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<br /> , ,; RELEASE Of OPTION fOR PURCHASE~Of LEE J. AND MAXINE'E. Cox PROPERTY IN CONNECTION
<br /> WITH RIGHT-Of-WAY ACQUISITION fOR EXTENSION Of CHAMBERS STREET - THE CITY MANAGER
<br /> EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY HnlDS ANOPTfON'T6 PURCHASE'THE C6x PROPERTt, AND IT HAS I
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<br /> r. NOW BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE CITY CAN SECURE A SMALL PORTION Of THIS PROPERTY
<br /> 1,.1 IS NECESSARY fOR THE RIGHT-Of-WAY fOR THE OPENING Of CHAMBERS STREET BY RE-
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<br /> I LEASING THEIR'OPTION. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE OPTION BE RELEASED. :'1
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<br /> 2. RECONSIDERATION Of REQUEST BY BEESON REALTY COMPANY TO PURCHASE LOT AT SOUTHWEST ,I
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<br /> Ii CORNER Of 24TH AVENUE AND POTTER 'STREET - THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT THE LOT !I
<br /> I,! ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 24TH AVENUE AND POTTER STREET HAD BEEN ACQUIRED FOR -
<br /> 11 THE OPENING Of 24TH AVENUE AND THAT AfTER THE PAVING Of 24TH AVENUE THE CITY NOW ~l
<br /> " HAS A LOT 38.3'XI20' WHICH UNDER CURRENT ZONING-REGULATIONS WOULD NOT PERMIT A I'
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<br /> I' THE BEESON REALTY COMPANY HAD OffERED'THE CITY $900 FOR THE :1
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<br /> I LOT AND EXPLAINED THEY HAD ACQU1RED AN OPTION ON PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH WHICH WITH :1
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<br /> i THE CITY OWNED LOT AT 24TH AND POTTER WOULD MAKE A'lOT LARGE ENOUGH FOR A HOUSE
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<br /> I: OR DUPLEX. THE COMMITTEE ACTION ON OCTOBER 24, 1958 WAS TO REJECT THE OfFER OF :j
<br /> I $900 MADE BY BEESON REALTY COMPANY WITH THE RECOMMENDATION~THAT NEGOTIATIONS BE ;1
<br /> I CONTINUED AS THE COMMITTEE FELT THE LOT IS WORTH CONSIDERABLY MORE THAN THE
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<br /> :! PRICE'OffERED. BEESON R~ALTY HAS NOW COUNTERED WITH A NEW OfFER'Of $1075. THE :1
<br /> Ii COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE OffER BE DECLINED. -
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<br /> I Ii 3. SELECTION Of ARCHITECT fOR WEST SIDE FIRE STATION AND COMPLETION Of "AD MiNI STRATION
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<br /> II BUILDING ATMAHLON-SWEET AiRPORT - THE CITY MANAGER TOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT HE 'IS I'
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<br /> r ~ SUBMITTING A LIST Of ALL LOCAL ARCHITECTS, AND SINCE THERE IS NO ESTABLISHED
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<br /> METHOD Of SELECTION, HE~ IS'ASKING'FOR A COM~ITTEE RECOMMENDATION~ THE COMMI TTEE ' "
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<br /> RECOMMENDED THAT THE MAYOR APPOINT A COMMITTEE Of THREE COUNCIL MEMBERS TO RECOM- ~I
<br /> :1 MEND AN ARCHITECT TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. II
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<br /> Ii 4. REQUEST fROM, LANE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN REGARDING APPOINTMENT Of ELECTED OfFI- i,
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<br /> CIALS - THE CITY MANAGER READ A RESOLUTION WH.lCH HAD BEEN ADOPTED'BY THE DEMO- II
<br /> CRATIC WOMEN Of LANE COUNTY IN WHICH THEY REQUESTED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL GIVE '"
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<br /> I' SERIOUSCONSIDERAnON'TO THE AMENDMENT Of THE CODE Of THE CITY Of EUGENE RELATIVE
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<br /> T9 COUNCIL CAND~DATES SEEKING PARTISAN OfFICE WHILE A MEMBER Of THE COUNCIL AND II
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<br /> 'I THE APPOINTMENT OF PERSONS TO CITY ELECTIVE OffiCES WHOSE NAME HAD APPEARED UNDER' "l
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<br /> i: A PARTISAN LABEL AT AN ELECTION. THE CITY ATTORNEY EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT ,)
<br /> THE PORTION Of THE REQUEST WHICH WOULD PROVIDE THAT THE MAYOR OR ANY MEMBER OF :,1
<br /> Ii THE COUNCIL WHO W.lSHES TO SEEk PARTISAN OffiCE MUST RESIGN' UPON SO f.lLINGCOULD :,1
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<br /> Ii BE ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL BY ORDINANCE~ BUT THAT THE PORTION Of THE REQUEST THAT
<br /> NO CANDIDATE WHOSE NAME HAS APPEARED UNDER A PARTISAN LABEL AT AN ELECTION MAY d
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<br /> 1:; AGAIN SEEK OR BE APPOINTED TO A NON-PARTISAN CITY ELECTIVE OFFICE UNTIL ONE YEAR
<br /> HAS ELAPSED FROM THE TIME OF"SUCH ELECTION, WOULD REQUIRE AN AMENDMENT'TO THE II
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<br /> I; MR.' SHEARER EXPRESSED THE OP I N ION' THAT THE, ,E-UGENE ~CI'TY' ~COUNC IL HAD ALWAYS ACTED
<br /> ,1 ON MATTERS CONCERNING THE'CITY IN A STR'ICTLY NO,N-PARTISAN MANNER, AND THAT MEM-
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<br /> Ii BERS-WERE SELECTED ON THE BASIS OF THEIR ABILITY, lNTEGRITY AND I NTEREST- IN il
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<br /> 1I CIVIC AffAIRS REGARDLESS\ot PARTY AfFILIATION, AND lN HIS OpiNION THE REQUEST ;\
<br /> i: BY THE LANE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC WOMEN WAS ILL~TIMED AND IN BAD TASTE.
