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~90 _. '. -. . - - . . -- ..- . ~ - - "- _.. - --_. .-. - . ___ . .0 _ _ . ___ . . . r - - -- .- - .- -" -- ..- .- . - ~ .;V - " . ;1 L IT MEMBERSH I P OF [I WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAJORITY OF THE THE JO I NT COMMITTEE THAT THE C I T Y L I CEN S E LEGALIZED PUNCHBOARDS AND THA T THE LICENSE ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY I, I CONTAIN THE FOLLOWING: ~H".' ..:, ~ I. PROVISION THAT LICENSES NOT BE ISSUED TO ESTABLISHMENTS WITHIN 1000 FEET OF A ok:.'-' .' ........10, SCHOOL. ; ......, ~ '-' . 2. PROVISION .THA'T A MASTER LICENSE BE ISSUED TO DISTRIBUTORS OF BOARDS AND THAT AN N U A L FEE BE $1500.00. I " r: 3. . PROVISION THAT A STAMP SYSTEM BE USED AND THAT EACH BOND MUST CONTAIN STAMPS 5% OF : I ArAO\1lNT'llUG TO RETAIL VOLUME OF BOND. 4. PROVISION. THAT PENAL T V CLAUSE MAKE OPERATORS AND DISTRIBUTORS BOTH LIABLE FOR VIOLATION OF ORDINANCES AN 0 PROVISION THAT MAXIMUM FINE OF $200.00 FOR EACH '; OFFENSE BE A PART OF' THE CLAUSE. r. 5. PROVISION THAT REVOKED MASTER LICENSE WOULD REQU I RE RE-PAYMENT OF ANNUAL FEE FOR A RENEWAL. " A MINOIRITY REPORT SUBMITTED BY DR. CRUMBAKER, MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE WAS READ AS FOLLOWS: " "T HE CHARTER OF THE C I T Y OF EUGENE GIVES THE CITY COUNCIL AUTHOR I T V TO "LICENSE, TAX, REGULATE, RESTRAIN, PROHIBIT, OR SUPPRESS ALL OFFENSIVE TRADES AND OCCUPATIONS. " THE NATURE OF THE PUNCHBOARD IS SUCH THAT IT WILL BE A CONTINUAL NUISANCE TO THE C IT Y, BOTH FROM THE STANDPOINT OF THE PUBLIC AS PATRONS OF PLACES WHE RE PUNC HBOARDS ARE OFFERED FOR ; SALE, AND FROM THE STANDPOINT OF' POLICE ADMINISTRATION. PUN CHBO ARDS THEREFORE COME UNDER THE PRO V I S ION S OF 'T HE CHARTER AS "OFFENSIVE" OCCUPATIONS, AND CAN LEGALLY BE PRDHIBITED. COURTS HA VE HELD THAT CERTAIN KINDS OF' BOARDS ARE NOT OF THEMSELVES ILLEGAL UNDER THE ANTI-GAMBLING LAWS. THIS IS PUREL Y A TECHNICAL CONCLUSION, AS F'UNDAMENTALLY THE PUN C H- BOARD IS A GAME OF CHANCE. AN Y BOA RD, EVEN THOUGH IT SATISFIES THE TECHNICAL TESTS OF THE COURT, CAN BE USED ILLEGALLY. IF SO USED, IT IS USED IN ACCORD WITH ITS NATURE. IF THE CITV LICENSES THE BOARDS, IT WILL ASSUME AN IMPOSSIBLE JO B OF' POLICING THE I R OPERATION. IT WILL HA VE TO PROVE IN EVERY !NDIVIDUAL CASE THAT THE LAW WAS VIOLATED. THE PALTRY LICENSE AND o THE R FEES RECEIVED BY THE CITY WOULD NOT BEGI N TO PA Y THE COS T or POLICE I PERSONNEL TO ENFORCE THE ANTI-GAMBLING LAWS. \ IF THE CITY PROHIBITS THE BOA RDS, IT NEED ONLY PRO VE THAT THE BOARDS WERE IN EXiSTENCE . . WI THI N THE C I T Y ILLEGALLY. THIS WOULD BE MUCH SIMPLER THAN TO PROVE T HA T A BOARD, LEGALLY HELD IN THE CITY WAS BEING USED I LLEGALL Y. :' I . I THE RE FO RE RE CO MMEN 0 THAT AN ORDINANCE BE DRAWN WHICH WOULD PROHIB.lT .THE OPERATION OF ALL PUNCHBOARDS WITH I N THE CITV or EUGE~JE. .. " IT WAS MOVED BY SMITH, SECONDED BY DAVIS THAT THE REPORT OF THE JO I NT COMMITTEE BE A 00 P TED. IT WAS MOVED BV CRUMBAKER, SECONDED BY WELLS THAT THE MINORITY REPORT BE ADOPTED. ROLLCALL VOTE WI TH CRUM BAKER AN DWELLS VOTING AYE AND HAWN, DAVIS, BOOTH, GODLOVE AND SMITH VOTING NO. MOTION DEFEATED. A ROLLCALL VOTE ON COUNCILMAN SMITH'S MOTION TO ADOPT, THE RE POR T OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE WAS CARRIED BY THE FOLLOIYING VOTE: HAWN, DAVIS, 80 Oni, GODLOVE AND SMITH VOTING AYE. CRUMBAKER AND WELLS VOTING NO. ALLEN ABSENT. MOTION CARRIED. 5 A REPORT OF THE Pu BL I C WORKS COMMITTEE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS: "AT A PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE MEETING. HELD FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1949, IT WAS THE CONSENSUS OF' OPINION THAT ACTION ON THE OPENING OF' FERRV STREET BETWEEN 11TH AVENUE AND THE MILLRACE AS PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED BY MR. KETELL, BE DE L A YE D UN T I L THE NEXT MEETING TO AFFORD ADDITIONAL TIME FOR PRIVATE NEGOTIATIONS BE TWEEN MR. KETELL AND MR. DUNBAR. I I TIS RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON FRIENDLV STREET BETWEEN 21ST AND 22ND AVENUE BE PE RM I TTED TO CONSTRUCT A RETAINING WALL APPROX I MAT EL Y THREE TO FOUR F'EET IN HEIGHT, 18 IN C HE S INSIDE THE CURB LINE I N ORDER TO PROTECT AND SAVE THE TREES EXISTING IN THIS BL 0 C K. IT IS NOTEO THAT IN. GRANTING THI S REQUEST, NO OBLIGATION IS BE I NG INCURRED CON CERN I N G F"UTURE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION TO PROPER GRADE I FAN D W HE N SUCH SIDEWALKS ARE INSTALLED. :! THE POSSIBILITY OF OPENING WEST BROADWAY BETWEEN ALMADEN AND CHAMBE RS S T RE E T HAS I PRESENTED ITSELF T HROU GH THE OFFER OF MRS.' ANNA HAUGSJAA, OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE OF' THE BLOCK THROUGH WHICH THE STREET WOULD GO. MRS. HAUGSJAA HAS OFFERED TO SELL THIS TO THE CITY FOR A PR ICE OF $7,700.00 SO THAT SHE MIGHT PU RCHASE AN ADJACENT HOUSE I NT HE SAME VICINITY FOR THE SAME. PR ICE. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PUBLIC WORKS : COMMITTEE THAT THE C I T V o F"FE R HER $5,000.00. IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT SHE PAID $5,000.00 tOR THIS PROPERT Y A FEW YEARS BACK AN'D THERE IS $5,000.00 IN THE STREET DEPARTMENT BU D GE T FOR STREET OPENINGS. i; ~