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155 ""'IlIl e 2/14/6 I, I SOME CONS I DERABtE DISCUSS I ON WAS HAD AMONG MEMBERS OF THE COU,NC I L WITH REGARD TO THE ASSESSMENTS AND WITH; REGARD TO THE DESIRABILITY OF VACATING A 10 FOOT STRIP ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY OWNED BY THE OLSENS. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE COUNCIL PRO- CEED WITH THE ASSESSMENT OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE SIDEWALK. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. A MOTION WAS THEN MADE TO VACATE THE 10 FOOT STRIP ADJACENT TO THE OLSEN PROPERTY. MOTION WAS DEFEATED, MRS. LAURIS AND MR. MOLHOLM VOTING AYE; MESSRS. CHATT, MOYER, CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL VOTING NAY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOYER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE REFERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MOTION CARRIED. e 4. PLANNING COMMISSION REQUEST THAT HEARINGS BE HELD ON PROPOSED ORDINANCE REQUIRING SCREENING OF JUNK YARDS, AND ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE PROVIDING SUN EXPOSURE PLANE AND REDUCTION OF ALLOWABLE LAND COVERAGE - IT WAS STATED THAT THE PLAN- NING COMMISSION DESIRES TO HOLD A HEARING ON THE ABOVE CITED PROPOSED ORDINANCES AND AMENDMENTS TO ORDINANCE ON MARCH 7, 1961 AND REQUESTED PERMISSION FROM THE COUNciL TO HOLD THIS HEARING. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE PLANNING COMMISSION HOLD SUCH PUBLIC HEARINGS ON MARCH 7, 1961. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I SOME CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION WAS THEN HAD ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE REGARDING SUN EX- POSURE PLANES. COUNCILMAN'CHRISTENSEN INDICATED HE BELIEVES ANY PROVISIONS OF THIS CHARACTER SHOULD BE STUDIED CLOSELY. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. lAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. ~ O':l C\1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. WILSON THAT ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE TABL~D. MOTION DEFEATED. ,T ~ CQ 00 IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. lAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT A PUBLIC HEARING BE CAL~ED BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON MARCH 7, 1961 ON BOTH ITEMS. MOTION CARRIED. 2 5. COMMUNICATION FROM BENNETT'S COMMUNITY BUILDERS REGARDING CITY OWNED LOT AT 3RD AND FERRY - AT THE REQUEST OF MR. DAVID F. KNOX OF BENNETT'S COMMUNITY BUILDERS, THE COUNCIL AGAIN CONSIDERED A LETTER REGARDING CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF 3RD AND FERRY DESCRIBED AS PART OF lOTS I, 4 AND 5 IN BLOCK 6, ORIGINAL PLAT Of CITY Of EUGENE, LYING WESTERLY OF THE EUGENE COBURG ROAD. TH~ LETTER FURTHER STIPULATED THAT BENNETT'S COMMUNITY BUILDERS HAD AN OFFER TO LEASE THIS PROPERTY FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS, GIVING THE AUTHORITY TO TH~ CITY TO TERMINATE THE LEASE UPON ONE YEAR'S NOTICE AT A RENTAL RATE OF $500 EACH YEAR. THE OFFER WAS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE LEASE HOLDER PAYING ANY TAXES ASSESSED AGAINST THE IMPROVEMENTS, THAT IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE LIMITED TO PAVING WITH AN OPTION TO RENEW FOR A FURTHER FIVE YEAR TERM. I MR. KNOX APPEARED IN PERSON TO REVIEW THE HISTORY QF HIS CLIENT'S ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE OR LEASE THE PROPERTY., IT WAS ALSO POINTED OUT THAT THE COUNCIL HAD SUGGESTED THIS AREA BE BEAUTIfiED AND AN ENTRY SIGN BE PLACED ON THIS PROPERTY. A PROPOSED LAYOUT OF THE BEAUTifICATION PROJECT FOR THfS LOT WAS SHOWN, ANDTHE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE ADMINISTRATION PROCEED WITH THE LANDSCAPING AND PLACEMENT OF A SIGN IN CONNECTION WITH THE EUGENE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, IF THEY WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN PROPOSED BY THE PARK AND RECREAFION,DEPARTMENT AND VIEWED BY THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED, MESSRS. CHATT AND DEVERELL VOTING NAY. e THE COMMITTEE THEN RECOMMENDED THAT THE OFFER TO LEASE THE PROPERTY BE REJECTED WITH THANKS FOR SUCH AN OffER. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. CHRISTENSEN THAT ITEM 50F THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE HELD OVER. MOTION CARRIED. 3 6. REPORT ON STATUS Of NEGOTIATIONS WITH SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY SOUTH Of THE EUGENE PUBLIC liBRARY - THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PREVIOUS APPROVAL OF THE COUNCIL, SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 HAD ACCEPTED THE C,TY'S OFFER OF $37,500 fOR 60 FEET Of PROPERTY LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE EUGENE PUBLIC liBRARY AND BETWEEN OLIVE AND CHARNELTON STREETS. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4 7. CONSIDERATION OF BIDS ON SEWER RODDER - IT WAS STATED THAT ON NOVEMBER 17, 1960 BIDS HAD BEEN RECEIVED ON A: SEWER RODDER. FOLLOWING THE RECEIPT OF THE BIDS THE PUBLIC WORKS DE- PARTMENT HAD MADE AN INVESTIGATION. Two FIRMS WHO WERE BIDDING ON THIS. EQUIPMENT WERE REQUESTED TO FURNISH LISTS OF OWNERS Of THEIR EQUIPMENT, AND A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO THE OWNERS Of THE EQUIPMENT. OUT Of 45 QUESTIONNAIRES, 38 REPLIES WERE RECEIVED. THE QUESTIONNAIRE INDICATED THAT THE STEWART RIDDER BID BY AIR-MAC, INC., WHICH HAS A RUBBER TIRE DRIVE, PRESENTED PROBLEMS WITH SLIPPAGE WITH GREASE AND OIL IN SEWERS, ON OCCASIONS THE TIRES HAD TO BE WIPED, IN HEAVY GREASE THE TIRES HAVE TO BE SANDED, IF THERE IS NO TREAD ON THE TIRES THERE IS SLIPPAGE, TIRES NEED REPLACEMENT FREQUENTLY. OTHER COMMENTS INCLUDED THERE WERE LESS PROBLEMS WITH THE FLEXIBLE MACHINE THAN WITH THE STEWART MACHINE \\ I' I e ....