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~ 236 _n - ~- - .--. - - - - '-- . 331 The Library report for the month of August, 1939, was presented and order d ;J placed on file. A petition for rerouting the Fairmount Line bus route was presented and I ..~~ referred to the Street Committee to report back at the next meeting of the council. r A stat'ement was presented from the Sacred Heart General Hospi tal in behalf ". .,. of Mr-. T. H. Crawford who had been confined in the hospital with a communicable po....... disease. It was pointed out that this was a welfare uase and the City Attorney ........01 explained that under the State Lawall cases of this nature arising within the City of Eugene and ordered isolated by the Health officer, are charged to the City of Eugene and ~XDyxttDex~~x~~~JtlOX~~~ I mDd. r-ecommended that the bill be paid. Upon motion made and seconded this statement 35 was ordered placed in the file to be paid with the September bills. The City Recorder presented a resolution authorizing and directing the Mayor and Recorder to enter into an agreement with Maurice Vitus and Loretta F. Vitu , respecting the following described propertyk to-wit: (omittea here) permitting the said~Maurice Vitus and Loretta F.-Vitus to erect a building up to the property line of Fifth Avepue ~ast, with a provision that at aRY time the City of Eugene sha 1 widen Fifth Avenue that the buildings shall be dismantled back for seven feet, and J that no damages shall be claimed by said, Maurice Vitus and Loretta F. Vitus, or thei successors in interest, except for the land taken. Upon motion made and seconded 36 the resolution was unanimously approved and adopted. (see end of minutes, pa~~ 23J resolution and descrlp Ion. An application for a dance hall license at Merrickls Dance Studio from William L. Moffett was presented with the approval and recommendation of the Chief 37 of Police. Upon motion made and seconded the license was unanimously granted. The following curb cuts were presented and recommendations of the qity Engineer approved. L. H. Watson~112 Eleventh East, No. 681, The City ~ngineer recommended that the present cut be extended eight)' feet on the north -end and 8 feet of the south end closed. This will add one more car space to the street parking. " Upon motion made and seconded the recommendation of the City Engineer was unanimousl approved. J. D. Campbell"; 1639 Washington Stteet, No. 682 (approved); LaI+~e D. Hart, 1813 University ~treet, No. 683, (approved); Pacific Greyhound Lines~987 Pearl Street, No. 684, (Engineer recommends a cut of 37 feet on Pear.l Street and 47 feet -I on Tenth Avenue~ all busses to come in Pearl and out on Tenth, and the recommendatio of the En~ineer, upon motion made and seconded, was unanimously approved); Lewis LengaCher 2311 Fairmount t30ulevard No. 085 (approved); P. F. Peterson'; b44-556 , . Twelfth West, No. 686, (approved); Walter Fiscus,~o'lO Sixteenth Avenue East, No. 688 U"'(approved); A. G. Clark; 912 Van Buren Street, No. 689,. (approved); Zona M. Culver, 38 1?49 West Broadway, No~ 690 (approved). The City ftecorder called attention to the condemnation proceedings agai'nst the Frasier- Building at 57 East 6th Street, commonly known as fI~oe's Place"" and made . note of the fact that Frasier'.s had agreed to remove the bu[lding by October 1, 1939 The City Attorney was instructed to contact the owners with regard to the agreement 39 and ask them to comply with the same without further delay. An ordinance initiating the vacation of the following described premises, to-wit: i~m~xt~xmExFEXx~xZt~EEtx~Ntx~mittB<<xEEXE~XXXX xxx Mf tkHt "All of that portion of Ferry Street in the City of Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, lying North of the north line of 'Eighth Street and South of the South line of the Southern Pacific Railroad Right of Way" pas pr-esented to the council for its first reading and held for its second reading 40 at the next council meeting. At this time Mayor Large presented the quest,ion of the proposed placement I of the Lien Department under the supervision of the City Treasurer and asked for a complete discussion of the same. Upon motion made by Councilman Lamb and seconded by Councilman Bond that no change be made in the administrative set-up, practically all members of the couneil entered the discussion relating to the typ'e 'of work and the amount of work in order to keep the records in proper shape. The City Treasurer stated that any proposed change would be entirely up to the council; he had not aske for the change and he had no intentions of asking for it. The City Attorney address d ~he council expressing the opinion that it might be well for the City Treasurer to I acquaint himslef with the~Lien Department wor~ by doing what he could do during his free time from his duties. Question was called for and the motion was unanimously 4f approved and it was so ordered. It was the recommendation of Louis Koppe, Chairman of the Health Committee that the property at 1600 C,olumbia Street be condemned. Upon motion made and second d Xthe recommendation was unanimously approved and the City Attorney instructed to take 42 necessary condemnation proceedings. At this time Mayor Large brought up the question concerning the necessity of Eugene to provide a more modern 1:1 nd larger airport. It was the suggestion of Mayor' Large to appoint a committee to work together with representatives of the ~\Chamber of Commerce. It was agreed that the Mayor would name these members of the ~31lcornmlttee at the next council meeting.