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127~ e 9/24/62 -----.'---- ____n__...__, '~"-"____'_'_'_____________~______"__'_' _ _~__"_'___""____ _...____ &~._____.. ...__w_.____.___ _~__~_ ____~_.___~ _~_ _~__.. _.____.~__. ________ ..--- -- I I 5. WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON BRIDGE CONNECTOR - THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT HE HAD BEEN AD- VISED THAT PRELIMINARY DESIGN PLANS FOR THE WASHINGTON-JEFFERSON BRIDGE CONNECTOR CALL FOR A RAISED ROADWAY FROM THE END OF THE BRIDGE SOUTH TO 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES. THE ADDITION OF THIS PROJECT TO THE STATE'S PROPOSED BRIDGE MAY DELAY COMPLETION UNTIL 1965. THE PLANNING CONSULTANT SUGGESTED THAT AN EFFORT BE MADE TO SEE IF THE CONNECTOR COULD BE BROUGHT IN SOUTH OF 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES SO AS TO AVOID ADDING TO THE CONGESTION ON 00 6TH AND 7TH AVENUES. IT WAS SO MOVED BY MR. SWANSON, SECONDED BY MR. MOYER. MOTION .,.... CARRIED. -::t r..r... 2 6. 30TH AVENUE OVERPASS - SOME DISCUSSION WAS HELD ON THE QUESTION OF THE HARRIS SCHOOL .:c CC OVERCROSSING. IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT OTHER CITIES HAD REMOVED SUCH PEDESTRIAN OVER- CROSSINGS BECAUSE THEY WERE UNSATISFACTORY. THE COMMITTEE REQUESTED THE CITY MANAGER TO WRITE TO OTHER CITIES WITH REGARD TO THEIR EXPERIENCE WITH STUDENT OVERCROSSINGS. 3 7. CONTRACT COMPLETION DATES - THE COMMITTEE ALSO DISCUSSED THE MATTER OF CONTRACTORS' e NOT MEETING COMPLETION DATES AND A NEW POLICY OF ENFORCING THE PENALTY IN CONTRACTS. IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THIS COULD BE DONE BEGINNING NEXT YEAR, BUT THE COUNTY, EUGENE AND SPRINGFIELD SHOULD DISCUSS THIS IN A JOINT MEETING." IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE COMMITTEE REPORT, ITEMS I THROUGH 7, BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I COMMITTEE MEETING HELD SEPTEMBER 20, 1962: "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN CHATT, MOYER, SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTORNEY; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTS; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS; AND OTHERS. 4 I. VARIANCE BUILDING CODE, TIMBERS MOTEL - THIS ITEM WAS PRESENTED AS AN APPEAL FROM THE BOARD OF ApPEALS RULING OF SEPTEMBER 12, 1962. THE REQUEST WAS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 15-UNIT SLEEPING UNITS IN THE BASEMENT OF THE TIMBERS MOTEL, LOCATED AT 1015 PEARL STREET, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A VARIANCE FROM THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE, CHAPTER 13, SECTION 1305. MR. WILLIAM BURNETT, ARCHITECT FOR THE PROJECT, WAS PRESENT AND GAVE AN ORAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED ADDITION AND WHAT HE PROPOSED TO FURNISH IN THE CON- STRUCTION OF THE NEW SECTION. AFTER SEVERAL QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL HAD BEEN ANS- WERED BY MR. BURNETT, MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHRISTENSEN TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AS REQUESTED. MOTION CARUED.. 5 2. RIBBON PARK TRAIL - THE RIBBON PARK ASSOCIATION PROPOSES TO LAY OUT AND CONSTRUCT A FOOTPATH OR BRIDLE PATH FROM THE AREA AT 50TH AND UNIVERSITY, CROSSING THE AMAZON DITCH AND CONTINUING ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE DITCH TO 24TH AVENUE. THE PATH EVENTUALLY WOULD TIE IN WITH THE PROPOSED SYSTEM OF RIBBON TRAILS FROM HENDRICKS PARK SOUTH TO SPENCER BUTTE AND FARTHER WEST. THE DIRECTOR OF PARKS & RECREATION RECOM- MENDED APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSAL, AND MR. SWANSON MOVED SECONDED BY MR. MOYER TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED PATH WITH THE APPROVAL OF THE PARKS DEPARTMENT. MOTION CARRIED. I 6 3. OLYMPIC GAMES INVITATION, CITY OF PORTLAND - A LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER I I , 1962 WAS READ FROM PORTLAND MAYOR TERRY D. SCHRUNK, ADDRESSED TO MAYOR CONE, STATING PORTLAND HAD EXTENDED AN INVITATION TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES COMMITTEE TO HOLD THE 1968 OLYMPIC GAMES IN PORTLAND~ MAYOR SCHRUNK SUGGESTED AN EXPRESSION Of CO-OPERATION AND HELP FROM THE CITY OF EUGENE WOULD BE APPRECIATED AND WOULD SUPPORT THE FORMAL PRESENTATION OF THE INVITATION TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES COMMITTEE. MR. DEVERELL MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHRISTENSEN TO REQUEST THE CITY MANAGER TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE CITY OF PORTLAND e EXPRESSING EUGENE'S SUPPORT FOR THE SELECTION OF PORTLAND AS THE SITE OF THE 1968 OU'MP I CS. MOTION CARRIED. 7 4, ORDINANCE, SALE OF REPTILES - A LETTER DATED SEPTEMBER 18, 1962 WAS READ FROM THE LANE HUMANE SOCIETY TOGETHER WITH A PROPOSED ORDINANCE PREPARED BY THE SOCIETY FOR ADOPTION BY THE COUNCIL WHICH WOULD REGULATE THE SALE OF CROCODILES, LIZARDS, TURTLES, AND OTHER REPTILES IN STORES, SHOPS AND OTHER PLACES IN THE CITY AS PETS AND DEFINING THEIR PROPER CARE. MR. SWANSON MOVED SECONDED BY MR. MOYER TO RECEIVE THE PROPOSAL AND PLACE ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. 8 5. SEGREGATION OF ASSESSMENT, 26TH AND UNIVERSITY - MR. JOHN HUMMER REQUESTED SEGREGATION OF ASSESSMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $871.67 FOR SEWER CONSTRUCTION AGAINST A 132'X120' PARCEL AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF 26TH AND UNIVERSITY. THE SEGREGATION WOULD ASSESS $342.39 AGAINST'THE NORTH 57' OF THE PARCEL, AND $529.28 AGAINST THE BALANCE. MR.CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON TO GRANT THE REQUEST. MOT I ON CARR I ED. I IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM TO APPROVE ITEMS I THROUGH 5 Of THE COMMITTEE RE- PORT. MOTION CARRIED. 9 6, CURB SIDEWALK, FRIENDLY STREET CHURCH OF GOD, 23RD AND ADAMS - THE FRIENDLY STREET CHURCH OF GOD REQUESTED THAT THEY BE PERMITTED TO INSTALL A SIDEWALK AT THE CURB ALONG THE ADAMS STREET SIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY AT 23RD AND ADAMS. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS HAD ADVISED THE CHURCH THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THE REQUEST WOULD BE BEFORE THE COUNCIL, HAVING BEEN DENIED TWO TIMES PREVIOUSLY, AND THE PUBLIC WORKS e --- ~