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e 30 l)~ 1/25/60 I j'j-- :" !'j I- I 'I :1 " 'I " " 1 Ii 'I " ING BE RAZED, THAT THE LOT B~ PUT INTO CONDITION fOR PARKING PURPOSES, THAT A LETTER BE SENT TO THE BIDDER EXPRESSING APPRECIATION fOR HIS BID, AND THAT PROPER CITY OffiCIALS AT A LATER DATE RECOMMEND TO THE COUNCIL WHICH-TYPE Of PARKING WOULD BE MOST ADVISABLE ON THE LOT. MOTION CARRIED, MR. MCGAffEY AND MR. MOLHOLM ABSTAINING. I ,I :1 !I I' il Ii 'I II II I, I I II I ct) C\} ~,'" t.) f"'y-' I,..J...... ........ ~;..J 'I ~ I .' IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON THAT ITEM 5 Of THE ~OMMITTEE REPORT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED. (ACTION TAKEN ON THIS ITEM UNDER BID OPENING EARLIER IN THE MEETING.) " " Vi 'i , I ~- \ , ft e 'I " I .! :! ,[ I ! 2 ;! 7. ,I 'I ~'l , 3 :i 4 ;~ i (I Ii i ,; 'i I " " I ! e I , 'I 5 ' 'I ,I " I II ! -, 'I ._,-1 i :1 ,I e >i ~ ! ::: 6. REPORT BY PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON SECURING EASEMENTS fOR WEST SIDE SEWER BETWEEN NORTH POLK STREET PUMP, STATION AND 6TH AVENUE AND FILLMORE STREET - THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD BEEN ATTEMPTING fOR SOME TIME TO SECURE,EASEMENTS fOR:THE ABOVE SEWER PROJECT AND THAT A NUMBER Of PEOPLE ARE REfUSING TO GIVE EASEMENTS WITHOUT SOME TYPE Of REMUNERATION. THE COMMITTEE WAS SHOWN AERIAL PHOTOS Of TWO PROPOSED ROUTES THROUGH WHICH THE SEWER COULD RUN. THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS RECOMMENDED THAT THE TWO PRO- JECTS BE PUT OUT fOR BID, THAT THE PROPERTY BE APPRAISED AND THEN A DECISION COULD BE MADE ON WHICH WOULD BE THE LEAST EXPENSIVE, TO PAY fOR THE RIG~T-Of- WAY OR USE AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT BIDS BE OB- TAINED ON BOTH ROUTES AND THAT MR. C. A. BARNES BE AUTHORIZED TO NEGOTIATE WITH PROPERTY OWNERS fOR EASEMENTS THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. CONSIDERATION Of HEATING CODE fOR THE CITY Of EUGENE - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A GAS CODE COMMITTEE HAD BEEN WORKING fOR SEVERAL YEARS TO PERfECT A WORKABLE GAS CODE fOR THE CITY Of EUGENE IN ANTICIPATION Of NATURAL GAS BEING BROUGHT INTO .THE CITY. MR. LEACH Of THE NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY EXPLAINED THAT HIS COMPANY IS VERY MUCH IN fAVOR Of A GAS CODE, BUT THEY ARE ALSO RECOMMEND- ING THAT A HEATING CODE BE ADOPTED AT THE SAME TIME WHlEH WOULD REGULATE ALL TYPES Of HEATING DEVICES. MR. MARLATT, CHAIRMAN Of THE GAS CODE COMMITTEE, EXPLAINED THAT THE INSTRUCTIONS TO HIS COMMITTEE ,6. REQUEST BY SCHOOL BoARD fOR CERTAIN WALKWAYS IN VICINITY Of 36TH TO 39TH AVENUES AND HILYARD STREET - A LETTER WAS READ TO THE COMMITTEE fROM THE BoARD Of SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 IN WHICH THEY REQUESTED CERTAIN WALKWAYS IN ~HE VICINITY Of 36TH TO 39TH AVENUES AND HILYARD STREET fOR THE BENEfiT Of CHILDREN ATTENDING ELLIS PARKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE COMMITTEE RECOM- MENDED THAT THIS ITEM BE HELD UNTIL PROPER CITY OffiCIALS CAN STUDY THE WALKWAY NEEDS INlHE AREA AND BRING A RECOMMENDATION BACK TO THE COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 9. CONSIDERATION Of PLACING ON BALLOT Of MAY 20, 1960 PRIMARY ELECTION A CHARTER CHANGE TO INCREASE AND CONTINUE A SPECIAL LEVY fOR CROSSTOWN STREETS - THE PLANNING CONSULTANT OUTLINED TO THE COMMITTEE A, BROAD. PROGRAM fOR ARTERIAL OR CROSSTOWN STREETS IN THE CITY Of EUGENE, AND ESTIMATED THE COST WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY $306,000 PER YEAR fOR A 10-YEAR PERIOD., HE EX- PLAINED THAT THIS PROGRAM WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY 4.74 MILLS AT PRESENT AND COULD DROP TO 3.25 MILLS AS THE ASSESSED VALUATION Of THE CITY INCREASES fROM YEAR TO YEAR. HE STATED THAT THIS PLAN HAD BEEN RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT AND OTHER CITY OffiCIALS. HE STATED THAT COUNTY OffiCIALS ARE THINKING IN TERMS Of A CONTINUATION Of ARTERIALS INTO THE COUNTY fROM THE CITY LIMITS. THE PLANNING CONSULTANT STATED THAT IN HIS OPINION THE VOTERS SHOULD BE fULLY INfORMED Of THE PRO- POSED CROSSTOWN STREET PROGRAM AS TO ITS NECESSITY IN'ADEQUATElY M~ ING TRAffiC THROUGH THE CITY. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED SEVERAL ASPECTS Of THE PROPOSED CROSSTOWN STREET PROGRAM. No ACTION WAS TAKEN. 10. CONSIDERATION Of PLACING ON BALLOT Of MAY 20, 1960 PRIMARY ELECTION A CHARTER CHANGE TO I NCREASE AND CONTI NUE, A SPEC,I AL LEVY fOR PARKS PROGRAM !" THE SUPERINTENDENT Of PARKS & RECREATION SUBMITTED TO THE C~MMITTEE A DE- TAILED REPORT AND EXPLAINED THE BASIC PLANS fOR A PARKS & R CREATION PRO- GRAM fOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. HE STATED THAT THIS ,IS A GOAL-TO,WARD. WHICH TO WORK, AND THAT THE COUNCIL MUST DETERMINE A fUTURE POLICY ON PARKS & RECREATION fACILITIES AND A fiRM PROGRAM MUST BE LAID OUT fOR JOINT SCHOOL AND CITY PARTICIPATION IN THE USE Of rACILITIES. HE STATED THAT ONE BIG PROBLEM IS IN DETERMINING WHICH WAY THE CITY WILL GROW AND ACQUIRING LAND NOW fOR PARK PURPOSES BEfORE IT IS DEVELOPED. IN HIS OPINION-THE COUNCIL SHOULD DETERM I NE NOW If AVA I LABLE fUNDS ARE TO BE USED fOR ACQUI,R I NG PROPERTY fOR fUTURE PARKS OR DEVELOPING PRESENT PARKS. THE COMMITTEE DIS- CUSSED VARIOUS ASPECTS Of THE PARKS & RECREATION PROGRAM. No ACTION WAS TAKEN." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEMS 6, 7, 8, 9 AND 10 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I II II 1 I II I, II II il II :1 II I !I \\ ~