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"'lIIIII 81 e '" 11/17/60 -f-- i: II If I T WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECO'NDED BY MRS. LAUR I S THAT THE REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER BE Ii , RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. !! REPORTS OF COMMITTEES, A REPORT OF THE COMM I TTEE MEET I NG H,ELD OCTOBER 27, 1960 :, PREs~T: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURls, CHATT, MOYER, WILSON, SWANSON; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; PLANNING CONSULTANT; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; PARKS AND RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; CHIEF OF POLICE; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; ADM'"NISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; LIEUTENANT SMARTT; MR. FRED BRENNE; MRS. BUTLER; MRS. NIVEN. , I I. CONSIDERATION OF REQUEST OF THE PALNNING COMMISSION TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON PROPOSED SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS - AN EXPL~NATION OF THE PROPOSED DRAFT OF SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS MADE BY THE PLANNING CONSULTANT. THESE REGULATIONS WOULD APPLY AS THEY ARE NOW I PROPOSED TO OUR PARCELS OF PROPERTY IN THE CITY WHicH MIGHT BE SUBDIVIDED. THEY WClJLD BE APPLlCA- I , BLE TO MINOR SUBDIVISIONS AS WELL AS MAJffi SUBDIVISIONS. I' As A PART OF THESE REGULATIONS, CONSIDERATION WOULD BE GIVEN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO A e ReQUIREMENT THAT PARK AREAS BE SET ASIDE, OR THAT A PAYMENT BE MADE IN LIEU OF SUCH AREAS, AT THE OPTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS WOULD ALSO ESTABLISH A PROCEDURE FOR PLANNING PROPERTY, ESTABLISH A FEE FOR RECORDING SUCH PLAT, ESTABLISH DESIGN STANDARDS FOR HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND ALLEYS, .AND SET UP MINIMUM QUAL'rlCATIONs FOR IMPeOVEMENTs TO THE PROPERTY BEING SUBDI- VIDED. FOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PLANNI~ COMMISSION HOLD A HEARING ON THIS AS SOON AS SUCH HEARINGS CAN BE LEGALLY CALLED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM I OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOT 10 N CARR lED. 2 2. CO~ IDERATION OF RECSMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO CREATE A NORTH BANK PARK BOARD - A COpy OF A P80POsED AGREEMENT TO BE ENTERED INTO BY THE CITY OF EUGENE, LANE COUNTY, ~ W,LLAMAlANE PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT, AND THE UNiVERSITY OF OREGON, WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE.: ~ THE AGREEMENT WOULD EsTABL$SH A NORTH BANK PARK BOARD TO PREPARE PLANS FOR THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT ~ OF THE PARK AND TO ASSIST THE INDIVIDUAL PARTIES IN PREPARING PLANS REGARDING THE USE OF THE PARK ~~ AND T~ LOCATION OF STREETS, DRAINAGE, SANITATION AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PARK. THE AGREEM~NT CO WOULD FURTHER MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO PLACE ~HE DUTIES OF THE BOARD IN THE HANDS OF A SUPERINTENDENT CO OF THE BOARD, WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRY~NG OUT THE PLANS APPROVED BY THE BOARD. SUCH SUPER- INTENDENT COULD BE AN EXISTING SUPERINTENDENT OR ONE OF THE SIGNERS OF THE AGREEMENT. IN THE DISCUSSION WHICH ENSUED, FOLLOWING THE EXPLANATION OF THE AGREEMENT, THE PARK AND RECREA- TION SUPERINTENDENT RECOMMENDED THAT A CONTRACTUAL ARRANGEMENT BE WORKED OUT WHERE AN EXISTING PARK AGENCY WOULD PERFORM THE DUTIES OF THE sUPERINTENDENTOOF ~HE BOARD. IT WAS LIKEWISE POINTED OUT THAT THE BOARD, AS ESTAB~lsHED BY THE AGREEMENT, WOULD HAVE NO BUDGETARY AUTHORITY, AND FURTHER THAT I, IT APPEARS THAT THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON AND LANE COUNTY WOULD DESIRE SUCH AN ARRANGEMENT. , THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY MANAGER MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHO MIGHT REPRESENT ' THE CITY OF EUGENE I.N SUCH A BOARD. IN SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THE COMMITTEE APPROVE AND ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISslONNREGARDING THE ESTABLISH- MENT OF A NORTH BANK PARK BOARD. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 2 OF T~ COMMITTEE REPORT BE I APPROI.E D. MOTION CARRIED. ' 3 3. REQUEST ~OR VACATION OF THE EAST 5.5 FEET OF AN EASEMENT ON LOT 7 THROUGH 12 AND THE WEST 5.5 FEET OF LOTS I THROUGH 6 OF BLOCK 30, GRQSs ADDITION - ,IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED FROM MR. AND MRS. JOHN M. AMUNDSON, JR., REQUESTING THE VACATION Or AN EASEMENT ~ETOFORE !, RETAINED BY THE CITY OF EUGENE, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT ~O T~ ALLEY WH~CH BISECTS BLOCK 30 OF GROSS ADDITION. IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY HAS A FOURTEEN FOOT ALLEY IN THIS LOCATION AND APPARENTLY PROPOSED TO INSTALL A 25 FOOT STREET, BUT THAT SUCH PLANS HAVE BEEN GIVEN UP AND THE EASEMENT AREAS ... ON ~ITHER SIDE OF THE ALLEY HAVE NO FURTHER VALUE. A COpy OF THE MAP SHOWING THE REQUESTED VACATION ~ AREAS WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE VACATION OF THE EASEMENT AS I " REQUESTED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. . , IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4 4. CONSIDERATION OF HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT REQUEST rOR THE CITY TO ACCEPT CONNECTING ROAD EAST OF JUDKINS POINT - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT W'LL CO~TRUCT A :: FRONTAGE ROO CONNECTING AUGUSTA STREET TO LAUREL HILL DRIVE SO THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON LAUREL HILL DRIVE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE CITY OF EUGENE WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF CROSSING ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC ON U.S. HIGHWAY 99 SOUTH. THIS FRON*AGE ROAD WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED BY THE STATE ON STATE PROPERTY, AND FOLLOWING ITS COMPLETION IT IS THE STATE'S DESIRE THAT THE CITY OF EUGENE ACCEPT SUCH STREET AS 'A C I TYSTREET. A MAP OF HE AREA SHOW I NG THE PROPOSED 'FRONTAGE ROAD AND THE FREEWAY WERE PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE ROADWAY FROM THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY I COMMISSION, SUB~ECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS T~T ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MQTION CARRIED. 5 5. REPORT REGARDING NOISY MUFFLERS - L[[UTENANT SMARTT OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT BE PORTED HE HAD DONE SOME INVESTIGATION INTO THE NOISY MUFFLER PROBLEM AND REPORTED THAT NO NEW MUFFLERS WERE BEING OFFERED ON THE MARKET, BUT THAT THERE WERE EXISTING MFFLERS ON THE MARKET WHICH, UNDER e., PERIODS OF ACCELERATION, COULD BE QUITE NOISY. HE REPORTED THAT IN THE LAST MONTH, 46 ARRESTS HAD - '......