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~ 4 4!~?/~9 I I I I I I I i' I I I I, II II II , I ;1 I I I 1 I ! I ! I \1 il II il !I I I I II MR. RODERICK ALSO INDICATED THAT THE ENGINEERS' ESTIMATES fOR THE ADDITION TO THE C1TY'S TRICKLING FILTER IS $500,000.00. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REPORT OF CORNELL, HOWLAND, HAYES & MERRYfIELD BE ACCEPTED AND THAT EUGENE APPLY TO THE fEDERAL GOVERNMENT fOR A GRANT. As AN ADDENDA TO THE DISCUSSION, THE QUESTION WAS RAISED AS TO HOW MUCH ADDI- TIONAL CAPACITY IS REQUIRED AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT BY REASON Of THE fRUIT GROWERS PROCESSING ACTIVITY. MR. RODERICK STATED THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT VOLUME, BUT IS ORGANIC LOAD, AND THAT IT IS THIS ORGANIC LOAD AND THE HIGH SUGAR CONTENT AND CHLORINE DEMAND THAT CAUSES THE PROBLEM AT THE TREATMENT PLANT. WITH RESPECT TO A QUESTION Of WHAT THE ANTICIPATED COST OF, THE SEPARATION OF THE STORM AND SANITARY SYSTEMS IN EUGENE MIGHT BE, MR. RODERICK INDICATED HIS "SHOTGUN ESTIMATE" WOULD BE $10,000,000.00. WITH RESPECT TO A QUESTION ON WHETHER THE CITY ~N A 5-YEAR PLAN WOULD DO BETTER TO CONCENTRATE ON THE WEST SIDE MAIN OR TO SEPARATE THE COMBINATION SYSTEM, MR. RODERICK STATED THE CITY IS IN A BAD SITUATION AND THAT jN HIS OPINIO~ A PLAN SHOULD BE DEVELOPED TO TAKE CARE OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATIONS AND AT THE SAME TIME DEVELOP A COMPLETE PLAN THAT WILL IN THE LONG RUN SOLVE iTHE PROBLEM TOGETHER WITH THE ABILITY TO FINANCE THE JOB. IT WAS HIS OPINION THAT WE MUST DEVELOP SOME PLAN TO RELIEVE THE SITUATION AS BEST WE CAN fOR THE NEXT WINTER PERIOD. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 4 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 5. BOARD OF ApPEALS REPORT - APRIL 8, 1959 A. REQUEST BY fIRST EVANGELICAL UNITED BRETHREN CHURCH FOR VARIANCE IN RE- QUIRED SETBACK AT 8TH AVENUE AND MONROE STREET TO CONSTRUCT ADDITION TO BUILDING - A REQUEST fOR A VARIANCE FROM THE 20' SETBACK TO A 3' SETBACK ON THE WEST PROPERTY LINE TOGETHER WITH A PROPOSED PLOT PLAN WAS PRE- SENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. MR. CORNER, CHAIRMAN Of THE CHURCH BUILDING COMMITTEE, WAS PRESENT AND STATED THAT THE OWNER TO THE WEST HAD NO OB- JECTION TO THE ADDITION TO THE CHURCH AND THAT THE ALLEY PROJECTED ON THE SOUTH. THE BOARD OF ApPEALS REPORT POINTS OUT THAT THE PROPOSED BUILDING WOULD BE DIRECTLY ON THE ALLEY LINE ON THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE AND fURTHER STATES THAT A 10' SETBACK fROM THE PROPERTY LINE ON CORNER LOTS IN AN R-2 ZONE, WHICH IS THE ZONE, IN THIS AREA, IS REQUIRED, AND, THAT AN R-2 ZONE ALLOWS ONLY 40% COVERAGE OF THE LOT AREA. IT WAS 'ALSO POINT~D OUT THAT NO PROVISION HAD BEEN MADE FOR OFf-STREET PARKING, AND THE BOARD'Of ApPEALS RECOMMENDED DENIAL OF _THE REQUE~T. MR. C9RNER POINTED OUT THAT THE CHURCH HAS CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENTS WITH ABUTTING BUSINESSES AND WOULD BE, RAZING THE PARSONAGE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH Of THE CHURCH WHICH WOULD ALLOW ADEQUATE OFF-STREET PARKING. I I I I I I ! ! I I II II I r Ii l' i I I i ! 21 I I SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD AS TO WHETHER A VARIANCE WAS THE BEST SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM OR WHETHER THE AREA SHOULD BE ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL USAGE WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE CHURCH TO BUILD TO THE LINE AT ALL SIDES. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. CHATT SECONDED BY MR. LINDEEN THAT THE VARIANCE BE GRANTED ON THE WEST BOUNDARY LINE- AS REQUESTED WHICH WOULD ALLOW fOR A 3' SET- BACK ON THE WEST BOUNDARY. fOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MCGAffEY SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT THE MATTER BE TABLED UNTIL A REVISED PLAN WAS RECEIVED. MOTION TO TABLE WAS DEFEATED. ON VOTE ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION APPROVING THE VARIANCE, THE MOTJON CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 5A OF THE COMMITTEE ,REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 6. DISCUSSION-REGARDING PROPOSAL TO VACATE ALLEY BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS AND BETWEEN 17TH AND 18TH AVENUES - THE CI,TY ATTORNEY STATED THE PENDING CONDEMNA- TION SUIT Of THE CITY Of EUGENE VS PAUL W. CAMPBELL CONCERNING CONDEMNATION Of PROPERTY FOR THE AMAZON RIGHT-Of-WAY LOCATED BETWEEN PEARL AND ,HIGH STREETS AND BETWEEN 17TH AND 18TH AVENUES WAS NOW SET fOR HEAR I NG. THE CITY ATTORNEY STATED THE CITY WOULD BE IN A MORE ADVANTAGEOUS POSITION IF THEY AGREED TO VACATE THE NORTH/SOUTH ALLEY RUNNING BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREETS fROM 17TH TO 18TH AVENUE SINCE THE PROPERTY HOLDER, MR. CAMPBELL, WOULD BE ABLE TO MAKE BETTER USE or HIS PROPERTY. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS MATTER, AND ON MOTION BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. CHATT, RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLEY VACATION AS STATED ABOVE BE INITIATED, M~SSRS. LINDEEN AND WILSON VOTING NAY. I \ I I I I II I 3\ I \ I I ~': IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 6 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE HELD OVER. MOTION CARRIED. 7. DISCUSSION REGARDING PIONEER MEMORIAL CEMETERY AND SB 304 - MR.HAROLD EDMUNDS AND OTHERS APPEARED BEfORE THE COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS WITH THE COMMITTEE THE EffECT Of sa 304 AND ACTION TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL AT THEIR MEETING Of APRIL 13, .~S~ WITH REGARD TO SB 304. MR. EDMUNDS STATED THAT THE DIRECTORS OF PIONEER e l' ~ Ii I 'i I' iJ Ii d q " \1 " " ;! I' :1 Ii " il Ii Ii " ,I Ii d I! I ,I I' " il :\ " I, ii e I il :1 Ii II :, Ii \i I' I' I' :\ Ii " :1 " ii I I, i' ,I :1 }' \1 I' .t I: 'I I' II Ii " " I, I: j! ~ ~ " 1 ~ i: :1 ii ,I II ,I :1 i' il :i I, Ii II :I .. I' II ,I II I, I: ii II Ii I! I Ii :1 I Ii II lj " I e I -