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'56(;:- e )1 , 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING ACQUISITION Of ROADWAY TO NORTHEASTERN CORNER Of I SPENCERS BUTTE PARK - IN RESPONSE TO A REQUEST MADE BY DOUGLAS W. CLINE, THE COMMITTEE VISITED A PROPOSED ROADWAY WHICH WOULD CONNECT fox HOLLOW ROAD TO THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER Of SPENCERS BUTTE PARK. THE COMMITTEE DROVE OVER THE PROPOSED ROADWAY AND DISCUSSED THE USABILITY OF SUCH - ROADWAY AS IT RELATES TO INGRESS TO AND EGRESS fROM THE PARK AREA. MR. CLINE INDICATED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT HE WAS WILLING TO DEED A 60' RIGHT- Of-WAY TO ALLOW ACCESS TO THE PARK OVER THE ROADWAY WHICH HE HAS CON- STRUCTED, AND FURTHER THAT HE WOULD GRANT ADDITIONAL RIGHTS-OF-WAY fROM THE "SOUTHERLY END OF THE ROAD AS IT CURRENTLY EXISTS SO THAT THIS ROAD MIGHT BE CONNECTED' WITH fox HOLLOW ROAD AT TWO PLACES. IN EXCHANGE fOR THE DEEDING Of THE RIGHT-Of-WAY MR. CLINE INDICATED HE WOULD DESIRE THAT THE WHOLE EXISTING ROAD BE DITCHED DURING THE fALL OF 1957 AND THAT THE EXISTING ROAD BE GRAVELLED fOR A DISTANCE Of 530' WESTERLY fROM fox HOLLOW ROAD AND THAT THE REMAINDER OF THE EXISTING ROAD, AMOUNTING TO AN ADDITIONAL 2000 fEET APPROXIMATELY, BE GRAVELLED WITHIN A REASONABLE e LENGTH Of TIME. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED AfTER DISCUSSION THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY AND MR. CLINE MEET TO DRAW TENTATIVE AGREEMENT AND'THAT THE RESULTS OF THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT BE REPORTED BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. I 3. DISCUSSION REGARDING VARIANCE REQUESTED BY ROY N. STANDLEY, 2515 ONYX I I STREET - MR. Roy N. STANDLEY, 2515 ONYX STREET, HAD REQUESTED A VARIANCE I fROM THE 20' SET BACK REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW HIM TO ENLARGE :H/S GARAGE. I' THE REQUEST WAS CONSIDERED BY THE BOARD Of ApPEALS AND RECEIVED fAVORABLE " ACTION. SINCE THE BOARD OF ApPEALS MEETING, MR. STANDLEY HAS BEEN,RE- I QUESTED TO GO OWER THE PLANS WHICH HE HAD PREPARED, AND IT WAS DETERMiNED I' I It ON SUCH REVISION THAT IF HE IS ALLOWED TO BUILD THE GARAGE AS REQUESTED I THERE WOULD BE ENCROACHMENT UPON CITY STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY. fOR THIS ! REASON THE REQUEST WAS RECOMMENDED fOR DENIAL. 11 4. REPORT OF CITY ATTORNEY ON REQUIREMENTS fOR BUILDING PERMIT fOR LANE COUNTY , II COURTHOUSE - THE CITY ATTORNEY REPORTED IN A WRITTEN 'MEMORANDUM THAT HE HAD CONTACTED fOUR CITIES IN THE STATE Of OREGON WITH REFERENCE TO THE j: PRACTICE Of COLLECTING BUILDING PERMIT fEES ON THE CONSTRUCTION Of COUNTY B U I L 0 I NG S . IN ONE,CITY THE BUILDING ORD1NANCE EXPRESSLY EXEMPTS AMONG OTHERS COUNTY BUILDINGS; IN ONE CITY A BUILDING PERM1T fEE WAS PAID; IN ONE CITY NO PERMIT WAS REQUIRED AND NO INSPECTION WAS GIVEN, ALTHOUGH THE TERMINOLOGY Of THE ORDINANCE DID NOT EXEMPT THE COUNTY fROM OBTAINING A PERMIT; AND IN THE fOURTH CITY THE COUNTY WAS REQUIRED TO SECURE A PERMIT fOR ALL COUNTY BU/LD/NGS,BUT NO PERMIT fEE WAS CHARGED If SUCH BUILDING WERE CONSTRUCTED WITH COUNTY LABOR. BASED ON THE ABOVE IT APPEARS THAT THERE ARE THREE PO~SIBLE AVENUES THE eOUNCIL MIGHT TAKE IN DETERMINING POLICY ON THIS MATTER: (A) PROCEED TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE COLLECTION Of THE BUILDING PERMIT \: I fEE UNDER THE TERMS Of THE PRESENT ORDINANCE WHICH CONTAINS NO EXEMPTIONS. I (B) By RESOLUTION TO WAIVE THE PAYMENT Of ANY fEE AND, IF DES/R-: ABLE, WAIVE THE NECESSITY Of ANY INSPECTION.BY CITY BUILDING OffiCIALS AS .TO THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE COURTHOUSE, SUCH ACTION TO OEAL WITH THIS SPECifIC CASE ONLY AND TO MAKE NO EXEMPTION e fOR fURTHER BUILDINGS WHICH MIGHT BE CONSTRUCTED. (C) THE EUGENE CODE COULD BE AMENDED TO EXCLUDE ANY PERMIT fEE BEING I CHARGED fOR CONSTRUCTION PERfORMED BY LANE COUNTY. As TO THIS , I I THOUGHT A NUMBER Of VARIATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. I REPRESENTATIVES Of THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE SITUATION AND THE NECESSITY fOR INSPECTION BY CITY BUILDING OffIC1ALS. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT JHE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAD INDICATED BY LETTER THAT THE COURTHOUSE, WOULD BE INSPECTED BY BOTH COUNTY,AND STATE INSPECTORS WHO WOULD MAINTAIN CLOSE CONTROL OVER THE COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION., SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES WERE SUGGESTED AND DISCUSSED, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED : THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED TO ADVISE THE BOARD Of COUNTY COM- MISSIONERS IN ANSWER TO THEIR LETTER Of AUGUST 26, 1957 THAT I f,-THE CITY IS,NOT TO PROVIDE INSPECTION SERVICE, IT IS NOT"JUST/f/ED IN ISSUING A I PERMIT." IT WAS' MOVED BY MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT ITEMS I, 2 AND 3 Of THE REPORT Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN, WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 4 Of THE REPORT Of THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, THAT SECTION 11.7 Of THE CODE Of THE CITY OF EUGENE BE AMENDED , SO THAT BUILDING PERMIT fEES MAY BE WAIVED fOR LANE COUNTY BU~LDjNGS. MOTION DEfEATED. e ~ i ,