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~ 360 I e __'c.I~L2.~l?~ . _ _ _ _______ __.._~_.__ ,__'" ___ ,p.. ...-- ----.---,--. .--~.--- -- -' ,.-- - .--- -,---.-~ p.. . NENDED APPROVAL OF THE VAR lANCE; :TNE CD....ITTEERECDNNENDED TNAT THE REPORT . 1 Of THE BOARD Of ARPEALS APPROVING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE BE :SUSTAINED. 2. REQUEST FOR RETURN OF ,PROPERTY FOR RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR 30TH AVENUE BETWEEN CHARNEL TON I STREET AND LINCOLN STREET AND PETITION TO PAVE 30TH.AvENUE .BETWEEN CHARNELTON AND ! LINCOLN STREETS - THE COMM'I TTEE .V I S I TED THE SITE Of' THE ,R' GHT-OF-WA Y PROPOSED FOR I 30TH AVENUE BETWEEN CHARNEL TON AND LINCOLN STREETS AND DISCUSSED WITH THE DIRECTOR I OF PUBLIC WORKS AND OTHERS THE AREA WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR A STREET AT THIS I LOCATION, THE RIGHT-OF-WAYWH'CH IS,AVAILABLE BETWEEN THIS LOCATION AND W,LLAMETTE I STREET AND THE CONTOUR PROBLEMS OF THE AREA, AND AGREED THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO RETAIN A 25' ADDITIONAL RIGHT-OF-WAY GIVEN ,BY THE PROPERTY HOLDER TO THE ,NORTH OF 30TH AVENUE AND WEST OF CHARNELTON STREET AS RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR 30TH AVENUE. IN DISCUSSI.NG THIS :QUESTIONTHECOMMI,T,TEE RECOMMENDED THAT 5' OF THE 25'. ,RIGHT-Of-WAY i BE Rf:TAI,NED AND THAT THE- CITY ACCEPT A CORRECTED DEEDf.OR THE NORTH 5' OF 30TH AVENUE FROM THE PROPERTY HOLDER WEST OF CHARNEL TON STREET AND IN EXCHANGE FOR A DEED FOR THIS 5' THE ORIGINAL DEED FOR 25' BE RETURNED. IT WAS THEN RECOMMENDED ~ THAT 30TH AVENUE BE PAVED BETWEEN CHARNEETON STREET AND LINCOLN STREET AND THAT ~ I THE NECESSARY ,ORD I..NA~~ES I I N I_T: I ~l1NG _1:,~E.'P~OJ,E<;~ BE' ~ASSED... ". ," _ I 3. DI~CUSSION REGARDINa PU~CHASE Of'~ODDARD PROPERTY O~ THE NORTH SIDE OF 8TH AVENUE FOR THE EXTENSION OF CHAMBERS STREET - IT WAS ,EXPLAI~ED T~AT THE :COUN~I.L ~HAD, ,RE- ,.. QUESTED THAi MRS. ,GQDDARD, ,THE OW~ER OF PRO~ERTY,ON,T~E NORTH ~IDE OF ~T~ AVEN~E AND ON THE EASTERLY SIDE OF THE 'R,';GH.T~OF'-WAY :F'OR CH.AMBE.RS s'J:RE,ET ,BE~~F'r:ER~D .1:HE 1 II SUM OF $15,000 FOR HER PROPERTY WHICH IS REQUIRED F'OR THE LOCATION OF' CHAMBERS . STREET. IT, WAS REPORTED iHAT,TH IS OI:'FER, HAD Bf;EN REFUSE;D. I T ~AS .ALS~' RE~ORTED THAT THE CITY HAS AN QPTION THAT.' IS GURRENT ,AND VA~~Q' UNTIL OE~EMBE~ 15, 1~58 TO PURCHAS~ THE PROPERTY FOR THE SUM OF' $17,500. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THE QUES- TION,AND CONSIDERED THE FACT THAT M~s~ GODOARD~AS,RENTAL PROPE;RTY AT THISlO~A- 1 TION~ AND FELT THE OPTION SHOULD BE EXERCI,SEDAT $17,50Q ~ATHE~THAN:TAKING THE. j' PROeERTY TO CONDEM.NAT I ON. THE COMM I TTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE OPT I ON BE EXERC I SED AT THE SUM ~OF$l-7 ,5QO, MR ." ~DMI)NDS 'lOT I)~G /ljAY. . , I 'I COt+1I TTEECE>F THE WHOLE -- . , I. REQUEST BY EUGENE WE~FARE LEAGUE TO BEAUTIFY BROADWAY F'ROM OLIVE TO OAK STREET I I AND W, LLAMETTE STREET FROM 8TH TO' 10TH AVENUE - I TWAS ExpLA I NED THAT MEETTER I H~D.B~~N;~ECE~Y~D, f'~0~ T.HE EUGENE WELFARE LEAGUE IN WHI:CH THEY ,REQUESTED THEY BE' AL,LOWED TO PLACE TREES ,ON WILLAMETTE STREET FROM 7TH TO 11TH AVENUE ,AND ON ,BROAD- I WAyn'WM:CHARNElTON.TO,PEARL,STREET. .',- ." "- '" I - II : THE LEAD DE P ROPO SE S TO 'PLA NT -HARDY SHR US . TYPE.. T RE E S: I N T I L E DE CORA TED CDNCRE Tt: ... CONTAINERS. To CARRY OUT THIS IDEA IT ',IS ,PROPOSED:THAT THE PRESENT PLANTING BE I EVERGREEN TYPE WHICH COULD BE USED IN THE' PARK.SYST.EM .AT SOME,FUTURE TIME,.AND:': THAT' EVENTUALLY A GRAFTED TYPE TREE BE USED WHICH WOULD BEAUTIFY THE STREETS AND PRESENT MINIMUM HAZARD. IT WAS ALSO INDICATED THAT A WORKING ARRANGEMENT HAD BEEN DISCUSSED,'WITH,THE,PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT,FOR,DIRECTlON,AND ,SUPER-: VISION, AND THAT IT ,WAS ,BELIEVED',THAT MAINT.ENANCE OF THE .PLANTS ,AND CONTAINERS ! COUL,D BE ASSUMED BY"THE,.CITY OF EUGENE OR BY ,SOME ,OTHER BUSINESSOR CIVIC GROUP . 1 OR OTHER AGENCY. f.T:WAS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PLACEMENT ANDARRANGEMENT.OF THE I PLANT. I NG UN I TS WOULD :BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF ,THE ,C IiY AND THAT THE, LEAGUE I I HOPE.D TO HAVE THE UNITS IN PLACE BY FEBRUARY 14, 1959 AS THEIR BIRTHDAY PRESENT ; 1 TO THE C'TY OF EUGENE ON OREGON'S lOOTH BIRTHDAY. , ,,_ _,'., '.,., I IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT. TO ACCOMI?LISH THis' 'IT WOULO' ~~ 'NECESSAR.y' TO' A~ENO' SECTION t ~ . . - - ... ~ . . . ~ - - - - .. - '.- . -- ~. . ~ - -- ~ - ... . ~ - - - - . .. - - .... -. ... - . . . . - .. I 39.1 OF .THE CITY CODE, :AND A PROPOSED AMENDMENT .WHICH. ~~ULD A~~~W TR~_E~..AND , SHRUBS ON,THE,SIDEWALKS WAS PRESENTED. fOLLOWING THIS, SOME DISCUSSION WAS HELD ~ AS .TO ,THE COST OF MAINTENANCE' AND OTHER ,FACETS OF THIS IDEA,.:AND AFTER THIS ,IT - WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE OFFER ,FOR THESE PLANT I NGS BE.. A'CCEPTED WI TH THE DETA ILS I TO BE WORKED OUT,BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE, STAFF~OF THE ,CITY, AND THAT ,THE ORDINANCE I MAKING THIS POSSIBLE BE ,PAS~ED. ' - I " -". j 2. REQUEST BY EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BoARD FOR .EASEMENT RELINQUISHMENT :AND GRANT - 1 MR. HENRY BEISTEL, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD, WAS PRESENT TO REQUEST fOR THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTR-IC'BoARD'A RELINQUISHMENT OF: EASEMENT ON PROPERTY CURRENTLY OWNED BY CHARLES ,L. ,AND HARR I ET I.GI,LL I LAN., THE ,WATER BOARD I CURRENTLY HAS.AN.EASEMENT, RUNNING DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE PRORERTY.OWNED B~THC I GILL'ILANS, AND THE OWNERS WISH TO HAVE ,THE ~EASEMENTREMOVED. ..IT WAS I,NDICATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION LINE WHICH ,USES THE EASEMENT AREA WOULD BE RELOCATED ,AROUND THE PROPERTY AT,THE EXPENSE Or,THE PROPERTY OWNER.. A SECOND REQUEST .CONCERN I NG PROPERTY CURRENTLY OWNED BY ,K. :K. FOLGEDALEN WAS: PRESENTED BY MR~, BEISTEL..- MR. fOLGEDALEN ,DESIRES:AN EASEMENT rOR,ROADWAY PUR- 1'- POSES OVER WATER BOARD PROPERTY AND HAS ,~RANTED:AN ADDITIONAL EASEMENT FOR TRANS- j MISSION LINE PURPOSES OVER PROPERTY OWNED BYHIM. THE AOMINISTRATION OF' THE EUGENE . I ~:~~:. & r~~:~~:L~~N;~::': ~~~~~. ~~~~ ~:~:~~~~~ :AR~,~~Y:-N!~~:::~_,T~, :H~': ~:!E~"B~A~~ .AS II SOME DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN TO ,BOTH OF THESE ITEMS, AND THE COMMI~T~E' 'RECOMMENDED I APPROVAL OF. BOTH. .., ' . , . . . " - ! I ~.1. I I I Ii ----