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e 467 ~ 3/9/59 --- - ~--------~--~ -----_._--_._~--~--- ------- -~.__.- ~------- ._- - --- ----- ------~-------~-----_.---------~------_.,---- _______~__~~_____~___.____~__~__.________________r - --____.__._ - -----.-~- ----- ------ THE UNIVERSITY WOULD OPEN EMERALD STREET TO FRANKLIN BOULEVARD. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM ,SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMEND PROCE~DINGS BE STARTED FOR THE VACATION Of ONYX STREET. u-r =-===-==-....:=- --:-:=~=-_-=~-~~~~=-..=:--: :::-......=;::-.::--=~.:- .;-:::::::-":":'~=-::---==S-~ I e I I e I e 'I " I, I: ,I Ii I :! 2 . I I I j I II I I 'I 3 I I 1'1 Ii 1\ I: I I I I " t: I: l. ,. I " I I I I j I .l I I I I I I i I i II ! 1,1. " FOLLOWING THE MOTION IT WAS SUGGEST~P:~~AT,AT THE SAME TIME SOME CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN TO THE ACQUISITION Of PROPERTY NECESSARY TO MAKE THE REVERSE CURVE fLOW ,FROM 18TH AVENUE TO 17TH AVENUE AT AGATE STREET. SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN TO THIS, AND IN THE MINDS Of SOME THIS 17TH-18TH-AGATE STREET. ACQUISI- T10N OF PROPERTY WAS AN ITEM WHICH SHOULD BE WORKED OUT BEFORE THE VACATION Of ,ONYX STREET. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE MOTION BE AMENDED TO MAKE IT SUBJECT TOffiOPERTY ACQUISITION BETWEEN THE CITY OF EUGENE AND THE STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION FOR PROPERTY NECESSARY TO CONNECT 18TH AVENUE AND 17TH AVENUE AT AGATE STREET. .THIS MOTION WAS DEfEATED. A VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE MA1NMOTION TO PROCEED WITH THE VACATION Of. ONYX STREET. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS THEN MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT PROPERTY FOR THE CONNECTION Of 17TH~AND 18TH AVENUES AT AGATE STREET BE REQUESTED fROM THE OREGON STATE BOARD Of HIGHER EDUCATION AND THAT. A fORMAL REQUEST BE.MADE fOR SUCH PROPERTY AT THEIR MEETING Of APRIL 25, 1959, MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 5 Of THE REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. TO CONNECT 13TH AVENUE TO ALSO HAD ON THE BASIS Of SOME EXPRESS10N OF CON- THE ABILITY OF THE CROSS- WELL AS PROPOSED NATURAL SOME ADDITIONAL' DISCUSSJON WAS GIVEN TO WHAT STREET MIGHT BE USED FRANKLIN BOULEVARD If ONYX STREET WERE VACATED AND DISCUSSION WAS REQUIRING THE CONNECTOR FROM 18TH TO 17TH AVENUE AT AGATE STREET. CERN WAS HAD ABOUT THE ADDITIONAL POPULATION IN THE UNIVERSITY AND TOWN STREETS TO MEET THE DEMANDS PLACED ON THEM BY SUCH TRAFFIC AS GROWTH TRAFFIC IN THE CITY. ON VOTE, THE MOTION CARRIED WITH MR. LINDEEN VOTING NAY. 6. CONSIDERATION Of LEASE TO CIVIL AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION FOR INSTALLATION Of AN ApPROACH LIGHT SYSTEM AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE CAA IS' NOW TO THE POINT WHERE THEY ARE REQUESTING THE fORMAL LEASE Of PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF THE NORTH/SOUTH BOUNDARY AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT fOR THE IN- STALLATION OF AN ApPROACH LIGHT SYSTEM. IT. WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THIS SYSTEM WOULD GIVE STILL ANOTHER SAFETY FACTOR fOR THE OPERATION OF AIRCRAfT AT MAHLON-SWEET AIRPORT AND ESPECIALLY fOR THE LANDING.Of COMMERCIAL TYPE AIRCRAfT. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROPER CITY OfFlCIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE LEASE FOR THIS PURPOSE, LEASING A PARCEL Of PROPERTY 400'X3200! fOR THE ApPROACH LIGHT SYSTEM." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY.MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 6 OF THE REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS AN APPLICATION FOR CLASS A DISPENSERS (DA) LIQUOR LICENSE WAS SUBMITTED BY CHUNG'S DRAGON BAR, 40 WEST 7TH AVENUE, AS,APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I :1 AN APPLICATION fOR A LICENSE FOR A fUEL YARD AND TO SAW WOOD WAS SUBMITTED BY NORAH SAMUELS, I I 15 WALLACE STREET, AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE APPLICAT.ION BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. COMMUNICATION DATED MARCH 9, 1959 fROM EUGENE CONTRACTORS ASSN., INC., WAS PRESENTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: liTHE EUGENE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION:WISHES TO PROTEST THE MANNER IN WHICH THE COUNCIL AWARDED THE CONTRACT ON THE SPRINKLING SYSTEM fOR THE NEW LSRARY. WE FEEL THAT ON PUBLIC WORK THE AWARD SHOULD BE MADE TO THE LOWEST QUALIFIED BIDDER. ,OUR ASSOCIATION HAS SPENT A, GREAT DEAL,OF TIME IN PROMOTING GOOD ETHICAL PRACTICES WITHIN THE INDUSTRY; THEREfORE; WE ~ESPECiFULLY:REQUtST THATNOW~ AND IN THE FUTURE, THE COUNCIL WILL CONfORM TO THE STANDARDS THAT WE ENDEAVOR TO MAINTAIN." I, :1 ~