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r 2~)6 3/11/63 i--r-~~ I! -~~ ...... -,,--,-:--- _.--...--~-- e - --~~-<,~-=~-=---=-=-~=-;;::=--==~=~-=-;...:-;:"'=---"'~---'<=-.::.:..-:=..,=--'-==~-;:'-,,~~-~ ~ -1~"";.=--- ~-~ 3. PAVING 15TH,. OLIVE TO. LAWR~NCE - MR. SWANSo.N MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CH~TT TO PRO- CEED WITH THE PAVING OF 15TH AVENUE FROM OLIVE STREET TO LAWRENCE STREET. MOTION CARRIED. MR. CHATT MOVED SECo.NDED BY MRS. LAURIS TO APPROVE ITEM 3 OF THE COMMITTEE REFORT. MOTION CARRIED~ 2 3 4 5 61 7 4. EXPRESSWAY AMENDMENT - THE CITY MANAGER READ,AN OPINlo.N FROMTHE CITY ATTo.RNEyo.N: THE MEANING OF THE Wo.RDS "LAID OUT" AS USED IN THE CHARTER AMENDMENT WITH REGARD- TO EXPRESSWAYS, IN WHICH THE CITY ATTORNEY STATED THAT ACCo.RDING TO. WEBSTER'S 2ND EDITION OF THE NEW INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY, "LAID o.UT" MEANT THE ACT OR PRO- CESS OF LAYING o.UT OR PLANNING IN DETAIL ARRANGEMENT, PLAN OR DESIGN OF WHAT IS So. LAID OUT. THE CITY ATTORNEY ALSO STATED'THAT IT ~AS THE INTENTION OF MR. RALPH HILLIER, AN ATTORNEY WHO HAD HELPED DRAFT THE CHARTER AMENDMENT FOR THE PRo.PONENTS, THAT THE INTERPRETATION OF THE WORDS "LAID o.UT" MEANT- TO "ESTABLISH ON THE GROUND". IT WAS THE CTTY ATT~RNE;'S fURTHER DPINION ~HAT THE:M~TTER DF INTE~PRETING THE LANGUAGE OF THE AMENDMENT COULD'ONLY BE RESOLVED BY A COURT. MR. Bo.B FRASER, A MEMBE~ o.F THE'JAYCEES,SPEAKING UNOFFICIALLY AND: FDR. .HIM.SELF, STATED THE JAYCEES HAD BEEN SERI-DUSLY CDNSWER I NG DPEN I NG THE S_UBJECT A.GA I NAND ASKED THE COUNCIL IF' THERE WAS ANY WAY IN WHICH THEY COULD HELP WITH THEIR SERVICES. MR. SWEARINGEN, ALSO A MEMBER OF THE JAYCEES,: STATED HE FELT THE'AMENDMENT SHDULD BE CHANGE6. SDME MEMBERS DF THE CDU~CIL FELT THAT PER~A~S THE PUBLIC DR THE JAY- CEES SHDULD BRING INAN INITIATIVE'PETITIDN FDR THE CHANGE IN THE CHARTER. MRS. LAURIS MDVED SECDNDED BY MR~ DEVERELL'TD TABLE THE MATTER INDEFINITELY. MDT ION CARRIED. 5. BID OP&N~NG~ PHASt OPENED FEBRUARY 27, WILLAKENZIE SEwERs. DF $148,858.0.3, AND TO. THE LDW BIDDER. IV; WI-lLAKENZ '~E' SEWERS' - A TABULAT IDNDF BI OS WAS PRESENTED AS 1~63 AT 10.:0.0. A.~. FOR THE~ONSTRUCTIONOF PHASE IV OF THE THE_ Lo.WBIDDER WAS INTER-CITY CDNSTRUCTION COMPANY WITH A BID MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECONDED BY DR. PURDY TO AWARD THE CDNTRACT MOTION CARRIED. 