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t12 e 12/27/60 ~. I 4. EASEMENT QVER CITY PROPERTY TO ALLOW SEWER CONNECTION fOR MR. ROBERT WILLIAN - IT WAS EX- II I PlAINED THAi tOR SOME TIME THE CITY HAD BEEN NEGOTIATING WITH MR. WILLIAN TO ESTABLISH A I: LOCATION fOR SEWER EASEMENT ACROSS CITY PROPERTY BETWEEN PATTERSON AND HILYARD STREETS AT 38TH AVENUE TO THE MAIN TRUNK SEWER. SUCH EASEMENT IS NECESSARY TO ALLOW THE CONNECTION :1 OF MR. W,LLIAN'S PROPERTY TO A SEWER LINE fOR WHICH HE'HAS BEEN ASSESSED. IT WAS FURTHER Ii 1 ~ POINTED OUT THAT MR. WILLIAN HAS TENDERED A CHECK IN PAYMENT OF THE ASSESSMENT, SUBJECT TO " " THE GRANTING OF SUCH EASEMENT, AND THAT If THE EASEMENT IS NOT GRANTED IT WILL BE NECES- II :1 SAR~ TH~T THIS CHEt~'BERETURNED. IT WAS fURTHER POINTED OUT THAT THE GRANTING Of THE " Ii EASEMENT WOULD NOT AffECT THE CITY PROPERTY IN ANY DISADVANTAGEOUS WAY. !i THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL OF THE 'EASEMENT. MOTI"ON CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVtO BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 4 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. i' 'I I, 2 5. REMOVAL Of PARKING METERS ON THE SOUTH SIDE Of 7TH AVENUE BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND ALLEY TO II II THE WEST TO PROVIDE A RIGHT-TURN LANE - THE "TRAfFIC ENGINEER REPORTED THAT AT THE PRESENT ,I e I TIME CONSIDERABLE CONGESTION IS CREATED ON 7TH AVENUE BY VEHICLES WHICH BOOCK THE RIGHT 1 ~ , , LANE ON 7TH WHILE WAITING TO GET INTO THE RIGHT-TURN LANE. As A REMEDY,T~ THIS S1TUATION, , IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT PARKING METERS Nos~ '99A AND 200 SHOULD BE REMOVED AND PARKING PRO- P HiBITED AT THE SOUTH ,CURB Of 7TH AVENUE FOR THE ONE~HALf BLOCK BEGINNING AT WILLAMETTE II I, " STREET AND RUNNING WESTERLY TO THE ALLEY. IT WAS fURTHER RECOMMENDED BY THE TRAffIC'ENGI- " 1 NEER THAT THE LOADING ZONE NOW LOCATED EAST OF THE ALLEY BE MOVED TO A PARKING SPACE I' IM- II ,I MEDIATELY WEST Of THE ALLEY TO PROVIDE A LOADING ZONE AREA FOR BUSINESSES IN THIS BLOCK q It I IN THE DISCUSSION WHICH ENSUED, " SOME CONSIDERAT10N WAS'GIVEN TO THE POSSIBLE REMOVAL Of il PARKING ON THE SOUTH SIDE Of 7TH AVENUE fOR THE WHOLE BLOCK AREA BETWEEN WILLAMETTE'AND 'I I: OLIVE STREETS. ,I I' Ii THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDEp THAT THE TWO METERS SPECifiED ABOVE BE REMOVtD, THAT THE LOAD- II " " ING ZONE BE MOVED TO THE'LOCATION IMMEDIATELY WEST OF THE ALLEY TO PROVIDE LOADING ZONE Ii MOTION .: fOR BUSINESSES, AND THAT T~IS HALF-BLOCK AREA BE DESIGNATED A RIGHT-TURN LANE. 'I Ii CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY~ - II 'I i: IT WAS MOVED BY MR.' SHEARER SEcoNDED BX MRS. LAURIS THAT ITE~ 5 OF THE COMMITTEE R~ORT BE APPROVED. " /1 MOTION CARRIED. , I; " II 3 6. REQUEST fOR RENTAL Of CiTY-OWNED PROPERTY ON 3RD AVENUE BETWEEN FERRY AND MILL STREETS BY Ii FOSTER AND KLEISER - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT FOSTER AND KLEISER HAVE REQUESTED THEY BE II " ALLOWED TO RENT A PARCEL Of 'PROPERTY' LOCATED IMMED IATE'L