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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11/28/1960 Meeting "... 9 0 NOVEMBER 28, 1960 e COUNCIL CHAMBER 11/28/60 EUGENE, OREGON I , II I THE REGULAR MEETING or THE COMMON COUNCIL or THE CITY or EUGENE WAS HELD NOVEMBER 17, 1960 AND ADJOURNED TO NOVEMBER 28, 1960 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO I, I ORDER BY HIS HONOR MAYOR E. E. CONE WITH THE fOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: I' , MR. SHEARER, MRS. LAURIS, " , MR. MOLHOLM, MR. MCGA~FEY, MR. CHATT, MR. MOYER, MR. WILSON AND MR. SWANSON. '. II Ii THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. DAVID WHITE. I' THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD NOVEMBER ,I 17, 1960 WERE NOT AVAILABLE FOR APPROVAL AS :i OF THIS DATE AND WERE HELD OVER UNTIL THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING. :1 Ii INTRODUCTION OF NEW BUSINESS I, I' Ii " 'i I i: COUNCILMAN SHEARER STATED AT, THE RECENT LEAGUE OF OREGON CITIES MEETING HELD IN SALEM, A NUMBER If d II OF PAPERS WERE PRESENTED AND A NUMBER or INDIVIDUALS SPOKE ON THE SUBJECT OF ANNEXATION. HE SUG- I GESTED THAT COPIES or THESE PAPERS BE OBTAINED FROM THE LEAGUE OF OREroN CITIES orFICIALS ANO THAT SUCH COPIES BE rORWARDED TO THE LANE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, IN HOPES THAT SOME ACTION ON THE ANNECATION QUEST~S MIGHT BE TAKEN BY THE LEGISLATURE, WHI~ CONVENES IN JANUARY, 1961. COUNCILMAN SHEARER SUGGESTED THAT EXISTING STATE LAWS ARE SOMEWHAT ARCHAIC. HE ALSO PROPOSED p THAT A MEETING BE HELD WITH THE LEGISLATIVE DELtGATION ON THIS AND OTHER SUBJECTS, A~~HAT THE " e I: SPRINGrlELD CITY COUNCIL BE INVITED TO THIS MEETING. IT WAS rURTHER SUGGESTED THAT THE MEETING NOT " " I, BE CONFINED TO PROBLEMS OF ANNEXATION, BUT THAT IT COVER A NUMBER OF THE PROBLEMS CU~~ENTLY BEING rACED BY THE CITIES, SUCH AS ANNEXAT~, FINANCING AND OTHER AREAS THAT MIGHT BE REMEDIED BY STATE- WIDE LEGISLATION. THE MAYOR,SUGGESTED THAT SUCH A MEETING BE SET UP. No rORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN BY THE COUNCIL. 2 THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED HE,HAD HELD DISCUSSIONS WITH REPRESENTATIVES or SCHOOL DISTRICT #4 I ON THE POSSIBIL'ITY Of ACQUIRING SOME PORTION or THE SO-CALLEO FRANCIS WILLARD PROPERTY LOCATED IMMEDIATELY SOUTH or THE LIBRARY BUILDING. HE STATED THE WHOLE OF THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN PRICED AT $125,000 AND SUGGESTED THAT A 60 FOOT PARCEL IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE LIBRARY AND RUNNING FROM OLIVE TO CHARNELTON STREET MIGHT BE OPTIONED AT A PRICE OF $35,000 TOTAL PRICE, WITH THE OPTION TO BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 1962. THE COUNC I L HELD SOME 0 I SCUSS 10 N ON TH I S PRO POSAL. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THIS ITEM BE REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. MOTION CARRIED. I, ,. " I' " 3 SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD AMONG VARIOUS OF THE COUNCH MEMBERS WITH REGARD TO THE CONTINUATION II OF nE CONCRETE CHANNEL LINING FOR AMAZON CREEK. IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAD HAD !! VARIOUS DISCUSSIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS ON THIS SUBJECT BUT THAT NOTHING HAD THUS FAR BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN CONGRESS TOWARD THE EXTENSION OF THE CHANNEL LINING. FOLLOWING SOME DISCUSSION IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED By'MR. MCGAFFEY THAT THE ADMINI- " STRATIVE STAFF BE INSTRUCTED TO PURSUE THE SUBJECT or ADDITIONAL CHANNEL LINING ON AMA~N CREEK AT 'I BOTH ENDS OF THE EXISTING CHANNEL LINING, AND THAT THE CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION BE CONTACTED TO THIS il END. MOTl ON CARR I ED. 4 THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED