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<br />8. PETITION CONCERNING WATER DAMAGE ON.ORR LANE IN THE VICINITY or 23RD AVENUE AND
<br />CITY VIEW STREET - A PETITION SIGNED BY SIX PROPERTY,HOLDERS RESIDING IN THE
<br />VICINITY OF ORR LANE AND 23RD AVENUE: AND CITY VIEW STREET CONCERNING WATER
<br />DAMAGE WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES VISITED THE
<br />AREA AND NOTED THAT ON CITY VIEW STREET AT.APPROXIMATELY 25TH AVENUE A,SMALL
<br />STREAM WAS RUNNING AND THAT THIS STREAM DIRECTED ITSELF NORTHERLY ON CITY VIEW
<br />STREET AND ACROSS CITY VIEW STREET AND FLOODED PROPERTIES TO THE EAST or CITY
<br />VIEW STREET IN~T~E VICINITY OF 24T~ AND ~~Rp AVENUES.
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<br />PROPERTY DAMAGE IN THE AREA INCLUDES GENE~AL fLOODING, LOSS or TOP SOIL, EROSION
<br />OF SHRUBS, LAWNS AND nOWER,BEDS, WEAKENING OF FENCES AND RETAINING WALLS AND
<br />DEPOSITING or GRAVEL AND, OTHER DEBRIS ON LAWNS WITHIN THE AREA. THERE WAS SOME
<br />DISCUSSION AS TO POSSIBILITIES or CORRECTING THISPROBLEM,AND IN THE OPINION
<br />Of THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS THIS'CAN BE DONE,ONLY BY THE EXTENSION OF THE
<br />STORM SEWER SYSTEM BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS. AFTER DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT,
<br />IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY ENGINEER BE INSTRUCTED TO,PREPARE PLANS WHICH
<br />WILL ALLEVIATE THIS PROBLEM AND PRESENT THESE PLANS,TO,THE COMMITTEE.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR: SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT,ITE:~ 8 OF THE COMMITTEE REP~T BE
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<br />9. DRAINAGE PROBLEM IN VICINITY or 16TH AVENUE.AND SYLVAN STREET - COUNCILWOMAN
<br />LAURIS BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE A STORM WATER SITUATION-WHICH IS APPARENT
<br />IN THE VICINITY or 16TH AVENUE AND SYLVAN STREET. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
<br />INDICATED HE HAD SOME KNOWLEDGE or THIS SITUATION BUT THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE
<br />THAT AMAJ,OR: ,ST_ORM ,S,E,W_E,R _SY,S,T,EM ,BE, I,N.5,TA,L_LED, T5), CO_RRECT_ .I_T,. _ IT :WA_S RE~~M~~_N_DE,D_..
<br />THAT AN ENGINEERING STUDY' BE PREPARED FOR A STORM, S,E.w~_R, ,S,Y,S_TEM, :WHJCti_WILL,~~RV_E
<br />THE AREA AT 16TH,AvENUE AND SYLVAN STREET AND THAT THIS BE.BROUGHT BErORE,THE,:
<br />COMMITTEE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO IT MIGHT, BE CONSIDERED FOR THE 1959-60 BUDGET.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER'SECONDED BY MR. ,LINDEEN THAT ITEM 9..0r THE: COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br />APPROVED.' MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />10. DISCUSSION REGARDING CITy'SLEASING,AND CONTROLLING,CERTAIN PRIVATELY OWNED,
<br />PARKING: LOTS ~ IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A,GROUP Of BUSINESSMEN HAD ACQUIRED THE
<br />LOT LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER or, BROADWAY. AND-CHARNEL TON STREET CURRENTLY
<br />BEING USED BY'A SAFEWAY STORE, AND THAT THEY ARE INTERESTED ,IN LEASING THIS, "
<br />PROPERTY TO THE CITY AT A fEE Of. $1.00 PER, YEAR WITH THE UNDERSTAND,ING THAT THE,
<br />CITY WOULD OPERATE THE LOT AS A PARKING LOT, MAINTAIN IT AND POLICE THE rACILITY.
