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<br />"PRESENT: MAYOR MCGINTY; COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHEARER, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS, BRIGGS
<br />AND LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY ENGINEER; CITY RECORDER;
<br />MESSRS.oWILSON, LINDSTROM, WRIGHT AND ELLI,NGSON; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-
<br />GUARD-. 0
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<br />PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE
<br />I. DISCU'SSION.REGARDING BIDS ON fiVE PAVING PROJECTS OPENED APRIL 25, 1957 - IT WAS
<br />EXPLAINED THAT BIDS WERE OPENED ON APRIL 25, 1957 fOR THE. PAVING Of ADAMS'STREE~
<br />fROM 10TH TO 11TH AVENUE, FERRY STREET fROM 31ST TO 32ND AVENUE,. LINCOLN STREET
<br />fROM SOUTHLI NEOf. FRASIER-HYLAND ADDITION TO 29TH AVENUE, McMILLAN STREET F"I~OM
<br />26TH TO 27TH-AvENUE AND 24TH AVENUE fROM HARRIS TO UNIVERSITY STREET. THE, COM~
<br />MITTEE CONSIDERED THE BIDS RECEIVED AND RECOMMENDED THE ACCEPTANCE Of THE LOW BID
<br />ON EACH PROJECT AND THAT THE PROPER CITY OffiCIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO ENTER I~TO
<br />CONTRACTS COVERING THE PROJECTS.
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<br />2. PETITION fOR 7HE PAVING Of ALLEY BETWEEN BROADWAY AND 10TH AVENUE fROM LINCOLN ~O
<br />LAWRENCE STREET-, A PETITION fOR THE PAVING Of THE ABOVE ALLEY CONTAtNINGSIGNA-
<br />TURES Of OWNERS Of 60.00% Of THE TOTAL fRONT fOOTAGE Of THE PROPERTIES TO BE
<br />ASSESSED WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE DROVE OVER THE ALLEY IN
<br />QUESTI'ON AND fOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION IN WHICH IT WAS BROUGHT. OUT TH~T' A PROTEST
<br />HAD BEEN RECEIVED fROM RESI DENTS OF THE AREA REPRESENTI NG 266.8 FEET OF THE FRONT
<br />fOOTAGE, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLEY BE PAVED AND THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES
<br />I NI TI All NG THE PROJECT BE PASSED,.
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<br />3. PETrTION fOR THE PAVING Of 14TH AVENUE WEST fROM POLK TO TAYLOR STREET AND TAYLOR
<br />STREET FROM 14TH TO 15TH AVENUE - A PETI TI ON FO~THE.I Jl4PROVEMENT Of THE ABOYE STREETS
<br />CONTAI fill NG, SI GNATURES Of OWNERS Of 58.15% Of THE TOTAL, fRONT fOOTAGE Of THE PROPER-
<br />TIES TO BE ASSESSED WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE DROVE TO THE AREA
<br />IN QUESTION AND OBSERVED THE TWO STREETS TO, BE PAV,ED; THEYLI KEWI SE STUDI ED, A MAP
<br />ON WHICH PROPERTY HOLDERS IN THE AREA WERE SHOWN. 'INASMUCH AS'THE PETiTION REPRE-
<br />SENTED BASICALLY ONE PROPERTY HOLDER AND TH~RE WAS A CONSIDERA~LE fORTION Of PRO-
<br />PERTY NOT CO~TAIN~D ON THE I~PROVEMENT PETITION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT !HE PEOPLE
<br />Of THE AREA BE POLLED WITH REfERENCE TO THEIR DESIRES ON THE PAVING Of THE STREETS
<br />AND A REPORT BE MADE TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE OUTCOME Of. THE POLL. '
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<br />4. PETITION FOR THE PAVING Of OLIVE STREET fROM 24TH PLACE TO 25TH AVENUE - A PETITION
<br />FOR IMPROVEMENT Of THE ABOVE STREET CONTAINING SIGNATURES Of OWNERS Of 73~08% OF
<br />THE TOTAL fRONT fOOTAGE OF THE PROPERTIES TO BE ASSESSED WAS PRESENTED TO THE'COM-
<br />MITTEE. THE COMMITTEE DROVE TO THE AREA" OBSERVED THE LOCATION Of THE PROPOSED
<br />STREET AND, BASED ON THE NUMBER Of SI~NERS Of THE PETITION, RECOMMENDED THAT THE
<br />S7REET BE PAVED AND THAT NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED.