ON A VARIANCE WHICH HAD BEEN GRANTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF 18TH AVENUE AT PIERCE STREET FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A LAUNDROMAT. HE STATED THAT THE HOLDER OF THE VARIANCE ;i HAD COMPLIED WITH THE TERMS OF THE VARIANCE WITH REGARD TO A SETBACK FOR A FIVE FOOT PLANTING STRIP I; II ON THE WESTERLY SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. IT WAS FURTHER INDICATED THAT THERE MAY BE SOME QUESTION AS " TO THE SETBACK' FROM THE STREET, THAT THIS MATTER WOULD BE VERifiED AND REPORTED ON. No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS SUBJECT. I 'I REPORTS OF COMMITTEES I' .! " Ii I: A REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE MEETING HELD NOVEMBER 23, 1960 i! ii I PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN SHEARER, LAURIS,MoLHOLM, MOYER, WILSON, SWANSON; COUNCILMEN ,/ELECT CHR I STENSEN ArID DEVERELL; C I T Y MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; DIRECTOR OF PUBLICWORKS; CH EF OF POL ICE; TRAFFIC ENGINEER; PLANNING CONSULTANT; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; CITY ATTORNEY; LT. SMARTT; MESSRS. e JONES AND LINDSTROM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON; MRS. NIVEN; MRS. BUTLER; DAN WYANT OF THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD AND WENDY RAY OF RADIO STATION KUGN. ,: I' 5 !! I . REQUEST FOR CURB CUT EXTENSION ON CHARNELTON STREET AT PROPERTY LOCATED AT 220 WEST 7TH - REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMITTEE OBSERVED THE REQUESTED CURB CUT LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF i' I I " " CHARNELTON STREET, JUST SOUTH OF 7TH AVENUE, WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNER REQUESTED FOR APPROVAL. HE ,I II ASKED THAT AN EXISTING CURB CUT BE EXTENDED FROM 37 FEET TO 45 FEET. THE REQUEST STATED IF SUCH I: I CURB CUT WERE ALLOWED IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR CUSTOMERS TO ENTER THE STATION FROM CH~RNELTON STREET THAN IT IS AT THE PRESENT TIME. THE COMM I TTEE CONS I DERED THE MATTER AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE EXTENS I eN ii: BE GRANTED, WITH THE EXTENSION TO BE TO THE NORTH Of THE EXISTING CUT. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSL~. ~ : IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR'S THAT ITEM I OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE I' APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. , I' :i " I: : 6 2. REQUEST FOR CURB SIDEWALKS - I A. FRIENDLY STREET BETWEEN 24TH AVENUE AND 25TH AVENUE. A REQUEST FROM A PROPERTY OWNER LOCATED I AT 2467 FRIENDLY STREET FOR A CURB SIDEWALK WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE WITH A RECOMMENDATION II i OF THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT THAT SUCH CURB SIDEWALKS BE ALLOWED. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEP~TMENT ALSO H RECOMMENDED THAT CURB SIDEWALKS BE ALLOWED ON BOTH SIDES OF FRIENDLY STREET BETWEEN 24TH AVENUE AND ,: I 28TH AVENUE. THE COMMITTEE VIEWED THE REQUESTED CURB SIDEWALK AT 2467 FRIENDLY STREET, AS WELL AS ,I ;i' THE WHOLE OF FRIENDLY STREET BETWEEN 24TH AND 28TH AVENUES AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE CURB SIDEWALK BE " 'I ALLOWED AT 2467 FRIENDLY STREET AND THAT CURB SIDEWALKS BE APPROVED ALONG BOTH SIDES OF FRW,ENDLY il STREET BETWEEN 24TH AND 28TH AVENUES. MOT'ON CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I: e :, ~ ""IIIIl 9(1 e 11/28/60 - -- - - ----- I" IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 2A Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. B. 21ST AVENUE fROM CITY VIEW STREET TO THE WEST BOUNDARY Of 4TH ADDITION TO HIGHLAND OAKS. I REQUEST fROM A RROPERTY OW~ R AT 2505 WEST 21 ST AVENUE WAS PRES ENTED TO THE COMM I TTEE. THE COMMITTEE REPRESENTAT I VES V IEWED THE AREA AND NOTED THAT THE TERRAIN