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e I 00 C\], ~.:r 1:,): C~ CO e 5/25/59 -, 5{~ T 'I I: Ii tj II r! '1 " n I i I " " " Ii I:; I :1 I ;1 '; 2 " ; , , :1 .' Ij " i: '1 :i ~ ' I ,i " r! 'I 3 :1 .' \i ,I :1 .: \, ii ; ." " " q i I ',I 4 :! , , i 'I '1 I; q J I' I e I " ',.r .' I,! .' " ! I " I,. I e [': , j 5 I, 'I II :'1 ;1 I !l 'I , ~ I" '" , ,\ :1 " l' ,I ,r ,I 'I >, ~ ! i II ... - -- -~ ~--- ---- -- ....,---- --,- - --, _._---~ - - IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM II Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. , 12. CONSIDERATION Of REQUEST BY DICK CHRISTIANSON TO DISCUSS SEWER IN THE UN- PLATTED AREA KNOWN AS WOODSIDE HILLS - MR. CHRISTIANSON APPEARED BEfORE THE COMMITTEE, INDICATED HE IS QUITE ANXIOUS TO HAVE SEWERS EXTENDED TO THIS AREA AND REQUESTED THAT A CONTRACT BE ALLOWED rOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of SEW~RS TO THIS AREA AT THE SAME TIME SEWERS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED TO THE NORTH. SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE SEWER PROBLEM AND IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT SEWERS TO THE WOODSIDE HILLS IS DEPENDENT UPON THE NEW LINE TO BE CONSTRUCTED TO THE WILLAMETTE RIVER. ALSO DURING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT IN AREAS SUCH AS THIS WHERE THE PROPERTY IS BEING PURCHASED fOR VIEW PROPERTY THERE SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT rOR UNDERGROUND TELEPHONE AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS SO THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE A MAZE or POLES AND WIRES TO DESTROY THE VIEW WHICH THE PEOPLE ARE PURCHASING. IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD SHOULD EITHER STAND THE COST Of SUCH INSTALLATION OR THAT THEY SHOULD BE ASSESSED TO THE HOLDERS Of ABUTTING PROPERTY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM' 12 or THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED AND THAT THE MATTER or UNDERGROUND WIRES IN VIEW PROPERTY BE RErERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MOTION CARRIED. 13. REQUEST BY EUGENE TRANSfER & STORAGE COMPANY TO PURCHASE SMALL PIECE Of CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER or 3RD AVENUE AND FERRY STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED TO PURCHASE THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL Of PROPERTY AND THAT AN orrER or $100.00 HAD BEEN MADE BY THE EUGENE TRANSfER & STORAGE COMPANY. IN THE DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT IT WAS INDICATED THERE MAY BE A POSSIBLE DEMAND fOR THIS PROPERTY IN HIGH- WAY PLANNING AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THE REQUEST BE DENIED, BUT THAT THE COUNCIL WOULD L~KE TO VIEW THE PROPERTY ON A FUTURE TOUR. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 13 Of THE COMMITtEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION GARRIED. 14. DISCUSSION REGARDING AUTHORIZED SALE Of SMALL (10'X50') PIECE or,PROPERTY TO RUSSELL C. ROBERTS AT THE REAR OF 1858 HIGH STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THE COUNCIL HAD AUTHORIZED THE C,TY MANAGER TO PROCEED WITH THE SALE or THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PARCEL Of PROPERTY BUT THAT THIS RROPERTY WO~LD BE NECESSARY TO THE DEVELOPMENT or THE EXPRESSWAY NOW CONTEMPLATED BETWEEN THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE AND 19TH AVENUE. SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THIS MATTER AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST TO PURCHASE BE HELD IN ABEYANCE. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 14 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 15. CONSIDERATION OF 6TH AND 7TH AVENUE TRAffiC COMMITTEE REPORT - THE REPORT Of THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE MAYOR TO DISCUSS PARKING ON 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES WAS GONE OVER IN DETAIL BY THE COMMITTEE. IN THE DISCUSSION IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT TANDEM PARKING MIGHT BE INSTALLED IN ALL AREAS Of THE CITY AS NEW INSTALLATIONS ARE MADE, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT ITEMS I TO 5, ISCLUSIVE, AND ITEM 7 Of THE REPORT BE APPROVED EXCEPT THAT THE ONE-WAY 11TH-13TH AVENUE COUPLET BE TERMINATED AT KINCAID STREET fOR BOTH 11TH AND 13TH AVENUES. IT WAS ALSO NOTED THAT THE RECOMMENDATION fOR CONTINUED PARK- ING ON 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES WEST or LAWRENCE STREET SHOULD BE CORRECTED TO INplCATE SUCH PARKING IS TO BE CONTINUED UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE NEW HIGHWAY 99 FREEWAY IS COMPLETED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 15 or THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. COUNCILMAN WILSON STATED HE BELIEVES MORE STUDY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO THIS AND SUGGESTED THAT ALDER STREET MIGHT BE USED AS AN EASTERN TERMINUS. HE ALSO SUGGESTED THAT ALDER STREET MIGHT BE WIDENED. THERE WAS ALSO DISCUSSION ON THE TURNING MOVEMENT AT 13TH AVENUE AND KINCAID STREET AND IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT If THIS WERE DONE THERE WOULD BE AN OPTIONAL MOVEMENT TO CONTINUE EAST ON 13TH AVENUE AT KINCAID STREET OR TO TURN NORTH. A VOTE WAS TAKEN ON THE MOTION, AND MOTION CARRIED. 16. REQUEST BY McKAY'S MARKET rOR, 7' CURB SIDEWALK ON 30TH AVENUE AND HILYARD STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED fROM McKAY'S MARKET THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO INSTALL A7' CURB SIDEWALK BORDERING THEIR PROPERTY ON 30TH AVENUE AND HILYARD STREET AND THAT THE COMMITTEE HAD RECOM- MENDED A CHANGE IN THE CITY CODE rROM THE EXISTING PROVISION WHICH REQUIRES SIDEWALKS TO BE CONSTRUCTED rROM THE CURB LINE TO THE PROPERTY LINE SO VARI- ANCES COULD BE GRANTED AT THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. IT WAS rURTHER EXPLAINED THAT McKAY'S MARKET STILL WISHES TO CONSTRUCT A 7' CURB SIDEWALK AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE VARIANCE BE GRANTED." . -~-T-- I I I "I II I: Ii I! 1\ II I' II I ; j II I I i I II I I) ,I d 't II \1 11 I' I I , I I 'I I; Ii II II il 'I Ii 'I \, ,i !I II II I ,I II II I I I I :1 Ii II ;1 I I I, II Ii II I[ I" il 1\ II :I 1\ !, ~: ,. "