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".... 9 6 e 2/10/58 ,- --- _.._----~~-- -- ---- - -- ---- ~ -- ---- ------- -----~--.-- --- ---- --- ---- - -- . - . - - -- -- --- .- -~- ------ -- _.---------- - - -_. - -- I ENGINEERS WITH RESPECT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING THE AMAZON CHANNEL SOUTHERLY A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET WHICH WOULD CARRY THE CHANNEL TO 24TH AVENUE IN AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE WHAT ADDITIONAL COSTS WOULD BE IN- VOLVED IF SUCH EXTENSION WERE ACCOMPLISHED. I By LETTER IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS ESTIMATE THE ADDI- TIONAL COST TO THE CITY OF EUGENE AFTER CERTAIN CREDITS WOULD BE $32,600. THE CRED I TS WOULD BE OCCAS 10NED SINCE, THE CORPS OF ENG I NEERS WOULD NOT BE RE- QUIRED TO CONSTRUCT A TRANSITION STRUCTURE AT THE 24TH AVENUE, BRJDGE, NOR WINGWALLS AND CHANNEL PAVEMENT AT THE UPSTREAM END OF THE AUTHORIZED RECTANGULAR CONCRETE CHANNEL. IT WAS FURTHER INDICATED THAT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS HAS RE- QUESTED THEY BE NOT,IFIED BY FEBRUARY 15, 1958 AS TO WHAT ACTION THE CITY WISHES TO TAKE SO THAT THE WHOLE OF'THE PROJECT WOULD NOT BE HELD UP. No ACTION ON THIS MATTER WAS REQUESTED AND NONE WAS TAKEN. 4. CONSIDERATION OF PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION TO THE COUNCIL, CONCERNING URBAN RENEWAL STUDY - THE CHAIRMAN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS ASKED TO OPEN THE 0 I SCUSS ION REGARD I NG A PROPOSED' URBAN RENEWAL ST,UDY PROGRAM FOR THE CITY. IN HIS PRELIMINARY REMARKS HE INDICATED THERE'ARE A NUMBER Of POSSIBLE URBAN RENEWAL PROJECTS IN THE CITY BUT THAT ONE SUCH AREA LOCATED GENERALLY EAST Of THE PRESENT COURTHOU~E ,SITE AT 8TH AVENUE AND OAK STREET JS, IN THE OPINION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, PARTICULARLY SITUATED fOR A STUDY AND A POSSIBLE URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM. HE I NO I CATED THAT SUCH A PROGRAM WOULD CONTA,I N A NUM- BER OF FACETS INCLUDING THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM AND THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC IN AND AROUND THIS AREA, OfF-STREET PARKING, GENERAL AREA REJUVENATION, AS WELL AS THE POSSI~ILITY FOR POTENTIAL PUBLIC BUILDINGS FOR ANUMBER Of AGENCIES. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE PLANNING,COMM'ISSI6N FEELS THAT AN UR~A~ RENEWAL PR6GRAM COULD WELL BE USED AS A TOOL FOR PROPER PLANNING OF THE AREA AND THA! BY, ITS USAGE THE fACILITIES OF THE fEDERAL GOVERNMENT ~RE MADE AVAILABLE TO URBAN COMMUNITIES NOT ONLY IN EUGENE BUT ELSEWHERE. CERTAIN PRELIMINARY COST ESTI- MATES AND ANTICIPATED RETURNS WERE EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE WITH THE UNDER- STANDING THAT THEY ARE ONLY ESTIMATES BASED ON SUCH KNOWN FACTS AS ARE AVAIL- ABLE AND ON, VERBAL CONVERSATIONS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGE~CIES. e I THERE WAS A GREAT AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION IN THE COMMITTEE AND SOME INTERESTED CITIZENS AND ORGANIZATION~ WITH RESPECT TO THE URGAN RENEWAL PROGRAM AN~ ITS STUDY, AND I.T WAS RE-EMPHASIZED THAT AT ,THIS TIM,E THE CPMMITTEE IS CONSIDER- ING ONLY THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL STUDY AND THAT IT IS NOT COMMITTING ITSELF TO A COMPLETE URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM. IN THE DISCUSSION THERE WAS NO COMPLETE UNANIMITY OF OPINION AND A NUMBER OF THOUGHTS CONCERNING THE PROGRAM WERE ADVANCED. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE RECOMMEND fAVORABLE ACTION ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR AN URBAN RENEWAL STUDY PROGRAM. MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCILMAN LINDEEN VOTING NAY.", IT WAS MOVED B't: MR. SHISLER SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE REPORT o.F THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE REFERRED BACK TO THE PUBLIC Wo.RKS ,COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. I IT WAS MOVED, BY MR. EDMUNDS SECON,DED BY MR. SHEARER THAT' ITEM 4 o.F THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CONCERNING ,URBAN RENEWAL, PROGRAM STUDY BE PLACED LAST ON THE AGENDA. MOTION DEFEATED. ITEMS I AND 2 OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE o.F THE WHOLE DID NOT REQUIRE COUNCIL ACTION. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 3 o.F THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE Co.NCERNING EXTENSION OF AMAZON CHANNEL THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE, AUTHo.RIZED TO NEGo.TIATE WITH THE CORPS o.F ENGINEERS FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE AMAZON CHANNEL 'A DiSTANCE OF APPROXI- MATELY 700 FEET TO BRING THE LiNED CHANNEL TO 24TH AVENGE AT AN ESTIMATED COST O~ $3~,600. ROL~CALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. e IT WAS MOVED BY MR~ HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT ITEM 4 OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE CQ.NCERNING URBAN RENEWAL PROGRAM STUDY BE ADOPTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. Mo.TION CARRIED, WITH MR. EDMUNDS ABSTAINING AND MR. LINDEEN VOTING NAY. REPORTS Of BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS A PERMANENT REPORT Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING HELD ON FEBRUARY 4, 1958 - RE: REZONING REQUEST MRS. THEODORE STERN, POLK STREET; AMENDMENT TO ORD I NANCE #10941 J TRA ILER Ho.USE:Sj AND REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION PAPE' AND FISCHER, WEST,'OF LAUREL HILL CEMETERYj WAS SUBMITTED'AN.D'~EAD AS fOLLOWS: "As A PERMANENT REPORT, PURSUANT TO. THE RESo.LUTION OF THE COMMON C,OUNCIL OF THt CITY o.F EUGENE, DIRECTING THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION TO HOLD A HEAR- ING AND PREPARE A'REPORT UPON THE FOLLOWING REQUESTS FO.R REZONING, THE,' PLANNING, COMMISSION HEREBY ADOPTS AS ITS PERMANENT REPORT THE FOLLOWING: I THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE FOLLOWING REQUEST FOR REZONING WHICH WAS APPROVED AT THE JANUARY 7, 1958 MEETING, AND WHICH WAS REFERRED BACK TO. THE PLANNING COMMISSION BY THE COUNCIL, BE TABLED UNTIL APRIL 1ST MEETING fOR FURTHER STUDY: e I ~J