<br />UNDER THIS ARRANGEMENT THE CITY'S COSTS Of OPERATION FOR BOTH MAINTENANCE AND
<br />POLICING WOULD: COME OUT OF THE.REVENUE RECEIVED,'F'IRST. AFTER TH,IS,THE OWNER
<br />WOULD TAKE HIS COSTS OF OPERAT:ION WH I CH- WOULD I NCLUDE HIS lEASE Of' THE: PROPERTY
<br />AND TAXES ON THE PROPERTY, AND ANY ADDITIONAL INCOME DERIVEDf'ROM THE OPERATION
<br />Of THE lOT ArTER THESE COSTS ARE TAKEN OUT WOULD REVERT TO THE CITY. IN THE
<br />EVENT NOT ENOUGH MONEY IS TAKEN IN rROM THE OPERATION Of' THE LOT TO MEET THE
<br />CITY'S COSTS, WHICH WERE-,E:,~TI,MA,T,ED ,T:Q,BE$2295.6o. PER _y'EAR,_ _T.HEN THE' ,l_OT,~OUlD,
<br />BE OPERATED AT A LOSS TO THE CITY. : IT: WAS ALSO, ,INDICATED THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY
<br />HAS GIVEN AN OPINION WHICH INDICATE'S THE CTTY, MAY LEGALLY, ENGAGE IN THIS OPERA-
<br />TION ON A' lEAS~BASI~. AtTER SOME DISCUSSIO~ O~ TH~S SUBJECT- IN WHICH SOME'
<br />MEMBERS or THE COMM I TTEE EXPRESSED THE'I R' IDEAS rAVORABl y. TO SUCH A PROGRAM AND
<br />SOME OBJECTED:' TO I T, I T WAS RECOMMENDED THE, I TEM BE HELD OVER rOR ONE WEEK.
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<br />IT WAS MOVEI> BY MR." SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT,ITEM 10- OF" THE COMMITTEE, REPORT BE
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<br />REQUEST MADE 8Y MESSRS. COUGlll AND HUMMER rOR SANITARY SEWER IN AREA BETWEEN
<br />UNI VERS,j TYAND ill NOR STREETSF'ROM :26TH 'TO 27TH AVENUE '-, I T WAS EXPlA I NED THAT.
<br />A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED f'ROM TWO PROPERTY HOLDERS THAT SEWERS BE INSTALLED
<br />IN THE AREA ABOVE DESCRIBED. IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT AT THE PRESENT
<br />TIME THE AREA IS SERVED BY A PRIVATE SEWER SYSTEM WHICH SERVES THE EXISTING
<br />HOUSES IN _TH I S .:A~E;:A~Ul WH I CH ,I, S NOT ,ADEQ~ATE -':0 ~E~VE ANY :fURTHER HO~SES~,
<br />AND THAT THE- PE:11.1:IQ~ERS DESIRE ,TOBI,I~~DAPPROXIMATEl:~- t:0~~ OR t:-1VE .~DDIT,ION~L
<br />HOUSES IN THIS ~REA. IT WAS ALSO I~DICATED ~HAT THE PRIVATE SEWER LI,NE DOES
<br />NOT CONFORM T~ STAT~ ~EQUIREMENTSNOR C~~Y REQUIREMENTS. THE DIRECTOR. O~
<br />PUBL I C WORKS I ND I CATED I r A CITY SEWER<WERE TO BE I NSTAlLED I N THE AREA." THE
<br />CITY WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE TO CONDEMN rOR EASEMENTS AND THATS I NCE IT I SA '
<br />HILLSIDE SYSTEM, IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $5.00 PER FRONT fOOT ON AN ASSESS-
<br />MENT BASIS. THERE WAS SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSS10N ~ITH REGARD TO THIS PAR-
<br />TICULAR'SEWER, AND UPON A RECOMMENDATION TO PROCEED WITH THE ,INSTALLATION OF_
<br />SEWERS IN THIS AREA THE MOTION DIEDONA VOTE or 3-3.
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