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e I 00 ,.-I ~ ~~ X CO e I I e I e 2 3 4 5 6 2'47~ 3/25/63 .''''-'--'-_.-_.. -' ----'--.--.--. -----~._-,_.-.-_.._-,.._,-~- --- . ----- -- ---~- ~~------_._------- ---_. COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON MARCH 21, 1963: "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COJNCILMEN CHATT, SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN, DEVERELL, HAWK AND PURDY; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; CITY RECORDER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT COLLINS; DIRECTOR Of PUBLIC WORKS; AND OTHERS. I. STREET LIGHTS ON WILLAMETTE, 13~H TO 19TH - THE C,TY MANAGER QUESTIONED THE COUNCIL AS TO WHETHER THEY WOULD PREfER TO HAVE ALUMINUM POLES WITH UNDERGROUND WIRING OR WOODEN POLES WITH OVERHEAD WIRING fOR STREET LIGHTS ON WILLAMETTE STREET fROM 13TH SOUTH TO 19TH, STATING THAT THE METAL POLES AND UNDERGROUND WIRING WOULD BE AT THE RATE 04 $6.50 EACH PER MONTH AGAINST AN ESTIMATED PRICE Of $3.90 PER MONTH fOR THE WOODEN POLES AND OVERHEAD WIRING. MR. CHRISTENSEN MOVED SECONDED BY MR. HAWK TO RECOMMEND INSTALLATION Of THE ALUMINUM POLES AND UNDERGROUND WIRING. MOTION CARRIID. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM I Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTI~ CARRIED. 2. CURB CUT 333 WEST 8TH, HAY & CARMAN, INC. - AN OVERSIZE CURB CUT, 52 fEET, WAS REQUESTED AT THIS LOCATION. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED THIS REQUEST BE DENIED SINCE THE 52 fOOT CUT WOULD ALLOW AUTOMOBILES TO BACK DIRECTLY ONTO 8TH AVENUE, BUT ALSO RECOMMENDED ALLOWING A 15 fOOT CURB CUT AT THE WEST END Of THE PROPERTY WHICH WOULD PROVIDE TWO ENTRANCES TO THE PROPERTY. DR. PURDY MOVED SECONDED BY MR. HAWK TO APPROVE THE 15 fOOT CURB CUT AT THE WEST END Of THE PRO- PERTY AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. MOTION CARRIED, MR. CHRIST- ENSEN VOTING NO. MR. CHATT MOVED SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 2 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED, MR. CHRISTENSEN VOTING NO. 3. ASSESSMENT POLICY HILYARD-PATTERSON WIDENING - MR. WARREN COOMBS, WHO OWNS PRO- PERTY AT 973 HILYARD STREET, WAS PRESENT AND SPOKE AGAINST THE ASSESSMENT TO PRI- VATE PROPERTY OWNERS fOR THE WIDENING Of HILYARD STREET. BASED UPON A POLICY ADOPTED IN JANUARY 1962, PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD PAY THE ASSESSMENT fOR THE ADDI- TIONAL WIDTH OVER PREVIOUSLY EXISTING WIDTH Of ANY STREET WIDENING PROJECT, AND IT WAS MR. COOMBS fEELING THAT IN CASES LIKE THIS THE CITY SHOULD PICK UP THE TAB fOR THE COST Of THE EXTRA WIDTH. MR. COOMBS STATED IT WAS HIS fEELING THAT WHEN THE CITY WIDENED STREETS TO TAKE CARE Of THE INCREASED TRAffiC LOAD, THE CITY SHOULD PAY ALL THE COSTS Of THE WIDENING. AfTER A LENGTHY DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL, MR. SWANSON MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHRISTENSEN TO APPROVE THE PRE- SENT POLICY ON ASSESSMENT fOR WIDENING Of STREETS. A TIE VOTE RESULTED, MESSRS. SWANSON, CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL VOTING YES; MESSRS. CHATT, HAWK AND PURDY VOTING NO, AND THE MATTER WAS HELD OVER. MR. SWANSON MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHRISTENSEN TO APPROVE EXISTING ASSESSMENT POLICY WITH REGARD TO STREET WIDENING. MR. WARREN COOMBS WAS PRESENT AND RESTATED HIS OBJECTIONS GIVEN PREVIOUSLY AT THE COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE MEETING, STATING THAT IT WAS HIS BELIEf AS WELL AS THAT Of OTHERS THAT THE COST Of THE WIDENING Of THESE STREETS SHOULD BE AT CITY EXPENSE. OTHERS PRESENT AND SPEAKING IN SUPPORT Of THIS PROPOSAL WERE MR. RALPH HILLIER, MR. JACKSON AND MR. CHAMBERS. AfTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ON THE SUBJECT, MR. SWANSON MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHRISTENSEN TO REFER THE POLICY MATTER ON STREET WIDEN- ING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MOTION DEfEATED, 6-2. A VOTE TAKEN ON THE ORIGINAL MOTION TO APPROVE EXISTING ASSESSMENT POLICY RESULTED IN THE MOTION'S BEING DEfEATED. FURTHER DISCUSSION RESULTED IN A MOTION BY MR. CHATT SECONDED BY DR. PURDY TO REVISE THE POLICY BY EXCLUDING R-4 ZONES FROM THE STREET WIDENING ASSESSMENT POLICY, WHICH WOULD EXEMPT PROPERTIES IN R-4 ZONES fROM PAYING fOR EXTRA WIDTH BEYOND 36', BUT PROPERTIES IN C AND M ZONES WOULD PAY ASSESSMENT fOR EXTRA WIDTH UP TO 44'. MOTION CARRIED, MR.SW~NSON AND MR. CHRISTENSEN VOTING NO. 4. 2-WAY TRAfFIC ON ALLEY fROM HILYARD TO ALDER BETWEEN 11TH AND 12TH - SACRED HEART HOSPITAL REQUESTED.2-WAY TRAFfiC IN THE ALLEY BEHIND THE HOSPITAL. THE TRAffiC ENGINEER RECOMMENDED THE REQUEST BE GRANTED. MR. CHRISTENSEN MOVED SECONDED BY MR. DEVERELL TO APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL PROVISION THAT NO PARKING BE ALLOWED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ALLEY. MOTION CARRIED. 5. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT - MARCH 5, 1963 A. ANNEXATION AREA ON WEST SIDE OF FLORAL HILL DRIVE NEAR BRISTOL STREET, CRUM - RECOMMENDED fOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSJON UPON 100% CONSENT PETI- TION. DR. PURDY MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO APPROVE THE ANNEXATION. MOTION CARRIED. B. ANNEXATION AREA AT END Of AGATE STREET NEAR 27TH, THOMAS, ET AL - RECOMMENDED fOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION UPON 100% CONSENT PETITION. DR.PURDY MOVED SECONDED BY MR. CHATT TO APPROVE THE ANNEXATION. MOTION CARRIED. 3/25/63 - 4 ~