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~24 _ .5/11/59 I I :, I, I I' II !I II II II :\ I, 'I II II II , , Ii 1/ Ii \1 ! I I I 2 , , I I II I! 11 3 :1 II i II I' II Ii I' :1 II JI 'I I, II ! I II I, I( \i ~ ':\. ~\i "WE, THE UNDERSIGNED PROPERTY OWNERS .ON WEST IBTHAvENUE IN THE CITY OF EUGENE, OREGON, PURSUANT TO THE PROPOSED ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL TO PUT SIDEWALKS ON EACH SIDE OF WEST 18TH AVENUE FROM POLK TO LINCOLN STREETS, 00 RESPECTFULLY SUBMIT TH~S PETITION: THAT WE 00 NOT WANT SIDEWALKS HERE. THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFF~C IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO JUSTIFY IT AND IT WOULD SERIOUSLY DAMAGE OUR PROPERTY, PARTICULARLY IN THE SECTIONS WHERE TREES WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED AND BANKS CUT DOWN, NECESSITATING THE ERECTION OF RETAINING WALLS. WE FEEL THAT OUR PROPERTY HAS ALREADY BEEN DEPRECIATED GREATLY BY THE ACTION OF THE CITY IN MAKING WEST 18TH AVENUE AN ARTERIAL STREET AND WIDENING IT, AND CAUSING THE OWNERS ADDITIONAL EXPENSE, AND WE ASK THAT YOU DO NOT CAUSE US. ADDI- TIONAL EXPENSE AND PROPERTY LOSS, AND WE' FEEL THAT INSTALLATION Of SIDEWALKS HERE WOULD MATERIALLY DECREASE THE RESALE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY WITHOUT ANY COMPENSA- TION TO US.II MR. HENRY HOWARD SUGGESTED THAT RESTITUTION BE MADE FOR OVERCHARGE ON WEST 18TH AVENUE STREET PAVING BY CITY AND INSTALLATION Of SIDEWALK AT NO CHARGE TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. ALSO, THAT THE SIDEWALK BE A CURB SIDEWALK. IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE SIDEWALK SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO CHAMBERS STREET, AND SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN TO THE PROBLEM OF A BANK ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 18TH AVENUE AT APPROXIMATELY VANBUREN STREET, ALSO TREES. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LINDEEN SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT 'TEM 19 OF THE COMMITTE~ REPORT BE APPROVED WITH THE .~RQVISION THAT THE SIDEWALK BE EXTENDED TO CHAMBERS STREET, AND_THAT THE COUNCIL ESTABLISH POLICY OF REPLACING SIDEWALKS WHICH MIGHT BE _REMOVED IN A STREET WIDENING PROJECT AT NO EXPENSE TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTION CARRIED. 20. DISCUSSION REGARDING SIDEWALKS ON 24TH AVENUE BETWEEN HARRIS AND UNIVERSITY STREETS, AND FROM UNIVERSITY STREET EAST - COMMITTEE MEMBERS DROVE ALONG 24TH AVENUE FROM HARRIS TO AGATE STREET AND NOTED THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS IN THIS AREA. IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE PEDESTRIAN VOLUME ALONG THIS STREET IS HIGH DUE TO THE SCHOOLS AND THE PARK IN THE AREA, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT SIDE- WALKS BE INSTALLED ON BOTH SIDES Of 24TH AVENUE WITH A PARKING AREA BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE SIDEWALK FROM HARRIS TO AGATE STREET, AND THAT THE NECESSARY RODI~ANCE INITIATING THE PROJECT BE PASSED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 20 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION.CARRIED. 21. REQUEST BY L. D. .WELLETTE TO LIVE IN AN OLD RESIDENCE ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT 550 WEST 29TH AVENUE WHILE NEW RESIDENCE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED - A LETTER FROM MR. L. D. WELLETTE INDICATING HE HAD PURCHASED THE PROPERTY AT 550 WEST 29TH AVENUE AND WISHES TO USE THE EXISTING BUILDING FORA DWELLING WHILE HE IS CON- STRUCTING A NEW RESIDENCE WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT MR. WELLETTE STATES THAT WHEN THE NEW BUILDING IS COMPLETED, HE WILL THEN TEAR DOWN THE OLD BUILDING. BASED_ON THE ~ETTER AND THE REPORT, IT WAS. RECOMMENDED THAT_THE REQUEST BE APPROVED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 21- OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 22. REQUEST BY SACRED -HEART GENERAL HOSPITAL FOR A ONE-WAY ALLEY BETWEEN ALDER AND HILYARD STREETS AND BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH AVENUES - THE ABOVE REQUEST OVER THE SIGNATURE OF SISTER M. MADELEINE TOGETHER WITH RECOMMENDATION FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN WHICH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLEY RUNNING EAST AND WEST BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH AVENUES BETWEEN HILYARD AND ALDER STREETS BE CHANGED FROM THE PRESENT TWO-WAY ALLEY TO A ONE-WAY ALLEY WITH INGRESS FROM ALDER STREET AND EGRESS TO HILYARD STREET BE INSTALLED WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS MATTER AND ALSO CONSIDERED REPORTS Of EXISTING CONGESTION AND CONFUSION IN THE ALLEY AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE ALLEY BE MADE ONE-WAY WESTBOUND AS RECOMMENDED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 22 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 23. DISCUSSION REGARDING POSSIBILITY OF CHARGING EUGENE fRUIT GROWERS ASSOCIATION- A..TRANSPORTATION FEE FOR THE USE Of THE SEWER SYSTEM - SOME CONSIDERABLE DIS-. CUSSION WAS HAD ON THE SUBJECT OF THE SEWAGE VOLUME EMPTIED INTO THE CITY'S SEWER SYSTEM BY THE EUGENE fRUIT GROWERS .ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT BY REASON or THIS VOLUME AND BY REASON OF THE PARTICULAR TYPES OF BACTERIA AND OTHER RESIDUALS CONTAINED IN THE fRUIT GROWERS SEWAGE LOAD. IT WAS INDICATED THAT AT CERTAIN TIMES or THE YEAR THE fRUIT GROWERS VOLUME AND BACTERIA COMPLICATE THE PROBLEM AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, AND AT OTHER TIMES IN THE YEAR IT ACTUALLY HELPS THE PROBLEM AT THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. VARIOUS REPRESENTATIVES or THE COMMITTEE STATED THAT SOME CONSIDERABLE STUDY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THE PROBLEM AND FOLLOWING SUCH DIS- CUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY MANAGER AND DIRECTOR or PUBLIC WORKS e " , II II i' :1 I " I: ji .I I, e Ii I' , i; I " I: " " .' ;i II I' tI J: Ii I; ,. ,i ,I I, 'I jl Ii i! ;1 " il ,I ji Ii 'i I, jl :1 q Ii I ~ i I :: :1 e ,I ;! .' 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