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<br />5. PETITION fOR THE PAVING Of 29TH PLACE FROM PEARL TO HIGH STREET- A PETITION FOR
<br />THE.IMPROVEMENT Of THE ABOVE STREET CONTAINING S.LGNATURES Of OWNE:RSOf52.25j(Of
<br />THE TOTA.L .fRONT fOOTAGE Of THE PROPERTI ES TO 'BE ASSESSED WAS' PRESENTED TO THE COM-
<br />MI TTEE. THE COMMI nEE DRO.VE TO THI S AREA AND OBSERVED A SMALL 01 AGONAL STREET'l:HAT
<br />WOULD JOIN TO AN ALLEY BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS. IT WAS IN~ICATED T~AT THE
<br />PETITIONERS HAD REQUESTED, AN 18' WIDTH, STREET, .AND IT. WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY
<br />E"NGI.NEER CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO DETERMI NE, ,I f THEY WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO' PAV-
<br />ING THE STREET TO A WIDTH GREATE~ THAN I~' AND ALSO TO DETE~MINE WHAT TH1i WIDiH
<br />MIGHT BE.
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<br />COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE
<br />I. REQUEST TO ALLOW THE SALE OF PARK-AI RE LOT.S THROUGH .REAL TORS - THE .CI TY ,MANAGER RE-
<br />QUESTED THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO L1ST THE PARK-AIRE LOTS fOR SALE ~N AN OPE~ LI~TI~G
<br />THROUGH THE VARIOUS REALTORS IN THE" CITY Of EUGENE. IT.WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE
<br />CITY MANAGER BE I~STRUC~ED TO PROCEED WITH THE MA~KETING Of THE LOTS THROUGH THE
<br />REGULAR REAL ESTATE CHANNELS AS REQ~ESTED BY HIM.
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<br />2. DISCUSSION Of WARD REORGANIZATION AND REPRESENTATION fROM PRESENT CITY LIMITS AND
<br />PROPOSED ANNEXATION AREAS - COUNCILMAN WATSON SUGGESTED THAT THE PRESENT WARD
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<br />BOUNDARI E.S Of THE CITY .Of EUGENE BE CHANGED SO THAT THE PRESENT fOUR, WARDS W:Ol-'~D BE
<br />SPLIT INTO SIX WARDS AND THE ANNEXATION AREAS, IN TH~ EVENT OF ANNEXATION, ~OULD
<br />COMPRISE AN ADDITIONAL WARD EACH.
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<br />IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT ONE WARD MIGHT BE BOUND~D BY WILLAMETTE ~TREET~ 26TH ST~EET,
<br />EAST CITY LIMITS AND THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS; A SECOND WARD TO BE BOUNDED By'WILLA-
<br />METTE STREET, 18TH AV~NUE, EAST CITY LIMITS AND 26TH AVENUE; A THIRD WARD TO BE
<br />BOUNDED BY WILLAMETTE STREET, WILLAMETTE RIVER, EAST CITY LIMITS AND 18TH AVENUE;
<br />A FOURTH WARD TO BE BOUNDED BY WILLAMETiE STREET, WILLAMETiE RIVER, WEST C1TY
<br />LIMITS AND 11TH AVENUE; A fifTH WARD TO BE BOUNDED BY W.ILLAMETTE STREET, 11TH' AVE-
<br />NUE, WEST CI TY LI MI,TS AND 18TH AVENUE; AN~ A' 51 XTH WARD T'o BE BOUNDED BY WI,LLAMETTE
<br />STREET, 18TH AVENUE, WEST CITY LI.MITS AND THE SOUTH CITY LIMITS - TWO ADDITIONAL
<br />WARDS TO BE COMPOSED Of THE TERRITORY PROPOSED fOR ANNEXATION IN THE RIVER ROAD
<br />AREA AND I N THE WI LLAKENZ I E AREA. IT WA.S SUGGESTE.D THAT IF' THI S PLAN WERE TO "BE
<br />ACCEPTED, ONE COUNCI LMAN BE ELECTE.D fROM EACH WARD AT THE NEXT REGULAR ELECTI,ON.
<br />IT WAS LIKE~ISE SUGGESTED THAT PEN~ING SUCH ELECTION, IN THE' EVENT EITHER oW 'BOTH
<br />TERR:ITORIES .SHOULD ANNEX TO THE CITY, AN EX-.Offl'CIO MEMBER fROM THE. ANNEXATI'O'N '
<br />AREAS MIGHT SIT WITH THE COUNCIL, TO HAVE NO VOTE.
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<br />\T WAS REQUESiED THAT A MAP SHOWING THE BOUNDARIES OF' THE WARDS AS PROPOSED ABOVE,
<br />TO INCLUDE THE AREA Of THE PROPOSED WARDS, REGISTERED VOTERS AND SUCH OTHER IN-
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