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e I 00 ~ ~ ~ :.0 :0 e I I e I e 2'1 5 .., 2/11/63 7. EXPRESSWAY AMENDMENT - THE CITY MANAGER SUBMITTED A REPORT REVIEWING THE PREVIOUS ACTION TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL CONCERNING THE PROPOSED CHARTER AMENDMENT REQUIRING A VOTE OF THE PEOPLE ON LIMITED ACCESS STREETS AND FREEWAY ROUTES AND FINANCING. A COPY OF THE AUGUST 17, 1962 REPORT WAS ALSO INCLUDED TO BE STUDIED BY THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WITH THE REQUEST THAT THEY DECIDE WHETHER THEY WISH TO CALL A SPECIAL ELECTION CONCERNING THIS MATTER. No ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THE MATTER AT THIS TIME. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 7 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BEAPPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 2 8. PARKING LOT SOUTH OF LIBRARY - A REPORT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE CITY MANAGER INDICATING THAT IF THE CITY-OWNED LOT SOUTH OF THE MUNICIPAL LIBRARY WERE IMPROVED TO PROVIDE PARKING, SPACE WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR APPRO~IMATELY 68 CARS AT A COST OF APPROXI- MATELY $4000 FOR A CRUSHED ROCK SURFACE. IT WAS ALSO SUGGESTED THAT A POSSIBLE RATE OF 25~ PER DAY BE CHARGED, CONTROLLED BY THE ISSUANCE OF A TICKET TO BE PURCHASED BY THE CAR OWNER UPON ENTERING THE LOT AND LEFT WITH THE CAR SO THAT THE PUBLIC USING THE LOT COULD BE CHECKED FOR VIOLATIONS, BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. ONE ALTERNATIVE METHOD WOULD BE TO CHARGE CAR OWNERS BY THE WEEK OR ON A MONTHLY RATE, BUT THIS WOULD ALSO REQUIRE SOME FORM OF INDIVIDUAL MARKING OF SPACES AND WOULD POSSIBLY RE- QUIRE MORE STRICT CONTROL. MR. CHRISTENSEN MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENT OF THE LOT FOR PUBLIC PARKING ON A 25~ PER DAY PER CAR BASIS. MOTION CARRIED. MR. CHATT MOVED SECO~DED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 8 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. 3 9. RING BINDERS, PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES - THE CITY MANAGER ASKED THE COUNCIL MEMBERS IF THEY WISHED TO HAVE RING BINDERS TO CONTAIN THE MINUTES OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND ALL EIGHT MEMBERS INDICATED THEY WOULD BE HAPPY TO USE THE RING BINDERS. 4 10. URBAN RENEWAL TOUR, SPRINGFIELD - THE CITY MANAGER REQUESTED A SHOW OF HANDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WISHING TO ATTEND THE TOUR ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, BUT DECIDED THAT EACH COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD BE CONTACTED ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, AS A RESULT OF INDECISION BY SEVERAL OF THE MEMBERS TO STATE AT THIS TIME WHETHER THEY WOULD BE FREE TO ATTEND THE TOUR. 5 I I. ELECTRICAL COOE - COPIES OF A PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ELECTRICAL CODE WERE DISTRIBUTED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL WITH ACTION TO BE TAKEN AT A LATER DATE." MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS TO APPROVE ITEMS 9, 10 AND I I OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED. COMMITTEE MEETING HELD FEBRUARY 7, 1963: "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN CHATT, LAURIS, SW~NSON, CHRISTENSEN, DEVERELL, CRAKES, HAWK AND PURDY; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT CASTNER; DIRECTOR OF PUBLICWORKS;AND OTHERS. 6 I. CURB CUT, 3RD AND JACKSON, B&F HOMES - THIS WAS A REQUEST FOR A 45-FOOT CURB CUT ON 3RD AVENUE OFF JACKSON STREET TO BENEFIT A 5-CAR PARKING FACILITY NEXT TO AN APART- MENT HOUSE. THE CITYORDINANCE REGULATING CURB CUTS AT PRESENT WOULD ALLOW A CURB CUT 20 FEET WIDE FOR THE FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY INVOLVED, AND IT WAS THEREFORE RECOMMENDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT A 25-FOOT CURB CUT BE ALLOWED ON 3RD AVENUE, AND THIS WITH THE REGULATION 20-FOOT ,CURB CUT ON JACKSON STREET, WOULD GIVE THE SAME ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. THIS SEEMED TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO B&F HOMES. MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY MR. SWANSON TO GRANT THE RECOMMENDED CURB CUT. MOTION CARRIED. 7 2. AN'NEXATION' PINE RIDGE PARK ADDITION, CLIFF COOK - THIS PETITION PRESENTED BY MR. CLIFF COOK WAS SUBMITTED BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS OF TWO-THIRDS OF THE PROPERTY HAVING TWO-THIRDS OF THE VALUATION OF THE AREA PROPOSED FOR ANNEXATION. IT LIES ALONG Fox HOLLOW ROAD SOUTH OF PINE RIDGE PARK. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MR. HAWK TO APPROVE THE PETITION AND CALL A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE ANNEXATION OF THE ~REA. MOTION CARRIED. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS TO APPROVE ITEMS I AND 2 OF THECOMMITTEE REPORT. MOTION CARRIED. 8 3. STEAM SERVICE, NEW CITY HALL - THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED A STEAM SERVICE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD AND THE CITY OF EUGENE FOR THE FURNISH- ING OF STEAM TO THE NEW CtTY HALL BUILDING AT 8TH AVENUE AND PEARL STREET. THE CONTRACT PERIOD IS JUNE I, 1964 THROUGH MAY 31, 1965. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS TO APPROVE THE CONTRACT. MOTION CARRIED. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS TO APPROVE ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. 9 4. AMBULANCE REGULATIONS, BILL LEONARD - A SUGGESTED ORDINANCE HAD BEEN PRESENTED TO THE COUNCIL WHICH PROVIDED AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS TO THE PRESENT AMBULANCE CODE FOR THE CITY OF EUGENE, SUBMITTED BY MR. BILL LEONARD OF THE EUGENE AMBULANCE SERVICE. THE ~