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"""432 1/22/62 e II I: I: COUNCIL CHAMBER EUGENE, OREGON JANUARY 22, 1962 THE MEETING Of THE COMMON JANUARY 8, 1962, WAS CALLED TO fOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MESSRS. MOLHOLM AND CHATT WERE COUNCIL Of THE CITY Of EUGENE, ADJOURNED fROM THE REGULAR MEETING Of ORDER IN !HE COUNCIL CHAMB~R. ON JANUARY 22,.1962 "AT" 7:30 PM W.ITH ~HE MRS. LAURIS, MESSRS. MOYER, WILSON, SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN AND DEVEREiL. ABSENT. THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. VANCE WEBSTER, FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. THE MINUTES Of THE REGULAR MEETING pr JANUARY 8, 1962, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS Of THE COUNCIL, WERE APRROVED. NEW BUSINESS -- A STATEMENT fROM STAffORD, MORIN & LONGWOOD WAS PRESENTED fOR PROfESSIONAL SERVICES IN CONNECTION WITH THE NEW CITY HALL IN THE AMOUNT OF $6000. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT PAYMENT BE APPROVED AND PROPER CITY O"ffICIALS AUTHORIZED TO DRAW THE NECESSARY WARRANT. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED, ALL COUNCILMEN PRES~T VOTING AYE, EXCEPT MR. CHRISTENSEN VOTING NAX' 2 THE fOLLOWING RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE FOR APPOINTMENTS TO THE BUDGET COMMITTEE fOR THE TERM ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1964: MR. MORTON Moss - RECOMMENDED BY COUNCILWOMAN LAURIS MR. DAVE VANFosSEN - RECOMMENDED BY COUNCILMAN SWANSON MR. LAVERNE D. STRAND ~ RECOMMENDED BY COUNCILMAN DEVERELL IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT THE COUNCIL APPOINT THE ABOVE NAMED AS MEMBERS Of THE BUDGET COMMITTEE fOR THE TERM JANUARY I, 1962 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1964. MOTION CARRIED. 31 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. WILSON SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE CITY MANAGER, DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS AND POLICE DEPARTMENT BE COMMENDED fOR THE BARRICADING Of CERTAIN CITY STREETS TO ALLOW CHILDREN SAfE SLIDING AREAS AND THE SANDING Of CITY STREETS AND HANDLING Of TRAffiC DURING THE PERIOD Of SNOW AND COLD WEATHER RECENTLY EXPERIENCED. MOTION CARRIED. COMMITTEE REPORTS REPORT Of COMMITTEE MEETING HELD JANUARY /1, '962: "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN MOLHOLM, MOYER, SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS; AND OTHERS. 4, I I. RMBA ApPLICATION, JACK RACELY, 65 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD - REfERRED BACK TO COMMITTEE BY THE COUNCIL THE COMMITTEE ON SWANSON-DEVERELL MOTION RECOMMENDED WITHHOLDING APPROVAL. THE CITY MANAGER READ A LETTER fROM FERRIS AND ATHERLY, ATTORNEYS, REPRESENTING MR. RACELY, REQUESTING THAT THE RMBA APPLICATION BE WITHDRAWN. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM I Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON fiLE. MOTION CARRIED. 5 2. 7TH AVENUE TRAffiC - THE CITY MANAGER READ A LETTER fROM THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT WHICH INDICATED THE STATE WOULD SHARE WITH THE CITY Of EUGENE ON A 50-50 BASIS THE COST Of WIDENING 7TH AVENUE APPROACH TO THE FERRY STREET OVERCROSSING Of THE SOUTHERN PACifiC TRACKS AND ESTIMATED THIS COST TO BE $3200. THE COMMITTEE ON CHRISTENSEN- SWANSON MOTION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL Of THE PROJECT AND AUTHORIZATION Of PAMMENT Of $1600 AS THE CITY'S SHARE. THE CITY MANAGER AND TRAffiC ENGINEER THEN PRESENTED A RECOMMENDATION fOR PROVIDING THREE LANES Of MOVING TRAffiC ON 7TH AVENUE fROM OLIVE STREET TO THE FERRY STREET OVERPASS AP- PROACH BY PROHIBITING PARKING AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ON 7TH AVENUE AS SHOWN ON CHART DATED JANUARY 10, 1962. ON CHRISTENSEN-MoLHOLM MOTION THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED PROCEEDING WITH THE EXECUTION Of THE PLAN AS DESCRIBED. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT ITEM 2 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CAR~IED, ALL COUNCI~MEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. 6! 3. PAVING DONALD, 43RD TO 46TH; AND 43RD, EAST MARGIN PINECREST ESTATES TO Fox HOLLOW ROAD - REQUESTED BY 100% PETITION fOR THE DoNALD PAVING AND 75% fOR THE 43RD PAVING, THE PRO- JECTS WERE RECOMMENDED TO BE HELD OVER ON CHRISTENSEN-MoLHOlM MOT/ON. THE DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS REQUESTED AUTHORIZATION fROM THE COUNCIL TO PROCEED WITH ENGINEERING PHASE ON THE TWO PROJECTS IN ORDER TO BE PREPARED fOR EARLY lETTING Of BIDS PROVIDED THE PETITIONS ARE APPROVED. ON MOYER-MOLHOLM MOTION THE REQUESTED AUTHORIZA- TION WAS RECOMMENDED. ~ \1 :' Ii II !: I e I I e I e,