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~470 . -- Council Chambers, Eugene, Oregon May 25, 1936 .....;.. The minutes of the adjourned meeting of' the common council held at the hour ,~ of 7:30 otclo~k, P. M. May 25, 1936. Council was called to order by Mayor Large, '4, all councilmen present except Simon. The City Recorder presented the excerpts of 9 minutes of May 11th. no objections appearing the minutes were opdered filed. ! Councilman Reid asked for further explanation concerning the proposal offered . by the Rughs and acceptance of the same by the city of Eugene. It was explained as I. follows: The Rugh property in question is all eligible for foreclosure. If the city proceeded with the regular foreclosure proceedings, the Hughs would have a per- iod of one year in which to reaeem their property. In order that they could redeem the said property they would have to pay the city everything that they had against it. If at the end of a period of' one year the Hughs had not redeemed th~ir property then the city would.acquire a treasurer's deed. Before disposing of the property, it would be necessary to proceed with a suit to quiet title in order to give a good deed. The Rughs have given the city good deeds of bargain and sale, therefore it is a distinct advantage to accept such offers by reason of the fact that by granting _ them the one year of redemption period by special contract we are not granting them 1 anything better than they would have had, had we proceeded with foreclosure. Under foreclosure proceedings the taxes would run until the City received a treasurer's deed,and recorded the same. Under the Hugh proposal as soon as the city registered the deeds, the taxes stop. In both instances they could not redeem the property for any less than the amount we had against it. I . 2 I II " iI I ,I It ,I II II I' 'I :1 I ill I I I tl , II I' I 411 II I I i 51 i Elwood Bussell addressed the council, asking for the use of the police de- partment's former patrol wagon. The engineer pointed out that that car was now the property of the engineering department but as far as he was concerned it would be perfectly all right for the police department to use the car' so long as their use did not conflict with that of the engineer department. This question was referred to the police committee and the city engineer to work out the proper arrangements. The Judiciary Committee by Chairman Dr. Harris, reported the following re- commendation for the civil service commission: Dean Wayne L. Morse, Mr. Al Black- ford, and Mr. Paul D. ~reen. fur. Morse's term to expire January 1, 1938, Mr. Al Blackford's term to expire January 1, 1940 and Mr. Paul D. Green's term to expire January 1, 1942, but due to the fact that Mr. Blackford had notified them that it would be impossible for him to serve on the said commission, it was necessary for the council to go into a session as a committee of the whole and select another in- dividual. At this time Mayor Large declared a recess for the purpose of the com- mittee as a whole to bring in a recommendation in the place of Mr. Blackford. Upon the comlItittee's return in the council chambers, the Mayor called the meeeting to order and Dr. Harris made the following recommendation: Mr. Roy Morse for the term expiring January 1, 1938, Mr. Wayne L. Morse, January 1, 1940 and Mr. Paul D. Green, 1942. The recommendation received unanimous approval of the coun~il. I At this time the Mayor reported that he had received complaints concerning the washing of the city streets during the day time. Mr. Lamb reported that they tried to get most of the street washing done in the early hours of the morning, but that they would do their best to remedy the 60ndition. Councilman Bond, Chairman of the Fire and ~ater Committe~, reported that he had made several attempts to get in touch with the management of the Western Box Company concerning the city's billing them for the fire hydrant. He requested the Mayor to grant him an additional two weeks, with the privilege of also informing the management of this company that they would have to pay for the hydrant or else the city would remove the same. The Mayor granted the request. . Chairman Bond further recommended that the petition for a larger light in 6 the alley between Hilyard and Alder Streets be granted. The recommendation was un- animously approved by the council. 7 Chairman Bond pointed ,out that as a result of the complete test of the city' fire hose that the city has been forced to discard from the city service, 350 feet of 2~l! hose. Mayor Large at this time pointed out that the League of Oregon Cities hacl been making arrangements for the purchase of fire hose through the League at a very decided reduction in price. He stated that they were able at this time to secure underwriters' hose, standard grade and quality, for 80i a foot and that in :1 addi tion to this the League was to recei ve ei ther a lO~ or l5i discount per foot. I Councilman Bond made the motion t~at the City Recorder be instructed to order 350 i,l feet of21" hose through the League or Oregon Cities from the American Rubber Compan of California. The motion was seconded and ordered by the council. 8 il I I I - Ivl:r. Zumwal t, Chai rman of the Health Commi ttee, reported that he had, not been able to get in touch with the new Lane County Health vfficer and asked the Mayor for addi tional tb,e to talk the s1 tuation over with him. The request was granted by the Iv:ayor. 9 Counci Iman Zumwalt asked that necessary lumber for conf3 truc t i on of a gate at the city dump ground be ordered and delivered there. The city engineer reported th t it Vlas possible thG.t the city had on hand enough lumber of the rToper kind to do that now. This was referred to the city engineer. . ~