Y. SOUTH Of3RD A\([NUE' AND IMMED- l! " lATELY WEST OF THE FERRY STREET APPROACH TO THE W,LLAMETTE RIVER BRIDGE. As RENTAL ON Ij THIS PROPE;RTY"FOSTER AND KLEISER OffER THE SUM OF $300 PER YEAR, PAYABLE MONTHLY IN AD- I: I, VANCE. Ii " II 'i IN THE DISCUSSION, SUGGESTIONS WERE MADE THAT THIS AREA BE LANDSCAPED AND AN ATTRACTIVE II II SIGN BE MADE"WHICH MIGHT SHOW CERTAI~ fACILITIES AVAILABLE IN THE CITY Of EUGENE. SUCH A I: " SIGN MIGHt INCLUDE A MAP OF T.HE TRAfFIC-WAYS AND FACILIT'ES AND OTHER ITEMS. IT WAS ALSO Ii :1 SUGGESTEo' THAT THE Lo"T BE LANDSCAPED TO PROV IDE AN ATTRACT I VEENTRY-WAY TO WHAT HAS BECOME' I' I THE CITY'S MAIN ENTRANCE. 'I II 'I " I' ,/ FOLLOW I NG THE 'D I S'CUSS I ON IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQUEST BY FOSTER AND KLEISER BE ~E- " JECTED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. :1 " II " SHEARER SEC9N~ED BY MRS. :' IT WAS MOVED BY MR. LAURI S THAT. r-TEM 6 -Of, THE COMM I TTEE ,REPORT BE APPROVED. ;! MOTION CARRIED. - I; I' " I' 4 7. REPORT ON TRAfFIC COUNTS - THE TRAffiC ENGINEER GAVE THE ~EPORT OF THE 'TRAffiC COUNTS AS NOW !! e SHOWN AfTER THE OPENING Of THE FREEWAY, AND RELATED THESE COUNTS TO THOSE WHICH WERE KNOWN 'i BEFORE THE OPENING Of THE fREEWAY. No FORMAL ACTION 'WAS TAKEN ON HIS REPORT. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 7 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. - - - . ~ - - . -- " PERMANENT REPORT Of PLANNING 'COMMISSION REGARDING lOCATION OF EUGENE MISSION; AND REQUEST I' 5 8. I fOR HEARING ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S ACTION BEfORE T~ CITY COUNCIL -THE PERMANENT RE-' :1 PORT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION fROM THEIR MEETING HELD DECEMBER 13, 1960, IN WHICH THE II REQUEST OF THE EUGENE MISSION 'TO USE -THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 5TH AND WllLAMETTE FOR 'A TRAN- II I SIENT HOUSE, WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. THE REPORT Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS TO ,I I' ,I DENY THE REQUEST Of THE MISS~ON TO USE THIS PROPERTY fOR, A TRANSIENT HOUSE. THE MAJORITY " :i DEC I S I ON WAS THAT THE REQUE_STED USE WOULD BE DETR I MENTAL TO LAND V,ALUES AND COMMERC I AL 'I IN- :1 " TERESTS IN THE AREA, WHICH WqULD DEfEAT THE UPGRADING OF THIS SECTION OF THIS DISTRICT,'WHICH 1/ :1 HAS BEEN A GOAL LONG CONSIDERED 'WORTHY Of PLANNING COMMISSION ATTENTION. OTHER fACTORS CON- , " I SIDERED ARE THE LOCATION OF THE PASSENGER TRAIN DEPOT, THE POSTOFfICE, WHICH ARE BOTH IM- 'I PORTANT fOCAL POINTS ,WITHIN THE CITY AND USED FREQUENTLY AT ALL HQURS Of THE DAY AND NIGHT I) Ii BY CITIZENS Of THE METROPOLiTAN AREA AS WELL AS VISITORS AND TOURISTS. , I, - A LETTER FROM MR. EUGENE C. VENN, LEGAL COUNSEL fOR THE EUGENE MISSION, REQUESTING THAT THE fiNDINGS Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION Of DECEMBER 13, 1960 RELATIVE TO THE EUGENE MISSION BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA fOR CONSIDERATION Of ACTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS NEXT REGULAR MEETING, WAS ALSO READ. e ~ "