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5'4 e '.2/9/57 - - .~- - -~-... ,,- ~ -. - ~ .~ - ---~. -~, - - - ~ + -. -+- ... - - ~ ~ r >'. . . r__ ~ ~ _ _ --- -.,. ..- ,. , - - ---:- _..- ";~~'-'.~~-~.. --- -- - _. . . ---- - -... -. - 4. REQUEST fOR SEGREGATION Of ASSESSMENT Of AREA ABUTTING MONROE STREET BETWEEN I I i 26TH AND 27TH AVENUES - A REQUEST fOR A SEGREGATION ENTERED BY G. W. AND ILA 1 BARBEE WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITrEE. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THIS PROPOSED SEG~EGATION WOULD CONSTITUTE A TECHNICAL ILLEGAL SUBDIVISION~ BUT' SINCE THE I LOT IN QUESTION IS 270 'X40' IT WAS NOT fELT THAT ANY CONSIDERABLE HARM WOULD I OCCUR BY THE.SEGREGATION. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE APPLICATION fOR SEGRE- I I i GA T ION AND POSED A NUMBER Of QUEST' ON'S AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE ITEM BE HELD I I I IN COMMITTEE fOR fURTHER'DISCUSSION. t I 5'. PETITION fOR ~ANITARY"SEWER .. . I IN AREA BETWEEN 28TH AVENUE AND LORANE HIGHWAY fROM EAST CITY LIMITS TO WHITBECK BOULEVARD -'A PETITION SIGNED BY SIX PROPERTY HOLDERS WITHINTHE AREA DESCR'IBED ABOVE WAS'PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE'ANDIT WAS EXPLAINED THAT SEWERS ARE BADLY NEEDED . " -. IN THE AREA BUT COULD NOT BE IN- t STALLED UNTIL AN EXTENSIVE SURVEy'Of THE AREA HAD BEEN MADE. THE COMMITTEE j I RECOMMENDED THAT THE SEWER LINE BE' I NSTALLED AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORD'I NANCES I i I I INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED. I I I ' . I e PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE I '1. EXCHANGE Of PROPERTY fOR INDUSTRIAL fIRE STATION SITE - REPRESENTATIVES Of THE I COMMITTEE DRO~ETO THE ~XISTING' SITE ~WNED BY THE' CITY AND ALS~ VIEWED THE 1 PROPOSED SITE'AT BRbADWAYANb'MCK1NLEY STREET A~b GAVE CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION I . , I TO THE AREA BEST SUITED fOR A fIRE SUB-STATION TO SERVE THE INDUSTRIAL AREA. I DURING THE MEETING CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON THE SirE LOCATION Ap I I WELL AS THE PQSSIBILITY Of CERTAIN ADDITIONAL STREETS BEING' REQUI~ED WEST Of I McKINLEY STREET. PARTIC_ULAR.THOUGHT WA,S ~IVEN TO,THE' EXTEN~ION Of: BROADWAY I SINCE If,BROA~WAY WERE EXTENDED TO' THE WEST A' GOOp PORTION Of THE: PROPOSED SITE WOULD NECESSARILY BE GIVEN TO STREET PURPOSES.SINCE' THE SITE SITS WHERE I BROADWAY WOULD HAVE TO G~. ' , I I FOLLOWIN~ THE DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMEN~ED THIS I TEM BE' HELD IN COMMITTEE I fOR ADDITIONAL STUDY. I 2. AMENDMENT TO SMOKE ABATEMENT ORDINANCE - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE SMOKE ABATE- MENT ORDINANCE WHICH IS DUE TO BECOM~ EffECTIVE ON JANUARY r 1958 DOES NOT , ,.. CONTA I N AN ART I CLE WHI Cft SPEC I f'l CALL Y ALLOWS THE SMOKE ABATEMENT I NSPECTOR TO HAVE THE ,RIGHT OF ENTRY TO BUILDINGS,STRUCTURE~ OR PREMISES' IN THE ,DISCHARGE OF HIS OffiCIAL DUTIES OR 'fOR 'THE PURPOSE Of MAKING ANY INSPECTION OR EXAMINA- I TION HE MAY DEEM NECESSARY , II\j CO'NNECT I ONW I TH, THE ENfORCEMENT Of THE ORD'I NANCE. " I ,', : IN ORDER THAT: THE S~6KE ABATEMENT INSPECTOR ~~GHT H~VE THENECESSAR~ AUTHORITY TO ENTER UPON PRIVATE PREMISES, I TWAS RE'COMMENDED' THAT 'THE' 'SMOKE ABATEMENT ORDINANCE, BEING ORDINANCE #10862, BE AMENDED TO ALLOW THE INSPECTOR THE RIGHT Of ENTRY. THERE WERE NO OTHER CHANGES TO THE ORDINANCE. I THE COMM I TTEE RE'cOMMENDED THE ENACTMENT OF THE AMENDMENT TO' THEORD'I NANCE. I ' .. I 3. DISCUSSION REGARDING TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND RAILROAD CROSSING SIGNALS - IT WAS I I EXPLAINEDTHAT THE CITY. HAD SET' UP fUNDS fOR' THE"INSTALLATION OFTRAFFIC SIG- I i NA~S AT SIX I~TERSECTIOHS WITHIN THE CITY OF EUGENE DURIN& THE.fISCAL YEAR I I AMO~G THESE' INTERSE'cTIONS WERE 7TH AVENUE AND PEARL' STREET AND 13TH I 1957-58. I AVENUE AND PEA~L STREET. II ! SINCE THE ADOPTION Of THE BUDGET THE OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY COMPANY ~AS BE- I COME QUITE INTERESTED IN THE INSTALLATION OF AN 'AUTOMATIC flASHING LIGHT SI~NAL AT THE (NTERSECT ION OF GARF I ELD SIT'REET AND THE OREGON ELECTR I C RA I LWAY TRACK. , I N THE VAR 10US CO,RRESp,ONDENCE T'HE ,OREGON ELECTR:I C RA I LWAY COMPANY HAS INDICATED e'i THAT THE TO~AL COST Of ~U~H AN INSTALLATION WO'ULDAPP'ROXIMATE $7250 AND THAT . THE CITY MIGH~ AGREE TO PAY ONE HALf OF THE COST Of JHE i INSTALLATION OR THEY I I MIGHT AGREE TO P~Y $3625 WHICH IS ONE HALf Of THE ESTIMATED COST. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE fUNDS FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE COST Of THE INSTALLATION Of THE AUTO- t MATIC FLASHING SIGNALS AT GARFIELD STREET AND THE OREGON E~ECTRIC RAILWAY CROSS- I lNG, IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE PROPOSED TRAffiC SIGNALS AT 7TH AVENUE 'AND PEARL STREEt AND I~TH AVENUE AND PEA~L STREET MIGHT BE DELETED THIS YEAR ~ND ~UNDS I REQUESTED fOR SUCH TRAfFIC SIG~ALS TO eE PLACED IN THE ~UDGET FOR THE NEXT , ! fiSCAL YEAR. I I IT WAS RECOGN:IZECI THAT'~HILE THE GARft'ELD STREET CR'OSSING 'Of THE OREG:ON E~ECTRIC I I I I is A 'DANGEROUS CROSSING, THERE 'ARE UNDOUBTEDLY OTHERS WITHIN!HE CITY WHICH I ARE MORE tiANGEROUS. IT WAS fELT, HOWEVER, 'THAT. UNDER THE ARRANGEMENT MADE BY I I THE O~EGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY SOME ACTION SHoULD BE TAKEN TOWARD THE INSTALLATION j OF SIGNALS AT THIS CROSSING. WITH nils . I N 'M I NO, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE I I RECOMMENDATION Of' 'THE CITY MANAGER AND THE TRAffiC ENGINEER FOR THE rNSTALLA- I TION Of StGNALS AT THE G~RfIELD STREET ~ND OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY CROSSING, I USING fUNDS ~~IGINALLY BUDGETED FOR TRAFFIC SIGN~LS AT 7TH ~VENUE AND PEARL I STREET AND 13TH~VENUE AND PEARL STRtET, BE APPROVED; THAT THE OREGO~ ELECTRIC II j RAILWAY COMPANY F0RNI~H TO TH~ CITY Of EUGE~E AN ITEM'IZED DETAILED'COST STATE- MENT FOR THECITY.S INFORMATION; . ' AND 'THAT THE TOTAL 'COST Of' uTHE I NS;J;ALLAT ION BE ON A 50/50 BA~iIS WITH THE CfTY'S COST NOT TO EXCEED $3625." \ - I Ii j ~.J- i: 'i