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REQUEST BY EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD TO ERECT AND MAINTAIN A RADIO I N d II ~ :1 ANTENNA IN A TREE ON THE SOUTH EDGE OF HENDRICKS PARK - IT WAS EXPLAINED II (,,) ~ I THAT THE CITY HAD RECEIVED A REQUEST fROMTHE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD II 1"-"'\ fOR A PERMIT AND LICENSE TO LOCATE, ERECT AND MAINTAIN A RADIO ANTENNA :1 ..- ., 'I CQ 'I ON THE SOUTH EDGE Of HENDRICKS PARK IN A TREE IOO~ ABOVE THE GROUND. :IT 'I d WAS STATED THAT THE INSTALLATION Of THE ANTENNA WOULD POSE NO PROBLEMS, II ~: I AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUESTED PERMIT AND LICENSE BE I \, il 'i MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 'I APPROVED. II '\ , i - " II " 4. REQUEST BY OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO PURCHASE TWO SMALL PARCELS OF 3 I rl PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH BANK OF THE W'llAMETTE RIVER - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT II ,I THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WISHES TO ACQUIRE TWO PARCELS Of PRO- II '.I I ,( PERry ON THE SOUTH BANK Of THE WILlAMETTE RIVER AND BETWEEN THE WllLAMETTE I RIVER AND THE EXISTING HIGHWAY lEAOING TO SPRINGfiELD. ONE PARCEL IS ADJA- I '! CENT TO THE EAST RIGHT-Of-WAY AND ONE PIECE IS ADJACENT TO THE WEST RIGHT- " I I ,\ Of-WAY Of THE RELOCATED PACIfiC HIGHWAY NEAR JUDKINS POINT. MAPS Of THE 1\ :\ AREA WERE SHOWN TO THE COMMITTEE, AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL Of do THE SALE Of THE PROPERTY AND fURTHER AUTHORIZED THE PROPER CITY OffiCIALS II 'I II 'II TO EXECUTE THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. .1 ;1 ,I 4 ;1 5. REQUEST BY EUGENE L. AND MARJORIE K. FLORENCE THROUGH NEIL BROWN, THEIR II 11 ATTORNEY, fOR THE VACATION OF PUBLIC UTiliTY EASEMENTS FOR LOTS #69 THROUGH U II #171 IN THE 2ND ADDITION TO SUNNY HOLLOW - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. AND MRS. II ;1, FLORENCE ARE THE OWNERS Of PRO~RTIES IN THE SUNNY HOLLOW ADDITION ON WHICH j :1 EASEMENTS, HAVE BEEN GRANTED ALONG THE INTERIOR BOUNDARIES OF ALL Of THE LOTS I ~, fOR PUBLIC UTILITY PURPOSES. IT WAS fURTHER EXPLAINED THAT MR. AND MRS. ,,' FLORENCE DESIRE TO REPlAT THEIR PROPERTIES AND THAT ;\ IN ORDER TO SUCCESSfULLY '/ ACCOMPLISH THIS IT IS NECESSARY THAT THE EXISTING PUBLIC~ILITY EASEMENTS BE I ~! . VACATED. A MAP Of THE AREA WAS SHOWN TO THE COMMITTEE, AND AfTER SOME CON- i! Ii SIDERATION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUESTED VACATION BE APPROVED SUBJECT ~ , :1 'I , TO THE PLATTING,Of NEW PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENTS IN THE NEW SUBDIVISION AS Ii (I REQUIRED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 'I II Ii '~l 5 6. CONSIDERATION Of CHANGING TWO-WAY TRAfFIC ON HIGH AND PEARL STREETS BE7WEEN I :1 6TH AND 13TH AVENUES TO ONE-WAY TRAffiC GOING NORTH ON HIGH,STREET AND SOUTH I :1 ;i ON PEARL STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT AT THE REQUEST Of THE CITY MANAGER i 'd THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAD MADE A STUDY Of THE ADVISABILITY Of I! 'I :.! ESTABLISHING ONE-WAY MOVEMENTS ON PEARL AND HIGH STREETS IN THE CITY Of - ,. EUGENE. THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS STUDIED THIS MATTER AND PRE- I I I PARED A SKETCH AND RECOMMENDED THAT ONE-WAY TRAfFIC ON PEARL AND HIGH STREETS I , ! ,j BE ESTABLISHED. IN THE OPINION OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT SUCH ONE-WAY TRAffiC I WO UL D IMPROVE CONDITIONS ON PEARL AND HIGH STREETS AND WOULD ALSO IMPROVE II " TRAffiC OPERATION AT THE INTERSECTION OF 6TH AVENUE AND HIGH STREET. IT WAS Ii ,., " ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAD CONSIDERED THE OPERATION ON I' fl I' II 8TH AVENUE AND BROADWAY, AND IT WAS THEIR fEELING THAT IT WOULD BE DESIRABLE I TO HAVE TWO-WAY TRAfFIC ON BOTH STREETS BETWEEN MILL AND PEARL STREETS. FOL- .1 lOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER AND THE,VIEWING Of THE PROPOSED fLOW i I 1 !I MAP AND DISCUSSION REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING SUCH ONE-WAY TRAFFIC I, e " II t TO 18TH AVENUE, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT PEARL AND HIGH STREETS BE DESIGNATED I :1 AS ONE-WAY STREETS BETWEEN 6TH AND 13TH AVENUES WITH TRAffIC TO BE NORTHBOUND II " .1 ON HIGH STREET AND SOUTHBOUND ON PEARL STREET, AND THAT CONSIDERATION BE GIVEN 'I :1 II TO THE EXTENSION Of THE ONE-WAY COUPLET ON PEARL AND HIGH STREETS TO 18TH AVENUE. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Ii q II i! 7. DISCUSSION REGARDING USE Of fORMER LIBRARY PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST 6 .: I! 'i 11TH AVENUE AND WILlAMETTE STREET - SOME OISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE il CORNER Of f " PROPOSED USE Of THE fORMER LIBRARY PROPERTY AND/OR THE OISPOSITION Of SUCH II . "1 PROPERTY. IT WAS STATED THAT AT ONE TIME IT HAD BEEN ENVISIONED THAT A fiRE I " STATION MIGHT BE lOCATED ON THIS CORNER, BUT IT HAD BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE I ,I ;! STATION CAN BE MOVED TO THE URBAN RENEWAL AREA IN THE EVENT A CITY HALL IS i,l eUll T IN THAT AREA AND THAT NO PENALTY WOULD ACCRUE TO THE CITY BY SUCH I MOVEMENT. FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION AS TO THE POTENTIAL DISPOSITION Of THE II " IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE fORMER LIBRARY PROPERTY BE REAPPRAISED II PROPERTY, I II WITH ONE APPRAISAL AND PLACED ON THE MARKET FOR SALE. MOTION CARRIED UNANI- " :i II ~I MOUSL Y. II Ii 1.1 ,.1 'I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE COMMITTEE REPORT Of OCTOBER 2,1959 'I ~ ! I I BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I ':1 (I i\ il I e :1 -, 1 I', I "I I: .1 :! II \~