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rt46 I e " " 8/10/59 - -- I I, I .., I; " I 'I I I, IT WAS MOVED ~Y MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. McGArrEY THAT ITEM 5 or THE COMMITTEE REPORT II I 'I BE APPROVED.' MOTION CARRIED. I, II I I, I 6. CONSIDERATION OF MR. DEARDORFF'S COMPLAINT REGARDING COST TO BE ASSESSED TO " " " HIS PROPERTY rOR SEWER - THE DIRECTOR or PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTED MAPS TO THE " II I COMMITTEE SHOWING THE ENTIRE SEWER PROJECT WHICH IS BEING CONSTRUCTED IN THE " II I " VICINITY or 28TH AVENUE AND 29TH AVENUE BETWEEN KREATZ ROAD AND LORANE HIGHWAY; 11 I THIS ITEM HAD BEEN HELD UP AND RErERRED TO COMMITTEE rROM THE LAST COUNCIL " " 11 MEET I NG . ' THE DIRE.CTOR or PUBLIC WORKS GAVE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION or THE PRO- I' , BLEM AND POINTED OUT THAT MR. DEARDORrr's ASSESSMENT IS rAIR AND JUSTlrlED AND I THAT THE POLICY or ASSESSMENT CANNOT BE CHANGED AS THE SEWER SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION IS TOO FAR ALONG. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT PART OF THE PROMISE AT THE TIME I THIS AREA WAS ANNEXED WAS TO GIVE THE AREA SEWER SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. COMMITTEE'M~MBERS VOTED THAT THE SEWER PROJECT IN THE AREA BE CONTINUED AND I j THAT MR. DEARDORrr's. ASSESSMENT BE COMPUTED IN THE USUAL MANNER, MR. WILSON , ABSTAINING. ii I !i I e ; IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE I' I Ii APPROVED. MOT ION CARR I EO. i: I 1; :i 2 I 7. REQUEST FOR OVERLENGTH CURB CUT AT THE CORNER or 7TH AVENUE AND GRANT STREET - I, " IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT GRANT MOTORS HAD REQUESTED A CURB CUT AT THE CORNER or J~ I 7TH AVENUE kND .GRANT,STREET. - THE DIRECTOR or PUBLIC WORKS POINTED OUT THAT THE II , LOCATION or THE ALLEY IS IN QUES'TION AND THAT Ir NO ALLEY IS DEDICATED NOR. H I I EX I STS, THE' REQUEST WOULD NOT NEED SPEC IAL CONS I DERAT ION ; HOWEVER, Ir THE ALLEY il ! !I EXISTS THE ~EQutSTED ~URB CUT IS 5' OVERLENGTK AND MUS~ BE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. " , THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDED THAT TWO 35' CURB CUTS AS REQUESTED BE " I " II I ALLOWED. THE COMMJTTEEREC'OMMENDEDUNANIMOUSLY THAT THE REQUEST BE. GRANTED. I, i: I 1: I - IT WAS MOVED By'MR... SH,t'ARER SECONDED BY MR. McGArrEY THAT ITEM 7 or THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE ,: II r APPROVED. MOTIO'N CARR'IED. iI " - ., I! I 8. CONSIDERATION or 'RECOM'MENDATION BY SENIOR BUfLDING I NSPE'CTOR fOR REMOVAL Of j: 3 I i\ STRUCTURE LocATED. AT 2 I 13 K I NCAI 0 STREET - THE COMM I TTEE' RECOMMENDEDUNAN I MOUSL Y I i if I THAT THIS ITEM BE HELD OVtR UNTIL THE COMMITTEE CAN VIEW THE PROPERTY ON TOUR ,; Ii NEXT FRIDAy. II /. II Ii IT WAS MOV~D BY M~. