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e I 00 ~ ~ w-.... :c :0 e I I e I e 53 .., 6/11/62 IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT CALL FOR BIDS BE REISSUED FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SANITARY SEWER IN AREA BETWEEN 43RD AND SOUTH BOUNDARY 'UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS FROM ALDER WEST. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED, ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. (ACTION ON ITEM I WAS TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND HELD UNTIL 7:30 P.M.) 2. IMPROVEMENT PETITIONS A. PAVING MADISON, 24TH TO 28TH - WITH THE PEplTION FOR THE PAVING OF MADISON FROM 24TH TO 25TH CARRYING BUT 30%, AND FROM 25TH TO 26TH, ONLY 11%, IT WAS FELT THESE TWO BLOCKS COULD BE BYPASSED AT THIS TIME. MRS. LAURIS MOVDD SECONDED BY MR.MoLHOLM TO PAVE MADISON FROM 26TH TO 28TH. MOTION CARRIED. B. PAVING 27TH PLACE, WASHINGTON TO JEFFERSON - 52.5% - MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM TO PROCEED WITH THE PAVING. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOL HOLM TO APPROVE ITEMS 2W AND 2B OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED. 2 3. JEFF~RSON STREET CROSSING SIGNALS - Two COPIES OF A PROPOSED AGREEMENT WERE SUB- MITTED BY THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY STATING THE ESTIMATED COST TO THE CITY OF EUGENE TO BE $5990 ON A 50/50 PARTICIPATION BASIS FOR SIGNALIZING THE RAILROAD CROSSING AT JEFFERSON STREET. MR. CHRISTENSEN MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO AP- PROVE THE AGREEMENT AND TO PROCEED WITH THE CROSSING SIGNAL INSTALLATION. MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM TO APPROVE THE AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION CARRIED, ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE. 3 4. TRUNK SEWER CONNECTION, POLK BETWEEN CROSS AND BAILEY LANE, MISKO - IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT MR. MISKO BE GRANTED PERMISSION TO CONNECT TO THE SEWER IF HE WOULD BE WILLING TO CHANGE THE CONNECTION AT NO COST TO THE CITY WHEN THE POLK STREET TRUNK IS CONVERTED INTO A STORM SEWER. ALSO, THAT HE BE WILLING TO ACCEPT THE ASSESSMENT FOR THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF A SANITARY SEWER IN THE AREA, SINCE THE PROPERTY HAD NEVER BEFORE BEEN ASSESSED. CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION FOLLOWED ON THE POSSIBILITY OF THE CITY'S RIGHT TO ~EGISLATE AGAINST OLD HOUSES BEING MOVED INTO AN AREA OF NEW CONSTRUCTION OR CONSIDERABLY HIGHER ASSESSED VALUATIONS. ALSO, CONCERNING HOUSES OR BUILDINGS WHICH HAD BEEN STARTED BUT NOT COMPLETED AND LEFT STANDING, AND HOUSES BEING NEGLECTED OR COMPLETELY RUN DOWN. MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON TO GRANT THE REQUEST WITH THE ADDED RE- STRICTIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. FURTHER DISCUSSION RESULTED IN A MOTION BY MR. MOYER SECONDED BY MR. CHRISTENSEN TO TABLE THE MATTER. MOTION CARRIED. MR. MISKO STATED HE PLANNED TO PUT A NEW ROOF ON THE ~USE AND ALSO TO PAINT IT. THE CITY MANAGER STATED THE BUILDING SHOULD NOT BE MOVED UNLESS IT IS BROUGHT UP TO CODE AND NOT IF 50% OF THE EXPECTED LIFE OF THE BUILDING IS SPENT. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE ACTION AND GRANT THE CON- NECTION PROVIDING THE STIPULATIONS IN THE MINUTES OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING WERE ADHERED TO. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. CHRISTENSEN TO TABLE THE MAT[ER SO THE COUNCIL COULD HAVE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE BUILDING, WHICH MOTION WAS LOST FOR WANT OF A SECOND. THE QUESTION WAS THEN CALLED FOR ON THE PREVIOUS MOTION, MOTION CARRYING, MR. SWANSON VOTING NAY. 4 5. CURB SIDEWALK 18TH PLACE, FORTIER - UPON RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO APPROVE THE REQUEST OF MR. FORTIER FOR CURB SIDEWALK LOCATION AT LOT 3, BLOCK 6, PARK AIRE ADDITION, MR. MOLHOLM MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO ALLOW LOCATION OF SIDE- WALK AT THE CURB AS REQUESTED. MOTION CARRIED. 5 6. TREE REPLACEMENT ON PATTERSON AND HILYARD - IT WAS REPORTED BY THE PARKS SUPERINTENDENT THAT IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY 80 TREES TO REPLACE THOSE REMOVED FROM HILYARD AND PATTERSON BETWEEN 13TH AND BROADWAY WITH A PROBABLE EXPENDITURE OF APPROXIMATE~Y $1000. THE QUESTION WAS RAISED ON THE CARE AND MAINTENANCE Of THE TREES SHOULD THEY BE SET IN BY THE CITY, AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THIS SHOULD BE-THE RESPONSIBILITY.OF THE OWNER OF ABUTTING PROPERTY TO WATER THE TREES AND OTHERWISE MAINTAIN THEM. IT WAS ALSO SUG- GESTED THAT POSSIBLY SOME Of THESE PEOPLE MAY NOT WANT TO HAVE TREES REPLACED. IT WAS SUGGESTED BY THE CITY MANAGER THAT A CARD POLL COULD BE TAKEN FROM THE RESIDENTS ON THE TWO STREETS ASKING THEM IF THEY WISH THE TREES TO BE REPLACED AND IF SO, WHERE, AND IF THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO COOPERATE IN THE WATERING OF THEM. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THIS BE DONE BY THE STAFf. tT WAS MDVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT ITEMS 5 AND 6 BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 6 7. GAS ADVISORY BOARD REAPPOINTMENT - MAYOR CONE ANNOUNCED THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MR.A.J. ANDERSON TO THE GAS ADVISORY BOARD. MR. CHRISTENSEN MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT. MOTION CARRIED." IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE REAPPOINTMENT OF MR. A. J. ANDERSON TO THE GAS ADVISORY BOARD FOR A THREE YEAR TERM ENDING JANUARY I, 1965 BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. .~