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e ~ " I I it ~I H I, " ,I " 00 c\j ~r U co co e :1 I ': , 'I i: 'I 1 e I 2 ,I e 279~ 1/11/60 THE FOLLOWING REPLACEMENTS ARE RECOMMENDED TO ,fiLL VACANCIES ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE: I I II il II I, II ii I: II Ii II 1\ II !: I' II II II II II !I il 'I I, I, ii Ii I, iI 'I I: II 1\ I: It Ii I, II II II If (THE BUDGET COMMITTEE COMPRISES SIXTEEN MEMBERS - EIGHT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EIGHT FREE- HOLDERS - APPOINTED BY THE COUNCIL fOR 3-YEAR TERN - By POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS ARE MADE BY COUNCILMEN WHO USUALLY SELECT fREEHOLDERS WITHIN THEIR WARDS fOR THE NOMINATIONS.) COUNCILMAN CHATT, WARD I, RECOMMENDS MRS. OLGA FREEMAN COUNCILMAN MOYER, WARD 4, RECOMMENDS MR. A. J. ZENGEL COUNC I LMAN SHEARER, WARD 4, RECOMMENDS MR. DAN CHR I,STENSEN TERM EXPIRES " " 12/31/62 12/31/62 12/'31/62 " " ,I IT WAS MOVED BY MR~. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF COUNCILMEN CHATT, MOYER AND SHEARER fOR fREEHOLDERS TO SERVE A 3-YEAR TERM ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I I \ I .1 INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS it I COUNCILWOMAN LAURIS INTRODUCED A PETITION SIGNED BY 563 fREEHOLDERS OF THE CITY Of EUGENE WHO DISSENT TO THE PROPOSITION CALLING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of A fREEWAY THROUGH THE AMAZON PARK PROPERTY AND PROTESTING ANY PLAN WHICH INfRINGES UPON THE RIGHTS -Of THE CITIZENS Of THE CITY TO HAVE AND MAINTAIN A PARK THE BEAUTY AND UTILITY Of WHICH REMAIN UNIMPAIRED BY THE EXISTENCE OF A FREEWAY, EXPRESSWAY, BOULEVARD OR STREET. FOLLOWING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE PETITION, MRS. CLARENCE RAINES, 2951 FERRY STREET, INDICATED SHE AND OTHERS TO WHOM SHE HAD TALKED WERE OPPOSED TO THE TAKING OF ANY LAND fROM THE AMAZON PARK fOR STREET PURPOSES. SHE fURTHER STATED THAT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD REDUCE THE STUDENT POPULATION Of HARRIS SCHOOL AND WOULD INCREASE THE POPULATION OF OTHER SCHOOLS AND fURTHER THAT IT WOULD TURN AMAZON PARK INTO AN ISLAND BOUNDED BY fREEWAYS AND ARTERIALS. SHE fURTHER ADVANCED THE IDEA THAT THE PARK HAD BEEN CREATED BY THE ACTION Of FARSIGHTED CITIZENS IN PAST YEARS AND STATED SHE WISHED TO KEEP WHAT THESE FARSIGHTED CITIZENS HAD GIVEN TO THE ,CITY. I 'I MR~ CLARENCE RAINES Of 2951 FERRY STREET APPEARED BEfORE THE COUNCIL AND STATED THAT HE PER- SONALLY DOES NOT fEEL THERE IS ESSENTIALLY A NEED fOR AN EXPRESSWAY TO BE BUILT TO SERVE THE SOUTH- EAST SECTION Of THE CITY AND TO CONNECT mHIS EXPRESSWAY ,WITH A DIRECT CONNECTION TO HIGHWAY 99 SOUTH. HE fELT THAT ARTERIALS SHOULD BE CONSTRUCTED TO AID TRAffiC IN CBOSSING THE WILLAMETTE RIVER AT VARIOUS POINTS INCLUDING JUDKINS POINT, AGATE STREET, FtRRY STREET AND WASHINGTON OR JEffERSON STREET, PLUS THE PROPOSED BRIDGE IN THE RIVER ROAD AREA. IT WAS HIS THESIS THAT THESE CROSS FEEDERS WOULD SERVE ALL THE AREAS Of THE CITY AND WOULD REDUCE THE TRAffiC VOLUME BEING HANDLED ON