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. McGArfEY THAT ITEM' 80r THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE Ii, APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. li 41 " :i I, 9. CONSIDERATION or RECOMMENDATION BY SENIOR BUILDING INSP~CTOR AND FIRE MARSHAL Ii I i' fOR REMOVAL OF STRUCTURE LOCATED AT 2633 PORTLAND STREET - THE COMMITTEE RECOM- 'f II I ii I MENDED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THIS ITEM BE HELD OVER UNTIL THE COMMITTEE MEETING NEXT Ii FRIDAY WHEN THEY CAN VIEW THE PROPERTY ON TOUR. . I' Ii i iI , - :1 II IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. McGAHEY THAT ITEM 9 or THE COMMI.TTEE.REPORT BE " II APPROVED. MOT 10.N 'C'ARR I EO. " " " II II I I, 51 10. PROPOSAL TO GRANT EXCLUSIVE FRANCHISE TO A PROPOSED ORGANIZATION rOR THE COL- d LECT ION OF GARBAGE'- THE CITY RECORDER' :RE'ADA PROPOS'AL F"ROM S. A. SORENSON 'CON- " I ~ CERNING AN tXCLUSIVE fRANCHISE fOR ~HE EUGENE GARBAG~ COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION. (I THEIR PROPOSAL WOULD ESTABLISH AN EXCLUSIVE fRANCHISE FOR HAULING AND DISPOSING :1 I I OF GARBAGE rRO~ WITHIN THE CITYLIMITS or EUGENE. THE CITY RECORDER POINTED OUT il ~ \ THA T .A 1929 CHARTER .AMENDMENT DOES NOT PERM IT THE COUNC I L TO' fSSUE. EXCLUS I VE ' ' j! I FRANCHISES FOR 'THE COLLEC~ION Of GARBAGE. ADVANTAGES of THE PRESENT SYSTEM ~ERE II I POINTtD OUT WHERE COMPETITION IS KEEN; SERVICE SHARP AND AT ATTRACTIVE. RATES~ Ii - 1 THE COMMITTEE R'ECO'MMENDED UNANIMOUSLY THAT THIS MATTER BE PLACED.ONfILE AND ji II THAT .~ LETTER ~E ~RITrEN TO THE ASSOCIATION EXPLAINING THE CHARTER PROVISIONS. : Ii " !l Ii IT WAS MOVED B~ MR~ SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 10 or THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE I, " " APPROVED. " :1 I :i I , i.! I MR. MOLHOLM POINTED OUT THAT MANY CITIES HAVE SUCH ASSOCfATI.ONS fOR GARBAGE HAULE~S, AND !1 I HE fEELS THAT Ir RESOURCES ARE POOLED BY THE AsSocfATION BETTER SERVICE WILL RESULT; rUR- 'I , h I THER, IT I~ POSSIB(E TO tHANGE THE CHARtER THROUGH A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE AND POSSIBLY THE !I I " I PEOPLE SHOULD HAVE THIS OPPORtUNITY. MR. SHEARER INDICATED 'HE fEELS THE ASSOCIATION AND I' tl I NOT THE COUNCIL SHOULD INitiATE TAKING .tHE ISSUE TO THE PEOPLE. 11 " iI , ON VOTE, THE MOTION io ~PPROV~ THE COMMITTEE REPORT CARRIED. i! I i' II 61 I I. CONSIDERATION or STREET TREE PROGRAM - THE MAYOR DIRECTED A QUESTION TO THE 'CITY 1, 'I .ATTORNEY IN WHICH HE ASKED THE CITY'S LIABILITY rOR TREES PLANTED IN STREET ! ~ I 1: RIGHTS-Or-WAY. THE CITY ATTORNEY POINTED OUT THAT fN HIS OPINION THE TREES LO- ,I I ;1 CATED IN THE STREET RIGHTS-OF-WAY, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE PLANTED BY rNDIVIDUAL' " I CITIZENS, BELONG TO THE.~ITY AND SHOULD BE MAINTAINED BY THE CITY. .THE SUPER- :, I' I INTENDENT Of PARKS & RECREATION POINTED OUT THAT TREES ON STREET RIGHTS-Or-WAY I: " ,i CREATE'SEVERAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS LOW LIMBS BEING IN THE WAY or HIGH MOTOR VEHI- " I :i CLES'SUCH AS TRUCKS, MANY DEAD LIMBS PREVALENT IN THE TREES~ TREE LIMBS OBSTRUCT- Ii ING ~RAfF"IC SIGNALS AND UTILITY LINES, AND ROOTS Of TREES DISTURBING SIDEWALKS. 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