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r 80 e '/27/58 _--::-__-. ~ ~_~ _4-;:-:__-:::;:: - ::-:_:-:--_ ~ ~_~;:__ ___---::.--::-:-~~ _ ~~----::---_____:__=___~:- _~~~_~--:__::_:-_:_:_~~_: __-:":":-;----- - -::- ~~ ----::-:-_~::---;:=--__::_;;:-_:__~ ------~~- , - . --~ ._~ ---------- --- _. -- -- - - --- ------ .. '-1'" -:: . I I I 11 ! .1 1 II 'I i i , I , I I , 1 I I I II I I i I "PRESENT: MAYDR MCGINTY; CDUNCILMEN SHEARER, HARTMAN, SHISLER, EDMUNDS, LAURIS, BRIGGS AND MDLHOLM; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; CITY ATTDRNEY; CHIEF DF PDLICE; DIRECTDR DF PUBLIC WDRKS; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT; MESSRS. NORMAN SCHNEIDER, MAURIE JACDBS, TDMMIE THDMAS AND JAMES REYNDLDS; DAN WYANT, EUGENE REGISTER- GUARD; WENDY RAY, KUGN; JACK CRAIG, KERG; AND A NUMBER OF, PEDPLE APPEARED TO. BE HEARD D.NTHE QUEST I DN DF REZON I.NG .THE EAST S I DE DF PDLK STREET FRDM . RAILRDAD BDULEVARD ~O CROSS STREET. II I I I COMMITTEE Of THE WHOLE I. REZONING LOTS 21 THROUGH 25, MATHEWS PARK, BEING EAST S.IDE OF POLK STREET. FROM. RAIL- ROAD BOULEVARD TO NORTH LINE OF CROSS STREET EXTENDED, FROM R-2 TO M-2 -- T~E COM- MITTEE DISCUSSED AMDNG THEMSELVES AND WITH RESIDENTS OF THE AREA ABUTTING ON PDLK STREET BETWEEN RA.ILROAD BOULEVARD AND CROSS STREET THE REQUEST,BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR THE REZONING OF THE EAST SIDE OF POLK STREET FROM R-2 Two fAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO M-2 LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. IT WAS INDICATED THAT AT THE HEARING HELD BY THE PLAN- NING COMMI.SSIDN NO ONE APPEARED IN DPPDSITION TO. THE PRDPOSED REZDNING; HOWEVER, AT THE SUBSEQUENT. HEARING. HELD BY THE COUNCIL ON JANUARY 13, 1958, A NUMBER. OF PEOPLE APPEARED PROTESTING THE PROPOSED REIONING. I I I I I I: II II I I e PROPDNENTS DF THE REZDNING LIVING IN. THE AREA INDICATED THAT THE AREA JS NOW IN FACT BECDMING INDVSTR.lALlZED AND THAT PROPERTY VALUES F.OR RESIDENTIAL. PURP.DSES ARE RAPIDLY DETERIORATING. IT WAS ALSO. INDICATED THAT THE AREA HA~ BEEN L66KED UPON AS A POSSIBLE INDUSTRIAL AREA FOR THE CITY FDR SDME TIME. OTHERS IN OPPOSITIDN TO. THE. REZON I NG. I NO.1 CATED. THAT PDLK STREET I.S THE DN.L Y MEANS OF INGRESS AND EGRESS FROM RAILROAD BDULEVARD. To. AREAS'NORTH DF THE PRDPOSED REZONiNG, AND INDUSJRIALIZA- TIDN DF THIS AREA WDULD PDSE SERIDUS PRDBLEMS TO THE USE DF THE AREAS NDRTH DF THE PRDPOSED REZDNING FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES; WOULD DETER]ORATE PROPERTY VALUES AND . . .' . . MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE OWNERS NDW IN THE AREA TO REALIZE THE RESIDENTIAL VALUES OF THEIR PROPERTIES.' THE SAME. PEOPLE QUESTIDNED THAT THIS AREA WOULD DEVELOP AS AN I NDUSTR I AL AREA AND PO I N,TED OUT THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER AREAS..CURRENTL Y ZONED FDR INDUSTRIAL USE IN THE CITY THAT ARE NOT PUT. TO. THE USE FDR WHICH .THEY ARE ZONED. I fOLLOWING THE DISCUSSION THE CDMMITTEE RECDMMENDED THAT.. THE ITEM BE REFERRED BACK TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR FURTHER STUDY. 