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53~; e ---- - -- -- ---- ------ - - ---.-- j I REPORTS OF COMMITTEES : A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON JULY 26, "1957 - RE: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RE- QUEST FOR VACATION OF'CHARNELTON STREET FROM 26TH TO 27TH AVENUE; DISCUSSION REGARDING THE DE- TERMINATION OF THE WIDTH OF 25TH AVENUE FROM HILYARD STREET TO ALDER STREET; DISCUSSION REGARD- ING POLICY ON THE WIDTH Of THE PAVING FOR HILYARD STREET FROM 24TH AVENUE SOUTH; REQUEST BY R. L. FOLLETT FOR PERMISSION TO PLACE FOOTINGS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY; PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE - DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED STOP SIGN AT 23RD AVENUE AND LINCOLN STREET; COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - DIscus- SION REGARDING PURCHASE OF BASE RADIO STATION FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT; DISCUSSION REGARDING ZON- ING ~TUDY ON WILLAM~TTE,STREET; DISCUSSION REGARDING PAVING Of WILLAMETTE STREET FROM 32ND AVENUE TO SOUTH CITY LIMITS; DISCUSSION REGARDING BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT MONEY AVAILABLE FOR STREET IMPROVEMENTS BE USED ON ARTERIAL STREETS; DISCUSSION REGARDING BUDGET COMMITTEE RE- COMMENDATION CONCERNING SEWER CONSTRUCTION TO SERVE THE WEST 11TH AVENUE AREA; DISCUSSION ON WAYS AND MEANS Of RAISING MONEY FOR A NEW CITY HALL; DISCUSSION REGARDING POSSIBILITY Of USING PRESENT LIBRARY BUILDING fO~ EXPANSION Of CITY OffiCES WHEN THE NEW LIBRARY BUILDING IS COMPLETED; WAS SUBMITTED AND'READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT: COUNClLMEN,WATSON, HARTMAN, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS AND LINDEEN; CITY MANA~ I e I GER; ~ITY ,RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; ADMINISTRATIVE I ASSISTANT; TRAFfiC ENGINEER; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD. I 6 PUBLIC WORKS CQMMITTEE , I I. REQUEST FOR VACATION OF CHARNELTON STREET fROM 26TH TO 27TH AVENUE - A PETITION CONTAINING 100.0% Of THE OWNERSHIP O~ THE p'ROPERTY LOCATED ON CHARNELTON STREET I BETWEEN 26T~ AND 27TH AVENUES WAS PRESENTED TO THE, COMMITTEE. , THE COMMITTEE VISITED THE AREA TO OBTAIN A FIRST HAND IMPRESSION OF THE PROPOSED VACATION. IT WAS NOTED THAT IF CHARNELTON STREET WERE CONTINUED AT ITS PRESENT LOCATION, PRO- PERTY HOLDERS NOW FRONTING OLIVE STREET WOULD ALSO FRONT ON CHARNELTON STREET, AND THE COST OF STREET PAVING WOULD NECESSARILY BE BORNE BY,THE SAME PROPERTY . HOLDERS WHEN OLIVE AND CHARNELTON STREETS ARE PAVED. IT'WAS ALSO NOTED THAT CHARNEL TON STREET DEAD ENDS ONE HALF BLOCK SOUTH OF 27TH AVENUE AT THE FRANCES WILLARD SCHOOL GROUNDS. AfTER SOME DISCUSSION AND EXCHANGE OF THE COM- I I DE AS, MITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST FOR VACATION BE GRANTED SUBJECT TO ANY DIRT WHICH MAY BE.MOVED FROM THE LOCATION OF CHARNELTON STREET BEING PLACED AT THE LOCATION OF 27TH AVENUE BETWEEN CHARNELTON AND LINCOLN STREETS IN A RAVINE RUN- NING.THROUGH THE, AREA. 1- . 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING THE DETERMINATION OF THE WIDTH Of 25TH AVENUE FROM HILYARD STREET TO ALDER STREET - IT WAS EXPLAlNED THAT THERE WAS A DISCREPANCY IN THE PLATTING AND PROPERTY OWNERSHIPS I N THE AREA 'WEST OF ALDER STREET AND NORTH Of I 25TH AVENUE AS IT NOW EXISTS IN THE CITY Of EUGENE AND THAT DUE TO THE DISCREPANCY , I THERE IS INSUfFICIENT PROPERTY fOR A STREET TO BE PAVED AND ALLOW FOR SIDEWALKS. 