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~i12 6/8/59 I' 4. CONSIDERATION Of HOUSING CODE COMMITTEE REPORT - THE QUESTION Of ADOPTING A HOUSING CODE WHICH HAD $EEN DISCUSSED AT PREVIOUS COMMITTEE MEETINGS WAS AGAIN PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE fOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. SEVERAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXPRESSED THEMSELVES AS fEELING THAT THIS HOUSING CODE SHOULD BE ADOPTED NOW SO AS TO AT LEAST MAKE A START ON MINIMUM STANDARDS fOR HOUSING, EVEN THOUGH IT MAY BE NECESSARY IN THE fUTURE TO MAKE AMENDMENTS TO THE HOUSING CODE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE ADOPTION Of THE PROPOSED HOUSING CODE _AS AMENDED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 4 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 2 5. PETITION TO PAVE AND CONSTRUCT SANITARY SEWER ON WEST 35TH AVENUE fROM WEST MARGIN Of McMILLAN STREET TO THE WEST BOUNDARY Of GALLOWAY PARK - THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE THAT HE HAD A PETITION SIGNED BY OWNERS Of 50% Of THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED REQUESTING THE PAVING AND SEWER CONSTRUCTION IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREA. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THESE PROJECTS BE AUTHORIZED AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECTS BE PASSED. 1 I II I I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT ITEM 5 Of THE COMMITiEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 3 6. PETITION TO PAVE AND CONSTRUCT SANITARY SEWER ON 38TH AVENUE fROM W/LLAMETTE STREET TO THE WEST 765 fEET - A PETITION TO RAVE AND CONSTRUCT A SANITARY SEWER ON 38TH AVENUE fROM WILLAMETTE STREET TO THE WEST ,765 fEET WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE PETITION: WAS SIGNED BY OWNERS Of 62% Of THE AfF'ECTED PROPERTY. ONE PARTY PRESENT OBJECTED TO THE PAVING SINCE IT I. A DEAD END STREET, WHILE OTHERS WISHED THE STREET PAVE~ TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY. AfTER SOME DISCUSSION, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PAVING AND SEWER CONSTRUCTION AS OUTLINED BE APPROVED AND THAT THE NECESSARY ORDINANCES INITIATING THE PROJECTS BE PA SSED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT ITEM 6 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION tARRIED. 4 7. PETITION TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALK ON SOUTH SIDE Of laTH AVENUE fROM FRIENDLY TO TYLER STREET - AfTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION OF THE FEASIBILITY OF PLACING SIDE- WALKS ON THE NORTH OR SOUTH SIDE Of 18TH AVENUE AT VARIOUS POINTS AND THE VIEWING Of MAPS AS PRESENTED BY THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT CURB SIDEWALKS BE INSTALLED .WHEREVER POSS I BLE fROM WI LLAMETTE STREET TO CHAMBERS STREET EXCEPT IN BLOCKS WHERE REGULAR SETBACK SIDEWALKS ARE IN E~/STENCE. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT ITEM 7 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 5 8. REQUEST BY FRANK G. McMURRY TO PLACE HISTORICAL MARKER ON STREET RIGHT-Ot-WA~ AT THE CORNER Of 25TH AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET - THE CITY MANAGER READ A LETTER fROM FRANK G. McMURRY REQUESTING THAT A HISTORICAL MARKER BE PLACED ON STREET RIGHT-Of-WAY NEAR THE MASONIC CEMETERY AT 25TH AVENUE AND UNIVERSITY STREET AS,A MEMORIAL TO HIS GRANDfATHER WHO WAS AN EARLY PIONEER AND DONATED MUCH Of THE LAND IN THE AREA TO VARIOUS COMMUNITY PROJECTS. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS REQUEST AND RECOMMENDED THAT IT BE GRANTED SUBJECT TO THE AP- PROVAL'OF THE CITY MANAGERt~ OffICE As TO ITS LOCATION. I I j I i I I I 61 I I I 1 ! I' I I I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT ITEM 8 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 9. DISCUSSION Of THE 11TH-13TH ONE-WAY COUPLET fROM KINCAID TO CHAMBERS STREET - THE CITY MANAGER EXPLAINED THAT IT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO HAVE TRAffiC SIGNALS PLACED AT 13TH AVENUE AND CHAMBERS STREET, 13TH AVENUE AND PEARL STREET, AND 13TH AVENUE AND KINCAID STREET TO REGULATE THE ONE-WAY TRAffIC ON 11TH AND 13TH AVENUES, AND THAT THESE SIGNALS MUST BE ORDERED IMMEDIATELY SINCE THE COMPANY MANUfACTURING THEM WILL BE ON VACATION DURING THE MONTH Of JULY. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE NECESSARY SIGNALS BE ORDERED AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY MANAGER.II IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAffEY THAT ITEM 9 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. il I COUNCILMAN WILSON LEfT THE MEETING AT THIS POINT (TO:30 PM'). PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS 7 NOTICE or HEARING DATED MAY 25, 1959-f.ROM PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSIONER IN THE MATTER OF SERVING ARRANGEMENTS IN THE MARCOLA AND EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD EXCHANGES ON THE PACifiC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWSj , I L.. \ ,I ~1\ i, I' 1\ :1 " I: I' i \ l' ;1 'I :i ii 'I it II II 'I " " :1 !i i; Ii p 1: ,I :1 " " Ii 'I 'I 'i " ;, I: .' I Ii I' ., 'i II ,I I' .1 II j ,I Ii I, !j I, il I. i: 1: H d Ii ': !i ,I ,I ~ : 'I :1 I I; :i : ~ " " Ii , Ii " I: I' I: " I' ,I Ii ;) e I e I I e I -