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r 5 ~) r(~ e I ! I IT WAS MOVED BY, MR. WATSON SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER ,THAT THE COUNTY BE NOTIFIED THEY ARE IN VIOLATION OF SECTION II. I OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF EUGENE, AND THAT A PERMIT IS REQUIRED. MOTION CARRIED. A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1957 - RE: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - RECOMMENDATION OF PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT CONCERNING THE AUSTIN-WESTERN SWEEPER; REQUEST BY SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 FOR TEMPORARY GRAVEL SiDEWALK ON 22ND AVENUE BETWEEN VANBuREN AND TYLER I STREETS; DISCUSSION REGARDING CURB SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN POTTER AND 'I " UNIVERSITY STREETS ADJACENT TO UNIVERSITY PARK; DISCUSSION REGARDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN DOUGLAS I CLINE AND TWO OTHER PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO A ROADWAY FROM Fox HOLLOW ROAD TO THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF SPENCERS BUTTE PARK; CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE REQUIRING ENCLOSING OF SWIMMING POOLS, ETC.; CONSIDERATION OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD, OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY CONCERNING USE OF AUGUSTA STREET AS A SERVICE ROAD FOR THE HI GHWA Y SYSTEM NEAR THE JUDK I NS Po I NT AREA AND FOR',R I GHT-OF-WA Y FOR EUGENE WATER & ELECTR I C BOARD POWER LINE; WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: e "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN WATSON, HARTMAN, SHISLER, LAURIS, BRIGGS AND LI~EEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY ENGINEER; CITY RECORDER; ADMINI- STRATIVE ASSISTANT; HENRY BEISTEL AND CLAY BARNES, EUGENE, WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD; MR. DOUGLAS CLINE; Two REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COLUMBIA EQUIPMENT CO.; JERRY URHAMMER, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; JACK CRAIG, KERG. I 5 PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE I. RECOMMENDAT ION OF PUBLI C WORKS DEPARTMENT CONCERN I NG THE AUST IN-WESTERN SWEEPER - THE CITY ENGINEER REPORTED THAT THE AUSTIN-WESTERN STREET SWEEPER WHICH THE CITY HAS BEEN OPERATING ON A TRIAL BASIS FROM AUGUST 28, 1957 TO SEPTEMBER 16, 1957 HAD BEEN OPERATED FOR A PERIOD OF 80k HOURS AND. HAD SWEPT 285 MILES OF STREETS. MINOR ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE BY fACTORY PER- SONNEL AND SOME DIFfiCULTY, WAS OBSERVED REGARDING BROOM WEAR AND A DE- FECTIVE PART WAS REPLACED ON, THE BROOM CORE. IN THE OPIN~ON OF THE SUPER- INTENDENT Of MAINTENANCE THE MACHINE WAS SATISfACTORY AND THE RECOMMENDA- TION OF THEPUBLICWORKS DEPARTMENT WAS TO PURCHASE THE AUSTIN-WESTERN SWEEPER. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PURCHASING PROCEDURE TO AC- QUIRE THIS AUSTIN-WESTERN SWEEPER BE COMPLETED. 2. REQUEST BY SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 fOR TEMPORARY GRAVEL SIDEWALK ON 22ND AVE- NUE BETWEEN VANBUREN AND TYLER STREETS - REPRESENTATIVES Of THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE AREA IN WHICH A TEMPORARY GRAVEL SIDEWALK HAD BEEN REQUESTED, AND THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION REGARDING THE PROPRIETY OF THE CITY'S IN- STALLING SUCH A TEMPORARY SIDEWALK. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT STUDENTS COM- ING fROM THE WEST TO THE, NEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WERE CAUSING A PEDESTRIAN PROBLEM ON CHAMBERS STREET FROM 18TH AVENUE TO THE ENTRANCE Of THE SCHOOL AT 22ND AVENUE. AFTER DISCUSSION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT A PERMA- NENT SIDEWALK BE INSTALLED ON THE SOUTH SIDE Of 22ND AVENUE BETWEEN VAN- BUREN AND TYLER STREETS, AND THAT A PERMANENT SIDEWALK BE INSTALLED ON I THE WEST SIDE OF CHAMBERS STREET FROM 18TH TO 22ND AVENUE, AND fURTHER THAT A RECOMMENDATION BE MADE TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE THAT FUNDS BE ALLO- CATED IN THE 1958-59 BUDGET fOR THE INSTALLATION OF A SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE Of CHAMBERS STREET FROM 18TH TO 22ND AVENUE., I II 3. DISCUSSION REGARDING CURB SIDEWALK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 24TH AVENUE BE- I TWEEN POTTER AND UNIVERSITY STREETS ADJACENT TO UNIVERSITY PARK - REPRE- I SENTATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE VISITED TH,IS AREA AND V.IEWED THE LOCATION : PROPOSED fOR CURB SIDEWALKS. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE PROPOSAL Of e INSTALLING CURB SIDEWALKS AT THIS LOCATION AND IN THE DISCUSSION IT WAS INDICATED THEY DID NOT BELIEVE THAT CURB SIDEWALKS SHOULD BE INSTALLED ADJACENT TO THIS AREA SINCE THE POLICY Of THE CITY HAD BEEN TO NOT ALLOW CURB SIDEWALKS UNLESS THERE WAS SOME PHYSICAL FEATURE MAKING SUCH SIDE- WALKS NECESSARY. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE STANDARD SET BACK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 24TH AVENUE BE ADHERED TO WHEN SIDEWALKS ARE INSTALLED AT THIS LOCATION. 4. DISCUSSION REGARDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN DOUGLAS CLINE AND TWO OTHER PAR- TIES WITH RESPECT TO A ROADWA~ fROM Fox HOLLOW ROAD TO THE NORTHEAST PORTION Of SPENCERS BUTTE PARK - A PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EUGENE AND THE OWNERS Of PROPERTY ADJACENT TO SPENCERS BUTTE PARK WHICH WOULD GRANT TO, THE CITY A ROADWAY WAS READ, TO THE COMMITTEE. THE AGREEMENT SPECifiED THAT THE CITY WOULD ACQUIRE A 60' RI4HT-Of-WAY fROM THE THREE CONTIGUOUS PROPERTY OWNERSHIPS fOR AN EXISTING ROADWAY. AS WELL I AS FOR A CONNECTING LINK fROM THE SOUTHERLY END OF THE EXISTING ROADWAY TO Fox HOLLOW ROAD. IN EXCHANGE FOR THE ROADWAY THE CITY AGREES TO GRA- VEL THE EXISTING ROADWAY fOR A DISTANCE OF 530' FROM Fox HOLLOW ROAD, TO DITCH ALL EXISTING ROADWAY AND BY THE FALL OF 1958 TO GRAVEL THE REMAIN- DER Of THE EXISTING ROADWAY. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE COM- MITTEE MEMBERS AND MR. CLINE REGARDING THE RIGHT-Of-WAY WHICH WOULD BE DEEDED WHERE THE ROADWAY RUNS ADJACENT TO SPENCERS BUTTE PARK BUT THE RIGHT-OF-WAY WAS LEFT AT 60'. e i , ,~