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"...'5 0 0 e 4LI~L~9 1\ 'I I I I j \ II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ! I I j I I I I I i ~) . : .;-. TIONS ON PRIVATE PROPERTIES AND CAUSING SEVERE DAMAGE TO THE EX1ST1~ STREET. As A RESULT, MAINTENANCE COSTS ON 'GARfiELD ARE HIGH. To IMPROVE GARfiELD WITHOUT A STORM SEWER WOULD BE TO IGNORE THE MAJOR fACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO ROAD fAILURE. I 6. GARfiELD STREET PAVING fROM 7TH TO NORTH CITY LIMITS ESTIMATED COST TO CITY: $ 11,610.00 THIS PROJECT IS MORE EXTENSIVE 1950 THE NORTH CITY LIMITS WAS TO APPROXIMATELY CROSS STREET. INCLUDE ALL Of GARfiELD WITHIN THAN WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE 1950 ROAD PROGRAM. IN THE OREGON ELECTRIC RAILROAD.; NOW THE LIMITS EXTEND THEREfORE THE 1950 PROGRAM SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO THE PRESENT CITY LIMTT>S. TRAffIC OVER THIS ROUTE BECOMES GREATER AND HEAVIER EACH YEAR. CONTINUED USE Of THE EXISTING LIGHT-WEIGHT,PAVING IS UNECONOMICAL. MONEY WILL BE SAVED BY PROVID- ING, AT AN EARLY DATE, ADEQUATE PAVING TO MEET THE HEAVY USAGE. TOTAL ESTIMATED CITY COSTS OF RECOMMENDED PROJECTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1959-60 AND 1960-61 $ 254,216.00 e ESTIMATED FUNDS RECOVERABLE FROM PARK-A IRE LAND SALES , I 6,000 .00 ESTIMATED NET COST OF PROJECTS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED FROM CROSSTOWN STREET FUNDS $ 238,216.00. IN MAKING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE PLANNING COMMISSION fEELSITHAT CERTAIN COMMENTS ARE NECESSARY CONCERNING PROJECTS OMITTED fROM THE PROGRAM: I 1ST TO 4TH CONNECTOR Of RECENT DATE THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS INDICATED THAT THE CONSTRUCTION Of A JEffERSON STREET BRIDGE AND A NORTH BANK CONNECTION BETWEEN THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE AND A JEffERSON STREET BRIDGE MAY BE ADVANCED fROM THREE TO fiVE YEARS EARLIER, THAN fiRST ,INDICATED. If THIS CAN BE ACHIEVED, THE PLANNING COMMISSION BELIEVES THAT THE CITY WOULD BE JUSTifiED, AND IT WOULD BE HIGHLY DESIRABLE fOR THE CITY, TO ALLOCATE, 1ST TO 4TH STREET eUNDST~O THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE PROJECTS PREVIOUSLY OUTLINEO. SINCE 1ST TO 4TH AND THE NORTH BANK ROAD WOULD BE 'PARALLEL PROJECTS (TO A DEGREE SERVING THE SAME TRAffiC) EXCEPT fOR , A POSSIBLE TWO-YEAR SPREAD BETWEEN THE COMPLETION DATES, IT APPEARS INCUMBENT UPON THE CITY TO CONCENTRATE ON OTHER PROJECTS fOR WHICH THERE IS NO OTHER fORESEEABLE SOLUTION. '29TH AVENUE WEST EXTENSION TO CHAMBERS LANE COUNTY IS ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN AN AMBITIOUS PROGRAM Of PERIPHERAL ROADS. THE BLOOMBERG- 30TH AVENUE-29TH AVENUE WEST SHOULD BE SCHEDULED TO MEET AN OVERALL PROGRAM Of CIRCUM- fERENTIAL ROUTES TO'MOVE TRAffiC TO AND AROUND THE DENSELY DEVELOPED AREA. THE CITY'S PROGRAM SHOULD EVENTUALLY fiT INTO THE PROGRAM Of MOVING TRAfFIC fROM THE JUNCTION Of BLOOMBERG ROAD WITH THE PACifiC FREEWAY, TO ROUTE "F" IN THE VICINITY Of THE PRESENT WESTERN LIMITS Of THE CITY. A LARGE PORTION Of THIS ROUTE WOULD RUN THROUGH LANDS BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS. THEREfORE IT IS OEEMED ESSENTIAL TO WITHHOLD ACTION ON ROAD CONSTRUC- TION THROUGH THE SOUTHWEST PART Of THE CITY UNTIL THE ENTIRE PROJECT CAN BE ALIGNED WITH THE COUNTY ROAD PROG~A~." I PATTERSON ISLAND PARK ALSO HEREWITH IS A RESOLUTION UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDING ACQUISITION Of PROPERTY ALONG THE NORTHEASTERLY BANK OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER UPSTREAM rROM THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE: WHEREAS, fOR MANY YEARS THERE' HAS EXISTED A PLAN FOR THE CREATION Of A PARK ALONG THE NORTH BANK OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER~6ETWEEN THE MILLRACE DAM OPPOSITE JUDKINS POINT DOWN STREAM TO THE fERRY STREET BRIDGE; AND e. WHEREAS, SEVERAL PUBLIC AGENCIES INCLUDING EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, STATE LAND BOARD .AND THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD NOW OWN RIVER FRONTAGE LAND WITHIN THE ABOVE MENTIONED FUTURE PARK AREA; AND WHEREAS, EXCEPT FOR ONE PARCEL OF LAND OWNED BY THE EUGENE SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY CON- TAINING APPROXIMATELY 7 ACRES, PUBLIC AGENCIES NOW CONTROL THE RIVER fRONTAGE ON THE EAST BANK OF THE WILLAMETTE RIVER UPSTREAM FROM THE FERRY STREET B~IDGE fOR A DISTANCE Of APPROXiMATELY 2800 fEET; AND WHEREAS, THE CITY OF EUGENE WILL REALIZE A PAYMENT fROM THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT FOR PACIFIC FREEWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY THROUGH PARK LAND ON THE NORTH ABUTMENT 'OF THE MILLRACE DIVERSION DAM; AND WHEREAS, IT WOULD BE HIGHLY ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THE CITY TO COMMIT THE MONEY TO BE PAID BY THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TOWARD ACQUISITION OF RIVER FRONT LAND IN THIS LONG PLANNED PARK PROGRAM; I NOW, THEREFORE, YOUR CITY PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS THAT THE FORTHCOMING PAYMENT FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BE EARMARKED FOR PURCHASE OF THE AFOREMEN- TIONED 7-ACRE TRACT OWNED BY THE EUGENE SAND & GRAVEL COMPANY AND TH~T THE CITY NEGOTIATE WITH SAID COMPANY TO ACQUIRE THE RIVER fRONTAGE THEREBY CON- ;1 !, e