IS SOMEWHAT STEEP ON BOTH SIDES Of THE STREET AND RECOMMENDED THAT CURB SIDEWALKS BE ALLOWED ON 21ST AVENUE fROM CITY VIEW STREET TO THE WEST BOUNDARY Of ~TH ADOITIGS TO HIGHLAND OAKS. M~TION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. i- IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 2B Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 2 C. REQUEST fOR CURB SIDEWALK ON 20TH AVENUE BET~EN JACKSON STREET AND VAN BUREN STREET. A PETITION REQUESTING THAT CURB SIDEWALKS BE ALLOWED ON BOTH SIDES Of 20TH AVENUE BETWEEN JACKSON " AND VAN BUREN STREETS WAS PRESENTED WITH THE SIGNATURES Of THREE PROPERTY OWNERS THE ! IN THE AREA. , " PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT POINTED OUT THAT ONE-Q~~RTER Of T~ BLOCK ALREADY HAS A SIDEWALK, WHICH IS SET BACK fROM THE CURB AND THAT THERE APPE~RED TO BE NO PARTICULAR DiffiCULTIES BECAUSE Of TOPOGRAPHIC e CONDITIONS AS TO WHY STANDARD SETBACK SIDEWALK COULD NOT BE CONSTRUCTED. THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS VIEWED THE PROPERTY AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE PETITION fOR CURB SIDEWALKS BE DENIED AND THAT STANDARD SETBACK SIDEWALKS BE REQUIRED I N THE ABOVE DESCRIBED AREA. M~TION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. " IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR I S THAT ITEM 2C Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I" 3 3. REQUEST fOR VACATION Of A 7 fOOT UT[LITY EASEMENT ALONG THE SOUTH LINE Of LOT 6, BLOCK 2 SOUTH SIDE HILLS - A PETITION REQUESTING THE VACATION Of A 7 fOOT UTILITY EASEMENT ALONG THE SOUTH LINE ~ LOT 6, BLOCK 2, SOUTH SIDE HILLS WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE. A MAP WAS SHOWN Of THE AREA AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THERE WERE NO KNOWN OBJECTIONS fROM ANY Of THE UTILITY COMPAN I ES WITH RESPECT TO THIS VACATION. THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE REQU6STEO VACATION BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ! ~ IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR I S THAT ITEM 3 Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE en APPROVED. MOTIGN CARRIED. c-J i I'T i-J... 4. CONSIDERATI~N Of PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON CERTAIN ANNEXATIONS - " =c 4 i CO A. ANNEXATION Of ELKSSLODGE PROPERTY IN WILLAKENZIE AREA. THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED THAT THIS PRO~ RTY BE APPROVED fOR ANNEXATION ON A CONSENT BASIS AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL Of THE REPORT Of HE PLANNING COMMISSION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 4A Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. .MOTION CARRIED. , 5 B. ApPROVAL Of ANNEXATION OF PARADISE PARK, LOCATED IN THE WILLAKENZIE AREA. THE PLANNING COM- MISSION RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL ON A CONSENT BASIS Of THE ANNEXATION Of PARADISE PARK SUBDIVISION AND T~ COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THE APPROVAL Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 1 IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 4B Of THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. CONSIDERATION Of BIDS ON PUBLIC WORKS EQUIPMENT - 5. 6 A. BIDS ON SEWERODER MACHINE. IT WAS STATED THAT THREE BIDS HAD BEEN RE&EIVED ON A SEWERODER MACHINE, THE LOW BID BEING THAT OF AIR-MAC, INC., BIDDING ON A STEWART MODEL AT A PRICE Of $4,336.00. " THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED THE LOW BID AND T~ COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT THE BID Of THE e AIR-MAC, INC., BE APPROVED AT. .THE UNIT PRICE STATED ABO~ . MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ON THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE CITY MANAGER, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THIS ITEM'BE REfERRED TO THE COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE. MOTION CARRIED. 