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'""'lIIIIl 37 e 9/13/60 :~ I ;: PROPERTIES ALONG CLARK STREET AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS MATTER WAS BEFORE THE COUNCIL I I q APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO AND UPON OBJECTION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD BEEN KILLED. FOLLOWING I I I SOME DISCUSSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT SIDEWALKS BE INSTALLED ON CLARK STREET FROM LAWRENCE STREET , TO WH I TEAKER SCHO'OL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. (I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I 5. REQUEST FOR CONSTRUCTIO~ OF SIDEWALKS ON FRIENDLY STREET FROM 22ND AVENUE TO 28TH AVENUE - A LETTER PETITION FROM THREE INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN THE AREA WAS PRESENTED. COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS PETITION AND RECOMMENDED THE MATTER BE HELD OVER UNTIL IT COULD BE DETERMINED IF THE PETITION FROM THE AREA AS A WHOLE CAN BE HAD ON THE REQUESTED SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANI- MOUSL Y. ~ . IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MR. CHtlTT THAT ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. i I MR. McGAFFEY LEFT THE MEETING AT THIS POINT. e 2 6. CONSIDERATION OF CONDEMNATION SUIT FOR AMAZON CHANNEL ON PROPERTY IN THE OWNERSHIP OF JOHN AND WILMA ALLUM - A REPORT WAS READ FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY INDICATING THE CITY HAD BEFORE THE COURTS A CONDEMNATION SUIT AGAINST THE ABOVE CITED PLAINTIFFS AND IN WHICH THE CITY'S TAKING WOULD BE 935.28 SQUARE FEET OF PROPERTY. I TWAS REPORTED'THE CITY HAD OFFERED THE SUM OF $10.00 FOR SUCH PROPERTY, THATCmHEREMffiAD BEEN VARIOUS OFFERS AND COUNTER OFFERS,FOR SETTLEMENT. THE CITY ATTORNEY RECOMMENDED THAT THE S~TTLEMENT BE MADE ON THE BASIS OF THE COST OF DEFENDING THE SUIT AND THAT THE I ALLUM'S BE OFFERED THE SUM OF $500.00 FOR SUCH PROPERTY. HE FURTHER STATED THAT IF THE CITY WERE TO LOSE THE CASE OR TO BE REQUIRED TO PAY MORE THAN $10.00 FOR THE PROPERTY, THE COSTS MIGHT VERY " WELL MEET THIS AMOUNT. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE SETTLEMENT OF THE SUIT BY THE PAYMENT OF $500.00 AS SUGGESTED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SEOONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED, WITH MR. WILSON AB~TAINING. ~ - - . - - OJ 3 7. REQUEST BY MRS. BUTLE R, REPRESENTING EpSILON SIGMA AOPHA SORORITY CONCERNING THE SOLICITORS C\J ORDINANCE - MRS. BUTLER APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO REQUEST THAT THE SOLICITORS LICENSE Cl... ORDINANCE BE AMENDED TO ALLOW LOCAL GROUPS WHO SOLICIT FOR CHARITABLE P~RPOSES TO BE LICENSED UNDER CO 00 ONE MASTER LICENSE, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED. SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD , ' ON THIS MATTER AND IT WAS REFERRED TO THE C1TY ATTORNEY FOR RECOMMENDATION. MOTION CARR/ED UNANI- MOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THIS ITEM BE HELD OVER FOR THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE'S CONSIDERATION. MOTION, CARRIED. :' , 4 8. REQUEST FOR THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY SOUTH OF 2ND TO MID-BLOCK BETWEEN MILL STREET AND FERRY STREET BY HAMILTON AND TOMS - A REQUEST BY HAMILTON & TOMS FOR THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY SOUTH OF 2ND AVENUE TO MID-BLOCK BETWEEN MILL STRIT AND FERRY STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF THIS ITEM, PROVIDING AN EASE- MENT FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES BE RETAINED. MR. WALTER HOOLEQUE, OF THE EUGENE TRANSFER AND STORAGE : COMPANY APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO PROTEST THE VACATION OF THE ALLEY, INDICATING HIS BUSINESS, I WHICH /S LOCATED AT 260 FERRY STREET, ADJOINS THE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE ALLEY HAS BEEN REQUESTED FOR VACATION AND THAT HIS FIRM PROPOSES TO BUILD AN ADDITIONAL BUILDING FACING MILL STREET AND THAT THE CLOSURE OF THIS ALLEY WOULD HINDER THE MR. HOLLEQUE ALSO DREW REFERENCE " USE OF THE PROPOSED BUILDING. ~ I TO THE LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR PARKS O~ THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE RIVER AND INDICATED THIS ALLEY ,i WOULD PROVIDE ONE MEANS OF ACCESS TO SUCH A PARK IF IT WERE DEVELOPED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED :: THISl ITEM BE HELD UP FOR STUDY. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 8 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE e APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 5 CONSIDERATION OF PURCHASE OF ADDITIONAL PROPERTY FOR PARK PURPOSES 9. IN THE VICINITY OF RUSTIC LANE - PARK AND RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT EXPLAINED HE HAD NEGOTIATED WITH THE OWNER OF PROPERTY ADJACENT TO A PARK NOW IN THE OWNtRSHIP OF LANE COUNTY, IN THE VICINITY OF RUSTIC LANE, AND THE " " OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS WILLING TO SELL TWO PARCELS, ONE PARCEL BEING APPROXIMATELY 40' X 140 ' AND i THE SECOND PARCEL BEING APPROXIMATELY 10 ' 175' FOR A TOTAL PURCHASE PRICE OF $2,000. THE PARK AND I. X RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT INDICATED THIS PROPERTY WAS NECESSARY, ONE PARCEL OF IT TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE PARK AND THE SECOND PARCEL TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL AREA TO COMPENSATE FOR POTENTIAL BANK I: :1 SLIPPING OFF AS ONE SECTION OF THE PARK ABUTTS A GRAVEL PIT. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS MATTER BUT NO FORMAL RECOMMENDATION WAS MADE. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 9 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE HELD OVER FOR FURTHER I NFORl'1fXT ION. MOTI0N CARRIED. :: 6 10. CONSIDERATION OF REMARKS BY THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER ON THE ~MPORARY CLOSURE OF 13TH AVENUE I FROM KINCAID TO ONYX STREET - THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER WNDICATED HE HAD STUDIED POTENTIAL CLOSING OF 13TH AVENUE FROM KINCAID TO ONYX STREET AND THAT HE WAS FULLY COGNIZANT OF THE UNIVERSITY'S PROBLEMS " WHICH WAS A DIFFICULT 0f\E, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WAS ALSO COGNIZANT OF THE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS WHICH WOULD :i " BE CREATED IF 13TH AVENUE WERE CLOSED. THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER REMARKED THAT 13TH AVENUE WOULD SERVICE MUCH MORE TRAFFIC IF I T WERE. OPENED ONE WAY THROUGH THE CAMPUS~ THAT THE I I TH AND 13TH INTERSEC~IONS ARE CREATING PROBLEMS THAT FREE FLOWING TRAFFIC ON 13TH ONTO KINCAID WOULD INCREASE THE POTENTIAL ACCIDENT RATE FOR BOTH AUTOS AND PEDESTRIANS, AND AT THE SIGNING OF A CL~SURE AR€A , WOULD PROBABLY COST APPROXIMATELY $2,000. e THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER FURTHE~ REMARKED THAT A 7:30 AM TO 4~3Q PM WOULD PRESENT CONSIDERABLE PROBLEMS ~