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~384 :.' --- --- .------- _. ~_._ 2 . --- --- - - -- . --, - - ---- - - -- . -_. ----- - .- ~- _.~-_.~.- -~~-- -~.- - -0 ~___ ______ _~_~_____ ______.______ ___ _.__r___ ____~ _._____ _~_____ _ ___._ ~ TW ____- -..__ '-. --- --. -- .-.-- _. - ~ _. - ---- - ----, - -- - -_..~ "-- Water Board should be willing to put in more pipe if the City ~as willing to pay for the use of more water. Councilman Lamb expressed his regret that the Butte was in the shape that it is in. He stated that the Street Department was ready I .' ~ and willing to use the street flusher three days a ~eek for use in VIa tel'" ing the ... . ;"'c' , Butte. Mr. Con Dillon felt there should be a special committee appointed to look ~i after this, due to the fact that it was a real project and not just an ordinary Council Committee subject. Councilman Reid susgested that this be referred to the Park Board. Councilman Carlson was appointed by the Mayor to serve on a committee which would consist of representatives from the various civic organiza- 11 tions. Councilman Carlson accepted and said he would be very glad to do what he Ii could. Lir. Judd Stauffer addressed the Council and thanked the Mayor for appoint- ing Mr. Carlson for this job, and stated that it was recognized that if they wanted anything done and Mr. Carlson could be appointed to handle it that it would be ) done. I I Councilman Carlson ~"]as at this time excused to go with the Committee to talk , to the ~ater Board on the Butte situation. Mr. Graham Smith presented plans to the Council for the proposed erection of ;. a building at 8th and ~illamette Street for Clarence filcox, and expressed his I regret that he had to leave before the discussion of the subject in the Council, I but left the plans for approval. II Councilman Bonc;l, Chairman of the Fire and ~ater Committee, asked for more II time on the proposed fire alarm system. Ii Councilman Bond reported that his Committee had looked into the request of ,I :j 1Ir. Seymour for a permit to erect a sign out over the street, and wanted this 'I I: referred to the Board of Appeals. Mr. Hendershott pointed out that Mr. Bond and :1 himself had decided that 3.S far as the COIDITittee was concerned the sign should II stay right where it is, but wanted to refer it to the board for final decision. I. li:ot ion was made, seconded and carried to refer it to the Board. !I Councilman Carlson returned from- the Commi ttee meeting and he addressed the II Ii Council, and expressed his regret that the gentleman had spoken to the Council the '.'my he had. It was the first time he had ever met hirn~ and he wanted it 'I understood that as far as he was concerned he had full confidence in his brother I I, ,I Councilmen, and that all did the work assigned them. Il i! Mr. Warnock addressed the Council and stated that he was not representing II any organization, but he ~anted the Council to kno~ that Mr. Stauffer's remapks II were uncalled for, and that he would see that the subject was reported to the I) Commanderls Council. II Councilman Bond reported that he had received a petition for a street liGht at the corner of 2nd a~d Jackson Streets, and asked for more time to look into it. )1 [I The Health Committee, by Chairman Zumwalt, moved to condemn the building at 245 Madison Street. Motion WijS seconded and carried. I Counc i lman ZU..Ill1!.fal t then asked for condemns. t ion of the old Mercy Hospital, and the Eayor presented a communication he had received from the Mt. St. J'o seph IS Home fQr the Aged, asking for permission to tear the hospital down. After con- siderable discussion, Councilman Zumwalt moved that it be condemned. There was no second to the motion and the subject was therefore continued. '. I The Recorder reported that he had received several complaints from the excess- ive use of East 3roadway in front and neighboring the Hoffman Hotel as bus terminals. I I , COIT@unication was read from the Board of Appeals in which they recommended II the grantinr. of a wood yard permi t on West 13th Avenue bet\"Jeen Jefferson Street II and the Fair Grounds. On motion the report was accepted by the Council. I 11 Communication from the Eugene Water Board ~as presented to the Council in I which they have reduced the rate of Ii per kilowatt hour to 3/4~ for electric heat in the City Hall. This reduction effective as of January, 1935. Councilman I i Hendershott moved that this reduced bill for the six months heat in the amount of $679.20, be^allowed. Councilman Lamb seconded the motion and the ayes and nays were called, Councilmen voting aye 8, nay none, absent none. I I A communication from the Eugene Transient Bureau, showing the amount of men , I furnished the City Park Board for the Workls Project, was read and ordered filed. I .. Another proposed ordinance of franchise to the Oregon Electric Railway Co. , was read the first time and referred to the Judiciary COl1lI!:ittee and City Attorney. I It was pointed out that the City should get a minimum annual fee, ask that there be no double tracks on ~est 5th, and that the hours of operation in the city limits be limited. The Recorder reported that he had received no report from the Park Board on the proposed Park on Franklin Blvd., and inasmuch as the period of optIon ends . .....