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<br />TION OF A PORTION. OF A STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY. THEY BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THIS ACTION THE
<br />ASSESSMENT WAS UNfAIR AND UNJUST AND REQUESTED THE ASSESSMENT BE WITHHELD.
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<br />MR. OLSEN APPEARED BEfORE, THE COMMITTEE TO EXPRESS HIS VIEWPOINTS VERBALLY AND THANKED
<br />THE COMMITTEE FOR THE,HEARING.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE MATTER BE HELD OVER fOR AN OPINION FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY.
<br />MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br />ITEM 2 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT WAS CONSIDERED WITH ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORTOf'FEBRUA~Y 2, 1961.
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<br />3. REQUEST FOR TRANSfER OF FUNDS WITHIN THE PARKS DEPARTMENT BUDGET - THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
<br />PARKS & RECREATION REQUESTED HE BE AUTHORIZED TO TRANSFER A BALANCE OF $2,465.70 FROM
<br />THE PERSONAL SERVICE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT'S SECTION Of HIS BUDGET TO THE CAPITAL OUTLAY
<br />BUDGET fOR LANDSCAPE AND LAND IMPROVEMENT. HE STATED THAT THE POSITION IS VACANT AT
<br />THE PRESENT AND UNTIL THERE IS A CONTINUATION OF THE PARK ~MPROVEMENT PROGR~M,: HE BE-
<br />LIEVES ALL PLANNING SHOULD BE DONE ON A CONTRACT BASIS.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE TRANSFER BE AUTHORIZED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR.. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br />ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTI~G AYE, MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />4. COMMUNICATION FROM MR. GEORGE R. MAYER 'OF THE EUGENE RECREATION COMMISSION CONCERNING THE
<br />THE EUGENE RECREATION COMMISSION - A lETTER FROM MR. MAYER WAS PRESENTED, TO THE COMMITTEE,
<br />WHICH GENERALLY INDICATED THAT THE EUGENE RECREATION COMMISSION BE DISBANDED IN FAVOR OF
<br />A REORGAN I ZED COMM I SS ION CONS I ST I NG OF NI, NE MEMBERS TO BE APPO I NTED BY THE MA YOR fROM
<br />VARIOUS OCCUPATIONS AND POINTS OF VIEW, Of INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD
<br />HOLD OVERLAPPING TERMS AN~ WHO WOULD HAVE OFFICIAL STATUS AS DETERMINED BY THE COUNCIL~
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<br />SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THIS SUBJECT AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT AN ORDINANCE
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<br />BE PREPARED SETTING fORTH THE POSSIBLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR A MODIfiED PARK
<br />AND,RECREATION COMMISSION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECO~D~D BY MR. MOLHOLM-THAT ITEM 4 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />5. PAVING AUGUSTA STREET, 16TH AVENUE AND RIVERVIEW STREET BY JOINT PARTICIPATION OF CITY
<br />OF EUGENE AND OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT - A REPORT, f,ROM THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC
<br />WORKS WAS PRESENTED WH I CH :1 NO I CATES THAT: VARI,OUS STR,EETS COULD BE PAVED TO A 36 ,fOOT
<br />WIDTH fOR AN ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF $23,500 INCLUDING INTERSECTI6NS., Or T~IS AMOUNT,
<br />UNDER NORMAL PRACTICES, $17,200 WOULD BE,ASSESSEDTO ADJACENT PROPERTl'ES.WITH A DEFICIT.
<br />OF $6,300. THE R,E.PO,RT .FUR:THER STATES'THAT IF THE STATE WERE TO AUTHORIZE THE 'PAYMENT
<br />OF $15,000 AS THEIR SHARE TO COVER THE COST OF AN ORIGINAL DESIGNED 20 fO~T WIDTH,_ AN
<br />AMOUNT Of $8,700 COULD BE REALtZED TO REDUCE THE COST OF THE 36 FOOT PAVEMENT TO THE
<br />PROPERTY OWNERS BY REDUC I NG ,THE ASSESSABLE A"!OUNT BY $3,75 PER FRONT FOOT. THE PUBL I C,
<br />WORKS DEPA.RTMENT FURTHER STATED THAT BY UT I L,I ZING 16TH AVENUE RATHER THAN A 0 I AGONAL
<br />CONNECTION BETWEEN AUGUSTA STREET AND RIVERVIEW STREET WOULD IN THE LONG RUN BE THE
<br />BEST ARRANGEMENT F:OR T:HE CITY OF EUGENE.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE DISCUSSED THI.S AND' RECO,MME_ND,ED, THAT ,A CONTRACT WITH THE OREGON STATE HIGH-
<br />WAY DEPARTMENT BE ENTERED INTO COVERING THE PAVING OF THESE STREETS TO CITY SPECIFICA-
<br />TIONS WITH THE STATE CONTRIBUTION TO-BE P~O RATED TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE, REPORT BE APPROVED
<br />AND THAT THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT BE CONTACTED TO SUBMIT A PROPOSED CONTRACT. MOTION
<br />CARRIED.
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<br />6. REQUEST TO LEASE CITY OWNED PROPERTY AT SOUTHWEST CORNER OF 3RD AND FER~Y- 'A LETTER
<br />FROM BENNETT'S COMMUNITY BUILDERS CONCERNING THE POSSIBILITY OF LEASING A PARCEL OF
<br />CITY OWNED PROPERTY fOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS AT A LEASE RATE OF $500 PER YEAR WAS '
<br />PRESENTED. VARIOUS DISCUSSION WAS HELD'O~ THis WHICH INCLUDED T_HAT'IT WAS NOT BEll EVE'D
<br />..l[lilE! PROPERTY SHOULD BE SOLD SINCE IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE NEEDED'.
<br />FOR A DECELERATIONA~EA AND A RAMP FOR APOSS~BLE 4TH STREET CONNECTOR 'TO THE FERRY
<br />STREET OVERPASS, AND THE THOUGHT THAT THE OfFER SHOULD BE REJECTED AND THE LAND HELD
<br />fOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE FINALLY RECOMMENDED THIS MATTER BE TABLED MOTION CARRIED UNANI,MOUSLY.
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<br />THIS ITEM WAS CONSIDERED WITH ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT OF FEBRUARY ~, 1961.'
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<br />7. PET I Ttf10N FOR CURB SIDEWALK ON BOTH S I DES OF, 37TH AVENUE fROM EAST AMAZON TO POTTER.-
<br />IT WAS EXPLAINED THE ABOVE PETITION, SIGNED BY OWNERS OF 100% OF THE PROPERTY WHIC~
<br />WOULD BE ASSESSED, WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT SINCE
<br />If A STANDARD SETBACK SIDEWALK WERE INSTALLED IT WOULD LEAVE ONLY IS" Of PARKING STRIP
<br />BETWEEN'THE 5 I DEWALKAND THE STREET.' THE COMM I TTEE REC6MMENDED, APPROV,AL OF CURB S IDE-
<br />WALK INSTALLATION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM.7 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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