7 B. BIDS ON STREET SWEEPERS .HAD ALSO BEEN OPENED A~ FOUR COMPANIES BID ON SEVEN DIFfERENT MODELS OF MACHINES. THE LOW BID WAS ENTERED BY AIR-MAC, BIDDING ON A MOBIL SWEEPER AT A NET PRICE INCLUDING TRADE-IN OF $8,331.00. THE NEXT LOW BID WAS THAT Of FEENAUGHTY MACHINERY, BIDDING ON A WAYNE MODEL 520 AT A NET PRICE Of $9,620.00, WITH OTHER BIDS. RECEIVED BEING IN EXCESS Of THEBE PRICES. THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDED THAT THE WAYNE SWEEPER MODEL No. 520 BE ACCEPTED AT A BID PRICE Of $9,620 SINCE IT WAS BELIEVED THAT THE THREE-WHEELED TYPE SWEEPERS ARE MORE PREVALENT IN THE fiELD AND MORE " .' DESIRABLE fROM PAST EXPERIENCEj THAT SHOP PERSONNEL ARE MORE fAMILIAR WITH THIS EQUIPMENT fROM A MAINTENANCE STANDPOINT, SINCE WE HAVE OTHER EQUIPMENT COMPARABLE TO THIS AND SINCE THE LOCATION Of THE GUTTER BROOM ON THE WAYNE SWEEPER IS A DESIRABLE FEATURE BECAUSE IT PROTECTS THE TIRE fROM DAMAGE, WH IC H IS NOT TRUE WITH OTHER SWEEPERS. P,CTORIAL REPRESENTATIONS Of THESE MACHINES WERE ALSO SHOWN, AND THE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED THAT 1 THE BID OF FEENAUGHTY MACHINERY COMPANY, BIDDING ON A WAYNE MODEL NO. 520, AT A TOTAL PRICE INCLUDING TRADE-IN, Of $9,620.00, BE APPRO~D. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. SOME DISCUSSION ON SWEEPER SPECltlCATIONS WAS HAD. THE QUESTIONSWAS RAISED AS TO WHETHER SPECifiCATIONS fOR CITY P~RPOSES SHOULD BE GENERAL OR RESTRICTIVE. COUNCILMAN SHEARER POINTED OUT THAT, IN HIS BELIEf, SPECifiCATIONS SHOULD BE MO~ GENERAL IN NATURE, BUT ACTUAL PURCHASE SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO RECOMMENDATIONS Of THE CITY MANAGER, DEPARTMENT HEADS AND, fiNALLY, THE COUNCIL. e IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED AND THE BID Of FEENAUGHTY MACHINERY ON A WAYNE MODEL No. 520 STREET SWEEPER, AT A NET PRICE OF $9,620.00 .....4 02 v ., e 11/28/60 .. .- BE ACCEPTED. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, MOTION CARRIED. I 6. REQUEST FOR CLOSURE OF COLUBMIA STREET, ENTERED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - A~TING .1 PRESIDENT JONES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON AND MR. LINDSTROM OF THE BUSINESS OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY I' APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMITTEE TO REQUEST THAT COLUMBIA STREET BE ~AtATED FROM 15TH AVENUE ,I OF OREGON, ii TO A POINT 330 FEET NORTH OF 15TH AVENUE~. < IN THE PRESENTATION, DEAN JONES AND MR. LINDSTROM POINTED I' asr THAT THE UN I VERS I TY PROPOSES TO BUILD A NUMBER or NEW DORM I TOR I ES IN THIS GENERAL AREA, AS WELL II AS AREAS TO THE EAST ANO THAT THiS GENERAL PROGRAM HAS MET WITH THE APRROVAL OF THE OREGON STATE " I, I' BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION, SUBJECT TO ACTION BY THE CITY AND SPECIFICALLY IN ORDER TO BUILD DORMI- 'i 'I IN THE AREA BETWEEN COLUMBIA AND Moss AND BETWEEN 15TH AVENUES, I' TORIES 14TH AND TO MEET THE TIME Ii SCHEDULE W8~CH APPARENTLY IS REQUIRED, T'HATCONSTRUCTION MUST BEGIN ONTHIS BY JUNE I , 1961 FOR OCCU- :1 PANCY BY SPETMEBER, 1962. Ii IN THE DISCUSSION, SOME COMMENT WAS ALSO MADE REGARDING POSSIBLE LETTER OF INTENT FOR THE OPENING OF 18TH AveNUE BETWEEN AGATE: AND VILLARD STREETS. GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE UNIVERSITY AREA ;1 ~AS ALSO HAD, WHICH INCLUDED THE TYPE OF BUILDINGS PROPOSED TO BE BUILT, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR OPEN Ii I, I SPACES BETWEEN THE: BUILDINGS AND OTHER SIMjLAR ITEMS. FOLLOW I f'<<i THIS DISCUSSION, IT WAS RECOMMENDED Ii THAT THE REQUES[ED V~CATION OF COlUB~ASTREET FROM 15TH AVENUE TOA POINT 330 FEET NORTH OF 15TH I' AVENUE BE APPROVED, SUBJECT TO A REPORT ,AND APPROVAL OF THE PUBL I CWORKS D I RECTOR WITH RE FERENCE TO Ii SEWER I NSTALLAT ION S IN 'TH I S AREA.' THE