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_.- . - " 643. .. , [- - - " __ _ _ .__ r ' - __ _'r --. -- u ---~---~ -- - --. -- - . . - ---- - - _.-~-. ~.- '- -- - - -- ~ -- - . ---- -- --- - __ _ _ T . -_ _ -- '.'- ~ -- - _-,-u.__., - - - _.-.'-- -- _..~ -- --- - -- - - -- y-- u - --~.. - - - .-- - ----- _ ._. _ or. - I Now, therefore BE IT RESOLVED By the Common Council of the City of Eugene that the Mayor 1 I I ~ " and Recorder be and they are hereby directed to enter into the annexed ~ I ,:Ai ...- I contract on behalf of the City of Eugene, and the payments thereunder shall I be deposited with the City Treasurer of said City. Communication from the Board of Appeals ,was presented. The request of the / McDonald Candy Company asking for a permit to erect a building at 454 Willamette \ Street with deviations from the Zoning Ordinance and the Building Code was approved 22 by the Board of Appeals and sustained by the council. / Request of V. Thayer for permission to erect a _garage at 809 Third Avenue West, waiving the required distances from property and street lines was denied by r 23' the Board of Appeals and 'this action was sustained by the council. Relative to licensing of pin-ball machines, Mayor Large asked Councilman Bond, Chairman of the Police Committee, what they wished to do regarding the situation. It was Mr. Bond's opinion that owing to the indefinite situation that pin-ball licenses shQu~d b.8 granted for the last quarter on the same basis as they were issued for the three previous quarters. He felt that the Supreme Court would have a decision probably before the first of next year. Citizens were present to air their views. Among them were Harry Johnson, president of the Unit~d Workers' League, who atr~nuously objected to a continuation of the licensing. One Mr. Blackford favored the licensing and believed that as long as the Supreme Court had not ruled them out, he thought that the prope~ thing would be to license them. Petitions from the Sunday School Cabinet of the Pairmount Presbyterian Church and' C. Madison Landaker, Represent,ative of the Younger Laity of the City of Eugene, were read, opposing the renewal bf pin-ball licenses on the grounds that they were I wrong morally and such machines diverted capital into wrong channels and so prevent d I its Rse for more constructive and pfofitable investments~ Upon motion of Councilma Bond and seconded by Mr. Lamb, it was agreed to continue licensing of pin-ball 24 machines for the third quarter of the year 1937. !1 Mayor Large reported the receipt of several letters recommending a Mr. Cook j for Juvenile Officer and asked Mr. Bond if he was ready to report on the matter. I was requested by Mr. Bond that the matter be deferred until the next meeting and so I 25 it was ordered. ! , L At this time Ruth Kneeland spoke regarding the improvement of the alley betwe n I Mill and Ferry and 12th and 13th running north and south. Mr. Carlson, chairman of the Street Committee, reported that there was nothing that the city could do regard, ing it; that it never had been improved and if the city should do anything wlth thi " alley, they would have requests from residents from all parts of the city to deal !!. with. Mr. S. M. Calkins, City Attorney, explained that it was impossible to Improv ~ this alley and assess it, as the city had no right to make any further bonded debt. ff J26 It was suggested that Miss Kneeland confer with City Engineer Clubb and work out some scheme whereby the residents in and about that area could take care of the sam . Upon motion made and seconded, this was approved. .2,7 Upon motion made and seconded, the meeting was adjourned. i' John Fields Acting Recorder jJ j I I , , . " " '-. "" ,.... , ' ~"" .[ '" . " ~: . :~" I "~ ," ;'1 II \.~ "- ~