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~i9Jl 39.2 4/25/60 -- 'or I I [I II il I I , , THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS POINTED OUT THE ADDITIONAL RIGHT-OF-WAY REQUIRED WILL BE USED TO MAKE A TURN REFUGE LANE BETWEEN,THE NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND TRAFFIC LANES, AND FOR THIS REASON IT IS Of GREAT BENEfiT TO THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER AND AS A CONSEQUENCE THE COUNTY IS RELUCTANT TO PAY A HIGH PRICE fOR THE LAND. SECONDLY, THE POINT Of ACCESS TO THE SKILLERN PROPERTY MUST BE CONTROLLED BECAUSE Of THE EXTREME TRAFfiC SITUATION IN EXIS- TENCE DUE TO THE RELATIVE LOCATION Of THE PROPERTY TO THE HARLOW ROAD INTERSECTION. THE COUNTY AND THE CITY ENGINEERING STAffS JOINTLY AGREE THAT SUCH ACCESS SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO APPROXIMATELY THE SOUTH 100' OF THE PROPERTY. THIS WOULD ENABLE A TURN REFUGE LANE TO BE CORRELATED WITH THE WEST SIDE Of COBURG ROAD AND P'ONEER'P,KE. IT WAS fURTHER REPORTED THAT THE COUNTY HAD INDICATED THEY WOULD AGAIN CONTACT MR.SKILLERN ON THIS MATTER TO SEE If IT COULD BE RESOLVED, AND FURTHER THAT A REVISED DETAILED PLAN OF THE HARLOW ROAD INTERSECTION wAS PRESENTED AT THE MEn ING WITH THE COUNTY ROAD ADMINmSTRATOR. A MAP Of THE AREA IN QUESTION WAS ALSO EXPLAINED, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT ONLY THE NORTHERLY PORTIO~ Of THE SKILLERN PROPERTY WAS CURRENTLY BEING REQUESTED fOR REZONING. i I , 1 I I I ! I , , I j I II , I I I ! ! I SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE SUBJECT DURING WHICH IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THE AREA BE REZONED R-3 INSTEAD Of CR SINCE IT APPEARS THATMR. SKILLERN IS INTERESTED IN CON- STRUCTING A CLINIC WHICH WOULD BE ALLOWED 'N AN R-3 ZONE. IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED THE PEOPLE IN THE AREA OPPOSE THE ENCROACHMENT Of COMMERCIAL ZONING I~TOTHE RESIDENTIAL AREA AND THAT THE R-3 ZONING MIGHT BE A MUTUALLY ACCEPTABLE SOLUTION. fOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S ACTION DENYING THE REQUESTED REZONING BE UPHELD UNTIL SUCH TIME AS A fiRM DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS MADE fOR THE ENTIRE SKILLERN PROPERTY. MOTION CARRIED, COUNCILMEN LAURIS AND CHATT VOTING NAY, COUNCILMAN WILSON ABSTAINI~G. DURING THE DISCUSSION MR. SKILLERN STATED THAT TO DATE THE COUNTY HAS NOT APPROACHED HIM WITH RESPECT TO THE NECESSARY ROADWAYS, THAT HE HAS LOST THE USE OF HIS PROPERTY BY REASON Of NON-DECISION Of GOVERNMENTAL BODIES, AND T~AT HE EARNESTLY DESIRES THE REZONING. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOL HOLM SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION DEfEATED. MR. SKILLERN APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL AND PRESENTED TO EACH COUNCIL MEMBER A PLAT PLAN SHOWING THE INTENDED AND EXPECTED USE Of HIS PROPERTY. HE STATED, AND THE PLAT PLAN REVEALED, HE DESIRES TWO CURB CUTS, ONE AT THE SOUTHERLY END Of THE PROP-ERTY PROPOSED fOR REZONING, AND A SECOND SOUTH OF THIS AND ACROSS fROM THE SOUTHERLY EXTENSION Of PIONEER PIKE. UPON QUESTION THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC -WORKS INDICATED HE QUESTIONS THE DESIRABILITY OF THE NORTHERLY CURB CUT WHICH WOULD BE AT THE SOUTHERLY END Of THE PROPERTY PROPOSED fOR REZONING, AND BASED HIS OBJECTIONS ON THE NECESSITY FOR WEAVING MOTIONS Of 'TRAfFIC DESIRING TO COME FROM THE AREA PROPOSED fOR REZONING TO THE NORTH AND WHO MIGHT BE IN CONFLICT WITH NORTHBOUND TRAffiC WISHING TO TURN EAST ONTO HARLOW ROAD. SOME QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER INGRESS AND EGRESS COULD OR SHOULD BE DENIED WERE ALSO RAISED. IN THE DISCUSSION MR. SKilLERN INDICATED HIS ASKING PRICE If 42~ PER SQUARE FOOT WHICH IS EQUAL TO THE PRICE HE ORIGINALLY PAID fOR THE PROPERTY. THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS STATED THAT THE ACCESS TO THE -SKILLERN PROPERTY WOULD "BE CONTROLLED BY LANE COUNTY If LANE COUNTY PURCHASES ADDITIONAL RIGHT-Of-WAY fROM MR. SKILLERN fOR THE WIDENING Of COBURG ROAD. UPON DEfEAT OF THE MOTION TO APPROVE 'THE COMMITTEE REPORT, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOYER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT CONTINGENT UPON THE SETTLEMENT Of THE RIGHT-Of-WAY REQUESTED BY THE COUNTY, THIS PRO- PERTY BE REZONED TO CR COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL. I I I, AT THIS POINT A MOTION TO TABLE DIED FOR WANT Of A SECOND. I I QUESTIONS WERE THEN RAISED AS TO THE OBJECTIONS Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN WHICH IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF COMMERCIAL ZONING AND STRIP ZONING. THE QUESTION WAS ALSO RAISED AS TO WHETHER THE PRICE Of THE LAND TO BE PURCHASED fOR RIGHT-OF-WAY WAS THE MAJOR'FACTOR INVOLVED OR WHETHER TRAffiC CONTROL WAS THE MAJOR FACTOR INVOLVED. ON VOTE ON THE MOTION TO ALLOW REZONING TO CR CONTINGENT UP~ SETTLING Of THE RIGHT-~-WAY PROBLEM WITH THE COUNTY, MOTION CARRIED, MR. WILSON VOTING NAY, ~ ~ ~ ~. ~~,~ ,- ~~ /?'~~- 5. SUGGESTION BY COUNCILMAN WILSON TO FIX SPECIFIC COMMITTEE MEETING DATE - COUNCILMAN WILSON RECOMMENDED THAT COMMITTEE SESSIONS BE ESTABLISHED AT A DEfiNITE DAY. HE INDICATED THAT THE MEETI NGS ON THURSDAYS AND fR I DAYS wERE D IfF ICUL T FOR PEOPLE TO KEEP TRACK Of. I TWAS SUGGESTED THAT THIS THOUGHT BE BROUGHT UP AGAIN AT A FUTURE COMM~TTEE SESSION. No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN." IT WAS MOVED By'MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. WILSON TO APPROVE ITEM 5 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED. ~\ 1) - Il Ii i\ ,I II d Ii " ,I I: :\, I, i; ': \1 :1 II " ,I !i 11 !i I> d " 11 Ii " ( d I: :1 ii , I; i 'I ;! Ii I: I: " II Ii (1 i ! \1' I Ii i 11 :1 ii I' II i I ,i " i' I' il ii j " " II !" !, I- tl ,I )i i' :1 Ii II j; Ii :i :, :i 11 ii :, " JI I II ,If e I e ,I I e I -