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e I 00 N ~j" U CC cr..i e I e I e '3'6' 3" 3/28/60 . -~l. I ! [I 1il ,I :1 il IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEMS 6 AND 7 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE AP- PROVED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. i I I II il II I 'I " Ii 'I ., " '.1 :,1 I ,[ , ~' ! ~I i' 'I ;1 :1 .1 n I " ! 2 :i I "' I' ,! i d ~i ~ 8. PETITION TO ~~CATE WALKWAY BETWEEN HARRIS AND KINCAID STREETS IN BLOCK 5, MILTON REID ADDITION - IT WAS STATED A PETITION HAD BEEN RECEIVED TO VACATE AN EAST/WEST WALKWAY RUNNING fROM HARRIS TO KINCAID STREET BETWEEN HOUSES Nos. 3350 AND 3360 HARRIS STREET, AND 3395 AND 3385 KINCAID STREET. THE PETITION WAS SIGNED BY 23 PROPERTY OWNERS WHO RESIDE AT 13 SEPARATE ADDRESSES ON HARRIS AND KINCAID STREETS. A MAP OF THE AREA WAS SHOWN AND IT WAS FURTHER INDICATED THIS IS THE ONLY PEDES- TRIAN WAY BETWEEN 32ND AVENUE AND 35TH AVENUE. THS COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THE MATTER AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE PETITION fOR THE VACATION OF THE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY ABOVE DESCRIBED BE DENIED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I \ ! I 11 II II Ii II II II I II 'I :1 I 11 I il ii II 11 II II 'I \\ I, I' I il I \ I I , I I I I !I II 'i Ii Ii I: ,I 'i I I I II I' il II Ii II d i \ I I II II t~ IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM 8 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MR. W. R. ALVARADO APPEARED AND INDICATED THAT If A WALKWAY WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE AREA SET ASIDE FOR PEDESTRIAN WAY FROM HARRIS TO KINCAID STREET IT WOULD BE RATHER STEEP, WOULD POSE SOME DANGER TO CHILDREN IN THE AREA, AND FURTHER STATED THERE HAD BEEN SOME PROBLEMS WITH PEEPING TOMS, BURGLARS AND DOGS IN THE AREA AND IN HIS OPINION THE WALKWAY WOULD SERVE TO INCREASE THESE PROBLEMS. FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT THIS MATTER BE HELD OVER. MOTION CARRIED. 9. REQUEST FOR APPROVAL Of REfUND' fROMWATER USER fUND TO SNELLSTROM LUMBER COMPANN IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,146.41 - IT WAS STATED THAT THE WATER USER CHARGE TO THE SNELLSTROM LUMBER COMPANY ON THREE METERS LOCATED AT 2818 WEST 6TH AVENUE AND 45 SOUTH SENECA HAD BEEN OVER- CHARGED IN THE SUM OF $2,146.41, AND THAT THE COUNCIL IS ASKED FOR APPROVAL TO REFUND THIS AMOUNT TO CLEAR UP THE~~CCOUNT. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REFUND BE MADE FROM THE WATER USER FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,146.41. MOTION CARRIED, MR. WILSON ABSTAINING. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. McGAFFEY THAT ITEM 9 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, EXCEPT MR. WILSON ABSTNNING, MOTION CARRIED. 10. REQUEST FOR LIMITED PA~KING ON 13TH AVENUE FROM PEARL TO HIGH STREET, AND FOR SHORT TIME PARKING IN FRONT OF' 652 8ASlli 13TH AVENUE AND IN FRONT OF' WALTON'S CAFE ON EAST BTH AVENUE - SOME DISCUSSION WAS GIVEN TO THE LIMITED PARKING AT THE ABOVE LOCAT'-ONS AND TO THE POSSI- BILITY OF ENFORCING SUCH LIMITED PARKING. SOME DISCUSSION WAS ALSO GIVEN TO THE WIDENING OF 13TH AVENUE TO 42'. fOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT 2-HOUR PARKING BE INSTALLED ON BOTH SIDES OF' 13TH AVENUE BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREET, THAT A TWO SPACE 30- MINUTE PARKING AREA BE INSTALLED IN FRONT OF 652 EAST 13TH AVENUE, AND THAT A TWO SPACE 3D-MINUTE PARKING AREA BE INSTALLED IN FRONT Of WALTON'S CAFE ON EAST 8TH AVENUE. MOTION CARRIED, MR. MCGAFFEY VOTING NAY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT PARAGRAPH I OF ITEM 10 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. fOLLOWING THIS IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A STUDY BE MADE AS TO THE POSSIBILITY Of WIDENING 13TH AVENUE AND WHAT COST ESTIMATES COULD BE fOUND fOR SUCH WIDENING, HOW MUCH WOULD BE ASSESSED, HOW MUCH TO BE PAID BY THE CITY, AND WHETHER IT WOULDCBE MORE ECONOMICAL TO AC- QUIRE PROPERTY IN EACH BLOCK TO PROVIDE FOR PARKING AND USE THE EXISTING STREET FOR TRAFFIC WITH NO PARKING. No AREA FOR THE COSTSTUDY WAS ENUMERATED BY THE COMMITTEE BUT IT WAS UNDERSTOOD SUCH STUDY SHOULD BE MADE ON 13TH AVENUE FROM CHAMBERS TO KINCAID STREET. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I 'I : i 'I 5 ii IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT PARAGRAPH 2 OF ITEM 10 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 'i 'i , ~ II. REQUEST BY PARKS DEPARTMENT CONCERNING PURCHASE or PROPERTY LOCATED AT EDGEWOOD ESTATES ADJACENT TO SPENCER BUTTE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL PROPERTY - THE PARKS & RECREATION SUPER- INTENDENT EXPLAINED A SKETCH Of PROPERTIES LOCATED TO THE EAST OF THE SPENCER BUTTE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL SITE AND INDICATED SUCH PROPERTY ACQUISITION WOULD BE NECESSARY If THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WERE TO ENGAGE IN A JOINT USE OPERATION AT THIS LOCA- TION. IT WAS FURTHER STATED THAT ONE PARCEL CONTAINING BETWEEN TWO AND TWO AND A HALF ACRES IS AVAILABLE AT A COST OF $1000 AN ACRE, AND ACQUISITION OF OTHER PARCELS I~ THE AREA IS POSSIBLE ALTHOUGH OWNERS HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED TO DETERMINE If A SALE CAN BE ARRANGED. IT WAS fURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THE PARKS & RECREATION DEPARlMENT COULD ACQUIRE SUCH PROPERTY BY PURCHASE NOW BY DIVERTING fUNDS fROM OTHER PROJECTS OR OPTIONS COULD BE TAKEN WITH fUNDS TO BE BUDGETED IN THE 1960-61 BUDGET. fOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT AN OPTION BE TAKEN ON THE ONE PARCEL OF PROPERTY IN THIS AREA WHICH IS CURRENTLY AVAILABLE WITH THE OPTION TO GRANT TIME ENOUGH FOR THE ADMINISTRATION TO DETERMINE THE PRICE ON THE BALANCE Of THE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA TOTALING APPROXI- MATELY EIGHT ACRES. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. , ~ : ! 'i ;1 " I I ;1 .1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY- MR. CHATT _THAT ITEM II OF' THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I :( :1 ': ;1