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~ ""lIlll 211 e 4/10/61 I WILDISH CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 1ST - SANITARY SEWER IN AREA BOUNDED ON EAST AND SOUTH BY LORANE HIGHWAY, ON WEST BY CHAMBERS STREET, ON SOUTH BY BOUNDARY OF WOODSIDE HilLS ADDITION II I: I :1 I $ 7,699.20 IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT THE ESTIMATES AS SUBMITTED AND READ BE AP- PROVED AND THE PROPER CITY OFFICIALS AUTHORIZED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANTS. ROLLCALL VOTE. .ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. REPORTS OF 'COMMITTEES A R~eORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MARCH 30, 1961 WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS: e "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN LAURIS, CHATT, MOYER, SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL; CITY MANAGER; DEPARTMENT HEADS; REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRESS AND RADIO; INTERESTED CITIZENS. I I. BREEDEN BROS. SEWER REQUEST FOR 4TH ADDITION EDGEWOOD ESTATES - J. T. BREEDEN OF BREEDEN BROS. HOME BUILDERS PRESENTED A REVISED REQUEST FOR STORM SEWERS IN THE EDGEWOOD ESTATES ADDITION, WHICH REQUEST DELETED THAT SECTION OF STORM SEWER REQUIRED ON DONALD STREET BETWEEN 43RD AND 46TH AVENUES. IT IS HIS CONTENTION THAT HE COULD WITHHOLD THE PAVING OF DONALD STREET THIS YEAR WITHOUT MUCH SACRIFICE TO HIS HOMEBUILDING PROGRAM. THIS PROPOSAL WOULD REQUIRE AN ESTIMATED EXPENDJTURE ON THE STORM SEWERS OF $44,541.31; THE REQUEST FOR SANITARY SEWERS REMAINS THE SAME AT $12,702.25; FOR A TOTAL OF $57,243.56 FOR THE REVISED REQUEST. MR. BREEDEN HAS AGREED TO. ASSUME THE COST OF THAT AMOUNT OVER $18,000 ON THE 46TH AVENUE STORM SEWER AND THAT AMOUNT EXCEEDING $10,000 ON THE COST OF INSTALLATION OF THE DONALD STREET S~ORM SEWER. IT IS NOW ESTIMATED THAT THE TOTAL CON- STRUCTION JOB WOUlD BE $57,243.56, THE CITY'S SHARE BEING $40,702 WITH MR. BREEDEN ASSUMING THE DIFFERENCE. ~ ~ C\1 ~ CO CO THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE BUDGET COMMITTEE BE PRESENTED WITH THIS REQUEST WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IT BE INCLUDED IN THE 1961-62 BUDGET. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM I OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. THE CITY MANAGER READ A LETTER TO THE COUNCIL FROM BREEDEN BROS. REQUESTING SUFFICIENT ENGINEERING AND BID PREPARATION PRIOR TO JULY I, TO ALLOW COMPLETION OF THE PROJECTS BEFORE THE FALL RAINS. 2 2. LEIGH IVERSON REQUEST FOR VARIANCE AT 2425 CHARNELTON STREET - THIS ITEM WAS DISCUSSED AT THE COUNClt MEETING OF MARCH 27, 1961 WHERE MR. IVERSON SUBMITTED A COMPROMISE RE- QUEST FOR SETBACK OF 15' INSTEAD OF 12'9" 'ORIGINALLY REQUESTED. THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE PROPERTY AND CONSIDERED THE PROBLEMS OF THE OWNER REALIZING THAT A VARIANCE MIGHT BE CONSIDERED. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE 15' SETBACK FOR THE GARAGE LOCATION 6E APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 2 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 3 3. CURB SIDEWALK AT 27TH AND WILLAMETTE - THE COMMITTEE YIEWED THE SITE OF THE CURB SIDE- WALK REQUESTED BY LUTES AND AMUNDSON ON BEHALF OF THE BROASTER RESTAURANT. RECOGNIZED WERE THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: (I) SIDEWALKS IN AREAS ZONED FOR BUSINESS ARE RE- QUIRED TO BE CONTINUOUS FROM THE CURB TO THE PROPERTY LINE; THEREFORE, A WAIVER OF THE STANDARD SETBACK REQUIREMENT ON THIS WALK WOULD ELIMINATE 8' OF POTENTIAL SIDEWALK. (2) THERE IS A SIDEWALK INSTALLED AT PRESENT AT THE STANDARD SETBACK ON BOTH THE SOUTH AND NORTH SIDES OF 27TH AV.ENUE. IN KE.EPING .WITH THE STANDARDS MAINTAINED BY THE DE- PARTMENT OF PUBLI C WORKS THAT EACH BLOCK BE KEPT STANDARD WI TH I N ITSELf, TH I S REQUEST WOULD BE NON-CONFORMING. (3) THE INFORMATION AS TO THE ESTABLISHED SIDEWALK LOCATION WAS ,AVA I LABLE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBL I C WORKS AT THE TIME THE DES I GN OF THE STRUC- TURE WAS MADE. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THIS REQUEST BE DENIED. MOTION CAR- RIED UNANIMOUSLY. e IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4 4. REQUEST FOR VACATION OF VERA STREET, EMERALD AT 28TH - A LETTER FROM MRS. W.E.ROGERS WAS READ REQUESTING VACATION Of VERA STREET WHICH IS ONE BLOCK LONG AND RUNS THROUGH 'THE ROGERS PROPERTY AT 2803 EMERALD STREET. THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS POINTED OUT THAT THIS STREET IS A DEAD END AND HAS NO CONNECTIONS WITH ANY OTHER PUBLIC RIGHTS OF-WAY. THE CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDED THE STREET BE VACATED AND THE COMMITTEE CONCURRED. MOTION CARRIED, MR. SWANSON VOTING NAY. I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON THAT ITEM 4 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE ,APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 5 5. REQUEST ,FOR VACATION OF 2' OF 7~ UTI~ITY EASEMENT AT 29TH AND LINCOLN - A REQUEST FROM SAM P. BULLER, BUILDER, WAS READ FOR T.HE VACAT'ION,OF 2' OF A 7' ,UTILITY EASEMENT AT -THE' NORTHWEST CORNER OF 29TH AND ,LI NCOLN. I T WAS PO I NTED OUT THAT A BU ILD I NG HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED UPON THIS 2' OF 'UTILITY EASEMENT, BUT THAT GRANTING THE REQUEST DOES e ,~