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<br /> :i 6. REQUEST 1815 KINCAID STREET - A REQU~ST FOR AN OVE~LENGTH CURB Ii
<br />I I ;1 FOR OVERLENGTH CURB CUT AT
<br /> 'I CUT AT THE ABOVE CITED ADDRESS WAS ~RESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE, A~ REP0RESENTATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE !i
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<br /> VIEWED THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. TH~ REQUEST WAS FOR A FULL LENGTH CUT ALONG THE EASTER~ SIDE OF ,I
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<br /> KINCAID STREET IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF 18TH AVENUE. THE CUT WOULD APPROXIMATE 60 FEET, AND WOULD ALLOW
<br /> FOR OFF-STREET PARKING FOR AN APARTMENT HOUSE STRUCTURE.
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<br /> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE MAXIMUM PERMISSABLE CUT AT THIS ADDRESS, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION I,
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<br /> MOTION CARRIED ,
<br /> 18TH AND KINCAID STREET. ,
<br /> THE SETBACKS NECESSARY FROM THE SIDEWALK I NTERSECT I (l'J AT "
<br /> UNANIMOUSLY.
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED ~Y MRS. LAURIS THAT I~EM 60F THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br /> APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 2 : 7. REQUEST FOR OVEeLENGTH CURB CUT AT 2782 FRiCENDL ySTREET - A REQUEST BY MR. GERA-LD WI LSKE, i:
<br /> 2782 FRIENDLY STREET, FOR TWO CURB CUTS, WAS PRES~NTED. I TWAS INDICATED THAT THE PROPERTY FRONTAGE
<br /> WAS 50 FEET, AND THAT THE REQUESTED CUTS WERE 26 FEET AND 17 FEET RESPECTIVELY. IT WAS FURTHER
<br /> EXPLAINED THAT MR. WILSKE WAS LOCATED IN A COMMERCIAL ZONE AND DESIRED SUCH CUTS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO
<br /> DRIVE INTO A PARKING AREA AND DRIVE dUT THROUGH A SECOND CUT. ;,
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<br />e THE COMMITTEE RECOMM~~DED THE APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEA'RER AND .SEC(]\! DED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 7 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT~
<br /> APPROVED .' MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 3 8. CONSIDERATION OF REPORT FROM THE FIRE MARSHALL AND SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR FOR THE ENFORCE-
<br /> MENT OF SECTIONS 11.37 J:OC, II. 39 I NCL,US I VE OF THE DAN:> EROUS Bu I LD I NGS OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF
<br />I EUGENE, CONCERNING BUILDINGS LOCATED AT 263 MILL STREET, 482 LAWRENCE STREET, AND 1000-1/2 PATTERSON
<br /> STREET - THE COMMITTEE HEARD A REPORT FROM THE FIRE MARSHALL AND THE SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR
<br /> REGARplNG PROPERlY.AT 263 MILL STREET, .DESCRIBED AS LOT 6 AND LOT 7 OF BLOCK 4, ORIGINAL PLAT OF ;1
<br /> EUGENE, SHOWN I N THE OWNE;RSH IP .OF: GE;ORGE; ,HODSON. , , THE REPORT INDICATES THAT THE BUILDING IS GENERALLY i'
<br /> RUN DOWN AND HAS BECOME A HAZARD.
<br /> A REPORT WAS ALSO MADE ON A BUILDING LOCATED AT 482 LAWRENCE STREET, DESCRI~ED AS PARTS OF LOTS
<br /> 8, 9 AND 10, BLOCK 7, PACKARD'S ADDITION, IN THE, OWNERSHIB OF BEULAH WILKINS AND JUANITA CREWS. THIS
<br />~ BU I LDII'G L I KEW I SE IS DETERIORATED DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE A~ REPAIR AND IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND
<br />en FIRE HAZARD. A FURTHER REPORT WAS MADE ON A BUILDING LOCATED AT 1000-1/2 PATTERSON STREET, SHOWN IN
<br />C\1 THE OWNERSHIP OF ROBERT RIKER, WHICH WAS FOUND TO BE A SERIOUS FIRE HAZARD DUE TO THE CLOSELY BUILT
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<br />CO UP AREA AND DUE TO LACK OF MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR TO THE BUILDING.
<br />CO THE COMMITTEE; ~qNSlDEREDALL OF THESE; ITEMS AND RECOMMENDED THAT .THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE CITY
<br /> CODE, SECTIONS I I .37 TO I 1.39 OF THE CODE INCLUSIVE, BE ACCOMPLISHED, AND THAT SUCH BUILDINGS BE
<br /> ABATED. MOTIO~ CARRIED ~NANIMOUSLY.
