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e I 00 ,....... ~ ~ :0 CO e I I e I e 39~ 5/28/62 COUNCIL CHAMBER EUGENE, OREGON MAY 28, 1962 THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EUGENE WAS HELD ON MAY 14, 1962 AND AD- JOURNED TO MAY 28, 1962 AT 6:30 PM IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBER. THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY HIS HONOR MAYOR EDWIN E. CONE WITH THE FOLLOWING COUNCILMEN PRESENT: MRS. LAURIS, MESSRS. MOLHOLM, CHATT, MOYER, WILSON, CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL. MR. SWANSON WAS ABSENT. THE INVOCATION WAS GIVEN BY REV. ROBERT J. PAGETT, ASSISTANT PASTOR OF FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH. THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 14, 1962, AS MAILED TO MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WERE APPROVED. NEW BUSINESS IT WAS MOVED BY MR. MOLHOLM SECONDED BY MR. DEVERELL THAT A STREET SIGN ~EADING "CIVIC CENTER~ WITH AN ARROW POINTING NORTH BE INSTALLED AT THE INTERSECTION OF BROADWAY AND HIGH STREET FACING EAST. MOTION CARRIED, MR. CHRISTENSEN VOTING NO. 2 MR. CHRISTENSEN SUGGESTED THE COUNCIL SHOULD MEET WITH THE ENGINEER STAFF TO DISCUSS JOINT MATERIAL FOR RIGID PIPE. 3 PROCL~MATION - CANVASS OF VOTES IN MAY 18, 1962 ELECTION RE ASSESSMENT AGAINST PROPERTIES ON BOTH SIDES OF STREET FOR CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALK ON ONLY ONE SIDE WAS PRESENTED AND READ IN FULL, INDI- CATING PASSAGE OF MEASURE. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE PROCLAMATION BE APPROVED. MOTION CARRIED. 4 A LETTER FROM THE EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD DATED MAY 28, 1962 WAS READ CONCERNING THE PUR- CHASE OF CENTRAL HEATING COMPANY FACILITIES BY THE WATER BOARD AND INDICATING THE WATER BOARD'S IN- TENT TO PAY TO THE CITY OF EUGENE 6% OF THE GROSS REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF STEAM IN LIEU OF TAXES AS THEY NOW DO ON THE SALE OF ELECTRICITY, THIS TO OFFSET THE LOSS OF REVENUE TO THE CITY RESULTING FROM CENTRAL HEAT GOING INTO PUBLIC OWNERSHIP. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM THAT THE LETTER BE RECEIVED AND PLACED ON FILE. MOTION CARRIED. COMMITTEE REPORTS COMMITTEE MEETING HELD MAY 17, 1962: "PRESENT: MAYOR CONE; COUNCILMEN LAURIS, MOLHOLM, CHATT, MOYER, CHRISTENSEN AND DEVERELL; CITY MANAGER; CITY RECORDER; ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT. 5 I. CURB RETURN LOCATIONS, 11TH AND PATTERSON - CONSIDERABLE INTEREST HAS BEEN SHOWN BY THE PUBLIC REGARDING REMOVAL OF LARGE TREES ON PATTERSON STREET TO PERMIT WIDENING OF THE STREET. THE CITY MANAGER OUTLINED THE SITUATION REGARDING TWO LARGE TREES, ONE ON EACH SIDE OF PATTERSON, WHICH HAVE TO BE REMOVED IF, THE CURBS WERE SET BACK. MAYOR CONE INDICATED HE BELIEVED THE COUNCIL TO BE IN FAVOR OF LEAVING THE CURBS AS THEY ARE AT PRESENT BUT THAT HE WOULD INVITE DISCUSSION OF THE MATTER. ON LAURIS-DEVERELL MOTION TO RETAIN CURBS AT 11TH AND PATTERSON AS THEY ARE AT THE PRESENT TIME, THE MATTER WAS OPENED FOR DISCUSSION. MRS. BETTY NIV~, PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER, COMMENTED ON THE POSITION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION INDICATING THE MAIN PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE A DECISION ON THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC VS TREES LEFT IN THE PARKING STRIPS. OTHERS RECOGNIZED BY THE MAYOR AND MAKING COMMENTS WERE MESSRS. UNTHANK AND ENDICOTT, ARCHITECTS, MRS. CLARE HAMLIN, MR. JOHN KENYON, MRS. JOY BALLENGER, MRS. ROBERT LEEPER AND OTHERS. IT WAS INDICATED THE CITY WOULD APPRECIATE NAMES OF THOSE PEOpeE WILLING TO WORK ON A CITIZENS COMMITTEE TO FURTHER INVESTIGATE THE GENERAL PROBLEM. ON VOTE ON THE MOTION TO RETAIN THE CURBS AS AT PRESENT, MOTION CARRIED. IT WAS MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR. MOLHOLM TO APPROVE THE COMMITTEE ACTION. MOT~ CARRIED. MAYOR CONE INVITED DISCUSSION, AND MR. CHARLES ENDICOTT STATED THAT IN HIS OPINION THE COUNCIL SHOULD TRY TO TAKE PARKING OFF THE HEAVILY TRAVELED STREETS BEFORE WIDENING THEM, SUGGESTED DIAGONAL PARKING ON SIDE STREETS AND OFF-STREET PARKING IF NECESSARY. MRS. BETTY NIVEN OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO STATED THAT THE REMOVAL OF PARKING MIGHT BE A WAY OF MOVING TRAFFIC AND SAVING THE TREES IN THE PARK- ING STRIPS. MR. DOUG WOLF PROTESTED THE SETTING BACK OF ANY CURB RETURNS AT THIS TIME AND EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO THE WIDENING OF 11TH AND 13TH AVENUES. COUNCILMAN WILSON STATED HE WISHED TO GO ON RECORD IN FAVOR OF WIDENING CURB RETURNS AT THIS TIME AND THAT THE CITY NEEDS WIDER DOWNTOWN ,STREETS OR ALL OTHER TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS WOULD BE TO NO AVAIL. HE REMARKED THAT THE HEART OF THE CITY IS TRADE AND COMMERCE, AND DOWNTOWN TRADE WILL SUFFER IF TRAFFIC IS NOT MOVED. COUNCILMAN MOYER STATED THAT BUSINESSES ALONG 11TH AND 13TH AVENUES HAD BEEN REQUIRED TO MEET SETBACK REQUIREMENTS ANTICIPATING THE WIDENING OF THESE STREETS, AND THAT THEY WOULD EXPECT THE STREETS TO BE WIDENED. 1~4