MOTION WAS CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. e I :1 FOLLOWING THIS ACTION, SOME DISCUSSION WAS HAD WITH REFERENCE TO SEWERS INTO THIS AREA AND <i <I THE POSSIBLE RUJIREMENT FOR ADlillllTlONAL TRUNK LINES BECUASE OF THE HIGH DENSITY POPULATION IN THE :1 AREA. IT WAS THEN RECOMMENDED THiT A STUDY BE MADE ~F ALL PROBLEMS ~HICH AFFECT BOTH THE CITY AND THE UNIVERSITY INCLUDING THE SEWERS, TRAFFIC FLOWS, AND ALL OTHER ITEMS TO BE MADE BY CITY AGENCIES, INCLUDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THAT A REPORT OF SUCH STUDY BE GIVEN TO THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. I .1 , SOME OISCUSSION OF STREET CLOSURES IN THE UNIVERSITY AREA WAS HAD, WHICH INCLUDED THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE FIRE CHREF TH~ NO STREETS BE CLOSED, THE QUESTION OF OFF-STREET PARKING, WHICH UNIVERSITY REPRESENTATIVES 'INDICATE-D WAS :PLANNED FOR DORMITORIES,-AN'D ,SOME GENERAL DISCUSSION ON -THE NECESSITY FOR STREET CLOSURES FOR UNIVERSITY BUILDING PURPOSES. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SE:CONOED BY MRS. L~RIS THAT THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED, MR~ McGAFFEY VOTI~ NO. 2 , 7. REPORT ON -THE TRAFFIC PATTERN,INTHE DOWNTOWN AREA -, TH~ CITY MANAGER REPORTED,THAT PURSUANT TO THE COUNCIL'S EXP~SSED WISH, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STAFF, OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE DOWNtOWN MERCHANTS HAD MET TO DISCUSS THE TRA~FIC PATTERN IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA, THAT THIS COMMITTEE WAS RECOMMENDING THAT BROADWAY AND 10TH AVENUE TRAFFIC PATTERNS BE CHANGED. SPECIFICALLY, THE COMMITTEE RECdMMENDS THAT BROADWAY BE ESTABLISHED AS A ONE-WAY STREET EAST BOUND BETWEEN LINCOLN AND PEARL STREETS, At{) THAT BROADWAY BE A TWO-WAY STREET BETWEEN PEARL AND HIGH STREET, AND TJ;lAT 10TH :AVENUE BECOME A: TWO-WAY STREET FROM LINCOLN TO HIGH STREET. THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED THIS RECOMMENDATION ANO RECOMMENDED THAT THE PLAN FOR THE DOWNTOWN AREA TRAFFIC, AS POINTED OUT A~OVE, BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. THE COMM I TTEE ALS 0 RECOMMENDED THAT ,THIS SYSTEM BE INSTITUTED IMMEDIATELY. VARIOUS SUGGESTIONS WERE MADE WITH REGARD TO THE SCRAMBLE-AMBLE SYSTEM, At{) COUNC I,LMAN MOLHOLM SUGGESTED THAT A ,STUDY BE MADE REGARDING SCRAMBLE-AMBLE ON 8TH AND WILLAMET1EAND,8TH AND PLI VE STREETS. DISCUSSION WAS ALSO HAD ON VARIOUS ALTERNATIVE PROPOSALS FOR FUTURE USE IN SOLVING :THE DOWNTOWN TRAFFIC PROBLEM AND IT WAS POINTED OUT THAT THE OREGON STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION HAD ONEE RECOMMENDED THAT UOTH AND I ~T~ AVENUES BECOME A ONE-WAY COUPLET~ WH1CH WOULD R~VERSE THE TRAFFIC ON I II TH AVENUE AND MAKE 10TH AVENUE A ONE-WAY STREET WESTBOUND. ONE OF THE PROBLEMS APPARENT IN THIS IS THE MOVEMENT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC INTO THE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS AREA. AN ADDITIONAL COMMENT WAS MADE REGARDING THE POSSIBLE INSTALLATION OF SCRAMBLE-AM~LE AT,BRGtlDWAY AND OAK STREET. THE ,COMMI1TEE RECOMMENDED THAT A STUDY BE MADE OF SCRAMBLE-AMBLE AT 8TH AND WILLAMETTE, 8TH AND OAK, AND BROADWAY AND OAK STREETS, AND THAT- -A RECOMMENDAT ION BE MAOE FOR SUCH INTERSECTION. