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<br /> " THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INDICATES A D~CREASE IN NOVEMBER Of THE CRIMINLA CASE LOAD Ii
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<br /> fROM 351 IN OCTOBER TO 277 IN NOVEMBER. ONE HUNDRE fORTY-TWO JUVENILES WERE PROCESSED,
<br /> WITH A 60% INCREASE IN TRAffiC OffENSES AND 36% DECREASE IN CRIMINAL CHARGES.
<br /> WITH THE INCLEMENT WEATHER, PARK USE DECREASED IN NOVEMBER, BUT lrAL RECREATION
<br /> ATTENDANCE Of ALL PROGRAMS SHOWED A SLIGHT INCREASE.
<br /> THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ISSUED 14 WARNINGS, DEGRADED 4 DAIRIES AND REI NSTATED ONE.
<br /> FIRE LOSS fOR THE MONTH TOTALED $75,000, THE MAJORITY Of WHICH WAS THE YMCA fiRE. l
<br /> THE INVESTIGATION Of THIS fiRE IS CONTINUING WITH NOTHING TO REPORT AT THIS TIME.
<br /> : BUILDING PERMITS fOR NOVEMBER TOTALED $593,185 COMPARED WITH $442,720 IN
<br /> NOVEMBER 1959.
<br /> e LIBRARY CIRCULATION REfLECTS AN INCREASE Of 4387 ITEMS LOANED IN NOVEMBER 1960
<br /> OVER NOVEMBER 1959."
<br /> IT WAS MOVED B~ MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURISTHAT THE REPORT Of THE C'TY MANAGER BE RE-
<br /> CEIVEDEAND PLACED ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> , REPORTS OF COMMITTEES
<br /> I REPORTS Of COMMITTEE MEETING HELD DECEMBER I, 1960 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS:
<br /> "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS, MOLHOLM, MCGAffEY, CHATT, MOYER AND
<br /> SWANSON; COUNCILMEN-ELECT CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER;
<br /> DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS; CHIEf Of POLICE; CITY ATTORNEY; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT;
<br /> L T. SMARTT; DR. MARTINI; FRED BRENNE; BETTY NIVEN; MRS. BUTLER, DAN WYANT AND
<br /> ~ DONN BONHAM, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; WENDY RAY, KUGN.
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<br /> C\l I I. CONSIDERATION Of ALLEY VACATION fOR THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON, ALLEY LOCATED BETWEEN
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<br /> CO Moss AND COLUMBIA STREETS, APPROXIMATELY 330 fEET NORTH Of '5TH AVENUE - A LETTER SIGNED
<br /> 00 BY MR. J. O. LINDSTROM, BUSINESS MANAGER Of THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON, REQUESTING THAT THE
<br /> ALLEY BETWEEN Moss AND COLUMBIA STREETS BE CLOSED fOR A DISTANCE Of 330 fEET NORTH fROM
<br /> 15TH AVENUE, PROVIDING UTILITIES INVOLVED COULD BE ADEQUATELY TAKEN CARE Of, WAS PRE-
<br /> SENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS'STATED THAT THIS REQUEST SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN CON-
<br /> JUNCTION WITH THE REQUEST fOR THE CLOSIN~ Of COLUMBIA STREET fOR AN EQ~IVALENT AREA, BUT
<br /> HAD BEEN OVERLOOKED. THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS REPORTED THAT IN THIS ALLEY THERE
<br /> CURRENTLY EXISTS A SANITARY SEWER. PRELIMINARY STUDIES INDICATE IT WOULD BE NECESSARY
<br /> TO INTERCEPT THIS SEWER AT 15TH AVENUE AND TRANSPORT IT TO A SEWER ON AGATE STREET. A
<br /> MORE COMPREHENSIVE DESIGN Of THIS LOCATION WOULD HAVE TO BE UNDERTAKEN BEfORE THE PUBLIC
<br /> WORKS DEPARTMENT COULD BE ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT IT WOULD NOT INTERfERE WITH VACATION
<br /> Of SAID ALLEY. --
<br /> IN THE COMMITTEE MEETING THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION REGAROING THE POSSIBILITY Of URBAN
<br /> I RENEWAL GRANT fUNDS fOR THE REBUILDING Of TRUNK SEWERS TO THIS AREA.' THE UNIVERSITY Of
<br /> OREGON BUSINESS MANAGER SAID HE WOULD TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT POSSIBILITIES WERE IN THIS
<br /> fiELD.
<br /> THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE VACATION BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED, WITH MR.
<br /> McGAFfEY ABSTAINING.
<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM I Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br /> e MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 2. DISCUSSION "RE'GAROi'NG POSSIBL.EPURCHA'SEOf A PORT:"()N Of THE FRANCIS'W/LLARD SITE
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<br /> SOUTH Of THE "LrBRARY BUILOrNG - 'THE CITY M~NAGER'MADE A PREStNTAT-ION~Of VARIOUS PRICES' '.
<br /> \"H I CH H,AVE, BEt,N PA_',~_ OR APP,RA..' SALS WH,' C,H HAVE BEEN MADE ON THE PARCEl,. Of PROPERTY L Y I NG
<br /> , I MMED I ATEL Y SO'UTH 'Of THE 'L I'BRARY BU I L"O'I NG' AT- 13'TH & OLI VE:' HE' I NO '-CATE:D T:HAT .THE 'C I TY
<br /> IS DESIROUS Of DETERMINING If IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO PURCHASE AN OPTION FOR A 60 ~06T
<br /> STRI~_C~NTAINI~G 22,800 SQUARE FEET, .AT AN OPTION PRICE Of $35,000, OR $1.72 PER SQUARE
<br /> fOOT.' ,HE',STATED THATTHi CI'TY,ORIGTNALt:Y,"PAI:D.$3.51"'-,PERSQUARE fOOT fOR THE pARCE;C:-RUNNrNG
<br /> BETWEEN OLIVE AND CHARNEL TON STRE~TS AND 'ABUTTING ON 13TH A~VENUE, AND THAT VAR 10US OTHER. :
<br /> APPRAISALS HAVE BEEN MADE ON THIS PROPERTY WHICH RANGE IN PRICE fROM $1.62 PER SQUARE fOOT
<br /> TO $2.52 PER SQUARE FOOT. FIVE APPRAI SALS OF THE ENTIRE TRACT, PRIOR TO THE CITY'S PURCHASE
<br /> Of THE LIBRARY SITE, AVERAGED $2.44 PER SQUARE fOOT.
<br /> FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS, THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION
<br /> TAKE SUCH STEPS AS ARE NECESSARY TO ACQUIRE THE PROPERTY BY OPTION, AT A PRICE Of
<br /> I $35,000 WITH THE OPTION TO BE ON 10% O~ THE SUGGESTED PURCHASE PRICE FOR A 60 fOOT STRIP
<br /> IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE CITY PROPERTY AND TO THE SOUTH Of THE LIBRARY BUILDING, WITH
<br /> THE OPTION TO RUN UNTIL NOVEMBER 1962. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br /> IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 2 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. I
<br /> I MOTION CARRIED.
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