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, """'IIIIl 103 e 12/12/60 f.: ., Ii , I ., I I II II .1 I " 9.:,PETITION FOR PAVING EMRAY DRIVE FROM CHAMBERS STREET TO SOUTH BOUNDARY SOUTH SIDE HILLS - '. i! , THE ABOVE PETITION WAS PRESENTED WITH SIGNATURES OF OWNERS OF 100% OF PROPERTY WHICH WOULD P BE ASSESSED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE STREET BE PAVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. " I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 9 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. . 2 , 10. PAVING ALLEY BETWEEN LINCOLN AND LAWRENCE STREETS FROM 13TH TO 14TH AVENUE - A PETITION CONTAINING SIGNATURES OF OWNERS OF 28.6% OF THE PROPERTY WHICH WOULD BE ASSESSED FOR THE ALLEY PAVING WAS PRESENTED. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE NORTH 120 FEET OF THIS ALLEY HAS BEEN SURFACED WITH ASPHALT WHICH IS NOT IN ACCORD WITH THE STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR ALLEY SURFACING, BUT WHICH IS IN GOOD CONDITION AT THE PRESENT TIME. IT WAS FURTHER NOTED THAT IF ONLY THE SOTTH 300 FEET OF THE PETITIONED AREA WERE PAVED, THE PETITION WOULD BE SIGNED BY OW,NEBS lj)RE40~rWRSTHE ABUTT I NG PROPERTY. SOME QUESTIONS WERE INVOLVED WITH REGARD TO THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE 120 FEET OF THE ALLEY HAD BEEN PAVED WITH ASPHALT, AND AS TO WHETHER IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO PAVE THE SOUTHERLY PORTION OF THE ALLEY AND e ALLOW THE NORTHERLY BLACKTOP PORTION REMAIN. MR. FRED MILLER, ONE OF THE PETITIONERS, STATED THAT THE ALLEY IS HEAVILY' USED BY TRAFFIC, AND USED AS A BY-PASS TO GET IN PROPER ALIGNMENT WITH THE 13TH AVENUE ONE-WAY GRID SYSTEM, AND THAT IN THE SUMMER A GREAT AMOUNT OF DUST IS RAISED BY SUCH TRAFFIC. SOME QUESTIONS WERE ASKED REGARDING THE STATUS OF .4TH AVENUE AS IT PROJECTS FROM WASHINGTON TO THIS ALLEY, AND TO THIS QUESTION IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT 14TH AVENUE IS A DEDICATED RIGHT-OF-WAY I FROM LINCOLN STREET. FOLLOWING SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THIS SUBJECT, IT WAS RECOMMENDED THIS MATTER BE HELD ~VER AND AN INVESTIGATION BE MADE INTO THE STATUS OF THE BLACKTOP PORTION OF THE ALLEY AND A FUTURE REPORT ON 'THIS SUBJECT BE MADE BY THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ~ IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 10 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. en C\l MOTION CARRIED. ~ CO 3 I I . PAVING 23RD AVENUE FROM WASHINGTON STREET TO THE ALLEY WEST OF JEFFERSON STREET - A PETI- CO TI ON SIGNED BY OWNERS OF 66.7% OF PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED FOR SUCH STREET IMPROVEMENT WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR THAT PORTION Of THE STREET BETWEEN THE ALLEY WEST OF JEFFERSON AND MADISON'STREETS. THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THIS MATTER AND RECOMMENDED THAT THIS ITEM BE HELD OVER UNTIL THE RIGHT-OF-WAY PROBLEM HAS BEEN RESOLVED, AND THAT IT BE RECOMMENDED THAT THE ONE-HALF BLOCK AREA NECESSARY TO COMPLETE THE RIGHT-OF-WAY BE CONDEMNED IF NECESSARY. ,MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM II OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4 12. PAVING 31ST AVENUE fROM LINCOLN TO WILLAMETTE STREET - A PETITION SIGNED BY OWNERS Of sm% Of THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED WAS PRESENTED fOR THE ABOVE-CITED STREET PAVING PRO- I JECT. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE PAVING BE ACCOMPLISHED. MOTION CARRIED UNANI- MOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECOND8D BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 12 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVEOQ MOTION CARRIED. SOME DISCUSSION ENSUED IN REFERENCE TO THE PAVING OF 31ST AVENUE fROM LINCOLN TO WILLAMETTE STREET. MRS. MINERT APPEARED BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO PROTEST THE STREET PAVING AT THIS TIME. MRS. MINERT e STATED THAT THOSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND PORTLAND STREETS ARE UNANIMOUS IN THEIR OPPOSITION ANO ONLY A SMALL NUMBER Of THOSE RESIDING BETWEEN PORTLANO AND OLIVE STREETS HAD SIGNED THE PETITION FOR PAVING. SHE INDICATED SHE FEELS THE STREET ,AS EXISTS IS ADEQUATE, AND pEOPLE AT THE EASTERLY END OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD NOT DESIRE PAVING AT THIS TIME SINCE THEY HAD OUT- STANDING SEWER ASSESSMENTS ON THEIR PROPERTY. MR. FAITH AND MR. REXIUS APPEARED BEFORE THE COM- \ MITTEE Of THE WHOLE ON BEHALF Of THE STREET PAVING, INDICATING A NEED fOR THE STREET BECAUSE Of INCREASED TRAfFTC.~ DUE TO INCREASED BUILDING IN THE AREA AND THE NECESSITY FOR STORM SEWERS TO THE AREA. I S 13. PETITION FOR SEWERS FOR PROPERTY AtONG WHITBECK Bou~ VARD - A PETITION SIGNED BY NINE RESI- DENTS ALONG THE 1100 BLOCK ON LORANE HIGHWAY AND ALONG THE 3000 BLOCK ON WHITBECK BOULEVARD REQUESTING SEWER SERVICE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. A MAP OF THE AREA WAS SHOWN TO THE COMMITTEE, AND FOLLOWING THIS DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT SEWERS BE INSTALLED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 13 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I 6 14. VACATION OF CAMERON COURT - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT A REQUEST HAD BEEN RECEIVED TO VACATE A SECTION OF ROADWAY IN THE BRAES AREA, KNOWN AS CAMERON COURT, AND A MAP SHOWING THE PROPOSED VACATION AREA WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. FOLLOWING THE INITIAL PRESENTATION THE COM- MITTEE RECOMMENDED THE MATTER BE REFERRED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION fOR RECOMMENDATION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY." IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR; CHATT THAT ITEM 13 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. e MOTION CARRIED. ~