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY" COUNCILMAN MOYER INDiCATED AT THIS POINT THAT THE TRkFFIC OFF THE DOWN RAMP OF T~ FERRY STREET BRIDGE NOW PROVESSTHAT TRAFFIC IS STILL A PROBLEM ON 6TH ANO 7T~AvENUES AND SUGGESTED THAT PARKING BE REMOVED FROM THESE STREETS, AT LEAST DURING THE MORNING AND EYENING RUSH HOUR PERIODS. e No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS SUGGESTION. , IT WAS THEN MOVED ay MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS,THAT'ITEM 7 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. I NIVEN Of THE PLANNING COMMISSION REPORTED ON 31 8. DURING THE COURSE OF THE MEETING, MRS. ,A VARIANCE RECENTLY GIVEN BY THE COUNCIL, ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH sibE OF 18TH AVENUE AT PIERCE STREET, AND IMOICAT~D THAT SOME PROBLEMS WERE ST~,LL APPARENT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA. SHE FURTHER INDICATEI!)) THAT SUCH A'VA,Rr:ANCE HAD BEEN APPROVE,D .OVER THE RECOMMENOATlo.I OF THE PLANNING I, COMMISSION, AND THAT IT NOW APPEARS THAT ABUTTINQ PROPERTY ow~eRS DID NOT DESIRE THAT SUCH A VARIANCE 'I BE APPROVED. ,No FORMAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THIS REPORT. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT ITEM 8 OF THE COMMITTEE REPORT BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4 THE CITY MANAGER REPORTED A PETITION HAD BEEN RECEIVED FOR A MID-BLOCK CROSSWALK ON EAST I BROADWAY BETWEEN WILLAMETTE AND OAK ?TREETS, AND THAT THIS PETITION HAD BEEN REfERRED TO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR STUDY AND REPORT AT A LATER TIME. No FORMAL ACTlrnWAS TAKEN ON THIS MATTER~ REPORTS OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS 5 REPORTSB~ THE PLANNING COMMISSION - RE: REZONING PETITION SUBMITTED BY JOHN SKILLERN ON PROPERTY LOCATED ON COBURG ROAD. \! e ~ ""lIIIl 93 e 11/28/60 " l' I' " I " IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE REPORT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION , DENYING THE REQUESTED REZONING BE APPROVED. MR. SHEARER, MRS. LAUR,S AND MR. SWANSON VOTED AYE; 1:1 MR. MOLHOLM, MR. MCGAFFEY, MR. CHATT, MR. MOYER AND MR. WILSON VOTING NO, MOTION LOST. " j SOME CONSIDERABbE D~USSION WAS HELD ON THIS SUBJECT BY ABUTTING PRORRTY OWNERS, BY MR. SKILLERN, MR. HOOLOWAY, THE PLANNING CONSULTANT AND OTHERS. IN THE DISCUSSION, MR. HINTZ, AN ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER, VOICED HIS OBJECTIONS TO THE REZONING AND REAQ A LETTER SIGNED BY 13 OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WHO, BY LETTER, AUTHORIZED MR. HINTZ TO REPRESENT THEM IN THEIR OBJECTIONS TO THE REZONING. I' ; MR. DALE PETERSEN AND MR. ROGER LEE, RESIDENTS LIVING ON PIONEER PIKE, 'SPOKE IN OPPOSITION TO THE MR. PETERSEN STATED HEREPRESENTED FOUR OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS LIVING ON PIONEER PIKE:. I' REZONING. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. CHATT SECONDED BY MR. MOYER THAT C-3P ZONING, WITH PARKING, BE GRANTED ON THE TWO SOUTHERN-MOST PARCELS, AND THAT R-I ZONING BE RETAINED ON THE NORTHERN-MOST PARCEL. DISCUSSION WAS HAD ON THIS, IN WHICH MR. HINTZ AND MR. PETERSEN OBJECTED TO THE PROPOSED MOTION. " I THE PLANNING CONSULTANT, ON REQUEST, GAVE THE HISTORY OF THE VARIOUS ACTIONS WHICH HAVE BEEN TAKEN IN REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY, AND STATED HE BELIEVED THE ZONING TO C-3P WOULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A e RIBBON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG COBU~G ROAD WHICH WOULD EXTEND TO CAL YOUNG ROAD. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE MOTION BE AMENDED TO REZONE TO R-3 MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT ALL THREE PARCELS. COUNCILMAN SHEARER STATED BY REZONING TO R-3, IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE ORDERLY DEVELOPMENT OF LAND. A NUMBER OF STATEMENTS WERE THEN MADE BY THE PLANNING CONSULTANT, BY MR. SKILLERN AND MR. HOLLO- WAY, IN REGARD TO THE VARIOUS ACTIONS TAKEN BY BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSIONS, AND I THE ADMINISTRATIVE STAFf. MRS. NIVEN Of THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION STATED SHE BELIEVED THE EUGENE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD BE AGREEABLE TO R-3 ZONING. SHE fURTHER STA~ED THAT I F THERE IS SOME QUESTIONS AS TO THE VARIOUS RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN MADE, THE PETITIONERS