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<br /> I [ POINTS OF THE MEDFORD STREET TREE PLAN WHICH THEY HAVE RECENTLY ADOPTED WERE
<br /> rl OUTLINED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY BE
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<br /> H INSTRUCTED TO STUDY THIS PROBLEM FURTHER AND SEE WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING
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<br /> :1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM II OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT
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<br /> C'-Jl I . ~r A REPORT OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND COMMON COUNCIL HELD ON AUGUST 3,1959
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<br /> ~, "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, CHATT, MOYER, WILSON AND
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<br /> SWANSON; PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS HAMLIN, fOSTER AND MAXWELL; MR.HRUZA, II
<br /> ;! PLANNING OFFICE; ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; PARKS Ii
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<br /> :1 & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; CITY ATTORNEY; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGI.STER- 'I
<br /> ,I GUARD; AND INTERESTED CITIZENS.
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<br /> " T,:.: :.;::' THE MEETING WAS OPENED BY MAYOR CONE WHO SUBSEQUENTLY TURNED THE MEETING II
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<br /> :1 OVER TO PLANNING COMMI~SION CHAIRMAN HAMLIN. MR. HAMLIN EXPLAINED THE PLAN-
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<br /> '1 NING COM~ISSION HAD REQUESTED THE MEETING SO THAT BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION I
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<br /> " AND THE CITY COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF EACH OTHER'S PROBLEMS I
<br /> , AND THE REASONS FOR VARIOUS ACTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKEN.
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<br /> I ;1 MR. HRUZA OF THE PLANNING OFFICE THEN EXPLAINED THE LONG RANGE PLANNING !I
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<br /> ;.1 WHICH HAD GONE INTO THE CITY OF EUGENE'S BASIC PLANAS WELL AS THE AREAS SUR-
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<br /> :1 ROUNDING THE CITY Of EUGENE. A MAP Of EUGENE SHOWING THE BASiC PLAN AND ITS 'I
<br /> I BREAKDOWN INTO NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN THE CITY WAS EXPLAINED. MR. HRUZA EXPLAINED
<br /> ;1 THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCEPT WAS USED SINCE THE CITY IS NATURALLY BROKEN BY Ii
<br /> " ARTERIALS, RAILROADS, RIVERS, DRAINAGE AREAS AND OTHER EQUIVALENT BOUNDARIES, II
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<br /> " AND THERE IS GOOD REASON TO TREAT GIVEN AREAS AS NEIGHBORHOODS FOR PLANNING
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<br /> " PURPOSES AND fOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOLS AND PARKS. Ii
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<br /> I; A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION WENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GENERAL
<br /> Ii PLAN WHICH HAD BEEN PREPARED AFTER APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS O~ STUDY. MR.HRUZA II
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<br /> ii FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT WITH. RESPECT TO THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT LOCATED
<br /> IN THE DOWNTOWN CORE AREA THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 229 ACRES OF LAND AVAILABLE II
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<br /> " fOR BUSINESS USAGE AS OF THI$ TIME OF WHICH APPROXIMATELY 32% IS ACTUALLY USED
<br /> ~ i FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, APPROXIMATELY 4% I S VACANT AND APPROXIMATEl. Y 64% IS :\
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<br /> [I DEVOTED TO RESIOENTIAL ~SAGES OR USAGES OTHER THAN COMMERCIAL. HE FURTHER EX- ii
<br /> PLAINED THAT BASED ON THE ONE ACRE PER THOUSAND POPULATION CENTRAL BUSINESS II
<br /> NEED, THE AREA CURRENTLY ZONED FOR CENTRAL BUSINESS USAGE IS SUFFICIENT FOR 'I
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<br /> '1 A POPULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 250,000 PERSONS.
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<br /> 'i SOME DISCUSSION WAS ALSO GIVEN TO THE AMAZON EXPRESSWAY AND FIVE SEPARATE II
<br /> ;/ THREE OF THE PROPOSED PLANS EN-
<br /> fl PLANS FOR SUCH AN EXPRESSWAY WERE EXPLAINED.
<br /> I VISIONED SOME USE OF PARK PROPERTY BETWEEN 24TH AND 30TH AVENUES TO FACILITATE I'
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<br /> ,I THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE EXPRESSWAY, ONE PLAN ENVISIONED THE USE OF HILYARD
<br /> I I STREET AND W,LLAMETTE STREET AS TWO SEPARATE EXPRESSWAYS, AND ONE OTHER PLAN
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<br /> il ENVISIONED THE USE OF 30TH AVENUE AND MILL STREET FOR THE EXPRESSWAY. THESE
<br /> " FIVE PLANS RANGED IN COST INCLUDING THE CONNECTION TO THE fERRY STREET BRIDGE
<br /> ~l FROM $2,500,000 TO $4,100,000.
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<br /> 'I No ATTEMPT IS MADE TO REPORT ON THE FIVE INDIVIDUAL PLANS PRESENTED
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<br /> ~ I SINCE EACH IS COMPREHENSIVE AND IS AVAILABLE FOR STUDY IN THE PLANNING OFFICE. I
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<br /> e I fOLLOWING THE GENERAL DISCUSSION ON MOTION BY MR.' MOYER SECONDED BY
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<br /> :.1 MR. SHEARER
<br /> >1 IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT JOINT MEETINGS BE HELD ONCE A MONTH BE-
<br /> ,'1 TWEEN THE COMMON COUNCIL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION SO THAT A SOLUTION TO
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<br /> THE AMAZON EXPRESSWAY COULD BE FOUND AND OTHER PROBLEMS COULD BE DISCUSSED. I
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<br /> " MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY..
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<br /> , SOME DISCUSSION WAS ALSO HAD WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED REZONING OF THE II
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<br /> ;1 SOUTHWEST CORNER or 18TH AVENUE AND HILYARD STREET, A PROPERTY IN THE OWNER- I
<br /> SHIP OF NORMAN SCHNEIDER. PLANNING COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVES EXPRESSED I
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<br /> THEIR VIEWS THAT THIS PROPERTY COULD BE USED FOR THE PURPOSES DESIRED AS IT II
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<br /> n IS CURRENTLY ZONED AND THAT THIS AREA IS GENERALLY ENVISIONED AS A MULTIPLE
<br /> H FAMILY DWELLING AREA. DISCUSSION .WAS HAD ON THIS SUBJECT BY REPRESENTATIVES II
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<br /> , tl OF THE COMMON COUNCIL, PLANNING COMMISSION AND BY MR. NORMAN SCHNEIDER."
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<br /> ;1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT THE REPQRT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. II
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<br /> :1 A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD AUGUST 7, 1959 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br /> ~I "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, CHATT, MOYER, WILSON AND
<br /> d SWANSON; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; ADMINI- \
<br /> II STRATIVE ASSISTANT; CHIEf OF POLICE; ACTING TRAFFIC ENGINEER; DAN WYANT,
<br /> ,:1 EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD.
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