJOINS THE CITY LIMITS AND IS LOCATED GENERALLY ON THE WEST SIDE'OF'MADISON STREET BETWEEN KREATZ ROAD AND LORANE HIGH- WAY. IT WAS INDICATED BY THE PLANNING CONSULTANT THAT THERE WERE ADDITIONAL PRO- PERTI ES IN THI S AREA WHOSE OWNERS WERE CONTEMPLATI NG' ANNEXATION AT THI S TI ME, AND THAT FROM A COST BASI S TO THE CI T'Y OF EUGENE, IT MI GHT BE POSSI BLE TO ENCOMPAS'S A LARGER AREA IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IT WAS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED THAT THIS REQUEST BE HELD, IN COMMITTEE PENDING THE RESULTS Of A MOVEMENT FOR ANNEXATION IN THEIAREA BETWEEN THE C,tTY LIMITS AND LORANE HIGHWAy AND FROM THE EXISTING WEST CITY LIMITS TO CHAMBERS STREET. '; . 5 COMMI TTEE, OF THE' WHOLE ' , I. REQUEST fOR REZONING OF PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER O~ 32ND AVENUE AND WILLA- METTE STREET SUBMITTED BY FLOYD AND MARY STAPP - THE COMMITTEE AND COUNSEL fOR MR. STAPP ENGAGED IN A COMPLEX DISCUSSION ON THE VARIOUS ASPECTS Of ZONING ANDI REZONING IN A VARIETY OF AREAS IN THE CITY. WI~H RESPECT TO ~HE SPECIFIC REQU~ST~ THECOMMi TTEE I NDI CATED THA'1 OTHE-R REQUESTS, WERE COMI NG, I N fROM ,THE AREA" ANDi T WAS, RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST FOR REZONING SUBMITTED. BY fLOYD AND MARY STAPP BE REFERRED AGAI N TO THE PLANNI NG COMMI SSI ON .TO BE CONSI DERED WI TH OTHER REQUESTS IN ,THIS"AREA. "f. e 2. REQUEST BY HAZEN L. AND DOROTHY H. OLSEN FOR VACATION OF A PORTION Of THE STREET RIGHT-Of-WAY ADJACENT TO LOT 8, BLOCK 5, HENDRICKS AMENDED AODITlON, BEING LOCATED AT 18TH AVENUE ANDlI NCOlN STREET - A, COMMUNI CATI ON FROM MR. AND MRS. OLSEN, WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE WITH RESPECT TO THE POSSIBLE VACATION OF PROPERTlrs CURRENTl.Y IN CI TV OWNERSHI P AND RESERVED fOR STREET PURPOSES. 'T WAS ,EXPLAI NED THAT PRIOR TO THIS TIME, THE CITY OF EUGENE HAD PURCHASED PROPERTY fOR THE OPENING Of 18TH AVENUE" HAD DEDICATED SUCH PROPERTY PURCHASED FOR STREE~ PURPOSES AND WA& RETAINING SUfFICIENT PROPERTY fOR AN 80 fOOT RIGHT~Of-WAY THROUGH THIS ,AREA. IT 'WAS fURT~ER EXPLAINED THAT 4 FEET OF THE ORIGINAL RIGHT-Or-WAY HAD BEEN VACATE~ AND WAS NOW IN MR. ,AND MRS. OLSEN'S OWNERS-HIP SINCE THIS FOUR rEET WAS IN EXCESS Of THE 80 FOOT RIGHT-OF-wAy WHICH THE CITY IS RETAINING. THERE wA-s SOME DISCUSSION AS TO WHETHER IT WAS CONCEIVABLE THAT THE CITY WOULD EVER BUILD A STREET THAT >wOUL-D REQU1Rt' AN SO fOOT .IGHT-OF-WAY, ANO'IT WAS EXPLAINEO ~HAT iN AREAS TO THE WEST THERE WAS SUfFICIENT RIGHT-OF-WAY TO WIDEN THE STREET IF NECESSARY AND THAT IF THIS PARTICULAR AREA WAS VACATED, THE CITY MIGHT BE IN A POSITION WHERE THEY WQULD ~A~E :TO REPURCHASE THE VACATED PROPERTY. I , I MR. AND MRS.' OLSEN I NDI CATED THAT'THEY BELIEVED T,HEY HAD BEEN TREATED UNFAI RLY WHEN 18TH AVENUE WAS PAVED AND SINCE IT IS AN ARTERlAL STREET, THEY FIRMLY BE~IEVE I TTO: BE A DETRIMENT, TO' THEIR PROPERTY AND NOT AN ASSET. THEY, FURTHER STATED' THAT AT ONE', TI ME THE LAND I N QUEST ION WAS OfFERED TO THEM AS A' GIFT AND, THEY ACCEPT,ED, BUT BY SUBSEQUENT ACTI ON OF THECOUNC I L THE OFFER WAS RESC I NDED, AND I N ,THE I R " OPINION IT'WAS NOT rEASIBLE NOR L,IKELY TH'AT THE CITY WOULD EVER CONSTRUCT' A' S:rREET WHICH WOULD REQUIRE AN'80FOOT RIGHT-OF-WA,y DUErO THE EXTREME COSTS THAT WOULD BE INCURRED If ~UCH' ACTION WERE TA~EN~. I ..\ I THE COMMI TTEE RECOMMENDED BY, ,A VOTE OF 3 TO: 2: THAI THE REQUEST BE DE:NI ED -,-, BRI GGS, WATSON AND HAR:rM~N' VOTING AYE:; LAURIS AND LINDEEN VOTING NAY. 3. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE WILLAKENZIE fiRE PROTECTION DISWRICT ANNEXATION AREA MAPS OF THE POTENTIAL ANNEXATION AREA IN THE WILLAKENZIE ~IRE DISTRICT WERE PRE- SENrED':rO THE ,COMMI TTEE ANOSOME or THE R,EASONS BEHI NO THE VARIOUS BOUNDAR:Y ,LiNES. ' DRAWN ,WERE EXPLAI NED BY THE PLANNI NG CONSULTANT. No FORMAL AC'TI ON ON THE, SUB~ECT ~AS TAKEN AND 1T WAS' THE CONSENSUS OF THE GROUP THAT THE COMMITTEE WOULD AGAI~ 01 SCUSS .THE MA,TTER AT THE NEXT WEEKl.Y MEETI NG. e ~