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r"" 174 e 5/12/58 -- ---_.--- --- -- ~ I I I_TA~KEDWITH MR. FINLAYSON THIS AFTERNOON. HIS GENERAL APPEARANCE IS VERY GOOD AND HIS RECOVERY SEEMS TO BE PROGRESSING QUITE fAVORABLY. As YOU KNOW HE WAS RELEAS~D fROM THE HOSPITAL ON MAY 9." I IT WAS MOV~D BY M~._SHEARER.SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT THE REPORT Of THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES - . . ~ - -'. - . -. - ~. A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MAY 2, 1958 - RE: PUBLIC WORKS iCOMMITTEE - PAVING 8TH AVE- NUE fROM CHAMBERS TO GARFIELD STREET; PAVING Of GRANT STREET fROM 18TH TO 23RD AVENUE;'PAViNG PiERCE STREET FROM 18TH TO 23RD AVENUt; REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION LOT 3, BLOCK 4, CHULA VISTA PARK -(2736 LAUREL- WOOD ~ANE) SUBMITTED BY CHRISTOF AND CAROLINEWEGELIN; PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE - ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE ON BUILDING LOCATED AT 1001 CLARK STREET; COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE - STUDY OF WARD BOUNDARIES; WAS SUB- MITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: "PRESENT:_C9UNc::ILMp~_$HE~RF;R, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS AND MOLHOLM;_AsSI~TAN,! CITY M~NAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY ENGINEER; ASSISTANT CITY RECORDER; FIRE MARSHAL; .ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; DAN WV.ANT, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; WENDY RAY, KUGN; JACK CRAIG, KERG. e PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE I. PAVING 8TH AVEN0t FROM CHAMBERS TO GARFIELD STREET - THE COMMITTEE DROVE OVER 8TH AVENUE fROM CHAMBERS TO GARFIELD STREET TO OBSERVE THE CONDITION or THE STREET WHICH HAD BEEN REQUESTED FOR PAVING BY OWNERS OF 39.q% OF THE TOTAL FRONT FOOTAGE OF THE PROPERTIES TO BE ASSESSED. THE COMMITTEE AGREED THAT .THE STREET IS BADLY IN NEED OF PAVING BUT SINCE OWNERS OF ONLY 39_.6% OF HIE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED HAD SIGNED THE PETITION FOR PAVING, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT 8TH AVENUE FROM CHAMBERS TO GRANT STREET BE PAVED WHERE OWNERS OF 61.9% OE ~HE ABUTTING PROPERTY fAVORED PAV- ING AND THAT NECESSARY ORDI'NANCES INITIATING THE-PROJECT BE-PASSED. It WAS LI'KEWISE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PAVING OF 8TH AVENUE FROM GRANT TO GARFIELD STREET BE HELD UP PENDING AN ATTEMPT TO GET A MAJORITY OF THE OWNERS Of ABUTTING PROPERTY TO SIGN IN- - -. FAVOR OF PAVINGI.SINCE;,ATPRRESENT ONLY 23.3% OF THE PROPERTY IS ON THE PETITION. I 2. PAVING Of'GRANT STREET fROM 18TH TO 23RD AVENUE - THE COMMITTEE DROVE OVER GRANT STREET FROM 18TH TO 23RD AVENUE AND OBSERVED THE CONDITION OF THE STREET WHICH HAD BEEN PETITIONED FOR PAVING BY OWNERS OF 42% OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY. THE C,TY- - _. ENGINEER POINTED OUT THAT If THE PROPERTY O~NED BY MRS. STEVENS WERE INCLUDED WITH THOSE FAVORING PAVING THERE WOULD BE A TOTAL OF 53~47% OF THE TOTAL fRONT FOOTAGE ON THE PROJECT. MRS. STEVENS HAS INDICATED SHE WOULD NOT SIGN A PETITION FOR PAVING NOR WOULD SHE OPPOSE IT. THE 'COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE STREET PAVING BE ACCOM- PLISHED AND THAT NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED. I I 3. PAVING PIERCE STREET FROM 18TH TO 23RDAvENUE - THE COMMITTEE DROVE OVER PIERCE STREET fROM 18TH TO 23RD AVENUE AND- OBSERVED-THE- CONDITION OF THE STREET WHICH HAD BEEN REQUESTED fOR PAVING BY OWNERS Of 51.9% OF THE TOTAL fRONT FOOTAGE OF PRO- PERTY io BE ASSESSED. -T~E'AsSISTANT CITY MANAGER POINTED OUT THAT THE SOUTH 328 fEET Of PIERCE STREET, ROUGHLY FROM 22ND TO 23RD AVENUE, HAD NEVER BEEN DEDICATED AND WOULD THEREfORE NEED A STREET OPENING PROCEDURE IF_THE STREET WERE TO BE PAVED FROM 22ND TO 23RDAvENUE. THE COMMiTTEE CONSIDERED THE POSSIBILITY Of PAVING PIERCE STREET FROM leTHTO ~2ND AVENUE BUTfINAL~Y RECOMMENDED~HAT iHIS ITEM BE '~ELri' I~ COMMITTEE FOR fURTHER INfORMATION AND TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY Of ACQuiRING'RI~HT- Of-WAY FROM 22ND TO 23RD AVENUE. 1 4. REQUEST FOR-ANNEXATION LOT 3, BLOCK 4,'CHULA_VISTA PARK (2736 LAURELWOOD LANE) SUB- M I TTED BY CHR I STOf' AND CAROL I NE WEGEL IN - THE COMM I TTEE V I EWED THE PROPERTY AT 2736 LAURELWOOD LANE WHICH HAD BEEN PETITIONED FOR'ANNEXATION 'BY 100% CONSENT BY CHRISTOF AND CAROLINE WEGELIN. BECAUSE or THE PECULIAR TRIANGULAR SHAPE OF THIS PROPERTY, THE MANNER IN WHICH IT ABUTS THE PRESENT CITY LIMITS, AND, THE SEWAGE PROBLEM .IN- VOLVED, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDE9 THAT THIS ITEM BE HELD !'N~OMMITTEE PEN~ING A COM- PREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE SEWAGE PROBLEM NOT ONLY IN .THIS AREA BUT IN OTHER PARTS OF EUGENE BY i~E CiTY ENG~NEER AN6-CIT~ ATTORNEY. e IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARt~SE~ONDE~ By_MR. HARTMAN THAT' ITEMS i, 3 AND 4 or'THE REPORT or THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR._HARTMAN THAT ITEM.2 Of THE REPORT or THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE BE APPROVED: MOTION CARRIED'WITH MR. LINDEEN VOTING NAY. 2 PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE I. ABATEMENT or NUISANCE ON. BUILDING LOCATED AT 1001 CLARK STREET - THE COMMITTEE DROVE TO 1001 CLARK STREET AND OBSERVED THE COND1TION Of THE PRci~ERTY. THE COM~lTTEE AGREED THAT THIS PROPERTY IS IN A 'DEPLORABLE CONDITION AND DETRACTS rROM THE GENERAL APPEARANCE Of- T~E NE I GHBORHOOD. THERE-I S SOME' QUEST -ION AS: -TO niE TRUE LEGAL OWNER or THE pROPERTY, AND THE COMMITTEE' RECOMMENDED THAT THE TRUE LEGAL OWNER'BEDETER~ MINED AND INfORMED THAT- ABATEMENT or NUISANCE PROCEEDINGS ARE BEING INSTITUTED ' AGAINST THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. 1 - ~