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~ 304 I I e 9/22/58 ~-_._--_._- - ------ --- --~.- -- ---,- ~--_._~-*- ~-~ -~---_.- -- -- ~----.------ ----. - -- ~ - ~ - .. -_. - ". --_.. -_. .. - - . - - -r -" - - I i I IT WAS.MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. ,EDMUNDS' THAT A.COPY OF THE STATEMENT \1 I Of H. L. EDMUNDS BE SENT TO THE LANE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. MOTION CARRIED. I P I . ~ i I ! 2. DISCUSSION Of REPORT Of EUGENE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION ON STREET LIGHTING IN THE , CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT - A REPORT Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONCERNING MODERNI- I ! I : I I ZATION OF STREET LIGHTING IN THE CENTRAL. BUSINESS DISTRICT WAS DISCUSSED BY THE :1 I COMMITTEE, AND VARIOUS COST ESTIMATES REGARDING SUCH INSTALLATION .WERE EXPLAINED. 11 I IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE 235 ORNAMENTAL STREET LIGHTS NOW EXISTING I N~ THE BUS I NESS I' DISTRICT COULD BE REPLACED BY.t36 MERCURY VAPOR LAMPS.. IT WAS LIKEWISE-INDICATED I I THAT ABOUT TEN TIMES AS MUCH LIGHT WOULD:BE PLACED ON THE STREETS WITH THE 'N- i STALLATION Of THE MERCURY VAPOR LAMPS AS THE EXISTING INCANDESCENT BULB LAMPS NOW I PRODUCE. .THERE WAS SOME:DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROPER METHOD OF PAYING.FOR SUCH ! I I LIJ;GHTS; :THAT tSj WHETHER..THEY SHOULD BE .ONAN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT BAStS, ON A : I , I CITY PURCHASE BASIS, OR SOME COMBINATION THEREOF. .THERE WAS LIKEWISE SOME.DIS- I I CUSSION AS TO WHETHER STEEL OR ALUMINUM POLES SHOULD BE:USED If THE MERCURY VAPOR , j LAMPS WERE TO BE INSTALLED. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE ALUMINUM POLES MIGHT BE I e I I MORE EXPENSIVE. BUT REQUIRED.NO MAINTENANCE,.WHILE.THE STEEL POLES WOULD REQUIRE I PAINTING AT RATHER FREQUENT INTERVALS. I , .1 I I I IT WAS RECOMMENDED..THAT THE ITEM BE HELD OVER TO ALLOW fOR ADDITIONAL CHECKING ON ! THE PROPER POLES TO BE USED AND TO GIVE THE COMMITTEE ADDITIONAL TIME TO;STUDY I 1 , i I THE MATTER. , I I I - , . ,~j l i No ACTION ON ITEM 2 Of THE REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE WAS TAKEN. \1 .. . . Ii I 11 I -' . . . II , 3. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED ANNEXATION IN THE Fox HOLLOW AREA - THE COMMITTEE VIEWED I A MAP SHOWING A PROPOSED ANNEXATION. TO. THE SOUTH.OF.THEEXISTING C,TY:LIM,TS EX- I I, TENDING GENERALLY FROM DoNALD STREET TO Fox HOLLOW ROAD, AND ALSO DISCUSSED WITH I~ I MR. HILTON THE LIKELIHOOD:Or SUCH A PROPOSAL BEING APPROVED If PRESENTED TO THE j FOLLOWING..SUCH D~SCUSSION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE il I ,VOTERS OF THE AREA. I i PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION CALLING .FOR AN ELEeTION IN THE AREA BE AP- t! I PROVED AND THE NECESSARY PROCEDURES BE INSTITUTED. I II I . . ~. -' IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR~ SHISLER THAT.ITEM 3 OF THEREPORT.Of THE I 1 COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BE APPROVED. .MOTI.ON' CARRIED. -". - . . I. i I ~ I .. . .. 