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Home My WebLink About01/10/1951 Meeting ~ 361 ~I.,.., - - ---- .~- - -~ - Ii I: I: Ii I! ! I, COUNCIL CHAMB~RS, EUGENE, OREGON. JANUARY 10, 1951. ...r.--- ! A SP.ECIAL MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, JOHNSON, AT 3:30 P.M. JANUARY 10, 1951 WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: ALLEN, BOOTH; GODLOVE, SMITH, ~OPPE AND WATSON. MAYOR V. E. CRUMBAKER, THE CITY MANAGER FURTHER EXPLAINED THE REQUEST OF THE COATES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY RELATIVE TO AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN FEET FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LANE TOWER APARTMENTS AT 16TH AND OLIVE STREETS, AND ALSO READ THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AS FOLLOWS: 2 "A MEETING OF THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE WAS HELD ON JANUARY 9, 1951 AT 8:00 A.M. W'ITH THE FOLLOWING PRESENT: COUNCILMEN CRUMBAKER, CHAIRMAN; KOPPE AND GODLOVE; CITY MANAGER; CITY ENGINEER AND SENIOR BUILDING INSPECTOR. I THE COMMITTEE MET AT THE CORNER OF 16TH AVENUE AND OLIVE STREET TO REVIEW THE REQUEST OF THE COATES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, BUILDERS OF THE LANE TOWER APARTMENTS. THIS REQUEST WAS THAT THE CITY DEED SEV€*.FEET OF THE PRESENT CITY-OWNED FOURTEEN FOOT ALLEY RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND THAT OF. THE VETERANS PROPERTY. THIS REQUEST WAS MADE BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COATES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY ON THE AFTERNOON OF JANUARY 8TH, AFTER THEY HAD DISCOVERED THAT THEIR BUILDING HAD BEEN LOCATED SEVEN FEET BEYOND THEIR PROPERTY EXTENDING MIDWAY INTO THE FOURTEEN FOOT ALLEY OWNED BY THE CITY OF EUGENE. THIS REQUEST WAS BROUGHT UP AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING JANUARY 8TH AT WHICH TIME MESSRS. CLARENCE UREY AND JAMES RODMAN, JR. ADVISED THAT F.H.A. COMMITMENTS NECESSITATED AN ANSWER BY THE CITY OF EUGENE NOT LATER THAN TUESDAY, JANUARY 9TH, WHICH LEFT VERY LITTLE TIME FOR PROPER CONSIDERATION. THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE AGAIN REVIEWED THIS REQUEST AT THE MEETING TUESDAY MORNING AND CAME TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSIONS. I~ THAT THEY WERE NOT IN FAVOR OF CLOSING THE ALLEY WHICH WOULD .BE NECESSITATED IF THE SEVEN FEET WERE DEEDED TO THE COATES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. THIS FOURTEEN FOOT ALLEY WAY HAD BEEN RETAINED BY THE CITY OF EUGENE, AND IT WAS FELT THAT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC INVOLVED FROM THE VETERAN'S ACTIVITIES AT THE VETERAN'S MEMORIAL BUILDING, AND WITH THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF A 122 UNIT APARTMENT HOUSE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT ON THE WEST THAT THIS ALLEY WAY SHOULD BE MAINTAINED FOR EGRESS AND INGRESS AS WELL AS UTILITY AND SAFETY PURPOSES. 