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r47.2 e ----- -- --- - Ii UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER ii AND SECONDED BY MRS._ LAURIS THAT THE CONTRACTS BE AWARDED TO MR. HENKE. MOTION CARRIED. II I II I THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED BIDS ON COMPACT AND FOREIGN MAKE CARS AND AFTER CON~IDERABLE DISOUSSION :: IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT THE BIDS BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE i OF THE WHOLE FOR FUTHER STUDY. MOTION CARRIED. i' I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT BIOS BE SECURED ON STANDARD MODEL I! " i' CARS FOR CONSIDERATION, ALONG WITH THE BIDS WHICH HAD BEEN RECEIVED ON COMPACT CARS. MOTIO~ CAR- li I' RIED. 'I I, " REPORTS OF OF:f:JCERSx.:::, I' i: I, 2 A REPORT FROM THE CITY MANAGER WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: II " " I I' " I. "GENTLEMEN: " " !i I " " ON EACH OF YOUR DESKS:I I! II HAVE PLACED A COPY OF THE PROGRESS REPORT ON THE.PROJECTS NOW BEING 'i PURSUED IN THE PUBLIC.WORKS DEPARTMENT. I: ,I DUE TO THE HEAVY.RAIN THIS SPRING, THE PROGRESS ON OUR PROJECTS HAS BEEN A LITTLE SLOW, ESPECI- .1 e I I, ALLY ON THE WEST SlOE SEWER AND PUMPING STATION. 'I PRESENTLY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT HAS NO PROJECT UNOER CONSTRUCTION. " II I !I I I !I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE REPORT BE.RECEIVED AND 'I " ., '. il PLACED ON FILE. . REPORTS OF COMMITTEES I . A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JUNE 16, 1960 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: I . I I " PRESENT: MAYOR CONE, COUNCILMEN S~RER, MOLHOLM, CHATT, MOYER, SWANSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY il , I' I RECORDER; DIRECTOR OF.PUBLIC WORKS; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; C,TY ATTORNEY; MRS. NIVEN OF THE EUGENE- II ;11 PLANNING COMMISSION; MR. FRED BRENNE OF THE EUGENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE; TOM JACQUES OF THE EUGENE " REGIESTER-GUARD. COUNCILMEN LAURIS, MCGAFFEY AND WILSON WERE ABSENT. I' d I ! ~ Ii 31 CONSIDERATION OF PETITION FOR THE PAVING OF 26TH AVENUE FROM OLIVE TO CHARNELTONSTREtT - THE " I . " d I ABOVE MENTIONED PETITION CONTAINING 50% SIGNATURES OF ASSESSABLE PROPERTIES WAS EXPLAINED, AS ,t I ,I it WAS A MAP SHOWING THE CONNECTION OF THIS STREET TO OTHER STREETS IN THE AREA. THE COMMITTEE 'I , RECOMMENDED THE PAVING OF 26TH AVENUE FROM OLIVE TO CHARNEL TON STREET. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUS- ': I 1i 1. L Y. i' I: ,I I II IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM I OF THE COMmiTTEE REPORT II I .:;: . j~ 'i , BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 'I I II !I 41 2. PETITION FOR THE RECONSIDERATION OF SIDEWALK LOCATIONS AT 34TH PLACE EAST, ON BOTH SIDES OF THE I! I STREET BETWEEN DoNALD.AND FERRY STREETS - A PETITION, SIGNED BY 28 RESIDENtS RESIDING ON 34TH I PLACE EAST BETWEEN DoNALD AND FERRY STREETS, WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. .THIS PETITION ,I , I Ii !I REQUESTED THAT SIDEWALKS BE LOCATED ON THE CURB. SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED j' " II I THAT THE EUGENE WATER AND ELECTRIC BOARD BE CONTACTED TO.DETERMINE IF IT IS POSSIBLE TO MOVE THE !I TELEPHONE POLES IN TH~ AREA ~ORIZONTALLY WITHOUT CHANGING THE CROSS ARMS. MOTION CARRIED II i I, I 1 UNANIMOUSLY. II ., I . . I' I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 2 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT ,I " BE APPROVE D. MOTION CARRIED. I' , 11 3. RECONSIDERATION OF REQUEST.BY RAYMOND L. REXIUS FOR VARIANCt II 51 IN PLANNING SIDEWALK AND OR STREET Ii CONSTRUCTION IN FRONT OF 205 WEST 31ST AVENUE - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. REXIUS HAD A PINE i: TREE 30" IN DIAMETER AND APPROXIMATELY 70' IN HEIGHT IN .FRONT OF HIS RESIDENCE AT 205 WEST ~IST II !I AVENUE. REPRESENTATIVES Of THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE TREE AND THE SITE OF THE TREE AND AFTER SOME I e i: I DISCUSS ION IT WAS RECOMMENOED THAT THE TREE BE REMOVED AT THE:TIME THE STREET PAVING WAS ACCOM- ,1/ . i i PLISHED. MOTION CARRIED UNANLMOUSLY. i: I .. " j IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MR..MoLHOLM THAT ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT i I I: BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. i: I I: . . ;! 611 4. RECONSIDERATION OF CITY HALL SITE IN CONNECTION WITH THE ARCHITECT'SCOMPETITION;- COMMITTEE I' REPRESENTATIVES DROVE TO AND OBSERVED THE SITE OF THE PROPOSED CITY HALL, BEING 7TH AND 8TH AVE- II II 'I NUE AND PEARL AND HIGH STREETS. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BUILDING OCCUPIED BY BEELINE SERVICE AND !I ;j THE C&S ELECTRIC WERE WITHIN THIS BLOCK AND FRONTtNG ON.HIGH STREET. - IT WAS- r.URTHER NOTED THAT-o . Ii THE BEELINE SERVICE BUILDING EXTENDED FROM HIGH S REET TO THE ALLEY WEST AND THAT THE C&SELECTRIC Ii BUILDING EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY TWO-THIRDS OF THE WAY BETWEEN HIGH STREET AND THE ALLEY WEST. ;1 I II MAYOR CONE SUGGESTED THAT !I DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THE POTENTIAL USABILITY OF THESE.BUILDINGS. I i THEY SHOULD BE REMOVED AND IT.WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT THE ARCHITECTS IN THE COMPETITION SHOULD BE i I ABLE TO CONSIDER THE WHOLE OF THE BLOCK AND THAT IF BOTH BUILDINGS wERE ALLOWED TO REMAIN, Tt-EY I I I MIGHT JEOPARDIZE THE WHOLE CITY HALL PROJECT ARCHITECTURALLY. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT IF THE Ij BUILDINGS WERE TORN DOWN, FROM THE VOTERS STANDPOINT, THIS MIGHT JEOPARDIZE THE CITY HALL PROJECT I I' I SINCE BOTH BUILDINGS ARE: STRUCTURALLY SOUND. II I FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION, I T WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE WHOLE BLOCK BE MADE AVA I LBEE AND THAT THE 11 1 , C&S ELECTRIC BUILDING BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO. EXIST IF POSSIBLE, BUT THAT THE BUILDING'HOUSING Ii I 11 THE BEE L IN E SERV I CE BE REMOVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. }I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM ~ OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT e Ii ~i, BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. , 'I I, I