4. REQUEST FOR VACATION OF FAIRMOUNT BoULEVARD fROM 15TH AVENUE NORTH AND ALL Of Ii WOODLAND AVENUE BY THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAy'DEPARTMENT- A.REQUESTED VACATION Of A PORTION OF FAIRMOUNT BoULEVARD AND WOODLAND AVENUE WAS. DISCUSSED BY THE COM- 11 MITTEE. IN THE DISCUSSION IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE CITY MIGHT WELL HAVE SOME I, , USE FOR FAIRMOUNT:BoULEVARD: IN THE FUTURE SINCE IT DOES CONNECT_WITH .H,GHWAY 99. I II I THERE WAS LIKEWISE SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THE.H,GHWAY DEPARTMENT.HAS ACTUAL , NEED fOR THE .AREA, AND SOME REPRESENTATIVES INDICATED THEY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW I i II I WHAT USE WOULD BE MADE OF:THE AREA. THE CITY ATTORNEY. INDICATED: IN. REPLY TO A I j QUESTION THAT IT IS HIS BELIEF THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT COULD CON- :\ I II ! DEMN SUCH PROPERT~ If THEY HAD REAL NEED FOR IT,' AND. IN 'THE EVENT OF:A: C6JNDEMNA- I TION PROCEDURE THE AGENCY PUTTING THE. PROPERTY TO THE HIGHEST USE WOULD PROBABLY . 'I ; BE SUSTAINED BY THE COURTS. I I -' . . . . . 1 I FOLLOWING TH1S. IT WAS MOVE~ BY MR. LJNDEEN THAT THE REQUEST: BE REJECTED~ IT " ! WAS StCONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS ON THE BASIS THAT THE H,GHWAY DEPARTMENT WOULD BE I I II - I ALLOWED TO CONDEMN OR RE-SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR VACATION OF THE PROPERTY. MOTION I i , I CARRIED BY A.4-3 VOTE. - . - . I . . . . \ I, I II I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR.. MOLHOlM THAT ITEM 4 OF THE REPORT OF THE ! COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE BE APPROVED. MOTlON CARRIED 6-2. I I I . . r 5. DISCUSSION REGARDING RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR 30TH AVENUE WEST OF CHARNEL TON STREET - I ! IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE Cny: OF EUGENE HAS A 60 FOOT RIGHT-OF-WAY rOR..30TH I I I AVENUE IN THE AREA BETWEEN WILLAMETTE STREET AND CHARNEL TON STREET AND THAT ONLY I I j! ! THE SOUTH HALf OF THE R I GHT-Of-.WA Y WEST Of CHARNEL TON STREET: HAS BEEN OED I CA TED 'I AT THIS TIME:, THIS SOUTH HALF 'BE:ING. 30 FEET .IN WIDTH.:...A PROPERTY HOLDER. ON THE !I I' ! WEST S I DE Of CHARNEL TON STREET: AND NORTH S I DE OF 30TH: A.VENUE W'SHES TO DEVELOP ;1 , BEING TWO LOTS, ONE TO FACE CHARNEL TON STREET AND. T~E SECOND TO I HIS PROPERTY, \, I fACE 30TH AVENUE, AND HAS REQUESTED THAT HE BE ALLOWED TO DEDICATE ONLY 20 FEET II I I I Of PROPERTY: WHICH WOULD: BE THE NORTH PORTION. OF THE'R:IGHT-Of-WAY: FOR: ,30:rH AVE- , 'd N:UT:. THE THOUGHT WAS THAT SINCE BUILDINGS EX:tST TO THE. WEST. OF THIS AREA.WHICH \1 WOULD BE IN THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR 30TH AVENUE, UNDOUBTEDLY THE STRE.ET WI LL HAVE II !I TO CURVE TO THE SOUTH AND THE USE OF THE PROPERTY POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE: AND I' , ! CAUSED BY SUCH CURVATURE Of THE STREET WOULD ENABLE BETTER DEveLOPMENT Of THE I ,I PROPERTY. THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN DISCUSSING THIS INDICATED THAT THEY DID ,j I NOT FEEL AN ADDITIONAL 20' fEET, MAKING. A TOTAL OF 50 FEET RIGHT-Or-WAY, FOR I i 30TH AVENUE WOULD BE SUFFICIENT, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDE~ BY TH~ PLANNING' COMM1SS~ON I - " I ~