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~466 e 3/9/59 _._-~------.~---- - -------------------~---~------------------~---- ----~. --- ------- - -- -. - ~ ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - -------- - ---~-- -------- -- --- ~--- - - ~ - + - -- -- + ------------,----- _.~.- -.-----------.-,-- -- ----_._---_.~----.------ .----.--- ! I I I I I 1 I I I I I !i I I , ! ~ Ii ...Ji 2. CONSIDERATION Of OPTION TO PURCHASE SMALL TRIANGULE PIECE Of PROPERTY NECESSARY fOR RIGHT-Of-WAY fOR THE EXTENSION Of CHAMBERS STREET BETWEEN 7TH-AND 8TH AVENUES fROM MR. AND MRS. COX - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT fOR SOME TIME THE CITY'S PROPERTY ACQUISITION REPRESENTATIVE HAS BEEN ATTEMPTING TO SECURE A SMALL CORNER ON A PARCEL OF PROPERTY IN THE OWNERSHIP Of, MR.-AND MRS. COX AT THE ABOVE LOCATION., AN OPTION , HAD BEEN' OBTAINED FOR THE ~MALL PARCEL AT THE' LOWEST PRICE THE COX'S WOULD tON- SIDER, BEING $1000.00. THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS INDICATED IT WOULD' BE: POSSIBLE TO GET THE STREET PAVING IN WITHOUT THE PROPERTY ALTHOUGH NO RIGHT-Of-WAY WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR SIDEWAL:.KS. IT WAS ALSO INDICATED THAT IN THE OPINION OF THE PROPERTY ACQUI SI T I ON REPRESENTAT I VE FOR THE- CITY THE SMALL PARCEL I S WORTH APPROX iMATEL Y: $50.00. I BASED ON: THIS ACTION AND WI~H THE UNDERSTANDING THAT CONDEMNATION COULD BE PURSUED AT ANY TIME, 'IT WAS RECOMMENDED NOT TO EXERCISE THE OPTION AND THAT IT BE ALLOWED TO DROP. I T WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS., LAUR I S, THAT ITEM 2 Of THE REPORT Of THE, COMM I TTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. ' e 3. CONS'IDERATIO'N OF BIDS ON 2-1/2!l AND 1-1/2" fiREHOSE fOR FIRE DEPARTMENT.-- ,IT, WA'S EXPLAINED THAT THE CITY HAD CALLED FORBIDS fOR ~HE FURNISHING Of 1000 fEET Of 2-1/2" AND 500 fEET Of 1-1/2" fiRE HOSE. IT WAS fURTHER STATED THAT THE SPECifiCA- TIONS WERE AS RIGID AS THEY COULD BE MADE WITHOUT RUL'NG OUT A LARGE NUMBER Of POTENTIAL BIDDE'RS. FURTHERMORE; THE SPECifiCATIONS REQUIRED GIVEN'(ESrS,AND SAMPLE:STO BE- fURNIS-HED'WITH SPEClf:IC REQUIREMENTS' ON COUPLINGS AND, OTHER MATTtRS. THE VAR I OUS :1 TEM:S AffECT I NGflRE HOSE :AS USED AND THE ME:rHOD OF THE I R MANU-rACTURE WERE EXPL'A INED'. THE FI RE C...'E'F:RE'COMMENDEDTHA:'- THE BID BE AWARDED TO MUNNELL: & SHERR ILL ~ INC. WHOB IDA HOSE MANUfACTURED BY THE FABRIC F !FiE HOSE COMPANY: UNDE'R THE BRAND NAME OF PURITANUN':SPUN AT A PRICE or,$I'.56 PER :fOOT fOR THE 2-1/2" HOSE AND $1.09 PER FOOT FOR THE 1-1/2" HOSE WITH DELIVERY TO BE MADE IN30 DAYS AT A DISCOUNT Of 2% IF PAID BY THE 10TH OF THE MONTH fOLLOWING PURCHASE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED' THAT THE RECO~MENDAtION OF THE FIRE CHIE~ BE, CONCURRED IN. I No ACTION WAS :TAKEN ON ITEM 3 Of THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE SINCE IT WAS HANDLED UNDER BIDS EAR~IER IN THE MEETING. ,.'