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4~~ ~ ,- e ( I I 4. RESULTS OF POSTAL' CARD POLL CONCERNING PAV INGOF CHARNE L TON STREET FROM 25TH TO 26TH AVENUE AND FROM 25TH TO 27TH AVENUE - IT WAS E~PLAINEDTHAT A ~ETITIONHAD BEEN PRE- SENTED TO THE COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY FOR THE PAVING OF CHARNElTON STREET FROM 25TH TO 26TH -AVENUt 'CONTA'I NING SI GNATURES OF OWNERS OF -40..41% OF TOTAL -FRON'T FOOTAGE OF THE PROPERTI ES' TO BE' ASSESSED.' 'THE COMMrTTEE REQUESTED 'THAT A POSTAL' CARD POLL BE TAKEN TO DETERMINE THE FEASIBiliTY OF PAViNG THE S-TREET FROM 25TH -TO 27TH AVENUE. THE RE- SULTS OF THIS POLL ARE 64.53% FOR, 12.32% AGAINST, 23.15% NO ANSWER. ON THE BASIS OF THE POSTAL CARD" POLL," THECOMMI TTEE RECOMMENDED -THAT CHAR"NEL TON STRE-ET BE' PAVED FROM 25TH TO 27TH t(VENUE A"NO' THAT THE' 'NEC'ESSA-RY ORDI'NANCES 'I /iiI TI AT I NG -THE PROJECT BE PASSED. e 5. 01 SCUSSI ON REGARDING -AGREEMENT BETWEEN SCH60L 01 STR"CT -#504-C AND THE CI TY REGARD- ING THE CLOSING OF THE ALLEY BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS FROM 7TH AVENUE TO THE ALLEY NORTH - IT WAS- EXPLAI NED THAT THE COUNCI L HAD REQUESTED _THAT THE SCHOOL 01 S- , TR I CtENTER I liTO "AN" AGREEMENT rN WHI CH "THE SCH-OOL "01 SiR I CT WOULD DEFEND 'ANY SUI T OR ACTION 'BROUGHT AGAINST THE CiTy'BY REASON OF SUCH VACATION AND THAT AN AGREEMENT TO THIS EFFECT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT A/liD NEEDS ACTION BY THE CITY OF EUGENE FOR ITS COMPLETION. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE AUTHOR I-ZED TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT, THAT THE A~REEMENT BE Pl~CED ON FilE, AND THAT THE CI TY pirOCEED' WI TH ,niE CLOSI NG or THE ALLEY. MESSRS. WATSON, SHEARER AND SHI SLER AND MRS. LAUR-IS VOTE'AYE; MESS'RS~-BR'GGS AND'LINDEEN,VOTED-NAY. I 6. CONSIDERATION OF PROTEST BY EDWIN A. PETERSON or SEWER ASSESSMENT ON PROPERTY LQ- CAlED AT e'rH ANDALMAD'EN - THE COMMfTTEE AGAI N CONSI tiERED 'THE -PROTEST OF MR~ PET,ER- SON ON THE -ASSESSMENT OF"-~HI'S PROPERTyrORTHE 'I NSTAlLATI6N 'OF A SANI TARY SEWER. fOLlOWI NG SOME 01 SCUSSI ON THE COMMI TTEE -RECOMMENDED THAT THE ASSESSMENT BE C-OM- PLETED AND THAT THE CITY ENGINEER INVESTIGATE TO SEE IF ANY ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES IN THI~ AREA HAV~ BEEN aENEFITED -BV ANY SEWER WITHOUT PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENT. 7. CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE rOR THE ASSESSMENT OF -GA~FIElD STREET BETWEEN 7TH AND I ITH AVE~UES - IT WAS EXPLAINED 'THAT THE HIGHWAY COMMISSION HAD BEEW CONTACTED WITH REFERENCE TO THEIR OBJECTION REG~RDING THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE PAVING OF -GARFIELD STREET, AND THAT THE CORRESPONDENCE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE HAD BEEN GONE OVER AND THERE; WAS :NO AGREEMENT ON RECORD' EXCLUDI NGTHE HI GHWAY DEPARTMENT FROM _PAYMENT OF ASSESSMENT FOR -THE -PAVI NG OF GARFI [LD STREET., I'T WAS LI KEWI SE I NDI CATED THAT THE' HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN CONTACTED AND TO THE DATE OF THIS MEETING NO REPLY HAD BEEN RECEIVED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT TH~ ORDINANCE BE PASSED_ASSESS- ING THE PROPERTY FOR THE PAVING OF GARFIELD STREET FROM 7TH TO 11TH AVENUE. I 8. CONSIDERATION OF PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME ON THE ENFORCEMENT or THE TRAIlER HOUSE -ORDINANCE #10941 - IT'WAS EXPLAINED THA'T THE 'PLAN- NI NG 'COMMfSSI ON HAD RECOMMENDED THAT -AtL EXI STI NGTRAfLERS -I N -THE 'CITY BE -GRANTED -A VARIANCE TO ALLOWAN'ADDITIONAL SIX MONTHS OCCUPANCY WfTH SUCH VARIANCE -TO TERMI- NATE ONDECE'MBER 31, '1957, AND THAT THE PLANNfNG COMMISSION WOULD CONTINUE TO STUDY SUIT'A-BLE' LOCArrO'NS" FOR TRAILERS FOR THE PURPOSE OF E'S1ABlISH'.