ANY ONE STREET. MR. RAINES CONCURRED THAT THERE IS A NEED fOR SOME ENTRYWAY INTO THE CITY AT THE SOUTH BUT QUESTIONED THE ADVISABILITY Of THE EXPRESSWAY. HE fURTHER INDICATED THAT WHILE CIRCULATING THE PETITION WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL, A NUMBER Of PEOPLE HAD EXPRESSED CONCERN TO HIM ON THE PROPOSED EXPRESS- WAY AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE ASKING If WE REALLY NEED ,THE EXPRESSWAY AND IF THERE IS NOT A BETTER SOLUTION. !i II Ii Ii I II II II II II i; Ii 'I II !I II '[ !I II II ,I I !I il i: I " COUNCILMAN SHEARER INDICATED THE 'WHOLE PROBLEM Of THE EXPRESSWAY IS STILL UNDER STUDY, THAT THE CITY HOPES TO DEVELOP A PLAN, AND THAT HE PERSONALLY HOPED ALL INTERESTED CITIZENS WOULD CONTACT THE VARIOUS AGENCIES INCLUDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE CITY COUNCIL AND OTHERS WHO ARE WORKING ON THE PROBLEM TO PROVIDE THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT Of INfORMATION TO THESE AGENCIES. COUNCILMAN WILSON SUGGESTED THAT THE EXPRESSWAY PROGRAM WOULD BE DONE AS A PART OF THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY PROGRAM AND WITH FEDERAL TAX DOLLARS WHICH WOULD NOT BE TRUE If EXISTING STREETS WERE USED. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE PEOPLE WORK TOWARD THIS END SO THAT FEDERAL DOLLARS COULD BE RETURNED TO THIS AREA. MR. RAINES REITERATED THE PROPOSED ARTERIAL SYSTEM,TO THE SOUTH Of THE CITY IS NECESSARY BUT AGAIN INDICATED HE DOES NOT FEEL THE EXPRESSWAY TO HIGHWAY 99 IS NEEDED AND SUGGESTED THAT HILYARD STREET MIGHT WELL SERVE THE ARTERIAL PURPOSE~ OTHER MEMBERS Of THE COUNCIL AND INTERESTED CITIZENS EXPLAINED THE EXPRESSWAY AS NOE CONTEMPLATED WOULD BE 2-LANE SUBJECT TO FUTURE WIDENING, THAT AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THERE WOULD BE ANY FEDERAL fUNDS fOR SUCH A PROJECT, AND THAT ~HE PEOPLE IN THE AREA ARE INTERESTED IN THE PARK DEVEL~MENT BUT ARE OPPOSED TO TH~ IDEA Of PARK LAND BEING USED fOR EXPRESSWAY PURPOSES. ' :,1 Ii II :1 " Ii Ii I' I ;1 " I' II Ii i II Ii I' ,I " II II ;1 ii II 1\ Ii d II 'I !I :1 ... ': ..... " I MR. NORMAN SCHNEIDER THEN SPOKE, INDICATING THAT fREEWAYS, EXPRESSWAYS AND ARTERIALS DETERIORATE PROPERTY VALUES, MOST Of THE DETERIORATION BEING FROM FREEWAYS AND THE LEAST BY ARTERIALS, AND POSED THE QUESTION AS TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO EXISTING PROPERTIES ON WHICH SETBACKS HAVE BEEN REQUIRED_ FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS I F THE EXPRESSWAY WERE TO BE. BU I L TIN THE AMAZON PARK AREA. MR. TOOLEY QUESTIONED WHETHER WE HAVE ~O ~PEND MONEY TO~T MONEY BACK ~ROM THE FEDERAL GOVERN- MENT. HE fURTHER INDICATED HE BELIEVES WE~RE GETTING OUR MONEY'S WORTH AT THE PRESENT T,IME. ': " IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE PETITION BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED. ; ~ :' BILLS AGAINST- VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS fOR THE MONTH OF" DECEMBER 1959 WERE SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: ~ I ,\ I I ,'I , ,I