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~4' 15' 2/14/61 e '. , 'I Ii II I' !; I' I ~ I I I' 1 ~ : 16. DISCUSSION REGARDING OFFICIAL COUNCIL ATTENDANCE AT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS - THE CITY MANA~E~INQUIRED IF ITIS THE DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THE TWO MEMBER PARTrCIPATION AT THE' VARIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS WHICH ARE ~EL~EACH ~EEK.THE COUNCIL INDICATED ITS DESIRE TO CONT1NUE TH1S REPRESENTATION AND FURTHER EXPRESSED ITS WISH THAT MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION BE IN OFFICIAL ATTENDANCE AT THE VARIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS, INCLUDING THE COMMITTEE SESSIONS. No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS MATTER. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 16 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 2 17. CITy-COUNTY JAH EXPANSION AND NEGOTIATIONS - THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT .FOR SOME TIME HE AND ~EMBERS OF THE STAFF HAD BEEN HOLDING CONVERSAT10NS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF LANE COUNTY CONCERNING POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF THE EUGENE CITY JAIL, WHICH IS' NOW OVERCROWDED DUE TO THE NUMBER OF COUNTY PRISONERS BEING HELD AT THE JAIL. IT WAS ALSO EXPLAINED THAT 'ARtHITECTS HAVE DRAWN A PROPOSED SKETCH FOR ENLARGEMENT Of THE JAIL TO THE NORTH INTO THE COMPOUND AREA. VARIOUS ALTER~~TIV~SFOR,P9SSIBLE SOLUTIONS,WERE PRE?ENTED;' WHICH INCLUDED THE' IDEA THE CITY MIGHT SELL THE JAIL TO THE COUNTY AND THE CITY BOARD ITS PRISONERS, THAT'A PORnON OF THE BUILDING' NEEDED TO BE IMPROVED MIGHT BE SOLD, 'ALONG ,WITH OTHER POSSIBILITIES., IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT BOTH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY WISH TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING JAIL. I NQU I RY WAS MADE OF :THE' .COUNC I L AS TO WHETHER THEY WI SH THE' STAFf TO CO NT I NUE TO PURSUE THIS AND THE COMMITTEE ,RECOMMENDED THAT THE STAFr:CONTINUE TO NEGOTIATE. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLy.1I I~ WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAU~I~ SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 17 Or,THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE ,APPROVED~ MOTION CARRIED. A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 2, 1961 WAS ,SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: 3 I'PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN LAURrS, MOLHOLM CHATT, MOYER, CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL; CITy'MANAGER; DEPARTMENT HEADS; I,NTERESTED CITIZENS; DAN WYANT, EUGENE R~GISTER-GU~RD. I. REQUEST FOR SEWER SERVICE TO lOTS I THROUGH 4, BLOCK I, VICTORIA HEIGHTS, FRONTING ON SKYLINE BOULEVAR'D - IT WAS' STATED THAT THE' CITY HAD RECEIVED A REQUEST ON BEHALF OF MR. AND MRS. MAX RUBENSTEIN REGARDING THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY. THE REQUEST INDI- CATED THAT THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN ASSESSED FOR A SEWER AT ONE TIME BUT SINCE, PRESUMABLY, THE LINE HAD BEEN I~ TALLED"OVER PRIVATE PROPERTY ON WHICH THE, CITY HAD NO EASEMENTS" THE LINE WAS REMOVt~. THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR ALSO PRESENTED A REPORT WHICH rURTHER EXPLAINED THAT IN 1927 A SEWER LINE HAD BEEN BUILT TO THE ABOVE DESCRIBED PROPERTY, THAT IN 1949, IT HAD TO BE REMOVED SINCE PRESUMABLY NO EASEMENT HAD BEEN OBTAINED FOR THE LOCATION or THE LINE ALONG PRIVATE PROPERTY. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FURTHER STATED:THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DE- PARTMENT HAS AT VARIOUS TIMES ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN THE NECESSARY EASEMENTS TO RELOCATE THE LINE AND RESTORE SERVICE TO THE AREA IN QUESTION. IT IS THE ESTIMATE OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT: THE ,PROJECT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $1700 WHICH WOULD NOT BE, ASSESSABLE TO ANY RROPERTY. IT WAS FURTHER RECOMMENDED THAT THIS RECONSTRUCTION BE RECOMMENDED TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE 1961-62 BUDGET. , . THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE NECESSARY SEWER BE.RECONSTRUCTED.: MOTION CARRIED~ IT WAS MOVED BY MRS..LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT. ITEM' OF 'THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4 2. SUGGESTED ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FRANCHISE HOLDERS TO REPAIR PAVEMENT CUTS - A SUGGESTED ORDINANCE WHICH HAD BEEN PREPARED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY AND WHICH WOULD ALLOW VALID FRANCHISE HOLDERS TO RE~AIR PAVEMENT CUTS IN ASPHALTIC CONCRETE PAVING WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE.1T WAS INDICAT~D,THAT TH1S DEPARTURE FROM THE EXIST1NG POLICY THAT ALL STREET CUTS ARE REPAIRED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WOULD SUBSTANT1ALLY AID THE DEPARTMENT AND WOULD IMPLEMENT THE REPAIR OF THESE CUTS. FOLLOWING SOME DISCUS- SION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED 'THE, APPROVAL OF THE PRINCIPLE OF SUCH AN ORDINANCE. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS'. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE"ADMINIS.TRATION PROCEED WITH STUDY OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. MOTION CARRIED. 5 3. RECONSIDERATION OF REQUEST ENTERED BY HAZEN L. AND DOROTHY H.OLSEN REGARDING ASSESS- MENT fOR SIDEWALK CONSTRUCT/ON ON 18TH AVENUE - THE, CITY ATTORNEY INDICA,TED BY LETTER THAT HE HAD REVIEWED THE HISTORY OF THE STREET PAVING ON 18TH AVENUE ADJACENT TO THE OLSEN PROPERTY. HE CITED SECTIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER AND SUPREME COURT OPINIONS, AND FURTHER STATED T~~T ~ECA~SE THE OLSE~ PROPERTY IS BOTH ABUTTING AN~ ADJOI~ING ~~E DE~I-. CATED STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY, THEY MAY BE LEGALLY AND LAWFUlLY: 'ASSESSED~ FOR THE SIDEWALK' THAT ADJOINS THEIR PROPERTY. A MAP OF THE AREA IN QUESTION SHOWING THAT PART WHI~H HAD BEEN VACATED AND THAT PART WHICH HAD BEEN DEDICATED IN EXCESS, OF THE PRESENT REQUIREMENTS FOR 18TH AVENUE WA~ SHOWN. ~ II II Ii I e I i; i' " , ~ ,I , I .1 !! ~ I I, :: e I -- I: I: ;! e