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439~ e 2/9/59 - ___~____________ ___ u_____ _ ___ _____ --- -" -.--..------..- .,...--~ -- -~---------- --- - - ----------:- -- --~-__=_--_- --- ---:.'Z ---=-_--_----=--==-_----=---=--=------=~__==~~___=___:::==___-~~__.:..== - I COUNCILMAN SHEARER INDICATED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION SHOULD GIVE FIRST PRIORITY TO STUDY OF- SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE' AND-SANITARY SEWERS WHICH'WOULD ALLEVIATE THE PRO- BLEMS NOW FACED IN THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST SECTIONS OF THE CITY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT THE CITY HAD EXTENDED ITSELF ABOUT AS FAR AS COULD BE GONE IN THE WAY OF ANNEXA- TION UNTIL THESE PROBLEMS COULD BE RESOLVED. e 4. PETITION TO PAVE UNIVERSITY STREET FROM 29TH PLACE TO 30TH AVENUE - IT WAS INDICATED THAT A PETITION CONTAINING SIGNATURES OF OWNERS OF 50% OF PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED EXCLUDING SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 HAD BEEN RECEIVED REQUESTING THAT UNIVERSITY STREET BE PAVED FROM 29TH PLACE TO 30TH AVENUE. IT WAS LIKE- WISE REQUESTED THAT CURB SIDEWALKS BE INSTALLED ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SAME AREA TO BE PAVED. SOME COMMITTEE MEMBERS VIEWED THIS SITE AND AGREED THAT IT SHOULD BE PAVED, AND UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT A SIDEWALK BE INSTALLED ALSO ON THE WEST SIDE OF UNIVERSITY STREET FROM 29TH AVENUE TO 30TH AVENUE. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT UNIVERSITY STREET BE PAVED AND CURB SIDEWALK BE INSTALLED ON THE EAST SIDE OF UNIVERSITY STREET FROM 29TH PLACE TO 30TH AVENUE AND THAT CURB SIDEWALK BE INSTALLED ON THE WEST SIDE OF UNIVERSITY STREET FROM 29TH AVENUE TO 30TH AVENUE AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PRO- JECT BE PASSED. I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. ' 5. REQUEST FOR VACATION OF 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND VANNESS STREETS BY GROUP OF ADJACENT' PROPERTY HOLDERS - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A PETITION HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM THREE RESIDENT PROPERTY HOLDERS WHO HAVE PROPERTY ABUTTING UPON 24TH AVENUE AS IT WOULD EXIST BETWEEN COLUMBIA STREET AND VANNESS STREET, AND THESE PROPERTY HOLDERS ARE REQUESTING THAT THE STREET BE VACATED SINCE, ACCORDING TO THE PETITION, THERE ARE NO AVAILABLE BUILDING SITES ON THE STREET, IT WOULD OF NECESSITY END AT VANNESS STREET, THE ABUTTING PROPERTY HOLDERS HAVE ACCESS FROM OTHER STREETS, AND THE PROPERTY IS OVERGROWN WITH BLACKBERRY VINES AND WOULD BE BEAUTIFIED IF IT WERE VACATED. REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE OBSERVED THE SITE OF THE REQUESTED VACATION AND NOTED THAT THE CITY HAS SEWERS THROUGH A GULLY WHICH ARE ON TRESTLES, THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR A STORM SEWER I N THE AREA, AND TH'E SE PROBLEMS COUL'D, PROBABL Y BEST BE SOL VED BY MAINTAINING IT IN CITY OWNERSHIP. FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER, A VOTE WAS TAKEN ON A RECOMMENDATION TO VACATE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY ~S REQUESTED WHICH RESULTED IN DEFEAT ON A 3-3 VOTE. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED, BY MR. MOLHOLM,'TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR VACATION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT RETE~TION OF EASEMENT FOR SEWER PURPOSES WOULD BE MADE. MOTION CARRIED WITH MR'. LINDEEN,ABSTAINING. I 6. PET I T I ON TO PAVE 20TH AVENUE FROM VANBUREN TO TYLER', STREET - I T WAS STATED THAT A PETITION FOR PAVING HAD BEEN RECEIVED CONTAINING SIGNATURES OF OWNERS OF50~ OF PROPERTY ABUTTING 20TH AVENUE BETWEEN VANBUREN AND TYLER STREETS. ON A TRIP TO THE AREA IT WAS OBSERVED THAT TWO NEW DUPLEXES, HAD BEEN BUILT ON THE CORNER OF 20TH AVENUE AND TYLER STREET FRONTING ON 20TH AVENUE. IT WAS ALSO OBSERVED THAT TWOaHER OWNERSHIPS ALONG THE SAME STREET ARE CURRENTLY SERVED BY A PAVED STREET AND HAD NOT SIGNED THE PETITION. IN THE DISCUSSION IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING IT WAS INDICATED IT IS NECESSARY TO THE TWO NEW DUPLEXES THAT, THE STREET BE PAVED, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT 20TH AVENUE FROM VANBUREN TO TYLER STREET BE PAVED AND THE NECESSARY ORD,INANCES INITIATIN~ THE PROJECT BE PASSED. MOTION CARRIED 4-2. ~e I I) IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED'BY 'MR. MCGAffEY'YHAT ITEM 6 Or-THE COMMITTEE RtPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION DEFEATED. I 7. REQUEST BY OSBURN HOTEL FOR LOADING ZONE ON EAST PARK STREET BE-TWEENTWO ENTRANCES TO CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY, ON ,THE WEST SIDE OF THE OSBURN HOTE..., -, IT WAS INDICATED THAT MR. JOE'EARLEY, RESIDENT MANAGER OF THE OSBURN, HOTEL, HAD REQUESTED THAT A LOAD I NG ZONE', 'BE I'NSTALLED ON EAS,T PARK STREET S,I NCE THE REDESIGNATION Or,'EAST PARK STREET AS A ONE-WAY SOUTHBOUND, STREET BRINGS TRAFFIC TO THE ,HOTEL ,AND IF' NO LOADING ZONE WERE MADE AVAILABLE IT WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFIC:ULT FOR' A GUEST TO GET TO THE HOTEL. IT WAS ALSO INDICATED THAT A TELEPHONE' CALL HAD, 'BEEN RECE I VED F:ROM MR .,EA,RLEY I NO I CAT I NG HE HAD NO ~EAL USE FOR AN EXISTING FUEL DUMPINGZONE'ON PEARL STREET. AFTER CON- SIDERING THIS MATTER THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT NEGOTIATIONS BE ENTERED INTO TO TRADE THE FUEL DUMPING ZONE ON PEARL STREET FOR THE NEW LOADING ZONE AS REQUESTED BETWEEN THE CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES ON EAST PARK STREET. MOTION CARRIED 6-1. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDEO BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 7 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED~ MOTION CARRIED. e I U il ~