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""IIIIl 11 e 8/8/60 " ~ COMPANY AT $10,482.50, BUT SUBJECT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS' DECISIONS AS TO THE COST OF THE SEWER 1- :! LINE. - - - - - - - - - . THE 'COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT BIDS ON THE PAVING OF 25TH PLACE FROM WASHINGTON TO JEFFERSON I STREET BE REJECTED AND TIiA T THE BID ON THE SAN I TARY SEWER IN -.-THE AREA BETWEEN FA I RMOUNT BOULEVARD AND SKYLINE DRIVE AND BETWEEN VICTORIA HEIGHTS AND HENDRICKS PARK BE REJECTED WITH THE L~TTER TO BE REBID WITH AN ALTERNATE, BY SECTIONS, FOR LATE SPRING OF 1961 COMPLETION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. :: IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS AND SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THI~ ITEM OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT ' BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. 1 2. REQUEST BY MR. FRANK P. W,LLAER TO PARK A TRAILITR ON PROPERTY AT 1435 OLIVE STREET - A REQUEST RECEIVED THROUGH MR. FRANK BEEMAN OF MORGAN-GASSMAN TRAILER SALES WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMIT- TEE, ASKING THAT A TRAILER BE ALLOWED TO BE PARKED ON PROPERTY AT 1435 OLIVE STREET. IT WAS NOTED THAT TRAILERS ARE ALLOWED IN M-I AND M-2 ZONES ONLY, AND THAT 1435 OLIVE STREET IS ZONED FOR R-3 RESIDENTIAL. IT WAS FURTHER NOTED THAT UNDER THE TERMS OF T~ ORDINANCE~IT IS NOT POSSIBLE TO ALLOW A VARIANCE FOR TAILER PARKING ~N AN R ZONE. FOR THESE REASONS, THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDED THAT THE _REQUEST BE DENIED. MOTION CARRIED, WITH MR. SHEARER AND MRS. LAURIS VOTING-NO. _ IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LARIS AND SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 2 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE ~ APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 2 3. RECONSrDERATION OF REQUEST BY DR. AN-D MRS. M. M. PATTON THROUGH RICHARD RHODES, ARCHITECT, FOR A VARIANCE AT 2115 HAMBLE, TO REDUCE THE FRONT YARD SETBACK FROM 15" TO 5' TO BUILD A- S~OP, BE- CAUSE OF TERRAIN - THE BOARD OF ApPEALS HAD RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. AT THE REQUEST OF MR. RHODES AND MR. SEDER OF THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM, IT wAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS ITEM BE HELD 1- OVER. MOT-ION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LA0RIS AND SECONDED BY MR. SWA~SOK THAT THE VARI~CE BE GRANTED. MOTIO~ CARRIED. 3 4. REQUEST BY IVY DELL LORD OF 2128 JEFFERSON FOR AVARIANCE TO BUILD A SECOND DWELLING IN FRO~ OF THE PRESENT LIVING UNIT IN AN R-I ZONE - THIS WAS RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL BY THE BOARD OF ~ ApPEALS. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS MATTER AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE BOARD OF ApPEALS RECOMMENDA- ~,1 TION BE UPHELD AND THE REQUEST BE DENIED. MOTION CARRIED, WITH MR. SHEARER ABSTAINING. i--l-4 ~ IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAUR I S AND SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 3 OF THE COMM I TTEE REPORT .' CO BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4 5. REQUEST BY- THE UN I VERS I TY OF OREGON FOR THE VACAT 10 N OF 14TH A\f. NUE BETWEEN EMERALD AND ONyX STREETS - THIS MATTER WAS AGAIN BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE AND MR. J. O. LINSTROM OF THE UN I \lERS I TY AND MR. I. I. WR I GHT OF THE UN I VERS I TY \-'ERE PRESENT TO EXPLA I N THE UN I VERS I TY' S Ri,:QUEST. IN THE PRESENTATION IT WAS INDICATED IT WAS BELIEVED THIS VACATION WAS DESIRABLE TO ELIMINATE TRAF- FIC IN THE DORMITORY AREA WITH A HIGH NOISE FACTOR~ BUT tHAT THE UNIVERSITY PROPOSED TO MAINTAIN THE STREETS FOR SERVICE AND FOR FIRE PROTECTJbN. IN THE DISCUSSION IT WAS USGGESTED THAT THE OVERALL LONG-RANGE PROGRAM FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SHOULD BE REVIEWED BY THE COUNCIL, AND AT THE SAME TIME, THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS EAST AND WEST BOUND AND NORTH AND SOUTH BOUND, IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA, SHOULD LIKEWISE BE EXAMINED. WITH RESPECT TO THE TRAFFIC, MR. LINSTROM REMA~D THESE POSE DEFINITE NOISE PROBLEMS TO THE UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS PRESENTING A DANGER TO THE STUDENTS. 1- THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE VACATION OF 14TH AVENUE BETWEEN ONYX AND EMERALD BE INSTI- TUTED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS AND SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 5 6. REQUEST BY LEONARD L. BRANEN OF 210 RUBY LANE, FOR THE VACATION OF A 10' EASEMENT LOCATED ON LOT 8, BLOCK 4, 1ST ADDITION, AND LOT 3, BLOCK 10, 2ND ADDITION TO CAL YOUNG HOMESTEAD.- THIS _ REQUEST WAS AGAINST BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO INDICATE THAT NEITHER THE PLANNING COMMISSION NOR ~ THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO SUCH VACATION. IT WAS FURTHER STATED THAT THE VACAT~ SHOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED SUBJECT TO A REDEDICATION OF A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT, AS P~POSED BY MR. BRANEN. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APPRO~aL OF THE VACATI~, SUBJECT TO A REDEDICATION. MOTION CARR I ED UI'A N I MOUSL Y.- IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS AND SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTtON CARRIED. 6 7. REQUEST BY JOHNSKILLERN TO RECONSIDER THE REZONING OF PROPER LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEST CORNER OF HARLOW AND COBURG ROADS - A REQUESTED CHANGE OF ZONE FROM R-I TO C~. A LETTER FROM MR. SKILLERN REQUESTING THAT THE QUESTION OF REZONING THIS PRO~TY BE AGAIN REOPE~D WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. A REPORT FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THIS SITUATION WAS LIKEWISE PRESENTED, IN WHICH IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IF MR. SKILLERN DESIRES THIS QUESTION TO BE REOPENED, HE SHOULD INITIATE A NEW REQUEST. IN CONNECTION WITH THIS, THERE WAS SOME QUESTION AS TO THE PLANS OF THE COUNTY FOR THE PAVING 1 OF COBURG ROAD, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THIS MATTER BE HELD OVER AND -THE STAFF MEET WITH THE COUNTY TO DETERMINE THEPPRESENT STATUS AND FUTURE PLANS FOR THE WIDENING AND PAVING OF COBURG ROAD. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS AND SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT MR. SKILLERN'S LETTER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE AND THAT THE MAYOR AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE MEET WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS;. TO DI;CUSS THE BUILDING OF COBURG ROAD. MOTION CARRIED. I e 7 8. RECONS I DERAT I ON OF ZON I NG OF PROPE RTY WH'I CH IS LOCATED ON BOTH S I DES OF CHAMBERS STREET, ~