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~ 219 - -- - ~ -, l Upon motIon made and Seconded the City Recer der was instructed to purchase six - - {\J I :~,..l ~irectories at $.12.50 each from the Valley Printing Company and it was so t~.6 1 ordered. ""Jr-" .,.....'!to... Councilman Paoe, Chairman of the Parks Committee, requested the purchase 18/ of ten tons of hay at 115~00 per ton. Upon motion made and seconded the request was unanimoualy approved. City Engineer Clubb reported that in regard to the sewer conditions on I Clark Avenue, which had been referred to his department at the last council meeting for investigation, recommended that six inch tile be used instead of four inch tile and at very little extra cost between the four inch and the six inch. H~ VIO uld recommend that the166 feet of necessary tile b,e installed and the six inch tile be' used rather than four in~h and the: Oi ty of Euqene to pay the difference, of four cents per foot, a total of i6~65. Upon motion made Bnd seconded the city voted to 19./1 install six inch sewer tile and it was so ordered. The Mayor and several cou'ncilmen complained about non enforcement of the bicycle ordinance and upon mot'ion made Bnd seconded the Chief of rolice was instruct d 20- to see- that his departrr.ent endorce the bicycle ordinance and it was so ordered. Communication was presented to the council from AI's Transfer Company asking to have painted a yellow strip for a parking zone at'his place of business at 30 West Seventh Street. The matter was referred to the Police Committee for 21 investigation with a request that they report at the next me~ting of the,council. - R~quest was presented from the Eugene Playground Commission asking that the Director of Recreation and Supervisor-At-Large be furnished with gasoline and oil 22/ from the citylfs s,ervices and they will approve the payment of said bills from the Playground funds. Upon motion made and s,econded the request was unaniI!iously approve . Communication was presented from George'hT.. Hall complaining of the closing of the North end of the alley, which extends from 5th Street to the SF pr operty , in the back extending East from Charnelton str~et, ~nd asked cooperation I of the City of Eugene in having this crossing again open to traffic. The matter' was referred. to the JUdiciary Committee and Ci ty Attorney for investigation and 23 report. at the next council meeting. Communicati on was pre'sented from Dr. Alma Cannon Mi 11 er complaining of the tremendous fire hazar~ property surrounding her residence at 2996 Kincaid Street ror six city blocks. She stated that there were approximately forty acres and demanded that the city remove the grass and bruth surrounding her prDperty. The matter was I'Bferred to the Fire and Water Committee asking that they take ~are of 24- the same. Communication'was presented from the Board of Appeals in behalf of George Chenault for a special permit to erect a portable house, 12f x 24f on the rear of xhis lot at 1609 W.. 5th Avenue in which to house his parents. As he agrees to compI with all sanitary regulations, the Board would recommend that this request be gr'anted. Upon motion made and seconded the recommendation of the Board of ~ppeals 25 was unanimously approved. Communication lITas also presented from the Board of Appeals in behalf of A. L. Williamson stating that he had sold the front eighty feet of his lot at Tenth and Pearl Streets ~nd asked for a permit to move the resid~nce to within six feet of his present shop and VIai ve the requirements of "Earagraph E of Section 1602 of the Building Code'. The Board recommended that this request be granted and upon motion made and seconded. the recommendation of the. Board of Appeals was unanimous ly 26--1 appr.oved. I The Library report for the month of June, 1939, was presented a"nd ordered placed on file. The Fire Department monthly report for the months of May and June 2 7 ---- were presented and ordered placed on file. An application for a second-hand dealers license was presented in behalf of R. T. Thomas at 875 Olive Street (Service Cleaners). As the application had been approved by the Chief of Police the council approved the recommendation of the 2a Ch~~f of Poli~e and upon ffiotion made and seconded the license was granted. I The City Recorder was instructed to n'ot-ify'Saul Paul that his application for a second-hand dealers license had been denied. The recorddr was further instructed to' inform him that the council would hold a hearing on the subject, if 2g-; it was his desir~, cit the next meeting of the council, August 14. At this time Mayor Large rBcommended the appointment of Donald Powell as Assitanzt Sewe~ Tender in the street Department; the appointment to become effective' July 1, 1939. Upon motion made and seconded the recommendation was 30 unanimously approved. The Ordinance to prohibit the sale and use of fir'ecrackers, sky rockets,. torpedos, bumbs, cap pistols and other similar explosives, or the sale or use of ....