ONLY REDRESS WOULD BE THROUGH THE COURTS. , , MR. SKILLERN STATED HE WAS DESIROUS OF RECEVING C-3P ZONING ON THE TWO SOUTHERNMOST PARCELS, , BUT THAT HE WOULD ACCEPT R-3 ZONING. A LIST OF THE USES ALLOWABLE IN R-3 WERE READ. ~ A VOTE WAS THEN TAKEN ON THE AMENDMENT TO ALLOW R-3 ZONING FOR ALL THREE PARCELS, WITH MR. ~ SHEARER" MRS. LAU~ S, MR. MOLHOLM MR. SWANSON AND MR. CONE VOTING AYE, AND MR. MCGAFFEY, MR. CHATT, C\1 rT MR. MOYER AND MR. WILSON VOTING NO, MOTION CARRIED. ~ CQ PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS CO ': I RENEWAL APPLICATIONS FOR 1961 LIQUOB LICENSES WERE SUBMITTED BY THE fOLLOWING AND APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT: GEORGE J. McKENZIE, DBA COSMO OIGAR STORE, 685 WILLAMETTE; HARRY C. AND ANN V. RUTHi DBA HARRY AND ANN'S CAfE, 101 WEST 7TH; EDWARD AND I. McMILLAN, DBA LAWRENCE STREET MARKET; MILES E. MCKAY, DBA MCKAY'S BIG Y MARKET, 2175 WEST 7TH; MILE S E. McKA Y, DBA MCKAY'S LITTLE Y MARKET, 603 WEST 19TH; MILES E. MCKAY, DBA MCKAY'S HILYARD STREET MARKET, 3061 HILYARD; MIL ESE. Mc KA Y, DBA MCKAY'S BRIDGE MARKET, 150 COBURG ROAD; I' GUY J. AND LETA L. OLDHAM, DBA OLDHAM'S CAFE, 2507 ,WEST 6TH; I JOE E. AND ANNE E. EARLEY AND JOHN BROWNSON, DBA OSBURN HOTEL; I KAY ERNEST AND JUNE I. MYERS, DBA SNAPPY SERVICE CAFE, 453 WILLAMETTE; SIDNEY FREDERICKSEN, SAHARA CLUB, 159 EAST BROADWAY; THRIFTY DRUG STORE, CHo\RLES E. MAGNUS, 194 WEST BROADWAY; WILSON'S FOOD MARKET, FRED L. WILSON, 347 WEST 13TH; IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE APPLICATIONS BE APPROVED. MOT I ON CARRIED. e 2 ApPLICATION FOR BUSINESS LICENSE AS A WRECKER OF MOTOR VEHICLES WAS SUBMITTED BY W. E. BURKE, DBA WEST II TH AUTO WRECKERS, 2920 WEST " TH AVENUE, WAS APPROVED BY THE POL IC E DEPA RTMENT. IT WAS I. MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED. 'j ORDINANCES " 3 C.B. 5128 - RE:INITIATING VACATION OF A 7 fOOT UTILITY EASEMENT ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF LOT 6, BLOCK 2, SOUTH SIDE HILLS, AND CALLING A HEARING FOR JANUARY 9, 1961 WAS I NTRODUCED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEAR~R ~ECONDED BY MRS. LAU~ S THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TI~E BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. S~ARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAUR I S THAT THE RULES BE SU SPENDED AND THE BILL READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE I COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURI S THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL CO UNCI LMEN PRESENT VOTING,AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 11992. 4 C.B. 5129 - RE: INITIATING VACATION OF COLUMBIA STREET FROM NORTH MARGIN OF 15TH A VENUE TO NORTH LINE 5 !~ e OF LOT 7, BLOCK 5 AND LOT 16 BLOCK 6 OF FAIRMOUTN ADDIT~ON, AND CALLING A HEARING ro R ....i l"'"" 94 e 11/28/60 : IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY' MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ TH E SECOND I TIME BY COUNC.'L BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THECOUNCIL. UNANIMOUS CON- I I, SENT OF THE COUNCIL WAS WITHHELD, MR. MCGAFFEY VOTING NO, AND THE BILL WAS HELD OVER. ,i 'I I C.B. 5/30 - RE: DISPENSING WITH ELECTION RELATIVE TO ANNEXATION OF PARADISE PARK AND CALLING A,HEARING \1 " RR DECE.MBER 27, I 960 AT 7: 30 IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS WAS I NTRODUCED AND READ THE FIRST TIME q Ii I N FULL. I, , " ,I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE ~ LL BE READ THE SECOND :!\ TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOT 10 N CARR I ED I UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. I: IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. lAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SU~ENDED AND THE I I, 'I BILL READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUN- II I CIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL I, iI NUMBER ONLY. I 11 \, IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURI S THAT THE BILL BE APPRO\fI) AND GIVEN e FINAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PAS SED A/ltD NUMBERED 11993. 