1 IT WAS fURTHER INDICATED THAT THE PROPERTY 'HOLDER AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER Of 25TH AVENUE AND ALDER STREET IS WILLING TO DEED"SUFFICIENT PROPERTY TO THE CITY fOR THE NECESSARY RIGHT-OF-WAY, PROVIDING CURB SIDEwALKS ARE ALLOWED IN THE AREA. REPRESENTATIVES Of THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS SITUATION WITH THE DIRECTOR,Of PU~LIC WORKS~ AND IT WAS fELT THAT BY THE RECEIPT Of SUCH A DEED SUffiCIENT PROPERTY WOULD BE AVAILABLE FO~ THE STREET AND .SIDEWA~K TO BE PROPERLY LOCATED I AND TH~T THIS WOULD BE THE MOST LOCICAL CONCLUSION TO THE PROBlEM. THE COMMI TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE.CllY .OF EUGENE ACCEPT A DEED FROM.THEPROPERTY HOLDER fOR APPROXIMATELY 8 FEET OF PROPERTY AND THAT CURB SIDEWALKS BE ALLOWED I N THE AREA. I 3. D"SCUSSION REGARDING POLICY ON THE WIDTH OF THE PAVING FOR HILYARD STREET ,fROM 24TH AVENUE SOUTH - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE STANDARD OIL COMP,ANY HAD REQUESTED , , , THAT A DETERMINATION BE MADE AS TO THE WI.DTH OF HILYARD.STREET AT 25TH AVENUE i I WHICH REQUIRES THAT A DETERMINAtiON BE MADE ON THE PAVING Of HILYARD STREET fROM 24TH AVENUE SOUTH. IN THE DISCUSSION BY THE COMMITTEE IT WAS INDICATED THAT HIL- e YARD STREET IS EXPECTED TO BECOME A MAJOR ARTERIAL AND THAT IT SHOULD BE OF ADEQUATE WIDTH TO CARRY ARTERIAL TRAFFIC. WITH THIS IN MIND, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT , I THE fUTURE PAVING Of HILYARD STREET BE TO A WIDTH OF 49 FEET. . 4. REQUEST BY R. L. FOLLETT fOR PERMISSION TO PLACE FOOTINGS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY - IT' WAS INDICATED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED fROM MR. 'R. L.foLLETT TO PLACE FOOTINGS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY ON OLIVE STREET BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH AVENUES AND ON, THE ALLEY BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OLIVE STREETS BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH AVENUES. A PLAN Of THE BUILDI NG AND THE REQUI RED fOOTl NGS WAS SHOWN TO THE COMMI T1EE, THE PLAN INDICATING THAT THE rOOTINGS WOULD ~XTEND.18" INTO THE RIGHT-Of-WAY rOR I OLIVE STREET AND 13" INTO THE ALLEY BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OLIVE STREETS. THE , COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE ITEM, INDICATED THEY HAD NO OBJECTIONS, AND RECOMMENDED THAT A PERMANENT EASEMENT BE ISSUED FOR 'SUCH FOOTING,CONS~RUCTION. I , . ",j'___J . 7 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE ",,' I I. DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED STOP SIGN AT 23RD AVENUE AND LINCOLN STREET - IT I . I WAS INDICATED THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAD ASKED THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO PREPARE .A , t STUDY ONTRAfFIC'AT 23RD AVENUE AND LINCOLN STREET ;WITH THE THOUGHT IN MIND THAT STOP SI~NS MIGHT BE WARRANTED STOPPING TRAF~IC ON LINCOLN STREET. THE TRAffiC ENGINEER INDICATED HE HAD STUDIED THE I NTERSECT ION, HAD CHECKED THE ACCIDENT RE- i i CORD, AND IN LIGHT OF HIS STUDY AND THE ACCIDENT RECORD DID NOT RECOMMEND STOP I SIGN INSTALLATION AT THIS I NTERSECTI ON. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT A FURTHER STUDY I I SHOULD BE MADE WHEN LINCOLN STREET IS CONTINUED TO 29TH AVENUE TO SEE If THERE IS ANY CHANGE IN THE TRAfFIC PATTER~. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE ADOPTION OF THE- , i e ~