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~7? \) f.d -"- - ~ -~ -.- - -.- - -- ....- -- ~ - - - .- -. . -~--- -- - . - - - Judge Hurd and the Judge had taken out his maps and after l~oking the situation over said a ditch would have to be dug to take, this water to Clear Lake which .' was a distance of five or six miles. Mr. Barette sald the Judge asked him to I S- come up sometime whenthe court was in session and they would see what could be don . A"lt ~;f Mr. Barette reported that Hale Thompson-had asked him when the fire hydran ....J {\d would be installed at 24th and Charnelton. Mr. Stewart said there was more important work to be done then putting t~ the hydrant but just as soon as the 9 Street Department could get caught up the hydrant would be placed. I Councilman Stewart said the, Fire Department were studying damages in case an incendiary bomb might be dropped. He said they had a pamphlet from 1 British Columbia which gave considerable instruction and they were studying this well. He said there was a Stirrup Pump that was recommended for house holders to have. He said in case of incendiary bombs the fire department might not be able to get to all of these places an'd that a stirrup pump had thirty feet of 10 IV hose and that bucket brigades could be formed by the residents. Health Committee, Parks and Sewer Committee had no reports. ' Councilman Bond stated there was a request for a transfer fora Class "B" beer license now in the name of C. A. Mackey known as Frank's Place at 47, West 8th to be tran~ferred to Everett Madison Hinshaw at the same location. Also, , a request that Mr. Hinshaw be granted a license for 1942 at this location. It was recommended that this transfer be allowed and the license for 1942 be granted. 11 Motion was made and seconded and carried that this transfer be granted. C~ptain Geiger was present and stated the Police Department had between 12 250 and 300 reserve pOlicemen who had signed applicatiops. A letter from the American Legion Post, #3 complimenting the,Police on their good work they had been doing- in' regard ,to the traffic situa tion and 13 expressed hope that this would be carried out during ehe year of 1942, was read. ,~ letter from W. E. Crum stating that he had a prospective tenant for the property just South of the Library Building. He said if he made a deal with these people, the present building would be torn down and a new building erected, but I that the tenants objected to the four trees in the parkigg at the West side of the Library. He said the tenants felt the trees shut off the view down the street and obstructed any signs that might want to be put up. This matter was 14 referred to the Park Committee to report back at the next meeting. A letter from the Pacific Coast Builders Conference was read. The letter mentioned the fact the City of Eugene had not officially adopted the 1940 edition of the uniform building code and recolmnended that this should be done. ,Mayor Large asked Engineer Clubb regarding this and Mr. Clubb ,said the building departme t had familiarized themselves with the new code and were folliwng it in a good many instances, but that they had not been able to get the Board of Appeals to go over this 1940 code. He said they were endeavoring to have the meeting necessary to investigate this and as soon as they could get a report from the Board of Appeailis 15 it would be ready to be adopted. The Board of Appeals received a reques,t from Architect Eyler Brown asking for a waiver of set-badk ~or a house and garaae to be built on part of Lot 3, Block 20, Fairmount Additioh, and recommended ,that it be granted. On motion made 16 and seconded this recommendation was adopted by the Council and the request grante . An ordinance Changing the classification of Lot 9 and 10, Block 4, Packard s Addi.tion from a residence district to a busine'ss district had its first reading November 24th. Objections to the change of this district to a business district were. calilied for and there being none, ,the ordinance had its second reading at this time. Under suspension of the rules it was read for the third time and the roll I was called with all councilmen present voting aye., Pennington and Farrington 17 __ absent. Ordinance 8703 was declared passed. A permanent report of the Planning CommiSSion regarding a proposal to change Lot 2, Block 15, College Hill Park Addition was read. Also the resolution from the Planning Commission directing the Secretary to transmit this report to the Council was read. An Ordinance iniating this proposed change had its first reading at this time and was ,!aid over until December 22nd, 1941. A reso- lution authorizing the Recorder to prepare, and publish notice of this change was I adopted by the council. RES 0 L UTI 0 N WHEREAS, heretofore the Common Council has submitted to the Planning Commission certain changes in the classification of Lot 2, Block 15, College Hill Park Addition to Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, and the ,Planning Commission has held a hearing, adopted a tentative report, and converted the same into a permanent and final report and resubmitted it to the Common Council with the recommendation that the same be enacted into an ordinance, and the Council has prepaTed and given its first reading of an ordinance enacting said permanent repor . ~