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<br />NOT CONFLICT WITH INTERESTS OF THE CITY. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE VACATION BE GRANTED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 5 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />6. CONDEMNATION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR, 23RD AVENUE BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND MONROE STREETS'-A
<br />REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS WAS READ WHEREIN HE HAD POINTED OUT THAT:HIS
<br />DEPARTMENT HAD ATTEMPTED TO RECEIVE VOLUNTARY DEDICATION OF THOSE PORTIONS OF 23RD AVENUE
<br />BETWEEN JEFFERSON AND MONROE STREETS WHICH HAD NOT PREVIOUSLY BEEN DEDICATED AS STREET
<br />RIGHTS-OF-WAY. WRITTEN CONTACT WAS MADE WITH THESE PROPERTY OWNERS AND AS OF THIS DATE
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<br />THERE HAS BEEN NO POSITIVE ACTION BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TO DEED PORTIONS Of THE RIGHTS-OF-WAY.
<br />DISCUSSION AROSE AS TO WHETHER THE C'TY SHOULD fORCE THROUGH AN AREA WHICH IS NOT A CROSS-
<br />TOWN ARTERIAL WHERE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL NOT COOPERATE BY DEDICATING THE RIGHT-Of-WAY.
<br />IT WAS POINTED OUT, HOWEV ER, THAT THERE IS AMA I NTENANCE, PROBLEM ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET
<br />AND A DUST PROBLEM FOR THE AREA. THE COMM1TTEE RECOMMENDED. THAT APPRAISALS BE RECEIVED
<br />ON PORTIONS NEEDED FOR ACQUISITION FOR RIGHTS-OF-WAY AS THE FIRST STEP TOWARD CONDEMNATION
<br />PROCEEDINGS. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 6 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />7. BANK PROTECTION ADJACENT TO SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT - PROPERTY OWNERS IN'THEVICmNITY OF
<br />THE EUGENE SEWAGE TREATMENT, PLANT HAVE CONTACTED THE CITY REQUESTING THEY PARTICIPATE WITH
<br />THEM. I N PRESENT I NGnTHE I R PROBLEM TO THE U. S. CORPS OF ENG I NEERS I N REGARD TO fLOOD DAMAGE
<br />ON CITY AND PRIVATE PROPERTY AS A RESULT OF HIGH WATER ON THE W,LLAMETTE RIVER. . DURING
<br />HIGH WATER, STAGES DURING FEBRUARynOF THIS YEAR WATER' EXCEEDED THE BANKHEIGHT Of THE SLOUGH
<br />ADJACENT TO: THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND GENERAL FLOOD1NG OCCURRED, TO CITY PROPERTY AND
<br />ADJACENT PRIVATE PROPERTIES. THE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS POINTED OUT THAT IT APPEARS,
<br />AN EXTENSION OF THE WILBUR BEND REVETMENT TO SUFFICIENT ELEVATION, WOULD PROTECT THE CITY'S
<br />PROPERTY AS WELL AS PRIVATE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.
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<br />THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS BE APPROACHED TO PROVIDE THIS NECES-
<br />SARY BANK PROTECTION AND THAT A RE~OLUTION BE PASSED AT THE COUNCIL MEETING OF APRIL 10,
<br />1961 EXPRESSING THE COUNCIL)S'SENTIMENTS.' MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM 7 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />B. FLOOD CONTROL RESOLUTIONS, SPRINGFIELD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE - THREE RESOLUTIONS WERE READ
<br />AS' PREPARED BY THE SPR I NG'F I ELO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ASKI NG, THE CORPS OF ENG I NEERS TO GISE,
<br />SERIOUS CONS I DERAT I ON' TOWARD SOL V,, NG fLOOD CONTROL. PROBLEMS "'N THE' 'EUGENE-SPR I ~GFJ'ELD ' .
<br />AREA. THE fiRST 'RESOLUTION"STATED THAT THE C,TY:Of EUGENE GO ON RECORD AS'BEING IN
<br />FAVOR Of 'IMMEDIATE APPROPRIATION Of THE NECESSARY FUNDS BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO'MAKE
<br />POSS j BLE A. START ON' THE CONSTRUCT! ON Of FALL CREEK DAM, AND THAT P:LANN I NG, BE ,CONT I NUED ON
<br />BLUE RIVER DAM, HORSE CREEK AND MOHAWK RIVER. THE RESOLUTION ALSO CALLS FOR ORDERLY CON-
<br />TINUATION Of CONSTRUCTION ON THE COUGAR, HILLS CREEK AND GREEN PETER DAMS. THE COMMITTEE
<br />RECOMMENDED THAT THIS RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTt:ON, CARRIED: UNANIMOUSLY..