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<br /> (, AFTER SOME fURTHER DISCUSSION IN'WHICH A REPRESENTATIVE Of THE'LANE COUNTY DEMO-
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<br /> I! CRATIC WOMEN EXPRESSED THE OPINION THAT THEIR ONLY THOUGHT IN SUBMITTING THE 11
<br /> l;f REQUEST WAS IN THE INTEREST OF NON-PARTISAN CITY GOVERNMENT, THE COMMITTEE RECOM-
<br /> I: MENDED THAT THE REQUEST BE TABLED., MOTION CARRIED 4-1, MRS. LAURIS VOTING NAY. :'1
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<br /> ~e 5. PURCHASE OF GODDAR~ PROPERTY FOR CHAMaERS STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY - THE CITY MANAGER
<br /> I'; REQUESTED THAT HE BE GIVEN PERMISSION TO' USE MONEY FROM THE EMERGENCY FUND TO PUR- ~I
<br /> P CHASE THE GODDARD' PROPERTY WHICH IS NECESSARY fOR THE CHAMBERS STREET OPENING. il
<br /> I: THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT MONEY FROM THE EMERGENCY fuND BE USED fOR THE PUR-
<br /> I CHASE Of THE GODDARD PROPERTY A'ND THAT THE CITY MANAGER FORMULATE FOR ADOPT ION "
<br /> A SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ,i
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<br /> I: PUBLIC SAfETY COMMITTEE - , - l
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<br /> I: I.PROPOSED ONE-WAY COUPLET FOR W,LLAMETTE AND OAK STREETS; 13TH TO 19'TH AVENUE~'-'
<br /> I; THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER PRESENTED A COMPREHENSIVE AND DETAILED PLAN FOR A ONE-WAY I,
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<br /> II COUPLET OF WI LLAMETTE AND-'OAK STREETS' fROM 13TH 10 19TH AVENUE- -AND THE CHANNELTZA-
<br /> I TION Of 18TH AVEN'UE TRAFFIC FROM' W,LLAMETTE TO PEARL STREET~ HE SUBMITTED THREE rr
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<br /> 'I PROPO'SAL'S WH I CH, WOUL.D ALtEV I ATE TR'AF.F I C CONGESIION ON THESE STREET'S' AND PRESENTED ',,1
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<br /> I' fiGURES SHOWING THAT'THE AVERAGE DArLV TRA'fflC VOLUME ON W'LLAMETTE STREET IS 10,000 'I
<br /> II VEHICLES; ON 1'8TH A~E-NUt,IO:,5:00"'VEHICLES'; AND ON OAK S'TREET~ 4;2.00 VEHICLES. HIS
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<br /> I PLAN WOULD DIVERT MOR'ETR-AfFrc TO OAK STREET AND'ALLEVIATE CONGESTION ON 18TH AVE- :1
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<br /> !! AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT- THE PROPOSAL Of THE 'I
<br /> I' TRAFFIC ENGINEER ESTABLISHING WILLAMETTE AND OAK STREETS AS A ONE-WAY COUPLET I,
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<br /> 11 fROM 13TH' TO 19TH AVENUE"iND THE' CHANN-EL I ZAT ION 'Of TRAf'f-1 C 'O'N' 18'TH AV~ENUE 'fROM Ii
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<br /> p WI LLAMETTE STREET T:O. PEARL STREET BE' APPROVED." il
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<br /> ,: I T WAS MOVED BY MR. SHE'ARER SECONDED' BY MR. HARTMAN THAT TH'E REPORT Of THE PUBL I C WORKS COMM I TTEE il
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