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY M~. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT I~ 8 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br /> APPROVED, EXCLUDING'THE RESIDENCE AT 482 LAWRENCE STREET. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 4 9. CONSIDERATION bF PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL PROPERTY FOR PARK PURPOSES, TO ADD TO PROPERTY SET
<br /> ASIDE BY LANE COUNTY FOR A PARK IN THE VICINITY OF RUSTIC LANE - THIS ITEM HAD BEEN DISCUSS~D AT
<br /> THE COMMITTEE MEETING OF AUGUST 25, 1960, AND HELD OVER PENDING NEGOTIATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHTS-OF-
<br /> WAY TO THE PROPOSED PARK. THE PARKS AND RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT REPORTED ON THIS MATTER AND INDI-
<br /> CATED HE HAD APPROACHED AD~ACENT PROPERTY OWNERS REGARDING THE POSSIBILITY OF PURCHASING PROPERTY, BUT
<br /> AT THIS POINT HAD BEEN UNABLE TO GET A COMMITTMENT FROM SUCH OWNERS. TSE RAMIFICATIONS OF CERTAIN
<br />I PURCHASES, IF TAEY COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED, WAS ALSO EXPLAINED. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS ITEM BE
<br /> HELD OVER FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATI'ON. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 9 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT
<br /> MOTION CARRIED: ,.
<br /> BE APPROVED.
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<br /> 5 10. RECOMMENDATION FOR ADJOURNMENT OF REGULAR SEPTEMBER 12, 1960 COUNCIL MEETING TO SEPTEMBER
<br /> 13, 1960 - MAYOR CONE INTRODUCED THE PROPOSAL THAT THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR
<br />:e SEPTEMBER 12, 1960 BE ADJOURNED TO SEPTEMBER 13, 1960 BECAUSE OF THE, NORTHWEST NATURAL GAS COMPANY
<br /> OPENING CEREMONIES WHICH HAD BEEN SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 12, 1960.
<br /> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE MEETING BE ADJOURNED FROM SEPTEMBER 12, 1960 TO SEPTEMBER 13,
<br /> 1960. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR'. SHEARER AND SECO NDED BY MRS. LA UR I S THA T ITEM 10 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE
<br /> APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 6 II. CONSIDERATION OF PLANNING COMMISSION RECOM~ENDAT'ION TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE 13TH AVENUE FROM
<br /> KINCAID TO ONYX STREET ON MONDAY THRO~GH FRIDAY OF EACH WEEK FROM 7:30 AM TO 4:30 PM, FOR AN ACTUAL
<br /> CLOSURE PERIOD OF 70 DAYS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 12, 1960 - THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATI(]\! 'FOR
<br /> SUCH TEMPORARY CLOSURE WAS PR~SENTED TO THE COMMITTEE AND A CONSIDtRABLE AMOUNT OF DISCUSSION WAS HAD.
<br /> IN THE DISCUSSION IT WAS POINTED O~T THAT THE PROPOSED CLOSURE IS FOR STUDY AND EXPERIMENT, AND IS
<br /> TEMPORARY, AND WOULD SERVE AS AN ACTUAL TEST OF WHAT THE CLOSURE WOULD DO, WITH THE STREET TO BE
<br /> SOME DISCUSSION WAS ALSO HAD ON THE POSSIBILITY OF TYING 13TH "
<br /> REOPENED AT THE END OF THE PERIOD.
<br /> AVENUE AND 18TH AVENUE OPENINGS AS ONE PACKAGE, WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF WIDENING SOME PORTION OF II TH
<br />I AVENUE TO BETTER ACCOMODATE TRAFFIC IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA.
<br /> SOME DISSENT WAS HEARD, WHICH INCLUDED THE IDEA THAT THE USE OF KINCAID REQUIRED SHART ANGLE
<br /> TURNS; T~AT ~~E STATUS OF UNIV~RSI~Y STRE~T A~D 15TH AVENUE HAD NOT BEEN DETERMINED; THAT THE USE OF
<br /> THE CLOSED STREET FOR BUS TRANSPORTATION AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES HAD" NOT BEEN DETERMINED; THAT THE
<br /> CLOSURE COULD HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON BUSINESSES LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE CAMPUS ON 13TH AVENUE; AND
<br /> THAT AT THIS TIME IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE WHAT THE CLOSURE WOULD PROVE;E. "
<br /> IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT 11TH AND 13TH AVENUES HAVE LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED AS AN ARTERIAL, ]!
<br /> AND THAT AS AN ARTERIAL THEY OPERATE BEST IF CONTINUED IN A STRAIGHT LINE; THAT THERE WERE A NUMBER
<br />- OF OTHER STREETS WHICH WERE ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS; THAT THERE WAS SOME QUESTION AS TO THE PERIOD OF
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