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551t e I ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE CONSTRUCTION or A NEW C'TY HALL WERE 0'5- ' I CUSSED INCLYDING SITE, OFFICE SPACE, PARKING, DEPARTMENTAL ASSIGNMENTS TO SUCH A BGILDING OR OTHER BUILDINGS, AND OTHER SIMILAR MA~TERS. IT i WAS RECOGNIZED THAT A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM WOULD HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT AND SUBMITTED TO THE PEOPLE FOR THEIR APPROVAL. IT WAS INDICATED THAT A PROPER PROGRAM WHICH DID NOT RAISE TAXES UNDULY WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY RECEIVE APPROVAL OF ITHE VOTERS. AFTER CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION ON VARIOUS FACETS OF SUCH A PROGRAM, IT WAS I RECOMMENDED THAT PRELl MI NARY STEPS AS NECESSARY BE TAKEN SO THE SELECTI.ON I OF A SITE AND THE ERECTION OF A NEW CITY HALL COULD BE STARTED. ) 2. DISCUSSION REGARDING WATER USERS CHARGE fOR.AREAS OUTSIDE THE CITY SERVED i WITH WATER ~ COUNCILMAN LINDEEN SUGGESTED A STUDY BE MADE REGARDING WATER I USER FEES WHICH ARE CHARGED IN AREAS OUTSIDE THE CITY SERVED BY THE EUGENE : WATER AND ELECTR I C BOARD. I T WAS AGREED THAT THE CI TY MANAGER'S OFFI CE e SHOULD STUDY THIS MATTER. No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN." , , : I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. HARTMAN SECONDED BY MR. EDMUNDS THAT THE REPORT OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE I BE ADOPTED. MOTION CARRIED. A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1957 - RE: PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE - VACATI ON OF CHARNEL TON STREET BETWEEN 26TH AND 27TH AVENUES; VACATI ON OF KI NCAI 0 STREET FOR I PARK PURPOSES; DISCUSSION REGARDiNG ORDINANCE REGULATING CONSTRUCTION ~F SIDEWALKS IN BUSINESS AREA; PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE - DISCUSSION REGARDING REQUESTS FOR WARNING SIGNALS FOR THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CROSSING ON SENECA STREET AND fENCING O~ MILLRACE; REQUEST fOR IN- STALLATION OF STOP SIGNS ON STREETS LEADING INTO EAST 24TH AVENUE fROM HILYARD TO AGATESTREET; COMMITTEE or THE WHOLE ,- DISCUSSION REGARDING SUPPORT ,Of UNIVERSITY OF OREGON HOMECOMI.NG; WAS , ' SUBMITTED AND READ AS fOLLOWS: "PRESiNT: MAYOR MiGINTY; COUNCILMEN WATSON, SHEARER, HARTMAN, EDMUNDS, 'LAURIl; BRIGGS AND LINDEEN; CITY MANAGER; CITY ATTORNEY; DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC ! WORKS; CITY RECORDER; PARKS & RECREATION SUPERINTENDENT; TRAFFIC ENGI,NEER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF; POLICE OFFI'CER CLI F.FORD MI LLER; MRS. H. E. SMI TH;MESSRS. DON' BROOKE A.ND F:RED BRENNE; NINE TEACHERS OF EUGENE 'SCHOOL DISTRICT #4; JERRY UR- .HAMMER AND BILL DEAN, EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD; JACK CRAIG, KERG. , . I 5 PUBLIC WORKSCOMMI TTEE . I I. REGARDING VAcATION OF CHARNELTON STREET BETWEEN 26TH AND 27TH AVENUES - A PETITION FOR THE VACATION OF CHARNELTON STREET FOR THE ONE BLOCK AREA BETWEEN 26TH AND 27TH AVENUES WAS AGAIN PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. PETI- I TIONERS INDICATED THEY OBJECTED TO THE STREET SINCE THE LOTS IN THE AREA I WERE,'OF SMALL SIZE AND AS CURRENTLY P~ATTED RUN FROM OLIV~ STREtT TO ~ CHARNELTON STREET, AND THOSE PEOPLE ON INTERIOR LOTS WOULD BE ASSESSED FOR BOTH SUCH STREETS WHEN AND IF SUCH STREETS ARE PAVED WITH CORNER LOTS ALSO RECEIVING ASSESSMENT FOR THE SIDE STREETS. I REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE VISITED THE AREA AND GAVE SOME CONSIDERA- ' TION TO A PARTIAL VACATION WHICH WOULD LEAVE A 24' RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR UTILITIES I N THE AREA. MRS. H. E. SMI TH, A RESIDEN~ OF THE AREA, I Nt?' CATED SHE DID NOT BELIEVE THERE WOULD BE ANY OBJECTION TO THE RETENTION OF SUCH A RIGHT-OF-WAY. ArTER SOME FURTHER DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE MATTER OF THE . VACATION OF CHARNELTON STREET FROM 26TH TO 27TH AVENUES BE SENT TO THE COUN- CI L WI THOUT ~RECOMMENDATI ON. : e \ 2. VACATION OF KINCAID STREET FOR PARK PURPOSES - IT WAS EXPLAINED THAT THE ! COUNCIL AND THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS FUND HAD AGREED AS TO AN EXCHANGE OF 1 PROPERTY IN WHLCH THE CENTURY OF PROGRESS FUND WOULD PURCHASE LOTS 22, 23, . 24 AND 25 Of BLOCK 5, SUNNY HOLLOW ADDITION, FOR PARK PURPOSES WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT KINCAID STREET ADJACENT TO THE LOTS WOULD BE VACATED ALONG WITH A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY EXTENDING FROM KINCAID STREET TO EAST I AMAZON DRIVE, AND THAT A 50' RIGHT-O~~WAY FOR STREET PURPOSES WOULD BE. I GIVEN ALONG THE NORTHERLY SIDE OF LOT 22 IN BLOCK 5, SUNNY HOLLOW ADDI- TION, WHICH WOULD CONNECT KINCAID STREET WITH EAST AMAZON DRIVE. THE ! , . I' COMMITTEE VISITED AND VIEWED THE AREA, AND IT ~AS NOTED THAT THE SCHOOL ! DISTRICT OWNED PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE OF KINCAID STREET ON WHICH THEY , PROPOS,ED TO. DEVELOP A SCHOOL I N THE NEAR FUTURE AND THAT THE ACQUI SI TI ON I' OF THE PARK PROPERTY 'WOULD ALLOW FOR MUTUAL USE OF FACI LI TI ES BY BOTH I': GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES. H THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE DISCUSSION'REGARDING THE NECESSITY FOR TH~ VACA- I; .1 TI ON OF THE STREET AND A NUMBER OF THE COMMI TTEE MEMBERS EXPRESSED CON- I' SIDERABLE CONCERN OVER THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT Of THE AREA AND CONSE- : QUENT POTENTIAL FUTURE NEED OF A STREET AT THIS LOCATION. FOLLOWING THIS ! DISCUSSION IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT THE STREET BE VACATED SUBJECT TO ,SCHOOL DISTRICT #4-DEEDING BACK TO THE CITY THE ONE-HALF OF THE STREET WHICH THEY WOULD RECEIVE BY REASON OF SUCH VACATION AND THE CITY AND SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 THEN ARRANGING BY MUTUAL AGREEMENT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT'S e ~