2. ApPLICATIDN FDR RETAIL MALT BEVERAGE CLASS A LICENSE FOR PREMISES AT 42 WEST 8TH AVENUE TO BE KNDWN AS THE SCHDONER, SUBMITTED ByTDMMIE THOMAS - THE APPLICATI,DN FOR LICENSE TO. DfSPENSE ALCDHDLIC BEVERAGES SUBMITTED BY MR.. THDMAS WAS REFERRED TO THE CDMMITTEE AND CDNSIDERABLE DISCUSSIDN DN THE SUBJECT WAS HAD BY THE CDMMITTEE. 'I THE CHIEF DF POLICE REPORTED THAT HE HAD NDT APPROVED NOR REJECTED THE LICENSE AP- PLlCATI.DN ALTHOUGH .IN ALL fAIRNESS, HE REPORTED THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO. DERDGATORY INFO,RMATION D.E.VELDPED DN MR.. THDMA.S.. IT WAS. LIKEWisE PDINTED DUT BY A BUS,I'NESSMAN . . FRDM THE AREA JHAT: THERE ARE AMPLE LOCATIDNS .IN THI~ PARTICULAR AREA WHERE ALCOHOLIC 'BEVERAGES ARE CURRENTLY, SOLD .AND THAT. I.N LIGHT DF THE PAST EXPERIEN,CE WITH A FORMER ESTABLISHMENT OPERATED AT THIS ADDRESS, HE CDULD NDT HELP BUT BELIEVE THAT JRAFFIC DF A KIND DETRIMENTAL TO THE AREA AS A WHOLE WOULD BE GENERATED IF AN ADDITIONAL LIQUOR ESTABLISHMENT WER~ ALLOWED I~ THE AREA. IT WAS PDINTED OUT THAT THERE ARE . . . . TWELVE ESTABLISHMENTS DISPENSING ALCOHDLIC BEVERAGES WITHIN A ONE AND A HALF BLOCK AREA OF THE I~TERS~~TION D~8TH,AvENUE AND WILLAMETTE STREET, AN~ THAT SIX OF THESE ARE IN CLDSE PROXIMITY TO THE APPLICANT'S LDCATIDN. ALL PERSONS CONCERNED .EXPRESSED FAITH IN MR. THDMAS'S OPERATIDN BUT DID NDT FEEL THAT THE REQUESTED APPLICATIDN FELL WITHIN THE STATUTDRY L.IMITS DF NECESSITY DR .CDNV.ENIENCE TO. THE PUBLIC,. BASED DN THESE SITUATIDNS~ ,IT WAS RECDMMENDED THAT THE LI~ENSE APPLICATIDN BE DENI.ED. I 3. INFDRMA~ION REGARDING TENTATIVE DATES DN LIBRARY BUILDING PRDGRAM - THE CITY MANAGER INDICATED HE HAD A CDMMUNICATIDN FRDM 7HE LIBRARIAN WHICH SET FDRTH CERTAIN TENTA- TIVE DATES. WITH RESPECT TO. THE LIBRARY. BUILDING PRDGRAM.. THESE DATES ARE:. e i I I I i I j 21 I j 1 I I I l I } I ~: fEBRUARY 7, 1958 fEBRUARY 1.0, 1958 fEBRUARY 12-26,. 1958 MARCH 3, 1958 MARCH 7 , 1958 MARCH 10, 195B fINAL PLANS ~ SPECIFICATIDNS TQ COUNCIL COMMITTEE fINAL PLANS & SPECIFICATIDNS TO. CITY CDUNCIL BI DADVERT.I.S I NG BID OPENING BIDS REVIEWED BY CDUNCIL CDMMITTEE CDNTRACTS AWARDED BY "TY CDUNCIL IT WAS INDICATED THAT THE ABOVE DATES ARE TENTATIVE DNLY AND SUBJECT TO. CHANGE. PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE I. VACATIDN DF A PDRTIDN D~ 33RD AVENUE BETWEEN FERRY AND HILYARD ~TREETS - REPRE- SENTATIVES O~ THE CDMMITTEE DROVE TO .AN AREA BETWEEN FERRY AND HILrARD STREETS ON WHICH A REQUESTED YACATION ENTERED BY. THE CITY HAD BEEN SUBMITTED. THE VACA- TION WOULD REMOVE ,A FDRMER RDADWAY THAT IS NOWNGER NEEDED FDR fiOAD PURPDSES SINCE 33RD'AvENUE-HASBEEN'ESTABLISHEQ ON AN EAST/WEST BASIS ACROSS THE AMAZON CHANNEL AND'DIRECTLY CONNE~TING WITH HILYARD STREET.. I A MAP OF THE AREA WASSHDWN TO :THE COMMITTEE AND BASED ON THEIR OBSERVATIDNS ~ND THE MAP IT WAS RECDMMENDED THAT THE PRDPOSED STREET VACATIDN BE APPRDVED. II I, " e