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"""4 9 01 4/13/59 ---- --~_._-----_.._----~.~---------- ---~--~~---_._---------- ---------- --~ --- - ----~---- ._--~--~------- -. ~-.--- ~~---------~ ~~". I I I I ~ \ ~\ IT WAS ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT AN 18TH-19TH AVENUE ONE-WAY COUPLET BE .INSTITUTED AS REC,OMMENDED-BY niE OREGON Sr.ATE H,GHWAVDE:PARTMENT IN THEIR 1951 REPORT TO 'THE CITY, WITH THE COUPLET RUNNING FROM AGATE STREET TO JEFFERSON STREET. fOLLOWiNG SOME DIS,CUSSIONON THE SUBJECT, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS MATTER BE TABLED. MOTION CARRIED WITH MESSRS. SHEARER, AND L,INDEEN VOTING NAY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 2 OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN TO THE REPORT, AND IT WAS AGAIN SUGGESTED THAT 19TH AVENUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN EXTENDED TO CHAMBERS STREET. IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT IT WAS FELT INCOMPLETE INFORMATION HAD BEEN GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEES WORKING ON CITY PROBLEMS AND BECAUSE OF THIS LACK OF FULL INFORMATION, THE COMMITTEES DID NOT ALWAYS ARRIVE AT THE PRO~ER ANSWERS. ON VOTE, THE MOTION CARRIED WITH MR. LINDEEN VOTING NAY. 3. DISCUSSION REGARDING BUILDINGS AND THE CROSS ON SKINNERS BUTTE - COUNCILMAN MOLHOLM REPORTED THAT IT HAD COME TO HIS ATTENTION THAT THE BUILDINGS AND VIEWPOINT NOW LOCATED ON THE EASTERLY END OF SKINNERS BUTTE ARE LOCATED ON UNI:VERSITY OF OREGON PROPERTY. THIS PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY SET ASIDE BY THE UNIVERSITY FOR OBSERVATORY PURPOSES AND IS APPROXIMATELY 100'XI80' ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT NOW USED FOR THE P.UR- POSES FOR WHICH IT WAS ORIGINALLY SET ASIDE. IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED ,tHAT THE UNIVERSITY HAD GIVEN ITS CONSENT TO THE BUILDING OF A RADIO TRANSMITTER BUILDING AND THE VIEWPOINT AREA CURRENTLY IN EXISTENCE ON THE BUTTE AS WELL AS THE AREA ON WHICH THE CROSS IS CURRENTLY LOCATED. THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS AND SOME RECOGNITION THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAD MADE THE LAND AVAILABLE FOR USE BY THE CITY. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A REQUEST BE MADE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON TO DEED PRO- PERTY IN THEIR OWNERSHIP TO THE CITY SO THAT THE CITY WOULD CONTROL ALL OF THE BUTTE~ MOTION CARRIED. MR. J. ORVILLE LINDSTROM, BUSINESS MANAGER FOR THE ~NI- VERSITY, STATED THAT IF SUCH A DEED COULD LEGALLY BE MADE, HE WOULD SO RECOMMEND. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 3 OF THE REPORT~ TKE COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4. DISCUSSION REGARDING REQUEST TO,HAVE THE EUGENE WATER & EEECTRIC BOARD REMOVE THE OLD WATER RESERVOIR FROM THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF THE CENTER OF THE TOP:Of-TSKINNERS BUTTE - COUNCILMAN MOLHOLM STATED THAT HE BELIEVES THE ,OLD WATER RESERVOIR .LQCATED ON THE TOP OF SKINNERS BUTTE IS AN EYESORE IN.ITSELF AND THAT A LARGE AMOUNT OF FOUL LANGUAGE HAD BEEN.WRITTEN ON THE CONCRETE STRUCTURE, AND FOR THIS REASO~ HE FEELS THAT IT SHO,ULD BE REMOVED BY THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD. THE PARKS & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT REPORTED THAT THE RESERVOIR IS NOW ON PARK PROPERTY BUT THAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT BY THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AND HE FEELS THEY HAVE SOME RESPONSI,BILITY TO REMOVE IT. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT ~HE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD BE REQUESTED TO REMOVE T~E OLP CONCRETE RESERVOIR ON TOP OF SKINNERS BUTTE. I T WAS MOVED BY MR. MO.LHOLM SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT ITEM 4 OF THE REPORT OF THE COMM I TTEE BE APPROVED. DURING THE DISCUSSION COUNCILMAN WILSON SUGGESTED THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE INSTRUCTED TO DE- TERMINE THE COST OF REMOVAL OF THE CONCRETE RESERVOIR. ALSO,A REPORT WAS HAD FROM THE PARKS AND RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT WHICH INDICATES ON THE BASIS OF HIS INVESTIGATION THATTHE CONTROL Of THE OLD RESERVOIR NOW RESTS JOINTLY WITH THE CITY AND THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD. ON VOTE, THE MOTION WAS,CARRIED WITH MR. WILSON VOTING NAY. 5. CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS BIDS - A TABULATION OF BIDS RECEIVED AT AN OPENING. HELD MARCH 26, 1959 ON FIVE SANITARY SEWER_PROJEC'tS AND TWO SIDEWALK PRO- JECTS WAS GIVEN TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THE TABULATED BIDS AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE B,DSBE AWARDED TO THE LOW BIDDER ON EACH OF THE SEVEN PROJECTS. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 5 OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. (CONTRACTS WERE AWARDED UNDER BID OPENINGS EARLIER IN THE MEETING). . 6. DISCUSSION REGARDING SALE OF PARK PROPERTY NORTH OF THE W,LLAMETTE RIVER TO THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT - IT WAS STATED THAT,THE CITY HAD RECEIVED THE NECESSARY DEED FORMS,TO.CONVEY TO THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT A PARCEL OF PROPERTY LOCATED IN PARK PROPERTY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE W,LLAMETTE RIVER NEAR THE ENTRANCE TO THE EUGENE MILLRACE. THIS PROPERTY, WHEN ACQUIRED BY THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, WILL BE USED FOR THE NEW PACIFIC fREEWAY. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED.THAT,THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS BE AUTHORIZED TO SIGN THE DEED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 6 OF THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE BE APPROVED AND THE PROPERTY SOLD TO THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT AT A PRICE OF $4025.00. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. e ------- ------- ------ ------- - -~-_._-------~- -...-- - --- . --- _ _ _ _ T . _ _ - __ - __ I e i I , Ii I II I I ~ '! ii II I: Ii . I - I I !I J I I e I Ii' II