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"3 7'6 4/11/60 -- ---, -.- 4. RECONSIDERATION OF ,PETITION TO VACATE WALKWAY BETWEEN HARRIS AND KINCAID STREETS IN BLOCK 5, MILTON REID ADDITION - COMMITTEE REPRESENTATIVES DROVE TO AND OBSERVED THE SITE OF A WALKWAY WHICH HAD BEEN PLATTED IN BLOCK 5, MILTON REID ADDITION, AND WHICH EXTENDS BETWEEN HARRIS AND KINCAID STREETS. THE PETITION REQUESTING THE VACATION OF THE WALKWAY WAS ALSO PRESE,NTED TO THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS NOTED THAT A SEWER IS LOCATED IN THE EASEMENT AND SOME QUESTIONS WERE RAISED AS TO THE DESIRABILITY OR NECESSITY OF MAINTAINING PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY IN THIS AREA. IT WAS MOVED AND SECONDED THAT THE CITY RIETA I N AN EASEMENT ACROSS THE AREA AND THE WALKWAY BE VACATED SINCE IT APPEARS PEOPLE IN THE AREA ,DO NOT WISH THE SIDEWALK TO BE CON- STRUCTED. MOTION MADE TO COVER THE BLOCK BETWEEN HARRIS AND KINCAID STREETS AND ALSO THE BLOCK TO THE EAST AS WELL AS TO THE WEST. ON VOTE THE MOTION WAS DEFEATED, MESSRS. WILSON AND MOLHOLM VOTING AYE. SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON THIS SUBJECT, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS THAT ON OCCASION IT MAY BE. NECESSARY FOR PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYEES TO USE THE PEDESTR I AN WAY AS A MEANS OF GETT I NG TO SEWER LINES., AND I F THE AREA WERE VACATED THE CITY WOULD BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGE TO FENCES AND/OR OTHER ITEMS WHICH MIGHT HAVE TO BE MOVED IN THE PROCESS OF GETTING TO SUCH SEWER LINES. FOLLOWING THIS IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE WALKWAY BE MAINTAINED AS PLATTED AND THE PETI- TION FORVACATION BE DENIED. ,MOTION CARRIED, MESSRS. WILSON AND MOLHOLM VOTING NAY. MR. ALVARADO, MR. BOEHNKE AND MR. EASTERLA APPEARED ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA WHO DESIRE THE VACATION. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE.APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED, MR. WILSON VOTING NAY. 2 5. REQUEST BY'WINN, SHINN & COMPANY F"ORVACATION OF NORTH/SOUTH ALLEY BETWEEN 16TH AVENUE AND THE AMAZON, BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK STREETS -A LETTER F"ROMWINN, SHINN & COMPANY WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE IN WHICH IT WAS INDICATED THEY PROPOSE TO BUILD A NEW OFFICE BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF OAK STREET AND 16TH AVENUE AND ARE REQUESTING THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY ABOVE DESCRIBED SINCE THEY OWN PROPERTY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ALLEY. SOME DIS- CUSSION WAS HELD ON THIS SUBJECT AS TO WHETHER SOME FUTURE NEED MIGHT BE FOUND FOR THE ALLEY. FOLLOWING THIS IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE MATTER BE REFERRED TO THE PlANNING COMMISSION F"OR STUDY. MOTION CARRIED, COUNCILMEN WILSON, SWANSON, LAURIS, MCGAFFE~ AND MAYOR CONE VOTING AYE. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 3 6. REQUEST BY CITY ATTORNEY AND BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST PROPERTY AT 190 "0" STREET - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT FOR SOME TIME THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND THE CITY ATTORNEY HAD BEEN ATTEMPTING TO GET PROPERTY LOCATEO AT 190 "0" STREET IN THE OWNERSHIP OF MR. RALPH VAN KIRK TO BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE WITH' THE CITY CODE. COMMITTEE MEMBERS DROVE TO AND NOTED THE SITE OF THE DWELLI,NG AND THERE FOUND A HOUSE IN VIOLATION OF THE CITY CODE. IT HAD BEEN MOVED TO THE PROPERTY BUT HAD NOT BEEN BROUGHT UP COMMENSURATE WITH THE AREA INTO WHICH IT HAD BEEN~~OVED. iT WAS ALSO ~OTED THAT A GOOD PORTION OF THE ROOF IS MISStNG'AND A CONSIDER~BLE AMOUNT OF WORK WILL BE NECEa~ SARY ON THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE TO BRING IT TO AN ACCEPTABLE STANDARD. FOLLOWING 'THIS IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE 'REQUEST FOR ABATEMENT BE APPROVED.' MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 4 7. REQUEST BY MRS. SHERMAN TO PAVE JEPFERSON STREET FROM CALRK STREET TO THE NORTH - IT WAS INDICATED A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM A SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER TO PAVE JEFFERSON STREET fROM CLARK STREET TO THE WILLAMETTE RIVER. COMMITTEE MEMBERS DROVE OVER THE ' STREET AND NOTED IT IS IN NEED OF REPAIR BUT FURTHER NOTED THAT NO PETITION HAD BEEN RE- CEIVED ON THE STREET, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS MATTER BE REFERRED TO MRS.SHERMAN TO SEE IF A PETITION COULD BE OBTAINED. FOR. THE PAVING OF T~ESTREET. ,MOTION CARRIED UNAN IMOUSL Y. . IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEMS 6 AND 7 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE AP- PROVED. MOTION CARRIEO. 5 8. CONSIDERATION OF ACQUISITION OF EASEMENT IN CONNECTION WITH 54" WEST SIDE TRUNK SEWER - THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS PRESENTED A REPORT FROM MR. CLAY BARNES WHO HAS BEEN AIDING IN THE SECURING OF NECESSARY EASEMENTS fOR THE CONSTRUCTION Of THE NEW WEST SIDE TRUNK SEWE~. THE REPORT INDICATES THAT RIGHT-OF-WAY EASEMENTS CAN BE SECURED FROM THE FOLLOWING INDIVIDUALS AT THE COST INDICATED: LAURENCE E. DUPREY IDA GIBSON ROBERT K. HUGGINS ELSIE WOODRUFF JACK RUBERT -$ 300 25 50 25 10 ( I \ ~1, LIKEWISE THE OWNERS OF THE PROPOSED PUMP SITE HAVE AGREED TO SELL THIS PROPERTY FOR THE SUM OF $700, THE ABOVE PROPERTIES BEING TO THE SOUTH Or THE RAILROAD. W,TH REGARD TO THE PRO- PERTIES NORTH Or THE RAILROAD THREE OWNERS HAVE RErUSED EASEMENTS UNTIL THEY ARE ASSURED NO ODOR WOULD BE GIVEN Ort BY THE PUMPING INSTALLATION, THESE PROPERTIES,BEING IN THE OWNERSHIP e r Ii 11 I: Ii ii II ,I Ii !! '\ i ii II 1\ '1 il :1 " !I I \1 " -ji I I i I, 'i I: ! ii \! ~: ,I II I I e I I : I 1 I' II 1\ i :1 I' ;1 'I II II Ii II '! I, II ii ii [I d Ii I! " iI :1 I - 'I 'I d ,I I i' II i: I' I I' \i I, I. I( I e