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<br />COUNCIL CHAMBERS,
<br />EUGENE, OREGON.
<br />APRfL 26, 1954.
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<br />THE REGULAR MEETING Of THE COMMON COUNCIL Of THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON APRIL 12,
<br />1954 AND ADJOURNED TO APRIL 26, 1954 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE ME~TING WAS
<br />CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR, MAYOR V. E. JOHNSON WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT:
<br />CRUMBAKER, BOOTH, GODLOVE, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER, WATSON AND OwEN. COUNCILMAN CONE TOOK HIS
<br />SEAT IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 7:45 P.M.
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<br />THE MINUTES OF THE LAST REGULAR MEETING HELD ON APRIL 12, 1954 AND ADJOURNED TO APRIL 26,
<br />1954 WERE READ AND APPROVED.
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<br />A REPORT Of THE SPECIAL COUNCIL COMMITTEE WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />"ON INSTRUCTIONS OF THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL, THE MAYOR HAS APPOINITD A COMMITTEE
<br />TO PREPARE A STATEMENT IN BEHALf OF THE COUNCIL. THE COMMITTEE, COMP05E~ OF COUNCIL-
<br />MEN BOOTH, KOPPE, SIEGENTHALER AND CRUMBAKER SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT AND IT IS
<br />RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION:
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<br />IT APPEARS THAT THE ISSUE AS TO PROPER ZONING OF THE RECENTLY ANNEXED RIVERVIEW
<br />AREA HAS BEEN SO THOROUGHLY CONfUSED BY ATTAC~S ON THE CITY COUNCIL, AND BY MIS-
<br />INfORMATION, THAT :THE MERITS Of THE VARIOUS KINDS OF ZONING HAVE BEEN LOST SIGHT OF.
<br />OUR FIRST DUTY IS TO DISPOSE OF SIDE ISSUES, AS FOLLOWS:
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<br />(A) THERE HAS BEEN NO MEETING OF THE EUGENE CITY COUNCIL WHICH WAS NOT OPEN TO
<br />THE PUBLIC OR WHICH WAS HELD IN ANY OTHER PLACE THAN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, DURING THE
<br />PERIOD SINCE ANY PRESENT MEMBER HAS BEEN ON THE COUNCIL (I I YEARS).
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<br />THERE HAVE BEEN 198 COMMITTEE MEETINGS DURING THE THREE YEAR PERIOD ENDING APRIL I,
<br />1954, TO STUDY SUBJECTS REFERRED TO THEM BY THE COUNCIL. THIS IS NORMAL LEGISLATIVE
<br />PROCEDURE, AND THE ONLY METHOD WE KNOW TO MAKE INSPECTIONS AND TO HANDLE THE VOLUME OF
<br />WORK THE COUNCIL MUST PERFORM. THERE IS NO REASON TO CHANGE THE PRESENT PROCEDURES,
<br />UNDER WHICH THE COUNCIL HAS .THE BENEfiT Of STUDY AND RECOMMENDATIONS BY ITS STANDING
<br />COMMITTEES.
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<br />Of THE 198 COMMI TYEE MEETI NGS, THREE WERE .AS COMMI TYEE OF THE WHOLE. I T WAS ONE
<br />OF THESE THREE WHICH WAS MADE AN ISSUE OF THE REfERENDUM. THIS MEETING ON FEBRUARY 2,
<br />1954, AT THE MAYOR'S HOME, AT WHICH THE RECORD SHOWS FIVE COUNCILMEN WERE PRESENT, WAS
<br />HELD PURSUANT TO A MOTION PASSED IN OPEN COUNCIL MEETING, AND REPORTED THE NEXT EVENING
<br />IN THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD (PAGE I I-A, JANUARY 26, 1954). No REPORTER INQUIRED CON-
<br />CERNING THE TIME AND PLACE Of MEETING, OR INDICATED A DESIRE TO ATTEND. IT WAS NO
<br />MORE A SECRET MEETING THAN THE FIELD TRIP CALLED AT AN EARLIER DATE FOR THE ENTIRE
<br />COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. VOTERS MUST DECIDE WHETHER THEY BE-
<br />LIEVE THAT IT WAS THE MEETING IN THE MAYOR'S HOM€, OR THE WEEKS OF THOROUGH, CONSCIEN-
<br />TIOUS STUDY BY ALL MEMBERS Of THE COUNCIL THAT fORMED THE BASIS Of THE COUNCIL'S FINAL
<br />DECISION.
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<br />HOWEVER, THIS COMMITTEE REALIZES THAT HOLDING A MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE
<br />WHOLE IN A PRIVATE HOME, WHILE NOT IMPROPER, GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR MISREPRESENTATION
<br />AND MISINTERPRETATION. IT RECOMMENDS THAT HEREAFTER MEETINGS OF THE, COMMITTEE Of THE
<br />WHOLE, NOT HELD IN THE FIELD, BE HELD IN THE CITY HALL OR OTHER PLACE READILY ACCESSIBLE
<br />TO THE PUBLIC.
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<br />(B) ANALYSIS OF STATEMENTS IN THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD DISCLOSES AT LEAST TWO
<br />OUTRIGHT fALSifiCATIONS WHICH HAVE CONFUSED THE CITIZENS Of EUGENE ABOUT THE ZONING:
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<br />STATEMENT IN REGISTER-GUARD
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<br />(EDITORIAL 3/10/54): "THE M-2 CLASSifiCA-
<br />TION PERMITS NOT ONLY WAREHOUSES, BUT MANY
<br />TYPES OF NUISANCE INDUSTRIES SUCH AS
<br />POULTRY SLAUGHTER HOUSES AND PROC~SSING
<br />PLANTS FOR FEATHERS, fURS, BONES AND
<br />REFUSE MATERIAL."
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<br />PROVISIONS Of ZONING ORDINANCE
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<br />(SECTION M-2, PARAGRAPH A-12):
<br />"POULTRY OR RABBIT KILLING INCIDENTAL
<br />TO A RETAI L TRADE ON THE SAME PREMI SES."
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<br />(SECT I ON M-2, PARAGRAPH A-"8): "MANU-
<br />FACTURING, COMPOUNDING, ASSEMBLING, OR
<br />TREATMENT Of ARTICLES OR MERCHANDISE FROM
<br />THE FOLLOWING PREVIOUSLY PREPARED MATERIALS"
<br />(FOLLOWE~ BY A LIST OF 22 MATERIALS, IN-
<br />CLUDING fURS, fEATHERS AND BONES, BUT NOT
<br />REFUSE MATERIAL).
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