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r'"300 e 5/10/65 1 1. Urban Design '- Dean Creese spoke informally on some of the currerit 'thinking on good urgan design and related thes~ ideas to his observations o~ Eugene's development. " I 2 2. Zoning and Land Use. Suess - M~. Bob Suess, a residential building cont~actor~ pre- sented his views on the following: a. That much of the zoned area in the "City is rapidly being used, and the Council and Planning Commission should rezone other areas to replace the areas used so that additional land may be available. b. That the Lane County Fairgr~unds, containing approximately 47 acres in the center of th~ City, mig~t better ~e used for other purposes the the Fair.~ He suggested that more acreage 'of To.wer value. might" be used for a fairgro.unds, and might be located on th~ perimet~r of the City where the public would con- tinue to patronize the Fair'even though it would mean an additional '10' minutes driving time. e c..'~That 's ewer s' should. he ex'tend'ed to ar'ea outside the' City limits, 'suggesting close co-operation between the City and County to bring this utility to 'the out.1ying areas. . d. That Oakway Golf Course is prime development area and, consider~ng t?~ pro- posed[ cost of $1 million, that a golf course of cO!llp!lrable size could be '".' bQilt for less outside the City confines and would still be accessible for residents with only an additional five minutes driving time. I . ~ ~ . Mr. Suess suggested that these items be considered in future planning for the welfare of the people of Eugene and for the economy of the general area. Mr. Chatt moved seconded by Mrs. Lauris that Items 1 and 2 of the Committee report be received and placed on file. Motion carried. 3 3. Storm Sewer. Bar M Ranch Subdivision - Mr. Clair Adkins in"developing the Bar M Ranch Subdivision had suggested he be permitted to construct a covered storm sewer through. this subdivision at a differe~t tocatioQ and to replace the existing dr~in~~e channel~ He proposed construction of a..rei-nforced: channel box of 4'x2~' ins'ide measurem~nts:at his own expense, with the City reimbursing him about $12,000, since this would be a trunk line storm sewer replacing the McKenzie Irrigation Drainage Channel. The Public Works Department bad prepared' estimates of the costs for constructing the storm. sewer using 54" pipe, 48" pipe, and the box-type structure proposed by Mr. Adkins; showing the cost using pipe would be about half the cost for the box-type. The Department recommended 3'x5' inside dimensions if a box-type s~ructur~ i~ used.. Dr~ Pu!dy moved seconded by Mr.McNutt to approve City participation in a box-type structure,,3'x5', to the tune of $15;000~ subject to' approval of the dimensions by the Soil Conserva- t ion Service. Mot ion carried.' ' ,. Mr. Chatt moved seconded'by Mrs~ Lauris to approve Item 3 of the Committee report. Rollcall_vote. Mo- tion carried, Mr. Chatt, Mrs. Lauris, Messrs. Crakes, Hawk, Purdy, and Anderson voting;ay~; Mr. Lassen voting no. I 4 4. Sanitary Sewer. Fruit Growers ~ The Eugene Fruit,Growers Association request a firm commitme~t r~garding installation of sewers in the'Bethel-Danebo area for ~he pro-: posed relocation of their plant~ The Public Works Department reported additional construction on the system now being installed will be necessary, and that an immediat~ change is ne~essary in the press~re line, trunk lines,C and D, .and:pu~p station~ , Dr. Purdy moved seconded'by Mr. Lassen to refer the. item to. the Planning Commission for a,recommenaation~ Motion carried. e ;5 5. Widening Willamette south of 29th - T~e P~blic W?r~s pepartmen~ reportedJthat Willamette Street had been'widened south of 29th Avenue a distance of 150 feet 'in conriection with construction.of service station,and recommendedextendtrig the wideni~g another:235:feet to the southat'an estimated cost to the City of:$1240. Dr. Purdy mov~d s~conded by Mr. Hawk to approve the reoommendat~~n~ Motion carried. 6. Paving and Sanitary 'Sewer. Terrace"View'- Owners of 100% of property which would be assessed petitioned these improvements" .Mrs. Lauris moved seconded by. Mr. Anderson to approve the petition: 'Motion carried: ~ 6 7 7. Paving Oakmont from Oakway to Coburg - The owners of '100% of th~ abut~ing p~ope~ty peti- tioned this paving and will have the paving'done under a private contract with developer,no ass~ssment to other property owners i~v~~ved. D~. :Pu~dy moved seconded by Mr. Crakes:to approve the petition. Motion carried~ I Mr. Chatt moved seconded by Mrs. Lauris to approve Items 4 thr-ough 7 of the Committee report. Motion carried. 8 8. Workable Program. Housing Code Enforcement - The City Manager' stated a letter had been received from the Hous~ng and ,Home ~inance ~gency regarding the r~comm~nded housing codeinspectiori'by the City to support recertifica~ion of Eugene's Wo~kable Program. A report on the proposed 'inspection program had'been sent to HHFA a~d r~sults of the correspondence will be given at a later date. Copies of the proposed inspection pro- gram are to be furnished to the Council members. e ~ 5/10/65 - 5