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e j"" ("I' ""lIIIIIIl t) tJ' 6/8/59 I H- ~l ;'1 'I [! " il ! " 'I I ;\ r' I GO N <:'j'" l~ 00 CCJ ., 'I :.i ~ I ,I ,I 'I , I' ,I e .: ;1 ,I 2: ! ~ ! \i Ii u , , , ,-, " ., J I 'I I ;i il ,I ,! 'I 'I 'I ,'I .. 3 j (: .1 I ~ i " I I , I ,I II 1 ;1 ;'i U 4 :! ;! , I e ~I i I :1 , , , I I !! t! 5 :i H Ii 'I " ,', i! I II " I e ~ i " i II ~I :1 \1 d " ~ ; ;1 '; C. REQUEST FROM TIDEWATER OIL COMPANY FOR VARIANCE FROM 25' SETBACK REQUIREMENT ON FRANKLIN BoULEVARD TO ALLOW CONSTRUCTION OF A CANOPY 10' FROM THE NORTH LINE OF FRANKL I N BOULEVARD AT V I LlARD STREET - THE REQUEST AS RECE'I VED FROM THE TIDEWATER OIL COMPANY WAS EXPLAINED TO THE COMMITTEE AND COMMITTEE REPRE- SENTATIVES DROVE TO THE AREA AND OBSERVED THE SITE OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. IT WAS NOTED THAT THIS ITEM HAD BEEN DISCUSSED IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THAT THEY OBJECTED TO SUCH CONSTRUCTION SINCE IT WOULD DETRACT FROM THE ENTRYWAY TO THE CITY AND WOULD ALSO BE AN ENCROACHMENT UPON EXISTING SET- BACKS IN THE EVENT FRANKLIN BOULEVARD HAS TO BE WIDeNED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD OF ApPEALS REPORT BE UPHELD IN THE DECISION TO DENY THE REQUEST. I I 1\ !: ,I " lj II I, :1 I' II I I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. McGAFFEY SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE BE GRANTED PROVIDING THE CANOPY IS CONSTRUCTED SO AS NOT TO EXTEND BEYOND THE CENTER LINE OF THE OUT- SIDE PUMP AND SUBJECT TO AN AGREEMENT TO REMOVE THE CANOPY IF FRANKLIN BOULEVARD SHOULD BE WIDENED IN THE FUTURE. MOTION CARRIED. 2. REQUEST FROM EUGENE TOOL MA I NTENANCE FOR 30-M,INUTE PARK I NG ON BLA I R BOULEVARD BETWEEN 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES, AND REQUEST FROM WALTON'S CAFE FOR 2-HOUR PARKING AT TWO PARKING SPACES IN FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESS LOCATED AT 634 EAST 8TH AVENUE - THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THESE ITEMS AGAIN AND COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES VIEWED THE AREAS REQUESTED FOR LIMITED PARKING. THE CH~F~OF POLICE INDICATED THAT THIS DECISION WAS UP TO THE COUNCIL AND THAT HIS DEPARTMENT WILL DO THE BEST POSSIBLE JOB TO ENFORCE IT IF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO PROVIDE FOR LIMITED PARKING IN THESE AREAS. THE QUESTION WAS RAISED AS TO WHAT THE COUNCIL'S POLICY IN THESE ITEMS AND OTHER COMPARABLE ITEMS WOULD BE. THERE WAS ALSO A QUESTION AS TO WHETHER IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO ENLARGE THE ZONES WHERE LIMITED PARKING TIME COULD BE ENFORCED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUESTS BE DENIED. I I \1 !I II II I , I : IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM 2 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED, COUNCILMAN WILSON VOTING NAY. 3. REQUEST FROM HENNEN & VOS FOR TWO WEEKS EXTENSION OF TIME ON COMPLETION OF SEWER IN AREA FROM BETWEEN OLIVE AND CHARNELTON STREETS AND LINCOLN STREET FROM 30TH TO 31ST AVENUE - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT HENNEN & VOS HAD REQUESTED AN EXTENSION OF TWO WEEKS ON THE ABOVE CITED CONTRACT DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER AND UNFORESEEN CONTINGENCIES IN THE WORK. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS INDICATED THAT SUCH AN EXTENSION WOULD POSE NO HARDSHIP. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF TWO WEEKS BE APPROVED. ~ \ II " " II II ,I ~ I II I i i I II I I II II Ii 'I II II " ;1 I: I II ,I ;1 I' ,I II ,I II Ii Ii Ii ,I " II 'j II 'I " I' .I I: ,oj I:.... IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4. REQUEST BY EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD TO DISCONTINUE SERVICING SEVEN SMALL POST TYPE LIGHTS ON WEST 19TH AND WEST 20TH AVENUES BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OLIVE STREETS - A LETTER FROM ~HE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD CONCERNING SEVEN SMALL POST TYPE LIGHTS LOCATED IN THE HILLCREST AREA WAS READ TO THE" COMMITTEE. IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THESE LIGHTS HAD ORIGINALLY BEEN INSTALLED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS SOMETIME BErORE 1910 AND THAT THE CITY HAD BEEN PAY- ING THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD 50~ PER LIGHT EACH MONTH TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN THEM. IT NOW OCCURS THAT BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE LIGHTS RE- PAIR PARTS ARE NO LONGER AVA~LABLE AND THE LIGHTS ARE REQUIRING AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF MAINTENANCE AND IT ISNO LONGER fEASIBLE TO CONTINUE THEIR OPERA- TION. IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED THAT THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD CONTACTED FIFTEEN CUSTOMERS, AND OF THE fifTEEN CONTACTED, FIVE ARE DEFINITELY OPPOSED TO THE CHANGE AND THE REMAINDER EITHER APPROVED OR DID NOT CARE WHAT HAPPENED TO THE LI~HTS SO LONG AS THEY HAVE GOOD LIGHT. THE WATER BOARD RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY INSTALL TWO STANDARD OVERHEAD STREET LIGHTS AT MID-BLOCK ON 19TH AND 20TH AVENUES BETWEEN WILLAMETTE.AND OLIVE STREETS AND ABANDON THE SEVEN POST TYPE LIGHTS. THE COMMITTEE DIS- CUSSED THIS 'MATTER AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD REQUEST TO ABANDON THE SEVEN SMALL POST TYPE LIGHTS BE APPROVED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM 4 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 5. DISCUSSION REGARDING INSTALLATION OF, STOP SIGNS STOPPING EAST AND WEST BOUND TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTION OF 12TH AVENUE AND PEARL STREET - A LETTER FROM MR. J. W. BARCHFIELD OF 469 EAST 15TH AVENUE AND A REPORT fROM LT. SMARTT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CONCERNING DESIRABILITY Of TRAFFIC CONTROL AT 12TH' AVENUE AND PEARL STREET WERE READ TO THE COMMITTEE., LT. SMARTT RECOMMENDED THAT STOP SIGNS BE PLACED ON 12TH AVENUE STOPPING EAST AND WEST BOUND TRAFFIC ENTERING PEARL STREET, AND FURTHER NOTED THAT THIS 1S THE ONLY INTERSECTION WITHOUT CONTROLS CURRENTLY EXISTING ALONG PEARL STREET FROM 5TH TO 13TH AVE- NUE. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THIS PARTICULAR INTERSECTION HAD BEEN AN AREA WHERE A NUMBER Of NEAR MISSES HAD OCCURRED. ArTER DISCUSSION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT STOP SIGNS BE INSTALLED ON 12TH AVENUE STOPPING EAST AND WEST BOUND TRAFFIC ENTERING PEARL STREET.