-NG "T" OR TRAILER PRIVILEGES TO BE DEFINED ON THE ZONI'NG MAP BY A "T"'sorFIX-TO ANY ZONED DISTRICT. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE REMAIN .IN EFFECT, THAT EXISTING TRAILER PERMIT HOLDERS BE GIVEN AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO DECEMBER 31, 1957, BUT THAT NO' NEW' TRAILE-RS BE' LICENSEO'"rDR THI-S, PERIOD. e 9. Ap'PLICATI ON -FDR SEGRE-GATI ON DF 'ASSESsMENT 1I EN BY Tli'dMAS W. SI NK, 2040' AUGUSTA STREET IT WAS EXPLA I NEDTH'AT THE R,t VERv-tEW STREET SEWER SERVED ,APORTI DN OF THE PRDPERTY DWNED- BY"MR.SINj(- :AT THE 'ABO'VE ADDRESS, ANDI-THAT HE DE-SIRED TO SELL OFF A PARCEL OF PROP'ERTY', pART -DF WHICH HAD AN ASSESSMENT AGA'I NSt -I T AND PARt aF- 'WHI CHHAD NO' ASSESS- MEN~ ~GAINST (T, AND tOR THIS RE'SON HE DESIRED A SEGREGATfON SO THAT HE MiGHT CON- SUMMAr'E THE: SALE "wITH TIi't- PROPE'RTYFREE: AND C(E'AR FROM L (EN. THE . TOTAL AS'SESSMENT AGAINST THE PROPERTY TO BE SOLD orr AMOUNTS TO $14.25. THEI COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE SEGREGATION BE ALLOWED. I 10'. CONSIDERATIDN 'OF 'SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT ON THE EAST SIDE OF WILLAMETTE STRE~T FROM 2aTH 'TO 29TH AVENUE - THE COMMI TTEE I NDI cATED THEY BEll EVED A" VERY DANGEROUS :SI TUAT ION WAS IN EXISTENCE DUE TO' THE ABSENCE OF SIDEWALKS ON THE EAST SIDE OF WILLAMETTE STREET BE- TWEEN -20TH' AVENUE 'AND 24TH PLACE' AND I'N CERTA I N OTHER I SOLATED I NSTANCES FROM 24TH PLACE TO' 29TH AVENUE. THE CDMMI TTEEI NDI CATED THAT A LARGE NUMBER ,OF STUDENTS USED THE EAST SfDE or WI LLAMETTE STREET TO' GET; BETWEE'NSCHOOL AND THE'j R HOMES AND THAT THE ABSENCE Dr SIDEWALKS MADE IT NECESSARY FOR THEM TO WALK IN THE STREET WHICH PRESENTED A VERY DANGE'ROUS SI TUATIDN. THE CDMMI TTH AL.SO I NDI CATED' THAT IN ITHE AREA ADJACENT TO THE CIVIC STADIUM THEY DID NOT BELIEVE IT WDULD BE PDSSIBLE TO BUILD SIDEWALKS AT 'THEIR NORMAL LOC~T'ON BACK FROM THE-CURB DUE TO THE STE~P BANK:AND RECOMMENDED CURB SIDEWALKS IN,THIS-ARE,A WHERE ,IT WAS NOT; POSSI:BLE -DUE 'TO THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LAND TO LDCATE THE SIDEWALK:BACK FROM 'THE CURB~ ,-THEY-LIKEWISE R~COMMENDED THAT SIDEWALKS BE INSTALLED-FROM 2aTH AVENUE TO 24TH PLACE AND FROM 24TH PLACE TO 29TH AVENUE IN SUCH AREAS AS SIDEWALKS WERE NECESSARY. I"' 'J - 11' . '0 9 I PUSt I C - SAfeTY' COMMI TTEE ' I. (A) ESTABLISHMENT OF TURN LANES AT ISTHAvENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET - THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER INDICATED THAT IBTH AND WILLAMETTE WAS A HIGHLY CONGESTED INTERSECTION AND RECOMMENDED- THE -:1 NSTALLATI OW'DF TURN LANES AT- ALLF-"OUR - CORNERS SO THAT TRAFFIC COULD BE CHANNELED THROUGH-THE DESI-RED-MOVEMENTrAND THE CAP~CITy OF THE INTERSECTION 'INCREASED. IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH SUCH TURN LANES IT WAS,RECOMMENDED e ....1