2. IN THE ORIGINAL AUTHORIZATION OF THIS PROJECT IT WAS STIPULATED THAT PARKING FACILITIES SHOULD BE PROVIDED FOR AT LEAST 50% OF THE APARTMENTS ,AND IT IS FELT T~AT THEIR PRESENT PLANS FOR 32 GARAGE PARKING SPACES AND 18 OPEN PARKING SPACES TOTALING ACCOMMODATIONS FOR 50 VEHICLES IS A MINIMUM TO BE APPROVED FOR THIS 122 UNIT PARKING LOT AND THAT THE PARKING SPACES SHOULD NOT BE REDUCED DUE TO THE ABOVE MENTIONED SEVEN FOOT ERROR. I 3; IN REVIEWING THE SETBACK LINES AS STIPULATED UNDER THE BUILDING ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WHEREIN THIS PROPOSED BUILDING IS SET BACK TEN FEET ON OLIVE STREET AND TWELVE FEET ON 16TH AVENUE, THE POSSIBILITY OF WAIVING THE SET- BACK LINES WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION AS A POSSIBLE SOLUTION, BUT THE COMMITTEE DID NOT FEEL THAT A WAIVER OF THE SETBACKS WAS JUSTIFIED, AS ALL OF THE OTHER PROPERTY IN THIS AREA WAS PROPERLY SET BACK AND ALSO THE SIGHT DISTANCE FOR SAFE DRIVING WOULD BE IMPAIRED. 4. IT WAS RECOMMENDED, HOWEVER, THAT IT MIGHT BE FEASIBLE FOR THE COATES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY TO OBTAIN ADDITIONAL PROPERTY IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA WITHIN 400 FEET AS STIPULATED UNDER THE BUILDING ORDINANCES TO AFFORD ADDI TIONAL PARKING SPACES AND ELIMINATE THAT PART OF THE PARKING FACILITIES WHICH PROTRUDED OVER THE SEVEN FOOT ALLEY WAY, THEREBY LOSING NO PARKING FACILITIES AND STILL REMAINING ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY. THIS SUGGESTION WAS MADE WITH THE THOUGHT THAT POSSIBLY THE PROPERTY ACROSS 16TH AVENUE COULD BE PURCHASED AND UTILIZED FOR PARKING FACILITIES AND THAT BY ELIMINATING THE ONE-STORY GARAGE PARKING PROTRUDING ON THE SEVEN FOOT ALLEY WAY THAT POSSIBLY THERE WOULD BE NO GREAT DIFFERENCE IN COST." A LETTER FROM THE VETERANS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION RELATIVE TO THE REQUEST THAT THEY DEED SEVEN FEET FROM THE WEST SIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY SO THAT A FOURTEEN FOOT ALLEY COULD BE MAINTAINED IF THE CITY DEEDED SEVEN FEET TO THE COATES CO~RUCTION COMPANY WAS READ AS FOLLOWS: "COMPLYING WITH YOUR REQUEST MADE TO MR. UREY, THE DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION MET LAST NIGHT TO CONSIDER THE PROPOSITION OF ACCEPTING A SEVEN FOOT STRIP OF GROUND ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY, TOGETHER WITH SOME OTHER CONSIDERATION, AND THEN IN EXCHANGE THEREFORE GRANTING TO THE CITY AND TO THE PUBLIC A PERMANENT 14 FOOT EASEMENT THROUGH OUR PARKING LOT FOR ALLEY PURPOSES. I lo.-. i:1:;'~'-_,.;..;.__",-':{;Z__ l_" -.. ~?. .;,-.\ '-:/'Ji - - ...;.,.~.:.o;;;""""_"'_"'~' .. " ~"",'-_-~,'_'_,,,",",,"",."-_'''':_.:a._'-:'''__~. ._",,,,,-,,,,--:::' _ "-"." ~,.. ..._"".:..:._....~..... .-'____ ,; _,___. :,~'d..__~..;{".:.._".:-.ct.".""'~\..;1-:..:~,;.loc ..dill .4;;A"'.. ~3fj2 .' _"",, ~ '" ._ _' ~ -,_ ...--.-c..... - -. .. _ --'" .~~.......-, -.--...., --,,-...------,- -,,''''., ---' THE PROPOSITION~WAS FULL DISCUSSED, AND THE CRITICAL POSITION THAT MR. COATES IS NOW IN IS REGRETTED, AS THE VETERANS WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO SEE THE DEVELOPMENT GO IN AS PLANNED, FOR THE VETERANS BELIEVE THAT THE HOUSING IS NEEDED AND THAT THE STRUCTURE "LANE TOWERS" WOULD CERTAINLY BE A CREDIT TO THE CITY OF EUGENE AND CERTAINLY THE CITY COULD USE THE TAXES THIS PROJECT WOULD YIELD. SEVERAL AL TERNAT,E PRO'p,OSALS WE~E MENTIONED, AND THE ONE, THAT $E~M~D TH~, MOST LOGICAL WAS FOR THE CITY TO VACATE THE ALLEGED ALLEY, AS l;r IS NOT NEEDED ,FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS: FIRST, THE WIDE~ VETERAN PARKING LOT THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS WOULD PROBABLY NEVER BE USED FORAN~ OTHER PURPOSE AND WOULD ALWAYS BE AVAILABLE FOR RIGHT OF WAY OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES. SECOND, WE FAIL TO SEE WHY THIS PA~TICULAR AREA, WHICH IS 160 F~~TBY334 