6'~' CURB- S'IDEWALK,'"-ADAMS FRDM- 26TW TO 28TH ~- A REQUEST '-FDR' CURB ~S I DEWALK' LOCAT'lo.N ONL Y' WAS SUBM ITTED BY ,SEVERALPRDPERTY OWNERS ON ADAMS STRElrT FRDM 26TH- TO 28TH, 'REPRESENTING.61% OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY. 'THE PUBLlCWDRKS' DEPARTMENT RECOM- MENDED DENIAL OF TH~ REQUEST. . ~R.' CHATT MOVED SECo.NDED' BY MR. CHRISTENSEN TO AP- PROVE THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOM~ENDATIDN AND DENY THE REQUEST. MOTION CARRIED. 7. ENDo.RSEMENT RE: PLANNING FUNDS' Fo.R IMPRDVEMENT SMALL' WATERSHED PR~~ECTS- - THE CITY MANAGER READ A LETTER FROM THE LANE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS REQUESTING COUNCil tNDORSE~EN1 MENT OF A RESOLUTION TO. THE STATE LEGISLATURE FOR AN APPROPRIATION OF $10.0.,0.0.0..0.0. Fo.R PLANN rNG OF WORKS OF .1 MPROVEMENT OFS~ALL WATERSHED PROJECTS. IT WAS PO I NTED OUT THERE I S A REAL NEED FOR THIS PROGRA-M: TO CONT I NUE, ESPEC I ALL Y I NTHE AREA FROM EUGENE TOWARD JUNCTION CITY. THE APPRDPRIATlo.NWOULD BE OF REAL HELP TO. LANE COUNTY AND, INCIDE~TAi.LY, To.'THE'CITy'o.F'EUGENE.' MRS. LAURIS MOVED SECo.NDED BY DR. PURDY TO ENDORSE' THE RESOLUTION AND FORWARD IT TO THE- LANE C:o.UNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR TRANSMITTAL TO. THE STATE LEGISLATURE. MOTIOWCARRIED. 8. ~ EUGENE WATER & ELECTR I C BOARD L:ANDSCA"P I NG OF SUBSTAT'I ONS ~ DR. PURDY MOVED SECONDED BY MR. HAWK THAT A 'LETTER BE: SENT TO THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTFUC BOARD Co.MMENDING THEM ON THEIR' LANDSCAPING OF THE AREAS ARDUND THE~R SUBSTATIONS IN'THE CITY. MOTlo.N -CARR I ED ~ 9. SIDEWALK -' HARLOW, 'OAKWAY AND COBURG Ro.ADS - MR; DEVERELL POINTED OUT THAT WITH THE COMPLETIDN OF SHELDDN HIGH SCHOOL AND THE MOVEMENT OF SCHOo.L-AGE CHILDREN ALONG HARLo.W, OAKWAY'AND COBURG ROADS, THE' QUE'ST I ONOFS I DEWALKS FOR USE "BY 'THESE CHILDREN SHOULO- BE CONSIDERED. A STUDY'AND RECOMMENDATION SHOULD BE MADE So. THAT THE ROAD- WAYS WOULD NOT BE USED AS SIDEWALKS. MR. CHRISTENSEN Mo.VED SECo.NDED BY MR. HAWK TO. REQUEST A STUDY BY THE PLANNING CDMMISSION WITH THE Co.-o.PERATIo.N o.F THE SCHo.DL BDARD AND A RE'COMMENDATrDN FDR 'A SDtUHON 'DF THIS PRDBLEM. MOTION' CARRIED." MR. CHATT Mo.VED SECDNDED BY MRS.LAURIS THAT ITEMS 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 AND 9 DF THE CDMMITTEE RE- PDRT BE APPRDVED. MOTIDN CARRIED. ~\ BOA RDS AND COMM I SS I ONS ~ PLANNING' Co.MMISSIo.N REPo.RT - FEBRUARY 5, 1963 (SEE eDUNC1L MINUTES FEBRUARY 5, 1963). 3/11/63- 6 I e I I e I -,