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. ~ 279 ~~ - ------ ~-~------- ~_ . .~"_H _ _ - I Council Chambe~s, Eugene, O~eeon May 14, 1934. t'Y .~ :~ .---. . , Minutes of the ~egula~ meeting of the Common Council held at the hou~ of 7:30 o'clock P.M., May 14, 1934. Council was called to o~de~ by Mayo~ La~ge, with all Councilmen p~esent except I,.1~. Reid. Minutes of the ~egula~ meeting of A'p~il 9th and the adjou~ned meeting of April 23rd we~e ~ead and app~oved. An offer of W. E. Pool to'pay the City $50.00 in consideration that it ~elease all liens against a parcel of real estate, beginning 50 feet No~th of the Southwest corner of Lot 16, Block 2, Sladden's Addition, running East 80 feet and North to S. P. Railroad, thence Northwesterly along ~ight of way to the West line of Lot 16, and South to beginning. The Applicant stated that he had bargained for this prope~ty afte~ three consecutive statements from the City T~easurer that 110 munici- pal liens were against this 'property. The matter was referred to the Finance Committee with power to act. "~... .. ..;.:.... The Finance Committee made the following recommendations and ~eports: Recommended that the T~easurer's assistant be placed under $5,000.00 bond, providing the Water Board shares the cost of premium in the same proportion as other Treasurer's bond premiums. On motion seconded and carried it was so ordered. Recommended the p~oposal of Lillie B. Alford that the City accept with the County the $580.00 Home Loan proceeds in full of all City liens and the County taxes; be rejected. On motion the recommendation was adopted. Reported 1936 to ap~ply & Co.; at 99. ayes and nays the purchase of $5,000.00 Eugene Improvement Bonds due February 15, on payment of City intersection installments, from Atkinson-Jones Motion was made and seconded that the purchase be approved, and the were called, Councilmen voting aye, 7, nay, none, absent Reid. I At this time Councilman Reid appears in Council. , Reported the completion of the deal with 1ws. Studley by receipt of Tax DelinQuency certificate on the eight and one-half acre tract on South ~illamette Street in exchange for Deed from the City for the lot recently aCQuired by condem- nation against L. H. Mulkey. lIotion was made, seconded and carried that the action of the Committee be approved, and the action of ' the IvIayo~ and Recorder in executing the deed, be ratified and confirmed. ' Recommended that the City sell back to Wm. 'E. Smith a lot on Jefferson Street, for the full amount assessed against it with interest to this date. Total consider- ation ~~483.30. This lot was foreclosed by the Ci ty and a Deed should be authorized to convey to 111'. Smith. 1Iotion was made and seco11ded to accept payment of $483.30 in full of all liens, and that the Mayor and Recorder be-and are authorized to execute and deliver a Deed to Mr. Smith for this Lot, and that the T~easurer satisf' all liens in full. .~-. , ' On recommendation of the Street Committee, by Chairman Lamb, the matter of parking on East Broadway was not changed. The possibility of widening Franklin Street ne-ar the Broadway crossing of the railroad track was referred to the City Enginee~ to take up with the State Highway Commission. I Chairman Bond of the Fire and water Committee recommended that petitions for all street lights be tabled as a matter of economy until the need for these lights seems greater than it does at present. The ~ecommendation was adopted. On Mr. Bond's recommendation the Fire Department v~s autho~ized to purchase an outfit for charging batteries ata cost of ~22.50. Chairman Zumwalt, of the Health Committee, recommended the condemnation of bUildings at 1601 Orchard Street and at 245 Madison Street, and on motion it was so ordered, and the matter referred to the City Attorney to proceed with condemnat- ion. .' 1\11'. Zumwalt also reported that the bills for heating the rest cottage seemed excessive, and that investiGation was being made of the cost of install,ine elect,ric heat, and unless more favorable terms were made by the Central Heating Plant it might be deemed advisable to change to electric heat. Chairman Simon, of the Police Commi ttee, reported for the Commi ttee that beer applications be approved for the following: L. G. Lasater, Esther Heron, C. M. Lolcama, Ca~l J. liiller, and Rich and Millard. On motion the ~ecomffiendation was adopted. ~