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<br />I COMMITTEE MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 6, 1962:
<br /> "PRESENT: COUNCILMEN MOLHOLM (eRESIDING), MOYER, WILSON, SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL;
<br /> CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS; AND OTHERS.
<br /> I I. 30TH AVENUE CROSSING AT HARRIS SCHOOL - MR.Lou WARD, REPRESENTING HARRIS SCHOOL PTA,
<br /> STATED AN OVERHEAD CROSSING AT THIS LOCATION WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST SOLUTION TO
<br />00 THE SAfETY PROBLEM, BUT THAT OTHER SOLUTIONS MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE, THESE INCLUDING
<br />,... TRAffiC CONTROL LIGHTS, MARKED CROSSWALKS, TRAffiC SIGNS, OR OffiCER CONTROL. Ex-
<br />.".. CEPTION WAS TAKEN TO THE CITY MANAGER'S STATEMENT REGARDING THE NUMBER Of HOURS A
<br />~ CROSSING GUARD WOULD NEED TO BE ON DUTY. MR. WARD POINTED OUT THE PROBABLE AMOUNT
<br />u: Of TRAffIC, TYPE AND SPEED. THE CITY MANAGER READ PART Of A REPORT CONCERNING 30TH
<br />CO AVENUE PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL. THE SUPERINTENDENT Of SCHOOL DISTRICT #4
<br /> STATED THE BOARD'S POSITION REGARDING A CROSSING, SAYING THEY fAVORED (I) AN OVERPASS,
<br /> PAID fOR BY THE COUNTY OR CITY, (2) AN OVERPASS, PAID fOR BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, OR
<br /> ( 3) STOP LIGHTS. OTHERS PRESENT SPEAKING ON THE SUBJECT WERE MR. BYRON KROG AND
<br />e HOWARD BUfORD. COUNCILMAN SWANSON ALSO COMMENTED, AND MR. RON WARD STATED HE WAS NOT
<br /> IN fAVOR Of AN OVERPASS.
<br /> MR. DEVERELL MOVED SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON TO GIVE fURTHER STUDY TO THE PROBLEM Of
<br /> THE SAfETY. fACTOR ON 30TH AVENUE AT HARRIS SCHOOL. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHRISTENSEN THAT AN OVERPASS BE CONSTRUCTED ON 30TH AVENUE AT POTTER
<br />I STREET WITH THE COST TO BE DIVIDED BETWEEN THE COUNTY, CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT #4.
<br /> MR. Lou WARD SPOKE fOR MEMBERS Of THE HARR I S SCHOOL PTA AND_:THE HARR I S SCHOOL NE I GHBORHOOD REQUEST I NG
<br /> THE OVERHEAD CONSTRUCTION ON 30TH AVENUE, AND HIS COMMENTS WERE SUPPORTED BY MR. BYRON KROG AND
<br /> MR. TOM COCHRAN.
<br /> MAYOR CONE POINTED OUT THAT IT WAS HIS BELIEf THAT CONSTRUCTION Of SUCH AN OVERHEAD CROSSING WOULD NOT
<br /> BE A WISE EXPENDITURE Of PUBLIC fUNDS, AND THAT IN HIS OPINION THERE WOULD BE OTHER REQUESTS fROM
<br /> OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE CITY fOR LIKE INSTALLATIONS. Lou WARD STATED THAT SO fAR AS HE KNEW, SCHOOL
<br /> DISTRICT #4 WOULD NOT BE ASKING fOR ADDITIONAL INSTALLATIONS AND THAT OTHER PTAs SO fAR HAD NOT ASKED
<br /> fOR OVERPASS INSTALLATIONS. IT WAS POINTED OUT BY MOST Of THE SPEAKERS THAT THIS IS A UNIQUE SITUATION
<br /> ENTIRELY DiffERENT fROM OTHER SCHOOL LOCATIONS. MR. BELKNAP, PRINCIPAL Of HARRIS SCHOOL, GAVE AN ORAL
<br /> PICTURE Of THE LAYOUT Of THE OVERPASS AND ITS RELATION TO THE PLAYGROUND AREA AND ADMINISTRATION
<br /> BUILDINGS Of HARRIS SCHOOL.
<br /> A VOTE WAS THEN TAKEN ON THE MOTION, AND MOTION CARRIED, MR. WI[SO~ VOTING NO.
<br /> 2 2. BID OPENING IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, SEPTEMBER 4 AND 5, 1962:
<br /> A. ALLEY BETWEEN MILL AND FERRY, 3RD TO 4TH; SIDEWALK BOTH SIDES HILYARD, 33RD TO 34TH -
<br /> A TABULATION Of THE BIDS OPENED WAS PRESENTED AND MR. DEVERELL MOVED SECONDED BY
<br /> MR. MOYER TO AWARD THE CONTRACTS TO THE LOW BIDDER IN EACH INSTANCE. MOT 10 N CARR I ED.
<br /> B. WILLAKENZIE SEWAGE PUMPING STATION - A TABULATION Of THE BIDS 9PENED SEPTEMBER 5,1962
<br /> WAS PRESENTED AND MR. CHRISTENSEN MOVED SECONDED BY MR. WILSON TO AWARD THE CONTRACT
<br />I TO JOHN KOVT~NOVICH ON HIS LOW BID Of $130,400. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM TO RECEIVE THE REPORT AND PLACE ON fiLE (ACTION TAKEN UNDER
<br /> NEW BUSINESS EARLIER IN THE MEETING). MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 3 3. CLOSING POTTER AT 30TH - A BRIEf DISCUSSION WAS HELD CONCERNING A PREVIOUS REQUEST TO
<br /> CLOSE POTTER STREET AT 30TH AVENUE, AND DR. STANSBURY REQUESTED A STATEMENT ON THE
<br /> MATTER. MR. CHRISTENSEN MOVED SECONDED BY MR. WILSON NOT TO VACATE POTTER AT 30TH.
<br />. MOTION CARRIED, MR. SWANSON VOTING NO.
<br /> MRS. LAURIS MOVED T.SAT POTTER STREET BE TEMPORARILY BARRICADED AT 30TH AVENUE. THERE BEING NO SECOND,
<br /> MOTION DIED.
<br /> MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHRISTENSEN TO UPHOLD THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE COMMITTEE NOT TO VACATE
<br /> POTTER STREET AT 30TH. MOTION CARRIED, MRS. LAURIS VOTING NO.
<br /> 4 4. PAVING BELDING COURT - A PETITION WAS PRESENTED fOR THE PAVING Of BELDING COURT WHICH
<br /> CARRIED SIGNATURES Of OWNERS Of 100% Of THE PROPERTY AffECTED. MR. SWANSON MOVED
<br /> SECONDED BY MR. MOYER T~ APPROVE THE PETITION. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> 5 5. LIEN CANCELLATIONS - A LIST Of PROPERTIES NOW OWNED BY THE CITY Of EUGENE WAS PRESENTED
<br /> SHOWING LIENS AGAINST THE PROPERTIES WHICH HAVE BEEN CARRIED ON THE CITY'S BOOKS fOR A
<br />I NUMBER OF YEARS. CITY Of EUGENE AUDITORS AND THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED THE
<br /> LIENS BE CANCELLED. MR. CHRISTENSEN MOVED SECONDED BY MR. DEVERELL THAT THE LIENS
<br /> PRESENTED IN THE AMOUNT Of $11,849.27 BE CANCELLED. MOTION CARRIED.
<br /> MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM TO APPROVE CANCELLATION Of THE LIENS. ROLLCALL VOTE. MOTION
<br /> CARRIED, ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE.
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