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e 5/ II/59 23 ~ I " .1 ~l il ;1 , 14. PETITION FOR PAVING GRANT STREET FROM 7TH TO 8TH AVENUE - A PET.ITION CONTAINING SIGNATURES OF OWNERS OF 50% OF THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED FOR SUCH STREET PAV- ING WAS PRESENTED. VARIOUS COMMITTEE MEMBERS INDICATED THEY BELIEVED IT EXTREMELY NECESSARY THAT THIS STREET BE PAVED SINCE IT IS IN POOR SHAPE AT THE PRESENT TIME. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF THIS PROJECT AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIAT~G THE PROJECT BE PASSED. " :' , O(J C\}! ~r C..)! 2 c::l :i ro i .1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM 14 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 15. DISCUSSION ON PROPOSED PAVING OF 22ND AVENUE FROM ALLEY BETWEEN ORR LANE AND CITY VIEW STREET WEST TO CITY VIEW STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A HALF BLOCK AREA BETWEEN ORR LANE AND CITY VIEW STREET IS CURRENTLY UNPAVED AND THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD REQUESTED OWNERS OF ABUTTING PROPERTY BE ASKED TO INDICATE WHETHER OR NOT THEY WISHED THIS STREET PAVED. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RE- PORTED THAT A SURVEY HAD BEEN MADE OF THOSE PEOPLE OWNING PROPERTY ABUTTING THE PORTION OF THE STREET TO BE PAVED AND THAT ANSWER HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM ONE OF THE TWO PARTIES INVOLVED WHO REQUESTED THE HALF BLOCK PAVED. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT INDICATED THAT THIS CONSTITUTED A 50% PETITION, AND BASED ON THIS REPORT THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF PAVING OF 22ND AVENUE FROM CITY VIEW STREET ONE HALF BLOCK EAST AND FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM 15 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. Il " .1 ! " 4 I, :1 :, " , :! . , .: :1 I 1 I ,i 5 : ., I, 16. DISCUSSION REGARDING SIDEWALK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN VANBUREN STREET AND TYLER STREET - THE PUBLIC .WORKS DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT AT THE RE- QUEST OF THE COUNCIL THEY'HAD MADE INQUIRY Of THOSE PROPERTY HOLDERS IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE FAIRGROUNDS AS TO WHETHER THEY PREFERRED A CURB SIDEWALK BE BUILT ON A STANDARD SETBACK SIDEWALK. TMREE OF THE FOUR PROPERTY HOLDERS REQUESTED THAT A CURB SIDEWALK BE BUILT SIMILAR TO THAT BEING CONSTRUCTED A~ONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF 13TH AVENUE IN THE VICINITY OF THE fAIRGROUNDS. THE COMMITTEE TOOK THE PROPERTY HOLDERS' WISHES INTO CONSIDERATION AND RECOMMENDED THAT CURB. SIDEWALK BE INSTALLED' ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN VANBUREN AND TYLER STREETS AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM 16 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 17. REQUEST BY KORA E. HELTERLINE FOR EXTRA LENGTH CURB CUT AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 25TH AVENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET ON WILLAMETTE STREET - COMMITTEE MEMBERS VIEWED THE SITE OF THIS REQUEST AND ALSO VIEWED A MAP AND RECOMMENDED THAT AN ADDITIONAL 16' CUT BE ALLOWED MAKING THIS PARTICULAR CUT A TOTAL OF 44.7'. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT ITEM 17 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.. " 18. REQUEST BY RALPH AND GRACE B. MARTIN, 2635 ONYX STREET, FOR VACATION OF INAVALE STREET BETWEEN 26TH AVENUE AND ONYX AND EMERALD STREETS AT 27TH AVENUE - COM- MITTEE MEMBERS WERE PRESENTED WITH A LETTER FROM RALPH AND GRACE MARTIN AND A PLAT SHOWING THE REQUESTED STREET VACATION, AND SOME COMMITTEE ~EMBERS ACTUALLY VISITED THE AREA REQUESTED FOR VACATION. IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS IS THE ONLY STREET CONNECTING ONYX AND EMERALD STREETS FOR SOME DISTANCE. AfTER DUE CON- SIDERATION, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE REQUESTED VACATION BE REJECTED. e IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFfEY THAT ITEM 18 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 6 19. DISCUSSION REGARDING SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 18TH AVENUE AND JEffERSON STREET AND ALONG 18TH AVENUE IN GENERAL - COMMITTEE MEMBERS DROVE ALONG 18TH AVENU[ fROM POLK STREET TO W,LLAMETTE STREET AND NOTED THAT EXCEPT fOR THE EASTERN PORTION Of THIS AREA SIDEWALKS WERE CONSTRUCTED AT ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF PLACES. SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN TO THE NECESSITY FOR SIDEWALKS IN THIS AREA SINCE 18TH AVENUE IS A HIGH T;RAFfIC COUNT STREET AND SINCE A NUMBER OF STUDENTS ATTENDING THE VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN THIS AREA USE THE STREET GOING TO AND fROM SCHOOL. SOME DISCUSSION WAS ALSO GIVEN AS TO WHETHER SIDEWALKS, If INSTALLED, SHOULD BE AT THE CURB OR SET BACK FROM THE CURB. 'fOLLOW,ING THE 'DISCUSSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT SIDEWALKS BE IN- STALLED'ON BOTH SIDES OF 18TH AVENUE FROM POLK STREET TO LINCOLN STREET WITH SUCH SIDEWALKS TO BE SETBACK fROM THE CURB TO ALIGN WITH EXISTING SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA AND WITH SUCH CONSTRUCTION TO BE WHERE THERE ARE _NO EXISTING SIDEWALKS, AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCE INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED. I ! " :r A P-ETITlON CONTAINING 53 SIGNATURES OPPOSING THE ABOVE SIDEWALK :INSTALLATION WAS PRESENTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: :, H I' ; e " i I I I I il 'I II " " I: i ~ Ii ,: Ii Ii i ~ I: II ii I: I: :i I' II ii " ,I :i !I Ii ,I I' II 'I II II !I II II II II il " 'I II \1 11 II II II II I. I il Ii II II II II )1 II !i Ii 11 II I, II II I II II II ,I I: II II II Ii il il Ii I! ,1 ~