.'" 4. CONSIDERATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY 'FOR'GARfIEt.'D STREET 'BETWEEN II-T,H AND '18TH -AVENUES - I TWAS EXPLA I NED THAT B I OS HAD BEEN LET FOR THE, PAV'I NG -or ,GARF'I:ELD STREET .AND THAT I N THE COURSE OF GETT I NG APPROVAL FOR THE BR lOGE TO CROSS 'THE AMAZON:,iHE ARMY ENGINEERS WOULD REQUIRE A BRIDGE WHICH WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $135,000. IT WAS FURTHER 'EXPLA INtO THAT AS OF TH I:S TIME THE CITY HAS NOT' ACQU I'REO ALL :or ,THE R I GHT- OF-WAY'fOR GARfiELD STREET .BETWEEN THE AMAZON AND .'-8TH AVENUE. SINCE THE ARMY ENQ~NEERS REQUIRE A BRIDGE tNVOLVING AN EXPENotiuRE ot $135~000 AND, LIKEWISE, SINCE THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON HAS PURCHASED PROPERTY ADJACENT TO AND ~EST Of 'THEPRO~O~ED GARfiELD STREET; IT NOW SEEMS MORE 'ADVANTAGEO~S TO ~E~ ~OUT~ SUC~ GARfl~LD STREET AND TO'REDESI~N THE ~RIDGt SO SUCH BRIDGE CAN ~E CON- 'STRUCTE'D 'AT A 'COST OF APPROX IMATEL Y $20,000 ,TO $30,000. TH I SWOULDALLOW THE 'BRIDciE :TO BE BUILT AT R~GHT ANGLES TO ,THE AMAZON CHA~NEL AND WOULD ~ONNECT GARFltLD STREET WITH ARTHUR STREET AT 18TH AVENUE. I " " !I 'I II il I DURING THE COURSE O~ THE DISCUSSION, REPRESENTATIVES Of THE ARCHITECTURAL ~IRM EMPLOYED BY T~E UNIVE:RSITi OF OREG6~ PRESENTED A GENERAL PLOT P(A~ SHOWING THE TYPi OF~ARRIED'STUDtNT HOUSING PRop6~ED ~Y THE UNIVE~SITY TO BE PLACED IN ,THIS AREA AND: I NO I CATED r;HAT' THE REROUT I NG OF GARf I no STREET WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS TO SUCH PLAN . ' -- THE' COMMI~TEE RECOMMENDED THAT NEGOTIATIONS BE ENTt~EDINTO TO WORK OUT THE DETA~LS . OF THE PROPOSED REROUTING Of GARfIELD STREET AND fURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT :THESE NEGOTIATIONS ~E COMPLETED '1~-30 DAYS. 'r IT WAS MOVED'B1 MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 4 OF THE REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MO'TI'ON CARRIED.',. 5. REQUEST BY'THE UN'lVERSITY'Of OREGON'fOR THE CLOSING Of ONYX STREET'BETWEEN FRANKGIN 'BOULEVARD AND 13TH AVENUE '. ~T WAS 'EXPLAINED'THATTHE 'UNIVERSITY Of OREGO~ NOW HAS UNDER SERIOUS CONSIDERATION A MAJOR 'ADDITIO~ TO'ITS SCIENCE BUILDING WHICH, -AS DE- ' SIGNED BY THE ARCHITECTS, 'WOULD PROJECT OVER THE PRESENT RIGHT-O~-WAY Of ONYX STREET: I As A SUBSTITUTE'FOR:O'N'fX STREET AND iTS ACQUISITION BETWEEN 13TH AVENuE AND "THE HIGHWAY, IT WAS STATED THAT A PARALLEL ROAD CONNECTING EMERALD STREET 'TO ONYX STREET AND ITS EXISTING ENTRYWAY ONTO FRANKLIN BOULEVARD COULD BE CONSTRUCTED AND, IF' IT WERE POSSIBLE TO WORK OUT THE DETAILS WITH THE,OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION, 1\ Ii ! e