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e 3B'~ 3 ~ ~ 4/2$/60 1 00 N ~ '" c..) CO C::j , " i e 1 ~ - !' ,( I, r\ ORDINANCE WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP TOWARD KEEPING PEDESTRIANS ON THE SIDEwA~KS AND RE- SERVING THE STREETS FOR VEHICULAR TRAVEL. SHE fURTHER INDICATED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS UNANIMOUS IN THEIR ACTION TO RECOMMEND SUCH AN ORDINANCE. ;1 II II II 1, II I' ,I II I, H 'I :1 '1 [' GENERAL DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON THIS SUBJECT IN WHICH IT WAS INDICATED THAT IN THOSE AREAS WHERE SIDEWALKS WERE CONSTRUCTED, IT APPEARS THE NEIGHBORHOOD TONE AND TEMPERAMENT IS MUCH BETTER THAN THOSE AREAS WHERE NO SIDEWALKS ARE CONSTRUCTED. IT WAS AL~O POINTEP OUT THAT IN EUGENE SOME SUBDIVIDERS ARE CURRENTLY INSTALLING SIDE- WALKS WHILE OTHERS ARE NOT,. AND THAT WITH SUCH AN ORDINANCE fHA WOULD REQUIRETHE CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS AT ALL AREAS IN THE CITY WHICH WOULD AID THE GENERAL SIDE- WALK PROGRAM. 'i I, [I II Ii i! " II I II 'I i' il :; I' Ii II ii i[ II :1 II :i [, :1 " II II I: !( " Ii " Ii I, ,I )1 " :i I, i Ii I' ,I " II I[ il [I Ii Ii I, i! II II I 'I , II I, F ,i Ii " I I I i 'I 11 il " :\ Ii II I I, II ,I II Ii 'I I, Ii II Ii :1 ;1 II II il 'I Ii II 'I !:~ THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE ADOPTION Of THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. COUNCILMAN WILSON SUGGESTED THAT NO SIDEWALKS BE REQUIRED WHERE REPAIRS OR ALTERATIONS TO A HOUSE WERE BEING MADE UNLESS SUCH REPAIRS OR ALTERATIONS WERE VALUED AT $5000 OR MORE. HE SUGGESTED THAT THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK ORDINANCE BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE THIS fIGURE INSTEAD OF THE $1000 NOW SHOWN IN THE ORDINANCE. LIKEWISE A LETTER fROM THE CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR URBAN RENEWAL WAS READ WHICH SUGGESTED AN ALTERNATE TO SECTION 5 TO REMOVE THE PUNITIVE DAMAGE SECTION AUTHORIZING A fiNE AND/OR IMPRISON- MENT fOR NON-COMPLIANCE AND ESTABLISHING THE COUNCIL'S AUTHORITY TO ORDER A SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTED IF SUCH CONSTRUCTION WERE NOT DONE BY THE PROPEmTY OWNERS OR SUBDIVIDER. INTEREST CITIZENS WERE ALSO HEARD ON THIS SUBJECT. (SEE LETTER UNDER PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS.) IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITlEM I OF THE, COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. (SEE ACTION UNDER C.B.4894 HOLDING Bn:tLFOR AMENDMENT.) 2. DISCUSSION Of PROPOSED ORDINANCE REQUIRING A FEE TO BE PAID TO THE CITY ENGINEER'S OFfiCE FOR APPROVAL OF PLATS - A PROPOSED ORDINANCE WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A fEE fOR THE APPROVAL OF PLATS IN THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE STATE LAW LIMITS THE MAXIMUM FEE TO $25.00 AND THAT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE WOULD ESTABLISH A fEE OF FROM $1.00 TO $25.00, DEPENDING UPON THE NUMBER OF L~TS BEING PLATTED. SOME QUESTIONS WERE RAISED AS TO WHETHER THE FEE WAS HIGH ENOUGH AND SOME THOUGHT WAS GIVEN THAT AT THE NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION THIS SHOULD BE A PROPOSAL FOR THE LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES AND THE CITY Of EUGENE TO PURSUE. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT AT THE PRESENT TIME THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO CHECK THE COMPUTATIONS MADE BY THE ENGINEER FOR THE SUBDIVIDER WHICH PLACES THE BURDEN OF PROOf ON THE CITY. fOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ORDINANCE R~QUIRING FEES FOR APPROVAL Of PLATS BY THE CITY ENGINEER BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 'I 2 t! 3. I I I :! 1 'I I 3 e I' i " 'I ,! :1 : '[ ": I' ,I :1 I i I , I " I , , :1 I e DISCUSSION Of ARGUMENTS fOR VOTERS' PAMPHLET - ARGUMENTS FAVORING BALLOT MEASURES 51, 52, 53 AND 54 PROPOSED FOR THE MAY 20, 1960 PRIMARY ELECTION URGING THE VOTERS TO SUPPORT THE CROSSTOWN STREET PROGRAM, THE PARKS AND RECREATION PROGRAM, THE MOVEMENT OF THE CITY HALL, AND URBAN RENEWAL WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE WENT OVER EACH OF THE ARGUMENTS AND IN CERTAIN CASES RECOMMENDED REVI- SIONS AND R~COMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE ARGUMENTS FAVORING THE VARIOUS MEASURES. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUS~Y. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEMS 2 AND 3 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE AP- PROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4. REQUEST fOR REZONING fROM RA TO CR ENTERED BY SKILLERN OIL COMPANY ON PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF COBURG AND HARLOW ROADS - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD ORIGINALLY RECOMMENDED DENIAL Of REZONING ON THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY AS REQUESTED, AND THAT THE COUNCIL HAD RECOMMENDED THE ACTION ON THIS BE HELD OVER PENDING A REPORT fROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON THE ROADS AND TRAFfiC CONTROLS AT THIS LOCATION. A REPORT fROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WAS READ IN WHICH IT WAS STATED THAT THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC,WORKS AND TRAffiC ENGINEER HAD MET WITH THE COUNTY ROAD ADMINISTRATOR REGARDING THE COBURG ROAD AND THE COBURG AND HARLOW ROAD INTERSEC- TION. IT WAS STATED THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY ENGINEERING STAFFS WERE IN AGREEMENT AS TO THE fUNDAMENTAL BASIC PLAN PROPOSED BY THE COUNTY, AND THAT THE COUNTY WAS RE- QUESTING A BARE MINIMUM OF LAND TO INSURE PROPER ALIGNMENT Of THE ROADWAYS ADJA- CENT TO THE SKILLERN PROeERTY. THIS WOULD ALSO ALLOW fOR FUTURE RECONSTRUCTION WHICH IS NOT CONTEMPLATED UNDER THE PRESENT CONTRACT Of THE COBURG-HARLOW ROAD INTERSECTION. ESSENTIALLY THE REQUEST fROM THE SKILLERN PROPERTY IS eOR A STRIP OF LAND APPROXI- MATELY 24' WIQE AT THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY, NARROWING TO A POINT AT THE NORTH EXTREMITY OF THE PROPERTY, INVOLVING SOME 6618 SQUARE FEET fOR WHICH IT WAS UNDER- STOOD MR. SKILLERN WAS ASKING APPROXIMATELY $3000. IT WAS FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT PRIOR NEGOTIATIONS ARE CONTINGENT UPON ZONING UPON WHICH AN AGREEMENT HAS NOT BEEN REACHED, AND ALSO THAT MR. SKILLERN'S ASKING PRICE IS IN EXCESS ON A SQUARE FOOT BASIS OF OTHER SECTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED ALONG THE RECONSTRUCTIONPROJECT. 'I