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<br /> Council C~flPbe8s Eugene, Oregon
<br /> u y , 1940
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<br /> 'l","';": The minutes of the regular meeting of the Common Council held on July 8,
<br /> c:o 1940 at 7:30 o'clock p.m. Mayor Elisha Large presided over the meeting. Council-
<br /> ~~~ men present were: Reid, Bond, Carlson, Farrington, Hanns, Koppe, and Barette; absent
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<br /> "- none. A vacancy existed from the' second ward because of the recent resignation of
<br /> .A Councilman Cox.
<br /> The minutes of the previous meeting, June 24, 194~ were presented and ordere
<br /> ~ placed on file. I
<br /> Mr. Herman Burmester representing the local Moose Lodge addressed the counci
<br /> asking permission to decorate the streets and hang banners in the City of Eugene for
<br /> their area convention on July 25, 26, 27 and 28; including in the decorative scheme,
<br /> the use of Canadian flags. Upon motion made and seconded the request was approved.
<br /> Mr. Burmester then asked perm~sion to rope off BroaKdway from Willamette to Olive
<br /> Streets at the conclusion of their parade, which will probably be about five o'clock
<br /> for the purpose of holding the competitive drills of the various teams in the area.
<br /> 3, Again, motion was made and seconded granting the request.
<br /> Mr. Charles Allen addressed the council protesting a notice to repair the
<br /> sidewalk located at his property on 15th and Willamette Streets. Mr. Allen felt
<br /> he should not be required to make the repairs because the damage was caused by the
<br /> city having granted permission to the Texaco Oil Company to install a gas storage
<br /> tank in the parking strip which caused the concrete to crack and settle. After
<br /> considerable discussion by members of the council and the City Attorney, motion was
<br /> made and seconded to deny the request. All present voting aye except Councilman
<br /> 4~Reid who voted no. The motion was declared carried.
<br /> Mr. Noble Crawford asked for a special permit to remodel his building at
<br /> 7th and Lincoln Streets; the remodeling to provide ~on two apartments upstairs and
<br /> one apartment with office space for his service station downstairs. After consider-
<br /> able discussion by members of the council a motion was approved to refer the matter
<br /> to the Building Inspector with power to issue a permit if, in his judgment, the
<br /> remodeling and improvement will be a bene~it to the City of Eugene and it was so I
<br /> 5J ordered.
<br /> Communication was presented from the Eugene Chamber of Commerce stating that
<br /> the sponsors of the swimming pool petitions had been conta,cted and compliance secure
<br /> in withdrawing the swimming pool petitions from the proposed forthcoming special ele
<br /> to be held sometime within the next sixty days, upon which the proposition of purcha
<br /> a site for the new airport would be the only measure ccntained on the ballot. On
<br /> behalf of the sponsors of the swimming pool pro'ject the Chamber of Commerce requeste
<br /> assurance that such temporary withdrawal will not jeopardize the opportunity to refi e
<br /> the same initiative petitions for inclusion in the next regular election to be held
<br /> in Eugene sometime in November. City Attorney S. M. Calkins, addressed the council
<br /> stating that in all fairness to the proponents of the swimming pool petitioners and
<br /> in view of the fact that they were willi~g to withdraw the same to give right of way
<br /> to the proposed airport the council shou~d agree to submit the swimming pool
<br /> petitions on the November hallot. Upon motion made and seconded the statement of th
<br /> City Attorney was unanimously approved and as a matter of record it was placed on ro 1
<br /> 6'call, councilmen voting aye: Reid, Bond, Carlson, Farrington, Hanns, Koppe and Baret e.
<br /> Communication was presented from W. L. Lyon, District Supervisor of the NYA
<br /> making a request for the continued improvement and use of the present buildings at
<br /> Skinner Butte Camp and to construct additional buildings. The City Recorder was
<br /> 7, instructed to prepare a letter granting the request an~t was so ordered.
<br /> Councilman Farrington, Chairman of the Finance Committ~e, presented the prop rty I
<br /> offers beginning with the offer of Robert W. Watson, $200.00, $50.00 cash and the ba -
<br /> ance on or before 90 days for the lot at the northeast corner of 8th Avenue and Tayl r
<br /> Street (49x130); offer made on condition of FHA Loan. The Finance Committee
<br /> recommended that the offer be rejected and motion was made and seconded unanimously
<br /> 7-A~approving the recommendation of the committee.
<br /> Upon the recommendation of the Finance. Committee, a counter offer of $450.00
<br /> was extended on the offer of Oscar Skjepstad, $425.00 cash, for lot on the south sid
<br /> of West Broadway and 66.84 feet west of Van Buren Street (66.84 x 101.35). Plans to I
<br /> 8~build a home if offer is accepted.
<br /> The offer of O. J. McKeegan, $1000.00, $200.00 down and the balance at $17.0
<br /> per month plus interest at 6% (prefer deferred payments to be made quarterly) for
<br /> Lot 4, Block 5, Blair Street Addition (known as 1683 and l683i West 2nd Avenue)
<br /> was presented. The Finance Committee recommended that the offer be accepted on the
<br /> condition that payments are made monthly, and the recommendation was unanimously
<br /> 9"\ approved by the council.
<br /> Upon th~ recommendation of the Finance Committee, a counter offer of $250.00
<br /> was extended on the o~~er o~ C. D. Reynolds, $150.00 cash, for the South 1/2 of
<br /> Lot 1, Block 11, Sladdens 3rd Addition (80 feet South of the Southwest corner of 2nd
<br /> ~~ Kk~x and Van Buren). 0
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