FEET, BOUNDED BY 3 STREETS AND A PAVED ALLEY~ SHOULD BE BISE~~ED BY AN ALLEY TH~T WOULD ONLY BE 160 FEET LONG, WHEN THERE ARE ALONG WILLAMETTE STREET SEVE~AL LARGER AREAS THAT DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO OR THROUGH, THAT THIS AREA WOULD HAVE I'F THE SO CALLED ALLEY WAS VAC,ATED. THE VETERA~S ~RE COGNIZANT OF THE PROBLEMS OF CITY GOVERNMENT, BUT WE FEEL THAT THIS I~ AN INSTANCE WHERE THE NEED ~F,THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE VALUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE CITY IS,MUCH GREATER THAN THE NEED OF AN UNUSED ALLEY." I WILLIAM fORT, ATTORNEY~REPRESENTING MR.~COATES EXPLAINED THE PREblCAMBNT MR. COATES WAS IN, ADVISINGi THAT THIS ADDITIONAL SEVEN FEET WAS NEEDED AS THE PLANS COULD ~OT BE CHANGED 9R' ALTERED AT THIS TIME UNDER THE FHA COM~ITMENTS PREVIOUSLY ARRANGED FOR. HE ADVISED TH~T AN EXTENSION HAD BEEN GRANTED TO,CLARIFY THIS SITUATION UNTIL FRIDAY, JANUARY 12TH. f: AF~ER A COMPLETE DISCUSSION, IT WAS MOY~p BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE CITY EXCHANGE SEVEN FEET OF PROPER~Y ON THE WEST, SIDE OF THE CITY-OWNED FOURTEEN FOOT STRIP WITH THE VETERANS ASSOCIATION FOR A SEVEN FOOT STRIP OF THEIR PROPERTY ABU~TING THE CITY PROPERTY ON THE i~sr IN:ORDER TO'PROVIDE'AFOURTEEN FOOT ALLEY AND THAT THE COATES CONSTRUC~ION COMPANY' AGREE' TO RELOCATE THE SEWER SYSTEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIFICATIONS AND TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CITY OF EUGENE. MOTION CARRIED. ' REPRESENTATIVE~ OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION WERt ~~ESENT AND ST~TED THAT THEY . . 'I WOULD ENDEAVOR TO HAVE ANOTHERMEETIN~ WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO ASCERTAIN IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SELLING A SEVEN FOOT STRIP OFF OF THE WEST SIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY FOR THIS PURPOSE. 3 THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT OFFICERS AND ENGINEERS FROM THE 6TH ARMY FROM THE PERSIDIO OF SAN FRANCISCO AND FROM THE ARMY ~NGINEERS OF~ICE IN SEAiTLE WERE IN EUGENE 6N J~NUARY 9TH, I NVEST'I GAT rNG POSS I BLE SITES FOR PROPOSED CONSTRUC T.I ON OF AN OFF,j CERS RESERVE CORPS ARMORY. THESE OFFICERS ADVISED THAT THIS ARMORY WAS,'T;OCONSI,ST OF A TWO UNIT CAP,A'CITY" 1,30 FEET BY 90 FEET PLUS PARKING AREA, AND TO BE OF PERMANENT TYPE CONSTRUCTION WITH AN ESTI~ATED COST AT $150,000 PLUS THE COST OF THE AC~UISITION OF THE SITE. ARMY OFFICIALS ADVISED THAT THE GOVERNMENT COULD ENTER INTO A 50 YEAR LEASE OR OUTRIGHT PURCHASE AND THAT A FAIR M~RKET VALUE PRICE~OULD BE PAID FOR, THE SITE. FRqM THEIR INVESTIGATIONS~ THEY RECOMMENDED THE FOLLOWING FOUR POS~IBLE LOCATIONS: I. SKINNER'S BUTlE, PARK, AN,'AREA 350 F,EET FRONTING ON CHESHIRE STREET IN THE VICINITY OF THE OLD WOODEN WAREHOUSE AND DRILL TOW~R. I 2. THE AREA BETWEEN U2TR A~D CONSTITUTING THE EAS:r 272 FEET ARE LOCATED THREE QUANSIT HUTS ~3TR AV~NUES BETWEEN ALMADtN AND TAYLOR ..' . . . . OF THE PROPERTY ADJOINING AIRPORT HOMES PRESENTLY OCCUPIED UNDER LEASE FOR ARMY STREETS ON WHICH USE. 3. THE PROPERTY AT THE CORNER OF 2ND AVENUE AND HIGH STREET - 400 FEET BY 224 FEET OWNED BY THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD~ , ' 4. THE POSSIBILITY OF COMBI~ING THE OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS ARMORY WITH AN R.O.T.C. ARMORY THROUGH UN I VERSI TY, S1A TE AN!), FEDERAL COOPER A TI ON" TO