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e - "IIIl 167- 2/27/61 I e I ~ en C\l ~ CO CO I e I e 5. PETITION fOR SANITARY SEWER BETWEEN 39TH AND 40TH AVENUES fROM DONALD TO FERRY STREET - A PETITION CONTAINING SIGNATURES Of OWNERS Of 60% Of THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE, AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE SEWER LINE BE INSTALLED AS REQUESTED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS~ LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 5 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 2 6. PETITION TO PAVE CHESHIRE STREET fROM JACKSON TO VANBuREN STREET INCLUDING NORTH VAN- BUREN STREET - A PETITION SIGNED BY OWNERS Of 53.5% Of THE PROPERTY TO BE ASSESSED WAS PRESENTED AND IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE STREET BE PAVED AS PETITIONED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. MOVED BY LAURIS SECONDED BY MOLHOLM TO APPROVE ITEM 6 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED. 7. ANNOUNCEMENT Of BUDGET COMMITTEE VACANCIES - THE CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCED THAT VACANCIES NOW EXIST ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND THAT THE PRIOR POLICY Of THE COUNCIL HAD BEEN fOR SPECifiC COUNCILMEN TO NOMINATE MEMBERS fOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. ON THIS BASIS COUNIL- MEN MOLHOLM, CHRISTENSEN AND WILSON SHOULD CONSIDER NOMINATIONS fOR THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. No fORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN. 3 IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM TO APPROVE ITEM 7 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED. 4, 8. CONSIDERATION Of BUDGETARY PROCEDURE fOR THE 196'-62 BUDGET - MAYOR CONE EXeLAINED THAT HE HAD TALKED WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND BELIEVED HIM TO BE WELL EQUIPPED TO PREPARE AND PRESENT A BUDGET fOR THE CONSIDERATION Of THE BUDGET COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL. SOME DIS- CUSSION WAS HAD ON THE NUMBER Of MEETINGS WHICH MIGHT BE HELD~ THE TYPE Of MEETINGS AND THE GENERAL'PROCEDURES fOR THE PRESENTATION Of A BUDGET fOR THE COUNCIL AND/OR THE COM- MITTtE. IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT MEETINGS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE MEETINGS AND THAT THE BUDGET SHOULD BE PRESENTED TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE WITH EX- PLANATION Of MAJOR ITEMS, AND TO SHOW THE VARIOUS ~HANGES WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN THE BUDGET fROM PRIOR YEARS' BUDGETS. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE A REDUCTION INTIME IN THE BUDGETARY PROCESS WITH THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTING THE BUDGET TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO APPROVE ITEM 8 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED. 5 9. CONSIDERATION Of REPORT CONCERNING 1960 LEAf PICKUP PROGRAM - A REPORT fROM THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS CONCERNING THE 1960 LEAf PICKUP PROGRAM WAS PRESENTED IN WHICH IT WAS INDICATED APPROXIMATELY 1000 LOADS Of LEAVES HAD BEEN PICKED UP BY TRUCK AND THAT THE TOTAL COST Of THIS OPERATION AMOUNTED TO $13,140.30. IT WAS fURTHER EXPLAINED THAT THIS ABOVE CITED PROGRAM COST DOES NOT INCLUDE THE WORK DONE TO RELIEVE CLOGGED DRAINAGE DITCHES, STORM SEWERS, CATCH BASINS DURING THE CRITICAL SEASON WHICH, IN THE OPINION Of THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS, COULD NOT BE ATmRIBUTED 100% AS BEING CAUSED BY LEAVES. No fORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS MATTER." IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEM 9 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED. A REPORT Of THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 23, 1961 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN LAURIS, MOLHOLM, CHATT, MOYER, CHRISTENSEN, AND DEVERELL; DEPARTMENT HEADS; INTERESTED CITIZENS. 6 I. REQUEST BY J. T. BREEDEN fOR SEGREGATiON Of ASSESSMENT - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT MR. J. T. BREEDEN HAD REQUESTED THAT A SEGREGATION BE MADE Of AN ASSESSMENT fOR PAVING 32ND AVENUE EAST fROM FERRY STREET TO THE AMAZON. IT WAS fURTHER EXPLAINED THAT A PREVIOUS SEGREGATION HAD BEEN ALLOWED ON THIS PROPERTY fOR SEWER PURPOSES, AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE SEGREGATION BE ALOOWED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 7 2. REQUEST BY EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD fOR ~~~ Of UTILITY EASEMENT - RESOLUTIONS WERE PRESENTED BY THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD fOR RELEASE Of UTILITY EASEMENTS IN ~HE THURSTON AREA AND WILLAKENZIE AREA, EXTENDING fROM THE UNIVERSITY Of OREGON PROPERTY TO LAURA STREET IN SPRINGfiELD. IT WAS EXPLAINED THESE EASEMENTS ARE NO LONGER REQUIRED BY THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE RELEASE Of THESE EASEMENTS BE APPROVED. -MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 8 3. VACATION Of 10 fOOT UTILITY EASEMENT BETWEEN lOTS 6 AND 7 Of SHERJDAN PARK A MEMORANDUM fROM THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS WAS PRESENTED INDICATING IT SARY TO VACATE A 10 fOOT UTILITY EASEMENT BETWEEN THE ABOVE DESCRIBED LOTS A NEW AND DiffERENT EASEMENT WOULD BE SECURED fROM PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS THE NEW EASEMENT WOULD BE BETWEEN LOTS 7 AND 8 Of SHERIDAN PARK ADDITION. MITTEE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL Of THE'VACATION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ADDITION - IS NECES- AND THAT AREA. THE COM- IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEMS " 2 AND 3 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APP.ROVED. MOT ION CARR I ED.' ~