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"IlIIIIl 67 e 10/24/60 II ': I 'i TO 8TH AVENUE FROM THE FERRY STREET BRIDGE. MOT [N CARR I ED. (AFTER THE MEETING, IN CONSULTATION WITH THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE OPENING OF THE OFF-RAMP WAS SET FOR 10 AM ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, I 960 ) . IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE . - APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I 6. CONSIDERATION OF UNIVERSITY OF OREGON REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF 13TH AVENUE THROUGH i' THE CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, FROM KINCAID TO ONYX STREET, FROM 7:30 AM TO 4:30 PM EACH DAY, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, AND EXTENSION OF 18TH AVENUE FROM AGATE STREET EAST - THE COMMITTEE :1 CONSIDERED THIS ITEM AGAIN AND AGREED THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAS A PROBLEM, THAT IT WAS WELL ESTABLISHED THAT THE TEMP RARY CLOSURE WOULD NOT PROVE TO BE WORKABLE AND IT WOJLD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL INVESTI- GATION TO FIND A PROPER SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. IN THIS RESPECT IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT A LONG- RANGE PLAN FOR THE AREA IS NECESSARY, T~T THE PREPARATIONS OF THIS PLAN SHOULD BEGIN IMMEDIATELY SINCE IT WILL UNDOUBTEDLY TAKE SOME TIME TO COMPLETE A PLAN AND DEVELOP I T AFTER THE PLAN HAS BEEN COMPLETED. " " e IN THE VARIOUS IDEAS WHICH WERE EXPRESSED AS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS, I TWAS sr ATED THAT SOME CONS I D- ERATION MIGHT BE GIVEN TO THE WIDENING OF ALDER STREET FROM 13TH AVENUE TO 18TH AVENUE, THE EXTEN- SION OF 15TH AVENUE FROM KINCAID TO UNIVERSITY, THE EXTENSION OF KINCAID STREET TO THE SOUTH, AND OTHER MEANS OF ESTABLISHING BELT LINES AROUND. THE UNI~RSITY. CONSIDERATION WAS GIVEN ALSO TO THE , POSSIBILITY OF WIDENING KINCAID BETWEEN I I TH AND 13TH AVENUES, THE REMOVAL OF A BUILDING AT THE NORTH- I WESTERLY CORNER OF 13TH AND KINCAID STREET TO IMPROVE THE STREET RADIUS AT THIS POINT, AND THE USE OF SOME OF THE UNIVERSITY PROPERTY AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF I I TH AND KIN CA I 0 STRE ET FOR THE SAME 'I I PlR POSE. IT WAS LIKEWiSE STATED THAT THE OREGON STATE BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION WOULD NEED ALL FACTS THEY COULD FIND AND IF A CLOSURE WERE TRIED AND FAILED, THIS WOULD PROVIDE ADDITION PROOF. FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, THE PLANNII'IG COMMISSION AND THE CITY JOINTLY WORK ON A DESIGN SOLUTION, INCLUDING THE COSTS OF ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY, THE COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION, A LONG RANGE PLAN FOR ~ THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON SHOPPING DISTRICT, TO THE END THAT A CONNECTOR BE ESTABLISHED BETWEEN 11TH cr: AND 13TH AVENUES IN THE VICINITY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. C\1 I' ~ IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE 0: APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. CC REPORT OF COUNCIL MEETING HELD OCTOBER 20, I' 1960 , PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MCGAFFEY, CHATT, MOYER, WILSON, SWANSON; II C,TY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTO~RNEY; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; ASSISTANT I CHIEF OF POLICE; TRAFFIC LIEUTENANT; MRS. NIVEN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSSION; Mro. BUTLER; MR. PROUDFIT; MR. .BRENNE; DAN WYANT OF THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; WENDY RAY OF KUGN. i' 2 I. REQUEST FOR CURB SIDEWALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF .H,LYARD STREET FROM 37TH AVENUE TO 39TH AVENUE, LOCATION ONLY, AND REQUEST FOR CURB SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF 2541 AND 2545 JEFFERSON STREET, AND ON 25TH PLACE BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND JEFFERSON STREETS, LOCATION ONLY - THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THESE MATTERS AND ~COMMENDED THAT THE REQUESTED CURB LOCATIONS FOR SIDEWALKS BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 'I I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER AND SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM I OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT ROtn.C.&:LL I BE APPROVED. VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. I 3 RECOMMENDATION OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS: A. REQUEST FOR VARIANCE FROM THE REQUIRED 3 FOOT SETBACK ON THE ALLEY AT 3RD AVENUE A~ JACKSON STREET, TO PERMIT SHELL OIL COMPANY TO CONSTRUCT A NEW BUILDING AT THE ALLEY LINE. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS MATTER HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE B<Y\ RD OF ApPEALS. THE COMM I TTEE e REPRESENTATIVES VIEWED T~ AREA AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQOESTED VARIANCE BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM A OF THE COMMITTEE REParr BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. Jf ~CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST BY JIM MISKO TO DIVIDE TAX LOTI 1200, LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 32ND AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND FERRY STREETS. THE REQUESTED DIVISION OF THIS PARCEL WOULD CREATE TWO LOTS WITH 54 - 1/2 FOOT FRONTAGE BY 138 FOOT DEPTH, FOR A TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 7,453 SQUARE FEET. THE LOTS, HOWEVER, WOULD NOT MEET THE NORMAL FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS AS REQUIRED BY THE ZONING ORDINANCE. THE BOARD OF ApPEALS RECOM- " MENDED THIS MATTER BE APPROVED, AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF THE BOARD OF ApPEALS i REPORT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. , IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MCGAFFEY THAT ITEM B OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. , I , ff, C. REQUEST OF MR. RICHARD GUSKE TO DIVIDE A PLOT OF LAND LOCATED ON 28TH AVENUE BETWEEN EMERALD AND ONYX STREETS INTO TWO LOTS. IT WAS STATED THE REQUESTED VARIANCE FROM THE 6,000 SQUARE FOOT REQUIREMENT ENTERED BY MR. GUSKE WOULD DIVIDE A PARCEL OF PROPERTY LOCATED BETWEEN EMERALD AND ONyX STREETS AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF 28TH AVENUE INTO TWO PARCELS, EACH BEING 75 FEET BY 74 FEET, WITH A TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF 5,550 SQUARE FEET. THE REQUEST FURTHER STATES THAT EACH OF THESE WOULD BE A CORNER LOT AND THE PETITIONER WOULD EXPECT TO USE THEM ACCORDING TO THE USES PERMITTED ON CORNER LOTS. THE BOARD OF ApPEALS e RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND THE COMMTTTEE RECOMME~ED THE APPROVAL OF THE ~