2 C.B. 5131 - RE: DISPENSING WITH ELECTION RELATIVE TO ANNEXATION OF ELKS LODGE PROPERTY AND CALLING A HEARING FO~ DECEMBER 27, 1960 WAS INTRODUCED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN F UL L . IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME I BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL .NUMBER ONLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL READ THE THIRD T1ME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONS~.T OF THE COUJNCIL. MOT.ION CARRIED UNa\NIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE TH IRD Tltf: BY COUNCIL BILL . . NUMBER ONLY. - .' I: I T WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SE CONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN :i I, iI FINAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 11994. 3 C.B. 5132 - RE: PROVIDING FOR WITHDRAWAL OF PORTIONS OF COLLEGE. CREST ADDITION FROM RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT No. I WAS INTRODUCED AND READ THE FIRST TIME IN FULL. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURI S THAT THE B1LL BE READ TH~ SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCil. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS'READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. i: IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE [, BILL READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOL6 CONSENT OF .THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN :1 I . . I: FINAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT YOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED " I PASSED AND NUMBERED 11995. ,I , " i: " ~ I 4 C.B. 5133 - RE: I NSTALLJiI ON OF SID EWAL KEAST S I DE OF EAST AMAZON DR I VE FROM POTTER STRE[T TO SOUTH BRANCH OF DILLARD ROAD, WAS INTRODUCED AND READ THE FIRST TIME I N FULL. II IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NU~BER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE 'COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED e UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE :1 I: BILL READ THE $BIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BiLL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE " " COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND T~ BILL WAS READ THE THIRD TIME BY CO_UNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE BILL BE APPROVED AND GIVEN FINAL PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DECLARED PASSED AND NUMBERED 11996. RESOLUTIONS 5 RES. #746 - REL: GRANTING VARIANCE TO G. V. GASSMAN AND J. A. MORGAN TO PARK AND USE TRAILER FOR LVING AND DISPLAY PURPOSES WAS SUBMITTED AND READ I N F UL L . I I' ~T WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAT THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. OTION CARRIED. . .. 6 RES. #747 - RE: DESIGNATING BROADW~Y A ONE-WAY STREET EASTB~UND FROM PEARL TO LINCOLN; ,OTH AVENUE A TWO-WAY STREET BETWEEN LINCOLN AND HIGH STREETS; AND INSTITUTING CERTAIN TRAFFIC CHANGES IN CONJUNCTION THEREWITH WAS SUBMITTED AND READ IN FULL. I' IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MRS. LAURIS THAJ THE RESOLUTION BE ADOPTED. I:, e II MOTION CARRIED. i I, ~ - - - ""IIIIl 95 e 11/28/60 ! PROCLAMATION - RE: ~ I I ' , CANVASS Of BALLOTS IN PRIMARV ELECTION HELD NOVEMBER 8, 1960 WAS SUBM I TTED AND READ IN fULL. II IT WAS MOVED BV MR. SHEARER SECONDED BV MRS. LAURIS THAT THE PROCLAMATION BE AeBR~V~D. MOTION CARRIED. UPON MOTION DULY MADE, SECONDED AND CARRIED, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURIlED. , HM:J e I ~ ~ C\1 ~ CO 00 : : I ., , , .' e l .. f I " I e ~