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""llIl 105 e 12/12/60 I IN SOME DISCUSSION WHICH ENSUED REGARBING THE REPORT FROM THE AAA, COUNCILMAN SHEARER STA~ED THAT HE BE- LIEVED THE CITY HAD BEEN WEAK IN ITS PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAM IN ALL ASPECTS. HE STATED HE BELIEVED THAT THE COUNCIL SHOULD INDICATE TO THE PEOPLE WHAT HAS BEEN DONE AND WHAT IS HOPED TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY THE CITY ADMINISTRATION, AND THAT THE COUNCIL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR LEADERSHIP IN THIS FIELD. IN REFERENCE TO THE REPORT FROM THE AAA THE CHIEF OF POLICE POINTED OUT THAT DUE TO A MISUNDERSTANDING NO SCRAPBOOK ON PUBLIC INFORMATION ACTIVITIES HAD BEEN SUBMITTED. IF SUCH A SCRAP~OOKHAD BEEN SUB- MITTED, THE SCORE WOULD HAVE BEEN APPRECIABLY HIGHER IN THE PUBLIC JNFORMATION AREA. d THE MAYOR'S TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, WAS URGED TO CONTINUE THEIR WORK TOWARD THE IMPROVEMENT OF PEDES- ~IAN SAFETY STANDARDS IN THE CITY OF EUGENE. :! 6.PROPOSED AGREEMENT BETWEEN SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 AND CITY OF EUGENE REGARDING PARK AND SCHOOL >, I I> DEVELOPMENT - MRS. NIVEN OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION EXPLAINED A PROPOSED AGREEMENT BE- TWEEN THE CITY OF EUGENE AND SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 WHICH CALLS FOR JOINT OPERATION AND JOINT I FACILITIES BETWEEN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEREVER POSSIBLE. I' e FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION O~ THE PROPOSED AGREEMENT, VARIOUS OBSERVATIONS WERE MADE BY RE- I; PRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE, IN WHICH IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS BELIEVED THIS WAS A GOOD AGREEMENT, AND ONE WHICH PUT INTO PRACTICE CERTAIN 'CONCEPTS WHICH HAD BEEN WORKED OUT AMONG THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEADS OF THESE AGENCIES. IT WAS ALSO OBSERVED THAT THE JOINT USE OF EMPLOYEES MIGHT VERY WELL MAKE IT EASIER FOR THE CITY TO RETAIN BETTER EMPLOYEES ON A FULL YEAR-ROUND BASIS THAN IS POSSIBLE AT THE PRESENT TIME. SOME QUESTIONS WERE RAISED RE- GARDING THE CONVENING OF AN AD MOC ~OMMITTEE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND THE METHOD I WHEREBY SUCH A COMMITTEE MIGHT BE APPOINTED, AND IT WAS AGREED THAT THIS SECTION SHOULD BE MORE CLEARLY DEFINED. c IT WAS THEN RECOMMENDED THAT THIS POLICY AGREEMEN~ AS AMENDED IN PART IV AND SET FORTH BE- LOW, BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. "POLICY AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF EUGENE AND SCHOOL DISTRICT No.4. ~ m WHEREAS IT IS I N THE PUBLI C INTEREST TO MAXIMIZE THE USE OF BOTH PARK AND SCHOOL C\J FACILITIES, AND ~ CO WHEREAS THERE CO IS CONSIDERABLE OVERLAPPING OF INTEREST IN THE O~ RATION OF THESE FACILITIES BY THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT, IT SHALL BE THE POLICY OF THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT TO COOBERATE IN THE ACQUISI- TION, DEVELOPMENT, AND OPERATION OF INTEGRATED SCHOOL-PARK SITES, AND THE OPERA- TION OF SEPARATE FACILITIES WHERE THESE ALREADY EXIST, SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS OF THE LOCAL BUDGET LAWS. I . AC(ill) I S IT ION I. THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT. WILL LOCATE NEW PARK AND SCHOOL FACIL.ITIES AS CENTRALLY AS. POSSIBLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS DEFINED I NTH E DE- vELopMENT PLAN OF THE EUGENE-SPRINGFIELD METROPOLITAN AREA (1959). I 2. NEITHER THE CITY NOR THE DISTRICT WILL PURCHASE ADDITIONAL LAND WITH- OUT CONfERRING WITH THE OTHER AGENC~ AS TO ITS NEEDS IN THE AREA. · 3. IF BOTH A PARK AND SCHOOL ARE NEEDED IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY EFFORT WILL BE MADE BY THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT TO ACQUIRE SUFFICIENT LAND i, FOR THE APPROPRIATE INTEGRATED USE: GRADE SCHOOL-NEIGHBORHOOD PARK aRC JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL-COMMUNITY PARK. e · 4. WHERE A SCHOOL ALREADY EXISTS AND A PARK IS NEEDED, SUFFICIENT ADDI- TIONAL LA~D WILL BE ACQUIRED BY THE CITY TO CREATE AN INTEGRATED SITE, ,I WHEN AND IF THISfs ECONOMICALLY AND PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE. AND CON- VERSELY, THE DISTRICT WILL LOCATE SCHOOL SITES ADJACENT TO EXISTING PARK SITES WHEN THIS IS ECONOMICALLY. AND PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE. DEVELOPMENT " II > I. WHENEVER POSSIBLE, DEVELOPMENT OF SCHOOL AND PARK FACILITIES ON AN INTEGRATED SITE SHALL PROCEED CONCURRENTLY, WITH FULL CONSULTATION BE- ': TWEEN THE CITY AND THE DISTRICT, AND PARK DESIGNER AND THE ARCHITECT, BEFORE ANY CONSTRUCTION BEGINS. 2. If CONCURRENT DEVELOPMENT IS NOT POSSIBLE, THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION SHALL BE CONSULTED IN THE EVENT THE PARK AREA IS BEING DEVELOPED FIRST :1 OR THE CITY ADMINISTRATION SHALL BE CONSULTED IN THE EVENT THE SCHOOL I IS BEING BUILT FIRST, IN ORDER. TO :ENSURE ORDERLY AND ECONOMICAL DEVELOP- MENT OF THE INTEGRATED SITE. 3. THE ARCHITECT OF A SCHOOL OR THE DESIGNER OF A PARK SHALL BE INSTRUCTED TO MAXIMIZE THE JOINT USE Of CERTAIN SPECIFIED FACILITIES (E.G. - PLAY EQUIPMENT, GYMNASIUMS, SWIMMING POOLS, LOCKER ROOMS, CRAFT AND HOBBY ROOMS, REST ROOMS, ETC.) BY LOCATING THEM CAREFULLY SO THAT THEY MAY BE CONVENIENTLY USED BY THE PATRONS OF PARK OR SCHOOL PERSONNEL. " e '....