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<br />THE SECOND RESOLUTION AS READ TO THE COMMITTEE ASKS THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO EXPEDITE
<br />PROGRAMMING fOR THE GOSHEN REVETMENT. EXTENSION AND RELOCATION OF TUBES PROVIDING WATER
<br />TO BURKSHIRE SLOUGH ON THE COAST FORK OF THEWILLAMETTE R,'VER AND BANK PRO,TECTION
<br />FACILITIES AT THE RISHELL LOCATION, LOWER END OF LOCATION 7, TEMPLETON LOCATION, GOVETTE
<br />LOCAT ION, AND CONLE Y PLACE' EXTENS I ON .( CHASE) . ENCOURAGEMENT WAS ALSO RENDERED ON OTHER
<br />PRO.JECTS INCLUDING THE WALTERVILLE LOCATION ABOVE HENDRICKS:BRLDGE AND IN THE AREA OF'
<br />HAYDEN SRI DGE ON THE: McKENZ IE RIVER, AND THE ,CONSTRUCT' ON. Of" NECESSARY STRUCTURE,S :TO
<br />PRE'VENT OVERTOPP I NG THE NATRON DR I F,T BARR I ER SITE ON THE. ,WI LLAMETTE RIVER. THE' COMM I TTEE
<br />RECOMMENDED THAT THIS SECOND RESOLUTION'BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY'.
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<br />THE TH I RD RESOL UT I ON AS PRESENTED' TO THE COMM !.TTEE ASKS .THE CORPS 0 F ENG I NEERS TO. EXPEND
<br />~500 ,000 fOR BANK PROTECT I ON P.ROJECTS OUR I NG THE fORTHCOM LNG FISCAL YEAR ,ON THE WI L'LA-'
<br />METTE RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES, AND THAT THE U. S. CONGRESS APPROPRIATE $500,000 fOR
<br />BANK PROTECTION ON STREAMS WITHIN THE WILLAMETTE RIVER fOR THE fISCAL YEAR 1962. THE
<br />COMMITTEE RECOMME~DED TH~TTH1S RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. CHATT THAT ITEM B Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED.
<br />MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />9. JAIL AGREEMENT WITH LANE COUNTY ;..THE C'TY MANAGER STATED.THAT HE IS' CONTINUING NEGOTIA-
<br />TIONS WITH THE LANE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REGARD1NG fUTURE EXPANSION' Of THE PRESENT JAIL
<br />rACILIT~ES AS' EXT~EMELY CROWDED CONDITIONS EX[ST' AT THE JALL. THE PRESENTPROPQSAL ,~N-
<br />CLUDES THAT LANE COUNTY PROVIDE THE NECESSARY fUNDS fOR EXPANSION AND AS A RESULT WOULD
<br />HAVE ONE-HALF INTEREST IN THE JAIL, THAT THE TWO AGENCIES SHARE THE OPERATING EXPENSES
<br />Of THE JA IL :BASED ON A :COST' PER MAN-DA Y'OF.' COUNTY VS CITY PR I SONERS EACH, YEAR. fURT.HER
<br />CONDITIONS OF THE PROPOSAL WOULD INCLUDE THAT SHOULD THE TWO AGENCIES DISAGREE ON :THE
<br />JOINT OPERATION, THREE APPRAISERS WOULD BE HIRED TO SET A PURCHASE PRICE, AND THAT THE
<br />CITY WOULDHAVE~~E fiRST QPTION TO BUY ,THE COUNTY'S I~T~RE~t; ALSO, THAT THE CITY WOULD
<br />HAVE fiVE YEARS IN WHICH TO PAY:THE COUNTY:FOR,ITSINTEREST.. SHOULD'THE'ClTy'NOT.'TAKE'
<br />THIS OPTION THE COUNTY WOULD HAVE THE SAME OPPORTUNITY fOR PURCHASING THE ~ITY'S '~EREST.
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<br />CON~IDERABLE DISCUSSION AROSE WHETHER THE CITY OR COUNTY SHOULD HAVE THE' FIRST OPTION
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