BE LOCATED A,T THE PRESENT R.O.T~C. HEADQUARTERS AT THE INTERSECTf6N OF ONYX AND EAiT 15TH AVENUE, CONSTITUTING AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET BY 500 FEET. AFTER DISCUSSION OF THESE FOUR POSSIBLE LOCATIONS~ IT WAS BROUGHT OUT THAT THE LOCATION IN SKINNER'S BUTTE PARK WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE,DUE TO PARK AND PLAYGROUND RESTRICTIONS ON THIS PROPERTY AS STIPULATED IN THE CITY CHARTER, AND ALSO THAT THE PROPERTY LOCAT~D AT 13TH AND ALMADEN ALSO HAD DEFINITE PLANNED IMPROVEMENTS RELATIVE TO PARK AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. 'IN ACCORDANCE WITH THESE STUDIES, IT W~SMOVED BY CRUMBA~ER, SECONDED BY SMITH THAT EVERY EFFORT BE MADE TO COOPERATE BY OFf I C IA.LS OF THE 6TH ARMY AND U. S. 'ARMY ENGINEERS, WI TH THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, A~D THE STATE OF OREGON IN THE POSSIBLE ~ONSTRUCTION OF A JOINT R~O.T.C.-O.R.C. ARM~ AND AIR FORCE ARMORY TO BE LOCATED ~HER~ TH~ PRESENT OLri WOODEN R.O.T.C. BUILDINGS ARE AT THE UNIVERSITY AT THE INTERSECTION OF ONYX AND I~TH AVEN~~ AND T~AT IF THIS , ' PROVED TO BE IMPOSSIBLE OR NOT FEASIBLE T~AT THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO UTILIZE SITE NUMBER 3 MENTIONED ABOVE PERTAINING TO THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD PROPERTY AT 2ND AND HIGH STREET AND THAT THE CITY MANAGER BE IN~TRUCTED TO ADVISE OFFICIALS OF THE 6TH ARMY AND U. S. ARMY ENGINEERS AND OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THE STATE OF OREGON ACCORDINGLY. I ~ -- ::R ~,. -, -.....-.--..-,.- -~... -.' ~-~_.-- ... I I I Ii.';;" .. ~ .:- -;:, - -,,- '.'-' 4 THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT THE RICHfiELD OIL CORPORATION WHO HAD BEEN AWARDED THE LOW BID Of .116 fOR DIESEL fUEL UNDER THE BID OPENING OF JANUARY 3RD HAD STIPULATED THEY WERE UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH THIS QUOTATION AND HAD ASKED TO BE RELIEVED Of IT, AND IN ACCORDANCE THEREWITH, IT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION Of THE CITY MANAGER THAT THE NEXT LOW BID Of .1185 SUBMITTED BY THE CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY BE ACCEPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE BID Of THE RICHfiELD OIL CORPORATION BE RELEASED AND THAT THE BID Of THE CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT Of .1185 PER GALLON FOR DIESEL fUEL BE ACCEPTED AND THE PROPER CITY OffiCIALS ENTER INTO A CONTRACT THEREWITH. 5 THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED THAT THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of CHICAGO AND FORDYCE AND COMPANY HAD'REQUESTED COONCIC'APPROV~L'fOR MAKING THE BONDS"PAYABLEAT TRE-FrRST NATIONAL BANK AT CHICAGO RATHER THAN IN EUGENE. IT WAS MOVED BY BOOTH, SECONDED BY CRUMBAKER THAT THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK Of CHICAGO AND FORDYCE AND COMPANY BE ADVISED THAT THE CITY Of EUGENE DESIRED TO HAVE THESE BONDS MADE PAYABLE AT THE RECORDER'S OFfiCE IN THE CITY Of EUGENE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BID STIPULATION. MOTION CARRIED. INASMUCH AS A DEfiNITE ANSWER TO COATES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IS NECESSARY BEfORE FRIDAY, JANUARY 12, 1951, THE COUNCIL ADJOURNED TO 9:00 A.M. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 11TH. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, tJ~~ OREN L. 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